Dinner 2023

[Duvel]

Schlachtefest - the time of the year when pigs turn into various delectable meat products. Right now, everything pork is on offer, so I got a decent pork knuckle for less than 5€ …

 

Tried a new cooking method, that produced a super tender knuckle with at least a bit of a crunchy skin …

 

 

Served with (commercial) potato dumplings, a killer sauce (courtesy of said cooking method) and a „German“ salad …

 

 

And the best beer in the world !

 

 

No complaints 🤗

[heidih]

Schlachtefest - slaughter festival - that is certainly acknowledging reality  Looks great. What was the new method?

[rotuts]

@Duvel 

 

are those two knuckles , in the first pic ?

 

or split?

 

they look outstanding.

 

and more about the salad "

[Captain]

Some Spag Bol to go with my cheese.

[scamhi]

leftover lamb shish kebabs with Zahav style hummus and home made zoug added toasted pine nuts and some good olive oil

With a good rose that Robert Conterno has a hand in.

[btbyrd]

Grilled ribeye with bacon fat donabe rice, kimchi, and ginger scallion sauce.

 

 

 

[liuzhou]

Another black truffle, parma ham and arugula/ rocket pizza.

 

 

and a light libation.

 

 

 

 

[mgaretz]

Char siu with broccolini, with rice.

 

 

 

[Captain]

Loaded baked Spud with plenty of butter melting away under left over Spag Bol's, toped with cheese.

[C. sapidus]

Oven-roasted chicken thighs, marinated overnight with soy sauce, fish sauce, garlic, black pepper, sugar, and oil. Mrs. C repurposed broiled cabbage leftovers into a tasty stir fry. Jasmine rice to go with.

 

Dipping sauce of lime, lemon, rice vinegar, sugar, fish sauce, sliced chiles, garlic, ginger, and cilantro (unpictured). Made everything better.

 

[rotuts]

@C. sapidus

 

that looks so appealing 

 

I can taste it all .

[Honkman]

Kare Raisu with chicken thighs, potatoes, carrots, ginger, garlic scallions, chicken broth, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce and curry paste (which was made from turmeric, coriander, ginger, cardamom, cumin, cinnamon, fennel seeds, fenugreek, garlic powder, brown mustard, sugar, butter, flour and miso). Served with sushi rice and fukujinzuke

[liamsaunt]

Tried a recipe from Milk Street's Tuesday Nights Mediterranean for Turkish style flatbreads stuffed with roasted butternut squash and haloumi cheese with a lemon cumin yogurt sauce.  The recipe called for large tortillas for the wrapper, probably to save time, but we all liked it enough that I found a recipe for how to make the flatbread from scratch and will make it that way next time.  I stuffed my nephew's with spiced ground beef instead of squash so everyone at the table was happy.  Next time I will do a salad instead of oven fries.  

 

 

 

[chromedome]

Girlfriend had a hankering, so I made Completely Non-Authentic Chili (TM) last night. There was a pack of Impossible faux-ground in our freezer (she can't eat beef for medical reasons, and we both find the Beyond to taste better, but when Impossible's on sale I buy it for casseroles and such), and some cut-up tomatoes from our garden in the freezer, so those and some kidney beans and some homegrown jalapenos were the base ingredients. Cooked the beans first in my IP, then used it again to to cook the frozen tomatoes. I also pulled out a smaller quantity of pan-roasted tomatoes, because I thought those would add some depth of flavor.

I aimed to reproduce more or less the kind of fast-food chili you'd find at a Wendy's or a Tim Horton's, because that's what she likes (she'd be the first to tell you she has plebian tastes in many respects, or more accurately she'd say "I like what I like" and leave it at that). It came out just about right, and I have a bit of bean broth left over to put into a soup or something. No photo because a) chili isn't especially photogenic; and b) I never think of it in time.

[Raamo]

America Waygu Ribeye with mashed potatoes and a glass of 2010 cab from whitehall lanes.

 

 

Cooked to about 130F then seared, it was excellent.

[gulfporter]

On 10/22/2023 at 2:25 PM, Norm Matthews said:

I keep telling myself that I should try some different ways to do turkey better but never get around to it and don't have the nerve to try something different on The Day.  I wondered about butterfly cooking a turkey and about cutting  the bird apart and cooking them separately.  Then I got an email from ThermoWorks on How to Cook Spatchcock Turkey.  I tried it today and it turned out very well.    I made broth with the spine and neck, used some for stuffing and the rest along with pan drippings to make gravy.  The link is on youtube 

 

 

 

I did a spatchcocked turkey several years ago on my gas grill and it worked out well, we loved grilling any meat. 

[OlyveOyl]

Pasta marinara style, escarole salad awaiting an anchovy garlic dressing and pumpkin cake, caramel sauce with sprouted pumpkin seed brittle.

[Duvel]

I am not sure whether it’s the weather, the stress at work, the global economy or the baggage retrieval system they‘ve got at Heathrow, but every night I come home I am craving comfort food. In a lucky coincidence I am the only one who cooks at home, so …

 

Bratwurst, Rotkohl & buttery mashed potatoes, served with onion gravy and a cold Jever.

 

No complaints 🤗

[weinoo]

On 10/23/2023 at 12:39 PM, KennethT said:

Yikes.  I'm not a huge fan Robert Sietsema, but this is his latest review....

https://ny.eater.com/2023/10/23/23925204/foxface-natural-east-village-review

 

Of course, Sietsema's stock in trade is not necessarily the Foxfaces of the world; in any event, just a hit piece by Eater, which won't make one bit of difference to Foxface or its clientele.

Edited October 26, 2023 by weinoo (log)

[lindag]

2 hours ago, Duvel said:

I am not sure whether it’s the weather, the stress at work, the global economy or the baggage retrieval system they‘ve got at Heathrow, but every night I come home I am craving comfort food. In a lucky coincidence I am the only one who cooks at home, so …

 

Bratwurst, Rotkohl & buttery mashed potatoes, served with onion gravy and a cold Jever.

 

No complaints 🤗

YUM!!!

[rotuts]

@Duvel 

 

sausage , of good quality 

 

' old world-like ' , w sautéed skin like that 

 

and mashed potatoes 

 

are a match made way beyond Heaven .

[weinoo]

As mentioned in this post, I went out fishing for striped bass earlier in the week...successfully, I might add.

 

And last night, I took two of the filets I hadn't vacuum packed and frozen...

 

 

And cooked 'em a little Spanish style.  First, I par baked some thinly sliced Yukon gold potatoes, doused in olive oil, for about 20 minutes.

 

Then, I took the seasoned filets, put them on top, and threw some cherry tomatoes and Spanish olives all around. Back into the oven for another, oh 12 minutes, and done.  A little more olive oil, some lemon wedges, and one of the best meals you can imagine was had.

 

Oh, I also ought to mention, that when we butchered the fish a couple of hours after they were landed, I took the collars, salted and peppered, and grilled them; they were amazing.

[Norm Matthews]

8 hours ago, gulfporter said:

 

I did a spatchcocked turkey several years ago on my gas grill and it worked out well, we loved grilling any meat. 

 

I regret getting rid of my charcoal grill.   I am thinking about getting another one.  

[mgaretz]

6 hours ago, Duvel said:

And a cold Jever.

Can you send some over here please?
 

[Honkman]

Curry Cauliflower “rice” (shredded cauliflower cooked with water and curry powder) with seared shrimps and garlic. Served with cucumber salad with olive oil/apple vinegar/honey/fresno chili/dill vinaigrette