http://goonswithspoons.com/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=MoistVonLipwig&feedformat=atomGoonsWithSpoons - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T16:55:02ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.34.2http://goonswithspoons.com/w/index.php?title=Toronto,_Ontario&diff=17731Toronto, Ontario2012-11-18T06:56:31Z<p>MoistVonLipwig: /* Mexican and Central/South American */</p>
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| [[wikipedia:Toronto|Toronto]] Toronto! Not the capital of Canada, but the capital of Ontario and the largest city in the country. Full of different cultures and polite people who will give directions if they speak English.<br />
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Please submit any reviews you want, but place the address just after the restaurant name.<br />
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==Contributors residing here:==<br />
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== General ==<br />
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'''Sandwichee'''<br />
*286 Danforth Avenue (near Bowden Street, Chester Subway)<br />
**Incredibly delicious, giant sandwiches for unreasonably little money. Homemade spiced mayos and grilled vegetables are a specialty.<br />
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== Australian == <br />
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== Breakfast ==<br />
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== Burgers and Fries ==<br />
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==Carribean==<br />
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==Chinese==<br />
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== Dim Sum ==<br />
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'''Bright Pearl'''<br />
*Kensington Market/Chinatown<br />
*Spadina @ St. Andrew? just north of Dundas<br />
**Great Dim Sum, excellent barbecue pork buns, service leaves a little to be desired but that may have just been the time at which I was there.<br />
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== Desserts/Bakeries ==<br />
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'''The Cupcake Shoppe'''<br />
*2147 Yonge Street, north of Eglinton.<br />
Awesome cupcakes, quaint little place. Must visit if in the north end. Cupcakes change daily, so it's always something new.<br />
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==European==<br />
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== Greek ==<br />
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Greek Town is located along Danforth Avenue ("the Danforth") in Toronto's east end. Easily accessible by subway, the area is between Chester and Donlands stops, centered on Pape. <br />
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Be sure to check out the "Taste of the Danforth", a festival of food, music and corporate sponsorship that takes place in August. <br />
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== Indian ==<br />
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==Italian==<br />
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Little Italy is located south of Bloor around Harbord between Ossington and Bathurst. <br />
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==Pizza==<br />
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'''Magic Oven'''<br />
* Organic pizza, available for delivery or pickup, several locations throughout the GTA. Good pizza, higher price. Check the website for the location nearest you (Broadview no longer operational) [http://www.magicoven.com]<br />
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==Mexican and Central/South American==<br />
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'''Big Fat Burrito'''<br />
*529 Bloor Street (The Annex), 285 Augusta Street (Kensington Market), 112 Dundas Street (Bay & Dundas)<br />
**Badass burritos, clean and quick. Glass bottled soft drinks are a must have. Try the pulled pork burrito. Spiciness is scaled from 1-5, 5 being the highest.<br />
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'''Chino Locos Tasty Good Burritos'''<br />
*4 Greenwood Ave (Leslieville), 459 Church St (The Village)<br />
**Amazing, different burritos. Instead of rice you can get chow mein which I highly recommend. The original location is better than the Village location sometimes.<br />
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==Vegetarian==<br />
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Eateries that pride themselves on being totally or at least mostly vegetarian focused go here. While many Indian places could fit as well they should stay in Indian.</div>MoistVonLipwighttp://goonswithspoons.com/w/index.php?title=Talk:Baked_Ziti&diff=11602Talk:Baked Ziti2009-03-19T21:27:08Z<p>MoistVonLipwig: </p>
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<div>This recipe is the shit, my friend!<br />
I subbed in some hot italian sausage for the meatballs, and my wife, whose mother is Sicilian, love it.<br />
The ricotta was a nice touch.<br />
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The only thing about this I would change is more specific measurements - the shredded cheese comes in a few different sizes of bag so 'a bag and a half' left me scratching my head. And I'll eat my hat if one of you motherfuckers knows how to pour *half* a box of ziti into a pot of boiling water, I couldn't manage it. -popecrunch<br />
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The Ziti works out to ~750g or 1.7 lb or 8 cups.<br />
Excellent recipe by the way, fed my girlfriend and I for a week :) -MoistVonLipwig</div>MoistVonLipwighttp://goonswithspoons.com/w/index.php?title=Baked_Ziti&diff=11590Baked Ziti2009-03-16T01:32:22Z<p>MoistVonLipwig: </p>
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<div>Submitted by Ishamael [[category:Featured Recipes]]<br />
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A pasta, sauce and cheese casserole with mini-meatballs, perfect for an Italian meal or with your favorite mafia-related movie or TV show<br />
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==Sopranos Time!==<br />
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So it’s Sopranos time again, and that means that we have an Italian-food party every Sunday with some friends. A short time ago I made baked ziti, one of my Italian favorites, based off my mom and grandma’s recipes, with some of my own stuff thrown in.<br />
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You may notice that the kitchen changes in the middle, that’s because the first time I tried to document my ziti-making my camera died, so I finished up the next time I made it, which was at my mother-in-law’s house.<br />
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Anyhow, this recipe has three parts:<br />
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*Marinara sauce – This is a simplified version of my “Sunday Gravy” sauce, which is the same except it has a lot of other meats in it, and cooks for hours and hours. This version only cooks about 45 mins.<br />
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*Homemade meatballs – These are my wife’s favorite part of my Italian cooking, so I included mini-meatballs in the ziti, which has ended up being AWESOME.<br />
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*Ziti assembly – Here, you put it all together along with a ton of cheese to make an awesome baked casserole.<br />
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==Preheat==<br />
Preheat your oven to 350.<br />
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== Ingredients ==<br />
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*MEATBALLS:<br />
