Dinner 2021

[shain]

5 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

 

I did/do have wine on hand. It was a deliberate choice to use beer this time. It's something I do from time to time for a change.

 

Thanks. No idea how it got to my head from reading your comment 😄

[liuzhou]

1 minute ago, shain said:

 

Thanks. No idea how it got to my head from reading your comment 😄

 

I didn't have parsley or coriander leaf to hand. Maybe my mentioning that got transferred to wine!

[liamsaunt]

Mutter paneer, maharajah rice, naan

 

[Duvel]

1 hour ago, liamsaunt said:

Mutter paneer

That looks great ! Would you be so kind to share your source or your recipe ?

[Duvel]

Tonight, after 4 days of rabbit (thanks to the rabbit cook-off) the family requested another protein ... the little wanted the movie moved from Sunday to tonight, so ... bacon cheeseburgers. 

 

I recently switched from frying to broiling for my indoor burgers. Far juicier results and proper cheese melting (plus higher capacity up to 6 patties simultaneously).

 

 

Served “Arnau” style: Kewpie, salad, patty & cheese, bacon, tomato, pickles, bbq sauce & roasted onions ... complaints successfully silenced 😉

 

 

 

Enjoyed together with Howl’s Moving Castle - a great movie !

 

Edited February 6, 2021 by Duvel (log)

[heidih]

Just now, Duvel said:

I recently switched from frying to broiling for my indoor burgers. Far juicier results and proper cheese melting (plus higher capacity up to 6 patties simultaneously).

 

 

I find broiling an under rated method. I prefer it in a gas oven but can make it work electric.

[liamsaunt]

1 hour ago, Duvel said:

That looks great ! Would you be so kind to share your source or your recipe ?

 

It is a Meera Sodha recipe from her cookbook Fresh India.  It was republished on Epicurious:

 

https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/paneer-butter-masala

 

I leave the almonds off because there are pistachios in the maharajah rice (also a recipe from Fresh India)

[Shelby]

@Duvel between your rabbit and these burgers I want to be your kid and live there lol.

 

Jalapeno cheddar brats

 

 

Salad and venison cheeseburger pizza

 

 

 

 

 

[Duvel]

2 minutes ago, Shelby said:

 

@Duvel between your rabbit and these burgers I want to be your kid and live there lol.

 

I’d like that - let’s get this stupid pandemy over with, and you come over and start your living in trial period 😉 

[rotuts]

if there are still 

 

Sausage Emporiums 

 

Id like to visit 

 

Myself.

 

 

[rotuts]

 

but in Germany.

 

[KennethT]

@DuvelMe too!!!

[Norm Matthews]

@liuzhou  One way I enjoy brisket is braised in beer and I always put some in Chili.  I will have to remember to try it with mussels. 

 

We had crab boil tonight. I am pretty sure this will be the last time I get crab legs when they are not on sale.

[TicTac]

It pays to make friends with people in the food industry!  I called my local Japanese fish monger yesterday to place an order for pickup today (as I have come to trust his ability to select prime pieces) 

 

When I arrived today he came out with two packages of fish collars (my favourite).  I had requested kampachi and while he offered the requested variety he also brought out a pack of huge beautiful hamachi collars which he was very proud of the fact they had received a large whole fish and wanted to save them for me.  What a guy!  
 

 

I tried a new dish today.  Grilled them and then picked the meat off the bones.  I macerated ginger and green onions in Yuzu the strained.  Also macerated bonito flakes in a soy/sugar sauce then strained and combined.

 

 Tossed in the pulled fish and served on California gold rice and tobiko.  My wife better be careful, this guy clearly knows how to make me happy!  Lol.  

[heidih]

29 minutes ago, Norm Matthews said:

@liuzhou  One way I enjoy brisket is braised in beer and I always put some in Chili.  I will have to remember to try it with mussels. 

 

We had crab boil tonight. I am pretty sure this will be the last time I get crab legs when they are not on sale.

 

They were not good? Snow crab to me at least does not lend itself to further boiling - kinda delicate as already cooked and thin.

[TicTac]

1 hour ago, liamsaunt said:

 

It is a Meera Sodha recipe from her cookbook Fresh India.  It was republished on Epicurious:

 

https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/paneer-butter-masala

 

I leave the almonds off because there are pistachios in the maharajah rice (also a recipe from Fresh India)

Strange that the chef does not toast their whole spices in the ghee before adding onions/ginger/garlic/tomato

 

An employee of mine years back gave me her recipe for a paneer curry (which I almost always add peas to!) which involved toasting cloves, green cardamon and cumin prior to adding the ginger/onion paste - then the crushed spices (ground coriander, red kashmir chili powder - later on garam masala) and after that tomatoes.

 

Cream goes in towards the end, she also insisted you put cashew paste - last week I used almond butter instead, still came out great.  Fenugreek goes in at the very end.

 

 

[gfweb]

17 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

Can of Progresso New England clam chowder.  It is 3:00 am and I finished my taxes.

 

I'd need more than a can of chowder

[JoNorvelleWalker]

3 minutes ago, gfweb said:

I'd need more than a can of chowder

 

There was also a mai tai.

 

[gfweb]

Son and d-i-l requested dinner.

 

 

Henry waiting for trimmings

 

[Norm Matthews]

2 hours ago, heidih said:

They were not good? Snow crab to me at least does not lend itself to further boiling - kinda delicate as already cooked and thin.

They were good and they just needed thawing with the steam in the pot.  I will wait until they are on sale because they are expensive.  During Christmas through New Years and a little beyond, they were $10/lb.  Now they are nearly twice that. 

[heidih]

35 minutes ago, Norm Matthews said:

They were good and they just needed thawing with the steam in the pot.  I will wait until they are on sale because they are expensive.  During Christmas through New Years and a little beyond, they were $10/lb.  Now they are nearly twice that. 

Ouch that is expensive even at 10. I'll check next time at market. Sometimes the best meat on them is where they are torn from the body and you get nice chunks of sweet meat. Depends on how processed.

[shain]

Palacsintas filled with caramelized cabbage and onion, mushrooms, dill, tarragon, some spices (garlic, coriander, caraway, allspice, pepper). Sour cream.

Served with salad, pickles and wine.

 

 

 

[weinoo]

2 hours ago, shain said:

Palacsintas

 

Quite blintz-like, which shouldn't surprise me as they have a similar batter (obv not sweetened?), as well as to crepes. Slightly more substantial (i.e. higher flour ratio), if I'm reading recipes correctly.

[rotuts]

@shain 

 

when I saw your Palacsintas

 

cut

 

they reminded me of MooShu pork I used to get 

 

in Chinatown , at the ' old ' Shanghai  restaurant

 

fragrant , excellent wrappers etc

 

it going to take me some time to recover.

 

the O.S.  changed hands some time ago

 

and lost its unique flavors.

 

MooShu Pork , done well

 

is a gift from the gods.

[shain]

27 minutes ago, weinoo said:

 

Quite blintz-like, which shouldn't surprise me as they have a similar batter (obv not sweetened?), as well as to crepes. Slightly more substantial (i.e. higher flour ratio), if I'm reading recipes correctly.

 

Generally those are a bit leaner (less butter/oil) than either blintzes or crepes. As thick as blintzes, but a bit less airy. That said, there's a large variation between cooks and recpies. 

Edited February 7, 2021 by shain (log)