Geek Food: A Cookbook for the Technologically Inclined

thaen writes: "Might want to check out the latest offering from arstechnica.com. Somebody has compiled a 51-page book of recipes written by geeks, for geeks, and originally posted in the arstechnica 'Lounge' forum. Mmmm...the omelette..." I seriously hope that the macaroni and cheese recipe really needs "tabasco sauce", rather than "tobacco sauce", because I can't even imagine... no. Not going to think about it.

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Proof that geeks are normal people

[Froze]

Disclaimer: I did not read the whole thing.

It looks like a buch of (often redundant) recipies for average food items. So if a geek eats food that is normal, and the old maxim "you are what you eat" is true, then geeks are normal

Blast, I always wanted to be abnormal ;-)

Variation on the Strawberry Banana Shake

[Col. Panic]

I make a kick-ass shake when I have 5 minutes before leaving for work:

Small handful of icecubes in blender. Add heaping tablespoon of frozen concentrated o.j., about a half cup of plain nonfat yogurt, a banana, and any fruit you like. It works great with strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, peaches, plums, and even pear if you don't mind a somewhat grainy consistency.

REALLY tasty and lots of fiber to boot.

The ticker

[Faux_Pseudo]

There is a ticker on the site that is currently showing just a hair over 10,000 visits. Now we can watch the /. effect in real time.

By the way I have been looking for a geek style cookbook for a while.
Any one know of a cook book that specializes in recipes that can be cooked up a week in advance and in bulk that will not loose their flavor or require more than 30 ingredients?
I have visited numerous bookstores in the last month and have as of yet to find such a book.

alt.gourmand and the USENET Cookbook

[plalonde2]

The real cookbook for geeks dates back into the deep dark days of the usenet, before the great renaming. Not that I expect anyone on this board to remember.

Alt.gourmand was archived, and various bits of unix software (deceptively close to the man page system) could be used to not only format the cookbook, but also to glom it together, build a permuted index, and drop the lot to your printer.

I have a lovely spiral bound edition from around 1986... Does anyone know where to get these collections anymore?

Re:well, i just had dinner...

[nido]

Raw veggies is nice. But raw meat is not. Especially chicken. Salmonilla can kill. And beef has e coli etc.

I've heard it before. "but aren't you woried about salmonella?" I'm not - salmonella, et all, are largely a product of industrial-style meat manufacturing. Real meat is not manufactured. I buy my meat from the local organic food store. It's raised naturally, without antibiotics and hormones, etc. I eat my meat on an empty stomac, so all there aren't any obstacles between the stomac acid and any "bad" bacteria that might happen to be present.

Read the superhealth report (link in my first post). It explains why we (I'm not the only one who eats raw meat) don't worry about salmonella or e coli or whatever the food-borne-illness of the month happens to be.

Hey, thanks this is perfect!

[JoeShmoe]

Now I actually have some recipies to swap over all those peer-2-peer networks like Kazaa, Direct Connect, eDonkey, etc!

I mean, that's what those networks are all for, right? Right?

- JoeShmoe

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Re:Classic recipie

[T-Ranger]

Nathan's or Miller's

I parsed that as Nathan's in Millers. My first thought (being Canadian) was WTF is a Nathan's, and why would you want to put it in boiling urine? Then I realized you were talking about boiling some hotdog in Beer. Then I realized what you realy meant.

But that leads to an interesting question: What would hot dogs taste like, boiled in beer?

recipes to scare you to death

[Alien54]

As seen on the Appalachian Voodoo Kitchens Website.

Kentucky Bourbon Deviled Crab
Bacon-Burger-Fried Okra
Potato Candy
Turmeric Potatoes
Hot Sweet Pickled Durian
Chocolate Steak
Sausage and Muenster Couscous
Chicken-Bacon-Banana Kebobs with Garlic Rice
Survival Biscuit Casserole
Rockcastle County Vampire Tonic
Bubblegum Sauce
Baked Calpis Soda Ham
Marzipan Milkshake
Appalachian Voodoo Beer Cheese
Sweet Potatoes Baked in Hazelnut Oil
Pocky-Paraffin Edible Architecture
Squambo

Something to terrify just about anyone. Some how I think some of these are weird enough to be japanese or geek recipes (thinking of the japanese mint beer)

Re:Microwave Scrambled Eggs

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually if you crack an egg into a coffee cup, whip it around with a fork, put in a touch of butter, salt, pepper....and microwave for 30-45 seconds or so it tastes great. Just watch it while you mic it. It will float outta the cup if you aren't careful. Just open the door and restart it till it's all the way done.

Ramen noodles? What?

[MattGWU]

Here...go nuts:

Ramen Recipe Database

Alright...there was at least ONE ramen recipe in there...but that guy has two hundred and five! If only ramen noodles weren't so scarce and expensive. Wait...nevermind. Notably absent now that I'm checking is "Prison Ramen", which IIRC was cooked in a bag of Cheet-O's for lack of an actual pot. In fact, I seem to remember there being more than 205 recipes last I was there (maybe got rid of more or less duplicate recipes), but that should hold you for awhile.

Re:*real* cookbooks for geeks

[gregbaker]

I agree. Cooks Illustrated is a wonderful thing to have around the kitchen. I'm in the process of convincing myself to buy their hardbound collections and indices from the years before I subscribed..

My favourite cookbook, by a long shot is The New Canadian Basics Cookbook. The recipes are uniformly excellent and bulletproof. I don't think Canadian tastes differ that much from American tastes. I would imagine it would be just as useful for those south of the border.

Good Eats

[SupahVee]

I think the majority of the people who are posting replies to this at least watch Iron Chef, which is cool in it own right. But by far the best cooking show for geeks is Good Eats, with Alton Brown. I have learned more about making my own food taste better by watching him than any other cooking show, ever. He doesnt just cook food, he shows why it cooks the way it does, how to get that perfect done-ness out of steaks, eggs, etc. That and the show is damn funny.

And to the guy who down below who says potatoes are toxic when uncooked, please, get your facts straight, as well. Potatoes are NOT hazardous when uncooked, no more than fresh corn or green beans. Take it from someone who loves a good red potato raw. The last person I heard who still believed spuds were poisonous was my great grandmother, and she no longer bought into that crap, either.

sheesh, some people's facts....