Dinner! 2014 (Part 3)

[CatPoet]

Kim Shook: Lidl's had   Greek Cheese, matured 24 months and it is a mix of cow, sheep and goat milk.  I have grated  the rest of it for future use this summer.

[huiray]

• Soup: Tuscan kale & garlic; in chicken stock.

• Oyster mushrooms sautéed w/ julienned ginger & chopped parsley.

• Sliced shallots sautéed/caramelized in duck fat; stirred w/ stone-ground mustard & splashed w/ balsamic vinegar in the hot pan at the end.

• Duck livers, dressed w/ Redmond salt & ground black pepper, sautéed in duck fat + the pan residues from the sauté of the shallots.

• White rice (Thai Hom Mali).

 

 

Cochon 2010 Petite Cochon Rouge (95% Syrah, 5% Viognier) earlier & while putzing around.

Edited July 1, 2014 by huiray (log)

[EnriqueB]

Paella

 

Uhmmmmm.... Much as I love all your creations, and with all my respect, this time I must say that looks like a really wonderful rice, but not like an actual great paella. Paellas which are absolutely crowded with ingredients, up to a point when you cannot even see the rice, are not considered good paellas at its origin places (Valencia and Alicante areas in Spain), but rather "paellas for tourists". In an actual paella the rice is the king, and it must be shown. Meats, fishes, seafood or vegetables on top should be secondary items. A good paella should look like more like this picture.

 

That said, I would love to eat that great rice

[CatPoet]

 

Baked Chili dogs ala Karen  with  Swedish Makaronipudding with  corn, This is my husband plate and he refused veggies today.  Oddly enough dad little  mimic did like  mum today and ate salad .

It should be  mac and cheese with the dogs, but I dont like it nor does my husband, it just fatty and bland  according to us both and I have tried 58 recipes and now I have given up.

[CatPoet]

EnriqueB,  Thanks then I dont feel  the odd one out when I have more rice and stuff on my paella.  I have a recipe I got from one  of my dad's co-workers.  A Spanish   Gentleman  with a love of cooking and a temperament to match.

[Norm Matthews]

Cassies recently found brother from New York came for a visit and we had ribeye steaks on the grill along with corn he had had before and specifically asked for: Grilled, cut off the cob and creamed with salt, cream, honey and butter, grilled bok choy, and twice baked potatoes.  Also store bought buns, and a vanilla custard/mixed fruit pie. I didn't have time to take any pictures. 

[suzilightning]

Pasta and stuffed focaccia and pizzas and chili dogs...Yum!

 

I'm single for the next few days and it is horribly triple H here.  Up early(430 am yesterday and 6 am this morning) to prep food.  Roast off chicken breasts; boil potatoes and pasta for salads; coleslaw made with a lime vinaigrette; steamed broccoli for a salad.  Picked up some local red leaf lettuce for salads and some BLTs.  Yesterday while shopping picked up a small ham steak to make ham salad to either go on crackers or that lettuce for a cold salad plate.

I've made carafes of tea and coffee.  Extra ice cubes bagged both up and downstairs.  Leftover coffee doused with French Vanilla creamer and frozen to go into the iced coffee.

Gotta make some fridge pickles.

Last night was a turkey burger with jalapeno jack cheese and Vidalia onion on a  pita and some so - so corn that processed through quite quickly.

[Smithy]

Kim Shook, what effect does the marinade have on your London Broil meat? It looks great. It reminds me of an old favorite that goes by the name of "West Coast Flank Steak".

[scamhi]

charcoal grilled chicken cooked under two bricks

[mm84321]

Poularde á la Basquaise 

[Shelby]

Pork lettuce wraps, fried rice and a spring roll.

 

Along with an icy cold Coors Light.

 

Life is good tonight

 

[Robenco15]

Butter poached lobster, leeks, pommes maxim, orange risotto, carrot ginger puree, reduced lobster broth

Edited July 2, 2014 by Robenco15 (log)

[huiray]

• Itek Tim.

Adapted from recipe P26 of "Irene's Peranakan Recipes" (Epigram Books).  Sliced pork belly, duck leg quarter pieces, preserved plums, smashed ginger (I was out of galangal), smashed garlic, cut-up pre-soaked pickled mustard (kiam chye), sea salt, sour tamarind pulp (two pods' worth, pre-soaked), water.  I skipped the brandy.  I added in a sliced-up ripe tomato, Teochew-like. :-)

 

• Simple fried rice w/ just chopped scallions (lots), very generous grinds of white pepper & a few dashes of fish sauce [Red Boat].

Edited July 2, 2014 by huiray (log)

[Honkman]

Pork lettuce wraps, fried rice and a spring roll.

 

Along with an icy cold Coors Light.

 

Life is good tonight

 

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Perhaps I am spoiled living in the craft beer capital of the world (San Diego) but why ruin great food with a really lousy beer

Edited July 2, 2014 by Honkman (log)

[Shelby]

Perhaps I am spoiled living in the craft beer capital of the world (San Diego) but why ruin great food with a really lousy beer

I'm, perhaps, the only person alive that doesn't really care for specialty beers.  Give this Kansas/Colorado girl a Coors Light and she's a happy camper.  

[chileheadmike]

When it's 105 on the plains, nothing beats a cheap American macrobrew. 

[rotuts]

it's Cold, its Light, it's wet, and its not sweet !

 

even better on Ice.

Edited July 2, 2014 by rotuts (log)

[Honkman]

When it's 105 on the plains, nothing beats a cheap American macrobrew. 

 

Just try some beer from any good brewery and most of them cover a large variety of styles (lager, IPA, weizen, porter, ESB etc.) and every beer will be better at 105 than something which tastes like diluted cow piss

[rotuts]

drink a lot of D.C.P. eh ?

[chileheadmike]

Just try some beer from any good brewery and most of them cover a large variety of styles (lager, IPA, weizen, porter, ESB etc.) and every beer will be better at 105 than something which tastes like diluted cow piss

Freestate brewery in Lawrence makes some great beer. But I'm not drinking a Copperhead after mowing the yard. 

[rotuts]

""  But I'm not drinking a Copperhead after mowing the yard. ""

 

Yar !

[Honkman]

drink a lot of D.C.P. eh ?

 

Yes, I tried Budweiser and Coors once

[chileheadmike]

""  But I'm not drinking a Copperhead after mowing the yard. ""

 

Yar !

 

 

http://www.freestatebrewing.com/ 

 

Good beer. Copperhead is just one of their offerings.

[mm84321]

Lobster with stuffed zucchini blossoms

[CatPoet]

 

Cider can chicken  was our dinner last night.  I got this great fresh chicken for next to nothing at the store where I normally shop.   So we skipped salmon today and will have that on Saturday instead.  

 

We  had  gravy, cooked carrots, peas , potatoes and  a salad.  It was so yummy.