**1 lb. ground beef (preferably 80% lean or less, for better cohesion)<br />
**½ cup grated parmesan cheese<br />
**½ cup Italian-style bread crumbs<br />
**2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped<br />
**1 tsp garlic powder<br />
**1 tsp kosher salt<br />
**2 eggs<br />
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*MARINARA SAUCE:<br />
**2 big cans of whole peeled tomatoes<br />
**1 small can tomato paste<br />
**½ onion (yellow or white)<br />
**4 cloves garlic, chopped<br />
**oregano<br />
**basil<br />
**rosemary<br />
**thyme<br />
**a splash of whatever red wine you are serving with dinner<br />
**a pinch of sugar<br />
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If we were doing a whole Sunday gravy, I would also add 4 hot Italian sausages, browned, and maybe some veal chops or, if I was feeling really productive, bracciole (garlic-and-cheese stuffed steak rolls).<br />
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*ZITI ASSEMBLY:<br />
**1 ½ boxes of ziti pasta (700g, 1.55lb or 8 cups)<br />
**1 big container Ricotta cheese<br />
**1 ½ packages shredded mozzarella<br />
**shredded or grated Romano<br />
**grated parmesan<br />
**6 slices of provolone cheese<br />
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== Method ==<br />
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Here’s the ingredients:<br />
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And can’t forget the spices:<br />
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==MEATBALLS==<br />
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Chop up your parsley<br />
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In a big mixing bowl, add parmesan cheese<br />
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And bread crumbs<br />
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Garlic powder<br />
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Salt<br />
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And the ground beef and 2 eggs.<br />
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Get your hands in there and mix them all together, working the dry ingredients in as best you can. .<br />
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I make half the meatballs into normal sized meatballs, for eating during the week, like this:<br />
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And half into mini-meatballs, for the ziti. No bonus points if you have that lame dessert in the background that we tried, because it sucked.<br />
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Roll em all up, if your hands are sticking too much, wet them a little under the sink to aid in ball-rolling. Man, it’s hard not to make ball jokes during this meatball section. Especially considering Vito’s latest storyline on the Sopranos.<br />
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Then you want to brown them up in a skillet with a dash of olive oil, and set them aside on a plate covered with a paper towel, to soak up the grease. Try to get them brown on all sides if you can, but if not that’s OK. With the mini ones, you can kinda shake the pan to turn them, rather than doing it by hand like with the big ones.<br />
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OK, we’re done with meatballs for now. Keep those aside, we’ll need them soon.<br />
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Let’s move on to the<br />
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==MARINARA SAUCE==<br />
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First, chop up your onion.<br />
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Then, your four cloves of garlic. Remember, a clove is just a section of the bulb. Don’t do what my buddy did, and cut up four BULBS of garlic for this recipe. Good lord that was garlic-y!<br />
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Meanwhile, blend your cans of whole tomatoes separately in the blender, just until they’re sauce. If you like a really smooth sauce, you can blend them more. With one of the cans, add the tomato paste before you blend.<br />
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Saute your onions and garlic with a little olive oil in your sauce pot over medium heat, stirring ocassionally.<br />
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Once the onions turn translucent, add the blended tomatoes. I got a little lax with my picture taking for the next bit, so here’s a general description.<br />
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Heat the tomatoes-onion-garlic mixture over low to medium heat, stirring ocassionally. Add the oregano, basil, thyme, and rosemary to taste. Note: it will take more of these spices than you expect.<br />
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Then, I take whatever wine we’re drinking that night and add a decent splash into the pot. Throw a pinch of sugar into the pot at this point as well, and stir well. Here’s a blurry picture of some pinot noir to make you all happy.<br />
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Add the meatballs to the pot, and partially cover. Cook for around 30-35 minutes over low heat, stirring ocassionally. It should lightly bubble and simmer during this time.<br />
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OK, on to the<br />
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==ZITI ASSEMBLY==<br />
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First, boil your water and add 1 & one-half boxes of ziti pasta. If you can’t find ziti for some reason, you can use penne or any other tube pasta.<br />
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Drain your pasta<br />
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And mix in most of the ricotta and about half a package of shredded mozarella cheese with the hot pasta until you have a mixture that looks kinda like this<br />
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OK, it’s time for assembly!<br />
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Grease your pan with some shortening or a non-stick spray, and then arrange in this order:<br />
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1.) Sauce and meatballs<br />
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2.) Ziti and cheese<br />
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3.) sliced provolone<br />
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4.) sauce and meatballs<br />
5.) ziti and cheese<br />
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6.) sauce and meatballs<br />
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7.) Cover the top with the rest of the shredded mozzarella, and then sprinkle over that with Romano and parmesan cheese.<br />
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Put it in the oven at 350 for 30 minutes, and voila!<br />
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You think you can make better ziti than Nucci? Don't be a jerk, my friend!<br />
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[[category:Pasta]] [[category:Ishamael's Recipes|Ishamael's Recipes]] [[category:Italian]] [[category:Dinner]] [[category:Main_Course]]</div>MoistVonLipwighttp://goonswithspoons.com/w/index.php?title=Talk:Baked_Ziti&diff=11589Talk:Baked Ziti2009-03-16T01:30:41Z<p>MoistVonLipwig: </p>
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<div>This recipe is the shit, my friend!<br />
I subbed in some hot italian sausage for the meatballs, and my wife, whose mother is Sicilian, love it.<br />
The ricotta was a nice touch.<br />
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The only thing about this I would change is more specific measurements - the shredded cheese comes in a few different sizes of bag so 'a bag and a half' left me scratching my head. And I'll eat my hat if one of you motherfuckers knows how to pour *half* a box of ziti into a pot of boiling water, I couldn't manage it. -popecrunch<br />
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The Ziti works out to ~750g or 1.7 lb or 8 cups. -MoistVonLipwig</div>MoistVonLipwig