Male nurses who cook

[Crumbwannabe]

I suppose you're wondering why I've asked you all here. Table saws, scratching, sports all aside, I am wondering if there is any interest in the fine culinary arts. Particularly those peculiar to the bachelor.

I once lived on a case of Waverly Wafers, a Restaurant sized container of soy based imitation bacon bits (less than 1/2 of 1% sodium benzoate added as preservitive) a jar of peanut butter and a dozen eggs for nearly 2 weeks. I bought the eggs and white label peanut butter, and the other contributed by a friend. Endless variations...eggs ala Waverly, Bacon, egg and peanut butter on Waverly, you imagine.

Being half 'White trash' I expanded my horizons over time as the money started coming in. My quest is twofold....

1) What do you consider some of your dubious culinary triumphs?

2.) How can we get the Food Channel to sponsor a 'Male nurse cooks with Rachael Ray' contest? After all, "Chef" has been a male dominated profession, and "Nursing" a female dominated field for all these years. Perhaps the twain shall meet. Or better yet, an 'eating on a dollar 30 cents a day' episode. Leftovers are fair game. Imagine Rachael relishing a curled hunk of cold pizza fresh out of the box in the fridge with the orange congealed grease on the top, washed down with a warm Coke, or half a can of flat beer from last night.

Give me your feedback.

[ryaninmtv, ADN, ASN, BSN, MSN, LPN, RN]

That looks awesome. Mix with a nice Chardonnay and I think the evening may be well in hand. Thanks.

[Crumbwannabe]

That looks awesome. Mix with a nice Chardonnay and I think the evening may be well in hand. Thanks.

The "Tuong Ot Sriracha" may be hard to find, but I'm sure it can be found on the web. It is a thick red sauce hot enough to take skin off the inside of your mouth. Penzeys is the place to go for highest quality spices. They are on the web. You usually get a little gift of something thrown in an order. Fairly easy on the pocketbook.

A doc once told me that I wouldn't like really expensive wine if I tried it, and he's right, you have to work at it. So I didn't. Something mid price that tastes good is fine with me.

Joking about the Thunderbird. That stuff is a one time only teenage memory that still turns my stomach to think about. Especially because I did some Malt Liquor that night too. Youth is wasted on the young.

[Crumbwannabe]

This may start some activity....Any good Spam recipies? The proud White Trash blood that flows through my veins, I was born with a can in my hand, and how it got there, don't ask me.

I remember slices of Spam pan fried until slightly burned on the edges, served on soft doughy white bread pressed down with mother's hand. Sometimes accompanied by fried yesterday's Cream of Wheat strips (after sitting in the fridge all night to set) with salt and pepper. There is something to be said for having a mother who was raised during the Great Depression. It makes for creative use of leftovers. I still have a tendency to keep things in the fridge that were best discarded the night they were originally cooked. Therapy has helped, though.

[Crumbwannabe]

'Deviled' ham (devil if I know why they call it that). The aroma of a deviled ham belch....

[Spearfisher]

When I was single I had a trademark dish to fix. It was simple yet always impressed. A quality ribeye steak (has to be ribeye or if you can afford filet; if you don't know the difference go with ribeye). A can of artichoke hearts which goes better with steak than anything else. Sidebar: Neighbor locked herself and daughter out of their apartment. They came over to call her husband to come and let them in. I offered them some. The daughter thanked me, but then said "I don't want to eat the heart of anything!" I had to explain it was a vegatable and not an animal. Include a nice red wine ($10 taste the same as $50 if you don't drink wine everyday.) Include a soft roll of some sort with a garlic or herb spread.

[Roy Fokker, BSN, RN]

Well, you would think nurses, of all people, would be conscientious about maintaining their health, and a diet of McCrap is certainly not consistent with life. I'm 48, and blithely racing toward a gastric and/or coronary bypass, but I do try to make real food as often as I can, and I fully intend to do better, as soon as I graduate. Of course, it's all too easy to fall into eating garbage at work, too, but I think I can reasonably lose 50 pounds by the time I'm 50. I'll have a lot more time to bike and hike, and more money for fresh fruits and veggies.

Meanwhile, I'm living like a college kid (except for the fun) and hoping I can hold it together a little longer.

Took the words outta my mouth. Ditto here except for the age bit - I'm just 21

The trouble now ofcourse, is that I don't have enough money to even cover junk food anymore :stone

[Roy Fokker, BSN, RN]

Oh and I don't understand how you Americans have coffee or TEA without milk!

Sacrilegious I say!

[nursemike, ASN, RN]

Oh and I don't understand how you Americans have coffee or TEA without milk!

Sacrilegious I say!

I like my coffee like my women: old, cold, and bitter.

[MaleRN2B]

I like my coffee like my women: old, cold, and bitter.

I'd rather have a thrombose vein.

[leslie :-D]

I like my coffee like my women: old, cold, and bitter.

my crystal ball sees that you're single.

[nursemike, ASN, RN]

my crystal ball sees that you're single.

I like my coffee like my women: about a quarter full of Irish whisky, with whipped cream on top.

Yes, but ever the optimist.

[leslie :-D]

I like my coffee like my women: about a quarter full of Irish whisky, with whipped cream on top.

Yes, but ever the optimist.

my crystal ball sees an iota of hope; from cold, old and bitter to whiskey (which warms you inside) and fluffy, pure whipped cream (sweet and smooth)sounds a tad more enticing. congratulations mike. you just took one step forward.