Dinner 2019

[suzilightning]

had a wonderful time last night with another couple for dinner.  Mara and Dave roasted some brats she bought from Costco and hey were really tasty.  We sautéed some Vidalias and mixed color peppers to serve with them on some toasted buns.  We had a big salad of arugula, chives and chive blossoms, cherry tomatoes, olives, lemon and I'm not sure what else.  I had picked up several packages of pierogies from Quaker Creek near Pine Island NY.  Desserts were phyllo shells with mixed berries and wj

hipped cream and figs with Ewe's blue stuffed into them, wrapped with a mantle of thinly sliced prosciutto then grilled.  Leftovers are going to be sliced up and tossed with some of the leftover arugula for salad today

[rotuts]

Im watching The Game .

 

GB vs USA

 

MC seems to have lost interest

 

and its a bit warm here.

 

not sweltering , just yet.

 

went down to the basement and peered into F_A  and FB

 

still nightly full !

 

got aSV beef pack . its a bit old as it has the textured bag from long ago

 

but tight etc

 

 

tomatoes on the Vine that taste a bit like tomatoes 

 

TJ's  Kalamata Olive Oil ( its from Greece )  some Window Green Oinion tops

 

and the beef L   Sirloin Tips   SV'd at 130 ' until tender '

 

no notes on the bag 

 

seasoned w Sauer's Prim Rib Rub

 

and slide very thin

 

Room temp all

 

[ed.:  Sauer's has been sold   " no changes " they say  but Im placing an oder as zoo as I can remember :  Prime Rib Rub and 

 

Gold vanilla ( imitation )  fine for brow nines etc }

 

https://www.cfsauer.com

 

https://www.cfsauer.com/product/prime-rib-roast-seasoning-rub-00575/

and

 

https://www.cfsauer.com/product/gold-medal-vanilla-imitation-03900/

 

sorry no pic.

 

did I mention the place above was :

 

1 ) to assemble

 

and 

 

2 ) delicous ?

 

it was !

 

back to the Game.

 

 

[Norm Matthews]

This was listed as a Bacon Cheeseburger meat loaf.  It is intended to be eaten as a sandwich on the first day instead of as a leftovers sandwich the next day.  They said to have it on a hamburger bun with lettuce and ranch dressing.  As a hamburger it was good but we couldn't taste the cheese. As a meatloaf, it was just another meatloaf.

[Margaret Pilgrim]

@Norm Matthews  Regardless your reservations, it is certainly a beautiful construction.    Nicely done.    

Edited July 2, 2019 by Margaret Pilgrim (log)

[Margaret Pilgrim]

Lazy pre-holiday supper.  

Cantaloupe sourced at the farm, tastes like the real thing

 

Meat tortellini with peas in butter sauce, helping draw down the freezer.  

 

[rotuts]

@Margaret Pilgrim

 

you seem to live in the area where I grew up

 

Nice a real deal cantaloup 

 

keep your eyes peeled for a 

 

galia melon

 

galia melon

 

cross it might seem from a cantaloup and a honey dew.

 

ripe

 

they are to die for

 

 

[Margaret Pilgrim]

12 minutes ago, rotuts said:

@Margaret Pilgrim

 

you seem to live in the area where I grew up

 

Nice a real deal cantaloup 

 

keep your eyes peeled for a 

 

galia melon

 

galia melon

 

cross it might seem from a cantaloup and a honey dew.

 

ripe

 

they are to die for

 

 

To die for, absolutely.    The melons of our life were bought on our way home from the country,  Louise Road, Lathrop.    There was a packing house along there and they'd set up a stall and sell "over-ripe" honeydews for something like 8/$1.00.   We'd haul them home and parcel them out to friends who to this day say that they will never have another decent melon, once having tasted these fruit of the gods.   

We will look for Galia melons.   They sound "divine" indeed.

[rotuts]

perfectly ripe HoneyDew

 

a few drops of fresh lime ?

 

there it is.

[robirdstx]

 

Pork Butt Roast and Gravy with Savory Polenta and Sweet Potato

 

[dcarch]

For folks in cold zones, it's kind of a waste of time to try to grow artichokes. Not enough time for them  to set blossoms.

