Lunch 2023

AAQuesada · January 14, 2023

Tomato concasse, zucchini with preserved Myers lemons mixed into the risotto

Duvel · January 14, 2023

Leberkäsebrötchen with a fried egg …

BonVivant · January 15, 2023

It's still blowing a gale, has been relentlessly for a week now.

All I've got in the house.

Frittata with broccoli and goat's cheese brought back from Lanzarote. Very pungent hard cheese. Should have tasted it before adding more on top. So now the frittata contains more cheese than all other ingredients.

Smoked sprats from Latvia. I am partial to sardines but like (smoked) sprats almost as much. Polish supermarkets stock them and I really like the plastic ring pull which requires very little effort. It should be the norm by now.

Rye bread (sourdough of course) I got in Duesseldorf.

Do you need this in your life?

Woman reading on train. Poster: Journalists manipulate us in the interests of the powerful.

Duvel · January 16, 2023

On 1/15/2023 at 7:56 PM, BonVivant said:

o you need this in your life?

That’s really funny - my Rewe has exactly the same display 😝

Kim Shook · January 16, 2023

@Duvel – I had to look up Leberkase. It further confirms my thought that culinarily I have to have some German DNA. It sounds wonderful. Pardon me if I sound crazy to you, but this Southern US lady wants to know if this is ever fried 😊.

After church lunch at our local Chinese restaurant. Soups (Hot & Sour and Wonton):

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Eggroll:

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I love this place and their egg rolls are ok, but I wish I could find the egg rolls of my youth. Tightly filled with crisp cabbage, shredded carrots, bean sprouts with tiny shrimp and roast pork.

I had the crispy honey shrimp:

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And Mr. Kim had the double hot pork:

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heidih · January 16, 2023

33 minutes ago, Kim Shook said:

@Duvel+ – I had to look up Leberkase. It further confirms my thought that culinarily I have to have some German DNA. It sounds wonderful. Pardon me if I sound crazy to you, but this Southern US lady wants to know if this is ever fried 😊.

@Duvel's post here could get you started https://forums.egullet.org/topic/155288-tales-from-the-fragrant-harbour/?do=findComment&comment=2113794

Tropicalsenior · January 16, 2023

43 minutes ago, Kim Shook said:

It sounds wonderful.

It is. I have used @Duvel's recipe several times and I love it.

Duvel · January 17, 2023

Homemade Döner with salads …

Duvel · January 19, 2023

A winter classic: Erbseneintopf mit Würstchen (pea stew with sausage) …

BeeZee · January 19, 2023

Early lunch since I was near a pretty good local deli, the Kibitz Room. Bagel with whitefish salad, half sour pickle. I take the two halves apart and eat them open faced.

Edited January 19, 2023 by BeeZee (log)

Duvel · January 20, 2023

“Leftover Friday”, so the content of the veggie shelf of the fridge was put to good use … Shepherd’s pie !

Kim Shook · January 22, 2023

@Duvel – your Erbseneintopf mit Würstchen looks so good. Perfect for the weather we had today.

Wednesday’s lunch was my favorite “all alone in the house” meal:

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Smoked oysters. Mr. Kim and Jessica hate even the smell, so I do them a kindness and mostly eat them when I’m alone. So incredibly good!

Thursday was the tuna salad sandwich I’d been craving for a while:

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Today was the making and delivering of shelter lunches and then the usual lunch out. We went to an old favorite sandwich place in the city. I had the Croque Monsieur and salad:

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Mr. Kim had the chili and the Manny (ham, pepperoni, Swiss):

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heidih · January 22, 2023

Only time I've heard the word "manny" is in referene to a male nanny

Tropicalsenior · January 22, 2023

1 hour ago, Kim Shook said:

Wednesday’s lunch was my favorite “all alone in the house” meal:

Smoked oysters

I love these and I've never been able to find them down here. My favorite is to have them on whole wheat toast with thick slabs of bacon.

Senior Sea Kayaker · January 22, 2023

@Kim Shook

I always have a few cans of either smoked oysters or mussels for 'emergencies' (aka too lazy to do more than open a can).

BonVivant · January 22, 2023

Duck 2 ways, from a small whole duck. Lasted 2 meals.

With preserved lemons

With ginger and fresh turmeric

From both sides of the southern Andes (Mendoza, AR and Valle de Casablance, CL). Both regions are well known for their immense wine production.

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Another meal:

Bought a bunch of Iberico charcuterie from a secadero* in Alajar village where I stayed a week. (*Secadero is a shop/business where the hams are dried and aged, the specialist also makes all sorts of charcuterie from the Iberico pigs' parts. The place smells so good!)

