New Randomly Selected List--RSL3.5

The best part about running your own blog is that you can change the rules as you go along. I desperately wanted to start a new randomly selected list but haven't finished the last one, on which I haven't made very impressive progress. But, as Josh pointed out, it's my blog, so I can change things. I started a new randomly selected list. I promise to finish this one.

I decided that I should just combine RSL2 (which I never finished) and RSL3 (which I was 2/3 finished with). Recipes that have asterisks are from RSL2, while those that have ^'s are new to the list (I wanted to get an even 30 recipes).

I used random.org to generate the numbers, throwing out pages that didn't contain recipes.

New rules:
I will finish the list whenever I manage, I never make the deadline anyway.
I can carry between 5-10 unmade recipes to the next list.
There will be thirty recipes on each list.

Any thoughts on this list?

I will update it with a link, the recipe chosen, and the date it was made.

35: Beverages--Flavored iced tea I, Flavored iced tea II, Flavored iced tea III, Herbal tea, Iced hibiscus tea, Hot cocoa^
127, Soups: Jellied soup, jellied tomato soup, jellied beet soup*
139: Stocks and soups: Scotch broth, pepper pot*
147: Stocks and soups--Becker blender gazpacho, white gazpacho, cold cucumber soup, winter fruit soup
148: Stocks and soups--Cherry soup, Ginger melon soup, Rose hip soup, Quick beef stew^
170: Salads--Pear, walnut, and endive salad, melon cups, bean salad, three-bean salad, black bean salad^
201: Egg dishes: Spanish omelet, egg white omelet*
251: Vegetables--Green bean casserole I, Green beans with onions, tomatoes, and dill^
274: Vegetables--Moussaka^
312: Vegetables--Stewed tomatoes, Fried green tomatoes, Tomatoes Creole^
355: Grains--Lentil and rice pilaf with toasted cumin seeds, Spiced vegetable pilaf with cashews, Becker rice and noodle pilaf^
381: Shellfish: Grilled, broiled, or roasted soft-shell crabs, Steaamed blue crabs, Poached (or boiled) hard-shelled crabs, Crab cakes*
401: Fish--Braised whole fish with red wine sauce, poached quenelles, gefilte fish
410: Fish--Fish and chips, marinated deep fried fish, Thai fish cakes
435: Poultry--Chicken tagine with chickpeas
472: Meat--Roasted fillet or tenderloin of beef, grilled fillet or tenderloin of beef (expensive!)
582: Savory sauces--Potato-garlic mayonnaise, Rouille (red pepper garlic mayonnaise)
600: Breads and coffee cakes: Oat bread cockaigne, Buttermilk potato bread, Challah*
615: Bread--Brioche au chocolat, Brioche a tete, Sectioned brioche loaf (going to make this with mom too!)
649: Pancakes, waffles, fritters, and doughnuts: Buckwheat crepes*
660: Pancakes--Cheese croquettes Cockaigne, Salmon croquettes, Chicken or turkey croquettes^
731: Cakes and cupcakes: Strawberry icebox cake, Mocha ice cream cake, Sicilian cassata, Moors' heads (mohrenkopfe)*
748: Cakes and cupcakes--High altitude angel food cake, High altitude coconut angel food cake, High altitude white cake
778: Cookies and bars--Rugalach, Individual nut tarts, jelly tots
791, Icings: Fluffy nut or coconut icing, luscious orange icing, chocolate fudge frosting*
814: Desserts: Pineapple snow, Snow pudding*
816, Desserts: Chocolate mousse, chocolate mousse with gelatin, white chocolate mousse with toasted almonds*
823: Desserts: Cottage pudding, Perisimmon buttermilk pudding, Pumpkin buttermilk pudding, Indian pudding, Sticky toffee pudding*
838: Frozen desserts and sweet sauces: Lemon sherbet, lime sherbet, cranberry sherbet, Ice pops I, Ice pops II, Snow cream*
853: Frozen desserts--Fresh strawberry sauce, Fresh mango sauce, Fresh blueberry sauce

I hope to power through this set! Finally, a RSL that is fairly season appropriate.

RSL-OfeC: One from each Chapter #1

Most of you know I have a Randomly Selected List, which I love. It forces me to make recipes that I would usually put off making. But I decided to go one step further--I'm going to make the Randomly Selected List 2--Electric Boogaloo. Wait--I mean the RSL2: One from each Chapter.

