Dinner 2024

[Maison Rustique]

43 minutes ago, rotuts said:

there does not seem to  be a ' plain ' dessert thread.

 

just as well :

 

ill call this an after dinner snack :

 

 

TJ's semi-sweet chocolate bits.

 

MarketBasket mini-shredded wheat  ( TJ's has 'em too )

 

just a bit off salt.

 

a nice ratio would be    3+ Choc. to one SW.

 

you'll stop rolling your eyes . once you try it.

 

 

I think that would go in the category of Desperation Dessert for me. And in reality would never happen because I never have cereal in the house (not a fan) nor do I ever have chocolate chips in the house (also not a fan). I know, I'm odd. But I'm happy that you enjoy something so simple.

[rotuts]

@Maison Rustique

 

pretend the SW's are croutons.  

 

they are mighty fine for that.  then you are half way there .

 

 

[gfweb]

3 hours ago, Duvel said:

 

I hope you‘ll enjoy it. If you present your friends with it you can label it Bratkartoffelgewürz (lit. „spice for home fries“) …

 

Recipe? what recipe???

[gfweb]

2 hours ago, rotuts said:

there does not seem to  be a ' plain ' dessert thread.

 

just as well :

 

ill call this an after dinner snack :

 

 

TJ's semi-sweet chocolate bits.

 

MarketBasket mini-shredded wheat  ( TJ's has 'em too )

 

just a bit off salt.

 

a nice ratio would be    3+ Choc. to one SW.

 

you'll stop rolling your eyes . once you try it.

 

 

 

Hmm.

 

I think I'd flip that ratio.

 

add sriracha

 

and maybe zap it in the uwave.

 

 

[haresfur]

4 hours ago, rotuts said:

@Maison Rustique

 

pretend the SW's are croutons.  

 

they are mighty fine for that.  then you are half way there .

 

 

 

Wouldn't that make it a salad?

[Senior Sea Kayaker]

Canada Day dinner. I did most of the prep in the morning, spent the day out, so this was relatively quick to put together.

Snow crab legs and claws, cleaned to about a cup, and made into crabcakes (very delicate as I believe crabcakes should be 95% crab).

Sauteed to reheat in a bit of butter and served with a mango lime habanero salsa, coleslaw, tomatoes and cucumber.

Finished with something which is very rare for me, a dessert, but it's our national holiday and strawberries are local so strawberry shortcake.

 

[Maison Rustique]

11 hours ago, gfweb said:

 

Recipe? what recipe???

@gfweb Here you go: 

 

@Duvel, I did not have it last night because a friend brought me a Caesar salad, so I had that instead of my potato. But I gave him a jar of it and they used it on their fish and baked potato and said it was delicious!

 

Edited July 2 by Maison Rustique (log)

[Katie Meadow]

14 hours ago, Maison Rustique said:

I think that would go in the category of Desperation Dessert for me. And in reality would never happen because I never have cereal in the house (not a fan) nor do I ever have chocolate chips in the house (also not a fan). I know, I'm odd. But I'm happy that you enjoy something so simple.

Since I would never have those two ingredients in the house I couldn't call it a desperation dessert. It would take advance planning, a trip to TJ's and a spark of @rotuts inspiration. But it's in the dinner thread, so that elevates it to a main. Add milk and it would be breakfast. Or, in my case, lunch. Okay, sold.

[Ann_T]

Got a head start on tonight's dinner plus a couple of future dinners.

Made a batch of my favourite pork, garlic and fresh basil meatballs.

Just finished frying.

 

Going to freeze half for another day and the other half will be simmered in a pot of sauce and dinner will be spaghetti and meatballs.

These also make a wonderful meatball sub.

[RWood]

Pork cutlets with rice pilaf, arugula salad and steamed broccolini. Either my mom or her sister left the freezer drawer open, so now I’m cooking through a few thawed out things.

[Captain]

Pizza dough that's been in the fridge for 5 days but I haven't got any cheese etc for pizza.  What I do have is left over Lasagne and some sauce from a cacciatori.

Lasagne calzone's.

 

 

[Norm Matthews]

 A couple years ago I found a store bought spaghetti sauce that was better tasting than any I'd tried before.  Charlie told me it was from a local restaurant and he'd eaten there, and it was very good.  We have gone together a couple of times.  They are best known for their chicken Spiedini.  While at the store a couple days ago I saw some packaged chicken spiedini from that same restaurant so I got a package and a bottle of their sauce and made it today.  It tastes pretty much the same way as it did when we ate there this year, about a week before Fathers Day.

