Sooo...ummmm....

[viscousmemories]

Originally Posted by warrenly

The GF Grill is also amazing for reheating a slice of pizza. The crust stays crispy, or rather, gets all crispy again, the toppings melt. Good stuff. Beats the shit out of the microwave. I hate rubbery pizza.

Ohhh... good tip. Thanks.

[pescifish]

Originally Posted by warrenly

The GF Grill is also amazing for reheating a slice of pizza. The crust stays crispy, or rather, gets all crispy again, the toppings melt.

Wait a minute... how do you do a pizza in the GF grill? Don't all the toppings just get stuck to the top grill? Do you leave the top grill flipped up and just use it like a griddle?

Yeah, the rotissierie is a bit pricey and a nice rack in a roaster pan works very well. Listen to the good Rev, she knows of what she speaks.

[RevDahlia]

Originally Posted by pescifish

Yeah, the rotissierie is a bit pricey and a nice rack in a roaster pan works very well. Listen to the good Rev, she knows of what she speaks.

Aw yeah, I got the ups from the piscine priestess! Go me!

I got my roasting pan, with rack, from Crate and Barrel for fourteen bucks. Roasting pans have a great advantage over rotisseries in that you can make delicious gravy from the leavings in a roasting pan, whereas with a rotisserie those wonderful caramelized crusty bits are lost forever.

If you are on a diet, a rotisserie is a better bet.

[Dingfod]

Originally Posted by pescifish

Wait a minute... how do you do a pizza in the GF grill? Don't all the toppings just get stuck to the top grill? Do you leave the top grill flipped up and just use it like a griddle?

Try it. The cheese stuck a little bit, but overall it worked quite well. Besides the GF Grill will only go so far closed anyway, it certainly didn't smash any of the pizza I've reheated on it. I didn't invent this use for the grill, that honor, unless she says different, goes to a coworker of mine who used to come in and use mine. Yes, I have a small GF Grill at work too.


Warren

[livius drusus]

Originally Posted by Goliath

Okay, I got the GF grill (the big ass one was on sale for only $8 more than the small one...Pamida can kick ass at times), and a 2.5 quart slow cooker. I'll give the grill a try tomorrow on one of those steaks.

So how did the steak turn out in the GF, Goliath? Did you make a veggie or salad or anything on the side?

[freemonkey]

Originally Posted by warrenly

The GF Grill is also amazing for reheating a slice of pizza. The crust stays crispy, or rather, gets all crispy again, the toppings melt. Good stuff. Beats the shit out of the microwave. I hate rubbery pizza.


Warren

Tried this today, because a) I never use the microwave for this sort of thing (its blasphemy!); b) it is too fucking hot to turn the oven on; and c) Warren said so. *

Yummy! It got grill lines on it, top & bottom. The pepperoni got all crispy. The crust got and stayed crunchy.

* disclaimer: Its not actually a GF grill, but another brand and worked just dandy!

[viscousmemories]

Originally Posted by freemonkey

* disclaimer: Its not actually a GF grill, but another brand and worked just dandy!

And you're worried about microwave pizza blasphemy?

[freemonkey]

Originally Posted by viscousmemories

And you're worried about microwave pizza blasphemy?

Does your George Foreman grill have removable grill inserts? Removable grill inserts that you can put in the dishwasher?
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Didn't think so.

[livius drusus]

Oooooo! Now that's a burn.

[viscousmemories]

Originally Posted by freemonkey

Does your George Foreman grill have removable grill inserts? Removable grill inserts that you can put in the dishwasher?

Why... yes! Yes it does! In fact... in fact the inserts are in the dishwasher right now. Yes that's right. They're in the dishwasher where my wife put them. My wife... my wife... Morgan Fairchild. Yeah! Yeah, that's the ticket.

[pescifish]

I'm tellin' ya, just shoot the damn grills with water in the sink and then let the thing dry out. I've been doing it to mine 2-3 times a week for several years now with no ill effect.

* pescifish ponders her own celebrity choice for fantasy wife...

[seebs]

Man, everyone is recommending that George Foreman grill. I've been assuming it was hype, but... Okay, I'll look at it.

Food... Build up a selection of staple foods. For me, it's cheapo frozen pizzas and garlic pasta. Learn to make a few interesting things that keep well. I rely on my wife's most excellent red sauce, and meatloaf. Egg rolls can be pretty good; a big batch of egg roll mix will make a lot of meals. If you don't have much freezer space, get a small freezer and use it.

Start with "easy" recipes, like meatloaf. Favor things that you can make a batch of and then have decent leftovers for a while; one of the best motivators for cooking is not having to do it again for a bit.

[freemonkey]

my mom gave it to me for xmas last year.

[RevDahlia]

Originally Posted by pescifish

* pescifish ponders her own celebrity choice for fantasy wife...

I don't even need to ponder. My choice is Angelina Jolie. I already know how to cook and clean and Run a Household, so all she'd have to do is hang around and make me and hubby happy.

Hurrah for fantasy celebrity wives!

[Goliath]

Thinking back on my childhood a bit, I actually did some cooking as a child. However, it was mostly baked stuff, and only under the supervision of my mom.

I specifically remember trying to make coffee cake. The recipie called for a half cup of coffee (or something like that). So, being the idiot child that I was, I carefully measured out a half cup of coffee grounds.....needless to say, the cake was a bit grainy.

Also, when I was a kid, there were always a lot of cakes and cookies on hand (between my mom and grandma, who both baked like crazy). I guess that explains why the only shape that I was in as a kid was round... =/

Anyways, for some reason, I thought that the recipie was really calling for coffee grounds.....needless to say, the cake was a bit grainy.

Also, I remember waking up one morning before my parents. There was a cake that was made fresh the night before, and I was hungry. So, after grabbing a knife and a chair (to stand on so that I could see the top of the stove), I started cutting myself a "piece" of cake. My mom came down to see me trying to unload 2/3 of the cake onto a plate.

[viscousmemories]

Originally Posted by pescifish

* pescifish ponders her own celebrity choice for fantasy wife...

As I said, Morgan Fairchild.