Dinner 2018

demiglace · August 1, 2018

On 7/29/2018 at 6:47 PM, mgaretz said:

The last of the red sauce over zoodles, made on the spiralizer attachment for the Kitchenaid Stand Mixer and my recently acquired angel hair blade. Served with salad and fresh cherries for dessert.

Mark, this is your chunky red sauce, right?

btbyrd · August 1, 2018

Bacon cheeseburger salad. 🥓 🍔 🥗

Edited August 1, 2018 by btbyrd (log)

Ann_T · August 1, 2018

Oh My, so many wonderful meals that I've been missing. Been busy with our boards, and working and just lost track of when I posted last.

A few of our meals this month. Nothing to exciting except for Dungeness crab. A friend has been crabbing in the Cowichan Bay area and has been sharing. We have had Dungeness crab four times in the last couple of weeks.

Once with black beans, garlic and ginger,

and three times just garlic and lemon butter. Each time Moe and I shared four crabs on a shared platter. No sides, just crab, crab and more crab.

I hate to say it, but I think I am crabbed out.

One of my favourites, Hot chicken sandwiches with homemade fries.

Spaghetti with clams.

And homemade Halibut Fish and Chips

Edited August 1, 2018 by Ann_T (log)

mgaretz · August 1, 2018

3 hours ago, demiglace said:

Mark, this is your chunky red sauce, right?

Yes.

Jacksoup · August 1, 2018

@Ann_Tlove the crab and am jealous. Have only had it twice this year. Only frozen available now

JoNorvelleWalker · August 1, 2018

1 hour ago, btbyrd said:

Bacon cheeseburger salad. 🥓 🍔 🥗

Truly beautiful. Do you eat it one hand or two?

What is on top of the burger and below the cheese?

**Shelby** · August 1, 2018

@Ann_T Good to see ya!

Made another pot of spaghetti sauce. Put it over some of those raviolis I made a while back.

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chromedome · August 1, 2018

8 hours ago, Ann_T said:

A few of our meals this month. Nothing to exciting except for crab. A friend has been crabbing in the Cowichan Bay area and has been sharing. We have had crab four times in the last couple of weeks.

Once with black beans, garlic and ginger, and three times just garlic and lemon butter. Each time Moe and I shared four crabs on a shared platter. No sides, just crab, crab and more crab.

I hate to say it, but I think I am crabbed out.

When I lived in Newfoundland as a teen, crabs were a nuisance for the gillnetters because they'd get tangled in the nets and create a scalloped effect at the bottom of the net, like a tablecloth. That gets expensive in a hurry, because it's a part of your net fish swim under instead of getting caught. The standard answer for this was to have one crewmember standing by the "Gertie" (a small Briggs & Stratton engine used to haul the head rope of the net) with an axe handle in his hand. When a crab came over the gunwales, he'd stop the Gertie for a moment, smash the crab, throw the bits overboard, then re-start the puller.

At that time (40 years ago) their actual catch was usually worth 12 to 15 cents/lb at the fish plant, so if you went up to ol' "Skipper Eli" or "H'uncle George" and offered him 10 cents/lb for all the crab he wanted to bring in, you'd get a WHOLE lot of crab. We'd eat ourselves comatose (my immediate family, plus aunts, uncles and cousins), then spend the next day picking and freezing the leftover crab.

Fast forward to my 20s, in Vancouver. A restaurant in Gastown called The Meat Market advertised a big crab promotion, all-you-can-eat Alaskan king crab (plus soup and salad bar) for what was even then the absurd price of $12.99/person. To me, that seemed like the perfect opportunity for a Newfoundland-sized "good scoff" of crab. I went with my girlfriend, and my best friend and his girlfriend, and between us we ate our way through seven platters of crab legs. Of that total, I was the only one still eating after the fourth (I could really pack it away, as a youngster).

As we left the restaurant my girlfriend (a Central American mestizo by blood, very exotic, but 100% Cockney by upbringing) was giving me an odd look. When I asked what she was thinking, she replied "I'd much rather clothe than feed you..."

btbyrd · August 1, 2018

7 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

Truly beautiful. ...

What is on top of the burger and below the cheese?

Thanks! Beneath the cheese is a heap of Benton's bacon over a a mound of caramelized vidalia onions (and some thinly shaved raw ones).

Paul Bacino · August 1, 2018

Vegan Mexican Meatloaf/ white bean Liqueur Polenta/ Salsa/pickled Jalapeno

Recipe from Nutritionicity.com-- with modifications ( I make all my own products no can beans )

I added the bean polenta made my own salsa

Held together well, I cut it out of loaf pan in 2" slices

Recipe: Nutritionicity.com

Edited August 1, 2018 by Paul Bacino (log)

liuzhou · August 1, 2018

Beef with mango. The beef was marinated with garlic, white chilli peppers, Shaoxing wine and Thai fish sauce. Stir-fried and then the diced mango added and heated through. Served with Chinese chive laden couscous and oyster mushrooms fried with garlic.

Kim Shook · August 1, 2018

Sous vide chicken breast:

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Very tender and moist. Served with leftover turkey gravy, succotash and rice:

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Ann_T · August 1, 2018

Thanks @Shelby.

@Kim Shook, beautiful rich turkey gravy.

@chromedome, you made me think of a time when we lived in Sault Ste Marie, back in the mid 90's. We use to go over the border to Sault Ste Marie on the Michigan side. One of the hotels offered all you could eat Crab legs on Sunday nights.

They would try to get you to take sides along with the crab, like salad and baked potatoes. We never fell for that. We would just pig out on platters of crab. I don't know how they made any money on Sunday nights.

Roast Pork Tenderloin, rubbed with garlic, fresh rosemary, salt and lots of black pepper.

Served with Orzo with Parmesan, and fresh green beans and baby turnips from the local farmers market.

IowaDee · August 1, 2018

Ann_T, I've missed seeing your wonderful meals and especially Moe's breakfasts!

So happy to see you posting again.

scamhi · August 1, 2018

Eggplant and ground pork Sichuan style.

Norm Matthews · August 1, 2018

I made a dinner that featured one of Charlie's favorites: Korean Chicken wings with sticky sweet ginger sauce. The candle on the cake is musical. It plays Happy Birthday

Edited August 2, 2018 by Norm Matthews (log)

robirdstx · August 2, 2018

‘Instant Pot’ Chuck Roast and Carrots with Cauliflower ‘Mac’ & Cheese Casserole

Edited August 2, 2018 by robirdstx (log)

Kim Shook · August 2, 2018

@Ann_T - thank you! It cooks forever. I start it out fairly thin and then let it LOW simmer for a few hours. I have an enormous cast iron Dutch oven that my MIL gave me and if I’m making a lot of gravy, I use that. It makes the best gravy I’ve ever tasted.

@Norm Matthews – My family and friends love those wings so much.

Ann_T · August 2, 2018

Tonight's dinner.

Greek Baby Back Ribs done on the grill. Roasted potatoes in the Steam Oven and corn on the cob.

Peach Shortcakes, with BC peaches for dessert.

FauxPas · August 2, 2018

I was given a lovely big chunk of fresh sockeye salmon to work with tonight, but I am crap at filleting. My neighbour offered to help me hone my skills. I need to take him up on that offer, but this worked well enough.

Cooked some and froze some.

Cooked this with an apricot glaze which really made me happy. Some low-sugar apricot jam I made a couple of weeks ago + soy sauce + minced garlic + ginger + hot sauce. Cooked in the steam-broil setting of the CSO and served with mixed rice and some local beans and some sesame seeds.