[Maison Rustique]

I meant to take a photo because it was rather pretty, but forgot. I had a baked potato with spinach and cottage cheese and Duvel's Dust (German paprika salt). I'd been sick all day and that was just what the doctor ordered.

[Ann_T]

 

Last night's dinner.

 

Spaghetti and Meatballs.

[Smithy]

@Ann_T, meatballs are such a pain to make but when I see yours I can imagine maybe going to trouble again sometime. Nice job!

[Norm Matthews]

Charlie was telling a friend just now that I used to make these a lot when he was in elementary school and he'd eat one on his way to school.  School was only 4 blocks away.

I originally made 6 at a time, then 8, now I made 12  eggs this time.  They always run out too quickly. 4 are already gone and they just came out of the oven ( I ate 2 of them)

There are several versions of where Scotch Eggs originated but the most likely one, in my opinion, is that they were first sold in 1830's in an English costal town at an eatery called William Scott and Sons.  They were called Scotties but later the name  became Scotch Eggs. Originally they were coated with a rich creamy fish paste before being sprinkled with bread crumbs. Sausage replaced the fish paste merely for packaging reasons.  The source of this information says that he recently visited that town and they still use fish paste.  The recipe I have been using for the last few years comes from a cookbook titled "Irish Bar Food".  I like it not only because it tastes better than other recipes I have used  but it is baked instead of frying.  The coating tends to shrink and pull away from places on some eggs when deep fried. 

[Maison Rustique]

I bought another of the small but tasty meatloaves from my milkman. That and the tater tots were impulse buys. Pardon my presentation. I mangled the meat loaf getting it to my plate. All is delish. Have my Duvel Dust on the tots. And a glass of my cheap but good cartignan.

 

 

[Ann_T]

Pizza tonight, baked in the OONI.

Dough was made on Monday and was started with a sourdough biga.

Just a simple Margherita pizza.

 

For me pizza is all about the crust.

[C. sapidus]

In my quest for good local chorizo I tried the butcher counter at one of the Latino markets. I tried to order four links, but due to miscommunication ended up with four pounds. 😆

 

I expect chorizo-centric meals for a while.

 

Anyway, chorizo and mushroom tacos with white onion, garlic, tomato, habanero, and cumin, topped with diced white onion and cilantro.

 

[liuzhou]

5 hours ago, Norm Matthews said:

There are several versions of where Scotch Eggs originated but the most likely one, in my opinion, is that they were first sold in 1830's in an English costal town at an eatery called William Scott and Sons.

 

Hmmm. Highly unlikely since they are mentioned in print earlier than the 1830s; they appeared in 1809 in A New Sytem of Domestic Cookery, meaning the name, at least, was in the spoken language much earlier. The only thing known for sure, though is that they aren't Scottish.

 

I haven't made any for a couple of years, but used to like to do them with quail eggs and a pork and blood sausage casing or with minced duck leg meat. The struggle for me is consistently getting a soft yolk. I must persevere.

 

 

I have attached a recipe I wrote a few years back for ome Chnese friends. Please excuse any perception of patronising language. It was written for people with little experience of eating western food and none of cooking it .

 

Scotch Eggs Recipe.docx

 

 

 

[Maison Rustique]

I was supposed to be going to a BBQ at friends' tonight. Instead, I am in semi-isolation due to COVID exposure. (My husband tested positive this morning--it is working it's way through the memory care wing at his facility.) I was very upset to miss it and also upset--made the decision jointly with his facility to place him under hospice care--and was tempted to sit down and just drink a bottle of wine. I did not. I made a meatloaf sandwich to console myself. No pix--sorry.

[MaryIsobel]

4 minutes ago, Maison Rustique said:

I was supposed to be going to a BBQ at friends' tonight. Instead, I am in semi-isolation due to COVID exposure. (My husband tested positive this morning--it is working it's way through the memory care wing at his facility.) I was very upset to miss it and also upset--made the decision jointly with his facility to place him under hospice care--and was tempted to sit down and just drink a bottle of wine. I did not. I made a meatloaf sandwich to console myself. No pix--sorry.

I'm sorry for what you are going through, I have been there. Hospice care can be a godsend for all involved. You definitely deserve at least a glass of wine, if not a whole bottle!

[Miss K]

Baked salmon and pasta salad. 
 

[Honkman]

Burger (mix of pork and beef, scallions, ginger, soy sauce, roasted sesame oil) topped with sautéed baby spinach (cooked with roasted sesame oil, sriracha and toasted sesame seeds). Ketchup mixed with sriracha)

[mgaretz]

Blasphemy ribs for the 4th - two ways - normal and char siu style.  Served with fresh-picked local green beans.