Dinner 2021

liuzhou · August 12, 2021

7 minutes ago, Anna N said:

did you pick out your chicken pieces from an open, refrigerated bin

Yes.

Margaret Pilgrim · August 12, 2021

I am more interested in what I guess are the morels. They are quite different from West Coast morels. Can you tell us about them?

Ours, cap = 1" to 3", light to medium brown.:

liuzhou · August 12, 2021

21 minutes ago, Margaret Pilgrim said:

I am more interested in what I guess are the morels. They are quite different from West Coast morels. Can you tell us about them?

Ours, cap = 1" to 3", light to medium brown.:

I don't think the morels here are any different.

Those in my dish were dried morels which I rehydrated then sliced in half. This year's fresh supply is expected in the next week or so.

KennethT · August 12, 2021

48 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

I don't think the morels here are any different.

Those in my dish were dried morels which I rehydrated then sliced in half. This year's fresh supply is expected in the next week or so.

I've never had a dried morel - how would you compare it to the fresh?

TicTac · August 12, 2021

1 hour ago, KennethT said:

I've never had a dried morel - how would you compare it to the fresh?

Morels are somewhat boring to begin with (my opinion - clearly), drying certainly does not help the poor shroom. Reconstituting in hot water, saving said liquid for a risotto, broth, sauce, etc is critical (most of the flavour ends up in there) - the resulting mushroom is somewhat worse for ware. Fresh morels are far superior. Does not do as well as say a porcini, when dried.

shain · August 12, 2021

Frittata with carrots, ginger, mozzarella, five spice, pepper, basil.

Rice (steamed but flavored akin to fried rice) with dried chilies (hot and sweet), lots of garlic, some douchi, some soy sauce, cashew, scallions.

Chili oil.

Dry hopped lagers.

I love silicon bakeware. This frittata was mixed and baked in a single small loaf pan.

Edited August 12, 2021 by shain (log)

scamhi · August 12, 2021

Jaeyook Kimchi Bokum recipe here

with a Nama Sake

All food made by my daughter and sake brought by me

liuzhou · August 12, 2021

6 hours ago, KennethT said:

I've never had a dried morel - how would you compare it to the fresh?

While the fresh are undoubtedly better, the dried are perfectly acceptable and reconstitute well. I would use the two differently, though.

Fresh morels I usually simply fry in butter and serve as a dish in their own right. The dried I tend to use with other ingredients (sometimes including other mushroooms) in stir fries, etc.

Of course, I keep the soaking liquid for other uses.

Edited August 12, 2021 by liuzhou (log)

Kim Shook · August 12, 2021

@Ann_T – my blueberries were frozen (the fresh ones were all enormous and tasteless). Everything I read said not to mix the frozen ones into the batter before cooking. Do you think I should have – even with frozen ones? Thank you!

@Norm Matthews – pork in any form is my favorite meat, but I especially love a good fried chop!

@Margaret Pilgrim – I had to Google “galantine”. Looks and sounds lovely.

My recent dinners have been shameful – at least the ones that I “prepared” have. The other one was a meal out that is a story in itself, if you care to partake of the “tea”.

Monday’s dinner included tomatoes from our friends’ garden (nothing shameful here! Just wait.):

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We will be sorry when these are gone. I used them to their best advantage:

😁

It was really a catch as catch can meal. I set out a bunch of leftovers, prepared a couple of things and told them to have at it. My plate:

Corn, tomato sandwich, leftover mac n cheese and pork chop from Sunday lunch and sorta-kinda @Shelby’s cucumbers:

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@Shelby's dressed cukes always look so good. When I asked her what was in them she said, mayo, sour cream, fresh dill, cider vinegar, sugar, and S&P. We had a huge cuke from our friends and I was planning on doing @Shelby’s when I remembered I had a big tub of so-called tzatziki from Costco in the fridge. When we first tasted the tzatziki, I remarked that with the addition of some dill and cucumbers, it would make decent tzatziki🙄. So, I fixed the stuff in the tub up with @Shelby’s ingredients and added the cuke. Really good. And it lasted a couple of days.

