Dinner 2023

[heidih]

Beautiful!  Well thank goodness for the cukes - I was gettin a greasy lip overload   Sure it was a lovely celebration.

[liuzhou]

红烧狮子头 (hóng shāo shī zǐ) - Red-Cooked Lion's Head Meatballs

香卤鹌鹑蛋 (xiāng lǔ ān chún dàn) - Stewed Salted Quail Eggs

香菇滑鸡 (xiāng gū huá jī) - Fried Chicken with Shiitake

米饭 (mǐ fàn) - Rice

 

 

[scamhi]

Dinner was an Iberico Secreto grilled with salsa verde and air fried broccoli.

And a delicious rosso de montalcino.

[Okanagancook]

Wow @scamhi, perfect cook on the pork!  Looks delicious.

[weinoo]

Friday night @ Cafe Katja...

 

 

They do a good burger, with melted gruyere and sautéed onions. Comes with the fried little potatoes.  A veritable bargain at only $19.

 

I forced myself into the hot kitchen last night.

 

 

Thankfully, I'd blanched the broccoli rabe early in the day.

 

 

If I only had an Iberico secreto...but no!  Pork loin chops, center-cut boneless (not something I usually buy, but they were on sale). Sautéed, and made a little pan sauce.  Rancho Gordo's Vaquero beans over Anson Mills (!) Charleston Gold rice, cooked on the stovetop according to their directions.

Edited July 9, 2023 by weinoo (log)

[Duvel]

Pizza & movie night - as pretty much every Sunday 🤗

 

The usual starting point: Salami & mushrooms …

 

A bit misshapen, yet surprisingly tasty: feta & fresh courgettes, caramelized with some garlic & oregano …

 

 

And a pizza that @liamsaunt probably would call Carbonara, but for some strange reason in my favourite pizzeria in Ludwigshafen is called Sofia Loren 🙄 Bacon, Parmigiano and eggs … Pizza bakes in about 3 min, so next time the eggs will go on top in the middle of that period …

 

 

All very yummy. Enjoyed while watching Indiana Jones - Raiders of the lost ark … we want to see the new movie in the cinema soon and need to get the little one up to speed with the lore 🤗

[rotuts]

@Duvel 

 

Id love a slice of the top

 

and a slice of the bottom

 

but I rather have 1/2 of each .

[Kerala]

Been away a while... Just life.

Fish pie. The red bits are actually brown, there's some weird low-light processing going on by my Huawei.

Fish pie mix from Sainsbury's, prawns from the freezer, hard boiled eggs, something like bechamel for the white sauce.

[Shelby]

1 hour ago, Duvel said:

Pizza & movie night - as pretty much every Sunday 🤗

 

The usual starting point: Salami & mushrooms …

 

A bit misshapen, yet surprisingly tasty: feta & fresh courgettes, caramelized with some garlic & oregano …

 

 

And a pizza that @liamsaunt probably would call Carbonara, but for some strange reason in my favourite pizzeria in Ludwigshafen is called Sofia Loren 🙄 Bacon, Parmigiano and eggs … Pizza bakes in about 3 min, so next time the eggs will go on top in the middle of that period …

 

 

All very yummy. Enjoyed while watching Indiana Jones - Raiders of the lost ark … we want to see the new movie in the cinema soon and need to get the little one up to speed with the lore 🤗

Great looking pizzas.  I love the eggplant one especially.  

 

I remember when I watched that movie for the first time.  On VHS tape.  Still one of my favorites.

[C. sapidus]

 

Leftovers: pulled pork sandwich with homemade BBQ sauce and tangy coleslaw. Jazzed-up potato salad.

 

Somehow a huge bowl of coleslaw disappeared so I mixed up a quick batch with leftover cabbage, shallot, Dijon mustard, apple cider vinegar, sugar, S&P, and just enough mayo to mellow it out a bit. Some folks expected standard creamy coleslaw but I prefer tangy with BBQ pork.

 

Edited July 9, 2023 by C. sapidus (log)

[heidih]

5 minutes ago, C. sapidus said:

 

Leftovers: pulled pork sandwich with homemade BBQ sauce and tangy coleslaw. Jazzed-up potato salad.

