Dinner 2019

[Nicolai]

Disaster has struck. I am emotionally devastated........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My better half advised me that we are having dinner with some friends tonight and it is at a modern Indian VEGETARIAN restaurant......

Vegeterian>>>>> Moi ??????

 

I am a born and bread carnivorous person so is all my family, relatives, friends, business associates as well as our dog and cat and the Squirrels in the garden.....

 

Time for a Kirialaison - Kristalaison.

 

Stay tuned for tomorrow......

 

 

Ughh, Garlic is for the evil eye and photography bragging rights.

[Bernie]

Vegetarians is an old English descriptive word for members of a tribe who can't hunt.

 

(and vegans are vegetarians who are also scared of chickens...)😂

[liuzhou]

Felt lazy. Went out.

 

Rou Jia Mo

This is the more traditional version - with long stewed pork. More than one were consumed.

Edited November 23, 2019 by liuzhou (log)

[Anna N]

52 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

Felt lazy. Went out.

Along the lines of:

 

What shall I make for dinner? Ah! Reservations!

[Margaret Pilgrim]

The problem is that by the time we change into something restaurant-worthy and schlep across town, either by bus or find parking, we could have had something equally decent ready to come off the back burner.   With a lower disappointment quotient to boot.

[chileheadmike]

Enchiladas made with chopped, leftover pork roast,  cheddar and sauce made from ancho chile pods.

[Shelby]

Ronnie smoked some beef ribs and then I sous vide them for 24 hours or so.  Tender enough that I could have a bite or two

 

Ronnie's plate

My sad plate lol

 

Been wanting pizza really bad.  Had some left over chicken so half was chicken, bacon (realized I can't do bacon with the periodontal stuff  ), roasted cherry tomato and that zucchini butter that I made this summer for "sauce".  Other half was olive, mushroom and sausage.

 

[Anna N]

23 minutes ago, Shelby said:

Ronnie smoked some beef ribs and then I sous vide them for 24 hours or so.

Oh my lord those ribs are to die for. Or to kill for. But the beans they got to go. 

[Anna N]

 

Orzo salad planned over from lunch and reprised for dinner with the addition of some quartered cherry tomatoes. The whole thing was gently reheated in the Cuisinart steam oven. 

[heidih]

48 minutes ago, Anna N said:

 

Orzo salad planned over from lunch and reprised for dinner with the addition of some quartered cherry tomatoes. The whole thing was gently reheated in the Cuisinart steam oven. 

 

Between you and @liuzhou orzo has been calling me. It used to be a pantry staple. Thanks for the prompt.

Edited November 23, 2019 by heidih (log)

[Ann_T]

@Nicolai,  I feel for you.

The last place i want to go is to a vegetarian restaurant. 

[Ann_T]

Tonight's dinner.  

Green peppercorn steak.   We were eating within an hour after I got home from work.

Would have been sooner but I wanted to roast some potatoes in the CSO.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

49 minutes ago, Ann_T said:

Tonight's dinner.  

Green peppercorn steak.   We were eating within an hour after I got home from work.

Would have been sooner but I wanted to roast some potatoes in the CSO.

 

I have never tried green peppercorns, but oddly I ordered some form Penzeys earlier this evening.

 

[Nicolai]

.....and now I found that the world is round........

 

........after few tablets of digestives.......

 

Modern North Indian Vegetarian restaurant cataclysm.....well the presentation was Moderm......kind off...

 

I tried claiming leg pain and start of a cold as well as temporary amnesia but was dragged kicking and screaming to the Indian restaurant.

 

I have no idea what most of the dishes ingredients were about and I was very much missing a Chicago Dog....Yummy.

 

So here are some night shots of the food.

 

These are some dishes names for the people in the know who can decipher the names as I gave up on trying.

 

So in no particular order of dishes:

 

- Pav Bhaji  Fondue. You pick a piece of bread and dunk it in the Dal based mush and shovel it with some pickles down the throat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Panner Tika Paratha. That your friendly cheese sandwich North Indian style. No Brillat - Savarin I am afraid.

 

 

 

 

 

 

-  Pani Puri thingy. Under the flying saucers you have different sauces to fill the Puri.

 

 

 

 

 

 

- It is a Chat. Either Bakarwani Chat or Dahi Papdi Chat as we were served both and I don't know which is this one.

You pour the Yogurt in the glass jar and shake and serve and eat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Dal with Paneer and something eaten with a Paratha

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Dessert: Jalebi with Rabdi

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Drinks: Lassi with a pink straw for me as being a Feminist supporter. as per the Governor instructions!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Damages: A large box of Rennie digestives and violent sweet dreams of juicy Rib eye steak and Lamb Shanks or Kebab for one......

