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Title: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 07, 2007, 11:00:31 AM
A nice hamburger and an arugula salad. 

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Maciek on April 07, 2007, 11:09:07 AM
I'm glad someone with an appropriate avatar started this one! ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 20, 2007, 06:34:13 PM
Quote from: toledobass on April 07, 2007, 11:00:31 AM
A nice hamburger and an arugula salad. 

Allan - assume this is the only thread on EATING! Can't believe virtually no responses?  Must get this one goin' -  ;D

Well, April is my birthday month & LOML always 'feels' that we should go out to celebrate - really not my preference, but a good excuse for her not to cook, I guess -  ;) :D

So, went to one of my favorite local restaurants - Bernardin's - menu here (http://www.bernardinsfinedining.com/menu.html) - ordered my 'usual' although all is outstanding!

Started w/ 'Seared Tuna Carpaccio' on a wonderful 'little' salad, followed by 'Seared Ostrich plate' - both just great; of course, wine needed - a couple glasses of Acacia Pinot Noir - we did skip dessert -  :'(, but the 'Warm Banana Walnut Tartlet' is absolutely superb!  Wonderful evening out -  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: m_gigena on April 20, 2007, 10:03:58 PM
Cake. (Basically, leftovers from my birthday celebration)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 21, 2007, 04:54:32 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on April 20, 2007, 06:34:13 PM
Allan - assume this is the only thread on EATING! Can't believe virtually no responses?  Must get this one goin' -  ;D

Well, April is my birthday month & LOML always 'feels' that we should go out to celebrate - really not my preference, but a good excuse for her not to cook, I guess -  ;) :D

So, went to one of my favorite local restaurants - Bernardin's - menu here (http://www.bernardinsfinedining.com/menu.html) - ordered my 'usual' although all is outstanding!

Started w/ 'Seared Tuna Carpaccio' on a wonderful 'little' salad, followed by 'Seared Ostrich plate' - both just great; of course, wine needed - a couple glasses of Acacia Pinot Noir - we did skip dessert -  :'(, but the 'Warm Banana Walnut Tartlet' is absolutely superb!  Wonderful evening out -  :)

Sonic,

Yeah this wasn't a frequently hit thread in the old forum either,  but I enjoy posting about what I cook and eat and it got hits from time to time so here it is!!!!!

That menu looks nice,  asian accents throughout.  Here is one thing that seems absolutly wrong to me though:

French Onion Soup
Provolone cheese | $5.95

Provolone?  of all the ways to screw up onion soup............and from a CIA grad as well.

and:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 21, 2007, 05:47:24 AM
Quote from: toledobass on April 21, 2007, 04:54:32 AM
That menu looks nice,  asian accents throughout.  Here is one thing that seems absolutly wrong to me though:

French Onion Soup
Provolone cheese | $5.95

Provolone?  of all the ways to screw up onion soup............and from a CIA grad as well.

Allan - I'm not a fan of onion soup, so have not given that one a try; the owner is from NYC and indeed is Asian, so the flavors are quite complex & interesting; wife had a shrimp dish w/ a sweet potato puree & broccholi (some other veggies), but the flavors were just multi-faceted - we love dishes like that!  Dave :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on April 21, 2007, 06:02:19 AM
Another happy birthday Dave!

(http://www.acadiamagic.com/images-lobster/lobster-01.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 21, 2007, 06:27:31 AM
Quote from: Bill on April 21, 2007, 06:02:19 AM
(http://www.acadiamagic.com/images-lobster/lobster-01.jpg)

  Bill - better not show that pic to the LOML!  One of our favorite pastimes, lobster & clams!  In-laws have a house in Montauk @ the tip of Long Island (FIL past away a year ago Christmas, so we don't travel up there much) - but if anyone is in the vicinity - give Gossman's Dock a try - seafood restaurant w/ fish market & shops; but one of our luncheon past times was to order 'Lobster in the Rough' - small steamed lobster w/ some steamers & a few sides; eaten outside watching the boats returning & leaving Long Island Sound -  :P :D  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on April 21, 2007, 06:40:37 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on April 21, 2007, 06:27:31 AM
  Bill - better not show that pic to the LOML!  One of our favorite pastimes, lobster & clams!  In-laws have a house in Montauk @ the tip of Long Island (FIL past away a year ago Christmas, so we don't travel up there much) - but if anyone is in the vicinity - give Gossman's Dock a try - seafood restaurant w/ fish market & shops; but one of our luncheon past times was to order 'Lobster in the Rough' - small steamed lobster w/ some steamers & a few sides; eaten outside watching the boats returning & leaving Long Island Sound -  :P :D  Dave


(http://www.acadiamagic.com/images-dining/lobster-06.jpg)
I hit the one in Trenton, Maine when we visit my home state....however, I usually fly solo as my LOML does not care for seafood, nor does my son. :o ;D  However, my 4 year-old daughter went with me last time and seemed to take a liking to it....however, she filled up on the steamers before ever embarking on her lobster.  I went ahead and suffered the task of eating it for her.   :DLOL
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 21, 2007, 07:39:39 AM
I'm headed to Bar Harbor,  Maine in the summer.  You guys have any recs?

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 21, 2007, 08:06:59 AM
Quote from: toledobass on April 21, 2007, 07:39:39 AM
I'm headed to Bar Harbor,  Maine in the summer.  You guys have any recs?

Allan - I've been to Maine only a couple of times (but would love to return!) - love lobster rolls for lunch & lobster @ night!  Bill, is there also a 'lobster omlet' for breakfast?  ;D

Our longest trip was a one-week vacation, and we had lobster daily in all sorts of places, always great there.  We did spend a few days in Bar Harbor - wonderful place - Acadia National Park is beautiful; also, took a boat trip to look for puffins (if you're into bird watching).  I can't remember the restaurants (probably been 15 yrs or so); but 'google' dining in Bar Harbor or pick up some new guide books - you should be able to find plenty of places (hope you like seafood!).

Bill might have some more recent recommendations - have a great trip, Dave -  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on April 21, 2007, 03:58:30 PM
Quote from: toledobass on April 21, 2007, 07:39:39 AM
I'm headed to Bar Harbor,  Maine in the summer.  You guys have any recs?

Allan

Yes, the Trenton shack posted above.  About a 15 minute drive out of the town.  There are two shacks in Trenton....make sure you hit the above.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 23, 2007, 08:42:57 AM
Howdy Billy,

Thanks for that rec.  I'll be sure and hit it while I'm out there. 

I'm headed out for a nice bowl of pho.  My favorite is fatty brisket,  tendon and tripe.  I'll get good and jacked up on a vietnamese coffee too. woohooo!!!

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on April 23, 2007, 08:48:53 AM
Supa-yum Jif crunchy peanut butter and Smucker's strawberry preserves, JA!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on April 23, 2007, 04:45:53 PM
A plate of (cooked) small yellow potatoes, carrots, and peas all doused in:

(http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/e/ea/Cholulabottle.JPG)

Any other hot sauce fans out there?  What are your favorites that can actually be purchased? ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 23, 2007, 05:25:34 PM
I love that sauce but haven't had it in a long time.  It has a great unique flavor.  I've been using this stuff a ton lately:

(http://www.malaysianfood.net/mf5.jpg)


Allan

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: hornteacher on April 23, 2007, 05:40:06 PM
A cup of french vanilla ice cream with a mug of hot tea.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on April 23, 2007, 05:40:44 PM
Quote from: hornteacher on April 23, 2007, 05:40:06 PM
A cup of french vanilla ice cream with a mug of hot tea.

Type of tea?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: hornteacher on April 23, 2007, 05:58:03 PM
Quote from: Bill on April 23, 2007, 05:40:44 PM
Type of tea?

Just regular Lipton Decaf.  I usually don't get fancy when eating ice cream.  Its the hot vs cold that I like.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on April 23, 2007, 06:01:23 PM
Quote from: hornteacher on April 23, 2007, 05:58:03 PM
Just regular Lipton Decaf.  I usually don't get fancy when eating ice cream.  Its the hot vs cold that I like.

Yes. Lipton has been "shelved" a bit by many, including myself, but when I occasionally have a cup, I am always pleased with it....the taste always brings back good memories for me as this is what my mother drank when I was a kid....she still prefers it to this day.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: hornteacher on April 23, 2007, 06:04:25 PM
Quote from: Bill on April 23, 2007, 06:01:23 PM
Yes. Lipton has been "shelved" a bit by many, including myself, but when I occasionally have a cup, I am always pleased with it....the taste always brings back good memories for me as this is what my mother drank when I was a kid....she still prefers it to this day.

The same goes for my Father.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 30, 2007, 03:48:23 PM
Yummy open faced sandwich made from some leftover veal chop for lunch.  For dinner,  an excellent flatiron steak with an arugula salad.  Love that chewy flavorful cut. 

I got the grill all ready to go today but haven't fired it up yet.  Gotta get some coals.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on April 30, 2007, 04:58:39 PM
Quote from: Bill on April 23, 2007, 04:45:53 PM
A plate of (cooked) small yellow potatoes, carrots, and peas all doused in:

(http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/e/ea/Cholulabottle.JPG)

Any other hot sauce fans out there?  What are your favorites that can actually be purchased? ;D

I have that on every other meal Bill!  I even have it on my oatmeal. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on April 30, 2007, 08:16:31 PM
Quote from: DavidW on April 30, 2007, 04:58:39 PM
I have that on every other meal Bill!  I even have it on my oatmeal. :)

Yup David.  I use it for aftershave as well.  Really tightens up those pores. ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on April 30, 2007, 08:45:29 PM
Quote from: Bogey on April 30, 2007, 08:16:31 PM
Yup David.  I use it for aftershave as well.  Really tightens up those pores. ;)

:D  haha

Yeah I like that brand because it adds flavor to your meals without scorching you.  I'm not a gung-ho hot sauce fan, I just like it when it helps spice up meals. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 11, 2007, 05:27:14 AM
Had some mussels steamed in the standard white wine,  and butter.  I Added some garlic, mustard and saffron, too.  Sopped it all up with a nice baguette.  An real treat for me.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 11, 2007, 06:19:50 AM
Just returned from a week in sunny Florida (vacation + meeting) - first 3 days at the Don Cesar Beach Resort (shown below, left) in St. Petersburg, right on the Gulf Coast (love to see the sunsets unlike the east coast of FL); wonderful seafood restaurant in the hotel called The Maritana Grill (http://www.doncesar.com/Dining/MaritanaGrille/) (menu on a PDF download, if anyone is headed that way - expensive, but some of the best prepared seafood that I've eaten over the years).

Then off to Orlando for the meeting - stayed at the JR Marriott - ate at a great Italian restaurant in the hotel, a Thai place, and the MoonFish Restaurant (http://www.fishfusion.com/) - the latter was by far my favorite, so if you're headed for Orlando & love seafood (or great BIG aged steaks), then give it a try!  :P :)

(http://www.doncesar.com/images/photos/1.jpg)  (http://cache.marriott.com/propertyimages/m/mcojw/phototour/mcojw_phototour30.jpg?Log=1)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 11, 2007, 07:42:36 AM
Dave,

I want your life....that is all.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on May 11, 2007, 07:54:29 AM
Quote from: toledobass on May 11, 2007, 05:27:14 AM
Had some mussels steamed in the standard white wine,  and butter.  I Added some garlic, mustard and saffron, too.  Sopped it all up with a nice baguette.  An real treat for me.

Dude! La dolce vita!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 11, 2007, 09:20:03 AM
Quote from: toledobass on May 11, 2007, 07:42:36 AM
Dave,

I want your life....that is all.


Allan - LOL!  ;D  I needed those first 3 days on St. Pete's beach before attending the meeting -  ;) :D  Don't know if you looked at that Maritana Grill menu, but we ended up eating there 2 nights - just superb; the other night we went to one of those seafood shack-type restaurants (which was highly recommended) - shared some oysters on the half shell & had stone crabs as my main course (along w/ a couple of Bass ales on tap) - hmmm that wasn't bad either (and a lot cheaper!).  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 11, 2007, 05:34:50 PM
Carbonara for dinner.  It was good but it's too rich for the weather now. 

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 16, 2007, 10:50:31 AM
Well, on my own last night (wife out at a dinner meeting!) - so, quick & simple:  Alaskan King Crab, just steamed & cooled + a spinach/mushroom salad w/ a little low-cal blue cheese dressing (my favorite!); OH, of course a light Chardonnay - tried the newest release of the Greg Norman (inexpensive & readily available in the grocery stores here) - not bad (probably would give it a mid-80s rating), but fine w/ the crab.  :D

(http://shop.legalseafoods.com/images/images/KingCrabLegs.jpg)  (http://www.carolinacooking.tv/images/wines/3125.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 23, 2007, 03:12:28 PM
A nice chewy flank steak with carmelized shallots and a spinach salad.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on May 23, 2007, 04:44:30 PM
Chicken Teriakyi  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on May 23, 2007, 04:50:06 PM
Doble bubble
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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 29, 2007, 06:53:36 PM
Well, this seemed to be a much more popular thread on the 'old forum' - someone must be eating out there!  ;D

Just returned from a long weekend trip to Atlanta - mainly went to see the 'new' aquarium, also took in the Margaret Mitchell house, & the Atlanta Historic Museum - stayed at the Ritz in Buckhead, and then on the way back decided to spend an overnight in the South Carolina 'Upcountry' - fabulous little 'new' place called 'La Bastide Country Inn' (CLICK on the image for more details)!

But this is about EATING - so, if anyone is coming to Atlanta or to the SC mountains, then these are the restaurants we tried and all are highly recommended (CLICK on images for more info!):

Atlanta Fish Market (http://www.buckheadrestaurants.com/afm.html) - fabulous seafood place! Started out w/ oysters on the half shell (4 different types) & 'steamers' (as good as I've had them in New England); main course was Alaskan halibut 'Chinese Style' - steamed w/ spinach & jasmine rice - delicious & healthy - the choices there are astounding (and the 'cheapest' dinner of the trip!).

Dining Room @ Ritz (http://travela.priceline.com/travelguides/restaurants/Ritz_Carlton_Buckhead_Dining_Room_Atlanta_Georgia_United_States-8610.html?plf=PCLN&irefid=PLTGMERCH) - most expensive dinner of the trip but just unique (considered one of the best restuarants, if not the TOPS, in Atlanta) - had a squab appetizer w/ duck main course + Oregon Pinot Noir - this was a great experience; desserts were fablulous w/ French press coffee for me & 'white' tea for the wife from a special cart devoted to a variety of teas - really a treat (but you PAY for it!).

Bluepointe Restaurant (http://atlanta.citysearch.com/review/3016916) - just across the street from the Ritz; owned by the same people as the Atlanta Fish Market but more formal & upscale w/ 'Asian fusion' influences - this was probably my favorite meal; started out w/ a selection of oysters on the half shelf & a unique himachi roll (full sushi menu available) - main course was a curry crusted grouper w/ bok choy (my favorite veggie) - one of the best curry sauces that I've ever eaten! French press coffee (Kona coast) w/ a fabulous chocolate dessert + pitaschio ice cream made fresh (share w/ wife) - hmmm!

Last night was in SC at La Bastide (CLICK on the image below for more info) - fabulous restaurant in this country inn - started out w/ 'boneless' quail, shared a Stilton blue cheese salad w/ spouse, and tried roasted suckling pig (YES, I thought of Babe the Pig - a film that I own!); dessert of fresh sorbets was outstanding.

Don't think we could have had another night - ate lite tonight at home on our return -  ;D

(http://www.cliffscommunities.com/_images/mini-mainpages/cliffs_labastide_mp_corephoto_01.jpg) (http://www.cliffscommunities.com/la-bastide/)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 29, 2007, 07:35:00 PM
As usual Dave shows us what it's like to eat well.

I had a pretty nice dinner.  A frisee salad with topped with bacon and poached eggs and a nice piece of toast. 


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Larry Rinkel on May 29, 2007, 07:56:15 PM
Today I made a lamb dish, Indian style, in which a nice 2-pound piece of boneless leg of lamb had been marinating in a sauce of yogurt, ginger, garlic, roasted ground cumin, ground pistachios, chopped raisins, lemon juice, and brown sugar, topped with saffron. That was roasted in a slow oven for 90 minutes and served over basmati rice. Enough leftover for at least 2 more meals.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on May 30, 2007, 11:15:07 AM
(http://www.chocolatmichelcluizel-na.com/images/products/hazelnutbar.gif)
This one but with pistachios rather than hazelnuts
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 30, 2007, 06:06:02 PM
Quote from: Larry Rinkel on May 29, 2007, 07:56:15 PM
Today I made a lamb dish, Indian style, in which a nice 2-pound piece of boneless leg of lamb had been marinating in a sauce of yogurt, ginger, garlic, roasted ground cumin, ground pistachios, chopped raisins, lemon juice, and brown sugar, topped with saffron. That was roasted in a slow oven for 90 minutes and served over basmati rice. Enough leftover for at least 2 more meals.

Allan - I believe you & I could be GREAT 'eating pals' - wife & I really enjoyed those dinners!  :D

Larry - that description sounds superb - sure that we would enjoy - BTW, I usually prefer 'beer' w/ Indian food (i.e. Asian Indian for the 'smart a$$es'), but more recently I've been trying the quite acidic New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs w/ this food - seems to work quite well - comments from all appreciated - Dave  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on May 30, 2007, 07:58:05 PM
You people have too much money.

I'm eating Rollo candies.  :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on May 30, 2007, 08:01:45 PM
Quote from: Kullervo on May 30, 2007, 07:58:05 PM
You people have too much money.

I'm eating Rollo candies.  :P

The chocolate on these is always chalky and the caramel is fairly flavorless....but I always retry them form time to time hoping for better results.  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on May 30, 2007, 08:05:57 PM
Quote from: Bogey on May 30, 2007, 08:01:45 PM
The chocolate on these is always chalky and the caramel is fairly flavorless....but I always retry them form time to time hoping for better results.  :D

Yeah, they aren't amazing, but I had an impulse buy at the convenience store.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on May 30, 2007, 08:08:45 PM
Chinese takeout this evening.
Lightly sauted string beans and boiled rice. But first scallion pancakes dipped into the hottest sauce I've ever tasted  :o
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on May 31, 2007, 11:34:18 AM
Just made some delicious gumbo, sans shrimp. Threw a can of black-eyed peas for some extra volume. It's good, I gare-awn-tay!

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Steve on May 31, 2007, 11:37:42 AM
Granola bar and a peach.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on May 31, 2007, 12:32:29 PM
In case you are missing some posts by a member: They are in the bin, the garbage bin, where they belong.

Carry on with nice appetising talk about food.

Right now I am munching on a  slice of Hutzelbrot! Bet you don't know that I am talking about!  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on May 31, 2007, 12:41:02 PM
I just had a wonderful lunch: an Armenian-style curried lamb stew with chickpeas and dried apricots.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on May 31, 2007, 01:26:30 PM
I made Coq au vin tonight, and red cabbage and Spätzle (Franco-German fusion  ;D ). I didn't have an inexpensive red wine on hand for the pot so I "sacrificed" half a bottle of 1999 Château Croix de Courans, a Saint-Émilion Grand Cru. We drank the remainder with dinner.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on May 31, 2007, 01:28:44 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 31, 2007, 01:26:30 PM
I made Coq au vin tonight, and red cabbage and Spätzle (Franco-German fusion  ;D ). I didn't have an inexpensive red wine on hand for the pot so I "sacrificed" half a bottle of 1999 Château Croix de Courans, a Saint-Émilion Grand Cru. We drank the remainder with dinner.

Sarge

Please count me in when pondering future "sacrifices."  ;D  ;D  ;D  I'll be right over...

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on May 31, 2007, 01:34:07 PM
Quote from: bhodges on May 31, 2007, 01:28:44 PM
Please count me in when pondering future "sacrifices."  ;D  ;D  ;D  I'll be right over...

--Bruce

We had plenty of chicken left over, Bruce...not a drop of wine though  :D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papy Oli on May 31, 2007, 01:59:14 PM
the best of addictions, dark chocolate...


Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 31, 2007, 01:26:30 PM

Spätzle (Franco-German fusion  ;D )


I was born in Alsace and I hadn't heard that word in ages !! ...that sure brought a smile to my face, Thanks Sarge !!!

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 31, 2007, 02:07:03 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 31, 2007, 01:26:30 PM
I made Coq au vin tonight, and red cabbage and Spätzle (Franco-German fusion  ;D ). I didn't have an inexpensive red wine on hand for the pot so I "sacrificed" half a bottle of 1999 Château Croix de Courans, a Saint-Émilion Grand Cru. We drank the remainder with dinner.

Sarge - as is often said in cooking w/ wine, always use the wine that you plan to drink w/ the dinner!  :o  I could never accept that philosophy -  ;) :D   We buy a bunch of those 'little' 6-pack wines, which are varietal and seem fine for cooking - save the better stuff for drinking -  8)  BTW - can understand why you 'ran out' of wine - I probably would have needed to open another bottle, but that's just me -  :)  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on May 31, 2007, 06:43:46 PM
Quote from: papy on May 31, 2007, 01:59:14 PM
the best of addictions, dark chocolate...


I was born in Alsace and I hadn't heard that word in ages !! ...that sure brought a smile to my face, Thanks Sarge !!!


You can make your own, not too difficult. All you need is a Spätzlehobel. I used this type, many varieties easily available on the internet; that's where I got mine plus one for my neighbour who kept on borrowing mine and I had to run over to get it when I wanted to make Spätzle!  ;D

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 01, 2007, 06:44:04 AM
Quote from: papy on May 31, 2007, 01:59:14 PM
I was born in Alsace and I hadn't heard that word in ages !! ...that sure brought a smile to my face, Thanks Sarge !!!

Alsace is one of my favorite places on earth. My first wife spent her junior year of college at the university of Strasbourg (she was a French major) and after we married, her Alsatian friends became my Alsatian friends. During my first tour of Germany, we often spent weekends and vacations in Alsace. One friend's parents owned a farm in Obermodern. His father was Alsatian, his mother Polish (they met while he was making his way back from the Russian front at the end of the war). She spoke German and the Alsatian dialect but not French...but she certainly learned to cook French! Her meals were some of the best I've ever eaten...her rabbit in wine sauce was sublime (and living on a farm where they raised rabbits, the meat was very fresh  ;D )

After the divorce I met Mrs. Rock and our first get-away weekend was to Strasbourg...she'd never been there. We still like to vacation in Alsace, usually south of Stras in wine country. Once a month we shop, for food and wine, in Hagenau (it's about an hour's drive from our home in Germany).

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 01, 2007, 07:03:19 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on May 31, 2007, 02:07:03 PM
Sarge - as is often said in cooking w/ wine, always use the wine that you plan to drink w/ the dinner!

Yes, in an ideal world (meaning, if I were a millionaire  ;D ) I'd follow Hugh Johnson's advice and put one bottle of Chambertin in the pot and one on the table.

What I try to do is roughly match the wines: for example, a generic Bordeaux or Bordeaux supérieur in the pot, a cru bourgeois or cru classé on the table. Yesterday was the exception: I was just too lazy to go to the market and I raided the wine cellar instead. I have to say, the sauce was exceptional :)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 02, 2007, 04:43:39 PM
Good eats tonight.

Another frisee salad with lardons and poached eggs but I used some duck eggs tonight.  Yummmm.

For dessert I roasted some peaches and put them on a nice heap of fresh ricotta with a litte bit of lemon zest.  Fresh ricotta rocks!!!


Allan


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 02, 2007, 05:47:14 PM
Well, back at home - but tonight a special treat - live lobster steamed w/ a light salad & some Chardonnay - a great combo!  Wine from Chile - light, lemony, and w/o much oak - perfect w/ shellfish - however, lobster has really gone up in price!  About twice as much a pound as of a year or so ago - think I read about this issue, but can't remember the details -  :'(  But, was excellent -  :D

(http://www.newsday.com/media/thumbnails/photo/2006-08/24880490.jpg)  (http://www.majestic.co.uk/272/productsLg/39144.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on June 02, 2007, 06:38:24 PM
Quote from: toledobass on June 02, 2007, 04:43:39 PM
Good eats tonight.

Another frisee salad with lardons and poached eggs but I used some duck eggs tonight.  Yummmm.

For dessert I roasted some peaches and put them on a nice heap of fresh ricotta with a litte bit of lemon zest.  Fresh ricotta rocks!!!


Allan




I'm always jealous of your meals. Mumble...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Steve on June 02, 2007, 06:59:06 PM
Quote from: Kullervo on June 02, 2007, 06:38:24 PM
I'm always jealous of your meals. Mumble...

Same here....  :-[
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 03, 2007, 06:45:54 AM
Well, I'm always jealous of what Dave eats!!!!

I finally got a photobucket account so here's my breakfast from this morning.  Some one eyed jacks!!!!! (sorry about the awful 70's plates)



(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0603070934.jpg)

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 03, 2007, 06:59:09 AM
Quote from: toledobass on June 03, 2007, 06:45:54 AM
Well, I'm always jealous of what Dave eats!!!!

I finally got a photobucket account so here's my breakfast from this morning.  Some one eyed jacks!!!!! (sorry about the awful 70's plates)

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0603070934.jpg)


Allan - that looks a lot better than my breakfast this 'morn - just had some toast & coffee!  :'(  But going out to our 'mountain lodge' restaurant tonight - right down the road, just 5 mins. from home - I usually alternate between the broiled trout or the venison (I guess depending on the 'color' of wine I want -  ;) ;D)  Usually just order two veggies on the side (typically sauteed spinach & asparagus) - simple, quick, & quite tasty (and at a decent price!) - Dave  :)

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/photos/128597172-M.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 03, 2007, 07:25:12 AM
Hittin' brunch here in about 30 minutes:

(http://www.restaurantguideatlanta.com/papentrance.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papy Oli on June 03, 2007, 08:17:47 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 01, 2007, 06:44:04 AM
Alsace is one of my favorite places on earth.....

I'll have to agree on that one, although I left Alsace when i was 3 y.o. and visited it a couple of times only since...but that stayed nicely in the genes  ;D

My favorite wines are definitely the Alsace ones : Gewurtztraminer, Riesling, Pinot, Muscat.... that to top a nice saurkraut !!

and you talking of rabbit as well  >:D....i am peckish now...   :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on June 03, 2007, 09:53:30 AM
Quote from: toledobass on June 03, 2007, 06:45:54 AM

 Some one eyed jacks!!!!!

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0603070934.jpg)

Allan

Those are not one eyed Jacks!  ::)

They are 'Toads-in-a-hole'! At least that's what this nourishment is called in Scotland!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 03, 2007, 11:18:56 AM
Quote from: Bogey on June 03, 2007, 07:25:12 AM
Hittin' brunch here in about 30 minutes:

(http://www.restaurantguideatlanta.com/papentrance.jpg)

Just got back....my wife and I might not have another bite until next Sunday.  :-X
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 04, 2007, 05:42:46 AM
The best meal I had this weekend was at a restaurant in Kallstadt on the Weinstrasse in the Pfalz: Scholle Filet "Finkenweider Art", boiled potatoes and salad. Scholle is plaice. I expected two filets, got six! They covered a large plate. They were fried with bacon bits and placed on a bed of finely chopped root veggies. Mrs. Rock took one look at it and said, "Germans are probably the only people in the world who would take a perfectly healthy piece of fish and turn it into a heart attack on a plate." True, but boy, it tasted great. We drank a dry 2006 Grauburgunder kabinett (the same grape as the French pinot gris and Italian pinot grigio). I started out with a bowl of thick potato and fried Blutwurst soup.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 04, 2007, 06:48:44 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 04, 2007, 05:42:46 AM
"Germans are probably the only people in the world who would take a perfectly healthy piece of fish and turn it into a heart attack on a plate."
Sarge

Uhhhh...I'd include the French in there too.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 06, 2007, 03:36:10 AM
Simple meal last night: Schnitzel, boiled taters, and Spargel (asparagus). Complex wine: a 2002 Reiterpfad (an erstes Gewächs--premier cru--Riesling Spätlese trocken from Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl).

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/berlin/SchSpar.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/berlin/ReiterP.jpg)

Spargel is grown locally. The season lasts from mid-April to 20 June. We buy from a farmer in our village; it's been picked within a few hours. Although green Spargel is available now too, and becoming more popular, the traditional Spargel is white. The stalks never see the sun until they are harvested. They're grown in mounds and picked by workers who march up and down the rows all day, looking for a sign that the spear is about to break through the soil.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/berlin/arbeiter1.jpg)

When ready to harvest, a tool is inserted into the side of the mound.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/berlin/stechen2.jpg)


The taste is milder than green asparagus.

Sarge

 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on June 06, 2007, 05:27:11 AM
Buddy Jesus approves of the wine.  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 06, 2007, 05:41:21 AM
Quote from: Kullervo on June 06, 2007, 05:27:11 AM
Buddy Jesus approves of the wine.  :D

Yes he does  :D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 06, 2007, 05:46:15 AM
That looks great and satisfying,  Sarge.  I love the knife.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 06, 2007, 06:26:25 AM
Quote from: toledobass on June 06, 2007, 05:46:15 AM
That looks great and satisfying,  Sarge.  I love the knife.


Allan

Sabatier LaGuiole steak-knives (with the distinctive bee insignia):

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/berlin/LsG.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/berlin/LsGbee.jpg)

We first saw them at a restaurant in Kayserberg Alsace. Mrs. Rock fell in love with them. She asked the owner about them and they had a long conversation. We found a set on sale at Amazon.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 06, 2007, 06:31:49 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 06, 2007, 06:26:25 AM
Sabatier LaGuiole steak-knives (with the distinctive bee insignia):

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/berlin/LsG.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/berlin/LsGbee.jpg)

We first saw them at a restaurant in Kayserberg Alsace. Mrs. Rock fell in love with them. She asked the owner about them and they had a long conversation. We found a set on sale at Amazon.

Sarge

Thanks so much for that info.  I'm gonna have to add those to my 'to get' list.  Now what can you tell me about the little spoon in the (what looks like) butter?   ;D ;)

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 06, 2007, 06:42:45 AM
Quote from: toledobass on June 06, 2007, 06:31:49 AM
Now what can you tell me about the little spoon in the (what looks like) butter?   ;D ;)

Allan

Now there hangs a tale!

Actually, Mrs. Rock got a set of cheap, kitschy flatware free because she bought a ton of products from the French cosmetic company Yves Rocher. ;D  And yes, that's butter and garlic.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Scriptavolant on June 06, 2007, 07:17:42 AM
(http://www.secerchitrovi.com/ricette/img/salame-di-cioccolato.jpg)

Salame al (di) cioccolato.  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on June 07, 2007, 07:31:13 AM
Luscious yummy-bud cooked for five minutes in butter, with the juices and herbal remainders sopped up with 15-grain bread.

I believe I'll be cracking out Mahler's 6th (Karajan) in about an hour and a half!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on June 07, 2007, 07:35:41 AM
I want a list of the 15 grains!  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on June 07, 2007, 07:38:29 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 07, 2007, 07:35:41 AM
I want a list of the 15 grains!  8)



:D


I'll bet that my late breakfast is going to make me very hungry all over again!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on June 07, 2007, 07:46:54 AM
Dried plums, a childhood favorite!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on June 07, 2007, 07:51:22 AM
Quote from: Kullervo on June 07, 2007, 07:46:54 AM
Dried plums, a childhood favorite!

Borrowing the French word for plum, we call these prunes in English. Just FYI!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on June 07, 2007, 07:52:44 AM
Yes I know, I was being silly. I honestly don't understand the bad rap prunes get... they're delicious!  ???
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on June 07, 2007, 07:54:27 AM
Quote from: Kullervo on June 07, 2007, 07:52:44 AM
Yes I know, I was being silly. I honestly don't understand the bad rap prunes get... they're delicious!  ???





Plus, they keep ya goin'! ;) 0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on June 07, 2007, 07:55:03 AM
Quote from: Kullervo on June 07, 2007, 07:52:44 AM
Yes I know, I was being silly. I honestly don't understand the bad rap prunes get... they're delicious!  ???

My mom-in-law uses them in cooking, especially a delicious chicken dish.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on June 07, 2007, 08:08:12 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 07, 2007, 07:55:03 AM
My mom-in-law uses them in cooking, especially a delicious chicken dish.




Now that sounds delicious :)!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 07, 2007, 08:26:55 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 07, 2007, 07:55:03 AM
My mom-in-law uses them in cooking...

Yeah, mine too, but she adds them to pork roasts. Must be an old world thing, eh, Karl?  8)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on June 07, 2007, 08:29:40 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 07, 2007, 08:26:55 AM
Yeah, mine too, but she adds them to pork roasts. Must be an old world thing, eh, Karl?  8)

Sarge





Oh no, my late breakfast's effects are kicking in, and now I'm starving!!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Robert on June 07, 2007, 08:37:23 AM
Quote from: Haffner on June 07, 2007, 07:54:27 AM




Plus, they keep ya goin'! ;) 0:)
a very LOOSE  interpretation if I ever heard one...........
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 07, 2007, 08:39:41 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 07, 2007, 08:26:55 AM
Yeah, mine too, but she adds them to pork roasts. Must be an old world thing, eh, Karl?  8)

Sarge

I know they're used a bit in old-school French cooking.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on June 07, 2007, 08:59:59 AM
Quote from: toledobass on June 07, 2007, 08:39:41 AM
I know they're used a bit in old-school French cooking.

Allan


Allan, I've always wondered... what exactly is your avatar?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on June 07, 2007, 10:05:50 AM
I believe it is  dim sum.

I am really hungry, I don't know what to eat for lunch, but I'll probably go for some rice &cannelini beans
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 07, 2007, 11:34:41 AM
Quote from: Kullervo on June 07, 2007, 08:59:59 AM

Allan, I've always wondered... what exactly is your avatar?

Yes, it is dim sum but it's a little off the beaten cart path  :D.  It's called Xiao Long Bao.  They are soup dumplings:  contained in each little dumpling is a little bit of broth.  From what I understand most of the dim sum served in the US is prepared by Cantonese dim sum chefs and these are a Shanghai specialty,  hence the reason they are not usually found in 'traditional' dim sum houses in the US.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on June 07, 2007, 11:39:18 AM
Quote from: toledobass on June 07, 2007, 11:34:41 AM
Yes, it is dim sum but it's a little off the beaten cart path  :D.  It's called Xiao Long Bao.  They are soup dumplings:  contained in each little dumpling is a little bit of broth.  From what I understand most of the dim sum served in the US is prepared by Cantonese dim sum chefs and these are a Shanghai specialty,  hence the reason they are not usually found in 'traditional' dim sum houses in the US.

Allan
Yes, the dimsums I have had come from a broth, they are of course moist inside, but without broth inside them. Perhaps there are places in Chinatown who do it like this, but with me the only dimsum option is tofu/spinach so broth or no broth nothing very appealing to me anyway.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Steve on June 07, 2007, 11:41:36 AM
One of my tutoring students has just brough me a wonderful Thai meal!!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 07, 2007, 01:19:05 PM
Dim Sum - introduced to that food back in the late '70s in San Francisco - wife is still a great fan, but my interest has waivered - guess I find much of it just 'too starchy' in many places; BUT, if Dim Sum is being served at an excellent restaurant & well done, then I certainly enjoy the experience; I like 'lightness', interesting variety, and a little more 'refined' atmosphere than usually present at many of these eateries. 

One of my favorite places was Harbor Village Restaurant (http://www.yelp.com/biz/nj7fHesOH5MUOJJIXcQQWw) in the financial district in San Fran; yes, a little more expensive, but I adored the experience (including the baby octupus!) - SHOCKED - click on the name of the place - IT HAS CLOSED!  I used to find a medical meeting out there every 2-3 years, and often would dine at that restaurant (dim sum for lunch or great fresh fish steamed for dinner; well, no more) -  :'(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 07, 2007, 02:40:09 PM
Quote from: Steve on June 07, 2007, 11:41:36 AM
One of my tutoring students has just brough me a wonderful Thai meal!!  :)

Lucky man. I love Thai.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 07, 2007, 07:10:05 PM
(http://www.beyondwonderful.com/images/recipes/desserts_strawberry_shortcake_300x400.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on June 07, 2007, 07:13:35 PM
I just had a feast. Oatmeal, pasta, cranberries, apricot, melon, corn... and for dessert licorice.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on June 08, 2007, 07:10:42 AM
Quote from: Bogey on June 07, 2007, 07:10:05 PM
(http://www.beyondwonderful.com/images/recipes/desserts_strawberry_shortcake_300x400.jpg)


:o



oooOOOOOOooooooOOOOOOOOoooooOOOOOOO.

I'm gonna make a peanut butter and fluff sandwich.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 08, 2007, 07:13:47 AM
Quote from: Haffner on June 08, 2007, 07:10:42 AM

:o



oooOOOOOOooooooOOOOOOOOoooooOOOOOOO.

I'm gonna make a peanut butter and fluff sandwich.



Something tells me you could have used that yesterday.... ::)


;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on June 08, 2007, 07:22:28 AM
Quote from: George on June 08, 2007, 07:13:47 AM


Something tells me you could have used that yesterday.... ::)


;)




:D ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on June 08, 2007, 07:30:46 AM
Some nice havarti cheese.

"Denmark's Finest" apparently  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 08, 2007, 10:11:51 AM
Here's dinner from last night:

Pasta with carmelized shallots and fresh ricotta (and some olives on the side).

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0603072038.jpg)
Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on June 08, 2007, 10:15:27 AM
Linguine, Allan?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Iago on June 08, 2007, 10:50:30 AM
Three "Nathans Famous" hotdogs, smothered with hot mustard and sauerkraut on fresh hot dog buns. Washing it down with 2 "Heinekens" beers.
Who needs fancy restaurants and even fancier foods?
Only the "wannabees", but will "neverbees" on this forum.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on June 08, 2007, 10:57:29 AM
Hooray for all-beef hot dogs!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on June 08, 2007, 10:59:30 AM
Scali bread, sheep's milk feta, black oil-cured olives, sliced "Southwestern style" turkey breast, mayonnaise, pistachios.  Vienna roast coffee, Earl Grey tea, company's own banana-peel kvas.

Simple at-home fare.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: RebLem on June 08, 2007, 11:04:20 AM
I am a late riser.  It is a bit after 1 PM Friday, and I will be eating breakfast in a few minutes.  I have already made most of it, though I still have to toast the English muffin to go with my large mug of New Mexican pinion coffee, my 2 large egg open faced omelet with sauteed mushrooms and a sharp cheddar cheese.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 08, 2007, 11:26:29 AM
(http://kokorodenver.citysearch.vista.com/userimages/25.jpg)

The one with the chicken toward the top left corner....
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 08, 2007, 11:59:28 AM
(http://www.export-forum.com/africa/images/banane%20batie%20mure%20cameroun.jpg)


Baby Bananas


(http://www.post-gazette.com/images3/20060112PBSmoothiergb.1_230.jpg)


Soy/Banana/Strawberry/Blueberry Smoothie

8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 08, 2007, 12:54:36 PM
Now:

Turkish White Mulberries

(http://livesuperfoods.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/mulberries-closeup.jpg)

Good for:

Benefit the kidneys
Treat weakness and fatigue
Correct anemia
Help protect against cancer
Reverse premature graying of the hair
Promote sleep
Calm the mind


yummy too!!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on June 08, 2007, 01:05:14 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 08, 2007, 10:59:30 AM
sheep's milk feta,
The best kind! And the best of the best are very slightly yellow-ish in color (extreme fat content though  :-\)

Quote from: George on June 08, 2007, 12:54:36 PM
Now:

Turkish White Mulberries


Fresh or dried?

We used to climb trees and collect pounds of them in summer. Very tasty  :-*
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 08, 2007, 01:08:11 PM
Quote from: orbital on June 08, 2007, 01:05:14 PM
The best kind! And the best of the best are very slightly yellow-ish in color (extreme fat content though  :-\)

Fresh or dried?

We used to climb trees and collect pounds of them in summer. Very tasty  :-*

Wild Organic Sun Dried.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Steve on June 08, 2007, 01:13:03 PM
Ratatouille with potatoes  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on June 08, 2007, 01:15:27 PM
Quote from: George on June 08, 2007, 01:08:11 PM
Wild Organic Sun Dried.  8)
Actually dried might be good sprinkled on cereal, I should try that.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mark on June 08, 2007, 01:22:54 PM
Toast. Buttered.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 08, 2007, 03:29:03 PM
Big ol' bowl of:

(http://www.britsuperstore.com/acatalog/Kelloggs_Cornflakes_1kg.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 08, 2007, 03:45:25 PM
Quote from: Kullervo on June 08, 2007, 10:57:29 AM
Hooray for all-beef hot dogs!

Mrs. Rock got the strange craving for hot dogs this morning and ate two for breakfast...smothered in relish, mustard, onion, the works  ;D  I had toast and tea.

Sarge, breakfast wimp
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 08, 2007, 03:51:21 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 08, 2007, 03:45:25 PM
Mrs. Rock got the strange craving for hot dogs this morning and ate two for breakfast...smothered in relish, mustard, onion, the works  ;D  I had toast and tea.

Sarge, breakfast wimp

The best dog in the world, Chicago style:

(http://www.viennabeef.com/images/flash/chart_anim_noflash.jpg)

Sit. Stay. Good boy.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 08, 2007, 04:21:13 PM
Quote from: Bogey on June 08, 2007, 03:51:21 PM
The best dog in the world, Chicago style:

(http://www.viennabeef.com/images/flash/chart_anim_noflash.jpg)

Sit. Stay. Good boy.

This looks incredibly good to me but Mrs. Rock, being German, must have Schwein by-products in her dogs.

Bogey, you notice we're neck and neck in the race to make Veteran?  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 08, 2007, 05:30:44 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 08, 2007, 04:21:13 PM
This looks incredibly good to me but Mrs. Rock, being German, must have Schwein by-products in her dogs.

Bogey, you notice we're neck and neck in the race to make Veteran?  ;D

Sarge

Correction Sarge,
Hold the 10th element listed above.  In the words of Dirty Harry: "Nobody, but nobody, puts ketchup on a hot dog anymore!"

As far as posts....blaze the path brother!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 08, 2007, 07:25:32 PM
For dogs,  Tony Packo's in Toledo is something to experience.  I also like going to Grey's Papaya in NYC.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 08, 2007, 07:41:57 PM
Quote from: Bogey on June 08, 2007, 03:29:03 PM
Big ol' bowl of:

(http://www.britsuperstore.com/acatalog/Kelloggs_Cornflakes_1kg.jpg)

A Jerry Seinfeld approved dinner.  $:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Iago on June 08, 2007, 09:30:13 PM
Ketchup on a hot-dog?????

Maybe Relish, but never ketchup.
Mustard and Sauerkraut are the only ways to go.

You sure ain't from Brooklyn....The home of Nathans Famous in Coney Island.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 09, 2007, 06:08:55 AM
Millet-Rice Organic Cereal

with

Unsweetened Soy Milk (Silk)


Good morning universe!!

8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 09, 2007, 07:21:03 AM
Quote from: Bogey on June 08, 2007, 05:30:44 PM
Correction Sarge,
Hold the 10th element listed above.  In the words of Dirty Harry: "Nobody, but nobody, puts ketchup on a hot dog anymore!"

A great dog doesn't need it. But when I get that insane craving (maybe once a year) for the food of my childhood and break open a pack of Oscar Meyer, the more ketchup the better  ;D  In fact, I dislike the common hot dog (I didn't even like it as a kid but was forced to eat it or starve). I only eat that kind of hot dog now as an excuse to load up on, and enjoy, the condiments. The explosion in your mouth created by the clash of flavors--French's mustard (must be French's...I'm creating the common midwestern man's cheap food here), Heinz ketchup and relish, and a good onion--can't be beat.

The Holy Grail of dogs was the garlic hot dog served in the 50s, 60s at Cleveland Indians' games at the old, and much lamented now, lakeside stadium (officially Municiple Stadium but I don't recall people actually calling it that). That marvelous dog needed nothing extra, not even mustard. Just plain glorious meat on a bun.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 09, 2007, 10:12:30 AM
Before I discovered the Chicago style as an adult we always had these red hot dogs....yum:

(http://www.mainelobstershop.com/hotdogs.jpg)

But yet another work of art:

(http://uchiblogo.uchicago.edu/archives/ChicagoHotDog2.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 09, 2007, 03:57:27 PM
For Dinner:

(http://www.restaurantwidow.com/images/jenis.jpg)

(with chocolate chips)

Ben and Jerry's Triple Scoop (No Sugar Added)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 09, 2007, 04:42:12 PM
Quote from: Bogey on June 09, 2007, 10:12:30 AM
Before I discovered the Chicago style as an adult we always had these red hot dogs....yum:

(http://www.mainelobstershop.com/hotdogs.jpg)



Bogey,

When I visit our cottage in Upstate NY they have hot dogs that look like that and some white ones too.  I've always heard them called 'red hots' and 'white hots' up there.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 09, 2007, 04:50:20 PM
Quote from: George on June 09, 2007, 03:57:27 PM
For Dinner:

(http://www.restaurantwidow.com/images/jenis.jpg)

(with chocolate chips)

Ben and Jerry's Triple Scoop (No Sugar Added)

mmmmmm....Looks good George.  I thought you were vegan?  I just bought an ice cream maker and have my first batch of the base cooling in the fridge and waiting to go into the machine tomorrow.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 09, 2007, 04:55:40 PM
Quote from: toledobass on June 09, 2007, 04:50:20 PM
mmmmmm....Looks good George.  I thought you were vegan?  I just bought an ice cream maker and have my first batch of the base cooling in the fridge and waiting to go into the machine tomorrow.

Allan

No, I'm not a Vegan. I tried it, but it didn't work out for me. Homemade ice cream is the greatest! Enjoy!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 09, 2007, 05:50:30 PM
Well, off on a long weekend vacation 'up the road' in the Virginia Mountains in Charlottesville - staying @ the Boar's Head Inn (runned by the U. of VA - conference complex but quite pleasant w/ an excellent restaurant - 'The Old Mill' - check out the Menu Here (http://www.boarsheadinn.com/activities/epicurean/omr_dinner.aspx); we had a nice 2-day package, room + 2 meals):  Last night had the the tuna carpaccio/lobster tail appetizer w/ the trout as the main course - along w/ a couple of glasses of Pinot Grigio from Barboursville Winery (about 30 mins drive) - many of the Virginia wineries are in this area - visited a couple today; tonight, had the smoked trout appetizer (done 'in house' w/ home-made horseradish) + the veal chop (don't order this often - usually not that good - but this one was just juicy & succulent) - a recommendation.

Tomorrow morning off to Hot Springs, VA (near the West VA border) for 2 nights @ The Homestead, an old famous resort; again a package deal w/ 2 meals; stayed there about 20 yrs ago & remember some great dinners, but will report back - pic below:

(http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/homestead_virginia.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 09, 2007, 06:56:01 PM
Looks good Dave.  I thought it might be a leftover Fall menu when I saw the butternut squash soup!!!  That warm frisee salad is something I make for myself from time to time.  Straight out of French bistro cooking.  Well, enjoy the rest of your travels.

Here's my dinner tonight:

Some nice fresh (blue!!!) eggs and some fresh pasta
(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0609071953.jpg)

turned into pasta carbonara
(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0609072013.jpg)


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on June 09, 2007, 08:16:49 PM
Had my favorite spaghetti in our tucked-away Tribeca spot. Called Spaghetti Del Pedrino, it is made with  julienne beets, escarole, capers, garlic, olive oil, and colatura. The beets give the dish its distinctive color. Very light too  :) A glass of Salentino and afterwards, Napoli style cheesecake
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BachQ on June 10, 2007, 06:29:45 PM
Zucchini lasagna made with buffalo ........ mmmmmm
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 10, 2007, 06:35:42 PM
Quote from: toledobass on June 09, 2007, 06:56:01 PM
Looks good Dave.  I thought it might be a leftover Fall menu when I saw the butternut squash soup!!!  That warm frisee salad is something I make for myself from time to time.  Straight out of French bistro cooking.  Well, enjoy the rest of your travels.


Allan - yeh, some of those places use 'old' recipes, but the food was well prepared and pretty much innovative - just finished the 'first night' in the Virginia mountains - will 'report' back after the second dinner!

But, wanted to ask you about a previous post "For dogs,  Tony Packo's in Toledo is something to experience." - as you may remember (believe we discussed this, but maybe not?), I was born in Toledo, lived there until the late '50s, moved just across the state border into Michigan, so often went into Toledo (until about 1971 - when I move to NC); at any rate, my question is whether Tony Packo's was around back then - I remember a GREAT 'hot dog' place in Toledo, and am assuming that was the one!  Thanks - Dave  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 10, 2007, 06:41:15 PM
Quote from: D Minor on June 10, 2007, 06:29:45 PM
Zucchini lasagna made with buffalo ........ mmmmmm

D Minor - my wife orders buffalo from the web (she has used a number of places in the northern mid-west), both the ground (great for meat sauces) & the filets, which must be cooked pretty much medium rare (just not any fat in this meat, comparable to chicken) - so, if you're looking for a 'red' meat to go w/ your wine of the same color, but want the calories & fat/cholesterol of a chicken breast, then give buffalo a consideration - taste is indeed lean & different, but still quite tasty!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 11, 2007, 07:20:45 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on June 10, 2007, 06:35:42 PM
Allan - yeh, some of those places use 'old' recipes, but the food was well prepared and pretty much innovative - just finished the 'first night' in the Virginia mountains - will 'report' back after the second dinner!

But, wanted to ask you about a previous post "For dogs,  Tony Packo's in Toledo is something to experience." - as you may remember (believe we discussed this, but maybe not?), I was born in Toledo, lived there until the late '50s, moved just across the state border into Michigan, so often went into Toledo (until about 1971 - when I move to NC); at any rate, my question is whether Tony Packo's was around back then - I remember a GREAT 'hot dog' place in Toledo, and am assuming that was the one!  Thanks - Dave  :D

Hey Dave,

Tony Packo's has been around for ever.  Here is some history (http://www.tonypackos.com/history.html).

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on June 11, 2007, 07:25:30 AM
Inspired by an earlier post by Allan, I decided to make some one-eyed jacks (or toads in a hole, eggy in the basket, moons-over-miami eggs, etc, etc...) They turned out pretty well -- very tasty!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Novi on June 11, 2007, 07:28:58 AM
Quote from: D Minor on June 10, 2007, 06:29:45 PM
Zucchini lasagna made with buffalo ........ mmmmmm

Quote from: SonicMan on June 10, 2007, 06:41:15 PM
D Minor - my wife orders buffalo from the web (she has used a number of places in the northern mid-west), both the ground (great for meat sauces) & the filets, which must be cooked pretty much medium rare (just not any fat in this meat, comparable to chicken) - so, if you're looking for a 'red' meat to go w/ your wine of the same color, but want the calories & fat/cholesterol of a chicken breast, then give buffalo a consideration - taste is indeed lean & different, but still quite tasty!  :)

Teehee, must be a vegetarian for too long. I automatically read that as 'zucchini lasagna made with buffalo [mozzarella],' rather than buffalo of the mooing kind.

Zucchini lasagna with buffalo mozzarella sounds good though :).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Steve on June 11, 2007, 07:29:15 AM
Lou Malnatis Pizzaeria....

(http://www.tastesofchicago.com/images/uploads/large/1PZA-101.jpg)


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 11, 2007, 07:39:21 AM
WOW look at the crust on that bad boy....


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Steve on June 11, 2007, 07:53:43 AM
Quote from: toledobass on June 11, 2007, 07:39:21 AM
WOW look at the crust on that bad boy....


Allan

Now, if only I could share with you it's aroma.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 11, 2007, 07:56:31 AM
Quote from: Steve on June 11, 2007, 07:29:15 AM
Lou Malnatis Pizzaeria....

(http://www.tastesofchicago.com/images/uploads/large/1PZA-101.jpg)




That's impressive, and delicious looking. Reminds me...I've got to start dinner. Whatever I whip up, I'm going to be disappointed it isn't that pizza!

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 11, 2007, 07:57:51 AM
Quote from: George on June 09, 2007, 04:55:40 PM
No, I'm not a Vegan. I tried it, but it didn't work out for me. Homemade ice cream is the greatest! Enjoy!  :)


So, George, you only avoid meat then? How about fish?

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: маразм1 on June 11, 2007, 09:26:27 AM
chinese food!  tastes great after a while.  yay for my bday!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 11, 2007, 09:50:11 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 11, 2007, 07:57:51 AM

So, George, you only avoid meat then? How about fish?

Sarge


Check PM.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on June 11, 2007, 10:03:10 AM
Nothing today.
Yeterday I had French Toast with mixed berries and a side of 2 eggs for lunch and a big Greek meal for dinner (to share: Kafteri, Kefalograviera cheese, lima beans, a few types of salad, fried eggplants and zucchini, a bottle of ouzo, and a huge Mediterranean fish [whose name escapes me, but reportedly it was very good]. Today the body needs to rejuvinate  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Steve on June 11, 2007, 10:20:37 AM
Quote from: marazm1 on June 11, 2007, 09:26:27 AM
chinese food!  tastes great after a while.  yay for my bday!

Looks like no one detected that subtle reference to your birthday. Well, if I am the first on this forum to acknowledge it, I apologize.

Happy Birthday!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 11, 2007, 11:29:11 AM
Quote from: Steve on June 11, 2007, 07:29:15 AM
Lou Malnatis Pizzaeria....

(http://www.tastesofchicago.com/images/uploads/large/1PZA-101.jpg)




Looks absolutely terrific Steve!  Here in Colorado we go a bit different route......we order our pizza by the pound (just had some on Friday, which is pizza night at our house):

(http://www.tourcolorado.com/FoodFun/108_Beaujos.jpg)

http://www.beaujos.com/menu.html

Just click on the PDF menu and scrolll down to #6 for "weight" details. :D



Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 11, 2007, 12:46:33 PM
Quote from: Bogey on June 11, 2007, 11:29:11 AM
...pizza by the pound (just had some on Friday, which is pizza night at our house):


Great idea! I am going to modify it to include all days that end in 'y.'  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 11, 2007, 05:10:08 PM
Quote from: toledobass on June 11, 2007, 07:20:45 AM
Hey Dave,

Tony Packo's has been around for ever.  Here is some history (http://www.tonypackos.com/history.html).

Allan - thanks for the link - must be the same place that I remember!  Would love to re-visit - Dave  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Larry Rinkel on June 11, 2007, 05:15:53 PM
Quote from: Steve on June 11, 2007, 10:20:37 AM
Looks like no one detected that subtle reference to your birthday. Well, if I am the first on this forum to acknowledge it, I apologize.

Happy Birthday!  :)

Happy birthday, Dmitry!

But please explain: "tastes great after a while." Does it not taste great from the start?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 11, 2007, 06:26:03 PM
Finishing up a long weekend trip to the VA mountains (will report in the 'vacation thread' concerning non-eating activities) - Charlottesville-The Homestead in Hot Springs, VA (pic below my own from the back of the resort - just beautiful fitting into the surrounding mountains!) -  :D

Just there a few days on the MAP (modified American Plan) - two excellent dinners; tonight had an innovative Ahi Tuna appetizer followed by a trout main course - trout just caught locally & gutted/deboned in the kitchen; just panned fried w/ lemon/butter/almonds - superb! For desset, just had the cheese course (wonderful selection) w/ a Virginia dessert wine (was not expecting much, but was excellent) -  :)

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/photos/161939278-M.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 12, 2007, 05:59:32 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on June 11, 2007, 05:10:08 PM
Allan - thanks for the link - must be the same place that I remember!  Would love to re-visit - Dave  ;D

If you make it back,  make sure you schedule time for a post meal nap!!!!

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 12, 2007, 07:08:58 AM
(http://www.theartofchange.com/TAOCOrder/images/Nanogreens.gif)


INSIDE:

Greens Blend (Proprietary)   2350 mg
Barley Grass Juice Powder*, Spirulina*, Chlorella (Japanese soft shell)

Phyto-Nutrient Blend (Proprietary)   325 mg
Blueberry, Green Tea Extract, Grape Seed Extract, Cranberry, Raspberry, Tart Cherry, Pine Bark Extract, Broccoli, Tomato, Carrot, Spinach, Kale, Brussels Sprout, Bilberry, Elderberry, Pomegranate, Blackberry

Isoquercitin/Rutin 50/50   160 mg

Raspberry Extract (20% Ellagic Acid)   50 mg

Fruit & Vegetable Blend (Proprietary; freeze-dried, low temperature dried) 900 mg
Apple*, Carrot*, Mango*, Sweet Potato*, Lemon*, Parsley*, Peach*, Kale*, Broccoli*, Spinach*, Leek*, Beet* , Cranberry* (Quinic Acid 6%)

Acerola Cherry Powder* (17.5% Ascorbic Acid)   175 mg

Rice Bran Soluble*   2500 mg

Aloe Vera Powder Extract* (100:1 freeze dried)   30 mg

Green Tea, White Tea (decaffeinated, 50% Polyphenol)100 mg

Polygonum Cuspidatum (15% Resveratrol)   50 mg

Oat Beta Glucan* 2200 mg

Cinnamon Blend (Proprietary)   50 mg
Cinnamon Extract 8%, Cinnamon Bark Powder*

Milk Thistle (20% Silymarin)   50 mg

Marigold Extract (5% Lutein with Zeaxanthin)   50 mg

Dunaliella Salina (Natural Carotenoids)   100 mg

Enzymes (plant-based)   40 mg
Alpha Amylase, Bromelain, Cellulase, Galactosidase, Glucoamylase, Hemicellulase, Lipase, Papain, Protease

Lecithin (non GMO)   1925 mg

Cabbage (Japanese, fermented)   30 mg

Lycopene Extract-10% (from tomato)   25 mg

Lemon Peel Powder*   25 mg

Quinoa Sprout*   90 mg

Artichoke Extract (5% Cynarin)   20 mg

Atlantic Kelp Powder* (Laminara Digitata)   20 mg


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on June 12, 2007, 07:19:40 AM
Is this in pill form, George?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 12, 2007, 07:21:58 AM
Quote from: Kullervo on June 12, 2007, 07:19:40 AM
Is this in pill form, George?

No, it comes with a scoop and powder that you mix with about 8oz of water. Tastes great.

It was designed to be easily utilized by the body. I have a drink of it every morning. They say on the label that's the best time to have it.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on June 12, 2007, 07:23:50 AM
Quote from: George on June 12, 2007, 07:21:58 AM
No, it comes with a scoop and powder that you mix with about 8oz of water. Tastes great.

It was designed to be easily utilized by the body. I have a drink of it every morning. They say on the label that's the best time to have it.  :)

Where can one obtain some of this magic elixir?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 12, 2007, 07:24:58 AM
Quote from: Kullervo on June 12, 2007, 07:23:50 AM
Where can one obtain some of this magic elixir?

;D

Off the internet, though it should be in stores at some point.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: маразм1 on June 12, 2007, 07:26:33 AM
buckwheat with fried onions and olive oil. 
Now that's good food.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Larry Rinkel on June 12, 2007, 08:14:59 AM
Quote from: marazm1 on June 12, 2007, 07:26:33 AM
buckwheat with fried onions and olive oil. 
Now that's good food.



Please supply the recipe....
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on June 12, 2007, 08:15:39 AM
After the intense chromaticisms of Strauss' Elektra, I'm about to come "down to earth" a bit with some B and M Baked Beans and supa-delicious pork hot dogs...JA!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 12, 2007, 11:43:06 AM
Mrs. Rock wanted Vietnamese Summer Rolls for dinner so we drove off to the Asian market this evening and bought the ingredients: fish sauce (we like Oyster brand), rice paper, rice vermicelli, fresh Thai basil, cilantro, culantro and ginger; frozen lemon grass (not as hard as fresh).

We fry shrimp and diced chicken breast (sometimes pork) in sesame oil with garlic, ginger, onion, lemon grass. The shrimp gets "salted" with fish sauce; the meat with soy sauce.

At the table you roll the meat and shrimp in the rice paper with the noodles, fresh herbs and spring onions. The shrimp roll is dipped in a fish sauce (half Oyster, half water, and chopped red chili); the chicken roll in a hot sweet and sour sauce made of sambal olek, honey and vinegar. We drank Sekt (German champagne) with it. Delicious. One of our favorite meals.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: маразм1 on June 12, 2007, 01:19:58 PM
Quote from: Larry Rinkel on June 12, 2007, 08:14:59 AM
Please supply the recipe....

Buckwheat is really really healthy whole-grain food.  It's not sold in regular supermarkets as grain.  But I but it in a russian store. 

To cook it, is really easy.  Put a cup of buckwheat in a flat-bottomed pot, add 2 cups and just a tad more of water to it.  Wait till it boils, add a little bit of sault, close the lid and put on low fire until all the water is absorbed.  The sault will bring out the flavor, it should not be too much.

Now I like buckwheat with milk.  After it's done, I just add cold milk to the bowl and eat it.

Another alternative is to fry chopped onions, and mushrooms(optional) in olive oil with sault, and mix it into the buckwheat.  When serving, add a bit more olive oil. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on June 12, 2007, 01:25:15 PM
To me, it sounds like this buckwheat can be had with plain yogurt as well, particularly with the onion-ed version.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 12, 2007, 05:05:56 PM
Subway- Footlong Veggie Delight on Honey Oat bread with extra swiss cheese, lettuce, pickles, hot peppers, cukes and tomato. Topped with Chipolte sauce and with Lays chips on the side with a Reeds ginger ale and some maple oat pecan cookies for dessert.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 12, 2007, 06:46:38 PM
Quote from: George on June 12, 2007, 05:05:56 PM
Subway- Footlong Veggie Delight on Honey Oat bread with extra swiss cheese, lettuce, pickles, hot peppers, cukes and tomato. Topped with Chipolte sauce and with Lays chips on the side with a Reeds ginger ale and some maple oat pecan cookies for dessert.

My colleagues and I refer to Subway as "Jared's HOUSE!"

(http://www.nutmusic.com/alzo/images/jared_fogle.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 12, 2007, 06:47:26 PM
Quote from: Bogey on June 12, 2007, 06:46:38 PM
My colleagues and I refer to Subway as "Jared's HOUSE!"

(http://www.nutmusic.com/alzo/images/jared_fogle.jpg)

;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on June 12, 2007, 06:47:55 PM
Quote from: George on June 12, 2007, 05:05:56 PM
Subway- Footlong Veggie Delight on Honey Oat bread with extra swiss cheese, lettuce, pickles, hot peppers, cukes and tomato. Topped with Chipolte sauce and with Lays chips on the side with a Reeds ginger ale and some maple oat pecan cookies for dessert.

I know it's only fast food, but you are making my mouth water.  :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 12, 2007, 06:50:57 PM
Quote from: Kullervo on June 12, 2007, 06:47:55 PM
I know it's only fast food, but you are making my mouth water.  :P

8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Scriptavolant on June 13, 2007, 02:06:50 PM
(http://www.ricettextorte.com/foto/napolisicilia/IMGP0728.jpg)

Cannolo siciliano.  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 13, 2007, 02:28:25 PM
Eating 'in house' tonight - Quail from the Nipissing Game Farm (Ontario, CA) bought locally - will be sauteed w/ onions, sherry, etc. + veggie or salad (up to the LOML) - BONUS will be 'sampling' of two Oregon Pinot Noirs which just arrived:  Lemelson Thea's Selection & Six Vineyards, both 2005 vintage - can't wait!  ;D


(http://nipissingquail.com/img/product/QR48-4o.jpg)  (http://webmarin.com/blog/uploaded_images/lemelsonTheas-729215.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 13, 2007, 02:56:57 PM

(http://www.proppersource.com/images/foods/chinese-takeout.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on June 13, 2007, 02:59:11 PM
Pasta carbonara. My first time making it, turned out pretty well.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 13, 2007, 03:20:31 PM
Quote from: Kullervo on June 13, 2007, 02:59:11 PM
Pasta carbonara. My first time making it, turned out pretty well.

Nice.  I love carbonara.  It's one of those dishes that everyone has a different thoughts about how it should be so it leads to a ton of recipes out there.  How did you make yours?

Bogey,

Chow mein looks good but no General in the order?

Sonic,

Sounds wonderful.

The Mrs. and I just enjoyed this out on the back porch:

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0613071754.jpg)

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on June 13, 2007, 04:28:04 PM
Quote from: toledobass on June 13, 2007, 03:20:31 PM
Nice.  I love carbonara.  It's one of those dishes that everyone has a different thoughts about how it should be so it leads to a ton of recipes out there.  How did you make yours?

I made mine by cooking some bacon and sliced onions in a pan, then adding the pasta (cooked beforehand), and then the egg, salt and some ground pepper. If I had any garlic, I probably would have used it, and some thicker bacon with less fat would have probably worked better, but overall it was very a tasty and substantial meal that took no time at all.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on June 13, 2007, 05:00:09 PM
Fast, delicious and nutritious: One ripe papaya, peeled, seeded and cubed, covered with lots of Greek Honey Yogurt accompanied by a small glass of whole milk - none of the blue watery stuff! - from an organic local dairy.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 13, 2007, 05:05:47 PM
Quote from: toledobass on June 13, 2007, 03:20:31 PM
The Mrs. and I just enjoyed this out on the back porch:

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0613071754.jpg)


Allan - hope that is some fresh basil on that pizza!  ;D  One of my favorite pizzas is just thin crust, fresh tomato sauce, light on the cheese, and basil (put on at last so not overcooked) - yum!  Hey - my Oregon Pinot Noirs would be great w/ that dish! 

BTW - the Quail was outstanding - LOML just served up some peas on the side (which I love) - another outstanding side w/ this bird would be a starch such as a wild rice mixture w/ mushrooms - YEH -  :D

Bill - love Chinese takeout; have a place up the road that delivers, so a couple times a month, we love to go that route - of course, if an alcoholic beverage is desired, beer is great, but for those interested in wine - give a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc a try - really a nice combo!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 13, 2007, 06:10:27 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on June 13, 2007, 05:05:47 PM
Allan - hope that is some fresh basil on that pizza!  ;D  One of my favorite pizzas is just thin crust, fresh tomato sauce, light on the cheese, and basil (put on at last so not overcooked)

Exactly our meal.  ;D

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 13, 2007, 07:02:25 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on June 13, 2007, 05:05:47 PM

Bill - love Chinese takeout; have a place up the road that delivers, so a couple times a month, we love to go that route - of course, if an alcoholic beverage is desired, beer is great, but for those interested in wine - give a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc a try - really a nice combo!  :)

Dave,
Even like it better the next day cold and out of the carton....about 3 a.m. when the dogs get me up.   

Allan,
No General.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: sidoze on June 14, 2007, 03:23:47 AM
Quote from: George on June 12, 2007, 05:05:56 PM
Subway- Footlong Veggie Delight on Honey Oat bread with extra swiss cheese, lettuce, pickles, hot peppers, cukes and tomato. Topped with Chipolte sauce and with Lays chips on the side with a Reeds ginger ale and some maple oat pecan cookies for dessert.

Well that's 10 seconds of my life I'll never get back.

I'm making chicken salad for lunch.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on June 15, 2007, 12:37:10 PM
Fresh, wild Copper River salmon, caught two days ago - and I dang near ruined it with a bit of overbaking! - in Tassos Greek olive oil with lots of fresh chopped parsley, tomatoes and watercress sprinkled with toasted walnut oil and slices of freshly baked Jewish raisin bread. A very earthy Australian Merlot the perfect companion to the light meal.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 15, 2007, 12:47:46 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on June 15, 2007, 12:37:10 PM
Fresh, wild Copper River salmon, caught two days ago - and I dang near ruined it with a bit of overbaking!

Mrs. Rock would have never forgiven you. She likes her salmon still flopping and gasping on the plate.

Looks delicious.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 15, 2007, 01:15:09 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on June 15, 2007, 12:37:10 PM
Fresh, wild Copper River salmon............

Agree w/ Sarge - I've had Copper River salmon on several occasions - outstanding!  And, I also like a red wine w/ that fish - preference usually an Oregon Pinot Noir - delicious looking meal!  :)  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 15, 2007, 01:39:44 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on June 15, 2007, 01:15:09 PM
Agree w/ Sarge - I've had Copper River salmon on several occasions - outstanding!

Yes, wild salmon is so much better. The last time I was home my best friend splurged on a beautiful piece (of salmon  ;D ) and his wife nearly killed him when she found out how much it had cost. But when she took her first bite, she had to admit it was worth it. We drank red too. My contribution to the dinner was a Pinot Noir from California but I can't recall the winery now.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 15, 2007, 01:42:45 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 15, 2007, 01:39:44 PM
Yes, wild salmon is so much better. The last time I was home my best friend splurged on a beautiful piece (of salmon  ;D )
Sarge

;D :D ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 15, 2007, 01:47:01 PM
Quote from: George on June 15, 2007, 01:42:45 PM
;D :D ;D

After I typed the line, "my best friend splurged on a beautiful piece and his wife nearly killed him" I thought it prudent to go back and put in that parenthetical clarification.  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on June 15, 2007, 01:52:26 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 15, 2007, 01:47:01 PM
After I typed the line, "my best friend splurged on a beautiful piece and his wife nearly killed him" I thought it prudent to go back and put in that parenthetical clarification.  ;D

Sarge

But you took the 'smirk' out of your first posting!  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 15, 2007, 01:53:39 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on June 15, 2007, 01:52:26 PM
But you took the 'smirk' out of your first posting!  ;)

I didn't mean to smirk...I'm a good boy, really.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on June 15, 2007, 02:00:34 PM
Tomorrow I'll have the other half of today's salmon purchase but I'll poach it, no overkilling then. It's just a short hop for the special Alaska Airline 'Salmon Plane' to get to E.W. and it's fairly cheap: $14.98 per pound which makes two ample meals for me.

The Australian Merlot was an exception; my usual wine is the Washington Kiona Lemberger but the only ones left in my wine rack are 2004, a bit too young for my taste. I have to check the Lemberger from Washington's Covey Run winery on my next shopping trip.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 15, 2007, 03:40:04 PM
Last night was the Mrs. and my anniversary.  We went to Light Bistro (http://www.lightbistro.com/) and had a great time.  Although on the website they call thierselves a tapas restaurant it doesn't really describe what they do.  Essentially the menu is designed so you can pick out your own customized tasting menu.  There are also larger sized entrees that the table can share and any of the small dishes can be ordered a la carte if you prefer to go the appetizer/entree route. 

We had some cocktails and shared some bacon wrapped dates and an asparagus 'martini'.  The Mrs. had a 3 course tasting menu of the light chopped salad,  then the butternut ravioli, then the chicken roulade.  I had a 5 course tasting.  Started with english pea soup,  seared scallops with 'chowder sauce',  the Kobe beef,  the pork belly (pork belly f'in rocks) then foie gras.  I should have had something else instead of the foie.  I was too full by that time to really appreciate it and 2 fat loaded dishes in a row were a bit much.  We got comped desert.  A nice rhubarb pie with a carmelized banana and banana ice cream.  We shared a bottle of a nice malbec made by Urano. 

Everything was exquisite.  I have a great respect for the kitchen after that meal especially because they impressed me on 2 points that I think places continually get lazy about.  First the salad that my wife had was top notch.  Everything ingredient was incredibly fresh and the proportions were perfect. The salad was dressed perfectly.  It seems to me they they give the same level of detail and thought to something as simple as salad as the rest of the 'higher profile' dishes.  Her chicken was cooked to perfection.  I almost think it was cooked sous-vide because of the amazing tenderness and juiciness with hardly andy carmelization from a pan sear on the surface of the chicken. 

Just 2 pics.  First is of her chicken roulade and the second is the Kobe dish that you get to cook on the hot rock on the right (I'm always a big fan of 'interactive' dishes like this....add kobe and well...what's not to like?)

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0614072107.jpg)

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0614072039.jpg)

Well worth it if you ever make a trip to Cleveland,

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 15, 2007, 04:30:40 PM
Quote from: toledobass on June 15, 2007, 03:40:04 PM
Last night was the Mrs. and my anniversary.  We went to Light Bistro (http://www.lightbistro.com/) and had a great time.  Although on the website they call thierselves a tapas restaurant it doesn't really describe what they do....... 

Allan - looks like a great place - believe the wife & I would have a good time there, too!  :D

We enjoy a tapas restaurant (although as you say the 'Light Bistro' is different) on occasion - had a great meal in one in Richmond, VA a few months ago on a brief vacation - can't remember if I commented in this thread pages ago?  ::) :)

Tonight, had an early dinner at Noble's Grille, an up-scale restaurant here w/ 'southern influences' - bread was excellent (one of our 'first' criteria of a good eatery) - started w/ a nice hydroponically grown bib lettuce salid - I had the NC black grouper (just brought up from the coast), grilled to perfection (juicy & flaky) on top a pinto bean hash w/ corn & collards (yes, sounds southern!  But was quite tasty & plenty of fiber for me today!); we were both 'too filled' to share a dessert (our usual choice) - beverage was a couple of glasses of Elk Cove Pinot Gris (Oregon)  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on June 15, 2007, 05:11:12 PM
Such nice restaurants to read about! Thank you for sharing.

I am constantly amazed at the growing popularity of Northwest wines. Last I heard Washington State now is second only to California, Idaho is getting started and doing quite well and if Oregon keeps on growing, those three states will pass California in no time. Right in my neighbourhood vineyards have replaced as lot of apple orchards and it is the big local community of retired people taking up wine making as a profitable hobby.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mahlertitan on June 15, 2007, 05:22:48 PM
instant noodles.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 15, 2007, 05:35:18 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on June 15, 2007, 05:11:12 PM
I am constantly amazed at the growing popularity of Northwest wines. Last I heard Washington State now is second only to California.......

Lis - yes, Washington State is really an upcoming wine region - wish I could find more locally here on the East Coast; but fortunately I do order Oregon Pinot Noir (and some whites) from the Oregon Pinot Noir Club (http://www.oregonpinotnoir.com/Page.bok?template=about&pgtitle=About%20Us) (which I've mentioned before in a number of threads) - must look for a similar club for WA State wines?  :-\ :D

But, the grape growing & winery phenomenon in the USA is widespread - Virginia & North Carolina now have about 200 wineries, and their products are improving yearly (posted a few comments in my wine thread w/ a pic of Shelton Vineyards); here, it is the tobacco fields declining and being replaced by grape growing -  :)  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mahlertitan on June 15, 2007, 06:41:58 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on June 15, 2007, 05:35:18 PM
Lis - yes, Washington State is really an upcoming wine region - wish I could find more locally here on the East Coast; but fortunately I do order Oregon Pinot Noir (and some whites) from the Oregon Pinot Noir Club (http://www.oregonpinotnoir.com/Page.bok?template=about&pgtitle=About%20Us) (which I've mentioned before in a number of threads) - must look for a similar club for WA State wines?  :-\ :D

But, the grape growing & winery phenomenon in the USA is widespread - Virginia & North Carolina now have about 200 wineries, and their products are improving yearly (posted a few comments in my wine thread w/ a pic of Shelton Vineyards); here, it is the tobacco fields declining and being replaced by grape growing -  :)  Dave

yep, lots of vineyards up here, too bad i still have to wait a couple years to taste the fine wine.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on June 15, 2007, 06:51:03 PM
That touches a sore point with me and whenever it's mentioned during a social get-together I am up on my soap box deploring those silly regulations about drinking age here in this country. When I was a kid I got a sip from Papa's beer and as I got older, had a very small glass of wine with the Sunday meal. Children were raised to learn how to appreciate good wines and beers and how to handle consuming alcohol. Everything in moderation and kids grew up to drink socially.

Of course I have read this too has changed now, binge drinking and such stupidities are common.  :(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 15, 2007, 07:30:15 PM
Onion Omelet

Baked Potato

Mmmmm.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on June 15, 2007, 07:41:10 PM
Dont you think the animal suffered when the egg came out of its butt?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on June 15, 2007, 08:22:43 PM
Quote from: Mozart on June 15, 2007, 07:41:10 PM
Dont you think the animal suffered when the egg came out of its butt?

(http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9iby4Ft6XNGRmgBCwGjzbkF/SIG=1231jouca/EXP=1182087917/**http%3A//www.painetworks.com/photos/ec/ec0316.JPG)

Honey... sit down... I have something to tell you. That's... not a butt, dear.  :-\
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on June 15, 2007, 08:39:45 PM
Quote from: Mozart on June 15, 2007, 07:41:10 PM
Dont you think the animal suffered when the egg came out of its butt?

Thank you for the laugh to close out a hard day at the office!

Good Night all!

;D  ;D  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 17, 2007, 05:34:02 PM
(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0617071900a.jpg)

Yummmy,

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 17, 2007, 07:01:05 PM
Quote from: toledobass on June 17, 2007, 05:34:02 PM
(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0617071900a.jpg)

Yummmy,

Allan

We had guests over last night....that was our exact dinner, including the cob and the p-salad. :o
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Steve on June 17, 2007, 07:38:27 PM
Quote from: Kullervo on June 15, 2007, 08:22:43 PM
(http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9iby4Ft6XNGRmgBCwGjzbkF/SIG=1231jouca/EXP=1182087917/**http%3A//www.painetworks.com/photos/ec/ec0316.JPG)

Honey... sit down... I have something to tell you. That's... not a butt, dear.  :-\

lol.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 18, 2007, 05:25:55 AM
Quote from: toledobass on June 17, 2007, 05:34:02 PM
(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0617071900a.jpg)

Yummmy,

Allan

Wow...I think I'll fire up the grill tonight. Haven't had a good burger in quite awhile. Our village butcher makes "Hackfleish" to order. I mean, you walk in, order an amount, and he grinds the meat then while you watch. You know it's fresh and you can cook the burgers rare without worry.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 18, 2007, 06:45:31 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 18, 2007, 05:25:55 AM
Wow...I think I'll fire up the grill tonight. Haven't had a good burger in quite awhile. Our village butcher makes "Hackfleish" to order. I mean, you walk in, order an amount, and he grinds the meat then while you watch. You know it's fresh and you can cook the burgers rare without worry.

Sarge

At the farmers market here,  there is a beef vendor that sells some incredible naturally raised beef.  Whenever I get that stuff it demands to be cooked toward the rare side.  It's also so flavorful that a simple seasoning of salt and pepper and a good bun is all you want to put on the thing so you can taste all of that yummy goodness without anything getting in the way.  Now if I could just find someone to go in on a side of beef with me, I'd be set.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on June 18, 2007, 12:23:04 PM
Boiled collard greens and toast with mango jam.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: sidoze on June 18, 2007, 12:44:09 PM
boiled chicken, brown rice, asparagus. ugh
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 20, 2007, 02:18:17 PM
Mrs. Rock is on vacation this week. We've been eating out for dinner. This evening we drove to the famous wine village of Forst in the Pfalz. We ate at a restaurant that has a terrace; grape vines overhead:

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/berlin/Rest.jpg)


It's situated right in the vineyards. Mrs. Rock got the good seat with a splendid view of the Freundstück and Ungeheuer vineyards, the Haardt Mountains in the distance.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/berlin/Freundst_ck.jpg)

I had perch filet, fried potatoes, and sauerkraut cooked in cream and wine (Gewürtztraminer). We drank a dry Forster Ungeheuer Riesling Kabinett and I had a pear Schnapps for dessert.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/berlin/Zander.jpg)

Sarge

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on June 20, 2007, 02:52:46 PM
Last night for dinner:

Roast Pork [a delicious joint with succulent meat and crispy crackling] and ample roast root veggies.

A basic, even primitive dish, but still one of my faves :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on June 20, 2007, 05:08:06 PM
Light summer fare

Home crumbled sheep feta cheese, diced [heirloom tomatoes + red onions + cucumbers + pitted oil cured olives  + hot green peppers] drizzled with olive oil and stuffed inside a roasted tomato wrap. Nothing needed to drink next to the juicy watermelons that went with the food.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on June 20, 2007, 07:08:38 PM
A little hard to see - excuse the image quality, it's a cellphone camera - our home-made meal this evening was a marinated wild Alaskan halibut filet with julienned king oyster mushroom on a bed of potatoes with Korean seaweed salad, some leftover rice biryani and a mixed greens salad on the side. Along with it we had Grgich Hills Chardonnay 2003.

(http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/4980/sidvs0.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bonehelm on June 20, 2007, 07:48:38 PM
Quote from: toledobass on June 18, 2007, 06:45:31 AM
At the farmers market here,  there is a beef vendor that sells some incredible naturally raised beef.  Whenever I get that stuff it demands to be cooked toward the rare side.  It's also so flavorful that a simple seasoning of salt and pepper and a good bun is all you want to put on the thing so you can taste all of that yummy goodness without anything getting in the way.  Now if I could just find someone to go in on a side of beef with me, I'd be set.

Allan

Toledobass, what do you call that dumpling-like thingy on the spoon of your avatar? I recall eating it in a Chinese restaurant.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 20, 2007, 08:33:02 PM
Bonehelm:

It's a choice of dim sum called Xiao Long Bao or soup dumplings:  contained in each little dumpling is a little bit of broth.  Very tasty but hard to find in a lot of dim sum restaurants.

Everyone else:
 
Good looking food!!!!


Allan



Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bonehelm on June 21, 2007, 01:27:11 PM
Quote from: toledobass on June 20, 2007, 08:33:02 PM
Bonehelm:

It's a choice of dim sum called Xiao Long Bao or soup dumplings:  contained in each little dumpling is a little bit of broth.  Very tasty but hard to find in a lot of dim sum restaurants.

Everyone else:
 
Good looking food!!!!


Allan





Oh right, xia long bao. I remember there's this really famous tourist attraction/restaurant in Shanghai where you have to line-up for 2 hours to get the "top tier" dumplings. 南翔小笼包, if I recall correctly.  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 21, 2007, 05:29:30 PM
Quote from: O Mensch on June 20, 2007, 07:08:38 PM
A little hard to see - excuse the image quality, it's a cellphone camera - our home-made meal this evening was a marinated wild Alaskan halibut filet with julienned king oyster mushroom on a bed of potatoes with Korean seaweed salad, some leftover rice biryani and a mixed greens salad on the side. Along with it we had Grgich Hills Chardonnay 2003.

O Mensch - agree that the pic could be better - but, from your description sounds like a meal that I would enjoy tremendously - love halibut & the side dishes are perfect - thanks -  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 21, 2007, 05:32:33 PM
Basmati Rice

Yellow Lentil Daal

8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on June 21, 2007, 05:47:51 PM
Mint flavored ice-cream, because I don't care about getting fat.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Iago on June 21, 2007, 05:48:43 PM
Quote from: O Mensch on June 20, 2007, 07:08:38 PM
A little hard to see - excuse the image quality, it's a cellphone camera - our home-made meal this evening was a marinated wild Alaskan halibut filet with julienned king oyster mushroom on a bed of potatoes with Korean seaweed salad, some leftover rice biryani and a mixed greens salad on the side. Along with it we had Grgich Hills Chardonnay 2003.
.

Oh, you're such an "elegant" person, I can't stand it.
Where's the BEEF??  Steak,Onions,etc.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on June 22, 2007, 06:19:33 AM
Quote from: Iago on June 21, 2007, 05:48:43 PM
Oh, you're such an "elegant" person, I can't stand it.
Where's the BEEF??  Steak,Onions,etc.

I live in Chicago. I am forced to eat that grub for lunch most days. Please let me enjoy some elegance in my free time. My doing so doesn't infringe on any of your liberties.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 22, 2007, 06:51:15 AM
Quote from: Iago on June 21, 2007, 05:48:43 PM
Where's the BEEF??

Here:

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/berlin/SteakSpar.jpg)


I had that for dinner last night at a restaurant in Mrs. Rock's hometown, across the Rhine in the state of Hessen. Argentinian filet (imported beef has become popular since the mad cow scare a few years ago), asparagus, parsley potatoes and Hollandaise sauce. The steak was topped with a great salsa. We drank a Spätburgunder (pinot noir) from the Hessische Bergstrasse, the small wine region between Heidelberg and Darmstadt on the slopes of the Odenwald.

I usually eat more "elegantly" though, just like Mensch  ;D I love seafood.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papy Oli on June 22, 2007, 10:48:20 AM
Pepperoni Pizza
Mint/Chocolate chips and Vanilla Ice creams

and Carlsberg Export.

heck, it's friday  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 22, 2007, 11:42:34 AM
Organic Banana.

Tempeh, carrots brown rice.

:D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 22, 2007, 12:27:41 PM
Quote from: George on June 22, 2007, 11:42:34 AM
Organic Banana.

Tempeh, carrots brown rice.

:D

Do not eat the profits my friend!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 22, 2007, 02:35:29 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 22, 2007, 06:51:15 AM
Here:

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/berlin/SteakSpar.jpg)


I had that for dinner last night at a restaurant in Mrs. Rock's hometown, across the Rhine in the state of Hessen. Argentinian filet (imported beef has become popular since the mad cow scare a few years ago), asparagus, parsley potatoes and Hollandaise sauce. The steak was topped with a great salsa. We drank a Spätburgunder (pinot noir) from the Hessische Bergstrasse, the small wine region between Heidelberg and Darmstadt on the slopes of the Odenwald.

Sarge - brings back a few memories for me - first looks great!  The only beef from Argentina that I've had (and several times) was on a trip to Columbia (i.e., Colombia) - speaking w/ my collegue in Manizales in the Andes - taken to dinner a number of times and enjoyed both the beef & wine from Argentina.  Also, I've not had any of the German Pinot Noir since my only trip to that country back in the '90s - I'm impressed w/ its color in the glass - looks quite deep (believe that I had 'lighter' versions of the same wine) -  :D

For me, just our little Italian bistro tonight - nothing special but quite tasty - fresh bread & salad w/ a house-made Italian dressing that is just delicious, the veal piccata (lemony w/ capers - hmmmm!) w/ a small side of pasta; wife wanted some spumoni, which topped off the evening!  :)  P.S. a couple of glasses of Soave (nothing great but just fine w/ the veal) - Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bonehelm on June 22, 2007, 04:45:31 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 22, 2007, 06:51:15 AM
Here:

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/berlin/SteakSpar.jpg)


I had that for dinner last night at a restaurant in Mrs. Rock's hometown, across the Rhine in the state of Hessen. Argentinian filet (imported beef has become popular since the mad cow scare a few years ago), asparagus, parsley potatoes and Hollandaise sauce. The steak was topped with a great salsa. We drank a Spätburgunder (pinot noir) from the Hessische Bergstrasse, the small wine region between Heidelberg and Darmstadt on the slopes of the Odenwald.

I usually eat more "elegantly" though, just like Mensch  ;D I love seafood.

Sarge

Holy sweet mother...don't tell me those are French fries...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 22, 2007, 04:46:41 PM
3 organic eggs, scrambled

2 slices of sprouted multigrain bread with Earth Balance spread and Raspberry jam.

8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on June 22, 2007, 05:10:57 PM
Quote from: George on June 22, 2007, 04:46:41 PM
3 organic eggs, scrambled

2 slices of sprouted multigrain bread with Earth Balance spread and Raspberry jam.

8)

Yuppie!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Scriptavolant on June 22, 2007, 05:22:29 PM
Quote from: George on June 22, 2007, 11:42:34 AM
Organic Banana.


What is an organic banana? Does it speak?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bonehelm on June 22, 2007, 05:25:47 PM
Quote from: Scriptavolant on June 22, 2007, 05:22:29 PM
What is an organic banana? Does it speak?
rofl
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 22, 2007, 09:29:01 PM
Quote from: Bonehelm on June 22, 2007, 04:45:31 PM
Holy sweet mother...don't tell me those are French fries...

I belive they are Spargel (asparagus). See pg. 4 of this thread.  From the web:

Spargel is asparagus, however it is grown covered in soil in order to prevent photosynthesis. This process prevents the asparagus from turning green and results in a sweeter and more tender taste. It is generally harvested from late April to early June.

Spargel is very popular in Europe, especially Germany where it is known as "Königliches Gemüse" (Royal Vegetable). Germany produces 57,000 tons of asparagus a year, however that is only enough to meet 61% of its consumption demands.[1] When spargel is harvested in the late spring, many German cities hold festivals in celebration. Schwetzingen claims to be the "Asparagus Capital of the World" and holds an annual Spargelfest (asparagus festival) in which it names a lucky person as Spargel Queen.


Is this summary from the web correct Sarge?

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 23, 2007, 05:33:27 AM
Quote from: Bogey on June 22, 2007, 09:29:01 PM
I belive they are Spargel (asparagus).
Is this summary from the web correct Sarge?

Yes.

Mrs. Rock's hometown, Lampertheim, also claims some kind of Spargel title and has an annual festival devoted to it. We live in a region that produces a large percentage of the veggie. The Spargel in my picture represent the highest quality: completely white, fat and sweet. Cooked properly (which this restaurant has mastered) the stalks are firm but still melt in your mouth. Direct from the farmer they cost almost six dollars a pound (€8.50 a kilo). At the restaurant, considerably more.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Que on June 23, 2007, 07:41:54 AM
Quote from: Bogey on June 22, 2007, 09:29:01 PM
I belive they are Spargel (asparagus). See pg. 4 of this thread.  From the web:

Spargel is asparagus, however it is grown covered in soil in order to prevent photosynthesis. This process prevents the asparagus from turning green and results in a sweeter and more tender taste. It is generally harvested from late April to early June.

Spargel is very popular in Europe, especially Germany where it is known as "Königliches Gemüse" (Royal Vegetable). Germany produces 57,000 tons of asparagus a year, however that is only enough to meet 61% of its consumption demands.[1] When spargel is harvested in the late spring, many German cities hold festivals in celebration. Schwetzingen claims to be the "Asparagus Capital of the World" and holds an annual Spargelfest (asparagus festival) in which it names a lucky person as Spargel Queen.


Is this summary from the web correct Sarge?

They are also very popular in the Netherlands, and are grown here.
In Southern Europe the Green variety is more popular (not grown when covered by soil) - I prefer it myself.
They can be cooked but also shortly and gently backed or grilled. Eaten with fish, ham or bacon! :D

Q

(http://www.vrouwonline.nl/NR/rdonlyres/FD4EE889-06C3-4844-9F69-0111292470C2/0/asperges_groot.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Scriptavolant on June 23, 2007, 07:48:02 AM
Quote from: Bogey on June 22, 2007, 09:29:01 PM
Schwetzingen claims to be the "Asparagus Capital of the World" and holds an annual Spargelfest (asparagus festival) in which it names a lucky person as Spargel Queen.[/i]

I didn't know the germans claimed that, I've never tasted their asparagi, by the way there's a little town not far from here, called "Cantello" which also seems to be world wide known for its asparagi quality.

CANTELLO: THE ASPARAGUS
Cantello, a small village close to the Swiss border, owes its fame to the cultivation of a very particular type of asparagus, quite different to that normally found in commerce; it is a white asparagus, with a rosy tip, that retains its consistency and flavour even after cooking. It is said that the Baj family introduced the cultivation of this asparagus in Cantello, imposing it on the share-croppers and land tenants to make up for the limited productive and market conditions of the traditional agricultural cultivation of that period. The fame of the Cantello asparagus literally exploded during the Thirties until the mid Sixties. In those years, with the advent of mechanisation, many producers abandoned the asparagus cultivation; however nowadays, after periods of scant production in the Seventies and Eighties, cultivation has picked up again, and from a yearly harvest of 20 quintals at the end of the Nineties, we have progressed to more than 150 quintals in 2004. The asparagus that we eat as a vegetable, is actually the turion, the young shoot that sprouts from the underground rhizome. Picking starts at the end of March and continues through to May-June. The young sprouts withstand temperatures of even -15°, which makes cultivation possible on the hills and in the valleys of the Po Plains. Cantello, together with Mezzago (Mi) and Cilavegna (Pv), are the last areas in which asparagus cultivation is found in Lombardy; every second Sunday of May a village feast is organised during which this delicious vegetable can be tasted as well as bought.


From: http://www.albergo-varese.com/english/varese/italian_food_typical_wine_cheese_varese.asp
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on June 23, 2007, 09:42:59 AM
Schwetzingen has two attractions: Spargel is one, the other is their opera house! I have enjoyed both, a wonderful meal and then a charming opera production:

http://www.swr.de/swr2/schwetzinger-festspiele/-/id=233286/g0o2ht/index.html

I should point out to anybody lucky to find this kind of asparagus in their market: It is not easy to prepare because the stalks have to be peeled carfully, with either a sharp knife or a potato peeler to remove the almost woody outer layer. That's why I pig out on the green variety which is grown about an hour's drive from home, now in season, and easily prepared.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 23, 2007, 10:10:30 AM
Two slices of sprouted whole grain bread

covered with Almond Butter

sprinkled with sea salt.


Life is good.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Steve on June 23, 2007, 10:15:16 AM
Quote from: George on June 23, 2007, 10:10:30 AM
Two slices of sprouted whole grain bread

covered with Almond Butter

sprinkled with sea salt.


Life is good.  8)

The eating habits of a Whole Foods employee.....  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 23, 2007, 10:16:43 AM
Quote from: Steve on June 23, 2007, 10:15:16 AM
The eating habits of a Whole Foods employee.....  ;)

Indeed!

;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: sidoze on June 23, 2007, 10:29:03 AM
Quote from: Iago on June 21, 2007, 05:48:43 PM
.

Oh, you're such an "elegant" person, I can't stand it.
Where's the BEEF??  Steak,Onions,etc.



hahaha I was thinking exactly the same! LOL

homemade chicken wrapped in buckwheat pancakes and houmous, making a sort of burrito. Necessary.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 23, 2007, 12:04:17 PM
Quote from: sidoze on June 23, 2007, 10:29:03 AM
hahaha I was thinking exactly the same! LOL

What??? For someone so particular about who plays his Chopin, you mean to tell me you eat like a commoner? Like...Iago??? Tell me it ain't so, Sidoze! I'm really disappointed. I expected better of you.

Quote from: sidoze on June 23, 2007, 10:29:03 AM
homemade chicken...

You rung its neck yourself? Okay, now I'm impressed.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 23, 2007, 12:31:04 PM
Quote from: Que on June 23, 2007, 07:41:54 AM
They are also very popular in the Netherlands, and are grown here.
In Southern Europe the Green variety is more popular (not grown when covered by soil) - I prefer it myself

Fresh green Spargel has been available here too for the lastfew years. It's still a small percentage of the harvest, though, and if you want it for the evening meal, you have to get to the farmer's stands early because it usually sells out fast. I like both green and white. Green, with its more intensive flavor, goes better with grilled red meat. I also like green because it's way easier to prepare ;D  Just snap it in two near the bottom of the stalk and discard the hard end. White, as Uffeviking said, has to be carefully, and laboriously, peeled. During the season, we eat Spargel two or three times a week (yeah, it's that good). When Mrs. Rock walks through the door and sees me preparing green instead of white, she sneers and calls me a Faultier ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 23, 2007, 01:07:23 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on June 22, 2007, 02:35:29 PM
Sarge - brings back a few memories for me - first looks great!  The only beef from Argentina that I've had (and several times) was on a trip to Columbia (i.e., Colombia) - speaking w/ my collegue in Manizales in the Andes - taken to dinner a number of times and enjoyed both the beef & wine from Argentina.

Beef from Argentina is better, in general, than German. Germany is pork country; they excel in Schwein products. But I'm still thoroughly American: nothing beats an American, aged steak. I can buy it at the army commissaries. I rarely buy German beef (except hamburger). Even Rouladen tastes far better if I use round steak from the commissary.

Quote from: SonicMan on June 22, 2007, 02:35:29 PM
Also, I've not had any of the German Pinot Noir since my only trip to that country back in the '90s - I'm impressed w/ its color in the glass - looks quite deep (believe that I had 'lighter' versions of the same wine) -  :D

There has been a wine revolution here. Started in the early to mid-80s. A few young vintners decided they were going to make serious red and dry white wine. Rainer Lingenfelder was one of the them. He left Germany and worked for famous wineries in Australia, France, and California. When he returned to Germany, he took over the family wine estate in Grosskarlbach (unfashionably off the beaten Weinstrasse) and immediately began to make radical changes in the way wine was made. He even fought the wine bureaucracy. His pinot noir was really different: dark, concentrated, barrique-aged. He wasn't alone. The ideas spread and today you'll find far fewer of those pale imitations of red wine that were once so popular. The really good examples remind me of pinot from Oregon and Washington.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on June 23, 2007, 01:19:14 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 23, 2007, 01:07:23 PM
But I'm still thoroughly American: nothing beats an American, aged steak. I can buy it at the army commissaries.

Except that the tenderness of American beef comes from the fact that American beef is corn-fed, instead of grass fed. That has the benefit of fattening the animal quickly, but has many downsides. Cows are highly evolved organisms designed especially to digest a very hard to digest plant: grass. If you feed them anything else, their stomachs go bonkers. They become constipated and need to take drugs to regulate their digestion. This in turn causes immune weaknesses and attracts bacteria, which in turn requires antibiotics treatment. You end up with a piece of beef that is more tender than grass-fed beef, but full of pharmaceutical products. The excrement of American cows is a biohazard and cannot be used as fertilizer unlike the excrement of naturally grass-fed cows.

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 23, 2007, 01:07:23 PM
The really good examples remind me of pinot from Oregon and Washington.

Seconded. I particularly like the ones from Assmannshausen.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 23, 2007, 01:21:04 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on June 23, 2007, 09:42:59 AM
Schwetzingen has two attractions: Spargel is one, the other is their opera house! I have enjoyed both, a wonderful meal and then a charming opera production

The small baroque theater is really cool. We've splurged on private boxes before...sitting in them, it feels like you've been transported back in time.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 23, 2007, 01:24:20 PM
Quote from: O Mensch on June 23, 2007, 01:19:14 PM
Except that the tenderness of American beef comes from the fact that American beef is corn-fed, instead of grass fed. That has the benefit of fattening the animal quickly, but has many downsides. Cows are highly evolved organisms designed especially to digest a very hard to digest plant: grass. If you feed them anything else, their stomachs go bonkers. They become constipated and need to take drugs to regulate their digestion. This in turn causes immune weaknesses and attracts bacteria, which in turn requires antibiotics treatment. You end up with a piece of beef that is more tender than grass-fed beef, but full of pharmaceutical products. The excrement of American cows is a biohazard and cannot be used as fertilizer unlike the excrement of naturally grass-fed cows.

Absolutely true, everything you say. But I still love American beef. (Off topic....I'm listening to the Schuricht Bruckner 8th for the third time tonight...awesome!)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 23, 2007, 01:31:27 PM
Quote from: O Mensch on June 23, 2007, 01:19:14 PM
Seconded. I particularly like the ones from Assmannshausen.

Oh, yes. That area of the Rheingau has been specializing in pinot noir for centuries. Spectacular wine. Have you ever ridden the chair lift from the top of the mountain down into Assmanshausen? We do that once a year or so. Ride down through the forest and vineyards, and then eat at the Krone on the Rhine. Then take the lift back up to the car. A great way to spend a summer or fall afternoon.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 23, 2007, 01:51:14 PM
Quote from: George on June 23, 2007, 10:10:30 AM
Two slices of sprouted whole grain bread

covered with Almond Butter

sprinkled with sea salt.


Life is good.  8)

You're back at whole foods?  Do you mind if I ask if and what the employee discount is there?

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on June 23, 2007, 02:00:42 PM
Cereal. I will be eating a lot of cereal this week. (I'm broke!)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 23, 2007, 02:32:11 PM
Quote from: Kullervo on June 23, 2007, 02:00:42 PM
Cereal. I will be eating a lot of cereal this week. (I'm broke!)

Damn...that sucks. I'm going to stop posting here then. The thought of you staring in the "window" while I eat is going to ruin my appetite.

When Mrs. Rock and I were first married, times were tough. I was a staff sergeant and the pay was poor. Congress hadn't given us a decent raise in years. Inflation was offically at 15% (the Carter years) but it seemed to me more like 20 or 25%. We often ended up broke before the end of the month. What we lived on, I don't know. I recall we pawned some jewelry once! Hard times.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on June 23, 2007, 02:49:35 PM
Yes, I remember being so broke while living in London in '87 as a 21 year old, that I ate cereal [dry] for dinner a few times. :o Couldn't imagine being that desperate these days.

Now, Sunday morning, as I type I can smell our traditional cooked breakfast which consists of organic sausages, fried potatoes and egg. It really is delicious :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on June 23, 2007, 02:59:15 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 23, 2007, 01:24:20 PM
(Off topic....I'm listening to the Schuricht Bruckner 8th for the third time tonight...awesome!)

Knew you'd like it.  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on June 23, 2007, 03:04:06 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 23, 2007, 02:32:11 PM
Damn...that sucks. I'm going to stop posting here then. The thought of you staring in the "window" while I eat is going to ruin my appetite.

When Mrs. Rock and I were first married, times were tough. I was a staff sergeant and the pay was poor. Congress hadn't given us a decent raise in years. Inflation was offically at 15% (the Carter years) but it seemed to me more like 20 or 25%. We often ended up broke before the end of the month. What we lived on, I don't know. I recall we pawned some jewelry once! Hard times.

Sarge

I don't know why, but I thought you were British. Heh!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 23, 2007, 03:05:29 PM
Quote from: toledobass on June 23, 2007, 01:51:14 PM
You're back at whole foods?  Do you mind if I ask if and what the employee discount is there?

Allan

Yes, 20%

It made taking a pay cut easier, as I buy a ton of my stuff there.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 23, 2007, 04:10:54 PM
Quote from: Kullervo on June 23, 2007, 02:00:42 PM
Cereal. I will be eating a lot of cereal this week. (I'm broke!)

Been there, done that....my staple at that time:

(http://www.collegecooking.org/images/3/30/Ramen_package.jpg)

I remember thinking back then that it sure would have been nice if the package came with the meat they showed on the front.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on June 23, 2007, 04:13:27 PM
Quote from: Bogey on June 23, 2007, 04:10:54 PM
Been there, done that....my staple at that time:

(http://www.collegecooking.org/images/3/30/Ramen_package.jpg)

I remember thinking back then that it sure would have been nice if the package came with the meat they showed on the front.

I could do Ramen, but it's so bad for you. It's basically fried flour and salt.

At least cereal is part of a balanced breakfast.  0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 23, 2007, 04:15:08 PM
Quote from: Kullervo on June 23, 2007, 04:13:27 PM
I could do Ramen, but it's so bad for you. It's basically fried flour and salt.

At least cereal is part of a balanced breakfast.  0:)

Agreed!  ;D
(http://theswca.com/images-food/boxes/crunchberries-gu-15-f.gif)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 23, 2007, 04:17:41 PM
Actually a baked potato goes a long way as well.  A bit of slasa on the top and you are good to go.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 23, 2007, 04:17:51 PM
Quote from: Kullervo on June 23, 2007, 03:04:06 PM
I don't know why, but I thought you were British. Heh!

Really? I wonder what gave you that idea. My stiff upper lip? My bowler? My unflappable demeanor in the face of certain disaster? My frequent cries of Tally Ho and Pip pip, old chap? My unwavering allegiance to the Queen? ;D

Nah, I'm an American, Ohio born and bred, with fairly recent Teutonic blood (maternal grandparents were Saxons who immigrated to Ohio just before Hitler came to power. Dad's side were Saarlanders, farmers, who settled in America circa 1740).

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 23, 2007, 04:24:16 PM
Quote from: Kullervo on June 23, 2007, 02:00:42 PM
Cereal. I will be eating a lot of cereal this week. (I'm broke!)

Kullervo guess that we've all been there, and hope that your 'eating' choices improve soon!  ;) :D

Although I've been eating well for a number of decades, I can remember those 'lean' years - i.e. when I was a medical intern & a radiology resident - poor salary & 80 hour weeks, just not a fun time for great meals - but my wife was wonderful, she came up w/ some of the 'cheapest' dinners of all times - still remember 'fish sticks', hot dogs in rolls w/ Kraft cheese, and recipes my mother gave me from my childhood (we were pretty poor then), such as 'pink spaghetti' (just a pasta w/ some kind of cheese & Campbell's tomato soup) & 'tuna fish w/ noodles' (can of tuna fish, some type of pasta, & mushroom soup, again from Campbells) - of course, a night out at Pizza Hut w/ a pitcher of beer was enjoyable - but in those years, don't believe that I really complained -  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 23, 2007, 04:26:39 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on June 23, 2007, 04:24:16 PM

....such as 'pink spaghetti' (just a pasta w/ some kind of cheese & Campbell's tomato soup)....

Dave,
I actually still enjoy this meal.  :D

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 23, 2007, 04:43:15 PM
Quote from: Bogey on June 23, 2007, 04:26:39 PM
Dave,
I actually still enjoy this meal.  :D

Bill - LOL  ;D - you know, I'd probably still enjoy eating those meals (grew up on them - my mother was just great at putting together these types of meals)!  Another great 'dish' my wife makes is chicken tetrazzini, which includes canned chicken, pasta, & mushroom soup (plus other simple additives) - baked and just great - simple & cheap, and loved by everyone served to (one of those dishes for company & for 'pot lucks'). 

But I must give great credit to my wife in those 'lean' years - she was the daughter of physcians from New Jersey (Newark) - grew up w/ maids; grandfather owned a market & butcher shop in Newark (can you imagine the types of meats she had as a child) - for whatever reason we married (met in Ann Arbor @ the U. of Michigan), and she seemed to just naturally 'accept' the years of training for me - of course, I've reciprocated w/ 'mucho' trips, meals, & jewelry (hey - did she know from the start!  ;)) - Dave  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: sidoze on June 24, 2007, 02:30:45 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 23, 2007, 12:04:17 PM
What??? For someone so particular about who plays his Chopin, you mean to tell me you eat like a commoner? Like...Iago??? Tell me it ain't so, Sidoze! I'm really disappointed. I expected better of you.

You rung its neck yourself? Okay, now I'm impressed.

Sarge

Iago had a point. As for me, I spent 7 years as a vegetarian, two as vegan, came back to a normal diet later, and now am going through a yeast/wheat/sugar/fruit/alcohol/caffeine-free low carb diet for personal reasons. It sucks and costs twice as much money as a normal diet!!!!!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 24, 2007, 05:32:16 AM
Quote from: sidoze on June 24, 2007, 02:30:45 AM
Iago had a point.

He did? I must've missed it. Mensch had a fish and vegetable dinner inspired in part by his wife's ethnicity. Why should that meal be the object of ridicule? I understand Iago: he revels in being an uncouth bastard. His comments come as no surprise. But it was surprising coming from you...doubly surprising now that I know you were a vegetarian and vegan.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: sidoze on June 24, 2007, 06:46:32 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 24, 2007, 05:32:16 AM
He did? I must've missed it. Mensch had a fish and vegetable dinner inspired in part by his wife's ethnicity. Why should that meal be the object of ridicule? I understand Iago: he revels in being an uncouth bastard. His comments come as no surprise. But it was surprising coming from you...doubly surprising now that I know you were a vegetarian and vegan.

Sarge

First of all: no more arguments for me. After putting up with donwyn's self-serving gibberish for so long, I really don't fancy it. Especially not with a third party. I thought he had a point -- the attention to detail seemed rather, well, effete. "Not that there's anything wrong with that".
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on June 24, 2007, 06:56:28 AM
My version of microwaved mashed potatoes! Stick a potato in the microwave for six minutes, take it out, smash it in a bowl, add butter, milk, salt, and anything else (I always use yellow curry). Tasty!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papy Oli on June 25, 2007, 12:12:21 PM
Strawberries, with vanilla and chocolate-chipped mint ice creams ...light and delightful !  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Drasko on June 25, 2007, 12:17:36 PM
(http://www.winosi.onlinehome.de/Images/Gallery/Models/Toblerone.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on June 25, 2007, 06:40:05 PM
Raw spinach and dried cranberries. Interesting mix.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bonehelm on June 25, 2007, 09:00:47 PM
yum!

(http://www.lectio.ca/images/dimsum2.jpg)

:D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on June 25, 2007, 09:21:32 PM
Pound cake  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on June 27, 2007, 07:41:03 AM
Didn't want to create a new thread just for this, but had difficulty settling on just the most nearly appropriate thread ready to hand.

Believe it or not, it's been months since we've talked about anything even tangentially related to breastfeeding.

Hope you've enjoyed the break. Because it's over.
(http://blog.washingtonpost.com/onbalance/2007/06/breastfeeding_trends.html)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on June 27, 2007, 07:46:31 AM
Quote from: sidoze on June 24, 2007, 06:46:32 AM
I thought he had a point -- the attention to detail seemed rather, well, effete. "Not that there's anything wrong with that".

I only cook things the way I do because they taste good. I also rarely spend more than 40 minutes on preparation.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 27, 2007, 08:49:22 AM
Two large bowls of:

(http://www.wackypackages.org/realproductsscans/2004/jk/cheerios_small.jpg)

with 1% milk.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 27, 2007, 08:52:33 AM

That was a childhood favorite of mine, Bill!  :)


Today: Organic Amaranth Flakes and Unsweetened Soy Milk. Plus two tablespoons of flaxseed oil. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mahlertitan on June 27, 2007, 09:03:52 AM
Quote from: Bonehelm on June 25, 2007, 09:00:47 PM
yum!

(http://www.lectio.ca/images/dimsum2.jpg)

:D

mmm, dimsum....
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Que on June 27, 2007, 09:11:00 AM
A dish with mixed beans, spicey meat balls and rice, accompanied by a strong and fruity red wine (German).

Q
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Tancata on June 27, 2007, 11:26:10 AM
Grilled some peppers until they were fucked up, scooped out the goo inside and combined with pitta bread stuffed with feta salad. And a glass of cheap wine  ;D.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bonehelm on June 27, 2007, 01:58:23 PM
Quote from: MahlerTitan on June 27, 2007, 09:03:52 AM
mmm, dimsum....

I like to yumcha.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 27, 2007, 03:19:50 PM
Quote from: Bonehelm on June 25, 2007, 09:00:47 PM
yum!

(http://www.lectio.ca/images/dimsum2.jpg)

:D

Where's this feast taking place?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bonehelm on June 27, 2007, 05:22:58 PM
Quote from: Bogey on June 27, 2007, 03:19:50 PM
Where's this feast taking place?

HKSAR. Where I was born. But I live in Vancouver, Canada.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 27, 2007, 05:50:17 PM
Looks delicious B.

What's in the small bowl on the right?  I thought at first that they might be chicken feet but I can't really place it when I take a better look.

