Dinner 2020

[Franci]

Char siu pork for dinner with green beans and some grilled peppers. My husband got as a gift  a 15 lbs bag of Californian brown rice and he keeps pushing it to the children. Rice was left untouched, also tonight,  I think he is giving up finally 😁 I made a baked savory millet from a friend’s recipe, she uses ricotta but I needed to finish some cottage cheese, so I used that. Did not really paired with the rest of the dinner but it thing it would be ok with a couple fried eggs on top. The rest of the house would not even considering eating bird food as they call it 🤣

[kayb]

3 hours ago, gfweb said:

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.

 

 

 

My seven-year-old grandson just came over to see what I was reading. "What's that?" I explained it was fried chicken and a salad. 

 

"With gummies on top?" he asked. 

 

I could not convince him they were onions.

[KennethT]

 

Lurking beneath the surface of this red curry is chicken thigh meat, along with a not so common ingredient - grachai - sometimes called lesser ginger even though it tastes nothing like ginger. It has almost a medicinal quality to it, but not as much as galangal.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

Last night:  bucatini, rustichella d'abruzzo.  Sauce of San Marzano tomatoes.  Ten year Parmigiano-Reggiano.  Got the job done.

 

Night before:  tacos, method of @Okanagancook.  Nothing easier or better.  Salsa Mexicana from Tacos, Alex Stupak and Jordana Rothman.  Rice and Rancho Gordo beans.  Cabbage, sour cream, and a leftover bit of steak...

 

 

 

Tonight:  bao and red cooked pork...

 

 

 

At 20 minutes in the CSO the bao was a bit cerebral.  Nothing wrong with the taste or texture.

 

[liuzhou]

Thai red curry shrimp. There was a side of greenery.

 

 

 

[BonVivant]

Some radi from the garden.

 

 

Same radi

 

SV duck leg

 

 

Lentils and oyster mushrooms

[scamhi]

made braised chicken legs and thighs (again) shredded meat and cooked in a chicken stock, tomatillo and chipotle sauce.

Topped with pickled onions, chopped cilantro and onion and sour cream.

Margarita is in the glass.

[liamsaunt]

 I made scallop rolls and a salad last night

 

[Dante]

Pulled pork and bean tacos with buttered steamed corn and side salad of lettuce, tomato, apple, poblano, and cilantro.

Edited June 7, 2020 by Dante (log)

[mgaretz]

Made a couple of different breads.  First was a molasses-onion-dill bread (made at the request of DW), which was surprisingly good.  Next I tried my basic challah recipe, adapted to the no-knead technique, including baking in the dutch oven and not braiding it.  Came out really good. (Is it challah if it's not braided?) Shown with pork chops made on the PAG and steamed spinach with butter. One chop was done with salt and pepper and the other was a test of a marinade for Steak and Chops that Safeway was giving away.  Meh.

 

 

 

 

[shain]

14 minutes ago, mgaretz said:

Is it challah if it's not braided?

People here in Israel will say that it isn't Maybe a sort of bricoche? The difference is small to begin with. It looks as tasty as any challah and I would have go straight at that crackly crust. The onion bread sounds delicious as well. 

[weinoo]

 

 

Noodles in chicken broth, with some sliced leftover pork and a pickled ramp.

 

 

Donabe rice cooked with dashi, last of the same leftover pork just put on the rice to heat it up after the rice cooked, shitaki, carrots, ginger.

And a piece of wild Columbia River salmon, simply steam roasted at low temp.

Edited June 7, 2020 by weinoo (log)

[KennethT]

1 hour ago, mgaretz said:

 Next I tried my basic challah recipe, adapted to the no-knead technique, including baking in the dutch oven and not braiding it.  Came out really good. (Is it challah if it's not braided?)

Just pretend it's Rosh Hashanah

[Shelby]

Made a huge grilled chicken salad.  Veggies from the garden.  Different cheeses.  Really hit the spot.  Too many salad pictures lol.