 

 

 

[Ann_T]

10 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

I have never tried green peppercorns, but oddly I ordered some form Penzeys earlier this evening.

 

@JoNorvelleWalker, I'm going to assume that since you ordered from Penzeys that you ordered the dried version.

So much better than the ones sold in brine.   I don't like the flavour that the brined green peppercorns impart.   I can't always find dried locally so I order them from a spicy company in Alberta.

[TicTac]

17 hours ago, chileheadmike said:

Enchiladas made with chopped, leftover pork roast,  cheddar and sauce made from ancho chile pods.

This looks great, Mike.

 

Can you share more about the sauce?  I have leftover pulled pork from Taco night last night and this looks like an ideal usage for a dinner this week...

[Duvel]

Something quick tonight (after having a lot of guests over the weekend a bit of “me”-time was needed ..):

 

Potato pancakes - salmon & sour cream version for my wife ...

 

 

And Kümmelbauch with herb butter for me.

 

 

Now relaxed & full !

 

[Margaret Pilgrim]

1 hour ago, Duvel said:

And Kümmelbauch with herb butter for me.

 

 

 

 

I'll have what he's having.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

4 hours ago, Ann_T said:

@JoNorvelleWalker, I'm going to assume that since you ordered from Penzeys that you ordered the dried version.

So much better than the ones sold in brine.   I don't like the flavour that the brined green peppercorns impart.   I can't always find dried locally so I order them from a spicy company in Alberta.

 

Yes, the green peppercorns I ordered from Penzeys were dried.  I did not have any plan in mind when I ordered.  How did you make your sauce?

[Ann_T]

47 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

Yes, the green peppercorns I ordered from Penzeys were dried.  I did not have any plan in mind when I ordered.  How did you make your sauce?

@JoNorvelleWalker, you can find the recipe here:

http://www.thibeaultstable.com/2019/02/green-peppercorn-steak.html

[Anna N]

Tonight’s dinner is brought to you by the Nielsen Tastebud Recipe Generator. 
 

The data input question was:

What tastes are calling out to me?

 

The data output came back as onion, mushroom, Balsamic vinegar and blue cheese. 
 

So I cut up an onion and some mushrooms and tossed them on a baking sheet along with some olive oil, some balsamic vinegar and some salt and pepper and roasted them at 400°F until I was happy with the result. Then I crumbled some blue cheese over that and let it melt out in the oven. My plan was to serve this over toast but when I opened my microwave to retrieve my bread (yes a microwave makes a fine bread box) I discovered a baking potato (microwave also makes a fine place to keep a potato cool and dark). And so the recipe generator evolved and became roasted onions, mushrooms balsamic vinegar and blue cheese over a  baked potato. 
 

 

Sour cream in the left rear - probably overkill but it’s a baked potato dammit. 

[IowaDee]

We must share a blob of DNA.   I have a recipe generator just like that in my head.   Sometimes my husband will ask me what I'm doing and I tell him I"m cooking in my head.  He has no idea of what I'm talking about but I'll bet you do!  Finding creative ways to use up leftovers is one of my favorite things to do.  The better they taste, the less of a chance that I will ever have the exact mix again. 

[chileheadmike]

I used ancho and guajillo chiles 4 or 5 of each. I then used half of the resulting chile paste. The rest went in the freezer. 

1/2 onion

3/4 box of chicken broth

1 tablespoon Better than Bullion Beef

2 clove garlic

1/2 stick of butter

Canola oil to keep the butter from browning

Handful of flour

Salt/cumin/Mexican oregano/chile powder

 

I softened them in the instant pot with water using the rack thing to keep them submerged. 15 minutes with natural release.

Blend them with some of the water until smooth.

Run through a fine mesh strainer to remove skins and seeds.

 

I heated butter with a little bit of oil and sweated some diced onion until soft. Then add chopped garlic and flour to make a roux.

Wisk in chicken broth and thicken. I then added some beef better than bullion and the chile paste. 

Season with salt, cumin, Mexican oregano and some chile powder.  

[Shelby]

4 minutes ago, chileheadmike said:

I softened them in the instant pot with water using the rack thing to keep them submerged. 15 minutes with natural release.

Brilliant. 

[Margaret Pilgrim]

1 hour ago, Anna N said:

(yes a microwave makes a fine bread box) I discovered a baking potato (microwave also makes a fine place to keep a potato cool and dark).

Kindreds!    When we close up our weekend place, crackers, chocolate and other open soft-packaged non-perishables go into the microwave.    It's mouseproof!      Basics are already stored in glass or metal.