I ate at a Thai place called O'gingers this past week.  It was our first time there and I've have been meaning to post what was on the front cover of the menu.  It's a list of various things they offer and The Mrs. and I had a good laugh over the first listing.  Pic quality isn't that great but I think it can be made out:



(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0621072100.jpg)

:o ;D

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 27, 2007, 06:33:28 PM
Quote from: toledobass on June 27, 2007, 05:50:17 PM
Looks delicious B.

What's in the small bowl on the right?  I thought at first that they might be chicken feet but I can't really place it when I take a better look.

I ate at a Thai place called O'gingers this past week.  It was our first time there and I've have been meaning to post what was on the front cover of the menu.  It's a list of various things they offer and The Mrs. and I had a good laugh over the first listing.  Pic quality isn't that great but I think it can be made out:


:o ;D

Allan


This is what happens to those that read liner notes!  ;) :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on June 27, 2007, 07:06:10 PM
Indian  >:D
Tandoori vegetables (broccoli, cauliflowers, onions, peppers, paneer), baby eggplants with marsala and yogurt, spinach with chickpeas, 2 types of naan (plain and potato filled). Rasmalai for dessert.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bonehelm on June 27, 2007, 08:34:41 PM
Quote from: toledobass on June 27, 2007, 05:50:17 PM
Looks delicious B.

What's in the small bowl on the right?  I thought at first that they might be chicken feet but I can't really place it when I take a better look.

I ate at a Thai place called O'gingers this past week.  It was our first time there and I've have been meaning to post what was on the front cover of the menu.  It's a list of various things they offer and The Mrs. and I had a good laugh over the first listing.  Pic quality isn't that great but I think it can be made out:



(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0621072100.jpg)

:o ;D

Allan


It's not chicken leg. It's pork :) It's gumsaquat in Cantonese.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on June 27, 2007, 09:09:49 PM
I haven't had much of an appetite for a few days now. I ate a bowl of cereal and felt completely stuffed. And yesterday almost the same, I had a small plate of pasta and some cereal and felt stuffed and not hungry for the rest of the day.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 28, 2007, 04:33:12 AM
Quote from: toledobass on June 27, 2007, 05:50:17 PM
Looks delicious B.

What's in the small bowl on the right?  I thought at first that they might be chicken feet but I can't really place it when I take a better look.

I ate at a Thai place called O'gingers this past week.  It was our first time there and I've have been meaning to post what was on the front cover of the menu.  It's a list of various things they offer and The Mrs. and I had a good laugh over the first listing.  Pic quality isn't that great but I think it can be made out:

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0621072100.jpg)

:o ;D


Allan - just curious, how are they prepared?  ;) :D ;D  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 28, 2007, 05:31:01 AM
Quote from: orbital on June 27, 2007, 07:06:10 PM
Indian  >:D
Tandoori vegetables (broccoli, cauliflowers, onions, peppers, paneer), baby eggplants with marsala and yogurt, spinach with chickpeas, 2 types of naan (plain and potato filled). Rasmalai for dessert.

Mmmmmm

For lunch yesterday:

Papadam
Chana Saag
Basmati Rice
Naan Bread
Salad

and lots of Tamarind!  :D


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: The Mad Hatter on June 28, 2007, 09:19:48 AM
Beefsteak in tomato chilli sauce stir-fried.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bonehelm on June 28, 2007, 10:26:31 AM
Quote from: The Mad Hatter on June 28, 2007, 09:19:48 AM
Beefsteak in tomato chilli sauce stir-fried.

Add some Tabasco!  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papy Oli on June 28, 2007, 10:55:50 AM
Strawberries and ice creams... again....   0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on June 28, 2007, 11:33:23 AM
(http://www.pcbakery.com/PCB_medias/bannutDHM.jpg)
(Banana Walnut Muffin)
+
(http://oldstersview.wordpress.com/files/2006/08/cup-of-coffee.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 28, 2007, 12:12:08 PM
Jasmine Rice

Organic Almonds

:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on June 28, 2007, 08:44:56 PM
Southern-style fried yellow squash & onions.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mahlertitan on June 29, 2007, 12:14:10 AM
these taste great
(http://www.jimmydean.com/images/jd_product_sssandwiches.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on June 29, 2007, 01:52:01 PM
Quote from: MahlerTitan on June 29, 2007, 12:14:10 AM
these taste great
(http://www.jimmydean.com/images/jd_product_sssandwiches.jpg)

Mmm... I grew up on those. Add a little mayonnaise — tasty!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 29, 2007, 02:17:17 PM
Hit Panera Bread for their:

Asiago Roast Beef
Oven-roasted beef, smoked cheddar, lettuce, tomatoes, red onions & creamy horseradish sauce, on our Asiago Cheese Demi.

and on the side:

Greek Salad
Romaine lettuce, vine-ripened tomatoes, feta cheese, peperoncini, red onions, Kalamata olives, pepper & our Greek dressing

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 29, 2007, 02:20:14 PM
Quote from: Bogey on June 29, 2007, 02:17:17 PM
Hit Panera Bread for their:

(http://www.panerabread.com/menu/cafe/sandwiches.php)
Asiago Roast Beef
Oven-roasted beef, smoked cheddar, lettuce, tomatoes, red onions & creamy horseradish sauce, on our Asiago Cheese Demi.

and on the side:

Greek Salad
Romaine lettuce, vine-ripened tomatoes, feta cheese, peperoncini, red onions, Kalamata olives, pepper & our Greek dressing



Sounds delicious Bill!  Nice way to kick off the weekend. :)

(minus the beef of course)  ;)

I'm off in about 20 minutes to get some macrobiotic dinner with my girlfriend.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 29, 2007, 02:24:52 PM
Quote from: George on June 28, 2007, 05:31:01 AM
Mmmmmm

For lunch yesterday:

Papadam
Chana Saag
Basmati Rice
Naan Bread

Salad-Ha!  I know this one!  Well, then again, maybe not.

and lots of Tamarind!  :D




Quote from: George on June 29, 2007, 02:20:14 PM
Sounds delicious Bill!  Nice way to kick off the weekend. :)

(minus the beef of course)  ;)

I'm off in about 20 minutes to get some macrobiotic dinner with my girlfriend.  :)

George,
I wish I ate as healthy as you, but in the long run I would starve because I would have to "google" everything that you have on your menu just to figure out what I am going to be eating!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 29, 2007, 02:28:54 PM
Quote from: Bogey on June 29, 2007, 02:24:52 PM
George,
I wish I ate as healthy as you, but in the long run I would starve because I would have to "google" everything that you have on your menu just to figure out what I am going to be eating!  :D

It wasn't an easy transition Bill, in fact there are many who eat healthier. I just try to do my best. Plus I feel better, that's actually my biggest motivator.

Luckily I have found a great many things that are good for me and I enjoy.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on June 29, 2007, 02:31:26 PM
Quote from: Bogey on June 29, 2007, 02:17:17 PM
Hit Panera Bread...

Their tomato mozzarella salad is the best thing ever. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 29, 2007, 02:33:26 PM
Quote from: Bogey on June 29, 2007, 02:24:52 PM
George,
I wish I ate as healthy as you, but in the long run I would starve because I would have to "google" everything that you have on your menu just to figure out what I am going to be eating!  :D

Hey, you could teach me a thing or two, I've never heard of Panera Bread.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 29, 2007, 06:49:56 PM
Quote from: Kullervo on June 29, 2007, 02:31:26 PM
Their tomato mozzarella salad is the best thing ever. 

We saw that on the menu and my wife almost went for it.....we are pretty pathetic when it comes to trying new things at restaurants since we do not eat out too often.  Will definitely give it a go next time around.

Quote from: George on June 29, 2007, 02:33:26 PM
Hey, you could teach me a thing or two, I've never heard of Panera Bread.

Here you go brother.  :)

http://www.panerabread.com/
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on June 29, 2007, 07:04:01 PM
Oh, great, another chain! I hatehatehate the fact that all these chains have destroyed all the local restaurants in the US, wherever you go, the same chains, the same damn IHOPS and Denny's and Olive Gardens and Chilis and all that prefabricated crap. How much would I like to go to an Italian restaurant again, run by actual Italians cooking actual Italian food instead of one of these chains with their prepackaged crap warmed up by illegal immigrants.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Greta on June 29, 2007, 07:30:18 PM
Spanish tapas tonight. :D Moroccan chicken pie, grilled quail on saffron rice + sangria and Spanish merlot. Yum.

We're also inundated here, with several Mexican (ugh, Tex-Mex actually *shudder*) restaurant chains that drown out the little places with the knock-you-flat homemade margaritas and fresh-baked tortillas.  :( To get truly great Mexican food you almost have to get out to San Antonio or deep south Texas anymore.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on June 29, 2007, 08:57:11 PM
Quote from: M forever on June 29, 2007, 07:04:01 PM
Oh, great, another chain! I hatehatehate the fact that all these chains have destroyed all the local restaurants in the US, wherever you go, the same chains, the same damn IHOPS and Denny's and Olive Gardens and Chilis and all that prefabricated crap. How much would I like to go to an Italian restaurant again, run by actual Italians cooking actual Italian food instead of one of these chains with their prepackaged crap warmed up by illegal immigrants.

Unfortunately, this is the best I can do in Lakeland, Florida. I'll start eating Italian food cooked by Italians as soon as I find myself bestowed with a surfeit of money and move back to Boston. Until then, I'm eating at Panera without remorse.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on June 30, 2007, 07:26:50 PM
Man, what are you doing *there*? I was in Florida a few weeks ago and found it pretty disappointing, flat, humid, and mostly crappy.
BTW, I discovered there is one of those Panera stores in the shopping mall just across the street from me. After these recommendations, maybe I will even swing by there and pick up one of those sandwiches. After all, I don't have much of other choices here either.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 30, 2007, 08:03:29 PM
Guys - boy, no problem finding 'good eats' in Florida - at least on my last trip to that state (posted EARLY IN THIS THREAD (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,88.20.html)); plus, visit my MIL in Delray Beach annually - always great places to eat!  Hmmm - must setup another trip there -  ;D

For me recently, just returned from a too short 'overnight' trip on the Blueridge Parkway in southern Virginia - evening meal included a nice crab-mushroom appetizer followed by a nicely prepared mountain trout (just can't resist that fish!) - of course with a couple of glasses of chardonnay from a local VA winery, Chateau Morrisette (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,88.20.html) just up the parkway, and near one of the most photographed sites on the road, Mabry Mill (below right) -  :)

(http://www.thedogs.com/sohoadmin/program/modules/site_templates/pages/THEDOGS-main-splash/images/winery.jpg)  (http://www.horizoncardsandprints.com/Image%20Gallery/scenic%20gallery/Mabry-Mill.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on June 30, 2007, 08:59:25 PM
Have you tried alligator?

That mill looks nice. Is it historic or fake?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: david johnson on July 01, 2007, 01:40:50 AM
i think i'll have a bit of chinese sewer pond raised dreadfish w/a spoon of antibio fish paste.  probably a chilled bottle of thunderbird or tj swann to compliment it.

dj
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on July 01, 2007, 06:02:01 AM
Quote from: M forever on June 30, 2007, 08:59:25 PM
Have you tried alligator?

Alligator has a weird texture but it is nice enough. A tad bland, really.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on July 01, 2007, 06:02:44 AM
Quote from: M forever on June 30, 2007, 07:26:50 PM
Man, what are you doing *there*?

My family lives here.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 01, 2007, 07:01:15 AM
Quote from: M forever on June 30, 2007, 08:59:25 PM
Have you tried alligator?

That mill looks nice. Is it historic or fake?

M - I've had alligator plenty of times, but usually in Lousiana - as they say, tastes like chicken!  :D

Mabry Mill is a restoration - built originally around 1900 (short history HERE (http://www.virtualblueridge.com/parkway_tour/parks/176_2/index.asp) - the mill is still operational & National Park rangers give periodic histories; in addition, there are many other re-constructed buildings & farming implements used at the times - popular stop along that section of the Blueridge Pkway -  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: sidoze on July 01, 2007, 09:40:21 AM
was putting together a salad today and just want to say that watercrass must be the biggest joke in the supermarket. All those stems and no leaves at all, are they taking the piss? I know it's very healthy, but really, it took about 10 minutes to pick out the majority of stems and toss them in the rubbish (don't tell me that I'm supposed to eat them  :-\ )
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on July 01, 2007, 07:55:59 PM
No, Tony, don't eat the stems of the watercress, they'll give you much too much roughage. Maybe you should look for a different greengrocer! I buy mine at a local super market with a large produce section and their watercress comes in a nice big bunch with lovely green leaves. I'll go shop tomorrow and take a picture for you so you know what to look for!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on July 01, 2007, 07:59:30 PM
Fast shopping trip! Went to google and found exactly what I buy:

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: sidoze on July 02, 2007, 01:30:25 AM
that looks lovely (if a little professional :) ). Wait till you see the pic of what I get  :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Larry Rinkel on July 02, 2007, 03:21:59 PM
Having some time off, today I indulged myself for lunch at the Chachama Grill in Patchogue, NY, one of the best-rated restaurants on Long Island (27 Zagat points for food). I won't tell you what I paid for it, but believe me you could get quite a few tomato-mozzarella salads at Panera for the same money. (And yeah, I have one of those within walking distance too.) I started with a gazpacho flavored with basil and garnished with crabmeat. Then sautéed jumbo shrimp with basmati rice and julienned vegetables (the vegetables were the only weak element; they had been steamed but not well-seasoned). Finally a piece of warm chocolate cake with raspberry coulis and vanilla ice cream.  :)

If I decide to eat dinner at all, I'll reheat some meatballs I made the other day with lamb and diced prunes, seasoned with allspice, garlic, parsley, and orange zest, and accompanied by couscous and a dab of plain yogurt.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: sidoze on July 05, 2007, 11:53:24 AM
Quote from: Larry Rinkel on July 02, 2007, 03:21:59 PM
Finally a piece of warm chocolate cake with raspberry coulis and vanilla ice cream.  :)

grrrrrr wish I could eat that now. I'm going to make buckwheat blinis with rice milk now. Rice milk is sweet--sweeter than soya--and that improves their natural taste (as it's just rice milk, buckwheat and an egg). On the downside it has a much higher sugar and carb rate so you pay for it. Right now there's not much I can put on them -- let them cool and wrap them in houmous which tastes pretty good (to me anyway). Otherwise make some chicken salad wraps for work tomorrow (which I'm not going to do as all the blinis will vanish within moments of coming off the frying pan).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on July 05, 2007, 12:30:30 PM
Quote from: sidoze on July 01, 2007, 09:40:21 AM
was putting together a salad today and just want to say that watercrass must be the biggest joke in the supermarket. All those stems and no leaves at all, are they taking the piss? I know it's very healthy, but really, it took about 10 minutes to pick out the majority of stems and toss them in the rubbish (don't tell me that I'm supposed to eat them  :-\ )
If you can find them, try purslanes as an alternative to watercress. Much more distinctive flavor, edible delicious stems, plus it can be had as salad or you can cook them like spinach.

As a salad: just add diced tomatoes, sliced red onions, kirby cucumbers, sumac spice, pomegranate sour, olive oil and some lemon juice

As a meal: Cut the purslanes into little pieces, cook diced red onions in olive oil until they turn pink, add 1 tablespoon of tomato paste. Then add diced tomatoes to the mix along with the purslanes. The leaves will give out their water. When they do add 1 tablespoon of rice (or preferably bulgur wheat). Add a little bit of water and let it simmer for 15 minutes or so. When cooked (stems from the purslanes must be soft) serve with plain yogurt topped with red crushed pepper.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on July 05, 2007, 12:41:06 PM

Goji Berries

Whey Protein Shake
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on July 07, 2007, 05:12:44 PM
 Raw Vegan Almond Buttercup Ice Cream (http://oneluckyduck.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=120)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BachQ on July 07, 2007, 05:20:45 PM
fish
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 07, 2007, 06:05:34 PM
Quote from: D Minor on July 07, 2007, 05:20:45 PM
fish

Oh, D Minor, you must be more descriptive - this could mean 'fish sticks' or some superb seafood preparation at a great restuarant?  ;) ;D

For me, last night, the simple Italian bistro down the road - Veal Piccata w/ a nice salad & pasta side + a couple of glasses of a cheap but good & fruity Soave; tonight, LOML made me some sauteed quail, just w/ some salad & veggies + Oregon Pinot Noir - all quite simple but tasty -  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on July 07, 2007, 06:36:40 PM
Quote from: D Minor on July 07, 2007, 05:20:45 PM
fish

...and on your 1111st post? Is there some sort of cosmic significance here? Are you a Pisces?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 07, 2007, 06:44:59 PM
Well, I was not goin' to post again here tonight, but we've been getting in some great cherries from the local food markets lately - I grew up in Michigan and often ate cherries off the trees - one of my favorites, so really enjoying these after dinner!  8)

(http://www.greengiantfresh.com/images/BingCherries.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on July 07, 2007, 06:50:53 PM
I prefer these



Oh mon cheris!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on July 07, 2007, 06:53:46 PM
Quote from: Mozart on July 07, 2007, 06:50:53 PM
I prefer these



Oh mon cheris!

well this joke went to shits.... must have the runs


imagine a bowl of red skittles....
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 07, 2007, 07:02:05 PM
Quote from: Mozart on July 07, 2007, 06:53:46 PM
well this joke went to shits.... must have the runs


imagine a bowl of red skittles....

Mozart - LOL  ;D - if you eat too many, you may have to run to the bathroom for the very reason you describe!  ;) :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on July 07, 2007, 07:03:53 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on July 07, 2007, 07:02:05 PM
Mozart - LOL  ;D - if you eat too many, you may have to run to the bathroom for the very reason you describe!  ;) :)

If I ate soo many that I had to run to the bathroom, I would have trouble getting there don't you think? I couldn't take such heartbreak leaving my cheris and my heart might just give up!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: sidoze on July 08, 2007, 01:54:37 AM
Quote from: orbital on July 05, 2007, 12:30:30 PM
If you can find them, try purslanes as an alternative to watercress. Much more distinctive flavor, edible delicious stems, plus it can be had as salad or you can cook them like spinach.

As a salad: just add diced tomatoes, sliced red onions, kirby cucumbers, sumac spice, pomegranate sour, olive oil and some lemon juice

As a meal: Cut the purslanes into little pieces, cook diced red onions in olive oil until they turn pink, add 1 tablespoon of tomato paste. Then add diced tomatoes to the mix along with the purslanes. The leaves will give out their water. When they do add 1 tablespoon of rice (or preferably bulgur wheat). Add a little bit of water and let it simmer for 15 minutes or so. When cooked (stems from the purslanes must be soft) serve with plain yogurt topped with red crushed pepper.


Thank you very much for this!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 08, 2007, 06:30:51 AM
O mensch and Iago should be pleased: I had beef last night, nothing but beef...German beef.

We ate at the Grumpy Old Ladies. That's our private name for a restaurant in Kirschheim (about a mile east of Deidesheim, the wine capital of the Pfalz). The restuarant is in an ancient stone building down a narrow side street. The weather allowed eating in the courtyard. The first time we ate there we couldn't make up our minds where to sit...and besides we wanted to check out all the rooms. The old ladies were obviously annoyed with us and were grumpy and surly most of the evening. We thought it was great fun. Each return visit they've become a little nicer and last night they were exceptionally nice to us. We were very disappointed...it just wasn't the same  ;D

I started out with beef carpaccio. Really good with a wonderful vinagrette dressing. The cook is German but makes fabulous and authentic Italian dishes too. I still couldn't convince Mrs. Rock to take a bite. She won't eat raw beef.

Then I had a rare filet covered in chopped garlic. Very tasty with that distinctive German beef texture...chewier than an American steak but not tough at all.

We drank a bottle of the restaurant's own St. Laurent (they are part of a wine estate). It wasn't a great vintage for this grape. The wine was a too thin and the wood aging almost overwhelmed the fruit. Still, it wasn't bad and it went well with the meal.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Larry Rinkel on July 08, 2007, 08:12:43 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 08, 2007, 06:30:51 AM
O mensch and Iago should be pleased: I had beef last night, nothing but beef...German beef.

We ate at the Grumpy Old Ladies. That's our private name for a restaurant in Kirschheim (about a mile east of Deidesheim, the wine capital of the Pfalz). The restuarant is in an ancient stone building down a narrow side street. The weather allowed eating in the courtyard. The first time we ate there we couldn't make up our minds where to sit...and besides we wanted to check out all the rooms. The old ladies were obviously annoyed with us and were grumpy and surly most of the evening. We thought it was great fun. Each return visit they've become a little nicer and last night they were exceptionally nice to us. We were very disappointed...it just wasn't the same  ;D


Sit at one table, order, then move to another table in another room. After your first course, move to yet another table. Repeat with variations until you've sat in every room at the restaurant. The GOL will just love you.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 08, 2007, 10:50:23 AM
Quote from: Larry Rinkel on July 08, 2007, 08:12:43 AM
Sit at one table, order, then move to another table in another room. After your first course, move to yet another table. Repeat with variations until you've sat in every room at the restaurant. The GOL will just love you.

;D :D ;D

That should guarantee the return of the GOL we've come to know and love.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on July 08, 2007, 01:16:27 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 08, 2007, 10:50:23 AM
;D :D ;D

That should guarantee the return of the GOL we've come to know and love.

Sarge

For some reason I keep imagining a Golem that runs a fine dining establishment.

Today I had broccoli and mushrooms with canned tuna and soy sauce. Total cost of meal: approx. $1.00.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kiddiarni on July 08, 2007, 03:42:07 PM
(http://www.checkout.ie/images/magazine/2003-03/mp-Wrigleys.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on July 10, 2007, 07:09:33 AM
IF you can't decide what to have for dinner there is the always helpful Betty Croker cards  >:D

http://www.aperfectworld.org/betty_crocker.htm

(The cartoons by Linda Causey (http://www.aperfectworld.org/themes.htm) are very good with a very sharp sense of humour. They may be offensive to some, so proceed with caution  $:))
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: sidoze on July 13, 2007, 11:31:59 AM
I discovered a dairy / gluten / yeast and sugar free dessert that fits into my current diet and has made me extremely happy :) It's called amazake, ingredients of water, brown rice, cultured rice and sea salt (all organic). It is extremely sweet for such a recipe and will make a great addition to buckwheat blinis and just about anywhere else that needs a touch of sweetness. The Japanese rule :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: sidoze on July 13, 2007, 11:48:54 AM
Quote from: sidoze on July 13, 2007, 11:31:59 AM
I discovered a dairy / gluten / yeast and sugar free dessert that fits into my current diet and has made me extremely happy :) It's called amazake, ingredients of water, brown rice, cultured rice and sea salt (all organic). It is extremely sweet for such a recipe and will make a great addition to buckwheat blinis and just about anywhere else that needs a touch of sweetness. The Japanese rule :)

fuck off nevermind. this CRAP uses the same fungus to ferment the rice that's in soy sauce: Aspergillus oryzae. I'm going to change my avatar now.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on July 13, 2007, 01:42:49 PM
Quote from: sidoze on July 13, 2007, 11:31:59 AM
I discovered a dairy / gluten / yeast and sugar free dessert that fits into my current diet and has made me extremely happy :)

Are you in some kind of religious sect?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 13, 2007, 02:11:12 PM
Last night, LOML & I celebrated our 37th wedding anniversary w/ just a 'snack' dinner at home (took her out to a wonderful restaurant a few nights ago w/ a colleague couple also celebrating a July anniversary, even a few years beyond ours!):

Snacks consisted of several different 'real' cheeses (we usually eat 2% low fat, yuck!) and smoked fishes, trout & salmon - different sauces for the fish & a variety of crackers/bread + a superb bottle of a French Champagne - really wonderful - this is our 'holiday' type dinner; usually we order caviar from the web, but not this time.

Tomorrow off to the NC mountains for a couple of nights - two restaurants lined up for dinners - plus, I made her a delightful card on the computer - BOY, is that enough!  ;) ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on July 13, 2007, 02:46:18 PM
Hummus and pita bread.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 17, 2007, 03:26:08 PM
Well, a couple of posts ago, I was on my way to Blowing Rock in the NC mountains (near Boone), and just an hour & half from my home - a frequent trip for my wife & me - this time an extended anniversary celebration:

We just stayed a couple of nights but did have some excellent dinners - first night, we ate at the Best Cellar which is now part of the 'Inn at Ragged Gardens' a B&B in Blowing Rock - check out the MENU (http://www.ragged-gardens.com/blowing_rock_restaurant.html) - plenty of specials - in fact, I started w/ a 'Lump Blue Crab' appetizer which I shared w/ my wife's 'Seared Tuna' - both delicious; main course, was a 'Veal Chop' - infused w/ a Cajun sauce & then grilled - wonderful mashed new potatoes & asparagus - we had to skip dessert (the beginning breads were varied, freshly made, and too filling!) -  :)

Second night, we ate at the Westglow Resort Spa (http://www.westglow.com/) - the restaurant there has changed its name to Rowland's - new ownership; this is a famous (and expensive) place to stay, and the food prepared caters to 'low calorie' dishes prepared just superbly - we both started w/ a salad (roasted pear, Rouquefort, walnuts, & fresh greens) - I had a 'fish' (can't remember the name!) which was firm like tuna but lighter in color - prepared to perfection and combined w/ a vegetable/mushroom combo (bok choy w/ some Japanese mushrooms) - just superb!  For dessert, we had the 'Berry Mountain Crisp' & the 'Kahlua Bananas Foster' - these are prepared 'low calorie' w/ bascially NO FAT - they were delicious - the chef has a number of cookbooks - we love to eat at this place; each of our meals probably added up to 600 calories or less (the menu even includes the calorie counts for each dish, plus these can prepared in a 'standard' fashion or even 'cut down' more, if desired) - anxious to return!  ;D

(http://www.westglow.com/images/home/home_61107a.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kiddiarni on July 17, 2007, 03:27:36 PM
Marble cake

(http://ilforno.typepad.com/il_forno/marblecake.gif)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mahlertitan on July 17, 2007, 03:48:31 PM
peach
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on July 17, 2007, 03:53:24 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on July 13, 2007, 02:11:12 PM
Snacks consisted of several different 'real' cheeses (we usually eat 2% low fat, yuck!) and smoked fishes, trout & salmon - different sauces for the fish & a variety of crackers/bread + a superb bottle of a French Champagne - really wonderful - this is our 'holiday' type dinner; usually we order caviar from the web, but not this time.

This sounds great Dave. My wife and I do a very similiar thing, usually on Xmas Eve, delicious! :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Don on July 17, 2007, 03:54:51 PM
I'm eating red meat tonight - a lot of it.  Anyone who gets in my way becomes part of the meal.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on July 17, 2007, 05:55:45 PM
Quote from: MahlerTitan on July 17, 2007, 03:48:31 PM
peach
My favorite fruit of all. Hard to find a decent one though  :-\

I had giant butter beans and rice.
For fruit/desert: half of a Sugar Baby (actually it is a small watermelon, I don't know why they suddenly started calling them SugarBabies)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on July 17, 2007, 06:26:01 PM

Spirulina

8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on July 17, 2007, 09:01:39 PM
Quote from: George on July 17, 2007, 06:26:01 PM
Spirulina

8)

You are eating spirulina?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on July 18, 2007, 03:57:26 PM
Last night we had one of my faves :)

Marias marvelous marmalade and mustard marinade lamp chops ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on July 18, 2007, 05:51:20 PM
Bocaburger with tomatoes, onions, mayo and mustard. Half a corn on the cob on the side.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on July 18, 2007, 05:57:13 PM
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on July 18, 2007, 03:57:26 PM
Last night we had one of my faves :)

Marias marvelous marmalade and mustard marinade lamp chops ;)

Love everything about the "bolded" ingredient.  Maybe you could post her recipe.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on July 19, 2007, 05:42:51 AM

Last night: Organic Fresh ground Peanut Butter on whole Spelt Bread. For dessert, three dates.  8)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on July 19, 2007, 11:56:27 AM
Sardines that are probably a few years old and pita. Not bad, really.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: greg on July 19, 2007, 12:01:01 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on May 16, 2007, 10:50:31 AM
Well, on my own last night (wife out at a dinner meeting!) - so, quick & simple:  Alaskan King Crab, just steamed & cooled + a spinach/mushroom salad w/ a little low-cal blue cheese dressing (my favorite!); OH, of course a light Chardonnay - tried the newest release of the Greg Norman (inexpensive & readily available in the grocery stores here) - not bad (probably would give it a mid-80s rating), but fine w/ the crab.  :D

(http://shop.legalseafoods.com/images/images/KingCrabLegs.jpg)  (http://www.carolinacooking.tv/images/wines/3125.jpg)
this looks good, actually.....
i haven't had much seafood since my parents hate it (except for fish, if it's heavily cooked). so.... i don't know what crab tastes like.

i love squid, though.....  0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 19, 2007, 02:35:53 PM
Quote from: greg on July 19, 2007, 12:01:01 PM
this looks good, actually.....
i haven't had much seafood since my parents hate it (except for fish, if it's heavily cooked). so.... i don't know what crab tastes like.
i love squid, though.....  0:)

Greg -LOL!  ;D  That post was from a few months ago, but seemed to 'peak' your interest - I love all sorts of crab - King Crab from the Alaska area is one of the biggest!  Expensive but delicious!

Blue Crab (below, left) is a special treat in my area (mid-Atlantic states) - just all sorts of options from 'steamed & peppered', lumped as an appetizer (just had that in the mountains a few days ago), or cooked into some main course (need to visit Charleston or Savannah for some of the best preparations).

Stone Crab (below,right) - the orange/black claws, from the waters around FL - just had some in May!  Several years ago, we were on the west coast of southern FL in Everglades City - took a boat tour that discussed the catching & harvesting of stone crabs - basically these 'critters' are caught, the claws pulled off, & the body tossed back into the sea (the claws regenerate!); these are expensive also & come in various sizes (the larger, the more $$) - Joe's Crab House in Miami is a great option!

Dungeness Crab (lower) - west coast crab popular in San Francisco down on the bay, but these are shipped to the east coast (and I've had them cooked live in east coast restaurants) - this crab can be big & there is tasty 'meat' in the body & the claws - a feast!  One of my favorite lunches is in San Fran on the Bay (or across the Bay in Sausalito or Tiburon) is a half of a chilled Dungeness crab w/ a few glasses of Chardonnay, plus a nice fresh salad!

Well, those are the crabs that I usually eat - I'm sure many others exist, but give these a try!  :D

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Blue_crab_on_market_in_Piraeus_-_Callinectes_sapidus_Rathbun_20020819-317.jpg/799px-Blue_crab_on_market_in_Piraeus_-_Callinectes_sapidus_Rathbun_20020819-317.jpg)  (http://www.blueoceaninstitute.org/seafood/species/pictures/k-stonecrb.jpg)

(http://www.geocities.com/oscmarinetech/images/crab.JPG)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Drasko on July 24, 2007, 09:42:12 AM
(http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/2666924/2/istockphoto_2666924_prosciutto_and_melon.jpg)

prosciutto & melon
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on July 24, 2007, 11:56:22 AM
Dried mango. Pretty gross, really.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 24, 2007, 02:33:03 PM
Just returned from a trip to Indianapolis - visit to our son - ate at a couple of seafood chains (small chains) that had surprising excellent food; unfortunately none are located in North Carolina (at least yet!):

Mitchell's Fish Market (http://www.cameronmitchell.com/) - started out w/ an assortment of oysters followed by a swordfish main course - all excellent; CLICK on the name for a link to see if there might be a location near you - would easily return!   :)

Kona Grill - started out w/ some sushi shared w/ my wife (quite good!), and then had the halibut w/ bok choy & some great flavored mash potatoes - can't find a good link, but apparently a mid-west chain, also!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mark on July 24, 2007, 02:48:03 PM
Thinking about having toast. And tea.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: greg on July 24, 2007, 03:01:30 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on July 19, 2007, 02:35:53 PM
Greg -LOL!  ;D  That post was from a few months ago, but seemed to 'peak' your interest - I love all sorts of crab - King Crab from the Alaska area is one of the biggest!  Expensive but delicious!

Blue Crab (below, left) is a special treat in my area (mid-Atlantic states) - just all sorts of options from 'steamed & peppered', lumped as an appetizer (just had that in the mountains a few days ago), or cooked into some main course (need to visit Charleston or Savannah for some of the best preparations).

Stone Crab (below,right) - the orange/black claws, from the waters around FL - just had some in May!  Several years ago, we were on the west coast of southern FL in Everglades City - took a boat tour that discussed the catching & harvesting of stone crabs - basically these 'critters' are caught, the claws pulled off, & the body tossed back into the sea (the claws regenerate!); these are expensive also & come in various sizes (the larger, the more $$) - Joe's Crab House in Miami is a great option!

Dungeness Crab (lower) - west coast crab popular in San Francisco down on the bay, but these are shipped to the east coast (and I've had them cooked live in east coast restaurants) - this crab can be big & there is tasty 'meat' in the body & the claws - a feast!  One of my favorite lunches is in San Fran on the Bay (or across the Bay in Sausalito or Tiburon) is a half of a chilled Dungeness crab w/ a few glasses of Chardonnay, plus a nice fresh salad!

Well, those are the crabs that I usually eat - I'm sure many others exist, but give these a try!  :D

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Blue_crab_on_market_in_Piraeus_-_Callinectes_sapidus_Rathbun_20020819-317.jpg/799px-Blue_crab_on_market_in_Piraeus_-_Callinectes_sapidus_Rathbun_20020819-317.jpg)  (http://www.blueoceaninstitute.org/seafood/species/pictures/k-stonecrb.jpg)

(http://www.geocities.com/oscmarinetech/images/crab.JPG)
that stuff looks yummy......
if I'm ever in Miami, I'll remember the Stone Crab  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on July 24, 2007, 05:24:29 PM
Whole Spelt Bread

Fresh Ground Roasted Almond Butter

2 dates
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Steve on July 24, 2007, 05:49:50 PM
Bratwurst mit Sauerkraut!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: arkiv on July 24, 2007, 07:06:51 PM
I'm eating "mole de chile ancho".
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 26, 2007, 05:35:51 AM
Well,  just got back top Cleveland after some time in Bar Harbor,  Maine.  Most of the food there is overpriced and mediocre.  IMO the best and most fun meals are at the lobster shacks.  The bummer is that its a bad year for lobster, so those were a little more expensive than usual.  Maine is one of Bogey's old stomping grounds and he provided me with some great places to check out.  My favorite was the Trenton Lobster Pound,  15 minutes outside of Bar Harbor.

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0718071830.jpg)

Here's are the lobster pots.  It smells awsome while waiting for your food:

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0718071830a.jpg)

Here's my order of delicious clams:

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0718071832.jpg)


Hope everyone is having a good summer,

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on July 26, 2007, 05:54:22 AM
Quote from: toledobass on July 26, 2007, 05:35:51 AM
(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0718071832.jpg)

What is that on the far right?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 26, 2007, 06:10:53 AM
iced tea w/lemon in the big cup.  That's butter in the small and in the styrofoam in back is the liquid the clams were steamed in.  When I was asked if I wanted butter I said yes and they poured it from a huge old-school enamel coffee pot that is filled with clarified butter.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on July 26, 2007, 07:03:28 AM
Quote from: toledobass on July 26, 2007, 06:10:53 AM
iced tea w/lemon in the big cup.  That's butter in the small and in the styrofoam in back is the liquid the clams were steamed in.  When I was asked if I wanted butter I said yes and they poured it from a huge old-school enamel coffee pot that is filled with clarified butter.


Allan

I thought so, but for some reason the cup seemed way bigger than it should have on first glance.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: sidoze on July 26, 2007, 01:38:02 PM
Quote from: George on July 24, 2007, 05:24:29 PM
Fresh Ground Roasted Almond Butter

past two weeks I've become addicted to almond butter. it's sooooooooo good, and unlike peanut butter it doesn't contain mould. been eating a lot of avocado houmous too. blinis and houmous, that's as sweet as it gets  ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on July 26, 2007, 05:35:23 PM
Quote from: sidoze on July 26, 2007, 01:38:02 PM
past two weeks I've become addicted to almond butter. it's sooooooooo good, and unlike peanut butter it doesn't contain mould.

It's excellent! Especially raw almond butter, though in the states it's very expensive.  :-\
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on July 26, 2007, 07:21:24 PM
Re-heated roast left-overs :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on July 30, 2007, 04:24:49 PM
Whey protein shake

Hot and Sour Soup

Brown Rice

Organic Dates
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on August 01, 2007, 06:01:31 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on July 19, 2007, 02:35:53 PM


Stone Crab (below,right) - the orange/black claws, from the waters around FL - just had some in May!  Several years ago, we were on the west coast of southern FL in Everglades City - took a boat tour that discussed the catching & harvesting of stone crabs - basically these 'critters' are caught, the claws pulled off, & the body tossed back into the sea (the claws regenerate!); these are expensive also & come in various sizes (the larger, the more $$) - Joe's Crab House in Miami is a great option!

So we've been told! When we went there last week we were told that the waiting time was between 2.5 to 3 hrs  :o and no they still don't take reservations.

So we went to this Tapas place down on Espanola Way. Great tasting tapas  :P

Tonight.. an eggplant parmigiano hero and some pepperoncini to keep things hot  >:D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on August 01, 2007, 06:04:50 PM
Spaghetti & Toast
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on August 01, 2007, 06:22:21 PM

3, 3 Organic Bananas, ah-ha-ha-ha!  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Siedler on August 08, 2007, 11:27:36 AM
Paella, I ate before some gazpacho (perfect for this hot summer weather). ¡Viva España!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Robert on August 08, 2007, 11:55:34 AM
Quote from: George on July 30, 2007, 04:24:49 PM
Whey protein shake

Hot and Sour Soup

Brown Rice

Organic Dates
SOUEN baby.......
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on August 08, 2007, 01:15:07 PM
Quote from: Robert on August 08, 2007, 11:55:34 AM
SOUEN baby.......

The line is usually too long.  :-\
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on August 08, 2007, 01:51:16 PM
Reduced Fat Jif Creamy Peanut Butter, Stoned Wheat Thins Crackers Original, Diet Coke. :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 08, 2007, 05:12:40 PM
Quote from: orbital on August 01, 2007, 06:01:31 PM
So we've been told! When we went there last week we were told that the waiting time was between 2.5 to 3 hrs  :o and no they still don't take reservations.

Orbital - LOL  ;D - have not been to Joe's Stone Crab place in many years, but my group had a long wait, slow service, but we did get some 'jumbo' stone crabs (worth the wait!) -  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on August 08, 2007, 05:19:25 PM
I haven't had an orange in like 4 months...so now Im having like 28. Says these are from Australia what crap! At least they are the right shade of orange, just a little bitter.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on August 09, 2007, 07:21:55 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on August 08, 2007, 05:12:40 PM
Orbital - LOL  ;D - have not been to Joe's Stone Crab place in many years, but my group had a long wait, slow service, but we did get some 'jumbo' stone crabs (worth the wait!) -  :)
Perhaps what we should have done is just order for take out and sit down at the beach to eat :-\

We are driving up to Maine tomorrow evening for the weekend. My wife will surely get her seafood fix somewhere there easily :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on August 09, 2007, 07:26:26 AM
Organic Spelt Flakes

Edensoy Original Milk

2 Tblsp Flax Seed Oil
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on August 09, 2007, 12:17:53 PM
Chateaubriand Omaha Steak with fresh, grilled mushrooms and corn on the cob. Listening to Haydn's op.64 (QM) and loving it!

It's my fiancee's brithday.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BachQ on August 09, 2007, 12:18:54 PM
Quote from: Haffner on August 09, 2007, 12:17:53 PM
It's my fiancee's brithday.

D Minor says: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on August 09, 2007, 12:27:08 PM
Quote from: D Minor on August 09, 2007, 12:18:54 PM
D Minor says: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!






Thanks, D. Best to you and yours as well!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on August 09, 2007, 05:27:50 PM
Quote from: Haffner on August 09, 2007, 12:17:53 PM
It's my fiancee's brithday.

Fiancee?

Have I missed something?  :o
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on August 09, 2007, 05:43:29 PM
Tuna on toast
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on August 09, 2007, 05:48:20 PM
Steak fajitas with grilled onions and peppers....and some sliced tomatoes and avocados.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on August 10, 2007, 06:11:57 AM
Quote from: George on August 09, 2007, 05:27:50 PM
Fiancee?

Have I missed something?  :o





We've been engaged for well over 5 years. We just don't have the money to get married yet.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on August 10, 2007, 06:16:11 AM
Quote from: Haffner on August 10, 2007, 06:11:57 AM
We've been engaged for well over 5 years. We just don't have the money to get married yet.

Oh, I see. Sorry to hear that, Andy!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on August 10, 2007, 06:46:02 AM
Quote from: George on August 10, 2007, 06:16:11 AM
Oh, I see. Sorry to hear that, Andy!





Thanks, George. It's tough to be unmarried and Roman Catholic, as you might have guessed already. Our local parish is luckily very understanding. Being poor tends to limit alot of things, right?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on August 10, 2007, 06:48:49 AM
Quote from: Haffner on August 10, 2007, 06:46:02 AM
Thanks, George. It's tough to be unmarried and Roman Catholic, as you might have guessed already. Our local parish is luckily very understanding. Being poor tends to limit alot of things, right?

A lot of unimportant things IMO. You have love. You are a rich man.  :D

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on August 10, 2007, 06:50:51 AM
Quote from: George on August 10, 2007, 06:48:49 AM
A lot of unimportant things IMO. You have love. You are a rich man.  :D






Post of the day.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on August 10, 2007, 06:51:24 AM
Quote from: Haffner on August 10, 2007, 06:50:51 AM
Post of the day.

0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on August 11, 2007, 05:46:36 PM
Two of these beauties....

(http://uchiblogo.uchicago.edu/archives/ChicagoHotDog2.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on August 11, 2007, 05:51:31 PM
I don't think the poppy seeds on the bun are such a great idea. I tried a hot dog like that in Chicago. The slightly sweet bun and the other ingedients don't mix well (for me). The pickle wedge looks good though. I love pickles. Can I have it?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on August 11, 2007, 06:05:23 PM
Quote from: M forever on August 11, 2007, 05:51:31 PM
I don't think the poppy seeds on the bun are such a great idea. I tried a hot dog like that in Chicago. The slightly sweet bun and the other ingedients don't mix well (for me). The pickle wedge looks good though. I love pickles. Can I have it?

Absolutely.  And this photo does not show the full effort. There is also a slice of cucumber in there and also the entire thing is sprinkled with celery salt.  Without this last igredient, the mix does not work to well.  Did yours have the celery salt?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on August 11, 2007, 06:23:40 PM
I don't remember. Maybe not. It was hard to eat, there was so much stuff on there. My main "problem" with hot dogs is that they usually come in a very soft bun which gets even more softened up by the juicy stuff, so it starts coming apart while you eat it and directly lands on my T-shirt. Stuff ends up on my shirt even when I hold it far away from me and bend over it. That must be some kind of physical law. Why is it so hard anyway to find really good bread here? No real black bread, even the white bread is usually like a sponge, the alleged "French bread" is not crispy enough on the outside (as it should when it is supposed to be "French bread"). I like the San Francisco style sour dough bread, though.

Cucumber is a good idea, too. Thanks for the pickle.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on August 11, 2007, 06:27:05 PM
Man, I love hotdogs, but the burps they cause afterwards are almost reason enough for me to never eat them. :(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on August 11, 2007, 06:34:06 PM
Quote from: M forever on August 11, 2007, 06:23:40 PM
I don't remember. Maybe not. It was hard to eat, there was so much stuff on there. My main "problem" with hot dogs is that they usually come in a very soft bun which gets even more softened up by the juicy stuff, so it starts coming apart while you eat it and directly lands on my T-shirt. Stuff ends up on my shirt even when I hold it far away from me and bend over it. That must be some kind of physical law. Why is it so hard anyway to find really good bread here? No real black bread, even the white bread is usually like a sponge, the alleged "French bread" is not crispy enough on the outside (as it should when it is supposed to be "French bread"). I like the San Francisco style sour dough bread, though.

Cucumber is a good idea, too. Thanks for the pickle.

Well, when eating these I decrease the chances of mustard on the shirt by making sure each is gone in 3-4 bites.  Not the most attractive "mind-movie" here, but there you have it.  And like Bogey said,"A hot dog at the ball park is better than steak at the Ritz."
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 12, 2007, 07:34:17 AM
Quote from: M forever on August 11, 2007, 06:23:40 PM
Why is it so hard anyway to find really good bread here? No real black bread, even the white bread is usually like a sponge, the alleged "French bread" is not crispy enough on the outside (as it should when it is supposed to be "French bread").

Cucumber is a good idea, too. Thanks for the pickle.

This drives me nuts.  It seems just as this country was learning what good bread is supposed to be was exactly the same time some jack-ass named Atkins showed up.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on August 12, 2007, 07:56:12 AM
Quote from: toledobass on August 12, 2007, 07:34:17 AM
This drives me nuts.  It seems just as this country was learning what good bread is supposed to be was exactly the same time some jack-ass named Atkins showed up.

Allan

LOL!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on August 12, 2007, 07:57:48 AM
Quote from: toledobass on August 12, 2007, 07:34:17 AM
This drives me nuts.  It seems just as this country was learning what good bread is supposed to be was exactly the same time some jack-ass named Atkins showed up.

Allan

Didn't he die as a result of his own diet? 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Que on August 12, 2007, 08:03:43 AM
Quote from: George on August 12, 2007, 07:57:48 AM
Didn't he die as a result of his own diet? 

Yup.  ;D

Q
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on August 12, 2007, 08:07:12 AM
Quote from: Que on August 12, 2007, 08:03:43 AM
Yup.  ;D

Q

I bet he made a great corpse.  >:D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on August 12, 2007, 08:21:20 AM
Quote from: George on August 12, 2007, 08:07:12 AM
I bet he made a great corpse.  >:D

Yes, quite the exquisite corpse. In the afterlife he became a being of pure cholesterol.  0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on August 12, 2007, 08:22:35 AM
Quote from: George on August 12, 2007, 08:07:12 AM
I bet he made a great corpse.  >:D

I belive you just crossed a line there George....not sure which one, but line nonetheless.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on August 12, 2007, 08:24:46 AM
Quote from: Bogey on August 12, 2007, 08:22:35 AM
I belive you just crossed a line there George....not sure which one, but line nonetheless.  :)

I think it's the line that separates The Simpsons and Family Guy.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mahlertitan on August 12, 2007, 09:00:59 AM
abalone

(http://www.haochi123.com/S_Caipu/Pic/Pic5454.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on August 12, 2007, 11:17:26 AM
Quote from: toledobass on August 12, 2007, 07:34:17 AM
This drives me nuts.  It seems just as this country was learning what good bread is supposed to be was exactly the same time some jack-ass named Atkins showed up.

Atkins is the guy with the low-carb stuff, right? But I don't see what eating less bread has to do with the quality of the bread as such, and why basically all bread here is just spongy, cardboardy.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on August 12, 2007, 01:39:36 PM
Is that what you are lusting for, M forever? I get it from an internet German deli!  :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on August 12, 2007, 01:44:30 PM
I haven't tried buying from them - yet, - but it sure looks tempting, especially the Bretzen!

http://www.hofers.com/breads.htm
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on August 12, 2007, 02:22:03 PM
I am longing for *any* kind of good bread, white, grey, black, Italian, German, French, whatever, as long as it's real bread, freshly baked and with good substance, not the spongy chewy stuff you get everywhere here. Ordering from an online source doesn't seem to make so much sense since then it definitely won't be fresh, however well packaged.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on August 12, 2007, 02:34:33 PM
They freeze the freshly baked bread, pack it in a cooler-style box with freezer packs and mail via UPS. By the time I thaw it out, it tastes and feels like freshly baked!

Hey, anything is better than the Kleenex-textured stuff sold here as 'bread' !  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Scriptavolant on August 12, 2007, 05:51:35 PM
Dark chocolate with orange slices in it, bought today in Switzerland. An entire bar..alone  >:D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 13, 2007, 10:57:06 AM
Just returned from an overnight at the Fearrington Country Inn (http://www.fearrington.com/house/) (about 1 1/2 hrs from home between Chapel Hill & Pittsboro) - had a great package (deluxe room, afternoon tea, dinner, & breakfast); menu from last night HERE (http://www.fearrington.com/house/samplemenu.asp) - started out w/ the chilled lobster (half a tail & claw) - superb; snapper as the main course; and the cheese plate for 'dessert' - accompanied by several glasses of Grgich Sauvignon blanc - always a wonderful experience!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Siedler on August 14, 2007, 08:52:08 AM
Quote from: M forever on August 12, 2007, 02:22:03 PM
I am longing for *any* kind of good bread, white, grey, black, Italian, German, French, whatever, as long as it's real bread, freshly baked and with good substance, not the spongy chewy stuff you get everywhere here. Ordering from an online source doesn't seem to make so much sense since then it definitely won't be fresh, however well packaged.
You should try Finnish rye bread, it's healthy.  :)
(http://www.vaasan.com/public/fi/06_uutiset/01_arkisto/ruispalat_lasi.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on August 14, 2007, 09:04:00 AM
Looks great and tempting, Siedler! Now how are you going to ship a box of it to Eastern Washington?  ???

8)  :-*
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: 71 dB on August 14, 2007, 11:13:07 AM
Apple
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on August 14, 2007, 01:13:58 PM
Sure, apple is good food, but what variety of apple are you eating? Wenatchee claims in it's logo "The Apple Capital of the World". I still prefer my Gala in spite of the new and fancy varieties coming on the market.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on August 14, 2007, 01:22:40 PM
Forgot a picture of my favorite apple! Our local grower Grady Auvil imported the first stock from New Zealand introducing this variety to the USA. I used to drive to his packing shed and buy a 30 pound box of Gala culls for $5.00!

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 14, 2007, 07:25:30 PM
Had some leftovers in the fridge so picked up a carrot and some bean sprouts and made some bibimbap.

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0814071931.jpg)

Kinda funny with the leftover grilled corn in there but It came out tasting great.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on August 14, 2007, 08:50:18 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on August 14, 2007, 01:22:40 PM
Forgot a picture of my favorite apple! Our local grower Grady Auvil imported the first stock from New Zealand introducing this variety to the USA. I used to drive to his packing shed and buy a 30 pound box of Gala culls for $5.00!



Fuji is my favorite, but Galas are delicious too.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Scriptavolant on August 15, 2007, 07:06:50 AM
(http://www.worldwidechocolate.com/sitebuilder/images/LINDT__170_mint-128x287.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on August 16, 2007, 03:48:06 PM
Fish with balsamic vineagar and steamed spinach
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 16, 2007, 04:12:28 PM
Last night - out to a local Oriental place & had sushi (sans mouse for those who remember -  ;D) - excellent!

Tonight, some wonderful sauteed crab meat (great Costco purchase - Phillips from Baltimore) - boy I could eat this stuff often!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on August 18, 2007, 09:40:14 AM
(http://shopping.beloblog.com/archives/xNF_StarbucksBars)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: beclemund on August 18, 2007, 11:11:24 AM
Last night, friends treated the wife and me to shish kebab at an Iranian restaurant. It was pretty good. But next time I have to avoid ordering dough, yogurt soda, to drink...  :P

Being adventurous sometimes exacts a toll.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: scsinger01 on August 18, 2007, 11:13:45 AM
Quote from: Bogey on August 18, 2007, 09:40:14 AM
(http://shopping.beloblog.com/archives/xNF_StarbucksBars)

that looks freakin good.


sun chips.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on August 18, 2007, 11:14:27 AM
Quote from: scsinger01 on August 18, 2007, 11:13:45 AM
that looks freakin good.


sun chips.  ;D

Expensive and only four in a box, but very good!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on August 19, 2007, 12:08:31 AM
Quote from: beclemund on August 18, 2007, 11:11:24 AM
Last night, friends treated the wife and me to shish kebab at an Iranian restaurant. It was pretty good. But next time I have to avoid ordering dough, yogurt soda, to drink...  :P

Being adventurous sometimes exacts a toll.  ;D
I don't know about the soda part, but yogurt and a little bit of water in the blender (with some added salt) makes a delicious refreshing drink, that goes particularly well with kebab (or so I remember  :-\ )

for me:
salad for lunch and another salad for dinner.
Late night snack: caramel popcorns (I don't like it that much, but it was either this or nothing, could not be bothered to walk down to the deli)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Drasko on August 20, 2007, 12:23:54 PM
(http://static.flickr.com/67/172586046_0c07b2b5d2_o.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: RebLem on August 20, 2007, 02:00:37 PM
I rose late today, and didn't think about eating 'til 3 PM.  Its now almost 4, and I just finished breakfast.

Last night, I cooked up a can of pork and beans and three hot dogs, and had two of them with bread and Velveeta and 2/3 of the pork and beans for dinner.

So, today, I cut up the last hot dog, heated that up with the pork and beans, half a small onion, and a little bbq sauce, and cooked up a quarter cup of white rice, added some red pepper (one of those little packets you get from a Dominos pizza delivery), and mixed that with the pork, beans, and hot dog mixture.  Then I had a toasted English muffin, buttered before the toasting, four slices of center cut bacon microwaved for 2 minutes, and two eggs sunnyside up, and ate it all with a cup of coffee, sweetened with saccharine.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on August 20, 2007, 06:58:46 PM
Baked salmon with avocado salad .
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 21, 2007, 08:16:00 PM
Made some kick ass breakfast sausage tonight:

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0821072141.jpg)

Yummy:

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0821072244.jpg)


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on August 23, 2007, 03:17:09 AM
Allan - that's not a sausage, it's a patty!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on August 23, 2007, 04:52:12 AM
Mediterranean eggplant salad with whole wheat toasts and white cheese.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: dtwilbanks on August 23, 2007, 04:54:01 AM
The same thing I eat every morning: fruit and coffee.

Well, I don't eat the coffee.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 23, 2007, 06:04:28 AM
Quote from: M forever on August 23, 2007, 03:17:09 AM
Allan - that's not a sausage, it's a patty!

Yes...an uncased suasage!!!! ;D

I like breakfast sausages better in patties rather than links.  It's also my first time trying out making sausage so I wanted to be sure that 1) I could process it and 2)the actual taste difference between my own and something store bought turned out to be something significant  before I went spending some dough on a sausage stuffer!!!!!!

I'll try some of the German sausages before too long.  The bummer is that although they will probably turn out nicely,  I don't have a good taste reference to compare. :(

Anyone who enjoys time in the kitchen should try making there own sausages.  It's very satisfying work and the results are tasty.  My breakfasts have been just a little more enjoyable not only because of the flavor but also because I know exactly who made that sausage.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 30, 2007, 03:08:59 PM
Just returned from a 6-day vacation to Quebec - 3 nights in La Malbaie & another 3 nights in Quebec City (posted a short list of activities & hotels w/ pics in the 'vacation thread') - La Malbaie is in the Charlevoix area on the St. Lawrence River, just a great place for fresh produce, cheese, animals of all kinds (e.g. had an emu appetizer one night & veal medallions another); of course near Quebec City is the Ile d'Orleans, an island delight, esp. for fruits & veggies, and of course in August, all in full production!  :P

Our third visit to this Canadian Province and second to Quebec City - the eating is fabulous and the atmosphere quite European - French speaking (which my wife gave a good try - I do a little Spanish); but some dining highlights:

- Charlevoix cheese - cow & goat - these were just superb & varied; goat varieties quite mild (and good to my taste)!
- Veal medallions - tender & tasteful - I'm a NUT for veal & this was some of the best that I've eaten!
- Mussels w/ frittes - a favorite that we sampled several times; the frittes are like those in Belgium & France - thin, crisp, and tasty - just superb!
- Salmon - smoked, steamed, etc. - all good!  Of course, plenty of other seafood, smoked or otherwise - YES!
- Wild game - one night dined at the Aux Anciens Canadiens restaurant - we both had the 'Trio of filets' which that night included stag, bison, & caribou (liked the latter the best!) - medium rare & wonderful; had a couple of glasses of California Syrah - great combo!
- Smoked meat sandwiches w/ frittes!  Enjoyed this years ago - the 'corn beef' version of Quebec - on French style bread & just tasty, esp. w/ a beer cool from the tap!  My two lunches in the 'lower old town' were mussels & the smoked meat - really hard to BEAT!
- Le Continental restaurant (our last night, unfortunately!) - started out w/ a wonderful salad (w/ local blue cheese - hmmm!); I had snow crabs from Gaspe, de-shelled w/ a delicate hollandaise sauce (there is a difference I must say after eating snow crabs for decades); wife had veal sweetbreads (something she cannot resist on a menu - a 'solid organ' fan!) - just a wonderful ending to our trip!
- Deserts - can't even list them - all excellent + just great coffees!

Again, if you want a trip that is like goin' to Europe but closer if you live in the USA at least, give Quebec a try - you'll not regret the experience - the eating is just fabulous -  ;D 8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on August 30, 2007, 05:21:47 PM
Dave, it's great to see you had such a nice time there!

Eating out is a Quebec(*) specialty, often bordering on the religious experience 0:)

My first experience with veal sweetbreads was precisely at the Continental 30 years ago. What a delicacy! But I've never had emu before :o. I would imagine it's like ostrich, dark red and very lean ? For smoked meat, though, you have to come to Montreal - THE place for smoked meat  8)

Charlevoix cheeses have become the most renowned dairy produce in Canada. La Sauvagine and dozens of others have acquired quite a reputation.

(*) Quebec meant as the territory, not the city - like NYC and NY State.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 30, 2007, 05:22:12 PM
Did you get to try or see poutine on a menu anywhere?  That stuff sounds awsome.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 30, 2007, 05:25:24 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on August 30, 2007, 03:08:59 PM
wife had veal sweetbreads (something she cannot resist on a menu - a 'solid organ' fan!) - just a wonderful ending to our trip!


Awsome,  next time you go to San Francisco look up a restaurant called Incanto.  The chef there offers various offal dishes of all sorts amongst other offerings that are rustic Italian inspired.

Allan


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on August 30, 2007, 05:40:54 PM
Tomorrow I'm going to the benedictine abbey of Saint-Benoit. Beside the obvious spiritual activities, the good monks know that the good life starts on this earth. These are some of the things I'll be checking out after Mass and Nones:

Cheese (http://www.st-benoit-du-lac.com/fromages/fromagerie.html)
(http://www.st-benoit-du-lac.com/fromages/fromagesgroupe.jpg)

Cider (http://www.st-benoit-du-lac.com/cidres/cidre1.html)
(http://www.st-benoit-du-lac.com/cidres/cidre1.jpg)
Apples (http://www.st-benoit-du-lac.com/vergers/cueillette2007/pommes3.jpg)

Maple produce (http://www.st-benoit-du-lac.com/erable/cabaneasucre.jpg)


Of course they have large orchards and maple tree woods.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 30, 2007, 05:56:18 PM
Quote from: toledobass on August 30, 2007, 05:22:12 PM
Did you get to try or see poutine on a menu anywhere?  That stuff sounds awsome.=

Hello Allan - YES, Poutine was mentioned a number of times, esp. on the 2-hr 'City Tour' that we took - and even a great place was mentioned for the dish - check HERE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine) for a description - did not sound that great to us, but our guide was quite enthusiastic - can't remember the place he recommended - Dave  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on August 30, 2007, 06:03:04 PM
What I find most remarkable with Poutine is the fact that someone can be named by it !

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/fr/thumb/8/81/Vladimir_Putin.jpg/240px-Vladimir_Putin.jpg)

This is a mega calorie, hyper-cholesterolistic dish. The secret lies in the cheese curds. I think it's exclusive. Never seen it elsewhere. A couple of times a year is ok, because it's really tasty. But never get addicted to the stuff  :o

Thanks for the link, Dave, I had no idea poutine was on Wikipedia! The Manchester NH connection (one of the images) is explained by the fact that half of its people are descendants from Quebecois immigrants.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 30, 2007, 06:20:31 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on August 30, 2007, 05:21:47 PM
Dave, it's great to see you had such a nice time there!

Eating out is a Quebec(*) specialty, often bordering on the religious experience 0:)

My first experience with veal sweetbreads was precisely at the Continental 30 years ago. What a delicacy! But I've never had emu before :o. I would imagine it's like ostrich, dark red and very lean ? For smoked meat, though, you have to come to Montreal - THE place for smoked meat  8)

Charlevoix cheeses have become the most renowned dairy produce in Canada. La Sauvagine and dozens of others have acquired quite a reputation.

André - believe the 'religious experience' - so many restaurants to pick & such variety!  ;D

Great that you had 'veal sweetbreads' @ the same restaurant - my wife cannot resist this selection - gave them a taste myself - superb!  I've gotten away from 'solid organs' myself but these were outstanding!  Maybe I'll return to my previous eating pleasures?  ;) :)

Concerning the Emu, my second try - a very lean meat - I've eaten ostrich many times, so the appearance, texture, and taste is similar - love these 'red bird' meats w/ Pinot Noir - my special combo!  ;)

Finally, those Charlevoix cheeses were just outstanding - great to have them in their place of origin - in fact, the entire area, plus the Isle of Orleans, were just a wonderful experience - hope that others will appreciate these posts & decide on a visit - not to be MISSED!

Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Novi on August 30, 2007, 07:01:01 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on August 30, 2007, 03:08:59 PM
Just returned from a 6-day vacation to Quebec - 3 nights in La Malbaie & another 3 nights in Quebec City (posted a short list of activities & hotels w/ pics in the 'vacation thread') - La Malbaie is in the Charlevoix area on the St. Lawrence River, just a great place for fresh produce, cheese, animals of all kinds (e.g. had an emu appetizer one night & veal medallions another); of course near Quebec City is the Ile d'Orleans, an island delight, esp. for fruits & veggies, and of course in August, all in full production!  :P

Our third visit to this Canadian Province and second to Quebec City - the eating is fabulous and the atmosphere quite European - French speaking (which my wife gave a good try - I do a little Spanish); but some dining highlights:

- Charlevoix cheese - cow & goat - these were just superb & varied; goat varieties quite mild (and good to my taste)!
- Veal medallions - tender & tasteful - I'm a NUT for veal & this was some of the best that I've eaten!
- Mussels w/ frittes - a favorite that we sampled several times; the frittes are like those in Belgium & France - thin, crisp, and tasty - just superb!
- Salmon - smoked, steamed, etc. - all good!  Of course, plenty of other seafood, smoked or otherwise - YES!
- Wild game - one night dined at the Aux Anciens Canadiens restaurant - we both had the 'Trio of filets' which that night included stag, bison, & caribou (liked the latter the best!) - medium rare & wonderful; had a couple of glasses of California Syrah - great combo!
- Smoked meat sandwiches w/ frittes!  Enjoyed this years ago - the 'corn beef' version of Quebec - on French style bread & just tasty, esp. w/ a beer cool from the tap!  My two lunches in the 'lower old town' were mussels & the smoked meat - really hard to BEAT!
- Le Continental restaurant (our last night, unfortunately!) - started out w/ a wonderful salad (w/ local blue cheese - hmmm!); I had snow crabs from Gaspe, de-shelled w/ a delicate hollandaise sauce (there is a difference I must say after eating snow crabs for decades); wife had veal sweetbreads (something she cannot resist on a menu - a 'solid organ' fan!) - just a wonderful ending to our trip!
- Deserts - can't even list them - all excellent + just great coffees!

Again, if you want a trip that is like goin' to Europe but closer if you live in the USA at least, give Quebec a try - you'll not regret the experience - the eating is just fabulous -  ;D 8)

SonicMan, just wanted to say that I love reading your foodie posts. And that's really saying something, since I'm a vegetarian with absolutely no desire to partake of fish or flesh :D.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 31, 2007, 06:25:55 AM
Quote from: Novitiate on August 30, 2007, 07:01:01 PM
SonicMan, just wanted to say that I love reading your foodie posts. And that's really saying something, since I'm a vegetarian with absolutely no desire to partake of fish or flesh :D.

Novitiate - LOL  :D - but I do like veggies - and I must say that the Charlevoix area of Quebec is a vegetable haven - road side stands, farmer's markets, etc., so you would find PLENTY to eat there, also -  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: dtwilbanks on August 31, 2007, 07:03:10 AM
(http://www.dosometalking.com/images/banana.gif)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: маразм1 on August 31, 2007, 07:27:26 AM
tai food, to celebrate the...payday!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on August 31, 2007, 07:53:04 PM
Peach yogurt.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on September 01, 2007, 04:45:45 AM
Parmesian Pear Endive Salad

Foccacia with sun dried tomato spread

Whole Wheat Fettuccine Alfredo

8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on September 01, 2007, 06:29:23 AM
Leftover tempura
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on September 03, 2007, 03:51:23 AM
Home made Pizza...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 03, 2007, 05:16:06 AM
Quote from: Saul on September 03, 2007, 03:51:23 AM
Home made Pizza...


Dude....that is one awful post.  A pizza post,  especially one about a pie you've made yourself,  needs more detail than that.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on September 03, 2007, 05:25:23 AM
Caesar salad

5 Slices of Brick Oven Pizza with fresh Garlic, Basil, extra Mozzarella and onion.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 03, 2007, 06:34:55 AM
Quote from: George on September 03, 2007, 05:25:23 AM
Caesar salad

5 Slices of Brick Oven Pizza with fresh Garlic, Basil, extra Mozzarella and onion.



Nice job George. ;D

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on September 03, 2007, 07:31:02 AM
Dang George, I'm jealous! ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on September 03, 2007, 07:43:43 AM
This morning: egg with pancetta. Multi-grain bread and home made crabapple jelly (I made it last week. Mmmmm 0:))

Yesterday, Chicago-style deep dish pizza at Uno's. Mine was the four cheese topped with anchovies.

(http://www.unos.com/images/menus/bannerpizza3.jpg)

But the best part of the meal was sharing it with one of our most esteemed members and long time moderator, Gurn Blanston. :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 03, 2007, 08:06:41 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on September 03, 2007, 07:43:43 AM
This morning: egg with pancetta. Multi-grain bread and home made crabapple jelly (I made it last week. Mmmmm 0:))

Yesterday, Chicago-style deep dish pizza at Uno's. Mine was the four cheese topped with anchovies.

(http://www.unos.com/images/menus/bannerpizza3.jpg)

But the best part of the meal was sharing it with one of our most esteemed members and long time moderator, Gurn Blanston. :D

Someone is eating good.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on September 03, 2007, 08:12:49 AM
Quote from: DavidW on September 03, 2007, 07:31:02 AM
Dang George, I'm jealous! ;D

Well I had to splurge, it was my birthday.  8)

(see purchases thread  ;D)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on September 03, 2007, 02:49:03 PM
Quote from: toledobass on September 03, 2007, 05:16:06 AM

Dude....that is one awful post.  A pizza post,  especially one about a pie you've made yourself,  needs more detail than that.


Allan

I used sliced whole wheat bread. Put some mozzarella cheese and tomatoes on them , about 10 minutes in the oven. They taste great.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 03, 2007, 05:31:44 PM
Quote from: Saul on September 03, 2007, 02:49:03 PM
I used sliced whole wheat bread. Put some mozzarella cheese and tomatoes on them , about 10 minutes in the oven. They taste great.

Sorry bud,  that's not pizza.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on September 03, 2007, 06:00:18 PM
Quote from: toledobass on September 03, 2007, 05:31:44 PM
Sorry bud,  that's not pizza.

Allan

It tastes even better.

Anyways today I had Chinese food. Chicken in Garlic sauce with veggies and rice.

Was very good.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on September 03, 2007, 06:17:35 PM
Quote from: Saul on September 03, 2007, 02:49:03 PM
I used sliced whole wheat bread. Put some mozzarella cheese and tomatoes on them , about 10 minutes in the oven. They taste great.

You need olives dude, that would complete it. :)

Actually I would go with olives, mushrooms, tomatoes, asiago cheese maybe and oh the heck with it bell peppers. ;D  That still wouldn't be pizza, but it would be yummy in my tummy. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 03, 2007, 06:41:41 PM
OK,  had some friends over for dinner and drinks tonight.  Here's half of it since I didn't take pics of everything:



Bay scallop seviche and some salsa:

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0903071717.jpg)

Then some pizza with smoked mozz,  slow roasted tomatos and basil:

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0903071844.jpg)

then we had some burgers with tarragon butter and after a nice walk around the block with the dogs we finished off the evening with some home made vanilla ice cream.

I love afternoons/evenings like this,
Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on September 03, 2007, 07:03:20 PM
Wow Allan!!! :o
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 09, 2007, 03:43:08 PM
'Sup,

Roasted a chicken tonight.  It was a pasture raised bird and I haven't really cooked with these at all.  The skin didn't really turn out how I wanted.  A little pale and not quite as crispy as I wanted.  Oh well,  it still tasted great.

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0909071827.jpg)

On the plate with a beet salad and some corn.


(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0909071844.jpg)


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on September 09, 2007, 03:49:48 PM
Square plates for square meals, eh?  :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 09, 2007, 03:57:51 PM
Quote from: Corey on September 09, 2007, 03:49:48 PM
Square plates for square meals, eh?  :P

No grains though.  The other plates in the house are my housemates. They get used for the quick daily meals but, they're not that pleasing to eat from nor do they do anything for the food:

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0909071954.jpg)


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on September 09, 2007, 04:03:42 PM
We have beautiful square plates for the fancier meals. It allows the various items on it to appear in their individuality instead of bunching up toward the center.

Tonight: roast of filet mignon, sautéed mushrooms, mashed potatoes, mushroom and sage gravy and steamed broccoli.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on September 09, 2007, 04:13:16 PM
Angel hair thin Spaghetti with stuffed red peppers and natural tomato sauce.
A dash of olive oil and some black pepper.
It was very delicious.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 09, 2007, 04:22:44 PM
Allan - roasted chicken is a fav here (or roasted 'game hens'!) -  ;D

Last night, our little Italian bistro w/ my favorite dish - Veal Piccata w/ a little pasta side dish (wonderful fresh tomato sauce) + a few glasses of Soave -  :)

Tonight eating @ home - some sauteed scallops (olive oil, garlic, sherry, and other flavorings!) w/ some simple green beans w/ sliced almonds + a few glasses of Rosenblum Viognier - Kathy's Cuvee, '05 vintage - delicious combination - decided to include my CD of the day, i.e. the Haydn Horn Works that I've posted to the listening thread!  :D

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on September 09, 2007, 05:30:51 PM
The WORST Chana Saag I have ever tasted.

Not to mention it took them almost an hour and 45 minutes to get it to me.  >:(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Que on September 09, 2007, 06:36:55 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on September 09, 2007, 04:22:44 PM
..decided to include my CD of the day, i.e. the Haydn Horn Works that I've posted to the listening thread!  :D

Nice touch! And it all sounds mighty delicious, Dave. :)

Q
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on September 09, 2007, 06:47:02 PM
Quote from: George on September 09, 2007, 05:30:51 PM
The WORST Chana Saag I have ever tasted.

Not to mention it took them almost an hour and 45 minutes to get it to me.  >:(

The food or the stomach ache?  Just kidding! ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on September 09, 2007, 06:58:41 PM


:P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 09, 2007, 06:59:40 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on September 09, 2007, 04:22:44 PM
Allan - roasted chicken is a fav here (or roasted 'game hens'!) -  ;D

Last night, our little Italian bistro w/ my favorite dish - Veal Piccata w/ a little pasta side dish (wonderful fresh tomato sauce) + a few glasses of Soave -  :)

Tonight eating @ home - some sauteed scallops (olive oil, garlic, sherry, and other flavorings!) w/ some simple green beans w/ sliced almonds + a few glasses of Rosenblum Viognier - Kathy's Cuvee, '05 vintage - delicious combination - decided to include my CD of the day, i.e. the Haydn Horn Works that I've posted to the listening thread!  :D



Damn man....that looks great.  All of it.

Peace,
Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on September 09, 2007, 07:35:30 PM
I see a lot of use of olive oil in your cooking and can't help but spoil your fun only a wee bit. I assume none of you have read the investigative report in The New Yorker about Italian olive oil and it's control by the Mafia. The New Yorker is not a scandal sheet, you know that, so I changed my olive oil purchase from Italian to Greek and also Spanish.

In Italy the Mafia controlled producers buy cheap peanut oil from South America and Africa, have it shipped in tankers to Italy where it gets mixed with the local oil. There is only one brand relatively pure because it is supposedly checked by the Italian Government for purity, which doesn't really make me feel save either. I can't recall exactly the name of that one, Calavita or something like that.

Spanish olive oil definitely has a different flavour and the Greek even more. For general cooking I now us the Spanish and for special dishes the Greek. For salads I discovered roasted walnut oil from my neighbouring State, Oregon. Delicious!!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on September 10, 2007, 03:39:12 AM
I have a connection with greek friends and usually do the groceries at a greek outlet here. Not surprisingly I always use greek olive oil (once a year I get a bottle straight from my friends' orchard).

Lately I've discovered a portuguese brand at a corner portuguese bakery. Extremely pungent and flavourful. And that cheese they have! :o
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on September 10, 2007, 06:15:01 AM
André, you are very lucky to have the kind of stores as the Greek and Portuguese you mentioned; I miss them here, where the Hispanic population is in the majority. A brave Ukrainian tried it with all kinds of goodies from Europe but he had to give up after less than a year.

BTW.: If you are tempted to try exotic cooking oils, be careful with the White Truffle flavoured oil. It smells like dirty socks when used cold, as in salads; only the heating process eliminates the stink!  ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 10, 2007, 11:54:55 AM
Hmmm,

I use a lot if olive oil for cooking.  I never thought the oils that I used for cooking had all that much flavor so I never used them for salads etc.  I've got some nicer oils for "raw" use.  Maybe that lack of flavor is because I've been using peanut oil all along.  Oh well.  The thing I hate about trying expensive oils that are supposed to be excellent flavor is that no one buys them so when I get around to buying and trying,  they've been on the store shelf long enough to go rancid.  This even happens to many olive or "olive" oils. 

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on September 10, 2007, 12:33:43 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on September 09, 2007, 07:35:30 PM

In Italy the Mafia controlled producers buy cheap peanut oil from South America and Africa, have it shipped in tankers to Italy where it gets mixed with the local oil. There is only one brand relatively pure because it is supposedly checked by the Italian Government for purity, which doesn't really make me feel save either. I can't recall exactly the name of that one, Calavita or something like that.

Not Colavita is it? A mass produced supermarket brand ?

I generally go for Greek or Turkish brands. Both excellent generally (with my personal preference going to some certain Greek labels). We sell here some unprocessed olive oils that can't be beat for dipping some bread. Very expensive though, about $40 for 300ml.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: маразм1 on September 10, 2007, 12:56:47 PM
Hungry Man :) pot roast, was pretty damn good.  they even had a brownie that you microwave and it is fershly baked.  genius!

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on September 10, 2007, 04:23:07 PM
I don't know about the places you live in, but here an olive oil tasting counter at the store is very common. They have 3-5 bottles opened and some good fresh-from-the-day-before white bread for dipping. The bread is important: if it's fresh from the day and not of the crusty kind (baguette style for example) the oil's taste will not be experienced at its fullest. And of course, no whole grain bread should be used: it gives the oil a bitter taste (they are best served with butter).

There is range of tastes, colours and textures in olive oil as great as that of green teas. Nutty, bitter, oily, spicy, light and almost flavourless, thick and sirupy, golden, greenish, golden green, greenish gold...

I bought an expensive brand  as a present for my olive oil freak american sister-in-law: "First cold pressing with Arabica coffee beans  from Guatemala and Arbequina olives from Catalonia (*). Use suggestions: raw with tuna, salmon, sea food, avocado, salads, endive with nuts and for desserts in general. As topping on ice cream :o. Made with extra virgin olive oil and extra virgin coffee oil".

As you can see, the best oils are normally savoured raw. "First cold pressing extra virgin oil" will add nothing to your cooking, only to your grocery bill  ;)

(*)Not to be confused with Spain, oy!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on September 10, 2007, 04:27:27 PM
It's Cabbage Roll time again,bought the biggest cabbage ever!made 3 casserole dishes full.Serve with Russian beet and potato salad.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on September 10, 2007, 04:29:13 PM
Yum!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on September 10, 2007, 04:29:52 PM
Right now, some of Mamochka's fresh-baked apply turnovers!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on September 10, 2007, 04:31:34 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on September 10, 2007, 04:29:13 PM
Yum!
You know it Karl!
I wish my mother in law would cook for me(Greek)!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on September 10, 2007, 04:56:14 PM
I'm going to serve the cabbage  rolls on family dinner night,that's Thursday round 8:00,tonight,poppyseed chicken,tadziki,Greek salad,cheese and chive rice bread.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 10, 2007, 05:19:45 PM
WOOOOOT!!!! Muriel in da house!!!!

Great to see you,

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on September 10, 2007, 05:24:11 PM
Quote from: toledobass on September 10, 2007, 05:19:45 PM
WOOOOOT!!!! Muriel in da house!!!!

Great to see you,

Allan
Right back to you Allan,way to eat.I don't suppose you have a nice celtic or bluegrass version of To be a Pilgrim in your collection ,someone had to record this hymn somewhere ,sometime?On the old Folkways albums maybe?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on September 10, 2007, 05:31:09 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on September 10, 2007, 04:23:07 PM
IAs topping on ice cream
One of Mario Batali's restaurant's in NYC (Otto) features olive oil ice cream for a choice of desert, and it is quite delicious
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 10, 2007, 06:08:18 PM
Quote from: toledobass on September 10, 2007, 05:19:45 PM
WOOOOOT!!!! Muriel in da house!!!!

Muriel & Allan - good evening & nice to see Lady C. back in action!   ;D

Tonight, eating in again & great surprise - another great dinner from the LOML (she recently had a shopping spree @ Whole Foods - George's place!):

Duck breast sauteed w/ fresh mushrooms (Shitake & Oyster), garlic, shallots, olive oil, & flavorings + fresh sauteed spinach w/ garlic; wine, an Oyster Bay Pinot Noir from New Zealand!  :D

Music for dinner - Field Nocturnes w/ O'Connor (from Mark's thread today - had to have a re-listen!)  :)

Plus, a special treat - purchased a new set of Laguiole steak knives on our recent trip to Quebec City  - set of 6 in a nice case, shown below - Rosewood handles - cut the duck breast like butter!   8)




Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 10, 2007, 06:35:07 PM
Dammit,

Sarge hipped me to those knives and now you've got them too!?!?!?!  I've gotta bump them up on the 'stuff to get for the kitchen' list.

Dinner looks great too. 

I made 2 batches of brownies tonight using Mark Bittman's recipe.  The first I mistaked 8 ounces of butter for 8 tbs so ended with a wierd brownie confit type of thing.  I thought that 8 oz was too much butter but I powered along.  I just laughed when I opened the oven door to see all that chocolate and flour being poached in butter.  I shoulda taken a picture.  The second corrected batch came out very well.  I'm draining the first batch in cheesecloth right now and will try to use it in in an ice cream batch sometime this week....we'll see what happens.



Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on September 10, 2007, 06:38:22 PM
Quote from: toledobass on September 10, 2007, 06:35:07 PM
Dammit,

Sarge hipped me to those knives and now you've got them too!?!?!?!  I've gotta bump them up on the 'stuff to get for the kitchen' list.


If you act now, you'll get the cheese grater and the potato peeler for no extra charge.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 10, 2007, 07:04:10 PM
Quote from: toledobass on September 10, 2007, 06:35:07 PM
Dammit,

Sarge hipped me to those knives and now you've got them too!?!?!?!  I've gotta bump them up on the 'stuff to get for the kitchen' list.

Allan - LOL!  ;D  I've had a Laguiole corkscrew for years - like the ones below, but mine has a 'horned' handle - can't even guess how many corks it has pulled over the years!  But, looks new & still works fine - not cheap, but a life long companion! The new knives are just gorgeous (pic does not do them justice) - fit your hand beautifully (like an extension of your fingers), and cut w/ ease - the blades have a 'fine' serration, and the recommendation for cleaning is just hand wiping (the sales person in Quebec City stated that they never need sharpening?  True?  Not sure, but we'll do some research) - not cheap but should last forever - but be aware of 'fakes' on the market w/ the same name - Dave  :)

(http://www.tellerwines.com/images/Products/cork-screw250w.gif)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 10, 2007, 07:55:05 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on September 10, 2007, 07:04:10 PM
Allan - LOL!  ;D  I've had a Laguiole corkscrew for years - like the ones below, but mine has a 'horned' handle - can't even guess how many corks it has pulled over the years!  But, looks new & still works fine - not cheap, but a life long companion! The new knives are just gorgeous (pic does not do them justice) - fit your hand beautifully (like an extension of your fingers), and cut w/ ease - the blades have a 'fine' serration, and the recommendation for cleaning is just hand wiping (the sales person in Quebec City stated that they never need sharpening?  True?  Not sure, but we'll do some research) - not cheap but should last forever - but be aware of 'fakes' on the market w/ the same name - Dave  :)

(http://www.tellerwines.com/images/Products/cork-screw250w.gif)

I've wanted one of those corkscrews for years.  Do you still have the little leather case it scomes with? They are pricey but they are crafted so well.  The weight and feel in the hand enhances the process for me.....but I'm a guy who likes stuff that makes mundane things pleasurable.  I could never get into those new rabbit corkscrews.  I like the act of the little bit of work and the rabbit things steal that away from me.  Do those knives have that same kind of weight that the corkscrew has?

Allan

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 10, 2007, 08:13:08 PM
Quote from: toledobass on September 10, 2007, 07:55:05 PM
I've wanted one of those corkscrews for years.  Do you still have the little leather case it scomes with? They are pricey but they are crafted so well.  The weight and feel in the hand enhances the process for me.....but I'm a guy who likes stuff that makes mundane things pleasurable.  I could never get into those new rabbit corkscrews.  I like the act of the little bit of work and the rabbit things steal that away from me.  Do those knives have that same kind of weight that the corkscrew has?

Sure, still have the leather case - has two snaps & imprinted "Chateau Vialis Creation Laguiole" - however, sits in a drawer in my den bar.  I've had 'so many' corkscrews over the years - many have broke or just not worked that well; have had those 'special' types which I often did not like; even had a battery operated one (can't remember the brand) - did well for a couple of weeks, then broke (just threw it away).  The 'leverage' ones are simple, work fine, and can be bought cheaply (available at most wineries for $2-$5).

The knives that we just bought feel 'light' in the hand - weight just 3 oz. - about 9" in length w/ the handle & blade split evenly - we will certainly give them a 'workup' in the next few months.

Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on September 10, 2007, 08:21:25 PM
Quote from: toledobass on September 10, 2007, 07:55:05 PM
I could never get into those new rabbit corkscrews.  I like the act of the little bit of work and the rabbit things steal that away from me. 
Allan


Ahem! In that case, Sir, please undertake a lot of trips to the State of Washington and kindly uncork my bottles of Lemberger, etc., because arthritis in the left thumb of this left-hander makes it practically impossible to use any corkscrew. What you refer to as 'the rabbit thing', saved me from buying and drinking wine bottled in those screw-top containers.  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 11, 2007, 04:35:44 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on September 10, 2007, 08:21:25 PM
Ahem! In that case, Sir, please undertake a lot of trips to the State of Washington and kindly uncork my bottles of Lemberger, etc., because arthritis in the left thumb of this left-hander makes it practically impossible to use any corkscrew. What you refer to as 'the rabbit thing', saved me from buying and drinking wine bottled in those screw-top containers.  ;)


Liz,

The Mrs. will be singing with Seattle Opera later this season.  If I make it out, and you buy me a Languiole corkscrew, I'll open as many bottles as you want!!!!  ;D

Allan

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on September 11, 2007, 06:58:29 AM
Honestly, Allan, I tried but as you can see, they are out of stock and surely you wouldn't settle for the cheaper edition  ::)

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Just as well, because I am sure the Mrs. would not like for you to come to my house at least three times a week for bottle opening chores!  ;)

Lis

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 11, 2007, 08:36:12 AM
Lis, (got the spelling!!!! sorry bout that)

Thanks for trying.  Very sweet of you. ;D


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on September 11, 2007, 08:46:33 AM
Arrowhead Mills Spelt Flakes

Edensoy Original Soy milk
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on September 15, 2007, 04:01:45 PM
Just made some eggs poached in a tomato sauce served over a toasted English muffin. Very satisfying and took no time at all.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Heather Harrison on September 15, 2007, 04:09:23 PM
I was fortunate enough to find white peaches at the Farmers' Market this morning.  The season for these peaches in Utah is very short, and few growers bother with them because most people around here don't really know what they are.  I sometimes see them in grocery stores, but peaches of any kind don't travel well if they are ripe, so they are picked green and they aren't any good.  For those who haven't tried them, white peaches are lower in acid, sweeter, and more delicate in flavor than the usual yellow-orange varieties.  I strongly recommend only buying them from local growers who have picked them ripe; if they are picked green, they are downright nasty.

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Heather
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on September 16, 2007, 05:09:28 PM
Angel hair thin pasta with a sauce that I made.

Take 2 cups of plain yogurt
2 chopped garlics
half chopped red onion
Half a cup of shredded Mozzarella cheese
One table spoon virgin olive oil.

Mix it all up, let it sit for 20 minutes in the fridge.

When the Pasta is hot and ready.

Serve the pasta when its hot so the cheese from the sauce will melt.

It was very delicious.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Scriptavolant on September 16, 2007, 05:28:06 PM
(http://www.tastybox.it/immagini/patepeperoncino.jpg)

A paté made of minced chilli peppers and olive oil, on bread.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on September 16, 2007, 05:31:35 PM
Quote from: Saul on September 16, 2007, 05:09:28 PM
Angel hair thin pasta with a sauce that I made.

Take 2 cups of plain yogurt
2 chopped garlics
half chopped red onion
Half a cup of shredded Mozzarella cheese
One table spoon virgin olive oil.

Mix it all up, let it sit for 20 minutes in the fridge.

When the Pasta is hot and ready.

Serve the pasta when its hot so the cheese from the sauce will melt.

It was very delicious.


That sounds great Saul, I think I'll try it later this week. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on September 16, 2007, 05:36:31 PM
Quote from: DavidW on September 16, 2007, 05:31:35 PM
That sounds great Saul, I think I'll try it later this week. :)

Cool!

By the way, I think some sweet wine will go very well with this dish.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on September 16, 2007, 05:39:37 PM
Quote from: Saul on September 16, 2007, 05:36:31 PM
Cool!

By the way, I think some sweet wine will go very well with this dish.

Alrighty, I'll have it with a Cabernet Sauvignon then. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 16, 2007, 05:53:11 PM
Well, I've not posted in a while - below, some recent outings:

Our Italian Bistro - had my usual Veal Piccata wonderful - wife had Gnocchi + Scallops w/ a wonderful lobster based sauce - quite superb!

Noble's Grille (http://www.chefjimnoble.com/NGsite/dinner.html) in my home town (Winston-Salem, NC) - new chef, so not sure 'what' to expect! But, pleasant dining experience - started out w/ a Quail grilled appetizer followed by a seared Tuna w/ a wonderful wasabi sauce - came off their 'a la carte' menu w/ some delicious spinach, quite simpe & great - especially w/ a few glasses of a Pinot Noir!

Tonight after out W-S concert (reported in the 'listening thread'), paid a visit to our nearby Birch Lodge - new treat for me - vension chops (like lamb chops - same cut!) - medium rare & quite delicious - some steamed asparagus & a few glasses of Australian Pinot Noir - excellent!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on September 16, 2007, 06:10:04 PM
We had two days in Wellington last week and had dinner at  Martin Boselys (http://www.cuisine.co.nz/index.cfm?pageID=54048) which was the supreme winner of this years Cusine Resturant of the year award.

Heres the food!

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It was fine dining indeed. Delicious food with perfect seasoning and presentation. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 17, 2007, 05:55:15 AM
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on September 16, 2007, 06:10:04 PM
We had two days in Wellington last week and had dinner at  Martin Boselys (http://www.cuisine.co.nz/index.cfm?pageID=54048) which was the supreme winner of this years Cusine Resturant of the year award.

It was fine dining indeed. Delicious food with perfect seasoning and presentation. :)

SW - those dishes & the menu listings look great!  Wish we had been there -  ;D

BTW - what is the conversion to US dollars for those prices?   :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on September 17, 2007, 06:56:45 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on September 17, 2007, 05:55:15 AM
SW - those dishes & the menu listings look great!  Wish we had been there -  ;D

BTW - what is the conversion to US dollars for those prices?   :)

Try this for any currency conversion:

http://www.xe.com/ucc/

;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: dtwilbanks on September 17, 2007, 07:43:36 AM
I livened up the sliced apple I had for breakfast by dumping caramel over it.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 17, 2007, 09:07:53 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on September 17, 2007, 06:56:45 AM
Try this for any currency conversion:

http://www.xe.com/ucc/

;)

Lis thanks, 40 NZD = $28+ US currently; so, great looking menu & good prices!  And, of course, the advantage of having a WIDE selection of the wines from New Zealand, likely at excellent prices, too!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on September 17, 2007, 12:19:23 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on September 17, 2007, 09:07:53 AM
Lis thanks, 40 NZD = $28+ US currently; so, great looking menu & good prices!  And, of course, the advantage of having a WIDE selection of the wines from New Zealand, likely at excellent prices, too!  ;D

I should have mentioned that I had the Roast Duck and Maria had the Marlin.

:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on September 17, 2007, 12:24:18 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on September 16, 2007, 05:53:11 PM
Our Italian Bistro - had my usual Veal Piccata wonderful - wife had Gnocchi + Scallops w/ a wonderful lobster based sauce - quite superb!

That sounds delicious. Gnocchi is really fun to make. You should try it at home sometime. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on September 17, 2007, 01:32:30 PM
I spend Rosh Hashana at my sister's.
Among the many delicacies we had at my sister's Rosh Hashana meals:


Chicken In Pomegranate Sauce. It literally melts in your mouth.

Cooked sliced tongue. Very soft and delicious.

Cauliflower Kugel. Was a treat.

Chicken in honey sauce.

Potato Gugel.

Chulent. A traditional Jewish dish made from meat, beans and potatoes, slowly cooked to achieve tenderness, it is served with buckwheat and sweet carrots.

Cooked Salmon, Baked Salmon, and gefiltefish.

Homemade eggplant salad with a garlic twist.

Stuffed cabbage with turkey.

Roasted chicken liver. Served together with cooked eggs.

For dessert:

My sister's home made apple cake.
The bakery's coffee cake.
Cream chocolate cake.
Fruit compote.
Fruit Punch.
Fresh fruits.
Dried fruits.

We had a sweet wine for Rosh hashana, it was Kedem's Royal Blush, a very fine wine.



Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 17, 2007, 04:54:26 PM
Quote from: Corey on September 17, 2007, 12:24:18 PM
That sounds delicious. Gnocchi is really fun to make. You should try it at home sometime. :)

Corey - actually, I should have added Gnocchi w/ Shrimps/Scallops - really a wonderful combination - LOML has made gnocchi @ home (but bought @ a gourmet store - quite good I might say, but she has not done completely homemade gnocchi - it is an effort - we have Lydia's cookbook & I've seen an episode on the 'Food Channel' w/ her making gnocchi - not easy!) - for those who may not know the wonderful variety of Italian pasta (or pasta-like) offerings (and I'm no expert) - Gnocchi are basically potato dumplings (so just think of the varied recipes!); Orzo - wheat-based pasta shaped to look like rice (of course, don't forget the 'real' Italian rice dish, always w/ mutliple variations, Risotto; and finally Polenta, which is corn-based - keep in mind that the concept of modern day Italian foods is so much based on Columbus accidentally 'bumping into' the Americas, i.e. corn, potatoes, & tomatoes are from the Western Hemisphere -  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 17, 2007, 05:00:02 PM
Quote from: Saul on September 17, 2007, 01:32:30 PM
I spend Rosh Hashana at my sister's.
Among the many delicacies we had at my sister's Rosh Hashana meals:

Chicken In Pomegranate Sauce. It literally melts in your mouth.

Cooked sliced tongue. Very soft and delicious.........................................


Saul - I won't quote your entire meal, but real looks interesting & tasty - my wife was brought up Jewish, and would LOVE this experience - her father adored 'tongue' sandwiches' - kind of like a 'lean' corned beef when I've tasted them - thanks for the listing - BTW, everytime we travel to a city w/ excellent Jewish Delis, I HAVE to take her in for a lunch or dinner - just 'one of those things' for her!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on September 17, 2007, 07:56:46 PM
A quick homemade salad with these ingredients:

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on September 17, 2007, 08:14:52 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on September 17, 2007, 04:54:26 PM
Corey - it is an effort - we have Lydia's cookbook & I've seen an episode on the 'Food Channel' w/ her making gnocchi - not easy!)

One of the biggest obstacles to making easy and successful gnocchi is the wrong choice of potatoes. Most of the commonly available varieties are too watery. Stay away from the ones grown in Idaho! I only use Yukon Golds, a slightly yellow variety with lots of potato starch. It's the starch holding the dough together, requiring less flour. The same holds true if you attempt to make German Kartoffelknodel.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 18, 2007, 03:25:39 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on September 10, 2007, 06:08:18 PM
Plus, a special treat - purchased a new set of Laguiole steak knives on our recent trip to Quebec City  - set of 6 in a nice case, shown below - Rosewood handles - cut the duck breast like butter!   8)

We love our set. Used them last Sunday when we had Mrs. Rock's folks over for charcoal grilled filet mignon (we drank a tasty--but overly ripe for me--Syrah from Argentina).

Coincidently, two weeks ago, while showing my visiting relatives Heidelberg, I saw a collection of Laguiole corkscrew pocket knives in a window in a shop on the pedestrian-only main street. I was really tempted but passed this time. A future purchase for sure.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on September 18, 2007, 04:16:52 AM
Quote from: orbital on September 17, 2007, 07:56:46 PM
A quick homemade salad with these ingredients:

(http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/42/06/23030642.jpg)  (http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3321832/2/istockphoto_3321832_chopped_red_onions.jpg)    (http://whatscookingamerica.net/Sandwich/RadishSlices.jpg)

(http://www.vegtv.com/images/cutletproduct.jpg) (http://www.delmonte.com/Products/DrawUPCImage.asp?UPCCode=2400016302)  +    (http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11T15BB4WEL._AA160_.jpg)

Yum.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on September 18, 2007, 05:31:14 AM
Quote from: Bogey on September 18, 2007, 04:16:52 AM
Yum.

Ditto that Yum and add another Yum.  8)

Me: Eggplant parm. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 18, 2007, 05:33:21 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on September 17, 2007, 08:14:52 PM
One of the biggest obstacles to making easy and successful gnocchi is the wrong choice of potatoes. Most of the commonly available varieties are too watery. Stay away from the ones grown in Idaho! I only use Yukon Golds, a slightly yellow variety with lots of potato starch. It's the starch holding the dough together, requiring less flour. The same holds true if you attempt to make German Kartoffelknodel.  :)

Also try steaming them rather than boiling. Keeps them lighter and less waterlogged.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 18, 2007, 05:37:44 AM
One hell of a satisfying pizza....Tomatoes and a fresh egg.

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0917071413.jpg)


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on September 18, 2007, 05:39:16 AM
Quote from: George on September 18, 2007, 05:31:14 AM
Ditto that Yum and add another Yum.  8)


Forgot to put up diced tomatoes.

George, you should try this Gardenburger Chicken(less) cutlet, it tastes great. You put it on the skillet with a few drops of oil, the crust becomes crunchy, then you slice it into the salad  :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on September 18, 2007, 05:42:04 AM
Quote from: orbital on September 18, 2007, 05:39:16 AM
Forgot to put up diced tomatoes.

George, you should try this Gardenburger Chicken(less) cutlet, it tastes great. You put it on the skillet with a few drops of oil, the crust becomes crunchy, then you slice it into the salad  :P

I have trouble digesting those processed soy thingees. It's a shame, 'cause there's a plethera of it available for us Veggies.  :-[
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on September 18, 2007, 05:44:59 AM
Quote from: George on September 18, 2007, 05:42:04 AM
I have trouble digesting those processed soy thingees. It's a shame, 'cause there's a plethera of it available for us Veggies.  :-[
That's too bad, not even the soy protein burgers? (I chop them to make bolognese sauce for pasta)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on September 18, 2007, 05:46:24 AM
Quote from: orbital on September 18, 2007, 05:44:59 AM
That's too bad, not even the soy protein burgers? (I chop them to make bolognese sauce for pasta)

Yeah, it's gas city for me.  :-[
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: dtwilbanks on September 18, 2007, 05:47:38 AM
Quote from: George on September 18, 2007, 05:46:24 AM
Yeah, it's gas city for me.  :-[

TMI!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on September 18, 2007, 05:48:46 AM
Quote from: dtwilbanks on September 18, 2007, 05:47:38 AM
TMI!

Hey now, I could've given WAY more info.  >:D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Hector on September 18, 2007, 05:57:04 AM
Quote from: George on September 18, 2007, 05:48:46 AM
Hey now, I could've given WAY more info.  >:D

At the moment Sounds67 and his dopey mates on another thread.

I think they will stick in my teeth. ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on September 18, 2007, 05:59:36 AM
Quote from: toledobass on September 18, 2007, 05:37:44 AM
One hell of a satisfying pizza....Tomatoes and a fresh egg.

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0917071413.jpg)


Allan

Love those yellow tomatoes.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on September 18, 2007, 10:33:56 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on September 17, 2007, 05:00:02 PM
Saul - I won't quote your entire meal, but real looks interesting & tasty - my wife was brought up Jewish, and would LOVE this experience - her father adored 'tongue' sandwiches' - kind of like a 'lean' corned beef when I've tasted them - thanks for the listing - BTW, everytime we travel to a city w/ excellent Jewish Delis, I HAVE to take her in for a lunch or dinner - just 'one of those things' for her!  :D

Yes, traditional Jewish cooking goes back thousands of years. For anyone that was brought up Jewish it would be a rewarding experience to eat these famous Jewish delicacies.

Happy New Year!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on September 18, 2007, 10:35:23 AM
Today's lunch:

Grilled Salmon with Vegetable Kugel and Tomatoe soup with noodles.
It was so good.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on September 19, 2007, 06:47:28 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on September 17, 2007, 08:14:52 PM
One of the biggest obstacles to making easy and successful gnocchi is the wrong choice of potatoes. Most of the commonly available varieties are too watery. Stay away from the ones grown in Idaho! I only use Yukon Golds, a slightly yellow variety with lots of potato starch. It's the starch holding the dough together, requiring less flour. The same holds true if you attempt to make German Kartoffelknodel.  :)

Liserl :-*, that's what Mutti always tell us about successful french fries :D.

Tonight I cooked a nice pasta dish:  spicy italian sausage with romanesco cauliflower(*) on rigatonis, topped with freshly grated Asiago cheese. Plus tomato chunks, garlic and fresh basil of course!

(http://sophie-g.net/photo/nature/plantes/pct/roman1.jpg)
(*)
QuoteFood for mathematicians! This Romanesco cauliflower displays a fractal attitude, and also clearly shows spirals starting from the center, following the Fibonacci series to pack its cones as tight as possible.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on September 19, 2007, 07:43:37 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on September 19, 2007, 06:47:28 PM
Liserl :-*, that's what Mutti always tell us about successful french fries :D.

Tonight I cooked a nice pasta dish:  spicy italian sausage with romanesco cauliflower(*) on rigatonis, topped with freshly grated Asiago cheese. Plus tomato chunks, garlic and fresh basil of course!

(http://sophie-g.net/photo/nature/plantes/pct/roman1.jpg)
(*)

André, always believe what Mutti tells you, she always knows what she is talking about, even if she steered you past the Lorelei a year or so ago!

I love that cauliflower, always steam it to keep the symmetry in tact, gives me something to do while eating, studying the artistic arrangement!  ;D

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on September 20, 2007, 08:55:05 AM
More anti-connoisseur fare from me :P

Sicilian sausages (with herbs, tomato and a small amount of mozerella inside) with lettuce in... pita breads. I could just claim that this student food, but I'm not a student...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on September 20, 2007, 03:01:03 PM
Quote from: Lethe on September 20, 2007, 08:55:05 AM
More anti-connoisseur fare from me :P

Sicilian sausages (with herbs, tomato and a small amount of mozerella inside) with lettuce in... pita breads. I could just claim that this student food, but I'm not a student...

Just "poor food," then? It doesn't have the semi-glamorous sheen that "student" does, but it's true. My best instance of "poor food" is probably corn and eggs covered in tomato sauce. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on September 20, 2007, 05:05:41 PM
Dinner

Stuffed Cabbage, roasted chicken with potatoes and Rice.

Lunch

Corn flakes cereal with milk.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on September 20, 2007, 08:03:36 PM
Quote from: Saul on September 20, 2007, 05:05:41 PM
Dinner

Stuffed Cabbage, roasted chicken with potatoes and Rice.


A bit heavy on the protein: two meat dishes - and the carbohydrates: potatoes and rice?  :o
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on September 21, 2007, 06:08:18 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on September 20, 2007, 08:03:36 PM
A bit heavy on the protein: two meat dishes - and the carbohydrates: potatoes and rice?  :o

Isn't cabbage a veggie?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on September 23, 2007, 06:02:52 PM
Quote from: George on September 18, 2007, 05:42:04 AM
I have trouble digesting those processed soy thingees. It's a shame, 'cause there's a plethera of it available for us Veggies.  :-[

George,
Please do try taking plant enzymes (like Beano)with your first bite of soy,it's really helped me a lot.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on September 23, 2007, 06:36:40 PM
Quote from: Muriel on September 23, 2007, 06:02:52 PM
George,
Please do try taking plant enzymes (like Beano)with your first bite of soy,it's really helped me a lot.

Yeah, I take them at each meal. However, the more processed food gets, the harder it is for me to digest it.

Nice to see you, Muriel.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on September 23, 2007, 06:39:26 PM
I'm allergic to Soy  :( Its too bad 'cause I like it alot.

The only benefit from not eating soy that I have alot less intestinal gas  :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on September 23, 2007, 08:06:53 PM
Quote from: George on September 21, 2007, 06:08:18 AM
Isn't cabbage a veggie?

The cabbage is, yes, but the stuffing is usually ground beef or other kind of ground meat.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 24, 2007, 09:27:02 AM
My sausage making equipment came last week and last night I spent some time on my first batch of cased sausage.  I used some locally raised turkey and some dried tart cherries for the sausage.  Getting the casing over the horn of the stuffer is the thing that is most tedious about making the sausage.  Here's a pic of the casing after being soaked and rinsed.....reminds me of Dave's avatar :o ;D

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0923071246.jpg)

Any way it turned out tasting really nice.  I sauteed few and had some with wilted spinach and arugula and some nice crusty bread.  The 5 lbs I made isn't going to last long!!!!


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on September 24, 2007, 06:48:34 PM
Last night a skunk ravaged my front lawn. Those little devils dig to find those big bug larvae we call white worms (cockchafer)...
(http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/french/crops/facts/97-024f2.jpg)

Your sausage case made me think of it, but I'm sure it's delicious ;D.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BachQ on September 24, 2007, 07:10:56 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on September 24, 2007, 06:48:34 PM
Last night a skunk ravaged my front lawn. Those little devils dig to find those big bug larvae we call white worms (cockchafer)...
(http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/french/crops/facts/97-024f2.jpg)

Your sausage case made me think of it, but I'm sure it's delicious ;D.

So which do you eat ....... the skunk, or the white worm larvae?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on September 24, 2007, 08:06:13 PM
Dinner

Some Chinese take out.

Chicken Lo Mein.

Lunch


Tuna Avocado Plate.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on September 25, 2007, 04:58:50 AM
Waffles
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 25, 2007, 06:03:21 AM
Just returned from a long weekend at Wrightsville Beach near Wilmington, NC - a long barrier island on the Carolina Coast w/ some excellent restaurants offering 'fresh' seafood - stay at the Holiday Inn (shown below) w/ an oceanfront room - not fancy but has all of the amenities, including 'wireless' in the room; unfortunately, my 'travelling' IBM laptop took a 'hard drive failure' a few weeks ago, so need a replacement!

Restaurants sampled (CLICK on the names w/ links):

Jerry's (http://www.jerrysfoodandwine.com/art.aspx?page=412#intro1) - little bistro w/ a great wine list - shared a wonderful lumped crab starter - we both had the night specials, salmon for me & soft shell crabs for my wife - salmon came on a wonderful risotto w/ some fresh asparagus; couple of glasses on Pinot Noir for me - yummy  :)

Oceanic Restaurant (bottom) - popular place but not one of our favorites - gave it a try after 4 years or so; shared a cooked oyster starter which was excellent - I had the fresh mahi-mahi just grilled w/ a lemon butter sauce - wonderful!  Couple of glasses of an Oregon white wine called Evolution - similar to Conundrum by Caymus in concept.

Portland Grille (http://www.portlandgrille.com/index.jsp) - just stuck to the left side of the menu w/o a main course (we do this often); oysters on half shell for a start; some wonderful breads - then shared a steamed mussels bowl w/ a superb sauce (almost a soup & great w/ the bread); tuna tartare & lumped crabmeat - check HERE (http://www.portlandgrille.com/pages/menu_detail.jsp?category_id=2) for a full description of these tasty dishes - couple of glasses of a Sauvignon Blanc w/ a wonderful Muscat dessert wine from Paso Robles in California.  :P   BTW - believe this was our favorite meal!

The Holiday Inn has a wonderful excercise room w/ a big glass window overlooking the pool & ocean - did a couple of mornings followed by lunch - first day a wonderful salad w/ a fresh piece of tuna grilled rare; second day I just had the seared tuna w/ a nice seaweed salad - wish I had a pic of that tuna - delicious!  :)

(http://image.pegs.com/images/HI/WRGNC/wrgnc_b1.jpg) (http://www.portlandgrille.com/images/header/plg_header_logo.jpg)
(http://www.oceanicrestaurant.com/oceanic.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on September 25, 2007, 06:19:54 AM
(http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/62/96/23039662.jpg)

minus the paper
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on September 25, 2007, 06:24:08 AM
Quote from: orbital on September 25, 2007, 06:19:54 AM
(http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/62/96/23039662.jpg)

minus the paper

Thanks for telling us,
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on September 25, 2007, 06:44:10 AM
Quote from: Saul on September 25, 2007, 06:24:08 AM
Thanks for telling us,
I mean I am not reading the paper while eating  :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on September 25, 2007, 06:49:00 AM
Quote from: orbital on September 25, 2007, 06:44:10 AM
I mean I am not reading the paper while eating  :P

Cool
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on September 25, 2007, 10:28:22 AM
Significant other made us some gougères, possibly the only pastry product that I enjoy... They had melted camembert inside, with very tiny mushroom and ham pieces.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on September 25, 2007, 02:41:50 PM
Tonight,calves liver and bacon with onion gravy,mashed Yukon Golds,green beans and cucumber salad.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on September 25, 2007, 03:08:49 PM
Apples.

Today our work group had a social outing, and the destination was the local apple orchards. There are hundreds of them circling the greater Montreal area, and probably hundreds of thousands of apple trees. The bulk of the production is for juice and cider, and only a small portion is sold  in the markets. What's nice is that most of them also double up as farms open to the public, where you can go and pick your own fruits, and buy home-made apple by-products. I came back with 10 pounds of McIntosh, a maple and apple pie, apple caramel spread, a cask of oak-aged hard cider, a bottle of maple and apple syrup (for pancakes - out of this world!) and a bottle of their superb ice cider.

From their web site:(http://www.lesvergerslafrance.com/Gx/03/bgBoutique.jpg) (http://www.lesvergerslafrance.com/Gx/02/droite.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on September 25, 2007, 03:13:27 PM
Grilled Salmon with Avocado salad.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on September 25, 2007, 03:13:55 PM
Baked apples and squash make a delicious side dish,slice apples ,don't peel them,slice acorn squash,peel it. Layer in a baking pan,top with melted butter and maple syrup,bake in oven for about 25 min.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on September 25, 2007, 03:27:26 PM
(http://www.123healthybalance.com/i/products/mccoys.jpg)

Some real classy eating at the moment ("steak" flavoured McCoys crisps).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on September 25, 2007, 03:30:23 PM
Quote from: Lethe on September 25, 2007, 03:27:26 PM
Some real classy eating at the moment ("steak" flavoured McCoys crisps).


Seasoned with Marmite no doubt.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on September 25, 2007, 03:35:39 PM
Quote from: Muriel on September 25, 2007, 03:30:23 PM
Seasoned with Marmite no doubt.

I wish. :( I left my Marmite pot on a window sill for several months (during a period of experimenting with cereals instead of toast, I repented eventually :P) before realising that the sun may do something bad to it, at a chemical level, considering it's recommended to be stored in a cool dry place... It smells sort of noxious, so I'd better buy a new one. :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on September 25, 2007, 03:43:49 PM
Quote from: Lethe on September 25, 2007, 03:35:39 PM
I wish. :( I left my Marmite pot on a window sill for several months (during a period of experimenting with cereals instead of toast, I repented eventually :P) before realising that the sun may do something bad to it, at a chemical level, considering it's recommended to be stored in a cool dry place... It smells sort of noxious, so I'd better buy a new one. :D

"When in doubt,throw it out"
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on September 25, 2007, 05:01:16 PM
Quote from: Muriel on September 25, 2007, 03:43:49 PM
"When in doubt,throw it out"

I wish I remembered that at the time. I actually tried to research whether the heated yeast was going to multiply and make my stomach explode or something, but gave up after a while. I am so cheap...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on September 25, 2007, 05:17:22 PM

Popcorn.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 25, 2007, 05:36:21 PM
Quote from: George on September 25, 2007, 05:17:22 PM
Popcorn.

George - my wonderful 'seafood' dishes got BURIED a page or so ago - but I did have some POPCORN tonight watching a movie!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on September 25, 2007, 05:42:04 PM
(http://images.calorieking.com.au/branding/dc/runtime/portionsense/374.jpg)

I only had four pieces. Its so delicious I could easily gorge myself, but I feel sick if I have more than six pieces. Its diary-free too!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on September 25, 2007, 05:44:52 PM
Quote from: Lethe on September 25, 2007, 03:27:26 PM
(http://www.123healthybalance.com/i/products/mccoys.jpg)

Some real classy eating at the moment ("steak" flavoured McCoys crisps).

When I lived in England [mid-80s] they used to have some weird and wonderful flavoured 'crisps'.

I remember my faves were 'sausage & tomato' and 'prawn cocktail'.

