Dinner 2019

[Margaret Pilgrim]

Mixed grill...lamb T-bones and veg.    Potatoes, eggplant, zucchini, red onion.   EVOO, mint, red pepper splash.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

On ‎9‎/‎5‎/‎2019 at 3:05 PM, HungryChris said:

For the life of me, I cannot understand why green tomatoes are not available year round. Years ago, when I worked in a restaurant, all I had to do was ask my produce distributer for them and he was happy to comply, as if getting rid of them was a problem. I have written many emails to local supermarkets, stating that there would be a market, should any of them choose to carry them. I get the same lame, kind of rolled eye response from them all. I honestly think they are missing out. I doubt that I am the only one who would enjoy FGT year round, if I was able to. I also love green tomato pickles, but have a hard time getting enough to make very many.

HC

 

I could not help but note amazon sells unripe green tomatoes from Whole Foods.

 

[HungryChris]

6 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

I could not help but note amazon sells unripe green tomatoes from Whole Foods.

 

I have read that some Whole Foods will make green tomatoes available on request. Unfortunately, the nearest WF is quite a few miles from me, which makes delivery not available. As I have said before, I believe the commodity is there, but is currently being wasted, because it is not yet recognized for the opportunity that it represents, but will ultimately find its way into the marketplace where it belongs.

HC

 

Edited September 8, 2019 by HungryChris (log)

[liuzhou]

6 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

I could not help but note amazon sells unripe green tomatoes from Whole Foods.

 

 

Whole Foods is Amazon.

[BonVivant]

Last of summer

 

Megrim sole

 

Crispy fried. Vietnamese-style fish sauce.

 

 

On 9/5/2019 at 7:17 AM, Kim Shook said:

seared scallops

 

Thank you, KS. Takes some time to clean them but they taste much better than frozen chemical-laced kind..

Edited September 8, 2019 by BonVivant (log)

[rotuts]

@Franci

 

Pleased you are back.   Looking forward to your posts

 

cheers

[gfweb]

13 hours ago, Kim Shook said:

@Anna N - my sad face was at seeing that lovely sandwich and gravy covered up by those nasty peas. 

 

Indeed.

[suzilightning]

For John, roasted shrimp with thyme and garlic served with a tomato salad and some bread.

I had a piece of meatloaf with Bisto onion gravy, mashed potatoes and peas.

[Franci]

Hi @rotuts, thank you for the welcome back! 

 

@BonVivantyour sole! Envy on the freshness of your ingredients! My husband would have adored the scallops so much. 

 

Kids and husband had some tagliatelle with ragù and fried cod. I had a salad of arugula and spinach, grilled Asian eggplants and tuna in kimchi sauce. 

 

 

[scubadoo97]

Glad to see you back  @Franci  your lovely meals and desserts  have been missed

 

edited to add;  YOU were missed!!!

Edited September 9, 2019 by scubadoo97 (log)

[scamhi]

greek style shrimp with tomato and feta. Topped it with panko, and parsley to add some texture

[Shelby]

Crawfish tail ravioli last night

[JoNorvelleWalker]

7 hours ago, liuzhou said:

 

 

Whole Foods is Amazon.

 

We know this.

 

Perhaps I should have said "amazon sells green tomatoes by way of Whole Foods."  Since I can't get to a Whole Foods store I order from amazon.

 

 

[mgaretz]

Burger, cooked SV then seared, served with jumbo artichoke cooked in the IP.

 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

Last night...

 

 

 

Sous vide fried chicken, no batter.  Credit goes to the Paragon holding four quarts of oil at constant temperature.  Potatoes and gravy were done on the Paragon as well.*  (Peas steamed seven minutes in the CSO.)

 

 

Night before...

 

 

 

Prime tenderloin with Kenji duck fat roast potatoes.  Everything slightly overdone to my taste.  Particularly the poor zucchini.

 

 

 

*including little pot of milk for the mashed potatoes.  Thank you, Sitram, for your induction capability.

 

Edited September 8, 2019 by JoNorvelleWalker (log)

[liamsaunt]

This was my niece's birthday weekend, so she was allowed to choose all of the dinners.  Yesterday she asked for steak, mac and cheese, summer squash, and eggplant. I found some prime dry aged ribeyes and porterhouses at Wegman's.   I also made a cauliflower gratin as my sister and I don't like mac and cheese and we both choose not to eat red meat.  No photos as my parents were dining with us and they hate when I take food photos.

