Cooking Without Seasoning or a Pantry

[docdix]

fresh Oysters and eggs

[Peter the eater]

fresh Oysters and eggs

Oysters are what got me thinking about this challenge in the first place. Oysters + lobster, actually.

Steam a small lobster in minimal water, remove meat and strain the steaming broth. Add a few fresh oyster and their juice to the broth and warm through with a bain-marie. Slightly sweet and salty with a pure and rich marine flavor.

[nickrey]

Forget the lobster. Oysters and lemon juice. No need for a heat source and the oysters come with their own built in salt broth.

[docdix]

Actually I was thinking of fresh oyster omelette.

[rooftop1000]

Steak and salt...I guess you could drink the water

[Peter the eater]

Forget the lobster. Oysters and lemon juice. No need for a heat source and the oysters come with their own built in salt broth.

True, fresh oysters and lemon juice is killer. Poaching them in lobster broth is a new twist for me. I'm amazed when a couple of ingredients get deliciously gestalt. Aside from living in the ocean, and ending with -ster, the two don't really have much in common.

[Mallet]

I've been known to skip the bread and just eat tomatoes and mayo...

[Scargo]

Roasted chicken, stuffed with mushrooms. A nice sauvignon blanc... Opps, some got spilled on the chicken!

[Mr Pie]

suckling pig, garlic....

[Special K]

Good bread and good olive oil

[fmed]

Cooked pasta tossed with canned sardines.

[lesliec]

At the risk of straying a little away from Peter's original question ... Kerry's cheese tuiles can be considerably enhanced by the addition of some chopped walnuts and finely-chopped rosemary. Grate the cheese, form small piles on a baking sheet, sprinkle over walnuts, sprinkle over rosemary, bake until starting to brown - yum!

Actually, maybe I'm not straying - Peter's already allowed one suggestion involving three ingredients.

[sparrowgrass]

Here is what I am having tonight--a big bowl of freshly shelled peas with a lump of butter. I eat them with a spoon so I don't miss a morsel.

[Peter the eater]

Here is what I am having tonight--a big bowl of freshly shelled peas with a lump of butter. I eat them with a spoon so I don't miss a morsel.

That sounds exquisite, my peas are a long ways off. The sign near my airport says "Halfway to the North Pole" which pretty much sums it up for the Growing Zone in which I live.

Cooking Without Seasoning or a Pantry, I was thinking, is about relying on unadulterated pure flavors. No finishing with salt, sugar, acid, etc.

[CKatCook]

White Basmati rice, and fresh peas.

I could live solely on that..

[CYvonne]

1) Oysters and sobrasada lightly grilled.

2) Poached egg with white truffle (better if the egg is baked in a dish that's been smeared with butter but my extra, cheating, third ingredient is a glass of Barolo to go with it )

[judiu]

1) Oysters and sobrasada lightly grilled.

2) Poached egg with white truffle (better if the egg is baked in a dish that's been smeared with butter but my extra, cheating, third ingredient is a glass of Barolo to go with it )

So, use the white truffle butter in the dish to shirr the egg, then go for the barolo to cheat.

[Peter the eater]

White Basmati rice, and fresh peas.

I could live solely on that..

That's a winner combo.

Reminds me of a story from adventure writer Jon Krakauer. He was in Borneo, I think, where the local folks rely a tree where you pound the woody fibers and ground it up to get the mushy carbs, and nobody enjoys eating it. He fed them Basmati rice, and they cried.

[Mr Pie]

White Basmati rice, and fresh peas.

I could live solely on that..

That's a winner combo.

Reminds me of a story from adventure writer Jon Krakauer. He was in Borneo, I think, where the local folks rely a tree where you pound the woody fibers and ground it up to get the mushy carbs, and nobody enjoys eating it. He fed them Basmati rice, and they cried.

Sounds like it could be the sago tree? I have seen this on TV and when mixed with water it looks exactly like wallpaper paste. Nobody seems to enjoy eating it, even the locals.

[sparrowgrass]

Peter, you can probably grow peas all summer in your cool climate--mine are just about done for, temps in the 90's already.

[IndyRob]

suckling pig, garlic....

Needs salt. I like the lobster and butter solution (poached in a beurre monte if I can have a little water).

Or a McDonald's McChicken sandwich placed inside a Double Cheeseburger.

[Peter the eater]

Or a McDonald's McChicken sandwich placed inside a Double Cheeseburger.

Now that's an obscene sandwich.

[andiesenji]

Think of it as a Top Chef Quickfire Challenge. You get two ingredients of your choosing, water, a heat source, and whatever kitchen equipment you want. Nothing else. What's possible?

Something I prepare fairly often. Half inch of water in a non-stick skillet. Thick sliced onions (large) cooked until just beginning to become translucent around the edges, then each round topped with a whole chicken liver. Add a little more boiling water if needed, cover and cook till the liver is done.

I don't use salt or pepper because I like the blend of flavors as they are.

The result can be placed on bread or toast but I usually don't bother.

[Alcuin]

sweet corn + butter

[KarenDW]

salami & arugula