Dinner 2025

[Paul Bacino]

On 1/23/2025 at 3:39 PM, TdeV said:

 

Looks delish! How did you make the zucchini fries?

TdeV---  These i cooked w/ a wash of egg, to bind----->  mixture of,  parm cheese , light dustin of Lawreys Garlic salt,  topped with Breggs 24 herb seasoning,   bake on wire rack  @ 425 approx 15-20

 

I made a marinara to dip  ( not shown )

[KennethT]

 

 

Malaysian bison keema - like a dry curry, ground bison cooked with typical rempah plus homemade curry powder, with homemade roti canai and cucumber pickle.

[YvetteMT]

Goose and gravy (goose legs pressure cooked, meat picked, onions, mushrooms, gravy) and smashed crispy potatoes, brazi bites.  Usually do mashed potatoes but wasnt feeling it,  the crispy potatoes are a nice change. 

[gulfporter]

This recipe.  https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1025277-gochujang-shrimp-pasta

 

My tweaks were to grill the shrimp then add to reheat, and I used pappardelle noodles.  

 

 

[Norm Matthews]

I saw two recipes in the newspaper today that I wanted to try.  I decided to do both at the same time.  I doubt most people would  consider them as going together.  

One is a New England Clam Chowder, and the other one is a steak and salsa salad. It has some ingredients you might expect to see in a Texas taco. Either one of them alone would be a lunch and I'm going to have left over chowder tomorrow.

[MaryIsobel]

4 hours ago, gulfporter said:

This recipe.  https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1025277-gochujang-shrimp-pasta

 

My tweaks were to grill the shrimp then add to reheat, and I used pappardelle noodles.  

 

 

Wow - that is calling my name!

[Neely]

Sunday roast but not the full on kind. Flattened Roast chicken with spices, sprinkled chilli flakes… I’m trying to replicate the chicken we can buy at a nearby shop. Also roast pumpkin, which we have hot or later cold with a salad. I seem to have a lot of roast pumpkin around at the moment as my little 11 month old grandson loves it either warm or cold ( I freeze some) I guess it’s the natural sweetness. 
 

[C. sapidus]

Pork ribs rubbed with "magic dust" and baked in the oven. Coleslaw with onion, yellow mustard, rice vinegar, a little sugar, and mayo to balance. Canned beans gussied up with mustard, smoked paprika, ancho powder, and sauteed onion, garlic, and bird chiles.

 

[YvetteMT]

Mountain lion shoulder roast with a light cream mustard sauce, roasted carrots and more crispy potatoes.

[Dejah]

1 hour ago, YvetteMT said:

Mountain lion shoulder roast with a light cream mustard sauce, roasted carrots and more crispy potatoes.

 

WHOA!
You have the "wildest" proteins!

Breaded skinless boneless chicken thighs roasted in Ninja Toaster Oven. Topped with cranberry sauce, then air-fried for a few minutes. Rice, corn, green beans, and slaw filled out the plate.

                                                

 

Steak and Kidney Pie with Cavendish fries, salad, and salsa. Tossed in leftover green beans, corn and sauteed mushrooms in the filling.
Steak and kidneys were cooked in the Instant Pot, then added veg.

                                                                          

                                                        

[Honkman]

Riesling-Chicken with Mushrooms - chicken legs are braised with carrots, onions, flour, bay leaves and garlic in Riesling in the oven. For the last 10 minutes you add sautéed mushrooms (yellowfoot, hedgehog and oyster) and parsley. Served over fettuccine mixed with toasted breadcrumbs

[Ann_T]

I had thought of making cabbage rolls last week, but that didn't happen. So I started them early this morning.

They went into the oven before 7:00 AM west coast time. 

They are intended for dinner but Moe is hoping to have some for breakfast. 

[Shelby]

On 1/24/2025 at 8:08 AM, YvetteMT said:

@Shelby how are you doing your alfredo with konjac?  I've tried for a long time to get it right with konjac and fail miserably.  I can either have Alfredo OR konjac, not both!

Ohhhhhh, now you're going to make me tell on myself.  Just a jar of Bertolli Alfredo....sauteed mushrooms in the pan first.  Then warm the noodles.  Was it great?  No.  Did it help my pasta craving since I haven't had any in 100 years it feels like?  Yes.  IMO those noodles are best in an Asian type dish.

On 1/24/2025 at 4:33 PM, ElsieD said:

@Shelby. What's in the broccoli salad?  It looks really good.

