Cooking with Rico

[ElfManDan]

oh man, I want some!

Get in line. It starts right behind me.

[Rico]

I'm actually a fair cook.  Just don't usually bother much for just me.  But sometimes I go all out!

[ElfManDan]

That's usually how I am. I'm usually to busy do any serious cooking, but I took a cooking class in high school and I try to do it every once and a while just to prove to myself I still can.

[billybob476]

Just saw the pasta dish! If I can make a suggestion (my Italian-ness is coming out now)

When you finish cooking the pasta, drain it (don't rinse it!), then put a few spoonfuls (or one big serving spoonful) of sauce back into the pot. Throw the drained pasta back into the pot and toss it in the sauce. This will get all the pasta coated in a small amount of sauce and stop it from clumping together. That's what my nonna taught me anyways :)

The pad thai looks awesome too! I know when Fran isn't around I find it hard to cook just for myself.

[X]

Just saw the pasta dish! If I can make a suggestion (my Italian-ness is coming out now)

When you finish cooking the pasta, drain it (don't rinse it!), then put a few spoonfuls (or one big serving spoonful) of sauce back into the pot. Throw the drained pasta back into the pot and toss it in the sauce. This will get all the pasta coated in a small amount of sauce and stop it from clumping together. That's what my nonna taught me anyways :)

The pad thai looks awesome too! I know when Fran isn't around I find it hard to cook just for myself.

LOL! I was thinking the same thing. My grandmother is Italian and it's always been second nature to do my sauces in a sauce pan and toss the al dente pasta in. Where I used to drain it first, now I just pull it from the water with tongs and fold it into the sauce as I go.

I think cooking is one of my top 5 joys. When I go all out on my pasta, I like to do everything from pasta to sauce from scratch. It's a longer process on the front end, but I think the love comes out in the dish.

[Geekyfanboy]

You're quite a chief Rico.. looking good. Do you cook Christmas Dinner or is that Lynn's domain?

[Feathers]

oh man, I want some!

Me too!

[Rico]

You're quite a chief Rico.. looking good. Do you cook Christmas Dinner or is that Lynn's domain?

Lynn usually does most of the cooking (holiday meals included).  I'm the BBQ guy and that kind of thing.  But being over here I've had to fend for myself, obviously.

[billybob476]

Does she send you home with containers full of food when you visit?

[Rico]

Does she send you home with containers full of food when you visit?

Not really.  I just eat everything up that's homemade when I'm back home!  ;)