Dinner 2018

[Shelby]

Pork belly noodle bowls last night

 

[liuzhou]

I bought some yellowtail fish , gutted them and

 

 

 turned them into this.

 

 

Fried fish with potato salad (home made mayo) and a simple watercress salad.

 

Served with one of the rarest wines on the planet. A good Chinese dry white.

[lindag]

I made my way into town this morning to get my nails done and to pick up the essentials for a dinner of ground beef tacos.....beef, lettuce, tomato to which I'll add some yellow rice, beans, salsa, onion on burrito size tortillas.

Tacos my way.

Edited July 1, 2018 by lindag (log)

[Nicolai]

Sunday dinner in our English garden somewhere in leafy London suburb with French style nibbles........

 

From the top:

 

- French Baguette

- Endives with sliced green Apples and crushed Walnuts (French's Yellow Mustard Lemon and EVOO dressing)

- Pâté de Foie Gras and Bresaola

- Cheese plate: Mature Manchego - Mature Gouda and Fromage de Chèvre Bûchette affinée

- Arugula and Tomato salad (Sauce Vinaigrette Balsamic)

 

Off picture: Chablis and for dessert: Brownies with fresh Strawberries and Clotted Cream Vanilla Ice Cream

 

 

 

[Anna N]

 

 Sometimes you revert to form.

[blue_dolphin]

Last night, I enjoyed a wonderful dinner at Anthony's Restaurant in Plattsburgh, NY.  I had sautéed scallops and roasted vegetable ratatouille with roasted garlic aioli served over linguini.  I posted more over here in the Upstate NY Dining thread.   My third dinner at this restaurant this week and all have been excellent.

[ProfessionalHobbit]

On Saturday, we had

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minestrone

Peach-nectarine crisp with heavy cream

[ProfessionalHobbit]

And tonight (Sunday) we had

 

 

 

 

 

Spaghetti con sugo di pomodoro

Slow-cooked broccoli with anchovy, lemon and cheese

 

[dcarch]

A favorite summer dish, grilled watermelon steaks. The problem is finding un-ripe watermelon. Ripe ones will fall apart.

Watermelon and goji greens both have positive medicinal benefits.

dcarch

 

Sous vide pork loin, watermelon steaks on goji greens from the garden.

 

Edited July 2, 2018 by dcarch (log)

[kayb]

Have never heard of watermelon steaks. Details?

 

[liuzhou]

Tonight did not go as planned. Does it ever?

 

I decided to go Thai. First up a bowl of Tom Yum Soup ( ต้มยำกุ้ง ).

 

This was my downfall. I intended to follow it with a Chicken Massaman Curry ( มัสมั่น ) which I was cooking concurrently.

 

But back to the soup. The  recipe claimed to serve three to four people. Obviously a mistranslation, because I ate the first bowl and decided that another one was in order. That left just enough for a third bowl which obviously I ate, too. They must have meant three to four bowls!

 

Anyway, by the time I finished that,  I was feeling rather full, so the partially cooked curry is now resting in the  fridge to allow the flavours to mingle and will doubtless turn up tomorrow night for your viewing pleasure - and my eating pleasure.

 

Until then, here is soup bowl number one.

 

 

Shrimp, squid and oyster mushrooms in the usual broth with galangal, lemongrass, fish sauce and lime juice. I know the shrimp were fresh because  I carried them home live from the market and they wriggled and squiggled right up until they were dropped into the broth.

 

 

Edited July 2, 2018 by liuzhou (log)

[dcarch]

1 hour ago, kayb said:

Have never heard of watermelon steaks. Details?

 

1. As I said, you need to use watermelon that is not too ripe, otherwise the steaks will be too sweet and fall apart. The best is to grow your own, so you can pick them early.

 

2. Cut watermelon about 3/4" thick, remove rind, basic seasonings - garlic powder, pepper, and fish sauce. 

3. Grill or CI pan fry till fork tender.

 

dcarch

[Duvel]

Upon request by my guests (who refused German cuisine for some reason ): kind of Levantine/Mediterranean dinner party. Most recipes taken from Ottolenghi's "Jerusalem", or at least inspired by it.

 

Grilled & marinated eggplants & courgettes

 

 

Potato salad with aubergine, lemon and artichokes

 

 

Roasted pumpkin with tahini & za'atar

 

 

Baba Ghanoush with yoghurt

 

 

Hummus

 

 

Ovendried cherry tomatoes & olives

 

 

Pide in all variations (lamb, egg, grilled veggies ...)

 

 

Köfte

 

 

Pastrami

 

 

There was also grilled chicken, but I was too busy dishing out Pides before they were gone. All three batches ...

 

Progress picture

 

 

Not pictured: Copious amounts of Asahi, off-dry Riesling and Old Fashioned, followed by shots of Jägermeister (the holy trinity of Levantine booze)... A successful evening, if I might say so 

 

[kayb]

22 minutes ago, dcarch said:

1. As I said, you need to use watermelon that is not too ripe, otherwise the steaks will be too sweet and fall apart. The best is to grow your own, so you can pick them early.

 

2. Cut watermelon about 3/4" thick, remove rind, basic seasonings - garlic powder, pepper, and fish sauce. 

3. Grill or CI pan fry till fork tender.

 

dcarch

Fascinating. May have to try this.

 

[rotuts]

@dcarch

 

very interesting idea.

 

I grew up in CA and ripe melons were the norm and very easy to obtain

 

here in N.E. :   rare as hens teeth , except for a spurt in the summer of about 1 week.

 

most are shipped un-ripe

 

Im wondering how other melons , smaller in size , and ' Market Un-Ripe '  might fare

 

esp cantaloupe , honey dew , and my all time favorite when ripe :  galia

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galia_melon

[Nicolai]

Monday is light dinner day......so we picked up couple of Cornish Pasties to enjoy in the garden.......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was accompanied with a salad and the dessert was a repeat of yesterday with fresh Strawberries and Jude's Vanilla Clotted Cream Ice Cream

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[lindag]

1 hour ago, Nicolai said:

Monday is light dinner day......so we picked up couple of Cornish Pasties to enjoy in the garden.......

 

 

 

Good looking pasties!

 

 

[Anna N]

 

 Unconventional but good.  Tomorrow I’m leaving town for many weeks and so dinner is an attempt to use up anything still remaining in the crisper drawers.   Broccoli purée, scallions sautéed in duck fat and a duck breast.  

[Norm Matthews]

I cooked some ribs in the smoker for dinner today.

 

 

[scubadoo97]

The last of my the cobia was cooked tonight.  With a side salad.

 

Much better cooked stove top compared to the CSO. But operator error could be a factor 

 

 

[Okanagancook]

Norm, your ribs are always to die for!!! Congratulations.  Do you get the meat from a special butcher every time or is it totally your technique no matter how the meat is?

[robirdstx]

Hotel In-Suite Dining - Flatbread Pizza!

 

[Jacksoup]

I rarely post in dinner even though I usually make something 4 nights out of 7, especially since my adult son who lives with me always wants dinner.  So he’s working out of town and I made dinner for myself and here’s the evidence. Melissa Clark’s shrimp with eggplant, harissa and mint.  I’m sure the recipe is online but too tech challenged to link

[HungryChris]

I happened upon these steaks on sale, in the market a few days ago and knew they had to be worked into our schedule, because of the nice marbling. I cooked them on the grill with baked potatoes last night.

HC

Edited July 3, 2018 by HungryChris (log)

[Duvel]

Sandwich with more homemade Pastrami than my blood pressure does actually allow, with dijonnaise, pickled cucumber and onions...