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Dinner 2023


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On 11/30/2023 at 12:15 AM, Duvel said:


May I stand in line for those as well ..?

Anytime you are in the neighborhood!
@rotutsThe Big Easy does a lovely job for the Char Ius, and is a lot less messy for my oven! I used to have a cross piece on the top of my old oven. I used to hang the pork on it un til it broke. New oven doesn't have that bar, so I am very happy to have purchased the Big Easy.
I bought the toy mainly as a tandoori oven, but it's turned out to be so useful for all sorts of cooking! ❤️

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My sister in Vancouver has sent me more dried shrimp meat which are lovely large whole fried shrimp, instead of little ones.

These are great for Joong, but also lovely with Mung Bean Noodles (Fun See), along with some of the Char Siu I made.

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Stir-fried Cumin Beef with peppers, onion, chili flakes, and fresh mint

 

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Korean-inspired keto(ish) bowl

 

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- base is pan-fried riced cauliflower plus skirt steak, avocado, quick-pickled cucumbers, kimchi, red peppers and home-made "bibimbap" sauce (it's not the actual deal, just something I've wrapped up using miso, red pepper flakes, rice vinegar, erythritol and sesame oil)

 

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Since there is no „linner“ thread …

 

First Sunday of Advent marks the time the Duvel family ventures into the accompanying Christmas market season. Today we met with some friends at Heidelberg.

 

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We started with some quick Glühweins mit Schuss (mulled wine with a shot of Amaretto). This picture shows the process how to distribute 4 Glühwein between three persons (one of which values his privacy) …

 

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Plan was to get the little one (and his similar aged friend) tired out early, so we had then ice skating. First time 😉. He managed with a bit of help …

 

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Fueled by a lot more mulled wine (that makes you impervious to the cold) and some potato pancakes (dito), that were inhaled before any decent picture could be taken, we moved to the area around the market place …

 

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Kids got crêpes with Nutella & cherries, as they were in dire need of calories after 1.5h of ice skating. Older ones had anothr Glühwein. Or two.

 

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Moving on to the university square, where all the artistic booths are …

 

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Woodwork …

 

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Fur …

 

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Old timey stuff …

 

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The Christmas star shop (that has seen a lot of business from my side in the last decades) …

 

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And finally: the wild boat sausage from the hunter cooperative. Looks unspectacular, but is very, very good. Enjoyed with Düsseldorf style sharp mustard. I had two. For the dinner thread, of course !

 

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Finally a round on the carousel and everyone agreed that the day was a success and that -4 oC were reason enough to head home …

 

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No complaints. Except a bit hungry …

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Epilogue:

 

Slightly toasted tummies require:

1. Salt

2. Carbs

3. Umami

4. Something acidic

 

The respective owner of said toasted tummy required something easy to make.

 

Soooo - Linguine Puttanesca …

 

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Worked like a charm 🤗

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22 minutes ago, Duvel said:

Epilogue:

 

Slightly toasted tummies require:

1. Salt

2. Carbs

3. Umami

4. Something acidic

 

The respective owner of said toasted tummy required something easy to make.

 

Soooo - Linguine Puttanesca …

 

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Worked like a charm 🤗

I'm a bit (ok...a lot) of a grinch these days but your pictures melted my cold black heart.  Your kid is just the cutest!  Almost makes me want to put on some Christmas music.  Almost.

 

Forgot to add that I've decided on enchiladas tonight.  I'm now regretting that seeing your pasta.

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14 minutes ago, Shelby said:

I'm a bit (ok...a lot) of a grinch these days but your pictures melted my cold black heart.  Your kid is just the cutest!  Almost makes me want to put on some Christmas music.  Almost.


It‘ll be a leisurely 20 min drive once you‘ve moved in 🥳

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4 minutes ago, Duvel said:


It‘ll be a leisurely 20 min drive once you‘ve moved in 🥳

I'll remember to pack my skates.  However,  I would need the mulled wine on the ice rink as well as before.

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3 hours ago, Duvel said:

Epilogue:

 

Slightly toasted tummies require:

1. Salt

2. Carbs

3. Umami

4. Something acidic

 

The respective owner of said toasted tummy required something easy to make.

