Jahanshah Javid

wedding

  eit JJ  is only one month to our wedding (gaby and isaac) are you can come?

  saludos

See what I mean?

Divaneh... I know what black pepper is :)))

Did you think someone who's on his way to becoming a top chef would not know?

Ajab!

Regular pepper?

Do guys in the US use funny names? What is a regular pepper? It sounds like a pepper who comes to the same bar all the time. In Iran we used to say Felfel Siah and in the UK is known as black pepper. I use it on most stuff, so for me it's regular pepper. For someone who does not use it often, it's irregular pepper. I hope it's clearer now :-)

tuna and mercury

i couldn't resist...  tuna has too much mercury, actually a lot of fish now have many toxins.  so you want to vary your fish so you get a little of each toxin and not one concentrated metal :)))  

probably fish caught in the wild are your best bet.

doctor x is very funny :)

JJJ you can also fry eggs & Tuna. I saw it in an Iranian movie

Can add tomato ala omlete.  I've tried it and would recommend.

Everything is sacred

Tuna Polo

Thanks T-Bride, khaharam!

I don't know about Hershey's chocolate syrup and Pez (good one!) but seriously there is this dish I've concocted which deserves mention. I make regular rice with tahdeeg and then pour a can of tuna over it and garnish it with ketchup. I'm salivating as I write.

I'm going to become a great cook. You just wait another 50 years.

JJ Don't give up man.

You've got what it takes. It is in you. I can see it, Hear it , feel it( not yet being able to taste it). But go for it man.

F... Martha, F.. Gor freaking don ramzy. Heck. You just grab your Roza montazami cook book and you show those Cheshm abees how it is done. :))

Just don't mess with the SEC so they will come after ya:)

The plight of a misunterstood bachelor cook...

Sorry JJ, pesaram, that your well-intentioned irony didn't seem to come across. Your reveling in your lack of culinary ambitions was maybe too much for an audience reared on mom's 2 hour khoreshts.

I for one saluted your abundant use of frying oil and one handed eating while watching sports matches. If you are going to it, its important to do it right. No half measures!

I was going to suggest a weekly spot - perhaps you could make a dessert with Hershey's chocolate syrup and Pez for the next one? Can you get that stuff in Budapest?

Better luck next time. Or maybe you should start writing for the Onion?

T-Bride 

Sarcasm Begets Sarcasm!

ج ج، هواتو دارم!

حالا نفهمیدم! (با لهجه رشتی)

Martha Stewart wants me on her show

Do you believe that too?!

Most people apparently didn't get the joke. Not even my own daughter and sister. Ajab!

Temporary Bride, you're a good writer. What did I do wrong? How come only you and a few others got my sarcasm?

How can anyone believe that I was really sharing a "secret" recipe from grandma for FRYING POTATOES? Was I not sarcastic enough in saying I used a gallon -- A GALLLON -- of oil to fry TWO potatoes? That I think I should compete for TOP CHEF?! You thought I was serious? Are you serrrrrious?

Aslan ba shomaha nemisheh shookhi kard.

khatarnaakeen! :))))

The Failure to Communicate!

Anonymouse,

If cooking is communication, then in the words of the captain to Cool Hand Luke (Paul Newman), "What we've got here is failure to communicate!"

Here is the entire quote from the movie. "What we've got here is failure to communicate. Some men you just
can't reach, so you get what we had here last week which is the way he
wants it. Well, he gets it. And I don't like it any more than you men."

Cooking is communication!

World record for the largest number of people breaking fast together! 

Everything is sacred

Dear Anonymouse, names are not as important as the tastes

Dear Anonymouse, you maybe right. As long as a food turns out good, name is not as important. That reminds me that I need to cook more :).

Anahid jaan it's not necessary a stew. Is Hunan Chicken a stew?

Everything is sacred

Dear Anonymouse, this is recipe for any stew

Last week, I made a Morracan food very similar to "Khoresht Bademjan". Only this one had some extra spices. Dear Anonymouse, what you have written is recipe for any stew.

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The Calculus recipe really cracked me up! Thank you, Mouse, for the laugh!

JJJ u can add Chicken Breast ala carte 2 ur culinary repertoire!

Here's a 1+1=2 recipe for you. 

- Get some chicken breasts from your local Budapest super. 

- Chop an onion in the frying pan. 

- Next add the breast cubes and fry them with the onions. Salt & pepper as required.

- Once the breasts are done set aside the chicken with fried onions mix in a separate dish.

