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Dinner 2018


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4 hours ago, shain said:

Got gifted a pretty (and tasty) challah bread.

I bought some overripe figs (I was surprised to find any at all). Broiled them and served with sour cream, basil and reduced Balsamic with anise, cinnamon and cardamom.

A salad of peas with feta, mint, almonds and honey vinaigrette.

 

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I love challah. One day, I'll get brave enough to try to make it. It makes absolutely, without doubt, the BEST French toast in the world. An egg, a quarter-cup of heavy cream, two inch-thick slices of challah, let it soak up all the egg/cream, fry in butter over medium heat. Maple syrup. Fresh fruit is acceptable, but do not be bringing cinnamon or powdered sugar in contact with MY french toast.

 

Wish I had a loaf. I'd have French toast for dinner tonight.

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Chanterelles cooked briefly with oregano, topped with triple cream Brie and broiled for couple of minutes.

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Duck confit with yellow squash.  Squash was quickly seared on one side in cast iron skillet, transferred to a different dish, topped with sous vide cooked duck confit, finished in CSO 325 degrees steam bake for 30 minutes.

 

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the other night I grilled a porterhouse for my husband. I started slicing it off the bone but then he decided he wanted the bone too.   I also made portobellos stuffed with spinach and goat cheese, crispy potatoes, and some tomatoes from my garden.  The portobellos were my main dish and very good.  

 

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Last night, scallop boats and oven fries

 

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Batch of chimichurri baked tofu, for future meals (one eaten for QC). I had leftover chimichurri from the weekend, so I decided to give it a try as an alternate to the usual asian flavors I use. It works well!

 

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Was home roasting eggplants on the grill this evening  for more baba ganoush  while cooling off in the pool after a 7 mile beach walk.  Had to run into the office to see a patient,  big retinal detachment!!   By time I got him dilated, diagnosed and contacted my favorite retinal surgeon to get him in tomorrow morning it's late and my hunger is gone 

A nice aged Gouda  and crackers will fit the bill  after finishing my cigar which I had just started when I got the call.  A little Clement rum agricole to get me back in the groove

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I only have photos of the side tonight! Zucchini and Red Bell Peppers (with Onion, Garlic, Pickled Jalapeños, Mexican Oregano, Salsa and Cilantro). Main not shown was Grilled Sausage Wraps.

 

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8 hours ago, BeeZee said:

Batch of chimichurri baked tofu, for future meals (one eaten for QC). 

 Future meals?  Do you freeze them?

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On 9/25/2018 at 6:49 AM, liuzhou said:

This is not Chinese fried rice. It was fried in China, but there the comparison endeth. This is liuzhou fried rice, and I don't mean the city. I mean me.

 

Yesterday, as documented on the China Shopping topic,  I picked up a couple of "some kind of mushroom*". I'm pretty sure some kind of Boletus, I'm now sure. Not boletus edulis, but a minor relation.

 

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Minced some pork and briefly marinated it in Shaoxing wine with garlic, ginger and red chilli. Chopped on mushroom into fine dice and stir fried with the pork and then the rice. Simultaneously sliced half the other mushroom and pan-fried the slices until lightly browned. Finished the fried rice with some scallions and served.

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I dig this music as I scroll.. thru the pictures.  But I dont think its the above Mushroom    :)

 

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2 minutes ago, Paul Bacino said:

I dig this music as I scroll.. thru the pictures.  But I dont think its the above Mushroom    :)

 

 

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Shrimp tacos.  The thing that made me happiest about this meal was the char I got on the tortillas with my new dual fuel oven.  My house had all electric appliances and during my kitchen renovation I swapped out the old oven for a dual fuel with gas range and electric oven.  A gas range makes me a happy person.

 

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4 hours ago, Anna N said:

 Future meals?  Do you freeze them?

Yes I do, when you bake the tofu to firm it up, the texture doesn’t change the same way “raw” tofu does. It remains sort of chewy, which I like as I use it to top salads or grain bowls.

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Pork tenderloins keep going on sale and I keep buying them and looking for different things to do with them. Last night, I cut half of one into sea scallop sized pieces and pounded them out into half inch thick cutlets, marinated them in a mixture of oyster sauce, dry sherry, gochujang,  garlic (home grown), brown sugar and chopped green onions. Then I stir fried them in a wok with Shanghai baby bok choy, zucchini, sliced cauliflower stems, sugar snaps and sweet onions and served them with cilantro and lime jasmine rice. It was pretty good. Deb went in for seconds, always a good sign.

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23 hours ago, rotuts said:

@mgaretz

 

you've probably described his you make carnitas in the iPot

 

but Ive lost the link 

 

cook the pork shoulder cubes in the iPot , then broil or sauté until browned ?

 

they really look good

 

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Dinner on Tuesday night which I forgot to post. Mushrooms in soy butter sauce, green beans, celery pickled with fish sauce and  steak. 

 

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 Tonight pork and onions (buta no shogayaki) over rice with some pickled ginger and togarashi.  

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Not for the first and probably not for the last time, I don't really know what I cooked and ate for dinner tonight.

 

Fish, sure. Skinny chips, definitely. Tomatoes, no question.

 

But what kind of fish? The labelling in the usually incompetent supermarket labelled them simply as 红鱼, which literally means 'red fish'.  It can also mean 'red snapper', but I'm sure these ain't them. About 5" to 6" nose to tail. Kind of half way between white and oily.

 

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I like how the lower one looks shocked and offended by being so described, while the other two just look sad..

 

Anyway, I fried them and served along with aforementioned skinny chips/fries and some nice tomatoes.

 

Some lemon juice did get involved.

 

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Following @liamsaunt lead I made lamb tacos last night.   Had a couple of grilled loin chops in the fridge that had been sliced up.  Leftovers from a previous meal.  

 

Toasted  corn tortillas, reheated the meat and tucked into the tortillas with diced tomatoes, shishito peppers, and cilantro.  Had tomatillo and tomato salsas to dress them with

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got a little cool here yesterday so decided to use up some ham steak from the Western omelet I made for breakfast the day before so it was split pea soup and for me … toasted cheese sandwich and for Johnnybird some scrambled eggs to go with it.

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Risotto - this time it's pork stock and celery + the normal things. (Rice, Corn, Onions, Cheese, Butter)

 

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Verdict: Celery is now required - the crunch is nice.

 

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