 

Somehow a huge bowl of coleslaw disappeared so I mixed up a quick batch with leftover cabbage, Dijon mustard, apple cider vinegar, sugar, S&P, and just enough mayo to mellow it out a bit. Some folks expected standard creamy coleslaw but I prefer tangy with BBQ pork.

 

You may want to play wth the JailHouse slaw @kayb posted. I down the sugar. Sometimes add cucumber. to the portion before service.  https://forums.egullet.org/topic/156711-kaybs-cole-slaw-jail-slaw/

 

[gfweb]

Pork tonkatsu, miso cabbage slaw. Clunky plating

 

[OlyveOyl]

Mezza rigatoni, guanciale , tomato and basil.

 

Fennel, red onion, anchovy salad, grated zest of an orange and lotsa’ fresh herbs.

 

local blueberries , blueberry coulis, cake filled with tangerine curd/sour cream, sprig of mint.

[Captain]

Coconut Crab.  Have been looking forward to this for about a year.

 

   Coconut Crab

[KennethT]

1 hour ago, Captain said:

Coconut Crab.  Have been looking forward to this for about a year.

 

   Coconut Crab

Edit:  Sorry - I'm crazy exhausted/jetlagged... I don't read so good right now!

Edited July 10, 2023 by KennethT (log)

[heidih]

1 hour ago, Captain said:

Coconut Crab.  Have been looking forward to this for about a year.

 

   Coconut Crab

Think I am in lust/love. Oh my! Maybe like the land crabs in the Caribbean.sorta 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

5 hours ago, gfweb said:

Pork tonkatsu, miso cabbage slaw. Clunky plating

 

 

I'd suffer the plating.  I don't see any kale.

 

[Honkman]

Lamb tagine (lamb shoulder, carrots, potatoes, shallots, garlic, tomatoes, dried apricots, harissa, cinnamon sticks, cumin, chili, preserved lemon, white wine, lamb broth) served with couscous (made with olives, mint and parsley)

[mgaretz]

Burger with sesame seed bun, lettuce, pickles, 1000 island dressing (Kraft bottled, more like 10 island dressing) and served with oven fries.

 

 

[Dante]

Meatloaf with cherry tomato glaze, side of mashed potatoes with tomato gravy

[liuzhou]

红烧排骨 (hóng shāo pái gǔ), red-cooked pork ribs

烤鸭 (kǎo yā), roast duck

 

 

The two proteins were served with stir-fried and shredded spicy napa cabbage. Plating looks like it was lobbed from a helicopter, i know. My doing entirely, but I am semi paralysed and I was hungry.

 

枸杞菜蛋汤 (gǒu qǐ cài dàn tāng)

 

 

 

This was delicious. Basically, egg drop soup but with goji tops replacing the more usual seaweed. I'll be pinching that idea if I ever recover enough to cook.

 

I dealt with this by treating it as another vegetable side dish, digging out the greens. Then finished by drinking the soup. Very Chinese.

 

米饭 (mǐ fàn)

 

 

Edited July 10, 2023 by liuzhou (log)

[ScottyBoy]

My girl requested a thing off the TV again… a contestant on the barbecue show made a prosciutto wrapped chicken with mushroom duxelles (yes a bbq show🤔)

 

So another example of “oh, you want to eat that thing on TV?”

[Shelby]

34 minutes ago, ScottyBoy said:

My girl requested a thing off the TV again… a contestant on the barbecue show made a prosciutto wrapped chicken with mushroom duxelles (yes a bbq show🤔)

 

So another example of “oh, you want to eat that thing on TV?”

Looks delicious!  So good to see you again!

[weinoo]

 

Scallops and shrimp in a white wine butter sauce, over couscous.  Sautéed sugar snaps.

[Tropicalsenior]

13 minutes ago, weinoo said:

Scallops and shrimp in a white wine butter sauce

Okay, you've got me on this one. How do you get that beautiful char on those shrimp and still have them perfectly cooked and juicy?