Here’s the dinner out and the story. It’s mostly me whining and venting, so skip it if you like. We celebrated Mr. Kim’s mother’s 80^th birthday with dinner out on Tuesday at a sushi/steak place with Mr. Kim’s siblings and SOs and assorted nieces. It is a favorite of Mr. Kim’s sister and her husband’s. It was an extremely, and unnecessarily, expensive evening. Jessica has been out of work for the last month and her car broke down this week and Mr. Kim is supporting two households. He let his sister know that we were trying to economize, but it seemed to make no difference at all. Tons of sushi ordered “for the table” and not everyone even ate it, though it was reportedly fantastic. Neither the restaurant nor the sushi was my MIL’s choice and she and her best friend were obviously uncomfortable with the menu choices and food. The bill was equally divided by person and even though the three of us had been careful in our ordering and didn’t have alcohol, our portion was $400😳. That is basically our grocery budget for a month. Here’s the food and I truly hope that I haven’t let the negative family experience color my views of the restaurant. Some of the dishes – crab stuffed shrimp with lemon risotto and a lemon cream sauce:

This was good, but no flavor of lemon came through.

Brussels sprouts w/ sticky Asian sauce and spicy ranch:

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The flavor of this was excellent. It was too spicy for me, though. And the sprouts were overcooked.

Mushrooms:

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Some of which were extremely woody and tough. They were apparently tasty.

The poinsettia:

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Spicy tuna, red caviar, eel sauce, sriracha, and spicy mayo.

OG Cali roll:

Lump crab, avocado, cucumber, and tobiko.

As I said, everyone, including Mr. Kim, loved the sushi/sashimi/rolls.

The BD cake:

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Chocolate cake and 7-minute frosting. Thank you for your indulgence!

Last night was at home – more lovely tomatoes:

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It was all even MORE catch as catch can than the other night. I literally just tossed stuff out on every flat surface in the kitchen and said, “it’s ready!”. Cheeses:

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Crackers and chip/dip:

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(see how utterly trashy I was?)

Marinated cucumbers and the rest of the kinda-sorta @Shelby’s cukes:

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I am embarrassed. 🙄

**Shelby** · August 12, 2021

4 minutes ago, Kim Shook said:

@Ann_T – my blueberries were frozen (the fresh ones were all enormous and tasteless). Everything I read said not to mix the frozen ones into the batter before cooking. Do you think I should have – even with frozen ones? Thank you!

@Norm Matthews – pork in any form is my favorite meat, but I especially love a good fried chop!

@Margaret Pilgrim – I had to Google “galantine”. Looks and sounds lovely.

My recent dinners have been shameful – at least the ones that I “prepared” have. The other one was a meal out that is a story in itself, if you care to partake of the “tea”.

Monday’s dinner included tomatoes from our friends’ garden (nothing shameful here! Just wait.):

We will be sorry when these are gone. I used them to their best advantage:

😁

It was really a catch as catch can meal. I set out a bunch of leftovers, prepared a couple of things and told them to have at it. My plate:

Corn, tomato sandwich, leftover mac n cheese and pork chop from Sunday lunch and sorta-kinda @Shelby’s cucumbers:

@Shelby's dressed cukes always look so good. When I asked her what was in them she said, mayo, sour cream, fresh dill, cider vinegar, sugar, and S&P. We had a huge cuke from our friends and I was planning on doing @Shelby’s when I remembered I had a big tub of so-called tzatziki from Costco in the fridge. When we first tasted the tzatziki, I remarked that with the addition of some dill and cucumbers, it would make decent tzatziki🙄. So, I fixed the stuff in the tub up with @Shelby’s ingredients and added the cuke. Really good. And it lasted a couple of days.

Here’s the dinner out and the story. It’s mostly me whining and venting, so skip it if you like. We celebrated Mr. Kim’s mother’s 80^th birthday with dinner out on Tuesday at a sushi/steak place with Mr. Kim’s siblings and SOs and assorted nieces. It is a favorite of Mr. Kim’s sister and her husband’s. It was an extremely, and unnecessarily, expensive evening. Jessica has been out of work for the last month and her car broke down this week and Mr. Kim is supporting two households. He let his sister know that we were trying to economize, but it seemed to make no difference at all. Tons of sushi ordered “for the table” and not everyone even ate it, though it was reportedly fantastic. Neither the restaurant nor the sushi was my MIL’s choice and she and her best friend were obviously uncomfortable with the menu choices and food. The bill was equally divided by person and even though the three of us had been careful in our ordering and didn’t have alcohol, our portion was $400😳. That is basically our grocery budget for a month. Here’s the food and I truly hope that I haven’t let the negative family experience color my views of the restaurant. Some of the dishes – crab stuffed shrimp with lemon risotto and a lemon cream sauce:

This was good, but no flavor of lemon came through.

Brussels sprouts w/ sticky Asian sauce and spicy ranch:

The flavor of this was excellent. It was too spicy for me, though. And the sprouts were overcooked.

Mushrooms:

Some of which were extremely woody and tough. They were apparently tasty.

The poinsettia:

Spicy tuna, red caviar, eel sauce, sriracha, and spicy mayo.

OG Cali roll:

Lump crab, avocado, cucumber, and tobiko.

As I said, everyone, including Mr. Kim, loved the sushi/sashimi/rolls.

The BD cake:

Chocolate cake and 7-minute frosting. Thank you for your indulgence!

Last night was at home – more lovely tomatoes:

It was all even MORE catch as catch can than the other night. I literally just tossed stuff out on every flat surface in the kitchen and said, “it’s ready!”. Cheeses:

Crackers and chip/dip:

(see how utterly trashy I was?)

Marinated cucumbers and the rest of the kinda-sorta @Shelby’s cukes:

I am embarrassed. 🙄

Do NOT be embarrassed. Everything you put out looks delicious --I'd like nothing more than garden tomatoes and cheese tonight---and it fed you guys perfectly well! I'm glad the tzatziki could be doctored up--that was a smart idea!

I don't have many nice words to say about your in-laws....talk about being tone deaf! Next time I think it's perfectly fine to bow out and do something just on your own to celebrate with the birthday person. I about fell over--- FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS --and that's just YOUR part. Holy shit. I don't know how you guys kept it together and paid that much. BIG hugs from me.

chromedome · August 12, 2021

37 minutes ago, Kim Shook said:

@Ann_T – my blueberries were frozen (the fresh ones were all enormous and tasteless). Everything I read said not to mix the frozen ones into the batter before cooking. Do you think I should have – even with frozen ones? Thank you!

@Norm Matthews – pork in any form is my favorite meat, but I especially love a good fried chop!

@Margaret Pilgrim – I had to Google “galantine”. Looks and sounds lovely.

My recent dinners have been shameful – at least the ones that I “prepared” have. The other one was a meal out that is a story in itself, if you care to partake of the “tea”.

Monday’s dinner included tomatoes from our friends’ garden (nothing shameful here! Just wait.):

We will be sorry when these are gone. I used them to their best advantage:

😁

It was really a catch as catch can meal. I set out a bunch of leftovers, prepared a couple of things and told them to have at it. My plate:

Corn, tomato sandwich, leftover mac n cheese and pork chop from Sunday lunch and sorta-kinda @Shelby’s cucumbers:

@Shelby's dressed cukes always look so good. When I asked her what was in them she said, mayo, sour cream, fresh dill, cider vinegar, sugar, and S&P. We had a huge cuke from our friends and I was planning on doing @Shelby’s when I remembered I had a big tub of so-called tzatziki from Costco in the fridge. When we first tasted the tzatziki, I remarked that with the addition of some dill and cucumbers, it would make decent tzatziki🙄. So, I fixed the stuff in the tub up with @Shelby’s ingredients and added the cuke. Really good. And it lasted a couple of days.

Here’s the dinner out and the story. It’s mostly me whining and venting, so skip it if you like. We celebrated Mr. Kim’s mother’s 80^th birthday with dinner out on Tuesday at a sushi/steak place with Mr. Kim’s siblings and SOs and assorted nieces. It is a favorite of Mr. Kim’s sister and her husband’s. It was an extremely, and unnecessarily, expensive evening. Jessica has been out of work for the last month and her car broke down this week and Mr. Kim is supporting two households. He let his sister know that we were trying to economize, but it seemed to make no difference at all. Tons of sushi ordered “for the table” and not everyone even ate it, though it was reportedly fantastic. Neither the restaurant nor the sushi was my MIL’s choice and she and her best friend were obviously uncomfortable with the menu choices and food. The bill was equally divided by person and even though the three of us had been careful in our ordering and didn’t have alcohol, our portion was $400😳. That is basically our grocery budget for a month. Here’s the food and I truly hope that I haven’t let the negative family experience color my views of the restaurant. Some of the dishes – crab stuffed shrimp with lemon risotto and a lemon cream sauce:

This was good, but no flavor of lemon came through.

