Lunch! What'd ya have? (Late 2016–Early 2017)

[rarerollingobject]

Why I'm generally a pretty solid option to invite to a picnic. 

 

Chirashi zushi fixins, pre assembly. It's sushi rice, mixed with shredded pickled carrot, shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots and lotus root. On top of that, I'm scattering sashimi salmon, tuna, kingfish, salmon roe, raw scallops, and cooked prawns I've marinated in mirin and white soy. Then I'll garnish with shredded omelette, cucumber, crumbled toasted nori, pickled ginger and sesame seeds.

 

And cha gio re, Vietnamese net spring rolls, filled with crab and prawn and doctored with edible calcium hydroxide (slaked lime), so that they're physically incapable of going soggy or anywhere even remotely non crisp, even cold.

 

[rarerollingobject]

And assembled. 

 

Edited December 3, 2016 by rarerollingobject (log)

[blue_dolphin]

8 hours ago, rarerollingobject said:

Why I'm generally a pretty solid option to invite to a picnic. 

 

Excellent! I'd very much like to invite you to the Hollywood Bowl next season - we can discuss your musical preferences so as to choose the best fit!

[rarerollingobject]

2 hours ago, blue_dolphin said:

 

Excellent! I'd very much like to invite you to the Hollywood Bowl next season - we can discuss your musical preferences so as to choose the best fit!

 

Well, I really only love Nina Simone, so that might be a bit tricky!

[catdaddy]

12 hours ago, rarerollingobject said:

Why I'm generally a pretty solid option to invite to a picnic. 

 

Chirashi zushi fixins, pre assembly. It's sushi rice, mixed with shredded pickled carrot, shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots and lotus root. On top of that, I'm scattering sashimi salmon, tuna, kingfish, salmon roe, raw scallops, and cooked prawns I've marinated in mirin and white soy. Then I'll garnish with shredded omelette, cucumber, crumbled toasted nori, pickled ginger and sesame seeds.

 

And cha gio re, Vietnamese net spring rolls, filled with crab and prawn and doctored with edible calcium hydroxide (slaked lime), so that they're physically incapable of going soggy or anywhere even remotely non crisp, even cold.

 

Was this a special occasion or just an everyday riparian delight?

[rarerollingobject]

26 minutes ago, catdaddy said:

Was this a special occasion or just an everyday riparian delight?

 

An everyday sort of picnic, or a special occasion insofar as I met my friends, and we spread out some picnic blankets under a tree and lay on them and talked and ate.

[suzilightning]

On ‎12‎/‎1‎/‎2016 at 3:35 PM, Anna N said:

Nice looking pears. Definitely not my very favourite fruit but it's hard to beat a good pear when you can find one. Love them in salads with some blue cheese. 

or my new favorite...Sweet Lemon cheese spread from Finlandia smeared on a slice.   Alternated with some good, mouthwatereing blue...

[Anna N]

 

If you decide to click on the recipe , and I urge you to do so, you will immediately see that my lunch has no relationship to the photograph!   But that is exactly the joy of this recipe.  It is a suggestion or perhaps a series of suggestions that puts the reins in your hands. More recipes should be this "loose".  This from someone who once wanted exact measurements of absolutely everything.  

[scubadoo97]

Exact measurements are really only important with baking

[Anna N]

16 minutes ago, scubadoo97 said:

Exact measurements are really only important with baking

And much of Modernist Cuisine. 

[scubadoo97]

Touché 

[scubadoo97]

I avoid molecular gastronomy as much as I avoid baking even though I do own a couple of gram scales

 

[chefmd]

Left over chicken reheated in Cuisi steam oven.  Sautéed carrots, Napa cabbage, beets on the side.  We love beets!

[Anna N]

 

Yesterday's lunch repeated but with different lettuce, roasted squash and blue cheese. 

[Kerry Beal]

 

 

 

Finally got around to making Shain's pizza dough. Dragged the steel plate in from outside - heated to 555 which is the upper limit of my oven, but then turned on the broiler for a bit. 

 

 

[liuzhou]

 

Duck hearts on toast. Home made bread. Hearts cooked like this with balsamic vinegar, duck stock and butter. I also added some olive oil to stop the butter burning.

Seconds (and thirds)  were eaten.

Edited December 5, 2016 by liuzhou (log)

[shain]

@Kerry Beal looks very good! I hope that you enjoyed it. The mini pizza is really cute

[HungryChris]

Salami, smoked provolone, shredded lettuce, tomato, olive oil, salt and pepper on a store bought roll.

HC

[rotuts]

@HungryChris  

 

nice 

 

really nice  

 

ran out of Mortadella ?

 

this happens  

 

consider putting on your List 

 

just saying.

[Anna N]

 

Definitely seems to be a theme emerging here.  Tomato and egg noodles dish adapted from  Fuschia Dunlop. 

[scubadoo97]

I had the leftovers of a black eyed pea salad I made several days ago. I needed something quick before getting back to work.  Love these type of cold bean salads. They just get better 

[Spork]

 

Spinach and shrooms, polenta, and turkey scraps. 

[Anna N]

More salad. Think the crisper drawers are almost empty now. 

 

[Okanagancook]

Mo Shu Pork; hot and sour soup (again); salad (no pic) 

I now have enough Mo Shu Pork squirreled away to have it everyday for a month

I think they will make a nice savoury breakfast snack.

Edited December 6, 2016 by Okanagancook (log)

[robirdstx]

Still doing some catching up! This was my lunch at the airport in El Paso while I waited to catch my flight home on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

 

 

A glass of Chardonnay and Chicken Quesadillas 

 

 

 

Edited December 8, 2016 by robirdstx (log)