Nothing special   Dressing of Hellman's mayo, red wine vinegar and sugar (Splenda) along with broccoli, red onion and sharp cheddar.

[liamsaunt]

Coconut lime chicken with roasted broccolini and curried rice with carrots and raisins 

 

[Senior Sea Kayaker]

Lots to catch up on.

Chicken and chorizo (closest I can get to andouille here) jambalaya.

Method from 'Creole, Gumbo and all that Jazz' by Howard Mitcham.

Since this is a dish that reheats well the shrimp are cooked ala minute and served with coleslaw and a tomato and greens salad.

 

[C. sapidus]

Catfish sandwich with thinly-sliced jalapenos and what was supposed to be dill remoulade. The catfish was rubbed with a mix of Pickapeppa sauce and a mango-habanero salsa, dredged in flour, beer battered, and then shallow fried. Don't recall using beer batter before, but the fish was tender and the batter crisp (if a bit dark). I bought dill for the remoulade but for some reason used dill pickles instead. So, tartar sauce.

 

Warm red cabbage slaw with bacon and drippings, mustard, celery seed, black pepper, balsamic vinegar, and sugar to balance. Would make again.

 

[Honkman]

Roasted Autumn Vegetables with Walnut-Miso Sauce - not the most photogenic dish but a great umami bomb. From a Diane Henry recipe - Carrots, celery root, butternut squash, belgian endive and red onion get roasted in the oven and finished with a sauce made by mixing and slightly warming up evoo, red miso, walnuts, red pepper flakes and garlic

Edited 20 hours ago by Honkman (log)

[liuzhou]

It's 年夜  (nián yè), New Year's Eve. At midnight we enter 蛇年 (shé nián), the Year of the Snake and the 15 day 春节 (chūn jié) or Spring Festival.

 

To mark this, tonight I will be eating this.

 

 

Snake* and vegetable stir fry. Also, jiaozi and more.

 

*Banded krait. Highly venomous - they're the best!

 

 

Edited 18 hours ago by liuzhou (log)

[dcarch]

5 hours ago, liuzhou said:

Snake* and vegetable stir fry. Also, jiaozi and more.

 

Good thing you didn't have apple in the stir fry.

You know what happened when the snake had suggested to Adam and Eve to eat😉

 

dcarch

[Katie Meadow]

7 hours ago, liuzhou said:

It's 年夜  (nián yè), New Year's Eve. At midnight we enter 蛇年 (shé nián), the Year of the Snake and the 15 day 春节 (chūn jié) or Spring Festival.

 

To mark this, tonight I will be eating this.

 

 

Snake* and vegetable stir fry. Also, jiaozi and more.

 

*Banded krait. Highly venomous - they're the best!

 

 

Does snake taste more like eel or more like chicken?

There is a hilarious story in John McPhee's 3-part series in the New Yorker about thirty years ago from his book "Rising From the Plains." The material profiles the geologist David Love, whose mother's Wyoming ranch was a focal point for travelers. You can read the short excerpt about the murderer Bill Grace here. And yes, it's about eating a rattlesnake.

 

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2019/10/23/rising-from-the-plains-is-classic-wyoming-book/

[Senior Sea Kayaker]

Oven roasted steelhead over pomme paillasson with a tomato, cucumber and blue cheese dressing (with extra blue cheese).

 

[liamsaunt]

Chicken, bell pepper, and oyster mushroom stir fry

 

[Dejah]

Boneless skinless chicken thighs stuffed with ground pork, rehydrated dried Shitaki mushrooms, ginger, celery, and glass noodles. Roasted in Ninja. Mango Chili dipping sauce, stir-fried Shanghai bok choy, and rice = supper.
                                                            

[liuzhou]

6 hours ago, Katie Meadow said:

Does snake taste more like eel or more like chicken?

 

Certainly not like any eel I've eaten. Closer to chicken but not really chicken-like either. I think they taste like snakes! 

 

Texturally, like chicken but, depending on the variety, snake is gamier. That said most chickens today don't taste like chicken. 

 

Sorry, not a very helpful answer, I know, but I feel that this habit of comparing the taste of so many things to chicken is rather meaningless. Frogs don't taste to me like chicken either. They taste like frogs. 

 

Thanks for the story. No rattlesnakes here, but I knew they are edible.

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by liuzhou (log)

[Kerala]

My brother in law cooked again tonight. Toad in the hole. 

Very nice! I did the mash and the peas: