Dinner 2025

[Norm Matthews]

 This chicken recipe said Ina Garten liked to make this when she was too tired to cook. Well I felt too lazy to cook so I tried the it.  She peels back the skin, brushes it with olive oil, salts and peppers it, spreads goat cheese on, tops it with a fresh basil leaf, replaces the skin and bakes it at 375º for 30-40 minutes. Then she covers it with foil to rest 10 minutes. She said her kids were not crazy about goat cheese but they liked it in this dish.  I kinda feel the same way about goat cheese.  It was good.  Charlie said he liked it too even though he also was skeptical at first.  The mushrooms were cooked in sesame oil with some salt and pepper.  The tomato was halved, salted, dotted with butter and topped with bread crumbs and broiled until it was browned and bubbly on top. Corn was cooked on the cob and cut off.  The broccoli was from a frozen package.

[C. sapidus]

Elder son requested grilled five-spice chicken for his last dinner. Drumsticks were slashed and marinated with ginger, garlic, 5-spice powder, turmeric, soy sauce, oil, and toasted and ground star anise. Somewhat over-enthusiastically grilled over charcoal, but stayed nice and juicy after resting.

 

 

Since I had the grill going, I quickly marinated zucchini with fish sauce, lime juice, sugar, oil, salt, and black pepper

 

[Honkman]

Red Cabbage Risotto with Roasted Pork Tenderloin and Caramelized Onions from “Risotto Risotti” - pork tenderloin pan-seared and finished in the oven at 450F. Vidalia onion simply caramelized with some olive oil and salt. Risotto done with carnaroli rice, onion, red cabbage, white wine and chicken broth and finished with butter, parmesan and parsley

[Dejah]

Smoked chicken - tender, moist and not overpowering with smoke flavour. Had corn on the cob, cut off for hubby, and sweet tater fries.
I love the Apple, Orange,Cranberry Chutney that I make with chicken or pork.
This was hubby's plate. I thoroughly enjoyed the wing and other bone bits

                                                                        

[TdeV]

Have you told us how to make your Apple, Orange, Cranberry Chutney, @Dejah?

 

15 hours ago, Dejah said:

Smoked chicken - tender, moist and not overpowering with smoke flavour. Had corn on the cob, cut off for hubby, and sweet tater fries.
I love the Apple, Orange,Cranberry Chutney that I make with chicken or pork.
This was hubby's plate. I thoroughly enjoyed the wing and other bone bits

                                                                        

 

[Dejah]

5 hours ago, TdeV said:

Have you told us how to make your Apple, Orange, Cranberry Chutney, @Dejah?

 

 

Can't remember where I got the recipe, but I make it often:

Apple Cranberry Chutney

A delicious cranberry chutney with apples, oranges, golden raisins, and spices, perfect alongside pork, turkey, and chicken main dishes.

• 1 orange, peeled, tough membrane removed, chopped

• 1/4 cup orange juice

• 1 package (12 ounces) fresh cranberries

• 1 3/4 cups sugar

• 1 large Golden Delicious apple, peeled, cored, chopped

• 1/2 cup golden raisins

• 1/4 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar

• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preparation:

Combine all ingredients in a large saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, stirring occasionally, for 5 to 8 minutes, or until cranberries are bursting. Chill until serving time; freeze surplus in small containers. Makes about about 4 cups of chutney.

[YvetteMT]

Stumbled on a recipe for Korean Beef Noodles. Made with ground turkey instead and have a jumping off point for next time-less noodles, lots more veg. 

[Dante]

Mirliton Casserole with saffron rice on the side.

[Dejah]

Had a busy day supervising a couple of workers cleaning up the yard and planting flowers I picked up on Friday.

Then 13 year old granddaughter wanted a one-on-one time with gramma - to bake.
We made biscuits and her dad gobbled up 2 when he came to pick her up!
                                                                                          

Followed by pumpkin pie. She used my processor recipe for pastry, and mixed up the filling from a can of pumpkin puree.
 

                                                                                                     

 

For supper, we had joong from the freezer - I made 75 last year!

