Dinner 2020

[Margaret Pilgrim]

A shared giant artichoke, then on to crepes fruit de mer

 

 

 

[Franci]

Yesterday I saw some baby artichokes at the supermarket. I couldn’t resist. I fried the majority of them for my husband delight. Sorry, forgot to take a picture. But I left 3-4 for me to make a Roman dish that I was craving, it’s called vignarola, made with artichokes, fresh favas and peas. I had to use frozen peas and edamame. The whole flavor was sooooo disappointing. I really miss the produce I used to buy at the Ventimiglia market when we lived in Monaco, the difference it so big that I don’t even know where to start. The spiky artichokes there where so fresh that you could eat carpaccio style, here forget, tasteless little things, not even fried 😩

Edited June 23, 2020 by Franci (log)

[heidih]

41 minutes ago, Franci said:

Yesterday I saw some baby artichokes at the supermarket. I couldn’t resist. I fried the majority of them for my husband delight. Sorry, forgot to take a picture. But I left 3-4 for me to make a Roman dish that I was craving, it’s called vignarola, made with artichokes, fresh favas and peas. I had to use frozen peas and edamame. The whole flavor was sooooo disappointing. I really miss the produce I used to buy at the Ventimiglia market when we lived in Monaco, the difference it so big that I don’t even know where to start. The spiky artichokes there where so fresh that you could eat carpaccio style, here forget, tasteless little things, not even fried 😩

 

 

 

I remember that dish in a tiny small printing cookbook that has vanished. ALL about the excellent produce.

Edited June 23, 2020 by heidih (log)

[gfweb]

7 hours ago, rotuts said:

@liamsaunt 

 

nice pizza's 
 

Bull Durham 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_Durham

 

is an excellent choice this days 

 

Billions here , and Muti-Millions there

 

are not going to make up there minds

 

.......

 

certainly not for me nor for you

 

you could watch B.D. several times

 

over the next few months 

 

instead

 

lots of nuance in that movie

BD is one of those movies I can watch over and over. And have.

It's my Rocky Horror equivalent.

Caddyshack is another.

Don't judge.

[FauxPas]

On 6/21/2020 at 8:46 AM, liamsaunt said:

Linguini with lemon, garlic, arugula, parmesan, bacon, red pepper flakes, and lots of cracked black pepper

 

 

We had a very similar meal tonight but with kale instead of arugula and probably a bit more bacon. And I added some sun-dried tomatoes. It was quite tasty and a nice way to make use of some of the kale in our weekly CSA box. 

[Okanagancook]

Stir fried pork with peppers and rice with some spring onions (not shown).  The peanuts were past their prime so we picked them off 🙃

[liamsaunt]

12 hours ago, gfweb said:

BD is one of those movies I can watch over and over. And have.

It's my Rocky Horror equivalent.

Caddyshack is another.

Don't judge.

 

Me too.  It is a great film.  We have watched movies every night for the past couple of weeks, and baseball has been a bit of a theme since it does not look like there is going to be a season.  We watched Field of Dreams earlier in the week.

 

Last night we had crunchy coconut crusted haddock with mango salsa, coconut cumin rice with raisins and cilantro, and roasted radishes and mini turnips with curry powder and almonds.

 

[weinoo]

12 hours ago, gfweb said:

 

Caddyshack is another.

Don't judge.

Judge Smalls?

[scubadoo97]

14 hours ago, Franci said:

Yesterday I saw some baby artichokes at the supermarket. I couldn’t resist. I fried the majority of them for my husband delight. Sorry, forgot to take a picture. But I left 3-4 for me to make a Roman dish that I was craving, it’s called vignarola, made with artichokes, fresh favas and peas. I had to use frozen peas and edamame. The whole flavor was sooooo disappointing. I really miss the produce I used to buy at the Ventimiglia market when we lived in Monaco, the difference it so big that I don’t even know where to start. The spiky artichokes there where so fresh that you could eat carpaccio style, here forget, tasteless little things, not even fried 😩

 

Now I feel deprived.   

[KennethT]

37 minutes ago, weinoo said:

Judge Smalls?

Judge Smells!

[gfweb]

59 minutes ago, KennethT said:

Judge Smells!

Smails

[KennethT]

1 minute ago, gfweb said:

Smails

Rodney kept calling him Smells....