Gag... just imagine the chemicals they dust those crisps with to achieve those 'flavours'!  :o
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on September 25, 2007, 05:47:50 PM
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on September 25, 2007, 05:42:04 PM
(http://images.calorieking.com.au/branding/dc/runtime/portionsense/374.jpg)

I only had four pieces. Its so delicious I could easily gorge myself, but I feel sick if I have more than six pieces. Its diary-free too!  ;D

If that picture represents one piece, I can understand your plight.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on September 25, 2007, 05:51:18 PM
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on September 25, 2007, 05:44:52 PM
When I lived in England [mid-80s] they used to have some weird and wonderful flavoured 'crisps'.

I remember my faves were 'sausage & tomato' and 'prawn cocktail'.

Gag... just imagine the chemicals they dust those crisps with to achieve those 'flavours'!  :o

Indeedie. While I like some crisp flavours, they have absolutely no relation in taste to what they claim to be copying. Cheese is a notorious example, crisp cheese flavour tastes almost radioactive...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on September 25, 2007, 05:56:14 PM
Quote from: Lethe on September 25, 2007, 05:51:18 PM
Indeedie. While I like some crisp flavours, they have absolutely no relation in taste to what they claim to be copying. Cheese is a notorious example, crisp cheese flavour tastes almost radioactive...

And here they are!

(http://www.davyking.com/plutoniumcrisps.gif)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bonehelm on September 25, 2007, 07:30:49 PM
Happy mid-autumn festival, GMG!  :D It's august the 15th on the lunar calendar today.

(http://www.wam.umd.edu/~LKHUU/AAST298G/mooncake%20pic.1.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 25, 2007, 07:40:57 PM
Quote from: Muriel on September 25, 2007, 02:41:50 PM
Tonight,calves liver and bacon with onion gravy,mashed Yukon Golds,green beans and cucumber salad.

There you go, 
the kinda of food I like to see people eating.

Nice sounding dinner Muriel,
Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on September 25, 2007, 08:00:57 PM
Quote from: Bonehelm on September 25, 2007, 07:30:49 PM
Happy mid-autumn festival, GMG!  :D It's august the 15th on the lunar calendar today.

(http://www.wam.umd.edu/~LKHUU/AAST298G/mooncake%20pic.1.jpg)

What flavor mooncake is that Bonehelm? 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Novi on September 26, 2007, 04:11:14 AM
Quote from: Lethe on September 25, 2007, 03:27:26 PM
(http://www.123healthybalance.com/i/products/mccoys.jpg)

Some real classy eating at the moment ("steak" flavoured McCoys crisps).

Oh yeah, the vegetarian friendly 'steak' flavoured crisps ;D. Alongside the vegetarian friendly bacon flavoured crisps ...

Quote from: Muriel on September 25, 2007, 03:30:23 PM
Seasoned with Marmite no doubt.

Hey Muriel, have you come across these before?
(http://www.britsuperstore.com/acatalog/Jacobs_Twiglets_150GR.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on September 26, 2007, 08:19:47 AM
Quote from: Novitiate on September 26, 2007, 04:11:14 AM
Hey Muriel, have you come across these before?
(http://www.britsuperstore.com/acatalog/Jacobs_Twiglets_150GR.jpg)

Are they made with real twigs?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bonehelm on September 26, 2007, 08:35:03 PM
Quote from: Bogey on September 25, 2007, 08:00:57 PM
What flavor mooncake is that Bonehelm? 

It is yellow lotus seed paste with two salted egg yolks. Mmmm...these are quite expensive though, got 'em when I was in HK last summer (one of the top brands), each of these costed me around $12 USD.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: RebLem on September 27, 2007, 09:24:21 AM
This evening, Wed., Sept 26,I sauteed some mushrooms and cooked them with one hot Italian sausage, then put in some sauce out of a jar.  Then, I cooked some spaghetti for 9 minutes in boiling water.  Then I shaved up some parmagiano reggiano, put a little on the bottom of the plate, put the pasta on top of that, put some more parm reg on top of that, then the sauce, mushrooms, and sausage and put some more parm reg on top of that.  Then mixed them all together, and ate it with two slices of flax bread with butter.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: matti on September 27, 2007, 11:49:25 AM
Quote from: RebLem on September 27, 2007, 09:24:21 AM
This evening, Wed., Sept 26,I sauteed some mushrooms and cooked them with one hot Italian sausage, then put in some sauce out of a jar.  Then, I cooked some spaghetti for 9 minutes in boiling water.  Then I shaved up some parmagiano reggiano, put a little on the bottom of the plate, put the pasta on top of that, put some more parm reg on top of that, then the sauce, mushrooms, and sausage and put some more parm reg on top of that.  Then mixed them all together, and ate it with two slices of flax bread with butter.

Sounds delicious, which mushrooms did you use?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on September 27, 2007, 05:54:49 PM
(http://www.ampro.co.nz/products/larabar/bananacookie.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 02, 2007, 05:23:50 PM
BOY, no one eating in nearly a week!  ;D

Tonight, LOML again did a simple but absolutely delicious dinner (we're trying to avoid carbs @ our age!):

Giant Scallops sauteed w/ a soy/ginger orange sauce - not overcooked - just succulent - HMMM!

Bok Choy - just steamed (avoiding cals -  :-\) - but my favorite veggie - just love the appearance & taste!

Sauvignon Blanc - Morgon '05 from California, Monterey - excellent review & just pefect w/ the scallops!

Music - Dvorak String Quartets w/ Panocha Quartet - starting my 3rd listening - these are great!  :D


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on October 02, 2007, 05:33:42 PM

Onion Omelet

Mashed Potatoes

Multi Grain Toast
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on October 02, 2007, 05:34:09 PM
Dave that dinner is sensory overload, it would kill me!  Music, dinner and a fine wine, ah too much. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on October 02, 2007, 05:36:39 PM
Quote from: George on September 27, 2007, 05:54:49 PM
(http://www.ampro.co.nz/products/larabar/bananacookie.jpg)

These are quite decent George. My wifes been buying the range for me to try. These are good to eat while I'm working 'in the field'. I find the different flavours to be very similar  ???
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on October 02, 2007, 05:37:18 PM
Quote from: DavidW on October 02, 2007, 05:34:09 PM
Dave that dinner is sensory overload, it would kill me!  Music, dinner and a fine wine, ah too much. :)

AND a fine women  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on October 02, 2007, 05:39:07 PM
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on October 02, 2007, 05:36:39 PM
These are quite decent George. My wifes been buying the range for me to try. These are good to eat while I'm working 'in the field'. I find the different flavours to be very similar  ???

Yeah, I like the banana one, the apple pie one and the Cashew one.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 02, 2007, 05:41:19 PM
Quote from: DavidW on October 02, 2007, 05:34:09 PM
Dave that dinner is sensory overload, it would kill me!  Music, dinner and a fine wine, ah too much. :)

Hello David - lite, but just delicious - those scallops were GOOD! (took the pic before I ate them -  ;D)

Enjoying your comments in the Dvorak SQ thread - really enjoying those recordings in the image -  :)   Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on October 02, 2007, 05:44:18 PM
Quote from: George on October 02, 2007, 05:39:07 PM
Yeah, I like the banana one, the apple pie one and the Cashew one.

I haven't had the cashew one yet, but I've had the other two which were both nice.

I like these better:

(http://www.ledanutrition.com/images/uploads/96506095_APRICOT%20Leda.gif)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on October 02, 2007, 05:46:34 PM
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on October 02, 2007, 05:44:18 PM
I haven't had the cashew one yet, but I've had the other two which were both nice.

I like these better:

(http://www.ledanutrition.com/images/uploads/96506095_APRICOT%20Leda.gif)

I'll keep an eye out.

I have been having one that has Maca in it.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 02, 2007, 05:47:43 PM
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on October 02, 2007, 05:37:18 PM
AND a fine women  ;)

SW - so right!  :D  Can't enjoy these meals w/o a wonderful mate! Applause to the women in our lives!  :) 8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: longears on October 02, 2007, 06:12:30 PM
Mi esposa compró éstos de un restaurante local

(http://lapotosina.com/html/634622_flautas.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on October 02, 2007, 06:29:09 PM
Me and my partner were invited by our boss in upstate new york for a business lunch today.

My Boss, who happens to be a professional chef, treated us with nice rib stakes and Sweet potatoes with green beans and roasted mushrooms and red onions.
We began with a crisp garlic bread and a delicious Salad with bread crumbs. We washed it off with a bottle of Budwiser.

It was great.

For dinner later on in the evening I had some Chinese food.

Moo Goo chicken with white rice, was very good.

Yesterday I had some more Chinese food, this time it was Chicken with garlic sauce . I added to this some nice onion rings and  french fries. Also wanton soup.

The day before I had a shawarma Plate to go with a choice of salads.

Was very delicious .
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on October 03, 2007, 12:52:59 AM
Another of my culinary war crimes...

Lasagane/chili hybrid (with baguette slices to dip in)*... well, I liked it... ;D

*I believe that is a full three nations covered...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on October 03, 2007, 02:38:09 PM
Rice pudding with raisins.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 03, 2007, 04:18:31 PM
Quote from: Saul on October 02, 2007, 06:29:09 PM
.... with nice rib stakes and Sweet potatoes with green beans and roasted mushrooms and red onions. \

We began with a crisp garlic bread and a delicious Salad with bread crumbs. We washed it off with a bottle of Budwiser.

For dinner later on in the evening I had some Chinese food. Moo Goo chicken with white rice, was very good.

Yesterday I had some more Chinese food, this time it was Chicken with garlic sauce . I added to this some nice onion rings and  french fries. Also wanton soup........................................

Saul - sounds like some wonderful food!  Wife & I are BIG oriental food fans, really love this 'Asian Fusion' trend -  8)

Now, I must ask "Was this all kosher?" -  ;) ;D  BTW, my wife who was brought up Jewish (not Orthodox) just loves baby back pork ribs!  :) :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 03, 2007, 04:33:01 PM
Now, I usually don't post this often to the eating thread (although I do eat daily!), but the LOML hit a home run two nights in a row (an old standby for us but just fabulous!):

Thai Shrimp Cakes - bought @ a local seafood place - think of crab cakes, but w/ whole shrimp & an oriental KICK!

Noodles - whole wheat w/ a soy-chili-sesame blending - tasty w/ a little heat & wonderful flavors!

Bok Choy - left over from yesterday; again just lightly steamed - just love this veggie prepared simply!

Wine - Babich Sauvignon Blanc '06 from New Zealand - great acidity & perfect 'foil' to oriental food!

Music - new acquisition of CPE Bach Trio Sonatas w/ a wooden flute - just LOVE this disc!

I think my wife is after another short weekend trip somewhere?  But, I'm enjoying the ride!  ;D

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on October 03, 2007, 08:34:04 PM
sounds terrific dave,

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on October 05, 2007, 04:57:33 PM
Sunday, for Maman's birthday we're going to the vietnamese restaurant. Well, there's at least 150 of those in Montreal, but this one looks esp. nice and dandy  :D.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on October 05, 2007, 05:58:59 PM
Farfalle pasta with plain yogurt and some tomato paste sauteed with olive oil, crushed red peppers, dried mints and chilli powder on top
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on October 06, 2007, 03:24:16 PM
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51K32J33BZL.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on October 06, 2007, 03:45:12 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on October 03, 2007, 04:18:31 PM
Saul - sounds like some wonderful food!  Wife & I are BIG oriental food fans, really love this 'Asian Fusion' trend -  8)

Now, I must ask "Was this all kosher?" -  ;) ;D  BTW, my wife who was brought up Jewish (not Orthodox) just loves baby back pork ribs!  :) :)


100% Kosher.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on October 06, 2007, 03:49:24 PM
I have no idea what is on the feed bag tonight,might order out for a chow fun.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on October 06, 2007, 08:04:10 PM
My wife and I went here (http://www.naha-chicago.com/) today. One of my favorite Chicago restuarants.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on October 07, 2007, 04:26:08 AM
Quote from: Muriel on October 06, 2007, 03:49:24 PM
I have no idea what is on the feed bag tonight,might order out for a chow fun.

I like that cute choice of words Muriel. ;D

(http://www.bestfriendequine.com/images/feedbag.jpg)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: longears on October 07, 2007, 04:38:22 PM
(http://www.wegmans.com/kitchen/ingredients/produce/nuts/images/raspberries.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 07, 2007, 04:47:38 PM
Quote from: O Mensch on October 06, 2007, 08:04:10 PM
My wife and I went here (http://www.naha-chicago.com/) today. One of my favorite Chicago restuarants.

O Mensch - looked @ that dinner menu, and it looks GREAT!  Wife & I would cetainly enjoy this place - we get to Chicago every couple of years, so will keep that restaurant on my list - thanks!   :D  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on October 07, 2007, 06:33:30 PM
Pear Walnut Mushroom Endive Salad

Fettuccine Alfredo
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on October 07, 2007, 06:41:08 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on October 07, 2007, 04:47:38 PM
O Mensch - looked @ that dinner menu, and it looks GREAT!  Wife & I would cetainly enjoy this place - we get to Chicago every couple of years, so will keep that restaurant on my list - thanks!   :D  Dave

The chef is Armenian, so it's noveau American with a middle eastern/caucasian tinge. They have this lamb stew with dried apricots and chickpeas that's just to die for.

On another note, I just made fettucine with chanterelle mushrooms.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on October 07, 2007, 07:49:39 PM
Quote from: longears on October 07, 2007, 04:38:22 PM
(http://www.wegmans.com/kitchen/ingredients/produce/nuts/images/raspberries.jpg)

With sugar and whipping cream, or simply natural as nature made them? I bit on the tart side that way though!  I eat them with Greek Honey Yogurt. ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on October 08, 2007, 09:41:03 AM
(http://www.gourmetfoodmall.com/merchants/Southe01/CSM22-01.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: dtwilbanks on October 08, 2007, 09:41:55 AM
That's some fine eatin' there.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on October 08, 2007, 09:51:45 AM
Last night, dinner at Brick Lane Curry House (http://www.bricklanecurryhouse.com/), where I first ate with someone on this board  :D.  It has become one of my favorite Indian restaurants. 

The restaurant is known for its Phaal, "an excruciatingly hot curry, more pain and sweat than flavor," which I have not yet tried.  Don't look for any reports soon.  ;D

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on October 08, 2007, 10:38:05 AM
My first attempt at fixing this one. My Salzburger girlfriend made the best Reisfleisch ever; she credited her convection oven for the success. I don't have one. Are they even available here in this country?

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on October 08, 2007, 11:07:08 AM
(http://www.sugarandspices.info/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/falafel-3.jpg)
these in a pita with salad.

Although falafel is traditionally made out of chickpeas there is an other version that is made from lima beans which I actually prefer, but they are hard to come by  ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on October 08, 2007, 03:19:16 PM
Quote from: orbital on October 08, 2007, 11:07:08 AM
Although falafel is traditionally made out of chickpeas there is an other version that is made from lima beans which I actually prefer, but they are hard to come by  ::)

Not if you make them yourself.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 08, 2007, 03:23:06 PM
Quote from: bhodges on October 08, 2007, 09:51:45 AM
............The restaurant is known for its Phaal, "an excruciatingly hot curry, more pain and sweat than flavor," which I have not yet tried.  Don't look for any reports soon.  ;D

Bruce - I've really 'cut down' on those hot dishes - there may be pain goin' in, but the next morning the pain is even worst @ the other end!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on October 08, 2007, 04:04:14 PM
Quote from: orbital on October 08, 2007, 11:07:08 AM
(http://www.sugarandspices.info/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/falafel-3.jpg)
these in a pita with salad.

Although falafel is traditionally made out of chickpeas there is an other version that is made from lima beans which I actually prefer, but they are hard to come by  ::)

Lima bean falafel, I'd never thought of that!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on October 08, 2007, 04:31:12 PM

Brown Rice

Black Organic Kalama Olives

8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on October 08, 2007, 04:32:19 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on October 08, 2007, 10:38:05 AM
My first attempt at fixing this one. My Salzburger girlfriend made the best Reisfleisch ever; she credited her convection oven for the success. I don't have one. Are they even available here in this country?



Of course they're available.  What makes you think they wouldn't be?

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on October 08, 2007, 04:34:40 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on October 08, 2007, 03:23:06 PM
Bruce - I've really 'cut down' on those hot dishes - there may be pain goin' in, but the next morning the pain is even worst @ the other end!  ;D

;D

True. I used to love hot[spicy] food but try to avoid it these days. A little bit of heat is okay but its not worth the stress on your body to have too much.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on October 08, 2007, 04:41:50 PM
Birthday dinner: Salmon with a caper and butter sauce, fettucini in a bechamel sauce, and a cherry cheesecake to finish — compliments of my mother. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on October 08, 2007, 04:46:39 PM
Quote from: Corey on October 08, 2007, 04:41:50 PM
Birthday dinner: Salmon with a caper and butter sauce, fettucini in a bechamel sauce, and a cherry cheesecake to finish — compliments of my mother. :)

Just wondering one thing......do you like dairy?   ;D :D ;)

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on October 08, 2007, 04:49:27 PM
Quote from: Corey on October 08, 2007, 04:41:50 PM
Birthday dinner: Salmon with a caper and butter sauce, fettucini in a bechamel sauce, and a cherry cheesecake to finish — compliments of my mother. :)

Wow, a birthday, a dinner and compliments?  ;D

Happy birthday, Libra!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on October 08, 2007, 04:53:08 PM
Quote from: toledobass on October 08, 2007, 04:46:39 PM
Just wondering one thing......do you like dairy?   ;D :D ;)

Allan

Yes! Actually the food was my mother's doing. If I had cooked it would have been a bit more... balanced. It was still pretty good.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on October 08, 2007, 04:54:50 PM
Quote from: Corey on October 08, 2007, 04:53:08 PM
Yes! Actually the food was my mother's doing. If I had cooked it would have been a bit more... balanced. It was still pretty good.

.....balanced..hehe.   Still sounds great even if it ends up putting you into a food coma.


Happy Birthday!!!!

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on October 08, 2007, 04:56:37 PM
No diary for me. I haven't taken cows milk in 20 years. I missed cheese and butter for a while though. Goat and sheep fetta is nice on occasion.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on October 08, 2007, 07:46:49 PM
Quote from: toledobass on October 08, 2007, 04:32:19 PM
Of course they're available.  What makes you think they wouldn't be?

Allan

Because none of the people I know have one!  And very few people I know knew what I was talking about! ;D

In the mean time I googled and found them, but at close to two thousand bucks I think I can continue cooking with my old regular oven!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Drasko on October 08, 2007, 08:13:19 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on October 08, 2007, 10:38:05 AM
My first attempt at fixing this one. My Salzburger girlfriend made the best Reisfleisch ever; she credited her convection oven for the success. I don't have one. Are they even available here in this country?



Lis, that picture you posted says Serbian Reisfleisch or in in other words Djuveč (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djuveč) and I can tell you from first hand experience that very few people around here have convection ovens and that thing still somehow manages to be prepared (and has been prepared long before those things were invented), so I'm sure that you'll do just fine with standard one.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 08, 2007, 09:28:00 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on October 08, 2007, 10:38:05 AM
..........credited her convection oven for the success. I don't have one. Are they even available here in this country?

Lis - sure enough, probably a number of brands - we have a KitchenAid electric convection oven - with a built-in microwave on top - same model as shown below (CLICK on the image for more details, if interested) - lots of options!   The combo in our re-modeled kitchen (done about 3-4 yrs ago)!  Dave  :)

(http://www.kitchenaid.com/assets/images/product/LargeView/kebc177kbl-largeview.jpg) (http://www.kitchenaid.com/catalog/product.jsp?src=ModelNumberLookup&productId=90)  (http://giradman.smugmug.com/photos/14154082-M.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on October 09, 2007, 02:57:07 AM
Lunch  - Pizza - topped with mushrooms and tomatoes.

Dinner - Roasted Chicken with rice and tomatoes
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on October 09, 2007, 06:06:01 AM
Quote from: Drasko on October 08, 2007, 08:13:19 PM
Lis, that picture you posted says Serbian Reisfleisch or in in other words Djuveč (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djuveč)

Drasko, Dear Man, you saved my sanity! The picture you posted from wikipedia looks exactly like my concoction and I was disappointed because my friend Evi's dish was DRY and FLUFFY rice without any saucy liquid. You also saved me close to two thousand bucks; I'll keep my thirty years old oven!  :-*
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on October 09, 2007, 06:40:07 AM
Quote from: Drasko on October 08, 2007, 08:13:19 PM
Lis, that picture you posted says Serbian Reisfleisch or in in other words Djuveč (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djuveč)

Possibly a dumb question, but are there key differences between that and ratatouille (other than the second picture showing it served with rice)?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on October 09, 2007, 08:02:14 AM
Quote from: Lethe on October 09, 2007, 06:40:07 AM
Possibly a dumb question, but are there key differences between that and ratatouille (other than the second picture showing it served with rice)?

Had to google for ratatouille to know what you are talking about! Yes, there is a big difference because the Serbian ricefleisch is mainly pork and rice with some chopped onions and tomatoes, a main dish, whereas ratatouille is mainly a vegetable side dish.

Thanks to your question I have learned all about ratatouille I ever wanted to know!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Drasko on October 09, 2007, 08:34:23 AM
The 'problem' with Balkan cuisine is that you'll get some different variant of the same dish every 50 km. For djuvec, as I know it, main ingredients are (as Lis said) rice and meat with some tomato, onions, garlic, carrots and red pepper, no zucchini or eggplant as in ratatouille.

That dish on the top picture of the wiki article I wouldn't even recognise as djuvec but as Sataras (version without eggs).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on October 09, 2007, 08:40:23 AM
I thought it looked more like a non-seafood Paella  :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on October 09, 2007, 08:45:57 AM
Whatever ingredients it uses, it looks nice :P

Quote from: uffeviking on October 09, 2007, 08:02:14 AM
Had to google for ratatouille to know what you are talking about! Yes, there is a big difference because the Serbian ricefleisch is mainly pork and rice with some chopped onions and tomatoes, a main dish, whereas ratatouille is mainly a vegetable side dish.

Thanks to your question I have learned all about ratatouille I ever wanted to know!  ;D

I wasn't aware that it wasn't widely-known: it  was one of the few meals my mum could cook when I was young :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on October 09, 2007, 08:49:01 AM
Quote from: Drasko on October 09, 2007, 08:34:23 AM
The 'problem' with Balkan cuisine is that you'll get some different variant of the same dish every 50 km. For djuvec, as I know it, main ingredients are (as Lis said) rice and meat with some tomato, onions, garlic, carrots and red pepper, no zucchini or eggplant as in ratatouille.


Ah! But my friend Evi is Austrian and calls her dish Serbian Ricefleish - djuvec - just as our local American restaurant chef lists on his menu "Wiener Schnitzel" but serves it smothered in cream gravy with Sauerkraut on the side! Yuk!  ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on October 09, 2007, 08:57:48 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on October 08, 2007, 09:28:00 PM
Lis - sure enough, probably a number of brands - we have a KitchenAid electric convection oven - with a built-in microwave on top

Grateful for your leads to electric convection ovens!  :-*

Aside from the expense, I have limited space in my compact kitchen - I can stand in the center and reach practically everything needed to prepare a meal without moving only two or three steps! - My present built-in industrial Thermadore oven takes up exactly the available 23"; for anything bigger I would have to buy a larger house!  ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on October 09, 2007, 04:38:38 PM
Wife and daughter just back from a shopping spree in Plattsburgh, NY. They really wanted to get stuff from the States now that our dollar is on a par with Uncle Sam's.

I greeted them with Emmental quiche and gratiné stuffed mushrooms. I just happened to have everything on hand :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: dtwilbanks on October 10, 2007, 07:40:39 AM
(http://www.washingtonian.com/block_dbimages/3154/french_toast.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on October 10, 2007, 07:47:49 AM

Whole Spelt Flakes

Organic Soy Milk, Edensoy Original

Flax Seed Oil

8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: dtwilbanks on October 10, 2007, 07:53:04 AM
(http://www.edinformatics.com/inventions_inventors/150px-Diet_Coke.jpg)

8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on October 10, 2007, 08:56:23 AM
Quote from: dtw on October 10, 2007, 07:53:04 AM
(http://www.edinformatics.com/inventions_inventors/150px-Diet_Coke.jpg)

8)

The yin to your previous yang post.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: dtwilbanks on October 10, 2007, 08:58:52 AM
Quote from: George on October 10, 2007, 08:56:23 AM
The yin to your previous yang post.  8)

I had a microwave turkey dinner for lunch.   ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on October 18, 2007, 11:40:26 AM
On Tuesday I went to Lolita (http://www.lolabistro.com) here in Cleveland.  Since late summer, Tuesdays at Lolita have been a special event, as it's the night that they roast a pig outside over charcoal as one of the specials.  They do a different preperation every week and the latest was with braised escarole and some crispy onion rings as well as a little pork jus.  Tasty stuff. 


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on October 18, 2007, 11:41:46 AM

Whey protein shake with flaxseed oil

Jasmine rice
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mark on October 18, 2007, 11:49:37 AM
Milky Way Chocolates. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: locrian on October 18, 2007, 11:50:22 AM
Cheetos and M&Ms.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 18, 2007, 03:11:50 PM
Just returned from a trip to Philadelphia - medical meeting - stayed at the Ritz Carlton next to City Hall - great location w/i walking distance of some superb restaurants; just going to list some of the dinner places if anyone who might be visiting this historic city wants some recommendations!

We were there for 5 nights and stuck w/ seafood for each dinner, so if that's not your interest, continue on to the next post:

Sansom Street Oyster House (http://www.sansomoysters.com/) - shared a dozen oysters on the half shell (their specialty!), two types from Maine & Cape May, NJ; then a salad & a bunch of appetizers - mussels, smoked trout (made in house), & grilled octopus - a couple of glasses of a nice Pinot Grigio - a great start (we were planning on goin' back, but there were too many other choices!) -  :)

Susannah Fu - shared a mixed tuna/salmon/sushi appetizer (wonderful variety & flavors); Monk fish w/ a fermented black bean sauce (and several greens) - just delicious - can't find a link (but CLICK on the restaurants that I've added a link); couple of glasses of a Sauvignon Blanc - hmmm!

McCormick & Schmick's Seafood - shared a dozen 'mixed' oysters from Canada (British Columbia), WA State, & East Coast, USA - I had the grilled Mediterranean Branzini - whole fish - just moist & wonderful flavors w/ some nice asparagus; couple of glasses of Geyser Peak '06 Sauvignon Blanc - we lunched there twice, and shared the dozen oysters each time (several different ones depending on the varities arriving daily); of course, this is a 'chain' restaurant, but like Legal Seafoods, the quality is outstanding!

Striped Bass (http://www.stripedbassrestaurant.com/) - shared two different appetizers of 'Spicy raw tuna' & 'Yellowtail' - we both had the striped bass w/ a basil sauce & polenta - this was a special experience - just superb!  Although I've not commented on desserts yet, special mention is made here - fresh sorbets (some of the best I've ever eaten) & a great cheese plate; couple of glasses of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc - if I'm back in this city in the near future, this place will definitely be one to re-visit!  :P

Raw - decided on a lighter meal our last night - new sushi place w/ mixed reviews; usual options plus a lot of special rolls - some Sauvignon Blanc from Chile was a nice choice; I thought the sushi was quite good - not the best that I've ever had (New York & San Francisco are my favs in that area in the USA), but a nice ending to our dining experience! 

All in all, Philly was a surprising great eating place - all of these restaurants were just a block or so from the hotel - one could likely spend months exploring the culinary delights of this town - hope to be back soon!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on October 18, 2007, 05:36:30 PM
(Seething with jealousy)   Man, Dave, what a dog life, I don't envy you one bit  :P

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: RebLem on October 18, 2007, 06:12:21 PM
Tonight, I am having leftover homemade chili over penne pasta.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on October 18, 2007, 06:24:47 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on October 18, 2007, 05:36:30 PM
(Seething with jealousy)   Man, Dave, what a dog life, I don't envy you one bit  :P



And,he has to look at people's guts all day,that would put me off my dinner!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 18, 2007, 06:34:35 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on October 18, 2007, 05:36:30 PM
(Seething with jealousy)   Man, Dave, what a dog life, I don't envy you one bit  :P



André - LOL  ;D  - wife & I were actually 'shocked' at the quality of seafood in Philly!  We ended up sharing 4 dozen plates of oysters (and could have easily had more!  If you like these 'raw' critters, the quality & choices were outstanding!) - this is my third visit (and longest) to Philadelphia, and the one that gave me the 'best' experience for this city - anxious to return!   :D  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 18, 2007, 06:46:49 PM
Quote from: Muriel on October 18, 2007, 06:24:47 PM
And,he has to look at people's guts all day,that would put me off my dinner!

Hello, Muriel - hope all is well w/ you!  :D

Actually, us GI physcians/radiologists have absolutely no problem in goin' out to eat!  In fact, it is amazing 'what' one can ingest into one's stomach that can be easily handled by the digestive tract - pretty remarkable!   In fact, one of my best 'eating' companions (other than the LOML) was a gastroenterologist (now retired) - when we attended medical meetings, one of our MAIN goals was to eat out at some of the best restaurants in town (miss those days but have plenty of memories) -  ;D  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on October 18, 2007, 10:18:13 PM
Deep fried camembert + raspbury sauce + cesar salad.

I like to think that the salad will cancel out the camembert... I live in hope :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on October 18, 2007, 10:53:44 PM

Spirulina
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on October 18, 2007, 10:58:43 PM
Quote from: George on October 18, 2007, 10:53:44 PM
Spirulina

(http://www.ead.ae/Tacsoft/ImageGallery/News/Wht's%20New/spirulinaa.jpg)

:o
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on October 18, 2007, 11:05:46 PM
Quote from: Lethe on October 18, 2007, 10:58:43 PM
(http://www.ead.ae/Tacsoft/ImageGallery/News/Wht's%20New/spirulinaa.jpg)

:o

It's a great Vegan source of protein, contains tons of chlorophyll and does wonders for the immune system and energy production.

It comes in little tablets that are much easier to swallow than the picture you found.  :D

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Spirulina_tablets.jpg/200px-Spirulina_tablets.jpg)



Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on October 18, 2007, 11:07:16 PM
Quote from: George on October 18, 2007, 11:05:46 PM
It's a great Vegan source of protein, contains tons of chlorophyll and does wonders for the immune system and energy production.

It comes in little tablets that are much easier to swallow than the picture you found.  :D

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Spirulina_tablets.jpg/200px-Spirulina_tablets.jpg)

Ooh, tablets. That would avoid me having to taste it... I wonder if I should try some? :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on October 18, 2007, 11:10:01 PM
Quote from: Lethe on October 18, 2007, 11:07:16 PM
Ooh, tablets. That would avoid me having to taste it... I wonder if I should try some? :)

This might help (http://www.spirulina.com/SPBSpirulina.html)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on October 18, 2007, 11:18:28 PM
Quote from: George on October 18, 2007, 11:10:01 PM
This might help (http://www.spirulina.com/SPBSpirulina.html)

Danke :) I'll ask a friend to pick up some if they see any in a health food shop.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: маразм1 on October 19, 2007, 05:22:19 AM
pasta later today.  hate pasta!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on October 19, 2007, 05:34:25 AM
Quote from: Lethe on October 18, 2007, 10:18:13 PM
Deep fried camembert + raspbury sauce + cesar salad.

I like to think that the salad will cancel out the camembert... I live in hope :P

Haha.  That salad dressing can't possibly cancel out anything.  It's a glorious thing though so I'm sure you enjoyed it no matter how "bad" it is for you. 


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on October 19, 2007, 05:36:30 AM
Quote from: George on October 18, 2007, 10:53:44 PM
Spirulina

George,

I'm still waiting for a Kombucha post in the What are You Drinking thread. ;) ;D


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: 71 dB on October 19, 2007, 05:59:55 AM
Spagetti
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on October 19, 2007, 06:25:48 AM
(http://www.marketofchoice.com/images/coffee-graphic.png)

+

(http://tartalacreme.photo.doctissimo.fr/images/dossiers/t/a/tartalacreme/Gifs-boissons-et-nourriture/TN-9172-petit-beurre.gif)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on October 19, 2007, 07:29:19 AM
My friend will cook us lamb chops with couscous. I'll prepare an appetizer with liver pâté cubes sautéed in butter and deglazed with ice cider. Served on croutons.

BTW although entrée is a French word, it doesn't have the same meaning in both languages. In French it means an appetizer (which we call hors d'oeuvre). And an entrée in English is the plat principal (or plat de résistance) in French. Are you still with me? :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on October 19, 2007, 07:31:06 AM
Quote from: toledobass on October 19, 2007, 05:36:30 AM
George,

I'm still waiting for a Kombucha post in the What are You Drinking thread. ;) ;D


Allan

;D

Yes, that's the trendiest drink where I work. We sell it like hotcakes.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on October 19, 2007, 08:39:59 AM
Quote from: George on October 19, 2007, 07:31:06 AM
;D

Yes, that's the trendiest drink where I work. We sell it like hotcakes.  :)

I drink it from time to time.  I always try to get my wife to drink it but she almost puked the first time she tried it.  What's wierd to me is the price differences of this stuff between a few of the different Whole Foods I've visited.  I've seen it anywhere from 2 and change up to darn close to 4. 

That and what's with trying to special order anything at WF.  I get the feeling like the Team Leaders say yes we can get that no problem then when I actually ask them to get it they string me along untill I'm so frustrated I have to say nevermind and get it somewhere else. 

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on October 19, 2007, 08:46:58 AM
Quote from: orbital on October 19, 2007, 06:25:48 AM
(http://www.marketofchoice.com/images/coffee-graphic.png)

+

(http://tartalacreme.photo.doctissimo.fr/images/dossiers/t/a/tartalacreme/Gifs-boissons-et-nourriture/TN-9172-petit-beurre.gif)

Yum.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on October 19, 2007, 08:52:31 AM
Quote from: toledobass on October 19, 2007, 08:39:59 AM
I drink it from time to time.  I always try to get my wife to drink it but she almost puked the first time she tried it.  What's wierd to me is the price differences of this stuff between a few of the different Whole Foods I've visited.  I've seen it anywhere from 2 and change up to darn close to 4. 

That and what's with trying to special order anything at WF.  I get the feeling like the Team Leaders say yes we can get that no problem then when I actually ask them to get it they string me along untill I'm so frustrated I have to say nevermind and get it somewhere else. 

Allan

I just did my first special order for somebody a few days ago. It takes only a few minutes to get the customers info, however I don't know how much of a pain it it for the buyers though. I suggest speaking to a buyer directly if possible, you could probably phone it in as well. The Team Leaders are extremely busy because they are in charge of the whole department, so that 's probably why they give you the run around. Of course, this is no excuse, they should quickly delegate it to someone who does the buying for the department.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: FideLeo on October 19, 2007, 09:10:35 AM
Homemade miso soup prepared with bonito dashi, tofu, vegetables and of course miso paste.  :D

(http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/643/389679fy3.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on October 19, 2007, 09:13:46 AM
Quote from: masolino on October 19, 2007, 09:10:35 AM
Homemade miso soup prepared with bonito dashi, tofu, vegetables and of course miso paste.  :D

(http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/643/389679fy3.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)


Delicious! You know, bonito flakes make a nice snack.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on October 19, 2007, 01:12:18 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on October 18, 2007, 06:46:49 PM
LOML

Little 'ol Married Lady  ???
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on October 19, 2007, 04:31:53 PM
2 eggs over medium

Baked potato

2 slices of mulitgrain toast with butter

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 19, 2007, 05:09:35 PM
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on October 19, 2007, 01:12:18 PM
Little 'ol Married Lady  ???

SW - just internet acronyms - check HERE (http://www.gaarde.org/acronyms/?lookup=A) for more than you want to know about!  ;D

LOML = Love of My Life or Light of My Life, hopefully your spouse, if married!  :D

SWMBO is another fav of mine! She Who Must Be Obeyed (common one on my woodworking forum) - regards, Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on October 19, 2007, 05:18:42 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on October 19, 2007, 05:09:35 PM
SW - just internet acronyms - check HERE (http://www.gaarde.org/acronyms/?lookup=A) for more than you want to know about!  ;D

LOML = Love of My Life or Light of My Life, hopefully your spouse, if married!  :D

SWMBO is another fav of mine! She Who Must Be Obeyed (common one on my woodworking forum) - regards, Dave

Thanks Dave

I was on the right track  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on October 19, 2007, 08:01:54 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on October 19, 2007, 05:09:35 PM


She Who Must Be Obeyed

From Rumpole of The Old Bailey?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on October 22, 2007, 01:23:24 PM
(http://www.emeraldnuts.com/press/images/Emerald_BBQ_OvenRoastedPeanuts.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on October 22, 2007, 03:38:01 PM
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on October 19, 2007, 01:12:18 PM
Little 'ol Married Lady  ???

I thought it was Laugh out Medium Loud, as in mezzoforte.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: sidoze on October 22, 2007, 03:44:13 PM
Quote from: George on October 19, 2007, 04:31:53 PM
2 slices of mulitgrain toast with butter



are you not able to tell us exactly which grains are included? Knowing the provenance of the butter would be of some value too.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: sidoze on October 22, 2007, 03:51:15 PM
come on, I saw that. Where's your sense of humour? Just a bit of fun between old forum pals!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on October 22, 2007, 11:51:41 PM
(http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/496/strawbapricotffay5.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: RebLem on October 23, 2007, 03:21:10 AM
Last night I broiled a bone-in strip steak, sauteed some mushrooms in peanut oil, baked a potato and put dried chives and sour cream on it, and cut up four big carrots on the bias, cooked them,, and ate with with a slice of Orowheat Oaknut bread and some unsalted butter.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on October 23, 2007, 05:07:49 AM
For lunch I'm having breakfast: a two-egg omelet filled with grated Emmentaler and Pace Picante sauce (medium hot) and whole wheat toast with strawberry preserves.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: EmpNapoleon on October 23, 2007, 07:59:15 AM
Greek food is the most diverse cuisine.  I recommend Greek Town in Chicago. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on October 23, 2007, 10:40:35 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 23, 2007, 05:07:49 AM
For lunch I'm having breakfast: a two-egg omelet filled with grated Emmentaler and Pace Picante sauce (medium hot) and whole wheat toast with strawberry preserves.

Sarge

Now that's my kind of breakfast.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on October 23, 2007, 10:49:21 AM
bagel with cream cheese + coffee.
However I order it, they tend to load pounds of cream cheese on bagel, and then I have to scrape most of it
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on October 23, 2007, 07:42:50 PM
I started curing some bacon last weekend.  Here are some pice of the process:

Bacon slideshow (http://s186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/bacon/?action=view&current=58e0282d.pbw)



Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 23, 2007, 08:25:54 PM
Well, eating @ home tonight - LOML did some simple steamed veggies w/ bison filet mignons - need to cook these medium rare w/ an emphasis on the rare side - excellent!  Nice 'red meat' choice but w/ the fat/cholesterol of a chicken breast (we have to pay attention to this @ our age!), so a great choice w/ a red wine (which was a nice Chilean selection of Carmenere/Cabernet/Merlot; had the '04 vintage, excellent & probably better w/ a year or so aging) -  :D

(http://www.livingwilderness.com/wildlife/bison-standing.jpg)  (http://www.wgslv.com/images/Primus.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Peregrine on October 26, 2007, 09:27:37 AM
Scallops and chanterelle mushrooms fried in butter and garlic

steamed green beans

Cheap bottle of Chablis for an accompaniment...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: locrian on October 26, 2007, 09:32:00 AM
wild rice/ham soup
challa
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: longears on October 26, 2007, 05:13:25 PM
whole wheat pita with roasted garlic hummus
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 26, 2007, 06:00:09 PM
Well, we are up the road in Virginia for a long weekend - staying 2 nights @ the Martha Washington Inn in Abingdon, VA - home of the famous Barter Theater - goin' to see a one-man musical tomorrow night on Jimmie Rodgers, Father of Country Music - about 15 miles down I-81 is Bristol, TN, where in 1927 Ralph Peer recorded for the first time, Jimmie Rodgers & the Carter Family - kind of the beginning of 'recorded' early country music; the Stanley Brothers (and many others) hail from this southwestern portion of Virginia!

Tonight, dined @ the restaurant in the Inn - a wonderful experience (CLICK on the image for a menu selection - not the same, so must change constantly) - I started out w/ quail spinach salad; quail was grilled just right - did a 'light fare' for my main course - duck breast medium rare w/ some greens, dried cranberries, etc. plus an interesting julienne of veggies in a phyllo dough puffed pastry - like a wonderful 'eggroll' - had a couple of glasses for Foris Pinot Noir from Oregon (excellent!); shared a dessert - delicious bread pudding (a specialty of the house) - goin' back tomorrow night before the show - lookin' forward to the experience already -  :)

(http://summerfieldinn.com/images/Martha_Washington/Martha_Washington_Inn.jpg) (http://www.marthawashingtoninn.com/dinner_menu.htm)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on October 27, 2007, 09:01:40 AM
Quote from: longears on October 26, 2007, 05:13:25 PM
whole wheat pita with roasted garlic hummus

Mmmmmmmmm.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on October 27, 2007, 09:13:49 AM
A baguette with cheddar cheese in.

These two countries were at war for many centuries, but this combination works well.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 02, 2007, 08:03:14 AM
I've got another batch of bacon in the works.  I'm also rendering some pork fat in order to make some pork belly confit. 

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on November 02, 2007, 08:42:31 AM
Quote from: toledobass on November 02, 2007, 08:03:14 AM
I've got another batch of bacon in the works.  I'm also rendering some pork fat in order to make some pork belly confit. 

Allan
NO wonder Pork Belly futures are climbing up contrary to other livestock pits  $:)

"An analyst also called pork bellies mostly higher on steady fresh belly quotes Thursday at $72 per hundredweight and short covering that may overpower possible spillover selling.

Also, February's oversold chart signal may embolden potential buyers, the analyst said. "
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on November 04, 2007, 03:42:13 AM
Quote from: longears on October 26, 2007, 05:13:25 PM
whole wheat pita with roasted garlic hummus

You sound like an Israeli.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on November 04, 2007, 08:23:17 AM
(http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/8339/potroaston1.jpg)

Not my photo :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on November 04, 2007, 05:15:28 PM
Yankee pot roast?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 05, 2007, 05:24:46 AM
Here are some pics of the weekends project of pork belly confit (http://www.flickr.com/photos/17683007@N04/sets/72157602924330956/show/).  It's on the plate with sauteed spinach that I drizzled with a little balsamic.  On the side is a little mustard and some baguette.



Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on November 05, 2007, 08:53:54 AM
Quote from: toledobass on November 05, 2007, 05:24:46 AM
Here are some pics of the weekends project of pork belly confit (http://www.flickr.com/photos/17683007@N04/sets/72157602924330956/show/).  It's on the plate with sauteed spinach that I drizzled with a little balsamic.  On the side is a little mustard and some baguette.



Allan

So,how'd it taste?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 05, 2007, 09:12:35 AM
Quote from: Muriel on November 05, 2007, 08:53:54 AM
So,how'd it taste?


Howdy Muriel,

How are you?

I really believe it is one of the finest things I've ever cooked.  Do you do much confit? 
 

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on November 05, 2007, 09:22:02 AM
Quote from: toledobass on November 05, 2007, 09:12:35 AM

Howdy Muriel,

How are you?

I really believe it is one of the finest things I've ever cooked.  Do you do much confit? 
 

Allan
Allan I am well.
Only ever duck confit and that seems like a life time ago(in my Elizabeth David period).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on November 05, 2007, 09:59:56 AM
I was going to eat roasted pheasant with some friends, but it smelt so bad I couldn't force myself even out of cordiality. Last time this was cooked, the kitchen and surrounding corridors smelt of burning corpses for over 24 hours... :-X

Quote from: Muriel on November 04, 2007, 05:15:28 PM
Yankee pot roast?

Pot roast, yep, although I don't know enough about it to be aware of any specific/regional types :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bwv 1080 on November 05, 2007, 10:50:18 AM
Quote from: Lethe on November 05, 2007, 09:59:56 AM
I was going to eat roasted pheasant with some friends, but it smelt so bad I couldn't force myself even out of cordiality. Last time this was cooked, the kitchen and surrounding corridors smelt of burning corpses for over 24 hours... :-X

Pot roast, yep, although I don't know enough about it to be aware of any specific/regional types :)

Here in Texas I am not aware of such a thing as Rebel Pot Roast
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: sidoze on November 05, 2007, 10:56:53 AM
some sort of vegan Thai food which you can get a huge takeaway of for £3. I swear this is the sort of slop that they feed pigs with in Lithuania.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on November 05, 2007, 11:46:00 AM
Yes,roasted Lithuanian pig,with that hint of lemongrass!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 05, 2007, 11:58:20 AM
mmmmm.....Lithuanian lemongrass pork belly confit.


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on November 05, 2007, 12:00:57 PM
Quote from: toledobass on November 05, 2007, 11:58:20 AM
mmmmm.....Lithuanian lemongrass pork belly confit.



;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on November 05, 2007, 12:14:28 PM
Quote from: toledobass on November 05, 2007, 11:58:20 AM
mmmmm.....Lithuanian lemongrass pork belly confit.

Don't that sound half-evil . . . .
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on November 05, 2007, 12:18:46 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on November 05, 2007, 12:14:28 PM
Don't that sound half-evil . . . .
A whole new fusion fad.
Soy sauce on your Coulibiac!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on November 05, 2007, 01:45:13 PM
Buckwheat with plain yogurt.
Salad with a scoop of Tuna with french dressing.
2 eggs fried on butter with whole wheat toast and creamcheese.



Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on November 05, 2007, 04:59:29 PM
Chinese style chicken with chille sauce and brown jasmine rice.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on November 05, 2007, 05:13:29 PM

2 Pink Lady Apples

(I picked them off a tree in Princeton, NJ yesterday)  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on November 05, 2007, 05:16:55 PM
Quote from: George on November 05, 2007, 05:13:29 PM
2 Pink Lady Apples

(I picked them off a tree in Princeton, NJ yesterday)  :)

Apple thief!!! ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on November 05, 2007, 05:27:48 PM
Quote from: Lethe on November 05, 2007, 05:16:55 PM
Apple thief!!! ;D

Well better to pick and eat them rather than leave them for the wild bears.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: longears on November 05, 2007, 05:31:49 PM
Quote from: George on November 05, 2007, 05:13:29 PM
2 Pink Lady Apples

(I picked them off a tree in Princeton, NJ yesterday)  :)
So it's not true that nothing any good ever came out of Princeton!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on November 05, 2007, 05:34:53 PM
Quote from: longears on November 05, 2007, 05:31:49 PM
So it's not true that nothing any good ever came out of Princeton!

You obviously haven't been here. (http://www.prex.com/)

Westcoastians  ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on November 05, 2007, 05:35:36 PM
Quote from: Lethe on November 05, 2007, 05:16:55 PM
Apple thief!!! ;D

I paid $1.09 a pound.

Had some lovely mulled cider too.  :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: longears on November 05, 2007, 05:38:41 PM
The prices look high, George--whatever the market will bear, I guess.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on November 05, 2007, 05:39:42 PM
Quote from: longears on November 05, 2007, 05:38:41 PM
The prices look high, George--whatever the market will bear, I guess.
Must have been organic.Costs more if they leave the pesticides out.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 05, 2007, 05:41:24 PM
There's also Hoagie Haven in Princeton for after Prex.

I love hanging in Princeton actually.
Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on November 05, 2007, 05:44:08 PM
Quote from: longears on November 05, 2007, 05:38:41 PM
The prices look high, George--whatever the market will bear, I guess.

Apples of this caliber go for $3 a pound on average in NYC.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: longears on November 05, 2007, 05:44:29 PM
Quote from: Muriel on November 05, 2007, 05:39:42 PM
Must have been organic.Costs more if they leave the pesticides out.
Whoops--I meant the prices at Princeton Record Exchange, not the apples.  These days I'm paying $2/lb for Pink Ladies.
(They're my wife's favorite.  Come to think of it, she's a pretty pink lady, herself, when she gets out of the hot tub!)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on November 05, 2007, 05:45:05 PM
Quote from: toledobass on November 05, 2007, 05:41:24 PM
There's also Hoagie Haven in Princeton for after Prex.

I love hanging in Princeton actually.
Allan

I prefer to shop there instead.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on November 05, 2007, 05:45:47 PM
Quote from: longears on November 05, 2007, 05:44:29 PM
Whoops--I meant the prices at Princeton Record Exchange, not the apples.  These days I'm paying $2/lb for Pink Ladies.

Oh, I see.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on November 05, 2007, 05:46:52 PM
Quote from: George on November 05, 2007, 05:44:08 PM
Apples of this caliber go for $3 a pound on average in NYC.

What a deal,the cocktail must go for 6 bucks(CDN)in a New York City bar.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on November 05, 2007, 05:47:06 PM
Quote from: longears on November 05, 2007, 05:44:29 PM
Whoops--I meant the prices at Princeton Record Exchange, not the apples.  These days I'm paying $2/lb for Pink Ladies.
(They're my wife's favorite.  Come to think of it, she's a pretty pink lady, herself, when she gets out of the hot tub!)

;D

I was racking my brain for a comment about the cost of ladies but came up with nothing.  :-\
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on November 05, 2007, 05:47:41 PM
Quote from: Muriel on November 05, 2007, 05:46:52 PM
What a deal,the cocktail must go for 6 bucks(CDN)in a New York City bar.

$6 US at dive bars. (Last I heard anyway)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: longears on November 05, 2007, 05:48:58 PM
Hmmm--speaking of Pink Ladies, has anyone heard from Eric lately?   >:D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on November 05, 2007, 05:49:15 PM
Quote from: George on November 05, 2007, 05:47:41 PM
$6 US at dive bars. (Last I heard anyway)

Goodness,you couldn't pay me to drink cocktails under water!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on November 05, 2007, 06:02:30 PM
Quote from: Muriel on November 05, 2007, 05:49:15 PM
Goodness,you couldn't pay me to drink cocktails under water!

Good you weren't born a mermaid.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on November 05, 2007, 08:02:29 PM
One more about apples: Stemilt Orchards, one of our biggest growers here, only a mile from my house, started a new organic variety: 'Amphoris and I paid $1.23 for one average size apple. And then I picked up one pound of their Galas for $1.15! There must be lesson in there, some place.  ???
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on November 06, 2007, 05:08:45 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on November 05, 2007, 08:02:29 PM
One more about apples: Stemilt Orchards, one of our biggest growers here, only a mile from my house, started a new organic variety: 'Amphoris and I paid $1.23 for one average size apple. And then I picked up one pound of their Galas for $1.15! There must be lesson in there, some place.  ???

Yes, that eating foods that better support your health (organic) costs more. To me that seems logical. Plus, you're worth it.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on November 06, 2007, 05:46:28 AM
That was sweet, thank you George!  :-*

The Amphoris apple actually is the best I have eaten in a long time. Just the right sweetness, very juicy, and you don't have to use an axe to slice it; an ideal apple to eat out of hand.

But there is another reason I will buy it more often: Showing the orchardist that his effort is appreciated and may his organically productions bring him prosperity.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on November 06, 2007, 05:57:55 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on November 06, 2007, 05:46:28 AM
That was sweet, thank you George!  :-*

The Amphoris apple actually is the best I have eaten in a long time. Just the right sweetness, very juicy, and you don't have to use an axe to slice it; an ideal apple to eat out of hand.

But there is another reason I will buy it more often: Showing the orchardist that his effort is appreciated and may his organically productions bring him prosperity.

Indeed. Organic helps the farmers, the workers on the farm, the environment - and the surrounding communities, as the pesticides get into the drinking water.  :-\  Woody Harrelson made a documentary "Go Further" (http://www.sphinxproductions.com/pages/gofurther_pressclips.html) about this subject, where he rode on a bicycle down the coast of California, stopping a colleges along the way, raising awareness about the importance of organic food. It's also a fun film. His friends are a bit wacky.  ;D   

Honeycrisp is my new favorite. They had them a month or so ago where I work for $3.95 (organic) I tried a sample and was hooked. Worth every penny.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on November 06, 2007, 06:18:37 AM
Eggs and cheddar grits.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on November 06, 2007, 06:20:52 AM
I like apples that are both green and red, juicy but not too much, hard but not like a stone, a little sour and sweet at the same time and preferebly oval in shape. I can never find them, or I don't know which type to go for. IT has to be like the Red Delicious type but green on the outside as well as red, and definitely greenish on the inside (rather than white ). They have that exact type in Turkey which only comes out in mid-September for about 15 days  :-\
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BachQ on November 06, 2007, 06:27:40 AM
Whey protein isolate laced with L-glutamine .......
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: RebLem on November 06, 2007, 07:22:48 PM
Tonight, I made myself some spaghetti and ate it with a stirfry consisting of a package of stirfry vegetables, which was mostly broccoli florets, pea pods, and strings of summer squash. I actually started out with mushrooms and some anise seed in a hot wok with peanut oil, then added the vegies, then a bunch of shrimp, then some soy sauce and some cornstarch to thicken the soy sauce into a nice gravy.  Then, covered, and cooked a while, then added the spaghetti, and had it with some bread and butter. 

Yum!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on November 06, 2007, 08:28:36 PM
(http://www.horizonorganic.com/products/eggnog/images/eggnog_01.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on November 07, 2007, 07:29:39 AM
Curry - the one thing that me and chavs can agree on.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mark on November 07, 2007, 07:34:21 AM
Quote from: Lethe on November 07, 2007, 07:29:39 AM
Curry - the one thing that me and chavs can agree on.

;D

I'm eating the inside of my mouth. I'm starving but there's no food to be had in the office where I'm working. Only an hour to go and I can grab some grub. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on November 10, 2007, 07:09:17 AM
Quote from: Mark on November 07, 2007, 07:34:21 AM
;D

I'm eating the inside of my mouth. I'm starving but there's no food to be had in the office where I'm working. Only an hour to go and I can grab some grub. :)

How does it taste?

I bought a pound of sesame seed covered roasted peanuts at the nut store - some kind of Middle Orient specialty. They languished in the cupboard for a while, so I turned them into home made peanut butter. Very good!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on November 10, 2007, 05:55:46 PM
Off on a short fall mountain weekend - colors are beautiful!  Staying @ the Crestwood Inn (http://www.theinnatcrestwood.com/index.asp) for a few days - just off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Blowing Rock (1 1/2 hours only from home) - just spectacular views of the mountains, including the famous Grandfather Mountain - last night dined @ at the Inn's restuarant, Dominic's Table, plus the late afternoon 'wine & cheese' complimentary offering @ the beautiful but intimate bar!

Tonight, dinner @ the Gamekeeper (http://www.gamekeeper-nc.com/) (third visit there over the recent years) - fabulous experience (CLICK the name for the menu offerings) - we both started out w/ the bibb salad (although the other appetizers sounded superb!) - I had the ostrich (locally grown in North Carolina even!) on a bed of delicious risotto/spinach + seasonal sautéed veggies + a couple of glasses of Chilean wines (started w/ Malbec & switch to Pinot Noir, latter excellent & my 'first' South American PN); wife had a bison rib eye w/ macaroni/cheese (mild blue); the latter is one of her 'growing up' comfort foods - she loved the main course.  We then shared a light key lime/wafer type dessert - hard to describe, but delicious (and did not feel guilty!) -  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on November 10, 2007, 06:24:56 PM
About all I can handle tonight:

(http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/4/41/Clementines.jpg)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TGBP0GAEL._SL160_.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on November 10, 2007, 08:14:15 PM

This stuff is gonna get me through the holidays!

(http://www.horizonorganic.com/products/eggnog/images/eggnog_01.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on November 10, 2007, 08:42:13 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on November 10, 2007, 05:55:46 PM
Off on a short fall mountain weekend - colors are beautiful!  Staying @ the Crestwood Inn (http://www.theinnatcrestwood.com/index.asp) for a few days - just off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Blowing Rock (1 1/2 hours only from home) - just spectacular views of the mountains, including the famous Grandfather Mountain - last night dined @ at the Inn's restuarant, Dominic's Table, plus the late afternoon 'wine & cheese' complimentary offering @ the beautiful but intimate bar!

Tonight, dinner @ the Gamekeeper (http://www.gamekeeper-nc.com/) (third visit there over the recent years) - fabulous experience (CLICK the name for the menu offerings) - we both started out w/ the bibb salad (although the other appetizers sounded superb!) - I had the ostrich (locally grown in North Carolina even!) on a bed of delicious risotto/spinach + seasonal sautéed veggies + a couple of glasses of Chilean wines (started w/ Malbec & switch to Pinot Noir, latter excellent & my 'first' South American PN); wife had a bison rib eye w/ macaroni/cheese (mild blue); the latter is one of her 'growing up' comfort foods - she loved the main course.  We then shared a light key lime/wafer type dessert - hard to describe, but delicious (and did not feel guilty!) -  :D

Aye-aye-aye!!!  :o

Had to be content with submarines tonight - eveything cut and cooked in de olde kitchen, but still, nothing to right home about - let alone the Gourmet Forum  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on November 10, 2007, 09:23:31 PM
(http://aplikacie.slovenska.sk/wobj/data/594/obrazky/resized_0608.jpg)

All hail Polish sausages :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on November 11, 2007, 09:35:40 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on November 10, 2007, 08:42:13 PM
Had to be content with submarines tonight - eveything cut and cooked in de olde kitchen, but still, nothing to right home about - let alone the Gourmet Forum  :D

André - enjoyed that restaurant - reminded me of the Aux Anciens Canadiens restaurant in Quebec City that we ate at a few months ago on out visit to Quebec, i.e. the emphasis on 'wild game' animals; in fact the other night, the Gamekeeper had a 'Yak ribeye' on the menu, which I would have tried, but they had already ran out!  Last time we ate there, my wife had a 'wild boar chop' - she thought it was a little tough, but was still on the menu (at least that night) - the ostrich was delicious, but I'm a fan of that bird!

Just got home - so tonight 'eating in' also, but should be fine!  Dave  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on November 11, 2007, 01:30:19 PM
Today I prepared my bolognese sauce: chopped bacon, shallots, crumbled sausage meat and ground veal. Chopped carrot, celery. Cook until the meat is done, add a diced tomato or two, let reduce until the tomato water is gone. Douse with a glass of white wine, bring to a boil again, add spices, let reduce. Then add a glass of cream and let simmer for an hour. Lots of manipulation and constant attention, so meanwhile I get that botle of white wine down to a reasonable level :D.

Tonight's meal will feature on of my wife's belgian recipes. She has long stopped cooking. I took over and now cook like a native! We're having a rôti de porc à la moutarde: pork roast (rib eye) braised and served with a bucket of scrumptious mustard sauce. Lard the roast with garlic cloves, then sizzle it in a pan. In a large cocotte, put the roast on a bed of carrots, onions and celery (2 of each, cut in half or quarters). Add 1-2 cups of vegetable broth. Cook in the oven at 275-300 degrees until the roast easily separates from the rib rack (it must be extremely tender). Remove and keep warm. Boil the braisé juices down to about 1/2 a cup, add generous helpings of hot mustard (Maillé is excellent) - say, at least  1/4 of a cup. Then add a cup of cooking cream (15%). Bring to a gentle boil, put the roast back and let it simmer in it for about 15 minutes. Serve with a purée of mashed potatoes and parsley roots, and a green salad. Dried herbs that I use in varying combinations (but lightly): marjoram, sage, rosemary and savory.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Anne on November 11, 2007, 02:04:51 PM
Lilas Pastia:
"She (wife) has long stopped cooking."

Good for her.  I have too.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on November 12, 2007, 09:00:56 AM
I think women in a kitchen are more efficient, with an eye on the practical side. Men like to indulge in culinary fantasies. They also tend do be messy :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Anne on November 12, 2007, 10:29:21 AM
My father-in-law cooked in an upscale restaurant until WWII needed him.  He would make wonderful food at home.  You should have been able to try his turkey stuffing recipe.  He also came up with putting a little bit of horseradish in Cole slaw to perk it up.

My husband cooked.  He was so much more creative than I was and his specialty was pizza.

Now my son cooks but he loves the gourmet cooking and gets his recipes from epicurious.com.  There is a recipe there for pulled pork that is great.  When people hear he is going to cook a meal, they all show up.  LOL  And he just loves it.  One more thing - he can use more cooking utensils than anyone I have ever seen.  It is truly mind-boggling!  LOL

I agree with your remarks on differences between men's and women's cooking.



Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 12, 2007, 06:02:53 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on November 11, 2007, 01:30:19 PM
Today I prepared my bolognese sauce: chopped bacon, shallots, crumbled sausage meat and ground veal. Chopped carrot, celery. Cook until the meat is done, add a diced tomato or two, let reduce until the tomato water is gone. Douse with a glass of white wine, bring to a boil again, add spices, let reduce. Then add a glass of cream and let simmer for an hour. Lots of manipulation and constant attention, so meanwhile I get that botle of white wine down to a reasonable level :D.

Tonight's meal will feature on of my wife's belgian recipes. She has long stopped cooking. I took over and now cook like a native! We're having a rôti de porc à la moutarde: pork roast (rib eye) braised and served with a bucket of scrumptious mustard sauce. Lard the roast with garlic cloves, then sizzle it in a pan. In a large cocotte, put the roast on a bed of carrots, onions and celery (2 of each, cut in half or quarters). Add 1-2 cups of vegetable broth. Cook in the oven at 275-300 degrees until the roast easily separates from the rib rack (it must be extremely tender). Remove and keep warm. Boil the braisé juices down to about 1/2 a cup, add generous helpings of hot mustard (Maillé is excellent) - say, at least  1/4 of a cup. Then add a cup of cooking cream (15%). Bring to a gentle boil, put the roast back and let it simmer in it for about 15 minutes. Serve with a purée of mashed potatoes and parsley roots, and a green salad. Dried herbs that I use in varying combinations (but lightly): marjoram, sage, rosemary and savory.

Both preperations sound delicious and I have no doubt well worth the time and effort that has to go into them.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 12, 2007, 06:12:58 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on November 12, 2007, 09:00:56 AM
I think women in a kitchen are more efficient, with an eye on the practical side. Men like to indulge in culinary fantasies. They also tend do be messy :D

I am quite clean in the kitchen,  but I'm also very well organized.  Things get really messy, really quick if you're midway thorough a preperation and aren't organized. 

A London times article a while back tried to make a theory of the difference between men and women cooking.  You can check it out here:

Sex on a Plate (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article1755167.ece)

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on November 12, 2007, 06:38:59 PM
Very interesting :D. as are the comments that follow, of which this one is the cherry topping the sundae:
QuoteIt's easy to tell - all the desserts with whipped cream, are made by women. Men's puds are all heavy and sticky. Real men don't make syllabub. They make steamed treacle pudding.

The difference is that women want a dessert that is so light they can fool themselves it's not fattening (despite the egg yolks and whipped cream, plus sugar and alcohol) whereas men want a pud to fill them up.

Savoury dishes cooked by women will either be artery-crunching loaded down with half a pound of butter, or else have zero calories in them. Depends if they're premenstrual while they're cooking!

Plus if you look into the kitchen, you can tell if the chef is female - she'll have washed up as she goes along. The male chef will leave a bomb site or have an army of minions to clear up.

Finally, the male chef will expect oodles of praise, while the female chef gave up expecting that years ago.(She'll also be supervising homework, doing the ironing, and chatting on her mobile while she cooks.)

Jane, London, UK

Personally I am extremely practical. I will scour the back of the fridge to recycle any leftovers, whereas my wilfe will open up the fridge, close it and microwave a pizza :P.

I do tend to be messy, and I do wait eagerly for the approving nod ;D.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Anne on November 12, 2007, 08:46:32 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on November 12, 2007, 06:38:59 PM

Personally I am extremely practical. I will scour the back of the fridge to recycle any leftovers, whereas my wilfe will open up the fridge, close it and microwave a pizza :P.

I do tend to be messy, and I do wait eagerly for the approving nod ;D.

You can't believe how I am laughing at your post.  It describes my husband and myself so perfectly.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on November 13, 2007, 02:11:09 AM
What I will be eating, once I cook it: Thai noodle salad (http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/107628). This is part of my really lame attempts to impress my significant other, who was taught cooking by their very skilled mother, as well as a friend of the family who was a professional chef. I have some kind of weird inferiority complex in the kitchen and am on a crusade to prove that I am not completely inept :P

Thanks to Anne for the link - I've used a few other sites before, but this one seems very good, particularly for the reviews of each recipe.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: longears on November 13, 2007, 04:53:46 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on November 12, 2007, 09:00:56 AM
I think women in a kitchen are more efficient, with an eye on the practical side. Men like to indulge in culinary fantasies. They also tend do be messy :D
My wife's the messy one.  I clean as I go.  Nothing takes the afterglow off a good meal quite like facing a sink full of dirty pots and pans.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on November 13, 2007, 04:30:50 PM
Quote from: longears on November 13, 2007, 04:53:46 AM
My wife's the messy one.  I clean as I go.  Nothing takes the afterglow off a good meal quite like facing a sink full of dirty pots and pans.

Yup.  I clean as I go, or am right behind my wife as she goes.  Not unusual for me to be scrubbing pots and pans in the kitchen while Christmas dinner desert is being served (no one seems to miss me  ;D), beause I do not want to be up until 2 a.m. cleaning after a full day of Christmas cheer.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 13, 2007, 07:41:25 PM
I stopped at the asian grocer this weekend and picked up some nasty bits.   Cooked some tripe, as well as some pig heart and kidney.  Not sure if anyone actually wants to see photos of this,  but if you do, here you go:


offal slide show (http://www.flickr.com/photos/17683007@N04/sets/72157603146810154)


Allan

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on November 14, 2007, 09:04:57 AM
Quote from: Bogey on November 13, 2007, 04:30:50 PM
Yup.  I clean as I go, or am right behind my wife as she goes.  Not unusual for me to be scrubbing pots and pans in the kitchen while Christmas dinner desert is being served (no one seems to miss me  ;D), beause I do not want to be up until 2 a.m. cleaning after a full day of Christmas cheer.

I always leave the dishes in the sink overnight and do them in the morning while I wait for the kettle to boil.
My husband very rarely cooks,but if he does,it's something Asian.I do try to keep up with the dishes during the day but somehow every glass ,plate and spoon is lined up by the sink to be washed the second one's back is turned.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on November 14, 2007, 03:17:32 PM
Quote from: Muriel on November 14, 2007, 09:04:57 AM
I always leave the dishes in the sink overnight and do them in the morning while I wait for the kettle to boil.
My husband very rarely cooks,but if he does,it's something Asian.I do try to keep up with the dishes during the day but somehow every glass ,plate and spoon is lined up by the sink to be washed the second one's back is turned.

Add to this that our nice china and crystal is not dish washer safe and everything needs to be hand dried....loads of fun.  But I do enjoy serving friends a nice dinner and they are always thankful.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on November 14, 2007, 03:27:02 PM
I don't have "nice" dishes,I get by with my eclectic 2nd hand store stuff and I will put as much in the dishwasher as possible,the only thing I won't stick in there are my knives which I guard like precious jewels.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on November 14, 2007, 03:32:32 PM
Quote from: Muriel on November 14, 2007, 03:27:02 PM
I don't have "nice" dishes,I get by with my eclectic 2nd hand store stuff and I will put as much in the dishwasher as possible,the only thing I won't stick in there are my knives which I guard like precious jewels.

Yup...we use the set once a year Muriel.   They were my mother-in-laws china she got for wedding presents.  (We asked for a down comforter).  The other stuff we could care less if it were sand blasted each night.  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on November 14, 2007, 04:32:15 PM
Quote from: Bogey on November 14, 2007, 03:32:32 PM
Yup...we use the set once a year Muriel.   They were my mother-in-laws china she got for wedding presents.  (We asked for a down comforter).  The other stuff we could care less if it were sand blasted each night.  ;)

Too right Bill,sandblasting is required when we have had Hollandaise on the salmon.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on November 14, 2007, 04:44:46 PM
Quote from: Muriel on November 14, 2007, 04:32:15 PM
Too right Bill,sandblasting is required when we have had Hollandaise on the salmon.
:D

Tonight:

Some parmesan chicken and on the side spaghetti stir fried with lots of garlic and butter.  Not the most colorful meal, but I'm pleased with the taste results.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Don on November 14, 2007, 04:58:21 PM
As can be seen from the avatar, my alien dinner didn't go down too well.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BachQ on November 14, 2007, 05:33:46 PM
Quote from: Don on November 14, 2007, 04:58:21 PM
As can be seen from the avatar, my alien dinner didn't go down too well.

Did you eat Harry?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on November 14, 2007, 05:50:25 PM
Quote from: D Minor on November 14, 2007, 05:33:46 PM
Did you eat Harry?
Take the hair off before you eat it.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Don on November 14, 2007, 06:25:29 PM
Quote from: D Minor on November 14, 2007, 05:33:46 PM
Did you eat Harry?

No - Larry.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on November 15, 2007, 11:58:14 AM
Tuna Salad with avocados and Fresh Mashrooms.
Cheese Cake with Coffee.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on November 15, 2007, 04:55:08 PM
Out to my little mountain bistro down the road:

Tonight - one of the specials was venison chops - delicious w/ a few glasses of Pinot Noir!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: longears on November 15, 2007, 05:30:56 PM
Almonds & dried cranberries.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 15, 2007, 07:40:22 PM
The Mrs. made a delicious soup with roasted chicken, potatoes and cauliflower.  I'm having some with a baguette slathered in butter along with  a glass of Ravenswood Merlot to wash it all down.  It's completely satisfying and damn near perfect.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on November 15, 2007, 08:04:33 PM
This Thursday's lunch ewas made up of mushroom quiche ("catch of the day" coprinus comatus - pictured below) and tonight a slice of tomato and cheese pizza generously topped with anchovies 0:).

(http://www.fungusfun.com/mushrooms/modules/gallery/albums/album04/Shaggy_Mane_Coprinus_Comatus_7.jpg)
It's a very common Fall mushroom.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on November 15, 2007, 08:21:29 PM
Carrot ginger soup and cornbread

(I'm sick)  :-[
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bwv 1080 on November 17, 2007, 05:07:55 AM
A light breakfast of 4 fried eggs, a T-bone steak and Jimmy Dean sausage
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on November 17, 2007, 05:16:16 AM
Quote from: George on November 15, 2007, 08:21:29 PM
Carrot ginger soup and cornbread

(I'm sick)  :-[

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/gm2/drill-sgt%20get%20well_400.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on November 17, 2007, 06:37:35 AM
(http://www.haugaard.com/pfimages/oatmealtogo.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on November 17, 2007, 06:44:16 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on November 17, 2007, 05:16:16 AM
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/gm2/drill-sgt%20get%20well_400.jpg)

I just need some more rest, Sarge.

(http://www.tegneserieguiden.net/usa/billy/billy8.gif)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on November 17, 2007, 09:17:41 PM
Coquilles St-Jacques (scallops, shrimp and fish in a white wine and cream sauce).

And for dessert: a good bénédictin bleu cheese with oak-aged strong apple cider - from the abbey of course!

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on November 18, 2007, 03:53:35 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on November 17, 2007, 09:17:41 PM
Coquilles St-Jacques (scallops, shrimp and fish in a white wine and cream sauce).

And for dessert: a good bénédictin bleu cheese with oak-aged strong apple cider - from the abbey of course


Andre - sounds great!  I love a cheese course for dessert (had several on our recent trip to Quebec!)  :D

Overnight in Charlotte to see the comedy musical The Drowsy Chaperone - an absolute delight!

Pre-theater dinner @ McCormick & Schmick's - shared a dozen oysters w/ wife (6 different types w/ half coming from Prince Edward Island & Nova Scotia, 2 from the East Coast, and remainder from British Columbia/Vancouver area - Canadians well represented!); light main course for me - wonderful piece of swordfish caught off the North Carolina coast w/ veggies; couple of glasses of Geyser Peak Sauvignon Blanc - quite delicious & not filling (hate to be stuffed @ a performance!) -  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on November 18, 2007, 07:23:33 AM
Quote from: bwv 1080 on November 17, 2007, 05:07:55 AM
A light breakfast of 4 fried eggs, a T-bone steak and Jimmy Dean sausage

You will be overpuffed.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 18, 2007, 08:26:28 AM
Quote from: bwv 1080 on November 17, 2007, 05:07:55 AM
A light breakfast of 4 fried eggs, a T-bone steak and Jimmy Dean sausage

The maple and sage?


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: longears on November 18, 2007, 08:34:46 AM
I may indulge in one of my favorite "bad for you" treats:  McDonalds' sausage mcmuffin with egg!  (Oh, yeah...I can feel my arteries clogging in anticipation!)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on November 18, 2007, 09:44:11 AM
Quote from: longears on November 18, 2007, 08:34:46 AM
I may indulge in one of my favorite "bad for you" treats:  McDonalds' sausage mcmuffin with egg!  (Oh, yeah...I can feel my arteries clogging in anticipation!)

My chest just tightened reading your post David....ummm, errrr, do you mind grabbing me a McDonald's breakfast Steak, Egg & Cheese Bagel while you're there.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on November 18, 2007, 10:19:01 AM

"Have it your way," fellas. (http://www.emofaces.com/en/emoticons/d/doctor-emoticon.gif)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: longears on November 18, 2007, 12:03:35 PM
That's what middle age does for you, fellas!  Instead of washing down a couple of tabs of acid with a fifth of Jack Daniels and firing up the Harley for a cruise to Big Sur, living dangerously means eating egg yolks and holding on to growth stocks instead of rebalancing your portfolio!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on November 18, 2007, 09:27:58 PM
Quote from: longears on November 18, 2007, 12:03:35 PM
That's what middle age does for you, fellas!  Instead of washing down a couple of tabs of acid with a fifth of Jack Daniels and firing up the Harley for a cruise to Big Sur, living dangerously means eating egg yolks and holding on to growth stocks instead of rebalancing your portfolio!

Does riding the Harley get your heart rate up enough,go for a jog instead.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BachQ on November 19, 2007, 03:09:19 AM
Buffalo, pepper & onion omelette with Jimmy Dean Sausage (16 oz).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on November 19, 2007, 04:24:38 PM
Roast sirloin tip,roast potatoes,beets...should I make Yorkshire pudding?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on November 19, 2007, 07:17:32 PM
Quote from: Muriel on November 19, 2007, 04:24:38 PM
Roast sirloin tip,roast potatoes,beets...should I make Yorkshire pudding?

Absolutely, just remember the foil on the bottom of the oven or I'll smell it from Colorado....yum.  By the way, do you cook the beet greens as well.  Give me fresh beets and their greens along with a baked potato and I'm set.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on November 20, 2007, 05:19:03 AM
Cumberland sausage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland_sausage). It unrolled and fitted down the entire length of a large baguette - it made a meal for me and 3 friends :P

(http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/5489/cumberlandsausagemy2.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on November 20, 2007, 04:27:44 PM
Crab meat and lobster meat mixed together with Miracle Whip (you either love it or hate it) and spread on thickly sliced French bread that was bought this evening still warm from the bakery.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 21, 2007, 05:29:31 AM
Remind you of home, Bogey?

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on November 21, 2007, 05:36:27 AM
Quote from: toledobass on November 21, 2007, 05:29:31 AM
Remind you of home, Bogey?

Allan

It was definitely an attempt at that.  Unfortunately the lobster had been frozen and the crab came from a can.  My version of a "poor man's" lobster roll Allan.  I absolutely love living here in Colorado, however, there are some heavy prices that I must pay for my land-locked bliss.  Not having a fresh lobster roll at the ready is one of them:

(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1174/879293505_8860c55c3f.jpg)

Some places back east also add a leaf of lettuce.  I usually take that off and use it as a napkin.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on November 21, 2007, 05:41:39 AM
Roasted pumpkin seeds, wasabi peanuts, and a cup of Kona
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 21, 2007, 07:22:41 AM
Quote from: Bogey on November 21, 2007, 05:36:27 AM
It was definitely an attempt at that.  Unfortunately the lobster had been frozen and the crab came from a can.  My version of a "poor man's" lobster roll Allan.  I absolutely love living here in Colorado, however, there are some heavy prices that I must pay for my land-locked bliss.  Not having a fresh lobster roll at the ready is one of them:

(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1174/879293505_8860c55c3f.jpg)

Some places back east also add a leaf of lettuce.  I usually take that off and use it as a napkin.

I like to hold the lettuce too........and the bread and mayo :P


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 21, 2007, 07:28:25 AM
I've been busy in the kitchen all morning.  Had the bird in brine and pulled that out.  Got some stock going.  Cut up some pork shoulder for the sausage I'll make for stuffing.  Started curing more pork belly.   Got a batch of pasta dough going for canneloni that I'll bring over to a hang of food wine and movies at a friends house.  Had eggs,  spinach and coffee and all this before noon!!!!!  If only I could figure out how to be this productive this early in other areas of my life I might feel like I'm getting something done!!!!!!

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on November 21, 2007, 07:30:00 AM
:-)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on November 21, 2007, 09:38:13 AM
(http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/1386/f2525091014100bgrq5.jpg)

It probably tastes the same as the box containing it :'(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on November 21, 2007, 01:13:21 PM
Quote from: toledobass on November 21, 2007, 07:22:41 AM
I like to hold the lettuce too........and the bread and mayo :P


Allan

Gotta have those grains for breakfast Allan.  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on November 22, 2007, 03:50:14 PM
(http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3038/images/3038_MEDIUM.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: EmpNapoleon on November 22, 2007, 04:14:13 PM
I've chosen to keep away from my family and friends this Thanksgiving, and give thanks to myself.  As a result, I couldn't have a fancy dinner.  I eat like a stoic anyways.
Today:
Breakfast- Total Cereal, Skim Milk with Protein Whey, Nonfat Yogurt
Lunch- Banana, Chocolate Powerbar
Dinner- Veggie Burger, Vitamin Water, FiberRich Crackers, Jack's Links BBQ Pork Jerky, Canned Vegetables, Figs from Kalamata
After- Blueberry Scone, Canaloupe, Popsicle

about 10 servings grain(ish), 4 servings of vegetables, 4 servings fruit, 2.5 dairy, 2 servings meat
2650 calories
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on November 22, 2007, 04:49:36 PM
This evenings fare:

Turkey
Dressing (no oysters in mine either Dave >:( :D)
Mashed potatoes with gravy
Corn
Peas
Squash
Turnip
Egg Plant Casserole-my favorite part of the meal
Asparagus (I know, I know, out of season, but still delicious. ;))
Shrimp
Apple pie
Pumpkin pie

Now time to roll home...literally.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: greg on November 22, 2007, 04:53:26 PM
i ate a bag of coal this thanksgiving...
i've been a bad boy  :-[
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on November 22, 2007, 05:29:46 PM
Quote from: EmpNapoleon on November 22, 2007, 04:14:13 PM
I've chosen to keep away from my family and friends this Thanksgiving, and give thanks to myself.  As a result, I couldn't have a fancy dinner.  I eat like a stoic anyways.
Today:
Breakfast- Total Cereal, Skim Milk with Protein Whey, Nonfat Yogurt
Lunch- Banana, Chocolate Powerbar
Dinner- Veggie Burger, Vitamin Water, FiberRich Crackers, Jack's Links BBQ Pork Jerky, Canned Vegetables, Figs from Kalamata
After- Blueberry Scone, Canaloupe, Popsicle

about 10 servings grain(ish), 4 servings of vegetables, 4 servings fruit, 2.5 dairy, 2 servings meat
2650 calories

That looks so awful on the page  :P. I sincerely wish you had a modicum of enjoyment gulping the stuff down.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on November 22, 2007, 05:58:38 PM
Quote from: Bogey on November 22, 2007, 04:49:36 PM
This evenings fare:

Turkey - Dressing (no oysters in mine either Dave >:( :D)
Mashed potatoes with gravy ......................

Now time to roll home...literally.

Bill - looks like an absolute feast to me!  Presonally, I find oysters best raw on the half shell w/ little additions -  ;D  As a GI radiologist, if you need a recommendation for some antacids and/or PPI, send me a PM -  ;)  :D  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: EmpNapoleon on November 22, 2007, 06:23:45 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on November 22, 2007, 05:29:46 PM
That looks so awful on the page  :P. I sincerely wish you had a modicum of enjoyment gulping the stuff down.

I did enjoy everything down to the canned, microwaved veggies.  I've gotten used to eating healthy, boring foods.  I had a blueberry scone.  That's not awful; it's delightful.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on November 22, 2007, 07:24:27 PM
Quote from: Bogey on November 22, 2007, 04:49:36 PM
This evenings fare:

Asparagus (I know, I know, out of season, but still delicious. ;))


White or green?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on November 22, 2007, 07:35:29 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on November 22, 2007, 07:24:27 PM

White or green?

Green.  Would love to try some of that white, but have never seen it offered here.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on November 22, 2007, 07:45:46 PM
I've seen it many times in Germany/Belgium/Holland - normally around late Spring (May-June). A typical fare, overrated IMO.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spargel. I've had it boiled, in sauce, in soup, you name it.

I much prefer the tastier geen ones, even if they're canned (the taste is smokier).

White and green asparagus:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Asparagus_produce-1.jpg/230px-Asparagus_produce-1.jpg)


If you like heart of palm, you'll like the white asparagus. You can serve it in the same way: light dressing and croutons.

Note that the French Crème d'asperges always uses the geen variety. Google and have fun! Tip: adding a little Curry is green asparagus Crème  best kept secret!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on November 23, 2007, 04:47:01 PM
Well, no turkey for us yesterday, i.e. Thanksgiving - wife went to a church 'commune' dinner which I did not want to attend, so steamed up some Alaskan King Crab w/ a salad & some Chilean wine (Chardonnay from the Casablanca Vly) for myself - I was not unhappy!  ;D

The next day, we had a wonderful pheasant (baked w/ an apple recipe) along w/ some veggies - the meat was just wonderful - succulent & tasty - even the breast meat was nice and moist (a problem that I've observed w/ previous preparations of pheasant) - wine for the evening was a '04 Pinot Noir from Morgon (California Santa Lucia Highlands - aged over a year in my basement cellar - delicious!).   :)

(http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/photos/birds/pheasant-9140.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on November 23, 2007, 07:49:01 PM
And you ate and enjoyed the flesh of this beautiful bird?  :'(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Peregrine on November 24, 2007, 01:32:58 AM
Free-range Royal Berkshire back bacon, two free-range eggs, a chunk of ciabatta, a dollop of onion marmalade and a glass of mandarin juice.

Yum!

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on November 24, 2007, 06:02:44 AM
Quote from: Peregrine on November 24, 2007, 01:32:58 AM
Free-range Royal Berkshire back bacon, two free-range eggs,
Yum!



Nicely done here Peregrine....and might I say that your avatar(s) is always a pleasure to take in.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 24, 2007, 06:42:29 AM
Quote from: Peregrine on November 24, 2007, 01:32:58 AM
Free-range Royal Berkshire back bacon, two free-range eggs, a chunk of ciabatta, a dollop of onion marmalade and a glass of mandarin juice.

Yum!



Here's the key word for me!!!!!

Allan

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Peregrine on November 24, 2007, 09:29:20 AM
Quote from: Bogey on November 24, 2007, 06:02:44 AM
Nicely done here Peregrine....and might I say that your avatar(s) is always a pleasure to take in.

Thank-you!
8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Peregrine on November 24, 2007, 09:33:47 AM
Just gonna' roast one of these fella's:

(http://www.strombergschickens.com/images/wild_waterfowl/mallard_L.jpg)

Wild Mallard and have it with some mashed swede and some more Chianti...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on November 24, 2007, 10:22:31 AM

Cannibal!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on November 24, 2007, 01:13:38 PM
Chicken cacciatore. Home recipe  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on November 24, 2007, 02:16:55 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on November 23, 2007, 07:49:01 PM
And you ate and enjoyed the flesh of this beautiful bird?  :'(

LOL -  ;D  Don't think it was that particular bird, but certainly one looking similar - fortunately, my wife just picked it up frozen & packaged - don't believe I could have 'shot it' in the wild! (I'm not a hunter, so not a concern) - actually, my 'saddest' food relationship is veal - just love it!  But, always see those cute little calves -  :'(  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Peregrine on November 25, 2007, 01:24:58 AM
Buttered crumpets with some of my Aunt's Quince jam from this years harvest. Delicious!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on November 25, 2007, 05:30:10 AM
I was eating a bowl of Trix cereal....now I am cleaning it off of my computer screen.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Peregrine on November 25, 2007, 05:37:33 AM
Quote from: Bogey on November 25, 2007, 05:30:10 AM
I was eating a bowl of Trix cereal....now I am cleaning it off of my computer screen.

Whoops!

:-\
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on November 25, 2007, 05:39:15 AM
Quote from: Peregrine on November 25, 2007, 05:37:33 AM
Whoops!

:-\

Yup....see Que's Furtwängler's thread for details.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on November 25, 2007, 06:17:23 AM
Fried ham (leftover from Thanksgiving) and eggs. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Scriptavolant on November 25, 2007, 07:45:52 AM
I've tried this, and loved it.

(http://www.apulia3000.com/images/AGLIODAAPERITIVODOLCE.jpg)

It's raw garlic in olive oil. Not strong as fried garlic, not unpleasant as (for me) cooked garlic. Very crispy, mmmh.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on November 25, 2007, 08:03:28 AM
Quote from: Bogey on November 25, 2007, 05:30:10 AM
I was eating a bowl of Trix cereal....now I am cleaning it off of my computer screen.

Silly Bogey, Trix are for kids.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: 12tone. on November 25, 2007, 08:24:51 AM
Cinnamon Toast Crunch is where it's at!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 25, 2007, 10:34:07 AM
Open faced turkey sandwich.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on November 25, 2007, 11:05:15 AM
Quote from: toledobass on November 25, 2007, 10:34:07 AM
Open faced turkey sandwich.


Allan

With gravy I presume?  (And lots of black pepper and a few chunks of the dressing on mine.)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 25, 2007, 12:14:38 PM
Yup,  tons of stuffing and loads of gravy.  A small dollop of cranberry on the side.  Fenlon called it the mile high diner special or something like that.

Allan

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on November 25, 2007, 12:23:05 PM
Good-sized pieces of portuguese farm cheese and benedictine monks bleu cheese from here. With a glass of Costières-de-Nîmes. Life is good... ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on November 25, 2007, 12:46:58 PM
Quote from: toledobass on November 25, 2007, 12:14:38 PM
Yup,  tons of stuffing and loads of gravy.  A small dollop of cranberry on the side.  Fenlon called it the mile high diner special or something like that.

Allan



Due to your post, just had one myself.  Same dollop garnish included, but threw some left over peas and corn on top of the sandwich to give it some color.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on November 25, 2007, 05:24:49 PM
Tonight, eating @ home - venison medallions medium rare in a brown wine mushroom sauce + sauteed spinach - along w/ some Morgon '04 Pinot Noir from the Central Coast of California - excellent!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on November 25, 2007, 06:27:33 PM
Tonights main course:

Balsamic Glazed Pork Chops

(http://www.kraftfoods.com/images/recipe_images/RaspberryGlazed_Pork_Chops.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on November 26, 2007, 04:20:56 PM
Quote from: Bogey on November 25, 2007, 06:27:33 PM
Tonights main course:

Balsamic Glazed Pork Chops

(http://www.kraftfoods.com/images/recipe_images/RaspberryGlazed_Pork_Chops.jpg)

Bill - sounds delicious - I love pork tenderloins, esp. w/ a marinade & cooked still pink!

Tonight, sushi-grade tuna bought locally, seared just a minute per side (pre-marinaded) w/ a salad veggie side - quite lite! (pic below is what the tuna looked like, not the same presentation!); wine was an Oregon '04 Pinot Noir from Lemelson (Thea Vyd) - been aging in my cellar for about a year - fine combination (just my personal preference - love Pinot Noir w/ salmon & tuna - best argument for 'red' wine & fish together!) -  ;D

(http://www.nimes.wingerz.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/img_1342a.jpg)  (http://webmarin.com/blog/uploaded_images/lemelsonTheas-729215.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on November 26, 2007, 05:55:12 PM
Cooked some white quinoa with olive oil and chopped parsley. Next to that, some [mock] chicken strips with homemade tomato based sauce. Sliced kirby cucumbers for refreshment  0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on November 27, 2007, 11:52:42 AM
Tuna salad with a scoop of egg salad with fresh Mashrooms and veggies.
Hot starbucks chocolate with whip cream.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 27, 2007, 12:30:17 PM
Quote from: Saul on November 27, 2007, 11:52:42 AM
Tuna salad with a scoop of egg salad with fresh mushrooms and veggies.
Hot starbucks chocolate with whip cream.

Fixed your post.




Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on November 28, 2007, 04:20:48 AM
Quote from: toledobass on November 27, 2007, 12:30:17 PM
Fixed your post.






Why thanks.... ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on November 28, 2007, 09:24:00 AM
Jif Peanut Butter sandwich with Ramen chicken noodle.

Delicious and supa-cheap!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: val on November 29, 2007, 01:02:26 AM
I just finished eating an yogurt and went out to have a very strong espresso. My breakfast.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 29, 2007, 08:51:41 AM
My first experiments with dry curing meats came out of the curing chamber today.  I made some duck proscuitto and damn is it good.  Luscious,  glistening fat and slightly salty gamey flesh....I wish you were all here to try one of the thinly sliced pieces.  I should have made more because it's gonna be gone by tonight.  Next up is dry cured pork belly.

I'll post some pics later this afternoon.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on November 29, 2007, 10:29:32 AM
Quote from: Scriptavolant on November 25, 2007, 07:45:52 AM
I've tried this, and loved it.

(http://www.apulia3000.com/images/AGLIODAAPERITIVODOLCE.jpg)

It's raw garlic in olive oil. Not strong as fried garlic, not unpleasant as (for me) cooked garlic. Very crispy, mmmh.

How did your co-workers respond?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 29, 2007, 12:02:59 PM
Quote from: toledobass on November 29, 2007, 08:51:41 AM
My first experiments with dry curing meats came out of the curing chamber today.  I made some duck proscuitto and damn is it good.  Luscious,  glistening fat and slightly salty gamey flesh....I wish you were all here to try one of the thinly sliced pieces.  I should have made more because it's gonna be gone by tonight.  Next up is dry cured pork belly.

I'll post some pics later this afternoon.

Allan

Here are the pics.  This was roughly a 2 week process.  Some of the color looks horrible in these shots and none of the good detail comes through.  It's really damn good though and the easiest thing in the world to do.


duck prosciutto (http://flickr.com/photos/17683007@N04/sets/72157603333073039/show/)

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on November 29, 2007, 12:10:11 PM
The photos actually look pretty good.  So how do you serve this, e.g., with melon?  Or is there something else that complements the flavor better? 

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Scriptavolant on November 29, 2007, 12:14:26 PM
Quote from: Saul on November 29, 2007, 10:29:32 AM
How did your co-workers respond?

As I've said it's very soft in taste, probably the evil essence of garlic tends to be absorbed by the oil, not compromising your breath at all.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on November 29, 2007, 12:20:05 PM
Quote from: Scriptavolant on November 29, 2007, 12:14:26 PM
As I've said it's very soft in taste, probably the evil essence of garlic tends to be absorbed by the oil, not compromising your breath at all.

It looks absolutely delicious.  I think garlic is one of the most heavenly things on earth.  0:)

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 29, 2007, 12:54:32 PM
Quote from: bhodges on November 29, 2007, 12:10:11 PM
The photos actually look pretty good.  So how do you serve this, e.g., with melon?  Or is there something else that complements the flavor better? 

--Bruce

Melon would work great Bruce,  that's classic.  I've just been munching on it by itself in it's pure form and also with some baguette just to get an idea of the taste.  My main idea is to be able to offer folks that come over a charcuterie plate of different dry cured meats (also what a great snack for after concerts or rehearsals with a glass of wine).  It'd be great on pizza or pasta (how bout some sort of duck egg carbonara!!!) the possibilities seem limitless.


Allan

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on November 29, 2007, 02:20:58 PM
(http://www.waterfootprint.org/images/gallery/original/apple.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on November 29, 2007, 04:05:02 PM
Quote from: toledobass on November 29, 2007, 12:02:59 PM
Here are the pics.  This was roughly a 2 week process.  Some of the color looks horrible in these shots and none of the good detail comes through.  It's really damn good though and the easiest thing in the world to do.

Allan - looks like my 'seared' rare tuna! Wife & I love duck, so despite your 'color' complaints, I'm sure we would have loved the taste of that meat -  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Scriptavolant on November 29, 2007, 05:48:15 PM
Quote from: bhodges on November 29, 2007, 12:20:05 PM
I think garlic is one of the most heavenly things on earth.  0:)

I agree, but there's one thing I like even more: onions, especially when red and raw. On pizza or fried.  0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on November 29, 2007, 06:15:50 PM

Grilled Cheese (cheddar)

with

Garlic French Fries
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on November 30, 2007, 03:38:59 PM
My treadmill broke the other day (after 9 yrs - $500 estimate to fix it!); so, just bought a new one @ Sears - down the road is one of our favorite oriental restaurants - I had sushi w/ a couple of Kirin beers:  started w/ a wonderful seaweed salad - tuna, yellowtail, & smoked salmon sushi + spicy tuna, eel, & shrimp tempura rolls - delicious!  :P

(http://www.siberianhunger.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/sushi.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on November 30, 2007, 06:57:34 PM
SonicMan: I remember you as the admirer of Northwest wines. The State of Washington finished this year's grape harvest, a new record: 123,000 tons! The makings for quite a number of bottles to enjoy!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on November 30, 2007, 09:08:21 PM

A Quart of organic Egg Nog for lunch.

Two slices of white pizza for dinner with a Sprite Zero.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on November 30, 2007, 10:40:04 PM
Quote from: George on November 30, 2007, 09:08:21 PM
Sprite Zero.  8)
Sprite Zero is possibly the only diet drink that tastes better than its regular. Coke Zero is pretty close to its original too.

----
I've had lots of vodka (citrus martinis w/citron vodka, fresh lemon juice, and cointreau) and french fries this evening. A total calorie/fat abstinence is called for the rest of the weekend  $:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 01, 2007, 08:45:48 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on November 30, 2007, 06:57:34 PM
SonicMan: I remember you as the admirer of Northwest wines. The State of Washington finished this year's grape harvest, a new record: 123,000 tons! The makings for quite a number of bottles to enjoy!  ;D

Lis - thanks for the good news!  :D  I'm indeed an avid consumer of Washington State wines, unfortunately, not many of the small producers in the eastern part of the state come to my area; currently in my cellar, I have mostly the two BIG producers, i.e. Columbia Crest & Ch. Ste. Michelle, along w/ some Hogue & Gordon Brothers - I was having some Columbia Crest Reserve Syrah the other night - excellent; and I really enjoy the vineyard selections from Ch. SM, such as Indian Wells - will certainly keep a 'lookout' for the '07s!   :) Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on December 01, 2007, 08:46:49 AM
Quote from: orbital on November 30, 2007, 10:40:04 PM
Sprite Zero is possibly the only diet drink that tastes better than its regular.

Yes, though I'd love to see a company make a natural version with real fruit juices.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on December 01, 2007, 09:10:14 AM
Marinating pork slices that I'll attempt to cook greek-style. The marinade is made of plain yogurt, chopped green onions, garlic, ordinary cucumber dressing, steak spices, ground coriander seeds and oregano.

I htink the best method is to sear the meat in small quantities ?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Peregrine on December 01, 2007, 02:32:23 PM
Quote from: bhodges on November 29, 2007, 12:20:05 PM
I think garlic is one of the most heavenly things on earth.  0:)

--Bruce

Definitely, totally agree
:)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 01, 2007, 06:58:33 PM
Eating in tonight - LOML made a superb dinner (pic below) - main course a sauteed crab combo w/ mushrooms, red peppers, spices, et al + basamti rice w/ other whole grains & some plain green beans!  Of course w/ crab, a nice 'light' chardonnay - Casa Laposolle from Chile - Cuvee Alexandre, the '05 vintage (not the one shown - label the same except for the year) - excellent choice w/ the crab - delicious!  :D

Music for the dinner is a start of my 'Holiday Season' collection - started out w/ John Boswell - these are a lot of the usual standards but played mainly on the piano w/ wonderful arrangements - take a chance! CLICK on the image for some listingns & comments!

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/photos/227613503-M.jpg)  (http://www.wineanorak.com/blog/uploaded_images/casa_lapostolle-745133.jpg)  (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41KYPE6S90L._AA240_.jpg)Festival of the Heart  (http://www.amazon.com/Festival-Heart-John-Boswell/dp/B000000X61/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1196567346&sr=1-3)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 02, 2007, 08:21:45 AM
Some friends of mine are preparing a Rijsttafel tomorrow evening.  I'm excited to try this all of the stuff.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on December 02, 2007, 08:05:22 PM
Wish I would be invited also!

Years ago we used to have a restaurant chain here, forgot the name but it was something: 'Rijsttafel' and we enjoyed a great variety of delicious dishes there. Evidently their kind of healthy and attractive food was cancelled out by greasy hamburgers and greasier french fry garbage.  :'(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on December 03, 2007, 02:37:49 PM
Baked Salmon.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 09, 2007, 04:59:28 PM
Quote from: toledobass on December 02, 2007, 08:21:45 AM
Some friends of mine are preparing a Rijsttafel tomorrow evening.  I'm excited to try this all of the stuff.

Allan - hope that you enjoyed the meal!  Wife & I took a trip to the 'Low Countries' back in the early '90s - spent a few days in Amsterdam, and enjoyed eating in that style!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 09, 2007, 05:15:10 PM
Took an overnight trip to the Raleigh area (just 2 hrs from home) - the NC History Museum had an exhibit of John White watercolors, many done in the 1580s - he was governor of the famous 'Lost Colony' - lent from the British Museum - spectacular experience!

Stayed overnight @ a new place, Umstead Hotel & Spa - off I-40 near Cary - just received a 5* rating, so we had to give the place a try - their restaurant is called Herons (http://www.heronsrestaurant.com/) - wonderful dining experience; we shared a tuna carpaccio/tartare appetizer followed by a wonderful bib salad; my main course was a 'center cut' 3+" thick swordfish - wife had osso bucco, which she usually can't refused when on a menu!  Shared a wonderful bread pudding dessert.

Next day on the way home, drove into Chapel Hill (home of the University of NC) and stopped at the Carolina Inn (http://www.carolinainn.com/dining.htm) for lunch - another pleasant interlude - had a nicely grilled salmon on a bed of succotash w/ a light lobster sauce; delightful combination!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on December 09, 2007, 06:10:46 PM
Deer and boar sausage with mixed wild mushrooms and sautéed vegetables, accompanied by buttered japanese noodles (if my friend hadn't told me, I would never have known they were japanese, but anyhow, it was delicious). With a bottle of 2003 Roc de Lussac (Lussac St-Émilion).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on December 09, 2007, 06:49:20 PM
Cashew Carrot Ginger soup

Brown Basmati Rice
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 10, 2007, 05:42:01 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on December 09, 2007, 04:59:28 PM
Allan - hope that you enjoyed the meal!  Wife & I took a trip to the 'Low Countries' back in the early '90s - spent a few days in Amsterdam, and enjoyed eating in that style!  :D

It was a nice evening,  and a good time was had by all.  The only thing lacking was a little heat in the spice department in some of the dishes,  but everything was very flavorful.


Made a quiche last night so having a piece of it this morning, with some breakfast sausage:

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/1210070913.jpg)

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on December 10, 2007, 05:43:19 AM
Pineapple. Diet Coke.

Business as usual.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on December 12, 2007, 06:23:12 AM
Banana...

muffin.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 24, 2007, 05:23:19 PM
Well, around the holidays, we like to have 'snack dinners' (as we call them) - tonight on Christmas Eve, eating in the den while watching A Christmas Carol w/ George C. Scott (tears in my eyes at the end, as usual!) - but our dinner as shown included a couple of cheeses, smoked salmon & trout (w/ a homemade dill sauce), and two different caviars (American - ordered on the web & shipped overnight) - Mumm Blanc de Noirs sparkling wine from the Napa Vly (i.e. made from Pinot Noir grapes - wonderful 'salmon pink' color) - we do this kind of dinner several times a year, usually holidays or special occasions - next one will be New Years Eve!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on December 24, 2007, 08:04:22 PM
It's similar to the one my family had on the evening of the 24th. Our collection included a number of German luncheon meats, smoked ham 'Lachsschinken' and such delicacies. I tried to repeat the custom tonight, not too successful though; at Safeway they never heard of Lachsschinken or Gelbwurst!

I settled for pair of Weiswurst with two Salzpretzel and some Kiona Lemberger!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on December 24, 2007, 08:49:33 PM
Tonight we had a leisurely late evening dinner which started with buffalo wings for appetizers. This was followed by a savoyard cheese fondue (gruyère and vacherin) accompanied by steamed broccoli and small round white potatoes - both great when dipped into melted cheese.

This was accompanied by a nice belgian beer (Saison Dupont (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saison_(ale))); after a pause we ate Teriyaki filet mignon and orange and tarragon chicken breast cubes cooked on the cooking stone.


(http://www.hotstones.com/Images/TableSetting%5B1%5D.jpg)
This is from some web site, and it shows the food before it's cooked on the stone. What we do is leave it in the oven at 500 degrees for 20 minutes and bring it to the table (with much precaution). Meat is sizzled on the burning stone. Yummy!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 25, 2007, 06:36:05 AM
I'm at the in-laws and will cook some risotto for dinner tonight.  They've been vegeterians for over 25 years so it's always a challenge to come down here and try and cook for them.  It's out of the norm for what I'd normally choose to make for myself but I find it a good thing to be able to try and come up with something that satisfies the diet while finding it tasty myself.  So I decided on a risotto with chestnuts and chard.  The MIL,  a proffesional baker,  will make some rolls and also made some lemon bars for dessert.  She'll probably throw together a salad at the last minute too.


Have a nice day everyone!!!


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on December 25, 2007, 11:15:55 AM
Breakfast: Fried Potatoes, Sirloin Steak, Cranberry Juice.
Lunch: Cornish Game Hens (3 lbs. BURP!), Stove Top Stuffing, Spinach, Chocolate Ice Cream with Whipped Cream and pecans.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: longears on December 25, 2007, 02:07:35 PM
brunch:  monterey jack and spinach omelet, buttered rye toast with raspberry jam, Ethiopia Sidamo coffee

supper:  honey-baked ham, scalloped potatoes, green bean casserole, cranberries, cherry pie w/ vanilla ice cream and/or pecan pie for dessert, washed down with some Martinelli's sparkling cranberry-apple juice 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on December 25, 2007, 02:32:34 PM

Lunch: Sheep's yogurt with Granola.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on December 25, 2007, 02:50:06 PM
In 5 minutes, I will eat spaghetti carbonara, which I am just making myself, with bacon and eggs (in other words, leftovers).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on December 25, 2007, 03:17:51 PM
Quote from: M forever on December 25, 2007, 02:50:06 PM
In 5 minutes, I will eat spaghetti carbonara, which I am just making myself, with bacon and eggs (in other words, leftovers).

We just had a giant smoked ham for Christmas dinner, so there will be plenty of carbonara later on (for me, no one else likes it).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on December 25, 2007, 04:17:10 PM
I had potatoes, broccoli, carrots, prime rib and merlot.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on December 26, 2007, 12:03:33 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on December 24, 2007, 08:04:22 PM
It's similar to the one my family had on the evening of the 24th. Our collection included a number of German luncheon meats, smoked ham 'Lachsschinken' and such delicacies. I tried to repeat the custom tonight, not too successful though; at Safeway they never heard of Lachsschinken or Gelbwurst!

I settled for pair of Weiswurst with two Salzpretzel and some Kiona Lemberger!

Since you pride yourself so enormously on your knowledge of German, I have to point out to you that it is "Weisswurst" and "Salzbrezel" not "Weiswurst" and "Salzpretzel".  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on December 26, 2007, 09:14:29 AM
(http://www.westportnow.com/images/clementines.jpg)
GOt my self a couple of cases of this one from Whole Foods. They somehow had the green/yellow ones which are really sour and quite juicy. I've been having about 8-10 of these daily  :-[
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on December 26, 2007, 09:21:20 AM
Quote from: orbital on December 26, 2007, 09:14:29 AM
(http://www.westportnow.com/images/clementines.jpg)
GOt my self a couple of cases of this one from Whole Foods. They somehow had the green/yellow ones which are really sour and quite juicy. I've been having about 8-10 of these daily  :-[

Cases?  :o
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: longears on December 26, 2007, 09:31:03 AM
Quote from: orbital on December 26, 2007, 09:14:29 AM
(http://www.westportnow.com/images/clementines.jpg)
GOt my self a couple of cases of this one from Whole Foods. They somehow had the green/yellow ones which are really sour and quite juicy. I've been having about 8-10 of these daily  :-[
Yum yum!  Our local market's been selling cases of ripe Clementines for $5 since mid-November.  About time to head for the store for another one!  Meanwhile, we just have to make do with a breakfast of honey-baked ham and pecan pie.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on December 26, 2007, 09:33:45 AM
Quote from: George on December 26, 2007, 09:21:20 AM
Cases?  :o
They come in cases like that one in the picture. Between the two of us, we can consume one case in a few days. It is really hard to find this good clementines/tangerines/mandarines in NY. You guys are the only place with the good stuff  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on December 26, 2007, 02:50:52 PM
Quote from: orbital on December 26, 2007, 09:33:45 AM
They come in cases like that one in the picture. Between the two of us, we can consume one case in a few days. It is really hard to find this good clementines/tangerines/mandarines in NY. You guys are the only place with the good stuff  8)

We have a case in our fridge as well.  Problem is tht a case only last a few days at our house.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on December 26, 2007, 05:12:52 PM
Quote from: orbital on December 26, 2007, 09:33:45 AM
They come in cases like that one in the picture. Between the two of us, we can consume one case in a few days. It is really hard to find this good clementines/tangerines/mandarines in NY. You guys are the only place with the good stuff  8)

If only working there was as good.  :-\
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on December 26, 2007, 05:34:16 PM
If it weren't for clementines and/or tangerines I would have died of scurvy by now! ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: The Emperor on December 27, 2007, 04:03:46 AM
Chocolates, cakes, etc basically getting fat lol (hope not!)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Siedler on January 01, 2008, 04:45:39 AM
Sachertorte  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 01, 2008, 06:38:24 AM
HAPPY NEW YEAR, ALL!

New Year's Eve - similar 'snack' dinner shown on a previous page, i.e. caviar, cheeses, & smoked trout/salmon along w/ the small breads/crackers + a bottle of the bubbly! (just good ole Chandaon Blanc de Noirs) - and watched the festive That's Entertainment!  ;D

(http://www.moviecitynews.com/columnists/pratt/images/2004/thatsentertainment.jpg)  (http://www.rydehotel.com/assets/images/New_Years_Toast.JPG)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: longears on January 01, 2008, 07:58:55 AM
What am I eating?  Much less, I hope, now that the holiday season is ending!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on January 01, 2008, 09:20:03 AM
Quote from: longears on January 01, 2008, 07:58:55 AM
What am I eating?  Much less, I hope, now that the holiday season is ending!

Seconded. I would also like to shake off this feeling of sloth that has set in since the end of November (hence my increased posting since then).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on January 03, 2008, 01:46:52 AM
Today, I shucked 15 oysters, the first time I ever did that. I actually had to look up online how that works. I messed up the first 2 or 3 a bit, but the rest worked out pretty well even though I don't have an actual oyster knife. I didn't even stab myself! Then I put a little bit of horse radish, some hot cocktail sauce and some lemon juice on the oysters and made them all vanish, mercilessly, one by one. I had planned to put some spring onions on them as well. But I forgot these when I went shopping.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on January 03, 2008, 10:27:11 AM
New Year's Eve Dinner:

First course: Butternut Squash Soup with Brown Butter, Sage & Nutmeg Crème Fraîche

(http://photos-341.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v167/163/28/596696341/n596696341_340085_7886.jpg)

Second course: Fingerling Potato Salad with Frisée and Black Truffles

(http://photos-341.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v167/163/28/596696341/n596696341_340093_438.jpg)

Main Course: Duck Tataki with Wasabi Salsa

(http://photos-341.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v167/163/28/596696341/n596696341_340094_819.jpg)

Dessert: Old-fashioned Apple Pie

(http://photos-341.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v167/163/28/596696341/n596696341_340095_1133.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on January 03, 2008, 10:32:51 AM
Quote from: O Mensch on January 03, 2008, 10:27:11 AM
New Year's Eve Dinner:

Did you make all that?  It looks fantastic!

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on January 03, 2008, 10:37:09 AM
Quote from: bhodges on January 03, 2008, 10:32:51 AM
Did you make all that?  It looks fantastic!

Thanks. It was a cooperative effort. I was responsible for the potatoes and the duck and for whipping the crème fraîche for the soup. My wife took care of the soup and she and her friend did the pie.

The wine (the bottom of the decanter is visible in the third picture) was a 2001 Pommard.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on January 03, 2008, 10:38:54 AM
What is that on top of the "Duck Tataki"?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on January 03, 2008, 10:45:53 AM
Quote from: M forever on January 03, 2008, 10:38:54 AM
What is that on top of the "Duck Tataki"?

Roasted leek slices and capers. There is a sort of wasabi chutney/salsa in between and the brown juice around it is Ponzu sauce. The duck is basically just trimmed and seared. The recipe is from the Nobu West cookbook.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 03, 2008, 11:32:54 AM
I like those bowls the soup is served in.  What kind are they?  Where did you get them?

Nice looking food.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on January 03, 2008, 11:54:05 AM
Quote from: toledobass on January 03, 2008, 11:32:54 AM
I like those bowls the soup is served in.  What kind are they?  Where did you get them?

They were a wedding gift. Brand is Nambé.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Siedler on January 03, 2008, 12:11:36 PM
Basi koreng.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on January 03, 2008, 01:29:47 PM
Quote from: toledobass on January 03, 2008, 11:32:54 AM
I like those bowls the soup is served in.

I don't. They look too much like hospital accessories.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on January 05, 2008, 03:40:55 PM
O Mensch, were those genuine black truffles  :o ?

Tonight we ate tacos, which means only the shells were bought. Everything else was off the oven or fridge. we love those help-yourself meals!  And my daughter made a scrumptious schwarzwalder kirschtorten cake for dessert :D.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Foret_noire_mel0.jpg)

Although this one is from a wiki article, it looked just like this.