 

                                                                             

Vegetable and soup in one pot: Chinese mustard greens, ginger. and pork neck bones.

                                                                                             

 

After granddaughter left, I still had some pastry left. And I had fresh rhubarb for the first pie of 2025!

 

                                                                                              

                                                                                                                It was a wonderful day!

 

 

[Duvel]

On our way to Tyrol to spend part of the Pentecost holidays in the alps we made an overnight stop in Munich.

 

Apertif was enjoyed at the Höfbräuhaus (little one included for size comparison) …

 

 

 

Of course, we paid homage to Engel Aloysius …

 

 

We went on to dinner at Augustiner Braustuben.

 

 

For me, their Edelstoff beer is the best beer to be had in Munich. It comes exclusively from wooden barrels, which give it a fresh and slighly tarter taste …

 

 

Little one ordered Käsespätzle …

 

 

My wife had Wiener Schnitzel (made from veal and fried in clarified butter) …

 

And I had a Franconian Schäufele (crunchy pork shoulder) …

 

 

No complaints 🤗

[Maison Rustique]

I actually cooked! Italian sausage, a little diced potato, mushrooms, diced tomatoes, various herbs/spices. Baked a bit, then topped with spinach and cheese and browned.

 

[rotuts]

@Duvel

 

Nice HB stein.

 

there was a time , very late '60's , early 70's 

 

If you were of a certain age , you brought back a HB stein from Germany.

 

mine was opaque , light grey . 1 L .  no idea where it is now ..

 

did HB switch to glass ?   the glass is much more attractive , id say.

 

I also remember being in Austria , at a nice ' road house ' having dinner w my family

 

and a gentleman , clearly a regular , one table over , dinning alone , had a large bowl of

 

smoke pork chops ( thick cut ) , a similar bowl of parley potatoes , same again of spaezle , 

 

and a bowl of something green.   Large bowls all. he himself was both large and round.

 

he washed this down with 3   1 L HB steins , of the variety I was bringing home , 

 

( the stein up graded college dorm room decorations to ' cool ' , as it did mine )

 

then the gentleman , a very large gentleman , walked out of the restaurant , unassisted.

 

the first 1 L HB went down with out pause.

 

I vividly remember this .

 

 

Edited 21 hours ago by rotuts (log)

[Shel_B]

3 hours ago, Maison Rustique said:

I actually cooked! Italian sausage, a little diced potato, mushrooms, diced tomatoes, various herbs/spices. Baked a bit, then topped with spinach and cheese and browned.

 

Thanks for the post.  I'm planning to make stuffed pitas (arayes) in the next few days, and your description and image has given me an idea or two.

[liamsaunt]

3 hours ago, rotuts said:

@Duvel

 

Nice HB stein.

 

there was a time , very late '60's , early 70's 

 

If you were of a certain age , you brought back a HB stein from Germany.

 

mine was opaque , light grey . 1 L .  no idea where it is now ..

 

did HB switch to glass ?   the glass is much more attractive , id say.

 

 

 

I have HB steins from when my husband went with colleagues about five years ago.  They are clear glass with the HB logo on them.  They are huge and I have tried to get rid of them a few times but they are always rescued from the donation bin and put back, even though no one ever drinks out of them.  

 

A couple of recent dinners.  Miso salmon noodle bowl with peppers and spinach

 

 

Grilled tuna with soy-ginger butter sauce, broccoli, and rice

 

 

 

[pastameshugana]

My wife and I were in Brisbane for a few days for my work, and our route took us through Hong Kong. On the way home, we had a 17hr layover, landing at 7am and departing just after midnight. I took advantage of that and planned a food tour of the city. Even though we took the train/subway everywhere, we still ended up walking nearly 11 miles, so we earned our food!

 

First up was a dumpling shop called Sun Hing on the Island side.

 

Communal dining as it was tiny:

 

 

We had: Custard lava bun, shui mai, shrimp dumpling, pork bao. The custard buns were amazing. One of the best bites in my living memory. Salted duck egg yolk custard in an amazingly perfect bun. All the others were world class as well, but I have (literally) had dreams about this custard bun since we've been back.

