Dinner 2025

[KennethT]

Headless fish head curry with mahi mahi.

[C. sapidus]

Stopped at a brewery with a disc golf course AND Caribbean-influenced taco truck near Richmond VA. Talk about full service! 😃

 

Had to try the oxtail tacos with mango habanero salsa. Unctuously delicious.
 

Edited yesterday at 01:27 AM by C. sapidus (log)

[Ddanno]

1 hour ago, C. sapidus said:

Stopped at a brewery with a disc golf course AND Caribbean-influenced taco truck near Richmond VA. Talk about full service! 😃

 

Had to try the oxtail tacos with mango habanero salsa. Unctuously delicious.
 

They look delicious but how on earth do you pick one up?

[C. sapidus]

1 minute ago, Ddanno said:

They look delicious but how on earth do you pick one up?

 

Yes it would have worked better with 3 tacos and the same amount of filling.

[Duvel]

After visiting the black Madonna of Rocamadour …

 

 

 

… we were on our way back to the hotel when we passed what looked like a makeshift parking lot with a huge sign saying „woodfire-grilled meats“. Of course we stopped, got a table and ordered.

 

They recommended two menus for the three of us, and they were righ about the portion sizest. Wine, wster & bread arrived …

 

 

DWs choice: salad with country paté, semidried duck and cured duck ham …

 

 

And for me salad with roasted bread and house-made foie gras mi-cuit  - it was fantastic.

 

 

Mains were grilled trout with bacon stuffing for DW …

 

 

… while little one and me demolished the grilled lamb. So juicy 🤗

 

 

Dessers were a lavender infused pannacotta …

 

 

And the local specialty: warm nut cake (very moist) with vanilla sauce.

 

 

Very full we drove home and enjoyed the sunset from the hotels porch while sipping some whiskey I just happen to have in the car 🤭

 

[Shel_B]

TJ's Steamed Pork Shu Mai

With a nod to Sunset Magazine

 

 

I grab these dumplings a few times a year, and tonight, as I was prepping to steam them, I remembered a recipe from Sunset Magazine that was published in the 1970s: Pepper‑Steamed Chicken With Roasted Onion Sauce. This evening, I riffed on that recipe and steamed the dumplings with an infusion of green onions, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, black pepper, and red pepper flakes. When cooked, I drizzled just a little of the "sauce" over the dumplings. Ended up with a kitchen filled with pleasant aromas and a very tasty, nicely flavored and nuanced, bowl of dumplings.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 20 hours ago by Shel_B
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[C. sapidus]

Another stop for tacos on the road, this time chorizo tacos with a zingy green salsa from a taco truck. Much more manageably filled this time . . .

 

What looks like a Foley bag (medical folks will know) is actually a plastic bag full of passion fruit juice, with a straw tied in for drinking. Disappeared quickly on a warm day.

 

[Honkman]

Chickpea Salad with Chicken and Tomatoes - chickpeas are mixed with diced, seared chicken breast and cherry tomatoes. Vinaigrette is made by mixing olive oil, lemon juice, jalapeno, parsley, onions, and cream cheese. 

[rotuts]

 

1/2 lbs RocheBro 85 % ground beef ( very fresh , service meat counter )  RB ColeSlaw ( nice nip of horseradish )

 

Tj's Campari , w Penzey's  Salsa & Pico .  forgot the window green onions.

 

Burger was deglazed with  19Crimes Red , 10 years old !

 

https://19crimes.com/collections/wines/products/19-crimes-uprising-red-blend

 

but a different label , of course.   it was $ 5 back then , 6 bottles got lost in the basement.

 

allthough 10 yo is not Petrus , still a table wine , but quite a peasant surprise 

 

smooth , mellow , lots of grape flavor .    the entire bottle disappeared !

[weinoo]

 

Pasta al pesto, with green beans and yellow wax beans.  Sauté of corn, sweet onion and tomato alongside.

[gfweb]

@C. sapidus I just figured it was a long trip.

[AlaMoi]

bacon&eggs for dinner . . .

 

[Dr. Teeth]

On 8/3/2025 at 2:18 PM, liamsaunt said:

Nephew is moving to Chicago for grad school this week, so I have been letting him pick the dinners in the lead up to his departure.

