Iron Chef VJ (sorta)

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

yeah but what if they don't have strawberries at the commissary? let's pic something else that's safe.

they have them, i saw them monday.

I'm not sure i'm gonna try cuz charles isn't really into cake, plus I am not too good at baking desserts

and how many things have you cooked that i've not eaten?

[Nessa 23]

yeah but what if they don't have strawberries at the commissary? let's pic something else that's safe.

they have them, i saw them monday.

I'm not sure i'm gonna try cuz charles isn't really into cake, plus I am not too good at baking desserts

and how many things have you cooked that i've not eaten?

I might try that and u better eat it!

[palilover 1]

yeah but what if they don't have strawberries at the commissary? let's pic something else that's safe.

they have them, i saw them monday.

I'm not sure i'm gonna try cuz charles isn't really into cake, plus I am not too good at baking desserts

and how many things have you cooked that i've not eaten?

I might try that and u better eat it!

where's the popcorn popper face??

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

yeah but what if they don't have strawberries at the commissary? let's pic something else that's safe.

they have them, i saw them monday.

I'm not sure i'm gonna try cuz charles isn't really into cake, plus I am not too good at baking desserts

and how many things have you cooked that i've not eaten?

I might try that and u better eat it!

where's the popcorn popper face??

i ate all the popcorn so ewok removed it.

[Nessa 23]

[~krakatoa~ 27]

Count me in!

I'd make banana ketchup and use it for my skewered meat.

[Marilyn. 340]

banana ketchup? what is that?

[~krakatoa~ 27]

"Banana ketchup or banana sauce is a prepared condiment made from banana fruit mashed, with sugar, vinegar, and spices, and sometimes colored with red food coloring to look more like normal ketchup. Banana ketchup is made in the Philippines, Hawaii, and the West Indies."

--from wikipedia

It looks like tomato ketchup actually. I don't use food coloring. Although there is a little tomato in this ketchup, it's the flavor of the bananas that shines through. Banana ketchup is usually good with pork and chicken.I'd use it as marinade for meat, and as sauce.

I'm posting the recipe I found online but I'd take one ingredient or two or replace it with another to suit our (my husband's) taste. I'd make it a little spicy.

Here's the recipe in case anybody's interested.

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hours, 30 minutes

Ingredients:

* 1/2 cup golden raisins

* 1/3 cup chopped sweet onions

* 2 large garlic cloves, quartered

* 1/3 cup tomato paste

* 4 large very ripe bananas, peeled and sliced

* 1-1/3 cup cider vinegar, divided use

* 3 to 4 cups water

* 1/2 cup (packed) dark brown sugar

* 1-1/2 tsp salt

* 1/2 tsp ground chipotle chile pepper or to taste

* 1/4 cup light corn syrup

* 2 tsp ground allspice

* 1 tsp ground cinnamon

* 1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg

* 1/4 tsp ground cloves

* 2 tbsp dark rum

Preparation:

Place the raisins, onions, garlic, tomato paste, bananas, and 2/3 cup vinegar in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Process until smooth and pour into a large, heavy saucepan.

To the banana mixture in the saucepan, add remaining 2/3 cup vinegar, 3 cups water, brown sugar, salt, and ground chipotle chile pepper. Stir to combine.

Bring mixture to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring often. Reduce heat to low and cook uncovered, stirring the ketchup occasionally, for 1 hour and 15 minutes. If the ketchup gets too thick and begins to stick, add some of the remaining water (up to 1 cup).

Add corn syrup, allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring often, for another 15 minutes or until it is thick enough to coat a metal spoon. Stir in the rum and remove from heat. Let cool for 10 minutes.

Push ketchup through a fine strainer, mashing the solids with the back of a spoon. Let cool to room temperature, pour into glass bottles, cover, and refrigerate. Use within 1 month. Banana ketchup is especially good as a condiment with pork and poultry.

Yield: about 3-1/2 cups"

Edited June 27, 2008 by krakatoa

[palilover 1]

"Banana ketchup or banana sauce is a prepared condiment made from banana fruit mashed, with sugar, vinegar, and spices, and sometimes colored with red food coloring to look more like normal ketchup. Banana ketchup is made in the Philippines, Hawaii, and the West Indies."

--from wikipedia

It looks like tomato ketchup actually. I don't use food coloring. Although there is a little tomato in this ketchup, it's the flavor of the bananas that shines through. Banana ketchup is usually good with pork and chicken.I'd use it as marinade for meat, and as sauce.

