Invention

Invention... A fun word. Often, we seek new things that broaden our minds, senses, and adorations. We make things. Craft new ideas. Some for gain, some for entertainment. I love messing around with stacking flavors and researching how certain things are made. I make dressings that never existed, sauces that you can't buy, dips that will make you smack your momma, and even learned tricks of the trade to make the products I would normally buy, for my taste, better. For instance, I love pimento cheese. My favorite is Palmetto brand. But I'm not paying $6 a tub for it. I can make it at home for less than 4 and make it better.

2 cups sharp cheddar
1 cup pepperjack
2 roasted red bell peppers from a jar.
1/2 cup mayo
2 tbsp sour cream
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper or 3 dashes of hot sauce.
Put ingredients in a food processor and let it ride for 10 seconds. Takes 5 minutes. Very simple to make and the taste is superb.

Chicken salad is another staple I have messed with. Roaster chickens from the grocery store make some darn tasty chicken salad. Quarter some onion and bell pepper, a little celery, and chicken, mix in some mayo and a half a bottle of Frank's hot sauce and you have buffalo chicken salad. I added some bleu cheese and bacon in it one time and made a bacon bleu chicken salad. Sweet and Sour sauce made a good one. Teriyaki, bbq, honey mustard, jerk, Cajun, and many others have been made. It's all about what you like and keeping it interesting. Some of these ideas are just reinventing the wheel. All part of food invention. New ways to try things that you love eating. The only limits you have in the kitchen are those that you stop with your imagination. Expand the universe and seek better. Making another post next week. Hopefully doing some projects on fried tastiness.