Brussels sprouts w/ sticky Asian sauce and spicy ranch:

The flavor of this was excellent. It was too spicy for me, though. And the sprouts were overcooked.

Mushrooms:

Some of which were extremely woody and tough. They were apparently tasty.

The poinsettia:

Spicy tuna, red caviar, eel sauce, sriracha, and spicy mayo.

OG Cali roll:

Lump crab, avocado, cucumber, and tobiko.

As I said, everyone, including Mr. Kim, loved the sushi/sashimi/rolls.

The BD cake:

Chocolate cake and 7-minute frosting. Thank you for your indulgence!

Last night was at home – more lovely tomatoes:

It was all even MORE catch as catch can than the other night. I literally just tossed stuff out on every flat surface in the kitchen and said, “it’s ready!”. Cheeses:

Crackers and chip/dip:

(see how utterly trashy I was?)

Marinated cucumbers and the rest of the kinda-sorta @Shelby’s cukes:

I am embarrassed. 🙄

Wooooowwww...the kind of family outing that ends up as a post on the AITA? subreddit. Or would, given a slightly lower level of obliviousness from the in-laws.

Raamo · August 13, 2021

Tonight bacon, onion, and beans! From Jack Bishop. Had a nice glass of 2017 hdv le debut chardonnay that worked well.

Edited August 13, 2021 by Raamo
Formatting (log)

Anna N · August 13, 2021

52 minutes ago, Raamo said:

Tonight bacon, onion, and beans! From Jack Bishop.

That looks and sounds so easy and so good. I am sure there is a recipe for it in the Jack Bishop book but it is one of those things that hardly needs a recipe. What is not to like? Thanks.

gfweb · August 13, 2021

3 hours ago, Kim Shook said:

@Ann_T – my blueberries were frozen (the fresh ones were all enormous and tasteless). Everything I read said not to mix the frozen ones into the batter before cooking. Do you think I should have – even with frozen ones? Thank you!

@Norm Matthews – pork in any form is my favorite meat, but I especially love a good fried chop!

@Margaret Pilgrim – I had to Google “galantine”. Looks and sounds lovely.

My recent dinners have been shameful – at least the ones that I “prepared” have. The other one was a meal out that is a story in itself, if you care to partake of the “tea”.

Monday’s dinner included tomatoes from our friends’ garden (nothing shameful here! Just wait.):

We will be sorry when these are gone. I used them to their best advantage:

😁

It was really a catch as catch can meal. I set out a bunch of leftovers, prepared a couple of things and told them to have at it. My plate:

Corn, tomato sandwich, leftover mac n cheese and pork chop from Sunday lunch and sorta-kinda @Shelby’s cucumbers:

@Shelby's dressed cukes always look so good. When I asked her what was in them she said, mayo, sour cream, fresh dill, cider vinegar, sugar, and S&P. We had a huge cuke from our friends and I was planning on doing @Shelby’s when I remembered I had a big tub of so-called tzatziki from Costco in the fridge. When we first tasted the tzatziki, I remarked that with the addition of some dill and cucumbers, it would make decent tzatziki🙄. So, I fixed the stuff in the tub up with @Shelby’s ingredients and added the cuke. Really good. And it lasted a couple of days.

Here’s the dinner out and the story. It’s mostly me whining and venting, so skip it if you like. We celebrated Mr. Kim’s mother’s 80^th birthday with dinner out on Tuesday at a sushi/steak place with Mr. Kim’s siblings and SOs and assorted nieces. It is a favorite of Mr. Kim’s sister and her husband’s. It was an extremely, and unnecessarily, expensive evening. Jessica has been out of work for the last month and her car broke down this week and Mr. Kim is supporting two households. He let his sister know that we were trying to economize, but it seemed to make no difference at all. Tons of sushi ordered “for the table” and not everyone even ate it, though it was reportedly fantastic. Neither the restaurant nor the sushi was my MIL’s choice and she and her best friend were obviously uncomfortable with the menu choices and food. The bill was equally divided by person and even though the three of us had been careful in our ordering and didn’t have alcohol, our portion was $400😳. That is basically our grocery budget for a month. Here’s the food and I truly hope that I haven’t let the negative family experience color my views of the restaurant. Some of the dishes – crab stuffed shrimp with lemon risotto and a lemon cream sauce:

This was good, but no flavor of lemon came through.

