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Lunch! What'd ya have? (2018)

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9 minutes ago, Anna N said:

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Noodle bowl with green beans, aburaage, chicken karaage and some furikake. Base was home made chicken stock fortified with some commercial tensuyu. 

Yessss ! That looks so good, @Anna N...

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34 minutes ago, Anna N said:

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 This was from a day or so ago. It is a very tiny strip loin which I was planning on having for dinner that day. Something went wrong  with my day which I don’t even recall any more and it became lunch.   It has a miso glaze on it and I ate it with out any accompaniments.  This is a small act of rebellion on my part. Something to do with balanced meals.

 

 

Some esteemed food writer - could it have been M.F.K. Fisher? - wrote that balanced meals could be seen as what you ate throughout the day, instead of what you ate at every meal. It made a lot of sense, and I felt liberated...until I realized we were trying to stretch the concept into what we ate that week...or fortnight....:D

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Some esteemed food writer - could it have been M.F.K. Fisher? - wrote that balanced meals could be seen as what you ate throughout the day, instead of what you ate at every meal. It made a lot of sense, and I felt liberated...until I realized we were trying to stretch the concept into what we ate that week...or fortnight....:D

Sometimes you just want to savour a single ingredient. Lobster needs no accompaniment to detract from its deliciousness— a little butter sure but  forget the salad.  Similarly with scallops, shrimp and steak.  Other people would choose other single ingredients.  And some will make an argument for appropriate side dishes. But when the universe has kicked me in the aspidistra, I just want my favourite proteins and the pleasure of blowing a raspberry in the direction of convention. 

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Anna Nielsen aka "Anna N"

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Yet another lunch out.

 

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A small Greek salad with Fish Tacos and Fruit at League City’s Olympia Grill. The Fish Tacos were not particularly photogenic, and when I started to eat, I realized the fish was breaded, not grilled as ordered, but they were good, so I ate them. I did mention to our waitress that I found it curious that the fish was breaded. She offered to replace them, but I declined. She did alert the kitchen to the error. They have only been open for a couple of weeks and the tacos are a new menu item.

 

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I made chicken liver pate today. I buy the livers in 20 OZ containers, but by the time I drain and trim them all up, I usually get a little over 3 ramekins, plus a little extra, which I had for lunch today. I used to put ramp butter on top, but now I put in little sprigs of thyme and top it with gelatine. Of course, I am the only one in the house who will even look at them, let alone eat them.

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8 minutes ago, HungryChris said:

Of course, I am the only one in the house who will even look at them, let alone eat them.

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 Booking my flight now.   Oh wait. Is scrapple on the menu for breakfast tomorrow?

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Everyone has such beautiful-looking meals...

 

My attempt at beautifying my turkey-meat sandwich with sliced muenster, hummus, Dijon mustard, and pickles with a side of unroasted almonds.

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Great sandwich, I just can not wrap my head around untoasted almonds though. I understand the allure of the greenies. Ruth Reichl has lauded the often though a link eludes me. . But otherwise I will walk away. 

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On ‎12‎/‎3‎/‎2018 at 11:16 AM, Smithy said:

Some esteemed food writer - could it have been M.F.K. Fisher? - wrote that balanced meals could be seen as what you ate throughout the day, instead of what you ate at every meal. It made a lot of sense, and I felt liberated...until I realized we were trying to stretch the concept into what we ate that week...or fortnight....:D

It was in "How to Eat a Wolf".  Resonated with me as that was how my grandfather believed and how we ate most of the time.   

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In one of the early chapters of his book, Alon Shaya writes about going fishing with his father who always brought along turkey & cheese sandwiches on white bread that was usually soggy by the time they were ready for lunch.  

He also includes a recipe for a much better version:

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He calls for mincing some Castelvetrano olives and mixing them into the mayo before spreading it on one side of the bread, a trick I'll use on other sandwiches.  From there, we have turkey, tallegio cheese, roasted red pepper, tomato and avocado. 

This is supposed to be built on slices of crusty whole grain bread, rather than a baguette so I ended up making quite a mess while eating but it was good.

 

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I love thinly sliced roasted cauliflower, all on its own, so I've been putting off trying the Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Whipped Feta from Shaya.  I finally gave it a try, with just half a head, and I'm sold. 

Prior to roasting, the cauliflower is first boiled/steamed in a broth of white wine, salt, lemon juice, butter red pepper flakes, bay leaf and a bit of sugar, a step that infuses it with extra flavors.

Edited to add that the cauliflower recipe is available online at this link.

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Per the book, it's served with a whipped feta/goat cheese/cream cheese mixture.  

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I added some crostini topped with Matbucha, a rustic mix of tomato, roasted red bell pepper and onion, cooked together with spices, also from the book.

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22 minutes ago, rotuts said:

@blue_dolphin

 

Shaya ?   New Orleans ?

 

a book ?

 

nice DARTO

 

which one ?

 

thaks

 

Yes, Shaya: An Odyssey of Food, My Journey Back to Israel is the book and I commented on it over here in the cookbook thread.  It's a great read and a solid cookbook that gets 2 thumbs up from me!

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The DARTO is the N 20 Paella pan.  I also bought the N 25 Paella.  Both are quite shallow but very good for cooking for one or two. 

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2 minutes ago, rotuts said:

@blue_dolphin

 

thank you

 

the book is on the way from my library

 

smart getting a few sl smaller DARTO P-Pans

 

I'll be interested in hearing what you think of the book! 

I kinda wish I would have gotten the larger Paella pan that you got but I'm OK for now.  They certainly are useful as roasting pans in the CSO - no worrying about that thin little pan that came with it warping in the heat!

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The only place to eat lunch on the island.

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Same soup with seaweed and soft tofu.

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Breakfast at my lodging.

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My lunch at home.

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