Dinner 2022

[Honkman]

Asian inspired stew with baked tofu, butternut squash, bok choy, eggplant, green curry paste, garlic, ginger, chili, makrut lime leaves, lime juice, coconut milk, vegetable broth and thai basil

[Dejah]

Bought a whole ribeye, trimmed and cut it up into steaks. Had our first one tonight on stove top cast iron griddle. Roasted a head of cauliflower and a sweet tater. Cooked big beets in the IP, 30 minutes and natural release. They were great! No sauce tonight, just loads of sauteed mushrooms.

 

                                                   

                                                                           

[mgaretz]

3 hours ago, Norm Matthews said:

 

It sure looks like they are trying to mimic KFC while being careful not to come close enough to get in trouble.

 

Well they claim to have been making this seasoned flour since 1810, so maybe it's the other way around?

 

[shain]

Basmati rice with mushroom, butter, garlic, thyme allspice, pine nuts.

 

[shain]

Thai herbal soup with tofu, spinach, rice noodles, mushrooms.

Flavored with lemongrass, makrut lime, galangal, ginger, celery, onion, fingerroot, garlic, fish sauce, soy sauce.

 

 

[shain]

More backlog photos.

Home made potato starch noodles with shrimps, baked spiced tofu (purchased), shitaki, cabbage, soy sauce, ginger, sugar, garlic, sesame seeds, scallions.

 

[TicTac]

11 hours ago, Margaret Pilgrim said:

My excuse also.   "Did anyone chew on this bone?"  "You don't remember?  "Throw it in the pot.   It's going to boil anyway."

 

Reminded of the end of a beautiful friendship.    Joined an old friend for dinner.    Shared a rib.   He cut off a portion of meat for me, then PICKED UP THE BONE AND GNAWED IT!    I don't eat meat; I chew bones.   Worse, he only gnawed for half a minute before discarding it, and I don't do second sittings.

Precisely.  As long as its immediate family, chances are you are sharing glasses, food, and sufficient microbial particles are being exchanged through said interactions; a rolling boil would put any weaklings mind at ease to kill those whee (super scary!) beasties.

 

 

[KennethT]

27 minutes ago, shain said:

Thai herbal soup with tofu, spinach, rice noodles, mushrooms.

Flavored with lemongrass, makrut lime, galangal, ginger, celery, onion, fingerroot, garlic, fish sauce, soy sauce.

 

 

I wish I could get round rice noodles easily.  Were they fresh or dried?

[liamsaunt]

I did not feel like cooking last night, so rummaged around in the freezer and found my last bag of spicy turkey meatballs (I use Ina Garten's recipe and swap in spicy turkey sausage for the prosciutto) and the last quart of homemade tomato sauce.  With some garlic rolls and a salad, a no effort dinner was served.

 

 

[shain]

43 minutes ago, KennethT said:

I wish I could get round rice noodles easily.  Were they fresh or dried?

 

Dry. They are actually quite common here, more so than the similar mung bean noodles.

[TicTac]

crispy (and healthy, see; not fried!) chicken ‘fingers’ - home made honey mustard and tartar sauces. 

[Kim Shook]

@Duvel – your tri-tip is GORGEOUS!  When we’ve requested tri-tip from the stores here, we end up with picanha instead.  I think we’re going to have to go to an actual butcher shop to get it.  As far as the egg salad is concerned, that batch is actually from a local market.  It is so good and exactly what I wish mine would be like. 

 

Dinner last night started with salad:

 

Jessica made sweet potato gnocchi:

 

 

She found a recipe for Maple-Glazed Chicken online which I made.  It made for a bit of a monochromatic plate, but it was good:

The chicken included apple wedges, shallots, and sage. 

 

Served with leftover green beans:

 

Southern-style: cooked to death with Benton’s bacon grease and brown sugar and LOTS of pepper until yielding and army-fatigue green. 😁

[rotuts]

@Kim Shook 

 

everything looks delicious !

 

Id love to try those GB's .

 

not like any Ive had myself

 

but Im sure Id like them 

 

when you ' bite in '  what's the first flavor you note ?

 

Brown Sugar , or Bentons Bacon grease ?

 

and Bentons' has a unique taste 

[Kim Shook]

2 minutes ago, rotuts said:

@Kim Shook 

 

everything looks delicious !

 

Id love to try those GB's .

 

not like any Ive had myself

 

but Im sure Id like them 

 

when you ' bite in '  what's the first flavor you note ?

