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Rushed supper after playtime with 2-year-old granddaughter: Dissected a chicken and cooked the 2 breasts and one leg. The rest will be for curry coconut chicken soup in the slow cooker tomorrow. Tonight: coated chicken pieces with mayo (with olive oil), seasoned panko crumbs with Emeril's Essence and a mixture of shredded Parmesan Romano Asiago. Pan fried on one side then finished off in the oven. Had fresh corn on the cob with chili lime seasoning ( from a jar). Roasted caulifloiwer completed the meal. This chicken is SO easy, tender, and juicy.

Sorry, heidi...I may be misleading in saying shrimp roe....they are maybe just shrimp flavoured egg noodles?

Spent the day at the farm house, trying to store the "unnecessaries". Didn't get back to the city until 9 pm, so I was glad I had ingredients prepared in the fridge for a quick supper: Wonton Soup with shrimp, shrimp flavoured noodles, baby bok choy, green onions, wontons filled with ground pork, waterchestnut, and shrimp. Drizzle of sesame oil and a dab of chili oil made a most satisfying supper.

Saw this package at our local market which got me to thinking Indian food for supper. I should have checked the package as it is meant to be kept in the freezer. Having left it in the fridge, it was thawed and the layers were really sticky and hard to peel off the plastic that separates them. However, I persevered and they turned out ok if maybe not as "puffed into layers" as they could have been. Made Aloo Gobi but with sugar snap peas. Didn't have any peas-peas in the house. I added a dime-size piece of home-made curry paste from a friend. It packed a wallop but not much flavour or aroma. I added garam masala, cumin, and curry leaves. The butter chicken had both breast and drumsticks. Didn't not make the seasonings from scratch as I have found a bottled sauce concentrate that works so well - the Nana brand.

Ho fun: rice noodles. Would steamed rice rolls count?

Love the look of that portobello with tomato and egg. Got 2 in the fridge - Breakfast tomorrow! Picked up a wheel of camembert 50% off...so, for breakfast this morning with a cuppa of Tim's-at- Home Toasted English muffin topped with tomato, bacon, camembert cheese and fresh herbs...

I might need to explore white pepper more. My Mom loved it, but I don't care for the taste... I brought lots of white peppercorns back from Malaysia last year and ended up giving most of it away to friends who appreciate it. I agree with liuzhou about most Hot & Sour soups are too "gluey". It's getting better in restaurants we've visited. Sometimes I find them to be more "sweet and hot" soup instead of sour! I have always used Chinese chili paste for my soup, even in my restaurant days. My customers are used to all the goodies IN the soup, so they find other versions lacking now that I have retired. My bowl has green onions; hubby's has steamed rice in it instead.

My not-so-goopy- no white-pepper Hot 'n' Sour soup and durian for lunch today. Hubby prefers steamed rice instead of green onions in his.

Oh! That's ttoo bad, Shelby...as I was in Kansas last week!!! You can make it yourself easily, but you'd probably go "wild" with venison or something. Tonight was yogurt and herb marinated lamb kebabs and a different recipe with basmati rice. Indian Lime Rice from Saveur - the digital format of the Aug / Sept issue. The rice is quite lovely - to look at and to eat! I've never cooked rice this way before - boiling one cup of rice in 6 cups water! The water is drained after the rice is tender, then brown mustard seeds ( I didn't have black), garlic, turmeric, curry leaves, Thai or serrano chilis, and dal are fried in oilive oil and the rice is added to that mixture. Lime juice and salt are added just before serving. Even tho' it's Greek flavoured kebabs, the Indian rice worked well with it.

It's been too long since I posted in this thread lah.... So, tonight's supper: Dong Gwa tong: Wintermelon soup with pork Ha mai suey choy fun see: dried shrimp, Chinese cabbage, mung bean thread Stuffies: white mushrooms, Chinese mushrooms, sweet bell pepper all stuffed with ground pork, shrimp, waterchestnut mixture, pan seared and steamed with oyster sauce

Late breakfast: Grilled cheese - cheddar and smoked Gouda on French bread...Cheesy and gooey...

Pork side ribs marinated in Hoisin sauce, cooking wine, sugar, and 5-spice powder. Grilled on the BBQ and enjoyed with corn, new potatoes with fresh mint and butter, as well as my favourite veg...green beans! Dessert was worth waiting for: warm Saskatoon pie and vanilla ice-cream!