Brussels sprouts w/ sticky Asian sauce and spicy ranch:

The flavor of this was excellent. It was too spicy for me, though. And the sprouts were overcooked.

Mushrooms:

Some of which were extremely woody and tough. They were apparently tasty.

The poinsettia:

Spicy tuna, red caviar, eel sauce, sriracha, and spicy mayo.

OG Cali roll:

Lump crab, avocado, cucumber, and tobiko.

As I said, everyone, including Mr. Kim, loved the sushi/sashimi/rolls.

The BD cake:

Chocolate cake and 7-minute frosting. Thank you for your indulgence!

Last night was at home – more lovely tomatoes:

It was all even MORE catch as catch can than the other night. I literally just tossed stuff out on every flat surface in the kitchen and said, “it’s ready!”. Cheeses:

Crackers and chip/dip:

(see how utterly trashy I was?)

Marinated cucumbers and the rest of the kinda-sorta @Shelby’s cukes:

I am embarrassed. 🙄

Thats so annoying. I'm sorry

dcarch · August 13, 2021

12 hours ago, liuzhou said:

I don't think the morels here are any different.

Those in my dish were dried morels which I rehydrated then sliced in half. This year's fresh supply is expected in the next week or so.

Are those farm grown morels?

dcarch

liuzhou · August 13, 2021

10 minutes ago, dcarch said:

Are those farm grown morels?

dcarch

No. Wild foraged morels from Yunnan, China.

MetsFan5 · August 13, 2021

I went on a “date” tonight without someone I had met before.
We had the “burger bites” which were mini burgers with arugula, goat cheese and spicy Mayo with waffle fries as a bun. Delicious!

shain · August 13, 2021

Tea braised tofu and eggs (braising liquid includes tea, soy sauce, brown sugar, anise, fennel seeds, coriander seeds, Sichuan peppercorns, bay, cassia cinnamon).

Mushroom stew with rice, inspired by Taiwanese braised pork rice. Includes ginger, shallots, oyster sauce, anise, rice wine, pepper.

Raamo · August 13, 2021

11 hours ago, Anna N said:

That looks and sounds so easy and so good. I am sure there is a recipe for it in the Jack Bishop book but it is one of those things that hardly needs a recipe. What is not to like? Thanks.

Agreed - the fact it's written down is more of as an idea generator. I've never though of combining the 3. He also called for parsley but I left that out. This is what we really like about his book - lots of options for a bunch of different vegetables.

Margaret Pilgrim · August 13, 2021

21 hours ago, TicTac said:

Morels are somewhat boring to begin with (my opinion - clearly), drying certainly does not help the poor shroom. Reconstituting in hot water, saving said liquid for a risotto, broth, sauce, etc is critical (most of the flavour ends up in there) - the resulting mushroom is somewhat worse for ware. Fresh morels are far superior. Does not do as well as say a porcini, when dried.

I enjoy using both fresh and dried morels. A local 3* chef has come down on the side of dried morels as generally being more flavorful. Perhaps it depends on the quality of either that you can source. Classically combined with vin jaune, they flatter poultry and fish as well as vegetables, especially asparagus.

scamhi · August 13, 2021

dinner last night at a friend's beach house.

pan seared swordfish bellies with a compound butter topping over a patty pan squash and fresh local corn sauté

with a very good meursault

weinoo · August 13, 2021

1 hour ago, Margaret Pilgrim said:

I enjoy using both fresh and dried morels. A local 3* chef has come down on the side of dried morels as generally being more flavorful.

Indeed. Good dried morels are nothing to sneeze at (and with vin jaune, just great).

Similar to porcini, the dried porcini from Italy are magnitudes better than those from, ummmm, not Italy.

Margaret Pilgrim · August 13, 2021

17 hours ago, Kim Shook said:

Here’s the dinner out and the story. .... Neither the restaurant nor the sushi was my MIL’s choice and she and her best friend were obviously uncomfortable with the menu choices and food. The bill was equally divided by person and even though the three of us had been careful in our ordering and didn’t have alcohol, our portion was $400😳.

I am sorry. This is so wrong. Glad it was delicious for some.