Favorite One-Dish Meals

[oggboy]

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My Tutu use to make "foo chook", not sure if correct spelling.
Made with belly pork, garlic ong choi and abalone and flat dried bean curd.
Anyone had this b-4.

[glossyp]

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aww! that's too bad! the arroz caldo of my childhood was redolent of chicken and ginger. it was like eating tinola but easier and more concentrated.

actually, glossyp, i should thank you two-fold for your post. it reminds me that a lot of filipino food has been influenced by spain and that there are permutations of several dishes throughout what used to be the spanish empire. to me, adobo always brings to mind vinegar, shoyu, garlic, onion and bay leaf; however, i've falled in love with the adobo dishes i've tried at several mexican restaurants (quintero's, for example). still, it's nice how, even tho this specific example is the result of forced conquest, food brings us all closer.

your post also reminds me that my grandma used to make nasty conconctions to heal me of ills. for example, she'd make me drink very strong black tea and eat dry toast when i had tummy problems (like the one i have now). i HATED strong black tea. ugh! i'd beg my grandma to add a little sugar but she would insist it would weaken the tea's medicinal properties, and so i'd have to gulp it down straight. yech! the funny thing is, whenever my tummy doesn't feel right, strong tea (which i now enjoy) and toast is the first thing i reach for...long before any pharmaceutical solutions.

so my grandma and your grandma had several things in common, it seems!

Lovely observation about food and how it links cultures. Remember that old saying "Love is the universal language"? I believe that food is the universal language and people can met around a table and be enlightened by eating what is served in a particular country or household.

I swear your grandmother went to the same "Grandmother School" as mine! Exact same experience with the strong black tea. Like you, I now reach for it when I have an upset tummy.

[tikiyaki]

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My fiancee makes this soup with dough dumplings. It's got a chicken stock base, some veggies, and these dumplings.
There's some Chinese flavoring in it...soy sauce maybe ? She just mixes batter up and drops it into the boiling soup.

Big, doughy blobs of deliciousness

[Pomai]

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My fiancee makes this soup with dough dumplings. It's got a chicken stock base, some veggies, and these dumplings.
There's some Chinese flavoring in it...soy sauce maybe ? She just mixes batter up and drops it into the boiling soup.

Big, doughy blobs of deliciousness

Tikiyaki (a Sicilian), you chiming in on this thread brought to mind that PIZZA is the all-time country-wide FAVORITE ONE-DISH MEAL! No ifs, ands or buts.

Some may like ramen. Some may like fried rice. But when it comes to pleasing the masses, the go-to one-dish meal has got to be PIZZA!

[Random]

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Tikiyaki (a Sicilian), you chiming in on this thread brought to mind that PIZZA is the all-time country-wide FAVORITE ONE-DISH MEAL! No ifs, ands or buts.

Some may like ramen. Some may like fried rice. But when it comes to pleasing the masses, the go-to one-dish meal has got to be PIZZA!

Bah! Pizza is nothing more than Western/American machination. I'm sticking with Asian food.

[1stwahine]

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Bah! Pizza is nothing more than Western/American machination. I'm sticking with Asian food.

Rah, rah rah! Sis boom bah!!

I hear you! I'm sticking with it too! Moa betta! Moa FLAVOR!

Especially, Fried Silet with Bituka!

HAHAHAHAHAH

Auntie Lynn

[Pomai]

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Bah! Pizza is nothing more than Western/American machination. I'm sticking with Asian food.

Well, in our office, whenever there's a vote for a company-sponsored lunch: Pizza? or Bento? 9 out of 10 folks choose the Bento, including me.

Still, Pizza is certainly a runner-up.

[Karen]

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Three come to mind, one is from the oven and the other two are stove top.

Taco soup! On man that is one huge pot of homemade beans, we now use the fifteen bean soup-beans, hamburger, ground pork, black olives, onion, garlic, the sweetest & freshest corn, some frozen is very good...that you can find. (Lol how's that for a goofy sentence?) Man, oh!! dang lots of diced tomoatoes, a couple or three envelopes of taco seasoning depending on the size of your pot, and three envelopes, at least of the dry salad dressing mix...dang the flavor..CRS getting me right now, ranch dressing, yes!

The oven one I dig is Chicken Divan, oh man, rich and delicious, and the other stove top one is Chicken Spaghetti, not Italian but you cook two or three whole chickens, two works pretty well, cool & take off of the bone, by the way I cook after skinning chickens as well as they can be, (yes, once a year or so I do actually cook, but very rare) so it's not too fatty, well then you keep your chicken stock and put the chicken in it and a lot of (here comes the heart attack, LOL) Velveeta (there's lowfat and mexican flavor velveetas, now) is melted into the pot while you are cooking spaghetti, two or three boxes in another pot, and you use your favorite seasonings in that main pot, salt, pep, garlic powder, oh sorry, dangit..

..the yes! bay leaves (bad CRS today) oh wait, LOL you cook and add the spaghetti and add the cheese last, cuz that makes it the thickest, and mom got to where she'd add some broccoli, that's optional. This is a thick, cheesey soup that keeps ya full for hours. We used to eat it on the way out the door to high school football games on a cold Friday night.

[oceanpacific]

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I made a big pot of PORTUGUESE BEAN STEW for tomorrow's UH-Utah State football tailgate. That's right, I said STEW, not soup. The spoon stands up! Those who want it soupy can just add their own water.

This is just a "chaser" for all the other tailgate fare.

[cezanne]

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I made a big pot of PORTUGUESE BEAN STEW for tomorrow's UH-Utah State football tailgate. That's right, I said STEW, not soup. The spoon stands up! Those who want it soupy can just add their own water.

This is just a "chaser" for all the other tailgate fare.

Where you tailgating at? I no believe the spoon can stand up in your stew!

[tikiyaki]

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Bah! Pizza is nothing more than Western/American machination. I'm sticking with Asian food.

You've obviously never had NEW YORK Pizza.

[Random]

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Well, in our office, whenever there's a vote for a company-sponsored lunch: Pizza? or Bento? 9 out of 10 folks choose the Bento, including me.

What the 10th fella wanted?

[oceanpacific]

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If the spoon refuses to stand up, I'll stick it in the mound of rice underneath!

[Pomai]

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If the spoon refuses to stand up, I'll stick it in the mound of rice underneath!

Hey OP, this is a "G"-rated program here. "G". Keep it "G". LOL!

I like my PBS "tick" too. Not soupy like waddah.

[oceanpacific]

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No cabbage in my PBS, although sometimes I put in macaroni/pasta. But, just a little (< 1/2 cup).