Dinner 2022

[liuzhou]

8 hours ago, KennethT said:

The answer is a LOT of oil and a really high temp.

 

That's what I've seen in VN, too

[Ann_T]

@JoNorvelleWalker Thank you.   Will be on the menu this week. 

 

I forgot that I had Oxtails in the freezer. Pulled them out yesterday morning and cooked them last night.

Served my favourite way, over polenta.

Polenta is cooked in chicken broth seasoned with minced garlic, salt and pepper and finished with butter and fresh grated Parmesan.

 

[liamsaunt]

Teriyaki salmon, rice, roasted broccolini and cauliflower, and stir-fried assorted greens in a spicy garlic sauce to clear out the crisper drawer (napa cabbage, bok choy, choi sum)

 

[KennethT]

14 hours ago, Kerala said:

 

Chicken curry and rice.

What type of curry is this?  Can you give details?

[KennethT]

11 hours ago, Margaret Pilgrim said:

 

These are not difficult to make at home, but I've never needed more than a tablespoon or so of oil and never created big flames.   Patience until the crepe batter sets is essential, but after that is accomplished, it goes together in under a minute.    A good dish!

 

 

I've never made them, but have eaten them in several places in Saigon, as well as several places in Hue (where they are smaller and called banh xoai, and are even crispier).  In all of these places, the "kitchen" is right out front so it's easy to watch the action.  A lot of oil and high heat were standard in every place.

[lindag]

 

On 11/1/2022 at 8:37 PM, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

 

 

One of my most favored cooking vessels is a Thai stir-fry pan from Williams Sonoma.  Envision a relatively small wok. 

 

 

 

 

This one?  

 

Breville Hot Wok

Edited November 3, 2022 by lindag (log)

[Shelby]

Thawed out some walleye and steamed baked it in the CSO.  Lobster ravioli and sprouts to to with.  Homemade caramel and sliced apples for dessert.

 

 

 

To use up some of that roasted chicken I made a pot pie last night.

 

 

 

 

Ronnie came home yesterday with a bag of Snickers that were half off the Halloween isle (also a bag of Baby Ruths lol).  Which was really strange because he doesn't normally buy candy AND I had been thinking about this dessert that @ChocoMomposted about a few years ago.  It sounded so intriguing when she posted about it--she said her family goes nuts and eats it all in one sitting.  So, I made it back then and fell in love.  Anyway, I was so excited to still have apples left--plus the other ingredients.  You chop up the apples (Granny Smiths ) and the Snickers.  Mix those with Cool Whip and baby marshmallows.  Heavenly.

 

 

[Senior Sea Kayaker]

11 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

The original cacciatore recipe is from perhaps my most treasured cookbook, Romagnolis' Table.  My contribution is the mushrooms.

 

 

 

An old friend, whose family came from the Bari area, made a rabbit cacciatore that, if memory serves me correctly, was like this. No tomato, served with polenta and rapini. On my to do list.

 

 

[rotuts]

@Shelby 

 

Babe Ruth  and Snickers

 

about as god as it gets

 

for mainstream

 

the Fluff desert is talking to me

 

I know its unlikely you have any BR's left

 

might be interesting sub in that Fluff

[Shelby]

2 minutes ago, rotuts said:

might be interesting sub in that Fluff

I had that exact same though!  I hid the BR's......more for me....

[JoNorvelleWalker]

2 hours ago, lindag said:

This one?  

 

 

 

No.  Maybe I can take a picture of my pan.  It was a closeout.  And fortunately I have a spare still in its box.  In the living room.

 

[Kerala]

3 hours ago, KennethT said:

What type of curry is this?  Can you give details?

Vaguely a Keralan chicken curry, but modified to suit the mild palates of my family. One daughter is away at Uni, another is off travelling (Maldives at present) so I thought I'd try a curry again. It still needed to be mild for my Nepalese mother-in-law, wife and remaining teen daughter.

