Dinner 2024

[Norm Matthews]

Our dinner will be Banh Mi sandwiches.

[Dante]

Poutine with candied bacon.

[liuzhou]

孜然牛肉夹馍 (zī rán niú ròu jiā mó), Xi'an style cumin beef sandwiches. This was the first time to cook them in over a year. Ate three.

 

 

 

 

[liamsaunt]

20 hours ago, weinoo said:

 

Yeah, I'm on the 2nd rack, but with the sliding racks it makes it harder to move the racks up and down.

 

I don't think you eat read meat, but have you ever cooked a steak under that broiler = I imagine it's pretty close to a restaurant salamander.

 

You are right, I don't eat red meat.  I have not cooked a steak under the broiler.  I try and use the outdoor grill if possible when I make steak, which is why I don't offer it very often at this time of year.  

 

Last night we had bowls of roasted tomatoes, onions, broccolini and feta cheese over lemony orzo.  

 

[Paul Bacino]

Flannery Lamb Loin ( seasoned in Northwest rub and sous vide 120 in Maitre d' butter ),  carved and tender,  mint jelly topping

 

[rotuts]

@Paul Bacino

 

taht lamb looks sensational

 

I love rare lamb  

[Norm Matthews]

I made some milk bread starting  late this morning.  Somewhat later  couple of teens-or they might be early 20's- that Charlie is friends with and  is paying to  do some yard work came over. Around 4:30, he came in the kitchen and wanted to order some food for them but then asked if I could make some chicken breasts, Martini style. I figured I could if he would watch the bread in the oven. I ran to the store, he got one loaf out of the oven while I was gone and the second one came out as I was walking into the kitchen. ( they had alarm probes in them). it was over an hour later when the chicken was done along with some pasta and jarred Alfredo sauce and a mixed vegetables from the freezer dept. at the store. Charlie cut up the bread and make garlic bread with the slices. We were done eating sometime after 6 PM but it didn't think to take pictures.

Edited February 23 by Norm Matthews (log)

[C. sapidus]

The "Oh, I thought you were making . . ." dinner. Venison sausage, roasted chile Poblano, and green beans sauteed with onion, garlic, chiles, and a little leftover coconut milk to deglaze the pan. Rice to go with.

 

[Dejah]

A quick supper of hubby's family favourite before attending a garden club meting. February and I am already itching to go play in the dirt! LOL!

KD moat with creamed salmon and corn:

                                                                                       

 

Our little Chinese grocery store stocks Greenland Halibut. I had picked one up and thawed it for supper tonight. It smelled fishy, so I washed it well, and pulled the skin off. Steamed for 10 minutes, then slathered it with sizzle oil over ginger, and a sauce with ginger, green onion, and cilantro. I love it when I can buy cilantro with roots! Stir-fried a half bag of vegetables that came with teriyaki sauce, and half a bag of bean sprouts that needed using up. The fish was lovely!

 

                                                                                       

[Neely]

Friday night take out / take away from a small family run Malaysian restaurant nearby. I really like a couple of their dishes and order the same thing to be delivered quite a lot. Following are my favourites. 
 

Beef rendang, belachan eggplant, belachan beans and their roti. 
 

[C. sapidus]

Halibut cheeks pan-fried with seasoning from Alaska, air-fryer sweet potatoes, and broccoli with lemon and sesame oil, all courtesy of Mrs. C

 

[CantCookStillTry]

I still feed my kid sometimes 💁‍♀️

We have a slightly inspired by Mongolian beef and a well charred but medium rare steak and veges.

Edited February 24 by CantCookStillTry
Yuk (log)

[liuzhou]

Beef with black bolete mushroom. Old ginger, garlic, chilli, Shaoxing wine, soy sauce, Chinese chives. Rice.

 

 

 

 

Edited February 24 by liuzhou (log)

[weinoo]

I tried a different method than I usually use for cooking these Hokkaido scallops:

 

 

And don't like it nearly as much.  Broiled, with butter, lemon, soy.  they were okay, but they're better sautéed.

 

Last night, went out to MayRee Thai, sans reservation - which on a Friday night here, isn't always the right move (we'd already been turned down somewhere else). But we got a small table. Here's what we started with, and the only pic...

 

 

Really quite good.  On top, and man was this spicy:

Grilled Shrimp Mango Salad: Grilled shrimps served with Thai spicy fresh lime house sauce, green mango, tomato, roasted cashew nuts, pineapple, cilantro, culantro and fresh mint

 

Along with...