 

Today my niece asked for homemade takeout style "Chinese" food.  I made vegetable egg rolls and crab (less) rangoons (I've mentioned on here before that my nephew has an anaphylactic allergy to crustaceans, and so she won't eat crustaceans either out of solidarity, even when he is away at college),  plus sticky wings and vegetable lo mein.

 

wings

 

 

Lo mein (served in Deruta style bowl haha)

 

[robirdstx]

 

Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

 

[Franci]

This afternoon my stomach felt so upset that for dinner I only wanted congee, very plain, half water, half chicken stock, some chicken in it and coriander. I didn’t feel like trying to take an appetizing picture of it. It’s a difficult task😁

 

 

[Margaret Pilgrim]

Same old, same old but favorite butter lettuce salad.

 

Followed by bitterly disappointing hens of the woods pasta.   This is one of my favorite plates, but not so husband's.   So I looked up and followed a recipe rather than my heart.    Blech.     Usual suspects of onion and garlic, but then fresh tomato, Sherry, cream.    So overwhelming.   

 

There remains another clump of these fabulous shrooms.    Maybe a h-o-t-w omelet.   For me.

Edited September 9, 2019 by Margaret Pilgrim (log)

[Smithy]

1 hour ago, Margaret Pilgrim said:

Same old, same old but favorite butter lettuce salad.

 

Followed by bitterly disappointing hens of the woods pasta.   This is one of my favorite plates, but not so husband's.   So I looked up and followed a recipe rather than my heart.    Blech.     Usual suspects of onion and garlic, but then fresh tomato, Sherry, cream.    So overwhelming.   

 

There remains another clump of these fabulous shrooms.    Maybe a h-o-t-w omelet.   For me.

 

 

Sorry to hear it was so disappointing for you. Do you mean it overwhelmed the flavor of the hen-of-the-woods mushrooms? (I've never had them.) The basic sauce sounds delicious.

[Margaret Pilgrim]

2 minutes ago, Smithy said:

 

Sorry to hear it was so disappointing for you. Do you mean it overwhelmed the flavor of the hen-of-the-woods mushrooms? (I've never had them.) The basic sauce sounds delicious.

 

As "pasta". I've had worse.    As a conveyor for these delicate mushrooms, it was a travesty.     They have a very gentle flavor and should not be over seasoned.    It was my fault for trying to make something they aren't...and I succeeded!    But not in their favor.

[Smithy]

I think I managed a pasta transgression tonight, but I don't think it was as disappointing as @Margaret Pilgrim describes above.

 

I've been merrily making sauces and salsas to take advantage of the farmers' markets around here. Today, my efforts included a puttanesca sauce, as described here. When the afternoon grew late and dinnertime approached I dithered between a platter of nachos (a known quantity, using our homemade salsa) and a bowl of pasta puttanesca with the current recipe. Curiosity won. Besides, I had this great-looking pasta I'd picked up at Trader Joe's:

 

 

I boiled a handful or so of the pasta, then pitched it in with some of the puttanesca sauce to finish cooking and let them make friends with each other. 

 

 

I was surprised that my darling did not (a) object to the lack of meat or (b) think it all too tart. He thought it all wonderful, and I did not tell him that the sauce contained anchovies and olives. I thought the pasta wasn't the right shape, or I hadn't cooked it properly, or something...the consistency wasn't right. This particular pasta shape probably is designed for a more viscous, probably creamy, sauce.

 

 

Those cavils aside, there were no leftovers from tonight's meal but there are a couple more servings of the puttanesca sauce. We're both happy with the results.

[liuzhou]

43 minutes ago, Smithy said:

I had this great-looking pasta

 

I remember many years ago in Italy on holiday, my then just pre-teenage daughter being delighted to find what she termed giggly pasta. To her great disappointment we couldn't find it back in London, until one day I discovered that gigli is another name for campanelle, which I could find. The delight on her face that evening's dinnertime is lodged in my memory.

When I was staying with her this summer on my much delayed trip to England, she served it to me! With a wistful smile on her lips.

Edited September 9, 2019 by liuzhou (log)

[liuzhou]

Spicy, Coriander Leaf/ Cilantro Chicken with Olives and Fresh Straw Mushrooms. Rice.

 

 

 

[rotuts]

@Franci

 

the standards of Dinner , Lunch , and Breakfast are very high here on eG.

 

very high indeed.

 

your ' plain ' congee ,   picture and ' plate '  looks very appetizing

 

as a friend once said to me   "  Always Room at the Top  ' 

 

that looks like it belongs there , as simple as it seems