Dinner 2017 (Part 1)

[Anna N]

 

Duck breast, grilled lettuce dressed with balsamic glaze and home made bread. 

[liuzhou]

6 hours ago, TicTac said:

Would like to hear more about your method for the Chicken.

 

Thanks. It is basically this recipe, although I was cooking for one, so I reduced quantities.

 

5 hours ago, Dejah said:

Have never heard of chayote shoots. Are they delicate like water spinach or yam shoots?

 

Yes. A very delicate vegetable. One of my favourites. Best cooked simply, I find.

Edited January 15, 2017 by liuzhou (log)

[kayb]

Open face meat loaf sandwich, with lots of mayo, and brie. Sorry, @rotuts, not TJ's brie, as we don't have such an establishment. 

 

Forgot to take a pic because I was starving, but it was good.

 

 

[robirdstx]

Steak and Salad Night!

 

 

My portion of grilled ribeye, seasoned with fresh ground black pepper, granulated garlic and onion powder

 

 

Salad of romaine, English cucumber, tomato, mushrooms, celery, green onion, green bell pepper, radish, hard cooked egg, garbanzo beans, black olives, bacon and shredded mozzarella with a honey mustard dressing

Edited January 15, 2017 by robirdstx (log)

[quiet1]

Rice and half a chicken breast sautéed in my Darto, which is awesome.

[gfweb]

2 hours ago, Anna N said:

 

Duck breast, grilled lettuce dressed with balsamic glaze and home made bread. 

 

Can I click "like" twice?

[HungryChris]

Beef stew from Aldi chuck roast in the IP.

HC

[liuzhou]

Today, did my Googling, found a recipe that seemed doable, copied the important details onto a slip of paper and headed to the kitchen where my pig heart awaited.

 

I like hearts. Chicken and duck for preference. But I'd never cooked a pig heart before.

Anyway, I forgot to take the slip of paper and winged it instead. Trimmed it of nasty bits, cubed it, browned it and chucked it into the slow cooker with garlic, onion, chilli, thyme, beef stock and some red wine, carrot and new potatoes. S+P. A one pot meal.

 

A couple of hours later I served it up.

 

There was more liquid than in the image.

It was OK, but I found the heart pretty tasteless. Maybe my fault. Later, I added some Dijon mustard to remind myself that I was eating.

The key test of a recipe or ingredient: would you make it again? No. But I wouldn't refuse it if it turned up at a dinner in a friend's house. Highly unlikely scenario.

I must investigate how the hearts are treated in Chinese cuisine.

[Shelby]

Ronnie wanted chicken fried venison steaks last night so I thawed out a couple of roasts.  The part that I didn't use last night I will use to make stew in a couple of days.

 

 

[Okanagancook]

Never made chicken fried steak!  By the looks of that plate I am seriously amiss with my recipe selections.

So, season meat, dredge in flour, dip in egg, and dredge in bread crumbs then fry?

Any sauce that's a must...? Fried onions on the side?

[Shelby]

10 minutes ago, Okanagancook said:

Never made chicken fried steak!  By the looks of that plate I am seriously amiss with my recipe selections.

So, season meat, dredge in flour, dip in egg, and dredge in bread crumbs then fry?

Any sauce that's a must...? Fried onions on the side?

They are good.... you need to try it.

 

First, you take your meat and beat the heck out of it with a meat tenderizer

 

(is that what this is called?  maybe it's a meat mallet??).  I mean really get after it.  Then, place your meat in buttermilk that has an egg beaten into it and let it soak for a while.  I soak for an hour or so.  While soaking get your flour ready.  I add garlic, black pepper and Lawry's salt to it in a ziplock bag (or you can use a bowl or whatever...I like using a ziplock, it makes less of a mess for me).  Take your meat out of the buttermilk mixture and put it in the bag and shake it up (or dredge it in a bowl).  Heat your oil up to 350F and fry.  Good stuff.  

 

Gravy and mashed potatoes are a must....fried onions would be good, too.

Edited January 15, 2017 by Shelby (log)

[rotuts]

Canned Diner Peas    a must.

[Okanagancook]

Thanks Shelby and rotuts!  It is on my 'to make list'.

[Shelby]

2 minutes ago, rotuts said:

Canned Diner Peas    a must.

Dang, I have frozen peas.  Should have done that instead of spinach.

[ninagluck]

nose to tail tonight: braised lambs tongue, couscous, yoghurt, crispy chickpeas. 

[IowaDee]

A tad off topic but I have almost the same meat pounder.  The difference is that the points on mine are all almost flat.  Many years ago I sent my then 3 year old daughter to the neighbor's to borrow her pounder.  On the way back she found a row on ants.  Now what little kid could resists  squatting  down and beating a few with the pounder?  Not mine.  I kept that one and bought a nice, new pointy one for the neighbor.

Chicken fried steak was wonderful and I "know" the black specks in the gravy were from pepper, not ants.

[Martin Fisher]

4 hours ago, Shelby said:

....chicken fried venison steak....

 

One of my favorite things in the whole-wide-world!

I 'chicken fry' as much of the deer as possible! 

[suzilightning]

7 hours ago, rotuts said:

Canned Diner Peas    a must.

NOOOOOOOOOO..........frozen or fresh.  I finally got Johnnybird to eat peas by introducing him to fresh English peas in the spring and summer and lightly cooked frozen at any other time.  His mother used to cook the canned peas to a grey mush when he was a kid......

my mom as she got older used to eat Veg-all.  I could not do it...........

Edited January 16, 2017 by suzilightning (log)

[HungryChris]

Chorizo stuffed littleneck clams.

HC

[quiet1]

Beef stew made in the IP.

[suzilightning]

16 minutes ago, HungryChris said:

Chorizo stuffed littleneck clams.

HC

STUFFIES..........

am  watching the American football playoffs and not sure what I want to eat.... there are roasted sweet potatoes, roasted butternut squash, a meatloaf and surprise,,,,,chicken salad made with some chopped apple for sweetness

[Anna N]

 

 

 

 

It's all about the bread. A fried egg sandwich on a freshly baked multigrain, white bread which may become my signature loaf. 

[ElsieD]

8 hours ago, rotuts said:

Canned Diner Peas    a must.

 

I agree.  Canned peas are in first place in my book, followed by frozen.  I don't much care for fresh ones.

[rotuts]

"""    cook the canned peas """

 

No no no !  they are already cooked !

 

gently heat , add a knob of butter   

 

nice for Diner Food.

[Kerry Beal]

1 minute ago, rotuts said:

"""    cook the canned peas """

 

No no no !  they are already cooked !

 

gently heat , add a knob of butter   

 

nice for Diner Food.

Butter and a bit of mint sauce.