Lunch 2022

[liuzhou]

Lunch today was horrible. That's all you need to know. Horrible and inedible! What little went into my mouth was spat out in seconds.

No pictures, obvously.

[Anna N]

Utterly unsophisticated but quick & tasty. Ham, cheese and a lick of Dijon on squishy white bread— grilled. 

[Katie Meadow]

10 hours ago, liuzhou said:

Lunch today was horrible. That's all you need to know. Horrible and inedible! What little went into my mouth was spat out in seconds.

No pictures, obvously.

Sorry, not good enough! I don't need pix. But I do want to know what it was, and most importantly, whether or not you made it

[nonblonde007]

@liuzhou, you could always post it here.... 😉

 

[Anna N]

13 minutes ago, nonblonde007 said:

liuzhou, you could always post it here.... 😉

I am not at all sure that I would be even thinking of taking a photograph of something that I was spitting out.

That’s not a true statement. I absolutely would not be taking a photo of something I found that horrible. 😂

Edited September 2, 2022 by Anna N
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[blue_dolphin]

2 hours ago, Anna N said:

I am not at all sure that I would be even thinking of taking a photograph of something that I was spitting out.

That’s not a true statement. I absolutely would not be taking a photo of something I found that horrible. 😂

I usually snap a photo before digging in but I’ve usually tasted for seasoning so wouldn’t be so surprised by an inedible result. 
@liuzhou! I am curious, were there no available options to the inedible choice?  How long were you forced to go without sustenance?

 

 

Edited September 2, 2022 by blue_dolphin
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[Anna N]

22 minutes ago, blue_dolphin said:

I usually snap a photo before digging in

You are right of course. 

[blue_dolphin]

30 minutes ago, Anna N said:

You are right of course. 

You are also right as I probably wouldn’t be posting anything so awful even if I did get a photo!

[Kerala]

 

Half a lunch on the run...!

[gulfporter]

Kimchi pork burger with gochujang sauce.  Trust me, it tasted better than it looks 🙄

 

 

[Kerala]

3 hours ago, Kerala said:

 

Half a lunch on the run...!

4 minutes past ripe.

[KennethT]

The last of my soto ayam paste AND I can't believe I'm almost out of homemade chicken stock....

 

Soto ayam - central Java style

 

Kuih kosui for dessert - with salted coconut shavings 

[BonVivant]

It's probably the last warm/hot weekend here.
Carmenere and Austrian Riesling.

 

Aubergines and portobello

 

From my favourite Turkish shop. A young baker makes these tandor flatbread as I watch and wait.

 

Garlicky dip for the bread

 

Ribeye from a farm 2 1/2 hours away (I biked there the other day and timed it). I sliced the whole big chunk into smaller pieces to make it easier to turn on the Weber.

 

Another meal in the sun.

Chanterelle omelette

 

Matjes with dairy

 

Knas is a Danish cheese. Has a mild pungent, stableyard smell that reminds me of Alsatian Muenster.

 

Chewy rye bread. A lot of concentration is needed to slice it thinly in one go.

 

Pistachio baklava from the Turkish grocer again

 

Got 2 big squashes the other day. Not sure what they are. I check the seed catalogue (from whom this farm buys seeds) and they look like either "Turkish mountain squash" or "Autumn beauty". Both types have dense and sweet flesh.

 

The whole family at work. They harvest almost every day now.

[Kim Shook]

I ended up with a week-long (so far) upper respiratory infection starting last Friday.  Tested negative for COVID, thank goodness.  This was my not feeling terrible, but not feeling great, either brunch on Saturday:

Scrambled eggs, sausage gravy and biscuits, and one more biscuit with strawberry jam for comfort 😉.

[CookBot]

17 hours ago, Kim Shook said:

This was my not feeling terrible, but not feeling great, either brunch on Saturday:

Scrambled eggs, sausage gravy and biscuits, and one more biscuit with strawberry jam for comfort 😉.

 

Wow.  Biscuits and gravy are what I make when I am feeling great, and thinking "Yeah, those statin drugs are definitely working."

[Kim Shook]

Still not 100%, so I went full childhood comfort mode for lunch today:

Lipton noodle soup and Chicken in a Biskit crackers.  

[heidih]

39 minutes ago, Kim Shook said:

Still not 100%, so I went full childhood comfort mode for lunch today:

Lipton noodle soup and Chicken in a Biskit crackers.  

They still make that cracker!?!  I was always sneaking them out of pantry as a kid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kim Shook]

4 hours ago, heidih said:

They still make that cracker!?!  I was always sneaking them out of pantry as a kid

 

They DO!  They still make Sociables, too - along with Rye Finn Crisp my crackers of choice for Cheddar and Port Wine spread!  

[BonVivant]

Moroccan pistachio pastries. Turkish style is (very) finely ground, Moroccan is coarse or left whole. Turkish is buttery and overall quality is superior.

 

 

Turkish black figs from Bursa are here again. On my second tray this week.

 

Moroccan fried bread ("Msemmen") and home-made kumquat marmalade (tart, not sweet).

 

Full-fat farmer's quark from the dairy farm

 

Not Moroccan but from a country that's no less fascinating.

 

One of the 4 all-important C's in the state of Oaxaca: corn, chilli, chocolate, and coffee.

 

The most well known chocolate producer in Oaxaca state. I spent many happy chocolate drinking hours at Mayodomo shop in the Oaxacan capital.

 

Pastries and fried bread are from a Moroccan bakery 10km away. The pastries survived the bumpy bike ride home on lousy bike paths that I paid for.

 

 

Edited September 10, 2022 by BonVivant (log)

[heidih]

Wow the color of that chocolate is DARK almost blue-black. Kumquat marmalade is a favorite of mine. It finally rained here. Will give it a week or so and see if I got some activity on my lone tree.

[weinoo]

 

Might call it mezze plates for lunch.  Lima bean salad, cucumbers, tomatoes, feta, olives, and a nice hunk of Spanish tuna in olive oil.

[Kerala]

Aldi Firkadel, coleslaw, gouda slice, hot chilli and garlic, seeded bun.

[Duvel]

1 hour ago, Kerala said:

Aldi Firkadel, coleslaw, gouda slice, hot chilli and garlic, seeded bun.

That’s an interesting bun … can you describe it ?

[Kerala]

1 hour ago, Duvel said:

That’s an interesting bun … can you describe it ?

Soft, with seeds for interest. No crisp crust. From Asda.

 

[BonVivant]

Got a kilo bag each of razor and almond clams, but not for steaming and eating out of the shell. After steaming I cleaned every single clam and then added them to cooked freekeh with a spicy chilli sauce and tamari.  Lots of raw garlic on the side. My version of Vietnamese clam rice.

 

Chinese cheese, AKA bean curd in chilli sauce. I like to use it in cooking, as a condiment, and even spread it sparingly on bread.

 

Edited September 11, 2022 by BonVivant (log)