Dinner 2020

[TicTac]

Certainly far from photogenic - but surely not far from delicious unctuousness!  

Japanese style braised kampachi collars

 

seared garden zucchini and Japanese eggplant 

 

served with rice and a bottle of Soave 

[patti]

Tonight a hurricane is a blowin’,  but we still have power. I had two servings of salad with homemade croutons, dried figs, Gorgonzola, pepper jelly vinaigrette. The supporting players were arugula, spinach, red onion, butter lettuce. 
 

 

Last night I had leftover soup with non homemade croutons. 

 

And roasted delicata squash. 
 

[robirdstx]

 

Duck Fat Roasted Potatoes with Red Bell Peppers and Onions, 

 

 

Pan Fried Panko Crusted Tilapia and Cole Slaw

 

 

[weinoo]

3 minutes ago, robirdstx said:

 

Duck Fat Roasted Potatoes with Red Bell Peppers and Onions, 

 

 

 

.really great looking potatoes. What’s your method?

[robirdstx]

12 hours ago, weinoo said:

.really great looking potatoes. What’s your method?

Thank you! Fortunately, I took photos during the process. 😁

 

Hot Cast Iron Skillet; A Few Tablespoons of Duck Fat; Skin On Red Potatoes; Slap Ya Mama Cajun Seasoning

 

 

Red Bell Peppers and (this time) Two Kinds of Onions - Red and White

 

 

After frying and tossing the potatoes to get some browning on them, I added the peppers and onions, tossed and put the skillet in a 400F preheated oven. Tossed after ten minutes and then roasted for another ten minutes.

 

Edited October 10, 2020 by robirdstx (log)

[weinoo]

Perfect and easy. I have all the ingredients!  Almost all - I’m not slapping my mama.

[liuzhou]

1 hour ago, robirdstx said:

Fortunately, I took photos during the process.

 

I'll try something like that, but miss out on the red bell pepper, thanks. And use a different seasoning.

[robirdstx]

10 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

 

I'll try something like that, but miss out on the red bell pepper, thanks. And use a different seasoning.

Looking forward to what you come up with!

[liuzhou]

1 minute ago, robirdstx said:

Looking forward to what you come up with!

 

It might take a while. My oven is dead.

[robirdstx]

1 minute ago, liuzhou said:

 

It might take a while. My oven is dead.

Okay, skip the oven. Parboil the potatoes and do the rest of the cooking in the skillet on the stove. A little more splatter, but potatoes are worth it!

[CantCookStillTry]

So the cheeky trip away didn't go as planned. The kid stepped on some nasty Australian Ocean critter at camp and didn't tell anyone until I noticed he couldn't walk properly. 

One emergency surgery later. This is the kids dinner. 

 

And this is mine. 

 

 

[weinoo]

Another day at the farmer's market yielded last night's dinner. Hudson Valley Duck, those fine purveyors of all sorts of ducky products, had fresh Moulard legs on sale - 2 whole legs for $5 - and these legs are not skimpy! With more room in my freezer, I'd have snatched up a dozen pairs, but having recently received lots of frozen seafood, I limited my purchase to 6 legs.

 

 

Well seasoned (a la confit) and slow roasted for 2.5 hours, temp cranked for the final 15 minutes before serving. Over @rancho_gordo's yellow eye beans, cooked simply with mirepoix. Bitter green salad on the side. Pinot noir to drink. Quite satisfying. 

[Paul Bacino]

Did Tuna Steaks in my new carbon steel Paella pan--seasoned with Bragg Organic seasoning/ and a creole spice

 

[shain]

Sabich.

 

 

More details here:

 

Edited October 10, 2020 by shain (log)

[KennethT]

54 minutes ago, weinoo said:

Another day at the farmer's market yielded last night's dinner. Hudson Valley Duck, those fine purveyors of all sorts of ducky products, had fresh Moulard legs on sale - 2 whole legs for $5 - and these legs are not skimpy! With more room in my freezer, I'd have snatched up a dozen pairs, but having recently received lots of frozen seafood, I limited my purchase to 6 legs.

 

 

Well seasoned (a la confit) and slow roasted for 2.5 hours, temp cranked for the final 15 minutes before serving. Over @rancho_gordo's yellow eye beans, cooked simply with mirepoix. Bitter green salad on the side. Pinot noir to drink. Quite satisfying. 

Wow - for a sale like that I would have cleaned them out!  Are they there on the weekend?  Did htye say how long the sale was running?

[weinoo]

58 minutes ago, KennethT said:

Wow - for a sale like that I would have cleaned them out!  Are they there on the weekend?  Did htye say how long the sale was running?

 

All very good questions, but I didn't ask.

[Shelby]

Got some fun stuff delivered (see the food pandemic thread).  Part of it was Wellfleet oysters and halibut cheeks!  I've had halibut (maybe twice) but never cheeks.  Wow, they are good.  Almost like crab legs or lobster in how rich they are.  I found a recipe for halibut cheeks with lemon-dill beurre blanc (I don't even know how to pronounce that. 🤣). But I liked it.  I was worried it would break, but I lucked out.   Here's my sauce:

 

 

I have one more pack of precious asparagus frozen.  I semi thawed these out, drizzled with olive oil and sea salt and roasted

 

 

Halibut cheeks over pasta with the sauce and 4 Wellfleet oysters a piece

 

 

[KennethT]

46 minutes ago, weinoo said:

 

All very good questions, but I didn't ask.

I'll pass the market by later today and check it out.  Usually I avoid the market like the plague on the weekend because of the crowds, but that kind of price would make it worth it.

[blue_dolphin]

A few additions to blue_dolphin's All You Can Eat Indian-ish Buffet

Charred, spiced okra (Bhindi), chile cashew rice and mint & yogurt chutney went on the plate with a collection of leftovers: mustard seed & curry leaf carrot salad, roasted green chile & cherry tomato pickle, chapati and basic dal

[MetsFan5]

@Shelby wow!!! Looks amazing! I wish I knew how to shuck oysters! 

[mgaretz]

Panko breaded chicken tenders again, made the same way as last time.  This works so well my days of pre-toasting the panko are over.  (Light olive oil spray and air-fried.)  Served with snap peas in butter.

 

 

 

[liamsaunt]

Grilled striped bass and halibut that we brought back from Wellfleet, topped with garlic mustard butter.  Sautéed spinach and crispy oven roasted purple potatoes that came in my CSA box this week.

 

[Franci]

Last couple dinners. Picanha on Thurday. Yesterday it was my husband birthday so we lobsters on the grill

 

 

[KennethT]

5 hours ago, weinoo said:

 

All very good questions, but I didn't ask.

They're there on Saturdays and still had the same price. I picked up 5 packs of 2 and will cook/chill sousvide today!

[Kerry Beal]

Stopped by @Alleguede's patisserie yesterday - he's been making any number of different croissant variations and for Thanksgiving he made this 

 

 

The Thanksgiving croissant.  

 

 

Turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry.