Lunch! (2003-2012)

[Domestic Goddess]

I was feeling homesick so I fixed Fried Bangus (Milkfish) with soysauce-calamansi juice dip. I also panfried some homemade gyoza which we also dipped in the soysauce-calamansi mix. I haven't ladled the rice yet since it was still finishing up on the stove after I fluffed it up and turned off the heat.

[hummingbirdkiss]

Well I am doing a pre spring purging of the larder (if you want to join us check out the thread)

and using every thing up ..for the next ten days I am not buying anything but Oil and eggs ...no going out to eat either ..I am on a kitchen larder diet!.. .and am using up everything I have ..out with the winter in with the spring I say ..the Hell with that damn Groundhog ..he is across the country anyway what does he know???

yesterday I had this wonderful bowl of boiled peanuts for lunch with a Jamaica flower spritzer ...and had no idea it took three freaking hours to boil these things!!! oh well they are so good it was worth every steamy moment!

today I am taking this soup to work it is a spicy/creamy acorn squash soup ...with ground up roasted peanuts in there...I need a new camera badly...(maybe not shopping for ten days will buy me one ) the soup is actually deep buttery yellow not white and fuzzy!

[Chris Hennes]

hummingbirdkiss those peanuts look great. I love fresh peanuts (and tree nuts, for that matter). I was just scrounging the fridge for lunch today and ended up with these pork quesadillas:

[Chris Hennes]

I seem to be on a mushroom fried rice kick right now:

[nakji]

What kind of mushrooms have you got there? It looks yummy. I've been on a fried rice for breakfast kick, as I use up leftovers from my bento making.

[Chris Hennes]

What kind of mushrooms have you got there? It looks yummy. I've been on a fried rice for breakfast kick, as I use up leftovers from my bento making.

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Maitake and oyster, mostly. Using up what I had left in the fridge this afternoon.

[suzilightning]

unfortunately no pictures of the food as they would not let me take them but after running some errands i ended up in this place;

it si in a strip mall in ledgewood new jersey.

here's the menu

i had a meat pattie fresh and hot out of the oven, the goat curry and a ginger beer. total was 18.18 and it was wonderful. just enough spice to make you warm but not so much that you blew your mouth out.

[Chris Hennes]

Three-pork Sandwich (Roasted pork, ham, Columbus Artisan Felino Salami) with swiss and dijon:

[suzilightning]

sunday's lunch. salad with marinated poached tuna and crackers.

[Chris Hennes]

Yet another Croque Monsieur, this time on Honey Apple Oat bread from Wegmans, which was too sweet.

[johnnyd]

Fresh Sardines at Harbor Fish Market, Custom House Wharf, Portland ME

Served with tomato/onion/cilantro in red wine vinegar, and country bread slices. This was a typical beach shack dish in Portugal only they were butterflied and grilled.

[menuinprogress]

Enmoladas de Pollo - shredded chicken folded in corn tortillas and covered in Mole. The Mole is Mole Coloradito, made using mole paste purchased at our local Oaxaca mercado.

While the mole wasn't made from scratch, the stock we added to it was - using a chicken purchased at the same market. Feet and all.

[prasantrin]

Yet another Croque Monsieur, this time on Honey Apple Oat bread from Wegmans, which was too sweet.

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That looks good! But where's the bechamel? I love the rich goodness of bechamel with my croque!

[Chris Hennes]

That looks good!  But where's the bechamel?  I love the rich goodness of bechamel with my croque!

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I've never had one with bechamel, or mornay. I guess I should add that to my list of things to try... would not have worked well with this one, I don't think. This bread choice was a mistake.

[cathrynapple]

Wouldn't that (and a fried egg) make it a croque madame? Or can t he monsieur have bechamel too? I feel dumb.

[Chris Hennes]

Wouldn't that (and a fried egg) make it a croque madame? Or can t he monsieur have bechamel too? I feel dumb.

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Easy to get confused, since there are a number of "croque" variations, but I always thought that the egg was all that was required to turn a "monsieur" into a "madame." I have never had one with a sauce on top, but I have heard of it, and it was still called "monsieur," at least on that menu. Any food historians care to shed some light?

[menuinprogress]

Easy to get confused, since there are a number of "croque" variations, but I always thought that the egg was all that was required to turn a "monsieur" into a "madame." I have never had one with a sauce on top, but I have heard of it, and it was still called "monsieur," at least on that menu. Any food historians care to shed some light?

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I'm no food historian, but I can search wikipedia with the best of them, and it agrees with what you said.

[cathrynapple]

Yeah, sorry - should have just looked it up.

[Daniel]

Had a very chill day of being alone in the house after cooking till late last night.. In efforts to not get out of my drawls today, I Made venison steak au poivre (with half and half).. Used an armagnac cause thats the only thing besides Campari, gin, or wine in in my house...

Made a large Cafe au lait (w/half and half) and stole half a twix from the little one's Halloween bag we forgot about.. To finish, I drank a little glass of a 79 sherry and made had some cheeses left over from last night.

I feel rather slothy.

Edited March 16, 2008 by Daniel (log)

[Alisuchi]

After eating a cheese quesadilla and an apple, and deciding "that's not what I really wanted"...a bowl of dulce de leche ice cream with mini heath bars. so much for my plan to eat only one dessert per day

[Octaveman]

Was going to McDonald's for a quick lunch as I usually get get something to go and come back to work but this time I said no. So off to the sushi bar I went. Spicy scallop hand roll, Hamachi hand roll, albacore hand roll, rainbow roll. I'm stuffed.

[monavano]

Yesterday, I made gnocchi and when I was done, I couldn't help but fry some up in butter

Dill gnocchi with Pecorino:

[crustybread]

I had a chicken salad sandwich on wheat bread with pickles on the side. Nothing special, hehe. But all the pictures look so amazing!

Edited March 25, 2008 by crustybread (log)

[Chris Hennes]

Oh man, monavano those gnocchi look great! I had a tuna melt:

[Domestic Goddess]

Chris - you take the most amazing food pictures!