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Dinner 2021


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So that’s a couple of votes for the London Pub.  I’ll start using the Heinz for something else and get some London Pub.  Thanks!

 

@Shelby – your gyro meat looks great.  Also, I would have picked all the crispy bits off the pork in the kitchen and brought it naked to the table😄.  Just sayin’. 

 

@liamsaunt – that fish looks great.  I wonder why yours looks so much craggier than mine?  I know that the crags make for more crunch.  Also, I was wondering if you’ve ever done shrimp with the batter?  Or would the fried coating be too thick?

 

Dinner last night was kind of spur of the moment and inspired by @weinoo.  I decided at about 2:30pm to make spaghetti and meatballs.  Made a meat sauce with hamburger from the freezer, a large can of San Marzano tomatoes, a jar of marinara, an onion, garlic, and some herbs.  I dumped in some already cooked meatballs that I had in the freezer:

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Simmered for a couple of hours and topped with some Parm:

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Served with some garlic toast (also from the freezer) and a salad:

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The bread was some leftover slices of Billy Bread (a locally renowned bread) that I just buttered and rubbed with garlic and the salad was like the kind we like at a local pizza joint.  They call it an Italian Salad.  It’s just a simple green salad dressed with a vinaigrette with Provolone and salami added. 

 

Dessert was this:

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Impossible to make pretty – chocolate/dried cherry loaf; done like French toast, drizzled with chocolate sauce and topped with Cool Whip.  I know, I know.  But it is what I had, thanks to Jessica’s birthday banana pudding.  And I’m ok with Cool Whip, actually. 

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16 minutes ago, rotuts said:

""  Schauessen, karashi & Asahi beer ""

 

guessIll need those to finish the movie

 

I can wait

 

and wait some more

 

BBC Endeavor 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endeavour_(TV_series)

 

required me to get :

 

1)  some 

 

https://www.totalwine.com/spirits/scotch/single-malt/lagavulin-16-yr/p/643750?s=1701&igrules=true

 

my friend recommended it, but it was $ 59 USA pre tarifs

 

2 ) and some of this :

 

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then

 

3 ) https://www.totalwine.com/spirits/gin/bombay-sapphire/p/1658010?s=1701&igrules=true

 

but I tried this

 

https://www.totalwine.com/spirits/gin/bombay-sapphire-east/p/118391750?s=1701&igrules=true

 

could not tell the difference

 

as the Chief inspector said :

 

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' Fresh Limes "

 

Lagavulin is nice, but I am very Japanese-centered ...

 

During the first Covid wave I build a „mancave“ in the cellar and stocked up. I recommend Hakushu 12 ...

 

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6 minutes ago, Duvel said:

 

Lagavulin is nice, but I am very Japanese-centered ...

 

During the first Covid wave I build a „mancave“ in the cellar and stocked up. I recommend Hakushu 12 ...

 

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Nice!  Let's see the rest of the cave! ;)

 

No Hakushu 12 on the LCBO site (why would the worlds largest booze buying power have a decent selection!?) - any other Japanese whiskey recommendations?  That square bottle looks familiar....

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5 minutes ago, TicTac said:

Nice!  Let's see the rest of the cave! ;)

 

No Hakushu 12 on the LCBO site (why would the worlds largest booze buying power have a decent selection!?) - any other Japanese whiskey recommendations?  That square bottle looks familiar....


The Ichiro‘s Malt MWR is really great, but if you have difficulties sourcing Hakushu, Ichiro‘s Malt might be even more of a challenge. 

Nikka Coffey Grain is good and widely available, especially if you are into smoother whiskeys. So is Nikka from the barrel. Good for sipping.

 

The square bottle is Suntory Toki, a blend of the younger expressions of Yamazaki, Hakushu and Chita. At 30€ is is very reasonable and it makes A great highball ...

 

And - if you are in a spending mood - this:

 

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3 hours ago, Kim Shook said:

Impossible to make pretty – chocolate/dried cherry loaf; done like French toast, drizzled with chocolate sauce and topped with Cool Whip.  I know, I know.  But it is what I had, thanks to Jessica’s birthday banana pudding.  And I’m ok with Cool Whip, actually. 

