Random cooking notes to myself

[tuftears]

* Bake bacon in oven at 425 degrees for 15 minutes, not 20. 20 gives you almost charcoal.
* Bake Trader Joe's Apple Blooms at 400 degrees for 25 minutes, not 350 degrees at 15. It's still icy in the middle otherwise.
* After boiling ramen noodles, bake them at 400 degrees for 50 minutes, shaped in individual portion discs or squares, for making delicious "pan-fried" noodle stirfries.
* Make microwave popcorn easily: 1/4 cup of popcorn kernels at 2:30 minutes in the microwave in a safe bowl with cover, with 2 teaspoons of ghee or butter-flavored olive oil and a dash of salt mixed in.

Feel free to pop any cooking questions you have but I don't guarantee to know the answers. -_-

Comments

[archangelbeth]

Heck, I just pop the popcorn in a modified coffee-pitcher (sold as a microwave popcorn thingie, so the modification came at the factory) without anything. Mmmmm, plain warm popcorn!

[xyzzysqrl]

*raise hand*
I want elaboration on the ramen noodle thing. Do you just boil and bake, or what happens there?

[zhora]

What about baking them on parchment instead of using oil?

I've been experimenting with moroheiya noodles lately in place of ramen and other noodles (like spaghetti). I keep meaning to try making turketti with them...maybe that's what I'll prepare in a bit (takes two days according to my mom's recipe).