Here ya go, Smithy: Poach 3 chicken breasts...cool and shred. Half three-four avocados, remove the pit, gently scoop out some pulp from the middle to make the hole large, and peel. Dust the halves with flour and wrap in Saran. Put them into the freezer for 1 1/ 2 - 2 . hours. This will keep the avocado from going mushy when they are deep fried. Mix shredded chicken with fajita seasoning (to taste) and shredded cheese ( I used Habanero Tex-Mex by Kraft) Put two halves together, press gently and re-wrap in Saran until you're ready to deep fry. Heat about 4" oil on med. high ( I used my wok) Dip avocado in beaten egg, roll in med-fine Panko crumbs, dip into egg and roll in crumbs again- total of three times for thick coating. Pat gently to make sure the halves stay together, then lower carefully into hot oil. Turn and brown all sides. Great eaten with shredded lettuce, tomato, and salsa. ENJOY!

Replicating a ball of yumminess enjoyed while down in Bryan, Texas a couple of weeks ago: Deep fried stuffed avocado!

After a couple of weeks on the road, there is nothing more satisfying than getting back into the kitchen, cleaning out the fridge, and starting afresh with a clean fridge and lots of grocery shopping! Craved liver and onions, but none to be had where we were, so the first supper at home: This was followed by ho fun, beef and bitter melon

After a 2-week road trip, after ANY and all road trips, this is the comfort food we craved: Hubby's childhood favourite - rice omelette with cheddar cheese sauce I prefer fresh herbs from my garden: Parsley, 2 kinds of basil, and cilantro

Been away for far too long! Catching up on my reading and enjoying this thread very much! Thanks, Liuzhou for sharing all the photos. The first set of pictures reminds me of the first Wal-Mart we saw and visited in Beijing last year. We were in awe! I REALLY wanted to be back in my kitchen with all the stuff I saw, haven't seen or eaten for 50 years! The outdoor markets remind me of the wet markets in Malaysia. I too was surprised at meat on display without refridgeration. As you said, people wash their meat purchases to death before cooking. At one of the chicken stalls we visited, they kill the chicken you choose, pluck and scorched the pin feathers with a torch, then cover it with tumuric if you don't tell them you don't want it "yellow". Would that be a way of keeping flies off? I noticed the kitchen maid washing the chickens with some kind of solution before cooking them. I assume most people in China would buy a live chicken and kill it at home...Couldn't be any fresher!

Ann_T: I would love some of your mini-baguette with my coconut chicken soup...with ANYTHING really! Baking is not my forte, but Sobeys have some fairly nice mini loaves. Naan would be good too, but we have 2 days of thunderstorms, lightning, etc - not great for using the Big Easy in a downpour...

SO many fantastic meals I want to replicate! This is my go-to place for inspiration when I don't know what to have for supper. Thank you ALL for taking the time to cook and post! Gardening at the moment is taking up most of my cooking time after teaching classes. So, anything I can throw together and cook by itself is alright by me! Last night, we had Betty Crocker Slow Cooker Coconut Chicken and store-bought French bread for supper. Ate a few mosquitoes as appetizer... Picked up 1.55 KG of cremini mushrooms at 50% off while shopping for fruit - $5.07! Made the start for Hungarian Mushroom soup. Will complete the process tonight after work.

The spring roll at Pomelo: made with the thin spring roll wrapper, deep fried? I've never had them "blister". Were they made with rice paper? They look fabulous!

I've been spending my Sunday afternoons teaching an exercise program called Drums Alive! to seniors. Throw together meals have been the norm the last few Sundays, but I took the time yesterday and put some lamb shanks to braise with Middle Eastern spices. Put this in the oven before class at 2 and enjoyed with lots of rice at 6. This was followed by the first rhubarb pie (never strawberries in the first one) of the season!

Anna: I LOVE curry leftover curry chicken salad, or in a wrap, or on fresh bread, or BY THE SPOONFUL!

I follow my Mom's method with "kare jup ha" by silkening the shrimp (seasonings, oil, cornstarch). Heinz Ketsup was also used. The cornstarch on the shrimp produces a silky texture as well as thickening the sauce. I love lots of green onion or chives in my portion. Must have with this dish? - LOTS of rice! The same goes for Tomato Egg stir-fy although I add beef to mine, again, a la my Mom.

Kim Shook: That's a lovely spread you put on for your relatives. I'd eat at your table in a flash! All the meals look great...The shrimp po'boy - dredged in cornmeal? Sapidus / Bruce? Lazy days for cooking due to gardening, but we've enjoyed rainbow trouts, stuffed with lemon and fresh ginger slices. These were grilled on the BBQ, basted with cilantro, lemon juice, and melted butter. And last night, a throw together Thai red curry chicken and our first feed of fresh fiddleheads!

"Killing me softly .............with this thread............................ "