Dinner 2019

[Kim Shook]

A few recent dinners – Mr. Kim was in Urbanna VA last Saturday and Sunday judging a BBQ competition and brought home some of his tastings.  He made delicious soup with them:

 

I took the leftover smoke chicken from our trip last week and shredded it to make “pulled chicken” bbq:

So good.

 

Another night was salad and pizza:

 

I made the salad.  A local joint made the pizza.  It was fine.  I’ve given up on finding really good pizza in Richmond. 

 

Last night was taco night.  Chippy dip:

 

Jessica’s amazing street corn (off the cob):

 

Accompaniments:

 

My plate:

Beans, taco, Jessica’s corn and Mexican rice (Rice a Roni).  My traditional end of taco meal salad, complete with Kraft Zesty Italian:

I’ve done this since college.  My roommate taught be about this delightful thing.  You just take everything that fell apart from your tacos, add more of what you are short of.  It must be served with Kraft Zesty Italian – very important.  It was the first time I’d ever had anything like this and we didn’t call it a taco salad. 

[TicTac]

Wife's birthday dinner - her request:

 

Smoked Duck deconstructed poutine (aka gravy on the side).

 

Smoked porcini sauce

 

Wild mushrooms

 

Oven baked Yukon fries

 

Young black truffle pecorino

 

'07 Arista Pinot

[scubadoo97]

Smoked a meatloaf today.  Mashed potatoes and slaw 

 

 

[robirdstx]

 

Chicken Quesadilla with Avocado and Salsa

[Owtahear]

Duck Breast A L'Orange, Duckfat roasted potatoes with garlic and rosemary and spring greens with a blood orange vinaigrette.   My plating skills suck.   This is my first attempt so forgive me to post on here an actual photo.   I have done duck breast better, the breasts were smaller, and therefore didn't get the medium rare I wanted.  But man, I nailed the sauce.  I didn't want that typical cloying, sweet orange sauce that might as well be on some cheap Chinese buffet.   I had it with fresh orange juice, zest, shallots, thyme, and especially homemade duck stock.     I finished it with Cointreau, Cognac and butter.   The sauce rocked much better than the actual duck.    I now know how to nail the sauce.  next time I will do this with a whole roasted duck.

 

[heidih]

Yes whole duck makes sense. I am more of a Julia traditionialist  https://www.saveur.com/article/Kitchen/Grande-Dame-Duck-a-lorange  I do take liberties with the citrus as I live in citrus land so whatever looks good on the trees. It is all crazy now as we had RAIN!  Nice plate - manufacturer?

[JoNorvelleWalker]

Plans changed tonight to what I had in the refrigerator:

 

 

 

Last of dry aged beef.

 

 

 

More than satisfactory meal.

 

 

[chord]

For this weekend I made two quick Italian recipes using pantry staples.

 

Saturday evening was pasta carbonara using the NYTimes recipe.

 

 

Sunday evening was pasta e ceci using the Smitten Kitchen recipe.

 

 

Edited April 1, 2019 by chord (log)

[eugenep]

16 hours ago, Owtahear said:

Duck Breast A L'Orange, Duckfat roasted potatoes with garlic and rosemary and spring greens with a blood orange vinaigrette.   My plating skills suck.   This is my first attempt so forgive me to post on here an actual photo.   I have done duck breast better, the breasts were smaller, and therefore didn't get the medium rare I wanted.  But man, I nailed the sauce.  I didn't want that typical cloying, sweet orange sauce that might as well be on some cheap Chinese buffet.   I had it with fresh orange juice, zest, shallots, thyme, and especially homemade duck stock.     I finished it with Cointreau, Cognac and butter.   The sauce rocked much better than the actual duck.    I now know how to nail the sauce.  next time I will do this with a whole roasted duck.

 

nice. I tried making it for the first time a few weekends ago based on this youtube Foodwishes Chef John video. And mine was really too sweet and I don't think I'm ever going to try again after that experience. I didn't do the long way of making a separate Gastrique and I think it was more like a pan sauce based on orange juice and a sugar with cognac etc. 

 

My Peking duck breasts were raw inside and uncooked because they were so thick but the outside had a lot of heat so I just took it off the heat (for fear of drying out and overcooking the outside) ate the inside raw - didn't taste gross but the dish overall was a thumbs down (for me). 