Right now, munching kashkaval with a nice 10 yearl old Port wine  0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 05, 2008, 06:00:51 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on January 05, 2008, 03:40:55 PM
....... And my daughter made a scrumptious schwarzwalder kirschtorten cake for dessert :D.
Right now, munching kashkaval with a nice 10 yearl old Port wine  0:)

Andre - hope that you didn't eat that LARGE dessert!  ;) ;D  A smaller image attached - looks delicious, BTW -   :D  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on January 05, 2008, 06:44:46 PM
Thanks! I didn't know how to make it smaller. But somehow the closeup detail looked sooooo lifelike ! :D Mensch ! You can almost taste those schokolade molecules!!

Aus Schwarzwald:
(http://www.schoenau-im-schwarzwald.de/logo/schoenaubild_start.jpg)
I was there a couple of years ago but, truth to tell, I didn't find much to impress my senses. Too much like home!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on January 05, 2008, 06:45:49 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on January 05, 2008, 03:40:55 PM
O Mensch, were those genuine black truffles  :o ?

Thin slices thereof, yes.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 19, 2008, 11:00:57 AM
Just returned from our annual jaunt to the Fearrington Inn & House - we do an 'overnight' package this time of the year for my wife's birthday, which includes afternoon tea, dinner (of course not the wine or tip), and breakfast - one of the few 5* restaurants in North Carolina, and just 90 mins away - south of Chapel Hill & just north of Pittsboro, so other activities in the area, if desired!

The restaurant is in the pic below (historic landmark site); the small inn is off to the left, but the entire property is a major village, mainly for retirement + shops, including a bookstore near the inn; also famous locally for its collection of 'banded' Galloway cows (plus, banded goats!)

But main highlight for us is the dinner - MENU HERE (http://www.fearrington.com/house/samplemenu.asp); changes often, but the one linked is the present one - we shared the celery soup (nice & warm on a chilly evening & a great start); both had the crab salad, which included a little (too little!) paddlefish caviar & a hard boiled quail egg - delightful; main courses - wife chose the duck entre & I had the NC drum fish (shown below - the state fish!); shared the cheese plate for dessert (a varied assortment of about a half dozen); wines - a couple of glasses of Adelsheim Pinot Gris for me w/ the dinner, and dessert wine w/ the cheese (French Sauternes & Austrian Riesling) - another pleasant outing to the Fearrington House!

(http://www.relaischateaux.com/RelaisChateaux/img/adherent/fearrington/fearrington-1-gd.jpg) (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/140/341250319_98fcdec633.jpg)
(http://www.madfishcharters.com/reddrum.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on January 19, 2008, 12:01:23 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on January 19, 2008, 11:00:57 AM
(http://www.madfishcharters.com/reddrum.jpg)

That fish looks really pissed. Well, I guess so would any of us if we got eaten.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 19, 2008, 01:24:19 PM
Quote from: M forever on January 19, 2008, 12:01:23 PM
That fish looks really pissed. Well, I guess so would any of us if we got eaten.

M - LOL!  ;D  Don't believe it was the one I had for dinner! Below a pic of another one who doesn't look much happier (left); maybe Nemo would be a better choice -  ;) :D   Dave

(http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1948700/2/istockphoto_1948700_red_drum_fish.jpg)(http://images.usatoday.com/life/_photos/2003/06-24-nemo-inside.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on January 19, 2008, 01:28:44 PM
Nemo is not a good role model for you. Below the happy appearance, there lies a deeply tormented soul. I found the scenes we had to watch on TV following his recent DUI arrest quite disturbing, the way he broke down in public and made a big scene in front of the court house. I guess it is really hard to handle sudden fame and money at that young age.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on January 19, 2008, 02:18:04 PM
Just made duck leg confit with brussels sprouts. Yum.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: longears on January 19, 2008, 04:33:01 PM
(http://heateatreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/maeggplantparmesan.jpg)
Not the finest I've ever had, but pretty good for a nukrowave meal.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on January 19, 2008, 04:37:36 PM
Chicken Breast

Corn Bread
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on January 19, 2008, 04:44:43 PM
Quote from: George on January 19, 2008, 04:37:36 PM
Chicken Breast

End of an era?  :o :o

Went to Rice earlier today. A restaurant specializing, well, in rice. Had some Lebanese (with vermicelli) and green rice with Ratatouille and green tea.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 19, 2008, 05:03:21 PM
Well, as reported back a few posts ago, just returned from a wonderful dinner @ the Fearrrington House in North Carolina - was not expecting much for dinner, but a few days ago (and to my suggestion), my wife cooked up a large pot of Bolognese sauce from a recipe in Lidia's Cookbook - meat suggested was beef/pork, but we substituted buffalo meat (trying to avoid beef) - served w/ gnocchi (whole wheat/sweet potato) - boy, that was GOOD!  Fortunately, made enough for a second meal - the dish went well w/ a Chilean Merlot made by Concha  y Toro - will add a light salad next time!   ;D

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51W4MPE1X7L._BO2,204,203,200_PIlitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 19, 2008, 07:13:35 PM
Quote from: O Mensch on January 19, 2008, 02:18:04 PM
Just made duck leg confit with brussels sprouts. Yum.

Yeah man, that's what I'm talking about, did you make the confit? 

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on January 19, 2008, 08:02:31 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on January 19, 2008, 05:03:21 PM
, but we substituted buffalo meat (trying to avoid beef) -

I tried that, not what I expected. The meat was very coarse and dry and the finished sauce was dark red. Now I have at least six servings in my freezer and no interest in eating it.  I think I'll go back to beef, our excellent organic Angus beef product.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on January 19, 2008, 08:36:42 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on January 19, 2008, 11:00:57 AM
Jshared the cheese plate for dessert (a varied assortment of about a half dozen); wines - a couple of glasses of Adelsheim Pinot Gris for me w/ the dinner, and dessert wine w/ the cheese (French Sauternes & Austrian Riesling) - another pleasant outing to the Fearrington House!


Real French Sauternes? Man, this is so expensive here  :P. One of my goals in life is to drink a Chateau Yquem in full regalia: bring on the foie gras, duck confit, cheese soufflé ! A 1787 Yquem sells for almost 80000 euros. I should be content with a 2001, the most recent great vintage: at 400 euros, and selling by the case (12 bottles), I'd better wait for my wife to be vacationing away :o.

(http://www.antique-wine.com/images/upload/yquem-bottle-small.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on January 20, 2008, 12:39:45 AM
80000 Euro? Seriously, is it worth that much money? Can you still drink it?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on January 20, 2008, 08:24:39 AM
That seems to be a bargain compared to this (http://www.wine-searcher.com/find/Yquem/1787/-/USD/A/-/0) :o or this (http://www.bbr.com/US/db/product/58658I/Ch.-d-Yquem-Sauternes?ID=1H64B9Q5QJ100B3). According to Berry this 2001 vintage can age a century. So, to answer your question: no. I'd feel an unsurmountable inferiority complex drinking it. I think it's beyond most mortals' capacity of appreciation.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on January 20, 2008, 08:30:15 AM
Yesterday night before going to bed, a late snack of bleu d'Auvergne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleu_d'Auvergne). wiki appropriately describes its taste: buttery and pungent. Not as strong and imposing as a roquefort, it's excellent all by itself. I'd never drink a red with that though (unless it's a sweet one).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on January 20, 2008, 04:14:32 PM
I am not a gourmet, but I like that kind of cheese, too! And I like to eat it with grapes.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on January 20, 2008, 05:29:12 PM

Organic Brown Rice (so damn hard to cook without scorching!)

Raw Almonds

Organic Cashew Ginger Carrot Soup 


Mmmmmmmmmm.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on January 20, 2008, 06:56:19 PM
Next time you are at your Deli, see if they have Cambozola, a German import; it's like a blend of Camembert and Gorgonzola, 40% saturated fat, and it's delicious with a fresh pear.  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on January 20, 2008, 07:07:43 PM
Blue cheeses are perfect with a ripe pear or fresh figs. I thought cambozola was italian  :o . I know it well and like it, as well as the gorgonzola, but when it's all said and done, nothing beats the  King of cheeses. (http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=3809&rendTypeId=4)  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on January 20, 2008, 07:52:52 PM
Tsk, tsk, tsk, André, Cambozola is Bavarian! With a perfectly cooled Washington State Chateau Ste. Michelle Liebfraumilch makes it a perfect late evening snack; like a sophisticated, elaborated Betthupferle!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: longears on January 21, 2008, 04:45:36 AM
Quote from: George on January 20, 2008, 05:29:12 PM
Organic Brown Rice (so damn hard to cook without scorching!)
If you don't have a gas stove that you can turn down to a very low simmer, then you just have to adjust the water-to-rice ratio until it's right for your setup, George. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on January 21, 2008, 05:27:15 AM
Quote from: longears on January 21, 2008, 04:45:36 AM
If you don't have a gas stove that you can turn down to a very low simmer, then you just have to adjust the water-to-rice ratio until it's right for your setup, George. 

I do have a gas stove.  :-[

Does the size of the pot matter? Is wider better or worse?

If I still have problems, is more water better?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Novi on January 21, 2008, 05:43:56 AM
Quote from: George on January 21, 2008, 05:27:15 AM
I do have a gas stove.  :-[

Does the size of the pot matter? Is wider better or worse?

If I still have problems, is more water better?

Get an electric rice cooker, George. They kick ass :).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on January 21, 2008, 05:48:30 AM
Quote from: George on January 21, 2008, 05:27:15 AM
I do have a gas stove.  :-[

Does the size of the pot matter? Is wider better or worse?

If I still have problems, is more water better?
I don't cook brown rice, but for white rice, the ratio that I use is 1.5 cups of water for every cup of rice (and some olive oil of course). You should leave it on medium heat, and  turn it down to a simmer and cover immediately when you see the water boiling. I actually take it down an extra notch below simmer (the fire is barely visible) and let it cook for 15-20 minutes adding a few dropf of water here and then. But on the other hand I like it  when the rice at the very bottom turns a little brown and crunchy.
And from my experience, wider is not better.

Do you cook Quinoa? It is fast becoming my favorite grain of them all.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: (poco) Sforzando on January 21, 2008, 05:52:14 AM
Quote from: George on January 21, 2008, 05:27:15 AM
I do have a gas stove.  :-[

Does the size of the pot matter? Is wider better or worse?

If I still have problems, is more water better?

I would use a heavy pot, not too wide, and add a little butter or olive oil. If you have too little water, that could result in scorching too - especially as brown rice needs more time to cook than white or basmati. The usual proportions are 1 part rice to 2 parts water, but less water makes a firmer rice and more water a softer one. You could also turn the heat off at the point the rice is nearly done, and leave it covered for 5-10 minutes. It will continue to cook and absorb remaining water from the retained heat, with less risk of scorching.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on January 21, 2008, 08:55:34 AM
Quote from: Novitiate on January 21, 2008, 05:43:56 AM
Get an electric rice cooker, George. They kick ass :).

Yeah, I think I'm gonna need to do that. I've heard they are great!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on January 21, 2008, 08:57:35 AM
Quote from: orbital on January 21, 2008, 05:48:30 AM
I don't cook brown rice, but for white rice, the ratio that I use is 1.5 cups of water for every cup of rice (and some olive oil of course). You should leave it on medium heat, and  turn it down to a simmer and cover immediately when you see the water boiling. I actually take it down an extra notch below simmer (the fire is barely visible) and let it cook for 15-20 minutes adding a few dropf of water here and then. But on the other hand I like it  when the rice at the very bottom turns a little brown and crunchy.
And from my experience, wider is not better.

Thanks!

Quote
Do you cook Quinoa? It is fast becoming my favorite grain of them all.

No, but I plan to. Amaranth is the best grain IMO, healthwise. If you combine it with another grain like rice, it has more protein per pound than meat.  :o

(I coul;d be wrong, but it's something like that) 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on January 21, 2008, 09:39:41 AM
Quote from: George on January 21, 2008, 08:57:35 AM
Thanks!

No, but I plan to. Amaranth is the best grain IMO, healthwise. If you combine it with another grain like rice, it has more protein per pound than meat.  :o

(I coul;d be wrong, but it's something like that) 
I have to try Amaranth too. . They look very similar actually.I  wonder if they are both from the same family.

What I particularly like about Quinoa, except for the nutritional value, is the texture of the germs that separate from the grain when you cook them. They are crunchy  :D I sometimes add quinoa to homemade soups, it cooks with the soup and enhances both the flavor and the  goodness.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on January 21, 2008, 12:30:29 PM
Quote from: orbital on January 21, 2008, 09:39:41 AM
I have to try Amaranth too. . They look very similar actually.I  wonder if they are both from the same family.

What I particularly like about Quinoa, except for the nutritional value, is the texture of the germs that separate from the grain when you cook them. They are crunchy  :D I sometimes add quinoa to homemade soups, it cooks with the soup and enhances both the flavor and the  goodness.

Mmmmmm.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on January 21, 2008, 03:33:19 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on January 20, 2008, 07:52:52 PM
Tsk, tsk, tsk, André, Cambozola is Bavarian! With a perfectly cooled Washington State Chateau Ste. Michelle Liebfraumilch makes it a perfect late evening snack; like a sophisticated, elaborated Betthupferle!  ;D

Lis, I'm fraid that nectar is not available here :P. How about an alsatian riesling? or an ice cider?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 21, 2008, 04:16:17 PM
Well, a couple of nice nights of eating!  ;D

Last night, out at our local mountain bistro - special was 'grilled ostrich' which I had medium rare - prepared similar to the venison that I've ordered often - delicious - just w/ side dishes of veggies (asparagus & spinach) - couple of glasses of New Zealand Pinot Noir -  :)

Tonight was my wife's birthday - willing to take her out again, but she wanted some simple shellfish; so, out shopping today & brought back some fresh clams - steamed as an appetizer - and 'live' lobsters, again steamed for 12 minutes + a nice salad & a little white wine (tonight - Kunde '06 Sauvignon Blanc) - delicious & simple to make -  :D

(http://img.foodnetwork.com/FOOD/2004/04/21/be1f10_linguini_clams_e.jpg) (http://blogs.timesunion.com/tablehopping/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/lobster.jpg)  (http://wine.appellationamerica.com/images/reviews/kunde-sauvignon-bl-06.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 21, 2008, 04:40:22 PM
Making a broccoli and cheddar quiche.  Also planning some more sirarcha chicken wings for tomorrow.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on January 21, 2008, 04:41:31 PM

Seven Clementines   8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: 12tone. on January 21, 2008, 04:53:25 PM
It's just so good!  8)



(http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/a/a8/CTC.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on January 21, 2008, 06:12:00 PM
Roast beef and baked potato.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on January 21, 2008, 06:21:49 PM

Microwave Organic Popcorn
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on January 21, 2008, 06:40:05 PM
(http://www.deliciouscity.com/01-2007/seattle-blackberries.jpg) +  (http://appliejuice.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/pineapple-2.JPG)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on January 21, 2008, 06:53:32 PM
How did you get into my freezer, Orbital? Last summer I froze a number of the sweetest blackberries and now when I thaw out some for a lovely easy dessert, they look just like the ones in your photo, not mushy at all. With two feet of snow outside and the temperature in the single digits, those berries make it summer again!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on January 21, 2008, 07:26:48 PM
"Organic popcorn"?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on January 21, 2008, 08:32:36 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on January 21, 2008, 06:53:32 PM
How did you get into my freezer, Orbital? Last summer I froze a number of the sweetest blackberries and now when I thaw out some for a lovely easy dessert, they look just like the ones in your photo, not mushy at all. With two feet of snow outside and the temperature in the single digits, those berries make it summer again!
For us who cannot have handpicked berries, greenhouse grown ones will have to do  :-\  They still taste pretty good though.

I'd normally shake those two in a blender with some fat free yogurt for a delicious drink, but we were out of yogurt.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: longears on January 22, 2008, 05:26:05 AM
(http://www.kashi.com/assets/images/products/golean_hot_cereal_hearty_honey_cinnamon/medium.jpg?)
Mmm, mmm, good--and good for you, too!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on January 22, 2008, 06:16:33 AM
Quote from: longears on January 22, 2008, 05:26:05 AM
(http://www.kashi.com/assets/images/products/golean_hot_cereal_hearty_honey_cinnamon/medium.jpg?)
Mmm, mmm, good--and good for you, too!

I stock those every day. They sell like crack.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 22, 2008, 07:50:46 AM
"Imagine the street value of this stuff" George says to himself as he places yet another box on the shelf.




Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on January 22, 2008, 08:08:10 AM
Quote from: toledobass on January 22, 2008, 07:50:46 AM
"Imagine the street value of this stuff" George says to himself as he places yet another box on the shelf.

...and ten into his locker.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on January 22, 2008, 09:12:51 AM
Quote from: toledobass on January 19, 2008, 07:13:35 PM
Yeah man, that's what I'm talking about, did you make the confit? 

Yes. We bought two ducks for Christmas/New Year's. The breasts were served lightly seared in Ponzu sauce with pickled wasabi for New Year's for our friends who came over (see earlier post (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,88.msg125447.html#msg125447)), my wife made pate from the livers (which was surprisingly easy) and we made confit from the legs, which we ate on two separate occasions (used Thomas Keller's recipe from the Bouchon cook book). We made duck broth with the bones etc. Still have some leftover duck fat as well.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on January 22, 2008, 09:19:38 AM
Do you sometimes just inhale a cheeseburger or do you always eat that yuppie food?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 22, 2008, 10:31:31 AM
Quote from: O Mensch on January 22, 2008, 09:12:51 AM
Yes. We bought two ducks for Christmas/New Year's. The breasts were served lightly seared in Ponzu sauce with pickled wasabi for New Year's for our friends who came over (see earlier post (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,88.msg125447.html#msg125447)), my wife made pate from the livers (which was surprisingly easy) and we made confit from the legs, which we ate on two separate occasions (used Thomas Keller's recipe from the Bouchon cook book). We made duck broth with the bones etc. Still have some leftover duck fat as well.

That green salt he uses is such a brilliant idea.  So it sounds like you rendered enough fat off of the 2 ducks you bought even without the fat from the breasts.  Or did you already have some fat on hand?  What kind of ducks were they? 

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 22, 2008, 10:36:24 AM
Quote from: M forever on January 22, 2008, 09:19:38 AM
Do you sometimes just inhale a cheeseburger or do you always eat that yuppie food?


Pate and confit, yuppie food??

Allan


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on January 22, 2008, 12:21:56 PM
Quote from: M forever on January 22, 2008, 09:19:38 AM
Do you sometimes just inhale a cheeseburger or do you always eat that yuppie food?

Yuppies don't usually have this much time to invest in cooking. They might order such things at a restaurant, provided there is a hefty price tag attached that will make them feel "special" and "important" for being able to afford such fancy food. But yuppies rarely get their fingers dirty by taking apart a whole duck.  ;)  I will eat a burger, if I know where the meat came from and how it was fed. But for quick and simple, we usually just have bread and cheese or rice with kimchi or a noodle soup or some such thing.

Quote from: toledobass on January 22, 2008, 10:31:31 AM
That green salt he uses is such a brilliant idea.  So it sounds like you rendered enough fat off of the 2 ducks you bought even without the fat from the breasts.  Or did you already have some fat on hand?  What kind of ducks were they? 

Oh, there was plenty of fat just from the animals themselves. There is a ton of fat in the neck area which was still attached to the animal when we got it. I already made one round of duck fat french fries and still have a small bowl of fat left. They were Muscovy ducks, IIRC. My wife bought them from a trusted organic farmer. The green salt is great. But I did unfortunately forget the confit in the fridge for a bit longer than the recommended 24hrs, so it was indeed a bit too salty, but tasty nonetheless.  :-[
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on January 22, 2008, 12:43:47 PM
Green salt?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Don on January 22, 2008, 12:49:41 PM
Quote from: O Mensch on January 22, 2008, 12:21:56 PM
Yuppies don't usually have this much time to invest in cooking. They might order such things at a restaurant, provided there is a hefty price tag attached that will make them feel "special" and "important" for being able to afford such fancy food. But yuppies rarely get their fingers dirty by taking apart a whole duck.  ;)  I will eat a burger, if I know where the meat came from and how it was fed.

Where would you buy a burger and be sure where it came from and how it was fed?  Personally, I have zero interest in that information.  What does concern me is the health (mental and physical) of the folks who make the food.  The stuff in those runny noses must go somewhere.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on January 22, 2008, 12:55:20 PM
Quote from: M forever on January 22, 2008, 12:43:47 PM
Green salt?

Salt and spices processed in a food processor. You rub it on the duck legs and leave that in the fridge for 24 hrs. Then you rinse off the green salt and slow cook the duck at low heat in the oven for ten hours. After that you put the duck legs in a dish and fill the dish with duck fat so that it covers the duck legs and you put it back in the fridge to congeal. Voilà le confit de canard. It can sit in the fridge like that for weeks, or even months if you remove the meat juices. Then when you want to use it you warm it until you can remove the legs from the fat without damaging them and you prepare them whichever way suits you.

Quote from: Don on January 22, 2008, 12:49:41 PM
Where would you buy a burger and be sure where it came from and how it was fed?  Personally, I have zero interest in that information.  What does concern me is the health (mental and physical) of the folks who make the food.  The stuff in those runny noses must go somewhere.

You could get chopped beef from a trusted organic farmer and make the burger yourself, or go to a place that uses such meat. There is a bar/grill nearby here that uses beef from a source i trust, but I haven't tried their burgers yet. I'm not that much of a burger kind of guy. I'd rather just have a good simple pasta or pizza if I go out. The runny noses are less of a health concern provided they cook the burger properly. The bigger issue is the hormones and antiboitics fed to corn-fed non-organic cattle.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Don on January 22, 2008, 01:15:15 PM
Quote from: O Mensch on January 22, 2008, 12:55:20 PM

You could get chopped beef from a trusted organic farmer and make the burger yourself, or go to a place that uses such meat. There is a bar/grill nearby here that uses beef from a source i trust, but I haven't tried their burgers yet. I'm not that much of a burger kind of guy. I'd rather just have a good simple pasta or pizza if I go out. The runny noses are less of a health concern provided they cook the burger properly. The bigger issue is the hormones and antiboitics fed to corn-fed non-organic cattle.

So, you wouldn't mind a 'snot burger' as long as the cooking time is sufficient?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on January 22, 2008, 01:35:04 PM
Quote from: O Mensch on January 22, 2008, 12:55:20 PM
Salt and spices processed in a food processor. You rub it on the duck legs and leave that in the fridge for 24 hrs. Then you rinse off the green salt and slow cook the duck at low heat in the oven for ten hours. After that you put the duck legs in a dish and fill the dish with duck fat so that it covers the duck legs and you put it back in the fridge to congeal. Voilà le confit de canard. It can sit in the fridge like that for weeks, or even months if you remove the meat juices. Then when you want to use it you warm it until you can remove the legs from the fat without damaging them and you prepare them whichever way suits you.

Why don't you just deep fry the whole thing. Duck à la Kentucky - Kenducky!

Quote from: O Mensch on January 22, 2008, 12:55:20 PM
You could get chopped beef from a trusted organic farmer and make the burger yourself, or go to a place that uses such meat. There is a bar/grill nearby here that uses beef from a source i trust

In other words, a yuppie burger!  ;D

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on January 22, 2008, 01:54:27 PM
Quote from: M forever on January 22, 2008, 01:35:04 PM
Why don't you just deep fry the whole thing. Duck à la Kentucky - Kenducky!

Eww. Gross.  :P

Quote from: M forever on January 22, 2008, 01:35:04 PM
In other words, a yuppie burger!  ;D

You mean chopped yuppie on a bun?  >:D  Not really. It's rather an ordinary neighborhood joint. They just care about the meat they use.

Quote from: Don on January 22, 2008, 01:15:15 PM
So, you wouldn't mind a 'snot burger' as long as the cooking time is sufficient?

What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.  ;D  Besides the snot thing is just prejudice. It's not like one or another type of food is more or less prone to accidental ingredients. It's a question of whether you trust the people preparing it.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on January 22, 2008, 05:09:51 PM

Roasted Vegetable Lasagne   8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on January 23, 2008, 12:24:26 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on January 20, 2008, 07:07:43 PM
I know it well and like it, as well as the gorgonzola, but when it's all said and done, nothing beats the  King of cheeses. (http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=3809&rendTypeId=4)  8)

I always found that too salty tasting... although I am one of those wimps who can't bring themselves to swallow Danish Blue.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on January 23, 2008, 04:42:17 AM
Quote from: Lethe on January 23, 2008, 12:24:26 AM
I always found that [Roquefort] too salty tasting...

Which is why a Trockenbeerenauslese or Eiswein or Sauternes is the perfect match. The sweetness compliments the saltiness.

Last night I ate grilled mercury and risotto at our local Italian restaurant.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on January 23, 2008, 07:56:50 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on January 23, 2008, 04:42:17 AM
Last night I ate grilled mercury and risotto at our local Italian restaurant.

:o  Did you mean to write what you wrote?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: (poco) Sforzando on January 23, 2008, 08:12:24 AM
Quote from: O Mensch on January 23, 2008, 07:56:50 AM
:o  Did you mean to write what you wrote?

No doubt it was food for the gods.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 23, 2008, 08:23:51 AM
He prolly had a piece of tuna.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Don on January 23, 2008, 08:36:14 AM
Quote from: O Mensch on January 22, 2008, 01:54:27 PM


What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.  ;D  Besides the snot thing is just prejudice.

Especially when it's oozing out of the bun. ;D

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on January 23, 2008, 10:58:30 AM
Quote from: Don on January 23, 2008, 08:36:14 AM
Especially when it's oozing out of the bun. ;D

You have strange phobias.  ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on January 23, 2008, 01:59:31 PM
Organic Lowfat Milk

4 Maple Pecan Oat Cookies
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on January 23, 2008, 03:15:33 PM
(http://s89788612.onlinehome.us/eatingtour/ravioli.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on January 23, 2008, 05:11:32 PM



"Go Take a Hike" - RAW CHOCOLATE TRAIL MIX - Organic Raw, Vegetarian Ingredients: Hunza Goji Berries, Hunza Mulberries, Hunza Golden Raisins, Cacao Nibs, Cashews & Pistachios


Mmmmmmmm.  8)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on January 23, 2008, 05:17:12 PM
Chicken and dumplings
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on January 25, 2008, 07:31:48 PM
Pastitsio/url]. A delicious, simple and hearty passe-partout dish. The greek version of the lasagna or shepherd's pie.

(http://eattherightstuff.squarespace.com/storage/blog-photos/2007/pastitsio.jpg)

I cook mine with a mixture of ground beef and lamb, and of course some crumbled feta cheese in the bechamel sauce.
(http://www.lerios.org/recipes/pastitsio.php)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on January 25, 2008, 08:48:16 PM
That reminds me I still have a jar with stuffed grape leaves (dolmadakia) which I need to kill since it really doesn't make sense to drive them all the way across the US and throwing them away would be a waste.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on January 25, 2008, 09:22:47 PM
Have them with retsina , a dollop of tzatziki and kalamata olives. Miumm!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on January 26, 2008, 04:43:43 AM
Grapes :) Such a perfect fruit - shame they cost a lot more than apples.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: longears on January 27, 2008, 04:30:04 AM
Quote from: M forever on January 25, 2008, 08:48:16 PM
That reminds me I still have a jar with stuffed grape leaves (dolmadakia) which I need to kill since it really doesn't make sense to drive them all the way across the US and throwing them away would be a waste.
Driving from Escondido to Boston in January?  Which route are you taking?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 27, 2008, 06:35:07 AM
Roasted a chicken last night.  Wife doesn't feel good so making some some stock for some congee to help her out.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on January 27, 2008, 10:21:50 AM
Quote from: longears on January 27, 2008, 04:30:04 AM
Driving from Escondido to Boston in January?  Which route are you taking?

Dunno yet. Most likely as much a Southern route as possible without taking too big a detour. Probably through Arizona, New Mexico, north Texas, then up northeast at some point. I know weather can be a big problem. But I can't wait until the weather gets better!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on January 27, 2008, 12:32:27 PM
Why Boston in particular, if you don't mind my asking?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on January 27, 2008, 12:49:58 PM

Vegetable Pad Thai with an extra egg
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 27, 2008, 02:22:42 PM
Quote from: M forever on January 27, 2008, 10:21:50 AM
Dunno yet. Most likely as much a Southern route as possible without taking too big a detour. Probably through Arizona, New Mexico, north Texas, then up northeast at some point. I know weather can be a big problem.....

M - well, if you take a 'southern' route, I-40 will take you through TN-NC, then up I-85->I-95; if you miss the I-40 bypass in Winston-Salem and end up on business I-40, then you'll pass my place of employment, Wake Forest University Medical Center, quite obvious from the road - wave, I might be inside working!  ;D

(http://www1.wfubmc.edu/NR/rdonlyres/ED3488AA-E65D-4981-9240-9B0CED58654D/54037/aerialmedcntrsmtext1.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on January 27, 2008, 02:47:00 PM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Kremna_rezina.jpg/800px-Kremna_rezina.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on January 27, 2008, 10:49:53 PM
Quote from: Corey on January 27, 2008, 12:32:27 PM
Why Boston in particular, if you don't mind my asking?

I am moving to Boston because I got a good job offer from there.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on January 28, 2008, 04:31:49 AM
Quote from: M forever on January 27, 2008, 10:49:53 PM
I am moving to Boston because I got a good job offer from there.

Nice. I lived there for four months and liked it a lot. I intend to move back eventually.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on January 28, 2008, 09:08:03 AM
I can imagine. I just looked at your profile and saw you live in FL. Why?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on January 28, 2008, 09:10:50 AM

Organic Amaranth Flakes

Organic Edensoy Milk

Organic Flaxseed Oil

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on January 28, 2008, 09:40:20 AM
(http://i.ivillage.com/FD/slideshows/apple_recipes/AppleStrudel_Berghoff325.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Anne on January 28, 2008, 03:53:04 PM
Quote from: BorisG on January 27, 2008, 02:47:00 PM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Kremna_rezina.jpg/800px-Kremna_rezina.jpg)

Boris,

Will you give us the recipe for this? 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on January 28, 2008, 05:26:18 PM
Barbecued chicken wings, blue potato purée and tomato salad. Lemon ice cream for dessert.

Yesterday a scrumptious meal with duck breast, noodles, sautéed mixed vegetables with wild mushrooms and dried cranberries. And a bottle of red bandol (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandol_AOC), a very special Provence wine.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on January 28, 2008, 05:41:31 PM
Quote from: BorisG on January 28, 2008, 09:40:20 AM
(http://i.ivillage.com/FD/slideshows/apple_recipes/AppleStrudel_Berghoff325.jpg)

Sorry to disappoint you, Boris, but this a fake Apfel Strudel; an AppleStrudel maybe, American variety. In the genuine Strudel, the apples and raisins are in layers in between the dough. Lay out one sheet of Filo, spread the filling and then roll up. The picture has multiple layers or Filo wrapped around the filling. Wrong!

Of course even the use of Filo is a shortcut. To make the proper Strudel is tiresome work and not used any more, at least not by busy bakers!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: paulb on January 28, 2008, 06:08:29 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on January 28, 2008, 05:41:31 PM
Sorry to disappoint you, Boris, but this a fake Apfel Strudel; an AppleStrudel maybe, American variety. In the genuine Strudel, the apples and raisins are in layers in between the dough. Lay out one sheet of Filo, spread the filling and then roll up. The picture has multiple layers or Filo wrapped around the filling. Wrong!

Of course even the use of Filo is a shortcut. To make the proper Strudel is tiresome work and not used any more, at least not by busy bakers!

:D

Good for you Uffeviking, you called it right
as a amateur baker, I also noticed how the filling looked the consistency of apple jelly, over sweet, very americanized. I hate americanized french bakeries here in new orleans. I worked for one. La madeliene, which i also worked for is OK on some pastries.
The "real deal" must be something to taste.
To all those in europe, please overnite me a  slice ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on January 28, 2008, 06:31:26 PM
Boris only eats stock photos.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on January 28, 2008, 08:22:12 PM
Quote from: Anne on January 28, 2008, 03:53:04 PM
Boris,

Will you give us the recipe for this? 

Yes I will, Anne. You will find it here, from Carol. Enjoy. :P

http://www.sloveniatips.com/forums/recipe_for_bled_slovenia_cream_cake-t80.html
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on January 28, 2008, 08:36:47 PM
Quote from: Corey on January 28, 2008, 06:31:26 PM
Boris only eats stock photos.  :)

Is not it funny how some dismiss without tasting? ;D

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Anne on January 29, 2008, 12:54:33 AM
Thanks so much, Boris.  My family will love it.  Many thanks to Carol, too.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on January 29, 2008, 01:13:54 AM
Quote from: paulb on January 28, 2008, 06:08:29 PM
:D

The "real deal" must be something to taste.
To all those in europe, please overnite me a  slice ;D

Here is the recipe for making the real thing - make sure you continue on the second page:

http://www.kitchenproject.com/german/strudel/
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on January 29, 2008, 05:53:30 PM
Quote from: Anne on January 29, 2008, 12:54:33 AM
Thanks so much, Boris.  My family will love it.  Many thanks to Carol, too.

You are most welcome, Anne. I am glad Carol and I could be of help. Enjoy.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on January 29, 2008, 05:55:27 PM
(http://www.freshdirect.com/media/images/product/meals/meat_entree/hmrmeat_shlstk_z.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: (poco) Sforzando on January 29, 2008, 06:22:48 PM
Almost invariably when I cook a leg of lamb I want the meat rare. Recently, however, I happened on a recipe where the leg was to cook for about 5 hours on low heat accompanied by lots of garlic. My store sometimes carries boneless legs, thus making the cooking and carving easier, and the recipe turned out amazingly well, as well as being amazingly simple. With long cooking, the garlic loses all its bite and becomes soft and sweet. Here's how to do it:

Brown the lamb in olive oil and butter, and season with salt and pepper. Add 2-3 cups of chicken stock and about 2 heads of garlic, cloves peeled but left whole. Simmer covered over low heat for about 5 hours, turning occasionally and replenishing the stock as needed. Serve the meat with a few cloves of garlic and some of the cooking liquid (preferably strained). Accompany with roasted potatoes and a good red.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on January 29, 2008, 11:33:53 PM
Right now, after a long day of driving, I am eating a whopper with bacon and cheese from the BK across the street from the hotel. Shame on me!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: FideLeo on January 29, 2008, 11:55:36 PM
Sipping some hot Japanese brown rice tea (Genmaicha)

(http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/7224/genmaichasi2.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: (poco) Sforzando on January 30, 2008, 03:46:57 AM
Quote from: M forever on January 29, 2008, 11:33:53 PM
Right now, after a long day of driving, I am eating a whopper with bacon and cheese from the BK across the street from the hotel. Shame on me!

Where are you now? what route did you decide to take?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harry on January 30, 2008, 03:58:21 AM
Muesli with soja and cashew nuts, raisins and some biological jam to sweeten it a bit.
A fruit of course.
All to avoid saturated fats.....
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 30, 2008, 05:18:52 AM
Quote from: M forever on January 29, 2008, 11:33:53 PM
Right now, after a long day of driving, I am eating a whopper with bacon and cheese from the BK across the street from the hotel. Shame on me!

Did you order it 'off the broiler'?

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on January 30, 2008, 07:49:14 AM
What do you mean off the broiler? They don't cook stuff to order there (I think).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on January 30, 2008, 07:51:24 AM

Dhaal and Basmati Rice
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on January 30, 2008, 07:57:26 AM
I just had a croissant.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 30, 2008, 09:03:29 AM
Quote from: M forever on January 30, 2008, 07:49:14 AM
What do you mean off the broiler? They don't cook stuff to order there (I think).

M,

If you order it off the broiler they'll make your burger to order rather than give you one that's been sitting around for up to 20 minutes.  I also get mine cut in half,  for no other reason than I know they'll do it for me without a problem.   

Allan 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 30, 2008, 09:04:39 AM
Just made some sauce mornay for that decadent sandwich called the croque madame.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 30, 2008, 01:13:56 PM
Mostly seafood last 3-4 nights - out on Saturday to our local mountain bistro - had one of my favs, broiled North Carolina mountain trout w/ a few veggies (spinach & asparagus); then at home, shrimp cakes w/ bok choy (similar to crab cakes - bought from a local seafood place, Sea Products - wonderfully made!); last night, talapia w/ a tangy sausa + salad - of course, all dinners w/ some wine!  :D  But, on Friday, we'll be re-visiting the.... (part of a my post from back last May or so)...

......Don Cesar Beach Resort (shown below) in St. Petersburg, right on the Gulf Coast (love to see the sunsets unlike the east coast of FL); wonderful seafood restaurant in the hotel called The Maritana Grill (http://www.doncesar.com/Dining/MaritanaGrille/) (menu on a PDF download, if anyone is headed that way - expensive, but some of the best prepared seafood that I've eaten over the years). :P :)

(http://www.doncesar.com/images/photos/1.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on January 30, 2008, 01:16:21 PM
Beautiful hotel, there...and that menu is making me salivate.  :o

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on January 30, 2008, 01:25:49 PM
Fresh baked (warm) granola Bar

and Ronnybrook Low fat milk  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 30, 2008, 01:32:49 PM
Quote from: bhodges on January 30, 2008, 01:16:21 PM
Beautiful hotel, there...and that menu is making me salivate.  :o


Hello, Bruce - we normally would not return after just a year, but ate twice @ that restaurant last May, and mainly goin' back for the food!  And of course hoping for some good weather -  :D  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on January 30, 2008, 01:37:12 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on January 30, 2008, 01:32:49 PM
Hello, Bruce - we normally would not return after just a year, but ate twice @ that restaurant last May, and mainly goin' back for the food!  And of course hoping for some good weather -  :D  Dave

I can see why!  It is expensive, but with dishes like "Pan Seared Sea Scallops with Lobster Mashed Potatoes"...and actually I'd probably just continue with more scallops, with that lobster risotto, mm.  0:)  Very enticing menu. 

Hey, if you don't have good weather, just stay inside and eat!

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on January 30, 2008, 02:35:10 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on January 30, 2008, 01:13:56 PM
Mostly seafood last 3-4 nights - out on Saturday to our local mountain bistro - had one of my favs, broiled North Carolina mountain trout w/ a few veggies (spinach & asparagus); then at home, shrimp cakes w/ bok choy (similar to crab cakes - bought from a local seafood place, Sea Products - wonderfully made!); last night, talapia w/ a tangy sausa + salad - of course, all dinners w/ some wine!  :D  But, on Friday, we'll be re-visiting the.... (part of a my post from back last May or so)...

......Don Cesar Beach Resort (shown below) in St. Petersburg, right on the Gulf Coast (love to see the sunsets unlike the east coast of FL); wonderful seafood restaurant in the hotel called The Maritana Grill (http://www.doncesar.com/Dining/MaritanaGrille/) (menu on a PDF download, if anyone is headed that way - expensive, but some of the best prepared seafood that I've eaten over the years). :P :)

(http://www.doncesar.com/images/photos/1.jpg)

My, my, I had forgotten all about that pink palace. Occasionally I would drive by it when residing in Florida many years ago. I never did see the interior.

I thought it was doomed long ago, but I am not too surprised it survived. Florida has managed to save many beautiful buildings from the 1920's. Just down the road in Sarasota is the lovely Ringling estate. I imagine those grounds are still a must-see.

From Don Cesar media kit. "Since 1928, the Don has served as a luxury hotel, navigational landmark, Yankees Spring Training base, hurricane shelter, hospital, army convalescent center, government office building, graffiti canvas and revitalized luxury resort -- again."
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 30, 2008, 04:53:20 PM
Quote from: BorisG on January 30, 2008, 02:35:10 PM
My, my, I had forgotten all about that pink palace. Occasionally I would drive by it when residing in Florida many years ago. I never did see the interior.

I thought it was doomed long ago, but I am not too surprised it survived. Florida has managed to save many beautiful buildings from the 1920's. Just down the road in Sarasota is the lovely Ringling estate. I imagine those grounds are still a must-see.

From Don Cesar media kit. "Since 1928, the Don has served as a luxury hotel, navigational landmark, Yankees Spring Training base, hurricane shelter, hospital, army convalescent center, government office building, graffiti canvas and revitalized luxury resort -- again."


Hi, Boris - this will be out 3rd visit there - first one was probably in the 1980s - nice but not great (and don't remember a good restaurant in the hotel); but last year we decided to return - completely renovated, and the restaurant was fairly new - in addition, the entertainment @ night in the bar area was excellent (mainly a jazz duo); of course, plenty of other activities in the Tampa area - so bottom line is that this hotel is still going well & has some great attractions - I'm already looking forward to that return meal -  :o 8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on January 30, 2008, 10:43:04 PM
Quote from: toledobass on January 30, 2008, 09:03:29 AM
M,

If you order it off the broiler they'll make your burger to order rather than give you one that's been sitting around for up to 20 minutes.  I also get mine cut in half,  for no other reason than I know they'll do it for me without a problem.   

Allan 

They probably also sneeze on it to get back at you for giving them more work.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papy Oli on January 31, 2008, 12:40:49 PM
Plain chocolate McVities Digestives...

a few of 'em

yes, i am weak like that.... 0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 31, 2008, 01:01:57 PM
Quote from: M forever on January 30, 2008, 10:43:04 PM
They probably also sneeze on it to get back at you for giving them more work.

Good thing it's an open 'kitchen'.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on January 31, 2008, 01:35:00 PM
Quote from: M forever on January 30, 2008, 07:49:14 AM
What do you mean off the broiler? They don't cook stuff to order there (I think).

M,

That was always the difference between McDonalds and BK, that they can accomodate special wishes and cook to order. At least that's how it used to be. I don't think I've had either one in at least seven years.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on January 31, 2008, 07:16:45 PM
(http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/797/538763.JPG)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Morigan on February 01, 2008, 08:57:32 AM
(http://www.jaccede.com/uploads/tx_jaccedelieux/sushi-maki-plateau.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on February 01, 2008, 05:15:07 PM
(http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/98/46/23034698.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on February 01, 2008, 06:30:53 PM

Organic Brown Rice

Raw Almonds

Mega Chai Raweos
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ephemerid on February 01, 2008, 06:56:45 PM
Pringles.  :P

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: longears on February 02, 2008, 10:14:45 AM
Quote from: Figaro on February 01, 2008, 08:57:32 AM
(http://www.jaccede.com/uploads/tx_jaccedelieux/sushi-maki-plateau.jpg)
YUM!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on February 02, 2008, 02:36:17 PM
(http://www.lanova.com/product_images/catalog19790/wings_hot.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 02, 2008, 02:42:46 PM
Quote from: Figaro on February 01, 2008, 08:57:32 AM
(http://www.jaccede.com/uploads/tx_jaccedelieux/sushi-maki-plateau.jpg)

Quote from: longears on February 02, 2008, 10:14:45 AM
YUM!

Yes, yum! A very nice plate of mercury! I had it grilled last week.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on February 02, 2008, 03:16:22 PM
Sarge, do you still eat Shit on the Shingle?
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/Chippedbeefontoast.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 02, 2008, 03:35:28 PM
Quote from: BorisG on February 02, 2008, 03:16:22 PM
Sarge, do you still eat Shit on the Shingle?
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/Chippedbeefontoast.jpg)

I have not eaten SOS since I retired! I haven't even thought about it in all these years. It certainly made those messhall breakfasts something special  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Morigan on February 02, 2008, 05:42:30 PM
Hahaha.. the image isnt working anymore? It was a link to a plate of sushi
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on February 02, 2008, 05:43:19 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 02, 2008, 02:42:46 PM
Yes, yum! A very nice plate of mercury! I had it grilled last week.

Sarge

LOL!!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on February 03, 2008, 04:16:56 AM
Quote from: BorisG on February 02, 2008, 03:16:22 PM
Sarge, do you still eat Shit on the Shingle?
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/Chippedbeefontoast.jpg)

Man, I used to love that stuff.  I used to get it as my hangover breakfast at the local diners in Baltimore.  It was perfect.  I wonder if I'd still enjoy it.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on February 04, 2008, 04:39:11 PM
Made some Filipino food tonight.  Pork sinigang and some beef short rib adobo.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on February 04, 2008, 04:41:47 PM
Daal and basmati rice
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on February 05, 2008, 01:23:17 PM
(http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/images/eggs2.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on February 05, 2008, 01:24:42 PM
Nice Boris.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on February 05, 2008, 08:48:27 PM
Quote from: toledobass on February 05, 2008, 01:24:42 PM
Nice Boris.


Allan

(http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ol-images/kitchen/uploads/CoolHandLuke04_03_07.jpg)

;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on February 05, 2008, 09:51:48 PM
13 eggs is a bit too much for me :P

At the moment:

(http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/2034/heinzspaghettibologneseyd4.jpg)

Yeah, I'm a real connoisseur... :P

Edit: This tastes like absolute crap  :'( But I made my choice, Karajan or food... Karajan won :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on February 05, 2008, 11:52:02 PM
I think I would rather have that Heinz for breakfast, than this. It is truly vile.

(http://www.naturespath.com/var/plain/storage/images/products/hot_cereals/nature_s_path_r_hot_oatmeal/apple_cinnamon_hot_oatmeal/3007-13-eng-US/apple_cinnamon_hot_oatmeal_productlarge.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on February 06, 2008, 06:10:18 AM
Quote from: Lethe on February 05, 2008, 09:51:48 PM
13 eggs is a bit too much for me :P

At the moment:

(http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/2034/heinzspaghettibologneseyd4.jpg)

Yeah, I'm a real connoisseur... :P

Edit: This tastes like absolute crap  :'( But I made my choice, Karajan or food... Karajan won :P
This looks painful  :o I remember having a can of Chef Boyardee once when I first came here just to see how bad it could be. It was worse than I could possibly conceive.

Moroccan food last night at one of my favorite places to hang out. Couscous of course, but also a wide variety of appetizers (mushrooms, seafood for non-vegetarians, some brochettes) and olives.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on February 06, 2008, 06:16:20 AM
Quote from: orbital on February 06, 2008, 06:10:18 AM
This looks painful  :o I remember having a can of Chef Boyardee once when I first came here just to see how bad it could be. It was worse than I could possibly conceive.

Moroccan food last night at one of my favorite places to hang out. Couscous of course, but also a wide variety of appetizers (mushrooms, seafood for non-vegetarians, some brochettes) and olives.

Chef Boyardee just makes me chuckle...from the name itself, to the product, virtually swimming in corn syrup.  (I haven't seen a can label in some time, but I suspect that's one of the reasons kids like it.)

What's the Moroccan place?  I love Moroccan food...that's how we brought in the New Year in Washington, DC, as a matter of fact!

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on February 06, 2008, 06:28:29 AM
Quote from: bhodges on February 06, 2008, 06:16:20 AM
Chef Boyardee just makes me chuckle...from the name itself, to the product, virtually swimming in corn syrup.  (I haven't seen a can label in some time, but I suspect that's one of the reasons kids like it.)
;D

Quote
What's the Moroccan place?  I love Moroccan food...that's how we brought in the New Year in Washington, DC, as a matter of fact!

--Bruce
Cafe Noir, at Grand &Thompson. It is more of a hang out place than a full service restaurant. I like the dim, rustic atmosphere in the back, away from the loud bar area. The food is quite good too though.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on February 06, 2008, 06:36:41 AM
Pineapple...banana...coffee...Diet Coke...water...

So far...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on February 06, 2008, 03:38:38 PM
Just returned from our 'too brief' Florida vacation - 4 nights @ the Don Cesar on St. Pete's beach (have shown pics of this wonderfully restored and yet improving 'pink' castle historic hotel before; I think in this & the vacation threads), but eating was just wonderful - below in 'temporal' order, some of our meals:

Maritana Grille - menu HERE (http://www.doncesar.com/Dining/MaritanaGrille/) in PDF format, if interested - wife  & I both started w/ the Gravalox of salmon, crab, & tuna followed by the Pan seared snapper - couple of glasses of Conundrum - Caymus - chocolate souffle for dessert, shared!

Oyster Shuckers Seafood Restaurant - our second night - much less formal & a lot less expensive!  Shared a dozen oysters on the half shell to start; followed by a salad and then had appetizers for our main course - steamed mussels in a wonderfully flavorful sauce, seared tuna (basically warm but raw), calamari (lightly fried), and some outstanding crab cakes (almost all crab - made fresh daily!); shared a key lime pie!  Wine for the evening, a couple of glasses of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc - great experience!

Sunday Brunch @ the Don - not a brunch fan unless outstanding & w/ a lot of seafood offerings!  Some of my favs in the country are the Ritz in San Fran & the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, VA - this one equals them both!  Just a listing - oysters on the half shelf, large steamed/flavored shrimp, several mussel offerings, salmon - both poached/cold & smoked, other smoked fish, snow crab legs/claws, seafood pasta salads (w/ a lot of seafood), grilled snapper; of course, plenty of other non-fish offerings, cheeses,  & desserts - CA sparkling wine as much as desired (think I had 3 flutes over nearly a 2 hour eating experience!) - we could not even go out for dinner that night!  Price - $36 a person - boy, what a bargain!

Lee's Crab Trap I for lunch in Palmetto - a driving outing (need to put in the vacation thread soon) - 2* rating in AAA guide - started out w/ sharing another dozen raw oysters (probably best of the trip!) - both of us got the mixed crab & lobster (Maine) salad - same used on the crab or lobster rolls - boy, little 'filling', almost just pure crab & lobster!  Superb - south of Tampa Bay just north of Bradenton!

Cafe Luna last night on Gulf Blvd. St. Pete's Beach - started w/ just a light excellent salad (that lunch @ Lee's was not small!) - I had a wonderful grouper/lump crab meat dish on top of rice - superb sauce w/ capers (kind of like an Italian piccata taste) - coupe of glasses of NZ Sauvignon Blanc (YES, I'm into this wine!) - signature dessert was their 'bread pudding' - shared & delicious!

Finally, pleasant surprise on the way home - branch of Phillips Seafood in the Charlotte airport - we had a couple of hours wait - had a wonderful 'blackened' rare tuna w/ a glass of Sterling Chardonnay - wife then made some shrimp cakes for dinner - BOY, 5 days of seafood ONLY!  Had some veal piccata tonight @ our little Italian bistro - nothing like the bounty & variety of the sea, at least in my mind!  :)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on February 06, 2008, 07:43:58 PM
(http://www.epicurious.com/images/recipesmenus/2002/2002_february/106192.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on February 07, 2008, 06:08:39 AM
Quote from: orbital on February 06, 2008, 06:10:18 AM
This looks painful  :o I remember having a can of Chef Boyardee once when I first came here just to see how bad it could be. It was worse than I could possibly conceive.

The Heinz for some reason tasted like oxtail soup - I don't have a clue how a tomatoey recipe could end up tasting like that :'(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on February 07, 2008, 06:53:17 AM
Quote from: bhodges on February 06, 2008, 06:16:20 AM
Chef Boyardee just makes me chuckle...from the name itself, to the product, virtually swimming in corn syrup.  (I haven't seen a can label in some time, but I suspect that's one of the reasons kids like it.)

What's the Moroccan place?  I love Moroccan food...that's how we brought in the New Year in Washington, DC, as a matter of fact!

--Bruce

Not a direct answer to your question, but there is a wonderful little Moroccan cafe, I forget the name of it, in SoHo in NY, it's on the first or second street parallel to and west of B'way on the block just south of Houston on the east side of the street.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on February 07, 2008, 07:03:04 AM
Thanks!  Maybe...Cafe Gitane, on Mott between Prince and Houston?  I haven't been there but it has gotten great write-ups.

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on February 07, 2008, 07:20:16 AM
Cafe Gitane is pretty good too. Their breads in particular, the couscous is a bit eccentric not to my taste.
But they have gotten a bit too popular lately and you have to stand outside and wait, not a good idea for winter  $:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on February 07, 2008, 07:21:36 AM
Quote from: bhodges on February 07, 2008, 07:03:04 AM
Thanks!  Maybe...Cafe Gitane, on Mott between Prince and Houston?  I haven't been there but it has gotten great write-ups.

--Bruce

I don't think that's the one. I'll have to check my collection of business cards when I get home.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on February 07, 2008, 07:37:59 AM
Quote from: O Mensch on February 07, 2008, 07:21:36 AM
I don't think that's the one. I'll have to check my collection of business cards when I get home.
I know of only two other Moroccan/African places around there. There is a restaurant whose name escapes me near the L'Occitane store, and there was Casablanca Tea Room which is now closed I think. And of course there was Casa Le Femme which is also closed now
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on February 07, 2008, 07:46:25 AM
Quote from: orbital on February 07, 2008, 07:37:59 AM
and there was Casablanca Tea Room which is now closed I think.

That may have been it. When did it close? I recall some very white decorated gauzy place with cushy pillows. It was run by Germans, judging by the name of the owner on the card.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on February 07, 2008, 07:55:42 AM
Quote from: O Mensch on February 07, 2008, 07:46:25 AM
That may have been it. When did it close? I recall some very white decorated gauzy place with cushy pillows. It was run by Germans, judging by the name of the owner on the card.

Pretty recently I think. I was going to take a couple of out-of-towners there couple of weeks ago. Either that, or perhaps a renovation of some sort. The website is still online: http://www.casablancatearoom.com/news.html
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on February 07, 2008, 08:23:39 AM
Quote from: orbital on February 07, 2008, 07:55:42 AM
Pretty recently I think. I was going to take a couple of out-of-towners there couple of weeks ago. Either that, or perhaps a renovation of some sort. The website is still online: http://www.casablancatearoom.com/news.html

Yes, that's the one I meant. Let's hope it's just a temporary closure.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bwv 1080 on February 07, 2008, 10:47:36 AM
Had some business guests took them for Texmex had a killer Carne Asada a la Tampiqueña then the next day to Goode Company BBQ (the best in town) and across the street to the Armadillo Palace

(http://www.bike4vets.org/images/journal_photos/week05/large/armadillo.jpg)

Where in addition to venison chile and beer you can get any number of accessories made from bull genetalia

(http://www.goodecompany.com/images/products/482.jpg)

(http://www.goodecompany.com/images/products/435.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on February 07, 2008, 10:57:11 AM
Met a friend for some vietnamese food.  I had a big bowl of pho with fatty brisket and tripe and a raspberry bubble tea.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on February 07, 2008, 05:26:40 PM
Wife gone all day (volunteer work & early evening choir), so had to make some dinner myself - so 'leftovers' night for me - had some of the last of Lidia's Bolognese sauce made fresh a week or so ago - from the cookbook below (recipe HERE (http://recipes.lidiasitaly.com/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=534)) - only change was a subsitute of buffalo meat for the beef - just boiled up some pasta & heated up the sauce - a little red wine & a wonderful dish; an excellent 'versatile' sauce - and a great cookbook!  ;D

(http://shopping.lidiasitaly.com/ProductImages/bookItalianKitchen.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on February 07, 2008, 05:50:51 PM
(http://easysoutherncooking.com/meats/porkchops.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on February 07, 2008, 05:55:23 PM
Celebrating a hard day of interviewing:

Meucelin Salad with fresh Parmesan and Artichoke Hearts

Fettuccine Alfredo
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on February 07, 2008, 06:09:30 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on February 07, 2008, 05:26:40 PM
Wife gone all day (volunteer work & early evening choir), so had to make some dinner myself - so 'leftovers' night for me - had some of the last of Lidia's Bolognese sauce made fresh a week or so ago - from the cookbook below (recipe HERE (http://recipes.lidiasitaly.com/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=534)) - only change was a subsitute of buffalo meat for the beef - just boiled up some pasta & heated up the sauce - a little red wine & a wonderful dish; an excellent 'versatile' sauce - and a great cookbook!  ;D

(http://shopping.lidiasitaly.com/ProductImages/bookItalianKitchen.jpg)

And just a note folks, this is as close to a Swanson's TV Dinner that you will ever see Dave eat.   ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on February 07, 2008, 07:49:05 PM
Nothing wrong with that, Dave! I mentioned before I have at least ten meals of my own Killer Pasta Sauce in the freezer, and yes it's the one with the very dry Buffalo meat. That's the only way this kind of meat can be made palatable. But Dave, where is the salad with your meal? Tomatoes, English cucumber, spinach, and a few green olives stuffed with garlic! Spanish Star garlic flavoured olive oil and French tarragon wine vinegar as dressing.

With a glass of Kiona Lemberger, of course!  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on February 08, 2008, 05:54:19 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on February 07, 2008, 07:49:05 PM
Nothing wrong with that, Dave! I mentioned before I have at least ten meals of my own Killer Pasta Sauce in the freezer, and yes it's the one with the very dry Buffalo meat........With a glass of Kiona Lemberger, of course!  8)

Hi, Lis - you're so right - I love a GOOD Bolognese sauce on a little pasta - and we've always enjoyed Lidia's cookbook (used to watch her TV show often) - still have to get my hands on some of that Lemberger you keep mentioning - posted on a 'new' book on WA State wines in the 'wine thread', and there certainly was some discussion on that grape - Dave  :D  (BTW, wife did make a 'bunch of batches' of that sauce, so still some left to eat!)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on February 08, 2008, 05:56:17 AM
Tonight, it's Ruth's Chris so: STEAK. MARTINI. ...and such...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on February 08, 2008, 05:58:52 AM
Yummy,  I haven't been in years but one of those butter slathered steak sounds awesome.  Is it a special occasion?

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on February 08, 2008, 06:11:13 AM
Quote from: toledobass on February 08, 2008, 05:58:52 AM
Yummy,  I haven't been in years but one of those butter slathered steak sounds awesome.  Is it a special occasion?

Allan

It's my brother-in-law's birthday. My wife and I were also going there next week for Valentine's day, but we'll see how the service/food is tonight.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on February 08, 2008, 07:17:35 AM
Someone changed the plans and we are now going to Maggiano's tonight instead. I still want my martini though.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on February 08, 2008, 07:20:17 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on February 08, 2008, 07:17:35 AM
Someone changed the plans and we are now going to Maggiano's tonight instead. I still want my martini though.  ;D

Gin or vodka, and olive or twist?  :D

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on February 08, 2008, 07:21:27 AM
Quote from: bhodges on February 08, 2008, 07:20:17 AM
Gin or vodka, and olive or twist?  :D

--Bruce

Tanqueray (sp?) and olives, please.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on February 08, 2008, 07:21:59 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on February 08, 2008, 07:17:35 AM
Someone changed the plans and we are now going to Maggiano's tonight instead. I still want my martini though.  ;D

Dave - have a nice night (and drink) out!  :D  We're planning to go to a place called the Oriental Cafe - serves a variety of far eastern cuisines - I usually get sushi w/ several Kirin beers; wife prefers the 'cooked' meals, esp. Thai or Japanese - always a fun place!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on February 08, 2008, 07:25:52 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on February 08, 2008, 07:21:59 AM
Dave - have a nice night (and drink) out!  :D  We're planning to go to a place called the Oriental Cafe - serves a variety of far eastern cuisines - I usually get sushi w/ several Kirin beers; wife prefers the 'cooked' meals, esp. Thai or Japanese - always a fun place!  :)

Sushi, eh? I'm scared of that.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on February 08, 2008, 07:27:34 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on February 08, 2008, 07:21:27 AM
Tanqueray (sp?) and olives, please.

0:) 

(Although I also love Bombay Sapphire, Plymouth and just discovered Martin Miller's.)

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on February 08, 2008, 07:29:10 AM
Quote from: bhodges on February 08, 2008, 07:27:34 AM
0:) 

(Although I also love Bombay Sapphire, Plymouth and just discovered Martin Miller's.)

--Bruce

I also like a good G&T.  8)

I guess I'm a gin guy.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on February 08, 2008, 07:30:37 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on February 08, 2008, 07:29:10 AM
I also like a good G&T.  8)

0:)

Quote from: MN Dave on February 08, 2008, 07:29:10 AM
I guess I'm a gin guy.

0:)

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on February 08, 2008, 07:34:35 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on February 08, 2008, 07:25:52 AM
Sushi, eh? I'm scared of that.

Well, I've been eating the stuff for nearly 30 years, and still around!  ;D  We also love raw oysters on the half shelf (probably shared at least 3 dozen on our recent Florida vacation posted a page or two back!) - Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BachQ on February 08, 2008, 07:37:19 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on February 08, 2008, 07:34:35 AM
Well, I've been eating [Sushi] for nearly 30 years, and still around! 

Have you checked your mercury levels recently?  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on February 08, 2008, 10:07:10 AM
Quote from: Dm on February 08, 2008, 07:37:19 AM
Have you checked your mercury levels recently?  ;)

Dm - LOL!  ;D  But, actually that is certainly an important concern, esp. for pregnant ladies & children; since we eat a lot of seafood, I do keep a watch on the mercury levels in fish - shellfish, one of our favs is fine (although one might catch other 'things' eating the stuff raw, as we do!); for sushi, just eat that a couple times a month (usually stick to tuna, salmon, & yellowtail) - it's mainly those fish that are 'high' on the food chain, and my main concern is swordfish, a favorite, so order it only 3-4 times a year - for those interested (as you should be if seafood is a BIG part of your diet), take a look at the US FDA Tables (http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/sea-mehg.html) -  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on February 08, 2008, 02:30:58 PM
(http://nymag.com/images/2/daily/food/07/10/29_tacos_lgl.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on February 08, 2008, 02:54:41 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on February 08, 2008, 07:17:35 AM
Someone changed the plans and we are now going to Maggiano's tonight instead. I still want my martini though.  ;D

It is too bad you will not be able to hold up that napkin tonight!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on February 08, 2008, 08:09:45 PM
I stopped by a Cleveland treasure, Hot Sauce Williams, on the way back form another long rehearsal tonight.  Picked some fried chicken,  mac and cheese,  collard greens and some barbecue sauce on the side.  A nice glass of bourbon to wash it all down.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on February 09, 2008, 04:58:05 PM
(http://www.taste.com.au/images/recipes/sfi/2006/10/14263.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on February 11, 2008, 10:23:09 AM
Quote from: bhodges on February 08, 2008, 07:27:34 AM
0:) 

(Although I also love Bombay Sapphire, Plymouth and just discovered Martin Miller's.)

--Bruce

Bruce,
My grateful kids bought me a bottle of Bombay Sapphire for Christmas ,it was delicious.

As for Sushi ,it's fun (and easy)served family style with all the ingredients in bowls on the table for guests to make there own cones.I'm not worried about the mercury ,the amounts of fish in cone style sushi are quite diminutive .
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on February 11, 2008, 10:32:29 AM
Quote from: Muriel on February 11, 2008, 10:23:09 AM
Bruce,
My grateful kids bought me a bottle of Bombay Sapphire for Christmas ,it was delicious.

Now that's gratitude!   :D  (And I hope "was" means that it now must be replaced.  ;D)  It really is tasty.  Although I like it just fine in a martini, lately I've been mixing it with fruit juice (e.g., orange or grapefruit) and some Aperol, a bitter made by the Campari people.  Very refreshing.

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on February 11, 2008, 10:37:38 AM
Quote from: bhodges on February 11, 2008, 10:32:29 AM
... and some Aperol, a bitter made by the Campari people.  Very refreshing.

--Bruce

Sounds delicious.I love some of the Campari products,I tried a lemon/lime aparitif that was a bit cloying,but have always enjoyed the dry.I must say that it was hard to keep any vermouths in the larder as I was often splashing it in the chicken.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on February 11, 2008, 02:18:01 PM
(http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/54/38/23033854.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on February 11, 2008, 03:47:39 PM
I'm making brownies.  Using Mark Bittman's recipe and 70% Scharffen Berger chocolate.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: david johnson on February 11, 2008, 05:00:28 PM
home made gumbo with leek soup mix stirred in.  slurp!

dj
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on February 11, 2008, 06:45:13 PM
Quote from: BorisG on February 09, 2008, 04:58:05 PM
(http://www.taste.com.au/images/recipes/sfi/2006/10/14263.jpg)

Now that looks awfully good!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on February 12, 2008, 08:24:50 AM
(http://my.nthu.edu.tw/~nthutfaa/shepherds%20pieUK.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on February 12, 2008, 08:33:40 AM
Awful start to the day today.  On top of waking up an hour and a half later than intended it's snowing like crazy outside and it seems the city decided to give the plow drivers the day off.  I'm cutting my losses and rather than doing anything I'm supposed to be doing I'm going to make some onion soup.  I've got beef bones roasting for stock right now.  I'll probably make a quiche too since I've got stuff on hand that I can throw together to make something decent.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on February 12, 2008, 06:46:45 PM
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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on February 12, 2008, 09:22:19 PM
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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on February 13, 2008, 07:00:12 PM
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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on February 15, 2008, 10:55:47 AM
Made some ham and cheese crepes, slathered in bechamel, of course.

Allan


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on February 15, 2008, 11:00:06 AM
For lunch, Mrs. MN Dave made me a ham, turkey and cheddar cheese hoagie with chips on the side, bless her.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on February 15, 2008, 11:26:44 AM
I just had falafel for lunch from the middle eastern place down the street.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on February 15, 2008, 02:42:16 PM
Some take out before going to see some live music tonight, pad thai from right down the street at Lemongrass.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on February 15, 2008, 02:53:17 PM
Our favorite Greek place again tonight.
My menu will consist of typical fare for me there: Green salad with crumbled feta cheese, olive oil, lemon juice, scallions and dill + Kafteri + Lima Beans + Saganaki (I may skip that tonight) + Fried eggplants and squash with yogurt and  a surprise vegetable dish if the owner has cooked one. Either ouzo or Retsina house wine to drink and loukmades on the house as dessert.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on February 15, 2008, 06:27:10 PM
A Greek meal with only vegetarian stuff? That doesn't sound very Greek to me. At least some fish has to be in there somewhere, too! And definitely some taramosalata.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on February 16, 2008, 05:46:23 PM
Quote from: M forever on February 15, 2008, 06:27:10 PM
A Greek meal with only vegetarian stuff? That doesn't sound very Greek to me. At least some fish has to be in there somewhere, too! And definitely some taramosalata.
M, there is always fish on the table (Aegean Sea Bass flown in from Greece actually) but I don't eat it, being a vegeterian. Others ordered taramosolata too, but from our talks later on  :-\, I think it was too garlicky   :-X
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on February 17, 2008, 01:25:19 PM
(http://chowtimes.com/photos/mar2006/BIG_IMG_3753_edited-1-thumb.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on February 17, 2008, 01:36:07 PM
Quote from: BorisG on February 17, 2008, 01:25:19 PM
(http://chowtimes.com/photos/mar2006/BIG_IMG_3753_edited-1-thumb.jpg)

When is the last time you had a poor meal Boris?  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on February 17, 2008, 01:43:05 PM
Sarge and I touched on it. SOS, about 40 years ago. ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 17, 2008, 02:04:56 PM
Quote from: BorisG on February 17, 2008, 01:43:05 PM
Sarge and I touched on it. SOS, about 40 years ago. ;D

;D :D ;D

I had a great meal tonight too. We went to a favorite restaurant in the Pfalz, deep in wine country, a forty-five minute drive from our house. It's part of the Mugler winery and is situated in the estate's old coach house. We started with a magnificent cream of mussel and lobster soup and a glass of Mugler's 2006 Chardonnay. Then Mrs. Rock had Pfannekuchen, a local specialty: a thin pancake filled with liverwurst and Blutwurst. I had a steak. We drank a bottle of Mugler's 2005 Spätburgunder (pinot noir). We floated home  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on February 17, 2008, 02:09:33 PM
Quote from: BorisG on February 17, 2008, 01:43:05 PM
Sarge and I touched on it. SOS, about 40 years ago. ;D

Ah, yes, I believe your only, let's say less than appetizing post.  Another that jumped out was the Shepard's pie.  My mom will still make a batch and send it our way from time to time.  Carrots in one half and peas in the other, as the Mrs. does not care for the later.  Always good.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on February 17, 2008, 02:23:36 PM
Quote from: Bogey on February 17, 2008, 02:09:33 PM
Ah, yes, I believe your only, let's say less than appetizing post.  Another that jumped out was the Shepard's pie.  My mom will still make a batch and send it our way from time to time.  Carrots in one half and peas in the other, as the Mrs. does not care for the later.  Always good.

Does she use lamb or hamburger?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on February 17, 2008, 02:31:25 PM
Quote from: Corey on February 17, 2008, 02:23:36 PM
Does she use lamb or hamburger?

Hamburger Corey.  My wife will not touch lamb or any other meat she did not eat as a child.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on February 17, 2008, 02:38:58 PM
Small cheese whole wheat pizza.

Extra Ginger Reeds ginger Brew.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on February 17, 2008, 02:40:31 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 17, 2008, 02:04:56 PM
.....We started with a magnificent cream of mussel and lobster soup and a glass of Mugler's 2006 Chardonnay. Then Mrs. Rock had Pfannekuchen, a local specialty: a thin pancake filled with liverwurst and Blutwurst. I had a steak. We drank a bottle of Mugler's 2005 Spätburgunder (pinot noir). We floated home.......  ;D

Sarge - sounds like a wonderful meal!  Have not had a German Pinot Noir in ages, but sounds superb w/ you choice of steak - anything 'special' about the beef in that area?

For me tonight, just a quick dinner out at our 'mountain bistro' up the road - had one of the specials for the night, grilled mahi-mahi w/ a light cajun topping along w/ a few veggies (spinach & asparagus, sauteed w/ just some garlic & oil); plus, a few glasses of Pinot Gris from the King Estate in Oregon - simple but delicious!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on February 17, 2008, 02:42:27 PM
Quote from: Bogey on February 17, 2008, 02:31:25 PM
Hamburger Corey.  My wife will not touch lamb or any other meat she did not eat as a child.

Someone recently told me that shepherd's pie is made with lamb, and that the variety made with beef is actually cottage pie. I've always had it with beef and we called it shepherd's pie. I guess it depends on where you grew up.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on February 17, 2008, 02:49:31 PM
Quote from: Corey on February 17, 2008, 02:42:27 PM
Someone recently told me that shepherd's pie is made with lamb, and that the variety made with beef is actually cottage pie. I've always had it with beef and we called it shepherd's pie. I guess it depends on where you grew up.

That would seem to make sense....but with beef, why not call it Cowboy pie.  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on February 18, 2008, 04:20:09 PM
Beef tenderloin,asparagus,squash,jasmine scented brown rice .
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on February 18, 2008, 04:25:22 PM
(http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/866/5123544.JPG)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on February 18, 2008, 04:58:49 PM
Quote from: Bogey on February 17, 2008, 02:49:31 PM
That would seem to make sense....but with beef, why not call it Cowboy pie.  ;)

You wouldn't get me to eat anything called a cowboy pie.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Anne on February 18, 2008, 05:43:49 PM
Hot homemade lemonaide for my sore throat.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on February 18, 2008, 06:22:26 PM
Quote from: Anne on February 18, 2008, 05:43:49 PM
Hot homemade lemonaide for my sore throat.

Anne - hope that you're feeling better soon!  :(

Tonight, wife (Susan) did a wonderful shrimp dish steamed in parchment paper w/ some great spices/herbs + some simple veggies - had some Knunde '06 Viognier, new release that was excellent!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on February 18, 2008, 06:53:35 PM
Anne,
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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on February 19, 2008, 01:19:08 AM
My family have always called cottage pie shepherd's pie as well. Speaking of which, I haven't eaten that in a long time, I will try to make one soon :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 19, 2008, 03:43:37 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on February 17, 2008, 02:40:31 PM
Sarge - sounds like a wonderful meal!  Have not had a German Pinot Noir in ages, but sounds superb w/ you choice of steak - anything 'special' about the beef in that area?

Nothing special about the beef I had at the restaurant. As we've discussed once before in this thread (here or at the old forum), many places in Germany serve Argentinian beef and that's what I had. But our village butcher offers "bio-beef", meaning it's raised locally and naturally, grass fed, no hormones added, etc. When we make hamburgers we usually buy from him. The beef is ground to order. We can see it being made and know it's fresh.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on February 22, 2008, 07:17:59 AM
(http://www.cookingforengineers.com/pics2/320/DSC_2869_crop.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on February 22, 2008, 07:22:03 AM
One of my favorite places for chinese food closed many months ago to move out of the city and into one of the suburbs.  I just found out that the space has new owners and in it is a place offering all kinds of Hong Kong style noodles so I'm headed there for lunch.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 08, 2008, 07:25:29 PM
Well, this thread has been dormant for about 2 weeks!  :o

Spending an 'overnight' in Charlotte, NC - goin' to see a Norman Rockwell exhibit tomorrow at Discovery Place (http://www.wsoctv.com/charlotteevents/15255915/detail.html) - he's really not one of our favorite artists, but the exhibit is touring nationally and there are plenty of 'originals', so should be fun!

But back to gustatory pleasures -  ;D  Tonight, we ate @ a great Mediterranean Basin restaurant called Blue Restaurant, our first try!  Recipes from countries around the Mediterranean Sea - dinner menu HERE (http://www.bluerestaurantandbar.com/dinner.html); we both started out w/ a salad, Poached Pear & Baby Argula (BTW, the breads were just fresh & delicious to start!); I had the Whole Roasted Mediterranean Sea Bass, filleted @ the table - one of the moistest & tender fish that I've had in a while - just a fabulous dish; wife had the Grilled and Spiced Moroccan Lamb Loin, spiced & grilled perfectly (had a couple bites!) - could go back immediately!  Couple of glasses of St. Supery Sauvignon Blanc; then shared the Baklava dessert (very different w/ a superb sauce) - just a great experience which we hope to repeat in the near future.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Anne on March 10, 2008, 07:08:04 AM
TTT
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 10, 2008, 07:27:39 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on March 08, 2008, 07:25:29 PM
Spending an 'overnight' in Charlotte, NC - goin' to see a Norman Rockwell exhibit tomorrow at Discovery Place (http://www.wsoctv.com/charlotteevents/15255915/detail.html) - he's really not one of our favorite artists...

Nor mine, but his images are so deeply ingrained in the psyche of Americans of a certain age that I would like to see that exhibit too.

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I had the Whole Roasted Mediterranean Sea Bass, filleted @ the table - one of the moistest & tender fish that I've had in a while - just a fabulous dish; wife had the Grilled and Spiced Moroccan Lamb Loin, spiced & grilled perfectly...

That's the agonizing problem with this kind of restaurant: what to choose! Fish or lamb. Both sound utterly delicious.

We're currently enjoying ALL our favorite restaurants in a quite unique way: smoke free! Smoking in restaurants has finally been banned in our state (Rheinland-Pfalz).

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 10, 2008, 08:41:39 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 10, 2008, 07:27:39 AM
Nor mine, but his images are so deeply ingrained in the psyche of Americans of a certain age that I would like to see that exhibit too.

That's the agonizing problem with this kind of restaurant: what to choose! Fish or lamb. Both sound utterly delicious.

We're currently enjoying ALL our favorite restaurants in a quite unique way: smoke free! Smoking in restaurants has finally been banned in our state (Rheinland-Pfalz).


Sarge - the Rockwell exhibit was outstanding - much more than I expected - a better description HERE (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.rockwelltour.com/images/selfportrait_bottom.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.rockwelltour.com/&h=412&w=382&sz=24&hl=en&start=6&um=1&tbnid=Hj8dzNh7RRufkM:&tbnh=125&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnorman%2Brockwell%2Bexhibit%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4DKUS_enUS242US242%26sa%3DN); many of the Saturday Evening Post covers were presented w/ small exhibits covering early to mid-20th century Americana - even sat in the seat of a Model T Ford & WWII jeep - lot of interactive activities (for adults & kids!); all of the Post covers were present - there were only 2 'original paintings which were so vividly colorful vs. the covers they produced (wish that more had been present) - a recommendation for anyone who has a chance to see this exhibit.

BTW - need to get back to that restaurant soon!  I could have ordered about anything on that menu (the lamb was superb!) -  :D  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on March 11, 2008, 10:11:06 AM
I made Mousaka for my husbands 60th birthday party tomorrow.I layered a dish with sliced potatoes,eggplant and ground lamb sauted with onions ,peppers , tomatoes and nutmeg.I'll put a topping of egg yolks,yogurt and lemon on top just before I bake it tomorrow. The house smells wonderful,I better go make myself a sandwich...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on March 11, 2008, 10:47:23 AM
I've just finished making burgers using "George Foreman's Lean Mean Grillers". This will no doubt horrify some of you! ;D I don't follow the bs that they are healthy, but they taste nice :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: greg on March 11, 2008, 10:54:20 AM
today:
breakfast- 2 packs of oatmeal
lunch- meat & bean burrito, cup of soup, pretzels, chips

later today:
(in a few hours) dinner 1- sandwich (meat, cheese, mayonnaise), peanut butter crackers, chips, whatever i can find; maybe i'll buy a honey bun or poptarts from the vending machine
at ~10 at night: dinner 2, whatever it may be (whatever my mom makes for dinner)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papageno on March 11, 2008, 04:40:07 PM
My life, and rather quickly.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on March 11, 2008, 08:23:08 PM
Vegetable samosa, Bhindi Dopiaza (Okra cooked with tomatoes, onions and spices) and rice. Kheer (rice pudding) for dessert. A few hours ago, that is. It was my only meal for the day  :-\
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 12, 2008, 07:53:40 AM
Just wolfed down an OG (bacon egg and cheese sandwich).

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: маразм1 on March 12, 2008, 08:15:39 AM
A ham, cheese, mayo sandwich on toasted rye bread.  With tomato and avocado on the side.  Made it myself this morning :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 12, 2008, 09:54:08 AM
Quote from: маразм1 on March 12, 2008, 08:15:39 AM
A ham, cheese, mayo sandwich on toasted rye bread.  With tomato and avocado on the side.  Made it myself this morning :)


Looks like all you're missing is some good mustard!!!!  Sounds yummy anyway.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: маразм1 on March 12, 2008, 01:26:42 PM
ha, and for tomorrow!  Mashed potatoes and a Veal Cutlet stuffed with mushrooms, onions, and dill.  yum!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 12, 2008, 05:48:15 PM
Tonight, LOML made a wonderful 'stir-fried' steak-vegetable dish over whole-grain rice - buffalo fillet milon used (pic attached) - usually like a red wine w/ this dish, so opened a few new 'inexpensive' acquisitions, i.e. a local North Carolina '06 red blend from RayLen (just up I-40 about 20 mins away from home) & the newest Columbia Crest '05 Merlot (Grand Estates) - neither wine was really great (the Carolina red demonstrated the often 'weediness' from the area; the white wines are usually better here);  the CC Merlot was quite pleasant, but a little low in acid & tannin, so as I often do in this situation, I MIXED the two!  Both were inexpensive so 'what the hell' - as usual, the combination was an improvement!  Thus, a wonderful dinner & a pleasant wine!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 12, 2008, 06:20:20 PM
Went to my favorite place in Toledo and had a nice bowl of be bim bop.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 12, 2008, 06:30:28 PM
Quote from: toledobass on March 12, 2008, 06:20:20 PM
Went to my favorite place in Toledo and had a nice bowl of be bim bop.

Allan - looks like we had 'similar' dishes tonight, although I'm sure yours had a lot more HEAT!  The recipe for the dish that I had tonight was more Japanese, i.e. a lot of flavor but not really that HOT!  :o   But, still excellent!

BTW - you probably needed the extra HEAT to melt all of that snow you got!  ;) :D   Hope you made it home safely from Chicago - saw that in another thread, I believe - Dave  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 12, 2008, 07:19:14 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on March 12, 2008, 06:30:28 PM
Allan - looks like we had 'similar' dishes tonight, although I'm sure yours had a lot more HEAT!  The recipe for the dish that I had tonight was more Japanese, i.e. a lot of flavor but not really that HOT!  :o   But, still excellent!

BTW - you probably needed the extra HEAT to melt all of that snow you got!  ;) :D   Hope you made it home safely from Chicago - saw that in another thread, I believe - Dave  :)

They put the kojuchang sauce in a little bowl for you to add to your own taste (I think that's the name of that sauce.) I love spicy so I used all of mine and some of the leftover that my dining companions didn't use.  Along with the nice heat I love the flavor of that stuff.

The snow is actually melting away pretty fast as the sun has been out most days since the weekend.  The trip home was the worst, didn't end up getting everything wrapped up (pickup luggage,  return rental car, etc) till monday at around 3.  We left Ca Friday night!!!

Allan


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on March 12, 2008, 09:31:25 PM
Organic Amaranth Flakes

Organic Almond Milk

It's better than it sounds.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papageno on March 13, 2008, 03:54:11 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on March 12, 2008, 05:48:15 PM
Tonight, LOML made a wonderful 'stir-fried' steak-vegetable dish over whole-grain rice - buffalo fillet milon used (pic attached) - usually like a red wine w/ this dish, so opened a few new 'inexpensive' acquisitions, i.e. a local North Carolina '06 red blend from RayLen (just up I-40 about 20 mins away from home) & the newest Columbia Crest '05 Merlot (Grand Estates) - neither wine was really great (the Carolina red demonstrated the often 'weediness' from the area; the white wines are usually better here);  the CC Merlot was quite pleasant, but a little low in acid & tannin, so as I often do in this situation, I MIXED the two!  Both were inexpensive so 'what the hell' - as usual, the combination was an improvement!  Thus, a wonderful dinner & a pleasant wine!  ;D
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=88.0;attach=7774;image)

You've got your wine-glass on the wrong side, it should be on the right of your dish.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 13, 2008, 05:26:16 AM
Quote from: George on March 12, 2008, 09:31:25 PM
Organic Amaranth Flakes

Organic Almond Milk

It's better than it sounds.  :)

You see, I've never had to say somthing like this pertaining to, say, bacon. ;D :D :o :P ;).

I kid, I kid,
Allan

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on March 13, 2008, 06:54:24 AM
Quote from: toledobass on March 13, 2008, 05:26:16 AM
You see, I've never had to say somthing like this pertaining to, say, bacon. ;D :D :o :P ;).

I kid, I kid,
Allan



Speaking of Bacon....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX1Nh6c80wo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX1Nh6c80wo)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on March 13, 2008, 05:08:31 PM
Quote from: Papageno on March 13, 2008, 03:54:11 AM
You've got your wine-glass on the wrong side, it should be on the right of your dish.

But there is no mouse in Sonic Man's dinner so one out of two ain't bad  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on March 13, 2008, 05:32:59 PM
Spinach Fettucini topped with with cherry tomatoes, oil cured pitted black olives, crumbled feta cheese, oregano, crushed red peppers, olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Light and delicious. Plus 1 1/2 liters of Coke Zero  :-[ :-[ It must be the olives and feta  :-[
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on March 13, 2008, 06:49:14 PM
Quote from: Papageno on March 13, 2008, 03:54:11 AM
You've got your wine-glass on the wrong side, it should be on the right of your dish.

Mine's always on the left side. When you're a leftie, that's where it's supposed to be  ;)

MURIEL: this is a delicious moussaka recipe. I'll try it next time. I normally top it with a heavy bechamel. Not my favourite, but all the Greeks I know use that. I suspect it's a simplification. Your idea of egg yolks, yogurt and lemon juice makes more ethnic-culinary sense! :D Do you sprinkle with oregano? I heartily approve of the ground lamb instead of the more facile ground beef, and of course the nutmeg 0:).

DAVE: I just bought an Oregon red while vacationing in NC, but I know nothing about it:
2004 Goose Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon from Columbia Valley. Did I choose wisely?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 14, 2008, 06:34:33 AM
Quote from: Muriel on March 13, 2008, 05:08:31 PM
But there is no mouse in Sonic Man's dinner so one out of two ain't bad  ;D

Muriel - LOL  ;D!  Yep, I gave up on mice years ago, although I'm sure Shrek could provide some decent recipes, along w/ other 'swamp' critters (which we actually love to eat!  Frog legs, turtle, crabs, alligator - what else?).

Well, I could claim that I'm 'left-handed', but not true - actually, my wife sits to my right @ that table & has a tendency to 'knock over' glasses, so I do keep the glass on the left - just call me 'ambidextrous'!  ;) :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 14, 2008, 07:02:11 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on March 13, 2008, 06:49:14 PM
Mine's always on the left side. When you're a leftie, that's where it's supposed to be  ;)

DAVE: I just bought an Oregon red while vacationing in NC, but I know nothing about it:
2004 Goose Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon from Columbia Valley. Did I choose wisely?

André - yep, I've gotten use to picking up a wine glass w/ either hand - takes years of practice, though!  ;) ;D

I've heard of the Goose Ridge Winery in the Columbia Vly region (not sure if they are located in Oregon and/or Washington State - both states claim some of that river valley); however, I've not purchased or tatsted any of their wines (assume the one you bought is pictured below, or does it say Cabernet Sauvignon?) - please post your impressions in the wine thread (need to return to that one myself!) - BTW, hope that you enjoyed your visit to North Carolina - did you taste any of the wines from the Old North State?  Most are not that good @ the moment, but 'surprises' can be found - Dave  :)

(http://www.gooseridge.com/images/rtw_image.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on March 14, 2008, 08:14:10 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on March 13, 2008, 06:49:14 PM


MURIEL: this is a delicious moussaka recipe. I'll try it next time. I normally top it with a heavy bechamel. Not my favourite, but all the Greeks I know use that. I suspect it's a simplification. Your idea of egg yolks, yogurt and lemon juice makes more ethnic-culinary sense! :D Do you sprinkle with oregano? I heartily approve of the ground lamb instead of the more facile ground beef, and of course the nutmeg 0:).


Yogurt,egg yolk,lemon and nutmeg form the traditional and authentic topping for moussaka,a thick bechamel has no place in this dish.I have seen recipes that use a cheese topping as well,this is a disaster and abomination .Lamb is preferred but it must be browned and well drained of fat as that is where the gamey flavour comes from.It's perfectly acceptable to use ground beef and ground lamb blended for a somewhat lighter taste.If you like you may bake the eggplant (cut in half ,cut side down on a lightly greased cookie sheet)it should take about 25 min to caramelize,then cool it chop it up and layer it with the sliced potatoes and the meat,frying slices of eggplant in oil simply adds far too much fat and spoils the dish in my opinion.Also if one uses long Asian eggplants rather that the Greek bulbous variety there is no need to salt and drain it as this variety is not at all bitter.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on March 14, 2008, 03:29:15 PM
Thanks for the advice, Muriel. There is a large greek community where I live. I have 6 female greek co-workers and they all use bechamel in their mousaka (I asked today ;D). I think they go for the shortcut. If I'm not mistaken that combination of yogurt and lemon juice is called avgolemono? I'd have to check for the asian eggplants, what do they look like? I've seen all shapes and colours at the store.

Dave, this is the same, but mine is a Cabernet Sauvignon. The one you show was some 15$, so I would assume that for 26$ I'll get a decent product. I'm just not sure if the outlay is justified. Methink that a California CS of the same price might probably be better. I went for the 'exoticism' :D. I should taste that in a month or two.

I bought that in Burlington Vt, where I had left my car. That's why I made the heavy purchases there when returning. I don't know how that could be, but prices seemed to be at least 50% higher than in NC. The only NC wine I tasted was a white zinfandel from Biltmore Estate - almost a rosé actually. Pleasant, but no more.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 14, 2008, 06:47:55 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on March 14, 2008, 03:29:15 PM
Dave, this is the same, but mine is a Cabernet Sauvignon. The one you show was some 15$, so I would assume that for 26$ I'll get a decent product. I'm just not sure if the outlay is justified. Methink that a California CS of the same price would have probably be better. I went for the 'exoticism' :D. I should taste that in a month or two.
..........
The only NC wine I tasted was a white zinfandel from Biltmore Estate - almost a rosé actually. Pleasant, but no more.

André - I saw that their Cabernet Sauvignon of '05 was selling for the price that you mentioned - I would suspect that this will be an excellent wine, I guess the problem is 'when' to drink it?  Probably quite good @ present despite being young - might improve over the next couple or so years, but you would need a number of bottles to drink over that period of time to test the aging potential - not sure what to recommend - I'd probably give it a try now, and if felt to have some 'aging potential' buy a few more bottles?  My best guess?  :-\

Sorry that you did not have some more NC wines - despite liking many wines from the Biltmore Estate, the 'white zin' is probably not the best example of what is goin' on in the state; the reds from NC are pretty much 'hit & miss', i.e. many have been rather poor to decent IMO, with a couple not too bad; the whites have shown much greater promise, but again 'taste first', then decide to buy!  :D   Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on March 16, 2008, 07:12:09 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on March 14, 2008, 03:29:15 PM
Thanks for the advice, Muriel. There is a large greek community where I live. I have 6 female greek co-workers and they all use bechamel in their mousaka (I asked today ;D). I think they go for the shortcut. If I'm not mistaken that combination of yogurt and lemon juice is called avgolemono? I'd have to check for the asian eggplants, what do they look like? I've seen all shapes and colours at the store.


Just try to imagine what the Greek granny has in her pantry,not butter,not wheat flour and not milk.She has yogurt ,lemons and eggs.How blending these three fresh ingredients is less effort that cooking a thick white sauce is beyond my understanding.

Avgolemono is a lovely soup of clear chicken stock,egg yolks and lemon,there is no yogurt in this dish.The Greeks can thank the Turks for this staple of the Middle Eastern pantry(and for the coffee after dinner as well).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on March 16, 2008, 08:03:37 AM
You're right, I remember now, avgolemono is a soup. No yogurt.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on March 16, 2008, 03:11:17 PM
Dim Sum here:
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/153/365229502_c6945066c7.jpg)
Probably the best in the city. $4.95 for 8 vegetable ones offered as an appetizer does not leave much space for anything else.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on March 16, 2008, 03:19:49 PM
(http://www.21food.com/userImages/xlcofie/xlcofie$9394837.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 16, 2008, 03:26:15 PM
A few of these, until I read the nutrion label.  >:(  Do they make them without the added oil?

(http://parrotisland.mainsecureserver.com/catalog/images/Banana%20Chips.jpeg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Drasko on March 16, 2008, 03:45:10 PM
Quote from: orbital on March 16, 2008, 03:11:17 PM
Dim Sum here:

Probably the best in the city.

And how is their Hip Chop, hopefully better than at that Alpha place?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Morigan on March 16, 2008, 07:15:52 PM
Quote from: Bill in the Rockies on March 16, 2008, 03:26:15 PM
A few of these, until I read the nutrion label.  >:(  Do they make them without the added oil?

(http://parrotisland.mainsecureserver.com/catalog/images/Banana%20Chips.jpeg)

No. you know why? Because bananas can't be dried up like that. They have to fry them or they just shrivel and turn black
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 16, 2008, 07:23:58 PM
I am surprised that they have not developed some artificial chemical to maintain them. ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 16, 2008, 07:39:12 PM
After our matinee today, I made a nice lasagna for a few friends. Of course, I slathered it in bechamel/balsamella in part due to Lilas' and Muriel's recent discussions. ;D

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 16, 2008, 07:43:59 PM
Quote from: orbital on March 16, 2008, 03:11:17 PM
Dim Sum
Probably the best in the city. $4.95 for 8 vegetable ones offered as an appetizer does not leave much space for anything else.

It seems like I'm only warming up after my first 8 pieces of dim sum. >:D ;D :D

Allan 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 16, 2008, 07:54:00 PM
Bowl of cottage cheese.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on March 16, 2008, 08:36:12 PM
Quote from: Bill in the Rockies on March 16, 2008, 03:26:15 PM
A few of these, until I read the nutrion label.  >:(  Do they make them without the added oil?

(http://parrotisland.mainsecureserver.com/catalog/images/Banana%20Chips.jpeg)


Sure they do:


(http://www.stlucia.gov.lc/pr2000/images/bananas1.jpg)


(Couldn't resist)  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on March 17, 2008, 06:36:04 AM
Quote from: Drasko on March 16, 2008, 03:45:10 PM
And how is their Hip Chop, hopefully better than at that Alpha place?
Don't know no Hip Chop, but I got some Chinese Hip Hop off a CD the band was giving out on the street.  >:D

Quote from: toledobass on March 16, 2008, 07:43:59 PM
It seems like I'm only warming up after my first 8 pieces of dim sum. >:D ;D :D

Allan 
I could only eat 5  :-[, we had an entree ordered as well, but it was wrapped to go. We couldn't even touch it.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 19, 2008, 03:45:45 PM
A local restaurant closed up shop in there old location and moved into my neighborhood.  Plagued with delays I thought it would never open but somehow it did just that while I was away in California.  Tonight was the Mrs and my first chance to make it over.  The new space is beautiful and the food remains excellent.  It's really nice to be able to walk over,  even with the crazy snow we're getting right now.  Anatolia Cafe (http://www.anatoliacafe.com/index.php)

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 19, 2008, 06:42:47 PM
Quote from: George on March 16, 2008, 08:36:12 PM

Sure they do:


(http://www.stlucia.gov.lc/pr2000/images/bananas1.jpg)


(Couldn't resist)  ;D

I better check for blood, 'cause I just got tagged!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on March 19, 2008, 07:10:28 PM
Quote from: Bill in the Rockies on March 19, 2008, 06:42:47 PM
I better check for blood, 'cause I just got tagged!

Whaddup, Bill!!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on March 19, 2008, 08:28:13 PM
Breakfast: Peanut Butter on Toast with Banana

(http://www.more4kids.info/uploads/Image/peanut-butter-sandwich.jpg)

Lunch: Meatloaf Sandwich

(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1047/1094289375_e76615ce0a.jpg)

Dinner: Pork Tenderloin Stir-Fry

(http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/recipes/1329613130_thai-basil-pork-stir-fry-a-recipe.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 20, 2008, 06:45:00 AM
The Mrs. made some raisin bread french toast this morning.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on March 20, 2008, 07:25:27 AM
Quote from: toledobass on March 19, 2008, 03:45:45 PM
Anatolia Cafe (http://www.anatoliacafe.com/index.php)

Nice.. Don't they carry mezes (appetizers) there ?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 20, 2008, 07:33:03 AM
They do, the layout of the site makes it look like they don't have them up, but if you click on menu instead of the tabs undeneath you get that stuff too.  Here are the apps:  Anatolia Apps (http://www.anatoliacafe.com/index.php?page=menu).  I was eyeing a liver dish for an appetizer last night, but the wife wouldn't be able to partake so we split some zucchini pancakes instead.  They had a nice sauce on them too but I can't remember what it was. :(


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on March 20, 2008, 07:50:13 AM
Quote from: toledobass on March 20, 2008, 07:33:03 AM
They do, the layout of the site makes it look like they don't have them up, but if you click on menu instead of the tabs undeneath you get that stuff too.  Here are the apps:  Anatolia Apps (http://www.anatoliacafe.com/index.php?page=menu).  I was eyeing a liver dish for an appetizer last night, but the wife wouldn't be able to partake so we split some zucchini pancakes instead.  They had a nice sauce on them too but I can't remember what it was. :(


Allan
Liver a-la-Albania as it is called in Turkey (I don't know why). It is particularly good if you like liver. Small cubes cooked in a fry-pan with onions, oregano+spices.  I could never get into those types of meat, the texture never did it for me (the same goes for kidneys).

The fried zucchini (together with fried eggplants and cuban peppers) is excellent with the tomato sauce and yogurt  :) IF you had the tomato  sauce I don't what is in there, but my mother cooks it and I know it requires some particular spices.

For a meat eater, the thin pitas drenched with the Ezme salad and topped with lamb shish cubes is heavenly  0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 20, 2008, 02:05:10 PM
Headed to another spot within walking distance from home.  Not always the most inspired food but if you navigate the menu well you can eat pretty well.  It's all well prepared and the happy hours rock.  Here's the menu: Lopez (http://www.lopezonlee.com/menu.php)

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 20, 2008, 06:50:28 PM
Off on a long weekend trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina - although we visit the Carolina Coast often, has been a long time since a trip to Myrtle Beach - a lot more development, shopping, restaurants, etc. - will explore!

First night, dinner @ theSea Captain's House (http://www.seacaptains.com/)- dating back to 1930 - 'old time' restaurant on the ocean - our first visit, and quite enjoyable!

Started out w/ sharing a dozen oysters on the half shelf (homemade cocktail sauce & fresh horseradish - delicious!) & a cup of 'she-crab' soup (fabulous).  Nice salad w/ a homemade 'ginger soy' dressing - nice.

Main course for me a special for the night - mahi-mahi seared w/ a crab/ragout topping - must have been brought just off the boat; LOML had a crab meat casserole that was quite tasty, too!

Not enough room left for dessert, but there was a 'bread pudding' offering that sounded delightful!

For me, a couple of glasses of the new vintage Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc - have a few bottles of this in my cellar (2007 - a recommendation if you're into this grape!) -  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on March 20, 2008, 07:52:55 PM
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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BachQ on March 21, 2008, 02:58:29 AM
Quote from: Bill in the Rockies on March 16, 2008, 07:54:00 PM
Bowl of cottage cheese.

Living life on the wild side, we see ..........
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 21, 2008, 12:39:35 PM
I've been craving a baked potato so the Mrs. went and picked up a chicken for me to roast and some broccoli to steam to build a meal around our potatoes. 


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 21, 2008, 12:56:44 PM
Tonight being Good Friday we went traditional and had fish: broiled Dorade (gilthead seabream), basmati rice with roasted pine nuts, and fresh spinach we bought from a produce market yesterday:

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/febgmc/Dorade.jpg)

I opened a special bottle of wine: a 1996 Alsation Riesling, Grand Cru Schoenenbourg from Domaine Mittnacht-Klack in Riquewihr:

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/febgmc/P3212396.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 21, 2008, 01:03:38 PM
Quote from: toledobass on March 21, 2008, 12:39:35 PM
I've been craving a baked potato so the Mrs. went and picked up a chicken for me to roast and some broccoli to steam to build a meal around our potatoes. 


Allan

That's one of my favorite meals, Allan. I roast a chicken nearly every week and broccoli usually goes with it. I alternate baked potatoes with potato salad.

Sarge

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 21, 2008, 01:04:30 PM
Look at the skin on that fish.  Someone is a master on the broiler. 

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 21, 2008, 01:10:25 PM
Quote from: toledobass on March 21, 2008, 01:04:30 PM
Look at the skin on that fish.  Someone is a master on the broiler. 

Allan

I tell you, it was perfection. Completely crispy skin but the meat itself was succulent. Mrs. Rock rules. (She's nornally cooks our fish meals. I still have trouble gettting fish right.) Her rice and spinach were sensational too, the spinach in olive oil and butter with chunks of garlic.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 21, 2008, 01:11:44 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 21, 2008, 01:03:38 PM
That's one of my favorite meals, Allan. I roast a chicken nearly every week and broccoli usually goes with it. I alternate baked potatoes with potato salad.

Sarge



Mine too Sarge.  I am hardly ever in the mood for baked potatoes or broccoli, usually opting for mashed if I make them at all, and some sort of leafy green that I can wilt a la minute, but for some reason those baked potatoes have been calling out and since the Mrs picked up the broccoli I don't have much choice in what veg to cook tonight.  It's cool though I'm looking forward to our old school dinner tonight.

I always say if I had to choose one preperation to live with for the rest of my life it would be roast chicken and if I had to choose one animal that I was able to prepare any way I please it would be the pig.

Allan  

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 21, 2008, 01:15:21 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 21, 2008, 01:10:25 PM
I tell you, it was perfection. Completely crispy skin but the meat itself was succulent. Mrs. Rock rules. (She's nornally cooks our fish meals. I still have trouble gettting fish right.) Her rice and spinach were sensational too, the spinach in olive oil and butter with chunks of garlic.

Sarge

I find fish and rice to be 2 of the hardest things to master so right on!!!

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 21, 2008, 01:27:51 PM
Quote from: toledobass on March 21, 2008, 01:11:44 PM
Mine too Sarge.  I am hardly ever in the mood for baked potatoes or broccoli, usually opting for mashed if I make them at all...

I must have potatoes. I've never met a potato I didn't like  8)

Quote
I always say if I had to choose one preperation to live with for the rest of my life it would be roast chicken

Me too. Chicken is the one thing I never tire of...which is odd because my first job was working in the kitchen of one of Barberton's famous Serbian-style chicken restaurants. After a year and a half slaving away in that horrible, greasy environment, you'd think I'd have had enough chicken to last the rest of my life ;D  But no, I still love it...although I do prefer roasted to fried nowadays.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 21, 2008, 01:36:44 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on March 20, 2008, 06:50:28 PM
Off on a long weekend trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Myrtle Beach is my family's favorite vacation spot. Dad and Mom discovered it in the 70s and all their kids (excepting me) are regular visitors. Someday Mrs. Rock and I are going to travel up the east coast (starting in Savannah, which we have been to, and loved).

Quote from: SonicMan on March 20, 2008, 06:50:28 PM
For me, a couple of glasses of the new vintage Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc - have a few bottles of this in my cellar (2007 - a recommendation if you're into this grape!) -  :D

Thanks for the tip, Dave.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on March 21, 2008, 02:13:14 PM
Somebody ate my rib-eye and baked potato.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 21, 2008, 06:41:17 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 21, 2008, 01:36:44 PM
Myrtle Beach is my family's favorite vacation spot. Dad and Mom discovered it in the 70s and all their kids (excepting me) are regular visitors. Someday Mrs. Rock and I are going to travel up the east coast (starting in Savannah, which we have been to, and loved).


Hello Sarge - know that I'd love that fish you pictured!

Please let me know if you plan to visit the Carolina-Georgia coast in the near future - can certainly give you some suggestions, depending on your interests!  :D

BTW - second day in Myrtle Beach & a great one for eating - decided to take a trip to Georgetown, a historic colonial city south of Myrtle Beach; on the way down stopped off @ Murrell's Inlet for lunch @ Drunken Jack's Restaurant (http://www.drunkenjacks.net/) - great views of the Carolina wetlands - started out (again!) w/ a shared dozen of raw oysters (better than the night before!); I just had some seared tuna w/ a seaweed salad - light but excellent!

Tonight, dined at a surprisingly wonderful place - Collector's Cafe (http://www.collectorscafeandgallery.com/html/COLLECTORS-CAFE-DINING.swf) - we shared a seafood salad appetizer w/ delightful flavors; dinner came w/ a nice salad - wife had a 'signature' dish of scallops - I decided to skip seafood (a rarity for me on the shore!) - had the veal medallion dish - boy, tender & grilled; side was a shrimp/macaroni w/ 4 cheeses - (wife ate half of that!  she is macaroni/cheese freak!) - shared a great Tiramisu desset w/ some 'special' coffees! 

GREAT DAY for food & some American colonial history - Dave  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on March 23, 2008, 03:54:05 PM
Quote from: toledobass on March 21, 2008, 01:15:21 PM
I find fish and rice to be 2 of the hardest things to master so right on!!!

Allan

I agree,fish is a challenge! I cook it in portions ,I can never get it right roasting a whole sockeye .It always seems over cooked out side and too rare in the center.Nice 150 or 200gm pt are much easier to pan fry.I never take my eyes off them it's that quick.
Regarding rice,I think every variety needs a different amount of water,trial and error! I use a rice cooker and my favorite rice is brown Jasmine scented rice,but I try new ones all the time there's a fabulous red rice mixed with a Chinese short grain black rice that has a delicious nutty flavour.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 23, 2008, 04:11:16 PM
Last night in Myrtle Beach - still been eating well here - much improved from my last visit a while ago!  :D

Tonight we dined @ the Umi Pacific Grille (http://www.umipacificgrille.com/Umi1024index.html) - started out w/ (again!) sharing a dozen oysters (from New England) on the half shelf + yellowtail sashimi - delicious; for my main course - a FIRST - had a barramundi fish dish (roasted w/ chili sauce + baby bok choy, one of my favorite veggies); I believe that this is a freshwater fish from northern Australia (a featured discussion in the film Crocodile Dundee, as I remember) - maybe our Aussie members can add some comments?  BTW, that's not me in the pic - just showing 'what' the fish looks like!

A couple of glasses of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc - wonderful dinner & new experience!  :)

(http://www.olw.com.au/Images/Ord%20River%20barramundi.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on March 23, 2008, 04:13:27 PM
Nice fish Dave!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on March 23, 2008, 04:33:51 PM
I just ate a black bean burger for the first time, by mistake. It was great, but more than a little spicy!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on March 23, 2008, 05:03:33 PM
(http://www.valorosofoods.com/images/Di_leo1.jpg)
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(http://www.hermann-uwe.de/files/images/small_cup_of_coffee.preview.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: c#minor on March 23, 2008, 05:37:34 PM
ahhh coffee, i need some coffee a long night of theory studies awaits me, so i have decided to come here to procrastinate. But tonight i had some good "country cookin." Easter/Christmas/Thanksgiving = casserole.... lovely casserole!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 24, 2008, 02:02:10 PM
Some friends and I are headed here (http://barcento.com/) in a few minutes.  Wine and this kinda food are perfect for my lazy Monday evening.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 24, 2008, 02:53:32 PM
Quote from: Muriel on March 23, 2008, 04:13:27 PM
Nice fish Dave!

Hi Muriel!  :D

That meal started out great!  My main course was pretty good, but could have been better - the fish was a little 'overdone'; of course, I presumed shipped frozen from Australia - however, the taste & texture were excellent, reminded me of some of the Great Lakes fish I ate decades ago (when I lived in Ohio/Michigan) - would love to have it again (don't think I'll make it to Australia, but maybe a West Coast trip will be a possibility, or of course one of the larger USA cities?).   :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on March 24, 2008, 02:59:23 PM
Avocado Salad with a dash of Olive oil . Plain Lebene , with an Apple. Yogurt with sweet mandarins and pineapples.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 24, 2008, 03:26:35 PM
Great experience for golf lovers!  :D

Returning home (Winston-Salem, NC) from our short Myrtle Beach, South Carolina vacation - decided to make a 'on the way' stop in Pinehurst, NC for lunch - Pinehurst, Southern Pines, and environs have hundreds of golf courses in the area, many of historic interest, including the famed No. 2 (US Open that Payne Stewart won most recently!).

Stopped @ the Pinehurst Hotel, c. 1895 w/ great golf memorabilia (signed photos, old golf clubs, etc.) - venerable dining room - lunch was quite good, well prepared, & delicious - a 'change of pace' from our coastal experience (and done intentionally) - LOML decided to have a BURGER!  Wonderful bun (thin) - she added onions & bleu cheese (which came thick & in chunks!), along w/ some great french fries (thin, crispy - really like French frittes!) - for some reason, she did not talk to me during lunch!  ;) ;D

I decided on a wrap of seasoned chicken/pastrami w/ veggies & a light sauce - quite good; came w/ onion rings (we don't eat this kind of stuff anymore, but we shared the fries & onion rings w/ DELIGHT!  Wish this stuff was really good for us @ our ages!).  Decided to split a wonderful berry tart dessert - wonderful!).  :P

(http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/222096.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1934A2752006EF5F0EDD54E088A292B88D7284831B75F48EF45)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 24, 2008, 04:41:59 PM
Very colorful hard boiled eggs from yesterday's hunt!  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on March 24, 2008, 05:00:24 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 21, 2008, 12:56:44 PM

I opened a special bottle of wine: a 1996 Alsation Riesling, Grand Cru Schoenenbourg from Domaine Mittnacht-Klack in Riquewihr:


Sarge

Back in 2004 we spent a few days and nights in the Colmar region, and I recall visiting Riquewihr as well as all the other "wihrs" of the areas: Niedermorschwir (where we stayed, right across a very narrow street from a wine merchant ;D), Obermorschwir, Orschwihr, Mittlewihr, Ammerschwir, Gueberschwihr, etc.  Riquewihr is the alsatian Epernay, the town where most wine merchants have a 'maison'.
This is Riquewihr:
(http://i-love-riquewihr.com/images/A_2_9.jpg) (http://i-love-riquewihr.com/images/A_3_9.jpg)(http://www.alsace-route-des-vins.com/NewVersion/images/ardv_small/46riquewihr04small.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on March 24, 2008, 06:09:40 PM
Looking at those beautiful pictures, André, makes me hungry for a wooden plate of cheese and Schwarzbrot and a glass - or two! - of the Hauswein in any Wirtshaus along those streets!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on March 24, 2008, 06:38:17 PM
Lis, if my wife hadn't inadvertently sat on the lens of our Nikon in Meersburg am Bodensee, Id have tons of pictures to show  :P. Unfortunately I have to rely on web sites to convey the absolute enchantment of the alsatian countryside. But we did have käse u. schwarzbrot for breakfast at our B&B - plus the traditional croissants, butter and jams  :D. And I had the most divine jambonneau confit (wädele) you could dream of in one of those 16th century houses that  are still widely preserved in the small villages (I believe it was Türckheim or Eguisheim).  :D.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 25, 2008, 06:58:10 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on March 24, 2008, 05:00:24 PM
Back in 2004 we spent a few days and nights in the Colmar region...

So did we!...2004. That's when we bought a case of that Schoenenbourg Riesling. We spent nights in Ribeauville and Kayersberg and visited Riquewihr and Colmar. I'll dig out some of my photographs and post them later.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on March 25, 2008, 07:26:19 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21R3Q9QN9KL._AA225_.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on March 26, 2008, 09:07:10 AM
Your basic Greek salad.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on March 26, 2008, 08:12:33 PM
Had this one for dinner, and salad with tomato, English cucumber, bib lettuce and some green olives stuffed with garlic, tossed with garlic-flavoured Greek olive oil and French Tarragon wine vinegar:
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 29, 2008, 06:40:34 AM
On Bogey's request, heart of pig with fingerlings and cognac:


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on March 30, 2008, 10:13:10 AM
(http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-03/37152803.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 30, 2008, 02:29:19 PM
Quote from: toledobass on March 29, 2008, 06:40:34 AM
On Bogey's request, heart of pig with fingerlings and cognac:


Allan - the final pic looks pretty good!  ;D  Did you enjoy the dish?  I'm not into 'solid' organs much anymore, but used to 'sample' kidneys, heart, & sweetbreads; still love the latter (as does my wife), but just don't order the dishes anymore -  :D

Tonight a 'special' @ my local 'Mountain Bistro' - elk tenderloin grilled medium rare w/ a salad & asparagus + a couple of glasses of Pinot Noir - have not had this 'animal' in a while - delicious - a little more mild & tender than the venison that I often have there!  :)

(http://images.google.com/url?q=http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/living/graphics/elk1.jpg&usg=AFQjCNGLiyI_N3t-bKI0nlHNFFGhz_I3sg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 30, 2008, 06:18:23 PM
Sonic,

I did enjoy the dish.  I actually loved it. The heart has a mild porky taste and the texture is awsome.  Very smooth and velvety and tender.  I also tried out a kidney dish but I didn't really enjoy that one.  I'm sure I overcooked them because they were rubbery as all hell.  I love sweetbreads too.  I always order them but I've never tried cooking with them myself.  I'll have to work on that.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on March 30, 2008, 06:52:36 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on March 30, 2008, 02:29:19 PM
- elk tenderloin grilled medium rare

This majestic animal does look great in it's habitat, where he belongs - not on anybody's dinner plate!  :'(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: matti on March 31, 2008, 01:38:41 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on March 30, 2008, 06:52:36 PM
This majestic animal does look great in it's habitat, where he belongs - not on anybody's dinner plate!  :'(

Also the collision can be rather majestic when you hit the animal with a car. Too many of those up here, a real hazard. Plus they carry a certain bug (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipoptena_cervi) - a real nuisance, keeps many people out of forests and hence mushrooms and berries remain unpicked.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on March 31, 2008, 06:39:28 AM
Hello Matti!  :-*

Good to have you back, even if we disagree a bit. Shouldn't go fishing either, should you? But then what would you feed your visitors from foreign countries?  ???

