Dinner 2025

[rotuts]

@Smithy

 

the stock this was made in wa very bland.

 

Ill have to boost that flavor  considerably next time.

[Dejah]

Chicken Francese for supper. It's an Italian dish. Wondering about the name Francese...named for a lady chef?

It was quite nice, with just a hint of lemon in the sauce.
                                                
 

 

A friend introduced us to Mustard Pickles. She had given us a couple of jars and we really like them. So I made my own batch last week. The pickle goes well with chicken pork, hot dogs. That's the yellow stuff on the lower left.

[liuzhou]

1 hour ago, Dejah said:

Chicken Francese for supper. It's an Italian dish. Wondering about the name Francese...named for a lady chef?

 

No. It means French Chicken, but the dish was invented in New York. It is Italian-American.

 

 

[Ddanno]

20 hours ago, Dejah said:

Chicken Francese for supper. It's an Italian dish. Wondering about the name Francese...named for a lady chef?

It was quite nice, with just a hint of lemon in the sauce.
                                                
 

 

A friend introduced us to Mustard Pickles. She had given us a couple of jars and we really like them. So I made my own batch last week. The pickle goes well with chicken pork, hot dogs. That's the yellow stuff on the lower left.

 

It has a similar hue to piccalilli, one of the three* British Ghosts of Christmas Condiments:

 

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/easy-piccalilli

 

*The other two being Branston pickle and Gentleman's Relish 

Edited 8 hours ago by Ddanno (log)

[liuzhou]

1 hour ago, Ddanno said:

 

It has a similar hue to piccalilli, one of the three* British Ghosts of Christmas Condiments:

 

What do you mean here by "ghosts"?

[gfweb]

21 hours ago, liuzhou said:

 

No. It means French Chicken, but the dish was invented in New York. It is Italian-American.

 

 

That is correct. Battered and sauteed chicken was considered a French method for some reason.

[Ddanno]

2 hours ago, liuzhou said:

 

What do you mean here by "ghosts"?

 

It's a vague reference to 'A Christmas Carol', as most people only get them out around that time of year

[liuzhou]

1 hour ago, Ddanno said:

most people only get them out around that time of year

 

Not my experience at all. My mother served piccalilli with almost anything and any time of year. I had Branston Pickle on a cheese sandwich just yesterday (in China where, like me, they don't celebrate Christmas) and would eat Gentlemen's Relish for breakfast, lunch and dinner if I could source it here. 

 

I always hated piccalilli although to be fair I only ever got it from a jar - probably Heinz.