Dinner 2017 (Part 6)

[shain]

Penne Alla Norma.

[Captain]

just had one of those cravings.

 

Finished of with some home made waffles & mango icecream.

[Kim Shook]

@HungryChris – I also find fish and chips a major PITA.  Prep, clean up, getting everything crispy and hot at the same time.  But, at least where I live, if I want really good fish and chips, I have to do it myself.  And when you eat it, the PITA kinds of fades away.  Kinda like having a baby. 

 

Breakfast for dinner tonight:

Scrambled eggs with ham and cheese and homemade white bread.

[HungryChris]

Late night dinner with Deb, babysitting again. Chourico  stuffed clams, bacon wrapped scallops (both from the freezer) and small salads.

HC

[HungryChris]

9 hours ago, Kim Shook said:

@HungryChris – I also find fish and chips a major PITA.  Prep, clean up, getting everything crispy and hot at the same time.  But, at least where I live, if I want really good fish and chips, I have to do it myself.  And when you eat it, the PITA kinds of fades away.  Kinda like having a baby. 

 

Amen, @Kim Shook, Fish and chips, like good pizza, must be eaten when it is ready and just does not travel well. If I was lucky enough to have a place that did them  well near me, I would probably forgo the whole issue, but that is not the case. Heating large quantities of oil over gas flames, say nothing of buying, storing and keeping fish fry and vegetable fry oils separate, to me, is a major PITA, but the payoff, when I have no alternative, makes me foster on.

HC

[mm84321]

[shain]

@mm84321 You can't just leave pictures like that without elaborating 

 

Dinner at my place was kong pao tofu & eggplant and mushrooms in ginger-garlic sauce - spicy-sweet.

[liuzhou]

Dinner tonight was both beautiful and delicious. As was the company.

 

 

So much so that I forgot to take its picture. Oh well, I'll try again tomorrow!

[Kasia]

@shain I think @mm84321 is just taking care for tension  and the description we will get later on  . To be honest I would like to see it rather sooner than later

 

Edited December 9, 2017 by Kasia (log)

[shain]

Yes, it looks fabulous. I'm guessing this is finger lime on top? What's the base? 

[scubadoo97]

Just pulled this chick off the smoker

 

Late lunch. 

 

Then off to see David Crosby at a small venue theater

[robirdstx]

 

Pork Taco and Spicy Black Beans

[Paul Bacino]

Butternut Squash w/ Pork        Taco

Roasted squash ( roasted in Reynolds wrap on grill ) cleaned with Tamis to finish / Prk Blade and rib cut in Pressure cooker ( 45 Min ) -lime/scallions/ cilantro-Northwoods seasoning/water -- Jalapeno crack/radish/ cilantro/ Shiracha

 

 

 

 

 

[suzilightning]

on this snowy Saturday(sorry dear Shelby) turkey vegetable chili for me and a chicken stew for John.  It is one I am testing for someone and the only comment I got was that it didn't have enough potatoes to protein.  He did say the spices/veg were good.  I explained...yet again...when testing I have to make the recipe to specs so I can identify any problems.   Now, for him, I can make extra potatoes and some carrots to add to the stew . Also making some green beans to add as asked.   OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!! He is asking for some veg   it IS a Christmas miracle.  (sorry for being so snarky).

[Kim Shook]

Dinner tonight was salad:

Ho-hum.  Homemade white bread in the background.

 

Frozen chicken Kiev and roasted smashed potatoes:

Mr. Kim had riced cauliflower instead of potatoes (I'm not a fan).

[scubadoo97]

@Paul Bacino  looks good.  Now I know how I'm going to use some of my leftover smoked chuck.   Tacos!

[Ann_T]

Put a pot of beans on to soak before leaving for work.

 

Cooked  in the Breville PC seasoned with garlic and rosemary.

Sauteed with more garlic, spinach, salt, pepper and a few red pepper flakes and served with 

grilled sausage.

[Kasia]

Juicy chine for Sunday dinner

[scubadoo97]

Smoked chuck made a repeat performance as tacos.  Cilantro, tomatoes, cuckes,  peppers and lettuce garnish 

 

[liamsaunt]

I made the worst dinner I have had the misfortune to cook in years last night. It was my fault: it was snowing and I did not want to go to the store so I typed the ingredients I had into google and grabbed the first recipe that came up.  It was a chicken and kale saute with lemon, parmesan and white wine.  It sounded good on paper but ugh...I took photos but had to delete them, I hated it so much.

 

Luckily I had baked up some soft pretzel sticks on a whim that afternoon so that became our "dinner" later with some Game of Thrones.  We are rewatching it with my niece and nephew.  

 

 

 

[scubadoo97]

@liamsaunt  we’ve all been there.  Soft pretzels sound like a proper Sunday dinner, all things considered  

[Kim Shook]

Mr. Kim smoked a whole brisket for a work party this week.  (Nibbles while I sliced it were enough for a 2nd dinner, so I guess this is where this belongs)  Out of the smoker:

 

It was as tender as can be and had great flavor, but wasn’t as moist as it should have been:

He was very disappointed and is going to have to do some research.  But the taste was fantastic.

[kayb]

Sure is a pretty thing, though.

 

Made my maiden voyage at cassoulet last night. It will not be my last. Lord, but that was wonderful.

 

Meats included salt pork, one duck confit leg quarter, Toulouse sausages, and chicken thighs. I contemplated a smoked hamhock, and decided against it. Didn't miss it.

 

Beans were a pound bag of Rancho Gordo Marcella cannelini beans. Yes, they are as good as they are claimed to be. Possibly better. I cooked them up with carrot, celery, onion, garlic, sage, thyme, bay leaves and cloves after browning the salt pork, sausages and chicken. At that point on Friday, I decided it was too late to proceed for that night's dinner, so I shifted gears and prepped the cassoulet to the point of going in the oven, and refrigerated it. That meant pulling out most of the vegetation, and adding in the meats.

 

 

It braised away in the oven for about six hours at 300 on Saturday. Along the way, some marvelous alchemy transformed the beans into a collection of marvelously creamy bean-shaped chunks of plant protein. I have never, ever tasted a better bean. Ever.

 

 

I keep hitting some weird filter button to put photos in sepia, and I can't figure out how to get them out. Oops. But this was the finished version.

 

And here was the plate. I had some frozen red cabbage I thawed and heated, and I made some home fries because they just sounded like they'd be good. Didn't need them. Didn't need the bread. 

 

Cassoulet was to die for. Recipe here. If I recall, it is Kenji Lopez-Alt's recipe from Serious Eats.

 

Today, the kids came over, so pot roast became the Sunday midday dinner go-to, because it's relatively easy to fix. Accompanied by corn pudding and field peas.

 

And finished off with peach pie and ice cream. Froze the peaches from a local orchard last summer.

 

 

We pretty much decimated it. This was before the son-in-law went back for a second dessert.

 

Still full.

 

[Okanagancook]

OMG. That all looks delicious.  I just made a duck leg confit so I just need a few more easy to get items......

[Okanagancook]

And to add my two cents worth, good call cooking it low and slow rather than in the Instapot.  Time allows the fat to render.

finding the Toulouse Sausage might be difficult .  I could make them I suppose.

Edited December 11, 2017 by Okanagancook (log)