Lis
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: маразм1 on March 31, 2008, 08:25:43 AM
sunflower seeds...left over from Purim.  hahaha  They're addictive!! >:D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: маразм1 on March 31, 2008, 08:26:27 AM
Quote from: BorisG on March 30, 2008, 10:13:10 AM
(http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-03/37152803.jpg)

omg!  this looks sooo good!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 31, 2008, 09:03:56 AM
Quote from: matti on March 31, 2008, 01:38:41 AM
Also the collision can be rather majestic when you hit the animal with a car. Too many of those up here, a real hazard. Plus they carry a certain bug (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipoptena_cervi) - a real nuisance, keeps many people out of forests and hence mushrooms and berries remain unpicked.

Lis - Matti is right about these large hoofed beasts & cars - below a pic of a female (not a bull!) moose collision w/ a car (driver escaped unhurt, amazingly); so, best to get some of these animals off the streets and onto our dinner plates -  ;D   Dave

(http://www.zenwaiter.com/moose/Moose4.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Anne on March 31, 2008, 10:31:11 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on March 31, 2008, 09:03:56 AM
Lis - Matti is right about these large hoofed beasts & cars - below a pic of a female (not a bull!) moose collision w/ a car (driver escaped unhurt, amazingly); so, best to get some of these animals off the streets and onto our dinner plates -  ;D   Dave

(http://www.zenwaiter.com/moose/Moose4.jpg)

Because the elk have overpopulated other areas, authorities have relocated some of the them to Michigan.  There is a regular hunting season for them.  My brother-in-law got one a few years ago.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lady Chatterley on March 31, 2008, 12:17:20 PM
I'm just off to the shops to see what looks good,I've never seen elk tenderloin for sale at my market, We will have to settle for halibut.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 31, 2008, 02:03:42 PM
Quote from: Anne on March 31, 2008, 10:31:11 AM
Because the elk have overpopulated other areas, authorities have relocated some of the them to Michigan.  There is a regular hunting season for them.  My brother-in-law got one a few years ago.

Hi Anne - same event happening in the western part of North Carolina - NC Elk (http://www.ncelk.org/herd.htm) - not sure 'how many' are currently here, but they are reproducing at surprisingly high rates - deer is by far the most popular sport animal in this state (and a common cause of car collisions, over 17,000 in 2005 (http://www.hsrc.unc.edu/news_room/2007-12-12_Deer.cfm)!) - I often order venison at that restuarant mentioned, although there is a superb North Carolina trout offering (another fav of mine!) - last night, another special was a blackened wahoo fish (pic below - BTW, the human is not me!  ;)), which really tempted me, but decided on the the elk -  :D

(http://www.doubledcharters.com/P5100060Danny_WahooWeb.jpg)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on March 31, 2008, 02:04:14 PM
Pretty tame.

(http://www.jphpk.gov.my/English/zoom_26209.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Anne on March 31, 2008, 03:34:03 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on March 31, 2008, 02:03:42 PM
Hi Anne - same event happening in the western part of North Carolina - NC Elk (http://www.ncelk.org/herd.htm) - not sure 'how many' are currently here, but they are reproducing at surprisingly high rates - deer is by far the most popular sport animal in this state (and a common cause of car collisions, over 17,000 in 2005 (http://www.hsrc.unc.edu/news_room/2007-12-12_Deer.cfm)!) - I often order venison at that restuarant mentioned, although there is a superb North Carolina trout offering (another fav of mine!) - last night, another special was a blackened wahoo fish (pic below - BTW, the human is not me!  ;)), which really tempted me, but decided on the the elk -  :D

(http://www.doubledcharters.com/P5100060Danny_WahooWeb.jpg)



Beautiful picture of that fish!  Deer hunting is very popular in N. Michigan.  Some businesses simply close on opening day (Nov. 15).

One year my husband had an encounter with a deer 3 days before hunting season on the highway.  Deer came from the side of the highway to cross it but not enough time.  Result?  Deer attempted to jump over the car, didn't make it and slammed into the driver's windshield creating a 24-inch diameter hole right in the middle of the glass.  Ever wonder why the glass in the windshield of a vehicle is made of 2 pieces of glass with a layer of plastic sandwiched in the middle?  The deer stayed outside the vehicle but the front seat had a lot of deer hair.  My husband was fine. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on March 31, 2008, 04:46:48 PM
In New Brunswick where my daughter lives, deer and esp. elk encounters of the too close kind are the most common cause of road fatality. An elk is like a cow on giraffe legs so when you hit it, the body is level with the windshield. At high speed, the car is positively decapitated.

This  is a young male (http://bdm.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/elan_orignal_2.jpg)

And this is an old one: (http://www.villiard.com/images/chasse-orignal.jpg).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 31, 2008, 05:52:10 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on March 31, 2008, 04:46:48 PM
In New Brunswick where my daughter lives, deer and esp. elk encounters of the too close kind are the most common cause of road fatality. An elk is like a cow on giraffe legs so when you hit it, the body is level with the windshield. At high speed, the car is positively decapitated.

And this is an old one: (http://www.villiard.com/images/chasse-orignal.jpg).

André - that old bull moose is amazingly LARGE!  :o  - think that I'd rather hit a brick wall, instead!  BTW - is that you w/ the gun?  ;D

On my trip to Quebec last fall, the plane was delayed into the Quebec airport - I had a car rental to drive to our first stop in La Malbaie, night was dark, trip was 2+ hrs, and I kept seeing those signs shown below!  Knowing the size of a bull moose, I was VERY careful, esp. around curves -  ;) ;D

(http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/988/50252244.JPG)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Anne on March 31, 2008, 07:16:50 PM
Andre, gorgeous pictures!  I, too, would like to know if that is you in the photo.

Re: hubby's altercation with the deer - the deer was so close to the local mall that no one would ever think of it that close to civilization.

That same place on the road - a different time I wondered why traffic was going so slowly.  As I approached so I could finally see - there was mama skunk with her tail straight up in the air followed by 4 or 5 baby skunks with their tails straight up in the air, all of them in a straight line crossing the highway.  For sure they all were given all the time they wanted and traffic backed up in both directions.   ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on April 01, 2008, 08:37:29 AM
A lettuce, tomato, cheddar, roast beef, horseradish sandwich.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Anne on April 01, 2008, 08:59:37 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on March 31, 2008, 05:52:10 PM
André - that old bull moose is amazingly LARGE!  :o  - think that I'd rather hit a brick wall, instead!  BTW - is that you w/ the gun?  ;D

On my trip to Quebec last fall, the plane was delayed into the Quebec airport - I had a car rental to drive to our first stop in La Malbaie, night was dark, trip was 2+ hrs, and I kept seeing those signs shown below!  Knowing the size of a bull moose, I was VERY careful, esp. around curves -  ;) ;D

(http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/988/50252244.JPG)



How does one drag that monster out of there and into civilization?  Use a truck?  a car?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on April 01, 2008, 09:50:32 AM
(http://img.alibaba.com/photo/11240501/Agen_Prunes_Certified_100_Ente_Variety.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on April 01, 2008, 12:09:31 PM
(http://www.freewebs.com/especiallymade/CHEESE%20SANDWICH.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 01, 2008, 03:02:22 PM
Quote from: Anne on April 01, 2008, 08:59:37 AM
How does one drag that monster out of there and into civilization?  Use a truck?  a car?

Anne - LOL!  ;D  Probably in 'small pieces'!  ;)  Out of curiosity, I was looking up some stats on a full grown 'bull moose' - height @ the shoulder 5-7 ft.; weight 800-1500 lbs!  Can you imagine a 7' 1500 pounder standing next to your car!  YIKES -  :o  And then hitting that beast on a highway goin' 60 mph -  ::)   Those Quebec signs that dark overcast night on my way to La Malbaie were a little scary, even for a North Carolinian who has had plenty of deer cross the roads & 3-4 black bears!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on April 01, 2008, 05:24:32 PM
Honestly, I've never seen such a monstrous beast - and, no, it's not me on the picture  ;D. 

I did see quite a few large beasts when working in the Great North: black bears (in the local dumps) and grey trouts (they can exceed 75 pounds and 3 feet in length - and I've seen those). Like most Canadians I've seen a moose more often on a road sign than live (twice). That one is a real knockout :o.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Anne on April 01, 2008, 06:12:40 PM
One time our family went to the northern tip of Lake Huron (the black flies were horrendous!).  Women and children stayed at the beach while the guys scouted about in our car.  They had decided to go back to the beach.

Suddenly out of the right side of the car appeared this big black bear running so fast!  He ran full tilt right into the right front fender of out car, denting it mightily.  Hubby said he sat on the ground and turned his head from side to side as if trying to comprehend what had just happened to him.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Morigan on April 02, 2008, 03:55:24 AM
I've encountered a live moose only once, at night, in the dreaded Parc des Laurentides. It's a somewhat common sight in this area, but seeing the real thing is a real shock. I was just driving to Québec City after visiting my native region of Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean and it was the middle of the night. Suddenly, in the dead middle of the road, I see two large balls of green light floating in the air. I managed to stop the car just a few meters in front of that monster. Its eyes were glowing because they reflected the car's headlights. Anyway, after staring at it for a few seconds, I drove around it and resumed my trip.

A direct collision with a moose is quite deadly. It's almost like ramming your car into a big boulder. Those signs are up for a reason! :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 02, 2008, 04:54:55 AM
Last night, I had a sloppy joe using some leftover bolognese sauce I made.  Fun.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on April 02, 2008, 08:18:05 PM
(http://www.bunrab.com/dailyfeed/dailyfeed_images_feb-06/daily_feb22_2006_soup.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on April 04, 2008, 12:25:56 PM
(http://www.recipetips.com/images/recipe/salad/cottage_cheese_plate.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: matti on April 04, 2008, 12:51:41 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on March 31, 2008, 06:39:28 AM
Hello Matti!  :-*

Good to have you back, even if we disagree a bit. Shouldn't go fishing either, should you? But then what would you feed your visitors from foreign countries?  ???

Lis

Hello Lis! I do fish, as a visitor from a foreign country knows. He has even eaten smoked perch with good (or incredibly well pretended) appetite. However, I don't get your point - fishing versus moose hunting...  ??? I, for one, am pro both activities. Far too many moose around in this country, I am not kidding.

Furthermore, on ethics: most of us eat chicken and eggs. Most of the chicken live there lives on a tiny spot, about the size of your printer paper. There are organic eggs, but they are a tiny minority.

A moose lives its life in freedom. The (too occasional) bullet hits a happy animal.

:-* Matti
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 04, 2008, 02:28:29 PM
Well, I guess the 'moose' stories have ended -  ;) ;D  Actually, I've not had 'real' moose, just the chocolate kind!  :)

Returned from our local Italian bistro - not a fancy place but quite good; for me tonight (a frequent repeat):

Veal piccata (thin, tender, and hammered!) w/ an excellent well reduced lemon-caper sauce - no breading, no cheese - just the way I like it!  Side dish of broccholi sauteed w/ olive oil & garlic shavings; all preceded by a fine romaine lettuce salad w/ a delicious home-made 'house' dressing.  Of course, a couple of glasses of wine - an inexpensive Italian pinot grigio, not great but cheap & refreshing - I really love this meal!  :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: matti on April 04, 2008, 02:45:13 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on April 04, 2008, 02:28:29 PM
Well, I guess the 'moose' stories have ended -  ;) ;D  Actually, I've not had 'real' moose, just the chocolate kind!  :)


Yeah, I suppose the moralist in me spoiled all the fun.  ;D

Just out of curiosity, how do you (US citizens in particular) feel about eating reindeer meat? I've heard Finnair has a policy not to serve reindeer meat on flights to the US, because Americans detest the idea of eating Rudolf. Not-eating-Rudoph may be an urban legend, but these are culture related things... I have eaten horse meat, but not without a small amount of disgust, ALTHOUGH it tasted delicious. A dog or a cat is food in some parts of the world, but I could not think of eating either. If I had been brought up in an other culture, I would think otherwise.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 04, 2008, 03:16:45 PM
Quote from: matti on April 04, 2008, 02:45:13 PM
Just out of curiosity, how do you (US citizens in particular) feel about eating reindeer meat? ... I have eaten horse meat, but not without a small amount of disgust, ALTHOUGH it tasted delicious. A dog or a cat is food in some parts of the world, but I could not think of eating either. If I had been brought up in an other culture.....

Hello, Matti - I'm unlikely the American who should be asked about dietary preferences - wife & I have tried about everything (e.g., love sushi, but not fond of uni, i.e. sea urchin) - I would certainly give reindeer a try, along w/ kangaroo; moose, bear, caribou would be fine w/ me, also; have had ostrich & emu w/ pleasure.

I've not tried Dog & Cat, but these are certainly a big part of far eastern cultures - would I?  Well, I've eaten squirrels & rabbits, so not sure that there would be much of a difference, esp. if not told?  Also, love 'swamp critters' of all kinds - alligator, turtle, crabs, etc. -  :P

Now, what would I not eat?  Hmmm - live BUGs & crawling live animals are definitely OUT for me!  ;D  Also, chilled 'monkey brains' like in the Indiana Jones movie would be maybe?  I love sweatbreads (typically calf thymus), and brains are likely the same texture & taste; I've not had tripe?

But in the end, I'm definitely an 'omnivorous' animal, and will try most things that will fit easily into my mouth!  :D

(http://munchies.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/monkey_brains.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: matti on April 04, 2008, 03:36:00 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on April 04, 2008, 03:16:45 PM

not sure that there would be much of a difference, esp. if not told? 


Yep, that's how it goes. I've eaten lamb in India, or so I have been told, but the meal was so hot it could have been any meat... I certainly saw more dogs than lambs there. To be exact: no lambs, not even in the countryside, but thousands of stray dogs. If I was a struggling restaurant owner in India, I'd surely be tempted... in spite of the cuddly appearance and sad eyes of the canines.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on April 04, 2008, 05:14:42 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on March 26, 2008, 09:07:10 AM
Your basic Greek salad.

Had that for lunch today, with a baked potato with melted mozzarela.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on April 04, 2008, 05:54:19 PM
IN: brains, sweetbreads, liver and kidneys. Rabbit and horse are fine too! Any birdie is fair game.
OUT: anything alive, with more than 4 legs, or no legs at all, as well as any kind of rodents. Dogs and cats are taboo too.

Tried once but not to my taste: hearts and tripes. Too chewy and without much taste.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on April 04, 2008, 08:36:43 PM
(http://www.crazywingcantina.com/wings_wood.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Gustav on April 04, 2008, 11:19:59 PM
Quote from: BorisG on April 04, 2008, 08:36:43 PM
(http://www.crazywingcantina.com/wings_wood.jpg)

yuck!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on April 05, 2008, 04:36:59 AM
Quote from: Gustav on April 04, 2008, 11:19:59 PM
yuck!

Yes, that looks absolutely disgusting. Can I have it?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 05, 2008, 05:51:51 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on April 04, 2008, 05:54:19 PM
OUT: anything alive...

I've always wanted to try qagh, the Klingon speciality ;D: Qagh is a dish of serpent worms, best when served live. In preparing the dish, the worms are fed diluted animal blood, which the worms find unappealing and will eat only when they are starving. Just before serving, the now ravenous worms are placed in a thick sauce. The worms eat the sauce, including an herb ingredient that is toxic to them and kills them in just a few minutes. Leftover qagh is served as a stew.


Quotewith more than 4 legs...

In Korea roasted beetles are consumed like popcorn at movie theaters. I didn't find the beetles particularly appealing (odd smell, dusty taste) but I ate them. I'll eat anything once. I had fried tree bark, sprinkled with sugar, while staying at the Chungdung Buddhist monastery atop Mari Mountain on Kangwa island off the coast of Korea.

My most recent disgusting food experience was a dish of Wellfleisch I ordered the last time we visited Bavaria. Mrs. Rock warned me against it but I'm both brave and a fool. Wellfleisch is boiled pig parts...the parts normal people don't want. The snout was....chewy.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: greg on April 05, 2008, 05:58:41 AM
Quote from: BorisG on April 04, 2008, 08:36:43 PM
(http://www.crazywingcantina.com/wings_wood.jpg)
mmmmmmmmmmm  0:) 0:) 0:)
i want the whole basket, and a few more.....
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papy Oli on April 05, 2008, 10:46:32 AM
A nice slice of Carrot and Orange cake like this one :

(http://ourkitchensink.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/carrot-cake-taker-2.jpg)

0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 05, 2008, 10:58:04 AM
Quote from: papy on April 05, 2008, 10:46:32 AM
A nice slice of Carrot and Orange cake like this one :

(http://ourkitchensink.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/carrot-cake-taker-2.jpg)

0:)

Absolutely love carrot cake!  But, don't look up the calories, esp. on a tall & big piece -  ;) ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papy Oli on April 05, 2008, 11:11:43 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on April 05, 2008, 10:58:04 AM
Absolutely love carrot cake!  But, don't look up the calories, esp. on a tall & big piece -  ;) ;D

i have only had a thin small one..... or 2....




0:)


Besides, that's only carrot & orange... that's 2 parts of your five-a-day...so, technically, if i have a second slice, that's 4/5 taken care of....now, if i get one more half-slice..... 0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Peregrine on April 05, 2008, 11:17:00 AM
Just roasted a fantastic organic, free range chicken. Smothered in butter, tarragon, a sumptuous Italian lemon, salt and pepper. Had a Romaine lettuce and tomatoes on the side. Will boil and simmer the carcass tomorrow to make some risotto stock.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on April 05, 2008, 12:50:17 PM
(http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/06/09/23040906.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on April 05, 2008, 02:44:44 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 05, 2008, 05:51:51 AM

My most recent disgusting food experience was a dish of Wellfleisch I ordered the last time we visited Bavaria. Mrs. Rock warned me against it but I'm both brave and a fool. Wellfleisch is boiled pig parts...the parts normal people don't want. The snout was....chewy.

Sarge

Wellfleisch is known around here as amourettes. I know it exists, but I've never met anyone who actually ate the stuff. I was beginning to think it was an urban legend... :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on April 05, 2008, 03:06:20 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on April 05, 2008, 10:58:04 AM
Absolutely love carrot cake!  But, don't look up the calories, esp. on a tall & big piece -  ;) ;D

For me, there is no other cake than fresh Carrot Cake.  8)

Me, I am eating some fresh, ripe Mango. Mmmmmmmmm.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on April 05, 2008, 07:23:34 PM
George, is there an easy way to get all the flesh off the mango? I pull off the skin and end up with both hands dripping with delicious juice but hardly any flesh comes off that huge pit.  >:(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on April 05, 2008, 08:33:39 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on April 05, 2008, 07:23:34 PM
George, is there an easy way to get all the flesh off the mango? I pull off the skin and end up with both hands dripping with delicious juice but hardly any flesh comes off that huge pit.  >:(

I feel your sticky pain.  ;D

I usually just buy it at a local store, where the staff seem to have the knack of it. Plus, I like it cold.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on April 05, 2008, 08:54:36 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on April 05, 2008, 07:23:34 PM
George, is there an easy way to get all the flesh off the mango? I pull off the skin and end up with both hands dripping with delicious juice but hardly any flesh comes off that huge pit.  >:(

This may, or may not, be helpful. :)

http://startcooking.com/blog/217/How-to-Peel-a-Mango
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on April 06, 2008, 07:24:39 AM
Thank you, Bogey! It sounds and looks helpful but - the moment I start peeling, the juice already starts dripping. Look at the hands of the cook in the demonstration: Clean, dry! His peel comes off nice and neat; my peelings always have lots of flesh sticking to them! When I see those lovely globes in the produce section, maybe I should remember the difficulties of getting at the innards - and buy a papaya instead!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Keemun on April 06, 2008, 07:38:36 AM
Quote from: Bogey on April 05, 2008, 08:54:36 PM
This may, or may not, be helpful. :)

http://startcooking.com/blog/217/How-to-Peel-a-Mango

Bogey, thanks for posting that.  I'll have to give it a try the next time I buy mangos.  I'll admit, sometimes I avoid purchasing them because they're such a pain in the ass to prepare.

~~~~~~~~~

I had this for breakfast:

(http://quakeroatmeal.com/qo_ourProducts/images/productShots/oatsSteelCut.jpg)

It was my first time trying steel cut oatmeal.  I was surprised at how much better it tastes than regular rolled oats. Of course it took about 45 minutes to make, so it's not going to be a daily breakfast item.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on April 06, 2008, 08:32:59 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on April 06, 2008, 07:24:39 AM
Thank you, Bogey! It sounds and looks helpful but - the moment I start peeling, the juice already starts dripping. Look at the hands of the cook in the demonstration: Clean, dry! His peel comes off nice and neat; my peelings always have lots of flesh sticking to them! When I see those lovely globes in the produce section, maybe I should remember the difficulties of getting at the innards - and buy a papaya instead!

Maybe yours are a tad too ripe?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on April 06, 2008, 08:34:34 AM
Quote from: Keemun on April 06, 2008, 07:38:36 AM
Bogey, thanks for posting that.  I'll have to give it a try the next time I buy mangos.  I'll admit, sometimes I avoid purchasing them because they're such a pain in the ass to prepare.

~~~~~~~~~

I had this for breakfast:

(http://quakeroatmeal.com/qo_ourProducts/images/productShots/oatsSteelCut.jpg)

It was my first time trying steel cut oatmeal.  I was surprised at how much better it tastes than regular rolled oats. Of course it took about 45 minutes to make, so it's not going to be a daily breakfast item.

Yeah, steel cut is great! Mmmmmmmm.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 06, 2008, 08:38:41 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on April 05, 2008, 02:44:44 PM
Wellfleisch is known around here as amourettes

What a beautiful sounding name for such a thoroughly gross dish.


Quote
I know it exists, but I've never met anyone who actually ate the stuff. I was beginning to think it was an urban legend... :D

No legend, dude. It's real. Be afraid, very afraid  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on April 06, 2008, 09:52:09 AM
Quote from: George on April 06, 2008, 08:32:59 AM
Maybe yours are a tad too ripe?

A possibility, George! I asked a hispanic employee at the store and he told me his wife simply bites into the top and pulls off the skin with her teeth and then cuts off the rest with a sharp knife. I tried this method too, you guessed it: Got juice and pulp all over my chin! Papayas it will be.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on April 06, 2008, 10:33:04 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on April 05, 2008, 07:23:34 PM
George, is there an easy way to get all the flesh off the mango? I pull off the skin and end up with both hands dripping with delicious juice but hardly any flesh comes off that huge pit.  >:(

I cut the peel with the end of the knife (only going skin-deep) into quarters, and pull them off. To get the flesh off the pit, I slice down through the fruit on the flatter sides.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on April 06, 2008, 01:34:06 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on April 06, 2008, 09:52:09 AM
A possibility, George! I asked a hispanic employee at the store and he told me his wife simply bites into the top and pulls off the skin with her teeth and then cuts off the rest with a sharp knife. I tried this method too, you guessed it: Got juice and pulp all over my chin! Papayas it will be.  ;D

Tis a shame. Very funny story though.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 06, 2008, 03:13:53 PM
Tonight, our neighborhood 'mountain bistro' - elk the last time there (which started a number of interesting posts) - hopefully more benign tonight - wonderful halibut dish, grilled w/ a cajun spiced dusting - accompanied by a ragout of tomatoes/artichoke, which I mixed w/ my spinach side-dish - was wonderful together!  Of course, a couple glasses of wine, Pinot Grigio from Oregon (King Estate) - all delicious!  :D

(http://www.alaskakingskitchen.com/kellum2/Huge_Halibut.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on April 06, 2008, 06:12:19 PM
(http://www.mikeanddianes.com/images/content/plate_sour-tap.jpg)

A tapenade recipe.

http://www.recipezaar.com/156988
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on April 07, 2008, 12:04:13 PM
(http://workitmom.com/bloggers/orderingdisorder/files/2007/09/finished-product.JPG)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 07, 2008, 01:28:58 PM
chow fun
(http://d1.biggestmenu.com/00/00/49/483e7869a6e4c346_m.jpg)


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on April 07, 2008, 05:20:13 PM
Quote from: toledobass on April 07, 2008, 01:28:58 PM
chow fun
(http://d1.biggestmenu.com/00/00/49/483e7869a6e4c346_m.jpg)

Looks nice, but what is this bit?

(http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/9843/image1ff1.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 07, 2008, 06:31:59 PM
Just a few thick noodles stuck together. 

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on April 07, 2008, 08:35:37 PM
Quote from: toledobass on April 07, 2008, 06:31:59 PM
Just a few thick noodles stuck together. 

Allan

I would love to wake up tomorrow and find a box of this in my fridge Allan.  Love left-over Chinese food....my second choice to Trenton lobsta'. ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on April 07, 2008, 11:12:33 PM
Quote from: toledobass on April 07, 2008, 06:31:59 PM
Just a few thick noodles stuck together. 
Thanks. It was a dumb question but I was trying to think of every vegetable I've encountered, and none fitted :D Noodle makes much more sense.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 08, 2008, 04:47:18 AM
Quote from: Bogey on April 07, 2008, 08:35:37 PM
I would love to wake up tomorrow and find a box of this in my fridge Allan.  Love left-over Chinese food....my second choice to Trenton lobsta'. ;)
left-over lobstah?

I can't wait to hit the pound for some clams.
Allan 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 08, 2008, 06:41:32 AM
Although we live in Germany we don't often eat bratwurst...but when we do it's a treat. To accompany the sausage: fried potatoes and onions, red cabbage and an intensely bitter and delicious beer from the north, Jever:

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/febgmc/BratJever.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on April 08, 2008, 03:33:56 PM
In a weak moment. :-*
(http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/images/yogurt1.JPG)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on April 08, 2008, 06:49:43 PM
A delicious anniversay dinner at  this  (http://www.oconnellstbistro.com/2.htm) resturant last night.

My starter was this:

(http://www.turtletrack.org/Issues02/Co04202002/Art/Kangaroo_jumping.jpg)

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/237/459983411_aeba347e9c.jpg)

Very similiar to beef.

Followed by a main of this:

(http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/animals/images/primary/mallard-duck.jpg)

which was quite delicious!

:D

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on April 08, 2008, 08:21:45 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 08, 2008, 06:41:32 AM
Although we live in Germany we don't often eat bratwurst...but when we do it's a treat. To accompany the sausage: fried potatoes and onions, red cabbage and an intensely bitter and delicious beer from the north, Jever:

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/febgmc/BratJever.jpg)


Sarge

That better not be ketchup on your plate Sarge!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 09, 2008, 06:15:38 AM
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on April 08, 2008, 06:49:43 PM
A delicious anniversay dinner at  this  (http://www.oconnellstbistro.com/2.htm) resturant last night.

My starter was this:

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/237/459983411_aeba347e9c.jpg)

Very similiar to beef.


SW - kangaroo is an animal that I've not had the opportunity to try yet, but must remedy that soon!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 09, 2008, 06:40:49 AM
Quote from: Bogey on April 08, 2008, 08:21:45 PM
That better not be ketchup on your plate Sarge!

Holds his head in shame... It is ketchup...specifically Heinz. A taste I acquired in childhood. Mrs Rock is appalled too. I'm probably the only person on earth who enjoys ketchup with his brats. Mrs. Rock usually has sweet Bavarian mustard but she had a gourment mustard infused with truffles on this occasion. In my defense I eat brats with mustard when I'm away from home.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on April 09, 2008, 12:49:33 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on April 09, 2008, 06:15:38 AM
SW - kangaroo is an animal that I've not had the opportunity to try yet, but must remedy that soon!  ;D

Try it soon Dave; it will put a spring in your step!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on April 09, 2008, 03:35:29 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 09, 2008, 06:40:49 AM
Holds his head in shame... It is ketchup...specifically Heinz. A taste I acquired in childhood. Mrs Rock is appalled too. I'm probably the only person on earth who enjoys ketchup with his brats. Mrs. Rock usually has sweet Bavarian mustard but she had a gourment mustard infused with truffles on this occasion. In my defense I eat brats with mustard when I'm away from home.

Sarge

This one is for you Sarge and any other Dirty Harry fans out there. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5JIpT4GkyM
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on April 09, 2008, 03:47:01 PM
Quote from: Bogey on April 09, 2008, 03:35:29 PM
This one is for you Sarge and any other Dirty Harry fans out there. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5JIpT4GkyM

Yep, Harry's right;only mustard on a 'dog'  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 09, 2008, 04:07:48 PM
Tonight, our local Thai restaurant - shared some 'fresh rolls w/ shrimp' which we love, comes w/ an excellent sauce (our usual start there; kind of like the ones shown below, left); two main dishes w/ lots of veggies, one pork & the other a sizzling shrimp/scallop plate - couple of Thai beers for me (love that brand!) - we usually love one of their 'hotter' curry dishes w/ fish balls, but not tonight (next time!) -  ;D

(http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/images/shrimp_lettucewraps.jpg)  (http://static.flickr.com/120/253983000_d2808dccc3.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on April 09, 2008, 04:51:49 PM
Sarge, ketchup can be redeemed by mixing it with powdered curry. It's delicious with any kind of sausage. Kurrywurst is a staple all over Germany, and the easiest way around is ketchup + curry.

I have a choice between ostrich and kangaroo for my next gourmet meal with my best friend. We'll have a Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. Any suggestions?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 09, 2008, 05:25:21 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on April 09, 2008, 04:51:49 PM
I have a choice between ostrich and kangaroo for my next gourmet meal with my best friend. We'll have a Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. Any suggestions?

André - well, I've had a LOT of ostrich and can certainly recommend a try (but cannot provide any comparison comments) - despite ostrich being a BIG bird, the meat is red - suggest medium rare at the most (very lean meat, i.e. comparable to chicken breast in fat/cholesterol); I usually have a Pinot Noir, but the wine mentioned above would be fine - please let us know your choice!   :D  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on April 09, 2008, 05:41:28 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on April 09, 2008, 04:07:48 PM


(http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/images/shrimp_lettucewraps.jpg)  [

Yum.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on April 09, 2008, 06:02:14 PM
A couple dozen Reese's cups.

Again.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on April 09, 2008, 06:03:35 PM
Quote from: Brian on April 09, 2008, 06:02:14 PM
A couple dozen Reese's cups.

Again.

:o  Are you okay?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on April 09, 2008, 06:06:53 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on April 09, 2008, 04:51:49 PM
I have a choice between ostrich and kangaroo for my next gourmet meal with my best friend. We'll have a Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. Any suggestions?

I've had both and I prefer ostrich - delicious!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on April 09, 2008, 06:14:36 PM
Quote from: Bogey on April 09, 2008, 03:35:29 PM
This one is for you Sarge and any other Dirty Harry fans out there. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5JIpT4GkyM

;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on April 09, 2008, 06:16:09 PM
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on April 09, 2008, 03:47:01 PM
Yep, Harry's right;only mustard on a 'dog'  :)

I used to love mine with a slice of white american cheese.

I also loved peanut butter and bacon sandwiches on whole wheat toast.

I know I am weird.   
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on April 09, 2008, 06:17:13 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 09, 2008, 06:03:35 PM
:o  Are you okay?
I bought a 40 oz bag of candy at Target this weekend. And the temptation is very, very strong to finish it.  ;D ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on April 09, 2008, 06:17:41 PM
Quote from: Brian on April 09, 2008, 06:17:13 PM
I bought a 40 oz bag of candy at Target this weekend. And the temptation is very, very strong to finish it.  ;D ;D

I hope they're the small ones.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on April 09, 2008, 06:39:02 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on April 09, 2008, 04:07:48 PM
Tonight, our local Thai restaurant - shared some 'fresh rolls

Does the waiter remove the waxed paper from the food when he serves them, or do you have to unwrap them??  ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 09, 2008, 06:53:04 PM
Those spring rolls are wrapped in wrappers made of rice flour. There's no need to unwrap anything, just dig in like you would with a small burrito. 

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on April 09, 2008, 07:52:32 PM
Thank you, Toledobass! You won't catch me digging into a small burrito - not a large one either! - Striving population of cockroaches in Mexican restaurants keeps me out of them! -  :o
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 09, 2008, 08:13:44 PM
not just Mexican restaurants, mind you.....

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on April 09, 2008, 09:58:16 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 09, 2008, 06:40:49 AM
Holds his head in shame... It is ketchup...specifically Heinz. A taste I acquired in childhood. Mrs Rock is appalled too. I'm probably the only person on earth who enjoys ketchup with his brats. Mrs. Rock usually has sweet Bavarian mustard but she had a gourment mustard infused with truffles on this occasion. In my defense I eat brats with mustard when I'm away from home.

Ketchup is yummy! (Although I tend only to use it on chips) I have yet to find a brand that tastes as nice as Heinz :)

Ketchup fans unite in solidarity. We need some kind of Ketchup Pride march...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on April 09, 2008, 10:09:48 PM
(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/05/25/business/26content.1.600.jpg)
(http://www.szilagyivallalat.hu/blog/wp-content/stbernard.jpg)
(http://www.commercialsihate.com/ketchup.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 10, 2008, 04:30:31 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on April 09, 2008, 06:39:02 PM
Does the waiter remove the waxed paper from the food when he serves them, or do you have to unwrap them??  ::)

Lis - Allan is correct - just a thin, translucent, and EDIBLE wrapping that holds all inside to enjoy!  Lite & a great start to a Thai meal -  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on April 10, 2008, 06:18:36 AM
I'll probably set my choice at the last minute, but I saw a recipe that looks tempting: ostrich steaks, flambé with dry gin and served with a crushed juniper berries cream sauce. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 10, 2008, 01:55:04 PM
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on April 09, 2008, 03:47:01 PM
Yep, Harry's right;only mustard on a 'dog'  :)

Depends on the dog. The kind you get at a ball park...or from a street vendor, I agree: mustard only, or plain. But if we're talking Oscar Meyer here then you need to drown that sucker in ketchup, mustard, onions and relish to hide the nasty taste  ;D.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 10, 2008, 01:58:29 PM
Quote from: Lethe on April 09, 2008, 09:58:16 PM
Ketchup is yummy! (Although I tend only to use it on chips) I have yet to find a brand that tastes as nice as Heinz :)

Heinz rules!!! The only ketchup.

Luckily for me Heinz invaded Germany as part of their global ketchup domination strategy. It's everywhere  8)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 10, 2008, 02:01:14 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on April 09, 2008, 04:07:48 PM
(http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/images/shrimp_lettucewraps.jpg)

Looks similiar to Vietnamese summer rolls which Mrs. Rock specializes in. They are so good. Took us awhile to master the art of wrapping though. She makes two sauces for dipping: a fish sauce, and her own invention consisting of honey, vinegar and fiery Sambal Oelek.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on April 10, 2008, 02:03:54 PM
A nice, slightly overripe banana. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on April 10, 2008, 02:05:38 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 10, 2008, 01:55:04 PM
Depends on the dog. The kind you get at a ball park...or from a street vendor, I agree: mustard only, or plain. But if we're talking Oscar Meyer here then you need to drown that sucker in ketchup, mustard, onions and relish to hide the nasty taste  ;D.

Sarge
Here's how I like my very occasional veggie-dogs
I can't stand the hot-dog buns that taste sweet. Instead I use the end of a thin baguette, carved. I warm it in the oven until it is crispy on the outside. In goes lots of mustard, a bit of mayonnaise and some ketchup, and the dog goes in last.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 10, 2008, 02:07:39 PM
Quote from: orbital on April 10, 2008, 02:05:38 PM
Here's how I like my very occasional veggie-dogs

What does a veggie dog taste like?

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on April 10, 2008, 04:00:05 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 10, 2008, 02:07:39 PM
What does a veggie dog taste like?

Sarge
I could not tell between a beef and a veggie dog in a blind test. Seriously.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on April 10, 2008, 05:13:28 PM
Quote from: orbital on April 10, 2008, 02:05:38 PM
Here's how I like my very occasional veggie-dogs


Now even I would put ketchup on that...or anything else I could find in the fridge that squirts out of a bottle.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on April 10, 2008, 06:53:25 PM
Quote from: orbital on April 10, 2008, 04:00:05 PM
I could not tell between a beef and a veggie dog in a blind test. Seriously.

Yeah, it's like the difference between eating an old leather shoe and a pleather shoe.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on April 10, 2008, 09:45:07 PM
Quote from: Bogey on April 10, 2008, 05:13:28 PM
Now even I would put ketchup on that...or anything else I could find in the fridge that squirts out of a bottle.  ;D
;D
I dare you to a blind test then  >:D (They will both be fry-panned with some light oil  $:) )

Quote from: George on April 10, 2008, 06:53:25 PM
Yeah, it's like the difference between eating an old leather shoe and a pleather shoe.  ;D
At least with Veggie Dogs you (kind of) know what goes into the thing  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 11, 2008, 06:24:17 AM
Quote from: orbital on April 10, 2008, 09:45:07 PM
;D
I dare you to a blind test then  >:D (They will both be fry-panned with some light oil  $:) )
At least with Veggie Dogs you (kind of) know what goes into the thing  ;D

Yeah but that's part of the fun of eating a hot dog: you have no idea what you're biting into. It's an adventure in eating!

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on April 11, 2008, 06:27:31 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 11, 2008, 06:24:17 AM
Yeah but that's part of the fun of eating a hot dog: you have no idea what you're biting into. It's an adventure in eating!

Sarge

Hell, you don't know what you're eating unless you picked the fruit and vegetables or butchered the animal yourself.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on April 11, 2008, 09:51:56 PM
Quote from: orbital on April 10, 2008, 09:45:07 PM
;D
I dare you to a blind test then  >:D (They will both be fry-panned with some light oil  $:) )

Glad you found the humor in my comment Orbital and appreciate your sense of humor.  Just giving you a hard time.  However, you are probably right....though once it hits my stomach and I do not start cramping up and feeling ill for the next 90 minutes I will then know that it was a veggie dog and be quite dissappointed.  ;D   And I only have my dogs prepared three ways:
1. On the grill
2. Whatever they do to them at the ballpark (I don't ask. ;D)
3. Out of dirty water from a park vendor.


Quote from: orbital on April 10, 2008, 09:45:07 PM
At least with Veggie Dogs you (kind of) know what goes into the thing  ;D
:D

And check out my new signature.  An actual quote from Humphrey Bogart!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Wanderer on April 12, 2008, 01:53:56 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on April 04, 2008, 03:16:45 PM
(http://munchies.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/monkey_brains.jpg)

What a scene, that one!  :D ;D

As for me, I'm going to have fried fish and salad.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on April 16, 2008, 08:25:09 PM
(http://www.dailymuscle.com/images/breakfast_eggs.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on April 16, 2008, 08:50:11 PM
Tuna Steak with Mashed Potatoes and sautéed
vegetables. The Day before Grilled Salmon with cooked veggies in Tomatoes sauce and Mashed potatoes.

The Tuna Steak was very good.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on April 17, 2008, 06:22:45 AM
The ostrich and kangaroo steaks were simply divine  8).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on April 17, 2008, 06:24:44 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on April 17, 2008, 06:22:45 AM
The ostrich and kangaroo steaks were simply divine  8).

You gotta be kiddin me.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on April 17, 2008, 09:39:29 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on April 17, 2008, 06:22:45 AM
The ostrich and kangaroo steaks were simply divine  8).

Is it accurate that kangaroo tastes like beef? Ostrich is supposedly good, I should buy some burgers asap.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 17, 2008, 12:58:13 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on April 17, 2008, 06:22:45 AM
The ostrich and kangaroo steaks were simply divine  8).

André - GREAT!  Thought that you would like the ostrich - assume on the rare-medium/rare side?  Now I'll have to find me some kangaroo; unfortunately around here they seem to be only @ the NC Zoo in Asheboro!  ;D

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 17, 2008, 01:42:38 PM
Just returned from a medical meeting in Washington, D.C. - cherry blossom season & even a visit by the Pope (who did not interfer w/ our eating!  ;) :D); we had some wonderful dinners:

Petits Plats (http://petitsplats.com/menu.html) - started out w/ a Calamari appetizer - sauteed (which I prefer); main course was a Halibut wrapped & steamed w/ a wild mushroom ragout (a special for the evening) - all quite delicious; shared a couple of desserts w/ another colleague couple who ate w/ us each night (did this at each dinner - all were just superb but won't go into each of them!).

Johnny's Half Shell (http://www.johnnyshalfshell.net/dinner-menu.html) - this & the next two were our favs! Started out w/ Oysters on the half shell (several different types; we cannot turn this option down!) - three of us had the Broiled Lobster, which was just superb - we all walked away happy!  8)

TenPehn (http://www.tenpenh.com/menu.htm) - near Ford's Theater (and right across the street, the house that Lincoln died in the next morning, on 10th Street near PA Avenue); starters there for my colleague & I was the Himachi Sashimi followed by the Smoked Lobster, Chinese Style (all of us ordered that for our main course!).

Kaz Sushi Bistro (http://kazsushibistro.com/menu.html) - probably one of the most innovative (and better - and I've been to MANY in all the major cities in the USA) sushi places that I've ever tried - the menu link given will provide some idea, but there was an entire full page insert of specials for the night!  Just a wonderful experience for our last night in the Capitol!

Shared a couple of bottles of white wine w/ our friends each dinner - Sancerre @ the French restaurant; then New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs for the next three meals - I really like the tartness (acidity) of these NZ wines w/ oriental foods!

Now, if that were not enough, my wife & I even treated outselves @ the D.C. airport - there is a Legal Seafoods (http://www.legalseafoods.com/index.cfm/page/Reagan-National-Airport-Washington/pk/content/cd/LOCATION/pid/11279/cdid/11869) - on both are arrival & departure (left the hotel early), we had one of our favorite 'light' luncheons - shared a dozen Oysters (different types) & split a Lobster Roll along w/ some delicious cole slaw & fries - WHAT a start & ending - we did have a good time feasting!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on April 17, 2008, 05:35:55 PM
Dave, your descriptions always make my mouth water  :D

The ostrich steaks were medium-rare, the kangaroo rare. Both were simply sizzled in hot butter and set aside for a few minutes while I prepared the gin and cream sauce (to which I added the meat juices). Extremely tender, they almost melted in the mouth - no exaggeration. The kangaroo tasted somewhat like a good piece of beef. Blind tasting would have fooled me in taking it for veal (texture) or beef (taste). The ostrich was more delicate in flavour. I can't  understand the comment of the clerk who sold it to me. She said the kangaroo had a 'very strong' game-like taste. Not at all.

The Oregon Cabernet Sauvignon was a great hit too  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on April 17, 2008, 06:09:13 PM
Couple of cinnamon raisin english muffins with almond butter.

Mmmmmmmmmm. English muffins should be made into a food group.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on April 17, 2008, 06:38:40 PM
Quote from: George on April 17, 2008, 06:09:13 PM
Couple of cinnamon raisin english muffins with almond butter.

Mmmmmmmmmm. English muffins should be made into a food group.  ;D

They are the reason for fitness centers no?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on April 17, 2008, 07:32:21 PM
You dear people eat anything that doesn't eat you first?   :(

You probably feast on goose liver paté, produced by geese with their feet nailed to a board to prevent them from walking around and, God forbid: grow small livers!  :'(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 17, 2008, 08:20:39 PM
Since when did you become vegan?

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on April 17, 2008, 11:15:53 PM
I didn't!  :)

I am against committing cruelty to animals to satisfy the jaded appetite of some people. In size comparison it is not any different than the practice of the Romans indulging themselves in eating hummingbird tongues.

Let the geese run free like free-range poultry raised for human consumption and I agree. But then how many lives of geese does it take to fill one of those small cans of paté de foie gras? What happens to the rest of the goose carcass after the liver has been extracted? What happened to the rest of the hummingbirds after their tongues had been cut out?  :'(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on April 18, 2008, 02:59:11 AM
Quote from: Saul on April 17, 2008, 06:38:40 PM
They are the reason for fitness centers no?

No, that would be the Entertainment/Advertisement Industry.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 18, 2008, 04:33:37 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on April 17, 2008, 11:15:53 PM
I didn't!  :)

I am against committing cruelty to animals to satisfy the jaded appetite of some people. In size comparison it is not any different than the practice of the Romans indulging themselves in eating hummingbird tongues.

Let the geese run free like free-range poultry raised for human consumption and I agree. But then how many lives of geese does it take to fill one of those small cans of paté de foie gras? What happens to the rest of the goose carcass after the liver has been extracted? What happened to the rest of the hummingbirds after their tongues had been cut out?  :'(

Those who raise ducks for foie are a raising birds in a way that is a stellar example of what animal husbandry should be like (at least in the US,  over seas can be a completely different story).  Once slaughtered the flesh of those animals are completely used.  (I'm sure you could get feet,  frites etc if you called them up, but I don't see them regularly advertised.   

You do make an effort to purchase whole animals raised locally, and organically that have been raised in a way that the animals are able to express themselves as they wish, right?  Is their slaughter humane certified?  Are you using the fifth quarter of all those animals?

I sure hope so because you keep getting into the ethics of the way people eat without telling us anything about what or how you eat,

Allan 

 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 18, 2008, 05:33:30 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on April 17, 2008, 07:32:21 PM
You dear people eat anything that doesn't eat you first?   :(

You probably feast on goose liver paté, produced by geese with their feet nailed to a board to prevent them from walking around and, God forbid: grow small livers!  :'(

Actually, to produce foie gras (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goose_liver), the ducks or geese are actually 'forced feed' by various methods (check the link, if interested) grains (lots of corn!) to basically enlarge the liver (6-10x normal weight in the reference given in the link), i.e. similar to the epidemic of 'fatty liver' (or hepatosteatosis) found in the current US population!  :)

QuoteBut then how many lives of geese does it take to fill one of those small cans of paté de foie gras? What happens to the rest of the goose carcass after the liver has been extracted?

Lis - reminds me of the 'frog legs' cartoon below! LOL -  :D     Dave

(http://web.cornell.edu/studentblogs/ben/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/frog-legs-jpg.jpe)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on April 18, 2008, 05:36:58 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on April 17, 2008, 11:15:53 PM
What happens to the rest of the goose carcass after the liver has been extracted? What happened to the rest of the hummingbirds after their tongues had been cut out? 

We need a catchy tune and it's a hit!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on April 18, 2008, 12:07:54 PM
(http://survivalofthesickestthebook.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/banana.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on April 18, 2008, 12:12:29 PM
(http://www.freepistonpower.com/images/4fp3-20.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on April 18, 2008, 04:59:03 PM
Force feeding of geese is not something new, it was common in Antiquity. Most raising or feeding practices involving farm animals have a rather disgusting flavour  ::) to them. But this is nature.

Queen termites  (http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/bugs-animals/ants-and-termites/termite_queen.html)live some 15 year of immobile life, force-fed by worker termites and hatching millions of eggs.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on April 18, 2008, 06:49:44 PM
I have to admit I have been eating extremely well all this past week since I was in NYC working on a project, we massively upgraded a screening room located in the basement of the Tribeca Grand Hotel with digital cinema and other professional a/v equipment for $300k+, to get them ready for the Tribeca Film Festival and also because the location is very much in demand as a location for screenings and previews of all sorts, film makers and producers often come there when they want to see or present their work in progress or just finished, but not released movies, or simply when they want to host a private night of movie watching on high end professional equipment...
So anyway, we also got to stay in the hotel   :D which was very nice, very trendy and up-scale, and we went out to eat 2-3 times a day to restaurants in the area - and since basically all restaurants in that area there are pretty expensive but also really good, we just didn't have much of a choice but to eat very well.  ;D
At first that felt a little awkward to me because it all gets paid for from the expense account, and it somehow feels wrong to me to spend $150/day or more on food, but they assured me it was OK (in projects of that magnitude it really doesn't make a difference anyway), and an older colleague of mine led the way I never ordered for more $ than he did, and we got a lot of really very nice food. They had some great French and Italian restaurants there, as well as Japanese and Thai, but also some really good American bar food places, and even a really outstanding Mexican restaurant. After 5 years in Southern California, I thought I never wanted to see Mexican food again, especially because a lot of it is just crappy and greasy, but this place was just awesome, fresh, tasty, spicy, interesting Mexican food - not all that "fancy", but just very well made with very fresh ingredients (at least it all tasted very fresh... ;))
So I have kind of a "gourmet week" behind me... 0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on April 18, 2008, 07:46:22 PM
Dried Mulberries
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on April 18, 2008, 08:14:33 PM
Quote from: M forever on April 18, 2008, 06:49:44 PM
a really outstanding Mexican restaurant. After 5 years in Southern California, I thought I never wanted to see Mexican food again, especially because a lot of it is just crappy and greasy, but this place was just awesome, fresh, tasty, spicy, interesting Mexican food - not all that "fancy", but just very well made with very fresh ingredients (at least it all tasted very fresh... ;))

Tribeca probably has the highest concentration of better and (more expensive) restaurants in town. Was the Mexican place in Tribeca? Do you recall the name?

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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2112/1617227612_538bfe2a78.jpg?v=0)
Not as good looking as this one though  :-\
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: matti on April 18, 2008, 08:41:35 PM
Quote from: M forever on April 18, 2008, 06:49:44 PM
I have to admit I have been eating extremely well all this past week since I was in NYC working on a project, we massively upgraded a screening room located in the basement of the Tribeca Grand Hotel with digital cinema and other professional a/v equipment for $300k+, to get them ready for the Tribeca Film Festival and also because the location is very much in demand as a location for screenings and previews of all sorts, film makers and producers often come there when they want to see or present their work in progress or just finished, but not released movies, or simply when they want to host a private night of movie watching on high end professional equipment...

With a sentence that long you seriously challenge Thomas Mann!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: FideLeo on April 18, 2008, 09:02:39 PM
Pringles New "Rice Infusions" Cheese and Onion flavour  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on April 18, 2008, 09:28:24 PM
Quote from: matti on April 18, 2008, 08:41:35 PM
With a sentence that long you seriously challenge Thomas Mann!  ;D

There is a funny review on Amazon of Buddenbrooks that says something to the effect of, "This dude must like breakfast, because that's all he ever talks about." While he couldn't have missed the point of the novel more, there is something to it. :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on April 19, 2008, 01:02:42 PM
Quote from: orbital on April 18, 2008, 08:14:33 PM
Tribeca probably has the highest concentration of better and (more expensive) restaurants in town. Was the Mexican place in Tribeca? Do you recall the name?

Yes, it was in Tribeca just around the corner from the hotel, but no, we simply went to too many places, so I don't recall the name. But that's what we have google for these days!  :D

The place is called Centrico. (http://myriadrestaurantgroup.com/centrico/index.html) I inhaled a Seafood Ceviche, Pato en Manchamanteles (roasted duck breast, spicy red fruit sauce, roasted delicata squash) and Molten Mexican Chocolate Cake (choco-chile salsa, helado de maíz), man that was all so good (and expensive...), I feel very guilty now  ;D

But I just learned that I am going back to work on preparations for the Tribeca Film Festival next week, so I guess I may have to go back there...  0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on April 19, 2008, 01:18:44 PM
Yep, I've been there, but came out hungry (they are not exactly vegetarian friendly  :P). If you are into steak there is a Brazilian place right next to it which is famous for its scrumptious meats. I've only been there for drinks but the food is supposed to be very good.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on April 19, 2008, 03:24:40 PM
Being a vegetarian is a silly idea anyway. If we aren't supposed to eat meat, why do we have fangs? And if we aren't supposed to eat animals, how come they are made out of meat? Yes, it's a cruel world in which animals eat each other, but that's the way it is!

We also went to the Brazilian place, but it was later at night and they only had meat skewer appetizers at that time, so we took off and went to another place.

We went to this Italian ristorante (http://www.petrarcatribeca.com/) right next to the hotel a few times, it was great, too. Real Italian food, like in Italy!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on April 19, 2008, 03:40:17 PM
Quote from: M forever on April 19, 2008, 03:24:40 PM
Being a vegetarian is a silly idea anyway. If we aren't supposed to eat meat, why do we have fangs? And if we aren't supposed to eat animals, how come they are made out of meat? Yes, it's a cruel world in which animals eat each other, but that's the way it is!

We also went to the Brazilian place, but it was later at night and they only had meat skewer appetizers at that time, so we took off and went to another place.

We went to this Italian ristorante (http://www.petrarcatribeca.com/) right next to the hotel a few times, it was great, too. Real Italian food, like in Italy!

Have you come across any bakeries that sell "real" bread yet M?  I just had some bread the other night made by my daughter's teacher who is from, I believe, Serbia.  She used her gradmother's recipe and the children helped make it.  Best bread I have ever put in my mouth.  Heavy enough that I bet if I had a whole loaf I could throw it through a well made windshield.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on April 19, 2008, 04:03:47 PM
3 eggs

2 slices of sprouted grain toast with plum jam

8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on April 19, 2008, 04:20:10 PM
Quote from: Bogey on April 19, 2008, 03:40:17 PM
Have you come across any bakeries that sell "real" bread yet M?

Yes, believe it or not, there are some here in Boston! I know, it is hard to believe, and soooo un-American to offer quality bread baked by craftsmen instead of industrial crap that tastes like stale sponges, but they still have some quality bakeries here. I am sure the big corporations are already planning to crush them!!!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on April 19, 2008, 04:32:48 PM
Quote from: M forever on April 19, 2008, 04:20:10 PM
Yes, believe it or not, there are some here in Boston! I know, it is hard to believe, and soooo un-American to offer quality bread baked by craftsmen instead of industrial crap that tastes like stale sponges, but they still have some quality bakeries here. I am sure the big corporations are already planning to crush them!!!

Do you recall what they had that caught you attention?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on April 19, 2008, 05:05:24 PM
Quote from: Bogey on April 19, 2008, 04:32:48 PM
Do you recall what they had that caught you attention?

Yes - real bread!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 19, 2008, 05:37:44 PM
Well, today was my birthday, April 19 (being a 'history NUT' - same day in 1775 as the Battle of Lexington & Concord & about a week after Fort Sumter in 1861 -  :D)!

LOML made me a nice dinner - Chinese roasted chicken (marinated overnight w/ a sauce that really 'tenderizes' the meat & gives it a 'smoky flavor' - quite delicious) along w/ steamed bok choy - dessert just some fresh blackberries w/ a fresh lemon sauce (including some lemon zest!) - this dish is best w/ a light to medium body red wine, usually prefer a Pinot Noir, but had some older Chilean reds in the cellar, so picked a '03 Merlot from Concha y Toro (Casa Concha, Peumo Vyd) - had been aging for a couple of years in the basement - a nice choice!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on April 19, 2008, 05:42:39 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on April 19, 2008, 05:37:44 PM
Well, today was my birthday, April 19 (being a 'history NUT' - same day in 1775 as the Battle of Lexington & Concord & about a week after Fort Sumter in 1861 -  :D)!

LOML made me a nice dinner - Chinese roasted chicken (marinated overnight w/ a sauce that really 'tenderizes' the meat & gives it a 'smoky flavor' - quite delicious) along w/ steamed bok choy - dessert just some fresh blackberries w/ a fresh lemon sauce (including some lemon zest!) - this dish is best w/ a light to medium body red wine, usually prefer a Pinot Noir, but had some older Chilean reds in the cellar, so picked a '03 Merlot from Concha y Toro (Casa Concha, Peumo Vyd) - had been aging for a couple of years in the basement - a nice choice!  ;D

Happy birthday, Dave!!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on April 19, 2008, 05:43:52 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on April 19, 2008, 05:42:39 PM
Happy birthday, Dave!!

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 19, 2008, 05:50:55 PM
Thanks, Guys about the BD greetings!  :D

I usually don't 'advertise' that day @ my age, but slipped it into the great dinner - appreciate the wishes - Dave  :-*

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on April 19, 2008, 05:53:04 PM
Many  happy returns, Dave !  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Anne on April 19, 2008, 06:45:56 PM
Happy Birthday, Dave! and many more to come.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on April 19, 2008, 07:32:50 PM
(http://www.apieceofcake.com.au/images/birthday/hollywood_theme_birthday_cake_140.jpg)

Wrong take and cake, but Happy birthday Dave.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on April 19, 2008, 07:37:07 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on April 19, 2008, 05:37:44 PM
Well, today was my birthday, April 19 (being a 'history NUT' - same day in 1775 as the Battle of Lexington & Concord & about a week after Fort Sumter in 1861 -  :D)!


I couldn't resist going into the details of the wines in this authentic New York Italian restaurant visited by our M forever. Look what I found, one of your favourites, a wine from Oregon! At that price?
   
   
PINOT NOIR "ARCUS ESTATE" 
Oregon '01 Archerry Summit $160.00 

Happy Birthday!  :-*

Lis
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 19, 2008, 08:11:12 PM
Happy Birthday Dave!!!!!!!

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 20, 2008, 06:17:00 AM
Just getting back online for a Sunday morn - thanks all for the BD wishes - nice to hear from all of you!  Dave  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on April 20, 2008, 04:46:01 PM
Tomorrow is my birthday ;D, and the best present I could get is the Montreal Canadiens beating the Boston Bruins in the 7th game.

I'll be wearing my jersey for the occasion  :D


(http://kijiji.ebayimg.com/i17/01/k/000/79/cd/3848_20.JPG?set_id=1C4000)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on April 20, 2008, 05:21:59 PM
Quote from: M forever on April 19, 2008, 03:24:40 PM
Being a vegetarian is a silly idea anyway. If we aren't supposed to eat meat, why do we have fangs? And if we aren't supposed to eat animals, how come they are made out of meat? Yes, it's a cruel world in which animals eat each other, but that's the way it is!


I don't think we are not supposed to eat meat, I don't think we are supposed to either. I agree, our jaws are probably well suited for consuming meat (so are the chimpanzees' but they don't eat meat unless they have to).

I have not heard the Italian you mention, but there are so many good ones to choose from, my definite recommendation would be Il Buco  Il Buco (http://www.ilbuco.com/)(on Bond Street). Very limited menu but you don't really need much else.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 20, 2008, 05:24:25 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on April 20, 2008, 04:46:01 PM
Tomorrow is my birthday ;D, and the best present I could get is the Montreal Canadiens beating the Boston Bruins in the 7th game.....

André - HAPPY BIRTHDAY! - looks like our dates are close together!  ;D  Enjoy & hope you have many to follow -  :)

The LOML gave me the card below, and @ my age, seems appropriate for those @ a young age or approaching maturity, as I am!   And her comments are still 'spot on' even after nearly 38 years of marriage - hard to believe!  Dave    ::) 8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on April 20, 2008, 06:26:31 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on April 20, 2008, 04:46:01 PM
Tomorrow is my birthday ;D, and the best present I could get is the Montreal Canadiens beating the Boston Bruins in the 7th game.

I'll be wearing my jersey for the occasion  :D


(http://kijiji.ebayimg.com/i17/01/k/000/79/cd/3848_20.JPG?set_id=1C4000)

I used to watch the Canadiens when I was a kid.  In New York (we were about 90 minutes out of Montreal) we got Hockey Night in Canada on the CBC.  It was awesome watching Guy LeFleur, Larry Robinson, and Ken Dryden do their thing in the Forum.  Wow, your post brought back a lot of great memories André.  Happy birthday!

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 21, 2008, 11:01:08 AM
I've got some chicken soaking in buttermilk for some yummy fried goodness.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 21, 2008, 02:53:13 PM
Well, last night (and after my Washington, D.C. trip - eating seafood every night) returned to my 'mountain bistro' and had venison tenderloin cooked medium rare w/ a couple of veggie sides (spinach & asparagus); of course, a few glasses on a Pinot Noir from New Zealand - great combination!   :D

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 21, 2008, 06:36:03 PM
I've managed to have bacon for everything but lunch today. 

Bacon and eggs for breakfast

Bacon cheeseburger for dinner

Carbonara for a late snack


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on April 21, 2008, 06:49:09 PM
Quote from: toledobass on April 21, 2008, 06:36:03 PM
I've managed to have bacon for everything but lunch today. 

Something to work towards.*  ;D







_____________

* Switching to turkey bacon should buy you some time to meet your goal.  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on April 21, 2008, 06:56:01 PM
We won !  ;D

A good T bone steak with oven baked potatoes (with trimmings) and greens paved the way to a sweet victory !
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on April 21, 2008, 07:25:07 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on April 21, 2008, 02:53:13 PM
of course, a few glasses on a Pinot Noir from New Zealand - great combination!   :D


I think you missed my post about an Oregon Pinot Noir at an Italian restaurant in New York, mentioned in a post by M forever. On the wine list is one for $160 for a bottle!

You have good taste, Sir!  ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: matti on April 21, 2008, 10:18:39 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on April 20, 2008, 04:46:01 PM
Tomorrow is my birthday ;D, and the best present I could get is the Montreal Canadiens beating the Boston Bruins in the 7th game.

I'll be wearing my jersey for the occasion  :D


(http://kijiji.ebayimg.com/i17/01/k/000/79/cd/3848_20.JPG?set_id=1C4000)

You got your birthday present, congrats!  :)

Koivu made a comeback after injury already in the previous game. He's your captain, but not fluent in French, what's the general opinion about that?

To be slightly less OT:

I had two slices of toast for breakfast, one with cheese, one with cherry jam. And coffee.

Edit: to be exact, not Paul Coffey.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on April 22, 2008, 04:42:50 AM
Quote from: matti on April 21, 2008, 10:18:39 PM
You got your birthday present, congrats!  :)

Koivu made a comeback after injury already in the previous game. He's your captain, but not fluent in French, what's the general opinion about that?

To be slightly less OT:

I had two slices of toast for breakfast, one with cheese, one with cherry jam. And coffee.

Edit: to be exact, not Paul Coffey.  ;D

Now that was very clever.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on April 22, 2008, 05:05:31 AM
Japan's hunger becomes a dire warning for other nations

theage.com.au - April 21, 2008

MARIKO Watanabe admits she could have chosen a better time to take up baking. This week, when the Tokyo housewife visited her local Ito-Yokado supermarket to buy butter to make a cake, she found the shelves bare.

"I went to another supermarket, and then another, and there was no butter at those either. Everywhere I went there were notices saying Japan has run out of butter. I couldn't believe it — this is the first time in my life I've wanted to try baking cakes and I can't get any butter," said the frustrated cook.

Japan's acute butter shortage, which has confounded bakeries, restaurants and now families across the country, is the latest unforeseen result of the global agricultural commodities crisis.

A sharp increase in the cost of imported cattle feed and a decline in milk imports, both of which are typically provided in large part by Australia, have prevented dairy farmers from keeping pace with demand.

While soaring food prices have triggered rioting among the starving millions of the third world, in wealthy Japan they have forced a pampered population to contemplate the shocking possibility of a long-term — perhaps permanent — reduction in the quality and quantity of its food.

A 130% rise in the global cost of wheat in the past year, caused partly by surging demand from China and India and a huge injection of speculative funds into wheat futures, has forced the Government to hit flour millers with three rounds of stiff mark-ups. The latest — a 30% increase this month — has given rise to speculation that Japan, which relies on imports for 90% of its annual wheat consumption, is no longer on the brink of a food crisis, but has fallen off the cliff.

According to one government poll, 80% of Japanese are frightened about what the future holds for their food supply.

Last week, as the prices of wheat and barley continued their relentless climb, the Japanese Government discovered it had exhausted its ¥230 billion ($A2.37 billion) budget for the grains with two months remaining. It was forced to call on an emergency ¥55 billion reserve to ensure it could continue feeding the nation.

"This was the first time the Government has had to take such drastic action since the war," said Akio Shibata, an expert on food imports, who warned the Agriculture Ministry two years ago that Japan would have to cut back drastically on its sophisticated diet if it did not become more self-sufficient.

In the wake of the decision this week by Kazakhstan, the world's fifth biggest wheat exporter, to join Russia, Ukraine and Argentina in stopping exports to satisfy domestic demand, the situation in Japan is expected to worsen.

Bakeries, forced to increase prices by up to 30% in the past year, are warning that the trend will continue. Manufacturers of miso, a culinary staple, are preparing to pass on the bump in costs caused by the rising price of soybeans and cooking oil. And the nation's largest brewer, Kirin, is lifting beer prices for the first time in almost two decades to account for the soaring cost of barley.

"In the past, Japan was a rich country with a powerful yen that could easily buy cheap imports such as wheat, corn and soybeans," said Mr Shibata, who directs the Marubeni Research Institute in Tokyo. "But with enormous competition from the booming Chinese and Indian economies, that's changed forever. You also need to take into account recent developments, including the damage to crops caused by drought and other disasters in exporting countries like Australia," where the value of wheat exports has tumbled from $3.49 billion to $2.77 billion in the past three years.

The situation has been compounded by a surge in demand for bio-fuels such as ethanol, made from maize, encouraging farmers around the world to divert their efforts away from wheat and barley and into maize, further driving up prices.

Arguably Japan's biggest concern, however, is its weakening ability to sustain its population with domestic produce. In 2006 the country's self-sufficiency rate fell to 39%, according to the Agriculture Ministry. It was only the second time since the ministry began keeping records in 1960 that the population derived less than 40% of its daily calorie intake from domestically grown food.

Shinichi Shogenji, dean of the University of Tokyo's graduate school of agricultural and life sciences, said Japan's meat consumption had increased by 900% since 1955, in part because expanding incomes had enabled families to supplement the sparse national diet of rice, fish and miso soup with more Western-style food.

This trend, combined with rapid ageing and declining rural populations, had placed the country's self-sufficiency at a perilously low level, Professor Shogenji said.

In view of recent predictions by Goldman Sachs analysts that commodities could experience "explosive rallies" in the next two years, many are wondering if Japan could become an example to other rich nations that have relied too much on foreign supplies to put food on their tables.

In the wake of the decision this week by Kazakhstan, the world's fifth biggest wheat exporter, to join Russia, Ukraine and Argentina in stopping exports to satisfy domestic demand, the situation in Japan is expected to worsen.

Bakeries, forced to increase prices by up to 30% in the past year, are warning that the trend will continue. Manufacturers of miso, a culinary staple, are preparing to pass on the bump in costs caused by the rising price of soybeans and cooking oil. And the nation's largest brewer, Kirin, is lifting beer prices for the first time in almost two decades to account for the soaring cost of barley.

"In the past, Japan was a rich country with a powerful yen that could easily buy cheap imports such as wheat, corn and soybeans," said Mr Shibata, who directs the Marubeni Research Institute in Tokyo. "But with enormous competition from the booming Chinese and Indian economies, that's changed forever. You also need to take into account recent developments, including the damage to crops caused by drought and other disasters in exporting countries like Australia," where the value of wheat exports has tumbled from $3.49 billion to $2.77 billion in the past three years.

The situation has been compounded by a surge in demand for bio-fuels such as ethanol, made from maize, encouraging farmers around the world to divert their efforts away from wheat and barley and into maize, further driving up prices.

Arguably Japan's biggest concern, however, is its weakening ability to sustain its population with domestic produce. In 2006 the country's self-sufficiency rate fell to 39%, according to the Agriculture Ministry. It was only the second time since the ministry began keeping records in 1960 that the population derived less than 40% of its daily calorie intake from domestically grown food.

Shinichi Shogenji, dean of the University of Tokyo's graduate school of agricultural and life sciences, said Japan's meat consumption had increased by 900% since 1955, in part because expanding incomes had enabled families to supplement the sparse national diet of rice, fish and miso soup with more Western-style food.

This trend, combined with rapid ageing and declining rural populations, had placed the country's self-sufficiency at a perilously low level, Professor Shogenji said.

In view of recent predictions by Goldman Sachs analysts that commodities could experience "explosive rallies" in the next two years, many are wondering if Japan could become an example to other rich nations that have relied too much on foreign supplies to put food on their tables.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 22, 2008, 05:48:51 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on April 21, 2008, 07:25:07 PM
I think you missed my post about an Oregon Pinot Noir at an Italian restaurant in New York, mentioned in a post by M forever. On the wine list is one for $160 for a bottle!

You have good taste, Sir!  ::)

Hi Lis - no, I saw that post but am still in SHOCK!  ;) ;D  Restaurants typically marked up their wines 2.5-3x per bottle (likely even more by the glass!), so that is 'roughly' a $60 bottle of wine!  Really irks me!  On my recent trip to D.C., I was ordering a lot of NZ Sauvignon Blancs, sharing bottles w/ friends - some of the bottle markups (since I often purchase these wines @ home) were over 3x markup.

Yes, I love Oregon Pinot Noirs, and order most of mine from the Oregon Pinot Noir Club (http://www.oregonpinotnoir.com/StoreFront.bok); prefer to look for the 'values' in the $20-$30 (but will go below or 'slighly' above that range if the wine is highly rated) - but a $30-$35 wine (and I do have a number in the cellar) would be $100 in a fancy restaurant - hmmm!  ::)  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on April 22, 2008, 05:59:41 AM
Interesting information, Dave, thank you. I didn't know how all that works. Maybe I should pick up the 1998 Kiona Lemberger sitting on the shelf at my store; last time I was there and saw the $29.99 tag, I walked right past it. Normally the Lemberger is $9.99! Covey Run Lemberger sells at $6.99 but is not as pleasant as the one from Kiona. Am I an al cheapo wine lover, or simply frugal?  ???   ;)

Lis
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 22, 2008, 08:23:54 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on April 22, 2008, 05:59:41 AM
Interesting information, Dave, thank you. I didn't know how all that works. Maybe I should pick up the 1998 Kiona Lemberger sitting on the shelf at my store; last time I was there and saw the $29.99 tag, I walked right past it. Normally the Lemberger is $9.99! Covey Run Lemberger sells at $6.99 but is not as pleasant as the one from Kiona. Am I an al cheapo wine lover, or simply frugal?  ???    ;)

Lis - Nah to the above 'bolded' statement, everyone must have a 'comfort zone' when buying wine - most of the wine I purchase, esp. for day to day consumption is in the $10-$20 range, and I rarely go much above $30 (has to be a special bottle, highly rated, and one that I might 'lay down' in the cellar for a number of years, thus don't buy many in that price range); kind of hard to find a decent varietal wine under $10 these days (IMO, of course), and that $5-$10 range is really a 'battlefield'!

I look more & more for value (read my periodicals, search the web, and see what's around my area, which can disappoint!), and have been 'priced out' of many wines that I use to purchase routinely for my basement cellar - examples, are California Cabernets (now looking mainly to South American & Australia), classified Bordeaux (use to buy futures routinely in the '80s & early '90s), and good quality Burgundies; oh well, there are still plenty of excellent wines being made from all parts of the world, so enjoy!  Dave  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on April 22, 2008, 08:57:30 AM
Tonight we are going to Ruth's Chris for my wife's birthday.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 22, 2008, 08:59:29 AM
Are you sure this time? :P ;)

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on April 22, 2008, 09:00:59 AM
Quote from: toledobass on April 22, 2008, 08:59:29 AM
Are you sure this time? :P ;)

Allan

Did we end up not going last time? Well, those things happen--and they could happen again.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 22, 2008, 10:34:33 AM
yeah you ended up switching last minute.

I'm frying up that chicken now but it's a pain in the arse trying to maintain the oil temp on the POS electric stove in this house.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 22, 2008, 10:56:19 AM
Quote from: toledobass on April 22, 2008, 10:34:33 AM
yeah you ended up switching last minute.

I'm frying up that chicken now but it's a pain in the arse trying to maintain the oil temp on the POS electric stove in this house.


Allan - yep, we used an electric stove for years in our '60s kitchen w/ the dark woods & yellow appliances - wife & I grew up w/ gas stoves & loved them!

About 5 or so years ago we did a complete kitchen remodel & added a gas stove & a convection oven option - one old pic below & a few new ones - love it!

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/photos/14154084_cSQec-L.jpg)  (http://giradman.smugmug.com/photos/14154083_FyUTj-L.jpg)

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/photos/14154082_NBJwb-L.jpg)  (http://giradman.smugmug.com/photos/14378549_ByLv3-L.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 22, 2008, 11:04:52 AM
Nice.  The hood above the stove looks nice.  The oven's being more than one movement away would sorta bug me but watcha gonna do?
I like the wheels on the chairs!!!

I prefer gas most of the time and I don't really mind electric stoves, but this one is super old so it's really pretty bad:

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0422081501.jpg)


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on April 22, 2008, 11:09:59 AM
Quote from: toledobass on April 22, 2008, 11:04:52 AM
Nice.  The hood above the stove looks nice.  The oven's being more than one movement away would sorta bug me but watcha gonna do?
I like the wheels on the chairs!!!

I prefer gas most of the time and I don't really mind electric stoves, but this one is super old so it's really pretty bad:

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x295/toledobass/0422081501.jpg)


Allan


What did you burn?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 22, 2008, 11:15:35 AM
Those are the wings from the chicken.  They look like lumps of coal in that pic.  They're super brown and I'm not gonna say they aren't burned, but they were ok to eat and didn't taste bitter.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 22, 2008, 11:30:52 AM
Quote from: toledobass on April 22, 2008, 11:04:52 AM
Nice.  The hood above the stove looks nice.  The oven's being more than one movement away would sorta bug me but watcha gonna do?
I like the wheels on the chairs!!!

I prefer gas most of the time and I don't really mind electric stoves, but this one is super old so it's really pretty bad:


Well, the stove & oven are just separted by the door to the den, so easy to move 'things' between them, as needed - Thermidor cook top w/ a center grill; the overhead exhaust was their 'super' one (can't remember the airflow but was at least 50% more - really works well w/ the grilling); the wall units are KitchenAid - mircrowave on top; oven below w/ standard or convection settings - really works well w/ roasting things, like chicken - another nice feature was the conversion of many of the cabinets to 'full-extension' drawers, like the ones below the cook top - we've been quite pleased -  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 22, 2008, 11:37:58 AM
Quote from: toledobass on April 21, 2008, 06:36:03 PM
I've managed to have bacon for everything but lunch today. 
Allan

Quote from: George on April 21, 2008, 06:49:09 PM
Something to work towards.*  ;D

Bacon, bacon, spam and bacon


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on April 22, 2008, 04:50:39 PM
My kitchen with the glass top stove. - (I cleaned it before the photo session, also left no burnt chicken wings! -)

And this is my favourite cook ware!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on April 22, 2008, 04:56:07 PM
Yeah, it's a shake, but trust me, this is food, not a drink:

-Mocha Supreme

Coconut shake, almond butter, plantain, carob, and flaxmeal. LIVE
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on April 22, 2008, 05:25:14 PM
Quote from: matti on April 21, 2008, 10:18:39 PM
You got your birthday present, congrats!  :)

Koivu made a comeback after injury already in the previous game. He's your captain, but not fluent in French, what's the general opinion about that?

To be slightly less OT:

I had two slices of toast for breakfast, one with cheese, one with cherry jam. And coffee.

Edit: to be exact, not Paul Coffey.  ;D

Hi, Matti, Koivu is a hero here, and most people don't mind too much about his refusal to learn French, even though he's been living here for over a decade (I'm talking about the québécois of course, not the anglos who couldn't care less about that). As a person and an athlete he's a role model to many kids.

I had fettucine Alfredo and a green salad today.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 22, 2008, 08:04:22 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on April 22, 2008, 04:50:39 PM
(I cleaned it before the photo session, also left no burnt chicken wings! -)


Whatever....



Quote from: uffeviking on April 22, 2008, 04:50:39 PM


And this is my favourite cook ware!

What kind of cookware is that? it looks brand new.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on April 22, 2008, 10:41:46 PM
The photo is over six month old; took it after I unpacked the shipment from Le Creuset. Their stainless steel items are a new addition to their line, a lot lighter than their cast iron enemaled cookware. It still looks like this after half a year of heavy use.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on April 23, 2008, 10:33:11 AM
Wal-Mart's Sam's Club limits rice purchases

Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:12pm EDT

By Nicole Maestri

NEW YORK, April 23 (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc's (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Sam's Club warehouse division said on Wednesday it is limiting sales of several types of rice, the latest sign that fears of a rice shortage are rippling around the world.

Sam's Club, the No. 2 U.S. warehouse club operator, said it is limiting sales of Jasmine, Basmati and long grain white rice "due to recent supply and demand trends."

U.S. rice futures hitting an all-time high Wednesday on worries about supply shortages.

On Tuesday, Costco Wholesale Corp (COST.O: Quote, Profile, Research), the largest U.S. warehouse club operator, said it has seen increased demand for items like rice and flour as customers, worried about global food shortages and rising prices, stock up.

Sam's Club, the No. 2 U.S. warehouse club operator, is limiting sales of the 20-pound (9 kg), bulk bags of rice to four bags per customer per visit, and is working with suppliers to ensure the products remain in stock.

Warehouse clubs cater to individual shoppers as well as small businesses and restaurant owners looking to buy cheaper, bulk goods.

With prices for basic food items surging, customers have been going to the clubs to try to save money on bulk sizes of everything from pasta to cooking oil and rice.

Sam's Club said the large-sized bags of rice subject to the limits are typically purchased by its restaurant owner or food service customers.

Sam's Club said is not limiting sales of flour or cooking oil at this time. Costco said some of its stores have put limits on sales of items such as rice and flour, but it was trying to modify those restrictions to meet customer demand.

Costco Chief Executive James Sinegal told Reuters that he believed the recent surge in demand was being driven by media reports about rising global demand and shortages of basic food items in some countries.

Food costs have soared worldwide, spurred by increased demand in emerging markets like China and India; competition with biofuels; high oil prices and market speculation.

The situation has sparked food riots in several African countries, Indonesia, and Haiti. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned that higher food prices could hurt global growth and security.

Rice prices have risen 68 percent since the start of 2008.

Trade bans on rice have been put in place by India, the world's second largest exporter in 2007, and Vietnam, the third biggest, in hopes of cooling domestic prices. Rice is a staple in most of Asia.

On Tuesday, Tim Johnson, president-CEO of California Rice Commission, which represents growers and millers of rice in the state, said: "Bottom line, there is no rice shortage in the United States. We have supplies."

Wal-Mart shares were up 0.4 percent to $56.80 in afternoon trading, while Costco shares rose 1.7 percent to $69.26. (Reporting by Nicole Maestri, editing by Jeffrey Benkoe and Tim Dobbyn)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on April 24, 2008, 10:05:38 PM
Load Up the Pantry

Brett Arends, wsj.com

April 21, 2008

I don't want to alarm anybody, but maybe it's time for Americans to start stockpiling food.

No, this is not a drill.

You've seen the TV footage of food riots in parts of the developing world. Yes, they're a long way away from the U.S. But most foodstuffs operate in a global market. When the cost of wheat soars in Asia, it will do the same here.

Reality: Food prices are already rising here much faster than the returns you are likely to get from keeping your money in a bank or money-market fund. And there are very good reasons to believe prices on the shelves are about to start rising a lot faster.

"Load up the pantry," says Manu Daftary, one of Wall Street's top investors and the manager of the Quaker Strategic Growth mutual fund. "I think prices are going higher. People are too complacent. They think it isn't going to happen here. But I don't know how the food companies can absorb higher costs." (Full disclosure: I am an investor in Quaker Strategic)

Stocking up on food may not replace your long-term investments, but it may make a sensible home for some of your shorter-term cash. Do the math. If you keep your standby cash in a money-market fund you'll be lucky to get a 2.5% interest rate. Even the best one-year certificate of deposit you can find is only going to pay you about 4.1%, according to Bankrate.com. And those yields are before tax.

Meanwhile the most recent government data shows food inflation for the average American household is now running at 4.5% a year.

And some prices are rising even more quickly. The latest data show cereal prices rising by more than 8% a year. Both flour and rice are up more than 13%. Milk, cheese, bananas and even peanut butter: They're all up by more than 10%. Eggs have rocketed up 30% in a year. Ground beef prices are up 4.8% and chicken by 5.4%.

These are trends that have been in place for some time.

And if you are hoping they will pass, here's the bad news: They may actually accelerate.

The reason? The prices of many underlying raw materials have risen much more quickly still. Wheat prices, for example, have roughly tripled in the past three years.

Sooner or later, the food companies are going to have to pass those costs on. Kraft saw its raw material costs soar by about $1.25 billion last year, squeezing profit margins. The company recently warned that higher prices are here to stay. Last month the chief executive of General Mills, Kendall Powell, made a similar point.

The main reason for rising prices, of course, is the surge in demand from China and India. Hundreds of millions of people are joining the middle class each year, and that means they want to eat more and better food.

A secondary reason has been the growing demand for ethanol as a fuel additive. That's soaking up some of the corn supply.

You can't easily stock up on perishables like eggs or milk. But other products will keep. Among them: Dried pasta, rice, cereals, and cans of everything from tuna fish to fruit and vegetables. The kicker: You should also save money by buying them in bulk.

If this seems a stretch, ponder this: The emerging bull market in agricultural products is following in the footsteps of oil. A few years ago, many Americans hoped $2 gas was a temporary spike. Now it's the rosy memory of a bygone age.

The good news is that it's easier to store Cap'n Crunch or cans of Starkist in your home than it is to store lots of gasoline. Safer, too.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on April 25, 2008, 06:10:48 AM
Hysterical behaviour, like the kind encouraged by the above two posts, will be the cause of shortages here in this country. Panic buying is irresponsible and should not be encouraged. Nobody is going to die of starvation in this country!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on April 25, 2008, 07:58:40 AM
Tonight we will be dining at Maggiano's (http://www.maggianos.com/). I'll probably have the chicken cacciatore.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 25, 2008, 12:30:22 PM
Quote from: MN Brahms on April 25, 2008, 07:58:40 AM
Tonight we will be dining at Maggiano's (http://www.maggianos.com/). I'll probably have the chicken cacciatore.

Son & DIL in town for 3 nights - plan to 'eat out' each night - last night, ate @ Bernardin's (http://www.bernardinsfinedining.com/), just a 10-min drive from our home - wife & I started w/ the Seared Tuna Carpaccio - thin strips of rare tuna on an oriental flavored salad bed; I had the Swordfish steak, wonderfully flavored & grilled w/ a delicions lightly fried 'mash potato' cake & peas; wife had my 'usual' ostrich dish, which is prepared w/ a great sauce - meat medium rare (really one of the best recipes for this bird that I've eaten, and have had that dish many times there!) - shared a bottle of Conundrum (http://www.conundrumwine.com/current.shtml) - usually don't order that wine (mixture of Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Muscat, & Viognier), but it can be a good choice w/ a 'mixed' company of wine drinkers!

Next two nights, much simpler - just our neighborhood Italian & Mountain bistros - I'll likely have Veal Piccata w/ sauteed broccoli (lots of garlic shavings) tonight, and then probably a non-beef 'meat' dish on Saturday night (venison or elk depending on their 'specials' that night) -  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: matti on April 25, 2008, 12:34:30 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on April 22, 2008, 05:25:14 PM
most people don't mind too much about his refusal to learn French, even though he's been living here for over a decade.

I would!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on April 25, 2008, 02:10:22 PM
It's time for some Whole Wheat pizza and Reed's Natural Ginger Brew.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on April 25, 2008, 07:46:44 PM
(http://www.pbs.org/everydayfood/images/episode3/chickencaesar_lg.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on April 26, 2008, 08:19:27 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on April 25, 2008, 06:10:48 AM
Hysterical behaviour, like the kind encouraged by the above two posts, will be the cause of shortages here in this country. Panic buying is irresponsible and should not be encouraged. Nobody is going to die of starvation in this country!

It's a recurrent feature of every mini or real crisis. Otherwise sane and reasonably intelligent prople become irrational. Lunatics and nincompoops tend to react with the kind of primitive, caveman behaviour one would expect from remote Borneo tribes. The Y2K bug scare caused many otherwise normal people to stockpile like crazy.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on April 27, 2008, 04:54:52 PM
(http://easysoutherncooking.com/meats/porkchops.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on April 28, 2008, 07:41:32 AM
S. Pellegrino's 2008 World's 50 Best Restaurants

http://www.theworlds50best.com/2008_list.html
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on April 28, 2008, 11:05:24 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on April 26, 2008, 08:19:27 AM
It's a recurrent feature of every mini or real crisis. Otherwise sane and reasonably intelligent prople become irrational. Lunatics and nincompoops tend to react with the kind of primitive, caveman behaviour one would expect from remote Borneo tribes. The Y2K bug scare caused many otherwise normal people to stockpile like crazy.

I suppose they were suitably punished - having to polish off dozens of tins of crap quality foods before they expire :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on April 29, 2008, 06:34:03 PM
(http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/images/yogurt1.JPG)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on May 01, 2008, 02:28:23 PM
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1320/1115627037_ce292bfc72.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 01, 2008, 03:07:30 PM
Well, we've been a litte crabby lately -  ;D

Couple of nights ago, Alaskan King Crab w/ just a simple salad - delicious!   :D

Yesterday we shopped @ Costco, and picked up some Dungeness Crab; again just w/ salad - great!  :)

Usually love a 'lite' Chardonnay w/ crab - the current Columbia Estates Chardonnay '06 (Grand Estates) - about $10 @ Costco went great w/ the crabs each night!

Tonight, some 'clam soup' - wife out @ a singing practice - will put on my plastic bib, sit in the den, & watch a Netflix rental - sipping on some Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc '07 - newest release & wonderful!

(http://d2.biggestmenu.com/00/00/a0/3f076a73d2c21720_m.jpg)  (http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/752/386821.JPG)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on May 01, 2008, 05:21:24 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on May 01, 2008, 03:07:30 PM
Well, we've been a litte crabby lately -  ;D

Couple of nights ago, Alaskan King Crab w/ just a simple salad - delicious!   :D

Yesterday we shopped @ Costco, and picked up some Dungeness Crab; again just w/ salad - great!  :)

Usually love a 'lite' Chardonnay w/ crab - the current Columbia Estates Chardonnay '06 (Grand Estates) - about $10 @ Costco went great w/ the crabs each night!

Tonight, some 'clam soup' - wife out @ a singing practice - will put on my plastic bib, sit in the den, & watch a Netflix rental - sipping on some Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc '07 - newest release & wonderful!

(http://d2.biggestmenu.com/00/00/a0/3f076a73d2c21720_m.jpg)  (http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/752/386821.JPG)


I love crab, lobster.

SonicMan, if you have not seen the following TV series, do make an effort to.

http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/deadliestcatch/about/about.html
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 01, 2008, 06:16:40 PM
Quote from: BorisG on May 01, 2008, 05:21:24 PM

I love crab, lobster.

SonicMan, if you have not seen the following TV series, do make an effort to.

http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/deadliestcatch/about/about.html

Hello, Boris - YES, shellfish is one of our favorites - couple of pages ago posted some of our 'treats' in D.C. a few weeks ago (had a couple of lobsters & plenty of oysters!) - thanks for the link - those Alaskan coast crab fisherman indeed have a 'dangerous' life!  I've read a number of articles, heard some radio features, & have seen one or more shows on their occupation, but will also record one of the Discovery Channel shows - Dave  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on May 01, 2008, 08:28:32 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on May 01, 2008, 03:07:30 PM
, and picked up some Dungeness Crab;

Are those Dungeness Crab the genuine article from our Olympic Peninsula Dungeness Spit, or is it just a variety of crab having inherited the name Dungeness?

Do enjoy them anyhow regardless where they come from!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 02, 2008, 04:41:39 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on May 01, 2008, 08:28:32 PM
Are those Dungeness Crab the genuine article from our Olympic Peninsula Dungeness Spit, or is it just a variety of crab having inherited the name Dungeness?

Do enjoy them anyhow regardless where they come from!

Hi Lis - no those are the West Coast version, quite popular in the San Francisco Bay Area & further north - unfortunately, to get to the East Coast, the crabs are steamed first, then frozen - at Costco, they had been thawed, so ate them that night - they were delicious (but I've had a few that were quite not as good, so can be a 'hit & miss' here) - another favorite for us is the Blue Crab, a very popular beast on the mid-Atlantic coast - no place to have a wide variety of options that in Charleston, SC or Savannah, GA - hmmm! Dave  :D

P.S. And, of course, when I'm in Florida, Stone Crab claws are the choice (luckily, wife does not like this crab as much, so I get more!  ;D)

(http://flyingfishshop.com/GMPicts/CrabBlue.jpg)  (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2205/1806727602_a51b31293b.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 04, 2008, 01:33:58 PM
Opera is finished and it's beautiful weather here in Toledo so I've got some potatoes baking away and will grill a ribeye and some asparagus.  Probably all 3 will get topped with a basic maitre d'hotel butter.  I started in on a bottle of Casillero del Diablo Carmenere and also have a Fuente Hemingway Classic for later.  Ahhhhhhh.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 04, 2008, 02:42:41 PM
Quote from: toledobass on May 04, 2008, 01:33:58 PM
Opera is finished and it's beautiful weather here in Toledo ..... Casillero del Diablo Carmenere and also have a Fuente Hemingway Classic for later...............

Allan - enjoy!  ;D  Amazing how some of these so-called 'lesser' Bordeaux red grapes do so well in South America, Malbec in the Mendoza Vly of Argentina & Carménère in Chile - I've been sampling these offerings more recently - great value & taste!

For us, just returned from our 'Mountain Bistro' down the road - couple of 'specials' tonight - wife had a delicious bison tenderloin, medium rare w/ a wonderful grilled flavor, shitake mushrooms, and a reduced wine sauce; I had an outstanding sea bass, broiled w/ a 'beau blanc' sauce & a couple of sides of veggies (spinach & asparagus - 'heart healthy' recipe from my own workplace) - couple of glasses of Pinot Gris for me (King Estate, Oregon) - we were both quite pleased!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on May 05, 2008, 09:22:13 AM
3 slices of cheese pizza, prepared by actual Italians.  :o

2 cans of Fresca - nice stuff, never had it before.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on May 05, 2008, 10:35:06 AM
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/124/423523561_64f490c7ee.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on May 09, 2008, 08:07:54 PM
Pea Soup ?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on May 09, 2008, 08:16:38 PM
Looks like Lentils to me!  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on May 09, 2008, 08:19:17 PM
Tonight I had carne asada fries--french fries mixed with carne asada and drenched with sour cream, guacamole, chiles, and salsa.  Yum!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on May 09, 2008, 10:21:38 PM
(http://www.lanova.com/product_images/catalog19790/wings_hot.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 10, 2008, 09:47:05 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on May 09, 2008, 08:19:17 PM
Tonight I had carne asada fries--french fries mixed with carne asada and drenched with sour cream, guacamole, chiles, and salsa.  Yum!


I've never seen or even thought to put that stuff together, but boy does that sound fuggin' good.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on May 10, 2008, 12:13:14 PM
Quote from: toledobass on May 10, 2008, 09:47:05 AM
I've never seen or even thought to put that stuff together, but boy does that sound fuggin' good.
It's a local specialty and one of my weaknesses! 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on May 10, 2008, 12:15:47 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on May 10, 2008, 12:13:14 PM
It's a local specialty and one of my weaknesses! 

Forkless?  :o ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on May 10, 2008, 12:26:36 PM
Gee, I hadn't thought of using chopsticks!  But why not! 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Subotnick on May 10, 2008, 12:56:07 PM
Ginger preserve on sunflower and pumpkin seed wholemeal bread! (http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/tkhfc/drool.gif)

TTFN.
Me.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on May 10, 2008, 09:11:48 PM
(http://www.ibfoods.com/assets/recipes/Angel%20Hair%20with%20Chicken%20recipe1.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 11, 2008, 10:57:23 AM
Just returned from a couple of nights @ the Martha Washington Inn in Abingdon, VA - attended a 'musical play' at the famous Barter Theater called Keep on the Sunny Side about the early history & music of the Carter Family, considered along w/ Jimmie Rodgers, the founders of (at least early recorded) country music - excellent show!  :)

Had dinner each night @ the Inn - menu is quite seasonal - check HERE (http://www.marthawashingtoninn.com/dinner_menu.htm) for an example (actually this seems to be '07 fall's menu when we were last there) - I had seafood each night, while wife had a wonderful bourbon flavored grilled pork chop the first night & a perfectly cooked 'medium rare' filet mignon the next!  Excellent wine selections by the glass -  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on May 11, 2008, 11:55:08 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on May 11, 2008, 10:57:23 AM
Just returned from a couple of nights @ the Martha Washington Inn in Abingdon, VA - attended a 'musical play' at the famous Barter Theater called Keep on the Sunny Side about the early history & music of the Carter Family, considered along w/ Jimmie Rodgers, the founders of (at least early recorded) country music - excellent show!  :)

Had dinner each night @ the Inn - menu is quite seasonal - check HERE (http://www.marthawashingtoninn.com/dinner_menu.htm) for an example (actually this seems to be '07 fall's menu when we were last there) - I had seafood each night, while wife had a wonderful bourbon flavored grilled pork chop the first night & a perfectly cooked 'medium rare' filet mignon the next!  Excellent wine selections by the glass -  :D

Time to virtually order? Crab Cake, Caesar Salad, no entree, a glass of Chardonnay, and something chocolate for dessert.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 11, 2008, 12:09:07 PM
Quote from: BorisG on May 11, 2008, 11:55:08 AM
Time to virtually order? Crab Cake, Caesar Salad, no entree, a glass of Chardonnay, and something chocolate for dessert.

Boris - you would not be disappointed!  :D  Actually, I like that posted menu better than we had this time around - believe that I gave that the skate wing a try (first time) on our last visit there - quite light, white, & flaky, if I remember correctly?  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on May 11, 2008, 12:30:49 PM
Triple scoop of Ben and Jerry's No Sugar Added in a waffle cone.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on May 11, 2008, 12:51:50 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on May 11, 2008, 12:09:07 PM
Boris - you would not be disappointed!  :D  Actually, I like that posted menu better than we had this time around - believe that I gave that the skate wing a try (first time) on our last visit there - quite light, white, & flaky, if I remember correctly?  :)

SonicMan, based soley on its appearance, I don't think I could eat that.


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Barndoor.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 11, 2008, 02:50:37 PM
Quote from: BorisG on May 11, 2008, 12:51:50 PM
SonicMan, based soley on its appearance, I don't think I could eat that.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Barndoor.jpg)

Boris - yes, I knew what skate looked like, but hey I'll try about 'anything' (as long as it's not crawling on my plate -  ;)) - added a pic below that was pretty much like what I ate - it was quite good, and if no one told you the appearance of the animal, then would probably be just fine (many years ago I convinced my young son on a Carribean vacation to try 'cracked conch' - told him it was like chicken breast - and he agreed but said it was more 'chewy' -  ;D).

Now, talk about a DISGUSTING looking fish - Monkfish (shown below) - basically, only the tail is eaten - I've had this fish (or monster!) numerous times - sometimes called a 'poor man's lobster' - has the texture of lobster not quite the same flavor, the preparation often flavors the flesh - quite delicious; in fact, dined at our 'Mountain Bistro' down the street, and monkfish was a 'special' - tempted but went w/ the venison after a couple of nights of seafood up in Virginia!  Bottom line - never judge the enjoyment of eating from the appearance of what you're eating!  Often, a pleasant surprise (guess it could go the other way, though -  :D) - Dave

(http://bp3.blogger.com/_zYuoGplA-aU/RgkuqU7LX_I/AAAAAAAAALQ/6dYBbnWbTLA/s400/DSC_1679-1.JPG)  (http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/art2001/monkfish540.jpg)

               
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on May 11, 2008, 02:54:52 PM
Dieters should read this thread, it's better than dexatrim.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on May 11, 2008, 05:01:45 PM
Mahi mahi tacos with rice and black beans. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 11, 2008, 06:19:20 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on May 11, 2008, 02:50:37 PM
Boris - yes, I knew what skate looked like, but hey I'll try about 'anything' (as long as it's not crawling on my plate -  ;)) - added a pic below that was pretty much like what I ate - it was quite good, and if no one told you the appearance of the animal, then would probably be just fine (many years ago I convinced my young son on a Carribean vacation to try 'cracked conch' - told him it was like chicken breast - and he agreed but said it was more 'chewy' -  ;D).

Now, talk about a DISGUSTING looking fish - Monkfish (shown below) - basically, only the tail is eaten - I've had this fish (or monster!) numerous times - sometimes called a 'poor man's lobster' - has the texture of lobster not quite the same flavor, the preparation often flavors the flesh - quite delicious; in fact, dined at our 'Mountain Bistro' down the street, and monkfish was a 'special' - tempted but went w/ the venison after a couple of nights of seafood up in Virginia!  Bottom line - never judge the enjoyment of eating from the appearance of what you're eating!  Often, a pleasant surprise (guess it could go the other way, though -  :D) - Dave

(http://bp3.blogger.com/_zYuoGplA-aU/RgkuqU7LX_I/AAAAAAAAALQ/6dYBbnWbTLA/s400/DSC_1679-1.JPG)  (http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/art2001/monkfish540.jpg)

               
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I had some monkfish liver this winter.  It was awesome. 

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on May 12, 2008, 03:32:59 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on May 11, 2008, 02:50:37 PM
Now, talk about a DISGUSTING looking fish - Monkfish (shown below)
(http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/art2001/monkfish540.jpg)

We love monkfish. On those rare occasions we find it on a German restaurant's menu, we order it. Considering how this fish looks, I think the German name is more appropriate though: der Seeteufel....literally, the Sea Devil.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 12, 2008, 03:54:06 AM
Monkfish lovers unite!  ;D

Even Julia Child had a show (maybe more?) on CLEANING & cooking monkfish - plenty of recipes on the web for preparing monkfish, which is quite adaptable - below is some bacon-wrapped monfish that looks pretty good to me!  :)

(http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/faq/julia_child_monksm.jpg)  (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/124/406341457_93cf813497.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on May 12, 2008, 10:08:38 AM
Thanks for your Skate marketing, SonicMan, but I have decided to stay with Red Snapper and other more reasonable-looking sea creatures. ;D

(http://www.fish4fun.com/images/Waterway/RED_SNAPPER.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on May 13, 2008, 06:51:51 PM
Speaking of fish, my last two lunches have consisted of a nice strip of smoked salmon....never really had it much, but now that I have, I cannot get enough:

(http://www.thenibble.com/zine/archives/images/alder-smoked-salmon-300.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on May 13, 2008, 07:22:14 PM
Every morning a plane lands at the local airport loaded with the Northwest's celebrated fish: The Copper River Salmon. The season lasts barely a month, but believe me, I am taking advantage of it. Salmon every day ever since it became available here.

Read and maybe you can even find it at your local market:

http://gonw.about.com/od/fooddrink/a/copperriver.htm
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on May 13, 2008, 07:33:30 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on May 13, 2008, 07:22:14 PM
Every morning a plane lands at the local airport loaded with the Northwest's celebrated fish: The Copper River Salmon. The season lasts barely a month, but believe me, I am taking advantage of it. Salmon every day ever since it became available here.

Read and maybe you can even find it at your local market:

http://gonw.about.com/od/fooddrink/a/copperriver.htm

Wow!  Thanks for the heads up.  I did find it on Amazon....really!  I will be looking AND asking!
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/316901KTT2L._SL500_AA280_.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.amazon.com/Copper-River-Reserve-Smoked-Sockeye/dp/B0000TA2QI&h=280&w=280&sz=11&hl=en&start=18&um=1&tbnid=VyyEMPq-iw-jrM:&tbnh=114&tbnw=114&prev=/images%3Fq%3DCopper%2BRiver%2BSalmon%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on May 14, 2008, 06:41:06 AM
Glad you found it, but that's the smoked variety, available the year around at a very high price. As I understand it, Alaska Airlines has their own Copper River Salmon Shuttle flying the fresh fish all over the US. I don't know where you live, but if it's a fairly big city you probably can find it at a store there.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on May 14, 2008, 02:24:34 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on May 14, 2008, 06:41:06 AM
Glad you found it, but that's the smoked variety, available the year around at a very high price. As I understand it, Alaska Airlines has their own Copper River Salmon Shuttle flying the fresh fish all over the US. I don't know where you live, but if it's a fairly big city you probably can find it at a store there.  8)


Denver.  Hopefully I can track some down, but I may just give their smoked a try as well.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on May 14, 2008, 02:44:11 PM
Spring is the perfect time for picking stinging nettle leaves. A 30 minute foray in the backyard, neighbouring ditches or clearings will yield a big cauldron's worth of leaves. This makes for a great green soup. Nothing beats it against arthritis, but it's a tasty soup by itself. Just make sure to wear gloves !! . W're having it tonight !


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinging_nettle
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 14, 2008, 04:54:37 PM
Quote from: Bogey on May 13, 2008, 06:51:51 PM
Speaking of fish, my last two lunches have consisted of a nice strip of smoked salmon....never really had it much, but now that I have, I cannot get enough.........................

Bill - boy, I've been eating 'smoked' salmon since the late '60s, first introduced to the product then by my Jewish in-laws who lived in New Jersey (near NYC) @ the time - I've been ADDICTED ever since - continue your exploration of this wonderful (and quite varied) product - just a superb treat (w/ or w/o bagels & cream cheese!) -  :D

Quote from: uffeviking on May 14, 2008, 06:41:06 AM
Glad you found it, but that's the smoked variety, available the year around at a very high price. As I understand it, Alaska Airlines has their own Copper River Salmon Shuttle flying the fresh fish all over the US. I don't know where you live, but if it's a fairly big city you probably can find it at a store there.  8)

Lis - I've had that Copper River Salmon several times - just delicious!  I understand your attraction to this fish - an Oregon Pinot Noir is my favorite wine w/ salmon (regardless of its origin), but I may have already mentioned this affinity in the past!  ;) :D

Tonight - ate in - grilled duck breast w/ a bok choy/mushroom veggie - sorry, but had some Pinot Noir w/ this dish - excellent!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BorisG on May 14, 2008, 04:56:14 PM
(http://www.sangabrielvalleymenus.com/images/reviews/nikkics/hummus.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on May 14, 2008, 05:28:49 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on May 14, 2008, 04:54:37 PM
but I may have already mentioned this affinity in the past!  ;) :D


You have never mentioned Pinot Gris, at least I don't remember. During my conversation in the local grocery store I have mentioned above, the gentleman told me about the origin of the discovery of those grapes. You like the white variety? When it comes to wine, I follow your recommendations; it's the devouring of anything that kreucht und fleucht - doesn't eat you first, we are parting our ways!  :D

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 15, 2008, 07:06:15 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on May 14, 2008, 05:28:49 PM
You have never mentioned Pinot Gris, at least I don't remember. During my conversation in the local grocery store I have mentioned above, the gentleman told me about the origin of the discovery of those grapes. You like the white variety? When it comes to wine, I follow your recommendations; it's the devouring of anything that kreucht und fleucht - doesn't eat you first, we are parting our ways!  :D

Hi Lis - think the quote came from the Cooper River salmon posts - I mentioned liking Pinot Noir w/ that fish (also w/ rare tuna) - always have some in the cellar from Oregon & California - and starting to explore those from New Zealand!  :D

But, I also drink a lot of Pinot Gris (or Grigio - same grape) - trying to get away from those 'oaky' chardonnays!  Currently, I have a couple of Oregon Pinot Gris in the basement, including the '06 King Estate, a perennial favorite recently - have sampled some from Washington State (but few seem to be shipped to NC); also, many North Carolina (and Virginia) wineries use the grape, and 'once in a while' make a decent wine - of course, the origins of this grape are in the Alsatian area down into Italy, but I only occasionally sample those wines, which are often highly recommended.  :)  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 15, 2008, 12:35:42 PM
The Copper River salmon around these parts is running close to $40 a pound....what's up with that?


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on May 15, 2008, 02:00:25 PM
Quote from: toledobass on May 15, 2008, 12:35:42 PM
The Copper River salmon around these parts is running close to $40 a pound....what's up with that?


Allan

Allan, does your store have their salmon travel first class?
Fresh, packed in ice, off the plane, it's $17.99 per pound. 'These parts' is where? South Africa?  ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 17, 2008, 07:57:38 PM
On a long weekend trip to Richmond, Virginia - great historic city w/ plenty of Gem attractions in AAA & an excellent place to eat!  Staying at the wonderful Jefferson Hotel (http://www.jeffersonhotel.com/) - will be having the outstanding jazz champagne Sunday brunch tomorrow (I concentrate almost solely on the seafood offerings!) (lower lobby pic below where the brunch is held) - will exercise in the AM (might burn up enough calories to equal a few jumbo shrimp!  ;D)!

Last night we ate at the Bookbinder's Restaurant (http://www.bookbindersrichmond.com/) - original in Philadelphia; probably our third dinner @ this place & always consistent - wife wanted something light, so I planned our identical dinners - shared a dozen oysters (what else for us!) & lumped crab meat cocktail (this is some of the best lumped crab I've ever had - pieces the size of your thumb tips!); followed by a spring salad (fresh arugula,  goat cheese, & pine nuts tossed lightly in a wonderfully light & subtle dressing); main course was actually a special appetizer for the night - half of a chilled lobster w/ two giant jumbo shrimp (must have been 4-5 inches long!) - of course, some wine, Pinot Grigio - shared a homemade mango sorbet & a delicious key lime pie w/ a chocolate graham cracker crust - we will RETURN on our next visit!   :)

Tonight, tried a 'new' restaurant for us, the Pomegranate (http://www.artfuldiner.com/pomegranate.html) on Cary Street (plenty of great places in that restored downtown area near the canal) - surprisingly, we wanted the same dinner; started out w/ a wonderful salad (cantaloupe w/ arugula/thin cheese/prosciutto - again, a subtle dressing); both of us had the lamb chops grilled wonderfully w/ grilled asparagus tips & an absolutely superb mushroom risotto - just shared berry dessert caramelized w/ fresh whipped cream; a few glasses of red Burgundy for me -   ;D 

(http://www.gonomad.com/gallery/Richmond/jeffersonlobby.gif) 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: 12tone. on May 17, 2008, 09:29:38 PM
Just came home from White Spot (a restaraunt chain here in Canada...BC at least) and finished one of their cheese cakes.  Although this picture here isn't the one from White Spot, it's still a cheese cake  :D


(http://www.foodportfolio.com/blog/images/cheesecake/7.JPG)



I also had some of this:

(http://www.love-chocolate.com/images/lindt85pctdark.jpg)


Although, I'm finding the taste funny on this one.  I've heard and read about 'Dutching' in chocolate and I heard from another board (a chocolate-based one) that Lindt dutches their chocolate...at least their 99% bar.  I find their 85% to be very 'chemical' tasting...perhaps from the dutching?  Anyway, it's an okay chocolate. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: vandermolen on May 17, 2008, 11:09:52 PM
Toast with Marmite and Tomatoes  :P  Am on a diet as I am too FAT.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on May 18, 2008, 05:25:38 AM
Chana Saag Last Night


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on May 18, 2008, 05:30:17 AM
Yesterday with a friend at a nice french bistro, appropriately called Bistro Justine.

Sushi style fresh tuna Niçoise. A beautilful salad with a generous supply of greens, tomato wedges, hard eggs, endive leaves, olives, topped with good sized slices of marinated raw tuna, and the essential anchovy fillet.

Braised Lamb shank with figs. Perfectly cooked, light in flavour, it melted in the mouth. Served with zucchini and figs relish, some grilled grees and only a few very thinly scalloped potatoes. Very good french bread to scoop up the sauce ;D.

No salt shakers on the tables, only giant pepper grinders.

Excellent private imports on the wine list, served by the glass. I had this one: Domaine La Bastide, Plenitude, 2005. This was simply outstanding. Being private imports, they're not available in liquor stores. I was curious to find out more. I found a review from a wine publication:
The grapes used (Syrah, Merlot and Pinot Noir) mean that this cannot bear the Corbieres appellation one might expect as Pinot Noir and Merlot are not allowed within this appellation. The wine is therefore classified as a vin de pays: but what a vin de pays! The majority Syrah gives it power and massive bramble and liquorice flavours while the Merlot rounds it out and the Pinot Noir provides some real elegance. Supple, with great length, this is fantastic value.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on May 18, 2008, 03:54:44 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on May 14, 2008, 05:28:49 PM
it's the devouring of anything that kreucht und fleucht - doesn't eat you first, we are parting our ways!  :D

"was Fleucht" means "what flies", so are you saying you don't eat birds either?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on May 18, 2008, 07:38:04 PM
Of the fliegende variety I only eat chicken - and they usually don't do much flying anyhow. - Wild ones, like quail, ducks and geese, et al, are save from me.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on May 19, 2008, 09:33:56 AM
A wheat heavy diet today.
This one for breakfast:
(http://isik.net/images/photo/sariyerborekcisi.jpg)

And this for lunch
(http://altinsini.com.tr/Resimler/yemekler/lahmacunpide/kasarlipid.jpg)

and now:
(http://www.loadtr.com/b-19036-erik.gif)
I've been eating so many of these plums lately that I've lost count  :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Drasko on May 19, 2008, 09:46:34 AM
Quote from: orbital on May 19, 2008, 09:33:56 AM
A wheat heavy diet today.
This one for breakfast:
(http://isik.net/images/photo/sariyerborekcisi.jpg)

Burek - yees! My favorite breakfast, twice or three times a week usually.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: (poco) Sforzando on May 19, 2008, 10:16:31 AM
Right now lunch is consisting of two dishes made from Clothilde Dusouillier's excellent "Chocolate and Zucchini" cookbook - diced fresh turkey in a curried yogurt dressing with raisins and greens on a multi-grain baguette, and afterwards a slice of her yogurt cake with an apple. (The apple is not in the recipe book.)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on May 19, 2008, 11:25:33 AM
Quote from: Drasko on May 19, 2008, 09:46:34 AM
Burek - yees! My favorite breakfast, twice or three times a week usually.
It is the best! I had it with tea on the waterfront  0:) the one I particularly like is the one that is plain (no cheese) with powdered sugar sprinkled on top.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Drasko on May 19, 2008, 11:39:24 AM
Quote from: orbital on May 19, 2008, 11:25:33 AM
It is the best! I had it with tea on the waterfront  0:) the one I particularly like is the one that is plain (no cheese) with powdered sugar sprinkled on top.

