Dinner! 2012

[patrickamory]

Broiled goat chops.

[robirdstx]

Country Captain with Jasmine Rice

[C. sapidus]

Patrick – How do goat chops compare with lamb or pork?

Robirdstx – What’s in your Country Captain?

First time making wings on the Big Green Egg. I torched the marinade, unfortunately, but surprisingly the chicken stayed moist. Ah well, I have more wings scheduled for later this week and should get better with practice. There are worse fates than practicing on chicken wings.

Star anise wings, marinated with soy sauce, sweet soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, sugar, pepper, star anise, and cinnamon. Great flavor, despite poor fire control.

Grilled okra and yard-long beans, brushed with sesame oil and sprinkled with S&P. Not bad. Store-bought bread and butter.

[patrickamory]

Bruce - they're closer to lamb, though the fat is more succulent. We ended up cooking them medium, though next time I think we'll go medium-rare. They are actually kid.

[robirdstx]

Robirdstx – What’s in your Country Captain?

Hi Bruce. Today's variation was made with bone-in, skin on chicken thighs, bacon fat, chopped onion, garlic, and celery, roasted red bell pepper, canned whole tomatoes with their juice, orange juice, curry powder, cumin seeds, dried thyme, and cayenne.

ETA: roasted red bell pepper

Edited December 10, 2012 by robirdstx (log)

[liuzhou]

Roast duck leg with Japanese spices, broccoli purée; steamded rice

[rod rock]

Broccoli puree goes nice with rice and rest from the dish.

[ScottyBoy]

What's in your Japanese spices?

[dcarch]

^{It took me a while to go thru all the posts since I last posted. Toooo many amazing creative delicious dishes for me comment.}

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^{A few recent kitchen concoctions.}

^dcarch

^{Sous Vide Pork Tenderloin on Giant Asparagus}

^{Sous Vide Beef Tenderloin}

^{Fried Plantain}

^{Grilled Meatballs, Asparagus Stems and Beet Stems}

[rotuts]

Wow, as usual

would you reveal the Meat Ball Rx?

[Kim Shook]

Patrick – gorgeous chili. We always make it with ground and I’ve been wanting to try it like yours. And I am dying to try goat. We are getting a new shop near us – Indian/Asian/Hispanic/Halal – how’s THAT? I’m sure that they’ll sell goat and hope that they sell smaller cuts than the whole leg the other shops sell. Any hints?

Bruce – that’s exactly how I like my wings to look. I just love that crusty burn flavor – I ask for my hot dogs BLACK.

dcarch – gorgeous FAT asparagus! Are those grilled/roasted??

Football snack yesterday:

Bought low-fat cheese by mistake – it doesn’t melt in the microwave, it just gets chewy. Ick.

Dinner was fried shrimp, succotash, slaw, sweet potatoes and hushpuppies (almost alliterative):

The hushpuppies were frozen, but good. I don’t usually put that thick a coating on shrimp, but had some panko that I wanted to use up. They were medium shrimp (another thing bought by accident – I usually get the jumbo) and were a little lost in all that crunch!

[liuzhou]

What's in your Japanese spices?

It is shichimi tōgarashi or Japanese 7 spice powder, consisting of red chilli powder, black sesame, white sesame, ground sansho (Sichuan pepper), roasted orange peel, sweet basil, and ground ginger.

[dcarch]

Thank you Rotuts. The meatballs were made with regular meatball recipes. I used an ice cream scoop to keep the size uniform. They were first steamed so that the shape got firmed up then there were quick grilled on a smoking hot cast iron griddle.

Thank you Kim. The asparagus were so thick. It would be diffeicult to roast without drying them out. So I steam cooked them first and then roasted on very high heat.

I like batter fried shrimps. Your shrimps look perfect.

dcarch

[mm84321]

Artichoke soup

Bécasse

[munchymom]

Turkey in mole sauce with refried beans, rice, pineapple, and avocado:

[sadistick]

mm8 - Clearly you have some serious skills. Are you currently employed (how do you find the time for all those involved dishes otherwise?!) in the restaurant biz?

[C. sapidus]

Kim, you are very kind.

Patrick and Robirdstx, thanks for the info.

dcarch and mm – up to your usual high standard!

Quick meal from Into the Vietnamese Kitchen after younger son’s first swim meet of the season. Jasmine rice to sop up the sauce. Mrs. C made salad.

Chicken and ginger simmered in caramel sauce

[mm84321]

mm8 - Clearly you have some serious skills. Are you currently employed (how do you find the time for all those involved dishes otherwise?!) in the restaurant biz?

Thanks. I've never worked in the restaurant business. I'm currently unemployed, but I guess "self-empoyed" sounds nicer. I cook for private parties on occasion, but I don't really do any advertising. Following recipes helps me get better, so instead of going to school, or staging somewhere, I do this.

[Keith_W]

Well mm84321, if you were a private chef I would employ you to cater for my next party, instead of subjecting them to the vagaries of my inconsistent cooking! I am guessing you are in the UK? You really should update your profile. I know i'm not the only one who lives vicariously by your food. Tonight I am making a humble pork roast. While eating it I will fantasize I am eating one of your dinners instead.

[mm84321]

Ha. I'm in the USA. But, thanks. I don't like to take too much credit. I'm inspired by the products, and they are the reason I continue to do what I do. If any of my food looks or tastes good it is 80% because of the quality of the ingredients I work with, not anything that I've done to them.

[ScottyBoy]

It's good you're learning that early.

[sadistick]

mm8 - Clearly you have some serious skills. Are you currently employed (how do you find the time for all those involved dishes otherwise?!) in the restaurant biz?

Thanks. I've never worked in the restaurant business. I'm currently unemployed, but I guess "self-empoyed" sounds nicer. I cook for private parties on occasion, but I don't really do any advertising. Following recipes helps me get better, so instead of going to school, or staging somewhere, I do this.

Well, you have done an admirable job in your self education. Where in the world are you located? While I am fairly competent in the kitchen, my time limitations prevent me from spending the time that one must invest on those intricate meals (not by lack of desire) and thus I would employ your services in a heartbeat, however; based on the produce you are showing, I have a feeling the local will not make that feasible...

Edit - Scotty, how do you know he/she is learning early, and not late?

Edited December 11, 2012 by sadistick (log)

[Dejah]

Daughter was home for belated birthday supper and TLC from Momma and Pops. Her requests:

Chinese fajita? Took lots of short cuts and done in the wok prior to placing on sizzling hot plate. Sides were loads of guac, shredded lettuce, etc I made both chicken - for her, and beef for the guys. Everything was devoured.

and DQ ice-cream cake! Finally, we are able to get this cake in the winter. In previous years, once the drive in closed in Oct...she'd whine. Now we have a DQ in the mall.

Before she went back to the city, a little comfort food, please, Momma!

Beef and Tomato per Popo's style! Eaten with copious amounts of steamed rice and some to take home.

[Dejah]

While waiting at the doctor's office, I saw a recipe for Carrot Frites. Copied it down and tried my hand at them, along with roast chicken (from Safeway on the way home), roast cauliflower, boiled carrots, brocoslaw. They are definitely do again!

The carrot frites:

For snacking: Bird Seed Bar with mango-flavoured dried cranberries

[ScottyBoy]

Edit - Scotty, how do you know he/she is learning early, and not late?

Oh we've chatted, he's a young buck.