BewilderedKat 

#CW for food

Just a reminder that sometimes, I will literally roast a block of cheese and call it dinner.

I've posted about this before, but it's a bit of a staple because it's really great for a fast but filling supper.

## Ingredients

- A block of feta
- Some olive oil
- Honey
- Fresh or dried herbs such as thyme
- Salt and pepper

## Preparation

1. Set the oven to 400 Fahrenheit

2. Ready your block of feta, pat it dry with a clean cloth or towel. Place it in a pan for roasting. I use a 9x9 stoneware dish.

3. Add your herbs on top. I tend to use some thyme, oregano, and if I have fresh rosemary then that too (I don't like the texture of dried rosemary)

4. Cover with olive oil and place in the oven for 8-10 min. You want the cheese to be soft to the touch but not melted (use a fork or spoon, not your hand like Icarus)

5. Brush or pour honey over the top. Some folks like to warm up the honey and use a brush, I usually just pour some on top of it's liquid enough.

6. Return to the oven on broil until brown and bubbling across the top (1-4 min)

7. Season with salt and pepper and serve how you see fit.

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Nov 30 at 11:49pmWeb
Show threadleeNov 30
@h3mmy fuuuuuuuuuuck
Show threadsonjaNov 30
@h3mmy ive done this and put cherry tomatoes in to roast them along with the cheese
Show threadBewilderedKat Dec 1
@emily_rugburn
I'd do this, but I don't like mushy tomatoes so I'd add them in after the oven time. 😅
I also just recently finished the cherry tomatoes I had and need to get more.
Show threadDune (1987), but regular timeNov 30

@h3mmy 🤤 oh my gods this looks so fucking yummy!

I roast halloumi and paneer a lot for dinner

cheese for dinner is kind of amazing i won't lie

Show threadBewilderedKat Dec 1

@nofunoverlord
    

If I could find some good halloumi or paneer easily, I'd be able to cook up so many more desi dishes. 🤤😋

Show threadDune (1987), but regular timeDec 1

@h3mmy mmmm yessss

the halloumi i get is great but really expensive
like 3x the price of paneer

i should find desi dishes to cook...

Show threadBewilderedKat Dec 1

@nofunoverlord
Oh dang. I guess that makes sense based on how they're both made.

Yes! I like recreating some of my favorite childhood meals when I can. It's usually finding the ingredients that's my main obstacle. But something simple like a chana masala is very doable. And it's fun to put a spin on them. I remember last year I did a take to make chana masala tacos with goat cheese and chutney

Show threadDune (1987), but regular timeDec 1
@h3mmy oh goodness that sounds so good
Show threadtootbruteDec 1
@h3mmy cheese is king. i would give up meat but i wouldn't give up cheese.
Show threadSerenusDec 1
@h3mmy Slightly jealous right now, that looks delicious. I need to try it!
Show threadBewilderedKat Dec 1
@Serenus
Definitely worth the try! I like stocking up on feta when it's on sale. The blocks are usually good for some months and it's just such an easy quick meal when I'm low on spoons.  
Show threadChristine MalecDec 17
@h3mmy OMG Yes please!
Show threademla: migrating sk.girlthi.ngDec 17
@h3mmy américains shouldn t ne thusted with food
Show threadBewilderedKat Dec 17
@emla139
You should try my cooking first. Then you can decide whether or not to trust me specifically  
Show threademla: migrating sk.girlthi.ngDec 17
@h3mmy i am absolutely not doubting that this is delicious
Show threadBewilderedKat Dec 17
@emla139
   
Show threadScar Dec 19
@h3mmy have you tried brie as well? With some garlic, rosemary and tomatoes. Worth the try 
Show threadBewilderedKat Dec 19
@Azzura
I feel like Brie is too soft, but I can do a trial run, if I end up with goopy cheese, it's not necessarily the worst  
Show threadScar Dec 19
@h3mmy dipping with baguette is really good. And yeah, it will be goopy. Try a whole piece. Worth it
Show threadLou 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 20

@Azzura
Are you sure you're not actually French? 😛

@h3mmy

Show threadScar Dec 21

@koalou @h3mmy
No, just a fellow European. Especially a Central European. Weird mix of cultures, languages, and family names.