 

But don't give up. Look up 'Vernalization' for growing artichokes. It works.  I did (my zone 6 area ).

 

Artichokes are better if you grow your own, because you can pick them young while they are tender. You can pick them with long stems (the best part). You can pick them with young leaves (also nice tender and tasty). They are also very decorative in your garden landscape.

dcarch

 

 

 

Artichokes from the garden, SV salmon

 

Edited July 3, 2019 by dcarch (log)

[Margaret Pilgrim]

3 minutes ago, dcarch said:

For folks in cold zones, it's kind of a waste of time to try to grow artichokes. Not enough time for them  to set blossoms.

 

But don't give up. Look up 'Vernalization' for growing artichokes. It works.  I did (my zone 6 area ).

 

Artichokes are better if you grow your own, because you can pick them young while they are tender. You can pick them with long stems (the best part). You can pick them with young leaves (also nice tender and tasty). They are also very decorative in your garden landscape.

dcarch

 

 

 

Artichokes from the garden, SV salmon

 

 

 

I grew up within 20 miles of the "Artichoke Capital of the World".     They were on our table and in our fridge as snacks throughout the season.    Food of the gods, indeed.     We've grown them in our backyard in SF, certainly not a warm weather  area but/and similar to the Central California coast artichoke growing belt.    Without doubt my favorite veg.

[weinoo]

And who was the most famous, indeed inaugural, Artichoke queen?!

[Margaret Pilgrim]

MM

[Smithy]

9 minutes ago, weinoo said:

And who was the most famous, indeed inaugural, Artichoke queen?!

 

7 minutes ago, Margaret Pilgrim said:

MM

 

? 

[Margaret Pilgrim]

Marilyn Monroe

[HungryChris]

We had some wonderful clams with pasta the other night, and today, I could not resist the urge to return for more, this time just to have with garlic, herb and wine broth. These were not a disappointment! I served them with warm bread.

This last photo is a testimonial to how much we enjoyed them. I saved the leftover herb broth for some future endeavor.

HC

[kayb]

I'm gonna cook tomorrow. I swear I am.

 

It's been so long.

 

But I do have country style ribs in the SV for the Fourth, and the layers for coconut cake cooling on the counter.

 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

2 hours ago, Margaret Pilgrim said:

Marilyn Monroe

 

Oh, I thought they were plastic.

 

Pizza tonight here, whenever I finish my mai tai.  And assuming I don't drop it* on the floor.  Oven is preheating.

 

 

* mai tai or pizza.

 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

 

Two minute pie.  I wasn't planning to post a picture but I'm a pizza picture whore.

 

No leftovers.

 

[liamsaunt]

Mixed seafood last night.  Some ate striped bass

 

 

Some chose scallops

 

 

And some chose pan fried haddock with pineapple salsa.  Rice pilaf and summer squash for side dishes for everyone

 

[weinoo]

Not Marilyn Manson. The other Marilyn.

 

Which I now see had already been posted.

Edited July 3, 2019 by weinoo (log)

[Margaret Pilgrim]

8 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

  I wasn't planning to post a picture but I'm a pizza picture whore.

 

 

It's just that food, both raw and cooked, is just so beautiful!   

[mgaretz]

Sirloin steak, cooked SV then seared, with corn on the cob.

 

 

[Shelby]

Salad, shrimp and fries

 

[Kim Shook]

Dinner last night started with English cucumbers topped with Jessica’s pickled shallots:

 

Grilled chicken thighs with Bullseye sauce:

 Even though I was introduced to real BBQ at a young age by visiting my grandparents in NC, this is what was meant by BBQ chicken in our house.  My mom never grilled it either.  It was oven baked (usually bone in and skin on pieces of chicken) and slathered in Kraft BBQ sauce, then broiled for a few minutes to give it a little char.  I loved that chicken and still do.  

 

Corn from a peach orchard in Crozet, VA that we visited over the weekend:

 

Served with Parmesan noodles (a mix) and broccoli: