Dinner 2016 (Part 3)

[blue_dolphin]

8 minutes ago, scubadoo97 said:

That looks excellent blue_dolphin 

 

Thank you.  Not really up to the standards set by most posters in this thread but I enjoyed the making and the eating....and the drinking !

[Shelby]

Corned beef on homemade rye.

 

[liuzhou]

Tonight, pan fried salmon fillet with a caper, chilli, mushroom, mustard cream sauce. Served with coriander couscous and some marinated artichoke.

 

[ElainaA]

@liuzhou  That's a lot like our last night's dinner. No picture  - grilled salmon with onions and balsamic vinegar, whole steamed artichoke and rice with toasted pine nuts.

I love artichokes but I can't help but wonder who in the world 1. first saw them as edible and 2. figured out how to eat them?  ("Hey! See that big bud on that thistle? I bet if we steamed it, pulled off each leaf, dipped it in something and pulled it between our teeth it would taste great!" "Yeah, right....")

[mgaretz]

Last night I made top sirloin, cooked SV to 130F and then seared with the torch.  Usually I do a fairly light sear.  This time I wanted to see how a heavier sear would be and it was just fine.  The meat didn't get any pre-seasoning at all.  Nice crust and still medium rare throughout.  Served with a combination of steamed parsnips and Brussels sprouts with butter, salad and a glass of red zinfandel.

 

 

[kayb]

One of the few failures I've had from NYT recipes: Cod cakes, with roasted Brussels sprouts and wild rice. I may have poached the cod too long, but the cakes were dry and tough.

 

Oh, well. You wins a few, you loses a few, and some gets rained out.

[BonVivant]

Wild Sockeye today.

 

 

[rotuts]

 

tasted much better than it looks.  too much gravy ?  nope.  there is toast under the TML

 

Turkey Meat Loaf on toast w bacon and Diner Peas.

 

 

[ElsieD]

What are diner peas?

[rotuts]

the kind you get at diners:  little peas from a can.   delicious 

[ElsieD]

Well, duh!

[sartoric]

A simple chicken stir fry.

 

The ingredients.

 

The bowl.

 

 

 

[rarerollingobject]

Fish market extravaganza - temari sushi. It's sushi you just shape into a ball by twisting it in cling film.

I have too much time on my hands.

 

 

 

[kayb]

RRO, that's gorgeous. I've never been quite brave enough to attempt my own sushi.

 

[sartoric]

@rarerollingobject, they look amazing. Time is precious, your use is wise.

[Duvel]

Oishii! I am always very envious of your uni. What did you do with the rest of that package in the first picture ?

[rotuts]

Sushi is fantastic looking

 

very fond of the Radish one for some reason.

[mgaretz]

My daughter is visiting from grad school and she requested meatloaf, mashed potatoes and mushroom gravy for the potatoes.  I also made a salad.  Here is the meatloaf (didn't get to snap the rest).

 

 

[kayb]

52 minutes ago, mgaretz said:

My daughter is visiting from grad school and she requested meatloaf, mashed potatoes and mushroom gravy for the potatoes.  I also made a salad.  Here is the meatloaf (didn't get to snap the rest).

 

 

Yum. Meatloaf sandwiches today?

 

[ElainaA]

1 hour ago, mgaretz said:

My daughter is visiting from grad school and she requested meatloaf, mashed potatoes and mushroom gravy for the potatoes.  I also made a salad.  Here is the meatloaf (didn't get to snap the rest).

 

 

 

 When my daughter was in school -undergrad and grad school - that was always the menu she asked for when she came home, minus the mushroom gravy (she always topped her mashed potatoes with sour cream - probably still does). Meatloaf and mashed  potatoes one day and pasta with pesto the next. 

[rarerollingobject]

18 hours ago, kayb said:

RRO, that's gorgeous. I've never been quite brave enough to attempt my own sushi.

 

 

Thanks for your kind words, all!

 

@kayb, that's what's so good about temari sushi..it's so easy and not that finicky. Just put a slice on fish and some sushi rice on a sheet of cling film/saran wrap and twist it tight into a ball, done. No shaping or rolling or fiddling (other than the inordinate fiddling to which I went to garnishing the things, but that's just me gilding the lily.)

[rarerollingobject]

11 hours ago, Duvel said:

Oishii! I am always very envious of your uni. What did you do with the rest of that package in the first picture ?

 

Down the hatch, while standing at the kitchen sink, covered in sushi rice up to the elbows. Glamorous, huh?

[Duvel]

35 minutes ago, rarerollingobject said:

 

Down the hatch, while standing at the kitchen sink, covered in sushi rice up to the elbows. Glamorous, huh?

The spoils of the chef ... still envious.

[rarerollingobject]

And further fish market spoils; otoro (tuna belly) donburi. Which is just fatty, creamy tuna belly sashimi on seasoned sushi rice, with chopped green onion.

 

[sartoric]

Two pizzas.

 

Margarita with basil.

 

 

Half salami, olives and anchovies, the other half ham and pineapple (guilty - nah).