Dinner! 2007

[doctortim]

Peter Green, I really want to grab a big hunk of fresh bread and dip it into the juices pooled on that plate! How did you make the potato dumplings? How did they compare in taste and texture to potato gnocchi?

[Shelby]

I'm now quite embarrassed that I ever put any of my pictures on here.  Nothing I've done compares to this for sure!

I don't even have any idea what sodium alginate is!

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You say that, but then look at the post right after mine...puts me to shame

Here's the topic on sodium alginate. Fun stuff...used only to impress friends who don't know what it is And, the chai was supposed to be a sodium alginate ravioli, but I couldn't get it to form, that's why I have two rounds of caviar in one meal.

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Nah both you guys' stuff looks AWESOME!

Thanks for the link--I have some heavy reading to do looks like!

[Shelby]

I'm now quite embarrassed that I ever put any of my pictures on here.  Nothing I've done compares to this for sure!

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Why would you say this? There is nothing wrong with your photos or what you cook.

I don't even have any idea what sodium alginate is!

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One of the two chemical components (the other being calcium chloride) used to encapsulate liquids into little caviar-like spheres (or big egg-yolk size spheres). The techique came out of Ferran Adria at el Bulli.

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Awwww thanks!

[percyn]

On a hot summer day this week...

Chilled Golden Gazpacho

Rotisserie Chicken with Herb Yukon Gold Potatoes and Roasted Garlic

Earlier in the week....

Homemade Lobster Bisque w/Crusty Bread

Ribs - These were actually cuit sous vide and then finished under the broiler (it was raining that day).

[C. sapidus]

Peter Green - wait, you aren’t making sauerbraten in Thailand, are you?

For the bread course, I prepared homemade chapati naan with tomato chutney:

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Rob/gfron1, sounds like a great party. Your chapati naan is gorgeous, how did you make it?

Rotisserie Chicken with Herb Yukon Gold Potatoes and Roasted Garlic

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PercyN, of all your beautiful plates, the roasted garlic jumped out at me. Whoa.

We did not cook anything last night, but went out for all-you-can-eat crabs at the source of my avatar. My fingers still smell of crab, and the dogs keep giving me enquiring looks.

[Peter Green]

Peter Green,How did you make the potato dumplings? How did they compare in taste and texture to potato gnocchi?

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Much as I would like to lay claim to hours of work prepping the dough.....I use Panni's Bavarian potato dumpling mix. One of my Germanic Vancouver friends had turned us onto it, and now we load up on a case of it each time we're home. It comes in 205 gm boxes, and we can find it in a number of the specialty shops in Kitsilano and the North Vancouver.

As you'd guess,The dumplings are great, but what we really love is that it makes pretty much perfect gnocchi, and our family has a serious love affair with gnocchi.

Cheers

Peter

[Peter Green]

Peter Green - wait, you aren’t making sauerbraten in Thailand, are you?

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Don't worry, I'm in the Gulf right now, with way too much time on my hands.

Tonight it's going to be a simple kai yang issaan I've had on the grill for a little while now.

(I'd better check that).

[little ms foodie]

I love lobster bisque! and the chicken dinner looks just perfect percyn!!

the other night we had some very refreshing Pimm's Cups before ordering our favorite pizza

last night I made seafood fritters with spicy mayo dipping sauce. the fritters had clams, oysters, mussels, shrimp and scallops in them. there was a side green salad with peaches and blueberry vinaigrette and a rose in the glass.

[eskay]

percyn, what's in the golden gazpacho? Yellow tomatoes instead of red? Or something else entirely?

and little ms foodie, the meal with the fritters looks and sounds delicious. What's in the mayo dipping sauce, if you don't mind my asking?

[percyn]

percyn, what's in the golden gazpacho?  Yellow tomatoes instead of red?  Or something else entirely?

Yellow tomatoes (in this case low-acid ones from an Amish organic farm) is the main difference.

There are many versions of the recipe, some with blanched almonds.

For a really great version, check out this StudioKitchen blog.

[little ms foodie]

little ms foodie, the meal with the fritters looks and sounds delicious.  What's in the mayo dipping sauce, if you don't mind my asking?

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I just whisked together some mayo, lemon juice, tomato paste, cayenne, parsley, minced and smashed garlic and Crystal hot sauce. Like frite sauce with a kick!

[eskay]

Thanks, both

[gfron1]

For the bread course, I prepared homemade chapati naan with tomato chutney:

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Rob/gfron1, sounds like a great party. Your chapati naan is gorgeous, how did you make it?

Thanks. It was a great party. You know its a good one when someone who you don't know, who wasn't there stops by to tell you they heard the party was a hit.

I used Yamuna Devi's (The Art of Vegetarian Indian Cooking) recipe for Chapati. Just chapati flour, melted ghee, salt, water, rest, roll and and pan grill and brush with more ghee. I was supposed to puff on a flame, but didn't.

