Dr. Teeth

Chrysanthemum and sesame/miso dressing. I forgot to take a picture of Cod and Potatoes that went with it

Not trying to be difficult. Sentence structure is difficult for me: it should or shouldn’t have homemade breadcrumbs?

shakshuka is the wife’s favorite. I’d love any information about a pan that size

Leftover smoked turkey with cranberry mayo and some greens. I’m he latest of many. We overbought on turkey

I’m in DC. Blue crab territory. Gets cold enough at Christmas time that an outdoor event is not really a possibility. One of the guests is a 14 yo I’ve know since he was 5 or so. Cannot be trusted in my house with a red sauce covered crab body

Baked clams and seafood salad are the only 2 must have, every year dishes I’m totally happy with. I am fascinated with the idea of a crab gravy. Very traditional in Philadelphia and New Jersey on Christmas Eve. Guests would love it and it’s in my wheelhouse of things I cook. The thought of giving one of the guests a crab cooked in marinara sauce in my dining room is giving me pause. Our dining room chairs are upholstered in an off white

Wife has a rule that I’m not allowed to talk about seven fishes until Santa appears on the Macys parade. He just hit time square. Any thoughts?

Doing a Thanksgiving with another family this year for the first time. Main will be a smoked turkey. I’m doing Mac and Cheese instead of stuffing. Other family doing stuffing. Also doing creamed corn, sweet potatoes and a couple cranberry sauces

Murray’s Cheese 25% off the whole site. Just sent my parents an early X-mas present

Welcome. Did my undergraduate in Chicago. It’s a super food city. Look forward to seeing what you cook.

Dukes. All the way. That said, the idea of sending my mother, who is in her late 80’s, stubbornly attached to Hellmans and deeply addicted to mayo, a 4 gallon bucket of extra heavy Hellman’s for Christmas, bring a smile to my face

Sounds fantastic. Hope you have a wonderful time. Can’t imagine ordering the turkey

Gumbo. Probably with a number of hideously inauthentic qualities. But I did try. And the family loved it

This is fairly basic, bread crumbs, panko, egg, parsley and a bit of Romano cheese

Stuffed calamari. By request of my oldest son

8lbs of De Cecco penne bought in a panic prior to proposed tariff on Italian pasta. Not intended to prompt political discussion of any sort

Rather fond of pork shoulder. Vacuum sealer is very useful. Usually split a shoulder that size into three portions. Large chunks that get turned into carnitas for tacos in the slow cooker or instapot and then two portions, one with the scapula, one without cut into small chunks for sunday sauce

Aware I run the risk of coming across as someone go just likes everything, but I had tried to track these down for awhile and was really impressed with them. Just outstanding. I’m usually more of a mackerel/trout person but I just ate these straight from the tin

Another tin of sprats. Riga Gold this time. Couldn’t find the second tin of the previous ones. Had them on rye toast (less fancy rye bread) with sour cream and horseradish sauce, topped with red onion. Lovely, much smaller fish, more intense smoke.

More time on my hands these days, so I made dumplings again. With a semi new vegetable for the boys- edible chrysanthemum with a sesame dressing. And a scallion pancake that was the last one in the pack, got to clean out the freezer

Bought 2 lbs of lettuce linguini yesterday. In the DC suburbs

Kielbasa sandwiches with Wedding Kielbasa and house made sauerkraut from the excellent Polish deli near us. Swiss Chard and green onion colcannon. Roasted cauliflower

Another tin from the Tin of the Month club I was gifted. Did not have high hopes for this one, as I’m not a huge fan of Sprats. I was wrong. They were excellent. Had them on rye toast with a horseradish sauce, as per instructions in the Tin of the Month membership. Excellent, very not fishy, lovely mild smoke. A bit mushy as Sprats are.

Sardines were replaced by the Tin of the Month folks. They were gracious and generous. Had the tin for breakfast with some crackers they shipped with them. Excellent tin. Very fresh. Very mild, non fishy. But they were in tomato sauce, so ya know. If they were affordable (I haven’t checked prices) would make a fine daily driver.

Scallion pancakes (frozen from the Asian market), pork nappa dumplings and sweet and sour nappa stir fry