Plain burek is either the most fabulous or completely horrible, there is no saving grace (cheese, minced meat...). Totally depends on the knowledge of the maker. I usually only buy plain where I'm sure the maker is capable.

Those plums, are those not ripe yet? There is one sort around here that looks lot like one in that picture, mostly grows wild, very small round species. When ripe become first yellow than red and sweet but I like them while still green, sour as hell.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on May 19, 2008, 12:22:33 PM
Quote from: Drasko on May 19, 2008, 11:39:24 AM
Plain burek is either the most fabulous or completely horrible, there is no saving grace (cheese, minced meat...). Totally depends on the knowledge of the maker. I usually only buy plain where I'm sure the maker is capable.

Those plums, are those not ripe yet? There is one sort around here that looks lot like one in that picture, mostly grows wild, very small round species. When ripe become first yellow than red and sweet but I like them while still green, sour as hell.
This is the perfect season for them. It is a variety that is special to a very limited geography I think. They are ripe now, hard, juicy and very sour. I enjoy them with some salt. 

How about these?
(http://www.mjora.com/lazurimtrl/botanik/57.jpg)
I like those a lot too.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on May 19, 2008, 03:50:44 PM
(http://bp2.blogger.com/_dmr5SRR73jE/R0XUSeKSstI/AAAAAAAAACQ/uziqVkTOTWE/s320/DSCN1487.JPG)

Leftovers from last night's eating at the Cheesecake Factory.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on May 19, 2008, 05:14:03 PM
This looks for all the world like a disemboweled alien critter  :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on May 19, 2008, 05:30:32 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on May 19, 2008, 05:14:03 PM
This looks for all the world like a disemboweled alien critter  :P

(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:XYk8_zmAweuYHM:http://www.trekfrontier.com/ImmDatabase/Razze/Klingon/worf-s3.jpg)

And you have a problem with this? ( ;))
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on May 19, 2008, 06:00:38 PM
Only if it starts reproducing itself in my stomach ;).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Drasko on May 20, 2008, 09:19:21 AM
Quote from: orbital on May 19, 2008, 12:22:33 PM
This is the perfect season for them. It is a variety that is special to a very limited geography I think. They are ripe now, hard, juicy and very sour. I enjoy them with some salt. 

Have to be the same ones as here, they look just too similar, how do you call them?

QuoteHow about these?
(http://www.mjora.com/lazurimtrl/botanik/57.jpg)
I like those a lot too.

Have no idea what is that.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 26, 2008, 06:51:02 PM
Amazing how our 'Eating Thread' can go for a week w/o a post - I need to lose a few pounds & wish I could just fast for a week!  ;D

But, on this holiday weekend, wife & I took an overnight trip to Greensboro, North Carolina (just less than an hour from us) - visited the famous Guilford Courthouse Battlefield (Nathaneal Greene was in charge of the American forces against Cornwallis - hence the birth of 'Greensboro') - we stayed at the Proximity Hotel (http://www.proximityhotel.com/), a new place w/ -wonderful 'old timey' architectual themes to resemble an old factory - wonderful room + a great 'holiday' reduced rate!

Hotel restaurant is called the Print Works Bistro (http://www.printworksbistro.com/menu.htm) - did not know 'what' to expect, but the experience was wonderful - started out w/ a great salad of mixed greens w/ nuts & fried cheese & a light dressing - my main course was the special of swordfish on top of a veggie of snap peas w/ onions/fennel (better than my description) - of course, I had a couple of glasses of a Santa Barbara TAZ Pinot Gris - dessert, we shared a wonderful cheese course w/ some North Carolina dessert wine (from Childress Vyds - if you're passing through this area, I can certainly recommend this place to stay & to eat!  P.S. stopped by the bar on the way out of the restaurant to see if there were any 'local beers' - YES, a Nattie Greene brewery (of course, named after Nathanael Greene of the battle fame!) - had some of their dark amber - delicious!  Wonderful overnight vist -  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on May 27, 2008, 04:23:54 AM
Quote from: Drasko on May 20, 2008, 09:19:21 AM
Have to be the same ones as here, they look just too similar, how do you call them?

Have no idea what is that.


They are called "maltese plums" here for some reason. They are very juicy, semi sweet (though I prefer the sour ones) with 3 or 4  big seeds in the middle. Let me see if I can find the English name for it.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Drasko on May 27, 2008, 04:55:47 AM
Quote from: orbital on May 27, 2008, 04:23:54 AM
They are called "maltese plums" here for some reason. They are very juicy, semi sweet (though I prefer the sour ones) with 3 or 4  big seeds in the middle. Let me see if I can find the English name for it.

It's called Japanese Medlar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loquats), they are rather rare around here, that's why I couldn't recognise the picture. But I absolutely adore regular Medlar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medlar), which is fairly common here. I always tend to overstuff myself with it since its season is very short.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on May 27, 2008, 05:09:19 AM
I had salad (with apple slices and grapes) with taleggio cheese for lunch. I hadn't had taleggio for so long, I was getting withdrawal symptoms :'(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on May 27, 2008, 06:25:38 AM
For lunch I had a favorite sandwich but one I can't indulge in often (have to watch my cholesterol): an egg, fried hard (yoke broken) on wheat toast smeared with Miracle Whip. Squeeze an ample amount of Heinz ketchup on top. Disgusting and totally delicious.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on May 27, 2008, 06:26:31 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 27, 2008, 06:25:38 AM
For lunch I had a favorite sandwich but one I can't indulge in often (have to watch my cholesterol): an egg, friend hard (yoke broken) on wheat toast smeared with Miracle Whip. Squeeze an ample amount of Heinz ketchup on top. Disgusting and totally delicious.

Sarge

I was with you till the ketchup.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on May 27, 2008, 06:33:52 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on May 27, 2008, 06:26:31 AM
I was with you till the ketchup.

A healthier alternative, which Mrs. Rock prefers, is sliced tomatoes and diced onions on top the egg instead of ketchup.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bunny on May 27, 2008, 09:11:21 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 27, 2008, 06:25:38 AM
For lunch I had a favorite sandwich but one I can't indulge in often (have to watch my cholesterol): an egg, fried hard (yoke broken) on wheat toast smeared with Miracle Whip. Squeeze an ample amount of Heinz ketchup on top. Disgusting and totally delicious.

Sarge

The Miracle Whip is probably the worst part of that -- a combination of fat and sugar.  The ketchup is a little less objectionable; although it's loaded with sugar, it at least has tomato concentrate which is loaded with bioflavenoids.  I won't comment on the taste.  I prefer my fried egg sandwiches smeared with butter, with sliced tomato, bacon, and cheese melted all over it.   Add a big café au lait, and it's is enough to keep me happy from breakfast to dinner. :D

Unfortunately, today as usual, my lunch will be another Lean Cuisine entree.  210 calories, practically no fat, and even less taste. :(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 29, 2008, 03:10:04 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on May 27, 2008, 06:26:31 AM
I was with you till the ketchup.

Same here.....for me, it's also screaming for some bacon or fried salami.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on May 29, 2008, 04:20:33 AM
Quote from: Bunny on May 27, 2008, 09:11:21 AM
I prefer my fried egg sandwiches smeared with butter, with sliced tomato, bacon, and cheese melted all over it.

Bacon and cheese...now there is a healthier alternative to my egg sandwich  ;D

Miracle Whip is, of course, one of the unhealthiest condiments ever invented and we do use it sparingly. But it is the secret ingredient in many of my mother and grandmother's recipes and I have many testimonials to my cooking to prove it....although my egg sandwich wouldn't fall under that category  :D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on May 29, 2008, 04:37:49 AM
Today's lunch is considerably healthier; leftovers from last night's dinner, Country Captain, Paul Prudhomme's Indian-style chicken recipe slightly changed by Mrs. Rock. The major change is substituting lentils for the rice. Here are the ingredients (the page from our very used and food-stained copy of the book):

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/maygmg/Country%20Cap.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 31, 2008, 04:32:26 PM
Well, stimulated by an article in the Winston-Salem Journal on soft shell crabs (http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/may/28/soft-shell-harvest-time-gears-up-in-north-carolina/), my wife stopped by Sea Products today (owner, George Streblow, interviewed), and picked up 4 'jumbo' crabs (looked like the one shown below); she put together a wonderfully simple dinner - sauteed the crabs in oil/butter after a light flour dredge - we had 2 each (kind of looked like the pic in the article mentioned - my camera was not @ hand to take a pic - they did look beautiful) - BOY, these were absolutely delicious!

Simple side dish of cherry tomatoes sauteed w/ a little oil, fresh chopped garlic, & topped w/ fresh basil (could have had twice as many!).  Wine for the evening was Franciscan Chardonnay 2006 vintage (not the one shown) - excellent value; not strongly oaked but plenty of crisp lemon tropical flavors - just fine w/ the crab - probably a lot made, so worth a search, if available!

Music w/ the meal - something relaxing (my wife's preference) - Lute Music of the Renaissance w/ Joachim Held on the Hanssler label - a great bargain from the BMG club -  :D

(http://gothamist.com/attachments/food_andrew/WhatsFresh-SSCrab.jpg)  (http://cache.wine.com/labels/88351l.jpg)  (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51B1CQ5HB0L._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 07, 2008, 04:52:59 PM
Well, I can't believe that no one has responded in a week or so!  ::)  All on a diet?  ;D

Tonight, the LOML was out to a 'hot dog' dinner - I refused to attend, so for the evening alone for me:

Lobster - bought live locally and steamed by me (details if interested, quite simple & fast!)

Salad - some fresh garden greens w/ a raspberry dressing + pecans, blue cheese, & fresh cut stawberries - really good!

Chardonnay - Ch. Ste. Michelle '05 from Indian Wells w/ a little age - great w/ the lobster!  :)

Maybe I should ask my spouse to go out for 'hot dogs' more often -  ;) ;D

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/photos/308938214_QWwbn-S.jpg)  (http://www.bottleshop.com/images/bn/160/46180.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: George on June 07, 2008, 05:33:37 PM

8)

http://www.oneluckyduck.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=120
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 09, 2008, 09:32:10 AM
Ladies and gentlemen, the eating and wine threads have now moved to the classical listening thread  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 09, 2008, 09:36:35 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on June 07, 2008, 04:52:59 PM
Well, I can't believe that no one has responded in a week or so!  ::)  All on a diet?  ;D

Tonight, the LOML was out to a 'hot dog' dinner - I refused to attend, so for the evening alone for me:

Lobster - bought live locally and steamed by me (details if interested, quite simple & fast!)

Salad - some fresh garden greens w/ a raspberry dressing + pecans, blue cheese, & fresh cut stawberries - really good!

Chardonnay - Ch. Ste. Michelle '05 from Indian Wells w/ a little age - great w/ the lobster!  :)

Maybe I should ask my spouse to go out for 'hot dogs' more often -  ;) ;D

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/photos/308938214_QWwbn-S.jpg)  (http://www.bottleshop.com/images/bn/160/46180.jpg)

I'm really impressed Dave. Most husbands, whose wives were out for the evening, would heat up a TV dinner. Not you!  :D

Sarge

P.S. Mrs. Rock wants to know what the brown things are sticking out of your salad. Bread?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 09, 2008, 11:33:34 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 09, 2008, 09:36:35 AM
I'm really impressed Dave. Most husbands, whose wives were out for the evening, would heat up a TV dinner. Not you!  :D

P.S. Mrs. Rock wants to know what the brown things are sticking out of your salad. Bread?

Hello, Sarge!  Just some low cal/fat whole grain crackers covered w/ sesame seeds - quite tasty!

Well, the dinners that I make for myself are pretty easy & quick, but tasty!  In fact, that was one of the best lobsters that I've bought locally - came out nice & RED; my 'gold standard' are the lobsters that we've had in Maine & Nova Scotia - colder waters, fresh caught, etc. - just superb up there, so I'm pleased when one comes out as well in North Carolina!   :D  Dave   P.S. did like your dish 'published' in the listening thread!   :)

(http://bp3.blogger.com/_zztJlWAZWvM/RloLlQWybQI/AAAAAAAAAJM/Q53UgNQun-M/s320/ak-mak.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 09, 2008, 04:38:38 PM
Well, a dinner that we don't do that often (but always enjoy) - of course, living in North Carolina - pig barbecue is a favorite around here (several different styles in the state, but Lexington style is the local choice) - so, tonight, wife (Susan) drove up the road (about 5 mins. from the house) to pick up a pound of coarse chopped pig meat w/ several different cole slaws (we skipped the buns, hush puppies, fries - not that they are bad!) -  ;D

The place is called Little Richard's Bar-B-Que - long smoked & chopped on the premises - probably the premier place in the city for this food; the cole slaws are finely chopped and come in two styles - standard white (which I prefer - I add a BUNCH of celery seeds) & barbecue flavored (which Susan likes best) - now, she is a Jewish gal, but loves that PIG MEAT!  8)

CLICK on the image for a brief description of the cooking/chopping process - actually, there is a book & a PBS show made on North Carolina barbecue places, if you ever visit the state & like that food -  :)

(http://www.ncbbqsociety.com/images/trail_images/little_richards_web.jpg) (http://www.ncbbqsociety.com/trail_pages/little_richards_large.html)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 10, 2008, 10:27:08 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on June 09, 2008, 04:38:38 PM
Well, a dinner that we don't do that often (but always enjoy) - of course, living in North Carolina - pig barbecue is a favorite around here (several different styles in the state, but Lexington style is the local choice) - so, tonight, wife (Susan) drove up the road (about 5 mins. from the house) to pick up a pound of coarse chopped pig meat w/ several different cole slaws (we skipped the buns, hush puppies, fries - not that they are bad!) -  ;D

The place is called Little Richard's Bar-B-Que - long smoked & chopped on the premises - probably the premier place in the city for this food; the cole slaws are finely chopped and come in two styles - standard white (which I prefer - I add a BUNCH of celery seeds) & barbecue flavored (which Susan likes best) - now, she is a Jewish gal, but loves that PIG MEAT!  8)

CLICK on the image for a brief description of the cooking/chopping process - actually, there is a book & a PBS show made on North Carolina barbecue places, if you ever visit the state & like that food -  :)

(http://www.ncbbqsociety.com/images/trail_images/little_richards_web.jpg) (http://www.ncbbqsociety.com/trail_pages/little_richards_large.html)

Damn you Dave!!!!! That kind of post just shouldn't be allowed...... :P ;D ;)

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 10, 2008, 05:22:05 PM
Quote from: toledobass on June 10, 2008, 10:27:08 AM
Damn you Dave!!!!! That kind of post just shouldn't be allowed...... :P ;D ;)

Allan - LOL!  :D  From your reaction above, I perceive that you enjoy the REAL THING!  ;) ;D

If so, I'm sure that you would love this great PIG MEAT!  Susan also loves to 'munch on' ribs but not offered at Little Richard's BBQ; however, up the road about 5 mins is our 'Mountain Bistro' which offers a long rack of 'Baby Back Ribs', smoked & w/ a delicious BBQ sauce - the meat just falls off the bones, tender & juicy, and w/ just a cornucopia of flavors - some tasty eating!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 20, 2008, 03:52:45 PM
Just looked at this thread - boy, no posts in over a week!  :o

Just returned from a 3-night long weekend to our favorite 'quick' mountain get-away - Blowing Rock, NC near Boone - about a 90 min drive from our home in the Piedmont.

For those who might be travelling through the mid-Atlantic states, the Blue Ridge Mtns & Parkway are a definite must!  Blowing Rock (small) & Asheville (a larger city) are two major attractions - the places we dined at on the trip can certainly be recommended:

Storie Street Grille (http://www.storiestreetgrille.com/) - right on Main Street (just about 3 blocks or so) - started out w/ a wonderful fresh greens salad w/ a homemade dressing; main course absolutely fresh North Carolina trout w/ rice & a veggie - couple of glasses of NZ Sauvignon Blanc; Susan tried their award-winning Andy's Espresso & Ale Braised SHORT RIBS - quite a treat for her!  ;D

The Best Cellar (http://www.thebestcellarrestaurant.com/) - have probably eaten at this place a half dozen times - highly recommended!  Shared a wonderful 'lumped crabmeat' appetizer; excellent salad; rare grilled tuna steak w/ a wasabi/soy sauce - just pefect!  Couple of glasses of Pinot Noir - my fav w/ tuna!

Rowland's @ Westglow Spa (http://www.westglow.com/dining.php) - this is one of the top-rated spas in the world (yes, hard to believe but true; quite expensive - we just go there to eat 'lightly') - offers a 'regular' & a 'spa' menu (the latter, smaller portions & lesser calories - my appetizer + main course was about 300 cals only - all that information is provided in the menu); started out w/ the Hawaiian Blue Spot Prawns (Grilled Sourdough, Tomato, Edamame, Garlic) followed by Tournedo of Elk Au Poivre w/ Carrot Puree, Baby green beans; shared a wonderful cheese course for dessert!

Plenty of more excellent places to eat at in & around Blowing Rock - let me know if you plan to vist!  :)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on June 24, 2008, 09:38:53 AM
Chocolate covered coffee beans.

Warning:  Eating more than 3 or 4 of these may cause rapid heart beats and increase in frenetic energy.   :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on June 24, 2008, 09:48:18 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on June 24, 2008, 09:38:53 AM
Chocolate covered coffee beans.

Warning:  Eating more than 3 or 4 of these may cause rapid heart beats and increase in frenetic energy.   :)

Those are delicious.  I got a box as a gift awhile back, and almost devoured the entire container in one sitting.  (Not a good idea.)

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on June 25, 2008, 09:07:34 PM
M had a great seafood day today.  :)

I had to drive all the way to Portland, Maine, today because a customer there had a serious technical problem. I dreaded the long and boring drive (2 1/4- 2 1/2 h each way), so I called the M girlfriend and asked her if she could spontaneously take the rest of the day off and come with me. She could, so I picked her up and we headed north to Maine, which is of course known for its seafood, especially lobster which is harvested from the sea right there. So when we arrived, we first had a light snack in the form of fried clams and mussels, then I went to look at that problem which took less than 1 1/2 h while the lady wandered around town on the lookout for local antiques and artwork shops and galleries (she is an interior decorator and apparently has an inbuilt radar to find these kind of places), then we took off and found a nice beach area to talk a long walk and then we headed back towards Boston, but only a little bit, and went to a seafood restaurant a friend had recommended.

Believe it or not, before today, M had never eaten an actual lobster! Bits of lobster meat in seafood dishes and on seafood buffets (but these never tasted really good, so I always wondered why people are so crazy about lobster, but I also suspected that the stuff was simply not really fresh), but never the whole thing as it comes out of the sea!

So, after sharing a bowl of steamed mussels in a garlic and white wine sauce, we each had *a whole lobster*, the complete thing in its armor, lying there on the plate, staring at me. I had never cracked one open (or "shucked" it as they say), but luckily, the aprons they handed us came with complete instructions printed on them. And the aprons were *very necessary*. But it was great. It tasted great and it was a lot of fun to disassemble the thing, and all that with my favorite lady, so what more can you ask for?
:)

(http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/2964/weathervanegj7.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bonehelm on June 25, 2008, 09:49:08 PM
Quote from: M forever on June 25, 2008, 09:07:34 PM
M had a great seafood day today.  :)

I had to drive all the way to Portland, Maine, today because a customer there had a serious technical problem. I dreaded the long and boring drive (2 1/4- 2 1/2 h each way), so I called the M girlfriend and asked her if she could spontaneously take the rest of the day off and come with me. She could, so I picked her up and we headed north to Maine, which is of course known for its seafood, especially lobster which is harvested from the sea right there. So when we arrived, we first had a light snack in the form of fried clams and mussels, then I went to look at that problem which took less than 1 1/2 h while the lady wandered around town on the lookout for local antiques and artwork shops and galleries (she is an interior decorator and apparently has an inbuilt radar to find these kind of places), then we took off and found a nice beach area to talk a long walk and then we headed back towards Boston, but only a little bit, and went to a seafood restaurant a friend had recommended.

Believe it or not, before today, M had never eaten an actual lobster! Bits of lobster meat in seafood dishes and on seafood buffets (but these never tasted really good, so I always wondered why people are so crazy about lobster, but I also suspected that the stuff was simply not really fresh), but never the whole thing as it comes out of the sea!

So, after sharing a bowl of steamed mussels in a garlic and white wine sauce, we each had *a whole lobster*, the complete thing in its armor, lying there on the plate, staring at me. I had never cracked one open (or "shucked" it as they say), but luckily, the aprons they handed us came with complete instructions printed on them. And the aprons were *very necessary*. But it was great. It tasted great and it was a lot of fun to disassemble the thing, and all that with my favorite lady, so what more can you ask for?
:)

(http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/2964/weathervanegj7.jpg)


An Elgarian vibrational field.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 26, 2008, 04:37:52 AM
Quote from: M forever on June 25, 2008, 09:07:34 PM
M had a great seafood day today.  :)

Believe it or not, before today, M had never eaten an actual lobster! Bits of lobster meat in seafood dishes and on seafood buffets (but these never tasted really good, so I always wondered why people are so crazy about lobster, but I also suspected that the stuff was simply not really fresh), but never the whole thing as it comes out of the sea!

So, after sharing a bowl of steamed mussels in a garlic and white wine sauce, we each had *a whole lobster*, the complete thing in its armor, lying there on the plate, staring at me. I had never cracked one open (or "shucked" it as they say), but luckily, the aprons they handed us came with complete instructions printed on them. And the aprons were *very necessary*. But it was great. It tasted great and it was a lot of fun to disassemble the thing, and all that with my favorite lady, so what more can you ask for?
:)

(http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/2964/weathervanegj7.jpg)


Well, M - you may be 'hooked' for life (i.e. to eating lobster and/or your girlfriend!  ;) ;D) - as said before in these pages (and w/ a number of lobster pics), I've eaten MUCHO lobsters in my life, but the best experiences have come in Maine & Nova Scotia (although there have been plenty of glorious moments otherwise) -  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on June 26, 2008, 02:34:26 PM
It tasted really good but I obviously don't have much comparison, so I can't say how much better than other lobster it was or how good it was in terms of Maine quality. I really liked it but I think I still like oysters better (oysters are my big guilty pleasure, pretty much the only thing I am willing to spontaneously spend a lot of money on...).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 26, 2008, 05:15:08 PM
Quote from: M forever on June 26, 2008, 02:34:26 PM
It tasted really good but I obviously don't have much comparison, so I can't say how much better than other lobster it was or how good it was in terms of Maine quality. I really liked it but I think I still like oysters better (oysters are my big guilty pleasure, pretty much the only thing I am willing to spontaneously spend a lot of money on...).

Well, if you visit the pages of this thread often, then you must know my love for shellfish in general, including oysters & crabs - our last bit FEAST for oysters was on a trip to Richmond, VA last month - wife & I love virtually any type of oyster, but we are particularly fond of those from Prince Edward Island and also the wide variety from the Pacific Northwest area - now having an 'oyster withdrawal' experience - must correct that soon!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on June 26, 2008, 05:20:11 PM
Malpeque oysters are terrific. On the shell preferably, but I love them deep fried too.

Deep fried cod tongues are also a delicacy ( with tartar sauce and tossed salad  :D).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 05, 2008, 01:34:52 PM
Just returned from an 'overnight' stay in the Raleigh area - short post in the 'vacation thread' - went to see the Dead Sea Scrolls, part of a travelling exhibit - had a wonderful dinner last night & lunch today:

Dinner at Herons (http://www.heronsrestaurant.com/) in theUmstead Resort & Spa, our hotel night - if interested & travelling to the area, click through the dinner menu (PDF file) - not cheap but the service, food, and presentation are superlative - there are just a 'handful' of restaurants that we've eaten at in North Carolina that matches this one - a unique dining experience.  We shared the Heron Trio appetizer (tuna tartare, duck prosciutto, & goat cheese terrine), had two different but delicious salads, and I the the grilled wahoo w/ an asparagus/mushroom/lobster based sauce/veggie - for dessert, shared a superb cheese course.

Lunch at The Crossroads (http://www.carolinainn.com/dining.htm) in the historic Carolina Inn located in Chapel Hill (on the way home) - wonderful cooking w/ really a southern flare!  Both started out w/ a cold soup, a clear gazpacho w/ a little heat and some subtle flavors - wife had a lightly cornbreaded fried catfish on some cheezy grits and a wonderful sauce w/ deliciously combined ingredients, including andouille sausage (just little bits to add flavor); I had salmon on top of couscous, also w/ a superb, flavorful sauce - ended the meal by sharing a blueberry oatmeal crisp w/ homemade serbert! 


(http://varmintbites.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/herons.jpg)  (http://www.carolinainn.com/images/photos/ph_025_crossroads.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on July 05, 2008, 04:02:55 PM
What's a goat cheese terrine?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 06, 2008, 07:55:19 AM
Quote from: M forever on July 05, 2008, 04:02:55 PM
What's a goat cheese terrine?

Well, we were not sure, either!  ::)   The terrine came as a chilled rectangular light-colored dish w/ a pudding texture - usually I think of a terrine as a pate-like preparation but w/ more coarse ingredients (game, nuts, etc.) - this dish was fairly bland w/ a cheesy/tomatoe taste - the tuna tartar was our favorite of that trio of appetizers -  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 06, 2008, 08:34:55 AM
I'm up in Bar Harbour and so far I've had a lobster and some fired clams.  Two things I must get as soon as I arrive.  Sometime early this week I'll make the trip out to the Trenton Lobster Pound for some steamers.  I guess I'll give the lobster roll another shot this year too.  I was totally underwhelmed by it last year.  Could've been a case of over hype though.



Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on July 06, 2008, 08:41:21 AM
Quote from: toledobass on July 06, 2008, 08:34:55 AM
I'm up in Bar Harbour and so far I've had a lobster and some fired clams.  Two things I must get as soon as I arrive.  Sometime early this week I'll make the trip out to the Trenton Lobster Pound for some steamers.  I guess I'll give the lobster roll another shot this year too.  I was totally underwhelmed by it last year.  Could've been a case of over hype though.



Allan

A lobster roll in Trenton!?  You should know better Allan. ;D  Rolls are for when you are just bumping around in Bar Harbor and need a snack to get you by until you can make it down to the bridge for the whole critter.

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on July 06, 2008, 08:45:46 AM
And if you do snag one...or two, make sure they look like these numbers:

(http://www.bunrab.com/dailyfeed/dailyfeed_images_sep-07/df07_09_10_rolls.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 06, 2008, 08:47:45 AM
Quote from: toledobass on July 06, 2008, 08:34:55 AM
....I guess I'll give the lobster roll another shot this year too.  I was totally underwhelmed by it last year.  Could've been a case of over hype though....


Allan - boy, try again!  ;D  I love lobster rolls, but they really have to be made right - i.e. plenty of lobster meat w/ just enough dressing to hold the meat together + the right kind of 'toasted' bun - delicious (like the one below) - but, hey, can't turn down the 'real thing!' -  ;)  :)

(http://www.roadfood.com/recipephotos/mini_80.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 06, 2008, 09:32:34 AM
Quote from: Bogey on July 06, 2008, 08:41:21 AM
A lobster roll in Trenton!?  You should know better Allan. ;D  Rolls are for when you are just bumping around in Bar Harbor and need a snack to get you by until you can make it down to the bridge for the whole critter.

(http://www.acadiainfo.com/images/a313-03.gif)

Oops,  I wish I knew how to write with clarity.  I'd never get a roll at the pound, that just seems wrong.  My favorite thing out there are the clams actually.  I meant that I needed to try a lobster roll again while up here in BH.  I didn't understand what all the fuss was about when I tried them for the first time here last year..... I thought it was a waste of good lobster. 

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on July 06, 2008, 10:12:00 AM
Quote from: toledobass on July 06, 2008, 09:32:34 AM
Oops,  I wish I knew how to write with clarity.  I'd never get a roll at the pound, that just seems wrong.  My favorite thing out there are the clams actually.  I meant that I needed to try a lobster roll again while up here in BH.  I didn't understand what all the fuss was about when I tried them for the first time here last year..... I thought it was a waste of good lobster. 

Allan

Actually my fault Allan.  In the mean time, throw me any rolls that do not meet our standards . :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MDL on July 06, 2008, 10:16:34 AM
Just had a huge and rather excellent pub lunch at my local, The Ship and Whale in SE16. I had lamb shank, the other half had roast duck. Had a few beers, too, so a snooze on the sofa might be unavoidable.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on July 06, 2008, 01:17:50 PM
M will be in Maine again for several days starting Monday, in Waterville, to get them set up for the "International Maine Film Festival" (sounds like a contradiction in terms, but it's actually a quite interesting little film festival with fairly diverse programming). Even though that's an hour or two land-inwards, I am sure they wil have fresh lobster there, too, and I look forward to sinking my teeth into some of it!

Thinking of that makes me hungry!!!

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 07, 2008, 04:47:46 PM
OK so I think I found the lobster roll for me.  I stopped in at a place called the Lobster Claw today to pick up a lobster roll but they had 4 options to choose from.  Although not traditional, the one I chose is called the bread and butter. It's made up of the lobster meat drizzled with butter and then placed on top of lettuce in a nicely toasted split top roll.  I generally love mayo but I've come to learn that I don't enjoy it in a lobster roll. The bread and butter is where it's at!!!!!!

(Had some nice fish chowder from there too.)

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on July 07, 2008, 07:43:49 PM
So what are you doing in Maine? Vacationing?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 07, 2008, 07:47:35 PM
I've been digging on some egg sandwiches lately.  Take some genoa salami fry it in butter, get a sunny egg going and place it all on a toasted english muffin with some siracha sauce.  And yes,  I'm riffing on a Micheal Symon (Cleveland homeboy) creation.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 07, 2008, 07:53:11 PM
Quote from: M forever on July 07, 2008, 07:43:49 PM
So what are you doing in Maine? Vacationing?

Mostly vacationing but performances have been getting in the way.  I played a few solo pieces on a vocal recital.  The recital was themed with Carmen in mind (the opera happening at the festival) so I played the Monti Czardas on a Gypsy set and the Toreador song from Frank Proto's Carmen Fantasy. I also accompanied on bass during some other pieces. I have another concert where I play mostly jazz stuff for a pops concert next weekend but other than that it's just hanging out and eating/drinking.

Allan


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on July 07, 2008, 08:05:20 PM
How did the audition in Pittsburgh go?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 08, 2008, 04:36:22 AM
It went well in a lot of ways but my intonation wasn't up to snuff.  I got the comment that while it wasn't bad it wasn't superb, either.  So what did you do to lock in your intonation?  (PM me if you want)

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on July 08, 2008, 09:13:54 PM
I don't think that's either an "offensive" nor a particularly "personal" topic, and not entirely out of place in a music forum, so I don't think we have to keep this to PM. Maybe other people can share some of their own experiences and practicing "secrets", too.
As for myself "locking in" my intonation, I don't know how locked in it is now that I don't play regularly anymore. Back when I still did, I never had any real problems with intonation, so I guess one could say it was pretty well locked in, but that is relative, of course, and maybe something others can judge more objectively than oneself... I guess what has always helped me a lot was that I started playing in organized positions across the strings with a strong emphasis on a steady left hand position from very early on, thanks to my teacher who had studied with Findeisen and used his method, so I have never had the problem much that many students have with intonation because they spend many years somehow crawling up and down the strings, looking for one note at a time. I have also spent a lot of time practicing shifts extremely slowly, like really in very slow motion, observing whether the transition from one note to the next was really a smooth, continuous shift or jerky, overshooting or undershooting, whether the note was really where my "tactile memory" thought it was or not. Doing that really meticulously and very slowly takes a lot of time and patience, but it pays off. I have also found that position exercises like in Petracchi's Simplified Higher Technique works marvels, but only when done properly, with attention paid to really good hand position. One thing my first teacher was really into was that you really shift with the second finger which has always the same relationship to the hand, and the first and fourth open and close at the same rate when you shift up or down. Both he and my later teacher at the acadmey also insisted on a high degree of "finger fitness" acquired by a lot of very strenuous hammering exercises. Dangerous, if done wrong, but very "healthy" for the fingers if done properly. They both insisted that the hand has to be strong and elastic enough to move across the strings effortlessly and stop notes effectively, as if the string was nailed onto the fingerboard, without tiring easily because only when the hand is not busy and tired from "strangling" and "clasping" the neck can one develop the tactile sensitivity to always have a good sense of exactly where the fingers are and where they go next.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: greg on July 09, 2008, 07:51:50 AM
Quote from: M forever on July 08, 2008, 09:13:54 PM
Both he and my later teacher at the acadmey also insisted on a high degree of "finger fitness" acquired by a lot of very strenuous hammering exercises. Dangerous, if done wrong, but very "healthy" for the fingers if done properly.
I get what you mean here...... every try an exercise where you use one finger (like the first finger) in one position while hammering with the rest, higher until you can't stretch any further? The biggest stretch i can make is nearly an octave, from the F# to highest E on the high E string of the guitar. I wonder what types of wicked bass exercises people have made up?  >:D

Ever try grasping a string between your fingers and bowing it? I read it was used in Ligeti's Requiem, although I have no idea which part. Interestingly, it has a unique effect for guitar (which i've never heard used before) which just changes the tone, not to mention the pitches aren't limited to the 12, it's more like a violin.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on July 09, 2008, 08:24:39 AM
In a little while :
(http://www.guleglen.com/Yemek_Tarifleri/islim_kebabi.jpg)

Of course, traditionally the eggplants are supposed to wrap lamb chunks. I substituted soy protein for lamb, let's see how it will turn out  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on July 09, 2008, 08:34:05 AM
Boy does that look yummy.  Sometimes I think eggplant is my favorite vegetable...

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on July 09, 2008, 08:46:28 AM
Quote from: bhodges on July 09, 2008, 08:34:05 AM
Boy does that look yummy.  Sometimes I think eggplant is my favorite vegetable...

--Bruce
for me, that's beyond doubt. So many ways to cook it, all equally delicious (naturally, the fried varieties are a bit more equal than others  >:D )
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mn dave on July 09, 2008, 08:47:53 AM
I had a banana muffin.  :-\
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on July 09, 2008, 08:56:47 AM
Some lovely sausage pizza from Al Capone's.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on July 09, 2008, 09:50:35 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 09, 2008, 08:56:47 AM
Some lovely sausage pizza from Al Capone's.

Do you have a shot of that store front Karl?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mn dave on July 09, 2008, 09:51:21 AM
Southwest salad.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 12, 2008, 06:49:08 PM
Today, i.e. July 12, was our 38th Anniversay!  :o  Hard to believe -  :)

Kind of celebrated last weekend w/ our short overnight to the Umstead Resort & Raleigh to see the Dead Sea Scrolls, which I posted previously in this & the vacation thread, I believe -  :D

So, tonight just a quiet evening @ home, but a nice dinner of lobster w/ salad + a nice bottle of Sonoma sparkling wine (Gloria Ferrer, Blanc de Noirs - simple but delicious!)

She wanted to watch some DVD - hard choice w/ my collection, but we picked the Carnegie Hall 2006 presentation shown below - can't even count how many times that we've watch this production - pleasant evening!  :D

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51yTJjb5RfL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 12, 2008, 07:02:48 PM
Wow...congratulations on 38!!!!  That's fantastic!!!

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on July 12, 2008, 07:22:48 PM
38th and watching a movie???????

Congratulations and may there be many more celebrations to come, another 38 at least!  :-*
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 13, 2008, 05:17:46 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on July 12, 2008, 07:22:48 PM
38th and watching a movie???????

Congratulations and may there be many more celebrations to come, another 38 at least!  :-*

Allan & Lis - LOL, thanks - can't give away any of my secrets, though!   ;) ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: John Copeland on July 13, 2008, 05:40:35 AM
Toast with Sardine and Tomato whilst listening to Andre Previn, RPO doing RVW's 5th and watching the SEAT Euro cup on Sky Sports at the same time.
A nice Sunday afternoon. 8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on July 13, 2008, 08:09:02 AM
A strawberry-banana smoothie.  Yum!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Anne on July 13, 2008, 11:24:13 AM
Congratulations to you and your wife, Dave!  Many more to come!

BTW have you read Richard Preston's Hot Zone? 360 pages.  It was on the NY Times Best Seller List.  After all the books you recommended to me, I'm happy to recommend two to you.  The other is Pulitzer prize winner Laurie Garrett's The Coming Plague.  It has over 700 pages.  Perhaps you have already read them.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: John Copeland on July 13, 2008, 12:16:34 PM
I am surprised to discover that people are eating prizewinning and bestselling novels.  The only book I ever ate was "Woodland Tales" which cost me 35p in 1973.  I ate the front cover a year later, but I can't remember why. :-\
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 13, 2008, 01:57:49 PM
Quote from: Anne on July 13, 2008, 11:24:13 AM
Congratulations to you and your wife, Dave!  Many more to come!

BTW have you read Richard Preston's Hot Zone? 360 pages.  It was on the NY Times Best Seller List.  After all the books you recommended to me, I'm happy to recommend two to you.  The other is Pulitzer prize winner Laurie Garrett's The Coming Plague.  It has over 700 pages.  Perhaps you have already read them.

Hello Anne - hard to believe but we've been together for 40 yrs (i.e. first met in Ann Arbor in '68)!  I've not read the books mentioned - thanks!  Not sure that I could make it through the 700+ page book, so many other things I need to read!  My fall lectures to the residents are coming up, so need to 'bone up' on the material - getting to the point that I feel retirement would be a good option to enjoy all of these books!  BTW - the book on E. coli that I posted not to long ago is fascinating (and SHORT!) - Dave  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Anne on July 13, 2008, 03:32:05 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on July 13, 2008, 01:57:49 PM
Hello Anne - hard to believe but we've been together for 40 yrs (i.e. first met in Ann Arbor in '68)!  I've not read the books mentioned - thanks!  Not sure that I could make it through the 700+ page book, so many other things I need to read!  My fall lectures to the residents are coming up, so need to 'bone up' on the material - getting to the point that I feel retirement would be a good option to enjoy all of these books!  BTW - the book on E. coli that I posted not to long ago is fascinating (and SHORT!) - Dave  :D

I don't like them short but I will definitely read it.  Thanks for letting me know about it.

My husband and I were married in Dec. '68.  He passed away 2 1/2 years ago.  Heart attack.

The 700+-page Coming Plague book is easily read in segments.  It concerns newly discovered diseases; each one makes a chapter.  I don't know if Laurie Garrett works for the CDC but she sounds like she does.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: John Copeland on July 14, 2008, 05:48:51 AM
Yummy.  Crunch, crunch.  Total mental health food.  Mmmmm....crunch crunch... ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 14, 2008, 07:52:54 AM
I woke up and realized I prolly drank one or six too many last night.  So I peek in the fridge and I thank myself for having leftover chicken parts in the fridge.  I threw it all in a pot made some stock and now I'm munching on some congee with shredded chicken, some liver and fried garlic.  A little squeeze of lime and I can't imagine anything else being so great to eat right now.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mozartsneighbor on July 15, 2008, 11:39:39 AM
(http://media.sacbee.com/smedia/2008/04/15/15/552-3F16PEPPERIDGE.embedded.prod_affiliate.4.JPG)

The ones I am eating are actually the double chocolate chunk.
With a cup of Bi Luo Chun green tea.
The play of the dark tones of nuts and chocolate of the cookies with the herbaceous and sweetly floral notes of the tea is -- like a symphony of pleasure on the tongue!

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Henk on July 16, 2008, 06:40:28 AM
Grapes!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on July 16, 2008, 07:49:33 AM
(http://www.bctree.com/images/photos/summer-peaches.jpg)
Quite possibly the best tasting fruit (if you pick the right ones) $:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 16, 2008, 09:32:22 AM
Just had some popovers after the stroll around Jordan Pond.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papy Oli on July 16, 2008, 12:11:25 PM
Strawberry cheesecake  0:) :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 16, 2008, 12:21:41 PM
I'm headed here tonight:  Michelle's (http://www.michellesfinedining.com).  Old-school stuff.  I love this kind of dining experience but a little of it goes a long way for me so I end up in places like this only once a year.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on July 16, 2008, 12:36:01 PM
Quote from: toledobass on July 16, 2008, 12:21:41 PM
I'm headed here tonight:  Michelle's (http://www.michellesfinedining.com).  Old-school stuff.  I love this kind of dining experience but a little of it goes a long way for me so I end up in places like this only once a year.


Allan

Wow, does that look great...I haven't seen a Grand Marnier souffle in a long time, and those seafood dishes sound especially delicious (e.g., the Halibut en Croûte).   :D

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 16, 2008, 06:19:18 PM
Quote from: bhodges on July 16, 2008, 12:36:01 PM
Wow, does that look great...I haven't seen a Grand Marnier souffle in a long time, and those seafood dishes sound especially delicious (e.g., the Halibut en Croûte).   :D

Allan - agree w/ Bruce, my wife & I would probably visit that place more than once a year!  ;D

The seafood would be my main attraction, the plainer the better - while on a Maine vacation years ago, I had 'roasted lobster' several times, a wonderful alternative - enjoy yourself!  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on July 16, 2008, 06:37:46 PM
The girlfriend who has worked really late today and is about to come home in a few minutes wants me to cook. Since I pretty much the only thing I can cook is spaghetti, I have decided to cook spaghetti. I just looked in the fridge and with what I have seen there, I will create a "Greek" sauce with minced beef, tomatoes, red onions, garlic and herbs, and feta (hmmm...).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 17, 2008, 05:09:22 AM
Well we ended up having a great time last night.  I had the onion soup which turned out to be one of the great ones I've had in my life.  Excellent color on the cheese,  a perfect size of crouton, nice sweet onion flavor,  the only thing that stopped it from being perfect was the dissapointing uneven knife cuts of the onions.  I followed up with the seafood of the day. Basically what that amounted to was a single serving Grand Plâteau.  I got some oysters, shrimp, clams, some of the best diver scallops I've ever had and a small lobster tail.

I also got to try some of the caeser salad that is prepared table side and boy was that great.  Easily the best caeser I've ever tasted.  There was a plate of calamari that was also incredible.  None of that rubbery o-ring stuff you usually get.  All of the food was top notch but I think everyone who ordered seafood commented that it was some of the best they've ever had.

For dessert we had a couple of souffles, and a ridiculous amount of chocolate.   

If you're ever in Bar Harbor, be sure to check it out.

Allan 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on July 17, 2008, 05:14:30 AM
Ah, onion soup!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on July 17, 2008, 09:02:03 PM
Ah Onion Soup!  :'(

I think I have to make my own because I found out how it is prepared in the two local restaurants who even have it on the menu:

It's prepared the day before, ladled into those heavy stoneware cups, put in the freezer and as the orders come in, they go in the microwave, get served and the poor sucker at the table thinks he gets fresh onion soup made the same day. Of course if only two get ordered and twenty are in the freezer, it'll take some time to sell the stash! YUCK!  :(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on July 18, 2008, 07:52:12 PM
La soupe à l'oignon could be the subject of one of those fancy cooking art books. There are as many variants as couuld possibly be. White onions and beef bone marrow or oxtail are the indispensable ingredients. Plus lots of time. As simple as it may look, it takes the better part of a full day to achieve perfection.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 19, 2008, 06:33:43 AM
DON'T EAT LOBSTER TOMALLEY! (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hL4tUSjKun3t5_7xYv7t_24GaFLAD920I4H80)

Since we've had a number of posts on eating lobsters - avoid the 'guts' of the lobster (shown below) - meat is FINE!

My FIL use to ALWAYS eat the lobster innards (and would want more from other lobster eaters @ the table!) - won't stop me at all from enjoying the rest of this fine ocean bug!  ;D

(http://www.bayviewlobster.com/lobster/lobster15.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: drogulus on July 19, 2008, 06:55:35 AM
    Pork Roll with English muffins.  :)

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on July 19, 2008, 03:17:36 PM
Those things look like dead and skinned Pacmen!


Quote from: SonicMan on July 19, 2008, 06:33:43 AM
Since we've had a number of posts on eating lobsters - avoid the 'guts' of the lobster (shown below) - meat is FINE!

I tried that when I had my first complete lobster a few weeks ago, but I didn't like it so much. I am generally not disinclined to try intestines, brains, marrow, and other "nasty bits" which often are special delicacies if one happens to have the taste for them. But I didn't like the green stuff. Later, somebody told me it was the fecies from the digestive parts of the lobster, but apparently it is more like the liver.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 19, 2008, 05:58:01 PM
Quote from: M forever on July 19, 2008, 03:17:36 PM

I tried that when I had my first complete lobster a few weeks ago, but I didn't like it so much. I am generally not disinclined to try intestines, brains, marrow, and other "nasty bits" which often are special delicacies if one happens to have the taste for them. But I didn't like the green stuff. Later, somebody told me it was the fecies from the digestive parts of the lobster, but apparently it is more like the liver.

M - yeh, I used to 'sample' the lobster tomalley but  was never that excited vs. the meat!  Basically, think of it as all of your intestines + adjacent organs (esp. the liver) combined into one for this animal; of course, the main problem is that the 'liver part' is filtering out all of the 'toxins' that these animals may encounter - so avoid!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on July 19, 2008, 06:35:28 PM
I didn't know about the tomalley (its function and its potential toxicity). But I've always considered it rather suspiciously. I've tasted it, and its watery texture and slightly bitter taste did nothing to alleviate my misgivings. I was raised on the 'clean your plate' and 'wasting food is sinful' kind of stuff, so I dutifully eat some of the stuff even as I don't really like it :P.  But now I have an excellent excuse to give it a pass :D. Why bother when the real delicacy is in the claws? 0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on July 19, 2008, 07:44:07 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on July 19, 2008, 06:35:28 PM
I was raised on the 'clean your plate' and 'wasting food is sinful' kind of stuff, so I dutifully eat some of the stuff even as I don't really like it :P. 

Does that mean you also tried to eat the shell and all that?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Renfield on July 21, 2008, 09:53:13 AM
Quote from: M forever on July 19, 2008, 03:17:36 PM
Those things look like dead and skinned Pacmen!

I make one of my rare visits to this thread, and M nearly kills me with that comment. :P


Beyond this, if I ever had the inclination to eat the digestive organs of a lobster (rarely as I anyway eat lobster), it has now evaporated entirely.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on July 21, 2008, 06:26:09 PM
Mores specifically, liver is an "accessory digestive organ". The real thing consists of those organs in direct contact with the food ingested: stomach,  intestines, and the like. Tripes (intestines) are a delicacy in many countires (faute de mieux IMHO). The thing is as chewy as a recycled Goodyear tube.:P. I've never heard of elephant anuses or morse jowls, though. Methink they would make a plentiful course. With lots of seasoning.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 23, 2008, 06:38:40 PM
Tonight, just a stop on the way home:  Athena Greek Taverna (http://www.athenagreektaverna.net/Menu.html) - I rarely go to Greek restaurants, mainly because in my town, they are just too generic and not very authentic (although I'm not really a great expert of this cuisine) - we actually have a large Greek community in Winston-Salem (North Carolina) and a yearly multi-day festival occurs w/ plenty of great food.

But tonight, we were quite pleased w/ the menu and a fairly extensive Greek wine list by the glass - another pleasure for me (despite being a daily wine drinker, I've really not sampled Greek wines in ages - will return just for that pleasure).

Started out w/ a decent Greek salad + bread which was excellent; wife had the moussaka w/ rice w/ a delicate bechamel sauce; I had the grilled octupus w/ veggies & rice, the latter wonderfully flavored and moist - quite inexpensive and superb - will need to repeat in the near future!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on July 24, 2008, 01:57:24 PM
I love Greek food, and had plenty of it in my short life so far, because I used to have a Greek girlfriend (from Naxos) for 5 years and we went to Greece 4 times or so every year. Plus, there is a lot of Greek food in Berlin, too, from the very germanized places to really authentic ones. I especially like Taramosalata.
Fortunately, there is a reasonably good Greek place nearby, so I may have to swim by there later...

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on July 24, 2008, 06:03:23 PM
(http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2007/12/29/mbn_shark_wideweb__470x321,0.jpg)

Sharks need hugs, too!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 29, 2008, 02:42:18 PM
Well, we just returned from the Asheville area and a 3-night stay at the Inn on Biltmore Estate - beautiful architecture to blend in w/ the Biltmore House  - checkout the Vacation Advisory Thread for more details and some pics, please -  :)

But, this is about the FOOD offered by this fabulous Inn - we had 3 dinners & 2 lunches - don't believe that I've ever seen my wife happier w/ a 'hotel' eating experience (esp. because there are not that many options unless you want to drive off the estate).

First, the main dining room is attractive & the service superb - at all meals we were seated by windows which all looked out over the the fabulous Blue Ridge Mountains - difficult to decide whether to eat or enjoy the views -  8)  If interested, checkout this Panning View (http://www.supertour.com/branded_v1_2/biltmore.inn.aspx#tour_path=dswmedia/usa/north_carolina/asheville/biltmoreestate/inn/dining&panorama_id=212_Dining_V) - does not really give you a feeling for the views from those window seats, but each is beautiful & utterly romantic (BTW, lots of weddings take place w/ that background!).

Second, the food & menu (sample HERE (http://www.biltmore.com/visit/dining/dining_room/menu.asp); unfortunately, the descriptions do not do this restaurant justice!  The salads were wonderfully delicious using a variety of greens grown on the property - light on the dressings (all homemade):

1st Night: Split a salad & bison carpaccio; both had the veal dish (this was some of the best veal I've ever eaten - Italy is my only comparison, plus a few BIG cities in the USA); the side dishes (not large), but just so innovative & tasty (and almost beyond a verbal description - really a sensory experience!); did a cheese course & chocolate dessert to end the evening.

2nd Night:  Another salad + mussel/clam starter; again, we both picked the red trout, from a farm right up the road - cooked beautifully (and again the sides were just indescribably delicious - you have to be there!).  For dessert, homemade sorbets & the SB shortcake - but nothing as expected, a surprise & delight!

3rd Night: I repeated a salad, but Susan had a half portion starter of the lobster gnocchi - believe that we were suppose to split those two, but did not hear a 'peep' from her (I ended up w/ a sliver of lobster & one gnocchi); main course, I had the pheasant - just succulent and again w/ difficult to describe but utterly delectable side accompaniments; dessert that night just shared sorbets (mixed berry, mango, & watermelon w/ lemon zest - perfectly made).

We don't go to Asheville that often (have been there so many times), but I believe that we will likely re-visit that Inn & restaurant this fall! Not cheap at all, but not to be missed if you're in the area!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 06, 2008, 10:36:47 AM
Been making a lot of pizzas lately.  Here is a marinara pizza that was today's lunch, along with an arugula salad:


(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3141/2739381338_2a2866d848.jpg)




Allan


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on August 06, 2008, 03:39:38 PM
Very nice. The crust looks absolutely scrumptious, Allan !

Chicken and corn chowder right now.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 06, 2008, 05:17:35 PM
Allan - agree w/ André, i.e. your pizza looks quite delicious - want to open a bottle Zin & share!  ;D

For us tonight, returned to the Greek place posted not too long back for a re-try - Susan had the lamb chops (she was in heaven!) - I tried the salmon; both quite good & inexpensive - also had a few glasses of 'red wine' from Macedonia (thought of Alexander the Great!) - good experience -  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 07, 2008, 05:55:36 AM
Thanks guys.  The crust is still work in progress. The crispy/chewy holy grail gets closer and closer each one.  Good eats none the less.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on August 07, 2008, 06:05:12 AM
Quote from: toledobass on August 07, 2008, 05:55:36 AM
Thanks guys.  The crust is still work in progress. The crispy/chewy holy grail gets closer and closer each one.  Good eats none the less.

Allan
Allan, did you make that at home? Do you have a special oven for it? I want to try out cooking some pizzas myself, but conventional ovens do not go up to the required temperature even if I were to use a pizza stone  :-\
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: John Copeland on August 07, 2008, 06:12:28 AM
Yummy.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 07, 2008, 06:29:42 AM
Quote from: orbital on August 07, 2008, 06:05:12 AM
Allan, did you make that at home? Do you have a special oven for it? I want to try out cooking some pizzas myself, but conventional ovens do not go up to the required temperature even if I were to use a pizza stone  :-\

I did make it at home in a regular POS oven. (I'm not even sure it is really getting to the highest setting of 500) I do have a pizza stone and I make sure it's preheated for a long time.  The other thing I've been experimenting with is after the stone has been preheated to the highest setting for an hour or so, I've been putting the oven on broil before throwing the pizza in.  It kind of mimics the higher heat a good wood burning oven would give you. You kinda have to experiment with how far away from the element or burner you should place the stone and you have to watch it really *really* closely as the window of perfect to charred can happen before you know it.  That along with a pretty wet dough that has more than a day to do it's thing and ferment has been getting pretty good results.  There is still something not quite perfect about it, but I think I'm on the right path.  If you try out any of those ideas let me know how they work for you and if you have any other ideas that I may be missing let me know about them!!!!!!!!

A friend of mine who makes a pretty mean pizza told me about a guy who cut off the lock mechanism and used the cleaning cycle to get really high heat from his POS oven.  Those things can't be built to withstand that regularly though. I would think.


Allan

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: John Copeland on August 07, 2008, 06:38:56 AM
There is no such thing as a Haggis Pizza.  But with toledobass's expertise, I think one could be pioneered and it would sell very well.
Toledobass, your Pizza needs to be sent to us all so we can enjoy it - looks like you're a real Pizza officianado.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on August 07, 2008, 06:43:26 AM
Thanks a lot Allan.

I will be doing some experimenting starting next week, but from all the sources I've spoken to (and read) you really need a 700F+ heat to make a pizzeria style crust. Otherwise, I'm told, I'd either have to sacrifice the crunchiness/char of the crust or have to do with a somewhat dry pizza, unless I play around with the baker's percentages. As far as I know 56-57% is the optimum percentage for pizza, but taking that up to say 65% may yield better results. I am very curious to experiment.

And one more question, what type of flour do you use? High gluten?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 07, 2008, 06:57:53 AM
I've been using King Arthur AP (11.7%).  I've got a batch of dough using all King Arthur bread (12.8%)  So i'll see how that turns out.  King Arthur also has a 14% that I may give a go.  I use them mainly because they are available to me not for any other reason.  I'd give Caputo or whatever a try if I could find it easily.

You really aren't going to get a char like a good neopolitan pizza.  Actually, you probably aren't going to get anything even close to a neopolitan style pizza.  But what can you do?  You can still mess around and make some of the best pizza you've ever had outside of your favorite pizzaiolo. All that effort is worth it I tell you!!!!!


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on August 07, 2008, 07:41:16 AM
Quote from: toledobass on August 07, 2008, 06:57:53 AM
I've been using King Arthur AP (11.7%).  I've got a batch of dough using all King Arthur bread (12.8%)  So i'll see how that turns out.  King Arthur also has a 14% that I may give a go.  I use them mainly because they are available to me not for any other reason.  I'd give Caputo or whatever a try if I could find it easily.

You really aren't going to get a char like a good neopolitan pizza.  Actually, you probably aren't going to get anything even close to a neopolitan style pizza.  But what can you do?  You can still mess around and make some of the best pizza you've ever had outside of your favorite pizzaiolo. All that effort is worth it I tell you!!!!!


Allan
Yes exactly. Thanks for all the info Allan.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 07, 2008, 08:15:32 AM
Quote from: mahler10th on August 07, 2008, 06:38:56 AM
There is no such thing as a Haggis Pizza.  But with toledobass's expertise, I think one could be pioneered and it would sell very well.
Toledobass, your Pizza needs to be sent to us all so we can enjoy it - looks like you're a real Pizza officianado.

You know, I've never tried haggis but have always wanted to.  I'm pretty sure that if you have the right crust it almost doesn't matter what you put on.   It'll be good as long as the topping is good in and of itself.

One thing I wanna try is a riff off of liver and onions.  A pizza topped with foie and carmelized shallots. 


Allan 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Peregrine on August 09, 2008, 10:39:16 AM
The most often cooked dish in my repertoire; plate of spaghetti with a freshly prepared tomato sauce. Threw in some basil leaves, but the basic premise is always the same; olive oil, garlic, chopped tomatoes and seasoning. Sometimes add some chilli, sometimes olives, possibly a tin of tuna.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 09, 2008, 03:10:03 PM
Stopped by Brix Wine bar for some steak frites and a nice glass of wine this evening. Nothing ground breaking here, and nothing I really can't do just as well at home but well done and completely satisfying anyway. I especially love the simple no nonsense menu linked below, the reverse of the menu being the reserve list.   

Brix Menu (http://www.brixwinebar.com/files/BrixMenu.pdf)

Alas, no time for dessert as the 7:00 call for the Mrs.' rehearsal encroached on our bistro time. >:(

Allan

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 09, 2008, 03:22:05 PM
Quote from: orbital on August 07, 2008, 06:43:26 AM

And one more question, what type of flour do you use? High gluten?


Well I've made 2 higher gluten flour pizzas so far and I'm not really sure it's gonna work out.  I think perhaps a mixture of bread and AP flour may be better.  The dough is super tough compared to AP and the first one I tried I ended up not rolling out thin enough. It was really too chewy and bread like.  The second I made much thinner and while I liked the results it turned out more like a NY style pizza with a good crispy bite to it.  Good but not what I'm looking for. I don't think the dough responds well to the lower temp of 500. I have 3 more of these things to use up then I think I might try and spike some AP with just a touch of the higher gluten bread flower. 

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on August 09, 2008, 09:16:13 PM
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Had a beauty like this at the ballpark tonight.  Also dove for and snagged my first foul ball! 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on August 11, 2008, 12:58:24 AM
Quote from: toledobass on August 09, 2008, 03:22:05 PM
  The second I made much thinner and while I liked the results it turned out more like a NY style pizza with a good crispy bite to it.
That's the recipe I'm looking for  :) One that can more or less stand horizontally when you fold and hold it from the edge.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 11, 2008, 06:39:44 AM
Quote from: orbital on August 11, 2008, 12:58:24 AM
That's the recipe I'm looking for  :) One that can more or less stand horizontally when you fold and hold it from the edge.

Higher gluten flour for you me thinks!!!!

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on August 11, 2008, 04:27:42 PM
Tonight, a Tyrolian speciality: Spaghetti with Sauerkraut.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on August 11, 2008, 06:40:30 PM
Spaghetti?  ???

You mean Spätzle, I hope. You probably ran into one of those pseudo 'Austrian' restaurants serving your Wiener Schnitzel with green beans, mushroom gravy and Sauerkraut! Yuck!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on August 13, 2008, 09:41:24 AM
Everything from my own garden, - except the garlic flavoured French vinegar and English walnut oil sprinkled over it.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on August 13, 2008, 05:39:13 PM
Lis, this is just the kind of lunch I crave (with some cheese on the side)  :D.

Cooked tonight for tomorrow's dinner: pork tenderloins in an apricot and cream sauce. I'll probably fix green beans, and orzo with butter, lightly flavoured with lemon.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on August 13, 2008, 06:03:19 PM
Always cheese on the side, André! I even had some after I ate tonight's dessert. The bowl  looked so pretty and didn't want to ruin the looks with ice cream, but thought better of it! The peaches are from my neighbour's garden, but the blackberries are all mine!

A few years ago a little birdie pooped in my wild area and I watched a blackberry bush prospering. My gardener is not happy because as everybody knows, those bushes get out of control in no time. Well, I cross the bridge when I get there, this is the first year I picked almost a pint of those luscious berries. - Got to watch the gardener so he will not dig up the bush!  ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on August 13, 2008, 06:06:45 PM
André: what is orzo?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on August 13, 2008, 06:56:42 PM
Orzo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orzo): cook it like any pasta, drain, butter generously and season lightly (fresh herbs preferably, a twist of lemon juice, throw in the whole lemon wedge and remove after half a minute). Add some light cream just before serving.  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on August 13, 2008, 07:06:29 PM
It's something you buy in the grocery store, the same aisle with pasta, rice and such stuff? Never seen it in my store, but maybe I never looked for it. Thank you, André!  :-*
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 13, 2008, 07:20:58 PM
for you Lis:

Mary Oliver's poem titled August:


When the blackberries hang
swollen in the woods, in the brambles
nobody owns, I spend

all day among the high
branches, reaching
my ripped arms, thinking

of nothing, cramming
the black honey of summer
into my mouth; all day my body

accepts what it is. In the dark
creeks that run by there is
this thick paw of my life darting among

the black bells, the leaves; there is
this happy tongue.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on August 13, 2008, 07:27:18 PM
How beautiful! I feel the August heat in the poem the same way I feel it on my body here! You are very thoughtful to post this for me and I thank you tenderly!  :-*

The poem made me decide to keep my blackberry bush, no matter what the gardener says!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on August 13, 2008, 07:33:36 PM
toledobass: bass players don't do poetry. That's too gay.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on August 13, 2008, 07:40:46 PM
Quote from: toledobass on August 13, 2008, 07:20:58 PM
for you Lis:

Mary Oliver's poem titled August:


When the blackberries hang
swollen in the woods, in the brambles
nobody owns, I spend

all day among the high
branches, reaching
my ripped arms, thinking

of nothing, cramming
the black honey of summer
into my mouth; all day my body

accepts what it is. In the dark
creeks that run by there is
this thick paw of my life darting among

the black bells, the leaves; there is
this happy tongue.

Very nice!  Thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 14, 2008, 05:51:14 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on August 13, 2008, 07:06:29 PM
It's something you buy in the grocery store, the same aisle with pasta, rice and such stuff? Never seen it in my store, but maybe I never looked for it. Thank you, André!  :-*

Lis - that dish did look nice - any wine?  BTW, I love orzo - wheat pasta that looks like rice, and is quite versatile!  Dave

(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/pazcooks2/OrzoSalad7U.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 14, 2008, 05:52:12 AM
It's been unseasonably cool in Germany this August. Mrs. Rock decided to heat things up with some Indian cuisine: chicken vindaloo, lamb vindaloo and Khira raita (jogurt and cucumber) to act as a fire extinguisher when things got too hot:

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/julygmg/Vindaloo.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 14, 2008, 06:56:54 AM
Quote from: M forever on August 13, 2008, 07:33:36 PM
toledobass: bass players don't do poetry. That's too gay.

Heh....if it weren't for the whole sleeping with guys things I'd be pretty gay.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Wanderer on August 14, 2008, 08:04:50 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 14, 2008, 05:52:12 AM
Khira raita (jogurt and cucumber)

This sounds like tzatziki. Does it have garlic, too?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 14, 2008, 08:27:27 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on August 14, 2008, 08:04:50 AM
This sounds like tzatziki. Does it have garlic, too?

Yes, raita is very similar to tzatziki; Mrs. Rock dearly loves both. Although some raita recipes call for garlic (and ginger), Mrs. Rock uses only cumin, salt and pepper to season. All the better to stamp out fires  ;)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on August 14, 2008, 11:11:17 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on August 13, 2008, 06:56:42 PM
Orzo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orzo): cook it like any pasta, drain, butter generously and season lightly (fresh herbs preferably, a twist of lemon juice, throw in the whole lemon wedge and remove after half a minute). Add some light cream just before serving.  ;)

I cook orzo like rice, rather than pasta. I take 1/3 of it and cook it in olive oil until it turns brownish, than add the remaining 2/3, put enough water to cover it and turn on the heat to high. When the water boils I immediately turn the heat down to simmer, cover the pot and let it cook for about 10-12 minutes. When it is done I turn off the stove, slide the cover a bit to let the steam out.
Alternatively, |Orzo can be added to regular rice. Use 1/3 Orzo as described above and 2/3 rice (preferably baldo) instead of orzo.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on August 14, 2008, 08:54:31 PM
Quote from: toledobass on August 14, 2008, 06:56:54 AM
Heh....if it weren't for the whole sleeping with guys things I'd be pretty gay.

Yes, I forgot, you also play French bow...that in itself is quite gay, too.  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Frankler on August 15, 2008, 01:58:02 PM
fishes and loaves or maybe sardines and crackers, i can't decide.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on August 15, 2008, 05:04:58 PM
Maybe you should start a poll - let others decide for you.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Frankler on August 15, 2008, 05:48:25 PM
Quote from: M forever on August 15, 2008, 05:04:58 PM
Maybe you should start a poll - let others decide for you.

I'm boohooing all over the place, you're knocking my mush senseless every step of the way.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on August 15, 2008, 07:13:29 PM
Quote from: orbital on August 14, 2008, 11:11:17 AM
I cook orzo like rice, rather than pasta. I take 1/3 of it and cook it in olive oil until it turns brownish, than add the remaining 2/3, put enough water to cover it and turn on the heat to high. When the water boils I immediately turn the heat down to simmer, cover the pot and let it cook for about 10-12 minutes. When it is done I turn off the stove, slide the cover a bit to let the steam out.
Alternatively, |Orzo can be added to regular rice. Use 1/3 Orzo as described above and 2/3 rice (preferably baldo) instead of orzo.

I'm sure it's delicious - I take notes ;). But if you're going to cook it with cream and a sprig of lemon, it's better no to use oil, just water. If it's al dente, then pour cream generously and let stand. If it's cooked till tender, add half butter and half cream, chopped fresh parsley and lemon juice. Nonpareil.. Simply perfect with grilled fish or lamb chops 0:).

Honest, orzo is a dish really worth exploring.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 16, 2008, 07:18:03 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on August 15, 2008, 07:13:29 PM
Honest, orzo is a dish really worth exploring.

André - could not agree more!  Wife cooks orzo @ home for us occasionally - just a very adaptable pasta.  When available on the menu, I'll often order orzo in a restaurant, again just can be serve in numerous ways -  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 16, 2008, 07:46:28 AM
Saturday, the PGA golf tournament was in Greensboro, North Carolina (about 45 mins from us) - spent the day there, a little hot but great to see a Donald Ross designed course (probably only us golf lovers would appreciate that experience) - we decided to do an overnight and stayed at a wonderful hotel called the O. Henry (http://www.ohenryhotel.com/about.htm), modern (and named after one in the downtown area from the last century, and after the writer of the same name who was born in Greensboro).

Last night, we ate at the hotel restaurant, the Green Valley Grill - we were not sure 'what' to expect but were pleasantly surprised; great wine selection by the glass (probably 2-3 dozen each of whites & reds) - I had a couple of glasses of Pinot Gris from Alsace, just delicious (drink a lot of Pinot Gris or Grigio, but rarely sample the Alsatian offerings - that will change!).

We shared a seared tuna appetizer - dinner course came w/ a mixed green salad & a light dressing (the greens seemed just garden fresh!); I decided on the almond crusted trout w/ a beurre blanc sauce; side dishes of mixed veggies (lightly sauteed) & a delicious 'crunchy' polenta; wife had scallops w/ a saffron rice & the same veggies - we were quite PLEASED!  :D

We shared a dessert called the Frozen Nutty Irishman (chocolate cake layered w/ Bailey's Irish Cream mousse & crushed English toffee, finished w/ creme anglaise & dark chocolate sauce + more crushed toffee) - I usually take two bites & push the rest over to my wife - ate HALF of this one!  We each had a small glass of a muscat dessert wine (different ones) - a definite one for a return!  ;D

(http://www.ohenryhotel.com/images/lobbybig06.jpg)  (http://www.ohenryhotel.com/images/images/Grill%20Big.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mozartsneighbor on August 17, 2008, 03:31:10 AM
I'm having something traditionally Austrian -- Germ Knödel. It is sweet but is eaten as a main course.
(http://www.freund-tks.at/images/tab_knoedel_germ.jpg)
I am surprised at how much I have come to enjoy it. I cast a suspicious eye on it the first time I sampled it.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 17, 2008, 06:22:49 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on August 16, 2008, 07:46:28 AM

Last night, we ate at the hotel restaurant, the Green Valley Grill...I had a couple of glasses of Pinot Gris from Alsace, just delicious (drink a lot of Pinot Gris or Grigio, but rarely sample the Alsatian offerings - that will change!).

Yes, you should try it more often. The grape excels in Alsation and German vineyards. (In Germany it's known as Grauburgunder.) My favorite Pinot gris story: Mrs. Rock and I spent a week in Alsation wine country in 2004. In Riquewihr one afternoon we ordered the Baeckeoffa for lunch. It's made to order; the menu warned that it would take 45-60 minutes to prepare. (It's a casserole made with lamb, pork, beef, potatoes, onions, carrots, leeks and garlic...with a bottle of Riesling or Pinot gris added to the pot  8) ) We ordered a bottle of Trimbach's Pinot gris (Trimbach in one of the top Alsation vintners). The waiter returned with the news that the Trimbach was sold out. He suggested an alternative. I was disappointed but the lunch turned out really well anyway. This is peasant food, but French peasants eat like kings.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/julygmg/Baeckeoffa_in_Riquewihr.jpg)


Two weeks later I was in Columbus Ohio, visiting a mortally ill childhood friend. A mutual friend of ours was also visiting (we three grew up in the same neighborhood). She and I went out for lunch, to the Bon Vie in Easton, a newly restored--yuppiefied--area of Columbus.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/julygmg/BON%20VIE%20LRG.jpg)

The Bon Vie is a French bistro (management and staff are aware the name is incorrect grammatically). The Trimbach Pinot gris was on the wine list...the same vintage even that I'd ordered in Alsace! It was everything I'd hoped it would be: we drank three glasses each  ;D  I complimented our waitress, telling her I was pleasantly shocked to find an Alsation wine in Columbus that was unavailable in Alsace. She called the manager over to hear my story. We were treated like royalty from that point on. I'd parked on the street (not knowing there was a parking garage around the corner). The meter was only good for half an hour. As the deadline approached for another 50 cents, I asked our server for change. The manager appeared, told us about the convenient parking garage we should use on our next visit but also that we shouldn't worry about the meter now; she'd take care of it. She sent a busboy down the block to feed the meter for us. He did that two more times and wouldn't accept my money.

I found the Trimbach wine in Akron too during that visit...at the West Point Market. Bought a couple of bottles for my oldest friend.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on August 17, 2008, 09:50:24 AM
Quote from: mozartsneighbor on August 17, 2008, 03:31:10 AM
I'm having something traditionally Austrian -- Germ Knödel. It is sweet but is eaten as a main course.
(http://www.freund-tks.at/images/tab_knoedel_germ.jpg)
I am surprised at how much I have come to enjoy it. I cast a suspicious eye on it the first time I sampled it.


And then there are Marillenknödel! I think the photo is a bit touched up because mine never came out looking that neat. A small apricot, pit removed and sugar cube inserted and all wrapped in dough made of boiled and mashed potatoes, then all rolled in lightly browned sugared bread crumbs.

Those lovely creations were Gustav Mahler's favorite dessert!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: The new erato on August 17, 2008, 11:43:34 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on August 17, 2008, 09:50:24 AM
And then there are Marillenknödel! I think the photo is a bit touched up because mine never came out looking that neat. A small apricot, pit removed and sugar cube inserted and all wrapped in dough made of boiled and mashed potatoes, then all rolled in lightly browned sugared bread crumbs.

Those lovely creations were Gustav Mahler's favorite dessert!
Just spent a week in Wachau, so I know all about Marillen and Marillenknodel (which I actually had in Salzburg).

Now I'm having some chili scampi with a bottle of Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Kabinett 2006, perfect match!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mozartsneighbor on August 17, 2008, 12:26:59 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on August 17, 2008, 09:50:24 AM
And then there are Marillenknödel! I think the photo is a bit touched up because mine never came out looking that neat. A small apricot, pit removed and sugar cube inserted and all wrapped in dough made of boiled and mashed potatoes, then all rolled in lightly browned sugared bread crumbs.

Those lovely creations were Gustav Mahler's favorite dessert!

Marillenknödel are lovely as well. Interesting to know it was Mahler's favorite dessert.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on August 17, 2008, 12:49:46 PM
Quote from: erato on August 17, 2008, 11:43:34 AM
(which I actually had in Salzburg).


You were in Salzburg and did not have Salzburger Nockerln?  ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sarastro on August 17, 2008, 01:12:56 PM
Probably not a very delicious variety *blushes*, but that's what I had last week - some kind of borsch and salads with fish and chicken, it had just been already cooked and distributed in containers to be stocked in the fridge when I decided to take a picture. When inspired, a young bachelor like me can cook something of more exquisite taste. 0:) Salads are easy to take-out-get-ready-and-eat-right-away though, especially when you have an exam the following day.

(http://s51.radikal.ru/i134/0807/4f/e2ee17ebad4e.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: The new erato on August 17, 2008, 01:24:31 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on August 17, 2008, 12:49:46 PM
You were in Salzburg and did not have Salzburger Nockerln?  ::)
I saw somebody having it and felt full just by watching!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on August 17, 2008, 01:45:36 PM
You let the size of the dish fool you! It's the lightest of all desserts, nothing but frothy eggs baked lightly. Something lighter than a simple egg soufflé.

Go back to the Salzburger Hof and have some! Maybe not, that's an expensive place, any simple Gasthof will make it for you and cost you fewer Schillings - or do they have Euros there now too?  ???
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MDL on August 17, 2008, 02:01:17 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on August 17, 2008, 09:50:24 AM
And then there are Marillenknödel! I think the photo is a bit touched up because mine never came out looking that neat. A small apricot, pit removed and sugar cube inserted and all wrapped in dough made of boiled and mashed potatoes, then all rolled in lightly browned sugared bread crumbs.

Those lovely creations were Gustav Mahler's favorite dessert!

So that's what killed him!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on August 17, 2008, 02:06:00 PM
 ;D   :D  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 17, 2008, 02:16:01 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on August 17, 2008, 01:45:36 PM
Go back to the Salzburger Hof and have some! Maybe not, that's an expensive place, any simple Gasthof will make it for you and cost you fewer Schillings - or do they have Euros there now too?  ???

The Schilling is history.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 17, 2008, 02:26:26 PM
Quote from: erato on August 17, 2008, 11:43:34 AM
Now I'm having some chili scampi with a bottle of Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Kabinett 2006, perfect match!

Yes, nice...

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 17, 2008, 02:28:49 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 17, 2008, 06:22:49 AM
Yes, you should try it more often. The grape excels in Alsation and German vineyards.......

Sarge - just getting back online for the evening (been watching a lot of the Olympics!) - that Alsation dish looks great!  My wife would love that combo! 

We have just one wine store in my area that carries a decent selection of wines from Alsace - don't shop there that often, but have tried a number of Alsatian Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc & Riesling - will need to pick up some more often!  :D

My paternal grandfather's (who I never knew) origins - last name Ott - apparently where from the Alsatian area; on a visit to Nuremberg-Erlangen area in the early '90s (my flight on the Concorde in another thread), my collegue & I travelled from Liege in Belgium to Frankfurt, then Mannheim - I was amazed at how many 'Otts' were in the phone book - so believed then that my last name was ancestral to this area of Europe!

Dave -  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: John Copeland on August 17, 2008, 02:51:05 PM
Hmmmmmmmm

Waffles with egg.  At 11.50pm.
Superb.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on August 18, 2008, 06:08:20 PM
Good question. Once again, I find myself in the strange situation that I am in a big US city (this time Atlanta, GA), I just arrived at the hotel 1h or so ago, and everything around here is already pretty much closed down like in a small village...but I am hungry, and I don't want to end up at one of the ubiquitious Chili's or, even worse, Denny's, or, the worst of the worst, IHOP, again...Sure, there must be some places, somewhere, which are still open, but I don't want to drive around forever in search of them.

Wish me luck, I am now heading out into the darkness that surrounds me, on the hunt for at least decent, well, OK, let's not get too unrealistic here, at least not too yucky food!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on August 18, 2008, 07:31:21 PM
Your hotel does not provide 24 hour room service?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on August 18, 2008, 10:41:33 PM
Dunno. It actually didn't occur to me to check. Apparently not. I am stying in the Hampton Inn because I like the beds they use. But apparently, they don't have around-the-clock room service. I prefer to go out and "discover" anyway, provided there is anything to discover.

But I got very lucky because just as I was done typing, the phone rang and the Universal Pictures rep who is hosting the screening tomorrow (it is a press screening of "The Express", and we provide the technical services for most of Universal's screenings outside LA, meaning, we check the image and sound quality and make sure everything runs optimally) called me and told me he had just gotten into town and not eaten yet either. He is staying staying in style at the Hotel Intercontinental and their apparently rather high-end restaurant ( http://www.aupieddecochonatlanta.com ) is open all night, so he invited me to come over and join him for a late-night dinner. So I did (and he picked up the tab, of course), and I had a cream of mushroom soup and a steak with baked potato and sautéed spinach, and while that may not be a highly original choice, it was really very, very good  :) And quite expensive, too. But - they paid.  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Wanderer on August 19, 2008, 04:44:24 AM
Au pied de Cochon? Nice name!  ;D

Quote from: M forever on August 18, 2008, 10:41:33 PM
And quite expensive, too. But - they paid.  :D

That's the best kind of expensive.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 19, 2008, 06:16:58 AM
Quote from: M forever on August 18, 2008, 10:41:33 PM
Dunno. It actually didn't occur to me to check. Apparently not. I am stying in the Hampton Inn because I like the beds they use. But apparently, they don't have around-the-clock room service. I prefer to go out and "discover" anyway, provided there is anything to discover.


M - wife & I have been to Atlanta several times in recent years - last visit just over a year ago - plenty of excellent restaurant choices, both downtown & up in Buckhead - posted a few restaurants we ate at earlier in THIS THREAD (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,88.msg28948.html#msg28948) - the Atlanta Fish Market & Bluepointe Restaurant were both just excellent; on an earlier visit, we stayed 'downtown' and can't remember our eateries then - good luck!   :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on August 19, 2008, 07:15:24 AM
(http://www.sunexpressnews.com/haberresim/mercimek%20kofte.jpg)
These delicacies, which are called (more or less) lentil balls:
It is, from what I understand, quite difficult to make and involves boiled red lentils, raw fine bulgur (pounded) wheat, hot pepper paste, scallions, celery leaves, parsley, olive oil, black and crushed red peppers along with a multitude of seasoning salts and herbs which may or may not include cumin.
The boiled lentils and the raw bulgur wheat are kneaded for a long time, cooking the bulgur in the process by sheer friction. the other ingredients are added later at some point  ;D Better find yourself a family member who is willing to do it for you  >:D

Even though they are delicious, one should be careful to never attempt to eat more than a few at a time. The lentil and the wheat swell up in your stomach in about thirty minutes, potentially causing excessive bloating.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bunny on August 20, 2008, 02:09:00 PM
Greek yogurt and honey.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Anne on August 20, 2008, 02:58:00 PM
BLT with no L  Still delicious.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on August 20, 2008, 04:30:59 PM
Red beans and rice with Louisiana hot sausage.  A tall glass of cold milk to wash it down.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 22, 2008, 05:28:39 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on June 09, 2008, 04:38:38 PM
Well, a dinner that we don't do that often (but always enjoy) - of course, living in North Carolina - pig barbecue is a favorite around here (several different styles in the state, but Lexington style is the local choice) - so, tonight, wife (Susan) drove up the road (about 5 mins. from the house) to pick up a pound of coarse chopped pig meat w/ several different cole slaws (we skipped the buns, hush puppies, fries - not that they are bad!) -  ;D

The place is called Little Richard's Bar-B-Que - long smoked & chopped on the premises - probably the premier place in the city for this food; the cole slaws are finely chopped and come in two styles - standard white (which I prefer - I add a BUNCH of celery seeds) & barbecue flavored (which Susan likes best) - now, she is a Jewish gal, but loves that PIG MEAT!  8)

CLICK on the image for a brief description of the cooking/chopping process - actually, there is a book & a PBS show made on North Carolina barbecue places, if you ever visit the state & like that food -  :)

(http://www.ncbbqsociety.com/images/trail_images/little_richards_web.jpg) (http://www.ncbbqsociety.com/trail_pages/little_richards_large.html)

Well, since my post above back in June, we've been doing 'take out' from here at least once a month - just forgot HOW GOOD this meat is!  :P

Tonight, had the 'coarse' chop which is my preference w/o a bun - boy, lean & tasty - meat falls apart w/ a fork!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 22, 2008, 07:58:23 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on June 09, 2008, 04:38:38 PM
Well, a dinner that we don't do that often (but always enjoy) - of course, living in North Carolina - pig barbecue is a favorite around here (several different styles in the state, but Lexington style is the local choice) - so, tonight, wife (Susan) drove up the road (about 5 mins. from the house) to pick up a pound of coarse chopped pig meat w/ several different cole slaws (we skipped the buns, hush puppies, fries - not that they are bad!) -  ;D

The place is called Little Richard's Bar-B-Que - long smoked & chopped on the premises - probably the premier place in the city for this food; the cole slaws are finely chopped and come in two styles - standard white (which I prefer - I add a BUNCH of celery seeds) & barbecue flavored (which Susan likes best) - now, she is a Jewish gal, but loves that PIG MEAT!  8)

CLICK on the image for a brief description of the cooking/chopping process - actually, there is a book & a PBS show made on North Carolina barbecue places, if you ever visit the state & like that food -  :)

(http://www.ncbbqsociety.com/images/trail_images/little_richards_web.jpg) (http://www.ncbbqsociety.com/trail_pages/little_richards_large.html)

Well, since my post above back in June, we've been doing 'take out' from here at least once a month - just forgot HOW GOOD this meat is!  :P

Tonight, had the 'coarse' chop which is my preference w/o a bun - boy, lean & tasty - meat falls apart w/ a fork!  ;D

Quote from: toledobass on June 10, 2008, 10:27:08 AM
Damn you Dave!!!!! That kind of post just shouldn't be allowed...... :P ;D ;)

Allan

Ughhh....Now I think you're just rubbing it in. :P

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on August 23, 2008, 06:56:32 AM
Quote from: toledobass on August 22, 2008, 07:58:23 PM
Ughhh....Now I think you're just rubbing it in. :P

Allan

Keeping in mind Dave's venue, is the above a play on words, Allan?  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 23, 2008, 08:53:55 AM
Quote from: toledobass on August 22, 2008, 07:58:23 PM
Ughhh....Now I think you're just rubbing it in. :P


Allan - no, just a show of enthusiasm for a re-discovery!  ;) ;D

For those visiting or even 'passing through' the Old North State & searching for some NC barbecue, pick up a copy of Bob Garner's book - he's the guy that had a PBS show based on the book - kind of a restaurant travelogue & tasting -  :D

(http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/15800000/15803852.JPG)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Chosen Barley on August 23, 2008, 09:34:52 AM
What an interesting thread...I always love details, details esp. of people's lives.  The big stuff - ah, who cares?!

I just had my breakfast consisting of a soft white cheese made from kefir, which I make myself from kefir "grains" (as they are called), spread on a piece of dark, authentic German bread. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on August 23, 2008, 09:53:26 AM
Quote from: Chosen Barley on August 23, 2008, 09:34:52 AM
spread on a piece of dark, authentic German bread. 

For Heaven's Sake, if you live in the US where did you get the authentic German bread?? ???
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Chosen Barley on August 23, 2008, 10:28:06 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on August 23, 2008, 09:53:26 AM
For Heaven's Sake, if you live in the US where did you get the authentic German bread?? ???

Very sorry, but I live in Canada!  On the prairies, to be exact.  The bread I was referring to is called Berglander Doppelkruste "Whole Rye Bread".  It is semidark & sour.  Since I am  not of German ethnicity, I may have overspoke to say "authentic" but I have German acquaintances, born in Germany, who swear by this bread. 

Ingredients are:  Flour, water, lite rye flour, yeast, salt, vinegar, wheat flour, enzymes, calcium propionate, corn meal.  The corn meal I guess is sprinkled inside the baking pans to prevent burning. 

At the supermarket in the deli section, I have seen made-in-Germany vacuum-packaged sliced bread, the kind that is not even 1/4 inch thick, dark as the devil, and dense as you could imagine. Various permutations & combinations of ingredients, too.  Real health-foody, I guess.  No preservatives, unlike the Berglander mentioned above.  I do like it, also. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on August 23, 2008, 10:37:48 AM
Suspected you to live North of here, lucky you! We used to have available in on of our super markets German bread, baked in Canada by a German baker, but it didn't sell too well so they stopped importing.

Those packaged breads you have in your stores, I can get them from a German Deli in Chicago, but they are not quite the same as the ones coming in big loafs and you scare your guests by slicing the bread the traditional way: Held tightly against the breast! - Haven't cut myself even once! -  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Chosen Barley on August 23, 2008, 03:56:29 PM
Gosh, that is too bad, Uffe, that they discontinued that real bread.  Now, I often make my own bread, the kind that you allow to rise at least 12 hours, to improve digestibility and decrease the presence of antinutrients found in grain.  It is not sourdough; you use only a wee bit of regular commercial yeast to get it going, but it certainly is as healthful, if not more so.  But one could certainly use a home-made sourdough starter for this long-raised bread.   A whole 'nother topic. 

Re method of cutting.  I met a woman just in from Ukraine, this was 30 years ago, who cut bread that way.  I just held my breath while she did this!   :o
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: drogulus on August 23, 2008, 04:25:45 PM
    Tamales from Trader Joe's (the beef ones), with refried black beans (I love pintos but black beans are super refried) and cheese and a high end enchilada sauce I get by the case. Hot! Hot! Hot! ;D

     All for the greater glory of Quetzlcoatl, whose mindless servant I am! (sort of...)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on August 23, 2008, 04:44:05 PM
Is Quetzlcoatl something to eat?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 23, 2008, 05:08:35 PM
Quote from: M forever on August 23, 2008, 04:44:05 PM
Is Quetzlcoatl something to eat?

M - sure!  ;D  The famous Aztec serpent god - I hear that it tastes like chicken!  ;) :D

(http://www.redicecreations.com/winterwonderland/quetzalcoatl1.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on August 23, 2008, 05:16:22 PM
Oh - I thought the name sounded like it was some kind of spicy soup.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on August 23, 2008, 07:35:57 PM
Chicken wings in spicy chili-garlic sauce.  :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Wanderer on August 24, 2008, 02:08:02 AM
Quote from: drogulus on August 23, 2008, 04:25:45 PM
Quetzlcoatl

This brings back memories...
I came by the name Quetzalcoatl ("plumed serpent") long ago by means of this beauty...

(http://www.birdsasart.com/Ralph-Resplendent_Quetzal.jpg)
(http://critterimages.com/IMAGES/SLOZBLOG/ISSUE_5/male-quetzal-vertical.jpg)
(http://nexusnovel.files.wordpress.com/2006/09/resplendent-quetzalsteven-easley-costa-rica.jpg)
(http://cloudbridge.org/quetzal.jpg)

Quetzal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzal)
Legend of Quetzalcoatl (http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/folklore/59137)

I wouldn't presume the bird's edible, so a big out of  topic sign for this post, please.  $:)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on August 24, 2008, 11:49:18 AM
It is probably edible (aren't all birds?), but you would need a lot of those to make a full meal, I think.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 24, 2008, 04:22:35 PM
Last night, dined w/ a colleague & his wife at a favorite local restaurant for both couples - Bernardin's (http://www.bernardinsfinedining.com/) - I feel (as does my colleague) that this is the best restaurant in our city; I would easily rate this place a 4*/5*, and must say that in my travels and eating @ some great places, that this eatery is quite comparable to some of the best!

For me, I started out w/ the Seared Tuna Carpaccio (baby greens, shitake, sprouts, wasabi sauce) - as usual, tuna was perfectly seared just on the outside & pretty much rare throughout (my preference); served around just a wonderfully refreshing light salad - hey, greens + sushi!  :D

Main course was one of the specials (although I often order the ostrich which this kitchen does beyond belief!) - first, could not decide between the 'live' lobster (deshelled w/ lobster ravioli in a cream sauce - yes, I've had this before - mouth-watering!) and the 'red trout' - picked the latter - wish I had my digital camera for a pic; on a base of mixed veggies, a mash potato cake lightly fried, then grilled trout - great dish all around.

We shared a couple of bottles of South African Sauvignon Blanc - these wines have been coming more into our market, plus I've been trying a number on trips - this is an impressive wine producing area that I need to experience more (and the prices are right!) - all around, another great & consistent experience at this local restaurant.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on August 24, 2008, 04:26:34 PM
Ostrich?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 24, 2008, 05:04:33 PM
Quote from: M forever on August 24, 2008, 04:26:34 PM
Ostrich?

M - yep, forget that wimp of a bird, Quetzal - you need a BIG BIRD to eat!  ;D

Ostrich is a lean 'red' meat (better than chicken breast for fat/cholesterol) that needs to be cooked medium rare - been eating the bird for years now; in fact, a lot of ostrich (and emu) farms in the USA, including North Carolina; so, if you (or others) like a red meat but want to avoid the issues w/ a fatty steak, then ostrich is a great option (BTW, also eat a lot of bison & other wild game, again fewer calories, fat, & cholesterol).  :D

(http://z.about.com/d/healing/1/0/Y/N/gtotem_ostrich.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Wanderer on August 24, 2008, 10:28:25 PM
Quote from: M forever on August 24, 2008, 11:49:18 AM
It is probably edible (aren't all birds?), but you would need a lot of those to make a full meal, I think.

For the starved, perhaps, but wouldn't that be like wearing your best suit to go to the dentist?  :D
This is such an iconic creature for central America I doubt anyone would consider eating it. Plucking it would certainly take a lot of time and it would leave less than half of what's seen in the pictures for the actual cooking...  ;D


Quote from: SonicMan on August 24, 2008, 05:04:33 PM
Ostrich is a lean 'red' meat (better than chicken breast for fat/cholesterol) that needs to be cooked medium rare - been eating the bird for years now; in fact, a lot of ostrich (and emu) farms in the USA, including North Carolina; so, if you (or others) like a red meat but want to avoid the issues w/ a fatty steak, then ostrich is a great option (BTW, also eat a lot of bison & other wild game, again fewer calories, fat, & cholesterol).  :D

I've been meaning to try it for some time but haven't got the chance yet. There's a number of farms in Greece already (one of which I've visited) and ostrich's appearing in more restaurant menus as time goes by.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 25, 2008, 05:44:34 AM
I'm on the road today and will get some chili when I pass through Cinci.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 27, 2008, 04:23:27 PM
Well, out to our local mountain place just down the road, River Birch Lodge (http://www.riverbirchlodge.com/about.html):

I had one of my favs - vension tenderloin w/ a couple of veggies + a few glasses on Pinot Noir - excellent, as usual!  :D

But, wife had the Rack of Baby Back Ribs - she loves but does not order these often - large rack!  I'm not a big rib eater, but these are absolutely delicious; meat wonderfully flavored and just falls off the bone - lightly sauced - think I could get to like these!  ;D

Doing a short vacation next weekend to Memphis - second visit for me, but expect to have quite a varied experience, including eating some barbecue!  We'll be staying @ the famous Peabody Hotel (http://www.peabodymemphis.com/home.cfm), i.e. the ducks walking into the lobby - stayed there w/ my son years ago when we did a trip together into Mississippi to look for the blues -  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on August 28, 2008, 07:05:00 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on August 27, 2008, 04:23:27 PM
Rack of Baby Back Ribs

Baby Back? What kind of baby are we talking about?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 29, 2008, 05:08:21 AM
Quote from: M forever on August 28, 2008, 07:05:00 PM
Baby Back? What kind of baby are we talking about?

LOL -  ;D  Pork ribs - short quote from Wiki below - not sure what the age of the pig needs to be, though?  Also, pic below shows pretty much the way our local restaurant prepares the ribs, however, she had veggies & fruit as side dishes (fries & cole slaw looks good, too!) -  :D

QuoteBaby back ribs, sometimes called loin ribs or simply back ribs, are taken from the top of the rib cage between the spine and the spareribs, below the loin muscle. They have meat between the bones and are shorter but meatier than spareribs. The rack is shorter at one end, due to the natural tapering of a pig's rib cage. The shortest bones are typically only about 3" (7.6 cm) and the longest is usually about 6" (15.2 cm), depending on the size of the hog. Whilst a pig has 15 ribs, a rack of baby back ribs contains a minimum of 8 ribs but can include up to 15 ribs depending on how it has been prepared by the butcher.

(http://photos.igougo.com/images/p135079-Pigeon_Forge-Baby_Back_Ribs.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 29, 2008, 06:04:18 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on August 29, 2008, 05:08:21 AM
LOL -  ;D  Pork ribs - short quote from Wiki below - not sure what the age of the pig needs to be, though?  Also, pic below shows pretty much the way our local restaurant prepares the ribs, however, she had veggies & fruit as side dishes (fries & cole slaw looks good, too!) -  :D

(http://photos.igougo.com/images/p135079-Pigeon_Forge-Baby_Back_Ribs.jpg)

I'm pretty sure age doesn't play a part in baby back ribs and the baby part simply refers to the size of the ribs compared to normal spare rib size.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 29, 2008, 03:55:50 PM
Quote from: toledobass on August 29, 2008, 06:04:18 AM
I'm pretty sure age doesn't play a part in baby back ribs and the baby part simply refers to the size of the ribs compared to normal spare rib size.

Allan - that's what I thought, esp. looking at the SIZE of the 'rack of ribs' brought to the table - certainly, not a suckling pig!  ;) ;D  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on August 29, 2008, 04:18:03 PM
The picture shows two pigs.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on August 29, 2008, 04:23:30 PM
You're calling SonicMan a pig? (If that's even him in the pic.)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on August 29, 2008, 04:30:25 PM
No, that's not him ;). But whoever eats that thingy there must be one. Probably going into a three day digestive torpor.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 29, 2008, 05:22:04 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on August 29, 2008, 04:30:25 PM
No, that's not him ;). But whoever eats that thingy there must be one. Probably going into a three day digestive torpor.

M & André - first, that's not me in the pic; however, the size of that rib rack is pretty much what my wife had the other night (so, is she a pig?  ;) ;D) - actually, I had the venison that night and helped her w/ 2 or 3 ribs, myself - could not help myself - actually 2/3 or more of that rack turn out to be the bones, so not really as much to eat as 'meets the eye'!  :)  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on August 29, 2008, 05:29:53 PM
I know, a lot of it is bones. But still, that's double my intake capacity (and I love ribs !!). Maybe that's because I usually clean up the veggies and potatoes before attacking them. I suppose I could get through it all if I skipped the rest :D.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 01, 2008, 07:35:25 AM
Well, to leave the subject of ribs (for the moment!) - just returned from an overnight in Charlotte, NC (90 mins from home) to see the Pompeii Exhibit (http://www.discoveryplace.org/pompeii/home/pompeii-home.php) at the Discovery Place - outstanding presentation, ending w/ a half dozen or more of the famous 'castings' of humans & animals - :o

But we dined that evening at a downtown favorite restaurant of ours there - the Mimosa Grill - kind of noveau southern cooking:

Appetizers - shared a fresh peach/argula blue cheese salad & smoked trout crabcakes (i.e. trout w/i the cakes - just superb!)

Main courses - wife had the Shrimp & Grits, almost like a stew w/ scallops, mussels, and pieces of fresh lobster - did not hear a word from her!  I had the Crusted North Carolina Catfish w/ rock shrimp succotash + lobster jus & a little spice/heat - just delicious; one of the moistest catfish that I've even eaten.  For me, a couple of glasses of Pinot Gris from the Central Coast of California.

Dessert shared also - peach tart w/ home-made cinnamon ice cream & fresh large blackberries w/ a delightful sauce + some cappuccinos!

Our 3rd or 4th visit to that eatery, and always interesting, innovative, & delicious - will return -  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ezodisy on September 02, 2008, 10:51:21 AM
pizza. feel like i'm going to throw up
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: vandermolen on September 03, 2008, 03:43:13 AM
Marmite and tomato on toast  :P :P :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on September 03, 2008, 05:39:06 PM
Back from a late day at work, I picked some stuff at the grocery: made-on-the-premises sushi, greek olives and dalmodakia, extra-sharp english cheddar and indian naan bread. Washed down with a german schwarzbier. Burp.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ezodisy on September 04, 2008, 01:30:35 PM
Quote from: M forever on August 24, 2008, 04:26:34 PM
Ostrich?

Sometimes I have ostrich steak or ostrich burgers when visiting Borough Market by London Bridge, which is (central) London's biggest and best farmer's market. Great place to visit on a lazy Saturday, right next to Shakespeare's Globe and the Tate Modern. I found the meat itself pretty much identical to beef steak. But then it was well done (not my choice), and I see Sonicman says it should be medium rare, which is how I like steak anyway, so if I visit again I will try to get it done that way.

Quote from: Wanderer on August 24, 2008, 10:28:25 PM
There's a number of farms in Greece already (one of which I've visited) and ostrich's appearing in more restaurant menus as time goes by

You've got those ostriches in the central park in the centre of the city, I wonder why they're there...I've seen them on each visit -- the ugliest animals I have ever seen. They are hideous in person, peering through the bars at you with all the desire in the world to peck your eyes out. It occured to me just now to enquire if the ostrich represents any country as the national animal: turns out it's Grenada. Greece has the sheep  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on September 06, 2008, 02:59:44 PM
Some real comfort food: angel hair pasta in white sauce (I think to be bechamel it has to have nutmeg — correct me if I'm wrong). Slightly more trouble to make but much more filling than tomato sauce.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 06, 2008, 03:42:04 PM
Quote from: Corey on September 06, 2008, 02:59:44 PM
Some real comfort food: angel hair pasta in white sauce (I think to be bechamel it has to have nutmeg — correct me if I'm wrong). Slightly more trouble to make but much more filling than tomato sauce.

Hmmmm...no nutmeg and it's on pasta?   Just call it balsamella and you get a lot more leeway.  Then dig in.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 06, 2008, 07:40:32 PM
Susan & I our currently on a 5-day trip to Memphis, TN - her first visit here (my second) - staying @ the famous Peabody Hotel (see the vacation thread for some more details on the hotel & some of the activities in this historic American musical city!):

First night, we ate at the Peabody's Chez Phillipe (http://www.peabodymemphis.com/dining/) - yes, expensive, but beautiful setting & superb service - both started out w/ oysters on the half shelf - I had a wonderful Scottish salmon on a bed of 'lemon' spinach, and a wonderful tomato sauce that just went perfect w/ the fish - we both had the soufflé dessert which was lemon flavored w/ a reduced delicious berry sauce.

Second night, decided to eat on Beale Street at a place w/ some music - picked the King Palace Cafe (http://www.kingspalacecafe.com/directions.htm) - extensive menu and quite good - shared a cup of their famous gumbo (could have a large bowl for dinner); standard salad; main course was swordfish w/ rice & veggies - quite tasty but not great; music was 'jazzy' w/ a well-known local guitarist & keyboard player - highlight was that the guitarist called for some 'singers' from the audience (we were there early); my wife decided to go up there and sing Summertime (one of her specialties) - got plenty of claps, and even the next day when we were touring Graceland, a couple of people in the line w/ us who had heard her sing were quite complementary!  8)

Tonight, we did Memphis barbecue - what style to try!  I like 'dry-rubbed', so went to Charles Vergos' Rendezvous (http://www.hogsfly.com/TheRestaurant.php), a wonderfully atmospheric 'basement' (large!) restaurant just a half block from our hotel - the ribs were absolutely delicious!  The accompaniments included coleslaw & baked beans (w/ pieces of pork - could have had 4x the amount!)!

Well, a couple more days here - may need a 'follow-up' post -  ;) ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on September 06, 2008, 07:46:09 PM
Quote from: toledobass on September 06, 2008, 03:42:04 PM
Hmmmm...no nutmeg and it's on pasta?   Just call it balsamella and you get a lot more leeway.  Then dig in.

Allan

Maybe next time I'll throw some parmesan in there and call it Mornay. Mmmmmm...  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: uffeviking on September 08, 2008, 11:58:12 AM
What have I been eating? applies to this. The creative artist in me was fascinated by my empty plate, lovely colour combination and shapes. What was it I had?

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on September 08, 2008, 12:08:32 PM
some type of tomato salad?

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Me I've been having a lot of apples lately. 4-5 a day. It is the ideal time for my favorite apple variety. I don't know what it is called and I could not find a picture on the net. This variety has a sour tasting skin (red and green in color), and a semi-sweet, juicy and hard inside (green). They are only on the market for about 3 or so weeks, so I eat all that I can find  :-*
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on September 08, 2008, 03:38:07 PM
Quote from: orbital on September 08, 2008, 12:08:32 PM
some type of tomato salad?

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Me I've been having a lot of apples lately. 4-5 a day. It is the ideal time for my favorite apple variety. I don't know what it is called and I could not find a picture on the net. This variety has a sour tasting skin (red and green in color), and a semi-sweet, juicy and hard inside (green). They are only on the market for about 3 or so weeks, so I eat all that I can find  :-*

This page may interest you then Orbital....even has a forum.  I average 2-3 a day myself.
http://www.allaboutapples.com/index.htm
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 08, 2008, 06:35:41 PM
Well, a few posts back, I mentioned our trip to Memphis - still eating well and just a couple of more recommendations for those who might be visiting this interesting city:

Sunday Champagne Brunch (http://www.peabodymemphis.com/dining/) @ the Peabody Hotel - just $32; the usual breakfast/lunch offerings but just wonderful for this price - I'm not a huge brunch fan unless the offerings are quite varied; I invariably skip 'breakfast' type selections (although these were great here - including an omelet station) - I stuck w/ seafood (i.e. smoked fish, salmon, several baked fish selections), plus some excellent sushi offerings - believe that we did quite well w/ the price - just had some 'light' bar food for dinner!  :D

Carpriccio Grill (http://www.peabodymemphis.com/dining/) - the same restaurant in the hotel which offered the brunch above; I decided to just 'eat in' for our last night - not a bad choice at all! Started w/ the clam appetizer perfectly steamed w/ a great sauce + Portuguese sausage (and some nice chunky bread for the wonderful sauce); main course was veal piccata w/ sautéed spinach - I adore veal!  This veal was superb, so I was quite pleased!

All around, Memphis is an outstanding city for eating w/ plenty of varied cuisines - we were not disappointed and just 'touched' the many culinary options in our short 5-nighter!  ;D

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on September 08, 2008, 08:16:56 PM
Allan, Corey: Béchamel is simple white sauce: salted butter, flour and milk. Quantities vary depending on the purpose. Typically, it's one tbsp each of butter and flour, with 1/4 cup of whole milk.

For a Fondue Parmesan, the béchamel must be very thick (double the butter and flour quantities). When done, add parmesan (50/50), eggs or egg yolks (one to a cup of sauce), line a buttered 'brownies' pan with the contents, refrigerate and cut into squares. Roll into whipped whites, coat with bread crumbs and deep fry: you get scrumptious 'fondues Parmesan'.
They can also be cooked in the oven  (at high heat). Serve on 'Boston' lettuce. Pinot Grigio is the natural mate with those 0:)

If the sauce is light, mix it with drained, chopped spinach, add a whole egg or two and cook in muffin shells:L sprinkle with Parmesan cheese when serving. Divine!

Adding nutmeg to the bechamel is a typically northern twist. Mandatory in belgian cuisine, often found in dutch or german dishes as well. From the southern climates, chopped fresh herbs are the norm. For the Fondue Parmesan: add no herbs or spice. For the spinach servings: nutmeg is mandatory,

From the USA  ;D I strongly recommend a good helping of sharp cheddar; pour generously on cooked pasta, season with freshly ground black pepper. That one's a hit with kids !
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on September 08, 2008, 08:40:54 PM
Had the same thing for dinner tonight, but tried it with nutmeg this time. I thought it was going to be strange since I normally associate nutmeg with sweet things but it adds a nice depth of flavor. The cheddar idea sounds delicious — I can't believe I hadn't thought of that!

I should probably get some vegetables here before I die of scurvy. ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on September 09, 2008, 03:13:43 PM
Quote from: Bogey on September 08, 2008, 03:38:07 PM
This page may interest you then Orbital....even has a forum.  I average 2-3 a day myself.
http://www.allaboutapples.com/index.htm

Amazing site. I've gone through most of the varieties, but could not find the picture I'm looking for  :-\

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Eating:
(http://www.konditerka.com/catalog/img/krikrak.jpg)
Only with aniseed instead of sesames.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 12, 2008, 03:00:19 AM
Watched the Good Eats egg episodes this morning. Had to have an egg and chives omelet for lunch (incorporating some of Alton Brown's suggestions):

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/julygmg/Sarges_Omelet.jpg)


Sarge

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mark on September 12, 2008, 04:00:45 AM
Crisps. Cheese and onion flavour.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mn dave on September 12, 2008, 05:14:58 AM
Starbucks Doubleshot Energy+Coffee

:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on September 16, 2008, 05:00:11 PM
About to get busy on a big plate of these:

(http://nymag.com/images/2/daily/food/07/10/29_tacos_lgl.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 17, 2008, 12:54:59 PM
Funny, I just had a couple of those. Although mine were totally not authentic in any way.  For some reason I had a craving for some crappy taco bell style hard shell tacos but didn't want to eat taco bell, so I went to the market and got some hard shells, ground round, iceburg lettuce and some shredded chedder.

I sauteed the beef then simmered it in some tomatoes that I added some reconstituted ancho chiles then blended and an hour and a half later I have taco filling for the week!!  I have to say, they are some pretty good 'bad' tacos.  :P ;) ;D

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on September 21, 2008, 05:51:07 PM
http://fxcuisine.com/

This site is making me so hungry. I wonder if there is anything simple enough for me to try... err, probably not.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Homo Aestheticus on September 21, 2008, 06:05:18 PM
(http://www.diggerschoice-seafood.com/images/littlenecksweb.jpg)

Small raw clams with  a little lemon juice...

Yum.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 22, 2008, 08:50:11 AM
Quote from: The Ardent Pelleastre on September 21, 2008, 06:05:18 PM
(http://www.diggerschoice-seafood.com/images/littlenecksweb.jpg)

Small raw clams with  a little lemon juice...

Yum.

GREAT! Another fan of raw shellfish - wife loves raw clams, but my preference are oysters on the half shell (and sushi of all types!) -  :D

(http://www.costasinn.com/graphics/food/oysters.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on September 22, 2008, 09:04:59 AM
M loves oysters, too. And Sushi. These are pretty much the only "luxury" food items I am prepared to pay good money for. I don't get why people pay a lot of money for caviar. I think it tastes good, but not as good as it is expensive.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 22, 2008, 05:59:57 PM
Quote from: M forever on September 22, 2008, 09:04:59 AM
M loves oysters, too. And Sushi. These are pretty much the only "luxury" food items I am prepared to pay good money for. I don't get why people pay a lot of money for caviar. I think it tastes good, but not as good as it is expensive.

Hello M - appears that we could have some wonderful dinners together!  :D

Wife & I love caviar, too - use to buy the Caspian Sea offerings in the old days when one knew what was real - now just a mess and a 'dead' industry - but for our special occasions, we still get American, French, & South American caviars off the web @ decent prices! Dave  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on September 22, 2008, 07:17:35 PM
Never liked caviar  :P. But taramosalata is one of my favourite appetizers!

This evening we had a scrumptious choucroute garnie that I lovingly cooked yesterday. Here's a wiki picture, but it looked even better in our plates  ;D

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Choucroute-p1030190.jpg/783px-Choucroute-p1030190.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on September 22, 2008, 09:05:05 PM
M loves taramosalata, too! But only if it doesn't have too much potatoes or bread in it. Some do that to tone down the fishy taste - but that is the whole point! Good taramosalata tastes fishy and has a creamy consistence.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Wanderer on September 22, 2008, 09:35:24 PM
Quote from: M forever on September 22, 2008, 09:05:05 PM
Good taramosalata tastes fishy and has a creamy consistence.

Indeed.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on September 23, 2008, 08:01:22 PM
Today I drove South to pick up my sister-in-law at Burlington (Vt) airport. She's an American through and through: born in Great Smoky Mountains land, raised in Chicago, lived in Pittsburgh, Northern Florida and back to NC. As we crossed the canadian border, her nostrils flared (it was suppertime) and she expressed a strong craving for a hot dog  ::). So I stopped by one of the innumerable fast food shacks we have here on main roads and small villages alike and we had hot dogs and fries. She flatly declared nothing beats a canadian hot dog and Quebec french fries. A 'canadian' hd is toasted, not steamed, and Qc ff are always fresh, never frozen, and deep-fried twice for maximum caramelization of the starch - hence their deep gold, brownish colour. She also stated she firmly intends on having a smoked meat at Schwartz  (read the 'reviews' section) (http://www.schwartzsdeli.com/index_eng.html) in Montreal.

Meanwhile, at my Mom's house where she was staying, a simple but delicious meal of General Tao meatballs and rice was waiting for her. Talk about a culinary adventure . !
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 24, 2008, 05:26:47 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on September 23, 2008, 08:01:22 PM
A 'canadian' hd is toasted, not steamed, and Qc ff are always fresh, never frozen, and deep-fried twice for maximum caramelization of the starch - hence their deep gold, brownish colour. She also stated she firmly intends on having a smoked meat at Schwartz  (read the 'reviews' section) (http://www.schwartzsdeli.com/index_eng.html) in Montreal......


André - I've eaten at that deli in Montreal a number of years ago, and we always enjoy a 'smoked meat' sandwich when in Canada - last year on our trip to Quebec, one of our lunches included that choice w/ frittes & a delicious cold draft beer - nice combo!   Dave  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on September 24, 2008, 08:50:35 PM
M ordered sushi online today! Isn't that weird?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 25, 2008, 06:59:32 AM
Quote from: M forever on September 24, 2008, 08:50:35 PM
M ordered sushi online today! Isn't that weird?

