Dinner! 2005

[helenas]

Way too hot so sort of meze tonight - feasting on baby vegetables :

baby white eggplants microwaved, hollowed and stuffed with a mix of their pulp, tarama, dill and scallions;

suluguni cheese marinated in cilantro/mint/jalapeno/evoo/verjus;

baby peppers pan roasted with garlic, oil cured olives and fig vinegar;

baby roma stuffed with tarama and dill;

baltic rye bread toasts rubbed with garlic;

assorted beers: Victory's Golden Monkey and Rogue's Red Ale:

for dessert lemon thyme macerated raspberries encore.

[bilrus]

I've posted about this sandwich before, but this time I have pictures. Bacon, lettuce, red, yellow and orange on the vine tomatoes (I should have waited a few more weeks, oh well), Monterey jack cheese, fried egg and mayo on challa. It might not look very good, but it is pretty tasty.

[racheld]

Grilled boneless pork chops, marinated in soy, garlic, brown sugar. Lifted from grill directly into soft wheat rolls; the jus was the dressing.

Grill-roasted-in-shucks corn on the cob. Salad of tomatoes, olives, tri-color peppers, vidalias, orzo.

Fruit compote: Cold vanilla-poached Fuji apple quarters, Mandarin sections, watermelon. A first, and a wonderful melange, from the soft apple to the crisp snap of the watermelon.

[Marlene]

Last night we had meatloaf, as part of the currently active eG Cook-Off.

Sunday night, we cooked steaks like Sam did in his and Marlene's tag team blog.  With that, we had Belgian Fries with Sauce Andalouse, mushrooms, creamed spinach, and Cabernet.  Wonderful, one of the best steaks and perhaps the best fries we've ever made.

Thanks, Sam!

Some other catching up:

A mixed grill of lamb, quail, and sausage, and not pictured, a side of pasta to go with it.

Friday night happy hour was at home, in front of the TV, table-cooking on the stone.  With the chicken, shrimp, and beef was Bagna Cauda with spring vegetables.

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Looks lovely. And I covet that stone!

[Daniel]

Helenas and Susan,

Lets move to Utah so i can marry you both..

[Grub]

Some roasted cauliflower, from this clearly obsessively deranged, 14-page thread on the topic... And some pancetta embossed chicken from this excellent eGullet recipe -- only I accidentally ended up with prosciutto instead of pancetta, but it still seemed to work out, even if the prosciutto looks pretty caramelized. Oh, and I used boneless thighs.

This plate really needs some color, though... My pictures aren't exactly National Geographic standard on the best of days, but this plate looks particularly decrepit. Good grief -- is dinner ready, or did a freaking yeti just take a dump on my plate? Jezzz.

[Susan in FL]

Helenas and Susan,

Lets move to Utah so i can marry you both.. 

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Utah, LOL. I get it.

But from looking at your profile, I think you're too young. What do you think, Helena?

Marlene, that tabletop cooking stone is a lot of fun. We received it as a gift from a good friend many years ago. I haven't seen them in stores or even for ordering online in a long time. I looked, because I wanted to give some as gifts.

Last night: Sauteed chicken thighs, corn, salad, and the mashed potatoes I was hungry for the night before when we were out of potatoes.

[little ms foodie]

helenas what is tarama??

[Jinmyo]

helenas what is tarama??

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Carp roe cured in salt.

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Usually mixed with mayonaisse as "taramasalata".

Edited June 15, 2005 by Jinmyo (log)

[Degustation]

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Marlene, that tabletop cooking stone is a lot of fun. We received it as a gift from a good friend many years ago. I haven't seen them in stores or even for ordering online in a long time. I looked, because I wanted to give some as gifts.

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Try this hot stones link.

[Susan in FL]

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Marlene, that tabletop cooking stone is a lot of fun. We received it as a gift from a good friend many years ago. I haven't seen them in stores or even for ordering online in a long time. I looked, because I wanted to give some as gifts.

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Try this hot stones link.

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Thank you so much!

[little ms foodie]

helenas what is tarama??

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Carp roe cured in salt.

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Usually mixed with mayonaisse as "taramasalata".

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excellent! thank you!

[Susan in FL]

Susan that fish with pistachios and avocado looks very unusual and delicious.