Treasures from the freezer.

Actually, I made 3 things from 1 duck. Got the butcher to remove the breasts and chop the rest into smaller pieces. I cured the breasts for a week. They were the tiniest duck breasts and thus not suitable for curing too long.

Mojama (dried tuna loin from Murcia, Spain) in Oaxacan chilli oil. Sardines brought back from Lanzarote.

Rye bread

On 1/16/2023 at 8:32 PM, Duvel said:

That’s really funny - my Rewe has exactly the same display 😝

I have observed this in several countries: someone from XYZ company oversees how their products* are set up in a supermarket. They have a diagram which they use to arrange the products on the shelves and they have to be in a certain order. This explains why the (Fackelmann) display is the same nationwide. (*Btw, I mean non food products.)

I enjoy checking out the kitchenware section in every country/supermarket. If anyone here ever visits Germany make sure you browse the kitchenware floor in a department store. A.ma.zing. They have everything Staub, everything LC, all the well known German brands and many international brands.

**MaryIsobel** · January 22, 2023

20 hours ago, Tropicalsenior said:

I love these and I've never been able to find them down here. My favorite is to have them on whole wheat toast with thick slabs of bacon.

I really loved smoked oysters when I was a kid. It was a shared thing with my Dad and we always ate them when we were by ourselves because my mom and sisters couldn't even stand to look at them. When I was about 10 and Mom and my younger sisters were out, Dad and I decided on smoked oysters and Imperial Cheese and crackers. For a treat, Dad decided that he would give me a couple of inches of his beer. I won't described what happened next but it was not pretty and I have never eaten a smoked oyster again. My poor Dad had to clean up my bedclothes, the floor and me and made me promise not to tell my Mom about the beer. Funny, I still like beer. This makes my dad sound like a low-life, but he wasn't. In the 60's, it wasn't unusal for kids to be given a bit of beer or wine, just a taste.

Tropicalsenior · January 22, 2023

39 minutes ago, MaryIsobel said:

mom and sisters couldn't even stand to look at them.

Oh boy, does that bring back memories. One restaurant that I worked in had deep fried oysters on a seafood platter and I used to fry a couple, make some bacon, and put it on whole wheat toast. I worked with a chef that I couldn't stand and I found out that when he came in with a hangover, which was quite often, whenever he saw me eating that he got violently ill. After that, I had them quite often.

Now about lunch, I made cheddar cheese biscuits from a recipe by @ElsieD.

They were delicious and I made him and cheese biscuit sandwiches.

Edited January 22, 2023 by Tropicalsenior (log)

heidih · January 22, 2023

36 minutes ago, MaryIsobel said:

Funny, I still like beer. This makes my dad sound like a low-life, but he wasn't. In the 60's, it wasn't unusal for kids to be given a bit of beer or wine, just a taste.

Varies with cultures. The kids table at gatherngs were always given a shot glass or two of Schnapps to pass around, in France it was couple inched of red wine and glass topped up with water. much like introducing kids to coffee with mostly milk. on the wine I thought it made sense as the young boy who was sent down to the wine place and schlep back a heavy gallon (re-fillable bottles) shoud partake

liuzhou · January 23, 2023

On 1/22/2023 at 8:31 AM, Kim Shook said:

Wednesday’s lunch was my favorite “all alone in the house” meal:

Smoked oysters.

I love oysters but always eat them raw. Dislike grilled specimens which is how they areusually served here. However, I'd give those a try.

6 hours ago, MaryIsobel said:

For a treat, Dad decided that he would give me a couple of inches of his beer.

I can't remember how young I was when I had my first alcohol with dinner. Maybe 5 or 6. French mother watered it down and it became less and less dilute over the next ten years. By 16, it was full strength. Normal behaviour for her. It is supposed to teach responsible use of alcohol. Not sure if that works all the time!

chromedome · January 23, 2023

My parents were also of the "teach responsible consumption at home" camp. Spoiler: I did not consume responsibly when I left home.

That being said, having somehow survived my late teens and early 20s (...and yeah, it was nip and tuck a couple of times) I am a very moderate drinker at this stage in my life.

Steve Irby · January 24, 2023

Slightly dressed up leftovers. Sous vide, sausage stuffed and bacon wrapped turkey breast over medium grain rice. The turkey slices were reheated in a gravy made with the sous vide bag juices. Topped with sautéed blue oyster mushrooms and sieved pickled egg. The slightly dressed up part was using a 4-inch ring mold. The dogs were not impressed😕 with the plating but sure enjoyed the plate.