Roti Mataba: Roti stuffed with ground chicken, diced potatoes, onions, Southern style curry powder served with house made Thai cucumber relish

 

We followed with a Thai green curry, that was perfect after the heat of that salad.

Keang Kaew Waan:  Southern style green curry with coconut milk, fresh basil, bell pepper and Thai eggplant with a choice of chicken or tofu served with jasmine rice

 

I don't know why we don't use this place more often. We order delivery, but it's just not the same quality as when dining in-house.

 

[liamsaunt]

Ricotta gnocchi with burst cherry tomato sauce and spinach.  I could have used more care in shaping the gnocchi but nobody minded, I was in a hurry and we were hungry.

 

[C. sapidus]

Black sablefish and coho salmon, again courtesy of Mrs. C. She also cooked up some sweet potato with onions, carrots, and apples. When asked to jazz it up I mixed ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, smoked paprika, lemon zest, and garam masala in melted butter. Still needed something so I added Meyer lemon juice, a little maple syrup, and a splash of bourbon.

 

[liuzhou]

This is not my dinner, but a friend's meal last night. I'm posting these images with her permission. They show a typical Lantern Festival family dinner in Hunan province.

 

But first the essential S: 汤圆; T: 湯圓 (tāng yuán) which are boiled balls of glutinous rice flour stuffed with sesame paste, and eaten during the Lantern Festival which take a place on the 15th day of the new year (the first full moon). The balls represent the moon and are served in a syrupy soup.

 

 

 

Then it's on to the meal. Hotpots abound.

 

 

 

 

 

[Dejah]

Picked up back ribs and tried a Char Siu recipe that is very similar to the one I use. This one used honey in place of sugar. Th ribs were marinated overnight, and they were roasted in foil at 300 for 2 hours. Once uncovered, I basted the ribs a couple of times and raised the temp. to 400. The ribs were good, and one rack went to grandson!

 

                                                                  

 

Had one of the granddaughters spending the afternoon with us while Dad was working. She loves beef - roast or steak, medium rare. I slow roasted a single rib prime, had some Cavendish waffle fries (air fryer) and steamed asparagus, carrots, and some raw vegs for the grand. She had the pieces that were more rare than the big pieces.

                                                                  

[Neely]

We had chicken legs sautéed in oyster sauce and chilli,  with sweet potato and beans and some left over belachan eggplant. 
 

[weinoo]

On 2/24/2024 at 12:44 AM, C. sapidus said:

Halibut cheeks pan-fried

 

12 hours ago, C. sapidus said:

Black sablefish and coho salmon

 

Are you ordering from Great-Alaska, or another seafood supplier in Alaska?

[liamsaunt]

Spicy roasted sweet potato and bean tacos. 

 

[rotuts]

@liamsaunt

 

please share your Rx for the spicy sweet potatoes

[KennethT]

10 hours ago, liuzhou said:

This is not my dinner, but a friend's meal last night. I'm posting these images with her permission. They show a typical Lantern Festival family dinner in Hunan province.

 

But first the essential S: 汤圆; T: 湯圓 (tāng yuán) which are boiled balls of glutinous rice flour stuffed with sesame paste, and eaten during the Lantern Festival which take a place on the 15th day of the new year (the first full moon). The balls represent the moon and are served in a syrupy soup.

 

 

 

Then it's on to the meal. Hotpots abound.

 

 

 

 

 

Huh, I always thought that the glutinous rice balls filled with sesame (or even better, black sesame) were kind of like dessert...

Also, is this dinner outside?  They're all wearing their winter coats.

[liuzhou]

1 hour ago, KennethT said:

Huh, I always thought that the glutinous rice balls filled with sesame (or even better, black sesame) were kind of like dessert...

Also, is this dinner outside?  They're all wearing their winter coats.

 

Ha!

 

While we would consider tang yuan to be dessert and have them after the main savoury items, China doesn't think that way. Sweet courses can arrive at any point in the meal. Tang yuan are often eaten first.

 

The dinner was at home in Changsha, the capital of Hunan. The temperature was around 2 degrees Celsius. That's how people deal with the cold. They just pile on more clothes.

 

 

Edited February 25 by liuzhou (log)

[gastropod]

2 hours ago, liamsaunt said:

Spicy roasted sweet potato and bean tacos. 

 

Could I ask for the recipe for this, or if you don't have one handy, just a description of how you prepare the sweet potatoes?