# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/41 "2008-06-14T00:11:50Z")
[QUOTE=wheresgeorge04] **Everything** needs gravy. Even gravy needs gravy. Joe [/QUOTE] Wait: you’re supposed to put gravy _on top of_ things? I thought it was a beverage. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/42 "2008-06-14T00:14:26Z")
[QUOTE=Drain Bead] 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. [/QUOTE] I use a variation of the chicken and dumpling recipe in Joy of Cooking. Is yours significantly different from that one? If so…sharing is nice. ---
**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 14, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/43 "2008-06-14T00:51:45Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] Wait: you’re supposed to put gravy _on top of_ things? I thought it was a beverage. [/QUOTE] [Dr. Hibbert]“Cholesterol level? I’m more concerned about your gravy level!”[/Dr. Hibbert] Joe ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/44 "2008-06-14T01:12:23Z")
Guacamole. (when I can get good avocados) ---
**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 14, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/45 "2008-06-14T01:53:35Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] 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! 😃 [/QUOTE] Too bad you live aaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll the way in California! If I ever get out that way, you’re on. 😃🆒 ---
**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 14, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/46 "2008-06-14T01:56:19Z")
[QUOTE=Attack from the 3rd dimension] I use a variation of the chicken and dumpling recipe in Joy of Cooking. Is yours significantly different from that one? If so…sharing is nice. [/QUOTE] I use a variation of [this one](http://www.texascooking.com/recipes/chickendumplings.htm), with my own stock. Drop dumplings, not rolled. And 1/4 tsp pepper is not nearly enough. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/47 "2008-06-14T02:38:41Z")
I make a mean macaroni and cheese. I also make to die for chocolate chip cookies, as well as what we call “Christmas cookies” but what are really a sugar cookie that we cut out, bake and decorate. My Heath Bar cake is also acclaimed. As can be seen, I like to bake more than I like to cook… The crab fondue I make for Christmas Eve dinner is also excellent. I serve it with King Crab legs, salad, French bread, and a nice Pinot Grigio. Easy-peasy, but sooo good. ---
**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/48 "2008-06-14T03:23:49Z")
I make a superb cheesecake. No fruit or chocolate or anything fancy, just a purely sublime cheesecake. I also perfected my au gratin potatoes years ago, because I was trying to replicate those that my then-mother-in-law made. After three years, I managed to make some as good as hers. And then she told me that hers were the boxed Betty Crocker kind. :smack: I used to make great fried chicken, but my husband hates any fried chicken, so I rarely make it now. My oatmeal cake is my secret weapon for potlucks and carry-in dinners. It’s some old recipe of my Grandma’s, and most people have never seen or heard of it, but everyone loves it. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/49 "2008-06-14T03:47:03Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] Wait: you’re supposed to put gravy _on top of_ things? I thought it was a beverage. [/QUOTE] Jim Gaffigan: I saw a guy walking around the K-Mart the other day…he was drinking a cup of KFC Gravy! To answer the OP: I grill a mean ribeye with a to-DIE-for garlic-cream-peppercorn sauce. ETA: Also, my chipotle chicken enchiladas (note: the “fake” baked type enchilada, not a real kind) are darn tasty, too. Double ETA: I made the best beef stew in all the land. ---
**Author:** ![InLucemEdita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7ab992/32.png) [@InLucemEdita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InLucemEdita)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/50 "2008-06-14T04:07:59Z")
Clam Chowder. The pickiest eaters I know have asked for it repeatedly… and devour it. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/51 "2008-06-14T04:57:42Z")
[QUOTE=bouv] to-DIE-for garlic-cream-peppercorn sauce. [/QUOTE] You don’t say? I’d be real into something like that if you’re the sharing type. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/52 "2008-06-14T05:13:03Z")
Any chance that anyone would be willing to share their recipes? Pretty please? I’m drooling here!! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/53 "2008-06-14T06:06:08Z")
Chocolate fudge brownies, apparently (the recipe is [here](http://www.canadianliving.com/food/chocolate_fudge_brownies.php)). ---
**Author:** ![Sonnenstrahl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Sonnenstrahl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonnenstrahl)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/54 "2008-06-14T07:14:00Z")
To balance out all the spectacular cooks here… I make good crepes, especially considering I use the easiest recipe ever. I also have a holiday tradition of baking Pfeffernuesse, ever since I took German 101. It’s the most complicated thing I bake, and I think they turn out rather well. I also decided to revive my Polish grandmother’s Easter soup recipe, using a combination of memory (she has long since forgotten her own recipe, and never wrote it down) and internet recipes. It’s kind of a sentimental thing, and I’m very happy that I’m able to duplicate it as well as I managed. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/55 "2008-06-14T13:26:52Z")
[QUOTE=Attack from the 3rd dimension] I use a variation of the chicken and dumpling recipe in Joy of Cooking. Is yours significantly different from that one? If so…sharing is nice. [/QUOTE] post both and well compare=) ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/56 "2008-06-14T13:30:54Z")
Hm, Cassoulet d’Isigney, a coffee cake that my grandmother’s german maid called apfelkuchen that doesnt look like any other recipe I have found online [[but she taught me to make it when I was very yooung and I remember=)] basic white bread. And I make a good pot of coffee=) I am prety decent at doing Beignets Cafe du Mond style [the secret is mace not nutmeg in the dough] ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/57 "2008-06-14T14:32:52Z")
Pie crust, cream gravy, chicken pot pie, coleslaw, chicken-fried steak, and abelskivers. Somehow, my cholesterol levels are perfect. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/58 "2008-06-14T16:15:15Z")
I make a sort of tortilla española a la montrealesa that is really not authentic but that **Hamish** really likes. ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/59 "2008-06-14T16:47:54Z")
Hmmm, baked cheesecake (with a chocolate cookie crust), sticky toffee pudding with caramel sauce, my Mother’s caramel tart and pavlova. I also make a pretty mean mustard-crusted roast beef, sour cream chicken enchiladas and my husband loves my mushroom and green pea risotto. Saturday breakfast is a constant - omelette/frittata made with potato puree, chopped, fried bacon and onion and sauteed mushrooms, topped with shredded cheddar and finished under the grill (aka broiler). I have also had a lot of compliments about my pepperoni cheese bread. Nom nom nom!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832/60 "2008-06-15T03:10:45Z")
I must admit I was disappointed when no one showed up for the potluck. I suppose it was just as well, there were not enough MegaDawgs to go around. To make a MegaDawg, cook onions and jalapenos in bacon. Blacken a couple of Hebrew Nationals in the pan and toss 'em on slices of llightly toasted wheat bread. Smother with cheese and black beans and Tapatio. mmmmmm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-make-really-well/452832.md?page=4)