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all praise the goddess in her comestible glory!!!

last night john wanted shrimps and i had wild and brown rices to use up so - vegetable stir fry with shallots, onion, red and green peppers, peas and of course drizzled with some dark sesame oil shrimp dusted with some sugar, salt and pepper then into a hot skillet for 2 minutes, turn and let cook 30 seconds more. out of the pan and throw in some minced shallots and leek. saute about 30 seconds, deglaze with some shaosin wine and pour over the shrimp. also made some sweet and sour meatballs with some buffalo i had thawed. had picked up some seaweed salad at the supermarket.

a place recently opened up here in northwest nj FISH 'N BOOZE his ad says " I have fish, I have booze". i'd rethink the name perhaps.

to tame our appetites until dinner triscuits(low fat) with blue stilton and two year grafton margarita for john, frexinet carta nevada for me dinner was brown and wild rice lemon lager chicken breasts from the current Cooking Light that i started on top of the stove then finished in the oven rather than on the grill green beans with garlic and shallots johnnybird then had a Pillsbury cinnamon roll...don't ask.

right now it's apples- planning on doing a pork and apple thing saturday different honeys beers - especially in marinades or reduced and incorporated into foods can't wait till it gets cooler and the good root vegetables come in

ALLL RIGHT!!!! KICK THIS BABY INTO HIGH!!!!! except that im still pulling my soup from the freezer since it still is warm here and i'm either at the hawkwatch or work(vaca ended today - and by vaca i mean8-12 hours looking for migrating raptors). sad but i can't wait till saturday when i only have to work 6 hours and can actually have time to cook. since i got pam's book there are few recipes earmarked for trying - including one for a coworkers birthday present remember to post those soups!! especially if you put them on the dinner thread(BOO-HISSSSSS) crossposts are not a bad thing got a roasted potato and butternut squash soup with cheddar toasts in my future

cool... intercourse...and bird in hand, too. some of the nicest places to visit. percyn, i'm really interested in the parsi and indian foods so those combined would be my #! pick the farm should be intersting - especially if you see any quilts or pepper relish(MMMMMMMM pepper relish ) along the way breakfast blowout since your posts on the breakfast thread are always so mouthwatering.... a question - does your practice of Zoroastrianism impact your diet/food choices/cooking? many thanks

Oh Dear! Oh My! Oh Gollygosh!! beautiful food... sugarcookie i second the request for the Thai chicken ball recipe klary - now i wish i had figs in the house. first day off in over two weeks. made foccacia for johnnybird, meatballs to freeze for future meals. CRAVING veg... fresh green beans i'll serve with a butter glaze and a sprinkle of kosher salt, gold coins - carrots glazed with honey and vermouth then sprinkled with fresh dill, smashed potatoes with roasted garlic. i also roasted a piece of free range beef from australia with some onions and garlic. what we don't eat for dinner will become sandwiches for johnnybird(probably on his foccacia) and hash for breakfasts for me

fresh green beans... gently coated with a sheen of butter... a smidgen of kosher salt smashed potatoes with roasted garlic carrots glazed with honey and vermouth and sprinkled with dill i don't even want meat this month ... lovely veg

8 minutes or so at 400. works beautifully. love the pictures - makes me wish i had time to figure out how to up load from johnnybird's camera - maybe if we get a rain day

Wendy and others on the Dinner! thread got me wanting to do something with figs, so I roasted some, and stuffed them with gorgonzola -- half with mountain gorgonzola and half with gorgonzola dolce -- and wrapped them in prosciutto. There was not a dramatic difference in the flavor of the two. They were good, but I'm not so crazy over figs, so I probably won't fix this often. susan- next time stuff with the gorgonzola, drape with the prosciutto THEN roast. what kind of figs did you use? am loving this thread and the best to russ for health and happiness in the next year.

ling- you gotta try white cheddar popcorn while drinking hot cocoa. course you could sub that nasty florescent orange cheddar and it should work as well. ever make the fudgy bourbon brownies in recipe gullet?

i think it also depends on what kind of figs i can get - with lighter figs i like to eat them plain or cut them up on a cheese plate or make a tart. with the darker skinned figs i like to stuff them or simmer them in port and make more savory items...