 

Saturday I met with my cleaning angel/friend at a safe distance in her yard.  We traded some things.  Included..she gave me strawberries from her garden SO good.  I gave her a huge bag of lettuces and radishes from mine.  So, I had to make a little white cake in the CSO to go with the whipped cream and fresh berries.

 

 

Side dish was dinner of venison chile and canned tamales.

 

[robirdstx]

 

Olive Oil and Butter Sauteed Sliced Button Mushrooms and Artichoke Heart Quarters with Crumbled Bacon...

 

 

...tossed with Spaghetti in a Lemon Butter Sauce.

 

 

Served with Chicken Scallopini

 

Edited June 8, 2020 by robirdstx (log)

[gfweb]

Sous vide tri tip (134F x 4 hours) and seared on charcoal grill. Very tender but still with a little chew to it.   Broccoli rabe. More than Gourmet gravy, potatoes.

 

[mgaretz]

24 minutes ago, gfweb said:

Sous vide tri tip (134F x 4 hours) and seared on charcoal grill. Very tender but still with a little chew to it. 

 

I do my tri-tips for about 8 hours.

[Captain]

This pic definitely needs some explaining... None the less tasted great.

My not so professional looking veal & pork home made ravioli.

[BeeZee]

Turkey burgers on the grill...meat is mixed with mushroom duxelles, worcestershire (plus a slash of fish sauce), a little catchup. I had to add some panko (maybe 2 TBS), the mixture was not going to hold together. They came out very juicy. We had fortunately gotten a surprise gift of Wolfermans English muffins, so we used the sour dough variety instead of buns. Made caramelized onion for topping, and some sliced tomatoes and an asian slaw as a side.

[gfweb]

35 minutes ago, mgaretz said:

 

I do my tri-tips for about 8 hours.

When I looked up times, it was all over the place.  2 hours to 10 hours. What advantage do you get at 8 hrs?

This was very tender...not quite tenderloin, but much more tender than strip and good beef taste.

[heidih]

53 minutes ago, mgaretz said:

 

I do my tri-tips for about 8 hours.

 

We must have you and yours up to Santa Maria one day  Lots of great wineries nearby as well.  https://santamariavalley.com/wine-country/

Edited June 8, 2020 by heidih (log)

[rotuts]

@liamsaunt 

 

nice looking pizza.

 

bet it was tasty

 

I dont even remember what pizza taste like.

[BKEats]

I was at the beach all day.. We were able to find a small beach club that was completely empty.. we literally had the beach all to ourselves... On our way to the beach we stopped at this small fruit stand.. We purchased coconuts that they cracked open and gave you a straw to drink the liquid inside.. While we were there, I noticed they had really good looking mamey.. like, really good looking.. they spoke no english, i asked for one, they cut it up and then i found out the price was 27 dollars... Still delicious but, i wouldnt have purchased it.. my wife was very happy. 

 

In keeping with the cuba them, i made fried yuca with a vegan green sauce, with clinatro and a little yuzu kosho and red onions and lime juice. 

 

 

That was the first fry batch... Basically boiled yuca and then fried.. The green sauce was a whole head of cilantro, vegan mayo, 5 cloves of garlic, vinegar, mustard and 4 jalapenos.  

 

 

I want to put this sauce on everything

 

 

 

[mgaretz]

5 hours ago, heidih said:

 

We must have you and yours up to Santa Maria one day  Lots of great wineries nearby as well.  https://santamariavalley.com/wine-country/

 

 

That would be down 'cause we're in Northern California, but yes sure.  We spent part of our honeymoon wine tasting there.  

[mgaretz]

5 hours ago, gfweb said:

When I looked up times, it was all over the place.  2 hours to 10 hours. What advantage do you get at 8 hrs?

This was very tender...not quite tenderloin, but much more tender than strip and good beef taste.

 

I haven't really done any tests, but I do usually cook from frozen, so there's some extra time for that and then longer is usually better.