Dinner 2025

[Maison Rustique]

4 hours ago, Honkman said:

Frikadelle with Cucumber-Kohlrabi Salad - frikadellen were made with ground beef (why can’t you buy premixed ground beef and pork in the US like you would use in Germany), seared onions, parsley, marjoram, eggs, yoghurt and mustard. The salad is thinly cut cucumber and kohlrabi with a yoghurt dressing (with milk, white wine vinegar, parsley and a hint of sugar)

 

 

I can recall years back finding blends of beef and pork--and often veal--sold for making meatloaf, meatballs and the like. Sometimes they were be separate types packaged together so you could mix it to your liking. Haven't seen it sold like this in years.

[weinoo]

1 hour ago, Maison Rustique said:

I can recall years back finding blends of beef and pork--and often veal--sold for making meatloaf, meatballs and the like. Sometimes they were be separate types packaged together so you could mix it to your liking. Haven't seen it sold like this in years.

 

I haven't tried this, but it's always available.

 

Just FreshDirect Meatball and Meatloaf Beef/Pork Mix, Raised w/o Antibiotics

[KennethT]

15 hours ago, Duvel said:

When we are in Spain, I take over the shopping & the cooking. It just relaxes me and is my idea of a great holiday - surprisingly for the rest of the family, too. And there is a certain repertoire of dishes that my in-laws request whenever they visit us or we visit them. Out of these dishes today cornill amb setas (or braised rabbit with wild

mushrooms - and actually meatballs).

 

Brown a rabbit …

 

 

Burn off the hair of your forearm when adding the brandy to the fried onions & garlic …

 

 

Fresh champignons and dried death trumpets go in with a fruity white from the Somontano region…

 

 

After a good braise pile everything in a way that the hungriest guys take all the meatballs and I have a chance to get some rabbit when I arrive at the table some minutes later …

 

 

Served with bread, a mixed salad, (commercial and surprisingly good) gazpacho and some nice German white al fresco …

 

 

No complaints 🤗

It's the burnt hair which makes it special....

[rotuts]

@Maison Rustique

 

in my area , a Meat Loaf mix is frequently mentioned in the various flyers.

 

Ive never asked what 's in the mixture , its supposed to be beef // pork // veal .

 

its a commercial brand , mixed elsewhere .  if it has veal , wonder where that comes from

 

veal has pretty much disappeared from meat counters in my area .

 

true , I dont look very hard for it , as veal USA is in no way similar to veal EU.

[AlaMoi]

branzini - I like to stuff the cavity to keep the  fish moist - this is the ultra-quick shortcut:  stovetop stuffing . . .

[liamsaunt]

My freezer was filled with a whole boatload of zucchini from my CSA that I blanched and stored before a recent trip.  I had to get rid of it to clear some space.  So yesterday I roasted it and then pureed it with some cilantro, lime, and butter and made it into a base for some broiled swordfish with curry butter and curried rice.  Everyone liked it.  Of course, I still have a fridge full of fresh zucchini and summer squash from this week's CSA to use up... 

 

[Duvel]

Had some childhood friends of DW over for pica pica … not the time to experiment. You want some stuff from the freezer section of the local supermarket for deep frying (ad libitum).

 

I had my cooks treat beforehand …

 

 

Then croquettes (both iberian ham and bacalao), squid rings, bunyols (basically fried choux pastry with bacalao) and some toast with the liver from yesterday’s rabbit. Gazpacho. Olives, fuet & potato crisps not pictured …

 

 

 

Edamame & green salad for a good concience.

 

 

More of this fruity red.

 

 

Fun evening, a loooot of catching up and no complaints 🤗

[TdeV]

Hurray for the good conscience, @Duvel ! 

[KennethT]

Went to a new izakaya in the neighborhood, now sitting in our dearly departed Hunan place....

 

Takoyaki

 

Hamachi

 

Gyoza

 

Chicken thigh and meatball yakitori

[Honkman]

14 hours ago, Maison Rustique said:

sold for making meatloaf, meatballs and the like.

Meatloaf mixes are also surprisingly rare to buy here - they are quite good with the extra gelatin from the veal

[gfweb]

Meatloaf/meatball mixes are in every supermarket here. All have beef/pork, some have veal too.

 

I often substitute pork sausage for ground pork,just because I have it available.

[Ddanno]

1 hour ago, gfweb said:

Meatloaf/meatball mixes are in every supermarket here. All have beef/pork, some have veal too.

 

I often substitute pork sausage for ground pork,just because I have it available.

 

Using sausages for quick meals by just discarding the skins and breaking it up is one of my favourite cheats,they're already seasoned well, especially varieties like lincolnshire/cumberland/Toulouse, which gives you a shortcut on getting more flavour into the sauce.