/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>9202822
Depending on the area you live you either get rich whites and affluent areas, chinktown, spictown, niggerzone, or a weird mix of the three.
I grew up in the weird mix. I lived in a non gated but middle/upper class neighborhood. I lived within 3 miles of millionaire rich kids and the super poor, and went to school with a big mix of all of them.
Houston is a shit hole as in all cities are shit holes, but we're lucky in that the city spreads OUT rather than UP like others. That means certain areas are great, and others are shit, like most cities, but Houston has the luck of having metropolitan areas nearby like Pearland, Tomball, and Kingswood (aka super rich zone) to balance out the bad areas.
I won't say dont move to Houston. But I will say do your research first. Its great for tech, medical and energy related careers. Especially medical. Houston is the medical mecca of the West.

If you have the time:
Steak and potato hand pies
Its a simple meal, all in one, and easy to serve with a green salad

Essentially a cheap cut of meat marinated with garlic, herbs, worchestershire, red wine, and red wine vinegar, then browned with onion, garlic, small sliced carrots, and mushrooms, then slow cook either on the stove top or in a crock pot till tender
While the steak slow cooks, make a simple hand pie dough. You could even go easy and just buy frozen piff pastry dough, though i prefer to make my own and knead shredded sharp cheddar cheese into the dough to go for a firmer flaky crust. Let dough chill to make it easier to work with.
Peel potatoes, cut them into smaller-than-bite-sized chunks, boil until just soft but just barely undercooked. Make a simple cheese sauce and gently fold in potatoes.
Once the steak is done, roll out your dough and cut out either square or circular shapes for the pies. Place a layer of your steak and veg mix over half the dough, leaving enough space to fold over the dough to make a pocket. Add layer of cheesy potatoes. Dont over stuff them Fold dough over to make a pie and crimp edges with a fork. Brush with egg wash and add more shredded sharp cheddar to the top to make the crust really crisp.

Serve with red wine, perhaps the same red you used for the steak marinade.