wow some beautiful food here... now i'm craving wursts and cabbage. wendy - i don't bother with the s & p & evoo - just roast the figs with the blue cheese( the last time it was blue stilton) and draped with prosciutto and that is dessert to me. tonight after 9 hours counting migrating raptors leftovers for johnnybird - corona with lime, quiche and a salad of arugula and parsley dressed with a raspberry vinaigrette for me - a bottle of Marquis de la Tour Brut and a bowl of Cascadian Farm Clifford Crunch after we get the numbers entered - bed and sleep

feliz as well... to another year! and may it be healthier and better than the last! around here it's acme fried chicken but what about a nice 1" thick strip steak - grilled- yeah, grilled. left to rest then sprinkled with some sea salt. ohhhhhh onion confit to go with it!! finish with some chocolate truffles or a slab of my black forest mousse pie a good red wine and some bubbly. whatever you decide post it here: http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showto...birthday+dining i'm still working on how to get the pictures from my 51st on there. i'd loan you the birthday tiara but don't know if it would fit

yesterday spent hopping in and out of the car -dodging raindrops- and seeing if there were any raptors migrating. finally called a halt and did what any decent woman with my obsessions would do - went grocery shopping. first cooked dinner in about a week: garlic and broccoli that had been seared in some olive oil then steamed with some verjus. added this to some cooked linguine. chicken saltimbocca - thin chicken cutlets, sage leaves from the plants on the back porch, prosciutto de san danielle. sear in a pan on both sides. remove to plate, top with provolone and into a warm oven to melt. mixed greens with some super sweet tomatoes from john's plant. dessert for john was a peach and blueberry cake topped with vanilla toffuti.

born on shelter island, east end of long island; cousins in melrose and malden; great-grandmother from rhode island. we always had cheddar(preferably rat cheese) with our apple pie. i remember there was an older gentleman who would pull up at our house in late september - he had made a trip to upstate ny for northern spies and my grandfather always bought a peck from him. johnnybird on the otherhand is from the hudson valley(poughkeepsie) and his grandmother - german- and mother german/danish always served it with ice cream. he had never seen cheddar served with apple pie until he met my mom there is a woman at work who substitutes some of the fat in her pie crust recipe with grated sharp cheese. i've never tried it.

wow - some wonderful food coming out. not too inspiring since it is the freezer clean out time though this was my first day off in 9(since i had to work 9 am- 3 pm) *note to self if we can get those picture posting thingys down ask soba to blog end of august/ beginning of hawk season - er beginning of september* i did take the time to get a ny strip from my favorite local butcher and grilled it for dinner. juicy, succulent and freaking better than the filet we have been getting here. enough left over to hack up and make stir fried rice and a wrap - for johnnybird's lunches tomorrow and monday. also potato salad - purple potatoes, onions, celery salt, miracle whip AND eggs. yellow and green squash sauteed with shallots and minced garlic. tomorrow a wedding then we get really serious about freezer cleaning since i'm on vaca and, unless it is pouring rain, i'm out in the field for at least 8 hours with all my food and liquids... happy eating to all ... and to all a good bite

hours on the hawkwatch counting those birds headed south so not too interested in cooking though... sunday: peppers stuffed with a mixture of buffalo, potatoes, red onion and salsa then baked and topped with cheese. served with a salad and supersweet tomatoes( the first) from the garden monday: grilled buffalo steak, potato salad with egg and miracle whip and garden salad tuesday: too tired and too late for me to eat but made johnnybird a foccacia he seems to have just inhaled. if i have a bit of time and some luck i will figure out how to post my birthday dinner of fresh jersey corn, tomatoes with maytag blue and red french dressing and grilled strip steak served with champagne and the obligatory tiara (last tuesday)

lia- try pub cheese cheddar and jalapeno. blows that fake cheese away but still gives you the fat and heat you crave. speaking as one who had been there suzi

happy birthday to oneidaone's dad. so cool you knew him as well as you did. all i do know about my dad was he was a mechanic with the flying tigers over the hump and later became a master carpenter. cool stories about your dad and lbj and the food he experienced. hang onto them and put them down in written as well as oral form. they are invaluable gifts to the future generations. as far as the sig line: it is almost the time to change it to my great grandmothers - though i'm sure it isn't her quote i can't quite track it down but it was always quoted to me as a kid out on shelter island.... happy memories to all

pb and strawberry jam sandwich followed with vanilla yoghurt over fresh peaches. eaten while standing out in the middle of a parking lot looking for migrating raptors.

roasted chicken that was stuffed with garlic and lemon on a bed of carrots, onion and purple potatoes. leftovers for tomorrow!!

cut the stem off. make a little X in the top stuff with (your favorite) blue cheese drape in a thin slice of prosciutto bake at 400 for 8-10 minutes. gorge yourself

oh, JUST GREAT!!!!! the last sunday i can get to lafayette (unless it is seriously raining) and it was the best visit. Windybrow had the first apples, peaches and seriously good plums. got my eggs from Danarae but skipped the fresh herbs this time. didn't need cheese. scored the first heirloom tomatoes of the year: brandywines, oxhearts, and two or three other kinds along with purple potatoes and beans, zucchini and leeks.