Well, I assume that the sushi was delivered to your doorstep?  ;) ;D

About the only food we order delivered is from a Chinese 'hole in the wall' - easy, cheap, and usually quite tasty - there are a lot of delivery chains in my town, but the wife does the ordering, so I'm not sure if any are setup for web ordering, but would be convenient!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on September 25, 2008, 06:22:38 PM
That was my point. There are "classic" delivery fods such as pizza or Chinese, but of course we only think that because it is so common. You can order food of any kind for delivery, so why not sushi? That actually is a good delivery choice because you don't have to worry that it might get cold.
:)

You can order basically anything over the phone or the net these days. Yesterday, I even called a mattress. Not to eat it though. And that worked out really well. They gave me a few tips about what kind of mattress might be right for me (and lying doen on them in the store for a few minutes doesn't really tell you much anyway) and the mattress was delivered only a few hours later, for a delivery charge less of what I make per hour, so I actually saved money through that because the time that it would have taken me to go to the store and all that I could spend in the office and work.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Homo Aestheticus on September 25, 2008, 06:37:11 PM
(http://api.ning.com/files/QzS0VrcfbYmnYNGzSlI5f7WImzDli5kHiOH27N453xu993bbR1YZNZ*lPZMq7bX0oGc28Chqxd3E5v-5-FaanpN5oeC0lQ6X/Paella1.jpg)

Tonight it was fresh paella with extra clam juice broth...

Deliciousss!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on September 25, 2008, 06:41:18 PM
Mussels and crayfish, right? Miamm !!!

Right now it's Tostitos with taramosalata dip.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on September 25, 2008, 06:50:25 PM
Taramosalate on tostitos? That's a crime, like sushi on a hot dog bun.

I haven't eaten paella in many moons. I guess I could order that online, too.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 25, 2008, 07:07:53 PM
Quote from: M forever on September 25, 2008, 06:50:25 PM
Taramosalate on tostitos? That's a crime, like sushi on a hot dog bun.

I haven't eaten paella in many moons. I guess I could order that online, too.
;D

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on September 25, 2008, 07:11:48 PM
No, seriously. I just looked that up on "foodler". There is only one place in the area though which offers paella. And it's a pizza and pasta place. Dunno if I can trust the to make good paella. It is not easy to make. I know. I tried once and failed miserably. I would also love some gazpacho. I haven't had that in ages either.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on September 25, 2008, 07:38:08 PM
Gaspacho is very easy to do. But paella is something else :-\. Like risotto. I just don't have the patience.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on September 27, 2008, 04:11:40 PM
(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z245/tapiola/sushi.jpg) (http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z245/tapiola/Newcastle_Brown_Ale-1.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 27, 2008, 04:18:18 PM
Quote from: Corey on September 27, 2008, 04:11:40 PM
(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z245/tapiola/sushi.jpg)(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z245/tapiola/Newcastle_Brown_Ale-1.jpg)

Hi Corey - love sushi w/ beer, but responding because I've been on a short 2-day trip to the Sandhills area of North Carolina (famous for golf - Southern Pines & Pinehurst) - stayed @ Pine Needles Golf Resort - visited their bar each night after dinner & had some Newcastle on tap - outstanding!  Unfortunately, the 'bar food' menu did not include sushi, but popcorn was available!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on September 27, 2008, 04:20:29 PM
(http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/recipes/9002011090_southwestern-two-bean-chili-rice-recipe.jpg)

Chili on rice with some sharp cheddar and raw onion as a garnish.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on September 28, 2008, 12:42:39 PM
So I ordered paella online but it totally sucked. It was basically just dry yellow rice with tiny, tiny morsels of what I might have been able to identify as octopus and squid if I had had a manifying glass, but they tasted like little rubber crumbs. I guess I should have known better than ordering that from a pizza and pasta place which has the paella under pasta on the menu...but there is tapas restaurant nearby which looks more quality. Maybe I will try that.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on September 28, 2008, 02:13:40 PM
Quote from: Bogey on September 27, 2008, 04:20:29 PM
(http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/recipes/9002011090_southwestern-two-bean-chili-rice-recipe.jpg)

Chili on rice with some sharp cheddar and raw onion as a garnish.

And Cactus for desert Bill?  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on September 28, 2008, 02:16:49 PM
A form of cactus (nopal) is actually part of Mexican cuisine. It doesn't taste bad, but it's not a delicacy either. OK vegetable.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 28, 2008, 02:22:18 PM
Quote from: M forever on September 28, 2008, 12:42:39 PM
So I ordered paella online but it totally sucked. It was basically just dry yellow rice with tiny, tiny morsels of what I might have been able to identify as octopus and squid if I had had a manifying glass..........

M - LOL!  ;D  But, really sorry about your experience - love paella myself when well made, but as already indicated, a rarity; years ago when my in-laws lived in Short Hills, NJ, we used to frequent a great Portugese restuarant in one of the adjacent towns, and always ordered the paella w/ great 'home-made' sangria - pleasant experiences!  :)

Tonight, wife & I dined at our local mountain bistro and both had game meats:  Susan chose the bison - NY strip cut w/ a great sauce; their grill is just superb imparting a wonderful smoky flavor to the meat - medium rare a must w/ this creature!  I had a frequent choice - venison tenderloin, also medium rare (to rare) - same smoky flavor - wonderful!  :D

(http://www.gpnc.org/images/jpegs/animals/bison.jpg)  (http://www.lodisausage.com/images/venison.gif)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on September 28, 2008, 02:57:31 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on September 28, 2008, 02:22:18 PM
(http://www.lodisausage.com/images/venison.gif)

You killed Bambi's daddy!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 28, 2008, 03:17:25 PM
Quote from: M forever on September 28, 2008, 02:57:31 PM
You killed Bambi's daddy!

Nah - just 'road kill' -  ;) ;D  North Carolina is a BIG state for deer-car accidents; in the mountains, I've even had a few black bears run across the road - surprised!  :o   
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on September 28, 2008, 04:51:41 PM
At least that's what they say. "Make it look like an accident."
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: imperfection on September 28, 2008, 06:03:41 PM
(http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/Allen_Brothers/LaborDaySausage.Par.7051.ImageFile.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on September 30, 2008, 03:47:16 PM
Quote from: imperfection on September 28, 2008, 06:03:41 PM
(http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/Allen_Brothers/LaborDaySausage.Par.7051.ImageFile.jpg)

:-* :-* Please describe in scrumptious detail the charcuterie varieties you tempt us with ! Santa Pizza ! That's a family plate, isn't it?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on October 02, 2008, 07:20:48 AM
I've given up on trying to find a good bowl of pho in Ann Arbor.  There are some passable bowls that will do in a pinch but none that have really satisfied my craving.  I decided to give it a try myself and glad I did.  I made pho ga (chicken pho) last night and was impressed with how it turned out.  Next week I'll try and tackle pho bo.


Allan

 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on October 03, 2008, 04:33:20 PM
(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z245/tapiola/sausage-4types.jpg)

(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z245/tapiola/IMGP9552.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on October 03, 2008, 07:46:41 PM
I rectified my bad paella experience the other night by getting some takeout from a nice tapas restaurant, paella (which was really good with nice pieces of vegetables and seafood and mussles on top), and some tapas - grilled sausage bites, vegetables, a cup of chiken stew, and some other stuff. Very tasty and - it all smelled awesome of the ingredients and mediterranean spices.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 08, 2008, 04:50:22 PM
Just returned from a 4-day trip to Orlando, FL - medical meeting held @ a wonderful property called the Gaylord Palms Resort (http://www.gaylordhotels.com/gaylord-palms/) (need to do a separate listing in the 'Vacation Thread') - we had some wonderful food, but just to choose a couple of favorite meals:

Bosphorous Restaurant (http://www.bosphorousrestaurant.com/) - on Sunday (day off), drove a little north above Orlando to Winter Park which has a number on inter-connected lakes w/ canals - first took a boat ride (second time) - beautiful lakes w/ expensive houses; parked in the downtown area and searched for a place to eat lunch - picked the linked restaurant - Turkish food - boy we had a great time - had a couple of glasses of white Turkish wine (can't remember the grape, but similar to Greek white wine); we both had a 'luncheon special' - a lamb and chicken wrap w/ a salad - absolutely light, refreshing, and wonderfully flavored - reminded me of Greek offerings - I would love to have gone back for a dinner!

Fulton's Crab House (http://orlando.citysearch.com/profile/2403701/lake_buena_vista_fl/fulton_s_crab_house.html) - located in a riverboat on Lake Buena Vista in Downtown Disney - this place always receives very 'mixed' reviews (see link) - I've eaten there multiple times and indeed have mixed reviews, but this latest experience was outstanding (too expensive, though!  So, beware if you go) - we shared a dozen raw oysters (2 different types)  - these were plump & outstanding; both had the baked Maine lobster stuffed w/ shrimp/scallops, which was superb!  Shared a dessert of a dry cherry tart w/ a scoop of vanilla ice cream + a couple of delicious capuccionos - this was an absolutely delicious meal - read the reviews before you go & look @ the prices!

Sora Sushi Bar (http://www.orlandoescape.com/gaylordpalms/articles/sorasushibar.htm) - out last dinner for the trip, located at the Gaylord Palms, and one of the 4 restaurants in this wonderful property, all under a huge glass roof as if you're 'out in the wild', i.e. Disney World for adults (pic of the place below)! Quite innovative and beautiful preparation w/ specials - won't go into detail but had another great eating experience - ended the night @ the bar of their 'fancy' restaurant, and had a cheese course w/ some red wine -  ;D


(http://www.prweb.com/prfiles/2007/08/02/81592/AerialShotwithclouds.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on October 08, 2008, 10:10:07 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on October 08, 2008, 04:50:22 PM
Just returned from a 4-day trip to Orlando, FL

Sorry to hear that. Orlando is one of the worst airports I have ever flown into. Maybe the worst. Or maybe Detroit is. No, actually I think Orlando is the worst.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Wanderer on October 08, 2008, 11:46:20 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on October 08, 2008, 04:50:22 PM
Bosphorous

It should have been Bosporus, what a hideous mistransliteration to behold. At least you had a good time.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on October 09, 2008, 04:30:46 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on October 08, 2008, 11:46:20 PM
It should have been Bosporus, what a hideous mistransliteration to behold. At least you had a good time.

I've seen it spelled "Bosphorus" most of the time.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 09, 2008, 06:29:59 AM
Quote from: M forever on October 08, 2008, 10:10:07 PM
Sorry to hear that. Orlando is one of the worst airports I have ever flown into. Maybe the worst. Or maybe Detroit is. No, actually I think Orlando is the worst.

M - agree!  I like the Tampa airport much better - Orlando also has a 'hub' system w/ trams - but there is so much construction going on that the experience is pretty dismal; plus, the number of shops & eateries is really sub-standard for an airport that caters to countries/planes from all over the place - but, happily, we arrived & left the airport ON TIME!   ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on October 09, 2008, 06:39:12 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on October 08, 2008, 11:46:20 PM
It should have been Bosporus, what a hideous mistransliteration to behold. At least you had a good time.
I am not sure about its etymology, but I've heard theories as to Bosphorus being a version of "Phosphorus" (in the sense of illuminating), and another theory that has to do with "Sepharad". In any case, as Corey says, Bosphorus is the commonly used version. In Istanbul today, it is simply referred to as "The Strait"   :P

What would Bosporus mean?

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 09, 2008, 06:58:01 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on October 08, 2008, 11:46:20 PM
It should have been Bosporus, what a hideous mistransliteration to behold. At least you had a good time.

Hi Tasos -  :D  Well, not sure 'why' the owners picked Bosphorous as the name of the restaurant, but the pronunciation has a softer 'f' sound and seems more melodious to say - guess there is some disagreement w/ statements in subsequent posts - but if anyone is in the Winter Park, FL area & enjoys 'near Eastern' food, this is an excellent choice for lunch and dinner - would love to go back!  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on October 09, 2008, 10:22:06 AM
Well, look up wikipedia about "Bosporus". There is some interesting information there about the origin and various forms of the name - among which Bosphorus is one which has been used long before that restaurant, so they didn't come up with that. I didn't know that.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on October 09, 2008, 12:10:24 PM
Back to "What are you eating?", I made basil mayo today and had a turkey and swiss cheese and tomato sandwich on toast made from olive oil bread.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on October 09, 2008, 01:08:32 PM
The local grocers here have Nueske's Bacon (http://www.nueskes.com/products/Bacon.cfm). It's a bacon I've read about for years but never really got around to ordering it online.  It's nice to find it here and I've been having a great time trying it in lots of different preperations.  A few nights ago I tried out some carbonara with it, but it has such a strong smokey quality to it that I didn't think it worked all that well.  So tonight I have a big pot of collards simmering awaw with a good bit of the bacon in there.  The house smells so awesome right now. I can already tell that this will be a home run. I wish you all were able to be here in person for it. 

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on October 09, 2008, 05:07:43 PM
Dave, I trust you have visited the Morse Museum? One of the most distinctive and weel appointed ones I've seen. I've seen it three times and would gladly go back.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 09, 2008, 05:50:57 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on October 09, 2008, 05:07:43 PM
Dave, I trust you have visited the Morse Museum? One of the most distinctive and weel appointed ones I've seen. I've seen it three times and would gladly go back.

Hi André - yes, we did visit the Morse Museum (http://www.morsemuseum.org/home.html) for the first time!  And, we want to return, so I understand your repeated visits - the Chapel is worth the price of admission by itself!

For those who may be visiting the area, this museum is considered one the outstanding collections of the art of Louis Comfort Tiffany, just a substantial variety of glass, windows, jewelry, etc. - this is not to be MISSED if in the vicinity - a GEM attraction in the AAA guide -  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Wanderer on October 09, 2008, 11:52:38 PM
Quote from: Corey on October 09, 2008, 04:30:46 AM
I've seen it spelled "Bosphorus" most of the time.

I'm aware that the paraphrased form Bosphorus is mentioned in some dictionaries as an alternative spelling; however, in relation to the original Βόσπορος it's incorrect, not the least because in Greek there weren't/aren't any variations of the name to justify it (nor is the derivation from φώσφορος/phosphorus justified by sources or the spelling of the name). It seems more like a lapse/paraphrase such as often happens from one language to another without any explicit historical basis.

The name Bosporus is in direct relation to the myth of Io, which Zeus transformed into a female ox (is there a special name for that?) in order to protect her from the wrath of his wife Hera (plenty of internet sources on that myth:-).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on October 10, 2008, 10:16:56 PM
It's not a "myth". It's religion. So it must be true.

I don't think "Bosporus" or "Bosphorus" or whatever is the only place name on earth of which more than one variation exists. Often, you even have some fairly strong variation within dialects or historical stages of the same language. And obviously, much more so when names and words transition into other languages.
What is the correct current Turkish spelling?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Wanderer on October 10, 2008, 11:37:39 PM
Quote from: M forever on October 10, 2008, 10:16:56 PM
It's not a "myth". It's religion.

A false dichotomy. The term myth is defined as a religious narration.

Quote from: M forever on October 10, 2008, 10:16:56 PM
Often, you even have some fairly strong variation within dialects or historical stages of the same language.

There aren't any variations of this particular name in Greek and its etymology is quite straightforward. So, the English variation "Bosphorus" is really just a corrupted paraphrase.


Quote from: M forever on October 10, 2008, 10:16:56 PM
What is the correct current Turkish spelling?

The Turks are using a different name for the strait.




PS. I ate spaghetti.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on October 11, 2008, 06:01:21 AM
In French it's Bosphore.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on October 11, 2008, 12:57:54 PM
In German it's Bosporus!  :)









I ate Sauerkraut with Spätzle!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on October 11, 2008, 06:09:17 PM
Liebe Brünnhilde, thanks for answering one of these vexing existential queries: can you serve spätzle mit sauerkraut ??? ?

Mein weib says 'over my dead body' (she's of the pommes purée mit muskatnuss persuasion) and yet, I kept wondering... She should be in the know, not I, so I deferred to her advice. But not anymore: it will be spätzle with my next sauerkraut (I'm the cook, after all  ;)). But tell me: do you put butter on them, or melted pork fat?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on October 11, 2008, 08:11:56 PM
André, you are married to a very lovely and charming Frau, but mashed potatoes get soggy in the plate when next to nice moist Sauerkraut. You end up with Kartoffelsauerkrautsuppe, if there is such a thing!

I spent all morning making Spätzle, lots of them, four quarts and an extra bunch to eat today, the rest goes in the freezer and I won't have to make Spätzle for a long time!

I already used Schweineschmalz for the Sauerkraut, so I put a chunk of butter in the frying pan, added the Spätzle, mixed them, turned down the heat and put a lid on the pan, that kind of fluffs up the Spätzle and heats them of course. Getting some of them a bit on the golden brown side is an extra benefit.

Good luck with your battle! You serve this once to Frau Andreas, and you'll have a convert!  :-*
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on October 11, 2008, 09:25:58 PM
Liserl  :-*, Kartoffelsauerkrautsuppe is what we get if I let her do the potatoes :P. She hasn't grasped that there shouldn't be any liquid in the mashed potatoes with sauerkraut! Better serve it with boiled yellow-fleshed patates, et voilà ! At least, that's how they do it in Alsace!

Your way with spätzle is exactly how I had imagined it: I always melt the rind fat over low heat for quite a while, then simmer half a chopped onion and apple before proceeding with the rest. I guess some of that rendered juice plus butter will do just fine with the three-quarter-cooked spätzle. And sizzle the thing just before serving. Miam miam !

Right now I have a 10 day-old sauerkraut in the fridge. I wonder if it's still good? So far it smells what it should smell. I have lots of leftovers to last me the whole week, so I intend to eat them before moving over to the rest. Weib, tochter und grosstochter are away to Cuba for a week, so I have to make sure I empty all those pots, pans and containers before I start cooking again.

Tomorrow I spend the day at my friend's place and he cooks a bison meatball stew in white wine sauce. Should be good! I''m still not decided over the wine (I get to choose and pay!) but I think a rather robust white should do the trick. Any suggestions  ?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on October 12, 2008, 09:31:07 AM
Kasspatzen - Kässpätzle Tyrolean Style.

Lilas Pastia: - André: While you are a Strohwitwer might be your chance to eat this variety of Spätzle, maybe you already ate it while on one of your visits to Austria, or maybe you found it in Württenberg. I am going to have it today, using the Spätzle from yesterday.

Use one of your cast iron frying pans, put in a generous lump of saltfree butter, melt and add the Spätzle, stir and push around until they are covered by the butter and heat. I do that again with a lid on the pan. When all hot, sprinkle very generously with grated Emmentaler cheese - no other cheese will do, don't cheat! - When cheese has melted and you get those long strings when lifting a few with your fork, put coursely grated black pepper over it, - don't be stingy with the pepper, - and 'decorate' with the golden brown sliced onions I forgot to tell you about while the Spatzen were heating! You know how to do that!

Then you move your pan to the table on one of your wooden trivets, get out that old wooden spoon, and dig in. That's the proper Tyrolean way to eat them. When you serve them for company or family, the pan goes in the middle of the table and everybody helps themselves. A glass or two, or three. . . of very dry, earthy, Südtiroler wine, like a Lagrain Kretzer goes well with it.

An Guaten!  :-*



Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on October 12, 2008, 07:40:19 PM
Lis, that recipe should guarantee conviviality and a satisfied palate  :D.

Tonight we had bison and parsley meatballs stewed with garden vegetables and small round potatoes in a white wine sauce. A very good barolo gave the dish plenty of depth without overpowering the flavours. We were very satisfied with that combination.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on October 13, 2008, 05:23:30 AM
I think I've posted pics of my quiche before but here is another that I made last night and I'm having a slice of for breakfast this morning.  It's a broccoli and cheddar.


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on October 13, 2008, 06:14:40 AM
You have a rainbow on your toaster 0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on October 13, 2008, 06:26:21 AM
Quote from: toledobass on October 13, 2008, 05:23:30 AM
I think I've posted pics of my quiche before but here is another that I made last night and I'm having a slice of for breakfast this morning.  It's a broccoli and cheddar.



Is that a springform, or just a ring you placed on the sheet pan?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on October 13, 2008, 07:07:04 AM
I always wanted to try making one of those, but don't know what to do with the left over portion. I don't know if you live alone, but if you do, will you live on quiche for the next three days for three daily meals - or can it be frozen? Re-heating doesn't sound too successful.

Oh, you give the rest to your dog?  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: adamdavid80 on October 13, 2008, 07:11:19 AM
Quote from: Jay F on October 13, 2008, 06:26:21 AM
Is that a springform, or just a ring you placed on the sheet pan?

Or is he just happy to see you?   ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 13, 2008, 08:54:09 AM
Quote from: toledobass on October 13, 2008, 05:23:30 AM
I think I've posted pics of my quiche before but here is another that I made last night and I'm having a slice of for breakfast this morning.  It's a broccoli and cheddar.


Allan - BRAVO! :D  That quiche looks quite good, and a great combo - Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on October 13, 2008, 09:30:20 AM
Quote from: Jay F on October 13, 2008, 06:26:21 AM
Is that a springform, or just a ring you placed on the sheet pan?

It's a 2" ring mold on the sheet pan.  From what I understand spring forms are generally too deep for the custard to cook properly. 


Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on October 13, 2008, 07:07:04 AM
I always wanted to try making one of those, but don't know what to do with the left over portion. I don't know if you live alone, but if you do, will you live on quiche for the next three days for three daily meals - or can it be frozen? Re-heating doesn't sound too successful.

Oh, you give the rest to your dog?  :D

I can't imagine it freezing well.  I am living alone at the moment as the Mrs. is off singing in Asia.  I will have this entire thing all to myself.  I eat a good bit throughout the day and it never really lasts long enough for me to gets that sick of.  I like having quiches around because they're good cold for a quick snack or if I want a slice for a meal I can make a small salad or whatever and slice off a decent size piece heat it up and be satisfied.

Hugo, the mutt, would love it but he's already so spoiled as it is.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on October 13, 2008, 03:01:02 PM
Quote from: adamdavid80 on October 13, 2008, 07:11:19 AM
Or is he just happy to see you?   ;D
That would be really happy.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on October 13, 2008, 03:02:15 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on October 13, 2008, 07:07:04 AM
I always wanted to try making one of those, but don't know what to do with the left over portion. I don't know if you live alone, but if you do, will you live on quiche for the next three days for three daily meals - or can it be frozen? Re-heating doesn't sound too successful.

Oh, you give the rest to your dog?  :D
I would have no problem eating the rest.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 14, 2008, 07:50:12 PM
Well, tonight we gave the little Greek Taverna another try (have been there nearly a half dozen times since my initial post) - wife is really enjoying the food - quite delicious & inexpensive.

I had the OCTAPODI SKARAS (Char-grilled octopus with rice and vegetables) - had the same dish w/ squid not too long ago; also, their gyro meat is just superb - had a Moschofilero varietal wine from the AOC region of Mantinia, in the Peloponnese; been sampling some of the 'native' Greek grapes; the white wines are quite light & refreshing w/ floral flavors, a pleasant change from some of my usual vinous libations!  :D

Special treat tonight - some live music, mainly a couple of guys on string instruments - wonderful sounds, kind of like Greek 'bluegrass'!   :)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 17, 2008, 05:10:51 PM
So, all on a starvation diet these days!  ;) ;D

Well, tonight eating in the house - Bison filet mignon, cooked medium rare (don't overcook this meat - just does not have the 'fat' of beef - calories & fat/cholesterol like chicken breast, so a great choice for a red wine!) - side dish of some local green beans, sauteed lightly w/ chopped walnuts, garlic, and some oil.

Wine for the night - a Pinot Noir from Oregon (2005 Lemelson 'Six Vineyards') - delicious combo! I'm happy tonight!   :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on October 21, 2008, 12:39:07 PM
Opening the fridge wondering what to have for an easy dinner. Aha, a nice chunk of baked Lummi Salmon and a bowl of mashed potatoes. Has anybody ever combined those two and made fried patties? Why not try! Flaked the salmon, added the potatoes, beat one egg and added to mix. A bit on the wet side, added at least half a cup of flour, mixed that in and went out in the garden cut a nice bunch of my parsley, chopped, and mixed that in also. A a bit of salt and pepper, mashed it all together, formed patties and fried in garlic flavoured olive oil.

While they were getting nice and golden I ran up Google, just of of curiosity. There were at least one hundred recipes for making fish patties! And I thought I had hit on something entirely new and inventive! But they were good, and so was the Kiona Lemberger that went with it!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Anne on October 21, 2008, 08:01:33 PM
This might be more for fried potatoes. My husband figured this out.  Always use baked potatoes for frying as they are much drier than the mashed.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on October 22, 2008, 05:55:48 AM
Anne, was your post in ref. to my fish patties? It's mashed spuds I had in my fridge, can't recall ever having had leftover fried potatoes. These here are the last three patties, more crisp!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on October 22, 2008, 06:02:33 AM
I give up! No, I did not eat the Colchicums, but somehow they insisted on showing up here. Pretty, aren't they?  :-[
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on October 22, 2008, 12:40:43 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on October 22, 2008, 06:02:33 AM
I give up! No, I did not eat the Colchicums, but somehow they insisted on showing up here. Pretty, aren't they?  :-[

Indeed.  The patties look scrumptious as well.  Nice color on them.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on October 24, 2008, 05:07:34 PM
"Creole" (i.e. I just used the lazymode seasoning mix) baked whiting with lime and a baked potato. It's such a relief to have something other than pasta.  :'(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Anne on October 26, 2008, 05:54:22 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on October 22, 2008, 05:55:48 AM
Anne, was your post in ref. to my fish patties? It's mashed spuds I had in my fridge, can't recall ever having had leftover fried potatoes. These here are the last three patties, more crisp!

You mentioned needing to add flour to the mashed potatoes because they were too wet.  That reminded me of the beautiful fried potatoes my husband used to make.  They were so crunchy.  He always used baked potatoes for frying.  Boiled potatoes do not make nice fried potatoes because there is too much liquid in boiled potatoes.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on October 27, 2008, 09:04:52 PM
Anne, your husband never steamed the potatoes? I am lucky, my grocer sells Fingerling potatoes and I only steam them, never boil and of course they could not be baked.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: M forever on October 27, 2008, 09:27:35 PM
Quote from: Anne on October 26, 2008, 05:54:22 PM
Boiled potatoes do not make nice fried potatoes because there is too much liquid in boiled potatoes.

How about just frying raw potatoes?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on October 28, 2008, 05:08:56 AM
Quote from: M forever on October 27, 2008, 09:27:35 PM
How about just frying raw potatoes?

Every time I've tried that they burn on the outside and are undercooked on the inside.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Wanderer on October 28, 2008, 05:37:19 AM
Quote from: Corey on October 28, 2008, 05:08:56 AM
Every time I've tried that they burn on the outside and are undercooked on the inside.

Not all potatos are suitale for the frying pan (of course the quality of the oil is important, too) . That which you describe happens when the potatos are of the wrong/unsuitable variety and/or not of good quality (or e.g. stored for too long). I don't know about your part of the world, but here we ask the grocer for certain varieties (the one I like best is of Egyptian import) that are just perfect for frying - and we only use olive oil.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 28, 2008, 07:18:38 AM
Just returned from a visit w/ our son & DIL who live in Indianapolis, IN - we have a number of favorite seafood (YES, in the mid-west!) restaurants there and some other interesting choices:

Kona Jack's Fish Market & Restaurant (http://www.konajacksindy.com/) - started out w/ some delicious Oysters on the half shell (several different types) followed by a Walleye w/ rice pilaf & veggies - shared a bottle of King Estate 2007 Pinot Gris w/ my son (gals had cocktails of some type?); I grew up in Toledo & southern Michigan near the west end of Lake Erie - Great Lakes fish were a favorite (and just not available in my area) - Walleye is also known as Yellow Pickerel, a nice flaky and tasty white flesh!  :P

The Jazz Kitchen (http://www.thejazzkitchen.com/) - combo of live jazz (female singer popular in the area w/ a couple of CDs out) and a surprisingly good dinner for that format; I had the Salmon cooked on a cedar plank w/ a few glasses of Acacia Pinot Noir - pleasant; music included the singer w/ a sax player, keyboardist, & a drummer -  :)

Puck's at IMA (http://www.imamuseum.org/connect/pucks) - last full day, we did a light brunch at Wolfgang Puck's restaurant in the Indiana Museum of Art, which had just re-opened after a major remodelling - both are worth a visit if you in the Indy area!

Mitchell's Fish Market (http://www.mitchellsfishmarket.com/Menus.cfm) - our last dinner; again, started out w/ Oysters (wife & I had 8 each; four different kinds, including PEI & Pacific Northwest Coast - wonderful variety!); I had another Walleye 'oriental-style' dish - the fish is steamed w/ ginger & scallions, along w/ some spinach, all placed over a bed of sticky rice (the link gives PDF menus, if interested) -  :)  The Walleye fish was a great choice for this preparation - consistent 'chain' restaurant (but NONE in my 'neck of the woods' -  :'(); shared bottle of wine, Miner, 2006 Viognier.

So, if you find yourself in the middle of Indiana (which is mostly Indianapolis & suburbs), then there are plenty of good places to eat -  :)


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Walleye_painting.jpg/310px-Walleye_painting.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on October 28, 2008, 11:43:07 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on October 28, 2008, 05:37:19 AM
Not all potatos are suitale for the frying pan (of course the quality of the oil is important, too) . That which you describe happens when the potatos are of the wrong/unsuitable variety and/or not of good quality (or e.g. stored for too long). I don't know about your part of the world, but here we ask the grocer for certain varieties (the one I like best is of Egyptian import) that are just perfect for frying - and we only use olive oil.

I usually just throw them in the microwave for 5 minutes before cutting them up and throwing them on the pan. Works fairly well. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on October 28, 2008, 01:52:37 PM
Quote from: Wanderer on October 28, 2008, 05:37:19 AM
Not all potatos are suitale for the frying pan (of course the quality of the oil is important, too) . That which you describe happens when the potatos are of the wrong/unsuitable variety and/or not of good quality (or e.g. stored for too long). I don't know about your part of the world, but here we ask the grocer for certain varieties (the one I like best is of Egyptian import) that are just perfect for frying - and we only use olive oil.
Do you really french fry with olive oil  :o ? Olive oil is the best of course, even for frying but for deep frying I'd assume it would end up taking over whatever is being fried, no?

what I do is, I fry the potatoes a little bit first, set them aside draining the excess oil, and then refry them when ready to eat. This way they become very crispy on the outside but soft on the inside.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on October 28, 2008, 04:23:05 PM
Now I got confused!  :-\

Fried potatoes are sliced very thin, at least in my kitchen they are, how can they be different inside and outside? Do you cut thick slices? - No, I do not own a microwave and don't bother sending me one!  ::)

If I don't have Fingerlings then Yukon Golds are very good for almost any potato dish because they are not watery, as their Idaho cousins always are.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Anne on October 28, 2008, 09:00:54 PM
Quote from: Corey on October 28, 2008, 11:43:07 AM
I usually just throw them in the microwave for 5 minutes before cutting them up and throwing them on the pan. Works fairly well. :)

Yes, my husband did the same thing if there were no leftover baked potatoes.  As you said, it works quite well.

I can't remember if he ever tried frying raw potatoes although he must have as he was never one to put extra steps (microwave before frying) into a recipe unless absolutely necessary.

If the potatoes burn on the outside and are raw in the inside, I wonder if turning down the heat would help.  Seems like it would.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on October 29, 2008, 03:58:07 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on October 28, 2008, 04:23:05 PM
Now I got confused!  :-\

Fried potatoes are sliced very thin, at least in my kitchen they are, how can they be different inside and outside? Do you cut thick slices? - No, I do not own a microwave and don't bother sending me one!  ::)

I cut them a little thicker than the Mc Donalds standard. This would be a close approximation:
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/160/357670845_7603731b9d.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on October 29, 2008, 07:01:11 AM
Ach, that language barrier! Orbital, you are talking about French Fries, I am talking about geröstete Kartoffel, the spuds made in frying pan, usually with some onions added, in certain areas of Germany even caraway seeds!

Are we together now?  :-*
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Wanderer on October 29, 2008, 09:22:07 AM
Quote from: orbital on October 28, 2008, 01:52:37 PM
Do you really french fry with olive oil  :o ?

Oh, yes. I live at the source, after all; plus, we produce our own. I remember my mother tried using other oils for frying at some point out of curiosity but it never worked; the taste was definitely worse (at best) than when using olive oil, plus the fried stuff (potatoes, etc.) weren't as crunchy or crispy and retained more oil inside them (more heavy and oily).

Quote from: orbital on October 28, 2008, 01:52:37 PM
Olive oil is the best of course, even for frying but for deep frying I'd assume it would end up taking over whatever is being fried, no?

what I do is, I fry the potatoes a little bit first, set them aside draining the excess oil, and then refry them when ready to eat. This way they become very crispy on the outside but soft on the inside.

What do you mean by "taking over" (I'm a foreigner, remember:-)? If it's something like obscuring the taste, it doesn't happen. I find that it enhances the taste without overpowering it (maybe because it's absorbed in a lesser degree than other oils).
The end result you describe is exactly what we get, unless the potatoes aren't good.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on October 29, 2008, 12:36:41 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on October 29, 2008, 07:01:11 AM
Ach, that language barrier! Orbital, you are talking about French Fries, I am talking about geröstete Kartoffel, the spuds made in frying pan, usually with some onions added, in certain areas of Germany even caraway seeds!

Are we together now?  :-*
Yep. Quite possibly the best tasting food ever invented, fried whichever way  :)

Quote from: Wanderer on October 29, 2008, 09:22:07 AM
What do you mean by "taking over" (I'm a foreigner, remember:-)? If it's something like obscuring the taste, it doesn't happen. I find that it enhances the taste without overpowering it (maybe because it's absorbed in a lesser degree than other oils).

Yes, I meant taking over the taste of the potato itself. But if that's not the case, I'll give it a try. I, too use olive oil exclusively except for deep frying.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on October 29, 2008, 07:25:17 PM
Here potato varieties all have a chart on the bag that tells their most suitable uses (frying, boiled, mashed, scalloped etc). very convenient.

Another way I like them is the greek way (or more plausibly the canadian pseudo-greek way): sliced in big wedges, fried a few minutes, then left to stand with a lemon juice-olive oil dressing with oregano. After an hour or two, shove the thing in the hot oven and cook until golden brown. The liquid evaporates and the potatoes finish cooking in oil. Delicious!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Dundonnell on November 02, 2008, 11:41:00 AM
British Oakham Chicken Paupiettes with a mushroom and parsley filling, garnished with bacon, sage, butter and fresh thyme.

Gorgeous.....except that I spent too much time here and the stuffing has run a bit :(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Dundonnell on November 02, 2008, 11:47:03 AM
Quote from: Dundonnell on November 02, 2008, 11:41:00 AM
British Oakham Chicken Paupiettes with a mushroom and parsley filling, garnished with bacon, sage, butter and fresh thyme.

Gorgeous.....except that I spent too much time here and the stuffing has run a bit :(

Correction.....run "a lot" :( :(

Moral=don't try to cook and try to keep up with an ongoing GMG debate at the same time ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on November 03, 2008, 12:54:31 PM
Shepherd's pie! (or "cottage" pie for those across the Pond. I've never made it before, but it turned out very well (not that it's a difficult dish).  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Dundonnell on November 04, 2008, 04:15:30 AM
Quote from: Corey on November 03, 2008, 12:54:31 PM
Shepherd's pie! (or "cottage" pie for those across the Pond. I've never made it before, but it turned out very well (not that it's a difficult dish).  :)

Both are very familiar to us on the other side of the Pond :)  But there may be a difference-see below

http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/londonfood3.htm
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on November 04, 2008, 05:02:56 AM
I used ground beef, so to you it would be cottage pie, but over here it's called shepherd's pie. Lamb isn't as commonly used here as it is elsewhere.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Dundonnell on November 04, 2008, 05:15:38 AM
Quote from: Corey on November 04, 2008, 05:02:56 AM
I used ground beef, so to you it would be cottage pie, but over here it's called shepherd's pie. Lamb isn't as commonly used here as it is elsewhere.

Ah!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ezodisy on November 07, 2008, 12:21:10 AM
(http://www.illy.com/wps/wcm/connect/6e729b0047345ae4b2d1b318b10b3f59/cappuccino-300x250-thumb.jpg)

(http://stagtobacconist.com/catalog/images/stagryo.jpg)

the breakfast of champions and reprobates

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on November 09, 2008, 12:03:15 PM
The correct name for my Sunday dinner is: Schweinebraten mit Biersoße - pork roast with beer sauce - and it was delicious. It was a new recipe I found some place with the unusual ingredient of crushed caraway seeds, mixed with crushed garlic plus some salt and paprica, to rub into the meat. Not a bad idea.

The recipe called for half a bottle of beer; I did not waste the other half!  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on November 11, 2008, 11:46:44 AM
Oh? You didn't like last Sunday's Beer Pork Roast? How about today's meal:

Boiled beef with horseradish sauce from Seattle's Public Market, creamed Kohlrabi and mashed potatoes? The Snoqualmie Merlot went nice with it!

Does it look kind of bland? Just wait until the horseradish blows out your sinus!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on November 11, 2008, 12:25:44 PM
P.S.: I didn't even eat half of this mound of mashed potatoes. The leftover I will use to create another one of my innovative potato soups. Maybe a few shreds of the leftover beef, a generous dollop of the horseradish, all in my own soup stock and then make some croutons, roasted in garlic-flavoured olive oil to top the soup!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on November 11, 2008, 02:50:18 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on November 11, 2008, 11:46:44 AM
Oh? You didn't like last Sunday's Beer Pork Roast?

I thought that it looked really nice, but there wasn't much to say other than that :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on November 11, 2008, 02:55:59 PM
Rob will have to come up with a program for this subject to let everybody smell and even taste the presentation. A sip or two of the beverage consumed might prove helpful!  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on November 11, 2008, 03:00:39 PM
A pasta I invented using things that were in the fridge. Angel hair pasta with a creamy pesto sauce, and there are onions, sun-dried tomatoes, and slices of turkey sausage mixed in. It's excellent!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Dundonnell on November 11, 2008, 03:08:08 PM
Quote from: Brian on November 11, 2008, 03:00:39 PM
A pasta I invented using things that were in the fridge. Angel hair pasta with a creamy pesto sauce, and there are onions, sun-dried tomatoes, and slices of turkey sausage mixed in. It's excellent!  :)

"onions" :( :(

Runs away ;D ;D

(Yeh, I know that we have had this discussion before :)_
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on November 11, 2008, 03:09:03 PM
Lis - you've owned this thread recently!  ;D  Looks like some good 'eats' comin' from your kitchen -  :P

For myself, just returned from a long weekend trip to Wrightsville Beach near Wilmington, NC - the weather was just wonderful this time of the year (in the 70s & sunny for 3 days!) - had an ocean front suite (bargain at the moment) - went to bed & woke up listening to the waves!

First night we ate at the Port Land Grille (http://www.portlandgrille.com/pages/menus.jsp) - started out 'sharing' a CRABMEAT & POACHED SHRIMP (N.C.) SALAD over hydroponic living lettuce, with toasted pinenuts, hearts of palm, caramelized onions,red grapes and a Green Goddess, champagne mustard, creme fraiche dressing & a BIG BOWL OF PORTUGUESE STYLE MUSSELS with grilled spicy sausage, tomatoes, sweet peppers, basil, roasted garlic, saffron & toasted orzo; my main course was Alaskan HALIBUT prepared in their Hong Kong Style (i.e. with peanut sticky rice, green onions, fresh basil, sauteed baby bok choy, sesame spinach, sauteed shiitake mushrooms with edamame and a sweet potato, coconut, peanut, green curry paste sauce) - shared a wonderful pumpkin dessert.  Great place to go for an 'appetizer' dinner, also - check out the menus if you plan a visit!

Second night, dined at the Brasserie du Soleil (http://www.brasseriedusoleil.com/) and decided not to have a main course; instead started w/ a dozen oysters (3 different types) on the half shell & lumped crabmeat on light salad greens - just superb & fresh!  Then decided to share a bunch of appetizers - yellowfin tuna tartare, salmon crepes, & crispy calamari - followed by a shared dessert!  :D

On our last night, we decided to return to the Brasseire du Soleil for the same experience - starters were identical to the above (boy, hard to beat great oysters & lumped crab!) - our bunch of appetizers this time included: Maine lobster bisque, country pate, & mussels (white wine/shallot sauce) - for me a couple of glasses of white wine w/ each meal!

If you're on the Carolina coast, Wilmington is a great place to visit - plenty to do & many other excellent restaurants -  :)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on November 11, 2008, 03:18:35 PM
I always love reading about your adventures in various restaurants, giving me ideas of what to cook when I open my fridge, survey the array of leftovers and recall a dish you enjoyed prepared by a professional. Very inspirational!

I don't recall where you dined, but you once mentioned the generous use of nutmeg, a spice I had almost forgotten. My Kohlrabi today had just the right ooomph, relieving it of it's usual blandness, with a very generous use of my brand new nutmeg grinder!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on November 11, 2008, 04:44:05 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on November 11, 2008, 03:18:35 PM
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I don't recall where you dined, but you once mentioned the generous use of nutmeg, a spice I had almost forgotten. My Kohlrabi today had just the right ooomph, relieving it of it's usual blandness, with a very generous use of my brand new nutmeg grinder!  ;D

Lis - we really loved those dinners @ the beach!  :D

Not sure about the 'nutmeg' reference above (if it was me or someone else? Would need to do a search of the entire thread) - but I do like nutmeg - an interesting spice that just a small amount can be used in a main course or even in a dessert - let us know 'what' you've done w/ this delightful substance -  :)

Just another comment concerning my love for venison (remember M & the 'Bambi' reference?) - on my return from the Atlantic Coast to Piedmont, North Carolina, just a 4-hour drive on I-40, there are many 'deer' warnings on the road; I must have counted at least a half dozen killed deer (on a major road, even a couple in the Raleight-Durham stretch!) - deer have over-populated in North Carolina (and of course other states) - hunting season has been extended - but, more for me to eat, I guess!  ;D

Cheers - Dave (P.S. had venison last night at our local mountain bistro) -  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papageno on November 13, 2008, 12:39:49 PM
Organic spaghetti with organic tomato puree, organic goat's milk yogurt, tahini, extra virgin Greek olive oil and a dash of oregano as a sauce.
My flat-mate says it's disgusting...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on November 13, 2008, 05:06:36 PM
Quote from: Papageno on November 13, 2008, 12:39:49 PM
Organic spaghetti with organic tomato puree, organic goat's milk yogurt, tahini, extra virgin Greek olive oil and a dash of oregano as a sauce.
My flat-mate says it's disgusting...

OK - please explain 'organic'?  I'm assuming that the term mainly implies no preservatives, fertilizers, etc. but is there 'something' else special about this appelation? Thanks -  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on November 13, 2008, 05:15:56 PM
Tonight, the LOML (Susan) placed a plate before me that I just had to take a photo!  ;D

Main course Shrimp Cakes purchased from our local seafood products store - locally made and just wonderful (like them more than crab cakes - plenty of shrimp 'inside' & wonderful oriental flavors) - Sabo Buckwheat noodles, boiled then added soy sauce & scallions + steamed 'snap peas' - wine was a new discovery (see the wine thread) from Argentina 'Mendoza Valley' - Torrontes grape - wonderful!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 13, 2008, 05:17:04 PM
The Mrs. has been in a cooking mood lately so we've been cooking a little together this past week.  Today we woke up and had an awesome breakfast.  Waffles, eggs, sausage and coffee.  Perfect.

She made our dinner tonight, a curry with cauliflower, green beans, carrots and tofu.  I made the rice.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on November 13, 2008, 05:36:42 PM
Quote from: Papageno on November 13, 2008, 12:39:49 PM
extra virgin Greek olive oil

What brand is your Greek oil? I used to get Tassos, but my store doesn't carry it any more, I now have Martinis.

I totally got off any Italian olive oil after reading in the New Yorker and exposé of the Italian oil industry. Dominated by a Mafia style organisation, who brings in tankers full of low grade oils from Spain, mostly peanut oil, and mixes it with the Italian oil. There is an official organisation in Italy supposedly checking the oils and if prooven to be pure, apply a certificate, but I have not seen any 'certificate' on any Italian oils sold in our stores here.

Greek oil is supposed to be pure.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on November 13, 2008, 05:47:06 PM
Quote from: toledobass on November 13, 2008, 05:17:04 PM
 I made the rice.

Allan

And how do you cook the rice?  ???

I learned from Nigel - remember him? - how to fix rice the way Iranians do theirs; it takes about half a day, but is different and delicious. The main attraction is the bottom layer of the rice ending up as golden, crispy grains. A nice crunchy addition to a 'soft' meal, but I don't think I'll bother to fix it too often.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papageno on November 13, 2008, 05:47:47 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on November 13, 2008, 05:36:42 PM
What brand is your Greek oil? I used to get Tassos, but my store doesn't carry it any more, I now have Martinis.

I totally got off any Italian olive oil after reading in the New Yorker and exposé of the Italian oil industry. Dominated by a Mafia style organisation, who brings in tankers full of low grade oils from Spain, mostly peanut oil, and mixes it with the Italian oil. There is an official organisation in Italy supposedly checking the oils and if prooven to be pure, apply a certificate, but I have not seen any 'certificate' on any Italian oils sold in our stores here.

Greek oil is supposed to be pure.  :)

Now I get Kolymvari.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 13, 2008, 06:05:06 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on November 13, 2008, 05:47:06 PM
And how do you cook the rice?  ???

I learned from Nigel - remember him? - how to fix rice the way Iranians do theirs; it takes about half a day, but is different and delicious. The main attraction is the bottom layer of the rice ending up as golden, crispy grains. A nice crunchy addition to a 'soft' meal, but I don't think I'll bother to fix it too often.  ;D

That sounds like a delicious way to enjoy rice.  I love that part in the bottom of the pot that sticks and gets that golden crust on it.  When I order be bim bop I let the rice sit in the hot stone bowl for a few minutes to get that crust.  I just made a plain white rice this evening.  I just use a ratio of 1 part rice to 1 1/2 parts water throw in a good pinch of salt, bring it up to a boil on med hi and let it sit at the boil for a minute or two then place on low, cover and don't touch for 20 minutes.  Then I usually take it off the oven fluff it up and serve.  If I want the crunch browned bits I'll leave it on the stove a bit longer before fluffing it up. 

I find rice to be extremely difficult to make consistently. 

Allan
Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on November 13, 2008, 06:15:19 PM
Allan, you asked me about my use of nutmeg, finally getting around to answer, sorry.  :-*

Mama was adamant about spinach not being acceptable unless it has a generous dash of nutmeg added. I followed her rule, but never did like the chances of ending up with bloody fingertips using Mama's old style nutmeg grinder. Found a nice one surfing, and it does safe my fingertips, but when I had to refill it was very difficult to put the top back on to the bottom, kind of a twisting move with a lot of pressure.

Anybody here have a grinder suitable for the female cook, who has to run to the neighbour to open the pickle or jam jars??  :-[

Got off the topic, Allan! I use it for a lot of vegetables, mainly the cabbage variety, and since you mentioned dessert I tried it tonight for cubed papayas with vanilla icecream and a rather generous amount of nutmeg. Tasted great! I bet it's good with stewed pears!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on November 13, 2008, 06:20:33 PM
You gentlemen are confusing me! Isn't 'Sonic Man' also 'Allan'?

Ach, those friggin' senior moments! Maybe I should stop posting. You know who I mean when I reply to a post, if not, take your pick - and remain my friend!  :-*
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on November 13, 2008, 06:23:15 PM
See what I mean? I forgot to add the photo of my nutmeg grinder:
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on November 13, 2008, 06:51:13 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on November 13, 2008, 06:20:33 PM
You gentlemen are confusing me! Isn't 'Sonic Man' also 'Allan'?

Maybe I should stop posting. You know who I mean when I reply to a post, if not, take your pick - and remain my friend!  :-*

Lis - Allan & I are not the same!  ;) ;D  But, I was born in Toledo & his moniker includes in part that Ohio city; plus, we do seem to share a lot of culinary interests - however, he is up in Ohio & I'm in North Carolina - maybe I should become NorthCarolinaDave?  :)

But, please don't leave us - all love you here & always enjoy your posts & flower pics!   Dave  :-*
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 13, 2008, 07:06:11 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on November 13, 2008, 06:20:33 PM
You gentlemen are confusing me! Isn't 'Sonic Man' also 'Allan'?

Ach, those friggin' senior moments! Maybe I should stop posting. You know who I mean when I reply to a post, if not, take your pick - and remain my friend!  :-*

It's all good Lis ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ezodisy on November 13, 2008, 11:37:24 PM
I ate Korean last night, that is some of the best Asian food I've tried, very spicy and rich, delicious.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on November 14, 2008, 02:47:25 AM
My Korean friend introduced me to Kimchee, she made it herself, and I love it!  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on November 14, 2008, 06:05:03 AM
(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z245/tapiola/fujicopy.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Dundonnell on November 14, 2008, 06:09:31 AM
Quote from: Corey on November 14, 2008, 06:05:03 AM
(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z245/tapiola/fujicopy.jpg)

An Apple a Day keeps the Doctor Away ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mozartsneighbor on November 14, 2008, 08:34:58 AM
Quote from: ezodisy on November 13, 2008, 11:37:24 PM
I ate Korean last night, that is some of the best Asian food I've tried, very spicy and rich, delicious.

Love Korean too but don't know any decent Korean restaurants here in Vienna. You are in London, right? There's a really good one I used to go to when I lived in London, in a little street right behind the Center Point building, near Tottenham Court Road tube -- can't remember the name.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mozartsneighbor on November 14, 2008, 08:38:31 AM
I am eating Austrian-style Pumpkin Soup I made yesterday. It is served with drops of pumpkin seed oil from Steiermark on top. Delicious.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ezodisy on November 14, 2008, 03:00:31 PM
Quote from: mozartsneighbor on November 14, 2008, 08:34:58 AM
Love Korean too but don't know any decent Korean restaurants here in Vienna. You are in London, right? There's a really good one I used to go to when I lived in London, in a little street right behind the Center Point building, near Tottenham Court Road tube -- can't remember the name.

I don't know the name either but I've eaten in a couple Korean restaurants there, you got the location exactly right. However there is a better one in Soho, just one street to the west of Frith St (Bar Italia), off Old Compton St. Great area.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: imperfection on November 14, 2008, 11:34:22 PM
(http://www.schemamag.ca/archive2/images/pekingduck1.jpg)

I love Peking duck.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on November 16, 2008, 11:40:56 AM
Where is everybody? OK, I eat it myself!

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on November 16, 2008, 11:42:32 AM
For all my friends here, Adeau to summer! My last ones out of the garden.  :-*
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mozartsneighbor on November 16, 2008, 12:11:59 PM
Quote from: ezodisy on November 14, 2008, 03:00:31 PM
I don't know the name either but I've eaten in a couple Korean restaurants there, you got the location exactly right. However there is a better one in Soho, just one street to the west of Frith St (Bar Italia), off Old Compton St. Great area.

I don't know that one, thanks for the tip. I will give it a try next time I'm in London.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on November 16, 2008, 02:19:10 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on November 16, 2008, 11:40:56 AM
Where is everybody? OK, I eat it myself!


Lis - that veal looks delicious, and thanks for the flowers - will await next season for more!  :D

Dined at our small Italian bistro the other night and I had my usual dish:  Veal piccata, nicely sauteed w/ a wondefully 'reduced' tart lemon sauce & plenty of capers - yummy!  Instead of a side of pasta (which is wonderful!), I usually get the broccoli sauteed - tons of fresh garlic shavings & other herbs added.  Meal starts w/ a fresh Romaine lettuce salad w/ an excellent homemade dressing - almost like a vinigarette of V8 juice (hard to explain) and some nice bread.  Wine - yes, of course! Usually a better Italian Pinot Grigio or the Rosenblum Viognier - had the latter (and a recommendation if you're getting into this grape).

Tonight, we ate at our mountain bistro right down the road - I had the grilled duck breast cooked medium rare w/ a berry/merlot sauce - superb!  Came w/ two sides, so shared some potato fries w/ Susan & also had some asparagus (just steamed - heart healthy) - wine for me, a couple of glasses of Pinot Noir, Brancott from New Zealand - I'm absolutely sold on their Sauvignon Blanc; the reds from that island country are improving tremendously -  :)

(http://www.carlorussowine.com/images/bn/160/24732.jpg)  (http://nomerlot.com/reviews/media/Brancott%20S%20Island%20Pinot%20Noir%202006.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on November 18, 2008, 03:07:07 PM
I only go through that about twice a year, get up at five, make a big batch of sweet yeast dough and then make it into three batches of Apfelnudeln and Schmalznudeln. Two thirds goes in the freezer, the others I manage quite nicely to have for morning and afternoon tea and in between snacks.

Dave: you mentioned heart-healthy asparagus - also good for at least four nightly trips to the bathroom, but that is OT - my schmalznudeln violate all the current dire warnings of early and painful deaths because generous helpings of pork lard are used to grease the baking pans, which makes for those delicious brown crusts on the rolls!

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papageno on November 18, 2008, 04:35:16 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on November 16, 2008, 11:40:56 AM
Where is everybody? OK, I eat it myself!

Looks cancerous...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on November 21, 2008, 03:21:41 PM
Last Saturday, my daughter-the-sexy-cop, my NY friend :-* and I had a scrumptious meal at Shun-Lee's, a Mid-town Manhattan chinese restaurant. We shared a bottle of excellent zinfandel over crunchy fried alligator and tasty duck meat, with a few mixed dim-sum appetizers thrown in. Believe it or not, I just realize now we didn't take any pictures :o. Which is why I can't post this in the GMG Members you actually met thread. Boohooohoo :'(.

But memories live on... :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on November 21, 2008, 03:58:35 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on November 21, 2008, 03:21:41 PM
Last Saturday, my daughter-the-sexy-cop, my NY friend :-* and I had a scrumptious meal at Shun-Lee's, a Mid-town Manhattan chinese restaurant..........

André - on my last visit to NYC, we ate at that restaurant - excellent!  Unfortunately, nothing available like it in my town in Norh Carolina -  :'(

Today was interesting - the LOML, Susan, has been taking horse lessons, so today I went for my first lesson & did quite well, in my mind (use to ride horses in my teen years some 40+ years ago!) - we both had a good time; reason is that there are plenty of opportunities to ride horses in our area, i.e. NC-VA mountains & on the coastal areas (and, of course, in between), so come spring we will likely be doing some horsing around!  :D

So, we felt really into this North Carolina scene and pick up some PIG MEAT (coarse chopped) w/ cole slaw from Little Richards (shown below) - Susan cooked up some fresh green beans w/ tomatoes & garlic - added a light Pinot Noir - delicious & a great day.

P.S.  Hope that Allan doesn't read this post - I know that he would like to sample that Lexington Barbecue!    ;D

(http://www.ncbbqsociety.com/images/trail_images/little_richards_web.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 21, 2008, 07:49:14 PM
Damn you.......
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on November 21, 2008, 07:54:28 PM
Quotendré - on my last visit to NYC, we ate at that restaurant - excellent!  Unfortunately, nothing available like it in my town in Norh Carolina -  Cry
Hey, what a coincidence!  :D . This was the culinary high point of our 4-day visit in the Big Apple. We had goodish meals at various eateries such as Connolly's (W.45th), as well as an italian restaurant or two I forgot already. A chicken kebab on pita from the sidewalk vendor left a bigger impression. Delicious! One of the places I wish I'd never visited is The Golden Corral. My, this is US kwizin at its worst  :P. A simple hamburger at Fuddruckers (Albany) left a much better impression.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on November 30, 2008, 12:34:43 PM
Quote from: toledobass on August 09, 2008, 03:22:05 PM
Well I've made 2 higher gluten flour pizzas so far and I'm not really sure it's gonna work out.  I think perhaps a mixture of bread and AP flour may be better.  The dough is super tough compared to AP and the first one I tried I ended up not rolling out thin enough. It was really too chewy and bread like.  The second I made much thinner and while I liked the results it turned out more like a NY style pizza with a good crispy bite to it.  Good but not what I'm looking for. I don't think the dough responds well to the lower temp of 500. I have 3 more of these things to use up then I think I might try and spike some AP with just a touch of the higher gluten bread flower. 

Allan
Well, my pizza experimenting days are over and I think I am pretty close to what I started out to do which is to make a true NY style pizza. I've experimented with many hydration/temperature/yeast/sugar levels and came to the conclusion that there are two very important things to deliver a good pizza: Fermentation and high heat. To my surprise, high gluten flour did not work the way I thought it would and I achieved much better results with high quality bread flour. From what I can tell if you are to use a high gluten flour you should increase the hydration levels so that the dough can be rolled properly.
I employ a triple fermentation method with a wet dough (around 60%) and cook at about 800F. The pizza comes out in about 2 1/2 - 3 minutes perfectly charred. As for the sauce, absolutely no olive oil at those temperatures. Fresh tomatoes with salt and herbs is just what this pizza needs.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on November 30, 2008, 07:54:09 PM
My friend turned me on to eating chickpeas. Anyways some issues concering the nutritonal info.

I bought a bag of dried chickpeas today and it says 1/4 cup (45g) of chickpeas have 168 calories...That must be wrong no? Do they add something to give it that many calories?


On this website http://www.calorieking.com/foods/food.php?amount=1&unit=110697&category_id=34646&brand_id=1&food_id=69896&partner=

1 cup of chickpeas
Nutrition Facts
Calories 269
(Kilojoules 1124)
       % DV**
Total Fat   4.2 g   7%
   Sat. Fat   0.4 g   2%
Cholesterol   0 mg   0%
Sodium   11 mg   0%
Total Carbs.   45.0 g   15%
   Dietary Fiber   12.5 g   50%
   Sugars   7.9 g   
Protein   14.5 g   
Calcium   80.4 mg   
Potassium   477.2 mg   


The bag is in spanish, but I don't see any ingredients but they look like another others I bought...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on December 01, 2008, 01:21:38 AM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Taleggio_different_sorts.JPG/260px-Taleggio_different_sorts.JPG)

Finally found somewhere that sells taleggio - it is a favourite of mine, but I hadn't had any for around two years due to losing a source to buy from. Such an incredible cheese - so tangy and flavourful, and either spreadable or able to be sliced. The rind is something special too - the worst smelling thing I have yet to encounter in this life. I ate it with oat biscuits and salad with grapes + apple.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 02, 2008, 01:39:22 PM
my new favorite (SFW) website:

http://foodporndaily.com/ (http://foodporndaily.com/)



Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 04, 2008, 05:48:21 PM
Tonight, a second try at a new restaurant in town, the Ombu (http://www.omburestaurants.com/index.html#) - an absolutely gorgeous place (hope that it lasts in this economy!) - the menu is quite eclectic w/ plenty of interesting options; the wine list is superb - tonight I had a couple of glasses of Steele Pinot Noir from Santa Barbara.

Susan & I both started w/ the Hydroponic Bib Salad - crisp & tender lettuce leafs w/ nuts & cheese, plus a light dressing - a joy to eat!  She had the New Zealand Lamb Chops w/ beans/figs & pommes frites (lightly fried and just delicious; not as thin as usual but crisp).  I had the Salmon Blackened w/ skillet potatoes (like thicker hash browns) and asparagus (tender and tasty).  Shared a dessert w/ a couple of cappuccinos.  We'll be returning in the near future!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 05, 2008, 06:14:58 PM
A new discovery for me tonight - Quinoa - a seed/grain product from South America, and a popular Incan food - reference HERE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinoa)!

Basically a carb/protein food w/ a fairly bland taste (kind of like 'cream of wheat') - accompanied w/ an Italian chicken dish w/ tomatoes/olives/onions - when combined w/ this mixture a very nice combination; the Quinoa is high in protein & fiber - we plan to explore future preparations, including a mixed pepper dish that was on the box!

Any other experiences w/ this product?  As some of you may know, I'm a fanatic about the history of the American continents, and to think that I'm eating a grain/seed that was considered a noble part of the Incan diet absolutely is thrilling! Hmmm -  :D

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Chenopodium_quinoa0.jpg/270px-Chenopodium_quinoa0.jpg)  (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Quinoa.jpg/300px-Quinoa.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mozartsneighbor on December 08, 2008, 01:09:04 PM
I made some Vanille Kipferl, my favorite Austrian cookie. It is a cookie made using the sanding method so has kind of a Scottish short-bread texture and flavor -- the big difference is they are tossed in vanilla sugar at the end and are, of course, crescent shaped. Delicious.
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c158/team1987/vanilinkilflice2.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 08, 2008, 04:55:00 PM
Quote from: mozartsneighbor on December 08, 2008, 01:09:04 PM
I made some Vanille Kipferl, my favorite Austrian cookie. It is a cookie made using the sanding method so has kind of a Scottish short-bread texture and flavor -- the big difference is they are tossed in vanilla sugar at the end and are, of course, crescent shaped. Delicious.
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c158/team1987/vanilinkilflice2.jpg)  (http://www.artsdesiregifts.com/uploads/salem_moravian_spice_475ozt.jpg)


MN - those cookies of yours do look delicious!  :P

In Winston-Salem, North Carolina, there is a historic Moravian tradition that dates back to the 1750-60s - the Moravians had wonderful music/seasonal traditions, which included some unique foods & desserts, including a favorite of ours, Moravian Ginger Cookies; these are some of the thinnest cookies on the planet - crisp (but melting in your mouth) w/ just a 'biting' ginger taste - the statement that your can't eat just one is not even applicable here - you can't stop eating a dozen or two!  Susan & I proved that tonight!  If you get a chance to eat these cookies, don't pass over the experience -  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 08, 2008, 05:08:05 PM
A few posts back in this thread, I commented on a 'new discovery' for us, i.e. Quinoa grain from South America; on the box was a recipe for Quinoa Stuff Peppers - well, Susan made these peppers tonight and the meal was just delicious; the mushrooms & quinoa gave the stuffing a 'meaty' quality - the recipe below was a little bland for me, so we'll try some additions in the next attempt, i.e. a little cilantro & some chile pepper (not much), and maybe a little cumin?  :)

If interested, check out the Quinoa Site HERE (http://www.quinoa.net/181.html) - please reply back if other recipes are tried positively - thanks -  ;D

QuoteQuinoa Stuffed Peppers (from the back of the Traditional Box)
(4 Servings)
1 cup Traditional Quinoa
2 cups Water
4 large or 6 medium  Green Peppers
1 medium Onion, diced
1/2 lb. fresh Mushrooms, sliced
2 Tbsp. Butter
1 - 28 oz can Tomatoes, coarsely diced (reserve juice)
2 Garlic cloves, crushed
1 - 12 oz jar Mexican Salsa
2 Tbs. Dry Sherry
10 oz Mozzarella Cheese, shredded

Pre-heat oven to 325° F. Cook traditional quinoa following basic directions (add 1 cup quinoa to 1 1/2 cups boiling water, return to a boil, then lower heat to a simmer and cook until water is absorbed, about 15 minutes). Steam 4 large or 6 medium green peppers until soft but not limp. In a large skillet, saute the onion and mushrooms in butter. Add the diced tomatoes (reserve the juice). Add the crushed garlic and Mexican salsa. Cook over medium heat for 10 minutes. Add the sherry and simmer 10 more minutes. Fold in quinoa. Place peppers in baking dish and fill with quinoa mixture. This will take about half the mixture. Thin remainder with reserved juice and pour around peppers.

Sprinkle shredded mozzarella over peppers and bake in 325° F. oven for 30-35 minutes.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 08, 2008, 05:10:40 PM
I made some Pinoy food tonight.  I made an adobo and some mungo.  Basically, adobo is the national dish of the Philippines.  It's essentially a vinegar braise.  There are all different types of adobos: pork, chicken, seafood etc etc.  Tonight I made it with pork shoulder but I also threw in some pieces of pork belly which I've never tried before.  Totally awesome!!!!  Mungo is a mung bean dish with spinach and some pieces of pork or sometimes some sort of salty fish.  Of course there is rice on the plate too.

Filipino food is never that pretty to look at but tastes oh so good.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 08, 2008, 05:38:47 PM
Quote from: orbital on November 30, 2008, 12:34:43 PM
Well, my pizza experimenting days are over and I think I am pretty close to what I started out to do which is to make a true NY style pizza. I've experimented with many hydration/temperature/yeast/sugar levels and came to the conclusion that there are two very important things to deliver a good pizza: Fermentation and high heat. To my surprise, high gluten flour did not work the way I thought it would and I achieved much better results with high quality bread flour. From what I can tell if you are to use a high gluten flour you should increase the hydration levels so that the dough can be rolled properly.
I employ a triple fermentation method with a wet dough (around 60%) and cook at about 800F. The pizza comes out in about 2 1/2 - 3 minutes perfectly charred. As for the sauce, absolutely no olive oil at those temperatures. Fresh tomatoes with salt and herbs is just what this pizza needs.

How are you getting to 800F?   

Allan (sofa king jealous)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 09, 2008, 03:57:44 PM
bibimbop tonight


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 09, 2008, 04:08:44 PM
Quote from: toledobass on December 09, 2008, 03:57:44 PM
bibimbop tonight


Allan - good evening!  :D

Looks like you're into some 'far eastern' dishes the last few nights - Korean food, I assume - I've not often eaten at Korean restaurants, but have usually enjoyed the experience - may have to give them a more frequent try!

Unfortunately, not much available in my locale - Chinese (of course), some Thai, & Japanese - that's about it!  I've sampled some Vietnamese food on trips, which has been enjoyable - Susan has some 'oriental' recipes (which I love) but not the 'real' thing - ENJOY!  Dave   :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 09, 2008, 05:21:03 PM
Apricot Jell-O with dry white bread toast. Peach Jell-O with crackers. Half a banana with dry white bread toast. Apple sauce with crackers.

And this for the past six days because I have been invaded by that very nasty virus. Allan, your picture doesn't cause any envy, only nausea.

Enjoy! I might come back some day.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 09, 2008, 05:35:44 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on December 09, 2008, 05:21:03 PM
Apricot Jell-O with dry white bread toast. Peach Jell-O with crackers. Half a banana with dry white bread toast. Apple sauce with crackers.

And this for the past six days because I have been invaded by that very nasty virus.....Enjoy! I might come back some day.

Hi Lis - really sorry that you have a virus! Please have a speedy recovery - we all miss your wonderful posts in the 'eating & wine' threads - get better soon!  ;) :D   Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on December 09, 2008, 06:23:45 PM
Hey uffeviking - we should have a sick people party.  ;D I have the flu - the real flu, not the stomach variety - but tonight we made chicken breasts with a sort of "topping" of parmesan, mustard and bread crumbs, plus a nice Greek salad and some chocolate chip cookies.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 09, 2008, 06:30:08 PM
Quote from: Brian on December 09, 2008, 06:23:45 PM
Hey uffeviking - we should have a sick people party.  ;D I have the flu - the real flu, not the stomach variety - but tonight we made chicken breasts with a sort of "topping" of parmesan, mustard and bread crumbs, plus a nice Greek salad and some chocolate chip cookies.  8)

Now Brian, I must ask as a physician, did you get a 'flu shot'?  A requirement in my place of employment, i.e. a medical center - but for those who don't believe in a flu shot (or now depending on age, a nasal inhalant), start reconsidering - not a guarantee, but quick and usually effective -  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 09, 2008, 06:45:06 PM
Dave: Happy you believe in Flu shots, but there is nothing known to the medics that prevents or cures that nasty virus. Even my family doctor had it, now he commiserates with me, knows exactly what I am going through. Big help!  ::)

Brian: Good news you enjoyed this delicious meal of chicken and other goodies. I'll take a rain check on the party!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mozartsneighbor on December 10, 2008, 12:07:03 PM
Yesterday I tried a recipe from the cookbook of the River Café, a famous Italian restaurant in London. A recipe from the north of Italy of pork loin cooked in milk. It is very intriguing, quite delicious, and not too hard: take a 2 kg boned pork loin, season generously with salt and freshly cracked pepper, and sear in a pan with very hot olive oil till nicely brown on all sides. Take out the meat and pour out the fat. Over a low heat melt 50g butter and throw in 5 halved garlic cloves and a handful of fresh sage leaves. After a few minutes put the meat back in and pour in about 1,5 liters hot milk; the milk should come up to 3/4s the meat's height. Let come to a boil and throw in the peel of 2 lemons with pith removed. Reduce heat to low and let simmer gently with the lid slightly askew on top for about 2,5 hours. The slow cooking and reduction of the milk with the lemon will lead to curdling. At the end there  will be a lumpy brownish sauce that is delicious. Slice the loin and spoon over the sauce. I served it with green beans.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on December 10, 2008, 12:10:36 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on December 09, 2008, 06:30:08 PM
Now Brian, I must ask as a physician, did you get a 'flu shot'?  A requirement in my place of employment, i.e. a medical center - but for those who don't believe in a flu shot (or now depending on age, a nasal inhalant), start reconsidering - not a guarantee, but quick and usually effective -  :)
I "believe in" flu shots and was supposed to get one because my little bro is asthmatic, but ... I just didn't get one.  :(  This is the first year in which I have failed to do so, and look what happens!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 10, 2008, 03:42:17 PM
Quote from: Brian on December 10, 2008, 12:10:36 PM
I "believe in" flu shots and was supposed to get one because my little bro is asthmatic, but ... I just didn't get one.  :(  This is the first year in which I have failed to do so, and look what happens!  ;D

Brian - get well soon!   :D  Wish I could give you a bowl (or two) of my wife's famous Matzo Ball Chicken Soup - really 'blows out' your sinuses!  :o  Dave  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 10, 2008, 06:05:29 PM
No pics of my late night dinner tonight, but I braised a piece of chuck roast in some beer, a little cinnamon, cloves, star anise, a tomato, onions carrots and ginger. I should be having it over rice but sliced it up and put it and the sauce over some pasta.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 11, 2008, 04:43:08 PM
A hamburger with some stir fried veg and a baked potato.


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Dundonnell on December 11, 2008, 05:13:56 PM
Quote from: mozartsneighbor on December 10, 2008, 12:07:03 PM
Yesterday I tried a recipe from the cookbook of the River Café, a famous Italian restaurant in London. A recipe from the north of Italy of pork loin cooked in milk. It is very intriguing, quite delicious, and not too hard: take a 2 kg boned pork loin, season generously with salt and freshly cracked pepper, and sear in a pan with very hot olive oil till nicely brown on all sides. Take out the meat and pour out the fat. Over a low heat melt 50g butter and throw in 5 halved garlic cloves and a handful of fresh sage leaves. After a few minutes put the meat back in and pour in about 1,5 liters hot milk; the milk should come up to 3/4s the meat's height. Let come to a boil and throw in the peel of 2 lemons with pith removed. Reduce heat to low and let simmer gently with the lid slightly askew on top for about 2,5 hours. The slow cooking and reduction of the milk with the lemon will lead to curdling. At the end there  will be a lumpy brownish sauce that is delicious. Slice the loin and spoon over the sauce. I served it with green beans.

Sounds delicious, Miguel ;D My mouth is watering :) Must try that recipe!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 11, 2008, 05:34:48 PM
Tonight, out to our little Italian bistro - nothing fancy but quite well done:

I had my usual Veal Piccata w/ a wonderfully tart 'reduced' lemon sauce & plenty of capers - don't know why but I just love that dish; side dish of Broccoli sauteed w/ shaved garlic - yummy!  Main course comes w/ a wonderfully fresh Romaine lettuce salad & a home-made dressing & some nice bread; of course, a few glasses of white wine (tonight Rosenblum Viognier - a wonderful combination!) - boy, just delicious.

Oh, Susan had a pasta dish (kind of rainy out & she likes those warm snacky combos) - tonight, a repeat dish of pasta w/ Italian sausage + fresh mushrooms w/ a wonderful tomato sauce - had a few bites - quite tasty!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 11, 2008, 07:44:41 PM
A tip for anybody living in an area infested by the Norovirus, from my neighbour who was spared the virus even though his wife had it, and of course I was the source:

A hefty shot of Tequila and add a generous slurp of Tabasco Sauce! He learned it while eating in a Mexican Oyster bar and observing the native customers squirting Tabasco on the oysters to kill any possible bugs! Ed figured if it purifies the oysters, it might do the same for his stomach. Works great!

He should have told me ten days ago!  ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on December 12, 2008, 06:50:12 PM
Whatever happened to fresh lemon juice on raw oysters? Tabasco sauce?? Caramba! All the fun is gone (not to mention the taste). :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 13, 2008, 01:35:11 PM
Salisbury steak with mashers and mushroom gravy, green beens on the side.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mozartsneighbor on December 13, 2008, 02:55:51 PM
Quote from: Dundonnell on December 11, 2008, 05:13:56 PM
Sounds delicious, Miguel ;D My mouth is watering :) Must try that recipe!
It is pretty delicious. Good luck with it!  :) Not too challenging to make, though, as you can see.

Today, I made, from the same River Cafe cookbook, Lemon, Almond, and Polenta Cake. Very yummy, but this has got to be terrible health-wise: it's got 450 g of butter in there!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 14, 2008, 05:30:00 PM
Some more Filipino food tonight.  I made kare kare.  Typically, it's a stew of oxtails, eggplant and long beans in a peanut sauce.  I had some shanks in the freezer so I used those instead and I used green beans instead of long beans.  The condiment on the side is called bagoong. It's fermented shrimp paste.  Very salty stuff so it's usually on the side so you can add to your own taste. Once again the pic is proof that a lot of this cusine is not very visually appealing...I wish you were all here to taste it though...


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 16, 2008, 05:21:03 AM
One of my favorite breakfasts lately:  miso and coffee


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on December 16, 2008, 03:23:11 PM
(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z245/tapiola/rice.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mn dave on December 16, 2008, 03:26:36 PM
(http://www.silkiestar-ragdoll-cats.co.uk/images/kitten_for_sale3.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 16, 2008, 03:33:07 PM
Quote from: mn dave on December 16, 2008, 03:26:36 PM
(http://www.silkiestar-ragdoll-cats.co.uk/images/kitten_for_sale3.jpg)  (http://www.garycmartin.com/images/furball.jpg)

Dave - watch OUT! You might bring up a 'fur ball'!  ;D ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on December 16, 2008, 03:36:55 PM
Dave! You wouldn't dare!  :o
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Dundonnell on December 16, 2008, 03:41:16 PM
Quote from: mn dave on December 16, 2008, 03:26:36 PM
(http://www.silkiestar-ragdoll-cats.co.uk/images/kitten_for_sale3.jpg)

WHAT is this gorgeous, sweet, delightful little thing doing in a thread called 'What are you eating?" ??? ::) >:( ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on December 16, 2008, 03:57:15 PM
Quote from: mn dave on December 16, 2008, 03:26:36 PM
(http://www.silkiestar-ragdoll-cats.co.uk/images/kitten_for_sale3.jpg)

(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z245/tapiola/you-make-kitty-scared.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mn dave on December 16, 2008, 04:15:59 PM
Enough for everyone!

(http://www.moccasinlanding.com/files/Lily/TigLilybaby01Ap01.jpg)

;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on December 16, 2008, 04:51:54 PM
I just made fettucini alfredo, but in the interest of clearing out the fridge before I leave Thursday, added some delicious turkey sausage and fresh mushrooms to the mix.  0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Dundonnell on December 16, 2008, 06:04:58 PM
Quote from: mn dave on December 16, 2008, 04:15:59 PM
Enough for everyone!

(http://www.moccasinlanding.com/files/Lily/TigLilybaby01Ap01.jpg)

;D

Bad man ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 18, 2008, 06:40:19 AM
That was yesterday afternoon on my sundeck. Snowing right now and it'll keep on snowing into next week. Sorry, can't serve you any lunch on the patio table.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 18, 2008, 06:54:24 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on December 18, 2008, 06:40:19 AM
That was yesterday afternoon on my sundeck. Snowing right now and it'll keep on snowing into next week. Sorry, can't serve you any lunch on the patio table.

Hello Lis - looks beautiful (as long as one can be inside!  :D) - we've just had intermittent rains so far in NC!

Couple of days ago we received a package of bison tenderloins in the mail (ordered out of Montana this time), just the 6oz size; so last night grilled 'medium rare to rare' (pretty much looked like the pic below) - Susan served them w/ some 'oven fries' and green beans; wine was a Hess Cabernet Sauvignon, 2003 vintage (had been in my cellar nearly 2 years)!  Delicious and a great choice if you want 'red' meat that pretty much matches (if not beats) chicken breast for fat/cholesterol -  :D

(https://bodybybison.com/catalog/images/filet.jpg)  (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3183/2618385279_0c627110eb.jpg?v=0)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 18, 2008, 08:01:56 AM
It's probably not nice during this season to rub in a "I told you so! but I'll do it anyhow.  >:D

It must have been a few months ago when I warned cooks here to be very careful about the olive oil they are using and I based my warning on an exhaustive report published in The New Yorker, exposing Mafia involvemend in the Italian olive oil business. Today's headlines in the US media deal with FDA investigations in New England states, mislabeling, etc. of olive oil!

I have switched to Greek olive oil after reading The New Yorker!  0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on December 18, 2008, 11:31:20 AM
(http://blog.apogee.gr/files/I_Love_Hot_Chocolate.jpg)
Not that it is something I can eat, but I've made it so thick that I actually could if I wanted to :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 20, 2008, 04:35:04 PM
I checked out a new (to me) place tonight and somehow managed to finish 3 pieces of fried chicken, 1 piece of fried haddock, a small container of fried gizzards, mashed potato, slaw and a dinner roll.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 21, 2008, 07:30:38 AM
Well, we are currently in Atlanta, GA - just a long weekend 'get-a-away', kind of holiday treat to ourselves; mainly came to see the King Tut exhibit @ the Civic Center (yesterday - wonderful!); today, off to the Art Museum area - a number of exhibits there, including one from the Louvre Museum - then back home Monday morning.

But have also done some fine eating here: 

Oceanaire Seafood restaurant the first night - we shared a dozen West Coast oysters, 4 different types and all from Washington State; then I had some Jumbo Stone Crab claws - fresh as can be w/ a delicate 'home-made' mustard sauce; of course, a couple of glasses of Pinot Grigio; this is apparently a 'chain' restaurant w/ a branch in Charlotte, NC, so may be put on our Charlotte restaurant list (just a 90 min drive away).

Nikolai's Roof - on top of the downtown Hilton w/ a beautiful view of Atlanta (although a city not as exciting to look at from that height as New York or Chicago - or a number of others!).  We both selected a prix fixe 4-course dinner starting w/ a Trio of Piroshkis kind of little Russian pastries stuffed w/ meats or seafood and served w/ a delicate Bearnaise sauce; second course was grilled Georgia quail w/ a quail egg fried & a concentrated celery soup (just a small amount!); the I went w/ the grilled Boar tenderloin (http://www.nikolaisroof.com/food/index.cfm?Fuseaction=ingredient) from the Texas Hill country - pink & tender; a couple of glasses of reserve Pinot Noir from CA was perfect; dessert a wonderful Grand Marnier Soufflé - light, small, & tasty!

Tonight, the Atlanta Grill - in the Ritz Hotel (downtown) - not sure what we'll order but should be quite good!  We got a great weekend package -  :D

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2205/1806727602_a51b31293b.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ezodisy on December 21, 2008, 04:42:50 PM
Quote from: Corey on December 16, 2008, 03:23:11 PM
(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z245/tapiola/rice.jpg)

This reminds me of a great Japanese film in which the main character was sexually aroused by the smell of steamed rice. Wish I could remember the name of that film because it was strange and unique (saw it at a festival about two years ago).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 21, 2008, 05:18:52 PM
I remember seeing that movie too, Sidoze.  Wasn't that Suzuki's Branded to Kill? 

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 22, 2008, 06:15:48 AM
Quote from: toledobass on December 20, 2008, 04:35:04 PM
I checked out a new (to me) place tonight and somehow managed to finish 3 pieces of fried chicken, 1 piece of fried haddock, a small container of fried gizzards, mashed potato, slaw and a dinner roll.

Allan

And what place was that, Allan? Should I check it out when next I'm in Ohio (which will be in May/June...another wedding to attend)?

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mozartsneighbor on December 22, 2008, 08:46:57 AM
Quote from: toledobass on December 21, 2008, 05:18:52 PM
I remember seeing that movie too, Sidoze.  Wasn't that Suzuki's Branded to Kill? 

Yes, I remember that movie with the rice-sniffing Yakuza killer -- it is indeed Seijun Suzuki's Branded to Kill.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 22, 2008, 08:56:08 AM
Enough is enough! Poured out the last of my shredded wheat this morning for breakfast and took a good look at it. YUK! It reminded me of the chopped straw we kids used to put in the the cradle of the Jesus Child at our convent's crèche! - Must be the season to recall this childhood memory! -

Enough of this healthy eating, that stuff in my bowl does not look appetising at all. Give me back my German/Austrian variant of hard rolls, butter, a variety of sliced luncheon meats and cheeses, plus a 4 minute egg. I'll even settle for the American bacon, eggs and hashbrowns!

I could get in my car and get a decent breakfast at the local Country Inn, but weather conditions put a stop to that dream. - Hey, I think I have some bacon in the freezer! -

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ezodisy on December 22, 2008, 09:58:35 AM
Quote from: toledobass on December 21, 2008, 05:18:52 PM
Wasn't that Suzuki's Branded to Kill? 

Quote from: mozartsneighbor on December 22, 2008, 08:46:57 AM
Yes, I remember that movie with the rice-sniffing Yakuza killer -- it is indeed Seijun Suzuki's Branded to Kill.

nice, that's the one. That was a lot of fun and I'd definitely watch it again. Did you guys like it?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 22, 2008, 11:14:01 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on December 22, 2008, 09:48:13 AM

Sharing with all of you this morning's view from my sundeck:


Lis - also enjoying your pictures - BTW, I had some great Washington State oysters to other night - probably not the greatest choice for a chilly wintry day!  ;) :D  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 22, 2008, 11:25:26 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on December 22, 2008, 11:14:01 AM
Lis - also enjoying your pictures - BTW, I had some great Washington State oysters to other night - probably not the greatest choice for a chilly wintry day!  ;) :D  Dave

Dave: Did you get the special variety of Olympic Oyster, those tiny morsels? Whenever we came in the vicinity of Olympia we went to the Oyster House, lovely, rustic, restaurant built right over the water of Puget Sound, part of the Atlantic, just a bit inland and kind of hidden, reminiscent of Norway's shores.  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on December 22, 2008, 11:26:40 AM
As long as Olympic oysters are not prairie oysters . . . .
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 22, 2008, 11:29:32 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 22, 2008, 06:15:48 AM
And what place was that, Allan? Should I check it out when next I'm in Ohio (which will be in May/June...another wedding to attend)?

Sarge

Sarge, it's a place in Ann Arbor where I'm located now.  My favorite fried chicken place is in Cleveland though, Hot Sauce Williams on Carnegie @ e 55th. (I know, I know. It really isn't that bad of an area though).  It was on my way home from gigs and I would always stop there late night on the last night of a series for a piece or 2 with some collards and mac and cheese.  The chicken is awesome, the hush puppies rock (if they have them).  Actually I think all of the sides are great.  Just stay away from the ribs...pretty mediocre.

7815 Carnegie Ave

Bourdain visits Hot Sauce Williams (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWM33qUXq0k)

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 22, 2008, 11:33:33 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 22, 2008, 11:26:40 AM
As long as Olympic oysters are not prairie oysters . . . .

No, Honey, those you get on my side of the Cascade Mountains, Olympia is on The Coast, as we prairie citizens call the other part of the State of Washington.  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 22, 2008, 01:06:23 PM
Quote from: toledobass on December 22, 2008, 11:29:32 AM
Sarge, it's a place in Ann Arbor where I'm located now.  My favorite fried chicken place is in Cleveland though, Hot Sauce Williams on Carnegie @ e 55th
Allan


I'll have to go alone...none of my friends or family will drive through, let alone stop in that part of town. Wimps  ;D

You're in Ann Arbor now??? Are you still playing for the Akron Symphony?

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 22, 2008, 02:05:38 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 22, 2008, 01:06:23 PM

You're in Ann Arbor now??? Are you still playing for the Akron Symphony?

Allan - curious, too about the above?  I went to school in Ann Arbor (1964-71) - undergrad & medical schools - met Susan there, also (married in '70) - loved the place, but have not been back since our departure to North Carolina in '71 - just curious, and good luck!  Davd  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 22, 2008, 02:25:06 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on December 22, 2008, 11:25:26 AM
Dave: Did you get the special variety of Olympic Oyster, those tiny morsels? Whenever we came in the vicinity of Olympia we went to the Oyster House, lovely, rustic, restaurant built right over the water of Puget Sound, part of the Atlantic, just a bit inland and kind of hidden, reminiscent of Norway's shores.  ;)

Hi Lis - you know, I was goin' to copy down the names just to post in the 'eating thread', but did not -  ::)

I know that we had the Kumamoto Oysters (a fav & a Japanese import) & the Penn Cove Oysters, but can't recall the others - BUT, each type was superb & different in taste; Susan & I just love the West Coast oysters, just a lot of variety & flavors that are distinctly different - yum yum!  :P

Hello Karl - I've never tasted Prairie Oysters (of course, I'm assuming that you mean 'Rocky Mountain Oysters, or bull's testicles?) - years ago on a trip to Colorado, we were at a 'western-style' Denver restaurant (believe a famous one but cannot remember the name?), and this was an appetizer selection which I wanted to try - Susan was reluctant; now, liking some of these 'solid' organs, such as sweetbreads, I told her that the taste & texture would likely be similar but a little firmer (but I don't know! Just an educational guess) - maybe some of our 'Prairie Oyster' experts from the wild west can chime in -  ;) ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 22, 2008, 08:00:13 PM
Dave: those are the ones, look at the small size, delicious morsels when breaded and fast pan fried in butter:

http://www.penncoveshellfish.com/OlympicMiyagi.htm

Lis
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mozartsneighbor on December 23, 2008, 06:09:50 AM
Quote from: ezodisy on December 22, 2008, 09:58:35 AM
nice, that's the one. That was a lot of fun and I'd definitely watch it again. Did you guys like it?

I watched it quite a few years ago, so my memory of it isn't very fresh, but the general impression was positive. Another Seijun Suzuki film I watched more recently and enjoyed was Tokyo Drifter.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 23, 2008, 06:11:29 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on December 22, 2008, 08:00:13 PM
Dave: those are the ones, look at the small size, delicious morsels when breaded and fast pan fried in butter:

Lis - well, next time I'll write down the names of those West Coast oysters - too many choices!  :D

BTW, we're getting a 'new' seafood restaurant in town claiming to 'fly in' fresh stuff daily!  Not sure 'how good' it will be or whether oysters will be part of their aerial shipments, but will certainly give the place a try! Dave  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on December 23, 2008, 06:13:02 AM
Dave! Your in-box is full, and there is a message I would send thee!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 23, 2008, 06:35:42 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 23, 2008, 06:13:02 AM
Dave! Your in-box is full, and there is a message I would send thee!

Sorry, Karl - just 'cleaned out' some older messages from last year, so should be some room now - thanks!  Dave  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 23, 2008, 06:48:03 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 22, 2008, 01:06:23 PM
I'll have to go alone...none of my friends or family will drive through, let alone stop in that part of town. Wimps  ;D

You're in Ann Arbor now??? Are you still playing for the Akron Symphony?

Sarge

Total wimps!!!! yeah it's not the 'burbs but I don't think it's all that bad.  Sure you've gotta be aware of your surroundings, but it's the same for any downtown, I think.  Plus if you actually did get shot, it'd be one hell of a story to tell:

How'd you get shot?

Well I was 'bout to get my fried chicken fix on, when all of a sudden....

;D


Re: Ann Arbor

My schedule in Toledo had become such, especially in the spring, where I spent more nights in Toledo than at home in Cleveland.  The move to Ann Arbor was to be closer to Toledo without actually living in Toledo.  If it didn't work out it would be easy enought to move back to CLE after the season was up.  

I am no longer playing in Akron,  I continue to play in CityMusic Cleveland and of course Toledo, and I've accepted a position with the Lansing Symphony here in Michigan.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 23, 2008, 06:50:45 AM
Quote from: ezodisy on December 22, 2008, 09:58:35 AM
nice, that's the one. That was a lot of fun and I'd definitely watch it again. Did you guys like it?

I did like it, but I think I like Pistol Opera more.  Pistol Opera was the first Suzuki film I'd ever seen and it made me wonder what the hell was going on....in a good way.  I was either laughing or scratching my head and it was a great time.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on December 23, 2008, 01:14:54 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on December 22, 2008, 02:25:06 PM
Hi Lis - you know, I was goin' to copy down the names just to post in the 'eating thread', but did not -  ::)

I know that we had the Kumamoto Oysters (a fav & a Japanese import) & the Penn Cove Oysters, but can't recall the others - BUT, each type was superb & different in taste; Susan & I just love the West Coast oysters, just a lot of variety & flavors that are distinctly different - yum yum!  :P

Hello Karl - I've never tasted Prairie Oysters (of course, I'm assuming that you mean 'Rocky Mountain Oysters, or bull's testicles?) - years ago on a trip to Colorado, we were at a 'western-style' Denver restaurant (believe a famous one but cannot remember the name?), and this was an appetizer selection which I wanted to try - Susan was reluctant; now, liking some of these 'solid' organs, such as sweetbreads, I told her that the taste & texture would likely be similar but a little firmer (but I don't know! Just an educational guess) - maybe some of our 'Prairie Oyster' experts from the wild west can chime in -  ;) ;D

Was the restaurant possibly The Fort, Dave?

http://www.thefort.com/

Appetizers

Roast Bison Marrow Bones
A crown of bones simply roasted and served with a port-bison reduction,
Hawaiian red salt and sourdough crostini's(allow extra time)
$18

BBQ'D Duck Quesadilla
Smoked duck in a coffee barbeque sauce with aged Mexican cheeses in a flour tortilla.
Served with a mango-chipotle salsa.
$8

Peanut Butter Stuffed Jalapeños Escabeche
House made pickled jalapeños with a mango whipped peanut butter.
$6

Bison Eggs
Pickled quail eggs wrapped in house made buffalo sausage. Served with a
raspberry-jalapeno jam. Our version of a "Scottish egg."
$10

Broiled Asadero Cheese
White cow's milk cheese broiled and served with Fort toast.
$8

Lamb Riblets
Crispy lamb riblets tossed in a spicy citrus bbq sauce
$13

Hot Sausage Bean Dip
Hot sausage sauteed with Mexican beer, refried beans and cheddar cheese.
Served with corn tortilla chips
$7

Mexican Style Salsa Cruda
A simple fresh salsa served with corn tortilla chips.
$6

Acapulco Shrimp "Ceviche"
Acapulco shrimp "Ceviche" style with fresh avocado,
a spicy-sweet tomato broth and salsa fresca. $14
Try with a shot of Absolut Peppar...Delish! add $2

Historians' Platter
Boudies, Rocky Mountain oysters, guacamole, bison tongue and jalapeños for 4
$28

Sam's Famous Guacamole & Corn Chips
Denver's Best Guacamole with big chunks of avocado, tomato, onion and fresh squeezed lime,
served with corn tortilla chips.
$7

Bison "Boudies" Sausage
Sam's mountain man recipe for homemade buffalo sausage.
$8

Rocky Mountain Oysters
Small bites battered and fried to a golden brown and served with a tangy "cocktail" sauce.
$8

Braised Bison Tongue - A Historian's Treat
The 19th century's finest gourmet meat served with Fort toast and caper aioli.
$9
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on December 23, 2008, 01:27:05 PM
Quote from: Bogey on December 23, 2008, 01:14:54 PM
Was the restaurant possibly The Fort, Dave?

http://www.thefort.com/

Appetizers

Roast Bison Marrow Bones
A crown of bones simply roasted and served with a port-bison reduction,
Hawaiian red salt and sourdough crostini's(allow extra time)
$18

BBQ'D Duck Quesadilla
Smoked duck in a coffee barbeque sauce with aged Mexican cheeses in a flour tortilla.
Served with a mango-chipotle salsa.
$8

Peanut Butter Stuffed Jalapeños Escabeche
House made pickled jalapeños with a mango whipped peanut butter.
$6

Bison Eggs
Pickled quail eggs wrapped in house made buffalo sausage. Served with a
raspberry-jalapeno jam. Our version of a "Scottish egg."
$10

Broiled Asadero Cheese
White cow's milk cheese broiled and served with Fort toast.
$8

Lamb Riblets
Crispy lamb riblets tossed in a spicy citrus bbq sauce
$13

Hot Sausage Bean Dip
Hot sausage sauteed with Mexican beer, refried beans and cheddar cheese.
Served with corn tortilla chips
$7

Mexican Style Salsa Cruda
A simple fresh salsa served with corn tortilla chips.
$6

Acapulco Shrimp "Ceviche"
Acapulco shrimp "Ceviche" style with fresh avocado,
a spicy-sweet tomato broth and salsa fresca. $14
Try with a shot of Absolut Peppar...Delish! add $2

Historians' Platter
Boudies, Rocky Mountain oysters, guacamole, bison tongue and jalapeños for 4
$28

Sam's Famous Guacamole & Corn Chips
Denver's Best Guacamole with big chunks of avocado, tomato, onion and fresh squeezed lime,
served with corn tortilla chips.
$7

Bison "Boudies" Sausage
Sam's mountain man recipe for homemade buffalo sausage.
$8

Rocky Mountain Oysters
Small bites battered and fried to a golden brown and served with a tangy "cocktail" sauce.
$8

Braised Bison Tongue - A Historian's Treat
The 19th century's finest gourmet meat served with Fort toast and caper aioli.
$9


Now that's a menu!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 23, 2008, 02:04:08 PM
Quote from: Bogey on December 23, 2008, 01:14:54 PM
Was the restaurant possibly The Fort, Dave?

http://www.thefort.com/

Appetizers....................

Rocky Mountain Oysters
Small bites battered and fried to a golden brown and served with a tangy "cocktail" sauce.
$8

Braised Bison Tongue - A Historian's Treat
The 19th century's finest gourmet meat served with Fort toast and caper aioli.
$9

Good evening, Bill - I was hoping that you would come to my rescue - I'm sure that's the place, and the description above looks correct (edited your entry, but the braised bison tongue is probably great! Susan & I eat a lot of bison - she made some the other night which I posted in the eating thread).  Thanks for the input!  Dave  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on December 23, 2008, 03:15:39 PM
Quote from: AndyD. on December 23, 2008, 01:27:05 PM

Now that's a menu!

And that is just the apps, Ange and Dave.  Be sure to look at their entire menu.  If you are ever out this way, we are there brothers!  This is what I'll be having:

Elk Chop St. Vrain
14-ounce bone-in Rocky Mountain elk chop, grilled to perfection with wild Montana huckleberries. Served with roasted garlic white cheddar mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables.
$45

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on December 23, 2008, 05:39:31 PM
I'll never visit the place :-[, but this is what I'd order: :D

QuoteRoast Bison Marrow Bones
A crown of bones simply roasted and served with a port-bison reduction,
Hawaiian red salt and sourdough crostini's(allow extra time)
$18
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on December 23, 2008, 05:42:34 PM
Quote from: Bogey on December 23, 2008, 03:15:39 PM
And that is just the apps, Ange and Dave.  Be sure to look at their entire menu.  If you are ever out this way, we are there brothers!  This is what I'll be having:

Elk Chop St. Vrain
14-ounce bone-in Rocky Mountain elk chop, grilled to perfection with wild Montana huckleberries. Served with roasted garlic white cheddar mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables.
$45

Sounds just a little more appealing than Rocky Mountain Oysters. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 24, 2008, 05:30:54 AM
Quote from: Brian on December 23, 2008, 05:42:34 PM
Sounds just a little more appealing than Rocky Mountain Oysters. :)

Well, below is a pic off the web of batter fried RM Oysters - likely similar to the dish @ The Fort mentioned by Bill - kind of looks like the alligator bits that I've had a number of times in Louisiana - w/ the batter & fried flavor (and a tangy sauce), probably tastes similar!  ;D


(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/36/119083080_d96b9e0999.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 24, 2008, 05:57:38 AM
those look awesome
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on December 24, 2008, 06:13:40 AM
Quote from: toledobass on December 24, 2008, 05:57:38 AM
those look awesome

First round is on me Allan....however, when they come to the table, I'll take a short walk while you dine on this cuisine.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 24, 2008, 08:33:52 AM
Quote from: Bogey on December 24, 2008, 06:13:40 AM
First round is on me Allan....however, when they come to the table, I'll take a short walk while you dine on this cuisine.  ;D

Bill - don't believe that Allan and I would have a problem finishing off that platter!  ;D

Years ago, we were vacationing in Naples, FL, and drove down to Everglades City - took an air-boat ride in the Everglades & a boat tour into the Gulf to learn about the 'stone crab' industry there!  But for lunch, Susan ordered the 'Swamp Critters Special' - mainly fried morsels lookin' like the RM Oysters platter - believe the plate included alligator, turtle, and a few other creatures from the area!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on December 24, 2008, 01:14:45 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on December 24, 2008, 08:33:52 AM
Bill - don't believe that Allan and I would have a problem finishing off that platter!  ;D

Years ago, we were vacationing in Naples, FL, and drove down to Everglades City - took an air-boat ride in the Everglades & a boat tour into the Gulf to learn about the 'stone crab' industry there!  But for lunch, Susan ordered the 'Swamp Critters Special' - mainly fried morsels lookin' like the RM Oysters platter - believe the plate included alligator, turtle, and a few other creatures from the area!  :D

I can hear it now Dave, "Mr. and Mrs. Nemo will be dining aboard tonight."  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 24, 2008, 02:40:21 PM
Quote from: Bogey on December 24, 2008, 06:13:40 AM
First round is on me Allan....however, when they come to the table, I'll take a short walk while you dine on this cuisine.  ;D

Have you ever tried them Bogey?  they can't be all that bad....I mean, they're deep fried!!!!!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 24, 2008, 03:09:54 PM
Quote from: Bogey on December 24, 2008, 01:14:45 PM
I can hear it now Dave, "Mr. and Mrs. Nemo will be dining aboard tonight."  ;)

Bill - LOL!  :D  Yes, we've come back from week long trips having eaten seafood only - the ocean just offers SO MUCH variety - I will accept the 'moniker' of Nemo -  ;)  ;D  Dave

P.S. Pertinent to Allan's question, have you given the RM Oysters a try?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 24, 2008, 03:36:40 PM
This time of the year (i.e. Christmas & New Year's Eves), Susan & I have a 'snack dinner' - usually about the same for both evenings, tonight's offerings included:

Smoked Salmon - several different types; usually on rye thins w/ low-fat cream cheese - a fav of mine!

Cheeses - tonight, a Danish blue & a triple English cheddar - treat for us (we usually eat low-fat cheese now) -  :'(

Caviars - in the past, we ordered Caspian Sea products (Beluga our favorite), but now just too expensive and potentially not reliable!  Tonight - ordered from Marky's out of Miami w/ overnight delivery - American Paddlefish (2 oz) & American Hackleback (2 oz) - these are excellent alternatives; we have different approaches to caviar - Susan just likes to spoon it out alone, but I put chopped onion/hard-boiled egg (a real NO NO for caviar experts!).

Of course, this would all be of NO fun w/o a champagne selection - tonight's choice a great bargain from Costco - Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Brut from Reims, France - can't wait until New Year's Eve - a repeat!  :)

(http://www.markys.com/caviar/customer/image.php?type=P&id=16216)  (http://www.markys.com/caviar/customer/image.php?type=P&id=16312)  (http://www.butlerswines.co.uk/graphics/products/118.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on December 25, 2008, 06:31:05 AM
Tonight is not our usual Christmas meal. One of our daughters is away until next week, our son is in Israel, my Mom in the hospital and the rest of the family is far from us at the moment :'(

I'll be cooking for three (not counting our granddaughter of course - she just turned one). I've bought one serving each of bison filet, duck breast (magret), guinea fowl breast and ostrich steak. I haven't decided what the sides would be, but an onion marmalade will probably included.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 25, 2008, 08:30:42 AM
Mon Ami André: You once told us how your lovely wife does the cooking - open the fridge, close the door, and pop a pizza in the oven!

I think she is very wise cook and decided to use her method for my holiday meal:

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Renfield on December 25, 2008, 09:45:02 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on December 25, 2008, 08:30:42 AM
Mon Ami André: You once told us how your lovely wife does the cooking - open the fridge, close the door, and pop a pizza in the oven!

I think she is very wise cook and decided to use her method for my holiday meal:



I was considering cooking something out-of-the-ordinary myself, but I am ultimately most inclined to follow that example, too, tonight. 8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Novi on December 25, 2008, 09:50:06 AM
Quote from: Renfield on December 25, 2008, 09:45:02 AM
I was considering cooking something out-of-the-ordinary myself, but I am ultimately most inclined to follow that example, too, tonight. 8)

LOL, I think I'll have a sandwich later tonight :D.

I think it's pretty clear which of us are having a solo Christmas ...  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on December 25, 2008, 09:54:20 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on December 24, 2008, 08:33:52 AM
Bill - don't believe that Allan and I would have a problem finishing off that platter!  ;D

Years ago, we were vacationing in Naples, FL, and drove down to Everglades City - took an air-boat ride in the Everglades & a boat tour into the Gulf to learn about the 'stone crab' industry there!  But for lunch, Susan ordered the 'Swamp Critters Special' - mainly fried morsels lookin' like the RM Oysters platter - believe the plate included alligator, turtle, and a few other creatures from the area!  :D
On our visit to the Everglades we were lucky enough to sample deep-fried alligator tail - fantastic!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 25, 2008, 10:00:18 AM


Lis,

With all of the wonderful looking food that you manage to cook and tell us about, I'm a little shocked to see a frozen pizza coming out of your kitchen, especially on a holiday!!!!

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Renfield on December 25, 2008, 10:06:48 AM
Quote from: Novi on December 25, 2008, 09:50:06 AM
I think it's pretty clear which of us are having a solo Christmas ...  ;D

They don't know what they're missing, the rest of them! ;) ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 25, 2008, 10:13:21 AM
Recover from your shock, Allan!  :-*

First: I don't observe this holiday and have learned from experience to turn down all invitations to other people's family gatherings and meals!

Second: I love Giorno's Pizza!

Third: I have in my freezer a grand supply of Rindsrouladen, and Austrian Gulasch, plus Spätzle. Not to mention the huge supply of my famous Killer Sauce, the stuff used with any pasta! Almost forgot: Also in the freezer a good supply of thin cut pork to morphe into Wiener Schnitzel!

You enjoy whatever you are having alone, or with lovely people!

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 25, 2008, 11:08:06 AM
Sakradinoamal!  >:(

I got involved in Barenboim doing Beethoven's 7th and I forgot the DiGiorno! - You think it's still edible?

Tell you about it later!

Lis
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Gurn Blanston on December 25, 2008, 11:41:54 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on December 25, 2008, 11:08:06 AM
Sakradinoamal!  >:(

I got involved in Barenboim doing Beethoven's 7th and I forgot the DiGiorno! - You think it's still edible?

Tell you about it later!

Lis

;D  ;D

Boy, that sucks bad, Lis! I had the traditional frozen pizza for Christmas Eve dinner last night. Not Di Giorno though, Red Baron which has a wonderful thin, crunchy crust on it. Get the sausage kind and top with some green olives and some extra cheese: Yum! :)

Today it is "get your own" buffet with cold cuts, nice yeasty rolls and carrots and celery on the side. Nice day to relax! :)

8)

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Listening to:
Acht Notturni für den König von Neapel - Mozzafiato / L'Archibudelli - Hob 02 25 Notturno #1 in C for Wind & Strings 1st mvmt - Marcia
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 25, 2008, 11:48:27 AM
Conclusion to the story of Lis's holiday dinner!

The crust was a bit on the done side; sauce and pepperoni were edible, kinda. Still waiting in the background a small bowl of sliced banana with Cascade Mountain Blackberry icecream - plus a sip of the Hoodsport Cabernet Merlot. Not a complete distaster!

There is New Year's to look forward to!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 25, 2008, 12:41:01 PM
 ;D

I'm making some sausage with white beans while the Mrs. is preparing butternut squash couscous for our meal.  Muching on cheese and crackers in the mean time.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Senta on December 25, 2008, 01:31:48 PM
Happy Christmas to all!!  :D

We usually put on a whole traditional sit down Christmas dinner, but this year we've scaled back since some of our people will already have been to a couple of houses already for vittles by the time they get here!

Most of our stuff came from the local Sam's Club store (party central!), and we made up some dips, brownies, sweets and such. Will post pics later! For afterward we have a nice Gewurtztraminer and White Zin chilling plus a round of brie, and Maytag blue w/ smoked salmon - yum!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 25, 2008, 01:33:11 PM
Renfield: I hope you have better luck with your pizza!  8)

Novi: How did your sandwich turn out? Peanut butter and jelly?  8)

Lis
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 25, 2008, 02:05:26 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on December 25, 2008, 11:48:27 AM
Conclusion to the story of Lis's holiday dinner!

The crust was a bit on the done side; sauce and pepperoni were edible, kinda. Still waiting in the background a small bowl of sliced banana with Cascade Mountain Blackberry icecream - plus a sip of the Hoodsport Cabernet Merlot. Not a complete distaster!

There is New Year's to look forward to!

Lis - glad that your pizza was 'edible' - and I bet the wine was a big help 'softening up' the crust!   ;) :D

Brian - we enjoy eating alligator (of course, tastes like chewy chicken!); once returning from a trip to New Orleans, we bought a small alligator tail in the airport (ready to carry on the plane) - Susan made a couple of dishes but one of my favs was Alligator Etouffee - she did a great job, even w/ the roux - have not had in a while, though!

Tonight, a 'free range' chicken is roasting in the oven - likely will just have w/ some veggies; of course, some white wine - just popped open a bottle of Sanford Chardonnay from Santa Barbara County!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Novi on December 25, 2008, 02:22:31 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on December 25, 2008, 01:33:11 PM
Novi: How did your sandwich turn out? Peanut butter and jelly?  8)

Lis

Roast vegetables, rocket, and goat's cheese :D.

Glad to hear that your pizza was salvageable :).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Renfield on December 25, 2008, 03:23:01 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on December 25, 2008, 01:33:11 PM
Renfield: I hope you have better luck with your pizza!  8)

I did indeed have unusual luck with my pizza, in that I was almost certain I'd left it for a little too long myself, but it turned out ideal; and likely better than it would have if I'd taken it out when I intended to.

It seems the topping - onion, green pepper and something spicy and coming from an animal (in the unfortunate absence of a pepperoni equivalent, which would've been ideal) - reacted well to the extra exposure...

The result was a characterfully tangy, but delicate and interesting pizza. Certainly more than I'd bargained for! 8)


Edit: And I'm also glad to hear your pizza was at least a success, if not entirely a triumph. (Not that I had any doubts.)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 25, 2008, 05:41:29 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on December 25, 2008, 02:05:26 PM
.................
Tonight, a 'free range' chicken is roasting in the oven - likely will just have w/ some veggies; of course, some white wine - just popped open a bottle of Sanford Chardonnay from Santa Barbara County!

Well, thought that a post-prandial post was in order - Susan wanted an 'old timey' dinner, like when our son was still around - the chicken was wonderful ('organic' - whatever that means? - and 'free range') and more flavorful that the usual bird - think that we'll be just getting this kind in the future!

Veggie was peas (which I love!), but the 'special' treat (a rarity for us now) was 'mash potatoes' - red skins, mashed coarsely w/ garlic added - boy, I REALLY love these but at our age, we've tried to avoid carbs @ dinner time, so now a rarity - delicious!   :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on December 25, 2008, 05:45:22 PM
Tonight:

Prime Rib
Baked Scallops
Yorkshire Pudding
Brussels Sprouts cooked in olive oil with garlic
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Trifle


Booyah!

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 25, 2008, 05:53:29 PM
Quote from: Bogey on December 25, 2008, 05:45:22 PM
Tonight:

Prime Rib + Baked Scallops + Yorkshire Pudding + Brussels Sprouts cooked in olive oil with garlic + Garlic Mashed Potatoes + Trifle


Bill - boy, that sounds great and a real 'pig-out'!   :D  But, you're forgiven @ this time of the year!  :)   Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 25, 2008, 05:57:05 PM
'Free Range' chicken are the only kind to buy! Those chicks are out on pasture, scratch for crunchy bugs and cackle happily, even welcome the advances of an admirer. We lived just a few miles from one of those ranches - Wilcox Family Farms, Roy, WA. - known their devotion to producing the best and healthiest, and respect their integrity. Wilcox also has the best organic eggs.

Have you tried Yukon Gold potatoes for mashing? Lovely light 'golden' colour and wonderful taste.

P.S. to complete my royal holiday feasting I had a yummy peanutbutter sandwich for supper. - Still eating the German way: Dinner at noon, light supper in the evening, avoids going to bed with a full tummy! -  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 25, 2008, 06:19:50 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on December 25, 2008, 05:57:05 PM
'Free Range' chicken are the only kind to buy! ......

Have you tried Yukon Gold potatoes for mashing? Lovely light 'golden' colour and wonderful taste.

.....Still eating the German way: Dinner at noon, light supper in the evening, avoids going to bed with a full tummy! -  8)

Lis - we've had these types of chicken before, but I must say tonight that the taste & flavor were just wonderful - not sure 'what' brand we had but will likely be our choice in the future!

Tonight, Susan used red skin potatoes mashed lightly, so still some chunks inside (love that texture), part of skins left on, plus plenty of garlic - quite tasty; have also had the Yukon Gold potatoes which are indeed a treat!

Avoiding a 'full tummy' at bed time is probably a good habit that all of us should consider esp. in our older years - as a GI radiologist, I can fully appreciate your sage advice!

Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 26, 2008, 04:08:13 AM
Our Christmas meals were entirely traditional again this year.

Christmas Eve:

Turkey, stuffing made with the innards and ground pork, potato salad, brussel sprouts, cranberry sauce. Wine was a German pinot noir (Spätburgunder)

Christmas Day:

Roast venison, dumplings, red cabbage, green salad. Wine was a Rioja.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Serenity Now! on December 26, 2008, 07:14:54 PM
Wasabi Almonds!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on December 26, 2008, 07:33:40 PM
Today I spent the afternoon/evening with my best friend, and between a Mizoguchi and a Bergman we tasted a couple of cheeses, wild boar terrine, caribou and apricot paté, doused with a really nice Jurançon sweet wine (crisp and fruity but with plenty of depth). The main course was cuttlefish ink-flavoured linguine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Linguine_with_cuttlefish.jpg) in a wild mushroom and scallops sauce, boldly seasoned with fleur de sel aux piments d'Espelette (https://www.lobels.com/store/main/item.asp?item=331). The wine was a very elegant but firm and full-bodied Volnay Premier Cru Les Santenots - one of Burgundy's classiest climates (often referred to as the most 'feminine' of great burgundys - how do they come about such descriptions?). Much to our surprise this particular dish and wine combination proved just right, each abetting the other as equals. A bolder red would have made mincemeat of the scallops and wild mushrooms, whereas the heady Espelette chilies would have made any white taste bitter. As it turned out, our culinary instincts were proven right! We finished with an opera cake, roquefort and port wine - at that stage I didn't check the name or vintage of the bottle  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 27, 2008, 05:44:06 AM
Sounds like a great evening Lilas.