[Dr. Teeth]

Congrats to the nephew on grad school in Chicago.   I just dropped my oldest off at University of Chicago (my undergrad) for a week at a course on civil discourse.

 

its a super city for students.   Attached some pictures of pizzeria Due.   Only pics without the kid in them.  (I don’t post pics of the kids online)

 

sorry to make it two posts.   I’m too dumb to make the text the way I wanted (not a ringing endorsement of my selection of schools, but not really their fault)

[weinoo]

2 hours ago, Dr. Teeth said:

Congrats to the nephew on grad school in Chicago.   I just dropped my oldest off at University of Chicago (my undergrad) for a week at a course on civil discourse.

 

its a super city for students.   Attached some pictures of pizzeria Due.   Only pics without the kid in them.  (I don’t post pics of the kids online)

 

sorry to make it two posts.   I’m too dumb to make the text the way I wanted (not a ringing endorsement of my selection of schools, but not really their fault)

 

You should know that there are 3 locations of the fantastic Pizzeria Bonci in the greater Chicago area.

[Dr. Teeth]

29 minutes ago, weinoo said:

 

You should know that there are 3 locations of the fantastic Pizzeria Bonci in the greater Chicago area.

I really should know a ton of things that I don’t.   Pizzeria Bonci looks terrific.   I was only there to drop the kid off and he had a list of wants including Chicago Pizza and Italian beef.   
 

Anyway, I just catered to him.   But I’ll check out Bonci if I’m ever back in Chicago and I appreciate the recommendation 

[Norm Matthews]

Last month Charlie said he wanted to invite people over for his birthday.  We had it last Saturday.  He asked for Korean food mostly but would like it if I cooked something in the smoker too.  I got , some thin sliced shoulder for pork bulgogi, some thin sliced ribeye for beef bulgogi and marinated them for three days. I got a 4 or 5 pound shoulder roast for pulled pork.  I told Charlie that I was going to smoke a shoulder roast because I thought people were getting a little tired of ribs.  He said the only person tired of your ribs is you,  everybody else will want you to make some, so I got a couple slabs or loin back ribs and smoked them as well.  I didn't take very many pictures. I did take a picture of the pork roast and a couple pictures of how I converted the smoker for a large grilling area. I have grill grates that fit the smoker.   They are ridged on one side and smooth on the other side. I've had them since before there were Blackstone grills.  I use them when I need a large flat grilling surface.  They were expensive. I probably could have bought a Blackstone for about what they cost. Anyway, sorry I didn't take many pictures.  We had, besides the meats, two kinds of kimchi, rice, vinegar based coleslaw, BBQ beans, and hamburger buns so people who wanted, could make sandwiches with the pulled pork.  

 

Edited 3 hours ago by Norm Matthews (log)

[Paul Bacino]

 

Eggplant---with asiago and Provel cheese/  we also added cooked turkey meat.  My own sauce

[MaryIsobel]

1 hour ago, Norm Matthews said:

Last month Charlie said he wanted to invite people over for his birthday.  We had it last Saturday.  He asked for Korean food mostly but would like it if I cooked something in the smoker too.  I got , some thin sliced shoulder for pork bulgogi, some thin sliced ribeye for beef bulgogi and marinated them for three days. I got a 4 or 5 pound shoulder roast for pulled pork.  I told Charlie that I was going to smoke a shoulder roast because I thought people were getting a little tired of ribs.  He said the only person tired of your ribs is you,  everybody else will want you to make some, so I got a couple slabs or loin back ribs and smoked them as well.  I didn't take very many pictures. I did take a picture of the pork roast and a couple pictures of how I converted the smoker for a large grilling area. I have grill grates that fit the smoker.   They are ridged on one side and smooth on the other side. I've had them since before there were Blackstone grills.  I use them when I need a large flat grilling surface.  They were expensive. I probably could have bought a Blackstone for about what they cost. Anyway, sorry I didn't take many pictures.  We had, besides the meats, two kinds of kimchi, rice, vinegar based coleslaw, BBQ beans, and hamburger buns so people who wanted, could make sandwiches with the pulled pork.  

 

Norm, your hosting skills are unmatched!