Show threadLou 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 21

@Azzura
I was half-expecting an explanation about how France actually stole Baguette and Brie from Hungary or something 🤭
Wouldn't be too surprising either with Napoleon the 1st's European empire u_u

@h3mmy

Show threadScar Dec 21

@koalou

We do have our own cheeses that ripen with a rind. I never really looked into the connection. But baguettes are definitely not our thing. And neither is bread made for short-term storage. Traditionally we bake 2–3 kilo white sourdough loaves that stays good for a week without any noticeable change.

BTW, Napoleon never occupied the Habsburg Empire or Hungary. We signed a treaty, and he had to go around

@h3mmy

Show threadLou 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 21

@Azzura
Sourdough loaves of bread that stay good for a while where also the norm here for most of our history. Apparently, we don't exactly know when the Baguette was introduced, but I like the urban legend about it having been made to eat on the construction sites of the Paris subway so that workers could have bread but be banned from having knives to cut it, to prevent bloody fights 🤭 (that wouldn't have made sense as they would still have needed knives to cut their hard cheese and sausage)

Alright! I took a quick look at the empire's map this morning but modern frontieres where obviously not on it and I didn't bother comparing because still half asleep.

@h3mmy

Show threadScar Dec 21

@koalou

I live for that urban myth! It has that peak romantic energy. Very Verne for me. Also, Rejtő, a Hungarian writer who served in the Legion. A knife fight would be pretty much his thing. 😜

Borders might change, but the Carpathian are not. Look what’s inside that big circle of mountains. That’s basically the historical borders of Hungary.

@h3mmy

Show threadLou 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 21

@Azzura
🤭

The map has no natural feature on land, not even the main rivers in France so I couldn't place my own city accuratly on it 🙈 (that's how bad I am with geography)
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3AFirst_French_Empire_1812.svg

@h3mmy

Fichier:First French Empire 1812.svg — Wikipédia

Show threadScar Dec 21

@koalou

Bad map! Very bad map! I can make you a better one when I get home.

@h3mmy

Show threadLou 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 21

@Azzura
Thx but don't bother, I won't remember the details 😅
Your country was spared, that's all I needed to know 🤭 (I wish we had left people alone… (and that my part of the country had never been taken over by France either… (actually, countries shouldn't be a thing :3)))

@h3mmy

Show threadScar Dec 21

@koalou

I did it anyway.

Not the best, but will provide some geographical clarity.

And do remember always there are other reads of history. Napoleon partially gave inspiration for two fantastic art pieces.

The big folk opera of Háry Janos, who, according to the play, single-handedly defeated Napoleon and his armies. 😎

And the more romantic epic poems of János Vitéz (John the Valiant), who was more interested in the local gal than anything. So no complaints from here. 😜

@h3mmy

Show threadLou 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 21

@Azzura
wow, thanks! 

> The big folk opera of Háry Janos, who, according to the play, single-handedly defeated Napoleon and his armies. 😎

😹

We need things like that in France, too many people see Bonaparte as a sort of demi-god that was taken from us too soon or something 🤢

@h3mmy

Show threadJuniper, hinge shortageDec 21
@h3mmy ooh, that sounds tasty. Though it probably says something about me that my next thought was "I should try making feta some time"
Show threadBewilderedKat Dec 22

@eruonna
Not everyone knows how to make cheese. Feta is theoretically simple, but has nuance to its making   

I'll roast it for you if you make it  

Show threadJuniper, hinge shortageDec 22
@h3mmy I've made a few fresh cheeses before. Feta would be another step down the cheesemaking road
Show threadBewilderedKat Dec 22

@eruonna
Now I'm picturing a sequence like "Alfa, beta, chedda, feta..."  

What was the last cheese making step you took? I don't make cheese but I'm curious.

Show threadLou 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 22

@h3mmy
You could have put Cheddar in 3rd place, it was right there 😛

@eruonna

Show threadJuniper, hinge shortageDec 22
@h3mmy the last new cheese type I added was mozzarella. I don't know that there is a particular natural sequence, but feta adds a couple of new steps for me. First, it is a cultured cheese, meaning the milk is acidified using a bacterial culture instead of just adding an acid. Second, it is aged (in brine, for feta). Both of those mean more chance for the cheese to grow something you don't want, so sterilization of equipment and temperature control become more important.