The rules of this list:

One recipe will be selected from each chapter.

I can't make a new RSL2 until the previous list is entirely finished.

I would like to have each list finished within three full months from the new list's introduction.

This list will not replace RSL1, it will be in addition to it. I have found that these lists keep me really motivated. I used random.org to generate the numbers, throwing out pages that didn't contain recipes.

I will update it with a link, the recipe chosen, and the date it was made.

Beverages--37: Kai, 3/7/11
Wine and beer--Shandy, 3/7/11
Cocktails and party drinks--65: Fish house punch, 1/16/11
Appetizers and Hors d'oeuvres--79: Stuffed raw vegetables, Stuffed celery, New potatoes stuffed with sour cream and caviar
Brunch, lunch, and supper dishes--100: Spicy seafood stew with orzo
Stocks and soups--135: Chicken rice soup (Asopao de pollo), Cock-a-leekie
Salads--159: Mixed greens with cheese crisp, Greek salad, Pita salad (Fattoush), Spinach salad, Spinach salad with grapefruit, orange, and avocado
Sandwiches, wraps, and pizza--182: English muffin pizza, 3/7/11
Egg dishes--198: Eggs with smoked salmon, Scrambled eggs II, Additions to scrambled eggs, Scotch woodcock
Fruits--216: Apple rings, Honey apples, Sauteed apples and bacon, Applesauce II, Seasoned applesauce I, Seasoned applesauce II, Seasoned applesauce III, Baked apples
Vegetables--280: Braised leeks, Leeks vinaigrette
Pasta, noodles, and dumplings--331: Chicken lo mein, Beef chow fun
Grains--360: Risotto (risotto in bianco), Risotto milanese
Shellfish--377: Fried clams, shrimp, or oysters with cornmeal coating, Fried clams, oysters, shrimp, or scallops with bread crumb or cracker coating
Fish--410: Fish and chips, Marinated deep-fried fish, Thai fish cakes
Poultry and wildfowl--428: Grilled lemon chicken, Jamaican jerk chicken, Tandoori chicken, Ash-roasted chicken thighs
Meat--501: Pork braised in milk, Braised pork with sauerkraut, Latin roasted picnic shoulder
Game--526: Braised marinated rabbit with prunes, Rabbit with mustard (Lapin ala moutarde), Casseroled rabbit and sausage
Stuffings--535: Corn bread stuffing with oysters, Corn bread stuffing with cumin and hot chile peppers, Dry dressing, Ham dressing for turkey, Parsley and bread crumb stuffing for fish
Savory sauces, salad dressings, marinades, and rubs--547: Pan sauce for wildfowl, herb pan sauce
Breads and coffee cakes--635: Muffins, Sour cream muffins, Lemon poppy seed muffins, Herb or roasted garlic muffins, Whole wheat muffins, Bran muffins
Pancakes, waffles, fritters, and doughnuts--646: Oatmeal pancakes, lemon pancakes
Pies and pastries--691: Fresh fruit kuchen, Blueberry and peach buckle
Cake and cupcakes--721: Oatmeal cake, Tomato soup cake (mystery cake), Banana cake Cockaigne
Cookies and bars--769: Pecan puffs, Sesame seed (benne seed) wafers, Flourless nut balls, Nutty dried fruit drops, Pecan lace
Icings, toppings, and glazes--799: Streusel topping, Honey-bee glaze, Glazes applied before or during baking I, II, III, IV, Glazes applied after baking I, II, III, IV, V, Translucent sugar glaze
Desserts--817: Chocolate terrine, Cold lemon souffle or Bavarian cream, Cold orange souffle or Bavarian cream, Cold lime souffle or Bavarian cream
Frozen desserts and sweet sauces--844: Hot lemon sauce, Hot lime sauce, Clear lemon sauce, Clear lime sauce, Cherry sauce
Candies and confections--873: Scotch toffee, Sesame seed brittle, English toffee, Buttercrunch
Jellies and preserves--934: Prickly pear jelly, Lemon jelly, Savory lemon jelly, Red red strawbery jam, Blueberry jam
Pickles and relishes--946: Sweet-and-sour spiced gherkins, Bread-and-butter pickles, Low-salt sweet cucumber slices, Pickled gherkins (cornichons)
Know your ingredients--1007: Quatre epices (spice Parisienne) I, Quatre epices (spice Parisienne) II, Ras el hanout

Randomly generated list #3

The best part about running your own blog is that you can change the rules as you go along. I desperately wanted to start a new randomly selected list but haven't finished the last one, on which I haven't made very impressive progress. But, as Josh pointed out, it's my blog, so I can change things. I started a new randomly selected list. I promise to finish this one. U used random.org to generate the numbers, throwing out pages that didn't contain recipes.

