My list is mixture of dishes to cook or bake and ingredients that I'd like to make myself - hence things like cheese and vinegar are on the list. There are things on here that I may have tried once or twice but never did well, and things that I've always wanted to make and never got to. There are dishes I've witnessed and eaten many times, like Foodgoat's chicken paprikash, but never made by myself. Most things I've eaten and always enjoyed (llike longuanisa) and others that I've never had but sounds fun to make. I didn't put them in any particular order.
But alas, I haven't come up with 100 yet. I thought it would be pretty easy, but I seem to have reached a cooker's block at number 75.
So I'm soliciting suggestions! Surely I can come up with a few more to reach 100!
Ladygoat's Not-Quite-100
- Vinegar
- Sweet and sour pork
- Pad thai (a non-peanut version for me)
- Pretzels
- Brownies from scratch
- Fried chicken
- Panzanella
- Turducken
- My mother-in-law's butter ring
- My brother-in-law's cheesecake
- My mother's chili
- Sauerkraut
- Bagels
- Cheese
- Quiche
- Doughnuts
- Bacon
- Root beer
- Vanilla extract
- Boiled cider
- Cream soda
- Foodgoat's grandmother's chestnut rum cake
- Pan de sal
- Ginger ale
- Longuanisa
- Banana cream pie (successfully)
- Caramel
- Foodgoat's chicken paprikash (I'm seen him make it a million times, but have never made it myself)
- Foodgoat's vadas
- Croissants
- Caramel apples
- Cinnamon roasted almonds
- Granola
- Cassata cake, Cleveland-style
- No-knead bread
- Limoncello
- Tocino
- Lechon
- Cinnamon rolls
- Liver sauce
- Chicharon
- Kare-kare
- Lumpia wrappers
- Filipino-style fruit salad
- Empanadas
- Siopao
- Puto
- Corn dogs
- Leche flan
- Jam
- Jalapeno jelly
- Spanokopita
- Sourdough bread bowls
- Apple strudel
- Cultured butter
- Buttermilk
- Baguette
- Clarified butter
- Ice cream (I've made this before, but it was never good enough that Foodgoat would eat it)
- Hopia
- Pastillas de leche
- Arroz caldo
- Honey walnut prawns
- Dinuguan
- Crackers
- Hush puppies
- Baked beans
- Beef jerky
- Cheese danish
- Shortbread
- Risotto
- Tempura
- Saag paneer
- Pot stickers
- Foie gras
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That's so funny that you posted your list today because I posted my "to make" list this morning. Here is the start to my list: http://cookergirl.blogspot.com/2010/03/culinary-to-make-list.html
ReplyDeletesome suggestions: Many of which I haven't made either but would love to!
ReplyDelete76. pudding
77. raviolis
78. ice cream cake/cookie sandwich
79. marzipan
80. chicken apple sausages, meat grinder required
81. tom yum soup (sooo good)
82. along with above, pound out own thai curry paste
83. pork shoulder tacos--simmered for hours
84. tamales, the more lard the better
85. fruit gelees
86. fudge (no Fluff allowed)
87. puff pastry
88. souffle
89. cream puffs
90. chai (wrote about this recently) http://obcookie.blogspot.com/2010/02/why-chaicaffeine-as-medicine.html
91. quick pickles
92. slow pickles
93. chicken under a brick
94. smoked salmon (would love a smoker!)
95. salami
96. dulce de leche (takes forEVER but is worth it...just milk, sugar and lots of time and arm)
97. gateau de crepes, to eat with above
98. creme brulee; fire is fun
99. taboule
100. peking duck
Hope this helps!
Good grief, you are ambitious! Are there any other family recipes you want to try? Those are always good fill-ins. How about basics? Breads, staple meat dishes, etc.
ReplyDeleteLike your list, though. So far I think I've made inroads with one of my 100. Hey, slow and steady!
Wow, Elizabeth, I was hoping for one or two suggestions, and you give me 25! Those are some great ideas - I especially like salami, smoked salmon, and dulce de leche. What's chicken under a brick, though?
ReplyDeleteAnd Cookbook, I fully expect this to be a list I'm working on for years and years!
Ladygoat,
ReplyDeleteChicken under a brick is when you butterfly a chicken and bake it under a brick in a cast iron skillet in the oven. It is really crispy and really tender. And you get to steal a brick from under your building. Well not steal, borrow
I'm going to start on a list too. Here are a few ideas...
ReplyDeletedonuts
boeuf bourguignon
linzer cookies
pasta
croissants
mayonnaise
A few ideas:
ReplyDeleteTea eggs
Paella
Borscht
A whole live lobster (my boyfriend is obsessed with wanting to do this...)
Lemon curd
Fresh Mozzarella
Have fun!