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Title:How to Make them Goodies
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Created:Wed Feb 19 1986
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4127
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2853.0. "Hot Stone" by DSTEG2::HUGHES () Mon Jan 14 1991 21:42

    I got a Hot Stone for Christmas this year and I am looking for recipes.
    This hot stone cooking device can be used for cooking an entire meal
    at the table. It's not a pizza stone type thing. It's a slab of marble
    that fits into a wire frame tray. The stone goes into the oven to
    heat up (on the tray). At the table there is a base for the tray that
    contains two sterno type burners. The directions say to lightly oil
    the stone before cooking. The directions didn't have a specific recipe
    except that you can use any kind of meat and any kind of vegetables
    and hot dogs work well! Thanks!
    
    It's a really fancy cooking device and it could be fun if I found some
    good recipes. I wouln't think that you would want to cook juicy types
    of foods since if the juice didn't evaporate there is no place for it
    to roll off the stone and not cause a mess. I guess I could still
    marinate meat, fish, and vegetables but I would have to dry them with
    a paper towel which sounds like a drag.
    
    Does anybody have one of these things? Does anybody have any ideas for
    good recipes?
    
    Thanks, Linda
    
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2853.1Just some ideasAKO569::JOYGet a life!Tue Jan 15 1991 12:247
    I don't have one of those stones, but I've seen them. It seems that any
    sort of shish-kebob type dish would work well. Maybe shrimp or lamb or
    beef with veggies. They shouldn't produce a lot of juice. Or how about
    something like fajitas? Just ideas, experimenting would be fun though!
    
    Debbie
    
2853.2must be popular in SwitzerlandCADSYS::HECTOR::RICHARDSONTue Jan 15 1991 15:0810
    A Swiss friend of mine has one of these things and uses it often - I
    guess they are big in Geneva.  She just slices up meat (usually beef,
    like flank steak - they eat a lot more beef than we do at her house)
    and vegetables, and then eat diner sears his/her own portion on the
    stone, and then dips them in a sauce.  Sort of like making a fondue,
    except the food is seared instead of boiled in oil (I was never a big
    fondue consumer).  She makes a horseradish-y sort of sauce to dip the
    beef morsels in.  You need veggies that sear nicely, like onion slices.
    
    /Charlotte
2853.3TLE::EIKENBERRYDon't confuse activity with productivityTue Jan 15 1991 15:395
  This sounds similar to using a Bulgogi pan, which I inquired about in
another note.  The Bulgogi pan is typically used with strips of flank
steak marinated in soy sauce, chili oil, sesame oil, etc.

--Sharon
2853.4Japanese MealBIZNIS::MARINERTue Jan 15 1991 17:426
    I had a meal in 1980 in NY, in a Japanese restaurant, where they
    brought us a very hot stone and we cooked all our food ourselves at
    the table.  Then we dipped it in various sauces.
    
    It was different and very good.
    
2853.5Bulgogi is a bit different.CGVAX2::MAMOSTue Jan 15 1991 18:2713
    Re: .3
    
    Yes . . . with a few differences. The Bulgogi cooker is not flat; it is
    "dome shaped" and heated by charcoal (quite dangerous indoors at the
    table.) The time we "did Bulgogi" (Bulgogied? - sort of like Fondue; is
    it Fondid?) the cooker had a lip all around the bottom edge to catch
    the juices as they came off the dome. This made a flavorful gravy that
    we used to supplement the dipping sauces our hostess had made.
    
    Cooking at the table is lots of fun. It gives you an excuse to play in
    your food.
    
    Tom
2853.6Fred Flintstone's revivalKIRKTN::LDICKHOFFFri Jan 18 1991 14:0622
    During Xmas I was in Holland for a couple of days and used the "stone
    grill" at a dinner with my family. These grills used to be something
    for restaurants only, but are now for sale as well.
    
    Basicly one can use any meat; chicken, steak etc. We found it best to
    have the meat sliced thin (cooks faster). Marinated is no problem. Make 
    tiny hamburgers (spiced with ie curry powder or mixed with chopped onion).
    Make small roll of (spiced) minced meat and roll in a tiny streak of bacon. 
    Prawns go fine as well. Pepper, onion rings, mushrooms, anything goes. 
    Make or buy various dips (Thousand Islands, Chili, Relish, Cocktail Sauce,
    mustard). Serve with ie a potato salad (ie mixed with tuna), mixed fruit.
    
    
    We would not put oil on the stone, but salt (when you put the stone on
    the table). You do this once. The meat will initially stick to the stone
    but will let go once cooked properly. So there is no need to 'rip' the
    meat of the stone
    
    Hope this is of any help,
    The Flying Dutchman
    who_currently_lives_in_Scotland