New rules:
I will finish the list within four months, so by December 1st.
I can carry between 5-10 unmade recipes to the next list.
There will be thirty recipes on each list.

Any thoughts on this list?

I will update it with a link, the recipe chosen, and the date it was made.

33: Beverages--Iced coffee, 1/16/11
147: Stocks and soups--Becker blender gazpacho, white gazpacho, cold cucumber soup, winter fruit soup
149: Stocks and soups--Blender borscht, 8/6/10
159: Salads--Caesar salad, 9/12/10
164: Salads--Curried chicken or turkey salad, 8/24/10
194: Eggs--Coddled eggs, 12/5/10
206: Eggs--Spinach, broccoli, or cauliflower timbale, 8/24/10
219: Fruit--Berries cockaigne, 8/29/10
290: Vegetables--Puree of peas, 8/26/10
342: Pasta--Wontons, 8/3/10
401: Fish--Braised whole fish with red wine sauce, poached quenelles, gefilte fish
410: Fish--Fish and chips, marinated deep fried fish, Thai fish cakes
426: Poultry--Broiled teriyaki chicken, 8/30/10
435: Poultry--Chicken tagine with chickpeas
448: Poultry--Roast duck a l'orange, 1/15/11
472: Meat--Roasted fillet or tenderloin of beef, grilled fillet or tenderloin of beef (expensive!)
511: Meat--Ground meat patties, 8/26/10
548: Savory sauces--Sweet and sour orange pan sauce, 1/15/11
566: Savory sauces--Chimichurri, 9/28/10
582: Savory sauces--Potato-garlic mayonnaise, Rouille (red pepper garlic mayonnaise)
586: Savory sauces--Teriyaki marinade, 8/30/10
599: Bread--Whole wheat bread, 10/5/10
615: Bread--Brioche au chocolat, Brioche a tete, Sectioned brioche loaf (going to make this with mom too!)
737: Cakes and cupcakes--Yellow cupcakes, 3/10/11
748: Cakes and cupcakes--High altitude angel food cake, High altitude coconut angel food cake, High altitude white cake
771: Cookies and bars--Butterscotch nut cookies, 8/27/10
778: Cookies and bars--Rugalach, Individual nut tarts, jelly tots
849: Frozen desserts--Caramel sauce, 12/4/10
853: Frozen desserts--Fresh strawberry sauce, Fresh mango sauce, Fresh blueberry sauce
866: Candies--Caramel corn, 3/8/11

Randomly Generated List #2

As I mentioned before, I'm stealing an idea from Teena of the Gourmet Project. She uses a random number generator to generate page numbers and she has to cook something off of them every so often. It's a good way to make sure that you aren't avoiding recipes--otherwise I could end up with a year of really nasty-looking foods that I didn't want to make.

I'm going to post my list (that way I can't cheat!). I plan on making at least one recipe every two weeks. I can make any recipe off of the page but the recipe has to start on the page in question. I have to make them all before I can move on to the next set (we will see how that works!).

**One major change and some of you might think this is cheating--I have decided that I can carry over up to five dishes once (and only once)--and add as many other dishes to get to 25**

Here is the list (page number, abbreviated chapter title, (eventually) what I made and the date):
ETA: I decided to list all the possibilities per page so I could easily refer to this page. When I make something, it will be linked and the discarded choices will be deleted :)


