Dinner 2026

[Paul Bacino]

Valentine Dinner--red shrimp ( Garlic, evoo, lemon )--simple can corn-- tator w beech/ oyster mushroom gravy--Bacino's Cucina 30/30  ( wet dry house aged ) Rib eye

 

 

 

[Shelby]

@Norm Matthews and @Paul Bacinoyou both have me drooling over your shrimp!

 

Beef short ribs over REAL mashed potatoes.  Ronnie's doctor is going to kill me.

 

 

 

Fried bass, cheesy cauliflower and collard greens

 

 

 

Tuna melts--no bread, done in bell peppers (don't look @rotuts)

 

 

Salad and fried livers and gizzards

 

 

 

Valentine's dinner

Oysters

 

 

Cheesy mashed potatoes 

 

 

Roasted asparagus 

 

SV'd lobster tail

 

 

Chocolate cake and ice cream for dessert

 

 

[rotuts]

@Shelby

 

Ignored the Bell's.  

[YvetteMT]

@Shelbywhat's your method for your sv tails?

[KennethT]

@Shelby If you make the mashed potatoes the Robuchon way, it's like 50/50 butter/potato - less carbs that way! 🤣

[weinoo]

On 2/12/2026 at 4:58 PM, blue_dolphin said:

The lamb recipe calls for lamb shoulder chops which I haven’t cooked before but lamb shoulder was on sale for $5.99/lb

 

I love lamb shoulder and shoulder chops (both round bone and arm bone).  I'd really love them slammed on a super hot grill - as they often do in Italy for lamb scottadito (though in theory they use rib chops, but I've had it with shoulder chops on the plate).

 

 

Last night, for dinner:

 

 

Paella, halfway cooked.

Edited 2 hours ago by weinoo (log)

[Shelby]

1 hour ago, YvetteMT said:

@Shelbywhat's your method for your sv tails?

Thaw and then cut down the top of the shell and loosen the meat.  Season--I did Lawry's salt and pepper.  Couple pats of butter.  Vac pac (I had to trim the sharp edges off because they kept puncturing the bag arrrgh). SV at 140F for 45 mins.  Mine were on the smaller side so 45 was plenty.  

1 hour ago, KennethT said:

@Shelby If you make the mashed potatoes the Robuchon way, it's like 50/50 butter/potato - less carbs that way! 🤣

🤣🤣  The doctor seems to have no problem with him having high cholesterol so that's an excellent plan 🤣

[YvetteMT]

Thanks @Shelby! That's my new plan for tonight's tails.

[rotuts]

@weinoo

 

what do you mean by ' round bone and arm bone ? '

 

I might have to get back to TJ's racks of lamb.

 

many years ago , before they started carrying fresh meat , they had superb frozen racks of lamb.

 

and they were not that expensive , when purchased for a treat.

 

they came from Canada , back then.    

 

I think Tj's has racks from NewZealand , and possibly from Canada [ ? pre-tarrif ? ]

 

Fresh ones , one way or the other.

[weinoo]

39 minutes ago, rotuts said:

what do you mean by ' round bone and arm bone ? '

 

 

I think it's really round bone chops and blade chops.

 

 

Here are both kinds of shoulder chops...

 

 

https://goodfoodbaddie.com/garlic-herb-lamb-shoulder-chops/#google_vignette

 

 

[weinoo]

Check this out, @rotuts...