Cool Whip is its own category. On a tough day with a bare freezer it stands in well for ice cream when still semi frozen.

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I know it looks really like a menu à la carte today. Mother in law is having a problem eating and I had some odd stuff to finish from the fridge. Pocha beans with some pancetta, a tablespoon of the Bulgarian pepper sauce from TJ’s, leftover steamed rice. Girl wanted noodles, thanks to Cotsco stock. I made polpettone ligure for lunch and happily shared for dinner  some with MIL. One NY strip shared, some cauliflower a la almost Ottolenghi and since my son was eating after us and at lunch when making the polpettone I had some extra steam potatoes I managed a portion of gnocchi for him. He was happy with it. 

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5 minutes ago, Franci said:

I know it looks really like a menu à la carte today. Mother in law is having a problem eating and I had some odd stuff to finish from the fridge. Pocha beans with some pancetta, a tablespoon of the Bulgarian pepper sauce from TJ’s, leftover steamed rice. Girl wanted noodles, thanks to Cotsco stock. I made polpettone ligure for lunch and happily shared for dinner  some with MIL. One NY strip shared, some cauliflower a la almost Ottolenghi and since my son was eating after us and at lunch when making the polpettone I had some extra steam potatoes I managed a portion of gnocchi for him. He was happy with it. 

 

I'd  be delighted to be your M-i-l, girl, son, any time. 

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@Franciyou make me laugh. In my house if I made gnocchi and someone didn't want to eat it one of two things would happen. If it was my kid II would tell her to make herself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich . If it was my husband I would tell him to go his room and stay there.

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Yogurt soup, with chickpeas, egg drop, courgette, dried mint, garlic, olive oil.

Harak osbao - lentils, ptitim (Israeli couscous), fried onion, pomegranate molasses, spices (mostly baharat rich in cinnamon and allspice), parsley, mint, pomegranate kernels, fried ptitim.

Ouzo in lieu of arak (we don't bother having both at home).

 

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Spaghetti and meatballs, with a few chunks of Italian sausage in the sauce gravy. I didn't think we'd be able to, but we each ate 1/4 lb. of the Faella spaghetti. It also appears as if I let a bay leaf get onto my plate, as well as a shard of the parmesan I was grating. The horror!

 

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A favorite veg (other than the prep) - "baby" artichokes. Braised with shallots, white wine, chicken stock, thyme, lemon, olive oil and parsley. These are soooo good.

 

 

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20 hours ago, Kim Shook said:

 

@liamsaunt – that fish looks great.  I wonder why yours looks so much craggier than mine?  I know that the crags make for more crunch.  Also, I was wondering if you’ve ever done shrimp with the batter?  Or would the fried coating be too thick?

 

I am not sure why we got different results on the cragginess. Maybe it was the fish I used?  This time I used sole, and it was so fresh it curled up while frying.

 

I have never tried the batter on shrimp.  As much as I like shrimp, I cannot cook it at home any more because my nephew moved in with me (when he is not at college) when the pandemic started, and he has an anaphylactic allergy to crustaceans. 

 

Last night, we had miso salmon ramen

 

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Except for my quarantined nephew. He hates salmon, so I slipped a meatball sub into the quarantine ward 🙂

 

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Pad woon sen. Stir fried bean starch noodles. Smoked tofu. Mushrooms, carrot, kohlrabi, onion, peas. Toasted cashew, scallions, cilantro. Sauce is Thai-Chinese - soy sauce, Thai oyster sauce, sesame oil, sugar, vinegar, pepper, chili, some clove and anise.

 

 

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Needed comfort food a couple nights ago, so venison and Italian sausage over spaghetti and braised leeks that fell apart but were still delicious.  

 

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Friends of Ronnie's went crappie fishing and dropped some off for us.  Fried up with oysters, Mac and cheese and chard.

 

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Over the weekend Ronnie got a couple of young pintails.  Roasted as usual in the CSO.

 

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Thank you so much for the kind words, @heidih@Kim Shook@scamhi, @chromedome, and @chefmd!

 

Here were some pork chops with mushroom sauce. 

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Some tiny arancini

 

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And finally, orata with a clam and tomato broth. The clams were salty, so I had to make it more brothy than saucy, but I would have preferred it saucy! 😀

 

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