77, Appetizers and Hors D'Oeuvres: Marinated goat cheese with fresh thyme 2/18/10
139, Stocks and soups: Scotch broth, pepper pot
145, Stocks and soups: Cream of onion soup, 1/6/10
166, Salads: Pickled beet salad, 1/25/10
175, Salads: Molded cranberry salad, 11/26/09
201, Egg dishes: Spanish omelet, egg white omelet
237, Fruits: Tamarind dipping sauce, 12/31/09
381, Shellfish: Grilled, broiled, or roasted soft-shell crabs, Steaamed blue crabs, Poached (or boiled) hard-shelled crabs, Crab cakes
431, Poultry and wildfowl: Chicken paprika (paprikas csirke), 2/10/10
440, Poultry and wildfowl: Sauteed chicken livers, 1/6/10
448, Poultry and wildfowl: Roast duck a la orange (bigarade), 1/16/11
586, Savory sauces, salad dressing, marinades, and rubs: Teriyaki marinade, 8/30/10
600, Breads and coffee cakes: Oat bread cockaigne, Buttermilk potato bread, Challah
611, Breads and coffee cakes: Parker house rolls, 1/16/11
649, Pancakes, waffles, fritters, and doughnuts: Buckwheat crepes
691, Pies and pastries:Apple, peach, or plum cake cockaigne, 7/14/10
731, Cakes and cupcakes: Strawberry icebox cake, Mocha ice cream cake, Sicilian cassata, Moors' heads (mohrenkopfe)
776, Cookies and bars: Chocolate icebox cookies, 3/8/11
814, Desserts: Pineapple snow, Snow pudding
823, Desserts: Cottage pudding, Perisimmon buttermilk pudding, Pumpkin buttermilk pudding, Indian pudding, Sticky toffee pudding
838, Frozen desserts and sweet sauces: Lemon sherbet, lime sherbet, cranberry sherbet, Ice pops I, Ice pops II, Snow cream

Hold-overs from the last list:
127, Soups: Jellied soup, jellied tomato soup, jellied beet soup
520, Meat (variety meats...joy of joys...): Baked stuffed heart, 1/16/11
791, Icings: Fluffy nut or coconut icing, luscious orange icing, chocolate fudge frosting
816, Desserts: Chocolate mousse, chocolate mousse with gelatin, white chocolate mousse with toasted almonds

Randomly Generated List #1

As I mentioned before, I'm stealing an idea from Teena of the Gourmet Project. She uses a random number generator to generate page numbers and she has to cook something off of them every so often. It's a good way to make sure that you aren't avoiding recipes--otherwise I could end up with a year of really nasty-looking foods that I didn't want to make.

I'm going to post my list (that way I can't cheat!). I plan on making at least one recipe every two weeks. I can make any recipe off of the page but the recipe has to start on the page in question. I have to make them all before I can move on to the next set (we will see how that works!).

I had Josh pick 12 numbers and the random number generator pick 12 numbers. Several of the pages picked didn't have recipes on them so I threw them out and generated more numbers.

Here is the list (page number, abbreviated chapter title, (eventually) what I made and the date):
ETA: I decided to list all the possiblilities per page so I could easily refer to this page. When I make something, it will be linked and the discarded choices will be deleted :)

77, Appetizers: Marinated mozzarella, 2/1/09
109, Brunch, Cheese quiche, 1/19/09
127, Soups: Jellied soup, jellied tomato soup, jellied beet soup
196, Eggs: Poached eggs, 3/26/09
225, Fruits: Kumquat compote, 3/15/09
333, Pasta: Japanese noodles in broth, 3/26/09
356, Grains: Jamaican rice and peas, 9/27/09
444, Poultry: Turkey in red mole, 5/25/09
500, Meat: Pulled pork, 3/27/09
513, Meat: Macleid's rockcastle chili, 4/9/09
520, Meat (variety meats...joy of joys...): Sauteed kidneys with mustard, boiled fresh, smoked, or pickled beef tongue, baked stuffed heart
552, Sauces: White wine sauce for fish, 5/25/09
555, Sauces: Hunter's sauce (sauce chasseur), 10/3/09
641, Breads: Garlic bread or toasted buttered bread loaf, 2/8/09
666, Pies, Pat-in-the-pan butter dough, 1/19/09
667, Pies: Pat-in-the-pan shortbread dough, 1/30/09
729, Cakes: Individual molten chocolate cakes, 10/4/09
777, Cookies: Molasses crisps cockaigne, 7/5/09
791, Icings: Fluffy nut or coconut icing, luscious orange icing, chocolate fudge frosting
816, Desserts: Chocolate mousse, chocolate mousse with gelatin, white chocolate mousse with toasted almonds