 

Brown Sugar , or Bentons Bacon grease ?

 

and Bentons' has a unique taste 

Definitely Benton's.  One thing that I didn't mention was that I believe with all my heart that Southern green beans simply cook better in cast aluminum pans.  I have a saucepan and a Dutch oven that my grandmother gave me at least 35 years ago (she'd already used them for years).  I couldn't make a decent bean before I tried in those pans.  I still MUCH prefer the beans I make in them over the beans I make in any other types of pans.

[Duvel]

Little one got his second CoVid vaccination today (🥳) and was allowed to choose dinner (and watch the Snoopy movie). He wanted Schnitzel, so …

 

A little cook‘s treat after the breading session, while the oil was heating up …

 

 

We had half veal, half pork. Served with either Kochkäse and lingonberry jam or mushroom cream sauce.

 

 

Or with both. Also: Herzoginkartoffeln (commercial, no time to make my own) and string beans with bacon, apple and onions …

 

 

Very happy kid, very happy wife. Aaaand I made enough Schnitzels to have copious leftovers for Schnitzel sandwiches in the upcoming days …

[MaryIsobel]

3 hours ago, Duvel said:

Little one got his second CoVid vaccination today (🥳) and was allowed to choose dinner (and watch the Snoopy movie). He wanted Schnitzel, so …

 

A little cook‘s treat after the breading session, while the oil was heating up …

 

 

We had half veal, half pork. Served with either Kochkäse and lingonberry jam or mushroom cream sauce.

 

 

Or with both. Also: Herzoginkartoffeln (commercial, no time to make my own) and string beans with bacon, apple and onions …

 

 

Very happy kid, very happy wife. Aaaand I made enough Schnitzels to have copious leftovers for Schnitzel sandwiches in the upcoming days …

Amazing schnitzel. My birthday dinner downtown Vancouver plans got waylaid due to Colin James postponing his Vancouver date until September 30th, so my husband asked me to choose a local place for dinner this weekend. My first thought was the Bavaria Haus in Abbotsford. Their schnitzel is perfect (although pork, not veal) and one can choose between potatoes or spaetzle and their red cabbage is amazing. Second best choice to having dinner with you, but sadly, my husband said that flying to Germany for dinner with Duvel is not an option. He's so mean!

[Margaret Pilgrim]

Plattered leftovers last night = strip steak, grilled red onion and cauliflower, asparagus, drizzle of Bearnaise, sauteed potato, egg salad, mushrooms/apricot vinegar

 

Tonight, cabbage noodles with pork belly.

[gfweb]

Pork piccata

 

 

 

[mgaretz]

3 hours ago, Margaret Pilgrim said:

Tonight, cabbage noodles with pork belly.

 

Cabbage noodles?

[liamsaunt]

Niece is home for two weeks for her spring break, so at her request we had miso salmon rice bowls with avocado, cucumber. and roasted radishes.

 

[Margaret Pilgrim]

9 hours ago, mgaretz said:

 

Cabbage noodles?

Cabbage, cut like slaw, braised in butter + cooked egg noodles mixed in.

[Paul Bacino]

Cod and Potato cakes

 

 

 

[Smithy]

On 3/11/2022 at 10:11 AM, Kim Shook said:

Definitely Benton's.  One thing that I didn't mention was that I believe with all my heart that Southern green beans simply cook better in cast aluminum pans.  I have a saucepan and a Dutch oven that my grandmother gave me at least 35 years ago (she'd already used them for years).  I couldn't make a decent bean before I tried in those pans.  I still MUCH prefer the beans I make in them over the beans I make in any other types of pans.

 

I think you're probably right. My grandmother's green beans were of the slow-cooked-to-death, army drab, meltingly tender and utterly delicious variety. She used a little bacon, no sugar. The women in our family tried and tried to duplicate that recipe. Nobody managed it, despite taking careful notes while Nana was cooking. I requested and inherited her Wear-ever aluminum pan set, acquired in 1929.

<smug> My beans are like hers, when I go that route with green beans! </smug>

[rotuts]

ran out of Pico , but had a few Campari's :

 

 

this was really good .  I did shake on some TJ's dried Hatch chili

 

this is a keeper for me .

[weinoo]

 

Linguini with (canned) clam sauce. Canned clams from Donostia Foods.  I wanted a red clam sauce, so just added a bit of a simple, homemade marinara to the clam juice as it was all reducing. Braised green beans alongside.