Dinner 2025

[Norm Matthews]

On 7/24/2025 at 9:28 PM, gfweb said:

 

One of the problems with CFS is tough meat and another is meat juices liberated by frying that destroy the breading/crust.

 

Using precooked ground beef solves both, but leaves a texture problem.

 

I've mostly dealt with it by slicing beef thin/pounding and precooking before breading and frying.

 

What do CFS pros do?

 

 

What do CFS pros do?  I have been trying to figure that one  out since I found out Charlie was looking for one like his school cafeteria days.  One of the things I have tried is giving an already tender cut of meat a pounding for texture then cooking.  The breading stays on a little better if I make them ahead and let the coating set on in the fridge.  

[Norm Matthews]

Getting ready for Charles birthday, I thought I would do a little make-ahead stuff and also cooked some St. Louis ribs today for our dinner.

[gulfporter]

I used this recipe as a guide to make lamb pistachio burgers for grilling.  I hand blended crushed pistachios and the other ingredients with ground lamb.  Came out very well, used his sumac yogurt as topping. 

 

https://ottolenghi.co.uk/pages/recipes/lamb-pistachio-patties-sumac-yoghurt-sauce

 

 

[Honkman]

Black Bean Salad with Shaved Vegetables from “Bean Book” by Steve Sando - using Santa Nero Negro Delgado beans out of Oaxaca from his Rancho Gordo company, shaved/cut/mandolined radishes, fennel, carrots, white onion and celery and a vinaigrette made with olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, mustard and oregano 

[Neely]

At risk of being very boring but here I’ve served lasagna again, this time with spinach. I had made a large dish of it last time, expecting visitors who didn’t show up, so a lasagna meal from the freezer was most welcome. 

[Ddanno]

5 hours ago, Neely said:

At risk of being very boring but here I’ve served lasagna again, this time with spinach. I had made a large dish of it last time, expecting visitors who didn’t show up, so a lasagna meal from the freezer was most welcome. 

Just feed that to me like Homer Simpson in donut "hell"

Edited 2 hours ago by Ddanno (log)