Food, Food, and More Food Thread

well, It's my turn to cook dinner tonight and these people wanted pot stickers but they are kind of a fiasco. hmm... maybe I will just hire krim next time. Since krim has skillz He should be paid pretty damn well. I'll try the hotter oil. Does it matter what type of oil I use? the only oil I have handy right now is the kind that is best for tempura. Does that contribute to my headache?

lifunk wrote:I'll try the hotter oil. Does it matter what type of oil I use? the only oil I have handy right now is the kind that is best for tempura. Does that contribute to my headache?

It shouldn't affect it at all.

Make sure you don't give them your left over hot soup though. One of my friends made the mistake to give a bum his hot soup and it turned out that the bum wanted money not food so when my friend handed him the soup the bum opened it and looked all kinds of pissed of and said 'I don't want your shit.' and thew the hot ass soup on my friends chest. But he still doesn't learn and buys bums hot liquidy foods. :shakehead: I am telling you those crack-head santa monica bums get wild!!!

Well, how do you make yours? quite frankly I am getting tired of trying to make them my way. I think I am getting a hand cramp.

lifunk wrote:the oil is hot but it might be too hot or not hot enough. over what kind of heat am I supposed to fry them over? Med., Low, High? Hey krim how do you fry your gyoza?

This ONLY works for frozen... (*** = WARNING, this involves ALOT of hot oil splatter. Be VERY Careful)

Take a sauce pan (i use a nonstick 12") heat it on high.
- add about a 4-1 ratio of olive oil and sesame oil and wait til the oil starts to have a sheen.
- Turn the heat down to med, and place each gyoza into the hot oil, and move it to the side***. (if you have icy gyoza, the oil WILL pop.) When you're done, you should have a ring on the outside and a few arranged in the center... imagine the rays of the sun. Basically, you're dipping the flat bottom of the gyoza into the oil to start cooking, then arranging them for maximum coverage.
- when the bottom of the LAST gyoza begins to turn a light brown, ill add enough water *** to fill the sauce pan half way up the gyoza itself, NOT the pan.I try to wet the tops of each gyoza as i pour the water (gently) in. Approx 2-4 minutes after the last one is down.
- place the lid on the saucepan and cook.

Cooking time will vary. I use visual clues.

- When the water is almost gone (5-10 minutes), you'll get a light brown "slime" on the bottom of the pan. Turn the heat to HIGH now, and cook with the lid OFF.
- About 3-5 minutes later, the slime will become a crispy waffle looking layer, and you'll start to see wisps of smoke coming from the pan. (if you have a overhead exhaust hood, now is the time to crank it up)

- once you see the smoke, it's time to flip, the non stick, plus the pre-frying will help it stay loose. Normally, ill do it all in one shot, that takes ALOT of practice, but if you can do it with a wok, you can do it here, same concept.

once it's flipped over, mine are usually so tightly packed they stay in formation. Ill just the chopstick or whatever to break them apart gently. Once they're broken apart, ill move them around a bit. Basically, im waiting for most of the moisture to leave the browned bottom.

When im not in a hurry, ill fry each of the 3 sides, til they're light brown and a little crispy. In theory, the bottom should be crispy, and the sides will be a little wet and oily.. that's how I like them, and i've been doing it this way (to my parents dismay, they put oil last) for decades now.

Hard to describe, I hope that made sense.. maybe ill make a tutorial next time I make them.

and while time typing i might as well put this down too..

my dipping sauce... in parts

5 Soy sauce
1 rice vinegar
1 sriacha (rooster hot sauce)
1/2 tsp black pepper

lifunk wrote:Make sure you don't give them your left over hot soup though. One of my friends made the mistake to give a bum his hot soup and it turned out that the bum wanted money not food so when my friend handed him the soup the bum opened it and looked all kinds of pissed of and said 'I don't want your shit.' and thew the hot ass soup on my friends chest. But he still doesn't learn and buys bums hot liquidy foods. :shakehead: I am telling you those crack-head santa monica bums get wild!!!

the fucker threw it back at your friend? WHAT THA FUCK???? i would have rocked that fuckin' bitch......that is wrong!!! i would have knocked the last 3 teeth in his head loose and then he'd be lickin' that shiet off the ground cuz he wouldn't be able to chew anymore.

to quote Harry Shearer, "Santa Monica, the home of the homeless"

I've found that most of the bums in SM tend to want money or beer more than actual food... even if the sign says they want food.

krim wrote:to quote Harry Shearer, "Santa Monica, the home of the homeless"

I've found that most of the bums in SM tend to want money or beer more than actual food... even if the sign says they want food.

i thought they used to kick it there to spit game at the UCLA chix who go shop at Third Street Promenade. go figure.

Tu_triky wrote:

i thought they used to kick it there to spit game at the UCLA chix who go shop at Third Street Promenade. go figure.

Nah, the UCLA chix goto Beverly center and the Grove.. the SMC chix goto 3rd St. ;)

krim wrote:

Nah, the UCLA chix goto Beverly center and the Grove.. the SMC chix goto 3rd St. ;)

this is true.

seriously that story about the homeless fool is wack...i mean if you didn't want tha shiet you didn't have to take it and then throw it at that guy. just say no or whatever the fuck...then get your ass beat. j/k.

Dammit, now I'm gonna have to have gyoza (Day-Lee Pride) for dinner tonight!!!!

I hate you people.





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From the Food Food Food thread: ;)

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maybe he thought it was gold soup... :naughty:

Krim your style seem a shit load easier than mine. I'll try it tonight. if I can't get it right I will have to hire your ass. I'd pay anything to get these things looking and tasting good. Oh, and bmw, what's up with the whole dinner pic man? I am hungry as it is and am getting show a perfect meal THAT I CAN'T PREPARE!!!! Go easy on the food pics man that's called rubbing it in :mrgreen:

krim wrote:maybe he thought it was gold soup... :naughty:

perhaps....after suffering the delusions of a crack head anything is possible.

lifunk wrote:Krim your style seem a shit load easier than mine. I'll try it tonight. if I can't get it right I will have to hire your ass. I'd pay anything to get these things looking and tasting good. Oh, and bmw, what's up with the whole dinner pic man? I am hungry as it is and am getting show a perfect meal THAT I CAN'T PREPARE!!!! Go easy on the food pics man that's called rubbing it in :mrgreen:

Blame Krim: he posted that giant pan o' gyoza and started the drool-fest...

What'd he do? 'Jack a Japanese catering truck?? :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:From the Food Food Food thread: ;)

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am i the only one that doesn't eat rice with fried gyoza?

lifunk... practice.. practice and practice more.. took me about 30 briskets before I could bbq one semi-properly.

Please stop it. My stomach can't take much more of this. All this good food... :puppydog: Hopefully my wife will be in the mood for gyoza. Cause at this rate, she'll have to be. :sweat: :beaten:

krim wrote:am i the only one that doesn't eat rice with fried gyoza?

It's about the only time I eat rice: with Japanese food. ;)

lifunk... practice.. practice and practice more.. took me about 30 briskets before I could bbq one semi-properly.

Whoa.

Don't invite us over until you've got it down pat. :hehe:

Not true krim. I'm a UCLA chick and I prefer SM than BC (beverly center) just bcuz it's less expensive and slightly less traffic. :mrgreen: Oh and tu-tricky, We were not about to mess with that fucker. for one my friend is skinny as hell he's 6'2 and weighs 110 lbs. he couldn't possibly take his ass down. and as for me, 5'2 , 105 lbs. and not very strong. I would have loved to stomp on his nasty ass face though. you know, make him eat shoe. :twisted: