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Dinner 2020

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made dinner tonight for neighbors.. they have kids, my kid is home... For the kids, I heated up pizza.  Squares and slices.  They also made their own marshmallow pops that they assembled, decorated and then consumed.. 

 

I made another papaya salad.. Again no fish sauce, used palm sugar, lime, soy, chile pepper and salt.  Then, i had some cut up ginger on my knife and added a bit.. i liked the taste and added a little more. I made another dal.. I also had some skirt steak in the freezer that I defrosted and did my thai fish sauce marinade to.  More white rice and had leftover cauliflower and tahini.  I made the steak for the parents, sliced thin and served with papaya salad, dal and rice.  The bride and I had everything but, cauliflower instead.. Guests ate some cauliflower too. 

 

Successful dining, along with meat eaters..   then about ten minutes ago, i made myself a tostada.. made my own vegan cheese, topped with some shredded cabbage and lime juice.. i also started an injera dough that will ferment for the next 4 days on my counter 

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7 hours ago, TdeV said:

 

Shai, this is totally fabulous!

Please reveal how you make the (pastry) shell.

Thanks.

I use this recipe by Kenji from Serious Eats. For a quiche, I cut down on sugar and butter. This time I added some finely ground up cheese to the mix, but I won't do that again, it made the dough less flaky than usual, and the custard is cheesey enough.

I'd also mention this recipe for no-roll crust by David Lebovitz which I make often.

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4 hours ago, shain said:

Thanks.

I use this recipe by Kenji from Serious Eats. For a quiche, I cut down on sugar and butter. This time I added some finely ground up cheese to the mix, but I won't do that again, it made the dough less flaky than usual, and the custard is cheesey enough.

I'd also mention this recipe for no-roll crust by David Lebovitz which I make often.

I'm a fan of a bunch of Lebovitzs' recipes! I have yet to try this one, but will - AND IT CAN PROBABLY BE DONE IN THE STEAM GIRL!

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3 hours ago, weinoo said:

I'm a fan of a bunch of Lebovitzs' recipes! I have yet to try this one, but will - AND IT CAN PROBABLY BE DONE IN THE STEAM GIRL!

Could it not also be done stovetop?   i.e., why melt/brown butter in the oven except to use the pre-heat heat?

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1 hour ago, Margaret Pilgrim said:

Could it not also be done stovetop?   i.e., why melt/brown butter in the oven except to use the pre-heat heat?

 

I use the stove.

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We tried a new to us pizza place last night.  I liked this much more than the place we tried last Friday.  The crust was nice and thin and charred in spots.  Tasty.

 

Plain cheese

 

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Margarita

 

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White pizza with wild mushrooms, peppers, and garlic

 

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Mushroom, pepper and onion

 

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We had my parents over for dinner. Trying out the new grill.

Greek style. Laffah breads (large flat pita breads) filled with grilled halloumi, vegetables, grilled onion, tzatziki, hot sauce. Kebabs with same addons and some eggplant salad with tahini. The laffahs were than wrapped and lightly charred on the outside.

More of the eggplant salad and tzatziki on the side.

 

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@gfweb 

 

looks like One to Me

 

or just Me.

 

looks so tasty !

 

might pull out one or two of my Hoponius Union's

 

in a frosted glass , for this.

 

maybe a little shrubbery on the side , w a Tj's kalamata EVOO // Mustard // vinegar dressing

 

for the shrubbery 

 

 

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1 hour ago, shain said:

We had my parent for dinner. Trying out the new grill.

 

I know these are desperate times, @shain.

 

But - how'd that parent taste? And how long on the grill?

 

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2 hours ago, weinoo said:

I know these are desperate times, @shain.

 

But - how'd that parent taste? And how long on the grill?

 

 

 

Ha ha, now that's one heck of a badly put together sentence 😬

 

BTW, it should also have been "parents" plural (both are well, but not well done).

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You know pretty much the start of the evening, as I have practiced it last week. Had some friends over, and again Thai-ish it was ...

 

Starter was a Cherry Old Fashioned (only ingredients presented by yours truly ...)

 

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Rice & shrimp crackers with coriander-pork dip ...

 

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Followed by squid salad ...

 

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The infamous pineapple fried rice in the pineapple (still don‘t know what to do else with it) ...
 

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Chicken satay (not skewered, but with peanut sauce)

 

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Lemongrass beef ...

 

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Shrimps with garlic & coriander root ...

 

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Primary dessert: Mango icecream on coconut milk rice ...

 

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And then the real desserts came in ...

 

„Glen Els“ - a discontinued whiskey from Lower Saxony, Germany (not to far from my home village)
 

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Hakushu 12 years - a discontinued whiskey from Japan (very far from my hometown, yet my absolute favorite)


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Kavalan, Solist series, Vinho barrique, cask strength ...

 

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Chicken skin, fried in its own fat, served with Shichimi Togarashi from the oldest producer in Tokyo (with double orange peel as per my request).

 

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A couple other whiskeys not pictured - I am a very happy Camper tonight 🤗

 

 

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I chuckled when I saw the Kavalan - every time we took EVA (which was most of the times flying from NY to Asia), before every movie started on their On-Demand system, they would play a couple commercials - one was always for Kavalan - I had that commercial memorized I've seen it so many times...  How is it btw?  I was always curious...

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I chuckled when I saw the Kavalan - every time we took EVA (which was most of the times flying from NY to Asia), before every movie started on their On-Demand system, they would play a couple commercials - one was always for Kavalan - I had that commercial memorized I've seen it so many times...  How is it btw?  I was always curious...


They do a pretty good job. The basic one is good - but the Solist series, in which they store it in pretty much any used cask they‘ll find, is very good value for money. This bottle I bought two years ago, when visiting the distillery. At 57% for me it requires an ice cube, but then its divine...

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6 minutes ago, KennethT said:

I chuckled when I saw the Kavalan - every time we took EVA (which was most of the times flying from NY to Asia), before every movie started on their On-Demand system, they would play a couple commercials - one was always for Kavalan - I had that commercial memorized I've seen it so many times...  How is it btw?  I was always curious...

 

I ditto @Duvel's statement. I bought a bottle of the (less fancy) port cask finished concertmaster Kavaln while visiting Taiwan, and to my taste it is very good. Definitely good value for money.

With 57 abv it will definitely need diluting for me to enjoy it, but I might give this line a try next time.

 

 

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The infamous pineapple fried rice in the pineapple (still don‘t know what to do else with it) ...
 

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My immediate thought was Diana Kennedy's pineapple vinegar which she popularized many years ago. http://www.edibleaustin.com/index.php/food-2/techniques/623-handiwork-pineapple-vinegar   Beautiful spread. Many of my favorites.

 

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1 hour ago, Duvel said:

You know pretty much the start of the evening, as I have practiced it last week. Had some friends over, and again Thai-ish it was ...

 

Starter was a Cherry Old Fashioned (only ingredients presented by yours truly ...)

 

3E90311F-0529-43FD-83E6-0C5631CD6FA9.thumb.jpeg.1953adbcffd4d1a0dbe96ead03337996.jpeg

 

Rice & shrimp crackers with coriander-pork dip ...

 

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Followed by squid salad ...

 

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A couple other whiskeys not pictured - I am a very happy Camper tonight 🤗

 

 

 

Wow, you are crushing it!  Looks like a lot of hard work, I am sure your friends appreciate the effort..   

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I am plant based still.. Sitting here with a glass of chilled vermentino, something had to give.. I made a cashew "ricotta cheese"  Which is soaking cashews in water, then draining the two cups of cashews, adding two cloves of garlic, half a lemon, 3/4 cup water, salt, chile flakes and sugar... 

 

I portioned out the ricotta i was going to use for the eggplant and added some nutmeg.. Which, gives me a very similar feeling to basil. 

 

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Fried up some eggplants... And layered... Tomato sauce, eggplant, ricotta, basil, tomato sauce.. I was thinking of adding spinach but, i didn't have spinach.. So i kept thinking about it. just a little flour after having them sit on a rack and drained with salt for a few hours. .. 

 

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I am about to bake it the oven and call it a an early day. 

 

 

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Fried chicken.

I did sous vide first (155F, 90 min) to get the different shapes equally cooked and then did the buttermilk/flour dredge.

It worked well.

 

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Freezer stock for dinner, need to clear out some of the hoarded stuff. Trashy coconut shrimp, previously roasted yams, and sauteed some broccoli I had blanched/frozen (defrosted, put some sliced garlic in the pan with it).

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Fried chicken.

I did sous vide first (155F, 90 min) to get the different shapes equally cooked and then did the buttermilk/flour dredge.

It worked well.

 

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My favorite way to make fried chicken.  Looks SOOOOO good!

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