You`re welcome, my friend. Enjoy!

Are those pickled (in vinegar) pork tongues? I'm not sure we can buy any other kind here.

There are about a thousand ways to cook white rice. But here are 5 of my favorites. All are very simple.

General rice cooking recipe:

1 cup of rice
2 cups of water
(If you want more rice, double the ingredients but don't increase the cooking times too much, if at all. It is always a 2 cups of water to 1 cup of rice ratio. More water, runny rice. Less water, rice wont cook right.)
Large enough pot to hold ingredients (or rice cooker)

Add rice to pot (you can wash the rice in cold water until it no longer runs cloudy, some say it tastes better if you do.)
Add 2 cups of water.
Turn heat up to high, cook until water boils stirring occasionally. (Or press ON on the rice cooker)
Turn heat down to low, cover with lid. (Ignore this step if using a rice cooker)
After 20 minutes rice is done. (Or wait until rice cooker beeps and says its finished/light changes to "warm")

Now, either spoon it into a bowl and add ONE of the following ingredient choices or enjoy it plain:

* A spoonful of sugar and a bit of milk.
* A spoonful of peanut butter (sounds weird, but it is so good.)
* A dash of salt and pepper, a bit of melted butter.
* A few ounces of coconut milk.
* Heat up a can of soup (or if you have soup already made) and add the rice to it.

Other options, if not going the above route include:

A meat and veggie option (chicken, beef, or tofu/Carrots, peas, broccoli, potatoes, corn).
Plain Soy sauce, or a splash of rice vinegar.
Japanese mayonnaise (totally different creation method than American mayo, its usually made from scratch and semi-sweet) you can find tutorials on youtube.
Curry sauce.
Gravy (a pot roast or beef stew gravy works great, turkey/chicken gravy also works well.)

Frankly, I'm usually not great in the kitchen, so a very simple dish like rice is hard to mess up. And it is versatile.

NoNewTaleToTell Presents: Popcorn

What you need:
Popcorn
Something to make the popcorn in, like a microwave
Three different kinds of hot sauce (your choice)
Garlic Salt (optional)

Directions:
1 Pop the popcorn
2: Pour 1/3rd of the bag of popcorn into your popcorn bowl
3: Add each type of hot sauce(I suggest spraying each in a Z shape, one Z per type)
3b: (Optional) add in garlic salt as needed
4: Repeat steps 2 and 3 until finished (including on top of the full bowl)


Enjoy!

NoNewTaleToTell Presents: Cheesy Ranch Rice

What you need:
Rice
Something to cook the rice in, like a rice cooker
Shredded cheese (your choice)
Ranch (preferably in a squeeze container)

Directions:
1: Make the rice
2: Add ranch sauce (amount depends on size of bowl of rice, add just enough to thinly cover most of the rice)
3: Add in cheese
4: (Optional) Microwave bowl of rice if cheese isn't sufficiently melted by the heat of the rice

Enjoy!

Bruschetta

AWESOME spread for toasted or garlic bread... also good mixed up salads. Highly recommended.

Balsamic Bruschetta

Recipe - makes 8 servings
8 roma (plum) tomatoes, diced (regular tomatoes would suffice)
1/3 cup chopped fresh basil
1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon olive oil
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 loaf French bread, toasted and sliced

Directions
In a bowl, toss together the tomatoes, basil, Parmesan cheese, and garlic. Mix in the balsamic vinegar, olive oil, kosher salt, and pepper. Serve on toasted bread slices.

Puff paste,
Cocoa powder,
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Cocoa powder,
Puff paste,
Cocoa powder,
Puff paste,
Oven.

COOKING.

No, they're raw & fresh. They're not exactly common around here either (probably mostly used in making sausages etc where you can't see it's a tongue lol) but there's a nice little meat shop near where I live that sells pretty much any part of the animals.

I'll have to check with my brother, he's a cook, if there is a place like that around here.

And then we`ll sue you untill your wallet jumps out of the window!

Frozen Blueberries with Milk

Put frozen blueberries in a bowl - as many as you want to eat
Pour whole milk to just cover berries
Sprinkle sugar over top to taste

Stir gently. The milk will turn all slushy and the berries will partially melt. Eat quickly on a hot day.

● Take 15 Toblerones®

● Add one 2 liter bottle of Diet Mountain Dew (LiveWire, when in season).

● Blend thoroughly in your stomach with gratuitous and vigorous activity.

● Kill yourself.

● Become the mortal eye of God collapsing into itself forever warmed in a sea of neverending oneness.

● Server over mixed green or with a side of slaw.

Chicken breast cut thin.
american cheese
ham lunch meat

roll the three together and stick a tooth pick in it.

350 for 35-40 min

Dinner - Ta Da

Opps open can of corn - drain - put into bowl - heat -

Ta Da!

Let me share my favorite summer soup -

Tarator

This cold soup is among Bulgarians favorite foods for the summer. It is served as a first course instead of a salad or between meals as refreshment.
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Ingredients:
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2 cucumbers (about 500 g or 1 lb)
500 g (1 lb) plain yogurt
1-4 garlic cloves
1 bunch fresh dill (optional)
sunflower oil (1-2 table spoons)
salt
water
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Directions:
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Cut the cucumbers into cubes and put them in a bowl. You may aslo grate them but it changes the look and the consistency.
Beat the yogurt with a fork until it gets liquid and pour it over the cucumbers.
Add the crushed garlic and the minced dill as well as salt and oil to taste.
Add some water to make the soup as liquid as you like but take care not to make it too "thin".
If you use 3 or 4% fat yogurt, you can add 1 table spoon of sunflower oil, if your yogurt is 2% or less, add two table spoons of sunflower oil. Usually I add so much water as I added yogurt, i.e. 500g of both, but you can experiment :)

Since you're using cold water and yogurt from the refrigerator it should be cold enough to be served right away. Store in a refrigerator.

Bon appetite!

Wow, that sounds seriously tasty! Thanks for sharing.