Dinner 2022

[shain]

Thai shrimps in roasted chili sauce and thai basil (if only I had fresh clams).

 

 

Zaatar buns and cabbage slaw with roasted eggplants, chili, dill, pumpkin seeds, only a little mayo.

 

Pad Thai.

 

Pizzas

 

Tomato, gorgonzola, caramelized onion, mozzarella, pickled capers.

 

Ricotta, mozzarella, figs, aniseed, mint.

 

Thai green curry with tofu skin, green beans, and homegrown Thai eggplants.

 

Black beans with chipotle and various spices, cheddar, pickled onion, tomatoes, corn, sour cream. 

 

Vanilla ice cream with Thai tea and tea jelly.

 

Greek briami (potatoes, zucchini, green beans, eggplant, tomatoes, feta, dill, spices.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

3 minutes ago, CookBot said:

 

Holy mackerel!  I've never tried the RG Ayocotes, and now I might be a little leery of doing so, since I don't own a pressure cooker.

 

 

Pressure cookers are useful and not hard to find.  I recommend Fissler.

 

https://forums.egullet.org/topic/136745-pressure-cookers-2011-and-beyond/#comment-1783650

 

[Tropicalsenior]

32 minutes ago, shain said:

Zaatar buns

Everything looks so good and would you please comment on these. I went to Mr Google and they don't have anything that looks as good as yours.

[shain]

3 minutes ago, Tropicalsenior said:

Everything looks so good and would you please comment on these. I went to Mr Google and they don't have anything that looks as good as yours.

 

Thanks

I'm a bit amused because those are probably the simplest of dishes here - they are simple dinner rolls, a bit sweet, with some yogurt and butter or sour cream. Then I roll them around a filling of good zaatar and olive oil. I give them an initial bake, then cool a little, brush with butter and warm to serve. 

[Marlene]

 

Thank you all for the kind words.  It's been a very long time since I've been here but you've all made me feel like I never left   This worked out ok I think.  Smoked Turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, broccoli and hollandaise, dressing and of course of course gravy.  I have an apple crisp in the oven but it won't be ready for a while yet.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 9, 2022 by Marlene (log)

[FauxPas]

 

Happy (Canadian) Thanksgiving to all current, former, honorary, temporary, part-time and/or wanna-be Canucks!  🙂

 

Having a Negroni (ha, thinking of you, @Kerry Beal) before serving leftover turkey and sides, since we roasted the bird and did the first iteration last night. Broke the carcass down and it's in the Instant Pot for stock, some meat in the freezer for future soup and we'll eat turkey for lunch and dinner for a couple more days. Though not perfect, there are many things to be thankful for this year. Cheers. 

 

[Okanagancook]

We splurged  on a fresh turkey (can’t take it with you) and decided to try our new bbq rotisserie.  Got it all setup.  Turning nicely.  90 minutes later we realized it was only turning half way due to it not being balanced properly…our fault.  we had a turkey cooked on half a side.🙃 …… into the oven as diners were due shortly.  It all turned out ok.  The bird was not bad.  Wrapped it in foil and a towel then into a cooler to rest and keep warm.  I made my mom’s stuffing and a litre and a half of gravy…all good with multiple bottles of local wine and two pies for dessert.  Many things to be thankful for.  

[JoNorvelleWalker]

3 minutes ago, Okanagancook said:

We splurged  on a fresh turkey (can’t take it with you) and decided to try our new bbq rotisserie.  Got it all setup.  Turning nicely.  90 minutes later we realized it was only turning half way due to it not being balanced properly…our fault.  we had a turkey cooked on half a side.🙃 …… into the oven as diners were due shortly.  It all turned out ok.  The bird was not bad.  Wrapped it in foil and a towel then into a cooler to rest and keep warm.  I made my mom’s stuffing and a litre and a half of gravy…all good with multiple bottles of local wine and two pies for dessert.  Many things to be thankful for.  

 

Took me a moment to realize what you meant by "can't take it with you".  I was envisioning a very large Styrofoam container.

 

[Ann_T]

After looking at Marlene's smoked turkey, I'm going to see if I can get a small turkey

and smoke it on my days off.

Pizza Night!!!!

 

Dough had been in the fridge since Thursday night for a long cold fermentation.

Italian sausage and mushrooms.

[Okanagancook]

5 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

Took me a moment to realize what you meant by "can't take it with you".  I was envisioning a very large Styrofoam container.

 

Sorry, was referring to the high cost of a fresh turkey nowadays. 🤣

[chromedome]

My (local free-range) turkey is spatchcocked and dry-brined, and waiting in the refrigerator until tomorrow. The neck, back and wingtips have been roasted for a bit of stock. Apple pie (apples from the tree in our yard) and pumpkin cheesecake w. gingersnap crust (special request) are baked and cooling. Tomorrow I'll do a batch of pan rolls and a dish of stuffing/dressing, a dish of cabbage au gratin (another request), brussels sprouts cooked low and slow with onions in a cast-iron skillet, and round it out with a delicata squash, mashed potatoes (from our garden), a mess o' greens (ditto) and lots of green and yellow beans (also from the garden). Probably some carrots in there somewhere, too (because holiday feasts at my place skew heavily toward "veggiepalooza").

