Adventures in leftovers

[pecunium]

I'm not cooking so much here, the odd breakfast (this morning was french toast, no vanilla, but a healthy dose of almond extract) and the occasional dinner, from local standbys, but that's about it.

Saturday Maia and I went out for Indian food. I had leftover lamb vindaloo. Tonight I was making one of the local standbys (spaghetti) and I decided to use the pasta, in lieu of rice, that I might enjoy my vindaloo.

So I tossed a bottle of Firestone Brewing's Double Barrel Ale in the freezer to chill, and set to work.

When the pasta was done, the vindaloo (warmed in the microwave) was tossed with it.

It looked a trifle inadequate, as I ate most of it at the restaurant.

I was wrong. Either pasta is a poor absorber of the chemical heat of the vindaloo (quite possible, it has less, relative, surface area, when compared to rice), or the leftovers gained a lot of heat in the past 48 hours.

It's quite good, but I'm really glad I chilled the beer.

Comments

[firepower.livejournal.com]

I do lasagna with arrabbiata sauce and spicy sausage. I often feel lasagna is almost better as a leftover than originally served, and that lasagna's spiciness increases aggressively while in the fridge.

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

Lots of things improve in the days after cooking. Lasagne, jambalaya, any cooked lamb dish.

I just didn't expect the vindaloo to go from mild, to medium.

TK

[webzombi.livejournal.com]

go chilled beer!

You probably know the side effects

[dragonet2.livejournal.com]

of confusing Indian restaurant leftovers.

One time Dragonspawn Jewlers came through on their way across the country to conventions, etc., we all piled into the minivan and went to Taj Mahal, our favorite Indian restaurant in Kansas City. Daniel asked for and got a really really hot red curry. I had something that was red, but 'mild.' They forgot their leftovers. We didn't write on the boxes. I was still telecommuting at the time.

I went downstairs for lunch, picked a box that looked right, spooned out a serving, heated it up in the microwave and took a big bite. I Thought I Was Going To Die. Oh. My. Farking. Ghod. It hurt. It also left a mark later on as I digested that one mouthful. I don't think I ate anything for a day or two, just consumed glasses of milk in false hopes of saving my insides.

Dan and Anyhrd live in Albuquerque. They're case-hardened against hot. I'm not. owwwww,

[clownburner.livejournal.com]

Vindaloo gets hotter the longer it sits. I made a bangalore Phall once and after 48 hours in the fridge, put it on a pizza crust with some cheese.

I nearly died. That night, I put a roll of toilet paper in the fridge. ;-D