[Kim Shook]

Gorgeous food, everyone! I am drooling and ready for dinner at 10:30 am!

Since this is the place I am most active in, I thought I'd post this here: our computer was once again fried by lightening strikes - long story short, we unplugged the computer, but not the printer and apparently that was the path it took. Don't know when we'll be back on since we just spent hundreds on the last fix, and as I discovered last time, eGullet is not cleared to be access by our library system - so I may be awhile getting back. I'm sorry for that, because I really miss this place when I am gone.

Eat well, everyone! Miss you!!

Kim

[David Ross]

Tonight I started with a Smoked Rainbow Trout Salad. I had made a smoked trout salad a couple of weeks ago and it was so good, I smoked some more trout yesterday. I tossed the trout in homemade lemon mayonnaise and combined it with some diced cucumber and mache greens.

Then for the main dish I did a Miso Marinated Duck Breast served on some Chinese Egg Noodles. Really simple and easy dish for a hot summer evening.

Then for dessert, another helping of the Peach Brown Betty I did last night. You can see photos and a link to the recipe in the 'What's for dessert" forum. It is almost unbelievable that with peaches, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, bread and butter that something so simple could taste so delicious. Enjoy.

[monavano]

Gorgeous photos David. Nice knife skills too . I think I'll make the peach brown betty after the farmer's market tommorow.

[Marlene]

It's hard to believe it's been a year already, but it has, so we had a remembrance dinner for my brother last night, which included his favourite foods.

Spit roasted beef tenderloin, roasted asparagus drizzled with a 21 year balsamic and parmesan, and crispy smashed potatoes. Served with a bernaise sauce.

Raspberry pie. Possibly his most favourite thing in the whole world. You could give him this pie and he'd happily skip every other course to get to it.

His favourite wine, Chateau nuf de pape in the glass.

[Prawncrackers]

Fantastic meal Marlene, i'm sure your brother is beaming down on you.

I had beef too today - Angus Rib-eye with Colston Bassett Stilton, fries, tomato and peas:

Yesterday was steamed sea bass, fresh green beans from my mum's garden and mooli cake (in the very background):

[pax]

It's been a damp slightly chilly day in Virginia and I spent it processing tomatos.

I am watching my kid tucker down on fresh homemade tomato soup, dipping Late July mini-peanut butter crackers in it with glee.

I have my Dad's favourite old John Denver cd on, which makes me smile, remembering him make me tomato soup and peanut butter crackers with this playing in the background on many a rainy day.

It's a rainy day gift from the family gods.

[Jmahl]

This Sunday afternoon - Empanadas Gauchos with chimichurri sauce washed down with a Filus Reserve Melbec 2005 from Lunlunta Valley Mendoza. MMMMMMMM

Hot here on the border but the food keeps us going.

Jmahl

[Norm357]

Wow, everyone has such great camera skills! All these pictures look great!

[David Ross]

Tonight-Fried Oysters with Homemade Tartar Sauce.

I buy extra small or petite size pre-shucked oysters that are packed fresh from the Pacific Oyster Company on the Oregon Coast and then shipped throughout the Northwest. They are tiny and incredibly sweet and tender.

[Shelby]

David drooling over the fried oysters!

Here's a few things we had over the past week:

Pork roast

Tater salad

Roasted chicken

Ribs

And then, I had a serious cobbler craving

Strawberry cobbler before I slide it in the oven

Strawberry cobbler after it's all hot and bubbly

Blackberry cobbler

Told ya I had a cobbler craving

[FoodMan]

Creative use of leftovers:

I had some leftover roasted chicken and potatoes. To use them up in a new way and to stretch them to feed the family, I made Fideos. This is basically a paella made with toasted vermicelli noodles instead of rice. The recipe I followed is from Anya Von Bremzen's "The New Spanish Table" and it's actually for Shrimp Fideos. I used chicken stock and my leftover chicken instead. As a flavor base the recipe uses Sofregit -sofrito- made with lots of caramlelized onions and dried Ancho chiles and sundried tomatoes. It was excellent. Maybe even better than the original dish (i:e the roasted chicken )

[jende]

It's hard to believe it's been a year already, but it has, so we had a remembrance dinner for my brother last night, which included his favourite foods.

Spit roasted beef tenderloin, roasted asparagus drizzled with a 21 year balsamic and parmesan, and crispy smashed potatoes.  Served with a bernaise sauce.

Raspberry pie.  Possibly his most favourite thing in the whole world.  You could give him this pie and he'd happily skip every other course to get to it.

His favourite wine, Chateau nuf de pape in the glass.

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What a beautiful post Marlene, thanks for sharing it. It reminds me to enjoy the gift of life every minute.