 

Custard bun:

 

Pork bao:

 

Then off for roast meats at Dragon State Kitchen restaurant. We had duck and pork, both were excellent. There were others that were more highly recommended, but a combination of closed restaurants and location/distance landed us here. Still, we were not disappointed. Cash only, so I had to leave and find an ATM, but they didn't seem worried that I wouldn't come back.

 

 

Pork:

 

Obligatory pineapple bread and egg tart somewhere along the way:

 

 

Then we bopped over to the mainland for the rest of the day. First stop was Mak Man Kee for wonton noodle soup:

 

Another communal dining experience. Our table-mate spoke a little bit of english and offered to take a picture of us. The wontons were exceptionally good. Absolutely the best I've had. I loved the noodles, my wife not so much. They had an earthy flavor and strong chew. I couldn't work out what was different about them, but they were fantastic. Maybe buckwheat?

 

After this a few hours of wandering around Jordan and various areas (it's a bit of a blur now). Made it to Kowloon Park and the free aviary, where I snagged a short nap on a bench while my wife watched flamingoes and tourists. There we found a little McD's ice cream kiosk selling Dark Chocolate Kit Kat Sundaes. So of course...

 

 

Then ended up in a 7-11 looking for a power bank, and bought the first Slurpee I've had in probably 20 years - Orange and Blue Fanta:

 

Spent a little bit of time at the Temple Street Night Market, and bought an egg waffle. It was nice, but definitely more photogenic than earthshakingly delicious:

 

Took some photos of food I wanted to eat but was too stuffed to manage:

 

Then for dinner, went to Hing Kee for clay pot rice. This restaurant, along with the first one (Sun Hing) were recommendations from Bon Appetit's Lucas Sin, and they are absolute winners.

 

 

Oyster pancakes, broccolini(?), and black pepper beef clay pot rice. The broccolini was cooked perfect, a garlicky hit and delicious. The oyster pancakes were amazing. Plump oysters and scallions in a hot, crispy batter with a tangy chili sauce to dip them in. Both of those dishes we ordered after seeing them on someone else's table.

 

And the clay pot rice was fantastic. The flavor of the beef and sauce on top were perfect, I dipped some of my other dishes in it. If you eat it carefully and don't disturb the rice around the edges/bottom, by the time you get about halfway done, they are nice and crispy. Then we broke it up and stirred it in for the lovely rice crunch. Amazing.

 

Finally, we stumbled upon this little dessert place while looking for something else: 甜公館 or Sweet Moment

 

She had Rice ball & brown sugar pearls in mango pomelo sago:

 

And I had brown sugar mochi creme brulee with ice cream:

 

They were both fantastic.

 

What an incredible city. I would love to spend a couple of weeks here just eating, but life goes on...

[Ddanno]

17 hours ago, YvetteMT said:

Stumbled on a recipe for Korean Beef Noodles. Made with ground turkey instead and have a jumping off point for next time-less noodles, lots more veg. 

Less noodles?! Heresy

[Ddanno]

@pastameshugana

 

That's a day in HK done right Sir. I'm very jealous.

[C. sapidus]

Beef curry with spinach. Beef chuck (sub for lamb) was cubed and marinated with pureed ginger, garlic, jalapenos, yogurt, and cumin. Fry black cardamon, cloves, and bay leaf, slowly sautee onions, and then add ground coriander and cumin. Simmer with the meat and marinade, crushed tomato, and tomato paste. When almost done, mix in pureed spinach and sprinkle with ground nutmeg.

 

Tasted better than it looked - I feel like I've been saying that a lot lately.

 

Turmeric rice with black cardamom, cloves, and cinnamon stick, topped with scallions. Sliced and salted cukes.

 

[YvetteMT]

Quick dinner tonight.  Pan fried halibut, cilantro lime rice, and zucchini.('but was a nice 50 pounder so quite tender)

[Dante]

Tonight's dinner: Walking Taco variation (variation= not served in a bag)