Dinner 2024

[Senior Sea Kayaker]

A dual celebratory dinner for a family birthday and finishing freeing vehicles, clearing the parking area and access to the road.

My plate of dry rub pork back ribs, filet beans (from last summer), corn bread, coleslaw, braised kale and collards (also from last summer) and mac & cheese from a box. Also honey butter for the bread, pickled red onions and a lemon cheesecake to finish.

Went to bed an hour after cleaning up and slept for nine hours.

 

[Maison Rustique]

1 hour ago, Senior Sea Kayaker said:

A dual celebratory dinner for a family birthday and finishing freeing vehicles, clearing the parking area and access to the road.

My plate of dry rub pork back ribs, filet beans (from last summer), corn bread, coleslaw, braised kale and collards (also from last summer) and mac & cheese from a box. Also honey butter for the bread, pickled red onions and a lemon cheesecake to finish.

Went to bed an hour after cleaning up and slept for nine hours.

 

With a meal like that, you could be in Kansas City!! Looks wonderful.

[liamsaunt]

grouper reuben

 

[Senior Sea Kayaker]

1 hour ago, Maison Rustique said:

With a meal like that, you could be in Kansas City!! Looks wonderful.

Thanks. I was aiming for a taste of summer as a contrast to all the snow we've received and 'relocated'.

 

[gulfporter]

Butternut squash ravioli (made in-house at local Italian deli).  Topped with browned butter, a bit of bacon, fresh basil and TJ's imported parm shards (1st time purchased and really like their size, texture over grated parm).  

 

 

[zend]

Taco de lengua (keto-friendly, due to dietary restrictions). Pressure-cooked beef tongue (75 min on high), cream, guac, pico de gallo and shredded yellow cheese. Shell was made with almond flour and whey protein powder, plus perfected xanthan gum, fried in avocado oil. 

 

[OlyveOyl]

It was a beige dinner last night…breaded chicken thighs on a bed of roasted onions and taters, all were tender and delicious!

Hazelnut cake with chocolate sauce and  sour cream.

[Neely]

That hazelnut cake with chocolate sauce looks delicious Olyveoly 

 

We had Salmon with broccolini and orzo cooked with garlic butter and parsley. Little bits of home preserved lemon. 
 

[liuzhou]

Spicy chicken hearts with matsutake, garlic, chilli, Shaoxing wine, scallions. Rice.

 

 

 

Edited February 11 by liuzhou (log)

[OlyveOyl]

@Neely

Here you go:

Edited February 10 by OlyveOyl (log)

[Porthos]

Lasagna with freshly-made ricotta.

 

 

[KennethT]

 

Singapore fish head(less) curry and

 

Cucumber salad 

[liuzhou]

12 minutes ago, KennethT said:

 

Singapore fish head(less) curry

 

I want the head! Best part!

 

 

Edited February 11 by liuzhou (log)

[Smithy]

3 hours ago, Porthos said:

Lasagna with freshly-made ricotta.

 

 

 

You're making your own ricotta? Details, please!

[Neely]

Fish with a vegetable stew.

 

[liuzhou]

Prawn fried rice with the last of my matsutake.

 

 

 

[KennethT]

10 hours ago, liuzhou said:

 

I want the head! Best part!

 

 

I agree - it was amazing when we had it in Singapore - it was huge with tons of meat, but I can't get good sized fish heads unless I get a whole fish which I usually don't because it's just the two of us or if I go to Chinatown which I don't have time for on a regular basis.

[Duvel]

It’s not that unusual, that these two events coincide, so yesterday we had “Chinese New Year meets (German) Carnival) …

 

Hot pot (with a bit of Oden touch) …

 

 

 

 

Followed by Fastnachtsküchle - ultrathin and super crisp wafers made from a sweet dough and deepfried (in lard 🥳), before being dusted with caster sugar. 
 

No complaints 🤗

[gfweb]

@Duvel Is there hot oil in one of those yin/yangs?

[Duvel]

2 hours ago, gfweb said:

@Duvel Is there hot oil in one of those yin/yangs?

Nope - the other 2/3 of the family are a bit squeamish about spicy stuff. Half is a (Chinese) chicken/ham/mushroom based stock, the other is a (Japanese) dashi/kombu/yuzu peel stock …

 

The hot oil is in one of the three sauce options 😎

 

 

Edited February 11 by Duvel (log)

[Porthos]

@Smithy I used the recipe from She Loves Biscotti. I've only made ricotta once before, different recipe.  I used whole milk. I used a spider to remove the curds and they were dry within a few minutes. Next time, quite a ways in the future,  I'll check the curds when I'm done removing them. I would have preferred it slightly more creamy.

 

The Lasagna recipe I used I've had for 50 years. I rarely make it.  We get 4 meals out of it.

[Smithy]

29 minutes ago, Porthos said:

@Smithy I used the recipe from She Loves Biscotti. I've only made ricotta once before, different recipe.  I used whole milk. I used a spider to remove the curds and they were dry within a few minutes. Next time, quite a ways in the future,  I'll check the curds when I'm done removing them. I would have preferred it slightly more creamy.

 

The Lasagna recipe I used I've had for 50 years. I rarely make it.  We get 4 meals out of it.

 

Thanks for that. I tried making ricotta once and was unimpressed...but thinking back on it, I haven't usually been impressed with store-bought ricotta, either!

 

Care to share your lasagna recipe? Did you used to do that for the Renaissance Faires?

[liamsaunt]

rigatoni with garlicky mushrooms

 

[FrogPrincesse]

5 hours ago, Smithy said:

 

Thanks for that. I tried making ricotta once and was unimpressed...but thinking back on it, I haven't usually been impressed with store-bought ricotta, either!

We need to talk about ricotta. Fresh, homemade ricotta is wonderful! And super versatile. Regarding store-bought, the one from Trader Joe’s is surprisingly good as well!

[gfweb]

Sunday Sauce/Gravy/Sugo. Sausage, meatballs, brasciole.