Need cooking in room meal ideas. Please share.

[Richyams]

All this pig's feet talk got me yearning for some. I am boiling them right now, should be ready to put in bowls in another hour. I will get a late night pig's feet snack tonight, yipeee!!

 

[jcodespoti]

oh Mr. Squirrell!!!!

Joe in CT

 

[juju]

My family grew up eating pig's feet, or the other term we used - trotters. But I also love spam too and cook a lot of that in our room in the microwave.

 

[Regina]

Oh No!! Could it be that I'm related to Richyams??? My paternal grandparents were from Hungary. I remember that nasty pig jello. My grandma would put it out on the fire escape to cool. I never could touch it.

Fortunately, my maternal grandparents were from Italy and the food was much better.

I've never cooked anything other than breakfast in the unit. Since you need to get everything (including every spice known to mankind) to cook a meal, I've never bothered.

 

[Snowgod]

Up north in the great woods of Shrewsbury, VT. It was said that you could catch a fish. Once done, you could take that fish and nail it to a board and put it in the oven. Bake it for an hour with a full load of wood and then take it out to cool. Once cooled you should take out the nails and throw away the fish (save the nails). The wood was now ready to eat. At first I thought like you that this was silly. I now know that this was far from silly compared to some of the other things they told me. Who knew that Grape jelly, Ketchup and Ground Meat were good together.

 

[mrsdon]

We usually take a crochpot and pop in a roast on porkchops and when we come back dinner is all redy done.
If you are flying you can buy one at WalMart tof about $10.

 

[DVCajun]

I'm thinking about trying something different next time. We have a collapseable cooler that I am going to fill with tupperwares full of frozen entrees that I make ahead of time. We'll be staying in a studio, so we won't have the stove and oven. I think this will work, and we can even check the cooler since everything in it will be frozen, and you can't break a collapseable cooler!

I'm also thinking of trying out the grills for the first time. I guess they're not gas grills? Wishful thinking.... I don't know if I know HOW to light charcoal!

Rich, most broths will gel up like that when they're cold. Have you tried cold chicken broth? It might be better than the pig's feet! BTW, I buy pigs feet to use as flavoring when I make soup that's going to simmer all day. But then I throw the pig's feet away and eat my soup HOT.

 

[CRobin]

Since this thread has morphed to somewhat "uncommon" cuisine, I heard about this but have never tried it. Has anyone?

Wrap a trout in aluminum foil. Stuff some lemon slices, herbs, etc, in him.

Put him on the top rack of the dishwasher.

Run a full cycle, hot water wash, no detergent (the fish is already "cleaned" )

Supposedly the fish comes out perfectly poached, steamed, whatever.

DW will not let me try this experiment in her washer, but, maybe at OKW next time........?

 

[sumessefui]

Rich, thanks for the memory. My Grandmom made the pigs feet just as you desrcibed. Have not had them in many years. The garlic is the key. Grandpop also made his own headcheese, hard to find that anymore except at the local farmer's market.

 

[Bennet]

I don't ever want to get the room after Rich has just been in there cooking.

Just another reason to like BWV. Too small for Rich to cook.

(Just kidding Rich, I'm sure it tastes great)

 

[Bennet]

OK this isn't quite pig's feet.

We get a big bad of spuds and bake'm all at once and keep'm in the 'fridge. Then I cut a bunch up and make home fries with onion, garlic and sausage. Progably stinks the place up almost as well as pigs feet.

We get a big bag of frozen burger pucks, dogs pizzas to feed the kids. Lucky Charms are popular with the kids too.

Eggos make for an easy quick breakfast (or lunch or dinner), so do the Lucky Charms

 

[Richyams]

LOL

I am alone in my home eating pig's feet. I made seven bowls, the garlic was permeating the walls, it was beautiful, I ate two bowls a day, they are all gone. They are just the most wonderful meal that ever could have been imagined......

 

[robinb]

We've done steaks on the grill at OKW. The men-folk drank beer and grilled and we women-folk stayed in the air conditioned 2 BR resort, drank wine, tossed salad and steamed green beans. The kids watched videos. A good time was had by all.

We now have a "kitchen pack" that we bring with us on our DVC stays. It includes salt, pepper, montreal steak spice, a small (5 oz) bottle of olive oil and a dial-a-matic spice shaker with oregno, thyme, parsely, garlic, basil & rosemary.

 

[DeDixie]

Thanks for all your great ideas !!

I don't get tired of eating disney food, I just want to save some money and take advantage of the kitchen.

Once I brought a pizza shell, pepperoni and pizza sauce in my suitcase, then brought frozen mozarella in a small cooler - the pizza was great.

I also like being able to eat the leftovers after eating at the restaurants.

My kids like those lemonade slushies - Oh, and I made brownies once also.

 

[msdis]

ROF, LOL, in TEARS!!!! You guys are just too funny. Think of the poor maid who finds a squirrel tail, or pigs hoofs in the trash, or fish remnants in the dishwasher. LOL!!! Thanks for making my day!

 

[msmouse]

One thing we always bring with us is the slow cooker. We put a roast on in the morning and when we get back to the room after a long day at the parks, dinner awaits! You can also do chicken in the slow cooker too!

 

[shrpgrl]

We usually do the cooking thing when we go in a group. We each take a day and we do a supper, (there are usually 14 or so of us).
We do things like Spaghetti and meatsauce with garlic bread, Mac and Cheese and sloppy joes. We do not get fancy. Mostly we do it because my sister and her 5 kids don't have a lot of money. This way we eat breakfast in the rooms and supper and then they only have to buy lunch or eat snacks.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

Lots of great ideas, and really fun reading.

Rich...my dad (Italian) loved pigs feet, but only had the kind you could buy in the jar in the supermarket, which I'm sure doesn't compare with homemade. When I was little, I used to buy him a jar for Christmas, but never tried them myself.

 

[disneymagicmom]

One meal that is super easy and good is the new Pasta Bake sauces. Just add uncooked pasta, water, sauce and add cheese. Top that off with a salad (ala bag), garlic toast.... and away you go!

Yummy!

18 days to go! WDW and 1st Disney Cruise!

Sharon