Dinner 2025

[C. sapidus]

Bay scallops, shrimp and yard-long beans with chiles, fermented black beans, and basil. Separately seared and removed long beans, shrimp, and scallops. Stir-fried garlic, ginger, fermented black beans, bird chiles, and Asian basil leaves. Added scallops, shrimp, long beans, oyster sauce, and cornstarch slurry, and stirred until thickened. Finished with more Asian basil. Good stuff.

 

Jasmine rice and cucumbers to go with.

 

[Honkman]

Curry-Frikadellen with Coconut Sauce and Radish Salad from the essen & trinken cooking magazine - frikadellen are made with ground veal, egg, breadcrumbs, curry powder, cilantro and egg. The sauce is made by cooking down a mixture of ginger, garlic, chili, makrut lime leaves, lime juice, soy sauce and coconut milk until creamy. And vinaigrette for the radish salad is made with roasted sesame oil, rice vinegar, soy sauce and sesame seeds. Served with jasmine rice and chili crisp

[YvetteMT]

Amylu chicken burger with onion,  pickles, and mustard on Franz gf bun. And tater tots

[Shel_B]

34 minutes ago, YvetteMT said:

Amylu chicken burger with onion,  pickles, and mustard on Franz gf bun. And tater tots

 

Bonus for the tots!  Did you fry them? They look great. I bake my tots, and they don't look as luxurous as yours.

 

What can you tell me about the GF bread? Local to your area? Do they have varieties and styles to choose from? What type do you prefer? Online availability?

Edited 6 hours ago by Shel_B (log)

[YvetteMT]

43 minutes ago, Shel_B said:

Bonus for the tots!  What can you tell me about the GF bread? Local to your area, I assume. Do they have varieties and styles to choose from? What type do you prefer? Online availability?

Franz is from the PNW. You can purchase online, I've heard rumor that some gf products are now available nationwide at Walmart.

For"regular" bread,I prefer the mountain white. (They have a seed version as well that I find too "grainy/seedy"). 

They have deli style as well(larger pieces, longer vs the traditional loaf shape) and the rye flavored is by far my favorite.  (20 years since I've had real rye bread and it's one of few things i miss still)

As with all gf bread, it benefits from even a light toasting. All of the buns as well-a quick microwave. It helps them not fall to pieces and gets rid of the dry mouthfeel.

Trader Joe's has the best gf English muffins (and muffins) and Aldi has the best gf bagels.

 

https://franzglutenfree.com/collections/all

I've tried all their gf offerings except the raisin.

 

(And yes, tots shallow fried in avocado oil)

Edited 5 hours ago by YvetteMT
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[Shel_B]

43 minutes ago, YvetteMT said:

Franz is from the PNW.

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https://franzglutenfree.com/collections/all

I've tried all their gf offerings except the raisin.

 

(And yes, tots shallow fried in avocado oil)

Thanks for the bead info. My sister is exploring GF bread options and I've forwarded your comments to her.  She found some here when she visied from NYC last month, but there was some sort of problem with shipping or selection so she continues to look for other options.