Dinner! 2012

[avaserfi]

shrimp scampi

[judiu]

What is the single head garlic? Never heard of it before! Thanks in advance!

[liuzhou]

What is the single head garlic? Never heard of it before! Thanks in advance!

Which is precisely why I linked to the relevant article.

[ScottyBoy]

Shrimp Scampi looks kewl!

[Chris Hennes]

This is a continuation of the massive original Dinner! topic (when it got up near a thousand pages the database started having trouble with it...) Carry on!

(Please note that the original topic is temporarily offline while I split it into chunks the server can manage... it will be back soon, I promise!)

Edited September 7, 2012 by Chris Hennes
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[Chris Hennes]

NOTE FROM MANAGEMENT: As this monster topic approaches a thousand pages, the database has started having trouble with it. We are therefore closing this one, and starting up a new Dinner! topic here. Please don't forget to subscribe to the new one! My apologies for the inconvenience. Thanks.

[Mr Holloway]

This was inspired by SobaAddict's Greek lemon potatoes

Started out with some wings with some similar marinate as the potatoes

Potatoes got a nice crisp on the Egg

Lamb shoulder chops with Cluck and Squeal Beef rub..Try this

With some Tomato/cucumber salad and grilled pita

Love this thread, some amazingly talented people here.

Look forward to the next 1000 pages

Shane

Edited September 7, 2012 by Mr Holloway (log)

[rotuts]

Wow Mr. H! that's talking to me: would you care to share your marinade and cooking times?

Oooooooooooo and its not Sous Vide!

[patrickamory]

Oh my God Shane those wings and shoulder chops look incredible.

I gave Meenal's murgh cholay another try, but this time substituted young frozen peas for the chickpeas, added at the very end and cooked until just done. This dish is just tremendous, I urge you to try it! As mentioned previously, I use a mix of yogurt and sour cream for the curd specified in the recipe.

(Also, Blether, if you're reading this, the Millser large container is perfect for blending the cooked onions and the curd.)

Edited September 7, 2012 by patrickamory (log)

[ChrisTaylor]

Oh man. Those chicken wings. I truly want those. My favourite cut of chicken, easy. Maybe one of my favourite cuts of animal.

[Kim Shook]

Shane – those lamb chops…I think that I can smell the gorgeous aroma from here. It’s 1:30am and I’m wondering where I can get grilled lamb!

I may be getting ready to disappear again. Don’t know if anyone remembers, but a couple of years ago, I was MIA for a long period when my grandmother had a stroke. Well, the same grandmother has had a really bad fall - surgery and at LEAST 3 months in a rehab facility, so my mom and I are heading down there. I’m not sure how much I’ll be there over the next few months, but I didn’t want to just vanish! I thought I’d post some meals from the last few days.

Dinner the other night was a salad and some baked spaghetti that a friend brought to us:

Then another night we had our favorite - breakfast for dinner. Benton’s country ham slices:

With eggs, biscuits and fries:

No pictures of today’s meal – just leftovers tonight because I was working on tailgate food all day. Game is at noon tomorrow, so it will be breakfast. Apple cider sweet rolls:

Really good, but the filling was a real PITA – very, very wet. Still really good though, especially since the cream cheese icing includes apple cider that has been reduced to a syrup.

Ham and Gruyere quiche:

I used the Thomas Keller pâte brisée – easy and delicious! I also made a fruit salad.

I had a bunch of finally ripe nectarines that needed to be used, so I made a pie using the CI vodka crust recipe:

The pastry is a dream to work with – it all goes together in the food processor and rolls out very nicely. AND there is plenty of it to make the crust. Flakey, tender…all the good stuff!

I'll check in when I can!

[patrickamory]

Momofuku noodles with ginger and scallions, jazzed up with some pimentón de la vera and Tianjin preserved vegetables:

[ScottyBoy]

I found that recipe just "meh" so it's smart to jazz it up like you did!

[Blether]

I gave Meenal's murgh cholay another try...

Looking good, Patrick

[Emily_R]

Scotty -- so good to hear I'm not the only one who didn't see what the fuss over that Momofuku recipe was... I wasn't a fan at all...

[ScottyBoy]

Well I think they were trying to replicate a local restaurant, would love to eat where they tried to copy.

[Mr Holloway]

Rotuts: The marinate was olive oil,lemon juice,some zest and a store bought Greek spice blend

The wings were on the Egg, indirect @400 for about 45 min

Patrick: Thank you, the lamb is always a treat

Chris: I feel the same way about wings

Kim: Very sorry to hear about your Grandmother.

Always look forward to your posts

Breakfast for dinner is on the menu tonight

Shane

[chefmd]

Wedge salad with heirloom tomatoes and bacon.

[C. sapidus]

Kim – Best wishes for your grandmother. Your pastries look fantastic, especially the nectarine pie. I need to learn to work with flour.

chefmd – Nice!

Stir-fried fish curry: Chunks of halibut, with red curry paste, ginger, garlic, fish sauce, chiles, and Thai basil, served over coconut jasmine rice.

Not pictured: Mrs. C made tomato-watermelon salad, and another salad with baby romaine, parsley, red bell pepper, jicama, and a watermelon vinaigrette.

[ScottyBoy]

Chefmd - I could totally get down on that salad!

[robirdstx]

Dcarch and Kim Shook - thank you for your kind words.

And along the same line, last night's dinner:

Salad topped with Grilled Beef Rib Eye

[C. sapidus]

For visiting cousins we made scampi and a simple green bean salad (parboiled green beans tossed with salt, olive oil, and lemon juice). One cousin, as it turns out, doesn't eat shrimp so I made a quick aio e oio, which went over well.

Tossed leftovers together and nuked for this morning's breakfast.

[patrickamory]

Pork chops marinated in pimentón de la Vera and salt for 5 hours, then sauteed, served with a syrup of pan juices and sherry; Algerian chickpea dersa; cold green bean salad with hyssop and mint.

Edited September 9, 2012 by patrickamory (log)

[ScottyBoy]

MmmMmm pork chops...

[mm84321]

Pork neck braised with sweet potato, plums, and amaretti.