Dinner 2018

[Norm Matthews]

Well to bring the conversation down to more mundane food, we had chicken wings.  The smoker did double duty, smoking them for half an hour with apple wood before moving them over to the hot side to crisp up. I used Zarda poultry rub and basted them with Zarda Apple Harvest BBQ sauce. Zarda's is a KC BBQ restaurant. A girl I went to high school with married one of the Zarda brothers.  We had potato salad and coleslaw with them. 

[Captain]

Sunday Roast.

Smoked Leg of Lamb.

4 hours later.

Gubs Up!

[chefmd]

Halibut and zucchini, both pan fried.  Fresh halibut is so delicious!

[Doofa]

19 hours ago, liuzhou said:

 

Wait till you try live shrimp. If you can catch them. Chasing live shrimp wriggling around my plate, while only armed with chopsticks was.. was... was... interesting!

You crease me at times

[HungryChris]

Burgers and bakers, both from the outside grill. I was hoping for soft shell crab, but nobody had them, so Deb chose burgers. and I opted for bakers over fries, to keep it simple.

HC

 

[David Ross]

I'm still on the search for local morel mushrooms in the market, but I found this dish I did back in 2011 for our Copper River Salmon discussion thread.  Now I really need some morels.  An idea for you @Darienne

Copper River Salmon with Morel Custard and Fava Beans-

[TicTac]

I think we could all do with some Morels!

 

Am I the only lover of good quality sushi who does NOT like raw Uni!?

 

Some great meals folks - on my end, they didnt have soft shell crab at the Japanese fish market, so I picked up some gorgeous tuna and made Tuna Tartar w/ bay shiso, garlic chives, and a basic avocado/shiso/black pepper 'sauce'.

 

 

[mm84321]

Quiche! 

[repiv]

 

Morels sauteéd in safflower oil and finished with butter.  Garnished with onion flowers.

[Duvel]

4 hours ago, TicTac said:

Am I the only lover of good quality sushi who does NOT like raw Uni!?

 

I lived 2.5 years in Japan after graduation and detested raw uni every single time I tried it. Literally the last week there I took my wife out for a farewell dinner in Tokyo, where I had the most amazing uni experience. Turns out I really love that stuff, but it has to be highest quality and most of all fresh ...

[BonVivant]

"Half-cooked" is perfect on this very hot spring day.

 

[robirdstx]

 

Sous Vide Burger, finished on the grill, with buttered Corn on the Cob and Potato Salad

 

[liamsaunt]

kale salad with raspberries, blueberries, and goat cheese from my fish share

 

 

dry rub grilled ribs with no bbq sauce

 

 

there was also grilled chicken but no photo was had

 

roasted ranch potatoes from the current issue of Cook's Country magazine

 

[Anna N]

19 minutes ago, liamsaunt said:

kale salad with raspberries, blueberries, and goat cheese from my fish share

 

 OK, I admit I’m confused.   From your fish share?

[ProfessionalHobbit]

On Saturday, we went to one of the more unusual Chinese restaurants in San Francisco.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apparently they're in a Michelin guide which is good to know.

 

 

We had lamb hot pot along with a scallion pancake. The pancake was one of the best I've ever had and HUGE, as in literally the size of a dinner plate. Soft on the inside, crispy on the outside.

 

The stock is flavored with ginger, scallion and star anise. Dip the vegetables and meat to cook, then retrieve with a strainer and dip into sauce and eat. Then later, drink the stock which has now been flavored with the ingredients as a kind of soup.

 

 

Clockwise from top: lamb kidney and liver; fish balls; Napa cabbage; tea; preserved tofu; chive dressing; pickled garlic; winter melon; enoki mushrooms.

 

 

Lamb slices. 

There's chile sauce in the ceramic jar at top.

 

[chefmd]

 Pork chop with steamed new potatoes.  A chance to use my fancy copper steamer.  Beautiful pot but CSO is so much more practical.

 

[ProfessionalHobbit]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spaghetti puttanesca

[scubadoo97]

Just a quick little dinner of scallops, corn relish and arugula leaf salad.  Using my Darto pan I was not able to get enough color on the scallops without over cooking before they released 

 

Edited May 30, 2018 by scubadoo97 (log)

[Anna N]

 

 Still enjoying leftovers from here.   The gravy, the yorkie and the beef were from my freezer but the broccoli is fresh. 

[kayb]

Smoked pork loin, Cole slaw I brought home from the holiday weekend, new potato salad, ham-and-cheese deviled eggs. Got the pork loin just about perfect, very moist. All good, but unfortunately, none of it was what I wanted. I also smoked sausages, and we had that and cheese. Not sure exactly what I wanted, but none of that was it.

[heidih]

Like a CSA (community shared agriculture) but you get local fish-  jealous

[liamsaunt]

1 hour ago, Anna N said:

 OK, I admit I’m confused.   From your fish share?

 

Yes. A  CSF for local fish.   The goat cheese is a new option. There is a young girl located close to the fish share processing area  and they are promoting her cheese as an add on as a way to help her start her business.  It’s tasty 

[Anna N]

7 minutes ago, liamsaunt said:

 

Yes. A  CSF for local fish.   The goat cheese is a new option. There is a young girl located close to the fish share processing area  and they are promoting her cheese as an add on as a way to help her start her business.  It’s tasty 

Ok then!  I knew exactly what a fish share was but it was a stretch to imagine that goat cheese was a new species.   Thanks for the explanation. 

[Ann_T]

It was Moe's birthday today and

he requested Chiles Rellenos again.

And his birthday cake.   It is a tradition to always  have something this strawberries on his birthday. 

This year I made a cake that I haven't made in a few years.   Strawberry Genoise from a 1984 Food and Wine Magazine. 

 

We had pizza again on the weekend.  Using dough that was four days in the fridge.

Baked four smaller 7" Pizzas. 

One Greek, one four cheeses, one with roasted tomatoes and olives

 

and the last one pepperoni and mushrooms.  

[HungryChris]

Beautiful hard shell lobsters were on sale and we couldn't resist.

HC

 

Edited May 29, 2018 by HungryChris (log)