Lunch! What'd ya have? (2018)

[kayb]

Well, that would have worked, but I had a crevice that was not...quite...full, so the hash browns (I keep a bag of frozen on hand all the time) were an optimum solution. Particularly as I had no bread thawed. 

 

Topped things off with a tangerine. Clementine. Mandarin orange. Whatever it was. I am now set to go outside and garden.

 

[Anna N]

 

 A pear and a pair of blues.   And a salad of carrot and parsnip ribbons with a miso dressing.  

[Anna N]

2 minutes ago, kayb said:

Well, that would have worked, but I had a crevice that was not...quite...full

 Hate those damn crevices.  

[BonVivant]

It was a long weekend.

Aged Comté (3 years) and sourdough.

 

Borage and Tyrolean Speck alongside.

 

You almost never see spring onions in my food. Chives are as much as I can manage. You can imagine how hard it was for me in Korea. Spring onions in e.ve.ry.thing and in copious amounts.

 

Buckwheat pancakes with Speck.

 

Kumquat compotes (with Riesling and Aberlour/scotch, a lot!). Maple syrup satisfies my inner Canadian.

Edited May 1, 2018 by BonVivant (log)

[Anna N]

 

Ham, gruyere, and roasted broccoli sandwich with a small broccoli stem salad. 

[BeeZee]

lunch from Whole Foods hot bar: creamed spinach/kale, mac+cheese, miso eggplant, curry chicken, cherry BBQ sauced seitan. I love being able to just get a spoon of several things, all for less than $7.00

[HungryChris]

Grilled beer brat with chili, cheese and onions, some pickled turnip roll-ups and a brown porter.

HC

[Captain]

More hungry than usual.  So i whipped up a Rump steak sandwich.

Unfortunately I forgot the beetroot.

[kayb]

@HungryChris -- and jonquils. I love jonquils. They are my absolute favorite flower in the world.

[Okanagancook]

6 hours ago, Anna N said:

 

Ham, gruyere, and roasted broccoli sandwich with a small broccoli stem salad. 

Roasted broccoli!

[Anna N]

9 hours ago, Okanagancook said:

Roasted broccoli!

What is so shocking?   Roasted broccoli is almost as eye-opening as roasted cauliflower. 

Edited May 2, 2018 by Anna N
To add a smiley because I didn’t mean to sound snotty (log)

[Okanagancook]

Agreed but in a sandwich?

just say’n

could of had more ham and cheese

”proper” sandwich ingredients that deserve their place in said sandwich over the loveliest of roast broccoli 

[Anna N]

11 hours ago, Okanagancook said:

Agreed but in a sandwich?

just say’n

could of had more ham and cheese

”proper” sandwich ingredients that deserve their place in said sandwich over the loveliest of roast broccoli 

 I kicked “proper” out of my dictionary when I hit 70.

 

 Edited to add that it appears to have a credible pedigree. 

Edited May 3, 2018 by Anna N (log)

[liuzhou]

Back in China after a couple of weeks in Vietnam and met with an old friend in Nanning for lunch before catching a train back home.

 

Ate some 老友粉 (lǎo yǒu fěn) - Old friend Noodles - the local speciality. Pork, tomato, salted black beans, bamboo shoot and Chinese greens with rice noodles.

 

[kayb]

Steak and Shake has opened an outpost in my town; been open four days, and when I went at 1:15 yesterday, I had to wait 10 minutes for a seat.

 

Single bacon cheese steakburger with fries, $4. And that's not an introductory price. Good, thick country bacon. Patty is thin, but nicely crusted from griddling. Fries are thinner than McDonald's, not my favorite, but you have the choice of several other sides (beans, slaw, applesauce, I forget what else). Added an Orange Freeze milkshake into the deal. 

 

Severe overeating. Should've left off the milkshake. Sandwich was great.

 

[Anna N]

Miso soup with a poached egg. 

 

Miso–butter marinated grilled shrimp. 

 

 

Edited May 3, 2018 by Anna N
Because I posted before I was finished. (log)

[Anna N]

On 2018-04-26 at 8:16 PM, Anna N said:

 To me these things are to real pork rind as Pringles are to potato chips.  I have had some that actually taste like pork.  These didn’t despite the ingredient list which claims that they are nothing more than pork, lard and salt.  Perhaps I should not have used the word fake.  Perhaps factory-made would have been a better choice of words. 

 

 Now we are talking some serious porky goodness. 

[heidih]

Those are gorgeous. There is a Hispanic market in town that has the MOST excellent ones. Spoiled me.  They are in the deli counter and kept warm so I can barely contain myself from chomping before I exit store. The counter people are super nice and will dig around, turn upside down etc so you can get the ratio you prefer. Craving!!!

[Anna N]

2 minutes ago, heidih said:

Those are gorgeous. There is a Hispanic market in town that has the MOST excellent ones. Spoiled me.  They are in the deli counter and kept warm so I can barely contain myself from chomping before I exit store. The counter people are super nice and will dig around, turn upside down etc so you can get the ratio you prefer. Craving!!!

OMG.  I think these are the best I have ever had.   They were a gift. I am blessed. 

[rotuts]

@Anna N

 

The Pork items above look delicious 

 

and crunchy

 

I tried to go back to your previous thread

 

but lost my my.  of course i did not try very hard

 

what are those 1/2 moon piggy items ?

 

and if you did not make them

 

how are they made ?

 

I did enjoy the pic of the miso shrimp

 

they looked to me like the plumpest shrimp Ive ever seen

 

and not yet tried

[Anna N]

 The porky things were a gift.  I can’t tell you how they are made.

 

As for the shrimp they are absolutely nothing special.  In truth, I had to trim off the freezer burn from them.  They are black tiger shrimp size 16 to 20 and had been in my freezer a bit too long.  

[rotuts]

well

 

on those shrimp 

 

you did a good 

 

looked photograph - wise

 

plump and there for delicious.

 

Ill keep that in mind for the Future.

[heidih]

29 minutes ago, rotuts said:

 

The Pork items above look delicious 

what are those 1/2 moon piggy items ?

 

and if you did not make them

 

how are they made ?

 

 

 

 

They are deep fried pork skin - chicharones.  The skin still has just a bit of meat on it.  One of my favorite porky products. There are street vendors that do it on the east side of Los Angeles but I've never had the pleasure. The market I mentioned has a great version.

[rotuts]

I thought is was chicharones

 

did not know they made it to the GTA

 

there is a tex-mex place one town over

 

finest carnitas burritos I can get

 

they do have them

 

Ill try them there.

[TicTac]

53 minutes ago, rotuts said:

I thought is was chicharones

 

did not know they made it to the GTA

 

there is a tex-mex place one town over

 

finest carnitas burritos I can get

 

they do have them

 

Ill try them there.

 

The GTA is the most culturally diverse city in the world.  Something many do not know.

 

We have many of the worlds cuisines within a 40 minute drive!