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I will also look forward to your tales. We were in Hue in April this year. If you can, take the train from Hue to Da Nang, ensure you book seats on the left hand side for spectacular coastal scenery. In Hue our hotel the Serene Palace had a restaurant which was number 1 on TripAdvisor. The Hue pork noodle soup was superb, huge depth of flavours. We ate at Lac Thien on the other side of the river, where the deaf owner makes customised beer bottle openers. The whole family work there, with ninety year old granny peeling garlic, adult children waiting tables, and everyone yelling at the top of their lungs. The food was good too. Always try to get a green taxi Mai Linh brand, apparently they're less likely to rip you off. Our trip to Hoi An was about five years ago, things may have changed. I do remember an excellent cooking class at our hotel, but can't remember the name !

Tuscan pork snaggies with mushroom sauce. Served with potato & blue cheese mash, cabbage with bacon, a green salad and grilled sourdough.

How you live (in a rural setting, dealing with actual dead animals and on the other side of the world) is fascinating for me. I'm a city person, who tries not to even step on ants. Thanks so much for sharing, love your cooking too

Kentucky not fried chicken (it's baked). Served with potato salad, a mixed salad and lemon chilli dipping sauce.

Ahh, fair enough.

What word would that have been, (assuming the typo) ? Genuinely curious.

They are from the rib. You can get them French trimmed so the bone becomes a handle. Me, I like all the fat and skerricks of meat along the bone. My next oven will be a CSO.

Lamb cutlets, dusted with sumac and pan fried. A very mixed salad, baby cos, multi coloured cherry tomatoes, radishes, cucumber and freshly harvested sprouts with a lemon dressing, pita bread and a few beetroot smashed with yoghurt.

Pizza take 2, the dough keeps well. The first pizza is hot salami, anchovies, olives, bocconcini and mozzarella. The second pizza is roast chicken, roast garlic, cherry tomatoes and mozzarella.

Char siu pork belly with stir fried choy sum and radish leaves, plus egg fried rice.

We do hams at Christmas. The ham rind gets scored and studded with cloves. I use a basting liquid with pineapple juice, brown sugar and allspice. Bake in a low oven basting frequently for a couple hours. Delicious with potato bake.

Pumpkin, spinach and ricotta lasagna with bacon and mushrooms, plus a salad.

@MetsFan5, sorry for your loss, and such a sad situation. I think you've been given good advice here. Try and maintain a routine, take one step at a time and you'll get through this. What's the alternative, and would your brother want that.... @Thanks for the Crepes, so sad to hear about your loss too. All I can say is keep cooking, (and posting in the dinner thread) your dinner sounds pretty good to me. I'm having a drink for you now...

Clean out the fridge celery soup (with bacon, which sank), plus roast chicken and cheddar toasties.

Oops, sorry bout that

Pizza ! My first attempt from scratch. Thanks to @shain for her detailed recipe, and beginners luck, they were yummy. First pizza, base spread with leftover mussel infused red sauce, half topped with pepperoni, cherry tomatoes and olives, the other half is roast chicken, red onion, goats cheese and basil. Second pizza was spread with plain tomato sauce and chopped oregano, half was topped with ham, pineapple and mozzarella (in Australia you would call me a deadset bogan, and I'm okay with that) and half with cherry tomatoes, olives, bocconcini and baby spinach. Okay, I need some practise with shaping, and crusts got a bit burnt, but there's two more balls of dough in the fridge !

@shain, can you freeze the dough ?

Smoked salmon on pumpernickel, topped with natural yoghurt, a caper and snipped chives.

A favourite - roast chicken with herb stuffing and rich gravy. Served with roast potatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, garlic and spring onion, plus buttered peas. And, a piece of bacon.

It is certainly possible they are coming in from outside. Do you leave a light on that might attract them ? Have you found any caterpillars ?

In Australia we eat moths. http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/bogong-moths-the-bush-tucker-superfood-swarming-canberra-20161102-gsg284.html

Mussels in a spicy red sauce with garlic sourdough BREAD for mopping, and a spinach and blue cheese salad.

Takeaway sushi from our local Japanese place. It's great fresh fusion food, made on the premises which are spotlessly clean, and $15 gets us lunch for two. Today, tuna and avocado rolls, chicken karaage and cucumber, plus inari. We've just discussed making this a weekly event to try (amongst more sushi) the hot food as well

Baked stuffed eggplant with a panzanella style salad. In the stuffing, diced onion, garlic, minced pork, bacon, mushrooms, tomato paste, yoghurt and eggplant flesh.

Butter chicken with steamed basmati rice, roti breads, cucumber salad and papaya chutney.