I started with mustard seeds crackled in hot sunflower/coconut oil, then added garlic and ginger, swiftly followed by 2 chopped onions and chilis. I split and de-seeded 2 green chillis, something I've never done before in my life- I would normally have used 5 or 6 chopped chillis for a kilogram of chicken. Once the onions were soft and off-white,  I added 2 teaspoons of Keralan chicken curry powder and let that fry a little. I would have added a spoonful of chilli powder plus a spoon of Kashmiri chilli powder for colour with a garam masala or whole spices instead of chicken curry powder. A dash of white vinegar to deglaze before adding 900g of chopped chicken drumsticks and 2 chopped tomatoes. I let all that cook for about half an hour while I made the rice. At the end I added a tadka of a handful of curry leaves and a crushed cardamom pod in sunflower oil.

It was medium hot- still a little hot for the family but providing some satiety for me. The recipe above is not really strictly Keralan, incorporating some Nepalese steps, also some concessions to time. However, I made a satisfying curry which my family enjoyed, so I'm happy with that. They do like my biriyani, but that's a 3 hour project, whereas this took me one hour from stepping in the kitchen.

[rotuts]

best place for BR's

 

well hidden.

 

might take a peek @ Marketbastest

 

to see if there are anyleftover

 

something Ive never thought to do before.

[Duvel]

A dear friend brought me this pack of Ichiran Ramen from Fukuoka. As the rest of the family (plus the in-laws) are enjoying a short trip to Tübingen, I decided to treat myself …

 

 

Made some pork belly chashu (and - not pictured - ajisuke tamago as well) … 

 

 

A little treat for the cook …

 

 

„The works“: And yes - it was good. The soup was great, but those noodles … can‘t believe you get that texture from dried ones. A very satisfying meal 🤗

 

Edited November 2, 2022 by Duvel (log)

[Shelby]

50 minutes ago, Duvel said:

A dear friend brought me this pack of Ichiran Ramen from Fukuoka. As the rest of the family (plus the in-laws) are enjoying a short trip to Tübingen, I decided to treat myself …

 

 

Made some pork belly chashu (and - not pictured - ajisuke tamago as well) … 

 

 

A little treat for the cook …

 

 

„The works“: And yes - it was good. The soup was great, but those noodles … can‘t believe you get that texture from dried ones. A very satisfying meal 🤗

 

Well.  This sent me to google.  Amazon says my order of a 5 pack will be here around Nov. 22nd  

 

 

enabler

[Duvel]

5 minutes ago, Shelby said:

enabler

Meeee ..?! Never 😝

 

Pro tip: don‘t use the full „spicy“ package for your first portion. 

[Captain]

Beef & pork meat balls with spaghetti for Wednesday night dinner.

[Kerala]

Roast chicken, usual fixings. The unsightly aggregation at top left is stuffing with sage from the garden.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

12 hours ago, lindag said:

This one?  

 

 

 

As promised, here is what mine looks like...

 

 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

5 hours ago, Shelby said:

Well.  This sent me to google.  Amazon says my order of a 5 pack will be here around Nov. 22nd  

 

 

enabler

 

I went with Subscribe and Save.

 

[Ann_T]

@Shelby, I'm not sure which I want more, your chicken pie or that caramel sauce.  I'd be happy to the sauce by the spoonful.

 

 

Tonight's dinner -   Had planned to grill a small beef tenderloin roast on the grill, but instead

cut it into medallions and made Green Peppercorn Steak.

With roasted potatoes, mushrooms and steamed green beans. 

 

 

[Honkman]

Root Vegetables and Bean Soup - with pancetta, leeks, turnips, carrots, cannellini beans, white wine, rosemary and parmesan

[Anna N]

10 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

I went with Subscribe and Save.

 

My bank account would allow it, but I’m not sure my conscience would go along with +$10 for a bowl of instant noodles. 

[Margaret Pilgrim]

29 minutes ago, Anna N said:

My bank account would allow it, but I’m not sure my conscience would go along with +$10 for a bowl of instant noodles. 

Indeed.   ""Afford" is a function of choice, not ability to pay.

[Duvel]

55 minutes ago, Anna N said:

My bank account would allow it, but I’m not sure my conscience would go along with +$10 for a bowl of instant noodles. 

😱

 

I thought you were joking, but it really costs more than 10 US$ per pack - just wow …