Lunch 2024

[liuzhou]

New Year's Day lunch will be a similar menu to that for Christmas. In Scotland, New Year is more important than Christmas and I've kind of kept up that tradition.

 

I've been spending this evening taking stuff out of fridges and freezers in preparation. Smoked sturgeon, caviar and cheeses mainly.

 

 

Edited December 31, 2023 by liuzhou (log)

[Kerry Beal]

1 hour ago, liuzhou said:

New Year's Day lunch will be a similar menu to that for Christmas. In Scotland, New Year is more important than Christmas and I've kind of kept up that tradition.

 

I've been spending this evening taking stuff out of fridges and freezers in preparation. Smoked sturgeon, caviar and cheeses mainly.

 

 

How many hours to Hogmanay where you are now?

[liuzhou]

10 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

How many hours to Hogmanay where you are now?

 

-23. Hogmany is New Year's Eve and it's now 23:10.

Edited December 31, 2023 by liuzhou (log)

[liuzhou]

@Kerry Beal

 

Actually, the original meaning of hogmanay referred to a type of cake which people gave as gifts on the day.

 

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hogmanay Sc. and north. Eng.

 

(ˈhɒgməˈneɪ)

 

Forms: 7 hogmynae, 8 hagmane, -menai, 8–9 hagmena, -menay, (hagman heigh), hogmanay, (9 hogmena, -menay, -maney, hanganay).

 

[Of obscure history, noted only from 17th c. App. of French origin: see note below.]

 

The name given in Scotland (and some parts of the north of England) to the last day of the year, also called ‘Cake-day’; the gift of an oatmeal cake, or the like, which children expect, and in some parts systematically solicit, on that day.

 

 

Edited December 31, 2023 by liuzhou (log)

[rotuts]

similar to my dinners

 

earlier

 

 

wonderful campari tomatoes from TJ's  w window green onions and TJ's green hatch dried chili flaks 

 

usual soft scrambled eggs , no butter or EVOO :  just egg tastes

 

and  ****  scrapple  *****  Jones brand , from Fz

 

dry fried , in the 12 " FondLess , until crispy on the side , the flipped , and crispy on the other side .

 

very nice .

 

Happy New Year Lunch !

 

 

Edited January 1 by rotuts (log)

[Tropicalsenior]

34 minutes ago, rotuts said:

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to you Robert. May the coming year bring you as much happiness and encouragement as you give us every day. Thank you.

[KennethT]

 

Finally back from vacation (our flight home on the 30th was cancelled due to mechanical problems and we didn't wind up leaving until the 31st), so a NY buah keluak curry for lunch.

[MetsFan5]

@rotuts those scrambled eggs look actually perfect to me! I’d even try the scrapple to get to the eggs! 

[rotuts]

@MetsFan5 

 

thank you .  they are perfect .  here is how you make them :

 

get a non-stick pan , that's in decent shape.

 

scramble the eggs .   get the non-stick pan hot . 

 

how hot ?  hot enough that the you add the eggs to the pan , the eggs really sizzle.

 

let sit for a few seconds , then move around w a silicone spatula.

 

the silicone spatula that has a sharp flexible edge

 

as soon as i start to move the eggs around , I turn off the heat under the pan.  

 

keep moving around until you are almost to your donees point, then plate.

 

that's it.

 

if interested in how the ****  perfect **** scramble-pple was cooked

 

let me know .

 

N.G.:  no butter , no EVOO  just eggs , 

 

its fine to use butter or EVOO , as they make tasty eggs, but then you taste butter or EVOO.

 

these days I like eggs plain , as the flavor is all eggs.

[liuzhou]

鲜肉大馄饨 (xiān ròu dà hún tun), Fresh Pork Large Wontons in a broth with chilli.

 

 

Not pretty but tasty.

 

[gulfporter]

Smoked salmon (smoked by local expat who goes by, Canuck Bob) and goat cheese quesadillas.  Also inside are grilled onions, red peppers and poblanos and big squeezes of chipotle molido.

 

 

[KennethT]

Back in the kitchen.....

 

 

Sambal grouper with

 

 

spicy cucumber salad.

[Dejah]

Wonton Soup for a snowy day!

 

                                                                        

 

                                            

[lindag]

 

can you tell us more about this soup?  I'd like to try it.

[Duvel]

Back to work today after two weeks in Spain - why do holidays always have to end 😪

 

At least I got a lunch meeting in our company restaurant. It’s called “quick lunch set”, but it did the job …

 

Double boiled goose consommé with roasted apple pieces …
 

 

Venison filet with Spätzle, roasted chestnuts, blanched Brussel sprouts and the most dense & aromatic sauce I’ve had a in while …

 

 

Petit fours and coffee to finish. I am reconciled with the day ☺️

[MaryIsobel]

1 hour ago, Duvel said:

Back to work today after two weeks in Spain - why do holidays always have to end 😪

 

At least I got a lunch meeting in our company restaurant. It’s called “quick lunch set”, but it did the job …

 

Double boiled goose consommé with roasted apple pieces …
 

 

Venison filet with Spätzle, roasted chestnuts, blanched Brussel sprouts and the most dense & aromatic sauce I’ve had a in while …

 

 

Petit fours and coffee to finish. I am reconciled with the day ☺️

Do you work in a palace?

[TicTac]

12 minutes ago, MaryIsobel said:

Do you work in a palace?

Doubtful.

 

But I bet his Co. has a really low turnover rate!

 

Smart folks!

 

 

[Shelby]

I just sent my CV in.....I really hope they need an unemployed, middle-aged, woman from Kansas that loves to eat but not work very much.

[lindag]

..."must love cats".

Edited January 9 by lindag
typo (log)

[Shelby]

3 hours ago, lindag said:

..."mist love cats".

*revising my CV*

[Duvel]

10 hours ago, Shelby said:

... middle-aged, woman from Kansas that loves to eat but not work very much.

 

Sorry, position's taken. They do have the male version of that already 😝

[TicTac]

6 hours ago, Duvel said:

 

Sorry, position's taken. They do have the male version of that already 😝

Listen, @Shelby is simply trying to ensure your company's gender equity initiatives are being accounted for....

 

Cut her some slack and put in a good word.  She does amazing holiday decorations! 😛 

 

 

 

 

[Kerala]

Momo in kwati. My Nepalese heritage by marriage.

Chicken dumplings in a stew of several different types of beans and lentils. Made for January wherever you are. Especially good if it's winter.

[KennethT]

 

Stir fried chicken with chilli paste 

[blue_dolphin]

Salmon sando with red cabbage kimchi slaw