At last, I got it posted in RecipeGullet. I was quite pleasantly surprised at how avocado worked in a crust. It's a keeper recipe for us.

[suzilightning]

wicked hot day so it was a cold food night:

found some nice looking lobster claws so - lobster roll

pickled shrimp

salad of asparagus tips, grape tomatoes, black olives, vidalia onion with raspberry walnut vinaigrette

Rogue American Ale

dessert was homemade baked tortilla chips smeared with blue cheese and Rogue Chipotle Ale.

[Priscilla]

Pizza for two. Dough made with about 1/3 whole wheat flour. Topped with sliced grilled summer squash leftover from the other night and a shower of very thinly sliced sweet onion, seasoned, generously drizzled with ex. virg. olive oil, mozz. Nicely crunchified on the blazing-hot pizza stone. Big redleaf salad with more ex. virg. olive oil and Balsamic vinegar.

[stephenc]

Sorry, I had a whopper from Burger King.

[bilrus]

Strip steak with smoked paprika rub and chimichurri and Trader Joe's garlic fires (first time for these and they are really good, highly recommended).

[Allura]

A few pictures I found while cleaning out my memory card:

Skinless chicken thighs stewed in chicken broth & apple cider, with carrots and onions. I think there's thyme in there, too:

I think the fish is bocurti/white ruffy - I suspect the packaging is lying to me and it's something else completely, but it's a nice firm white fish with a slightly sweet flavor. I've been using it quite a bit lately; I get it at TJs. Anyway, I think it was baked with some white wine, basil, and the (obvious) plum tomatoes. Garlic mashed potatoes on the side.

Pork stirfry with green beans, carrots and red pepper, over brown rice.

We've been going out a lot lately, or eating leftovers or frozen stuff. The last thing I cooked was some Thai-influenced spice-crusted tuna steaks that I served over baby spinach. The spice mix had (too much) salt, cumin, lemon zest, black pepper, ginger, and bit of cinnamon. Squirted some lime juice over it all after. Forgot to grab a picture. I need to start cooking again.

[percyn]

Made my contribution to the burger cookoff.

Edited June 16, 2005 by percyn (log)

[helenas]

Troffiette pasta with radicchio sliced into sort of similar thin threads, with litleneck clams: visual, flavor and texture play all at once

orange flower water macerated local strawberries compote:

[Grub]

Was gonna make trout allemande, but substituted grouper for it, which was okay, but not great -- the grouper was thicker and had a much firmer texture... And salad and taters.

Made the salad a bit ahead of time, and drizzled some lime juice over it -- bad mistake. It got the whole thing completely soggy and dishevelled. I learn something every time I try cooking something...

[little ms foodie]

Made the salad a bit ahead of time, and drizzled some lime juice over it -- bad mistake. It got the whole thing completely soggy and dishevelled. I learn something every time I try cooking something...

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Grub, if you want to make your salad in advance I find that by making/putting the dressing all in the bottom of the bowl and then putting the salad on top without tossing keeps everything nice and crisp. Then you just toss at the last minute.

[racheld]

Disheveled salad---I love it!!! Now let's see, with that I'll have some Drunken Shrimp and maybe a Deconstructed Dessert.

M-Y-U-Y-M!!!

[Grub]

Grub, if you want to make your salad in advance I find that by making/putting the dressing all in the bottom of the bowl and then putting the salad on top without tossing keeps everything nice and crisp. Then you just toss at the last minute.

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That's a great tip, thank you!

[Chufi]

Very busy the last couple of days so some improvised, cleaning-out-the fridge cooking going on.

Yesterday:

stirfry of smoked bacon, onion, paksoi. Flavored with soy-sauce, sambal and mirin. At the last moment I crumbled in the peanutbutterburger left over from the cook-off.

Tossed this with soba noodles and it was delicious! The smoky saltiness of the bacon and soysauce, the crisp bitterness of the paksoi, the sweet juicyness of the burger. Almost something to make again (although next time, it will probably not turn out as good)

Today:

quiche of leeks, dried shii-takes and roquefort.

tomatosalad with tarragon-mustard dressing.

a lot of Ben & Jerrys NewYork super fudgy chunky or whatever that's called for dessert