What are you eating?

[ultralinear]

Looks yummy!  Homemade?  Bread machine?

K

Bread machine. It's our regular breakfast loaf - just measure ingredients into the pan and set it going.

[Kalevala]

I get some decent potato & egg salad from the grocery.

With fresh dill and some mustard mixed in?

Bread machine. It's our regular breakfast loaf - just measure ingredients into the pan and set it going.

Zojirushi?  I have an old one which I should haul out.

K

[drogulus]

With fresh dill and some mustard mixed in?

K

     It was in a plastic container in the deli department. All I know is it tastes like it has good things in it.

[ultralinear]

Zojirushi?  I have an old one which I should haul out.

K

Something way simpler (& cheaper ) :



You can only select from a dozen preset programs, maybe adjusting a couple of parameters (like weight and crust) or adding things like seeds at the appropriate point - but if you can find a setting that works for what you're trying to do then it's fairly dependable.  Anything more exotic than a standard loaf I'd bake by hand anyway, so wouldn't get the use out of anything more complicated.

[drogulus]

     Tomorrow I'll go to Waltham where there's an Indian market that sells lamb korma and veg samosas.

[Kalevala]

Tomorrow I'll go to Waltham where there's an Indian market that sells lamb korma and veg samosas.

Do they make it fresh there or is it frozen?

Had some leftover pizza for lunch today.   

K

[drogulus]

Do they make it fresh there or is it frozen?

Had some leftover pizza for lunch today.   

K

     It's frozen curry and fresh samosas. The curry is extremely authentic in its flavoring, light years beyond what Trader Joes has.

[drogulus]

     I have to warn that this is pretty savage, more so than what you'll get in a restaurant.

[Kalevala]

Does anyone here watch food programs?  I watch various ones including reviews of restaurants like "Gary Eats" which is based in the UK.

K

Edit:  I should add that GE's is a youtube food channel; I do also watch food programs on the t.v. too.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Triple chocolate ice cream while sipping a glass of cognac. Heaven. Zuzana Růžičková from speakers.

[Kalevala]

Triple chocolate ice cream while sipping a glass of cognac. Heaven. Zuzana Růžičková from speakers.

Sounds lovely!

Really hot here...hard to eat much at night.  I'll figure it out.

K

[Irons]

Amelia, a young lady, has recently acquired an allotment. She appeared out of the blue at our allotment shop which we open every Sunday morning with two loaves of the most delicious bread I have tasted. She even supplied breadboard and knife. Apparently she teaches baking bread and has a website. Amelia's cinnamon and currant bread will stay in my memory for many a day.

 https://www.ameliasbakehouse.co.uk/   

[Kalevala]

Amelia, a young lady, has recently acquired an allotment. She appeared out of the blue at our allotment shop which we open every Sunday morning with two loaves of the most delicious bread I have tasted. She even supplied breadboard and knife. Apparently she teaches baking bread and has a website. Amelia's cinnamon and currant bread will stay in my memory for many a day.

 https://www.ameliasbakehouse.co.uk/   

Nice!  Her sage and cheddar rolls look particularly yummy!

K

[Karl Henning]

Well, I've taken to adding a little turmeric to my oatmeal. 

[Kalevala]

@ritter I watched a review on Gary Eats of a restaurant which is listed as the oldest in the world.  It's in Madrid and is called Sobrino de Botín and dates back to 1725.  The artichokes, pork and lamb looked astounding--wish that they were more veg/salad served with them/options.

Have you or anyone else here ever eaten there before?

K

[ritter]

@ritter I watched a review on Gary Eats of a restaurant which is listed as the oldest in the world.  It's in Madrid and is called Sobrino de Botín and dates back to 1725.  The artichokes, pork and lamb looked astounding--wish that they were more veg/salad served with them/options.

Have you or anyone else here ever eaten there before?

K

Oh yes. K, Sobrino de Botín is a local institution! I've been there, but many , many years ago. It is not a tourist trap, but also not the first place locals would think if when going out to dinner.  But if I have visitors from abroad in town, I'd consider this restaurant as one of the places where they can get a feel of the old, "castizo" (i.e. genuine and traditional) Madrid and its cuisine.

The thing is that with my partner being a vegetarian, and I not being that fond of the dishes which are the house specialties (lamb and suckling pig cooked in a wood oven), there's not that much on the menu to lure us there.

[Wanderer]

suckling pig cooked in a wood oven

This looks very similar to our γουρνοπούλα (gournopoúla), a local Peloponnesian specialty of our region of Messenia. In fact, that's the main thing we're going to have tomorrow at the family table. 

[Wanderer]

--wish that they were more veg/salad served with them/options.

Rafael may correct me if things are different in Spain, but here in Greece and I think in most Mediterranean countries such dishes are not rigidly served with this or that, salad or potatoes; roast meat is served and then one is supposed to add from the other things also at the table: salads, roast potatoes, fries, spreads like tzatziki or melitzanosaláta, etc. When you order such a thing at a restaurant, you also order extra things like a communal salad or an extra serving of fries "for the table" to be shared and complement the meal. We don't order individual "sides".

[Kalevala]

@ritter I could see how that would be a problem!  They have some dishes that would fall either into pescatarian, or egg based dishes, but even most of their vegetable dishes contain some sort of ham.  Apparently, one also needs to get onto a waiting list (no idea how far in advance).

This bit of trivia I found to be quite fascinating:  supposedly, they've never let their wood oven completely go out (even during Covid they fed the fire).

I believe that one of the meat dishes that Gary ordered (the pig I believe) came with two roasted potatoes.

Rafael may correct me if things are different in Spain, but here in Greece and I think in most Mediterranean countries such dishes are not rigidly served with this or that, salad or potatoes; roast meat is served and then one is supposed to add from the other things also at the table: salads, roast potatoes, fries, spreads like tzatziki or melitzanosaláta, etc. When you order such a thing at a restaurant, you also order extra things like a communal salad or an extra serving of fries "for the table" to be shared and complement the meal. We don't order individual "sides".

Thanks for that.  The sides matches up with what I've seen on Gary Eats (He's British by the way).  Even when he's ordered fish and chips, he's always had to pay extra for things like curry sauce.

So, what happens if you're a party of one?  Do you go home with a lot of leftovers?

Hope that you enjoyed your dinner!

K

p.s.  Off to finish baking my potato; not certain what all to stuff it with today--hot here and not terribly hungry--maybe a salad on the side with some mozzarella and summer tomatoes?  A bit of a strange combo I know.

[Wanderer]

Thanks for that.  The sides matches up with what I've seen on Gary Eats (He's British by the way).  Even when he's ordered fish and chips, he's always had to pay extra for things like curry sauce.

I assume you mean in England; there's no such thing as curry sauce in Greece outside of an Indian restaurant (love them, but not in this weather : ).