 

Soooo - Linguine Puttanesca …

 

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Worked like a charm 🤗

LThat lookd fabulous. We love Puttanesca - it's a perfect "easy but seems gourmet" recipe. Our new favourite is pan fried gnocchi Puttanesca.

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A friend from Pakistan cooked a tender, flavor-packed beef karahi, accompanied by naan and a cucumber and onion kachumer (salad). The karahi reminded me of a halal version of the pork carnitas I made the other day. No chance of leftovers.

 

I made gingery cauliflower and potato soup, and a seared ginger raita with fresh and sauteed ginger. Mrs. C made a lovely curried carrot and cashew salad. Mulled fruit juices to go with.

 

Lovely evening. Very few leftovers. No pictures, sadly.

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Finished up this ribeye I started a couple weeks ago. Here was the initial sear:

 

 

I cooked it SV for 8 hours at 130F. Then chilled and stored until tonight. Rethermed at 130 for two hours, then pat it dry and let it hang out on a rack until it was time.

 

 

That garlic thyme butter is delicious.

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I've never come across this before in China. Rather than ordering whole dishes, this restaurant was offering selected half dishes in pairs allowing you to try different items. (Whole versions were also available). So I chose two half dishes.

 

1. 美味鲜虾 (měi wèi xiān xiā), delicious shrimp. Their description, but accurate. Large perfectly cooked shrimp.

 

 

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2. 章鱼脚 (zhāng yú jiǎo), Octopus tentacles. Tender and plentiful.

 

 

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The two sauces were very similar (but not identical), both being heavy on the chilli oil, a good thing in my book.

 

Came with rice. Very enjoyable. I'll order the full dishes in future.

 

 

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...your dancing child with his Chinese suit.

 

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Supper was leftover leftover's.  I prepared a pho-ish type turkey broth the other day and went a little heavy on the garlic and chili paste.  I toned it down a little last night with the addition of turnips greens and broth.   The turnip greens were a hybrid called Alamo that were really tasty (and tender)

 

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Last night was tacos al pastor from the Anova recipe.  I followed the recipe except that I used 2 guajillo chiles rather than 2 lb guajillo chiles.  I can only hope 2 lb is a misprint when specifying dried peppers.  Also I used apple cider vinegar in place of distilled white vinegar, and I added an uncalled for quarter teaspoon of ground chipotle.

 

I have a trompo pan* so I did not have to fiddle with the bamboo skewers.  I made fresh corn tortillas for the tacos.

 

The result was good.  I am pleased.  I had been planning this for months, probably years since I first saw the Anova recipe.  I may be eating leftovers for weeks.  Whenever I order pork in local Mexican restaurants I cannot chew the meat.  In contrast this pork shoulder was juicy and a joy to masticate with my old teeth.

 

If I live long enough to make tacos al pastor again I will leave out the extraneous ground chipotle, and I will wipe off as much of the marinade as I can when I stack the slices of pork together.  Pork and pineapple is a tasty combination.

 

 

*I confess I actually have two trompo pans.

 

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@Honkman: Looks like we both had udon noodles on the menu tonight:

Beef, Shitaki mushrooms, Napa cabbage, udon noodles with oyster sauce.
 

 

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Tonight's dinner. A local speciality, this was sold as 桂林啤酒鱼 (guì lín pí jiǔ yú), Guilin Beer Fish, but is probably better known as 阳朔啤酒鱼(yáng shuò pí jiǔ yú) Yangshuo Beer Fish, Yangshuo being the tourist trap in Guilin Prefecture., which lies to the north and east of Liuzhou

 

Traditional Yangshuo beer fish is made with a freshly caught 1 to 1.5 kg carp from the local river, the River Li, perhaps caught by a cormorant – probably not. The fish is gutted, but not scaled. It is then fried whole in camellia oil until the scales form a hard crust, then the fish is braised with the local Liquan beer, ginger, red and green chilli peppers, garlic, onions, celery, tomatoes, soy, sugar and oyster sauce. Served with rice.

 

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...your dancing child with his Chinese suit.

 

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A couple of meals before our hunter friend arrived:

 

Lamb stew

 

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Breakfast for dinner.  Hollandaise from a dry packet that I tried for the first time.  Not bad for what it is.

 

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Last night roast beef paninis, fries and au jus 

 

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