Dinner 2025

[YvetteMT]

More smoked elk. With peas, potatoes and gravy. 

[weinoo]

8 hours ago, Duvel said:

The farmers daughter who served the meals was visibly impressed

This is starting to sound like an interesting premise for…I dunno…Netflix?

 

8 hours ago, Duvel said:

and she smiled knowingly

Need I say more?

[RWood]

8 hours ago, Smithy said:

@RWood, thanks for that. The instructions are clear and I like the way you've laid out that recipe. I don't think I've ever put dill in my spanikopita before; I can imagine that making a difference. Question: why 1# 4oz of spinach? Is that the usual size of a package?

John used to buy the big bags of spinach at Costco (in California) that weighed 2 1/2 lbs. He found that it would make two pans perfectly,  so I halved the recipe when I wrote it up for the cookbook. As I said, I just kinda wing it now. The pan in the photo is smaller than the recipe. I used a 10 oz container for it. 

[weinoo]

 

With a surplus of broccoli, I did what any self-respecting Italophile might:  pasta with broccoli (not rabe) and sausage.

[liamsaunt]

A couple of meals from the last week or so, all picked by my nephew.  Chipotle style (I guess?) rice bowls

 

 

 

Another day he grilled some peri peri style chicken, and I made a big salad and some crisp roasted potatoes with a creamy cilantro dipping sauce that everyone really liked

 

 

Ina Garten's recipe for spaghetti and spicy turkey meatballs

 

[Honkman]

Grilled Asparagus and Prosciutto Salad - mixed baby greens and diced prosciutto are combined with a vinaigrette made with olive oil, red wine vinegar, garlic, dijon mustard and chives. Topped with grilled asparagus and served with grilled Italian sausages

[Dr. Teeth]

20 hours ago, YvetteMT said:

More smoked elk. With peas, potatoes and gravy. 

Deeply jealous of the beautiful and abundant elk.   How do you smoke it?  And what cut?

[C. sapidus]

Chuu chii curry bay scallops. Red curry paste was half commercial and half homemade (I was missing some key ingredients). Made with cooked-down coconut cream, so very rich.

 

 

Fried rice with shiitake mushrooms and roasted Poblano chile.

 

[Dante]

Pork tenderloin Country Captain

[Neely]

Chicken tray bake.

 

 

 

 

[YvetteMT]

15 hours ago, Dr. Teeth said:

Deeply jealous of the beautiful and abundant elk.   How do you smoke it?  And what cut?

 

This was a roast that was smoked on a Traeger until 130F.

(Approx 3 hours at 180F, heavy hand on salt, pepper, and garlic powder.  Looking at the raw and cooked pics, pretty sure this was a round. '23 Archery season adult cow from the Missouri Breaks of eastern Montana, taken by my partner.) 

[Ann_T]

Last night's dinner. One of our favourites.

 

Greek lamb shanks with potatoes, rice and Greek Salad.

[dcarch]

A quick SV steak dinner.

 

dcarch

 

 

[TicTac]

Great meals all - enjoying from the wings….

 

Various dishes from a number of meals over the last few weeks…

 

broiled kampachi collars, seared belly - tuna tar tar

 

best Tom yum and pad Thai I’ve had in decades - each made to order.

 

 

Smoked ribs w marmalade glaze 

 

the makings of smoked nettle soup 

 

 

another tuna tar tar - home made ponzu 

 

 

marrow a la Fat Duck 

[YvetteMT]

@TicTac those ribs look perfect. 

[TicTac]

3 hours ago, YvetteMT said:

@TicTac those ribs look perfect. 

Very kind of you.

 

Those are my Cheat Smoke ribs made on a propane grill (3h top rack at 250 w a log of cherry on the burner) - most people will never tell the difference!

 

 

[C. sapidus]

Shrimp and spinach curry with onion, ginger, garlic, cinnamon stick, green cardamom, dried fenugreek leaves, garam masala, ground coriander, ghee, and yogurt, finished with a tadka of paprika and dried chiles sauteed in butter.

 

Recipe is for saag paneer, but shrimp substitutes nicely. I cooked this while Mrs. C was out of town - she says that spinach curries remind her of things she cleaned up when she worked as a nurse.

 

Edited 7 hours ago by C. sapidus (log)

[Honkman]

Orecchiette with Mexican Chorizo and Broccoli Rabe from “Anything’s Pastable” - broccoli rabe is first blanched, then chopped very small. You make garlic bread pangrattato by pan-roasting panko bread crumbs, fresh garlic and garlic powder. Sear and crumble mexican chorizo with garlic, lemon zest and chopped broccoli rabe, mix with orecchiette and pasta water and finish with feta and pangrattato

[Duvel]

Befitting the last day in Austria it started to rain in the night. A lot. Luckily, we had just Insbruck on our plan, a lovely city with a great view of the alps (provided there are no clouds) …

 

 

 

Linner was taken at 15.00h. Tafelspitz with freshly grated horseradish for me …

 

 

Wiener Schnitzel (veal, fried in clarified butter) for the other two …

 

 

Apfelstrudel for dessert …

 

In the evening hours the weather cleared up and we finished the various snacks we had gathered …

 

 

And - just in order to not being it back home and give you another glimpse of the glamorous camping lifestyle: a dinner reprise …

 

 

Last sunset …

 

 

No complaints 🤗

[Maison Rustique]

Couldn't think of a single thing I really wanted to eat last night. Settled on buttered Jasmine rice with tomato and citrus y garlic seasoning.