Dinner 2022

[heidih]

5 minutes ago, blue_dolphin said:

I love one of those tarts for any meal!

and in my mind I can hear, feel, and taste the first bite crunch of that puff oasty. Beautiful.

[Honkman]

Minestrone with fennel, carrots, onion, garlic, tomatoes, broccoli, basil, parmesan and small pork meatballs (but without pasta)

Edited June 7, 2022 by Honkman (log)

[weinoo]

 

Wild sockeye salmon and avocado "donburi."

 

This dish wasn't served with dinner last night, but a few nights ago as pre-dinner:

 

 

Mushrooms, Spanish tapas style.

[heidih]

@weinoo that is a fine looking piece of salmon!

[Annie_H]

19 hours ago, Dejah said:

Interesting with the rhubarb. It is just coming in season. Was the salmon and rhubarb grilled in foil? Please give more info on the after texture.

 

I just had a big rhubarb harvest. And the next few weekends. I use it like we sometimes put onions and herbs under and in a chicken cavity. For moisture and flavor. That is just a quick parchment lined foil 'tray'. My designated smoker sheet pans are too big for this meal. I often cover for longer cooks but salmon does not need much time so I left it uncovered but pulled it snug to the sides of the salmon so the rhubarb steamed. Cooks creamy and tart. Could be palm sugared or a miso glaze but did not have a full pantry/fridge with me. 

 

Burger night. Iceberg wedge with a three cheese spicy dressing. Kenji potatoes. Tried a sweet potato recipe but overcooked them---went in a batch of pup food. 

 

[Paul Bacino]

shrimp ceviche --  Wild caught white/ lime/ lemon / Mandurian/ "juices " /  now chopped celery/ cucumber/ red pepper/ red onion/ cilantro/ Ketsup/ and yellow mustard/  Jalapeno

 

Edited June 7, 2022 by Paul Bacino (log)

[liamsaunt]

Soy ginger haddock with (not enough) box choy and rice.

 

[heidih]

1 hour ago, Paul Bacino said:

shrimp ceviche --  Wild caught white/ lime/ lemon / Mandurian/ "juices " /  now chopped celery/ cucumber/ red pepper/ red onion/ cilantro/ Ketsup/ and yellow mustard/  Jalapeno

 

The ketchup reminds me more of the Mexican seafood Coctel. Is the yellow mustard your twist or have you had it that way before?

[Paul Bacino]

1 hour ago, heidih said:

The ketchup reminds me more of the Mexican seafood Coctel. Is the yellow mustard your twist or have you had it that way before?

I play soccer with a bunch of Ecuadorian individuals/  they use it!!  In modest quantities 

 

https://www.chefspencil.com/recipe/ecuadorian-ceviche/

Edited June 7, 2022 by Paul Bacino (log)

[heidih]

26 minutes ago, Paul Bacino said:

I play soccer with a bunch of Ecuadorian individuals/  they use it!!  In modest quantities 

 

https://www.chefspencil.com/recipe/ecuadorian-ceviche/

gotta love a site where you learn spethong new every day. Thanks!

[Paul Bacino]

14 minutes ago, heidih said:

gotta love a site where you learn spethong new every day. Thanks!

  Crazy,  we have international food days with my players/  Bolivian/ Peruvian/ Salvadorian/ Mexican/ Ecuadorian..  msotly I play with Central American football players but also Brits, germans and Russians 

[mgaretz]

Another pork chop cooked on the NFG, with Brussels sprouts also on the NFG, with a dash of tangerine flavored balsamic after cooking.

 

 

[Kim Shook]

@Shelby – again with the fantastic radishes!  And everything else.  I’m now craving lasagna.  And your fried chicken gravy looks luscious.  And those strawberries ❤️!!!

 

@Ann_T – It all looks delicious, as always.  But your battered fish is positively stellar!  And would you be terribly affronted if I surreptitiously removed the asparagus from the goat cheese tarts?  Because I really would love one of those 😁!

 

Saturday night we tried an Italian restaurant that I’ve been wanting to go to across the river.  It’s called Frank’s.  Jessica and I had excellent Caesar salads:

 

 

Mr. Kim had an ok Greek:

 

 

We shared the burrato appetizer:

 

The wonderful thing about this was the fact that the restaurant owner was born in Italy, so has an authenticity that informs his recipes and food choices.  But he is Richmond enough that that gooey, balsamic drizzled cheese ball is sitting atop and perfectly prepared FRIED GREEN TOMATO!  It was genius!!!

 

 

Mr. Kim had his usual baked spaghetti:

 

Which tasted very good but had a disappointing amount of watery residue.  And that didn’t develop after sitting awhile – someone let it come out of the kitchen that way. 

 

Jessica had one of the specials – lobster ravioli with shrimp in a creamy tomato sauce:

 

This was delicious. 

 

I had the meat filled cannelloni:

 

Which always makes me think of David Ross who was kind enough to type out the entire Time-Life recipe that he used for the pasta, sauce, and meat filling for me when I asked about it.  It is the only recipe I use now, and this was close.

