Dinner 2026

[Duvel]

11 hours ago, KennethT said:

@Duvel Aside from personal reasons, your son's friend lucked out when he gets a regular invite to dinner with your family!

It’s always a bit of an hit & miss situation: some are quite happy with our dinners, and sometimes I get feedback from the parents that they enjoyed a lot (including the occasional “how did you get them to eat that ?”). Yesterday was such a case - he had sashimi, edamame, gyoza for the first time and he liked it so much he had to tell his mom immediately when he got picked up.

On the other hand, we have for example a semi-regular house guest who considers any topping on a plain pizza pie an insurmountable challenge, who couldn’t eat his hotdog bun because it was made from brioche dough and once requested spaghetti with tomato sauce, which silly me topped habitually with freshly grated Parmigiano, only to eat it then myself (while he got an unadulterated portion). The things we endure for our kids 😎

[KennethT]

3 hours ago, Duvel said:

On the other hand, we have for example a semi-regular house guest who considers any topping on a plain pizza pie an insurmountable challenge, who couldn’t eat his hotdog bun because it was made from brioche dough and once requested spaghetti with tomato sauce, which silly me topped habitually with freshly grated Parmigiano, only to eat it then myself (while he got an unadulterated portion). The things we endure for our kids 😎

This probably would have been me.  I was the pickiest kid on the planet when I was growing up.  There's hope for them, yet!

[Maison Rustique]

The last of the Sukhi's Butter Chicken I got at Costco a while back--had to use it or freeze it and freezer is full. Added some asparagus and a few grape tomatoes. I have leftovers for lunch today.

Edited 14 hours ago by Maison Rustique
typo (log)

[weinoo]

Marcella's Lemon Roast Chicken:

 

 

Though I was not careful when turning the bird (hence the ripped skin), the chicken stuffed with two lemons stays amazingly moist, including the breast meat.

 

This was a Bobo bird, dry brined for only a few hours, as it was both purchased and cooked yesterday. Wing tips and drumstick ends went into a pot of stock I was making with chicken parts/bones saved in the freezer.  The Bobo bird is nice as it comes with head, neck, feet, gizzard, heart and liver.  The liver is the  cook's treat.

 

 

FWIW, I've been doing something similar with the liver for years decades.  Simply sauté the liver with most of the seasoning stuff JP uses in the video!

Edited 13 hours ago by weinoo (log)

[RWood]

Made a Detroit style with KA’s pizza dough for any pan. Nice dough when you need something faster. 
 

[Duvel]

5 hours ago, KennethT said:

This probably would have been me.  I was the pickiest kid on the planet when I was growing up.  There's hope for them, yet!

I was also a very picky child. I remember my cousin telling me in 5th grade about pizza - something I had not even heard before, and would not consider eating because the tomatoes on it were warm … unthinkable !

 

There is always hope. And we keep inviting them, and prepare „our“ food which eventually will wear them down 😎

[KennethT]

Just now, Duvel said:

I was also a very picky child. I remember my cousin telling me in 5th grade about pizza - something I had not even heard before, and would not consider eating because the tomatoes on it were warm … unthinkable !

 

There is always hope. And we keep inviting them, and prepare „our“ food which eventually will wear them down 😎

Being in the NYC area, I had grown up with pizza, but the idea of the cheese was intolerable so I would pick off the cheese!

[Duvel]

3 hours ago, weinoo said:

The liver is the  cook's treat.

Damn straight it is … that’s the reason why I love cooking rabbit. Rabbit is essentially only liver - a huuge liver … makes you wonder if those critters drink heavily between carrot snacks. 

[MaryIsobel]

2 hours ago, KennethT said:

Being in the NYC area, I had grown up with pizza, but the idea of the cheese was intolerable so I would pick off the cheese!

My Mom and Dad were married in 1956 and went to the Seattle World's fair in 1962. I would have been two at the time and I guess it was a little getaway for them while my Mom's parent's babysat me. Anyway - my Mom convinced my Dad to try "pizzaa pie." Dad said that it was nothing like pie and he didn't try it again til 10 years later. He was a pizza fan for the rest of his life.

[C. sapidus]

Ginger chicken: Saute sliced chicken thigh meat with garlic, then mix in sliced onion, slivered ginger, oyster sauce, fish sauce, white pepper, sugar, sliced Shiitake mushrooms, and a mix of sliced peppers (red bell, roasted Poblano, and Cubanelle). Finished with cilantro.

 

Mrs. C made a sweet potato salad with pecans, dried cranberries, dried black currants, feta cheese, and a champagne vinegar dressing.

 

Edited 5 hours ago by C. sapidus
Cilantro (log)

[BeeZee]

Skillet chicken with lemony orzo, chopped frozen kale simmered in the mix as well.

[sartoric]

Things in a bowl, the almost bun cha version. Spicy pork patties on rice with white beech mushrooms, salad stuff, fresh chilli, mint and coriander all drowned in nuoc cham.