I'm posting the recipe I found online but I'd take one ingredient or two or replace it with another to suit our (my husband's) taste. I'd make it a little spicy.

Here's the recipe in case anybody's interested.

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hours, 30 minutes

Ingredients:

* 1/2 cup golden raisins

* 1/3 cup chopped sweet onions

* 2 large garlic cloves, quartered

* 1/3 cup tomato paste

* 4 large very ripe bananas, peeled and sliced

* 1-1/3 cup cider vinegar, divided use

* 3 to 4 cups water

* 1/2 cup (packed) dark brown sugar

* 1-1/2 tsp salt

* 1/2 tsp ground chipotle chile pepper or to taste

* 1/4 cup light corn syrup

* 2 tsp ground allspice

* 1 tsp ground cinnamon

* 1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg

* 1/4 tsp ground cloves

* 2 tbsp dark rum

Preparation:

Place the raisins, onions, garlic, tomato paste, bananas, and 2/3 cup vinegar in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Process until smooth and pour into a large, heavy saucepan.

To the banana mixture in the saucepan, add remaining 2/3 cup vinegar, 3 cups water, brown sugar, salt, and ground chipotle chile pepper. Stir to combine.

Bring mixture to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring often. Reduce heat to low and cook uncovered, stirring the ketchup occasionally, for 1 hour and 15 minutes. If the ketchup gets too thick and begins to stick, add some of the remaining water (up to 1 cup).

Add corn syrup, allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring often, for another 15 minutes or until it is thick enough to coat a metal spoon. Stir in the rum and remove from heat. Let cool for 10 minutes.

Push ketchup through a fine strainer, mashing the solids with the back of a spoon. Let cool to room temperature, pour into glass bottles, cover, and refrigerate. Use within 1 month. Banana ketchup is especially good as a condiment with pork and poultry.

Yield: about 3-1/2 cups"

Interesting! I'll give that a try!

[Sister Fracas 5]

bananas? mmmm

I may just give you my egg recipe when I do my baked eggs for the inlaws tomorrow... LOL

[Marilyn. 340]

oh, I can participate.. I plan on making banana boats on our camping trip.. one of my favourite camping foods..

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

oh, I can participate.. I plan on making banana boats on our camping trip.. one of my favourite camping foods..

I googled it to seew what it was. So it's banana, marshmallows and chocolate chips? that must be really good!!! Please please please take pictures!

[Marilyn. 340]

oh, I can participate.. I plan on making banana boats on our camping trip.. one of my favourite camping foods..

I googled it to seew what it was. So it's banana, marshmallows and chocolate chips? that must be really good!!! Please please please take pictures!

yeah it is soo good.. you can do them on a barbecue or over a fire and the banana and the marshmallows and the chocolate all kind of melt together... mmm yummy....

another good thing to do with bananas is take a flour tortilla and spread it with peanut butter (not too much) and then put banana slices on half and then sprinkle with chocolate chips and marshmallows and fold over the tortilla.. you can then bake them in the oven or put them on the grill.. then what I like to do is brush them with butter and then sprinkle cinnamon sugar on them... you could throw them under the broiler after this so it crisps up a bit... but these are soo yummy...

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

oh, I can participate.. I plan on making banana boats on our camping trip.. one of my favourite camping foods..

I googled it to seew what it was. So it's banana, marshmallows and chocolate chips? that must be really good!!! Please please please take pictures!

yeah it is soo good.. you can do them on a barbecue or over a fire and the banana and the marshmallows and the chocolate all kind of melt together... mmm yummy....

I just asked my fiance and he said he never heard of this before! what a shame!

another good thing to do with bananas is take a flour tortilla and spread it with peanut butter (not too much) and then put banana slices on half and then sprinkle with chocolate chips and marshmallows and fold over the tortilla.. you can then bake them in the oven or put them on the grill.. then what I like to do is brush them with butter and then sprinkle cinnamon sugar on them... you could throw them under the broiler after this so it crisps up a bit... but these are soo yummy...

That must be good too!! I'll have to try that when I'm in the USA. But anyway, everything made with bananas is yummy

It also makes me think of crepes: I love crepes with banana and chocolate. Or with butter and chocolate. Or sugar, or even butter and sugar. oh well, pretty much all combination is good!

[Ms. Squirrel 11]

Both recipes sound great, Marilyn. But they give me heartburn, just by thinking about eating it!