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Skriven 2011-02-04 19:14:00 av Matt Munson (17555.cooking)
Ärende: Coffee maker food
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Here is an informative post I found on a blog thanks to the Peewee Herman show
facebook page.


10 Foods You Can Allegedly Make In A Coffee Maker brought to you by the
Geekosystem blog.


Like so many before me, I was once hungry in college. With term papers looming
and the dining hall already closed for the night, food had to come from
somewhere. That was the night I learned to make ramen in my coffee maker. At
first I was nervous, pouring the hot water over noodles in my bowl, covering
them, and letting it steep. Eventually, I became more adventurous: cooking the
noodles in the carafe; putting the seasoning packet in the basket that normally
holds the filter; adding an egg.

This was cheap food prepared in as cheap a manner as possible. But I had
touched just the tip of the iceberg. It turns out there are plenty of foods you
can whip up with a Mr. Coffee and some bravery. Our favorites are below. Keep
in mind that when cooking with unconventional methods, you run the risk of
producing sub-par food and maybe exposing yourself to the dangers of
undercooked food. Attempt at your own risk, read with an open mind.

1. Oatmeal

Put two packets of instant oatmeal into the carafe. Add an individual packet of
honey, an individual packet of fruit jam, and a pinch of salt. Put an herbal
tea bag (e.g. orange flavored) into the filter basket. Pour 8-10 ounces of
water into the coffee maker, turn on the machine, and the oatmeal will be ready
in about 5 minutes.
A dead simple recipe, but with the twist of adding a tea bag for flavor.
Clearly, whoever wrote this coffee maker recipe is a stone-cold pro. He’s been
there, he’s seen things, he’s lived to tell about it, and he needs some orange
flavored oatmeal to do it.

2. Broccoli

Fill a coffee filter with six broccoli florets. Load into the coffee maker. Run
six cups of water through for tender but still crisp veggies.
Clever coffee maker cooks will find a way to whip up a cheese sauce to go with
this. When you’re cooking in a coffee maker, health food is the least of your
concern.

3. Rice

Put 1/2 cup of instant rice per person in the coffee maker. Run the appropriate
amount of water (check the box for instructions) through the coffee maker, then
leave the machine turned on for 5 to 10 minutes until the rice is fully cooked.
Rice cookers are for squares.

4. Soft Boiled Eggs

Place the eggs in the coffee pot. Drip hot water over them. Let them cook for a
few more minutes.
Several commenters observed that if it is possible to poach eggs in a coffee
maker, other foods could easily be poached. Fruit in warm wine or bologna were
also recommended.

5. Lemon Pepper Chicken

Place chicken breast in coffee maker. Add enough water to cover about 1/4 of
chicken. Sprinkle with lemon pepper seasoning. Turn on maker and cook about 15
min per side. Add milk and butter to remaining liquid, allow to heat for about
a minute, and add potato flakes for a quick side of mashed potatoes.
I know what you’re thinking: the thought of cooking meat in a something as
low-powered as a coffee maker is completely unappealing. However, Gizmodo
adapted this recipe for couscous and chicken and recorded the results. Of note
is their choice of side dish, which would probably cook up better than mashed
potato flakes, and their advice about steaming vegetables in the chamber that
normally holds the coffee grounds. Also, they note that while the chicken does
not brown, it does cook well enough.

6. Chicken Pesto Pasta

A bit of a riff on the classic “ramen in the coffee pot,ö this clever recipe
has you cook thin-cut chicken breasts on the heating element, cook the noodles
in the carafe, then whip up a quick pesto in a coffee grinder.

A coffee grinder is a solid hack to make the fresh basil pesto sauce — olive
oil, pine nuts, salt, pepper, garlic and the aforementioned fresh basil.
Of note is that, once again, the chicken doesn’t appear to to brown. Cooked is
cooked, though. Right?

7. Fish Steaks

As mentioned above, if you can poach an egg, you should be able to do a lot
more. Here’s the rundown on how to tackle a fish steak. Some commenters noted
that trout would work well for this recipe.

Steaks should be approximately 3/4 inches thick to ensure even cooking. Place
steak in filter and run 10 cups of water through the coffeemaker. Flip steak,
and run another 10 cups of water through machine.
8. Chive and Butter Sauce

Not a meal on its own, but you’ll need something to go with that fish, rice,
chicken, or veggies.

Dice one small shallot into the coffee maker. Load two to four sprigs of fresh
thyme into the filter basket without a filter, then run 1 cup of cream and 1
teaspoon of lemon juice through the coffee maker together. Season with salt and
pepper, and allow the sauce to reduce over the hot plate for 15 to 20 minutes.
Just before serving, add 1 tablespoon diced butter and swirl to melt. (Note:
Coffee maker will require heavy cleaning afterward.)
Recipes 3, 4, and 8 come from a larger article on how to prepare a meal in your
hotel room, which contains such pearls of wisdom as recommending you use a
safety razor to sprinkle black truffle shavings over your finished meal.
enius.

9. Chocolate Fondue

The perfect dessert for your shifty, coffee-maker meal.

5 2.6 oz. dark chocolate candy bars, broken into small pieces

1 cup of whipping cream

2 bananas, sliced

1 apple, sliced

1 basket of strawberries, whole

Pour cream in glass decanter and heat for 15 minutes. Add broken candy bars to
cream and heat for 10 minutes. Stir to create a smooth, rich sauce. Heat for an
additional 5 minutes, then remove decanter from heat source. Spear fruit with
forks and dip in chocolate sauce to coat. Serves three.
10. Beer

This sounds insane, but bear with us. Southern Fried Science has produced the
definitive article on “how to brew beer in a coffee maker, using only materials
commonly found on a modestly sized oceanographic research vessel.ö They
recommend using cereals for grains, vegemite for malt, and seaweed for hops.
Amazing.

Grind up your ‘grains’ (but not so much that it becomes powder).
Place your ‘grains’ in coffee pot (not the filter basket, the carafe).
Run 2 cups of clean water through coffee maker and let it sit on the hot plate
for an hour. This releases all the good chemicals from you ‘grains’ and creates
a fluid called wort.
Strain the wort through the coffee filter and place the filter full of ‘grain’
into the filter basket. Add the ‘malt’ to the filter basket. Pour the strained
liquid back into coffee maker and add 1 cup of water.
Run the wort through the coffee maker 5 times, each time adding 1 cup of water.
Pour the wort into the saucepan and boil for 45 minutes. Two minutes before
boiling is done, add the hops.
Carefully pour the wort into the canning jars.
Let the wort cool to between 60 and 70 F. Once it is cool enough to touch the
outside of the jars without burning, pitched the Bakers’ Yeast into the
ixture.
Seal jar with a handkerchief and rubber band over the mouth, and let sit for 3
to 5 days.
And table spoon of sugar to the jar and seal with the lids, making sure they’re
air tight.
Store in a cool, dark place where it will not be disturbed for a week.
So the next time you’re in a hotel and reaching for the phone and steeling your
nerves to fork over $30 for a crappy pizza, go for the coffee maker instead.
And if you’re willing to throw the clothes iron in to the mix, it opens up all
sorts of possibilities. Now go out there, and cook some dinner in the most
backward way imaginable.

(image via briefpenguin)
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