 

All in all, though this was good, it was about on level with a nearby place called The Grapevine which is so much closer and run by Lebanese folks.  I rarely crave Italian, so when we go Mike gets Italian and I get Lebanese and we’re both happy.  Plus, the fact that the two best things we had were specials.

 

Sunday - this was supposed to be an afternoon snack, but ended up being supper:

 

 

Last night:

 

Chicken Kiev, couscous, green beans, sweet potatoes, and collards.  The Kiev is frozen, but Barber is a good brand - the chicken is raw, and they use real butter.  And, yes, a bunch of other stuff that I can’t necessarily pronounce.  Honestly, if I waited until I made it from scratch to have Kiev, it just wouldn’t happen.  Kind of an odd combination of stuff, but we’re heading out of town on Friday morning for a few days and are trying to not shop and to use up what we have. 

 

[Honkman]

Fusili with asparagus and a sauce made of of chèvre, olive oil, lemon zest and tarragon

[rotuts]

@Kim Shook 

 

Ive used the Time-Life

 

Italian  ed. Waverly Root

 

Caneloni al Forno and Lasagna Rx

 

for years .  nothing better !

 

glad your cannelloni was close.  such a fine dish when made properly.

 

if I could get either dish locally that was close , Id put on 20 ( magnificent )

 

pounds.

[liamsaunt]

Salmon banh mi

 

[gfweb]

42 minutes ago, liamsaunt said:

Salmon banh mi

 

 

 

What is that green flecked thing. A sliced terrine?

[TicTac]

1 hour ago, gfweb said:

 

 

What is that green flecked thing. A sliced terrine?

One would deduce....

 

The Salmon! 

 

 

@liamsaunt has a knack for turning fish into amazing looking patties. 

[Tropicalsenior]

7 minutes ago, TicTac said:

One would deduce....

 

The Salmon! 

 

 

@liamsaunt has a knack for turning fish into amazing looking patties. 

She has The Knack for turning anything into amazing looking food. BTY, @liamsaunt, welcome back. I've missed seeing your fantastic repertoire  of dishes everyday.

[Annie_H]

Anniversary meal. Falling on a weekday I just made our favorites. NewOrleans shell-on bbq shrimp and merguez. Over mixed grain--wheat berries, wild rice, caviar lentils. Hijiki/wakame/miso in the grain. Roasted roots and vegetables. Pea shoot, fennel, cucumber, feta, avocado, mango, herb salad. 

We usually both forget our anniversary, but I was seeking out soft shell crabs, lobster and oysters but too much going on to pull that off. (how do we forget 6.7.89). He did the math this morning---33 years. 

I'm just picky about fresh. Patient for prime seafood we will have soon. A weekend in the near future. 

I made a fresh furakaki but overkill and just used it on our lunches. 

[heidih]

@Annie_H so is the BBQ shrimp what I recall as shrimp swimming in spicy butter or grilled? I first read of the former years ago in Gooyrmet as the ideal luxury easy indulgent meal to reward yourself for completing your taxes

[Owtahear]

Chicken Wings marinated in some sort of hybrid chimichurri/sauzan marinade on my new Genesis gas grill.    They really needed no more secondary sauce and seasoning.

[RWood]

Since my squash plant is only making male flowers, I’m gonna eat them 😋. And Trader Joe’s falafel, that improved greatly if they are deep fried. They were terrible following the package directions. Also made tzatziki with Fage 5%. 

[Ann_T]

 

"Minestrone with fennel, carrots, onion, garlic, tomatoes, broccoli, basil, parmesan and small pork meatballs (but without pasta)"

@Honkman I keep coming back to look at your soup.  Makes my mouth water. 

 

Started a batch of sourdough for pizza on Monday night. Left out on the counter overnight for a room temperature slow fermentation.

In the morning I divided it into two balls and it went into the fridge until around noon today.

Taken out and left to warm up. Matt is making his own pizza and I made one for Moe and I, with pepperoni, mushrooms and olives, two kinds and baked it in the Ooni.

[liamsaunt]

21 hours ago, Tropicalsenior said:

She has The Knack for turning anything into amazing looking food. BTY, @liamsaunt, welcome back. I've missed seeing your fantastic repertoire  of dishes everyday.

 

Thanks!  I was on vacation.  It turns out that three weeks of restaurant food is too much restaurant food for me.  I am not complaining but I am glad to be home and eating my own food for a while.  

 

 

22 hours ago, gfweb said:

 

 

What is that green flecked thing. A sliced terrine?

 

The salmon. It is from the Andrea Nguyen cookbook The Banh Mi Handbook.  Here is a version from her website.  The version in her book adds fish sauce, and suggests cilantro instead of dill.  I also added lemongrass and some spicy chile.  

 

https://www.vietworldkitchen.com/blog/2007/08/salmon-cakes-wi.html

 

Last night, Indian spiced squash zoodles and chicken with herbed yogurt, mango, and naan