 

Glad it worked out for others with controlled sweetness - maybe that's the key or fatal blunder 

Edited April 1, 2019 by eugenep (log)

[sartoric]

A tray bake with chicken thighs which had mingled for a while with chopped preserved lemon and oil from the jar. Potato, sweet potato and carrots to accompany plus garlic buttered spinach and a sauce made from pan drippings and the spinach water. 

This was very yummy and so easy.

[suzilightning]

23 hours ago, scubadoo97 said:

Smoked a meatloaf today.  Mashed potatoes and slaw 

 

 

SHOOT!!!  My father-in-law sold his place down there so can't ask if I can visit.  Though come to think of it I have a former high school classmate who still lives down there after retiring from the township a few years ago.

 

I SOOOOOOO want that meatloaf you can NOT believe.

[Ann_T]

 

Halibut Steaks for dinner tonight.  Served with a Green Peppercorn Beurre Blanc Sauce.

[scubadoo97]

Spent part of the morning at my moms condo donating furniture and anything else wanted to a church group.  Got rid of some furniture.  Still a lot left to donate.  They have more people in need

Picked up a chicken from the market and with some time on my hand (rainy day) decided to do a chicken ballotine for dinner.   Had to watch and rewatch Jacques Pepin’s video to refresh my memory on technique.  He makes it looks so easy.  It’s not hard but there is a definite method to the madness 

 

 

 

[CantCookStillTry]

Individual Shepherds Pies with leftover Roast Lamb - supplemented with some lamb mince. Topped with Cauli Mash. 

Edited April 2, 2019 by CantCookStillTry
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[blue_dolphin]

Not my cooking, but an excellent dinner out in my hometown

Duck Leg Confit & Grilled Housemade Chorizo Sausage - with duck stock reduction & apple-mango chutney, toasted potatoes & carrots. Not sure the snow peas belonged with this dish, but they were fine. 

Edited to add this link to the restaurant site. 

The chef/owner has been with the business for 30 years and many of the kitchen staff have been with him for 15, 20 years or more. He’s a childhood friend who grew up in the old ‘hood so I like to eat here whenever I’m in town. Doesn’t hurt that it’s the best food around!

Edited April 2, 2019 by blue_dolphin
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[Shelby]

We seem to be on a pizza kick lately

 

 

Sous vide and then fried pheasant strips with spicy honey mustard, ranch and gravy

 

Oysters, no knead bread and salmon

 

 

[sartoric]

I tried an experiment last night, using leftover roast chicken from the previous night to boost a mushroom curry. It worked really well flavour wise, and upped the protein count too. On the plate with kale subzi (sautéed kale with chickpea flour crumbs) five lentil dal, a little yoghurt flavoured with roast cumin and dill, plus rice.

[liamsaunt]

First home cooked meal in 10 days (away on vacation).  Filet mignon with Roquefort-chive sauce, duck fat roasted potatoes and spinach

 

 

I don't eat beef so my dinner was chicken with the same accompaniments

 

[Norm Matthews]

We had steak cooked on an indoor smokeless grill. It was the second time we used it.  The steaks turned out well.

[ElsieD]

22 minutes ago, Norm Matthews said:

We had steak cooked on an indoor smokeless grill. It was the second time we used it.  The steaks turned out well.

 

Would you compare the taste of the steak to that of one cooked on a gas grill?  

[Norm Matthews]

@ElsieD I guess. I'm old and my taste buds are not as acute as they once were but to me it seems pretty much the same as an LP grill, it just was not as windy or cold as if I was outside.   

 

Edited April 3, 2019 by Norm Matthews (log)

[chord]

Chicken with red lentils and a parsley-celery salad

 

[Shelby]

Venison chili cheese dogs

 

[suzilightning]

Tried a Julia Turshen recipe from Small Victories last night.  John was supposed to be home around 5 so timed it for then.   Well how did THAT go?  I ate alone.

It was Flounder with Roasted Tomatoes and Black Olives.  Served with dome saffron rice and green squash that was steamed then sautéed with shallot, garlic and olive oil.  John said it's a keeper.

I thawed a pound of bison and am going to do a simple, Italian-American red meat sauce to have over pasta and a green salad for dinner tonight.

[liamsaunt]

Ciambotta.  The stew has tomatoes, onions, potatoes, eggplant, red bell peppers, garlic, zucchini and an oregano-basil pesto.  Next time I make this I am going to swap in mushrooms for the potatoes.