[FauxPas]

48 minutes ago, Okanagancook said:

Sorry, was referring to the high cost of a fresh turkey nowadays. 🤣

I got your meaning right away! Surprised that we didn't see the usual T-Day turkey deals. I like to get fresh also, paid more this year than prior years. 

[Okanagancook]

Can’t remember what it was last year.  This year $78 for about 14 lbs.  it was beautiful.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

 

Chicken thigh, wild rice, sous vide red cabbage.  Cabbage spiced with Palestinian za'atar.

 

By the time the photograph was taken, the wild rice was cold.  I blame the photographer.  Wild rice was cooked ten minutes.  How I repent the years I abused wild rice 45 minutes as Joy of Cooking told me.  I might still be married.

 

I thought the cabbage wedge could have used more acid, but otherwise delicious.  It was anovaed 4 hours at 84C, then roast along with the chicken thigh an hour at 150C.  If anything I would have preferred the cabbage a little firmer.  Fear not.  I have another cabbage wedge bagged, ready to go, in the refrigerator.

 

 

[KennethT]

Pad cha pla salmon....

 

[chromedome]

9 hours ago, Okanagancook said:

Can’t remember what it was last year.  This year $78 for about 14 lbs.  it was beautiful.

I guess I made out like a bandit. Bought mine (14.5 lbs) right from the farmer's door for $47.

 

Supermarket birds are a bit less, I guess, but really...what kind of meat can you get right now for $3.25/lb? I'm certainly not going to quibble.

[gfweb]

On 10/8/2022 at 12:40 AM, JoNorvelleWalker said:

Two nights of disasters.  Last night store bought Shoprite ravioli in a cream sauce that I made.  Awful texture of the pasta, nothing good to say for it, other than I ate it.  Sauce was cloying.

 

Tonight Rancho Gordo lima beans.  Pressure cooked two hours.  Beans were barely done.  And they were bitter.  How do you get bitter beans?  Bitter.  Plus they were too salty, which may have been my fault.  I pitched them.

 

Are any store bought ravioli/tortellini any good? The ones I've had were all filler and bad pasta.

[TicTac]

@Marlene that bird looks fantastic.  Good to see you back.  Must just about be porcini season out your way?!  Still trying to find a king in my area - though we found a good patch of slippery jack's last season (bolete family, at least!).

 

 

[Marlene]

Thanks!  It is yes but since I'm allergic to mushrooms I don't pay a lot of attention to it lol.   

[liamsaunt]

Last night’s dinner was at Bond St. We had reservations in the lounge and it was daaaaark. Some stuff we ordered was too dark to even attempt photoing. Menu

 

 

cocktail of some kind

 

 

Big eye tuna tarts

 

 

tuna crispy rice

 

 

crab stuffed squash blossoms

 

 

mushroom donabe

 

 

assorted sushi

 

 

My niece ordered bread pudding for dessert 

 

 

Her college tour is over and she is heading home today with my sister.  I am staying one more night and then going home before my husband attends a work conference here for the rest of the week. Not sure what dinner tonight will bring. Probably not sushi haha 

[weinoo]

1 hour ago, gfweb said:

Are any store bought ravioli/tortellini any good? The ones I've had were all filler and bad pasta.

 

Raffetto's.

[gfweb]

3 minutes ago, weinoo said:

 

Raffetto's.

 

Looks like the real thing.  We have one in Phila, P&S, that does a good job.  But isn't isn't a supermarket thing and is 40 miles away

 

[weinoo]

6 minutes ago, gfweb said:

 

Looks like the real thing.  We have one in Phila, P&S, that does a good job.  But isn't isn't a supermarket thing and is 40 miles away

 

Yes, not a supermarket thing - but quite good. There are one or two places making fresh pasta up on Arthur Avenue; they also do a good job.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

4 hours ago, gfweb said:

Are any store bought ravioli/tortellini any good? The ones I've had were all filler and bad pasta.

 

The ones Whole Foods sells are better than Shoprite's, but when you're tired and midnight is approaching Shoprite's waiting in the refrigerator can sound pretty good.  We have a local place that makes and sells ravioli, but I have never tried theirs.  As I remember the store is not inexpensive.

 

[KennethT]

4 hours ago, liamsaunt said:

Last night’s dinner was at Bond St. We had reservations in the lounge and it was daaaaark. Some stuff we ordered was too dark to even attempt photoing. Menu

 

 

cocktail of some kind

 

 

Big eye tuna tarts

 

 

tuna crispy rice

 

 

crab stuffed squash blossoms

 

 

mushroom donabe

 

 

assorted sushi

 

 

My niece ordered bread pudding for dessert 

 

 

Her college tour is over and she is heading home today with my sister.  I am staying one more night and then going home before my husband attends a work conference here for the rest of the week. Not sure what dinner tonight will bring. Probably not sushi haha 

Wow!!! Bond St is still open?  My wife and I used to go there when we were dating - like 17-18 years ago!  Obviously we haven't been back in a while but I'm glad to see they're still going. Which room did they seat you in?