Dinner 2025

[liamsaunt]

20 hours ago, Tropicalsenior said:

Everything you make always looks great but I get a special twang of envy when I see your flatbread. Try as I might, even with your recipe I can't get it to look like that. Do you use much grease on your griddle? Do you use oil or butter or what?

 

I do not use any oil on the griddle.  I cook the bread in a dry cast iron skillet, and then run butter over it when it comes off.  

 

4 hours ago, KennethT said:

What do you use to truffle your m&c?

 

In this case, I used some canned Urbani truffle cream sauce that my sister gave me in my Christmas stocking.  I think she bought it at Eataly.  The mushrooms on top are just roasted blue oyster mushrooms with truffle salt on them.

 

Last night, we had coconut fish curry with cod (and broccoli that I added to veg it up a bit), and rice with dill. lemon, and butter.  Both the curry and rice recipes are from Meera Sodha's Made in India cookbook.

 

[KennethT]

1 hour ago, liuzhou said:

 

By apple eggplant, do you mean the first one in this post? They can be eaten raw, just like apples.

Yes, the first ones.  They also had the middle ones but like you, I wasn't a huge fan since they can be bitter - but I think that's what they like about them - especially when a curry has some palm sugar in it like most do.

[liuzhou]

4 minutes ago, KennethT said:

Yes, the first ones.  They also had the middle ones but like you, I wasn't a huge fan since they can be bitter - but I think that's what they like about them - especially when a curry has some palm sugar in it like most do.

 

Yes. I do sometimes use the small bitter ones to counteract sweet stuff. But generally I do have a relatively high bitterness tolerance.

[Norm Matthews]

Charlie asked for Korean fried chicken.  We had it with rice, kimchi and pork bulgogi that was left over from a couple days ago

[liuzhou]

晒兰 (shài lán) ham and shrimps with green 樟树港辣椒 (zhāng shù gǎng là jiāo), zhangshugang chilli and red 指天椒 (zhǐ tiān jiāo) pointing to heaven chillies, garlic, ginger, Shaoxing wine and Chaoshan fish sauce. Served with rice and  stir-fried snow peas.

 

 

 

 

Edited 6 hours ago by liuzhou (log)

[gulfporter]

23 hours ago, Maison Rustique said:

I also got caught up in Googling Chili ash sauce. I found many recipes and know I'd never make it. If weather ever gets better, I'll try visiting a Mexican market and see if I can find a jarred version.

 

Ceniza = Ash    

Found this on AMZN MX   https://www.amazon.com.mx/Karai-Mx-Chile-Habanero-ceniza/dp/B0DC8YXJXJ/ref=sr_1_9?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.jnVlt_alJfm_gMugIIrzGi5C0ydRmV3tahytUwCSbKI7Vjaw1T_zVOc8C5gAAaljmgwTlYXR-54TBCqNfA1vWzNTC1aRPa0fJBWSppurypda6mlISEQMWuIqkv2Ak9w3kPYFhmJpZobov3leHkoB9Fbpzg1hSXiQAzW6zsLI39vCyqfDIlf0IXLvhy7sCtyHiCoVnh8iTKVehYdJWBcDfDRHUogmAA5pOY2wjozpYMGJHD6OdiHa_puwXCgI_tNAGOAedDlvQG82BnHMVu3TC_rmfzvuRjlYvZmRPtyTeMfWeWiO1ngBtcrkS_oMAbS0FKMyaEl1IIrFa6DbJ8CAqAJiwE_aBQBvEod9HlrLsXq910GFjmzkhoXfxAQ3vdQd0i4xpXivCxcn2A14cVtoV5HbpHqr7qTYuQsEI0zzoJDWb0REjGQmLWs8c670_P0p.Itp8F0M2oiijBedVIngdpCL0qMfSvzIUIgC1Q2-u77s&dib_tag=se&keywords=chile+habanero&qid=1736687063&sr=8-9&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.de93fa6a-174c-4df7-be7c-5bc8e9c5a71b

[gulfporter]

Chicken and Cauliflower in a Pumpkin Coconut Curry.