# What foods do you make really well? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 13, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832 "2008-06-13T17:58:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/21 "2008-06-13T19:26:34Z")
[QUOTE=Hockey Monkey] I’ll challenge anyone to a Devilled Egg Throwdown. [/QUOTE] Bring it on, **Monkey** -boy! I also make killer pies, and grill with the best of them. I also brew. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/22 "2008-06-13T19:48:00Z")
Are cocktails food? Everyone usually enjoys my cocktails. I also make scrambled eggs that get people to comment out loud, my chili has several fans and I have to admit that my grilling skills get better by the day. But my personal favorite is my broiled butterfly pork chops with onion, black pepper and red bell pepper sauce. They somehow end up jucier than they were raw by the time I’m done with them. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/23 "2008-06-13T19:52:25Z")
I make a mean cup of water. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/24 "2008-06-13T19:56:51Z")
I’m a pretty decent (if unbelievably messy) home cook, but my specialty is smoked turkey. People who _hate_ turkey in all its other forms come back for seconds. One of my former roommates tried for years to duplicate it; these days, he just buys a turkey and invites me over to cook it. People have offered to pay me to smoke turkeys for them. I also brew pretty good mead, and my fresh herb bread and home-made honey butter have been known to get rave reviews. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/25 "2008-06-13T20:06:03Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Bring it on, **Monkey** -boy! I also make killer pies, and grill with the best of them. I also brew. [/QUOTE] **Monkey** -_girl_. 😛 :bats eyelashes: ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/26 "2008-06-13T20:21:31Z")
[QUOTE=lobotomyboy63] What’s butter chicken? [/QUOTE] Butter chicken is heavenly. I wish I made it better. It’s usually made with a lot of ghee (hence the butter, since ghee is clarified butter), the holy trinity of Indian spices (coriander, cumin & turmeric) plus cayenne, fenugreek and a handful of other stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/27 "2008-06-13T20:45:24Z")
I make a great Thanksgiving turkey and gravy. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/28 "2008-06-13T20:48:08Z")
[QUOTE=Hockey Monkey] **Monkey** -_girl_. 😛 :bats eyelashes: [/QUOTE] Still, you’d better watch out. The guy puts tiny shrimp in the damned things from what I’ve heard. It’s hard to compete with someone who’ll resort to seasoning food with Sea Monkeys. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/29 "2008-06-13T20:56:27Z")
Just for that, **you** don’t get any! My humblest apologies to our distaff members in general, and **HM** in specific for my fox pass. But I’d still kick your butt in a throwdown! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/30 "2008-06-13T20:58:49Z")
I volunteer to judge said showdown. And I suppose that there will be beer, so I also volunteer to sleep outside afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/31 "2008-06-13T21:08:37Z")
I have perfected the technique of making gorgeously tender-on-the-inside, crisp-on-the-outside shortribs accompanied by a lovely dark brown beefy winey sauce. The dish isn’t even fatty, as shortribs can be due to their extensive marbling. I have some ribs in the freezer, but this hot weather is discouraging me from whipping up a batch this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/32 "2008-06-13T21:12:36Z")
My hassenpfeffer can’t be beat. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/33 "2008-06-13T21:22:33Z")
This thread has inspired me to try making a new dish tonight. I’m thinking Chicken Tikka Masala. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/34 "2008-06-13T22:22:56Z")
I can roll sushi that’s about as good as your average Japanese restaurant. It’s really not too hard to learn the basics either. I’ve already taught two people. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/35 "2008-06-13T23:10:32Z")
[QUOTE=Harriet the Spry] I make a great Thanksgiving turkey and gravy. [/QUOTE] Oh yeah: turkey’s easy since Alton Brown showed how to brine it. Best turkey I’ve ever had and super easy. [http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/ck\_recipe\_how\_tos/article/0,1971,FOOD\_9813\_1801271,00.html](http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/ck_recipe_how_tos/article/0,1971,FOOD_9813_1801271,00.html) Gravy…I don’t make gravy. Bird doesn’t need it and I’m not much on it anyway, especially when considering nutritional info :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/36 "2008-06-13T23:39:41Z")
[QUOTE=lobotomyboy63] Gravy…I don’t make gravy. Bird doesn’t need it and I’m not much on it anyway, especially when considering nutritional info :eek: [/QUOTE] **Everything** needs gravy. Even gravy needs gravy. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/37 "2008-06-13T23:47:11Z")
I make a stellar chicken and dumplings. My husband requests it every time he’s sick. He and I also tag-team on the best pulled pork you’ll ever eat. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/38 "2008-06-13T23:52:18Z")
[QUOTE=wheresgeorge04] **Everything** needs gravy. Even gravy needs gravy. Joe [/QUOTE] I knew someone would chime in on that 😃 I’ll concede, SOS (what we called ‘chipped beef gravy’) wouldn’t be much without it. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/39 "2008-06-14T00:02:08Z")
Cheesecake, both regular and white chocolate pistachio. Apple pie, and a frozen raspberry pie. My deviled eggs are the first thing eaten at any potluck I take them to, and sometimes people have called to ask if I’m bringing them (okay, one person, one time). Chocolate Red Velvet cake. Pierogis. Can I request the biscotti recipe? ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/40 "2008-06-14T00:07:29Z")
Zucchini fritters, which is a Turkish dish, and which are unbelievably yummy. Those have gotten the most attention. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832.md?page=3)