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Sandwich dinner: grilled pork collar, fresh mozzarella, tomato, pickles and caramelized onions on a rye loaf with seeds …

That looks lovely - could you elaborate on the preparation ?

Yeah … a fresh food blog - thank you 🥳

Or maybe she used secretly this ...

Thank you for outlining the process. I usually go the other way, taking the juices and adding just a bit of water to loosen all the scraps, then thicken everything with either roux or some starch. Hence my surprise that you got all that gravy from one bird. But your method sounds good (and yields more gravy), so I‘ll give it a go next time 🤗

I like the subtle visual reference to @CantCookStillTrys legendary Mining Meals thread …

The daily alignment process: little one wanted sausages, DW wanted something „fresh“, I wanted something spicy. Sausages need a carb-based salad. Everyone needed a veggie salad. DW needed something „now“, so I needed something quick to prepare. Little one needed to help me. Tomato mozz (chopped up by little one), pan-fried Thüringer Rostbratwurst sausage with onions, Currywurst, pasta salad. All happy !

I am a sucker for gravy - that’s just from the roasting juices ?!

Pizza & movie night - as pretty much every Sunday 🤗 The usual starting point: Salami & mushrooms … A bit misshapen, yet surprisingly tasty: feta & fresh courgettes, caramelized with some garlic & oregano … And a pizza that @liamsaunt probably would call Carbonara, but for some strange reason in my favourite pizzeria in Ludwigshafen is called Sofia Loren 🙄 Bacon, Parmigiano and eggs … Pizza bakes in about 3 min, so next time the eggs will go on top in the middle of that period … All very yummy. Enjoyed while watching Indiana Jones - Raiders of the lost ark … we want to see the new movie in the cinema soon and need to get the little one up to speed with the lore 🤗

It is - very. And the Schnaps, too …

I am fully with you, unless you turn it into Grünkohl … then it’s heaven 😇

It‘s a Mett world …

No, it actually comes straight from a can, Spanish brand 🤗

35 oC and humid - very little drive to cook or eat. Well, after the aperitif the was a little drive to eat … Cupboard dinner: Giant beans in tomato sauce, fresh sheep & goat feta, pickled octopus (much to little ones delight), shrimps in lemon/rosemary oil, fuet, two types of olives and some improvised hummus with dried tomatoes. Plus some quickly made meatballs (from leftover Mett from breakfast) and some salmon cubes that have undergone the sarde in saor treatment … Served with some toasted bread, tomato and olive oil plus some salted crisps. No complaints !

Paneer comes to mind; if you have some Indian groceries around that would be my first place to visit.

I do need more information on this !

Thank you both - really no judgement involved ! I buy “one” IKEA hot dog everytime I am there, and I never regret it either 🤗

OK, I finally have to ask: as someone who has not been to Costco, what is the deal with their rotisserie chicken ? I always thought it’s the “1€ IKEA hot dog”: something that is “ok-ish”, but not really good, yet - due to it’s rock-bottom price - somewhat unavoidable when you shop there. But many people reference it. Is it something you are actually looking forward to, because [insert reason here] ? This is really curiosity, no judgement involved …

Not yet … it’s a small, one-man powered show with very limited opening times ☺️

One of the rare days I can do home office. I said it many times before: it definitely has the best canteen - always exactly what I want 🤗 Today three ingredient lunch: simple grilled beef patty, medium-rare, topped with a chunk of Saint Agur and served on a toasted brioche bun …

Karaage, tatsuta age, Korean fried chicken … all marinated & starch coated from quickly dredged to hours.

This is smoked, isn’t it ?

Pizza & movie night, convenience edition … One large baking tray pizza, topped half with sausage (chopped Bratwurstschnecke, to be precise) & basil, the other half with fresh spinach, garlic, caramelized onions and goat cheese cream … Enjoyed while watching Nimona, a quite amusing animated movie … Always a good end to a relaxing weekend 🤗

I blanch the basil in boiling water for 10 secs or so, dump in ice water and drain (in a salad spinner). Then simply puree with cold olive oil. Sometimes I filter the solids out (like today), resulting in a lighter colored, more delicate basil oil, or leave them in for a deep green, robust oil (for dipping bread, …).

Another relaxing BBQ family dinner … Pork collar, Grillfackeln, choriço, sausage spirals and cheese … Roasted oven veggies filling in for the usual potato or pasta salad … And some garden-fresh tomatoes with basil oil … No complaints 🤗