[Shelby]

I got a plug-in keyboard for my MacBook...temporary work around for the keys that aren't working.  I've done everything I could find online and it still hasn't helped.  I know it's not a software problem because once in a while the keys randomly work.  Frustrating.  But at least this little keyboard works.  Holy crap I looked online and new computers are SUPER expensive.

 

Anyway.  On to the food.

 

Sous vide fried chicken with tater salad using red potatoes from the garden and the first squash.

 

Then last night was pork enchiladas.

[heidih]

@Shelby so nice to see you have garden 'taters and squash already. I will tamp down my jealousy.

Edited June 23, 2020 by heidih (log)

[mgaretz]

Tuna salad and assorted veggies.

 

 

 

[Ann_T]

Had to go into Victoria and Sidney yesterday so we had lunch out. 

 

Stopped on the way home and picked up local strawberries and fresh eggs from the same farm stall

and made a Strawberry Meringue Roulade for dinner. 

[Franci]

4 hours ago, scubadoo97 said:

Now I feel deprived.   

my son reaction when we go back to my hometown in Puglia is that he can finally smell the fruit and vegetables 😍 but I almost eat no beef when I’m Italy 😁 much better here. Pick my battles 

[heidih]

23 minutes ago, Franci said:

my son reaction when we go back to my hometown in Puglia is that he can finally smell the fruit and vegetables 😍 but I almost eat no beef when I’m Italy 😁 much better here. Pick my battles 

 

The beef thing is funny. When I was young in France the meat. though flovorful, seemed SO chewy to me. Now I would prefer it. Def not a Wagyu girl here.

[chromedome]

29 minutes ago, heidih said:

 

The beef thing is funny.

Isn't it, though?

 

When I was in culinary school in Alberta, we had a "meat day" with representatives from the various marketing boards (beef, pork, lamb, maybe poultry...I don't remember). Part of the dog-and-pony show was a blind tasting of three different kinds of beef, pitting the homegrown product (which is, in fairness, very good as these things go) against imported grass-fed beef from Australia and Argentina. We tasted three cuts of each in three different preparation methods, and to the visible irritation of the Alberta Beef guy I ranked the grain-finished product dead last every time.

I was in the minority, mind you.

[Franci]

1 hour ago, heidih said:

 

The beef thing is funny. When I was young in France the meat. though flovorful, seemed SO chewy to me. Now I would prefer it. Def not a Wagyu girl here.

I don’t mind chewy and flavorful, my butcher in Monaco had great Charolaise beef. I guess it’s a matter of aging meat. In Italy meat it’s so fresh that for me tastes really sour. Not talking about good Piemontese meat or Chianina but meat my relatives/parents have access in their everyday shopping. 

[Dante]

Rendang Rigatoni (curry sauce with onion and meat base)

[Kim Shook]

@gfweb – that skirt steak is exactly what I’d like to have right now!

 

@Shelby – looking at your dinner, I am ready for some breakfast for dinner and banana cake.  Can I please have the banana cake recipe?  I always have some in the freezer!

 

@Captain – lovely lamb, but I have to say how much I like that table.  Such a great color!

 

@Norm Matthews – thank you for posting that dressing recipe.  I am looking forward to trying it.  How strong is the sesame oil?  I tend to halve whatever is called for in most recipes as we are all very sensitive to the flavor of it.

 

@Ann_T – that strawberry roulade is lovely and certainly miles better than my latest attempt at a strawberry dessert (see the dessert thread). 

 

A couple of dinners to take to my in laws for the week – Brunswick stew:

 

Cornbread:

 

A pork chop and potato casserole.  I took it out of the oven at about 2:30am, so I missed the final shot.  Layered potatoes:

Par-cooked in the microwave because I have a lifelong issue with crunchy potatoes in casseroles and gratin.  Covered with creamy (ala Campbell’s Cream of…) sauce:

Another layer of each and then browned boneless pork chops (just use your imagination).  Smelled good and a little mouse-nibble of potato and sauce tasted good. 

 

Sunday night we picked up dinner from our favorite Chinese:

Shrimp fried rice and fried dumplings. 

[liamsaunt]

Salmon larb, rice noodle salad, and minty cucumbers

 

[heidih]

23 minutes ago, liamsaunt said:

Salmon larb, rice noodle salad, and minty cucumbers

 

 

Does not look like raw salmon so very lightly cooked?

[Ann_T]

Thanks @Kim Shook.   That dessert is probably one of the easiest and quickest I make.    You should give it a try.

 

Lobster Aglio e Olio for dinner tonight.