- So far this was the first 1 in the 1 + 1 = 2

- For the next 1 in the formula above, you can choose whatever vegetables you like and fry them.  i.e. green pepper, red pepper, potatoes, squash, zucchini, eggplant, okras, whatever.

-  Once the vegetable(s) are fried you can mix the chicken/fried onion mix and reheat and serve!  Voila 1+1=2

- Now if you want a calculus recipe like (1+1)x1=2  for the x1 equation you can add a sauce to the chicken/vegetable mix.  Sauce can be whatever you like, i.e., soy sauce, variety of Indian sauces (Tikka, Tandoori, Masala), Alfredo or variety of Chinese or Thai sauces.  Perhaps there are Budapest sauces that you can use and share with us!

Bon appétit!  

Everything is sacred

try topping it with Giardiniera

JJ, laanati, try topping your burger with Giardiniera (an Italian pickle with olive oil etc). I guarantee you'll like it, I'll put my account on line (i.e., block me if you don't like it and I will not object).

REPULSIVE!

And I daren't open the photo essay....

Pump it Up //www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpprOGsLWUo

Cheers

Temporary Bride, you got the idea :)

Thanks for the best advice.

Cheers

Organic NUTritionist

Mother was a gourmet cook. Two sisters went to Le Cordon Bleu. Another is a nutrition expert.

I think I got dad's genes.

Pepper ;)

Divaneh, I have a question about the salmon dish you recommended. You said just add "garlic, salt and black pepper". Is that the same as regular pepper?

Let's keep it simple

Faramarz you lost me at "pesto, carbonara, puttanesca". I hear fancy names like that and I head for zee hills!

I need things to be as simple as 1+1=2

If you tell me to solve (1+1)x1=X then I'll need a calculator.

Pot... I mean... Top Chef!

apricot Palinka washes many things down well

I had the pleasure of drinking it at these Hungarian friends' dinner party years back.  I will never forget, not only the couple's hospitality, but that Palinka went so well with the meat stews.  Even with the Persian kotlets someone had brought in. They suggested drinking Palinka also with Persian kabobs (which regretfully I never had a chance to...)

No Palinka to finish?

JJ,

I'm not sure which is more comical - your 'tongue in cheek' shot of feasting on your gourmet fry-up to the tune of the US Open or all the admonishments from IC bachelors on how to raise the bar on your culinary skills. 

I could offer to fire over some recipes but I suspect that you are perfectly content on your diet of pasta that occasionally wavers to include oil-laced delights such as these.

I will suggest that you adopt a little local flavour and wash it down with a shot of palinka (the local firewater in Hungary). That 40% alcohol will help break up the fat and make it a little easier to digest - leaving you free to indulge more often.

The little old ladies at the back of the Central Market Hall should be able to sort you out with a bottle or two. I highly recommend cherry or apricot!

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Market_Hall_(Budapest)

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palinka

Jo etvaghat! 

J jon

oumadam ye chizi begam, didam hama ro ghablan in bache ha goftan!

I have a book : Weight-Watcher recipes for quick meals (20 mn cooking) I never use!

Better I send it for you.....It seems that you need it more than I do.

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I agree with Organic NUTritionist that a gallon of oil for one meal is funny......LOL!...I wonder if you can recycle the oil.......it is great that you enjoy cooking!

I guess you don't stick to your "democracy diet" any more! I still remember that blog clearly!

//iranian.com/main/blog/jahanshah-javid/democracy-diet

Red Wine's blog picture is beautiful!

Look man!

Why only sticking with Burgers and Fries? I have been a bachelor forever (no comments on that please) and i have been as JJ puts it adventurous in the kitchen.

 I have done G.Sabzi, F. enjoon, Kookoo, and so many other things. It does not take a whole lotta of time and they are so easy to cook up and it may even impress your dates more. I hate it when some men, working or studying say oh cooking takes up too much time and its better to eat "hazeri" or hit a local joint. That is a bunch of nonsense. It is refreshing, recreational and you get a good sense of accomplishement.

And JJ. Please discard the same oil you used to do your fries in. Not healthy Dawg:))

From JJ to chef Ramzy's kitchen

Where are the eligible Doosheezeh's? Khastegars? sing along with me: 

Heyyy... Good lookin'... what you got cookin'... how about cookin' something up for me...

Hey baby... don't mean maybe... LOL!

A prediction

I can predict the subject of your couple of next blog will be on "how you are determined to lose your weight"   : -)

Any way the recipe looks intriguing, I have to go over it again...