Dinner 2018

[BonVivant]

My guesthouse's home-cooking on Yonaguni island.

 

 

 

Okinawans eat a bit of everything and there's always seaweed and tofu in some form. The cuisine of Okinawa is a mix of other countries' with whom the former Ryukyu kingdom used to trade.

 

 

[robirdstx]

 

Cajun Spiced Grilled Chicken Wings and Steamed Broccoli 

[btbyrd]

Roasted a chicken.

 

 

 

Edited October 27, 2018 by btbyrd (log)

[HungryChris]

I have pork tenderloins that I bought on sale, stacked up like cord wood in the freezer, so it was time to get busy with them. Pork piccata tonight, with mashed potatoes and sprouts.

HC

Edited October 27, 2018 by HungryChris (log)

[JoNorvelleWalker]

1 hour ago, BonVivant said:

My guesthouse's home-cooking on Yonaguni island.

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Okinawans eat a bit of everything and there's always seaweed and tofu in some form. The cuisine of Okinawa is a mix of other countries' with whom the former Ryukyu kingdom used to trade.

 

Fascinating history, thanks for the link!

[TdeV]

14 hours ago, Norm Matthews said:

I marinated Kalbi overnight and grilled it today. We had it with rice, laver and kimchi.

 

@Norm Matthews, how did you marinate the ribs?

[liuzhou]

 

1-10-10 brined chicken breast with white wine steamed clams, ginger and garlic; baked mushrooms with scallions. R.ice. Didn't get the sear I wanted on the chicken, but tasted just fine.

 

 

 

Edited October 27, 2018 by liuzhou (log)

[Paul Bacino]

Turkey Burger  with Big Jim Hatch chilies

 

 

 

[Anna N]

 

Jazzed up instant noodles. Spinach, egg, nori and beef short ribs. 

[shain]

Bucatini, roasted eggplant, lightly cooked tomato sauce, pan fried mushrooms, smoked paprika. Pecorino romano, toasted sesame.

 

[scubadoo97]

Shain, looks like a simple yet delicious dish.  I find the most pleasure in simplicity.  It's the combination of ingredients not the number of ingredients  that make it shine 

[heidih]

@shain  Yes your dish appeals. What most struck me was the sesame seed. I wouldn't have thought of that but perhaps that is cultural. I might have thought of toasted walnuts perhap and others of pine nuts. Thanks for expanding our thought processes.

Edited October 28, 2018 by heidih (log)

[BonVivant]

The "national dish" of Okinawa.

 

Japan's highest pork consumption is in Okinawa.

 

 

 

My beer being tapped.

 

[Thanks for the Crepes]

On 10/25/2018 at 1:59 PM, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

Don't know.  I thought I did.

 

When I went to put the pie in the oven the display didn't look right so I turned the broiler on again.  After three minutes I pulled the pizza but the top crust didn't look right.  There should have been leopardizing on the top but it looked rather raw.  So I put it in again for another minute.  Still no joy.  Then another thirty seconds.

 

After loading the poor pizza three times it wasn't as pretty as it might have been and stuff was dripping over the edges.  The top crust was still on this side of raw and the bottom crust was black.

 

 

Compare this pizza with my last pizza from the other night:

 

 

 

 

Edit:  the bottom pizza is 3 minutes.

 

 

 

 

Well ... electronic ovens do not like and cannot withstand high heat conditions. Yours is electronic, right, Jo?

 

Course the oven could be spot on, and you can blame it on yourself as you have done, but I'm extremely suspecting of electronic appliances, cuz I hate them for the overpriced and short-lived things that they are. 😝

[JoNorvelleWalker]

2 hours ago, Thanks for the Crepes said:

 

Well ... electronic ovens do not like and cannot withstand high heat conditions. Yours is electronic, right, Jo?

 

Course the oven could be spot on, and you can blame it on yourself as you have done, but I'm extremely suspecting of electronic appliances, cuz I hate them for the overpriced and short-lived things that they are. 😝

 

As I was broiling tonight's pizza the oven shut itself off with an over-heat error message.

 

[mm84321]

[shain]

9 hours ago, heidih said:

@shain  Yes your dish appeals. What most struck me was the sesame seed. I wouldn't have thought of that but perhaps that is cultural. I might have thought of toasted walnuts perhap and others of pine nuts. Thanks for expanding our thought processes.

 

 

Thank you

I wanted to highlight the smokey flavors in this dish, so I felt toasted sesame should work. I think that walnuts whould be good as well, they have a smokey quality too. 

[liuzhou]

I had a rather large and carbohydrate heavy lunch, so  I passed on them for dinner.

 

Pan fried duck breast over a raw spinach salad with fresh lion's mane mushrooms* sautéed in the rendered duck fat.

 

 

 

In Chinese the mushrooms are 狮头菇 shī tóu gū, which translates as 'lion's head mushrooms'.  I usually only get them dried, but the market had them fresh this morning.

[Norm Matthews]

@TdeV  I used my son's recipe with some changes. Here is what I did for the Kalbi

 

Kalbi (Korean Beef Short Rib BBQ) 

Note: Marinade a min of 10 to 12hrs

• Beef Short Ribs (3 to 4lbs)

• 1/2 cup soy sauce

•  1/4 cup Sesame oil ( you would probably be OK using just 2 Tbsps.)

• 6 Tbsp  Brown sugar

• 5 Tbsp water

• 4 Tbsp  Mirin. 

• 3 Tbsp rice syrup (I used because I got some for another recipe and wanted to use it up) son uses corn syrup

• 2 Tbsp galic

• 1/4 tsp ginger

• Chopped Green onions (about 1 cup)

• Dash of peppers

• 1 Asian Pear

• Instead of the pear, you may substitute Jumex Pear Flavored Nectar or you may also try other fruits, such as apple juice Charlie usually adds some Coke the marinade.

 

PS I made a second, half batch, added about a quarter cup of Dr. Pepper and boiled in for a couple minutes, cooled to room temperature,  then poured then it over the ribs after they were cooked. 

 

PS I try to always post the recipes of what I cook at the blog link below.

Edited October 28, 2018 by Norm Matthews
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[mm84321]

Goulash in Budapest 

[Norm Matthews]

Our dinner tonight was one we have been enjoying for a long time. It was Cornish hens marinated with orange juice, Triple Sec, honey and soy sauce. Some of it was reserved for basting and thickening with cornstarch to set on the table with the chickens. 

Edited October 29, 2018 by Norm Matthews (log)

[liamsaunt]

sometimes you just need a big bowl of chicken soup

 

[mm84321]

Lángos yum

[JoNorvelleWalker]

7 minutes ago, mm84321 said:

Lángos yum

 

Is the pastry sweet or savory?

 

[mm84321]

Savory. Sour cream and cheese. 🙂