Breakfast this morning, 2 soft boiled with toast:


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 27, 2008, 07:14:21 AM
André - thanks for the description of that meal & wine (or was it 'meals'!  ;)) - I think that the only animal in the listing that I've not eaten yet is caribou, but not certain; Susan & I have made many trips to Canada, so might have had the pleasure (maybe at the Quebec restaurant we ate at a year ago - had a trio of game meats?).

Last night, a 'new' experience for the both of us - Halibut Cheeks - now I love halibut, but have never sampled the cheek muscles (below some pics of their 'expected' location) - our son sent us a holiday gift certificate from Seabear (http://www.seabear.com/?gclid=COnFpb-Q4ZcCFQWcnAodI3NkCw), a company that we have used for years (overpriced but the products are superbly packed & delicious) - well, the order included halibut, smoked scallops, trio of smoked salmons, and HALIBUT CHEEKS!

Susan just pan fried the 'cheeks' w/ a little butter and light seasoning - served w/ a veggie; the meat is really white, firm, and flaky - texture similar to a crab or scallop and just great flavor - we have another package and will try a different recipe next time, but I believe that we've added a new seafood option to our dining!  :D

(http://www.salmonuniversity.com/images/Halibut/Lapush%20Halibut%2005%20023.jpg)  (http://www.fishex.com/fish-market/halibut/raw-cheeks.jpg)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 27, 2008, 08:11:00 AM
Quote from: toledobass on December 27, 2008, 05:44:06 AM

Breakfast this morning, 2 soft boiled with toast:


Now why didn't I think of that, Allan, instead of yet another bowl of Irish Oatmeal with yoghurt?  :-\

A guess: You decapitate the egg and dip the toast sticks retrieving them covered with nice soft yolk?  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on December 27, 2008, 09:26:18 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on December 27, 2008, 08:11:00 AM
Now why didn't I think of that, Allan, instead of yet another bowl of Irish Oatmeal with yoghurt?  :-\

A guess: You decapitate the egg and dip the toast sticks retrieving them covered with nice soft yolk?  ;)


This is the simplest and most delicious breakfast you can have. We cook them for 4 minutes and they are just perfect. I love it when I dip the first buttered toast stick and the yolk overflows. Miam!

Dave, I never knew halibut cheeks existed, but I've had cod cheeks more than once. I find them very good, but not as good as the rest of the fish (or the tongue for that matter). But from the picture you show I can well imagine that such large jowls may well make a good, fleshy treat. Cod cheeks are much smaller.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 27, 2008, 09:53:57 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on December 27, 2008, 09:26:18 AM
This is the simplest and most delicious breakfast you can have. We cook them for 4 minutes and they are just perfect. I love it when I dip the first buttered toast stick and the yolk overflows. Miam!


Even after 25 plus years on computers, now and then I still marvel at the miracles of cyber communication, sharing the most intimate moments of our lives with humans, we have never virtually touched, - and probably never will, - but I now know that you, Freund André, enjoy the yolk of your 4 minute egg run down the side when you dip your toast inside this warm perfect breakfast egg.  :-*

Lis
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on December 27, 2008, 05:11:15 PM
 ;) . My wife couldn't let the Holiday season pass without buying a marzipan stollenschnitten. Perfect with a cup of strong black tea.

Finishing off pork chops with a home made spare ribs sauce, accompanied by a tossed salad and real belgian frites from a local friterie.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 27, 2008, 06:05:11 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on December 27, 2008, 09:26:18 AM
This is the simplest and most delicious breakfast you can have. We cook them for 4 minutes and they are just perfect. I love it when I dip the first buttered toast stick and the yolk overflows. Miam!


Andre knows what's up  ;D


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 27, 2008, 06:35:34 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on December 27, 2008, 05:11:15 PM
Finishing off pork chops with a home made spare ribs sauce, accompanied by a tossed salad and real belgian frites from a local friterie.

André - as usual, your meals sound just great!  We love visiting Quebec Province - last August we were in your wonderful city, and a favorite lunch was a smoked meat sandwich w/ frites (of course, a local beer!) - delicious!

BTW - those halibut cheeks are superb (Susan & I have been arguing about the next recipe for the second batch - I think there are a variety of choices - kind of life scallop recipes) - give them a try - would love to hear about your reaction?  Dave  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 28, 2008, 07:27:13 AM
Some friends are coming over for a lunch of reubens and salads.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on December 28, 2008, 10:06:44 AM
Quote from: toledobass on December 28, 2008, 07:27:13 AM
Some friends are coming over for a lunch of reubens and salads.


We'll need some shots of those beauties, Allan.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 28, 2008, 02:23:51 PM
Tonight, back to our 'mountain bistro' down the road, i.e. River Birch Lodge:

I had one of my usual dishes - Venison Tenderloin, medium rare w/ a few veggies (spinach & asparagus); plus, some Pinot Noir - just love that dish!

Susan had one of the specials for the night - Bison Strip, Cajun spicing & medium rare + Au Gratin Potatoes w/ blue cheese; I had a few bites of both - those potatoes where DAMN heavenly (could have had a PILE myself!) -  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on December 28, 2008, 02:36:11 PM
Not long ago, finished off a piece of lovely lavender white chocolate cheesecake, at Cha Guan (http://"http://www.chaguan.wordpress.com") with our esteemed friend André!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 28, 2008, 05:43:19 PM
Bogey,

It's too late for pics of the reubens, but would you settle for pics of my dinner patty melt?

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on December 28, 2008, 06:47:26 PM
Quote from: toledobass on December 28, 2008, 05:43:19 PM
Bogey,

It's too late for pics of the reubens, but would you settle for pics of my dinner patty melt?

Allan

Even better my friend.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on December 29, 2008, 03:47:51 AM
Bread made for me by the mother of one of my clients — tastes like almonds. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 29, 2008, 07:47:36 AM
Quote from: toledobass on December 27, 2008, 05:44:06 AM

Breakfast this morning, 2 soft boiled with toast:


My breakfast this morning looked just like yours the other day, so I swiped your photo!  ;)

Edit: Herrgottnoamal, they wouldn't let me copy your picture!  >:(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 29, 2008, 07:56:32 AM
Lis' breakfast  ;D:
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harry on December 29, 2008, 08:01:52 AM
Roasted peanuts :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on December 29, 2008, 08:37:55 AM
Quote from: Harry on December 29, 2008, 08:01:52 AM
Roasted peanuts :)

Whatcha' washing them down with Harry?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on December 29, 2008, 11:52:49 AM
Trust André to know his stuff (http://www.fritealors.com/site_flash/indexb_a.html)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on December 29, 2008, 01:16:37 PM
Quote from: Corey on December 29, 2008, 03:47:51 AM
Bread made for me by the mother of one of my clients — tastes like almonds. :)

OMG arsenic! :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on December 29, 2008, 05:32:08 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 28, 2008, 02:36:11 PM
Not long ago, finished off a piece of lovely lavender white chocolate cheesecake, at Cha Guan (http://"http://www.chaguan.wordpress.com") with our esteemed friend André!

Glad you liked it, Karl :). Mine was a green tea and red beans cheesecake piece, a wonderful combination. I don't recall the tea I had (a red tea with a faint smoky flavour), but it was just perfect: full-bodied yet light as a morning cloud. Served - and wonderfuly explained and demonstrated - by the store's owner, a young chinese man of exquisite politeness and countenance. My generation and culture hold that half of a meal is in the company, half is in your plate, half is on the check and the last half is in the service. If one of the halves fail, there's always another one or two that can make up for a successful night out!  In this particular case, it was an all and out success :D

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 29, 2008, 07:46:04 PM
Quote from: toledobass on December 29, 2008, 07:56:32 AM
Lis' breakfast  ;D:

That's the one! Thank you, Allan!  :-*
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on December 29, 2008, 07:47:12 PM
Quote from: Lethe on December 29, 2008, 01:16:37 PM
OMG arsenic! :D

Really? I was certain it tasted like cyanide...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 30, 2008, 07:36:26 AM
My second best loved breakfast: Buckwheat Pancakes!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on December 30, 2008, 09:28:22 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on December 30, 2008, 07:36:26 AM
My second best loved breakfast: Buckwheat Pancakes!  :)

The key is what looks to be the true maple syrup you are using there, Lis.  We get ours from relatives in Maine.  Much better than Log Cabin.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 30, 2008, 09:44:53 AM
Bingo, Bogey! It not only looks like, it IS the real thing. I admit I was hesitating a bit standing in the store looking at all the 'Maple Syrup' variations available, and then reading the small print on the labels. You are lucky to have family in Maine, even with postage probably cheaper than then $9.99 I paid for the small bottle, but it's worth every drop!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on December 30, 2008, 09:50:08 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on December 30, 2008, 09:44:53 AM
Bingo, Bogey! It not only looks like, it IS the real thing. I admit I was hesitating a bit standing in the store looking at all the 'Maple Syrup' variations available, and then reading the small print on the labels. You are lucky to have family in Maine, even with postage probably cheaper than then $9.99 I paid for the small bottle, but it's worth every drop!  ;D

As my 84 year old Grandma from Maine would say, "You betcha!"

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on December 30, 2008, 10:15:42 AM
Starting now, just water for 24 hours.  I have my blood drawn (http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:lnDMFRybt_HwDM:http://www.lunkhead.net/board/phpBB2/styles/prosilver/imageset/lugosi1.jpg) tomorrow for testing (cholesterol).  It runs extremely high in my family.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on December 30, 2008, 10:17:37 AM
Success & health to you, Bill!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 30, 2008, 10:36:19 AM
Then maybe I should not post a picture of the main course of my dinner when you, Bogey Dear, are on water. Just skip my posts for today, look at it tomorrow. Wishing a perfect result of your test!
:-*

In the mean time: No Beethoven 7th this time, I want this lovely piece of fresh salmon, caught by the fishermen of the Lumi Indian tribe - a bit North of Seattle - be perfectly baked, with the fresh asparagus. I learned from Nigel baking them instead of steam or boil, preserves more of the delicate flavour.

Not Barenboim today, it is Keenlyside crooning operetta songs monopolising my time! But I have the timer set, very loud! ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 30, 2008, 11:06:11 AM
Am I the only one cooking today?  ???

Everybody sinning at the Golden Arches?  ???

Lis
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on December 30, 2008, 11:08:01 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on December 30, 2008, 11:06:11 AM
Am I the only one cooking today?  ???

Everybody sinning at the Golden Arches?  ???

Lis

I ate home fries, just like every day. Ah, poverty.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 30, 2008, 11:34:52 AM
Notice the other key to Lis' food: healthy pats of butter.

Never miss an opportunity to get more butter into your food!


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Renfield on December 30, 2008, 12:01:36 PM
Quote from: toledobass on December 30, 2008, 11:34:52 AM
Never miss an opportunity to get more butter into your food!

I dare say the issue of cardiovascular health can be raised. :o
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 30, 2008, 12:20:12 PM
Hmmm. - OK, I'll tell you: The casserole for the salmon has a nice film of Benissimo Basil Tomato Olive Oil. oil. The breakfast buckwheat pancakes contain 2 tbsp of Martinis Greek Olive Oil. But if I want something delicious on my potatoes, for instance, it will not be the artificial substance Smart Balancepeddled by the snake oil salesman on national radio; nor will it be the crude oil product called margarine!

I also walk one hour every morning - but I won't tell you my age nor list my records on the national swimming champion listing.  :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on December 30, 2008, 12:37:38 PM
Ah, but Lis, once I get my results back, salmon may be one of the few foods that I can eat.  I will be contacting you for the above and other ways to prep properly.  ;D

For now, I will have to chew on this:

(http://groups.google.com/group/viti-forum/web/Fiji_water_1.jpg)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on December 30, 2008, 12:41:52 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 30, 2008, 10:17:37 AM
Success & health to you, Bill!

Thanks much, Karl.  I will report what I perceive to be record breaking numbers once they are obtained.  Maybe get some dishes here that will help decrease my arterial encumbrance.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Renfield on December 30, 2008, 12:51:46 PM
Quote from: Renfield on December 30, 2008, 12:01:36 PM
I dare say the issue of cardiovascular health can be raised. :o

Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on December 30, 2008, 12:20:12 PM
Hmmm. - OK, I'll tell you: The casserole for the salmon has a nice film of Benissimo Basil Tomato Olive Oil. oil. The breakfast buckwheat pancakes contain 2 tbsp of Martinis Greek Olive Oil. But if I want something delicious on my potatoes, for instance, it will not be the artificial substance Smart Balancepeddled by the snake oil salesman on national radio; nor will it be the crude oil product called margarine!

I also walk one hour every morning - but I won't tell you my age nor list my records on the national swimming champion listing.  :P


That is an excellent example of using butter well. In fact, I use some butter in my cooking (when I have time for such a thing as cooking) too, if as a second preference to olive oil; not to mention in dishes far inferior to your masterworks. And I despise margarine.

But what Allan said was rather more radical. (I'm not saying that's what he meant, of course!)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 30, 2008, 01:19:23 PM
Yeah, I guess I should say I never miss an opportunity to get butter into my food or maybe I hope you are lucky enough to use butter however you please.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 30, 2008, 02:47:23 PM
Quote from: Bogey on December 30, 2008, 10:15:42 AM
Starting now, just water for 24 hours.  I have my blood drawn (http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:lnDMFRybt_HwDM:http://www.lunkhead.net/board/phpBB2/styles/prosilver/imageset/lugosi1.jpg) tomorrow for testing (cholesterol).  It runs extremely high in my family.

Bill - yep I get a fasting 'lipid profile' twice a year myself; but no need to 'torture' yourself on a 24-hr water diet - I usually do a 14-hr overnight fast, which is a standard recommendation - enjoy an early light veggie dinner the night before (Susan makes me an oriental tofu dish that is delicious!) - good luck w/ the test!  Dave  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 30, 2008, 02:57:43 PM
I enjoyed your company today for breakfast, dinner - my main meal at noon, - and now I'll share my supper with you: A Cara Cara orange, usually a bit messy to peel and separate, but it's worth the effort.

And this is it for the day. Have a great evening!  :-*

Lis
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 30, 2008, 03:06:02 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on December 30, 2008, 02:57:43 PM
I enjoyed your company today for breakfast, dinner - my main meal at noon, - and now I'll share my supper with you: A Cara Cara orange, usually a bit messy to peel and separate, but it's worth the effort.

And this is it for the day. Have a great evening!  :-*

Lis - please don't leave us so early w/o telling us about your 'swimming records'!  Dave  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 30, 2008, 03:25:02 PM
But Luv, that would give away my age! How about the pile of ribbons and emblems, with the year blocked out?  :-X
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 30, 2008, 03:59:55 PM
After this showoff post, I'll share a very humiliating event with you. - Sorry, has nothing to do with eating! -

It was one of those big swim events where exciting from the center lane after the race to the left or right pool ladder was forbidden. I had given my all and simply didn't have anything left to haul myself up onto the deck. The very concerned judge inquired about my well being, while the coach behind him, muttered a few uncomplimentary remarks about what to do with me.

Some team member found this fitting newspaper clipping!

How did I get out of the pool? Judge and coach got a hold of each of my arms and landed me on the deck like a dead hooked fish. Roaring applause from the stands was not appreciated!  >:(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Dundonnell on December 30, 2008, 04:07:28 PM
I have just finished eating burnt food...again  :(

Cooking whilst reading and posting on this forum is not to be recommended ;D

It may be a testimony to the number of interesting and entertaining posts but forgetting that food is cooking(or rather, burning) in the kitchen is utter folly :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 30, 2008, 05:06:34 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on December 30, 2008, 03:59:55 PM
After this showoff post, I'll share a very humiliating event with you. - Sorry, has nothing to do with eating! -.............................


Lis - really appreciate the story - wonderful - hope that you've recover from that event by now?  ;) ;D

I use to be quite 'athletic' in my high school years but 'academics' seem to have won over - I guess that my only accomplisment w/ recognition (no medals or ribbons) was being the 'highest scorer' in my high school for two years on the yearly 'physical test' - kind of like a decathalon - not the same events but similar - now I'm just an aging senior who can hardly do any of those tasks of the past!   :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on December 30, 2008, 05:25:32 PM
Lis, I'm afraid you're not using the best quality maple syrup for your buckwheat pancakes.  I was alerted to that by the "dark Amber" mention on that bottle. That's NOT the colour the finest syrup should have. In short, the lighter the better. Check the Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_syrup), particularly the "Grades" section.

A lady like you should not settle for anything but the "fancy grade"  stuff  :-*
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on December 30, 2008, 05:46:55 PM
Quote from: Dundonnell on December 30, 2008, 04:07:28 PM

Cooking whilst reading and posting on this forum is not to be recommended ;D


Nice to share the boat with you! But I am sorry your meal was not the success you expected and worked for. Better luck tomorrow!  :-*

Lis
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 31, 2008, 05:31:01 PM
Well, this is New Year's Eve and Susan & I usually do a 'snack' dinner (similar to the one we had on Christmas Eve) - below is a picture of our evening's delights:  several cheeses (including a mixed cheddar/blue cheese) w/ various crackers; smoked salmons (two different types) w/ light cream cheese on some pumpernickel rye; and two American caviars (the Paddlefish is our favorite; both types discussed in my previous post - we love Caspian Sea caviar the best but just too expensive and unreliable); finally, a bottle of California 'sparkling wine' - Mumm Napa - Brut Prestige (excellent value, less than $20) - delicious and a treat we should explore more often!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jchen on January 01, 2009, 10:18:14 AM
Chinese food, kind of hard to say what it is in English. :) I eat Chinese food almost everyday. It's almost because some days we eat pizza, or go out.  ;D :) 0:) $:) :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Renfield on January 01, 2009, 11:04:32 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on December 31, 2008, 05:31:01 PM
Well, this is New Year's Eve and Susan & I usually do a 'snack' dinner (similar to the one we had on Christmas Eve) - below is a picture of our evening's delights:  several cheeses (including a mixed cheddar/blue cheese) w/ various crackers; smoked salmons (two different types) w/ light cream cheese on some pumpernickel rye; and two American caviars (the Paddlefish is our favorite; both types discussed in my previous post - we love Caspian Sea caviar the best but just too expensive and unreliable); finally, a bottle of California 'sparkling wine' - Mumm Napa - Brut Prestige (excellent value, less than $20) - delicious and a treat we should explore more often!  :D


This looks delightful.


Quote from: jchen on January 01, 2009, 10:18:14 AM
Chinese food, kind of hard to say what it is in English. :) I eat Chinese food almost everyday. It's almost because some days we eat pizza, or go out.  ;D :) 0:) $:) :D

Good to be consistent, for sure! ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jchen on January 01, 2009, 01:23:12 PM
to be exact, right now at this exact moment I just finished a donut  ;D ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: arkiv on January 02, 2009, 09:01:22 PM
Tacos al Pastor


(http://theboard.byu.edu/filelib/Al%20Pastor.jpg)

(http://lh3.ggpht.com/menuinprogress/R-CWpey5CfI/AAAAAAAABrY/TAOop4i4rFc/s400/86426691-f0b3-4cf4-aba8-39da6f9dd97a.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 03, 2009, 06:39:09 AM
Quote from: epicous on January 02, 2009, 09:01:22 PM
Tacos al Pastor

(http://theboard.byu.edu/filelib/Al%20Pastor.jpg)  (http://lh3.ggpht.com/menuinprogress/R-CWpey5CfI/AAAAAAAABrY/TAOop4i4rFc/s400/86426691-f0b3-4cf4-aba8-39da6f9dd97a.jpg)

Boy, that 'column' of meat(s) looks great - kind of like the Greek gyros -  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 03, 2009, 06:47:42 AM
Susan is really getting into these 'natural' chickens - bought one called Poulet Rouge Fermier at Whole Foods - thought that it was from France (of course, originally is!), but was grown in Piedmont, North Carolina and sold by Joyce Foods in my home town - what do ya know -   8)

Description HERE (http://joycefoods.com/poulet-rouge-fermier.php) - she roasted the bird in our convection oven; meat was not as tender as a regular chicken (fine w/ me), but there was less fat on the bird (I did the carving) and the flavors were wonderful, just fuller and more 'gamy' - believe that we'll be trying these 'free range organic' chickens more often -  :)


(http://giradman.smugmug.com/photos/447805101_tvkTX-M.jpg)  (http://joycefoods.com/img/poulet-rouge/cou-nu-glamour.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on January 03, 2009, 06:55:24 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on January 03, 2009, 06:47:42 AM
Susan is really getting into these 'natural' chickens - bought one called Poulet Rouge Fermier at Whole Foods - thought that it was from France (of course, originally is!), but was grown in Piedmont, North Carolina and sold by Joyce Foods in my home town - what do ya know -   8)

Description HERE (http://joycefoods.com/poulet-rouge-fermier.php) - she roasted the bird in our convection oven; meat was not as tender as a regular chicken (fine w/ me), but there was less fat on the bird (I did the carving) and the flavors were wonderful, just fuller and more 'gamy' - believe that we'll be trying these 'free range organic' chickens more often -  :)


(http://giradman.smugmug.com/photos/447805101_tvkTX-M.jpg)  (http://joycefoods.com/img/poulet-rouge/cou-nu-glamour.jpg)



Will give this a try, Dave.  We always cook our whole chickens in one of these.

(http://www.scottsofstow.co.uk/wcsstore/ConsumerDirectStorefrontAssetStore/images/large/1188140_w_co_f_bricks.jpg)

Always comes out very tender.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.scottsofstow.co.uk/wcsstore/ConsumerDirectStorefrontAssetStore/images/large/1188140_w_co_f_bricks.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.scottsofstow.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product1_17055_-1_39149_10551&usg=__oT_p3_d1H0rbfAIPaUr7rLetKzI=&h=255&w=312&sz=21&hl=en&start=9&um=1&tbnid=DlfwI3PW5DJokM:&tbnh=96&tbnw=117&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dchicken%2Bterracotta%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DiiT%26sa%3DN
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 03, 2009, 07:38:15 AM
Quote from: Bogey on January 03, 2009, 06:55:24 AM
Will give this a try, Dave.  We always cook our whole chickens in one of these.

(http://www.scottsofstow.co.uk/wcsstore/ConsumerDirectStorefrontAssetStore/images/large/1188140_w_co_f_bricks.jpg)

Always comes out very tender.  Terracotta Pot (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.scottsofstow.co.uk/wcsstore/ConsumerDirectStorefrontAssetStore/images/large/1188140_w_co_f_bricks.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.scottsofstow.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product1_17055_-1_39149_10551&usg=__oT_p3_d1H0rbfAIPaUr7rLetKzI=&h=255&w=312&sz=21&hl=en&start=9&um=1&tbnid=DlfwI3PW5DJokM:&tbnh=96&tbnw=117&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dchicken%2Bterracotta%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DiiT%26sa%3DN)


Bill - that chicken in a pot looks great, too!  Susan has done that in a roasting pan, but not one from terracotta - thanks!  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 03, 2009, 08:43:24 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on January 03, 2009, 06:47:42 AM
Susan is really getting into these 'natural' chickens - bought one called Poulet Rouge Fermier at Whole Foods - thought that it was from France (of course, originally is!), but was grown in Piedmont, North Carolina and sold by Joyce Foods in my home town - what do ya know -   8)

Description HERE (http://joycefoods.com/poulet-rouge-fermier.php) - she roasted the bird in our convection oven; meat was not as tender as a regular chicken (fine w/ me), but there was less fat on the bird (I did the carving) and the flavors were wonderful, just fuller and more 'gamy' - believe that we'll be trying these 'free range organic' chickens more often -  :)


(http://giradman.smugmug.com/photos/447805101_tvkTX-M.jpg)  (http://joycefoods.com/img/poulet-rouge/cou-nu-glamour.jpg)

These things are pricey, but when I taste them I know why I don't mind spending that extra money.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 03, 2009, 09:12:58 AM
Quote from: toledobass on January 03, 2009, 08:43:24 AM
These things are pricey, but when I taste them I know why I don't mind spending that extra money.

Hi Allan - yep, those birds do cost a little more (not sure 'what' she paid?), but we had a different one on Christmas Day which was wonderful, also - but I really liked that French chicken, and even supporting the local Piedmont economy!   :)  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 04, 2009, 06:05:27 AM
ughhh



went out last night



drank



ate taco bell






Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Homo Aestheticus on January 04, 2009, 05:14:32 PM
A nice appetizer of fresh cockles (baby clams) in brine with a sprinkle of lemon juice...  I am not a drinker but this goes especially well with a small Beck's beer... :)

(http://www.dani.es/images/rounds/berberechos-gigantes.gif)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Anne on January 04, 2009, 07:39:58 PM
Château Latour, Yours for $200 Million

Posted Jan 2nd 2009 8:02AM by Jared Paul Stern
Filed under: Wine

Fabled Bordeaux brand Château Latour, widely regarded as one of the finest wines from the Medoc region, is being offered for sale by top-drawer investment bank Lazard Freres, the London Times reports. French business tycoon and president of the luxury-goods group PPR, François Pinault, is seeking $200 million - $280 million for it, the paper reports.

Pinault, whose holdings include Christie's (also rumored to be for sale), Gucci and Puma, paid about $150 million for Latour in 1993. Bernard Magrez, owner of the rival Pape Clément winery, is said to be a strong contender, perhaps with backing from his and friend fellow wine aficionado Gérard Depardieu.

The Château Latour estate consists of 190 acres of Bordeaux vineyards, but only grapes from the 115 acres that surround the actual chateau at the heart of the estate are used to make the Grand Vin de Château Latour (right). A case of the 1961 vintage fetched an impressive $170,000 at auction by Christie's in Hong Kong last month.


Gallery: Château Latour


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ezodisy on January 06, 2009, 08:27:53 AM
Quote from: Anne on January 04, 2009, 07:39:58 PM
A case of the 1961 vintage fetched an impressive $170,000 at auction by Christie's in Hong Kong last month.

::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on January 07, 2009, 07:03:08 PM
Anyone ever tried salt-crust baked chicken? I heard good and not so good things about it.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on January 09, 2009, 01:43:08 PM
Tonight Mrs. Rock cooked. Fried Zander (perch) filets, diced potatoes roasted with fresh rosemary and onions, and creamed sauerkraut and green olives (tastes much, much better than it sounds  ;D )  We drank a bone dry white: Pazo de Monterrey 2007 from the Galicien region of Spain. Parker gave it a 90. I wasn't as impressed, finding it rather too neutral for my taste--but it was crisp and acidic, and went well wth the Kraut.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bunny on January 10, 2009, 10:28:47 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on January 07, 2009, 07:03:08 PM
Anyone ever tried salt-crust baked chicken? I heard good and not so good things about it.

It's fairly good way of roasting a whole fish.  I've never heard of it done with chicken.  I don't think I'd try it because a chicken produces so much juice it would be poached, boiled or braised rather than truly roasted in the salt shell.  Also, with that salt shell, how would the skin crisp?  The crispy skin of a roasted chicken is my favorite part.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bunny on January 10, 2009, 10:36:33 AM
Quote from: Anne on January 04, 2009, 07:39:58 PM
Château Latour, Yours for $200 Million

Posted Jan 2nd 2009 8:02AM by Jared Paul Stern
Filed under: Wine

Fabled Bordeaux brand Château Latour, widely regarded as one of the finest wines from the Medoc region, is being offered for sale by top-drawer investment bank Lazard Freres, the London Times reports. French business tycoon and president of the luxury-goods group PPR, François Pinault, is seeking $200 million - $280 million for it, the paper reports.

Pinault, whose holdings include Christie's (also rumored to be for sale), Gucci and Puma, paid about $150 million for Latour in 1993. Bernard Magrez, owner of the rival Pape Clément winery, is said to be a strong contender, perhaps with backing from his and friend fellow wine aficionado Gérard Depardieu.

The Château Latour estate consists of 190 acres of Bordeaux vineyards, but only grapes from the 115 acres that surround the actual chateau at the heart of the estate are used to make the Grand Vin de Château Latour (right). A case of the 1961 vintage fetched an impressive $170,000 at auction by Christie's in Hong Kong last month.


Gallery: Château Latour




No wonder all of these investment banks are going belly up!  What new bubble will they think to invest in next?  Wine for $170,000 million a case?  That's such an expensive tipple and you literally end up pissing away your assets. Stupid, stupid, stupid. 

Hardy Rodenstock, where are you, there are still too many chickens ready to be plucked. :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 10, 2009, 01:17:01 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on January 09, 2009, 01:43:08 PM
Tonight Mrs. Rock cooked. Fried Zander (perch) filets, diced potatoes roasted with fresh rosemary and onions, and creamed sauerkraut and green olives (tastes much, much better than it sounds  ;D ) ..............

Hello Sarge - above dinner (and wine described in your post) sounds delicious - I've not had perch in years - use to  be a common meal for me growing up in the Toledo-lower Michigan area -  :)

Tonight, Susan is goin' to make Bison filet mignon - not sure 'what' the sides will be; often 'oven fries' + a veggie!

Just opened a J.Lohr 2003 Cabernet (Seven Oaks) - a good value red which has been sitting in my cellar for at least a couple of years - tasting wonderful but w/ some tannin - may go ahead and decant just to aerate the wine!

(http://www.wildnatureimages.com/A%20to%20C3000/BUFFALO-HERD-YNP..jpg)  (http://www.alleyrose.com/mixology/mix.wine.stock/mix.wine.stock.labels/2002-J-Lohr-cabernet.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on January 10, 2009, 02:07:28 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on January 10, 2009, 01:17:01 PM
Hello Sarge - above dinner (and wine described in your post) sounds delicious

It was delicious, but not quite what I had in mind. She was trying to duplicate a meal I've had several times at a favorite Weinstube in Bad Dürkheim on the Weinstrasse. The problem was, she's never had that meal so all she had to go by was my inadequate recollection and instructions. Still, her version was great.

Tonight we had beef Rouladen, my mother's recipe. Thinly sliced round steak wrapped around bacon, onions, garlic and mustard, then browned and boiled for two hours with carrots and eventually potatoes. The resulting sauce/gravy is heavenly. We drank a cheap but surprisingly good Spanish red, a tempranillo from the Tierra de Castilla (central Spain).

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Tonight, Susan is goin' to make Bison filet mignon

Never had bison...I wonder if I can find it somewhere in northeast Ohio when next I'm home.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 10, 2009, 02:29:11 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on January 10, 2009, 02:07:28 PM
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Never had bison...I wonder if I can find it somewhere in northeast Ohio when next I'm home.

Sarge - we order the bison filet mignons off the web - Susan's current site is from around Jackson Hole, Wyoming - shipped overnight usually in dry ice; locally, not much luck (even w/ 'Whole Foods' & 'Fresh Market' - usually have ground buffalo), but likely in the Cleveland area, the bison cut may be available?

Bison is a great choice if a red meat is desired (of course w/ an aged red wine), but w/ the calories/fat/cholesterol similar to a chicken breast (ostrich another choice) - only problem is w/ the little fat the meat has to be cooked pretty much 'medium rare' or rarer, so an issue for those who may not like lookin' @ a little blood (which is our preference, anyway)!

BTW - side dishes for the evening will be Quinoa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinoa) - we're really getting into this Incan dish - and some steamed snow peas - can smell the flavors emerging from the kitchen @ the moment -  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on January 11, 2009, 07:12:14 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on January 10, 2009, 02:29:11 PM
Bison is a great choice if a red meat is desired (of course w/ an aged red wine), but w/ the calories/fat/cholesterol similar to a chicken breast (ostrich another choice) - only problem is w/ the little fat the meat has to be cooked pretty much 'medium rare' or rarer, so an issue for those who may not like lookin' @ a little blood (which is our preference, anyway)!

Bloody and still kicking is the way I prefer my red meat anyway  ;)  Looking forward to trying this, Dave.

Tonight I'm making Curry Mee, a southeast Asian chicken noodle soup (recipe at the New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/dining/071lrex.html?ref=dining)). The stock is simmering now...smells great  8)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 11, 2009, 08:07:52 AM
Made a simple pasta last night.  Roasted brussel sprouts with pine nuts and shallots over some home made fettucini noodles.  For dessert the Mrs. made an apple crisp.  Very satisfying dinner.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 11, 2009, 04:15:45 PM
Quote from: toledobass on January 11, 2009, 08:07:52 AM
Made a simple pasta last night.  Roasted brussel sprouts with pine nuts and shallots over some home made fettucini noodles.  For dessert the Mrs. made an apple crisp.  Very satisfying dinner.

Allan - sounds good! - you must have had some wine w/ this dish?  :)

Tonight (Sunday) we usually go to our little mountain bistro down the road, for me tonight:

Grilled (smoky) port tenderloin on the 'pink side' just w/ some asparagus (steamed) & a great cole slaw, plus a couple of glasses of Pinot Noir - a delightful experience, as usual at this place -  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on January 11, 2009, 04:40:50 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on January 11, 2009, 04:15:45 PMtonight:
Grilled (smoky) port tenderloin on the 'pink side'...

They do pink pork in America? I thought that only happened in Germany--where they haven't had a single case of trichinosis in a hundred years. Or so I've been told. As an Ami, it's taken me literally decades to get over my automatic and powerful aversion to pork cooked in any way but well-done. I still can't eat bloody French chicken; it's a wonder the entire French nation hasn't succumbed to salmonella poisoning by now  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 11, 2009, 04:48:45 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on January 11, 2009, 04:40:50 PM
They do pink pork in America? I thought that only happened in Germany--where they haven't had a single case of trichinosis in a hundred years..................

Pretty much the same here, I've not worried about that 'worm' in many years - the standard at the place mentioned is 'medium', so comes out pink (and wonderful) - Susan does pork tenderloins @ home occasionally and we like them on the 'pinkish' side - agree that when well done, just 'boring & hard to chew' -  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 12, 2009, 06:27:02 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on January 11, 2009, 04:15:45 PM
Allan - sounds good! - you must have had some wine w/ this dish?  :)

Tonight (Sunday) we usually go to our little mountain bistro down the road, for me tonight:

Grilled (smoky) port tenderloin on the 'pink side' just w/ some asparagus (steamed) & a great cole slaw, plus a couple of glasses of Pinot Noir - a delightful experience, as usual at this place -  :D

Sadly no vino with this as I'm on the wagon until Feb. 

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 14, 2009, 04:08:13 PM
Wings!!!!!

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on January 14, 2009, 10:20:56 PM
Plain bagel that I've made with home made cream cheese (and supermarket tasteless tomatoes  :-\)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 15, 2009, 10:31:24 AM
Quote from: orbital on January 14, 2009, 10:20:56 PM
Plain bagel that I've made with home made cream cheese (and supermarket tasteless tomatoes   :-\)

Orbital - above bolded really driving my wife nuts!  She likes nice 'red' tomatoes w/ taste, often lacking at the local stores and in some of the restaurants (in salads) - usually cooks w/ canned tomatoes, which can taste great! 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on January 19, 2009, 04:10:44 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on January 11, 2009, 04:48:45 PM
Pretty much the same here, I've not worried about that 'worm' in many years - the standard at the place mentioned is 'medium', so comes out pink (and wonderful) - Susan does pork tenderloins @ home occasionally and we like them on the 'pinkish' side - agree that when well done, just 'boring & hard to chew' -  :D

Pink is the only way to have it... but then that's true for almost every meat. Great pork well done will outclass even Kobe beef. But mediocre pork (never mind worse than that) can't hold a candle even to low-grade beef. There are few things that annoy me as much about modern, urban societies (America is head of the pack, but hardly alone in this) that get all touchy about the very possibility of food not just being 99.9% safe but 100%. Having to sign a petition just to have the cook not ruin my steak is annoying. People who are grossed out when food is handled with hands (but without gloves) are annoying. [I certainly prefer it over someone stuck in sweat-inducing rubber gloves all day, leaving patches of corn-starch all over the place.]

Don't get me started.

Here's Dinner from a few days ago:


Tuna-Salmon Tatar
with Wasabi-Powdered Cucumber Pins
and Minced Spring Onions.
Topped with Black Sesame Seeds.


with that a nice, inexpensive Cremant de Loire.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 19, 2009, 05:02:30 AM
Did you make that?  It looks delicious.



When I was researching info about curing meats I came to the conclusion that it was pretty damn difficult to get trichanosis from any pork raised in the factory system here in America.  Some of those hogs never even get to see the light of day. For a long time now, reported cases have been from animals from the wild, not the grocer.

Allan 



Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on January 19, 2009, 05:14:23 AM
Quote from: toledobass on January 19, 2009, 05:02:30 AM
Did you make that?  It looks delicious.

I'd made it a few times before, but this time it turned out *just* the way I wanted it. It was scrumptious. I think using Wasabi-powder instead of Wasabi-paste helped a good bit (the cucumbers are 98% water, after all)...

I could not get the drum-sieve I was looking for, so I treated myself with fish, instead. But it was sad having it with no one to share. (So I called my girlfriend and send her the--hence taken--pictures.)

It's easy enough to make, but the fish-cost can burn a small hole into your pocket.

Complete Sibelius Edition volumes 3 and 5 in the background.  :)

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When I was researching info about curing meats I came to the conclusion that it was pretty damn difficult to get trichanosis from any pork raised in the factory system here in America.  Some of those hogs never even get to see the light of day. For a long time now, reported cases have been from animals from the wild, not the grocer.

Allan


Hmm... even with consumption of game (incl. bears, apparently), there are only some 12 cases a year?!?
But I would not want to eat the meat of a factory-raised pig in the first place.  :)  Pork should grow (slightly) in the pan, not shrink. That's the most telling sign of its quality. In the US, I don't cook with pork anymore, because I don't know how to find the good stuff. When I'm back, I'll have to find myself a butcher who has a farmer who can provide...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 19, 2009, 05:23:57 AM
I hear you on the eating factory raised stuff, but I guess my point was that basically in any restaurant in the US, if you wanna eat your pork pink,  you should be able to do so without fear. 

You can get some good pork here:  Heritage Foods (http://store.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/default.asp?CS=hfusa&StoreType=BtoC&Count1=298458278&Count2=215598702).

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 19, 2009, 04:18:47 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on January 19, 2009, 04:10:44 AM
Here's Dinner from a few days ago:

Tuna-Salmon Tatar with Wasabi-Powdered Cucumber Pins and Minced Spring Onions.
Topped with Black Sesame Seeds.



Jens - great looking dish - agree w/ Allan!  But, I've usually had this type of food as an appetizer!  You must have had more for dinner?   ;)  Dave  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 19, 2009, 04:52:54 PM
Well, just returned from a January routine - wife's (Susan) birthday - she loves an 'overnight' in the area w/ a great dinner - in the past, we've gone to the Fearrington Inn/Restaurant (http://www.fearrington.com/house/), but she wanted a change this year!  This time decided to spend a couple of nights at the Umstead Inn & Spa (http://theumstead-px.trvlclick.com/) in the Raleigh/Cary area - had dinner there both nights at the Herons Restaurant (http://www.heronsrestaurant.com/) in the hotel - selections below (wish that I had pics):

First Night:

Seafood Ceviche - Kona Kampachi, Baby Clams, Mussels, Taylor Bay Scallops, Sweet Prawns, Citrus Fine Herb Marinade, Orange Olive Oil  - this was delicious & unexpected; each marinaded and served in a pile w/ the prawns on sticks; in fact, ordered the same the next night!

Sautéed Monkfish w/ Seared Diver Scallop, Celery Root Puree, Glazed Vegetables - my main course; monkfish wonderful & one of the biggest scallops that I've ever been served, and cooked just right!

Lobster "Soup" - Butter Poached Cold Water Lobster, Lobster Cream, Roasted Root Vegetables - Susan's main dish (tempted to order this the second night, but was just light & wonderful for her!)

Second Night:

She Crab Soup for Susan (one of the best we've tasted!) - same ceviche for me (just needed a 'second dose'!)

Roasted Breast of Pheasant   w/ Rösti Potatoes, Port Wine Sauce - rarely have this bird, but the breast is just a little pink & gamy - had this w/ a glass of Pinot Noir from Oregon; some nice 'hash brown' type potatoes and Brussel sprouts (which I love!) - great combination!

Pistachios Crusted Rack of Lamb - Potato Dauphine, Gingered Carrot Sauce - Susan's choice & a great one!

If you're ever in the Raleigh area of North Carolina, this restaurant is a definite recommendation!  Not cheap, but a treat!

BTW - for lunch on our 'free' day, we lunched at the Wahsington Duke Inn & Golf Resort (http://www.washingtondukeinn.com/) on the Duke campus in Durham - our first visit (just to see if we might want to return) - just a wonderful piece of property & a delightful brunch lunch - likely will give the place a more 'detailed' stay -  :D

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on January 20, 2009, 01:55:49 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on January 19, 2009, 04:18:47 PM
Jens - great looking dish - agree w/ Allan!  But, I've usually had this type of food as an appetizer!  You must have had more for dinner?   ;)  Dave  ;D

Usually... sure. But when you are a gourmand (borderline glutton), and you pack roughly 200 to 250g of Tuna and Salmon into your "appetizer", then you get away with having that as dinner and be satisfied. (Although I think I nashed something, later that evening.)  ;)

Quote from: SonicMan on January 19, 2009, 04:52:54 PM

Second Night:
She Crap Soup for Susan (one of the best we've tasted!) -

Hmm... then it's not an editorial comment but a typo?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 20, 2009, 04:30:53 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on January 20, 2009, 01:55:49 AM
Usually... sure. But when you are a gourmand (borderline glutton), and you pack roughly 200 to 250g of Tuna and Salmon into your "appetizer", then you get away with having that as dinner and be satisfied. (Although I think I nashed something, later that evening.)  ;)

Hmm... then it's not an editorial comment but a typo?

Sorry - typing too fast & thinking of the food, I guess - She Crab soup is certainly correct!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 21, 2009, 05:35:28 PM
Well today (i.e. Jan 21) is Susan's birthday! Of course, I just took her to a 2-night stay @ the Umstead Hotel (as already discussed a few posts ago) w/ some fine meals; tonight we just had a 'snack dinner' - some 'real' cheeses (which we rarely eat @ our age) - just a special treat for us!  some 'smoked' fish - salmon & trout (the latter one of my favorites), along w/ crackers/breads & dill sauce & cream cheese - accompanied w/ a bottle of CA sparkling wine - Gloria Ferrer Blanc de Noir - just wonderful, light, & delicious!  :D

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2273/2155495756_3706c9f990.jpg?v=1199214098)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 21, 2009, 07:41:48 PM
nice work my man.....Happy Birthday to Susan.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Anne on January 26, 2009, 04:06:14 PM
Went to a baby shower Saturday and Cranberry Tea was served.  Everyone wanted the recipe and I am passing it on to you.  It was delicious!


Cranberry Tea

1 c. white sugar
2 c. water
3 sticks cinnamon

Boil the first 3 ingredients for 10 mins.

Then add the last 3 ingredients.

2 qts. cranberry juice   (I use the light and it turns out okay)
2 pts. pineapple juice
3 Tbsp. lemon juice (can also use lemon slices and float in the pot--and/or)

Can be made ahead of time and heated when ready to serve.  Makes 1 gallon.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 26, 2009, 05:15:04 PM
Quote from: Anne on January 26, 2009, 04:06:14 PM
Went to a baby shower Saturday and Cranberry Tea was served.  Everyone wanted the recipe and I am passing it on to you.  It was delicious!....

Anne - sounds tasty, but I'd probably 'spike' that w/ a liquor, such as Grand Marnier -  ;) ;D  Dave

P.S.  hope that you're healing well -  :-*

(http://www.keogroup.com/uploads/Image/Imported/Spirits/Grand-Marnier-Cordon-Rouge.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Anne on January 26, 2009, 08:59:44 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on January 26, 2009, 05:15:04 PM
Anne - sounds tasty, but I'd probably 'spike' that w/ a liquor, such as Grand Marnier -  ;) ;D  Dave

P.S.  hope that you're healing well -  :-*

(http://www.keogroup.com/uploads/Image/Imported/Spirits/Grand-Marnier-Cordon-Rouge.jpg)

You are the expert on the additives.  I will pass the suggestion to my sister.  Thanks!

The healing is progressing.  For some reason the injury hurts now where it had not before.  I am quite surprised how strong the pain is.  In any case, Dr. Chouinard told me today to begin exercises and cutting down on use of sling.  Instead of weekly appointments starting now they will become monthly appointments.  I did not know this before apparently Dr.C is quite renowned nationally and has published things; I don't know what.  Dr.C. specializes in shoulders; I was lucky with that too.  There are 12 doctors in that group - all orthopedic in some way or another.  Word has it that the local hospital would like to become the U of M hospital of the North.  Thanks for inquiring about my shoulder.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 27, 2009, 07:26:49 AM
Quote from: Anne on January 26, 2009, 08:59:44 PM
The healing is progressing.  For some reason the injury hurts now where it had not before.  I am quite surprised how strong the pain is.  In any case, Dr. Chouinard told me today to begin exercises and cutting down on use of sling.  Instead of weekly appointments starting now they will become monthly appointments.  I did not know this before apparently Dr.C is quite renowned nationally and has published things; I don't know what.  Dr.C. specializes in shoulders; I was lucky with that too.  There are 12 doctors in that group - all orthopedic in some way or another.  Word has it that the local hospital would like to become the U of M hospital of the North.  Thanks for inquiring about my shoulder.


Anne - glad to hear that you're 'mending' - good luck, as always.  Yep, those orthopedists, esp. at academic centers, really get pretty specialized - the 'hand' surgeons will probably start to sub-subspecialize in individual fingers, not to mention toes for the 'foot' doctors!  ;) :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on January 27, 2009, 08:13:48 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on January 21, 2009, 05:35:28 PM
Well today (i.e. Jan 21) is Susan's birthday!

Just saw this and did a double-take, since Jan. 21 is my sister's birthday, whose name is...Susan!  :o

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 27, 2009, 01:52:06 PM
Quote from: bhodges on January 27, 2009, 08:13:48 AM
Just saw this and did a double-take, since Jan. 21 is my sister's birthday, whose name is...Susan!  :o

Hi Bruce - yep, coincidence!  BTW, my 'Susan' was born near NYC - at Beth Israel Hospital in Newark, NJ - now I suspect you guys are younger than us, but I hope this is not another association!  ;) ;D  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on February 01, 2009, 07:15:02 AM
I was ten chips into a bag of Salsa flavored chips from Trader Joe's when I saw this thread. They taste baked (the worst idea in chips in my lifetime) and probably have no salt. Bleah. I'm not going to finish them.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 02, 2009, 11:22:19 AM
Mrs. Rock made chicken cacciatore this weekend. There were several cups of chicken stock left over so tonight I made Curry Mee (coconut curry chicken noodle soup). We've discovered mature sweet Riesling goes really well with spicy Asian food. We drank a 1999 Riesling Spätlese from Weingut Pfeffingen, one of the world's greatest white wine estates:

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/decgmg/curry%20mee.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on February 02, 2009, 05:17:58 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on December 27, 2008, 07:14:21 AM
Last night, a 'new' experience for the both of us - Halibut Cheeks - now I love halibut, but have never sampled the cheek muscles (below some pics of their 'expected' location) - our son sent us a holiday gift certificate from Seabear (http://www.seabear.com/?gclid=COnFpb-Q4ZcCFQWcnAodI3NkCw), a company that we have used for years (overpriced but the products are superbly packed & delicious) - well, the order included halibut, smoked scallops, trio of smoked salmons, and HALIBUT CHEEKS!

Susan just pan fried the 'cheeks' w/ a little butter and light seasoning - served w/ a veggie; the meat is really white, firm, and flaky - texture similar to a crab or scallop and just great flavor - we have another package and will try a different recipe next time, but I believe that we've added a new seafood option to our dining!  :D

(http://www.salmonuniversity.com/images/Halibut/Lapush%20Halibut%2005%20023.jpg)  (http://www.fishex.com/fish-market/halibut/raw-cheeks.jpg)

Sorry, but I hate to be redundant, but we had a couple of orders of Halibut Cheeks, described and shown above - last night, we tried our 'second' order - these are not cheap (unfortunately!), but just a delicious meat - almost like a mixture of fish/chicken breast/veal in terms of texture & taste; thus, just a wonderful possibility for recipes - I'm having Susan order some more and we're going to try them w/ different 'chicken breast' and 'veal' recipes - e.g. veal piccata is a fav of mine - maybe a choice; but bottom line we've found another 'meat' that may be adaptable to a wide range of cooking experiences - any comments?  Dave -  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on February 02, 2009, 05:32:22 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 02, 2009, 11:22:19 AM
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/decgmg/curry%20mee.jpg)

Sarge - that dish looks wonderful (and comment on the wine, I'm assuming superb!) - tonight, Susan made a 'chili bean' dish (no meat) - we're trying to get some more veggie dishes into our diet - a variety of beans & some HEAT - quite good - leftovers for another meal - may add some 'bison ground beef' as an option.

But, need to explore more of these Alsatian & German wines, like them 'dry' - BTW, have you tried some of the New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs w/ these more spicy dishes?  I find that if a wine selection is preferred (i.e. vs. beer) that this has been a great choice for these spicy oriental dishes - interested in your thoughts!  Dave  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 03, 2009, 11:17:15 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on February 02, 2009, 05:32:22 PM
Sarge - that dish looks wonderful (and comment on the wine, I'm assuming superb!) - tonight, Susan made a 'chili bean' dish (no meat) - we're trying to get some more veggie dishes into our diet - a variety of beans & some HEAT - quite good - leftovers for another meal - may add some 'bison ground beef' as an option.

I need to eat more bean dishes. We love them when I make them...I just don't very often.

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But, need to explore more of these Alsatian & German wines, like them 'dry'

As we've discussed before, finding good dry German wine in the States is difficult. Few are imported. Most is consumed in Germany or exported to Japan. The price of the best examples have really escalated too. We just received the new wine list from a favorite vintner (Reichsrat von Buhl, one of the Pfalz's Three Bs  :) ). His grosses Gewächs (Grand Cru) Riesling is going for €29 ($37) and €49 ($62) a bottle now  :o  That's still cheaper than most Grand Cru Burgundy, and cheaper than many Alsation Grand Crus too, but it's out of our price range now....by the case anyway. Of course there are still many vintners with reasonable prices so we aren't likely to go thirsty  ;D

Quote- BTW, have you tried some of the New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs w/ these more spicy dishes?  I find that if a wine selection is preferred (i.e. vs. beer) that this has been a great choice for these spicy oriental dishes - interested in your thoughts!  Dave  :D

I haven't. We have had Sauvignon Blanc with sushi but with spicier, hotter southeast Asian dishes we usually have beer or a mature sweet German wine (even Auslese from the Mosel works well). The age cuts down on the sweetness and old Riesling sometimes takes on a coconut component to the taste that goes really well with Thai dishes.

If I can find a good NZ Sauvignon Blanc (always a problem here) I'll give it a try, maybe the next time we have Vietnamese spring rolls--not spicy by themselves but fiery when dipped into Mrs. Rock's special sauce  8)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on February 09, 2009, 04:13:01 PM
Just had some chicken mole, the celebrated Mexican recipe, to which I appended some cayenne pepper and cumin, along with mushrooms and onions. The sauce ended up rather too watery, but generally otherwise a success, I think.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bluevelvet on February 09, 2009, 04:19:29 PM
My roommate is making bulgogi, a Korean dish consisting of marinated beef. He's Korean and a chef....but I don't think he'll be sharing tonight. The girlfriend is over. :/

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UIXOn06Pz70/R_najXYm2PI/AAAAAAAACmg/zVezFj4B0Y8/s800/Bulgogi+with+Rice+and+Kimchi.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Renfield on February 10, 2009, 09:48:32 AM
(http://www.carrscrackers.com/cgi-bin/brandpages/fileBlob.pl?md5=091b7fadc8234097f796504f1cddb61f)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on February 11, 2009, 09:28:28 AM
I'm having a slice of Raspberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake from Dozen in Pittsburgh (Squirrel Hill and Lawrenceville). It's my favorite thing there, except for maybe the Lemon Drop cupcake, or their cinnamon rolls, or their quiche, or...

http://dozencupcakes.com/html/about.html
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on February 11, 2009, 03:49:24 PM
Taleggio cheese melted onto smoked fish. This stuff is incredible. It could be used in chemical warfare. I was well acquainted with its ambience-destroying odor before this meal, but it seems that melting it makes the stench even stronger. If it was summer I would air the house, but sadly I can't atm. Several of my friends like the taste of it (which is in-credi-ble, sweet, mellow), but they tend to be put off if they are around the kitchen while I am preparing it, and that happened this time as well, so I had quite a large portion to finish...

(http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/5862/taleggiofarmhouseqo9.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: haydnguy on February 12, 2009, 03:02:31 AM
Skittles    :D

(http://stayfree.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/skittles.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on February 13, 2009, 07:03:43 AM
Now I'm really thinking about eating Indian food.  Nothing makes my mouth water more than when I smell or think of eating it!

Some of my favorite dishes:

Samosas with tamarind sauce
Chick pea curry
Chicken marsala
Beef vindaloo
Butter chicken!
Tandoori chicken
Lamb biryani

some spicy mixed pickle on the side  >:D

and for dessert:

anything!!!.....Kheer, goolab, Indian squares 0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on February 13, 2009, 11:09:07 AM
Quote from: KammerNuss on February 13, 2009, 07:03:43 AM
Now I'm really thinking about eating Indian food.  Nothing makes my mouth water more than when I smell or think of eating it!

Some of my favorite dishes:

Samosas with tamarind sauce
Chick pea curry
Chicken marsala
Beef vindaloo
Butter chicken!
Tandoori chicken
Lamb biryani

some spicy mixed pickle on the side  >:D

and for dessert:

anything!!!.....Kheer, goolab, Indian squares 0:)

I just had some homemade curried lentil soup. I'm not a veggie, it was just a storecupboard clearout midweek cheapo special!  Leftover potato, aubergine and root ginger, spiced up with cumin, tumeric, mint and cayenne! Usually I would take the time to think about balancing the flavours, but on a thursday night no way! I just bunged it all in one pot with lentils and stock and left it an hour hoping for the best. Turned out ok - very fiery (too much cayenne) but the mint offset it a little.

I just bought this authentic curry cookbook, which came very highly recommended, and the recipes look fantastic:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51A4F0ZNS0L._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU02_.jpg)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Dr. Dread on February 13, 2009, 11:13:41 AM
banana
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on February 13, 2009, 11:55:54 AM
Quote from: Mog: 100% replicant on February 13, 2009, 11:09:07 AM
I just had some homemade curried lentil soup. I'm not a veggie, it was just a storecupboard clearout midweek cheapo special!  Leftover potato, aubergine and root ginger, spiced up with cumin, tumeric, mint and cayenne! Usually I would take the time to think about balancing the flavours, but on a thursday night no way! I just bunged it all in one pot with lentils and stock and left it an hour hoping for the best. Turned out ok - very fiery (too much cayenne) but the mint offset it a little.

I just bought this authentic curry cookbook, which came very highly recommended, and the recipes look fantastic:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51A4F0ZNS0L._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU02_.jpg)





That sounds really good, Ben!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on February 14, 2009, 06:35:54 AM
All the talk about Indian food made me crave it last night so it was a bowl of atukul charu, a spicy lamb soup and a mysore masala dosa.  Soooooo good.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on February 14, 2009, 07:45:53 AM
Quote from: toledobass on February 14, 2009, 06:35:54 AM
All the talk about Indian food made me crave it last night so it was a bowl of atukul charu, a spicy lamb soup and a mysore masala dosa.  Soooooo good.

Allan

Home made?  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on February 14, 2009, 08:52:16 AM
Nah...my favorite southern indian restaurant in town.  I'd love to learn how to make that soup though. 

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on February 14, 2009, 05:50:49 PM
Well, I've not reported back here in a while, although having some great food - have enjoyed the recent posts on Indian food!  :)

Tonight on Valentine's day, I gave Susan a nice card that she had a great chuckle!  Bought her a dozen red roses that look just beautiful - for the evening, we did our occasional 'snack dinner' w/ a sparkling wine; items included several cheeses (mixed cheddar & Swiss-type); smoked fishes (salmon & trout w/ a homemade Dill sauce); and a broccoli salad (w/ fresh onion & cilantro) - wine a Chandon Pinot Noir Reserve champagne (non-vintage, but just wonderful!) - nice evening!   :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on February 15, 2009, 03:47:03 AM
Quote from: KammerNuss on February 13, 2009, 07:03:43 AM
Now I'm really thinking about eating Indian food.  Nothing makes my mouth water more than when I smell or think of eating it!

Some of my favorite dishes:

Samosas with tamarind sauce
Chick pea curry
Chicken marsala
Beef vindaloo
Butter chicken!
Tandoori chicken
Lamb biryani

some spicy mixed pickle on the side  >:D

and for dessert:

anything!!!.....Kheer, goolab, Indian squares 0:)
OMG--we're soulmates!  (Whodathunk?)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on February 15, 2009, 07:16:38 AM
I just made some Cincinnati style chili for eating later this evening.  I'll try and put a pic up later.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on February 15, 2009, 05:42:54 PM
here it is!!!!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on February 16, 2009, 06:42:41 AM
Quote from: toledobass on February 15, 2009, 05:42:54 PM
here it is!!!! Re: Chili!

Allan - that looks great, but appears to be a meat sauce over pasta w/ a LOT of shredded cheddar cheese!  :D

I love chili, but Susan doesn't, so she's looking for recipes (there are so many), mainly w/o beans (which I LOVE but not to her taste) - Dave

For me last night, at our 'mountain bistro' again just down the road - had one of their seafood specials for the night - pan seared then roasted Sea Bass over a bed of delicious Ratatouille, just superb - the latter had many wonderful & variable flavors, the usually chopped veggies w/ roasted tomatoes and saffron - of course, a couple of glasses of white wine!   :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on February 16, 2009, 07:02:53 AM
Yeah, Cinci style chili really isn't really like the other stuff you recognize as chili.  Here is some info (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_chili).


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on February 18, 2009, 05:52:49 PM
I made chili today, too. Nothing like the Cincinnati type. Chunks of chuck. Ground ancho chiles. Tomatoes, onions peppers, beans, chicken stock and corn flour (thickener). And cornbread to go with it. Beans are optional, Sonic Man.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on February 18, 2009, 06:19:53 PM
Quote from: nicht schleppend on February 18, 2009, 05:52:49 PM
I made chili today, too. Nothing like the Cincinnati type. Chunks of chuck. Ground ancho chiles. Tomatoes, onions peppers, beans, chicken stock and corn flour (thickener). And cornbread to go with it. Beans are optional, Sonic Man.

NS - not to worry!  ;D  I love beans (just an issue w/ the spouse!) - however, tonight she had to go out early to a choir practice, so left a dish we have often Pasta Fagioli, an Italian 'pasta & bean' dish w/ tomatoes, spices, etc. - love this dish, usually add some additional spices (oregano, basil, & Parmesan cheese) - delicious! Dave  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on February 19, 2009, 02:23:36 AM

Marinated Pork Fillets (med.rare)
and Farfalle in a light Gorgonzola-
Cream-White Wine saucewith
Mushrooms and Chestnuts


Unfortunately I had no wine in the house to go with this.

Breakfast:

Fresh Pretzel (Breze), Rolls with Butter & Honey, Butter & Blackberry Jam
Bavarian Doughnut with Rosehip jam.
Fresh squeezed Blood-Orange Juice,
Glass of black currant juice. (Not wine!)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on February 19, 2009, 05:38:35 AM
Jlaurson: Where do you live to be so lucky to have a fresh Pretzel for breakfast?  ???

I have mine shipped from a bakery in Atlanta, Georgia, halfways across the US to the State of Washington, frozen, and keep them in the freezer until an hour before eating it, heated up at 375° for five minutes - but it's a long way from a real fresh Pretzel!  :'(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on February 19, 2009, 06:27:18 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on February 19, 2009, 05:38:35 AM
Jlaurson: Where do you live to be so lucky to have a fresh Pretzel for breakfast?  ???

I have mine shipped from a bakery in Atlanta, Georgia, halfways across the US to the State of Washington, frozen, and keep them in the freezer until an hour before eating it, heated up at 375° for five minutes - but it's a long way from a real fresh Pretzel!  :'(

My heart goes out to you... but I might be in the same situation soon enough myself, except closer to Atlanta.

For the time being, I live in Pretzeltown-Central (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=munich&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.735377,83.232422&ie=UTF8&ll=48.149138,11.554527&spn=0.119571,0.325127&t=k&z=12).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on February 19, 2009, 06:46:39 AM
Indeed Lucky You, enjoy it while you can. - Interesting map, except I don't think you live in the center lane of a busy München downtown street!

When you get to the Pretzel-underdeveloped country, that's the place, very reliable, mailing you fairly decent Pretzels:

http://www.hofers.com/default.htm

:-*
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on February 21, 2009, 06:42:16 AM
An omelette with sun dried tomatoes.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on February 21, 2009, 05:28:22 PM
First, the pic below is one that I posted last year, but virtually the same dinner tonight, i.e.:

Steamed lobster w/ a salad (tonight - arugula w/ mandarin oranges, crumbled blue cheese + raspberry vinigarette dressing (delicious); wine for the evening the new '07 Kenwood Sauvignon Blanc - just $10 or so, plus a good recommendation - I've been drinking this wine for many years and this vintage is delicious for the price; if available, give the vino a try!  :D

Now, a reserved opinion on buying 'live' lobsters removed from the New England/Canadian coast - lobsters that are shipped and then stored in local tanks (like the one purchased today for me) can vary in their quality and taste - yes, the animal is alive (tonight, mine was kicking and claws streached below submersion into the boiling water); however, after 12 minutes (my usual 'steaming' time), the shell was not bright red (a good sign), but had black spots in part - as expected, the meat did not have the usual 'fresh' flavor of this meat and was rather chewy - not the best, so be aware that even a 'live' lobster shipped and waiting for purchase may be a 'concentration camp' victim and just not taste like those that I've eaten many times in New England & Nova Scotia - not bad tonight but a little disappointing!  :-\

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/photos/308938214_QWwbn-M.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on February 21, 2009, 05:42:17 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on February 21, 2009, 05:28:22 PM
First, the pic below is one that I posted last year, but virtually the same dinner tonight, i.e.:

Steamed lobster w/ a salad (tonight - arugula w/ mandarin oranges, crumbled blue cheese + raspberry vinigarette dressing (delicious); wine for the evening the new '07 Kenwood Sauvignon Blanc - just $10 or so, plus a good recommendation - I've been drinking this wine for many years and this vintage is delicious for the price; if available, give the vino a try!  :D

Now, a reserved opinion on buying 'live' lobsters removed from the New England/Canadian coast - lobsters that are shipped and then stored in local tanks (like the one purchased today for me) can vary in their quality and taste - yes, the animal is alive (tonight, mine was kicking and claws streached below submersion into the boiling water); however, after 12 minutes (my usual 'steaming' time), the shell was not bright red (a good sign), but had black spots in part - as expected, the meat did not have the usual 'fresh' flavor of this meat and was rather chewy - not the best, so be aware that even a 'live' lobster shipped and waiting for purchase may be a 'concentration camp' victim and just not taste like those that I've eaten many times in New England & Nova Scotia - not bad tonight but a little disappointing!  :-\

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/photos/308938214_QWwbn-M.jpg)

Well the salad sure does look nice!

I wouldn't know what to do if that creature arrived on my plate though. I have to get someone to help me even with a mere langoustine.  :-\

Ok and by 'help me' I mean remove any evidence that is once a living creature. Invertabrates make me squeemish!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Dundonnell on February 21, 2009, 05:52:56 PM
I held a dinner party tonight for three friends. I think/hope that it went well :)

Starter was Scottish smoked salmon with Atlantic prawns, watercress and a seafood sauce with green peppercorns. Followed that with roast partridge(one partridge per person), roast potatoes, parsnips, peas, sauce, redcurrent jelly.

I don't normally cook for more than one person(ie me ;D) so I was quite nervous. Partridge can be terribly dry if overcooked. Seemed to get it right though so quite pleased :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on February 22, 2009, 02:46:16 PM
Taking advantage of a big special on tomatoes (15 pounds for 6$), I prepared a confit de tomates. Tomatoes are cut in half, basted with olive oil and  lined into oiled baking sheets (four of them: 15 pounds is a lot of tomatoes). I sprinkle with coarse salt and put in the oven at 275 degrees for about 4-6 hours. Near the end I baste them with oil again. When the cooked flesh separates easily from the skin I put them in jars with some more oil, salt and freshly ground black pepper.

The confit can be used in many, many recipes. Each batch is flavoured according to the main dish at hand. Basil, chilies, sweet red peppers, garlic, Provence herbs and curry will be added only at that stage.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on February 22, 2009, 03:21:30 PM
Quote from: Mog: 100% replicant on February 21, 2009, 05:42:17 PM
Well the salad sure does look nice!

I wouldn't know what to do if that creature arrived on my plate though. I have to get someone to help me even with a mere langoustine.  :-\

Ok and by 'help me' I mean remove any evidence that is once a living creature. Invertabrates make me squeemish!

Hi Ben - LOL!  ;D  Likely my same experience back in the late '60s - just can't remember how I felt?  ::)

But, quite easy - just need some kitchen shearers first - flip the 'cooked' animal over, then simply cut through the tail cartilage & the underbelly - now, you're set to go!

Of course, there are different approaches (and my wife & I tend to go in opposite directions); for me, I first pull off the tail from the animal, just angulate and twist - remove the tail meat and cut into pieces (depending on the size of the lobster) - use the sauce you prefer (melted butter w/ a little lemon is traditional, but I tend to use cocktail sauce w/ some horse radish - up to you!).

Next, the body - some just avoid this part completely, but as an interlude, I pull off each leg and gather what I can - not much to eat there but will delay your next step, i.e. the claws; now, some eat the 'tomale', i.e. the digestive organs - avoid this since there is some evidence of contamination; I've never been an advocate of this step, so not a problem for me.

Finally, the claws - many parts to investigate and eat!  Your need some good tools, i.e. small 2-prong forks & crackers (examples below, but many different variations) - give it a try! 

(http://fantes.com/images/8712seafood.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on February 22, 2009, 03:26:12 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on February 22, 2009, 03:21:30 PM
Hi Ben - LOL!  ;D  Likely my same experience back in the late '60s - just can't remember how I felt?  ::)

But, quite easy - just need some kitchen shearers first - flip the 'cooked' animal over, then simply cut through the tail cartilage & the underbelly - now, you're set to go!

Of course, there are different approaches (and my wife & I tend to go in opposite directions); for me, I first pull off the tail from the animal, just angulate and twist - remove the tail meat and cut into pieces (depending on the size of the lobster) - use the sauce you prefer (melted butter w/ a little lemon is traditional, but I tend to use cocktail sauce w/ some horse radish - up to you!).

Next, the body - some just avoid this part completely, but as an interlude, I pull off each leg and gather what I can - not much to eat there but will delay your next step, i.e. the claws; now, some eat the 'tomale', i.e. the digestive organs - avoid this since there is some evidence of contamination; I've never been an advocate of this step, so not a problem for me.

Finally, the claws - many parts to investigate and eat!  Your need some good tools, i.e. small 2-prong forks & crackers (examples below, but many different variations) - give it a try! 

(http://fantes.com/images/8712seafood.jpg)

I don't think I could eat something I have to 'operate' on with what look like surgical tools!  :o

Would it be awfully rude to order just the lobster meat from a restaurant, on a plate with no evidence of its crustacean past? :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Dundonnell on February 22, 2009, 03:29:08 PM
These tools remind me of that truly horrific film 'Dead Ringers' directed by David Cronnenberg. I remember hiding behind a sofa in a student flat in Dundee trying not to watch any of the second half ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on February 22, 2009, 03:31:56 PM
Quote from: Dundonnell on February 22, 2009, 03:29:08 PM
These tools remind me of that truly horrific film 'Dead Ringers' directed by David Cronnenberg. I remember hiding behind a sofa in a student flat in Dundee trying not to watch any of the second half ;D

Oh yes! With Jeremy Irons isn't it? I have a vague memory of being very disturbed (not as much as a Japanese film called The Audition though - that is genuinly terrifying).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on February 22, 2009, 03:35:58 PM
Quote from: Mog: 100% replicant on February 22, 2009, 03:26:12 PM
I don't think I could eat something I have to 'operate' on with what look like surgical tools!  :o

Would it be awfully rude to order just the lobster meat from a restaurant, on a plate with no evidence of its crustacean past? :D

Well, there are less ominous looking lobster tools on the market (some of which we own), so not to worry!  Plus, I've had a lot of lobster dishes at restaurants in which the 'meat' is remove from the shell, so no need to work like a 'surgeon' on the animal (but, hey - this is FUN!).   :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on February 22, 2009, 03:40:09 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on February 22, 2009, 03:35:58 PM
Well, there are less ominous looking lobster tools on the market (some of which we own), so not to worry!  Plus, I've had a lot of lobster dishes at restaurants in which the 'meat' is remove from the shell, so no need to work like a 'surgeon' on the animal (but, hey - this is FUN!).   :)

I think i'll just stick to bisque...  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on February 24, 2009, 07:09:29 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on February 22, 2009, 02:46:16 PM
Taking advantage of a big special on tomatoes (15 pounds for 6$), I prepared a confit de tomates. Tomatoes are cut in half, basted with olive oil and  lined into oiled baking sheets (four of them: 15 pounds is a lot of tomatoes). I sprinkle with coarse salt and put in the oven at 275 degrees for about 4-6 hours. Near the end I baste them with oil again. When the cooked flesh separates easily from the skin I put them in jars with some more oil, salt and freshly ground black pepper.

The confit can be used in many, many recipes. Each batch is flavoured according to the main dish at hand. Basil, chilies, sweet red peppers, garlic, Provence herbs and curry will be added only at that stage.
I oven-dry tomatoes this way, too, usually longer (overnight) and at a lower temp. I often use them to make pissaladiere (a Provencal pizza), or just in salads. Sometimes I make a very mustard-heavy emulsified vinaigrette (mix vinegar and mustard, then drip EVOO into it while whisking). I love Kalamata olives with either the pizza I make this way, or the salad. Yum.

I think I'm going to call mine "confit" from now on. Everything sounds better if you say it in French.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on February 28, 2009, 09:04:15 AM
A stew of chard, celery root and chickpeas w/ white rice on the side. Despite the weird combination, it tasted quite good actually.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on February 28, 2009, 01:26:50 PM
I'm having some sinigang before my concert tonight.  It's a sour filipino soup made from tamarind (usually) broth.  To that broth I usually add   shrimp or pork as the protein, but have also seen many kinds of fish used as well as beef (have yet to see chicken sinigang.  Usually some vegetables get added too.  Sometimes green beans but this time I added some cabbage and onion slices as well as a tomato or two.  I always eat mine with a bowl of rice.  Food that takes me back to my childhood.


Allan


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on February 28, 2009, 02:17:58 PM
Food mistake tonight: Never go out to restaurants you don't expect to be good.
You think by expecting mediocrity, you can inoculate yourself against disappointment,
but it turns out that mediocre food, even inexpensive, disappoints invariably.
Even worse when the waiter the restaurant (ominously named "Bella Roma", a
variation of which signifies just about EVERY bad Italian restaurant in this region)
asks--in Italian, of course, because Germans love that bit of authenticity whereas I,
although I speak Italian passably well, am annoyed to no end by it--whether it was
good and one is satisfied. What's "It wasn't really below what I expected" in Italian
again?

Insalata Tonno e Fagoli really is only glorified Tuna Salad without Mayo and lots of white beans.
But when it's not even glorified, and there's a huge chunk of canned tuna dumped on a bunch
of beans swimming in their can-juice and one huge piece of onion (basically an inch-thick slice of
a big white onion) with a few alibi-greens sparsely surrounding the mess, then it's difficult not to
be depressed before you've downed the salad.

Avoiding further disappointment, I went the safety route of Pizza. I've had worse (in a place
named "Bella Italia", up the road), but boy was that unsatisfactory, all the same. None of
that sense of fresh strawberries and goodness that you get when biting into a good slice
with fresh ingredients. Just that urge for an extra handful of TUMMS afterwards.

Now I have Brahms' Piano Quartets (1 & 3 w/the Nash Ensemble) and a good cup of black tea with
fresh cream and a bit of brown sugar to calm me before going to bed.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: imperfection on February 28, 2009, 02:43:25 PM
(http://d0.biggestmenu.com/00/00/96/41f2a83b4a197370_m.jpg)

2 chicken wings + char siu
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on February 28, 2009, 02:54:25 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on February 28, 2009, 02:17:58 PM
Food mistake tonight: Never go out to restaurants you don't expect to be good.............

Jens - sorry about that experience; I could relate many of my own, but just one - we were vacationing in New England, and just came off a wonderful boat ride on one of those lakes (can't remember which one @ the moment), but my wife was hungry for lunch, and we stopped at a 'diner'; sat down, looked at the menu, looked at each other - then the waitress appeared (a sweet young thing) - I could have ordered 'something' (would not have been happy), so I said to the waitress that "my wife finds nothing on your menu of interest, sorry" - so we just got up and left - fortunately found a place a few miles down the road, and had an excellent lunch!  We still laugh over that after many years -  ;D

Tonight out @ our little mountain bistro down the road - Yellow Fin Tuna for me, rare + a side of asparagus - yes, lite + some wine!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on February 28, 2009, 03:41:22 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on February 28, 2009, 02:54:25 PM
Jens - sorry about that experience; I could have ordered 'something' (would not have been happy), so I said to the waitress that "my wife finds nothing on your menu of interest, sorry" -

I had no wife to blame it on (or encourage reason) with me tonight, unfortunately. Just an empty stomach and an even emptier fridge at home.
Your mountain lunch sounds delicious. I love rare yellow fin.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on March 03, 2009, 05:38:37 AM
Poppy-Seed Omelette (5 eggs)
with minced Leeks,
finely chopped Zucchini,
and diced Red Peppers.


For extra fluffiness, I add a bit of milk and flower to the eggs.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on March 03, 2009, 09:36:02 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on March 03, 2009, 05:38:37 AM
Poppy-Seed Omelette (5 eggs)
with minced Leeks,
finely chopped Zucchini,
and diced Red Peppers.


For extra fluffiness, I add a bit of milk and flower to the eggs.


Interesting! Do the poppy seeds make a lot of difference? (loving the omlette pacman!)

I also like to add milk to my omlettes, and a fair bit of real butter. And cayenne!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on March 03, 2009, 09:40:19 AM
Does anyone have a good tried and tested tagine recipe?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on March 03, 2009, 11:33:03 AM
Quote from: RepliCat on March 03, 2009, 09:36:02 AM
Interesting! Do the poppy seeds make a lot of difference? (loving the omlette pacman!)

I also like to add milk to my omlettes, and a fair bit of real butter. And cayenne!

Cayenne... yes. I dig that.
Poppy seeds... well, you can tell, visually and texture-wise. And I reckon they do _something_. Like they do on Kaiser Rolls. But it's not a strong over all. I just happen to love poppy for some reason.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on March 09, 2009, 09:37:49 AM
A lemon drop cupcake from Dozen in Pittsburgh: http://dozencupcakes.com/html/menu.html
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harry on March 09, 2009, 09:42:09 AM
A couple of self made Pizza's with pepper salami, and 5 different cheeses.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on March 10, 2009, 04:38:32 AM
Quote from: Harry on March 09, 2009, 09:42:09 AM
A couple of self made Pizza's with pepper salami, and 5 different cheeses.

Everybody, listen: cheese stocks! Buy, buy, buy!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on March 10, 2009, 05:30:56 AM
Quote from: RepliCat on March 10, 2009, 04:38:32 AM
Everybody, listen: cheese stocks! Buy, buy, buy!

Mercy!  :)

Thread duty:

Bran bagel, cream cheese and chives.  Organic green tea (bought a box o' Bigelow, can't be bad, right?)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: John Copeland on March 10, 2009, 05:50:00 AM
Lightly fried rump, a squeeze of lemon.
:o
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on March 10, 2009, 11:09:03 AM
Quote from: John on March 10, 2009, 05:50:00 AM
Lightly fried rump, a squeeze of lemon.
:o

Yumm... That reminds me... I'm going to Scotland in April. Hungry already.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Renfield on March 10, 2009, 02:29:29 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on March 10, 2009, 11:09:03 AM
Yumm... That reminds me... I'm going to Scotland in April. Hungry already.

Oh? Might we in the capital be honoured with your presence - or are you going trekking in the Highlands? ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on March 10, 2009, 02:37:42 PM
Quote from: Renfield on March 10, 2009, 02:29:29 PM
Oh? Might we in the capital be honoured with your presence - or are you going trekking in the Highlands? ;D

Well, I'll be in Glasgow for two short days and a few long ones on the isle of Mull. No Edinb. for me, I'm afraid.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bulldog on March 10, 2009, 02:48:19 PM
Quote from: nicht schleppend on March 09, 2009, 09:37:49 AM
A lemon drop cupcake from Dozen in Pittsburgh: http://dozencupcakes.com/html/menu.html

Vegan vanilla sounds perverse.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on March 10, 2009, 05:07:11 PM
Quote from: Bulldog on March 10, 2009, 02:48:19 PM
Vegan vanilla sounds perverse.
It does, doesn't it?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 10, 2009, 06:09:14 PM
Well, last few nights, Susan has been cooking up some light 'seafood' dishes for us - trying to save the calories (although my wine drinking doesn't help -  ;)):

Last night, some Scallops grilled in an oil/sherry sauce w/ nice flavorings & herbs + an 'inventive' vegetable side of fresh green beans w/ cherry tomatoes, garlic, and herbs - quite tasty and indeed low caloric!

Tonight, Talapia grilled w/ a little olive oil/wine mixture w/ added herbs & fresh basil + sautéed spinach w/ oil, garlic, and fresh mushrooms - another light & delicious dish!

We have a great 'seafood store' locally, and am impressed over the years that the owner just obtains the best stuff in town!  Of course, both meals included some nice white wine -  :D 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 14, 2009, 12:54:28 PM
One of these:
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 14, 2009, 04:05:45 PM
Quote from: toledobass on March 14, 2009, 12:54:28 PM
One of these:  RE:  Pizza


Allan - lookin' good!  :D   Beer and/or a hearty red wine w/ that dish? 

Well tonight, Susan picked up some Osso Buco (braised veal shank - description below from their website) from 'Whole Foods' locally - package came w/ two shanks pre-cooked (w/ ingredients described below), so just needed to re-heat them; as side dishes, she served Orzo pasta which we topped w/ a little of the veal sauce & some fresh grated Parmesan cheese + peas.

Boy, I usually don't like these pre-fab dishes (and rarely have them), but this veal was just superb!  The meat was 'fork' tender, fell off the bone, and was wonderfully flavored (as good as I've had in a restaurant); the orzo was a perfect side along w/ the peas.  Of course, one of the 'highlights' of this meat dish is picking out the bone marrow w/ a little 'lobster' fork - I gave Susan my bone shank (guess not my thing!) - her face glowed!

The company is Cuisine Solutions (http://www.cuisinesolutions.com/) - the veal was our first experience, but our next purchase will be the New Zealand Lamb Shanks; and then, maybe a try of the 'seafood products' - and the calories/fats/etc. were quite respectable - of course, a light red wine for the evening (decanted an '05 Oregon Pinot Noir) -  :)


(http://www.cuisinesolutions.com/thumbnailmainimage.aspx?iname=ossobucomain.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on March 14, 2009, 04:14:07 PM
I made my not-yet-famous Three Cheese Italian Baked Chicken.

Parmeseano, Ricotta, Mozzarella, with milk, bread crumbs, garlic, oregano, rosemary, and crushed red pepper. Really delicious, especially with a side of plain spaghetti sauce with chopped mushrooms and onions.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bwv 1080 on March 14, 2009, 06:54:22 PM
Took advantage of the recession to get some lobsters at $12.99 / LB from the local grocery store

Tomorrow going to try once again to cook some thick pork chops medium, rather than well done (last time failed).   Going to inject them & top them off with mole
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on March 14, 2009, 06:57:23 PM
Quote from: AndyD. on March 14, 2009, 04:14:07 PM
I made my not-yet-famous Three Cheese Italian Baked Chicken.

Parmeseano, Ricotta, Mozzarella, with milk, bread crumbs, garlic, oregano, rosemary, and crushed red pepper. Really delicious, especially with a side of plain spaghetti sauce with chopped mushrooms and onions.
Do the cheeses get mixed with everything else, and then stuffed under the skin of breasts, or what?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on March 14, 2009, 08:17:06 PM
posole de mi esposa, con quesadilla
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on March 15, 2009, 04:02:21 AM
Quote from: nicht schleppend on March 14, 2009, 06:57:23 PM
Do the cheeses get mixed with everything else, and then stuffed under the skin of breasts, or what?


Preheat oven at 450 degrees.

Grab two large bowls. In one bowl (the "wet" bowl), dump about two tablespoons of garlic juice, half a cup of milk, salt, and 3/4 a cup of ricotta cheese. Mix really well.

In the other bowl (the "dry" bowl), mix two teaspoons pepper, 3/4 a cup of bread crumbs, a tablespoon paprika, tablespoon rosemary, one half a cup each of parmesean and mozzarella, 3/4 of a tablespoon of crushed red pepper, and 3/4 a tablespoon of oregano.

Take a couple of large chicken breasts, no skin. Score with a knife, about 9 or ten times along the length of the chicken. Put the breast in the "wet" bowl, making sure it is as thoroughly saturated as possible. Then take the wet breasts (ha ha) and put them in the "dry" bowl, covering them as much as possible (don't be afraid to pat the extra stuff onto the bird).

Put into a well oiled pan, into the oven. It wil take roughly 30 minutes, depending on the size and number of the breasts.

This recipe can be extremely addicting, especially served with a very tomato-ey side dish (I like to have wheat noodles withchopped mushrooms and onions, maybe some black olives).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on March 16, 2009, 05:51:10 AM
Last night I had some gnocchi with a sauce of cream cheese, bacon cubes (would have preferred pancetta!) and sliced mushrooms. 10 minute simple supper for a sunday.

Next week I'm hosting a Mexican-themed dinner party, and i'm thinking:

- Red snapper soup to start
- Chicken molé poblano
- Tequilla syrup oranges for desert

It's all new dishes to me (I thought fajitas might be a bit of a cop out), so it'll be a challenge!

The last time I did a Mexican theme I made chocolate and chilli icecream, which was amazing. The contrast of the cool velvety chocolate icecream, with the gentle love bite of the chilli was sensational! The main was also chocolate-based - a chocolate and lager chilli called 'Lone Star' Chilli. It's basically beef simmered in lager with a big ol' block of good quality chocolate melted in. It took about 4 hours to simmer to an acceptable consistency, by which time the beef was practically molten. Strange ingredients, but it was a beautiful gamble, and went down a treat with everyone!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on March 16, 2009, 05:51:54 AM
Some lovely, light buckwheat this morning.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 16, 2009, 05:58:08 AM
Eating a combination breakfast/lunch: Smoked trout filets on buttered wheat toast.

Quote from: AndyD. on March 14, 2009, 04:14:07 PM
I made my not-yet-famous Three Cheese Italian Baked Chicken.

Parmeseano, Ricotta, Mozzarella, with milk, bread crumbs, garlic, oregano, rosemary, and crushed red pepper. Really delicious, especially with a side of plain spaghetti sauce with chopped mushrooms and onions.

Sounds great, Andy. If I can find the Ricotta I'll make that tonight.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on March 16, 2009, 06:00:18 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 16, 2009, 05:58:08 AM
Sounds great, Andy. If I can find the Ricotta I'll make that tonight.

Sarge


You'll end up customizing it to your own taste. Once you do, you are going to be very happy. My girl and I have it every week, have for months, and still haven't burned it out yet.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 16, 2009, 06:19:38 AM
Quote from: AndyD. on March 14, 2009, 04:14:07 PM
I made my not-yet-famous Three Cheese Italian Baked Chicken.

Parmeseano, Ricotta, Mozzarella, with milk, bread crumbs, garlic, oregano, rosemary, and crushed red pepper. Really delicious, especially with a side of plain spaghetti sauce with chopped mushrooms and onions.

Hmmm.  Is this yours or some of your dad's famous Italian cooking, Ange?  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on March 16, 2009, 06:22:51 AM
Quote from: Bogey on March 16, 2009, 06:19:38 AM
Hmmm.  Is this yours or some of your dad's famous Italian cooking, Ange?  :)


My own invention. My girl and I are unrepentant Italo-Germano philes. Food, music, sculptures, painting, photography, history,

My dad's forte was Neopolitan spaghetti, lamb, homemade pizza, capicola, sopressata and sausage sandwiches...I'm getting very hungry.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on March 16, 2009, 06:48:02 AM
Quote from: AndyD. on March 15, 2009, 04:02:21 AM

Preheat oven at 450 degrees.

Grab two large bowls. In one bowl (the "wet" bowl), dump about two tablespoons of garlic juice, half a cup of milk, salt, and 3/4 a cup of ricotta cheese. Mix really well.

In the other bowl (the "dry" bowl), mix two teaspoons pepper, 3/4 a cup of bread crumbs, a tablespoon paprika, tablespoon rosemary, one half a cup each of parmesean and mozzarella, 3/4 of a tablespoon of crushed red pepper, and 3/4 a tablespoon of oregano.

Take a couple of large chicken breasts, no skin. Score with a knife, about 9 or ten times along the length of the chicken. Put the breast in the "wet" bowl, making sure it is as thoroughly saturated as possible. Then take the wet breasts (ha ha) and put them in the "dry" bowl, covering them as much as possible (don't be afraid to pat the extra stuff onto the bird).

Put into a well oiled pan, into the oven. It wil take roughly 30 minutes, depending on the size and number of the breasts.

This recipe can be extremely addicting, especially served with a very tomato-ey side dish (I like to have wheat noodles withchopped mushrooms and onions, maybe some black olives).
It sounds wonderful, Andy. I am going to try it.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 16, 2009, 05:12:08 PM
GREAT!  ;D   Some activity in the 'eating thread'!  :)

Last night, Sunday, we usually dine @ our 'Mountain Bistro' down the road 5 mins from the house - two of my favorites (posted previously in this thread) are their North Carolina Mountain Trout or the Venison Tenderloin (medium rare if not rarer!) - usually a choice of a number of sides (I usually go w/ the veggies, e.g. sauteed spinach and/or asparagus - but their fresh cut fries are just superb, as is the fresh-made cole slaw w/ a variety of cabbages - yumm!).

Well, last night a 'special' - Swordfish - yes, I know this is an ocean animal 'high on the food chain', i.e. ingests smaller animals contaminated w/ 'bad things', so not to eat this fish often; but did an order - wonderfully grilled w/ a special home-made sauce - kind on Mediaterrean, i.e. olive oil, garlic, pine nuts, dried tomatoes, capers, and chopped Italian or Greek tart olives - just great!  Side dish of some wonderful asparagus (I know some, including my wife, don't like this veggie, but a favorite of mine!) - plus, a couple of glasses of one of my favorite white wines offered there, King Estate Pinot Gris from Oregon - can't wait until this 'option' appears again on their menu!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on March 17, 2009, 03:03:58 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on March 16, 2009, 05:12:08 PM
GREAT!  ;D   Some activity in the 'eating thread'!  :)

Well, last night a 'special' - Swordfish - yes, I know this is an ocean animal 'high on the food chain', i.e. ingests smaller animals contaminated w/ 'bad things', so not to eat this fish often; but did an order - wonderfully grilled w/ a special home-made sauce - kind on Mediaterrean, i.e. olive oil, garlic, pine nuts, dried tomatoes, capers, and chopped Italian or Greek tart olives - just great!  Side dish of some wonderful asparagus (I know some, including my wife, don't like this veggie, but a favorite of mine!) - plus, a couple of glasses of one of my favorite white wines offered there, King Estate Pinot Gris from Oregon - can't wait until this 'option' appears again on their menu!  :D



OOOO!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 17, 2009, 06:11:40 PM
Quote from: AndyD. on March 17, 2009, 03:03:58 AM

OOOO!

Andy - could not put that meal any simpler!  OOOO!   ;D

Tonight, Susan made me a dinner that I had to take a picture (below) - looks so seasonal, i.e. Christmas time!  :)

Lately, we've been visiting a Greek bistro in town - nothing special & inexpensive but just tasty Greek-Mediaterrean food - so she bought a Greek cookbook and made a combo multi-cultural dish that 'blew' my mind!

First, Stripped Bass baked w/ a topping from a recipe in the 'new' Greek cookbook - included onions, tomatoes, and herbs (mint, oregano, et al)!

Second, our 'new' discovery Quinoa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinoa), an Andean grain dating back to the times of the Incas in South America (w/ the same fish topping)!

Finally, a wonderful wine and a favorite, Pinot Gris from the King Estate in Oregon (yes, I'm sure that you're bored w/ my promotion of this wine - but, the price is great, the wine wonderful, and the availability fine in the USA at least).

This was a joyous experience for me - a combination of foods/recipes that crossed three continents and possibly centuries of dining experience - a pleasure @ home (BTW, listening to some Vivaldi Cello Sonatas during dinner - check out the 'listening thread') -  :)

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/photos/493635833_JeaTz-M.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 18, 2009, 03:32:59 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on March 17, 2009, 06:11:40 PM

Finally, a wonderful wine and a favorite, Pinot Gris from the King Estate in Oregon (yes, I'm sure that you're bored w/ my promotion of this wine - but, the price is great, the wine wonderful, and the availability fine in the USA at least).

What year on that bottle, Dave?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on March 18, 2009, 10:18:55 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on March 17, 2009, 06:11:40 PM
Second, our 'new' discovery Quinoa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinoa), an Andean grain dating back to the times of the Incas in South America (w/ the same fish topping)!
One of my favorite grains. It is supposedly one of the bests thing you can nurture your body with. I particularly like those crunchy parts that come apart when you cook the grain. I am used to eating the white variety though, I don't know how much it differs from the darker ones you seem to be having.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 18, 2009, 02:28:07 PM
Quote from: Bogey on March 18, 2009, 03:32:59 AM
What year on that bottle, Dave?

Hi Bill - just coming in on Wednesday night - busy in the office - moving to a new one next month & dumping POUNDS of old reprints in a file cabinet & trying to consolidate two file cabinets of xray films to one, which I need to put inside my office - this medical center has not stop building since my days as an intern here in '71-72!  :o

But to answer your question - the King Estate Pinot Gris in the bottle that I pictured is their current 2007 vintage - I've been buying this white wine for years now (and often order it by the glass in restaurants) - they make a LOT!  But, give the wine a try if you're into whites and tired of oaky Chardonnays -  :D  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 18, 2009, 02:36:31 PM
Quote from: orbital on March 18, 2009, 10:18:55 AM
One of my favorite grains. It is supposedly one of the bests thing you can nurture your body with. I particularly like those crunchy parts that come apart when you cook the grain. I am used to eating the white variety though, I don't know how much it differs from the darker ones you seem to be having.

Hello Orbital - wife & I just have been introduced to this grain (she found it) - probably have tried it a half dozen times now (twice in a 'stuffed pepper' recipe that was on the box - delicious & all vegetarian) - even websites dedicated to this product, such as HERE (http://www.quinoa.net/) - would encourage those looking for a 'wild rice' kind of option to check out Quinoa; in fact, maybe I'll suggest a combo of this grain w/ brown or white rice & a mixture of fresh mushrooms - hmm?   :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on March 18, 2009, 05:31:43 PM
Quote from: orbital on March 18, 2009, 10:18:55 AM
One of my favorite grains. It is supposedly one of the bests thing you can nurture your body with. I particularly like those crunchy parts that come apart when you cook the grain. I am used to eating the white variety though, I don't know how much it differs from the darker ones you seem to be having.

Indeed, the only disadvantage is that it's mildly poisonous. There's a reason children are not to eat it... and even if soaked, drained, and rinsed, the saponines can be harmful to adult consumers. Being rich in iron and protein, this "pseudo-cereal" is an interesting addition to one's diet of staples, but being devoid of Vitamin A and C and with potential complications resulting from saponines it's not an adequate replacement. (Not that anyone suggested it was...)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on March 18, 2009, 11:07:10 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on March 18, 2009, 02:36:31 PM
Hello Orbital - wife & I just have been introduced to this grain (she found it) - probably have tried it a half dozen times now (twice in a 'stuffed pepper' recipe that was on the box - delicious & all vegetarian) -
That seems like a great option for Quinoa.

As for things stuffed: peppers seem to be the most popular option, but I much prefer other stuffed vegetables. Zucchini being my favorite... and eggplants and tomatoes too.

Quote from: jlaurson on March 18, 2009, 05:31:43 PM
Indeed, the only disadvantage is that it's mildly poisonous. There's a reason children are not to eat it... and even if soaked, drained, and rinsed, the saponines can be harmful to adult consumers. Being rich in iron and protein, this "pseudo-cereal" is an interesting addition to one's diet of staples, but being devoid of Vitamin A and C and with potential complications resulting from saponines it's not an adequate replacement. (Not that anyone suggested it was...)
And just last year it was the miracle grain  :o
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Renfield on March 18, 2009, 11:25:11 PM
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q130/TheSilverSage/DSC00184.jpg?t=1237447121)

I got up in the middle of the night (due to my famously disrupted sleep cycles :P), and remembered I had the salmon in the fridge.

And vegetables.

So I whipped this up, which was a brilliant idea as a recipe for early-morning lunch (TM); but I still can't get used to that gas hob!

The day I will finally effect the production of truly moderate temperature on that thing is the day my salmon will be fully properly cooked. As it is, most of it was, but the temperature created a medium-rare-ish result in parts of the meat, that was not desired. :'(


(Note that I also had the presence of mind of taking a picture, for once, towards this thread's dubious benefit of my partly-successful salmon. :D)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 19, 2009, 03:27:37 AM
Quote from: Renfield on March 18, 2009, 11:25:11 PM
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q130/TheSilverSage/DSC00184.jpg?t=1237447121)

I got up in the middle of the night (due to my famously disrupted sleep cycles :P), and remembered I had the salmon in the fridge.

And vegetables.

So I whipped this up, which was a brilliant idea as a recipe for early-morning lunch (TM); but I still can't get used to that gas hob!

The day I will finally effect the production of truly moderate temperature on that thing is the day my salmon will be fully properly cooked. As it is, most of it was, but the temperature created a medium-rare-ish result in parts of the meat, that was not desired. :'(


(Note that I also had the presence of mind of taking a picture, for once, towards this thread's dubious benefit of my partly-successful salmon. :D)

Directions on "whipping it up" please.  I have a piece of salmon in the fridge that is in need of preparation.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on March 19, 2009, 05:08:53 AM
Quote from: Renfield on March 18, 2009, 11:25:11 PM
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q130/TheSilverSage/DSC00184.jpg?t=1237447121)
1.) but I still can't get used to that gas hob!

2.)  the temperature created a medium-rare-ish result in parts of the meat, that was not desired. :'(

0.) Good lookin' salmon, I'd say.

1.) "Gas hob" -- are you saying that you are having trouble adjusting from an electric to a gas stove? That's hard to believe. Gas is the only way to cook properly... the only way to have full control over what one is doing. I hate, hate, hate, hate electric ovens (in Germany, they are the rule, rather than the exceptions and people are still proud of their shitty ceramic glass cooktops. It's like iron needle crank-up gramophone vs. ELP laser record player.

2.) Pray tell, how should the salmon have been, if not medium-rareish? Isn't that perfect? Or is that already too done for you. (Salmon well done seems a pointless venture... might as well open a can of "tuna".) Speaking of which: I'll try to repeat my Tuna-Salmon Tartar this weekend (see some posts back)... only this time not for myself, alone, but to share (and impress).  ;)

In the late morning of the day dedicated to cooking there shall be Topfen-Nockerl (or, perhaps more likely because easier: Kaiserschmarrn (http://www.theofel.de/plog-archives/upload/2008/06/kaiserschmarrn.jpg).)

Meanwhile I'll start the vegetable soup stock (including Thai pepper leaves) which will be the base for a yet-to-be-defined soup... probably pear & chestnut with rosemary.

Tatar will be the secret highlight... followed by a small Thai-esque pasta with grilled lemon grass, shrimp, coconut milk and the like.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on March 19, 2009, 05:16:59 AM
Buckwheat and fresh shredded cabbage.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Dr. Dread on March 19, 2009, 05:21:17 AM
So far...

Raspberries

Pineapple

Cream of Wheat
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on March 19, 2009, 07:34:00 AM
(http://easysoutherncooking.com/meats/porkchops.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Dr. Dread on March 19, 2009, 07:35:56 AM
Quote from: Corey on March 19, 2009, 07:34:00 AM
(http://easysoutherncooking.com/meats/porkchops.jpg)

Nice lunch. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 19, 2009, 08:56:09 AM
the Mrs. is making up some meatball subs with cheese for us.  I think she's making salads too.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on March 19, 2009, 09:56:54 AM
I'll be heading out of town soon and plan to stop by my favorite take out joint for some carne asada tacos en route.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 19, 2009, 11:34:28 AM
pick up a few lengua for me....

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on March 19, 2009, 11:54:56 AM
Had a nice lunch at Craftbar (http://www.craftrestaurant.com/craftbar.html), where I'd never been, with a friend who works near the restaurant.  Had a fantastic soup with fennel, piquillo pepper and poached shrimp, and a sandwich with spiced chicken, mozzarella, black olives, cucumber and mint.  Also a glass of Pinot Blanc (Julien Meyer, 2007).  Delicious and reasonable.

http://www.craftrestaurant.com/craftbar.html

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 19, 2009, 05:08:09 PM
Quote from: orbital on March 18, 2009, 11:07:10 PM
And just last year it was the miracle grain  :o   

Orbital - LOL  ;D  - yes, Jens comment about this grain being poisonous was somewhat of a 'shocker' to me as a new discover of this product!  :o

I knew about the issues he discussed, and the fact that this is mainly a carb product (but of course many others in this category are also) - but clarification is certainly needed, esp. for others stimulated to try quinoa - and possibly some references/links to its potential benefits & dangers - I'd like to know myself -  :-\

We are using a product made by 'Ancient Harvest' (shown below) - the quinoa is pre-washed (presumably removing the 'saponines' discussed - now as to the nutritional facts; a 'serving' defined as 1/4 cup dry is 172 calories (25 from fat, not saturated & no trans; 4% daily value, i.e. DV), 0% cholesterol/sodium, 10% carbs, and 13% dietary fiber + protein, 6 Gm; well, I've not compared these figures to other 'similar' products (i.e. rice, potatoes, etc.) but does not look too bad & like the fiber content!

Bottom line - hope that others will read & reply; I think this product judiciously incorporated into a recipe is likely fine -  :)

(https://www.navanfoods.com/files/Ancient%20Harvest%20Quinoa.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on March 20, 2009, 12:30:39 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on March 19, 2009, 05:08:09 PM


We are using a product made by 'Ancient Harvest' (shown below) - the quinoa is pre-washed (presumably removing the 'saponines' discussed - now as to the nutritional facts; a 'serving' defined as 1/4 cup dry is 172 calories (25 from fat, not saturated & no trans; 4% daily value, i.e. DV), 0% cholesterol/sodium, 10% carbs, and 13% dietary fiber + protein, 6 Gm; well, I've not compared these figures to other 'similar' products (i.e. rice, potatoes, etc.) but does not look too bad & like the fiber content!

Bottom line - hope that others will read & reply; I think this product judiciously incorporated into a recipe is likely fine -  :)

(https://www.navanfoods.com/files/Ancient%20Harvest%20Quinoa.jpg)
That's the same brand I used to get from Whole Foods. A few sources (I cannot vouch for their validity though) I've read yesterday and today generally say the risk of consuming saponin is minimal, even negligable unless the grain is consumed along with its leaves.
I was turned on to Quinoa because of its high protein content (as I am a vegeterian). Alas, I have not eaten it frequently enough to see any health benefits (or declines  ;D )

For a fun introduction to Quinoa, there is a video of David Lynch preparing a quinoa dish for himself. I think it was in the bonus sections of his Short Films DVD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on March 20, 2009, 03:45:56 AM
Hehe, I watched that. It was one of the bonus videos on the second disc of Inland Empire. I hadn't even seen quinoa until I watched that.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on March 20, 2009, 04:54:11 AM
Quote from: toledobass on March 19, 2009, 11:34:28 AM
pick up a few lengua for me....
You want some menudo to go with that?  Must be tough to get decent antojitos in Cleveland.  Here in the Sacramento Valley we might not have anything quite as cool as Mr. Preucil's band, but at least we have an abundance of good taquerías! 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 20, 2009, 06:26:15 AM
I would love a bowl of menudo, some fresh tortillas and a bowl of fresh radishes.....arggg.  my mouth is watering.  There are a few decent mexican restaurants that will fix the craving. On my last trip driving from SF to LA the Mrs. and I made a detour through Santa Cruz just to stop at our favorite taqueria we frequented while we lived there.  I miss those places.  I hear Sac also has some great Vietnamese food.

Allan   
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on March 20, 2009, 06:32:25 AM
Mmm . . . radishes!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: aquablob on March 20, 2009, 08:39:58 AM
Just had a pear. My favorite fruit!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Renfield on March 20, 2009, 07:14:55 PM
Quote from: Bogey on March 19, 2009, 03:27:37 AM
Directions on "whipping it up" please.  I have a piece of salmon in the fridge that is in need of preparation.  :)

Bah. I never spot/respond to these questions in time, do I? :(

If your salmon is still holding up, Bill, and you want to make what's in that picture, I'm happy to announce it's a very, very simple process - which is why I picked it as something to "whip up" in the middle of the night, on an empty stomach.


Mainly, you chop up a few of your favourite fresh, crisp-tasting vegetables: in this case lettuce, carrot and the heart from a cabbage. Then take a frying pan, preferably somewhat deep, heat up a small amount of your favourite oil, preferably of delicate taste (Greek olive oil being my preference, unsuprisingly), and stir fry the lot to bring up their taste and natural aroma. Then serve the vegetables on a wide dish, carefully wipe the pan clean, apply some oil again, and toss in the salmon. (The fish should be in fillets - if not, fillet it first!)

Unless you like it medium-rare (which I don't, in sharp contrast to beef or pork), it is within your interests to keep the cooking temperature at moderate levels; and you should, of course, either way make sure to not let either of the sides cook for more than the other.

In general, especially if you're doing it with an open-top pan as I did in this case, you should constantly (but carefully) "control" the fillets as they cook. When you feel that the meat is done enough - it should look like in my photo - and soft enough inside for your preferences (though mind not to let it get overdone, or see Jens' tuna remark below), you serve the fillets on top of the vegetables.

This should get you what's pictured above. :)


(One thing to note is that I didn't add salt, as salmon is already a rather 'salty' fish, and I also wanted to keep the result relatively light.)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Renfield on March 20, 2009, 07:22:18 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on March 19, 2009, 05:08:53 AM
1.) "Gas hob" -- are you saying that you are having trouble adjusting from an electric to a gas stove? That's hard to believe. Gas is the only way to cook properly... the only way to have full control over what one is doing. I hate, hate, hate, hate electric ovens (in Germany, they are the rule, rather than the exceptions and people are still proud of their shitty ceramic glass cooktops. It's like iron needle crank-up gramophone vs. ELP laser record player.

2.) Pray tell, how should the salmon have been, if not medium-rareish? Isn't that perfect? Or is that already too done for you. (Salmon well done seems a pointless venture... might as well open a can of "tuna".) Speaking of which: I'll try to repeat my Tuna-Salmon Tartar this weekend (see some posts back)... only this time not for myself, alone, but to share (and impress).  ;)

I am indeed. I agree about gas being better, but that still does not mean it doesn't take adjusting to. Previously, I had to cook like conducting a Bruckner adagio, whereas now it's closer to allegro con brio! Don't get me wrong, I love this, but the temperature you can achieve in minimum time is still something I'm not used to; hence the salmon being cooked quicker than I'd hoped, and therefore less than ideally evenly.


Re medium-rare-ish for salmon, I'm not saying I like salmon so well-done that it snaps when you bite it (:P), but my ideal is at a point where the meat can "melt" - also where it's at its most succulent. That's the same criterion I have for beef and pork (as I mention above), where I indeed have my meat 'medium' at the least, for that reason - and 'medium-rare' when I can trust the person cooking! ;)

I just think it works differently for fish; or rather, I feel differently about how that succulence is best achieved, for fish. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on March 20, 2009, 07:54:56 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 20, 2009, 06:32:25 AM
Mmm . . . radishes!

Is that the radish you were dreaming about?

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 21, 2009, 05:03:53 AM
Nope.  It is still in the wing Renfield....will cook up today.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on March 21, 2009, 05:26:55 AM
Quote from: Renfield on March 20, 2009, 07:22:18 PM

I just think it works differently for fish; or rather, I feel differently about how that succulence is best achieved, for fish. :)
I assume salmon should not taste like much to you no matter how it's prepared  ;D

Re:Greek cookbooks:
I am not Greek myself, but would like to know what our Greek members think of those cookbooks explaining how a Mediterranean fish should be cooked (ie with tomatoes, spices, etc). If authentic Greek cuisine is in any way reflected in Aegean Turkey, fish should be grilled whole (or with certain fish, such as king fish, fried), served with some squeezed lemon and plain arugula salad. I wonder if fish that is stewed with tomatoes and spices really occupy a place in Greek cuisine.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 21, 2009, 06:05:02 AM
Quote from: orbital on March 21, 2009, 05:26:55 AM
Re:Greek cookbooks:
I am not Greek myself, but would like to know what our Greek members think of those cookbooks explaining how a Mediterranean fish should be cooked (ie with tomatoes, spices, etc). If authentic Greek cuisine is in any way reflected in Aegean Turkey, fish should be grilled whole (or with certain fish, such as king fish, fried), served with some squeezed lemon and plain arugula salad. I wonder if fish that is stewed with tomatoes and spices really occupy a place in Greek cuisine.

Well, I'm not Greek (and look forward to others responding from that part of the world), but a few pages back, I posted a 'baked fish' w/ tomatoes/onions, which was a recipe from the cookbook Nosthimia! The Greek American Family Cookbook; I guess, 'American' in that title might be a factor to consider? However, in looking at the 'fish' section of the book - the name of the dish is Baked Fish Spetsiota (or Psari Sto Fourno Spetsiotiko - translation, please) - the comment is made that "this dish is originally from the island of Spetses in the Peloponnese region."

Looking briefly through the 'fish section', there are other 'baked seafood' dishes, along w/ fried, grilled, etc. options -  :)


(http://giradman.smugmug.com/photos/493635833_JeaTz-M.jpg)  (http://www.greekshops.com/images/FoodWine/9781931868730.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on March 21, 2009, 07:20:40 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on March 21, 2009, 06:05:02 AM

Looking briefly through the 'fish section', there are other 'baked seafood' dishes, along w/ fried, grilled, etc. options -  :)
I don't think seafood in general would be a problem, but I know people who would take it as far as an insult to serve fish any other way than grilled  $:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 21, 2009, 07:29:38 AM
Quote from: orbital on March 21, 2009, 07:20:40 AM
I don't think seafood in general would be a problem, but I know people who would take it as far as an insult to serve fish any other way than grilled  $:)

Well, I love 'whole fish' grilled, but just a rarity in my 'neck of the woods'! -  :-\   But last fall on a trip to Atlanta to see the King Tut exhibit - we stayed in the mid-town Ritz Carlton (just a great weekend deal!) - last night there, we ate in their 'Dining Room', and one of the specials for the evening was a Whole Grilled Red Snapper - just delicious, moist, & succulent - can't remember the sides but the fish was a treat!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Renfield on March 21, 2009, 07:33:56 AM
Quote from: orbital on March 21, 2009, 05:26:55 AM
I assume salmon should not taste like much to you no matter how it's prepared  ;D

Re:Greek cookbooks:
I am not Greek myself, but would like to know what our Greek members think of those cookbooks explaining how a Mediterranean fish should be cooked (ie with tomatoes, spices, etc). If authentic Greek cuisine is in any way reflected in Aegean Turkey, fish should be grilled whole (or with certain fish, such as king fish, fried), served with some squeezed lemon and plain arugula salad. I wonder if fish that is stewed with tomatoes and spices really occupy a place in Greek cuisine.

Yes and no.

Indeed, this is one of the traditional ways to prepare fish. However, it also largely depends on the location, the season and the intention for the meal, both for whether you'll find this dish, and in which form. Also, these days fried (or simply grilled) fish is generally more prevalent, due to being simpler to prepare; there aren't many willing (or knowledgeable enough) to cook the fish with tomatoes and spices as you describe.

In fact, I can't remember having eaten fish like that more than twice, delicious as it certainly was! Though do remember I was brought up in a 'city' (so to speak), and in a village - especially a fishing village - things would be very different. Case in point, fishing villages also have a particular type of fish-soup in their regular diet, which is downright impossible to make unless you have many different and very fresh fish on hand!


As for salmon, I actually have a taste for it, as my mother loves the fish and would use it (ironically Scottish salmon) often in her cooking - mostly due to it being lighter than local produce prepared the above way, and her having chronic stomach problems. Hence the traditional dish being the exception, rather than the rule; we did have lots of (plain) grilled fresh fish, though! And you're certainly right in that my general standards for a fish's taste being appropriately strong are likely not the same as for someone brought up in western Europe. ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on March 21, 2009, 08:01:02 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on March 21, 2009, 07:29:38 AM
Well, I love 'whole fish' grilled, but just a rarity in my 'neck of the woods'! -  :-\   But last fall on a trip to Atlanta to see the King Tut exhibit - we stayed in the mid-town Ritz Carlton (just a great weekend deal!) - last night there, we ate in their 'Dining Room', and one of the specials for the evening was a Whole Grilled Red Snapper - just delicious, moist, & succulent - can't remember the sides but the fish was a treat!  :D
That's what I'm talking about  ;D

Quote from: Renfield on March 21, 2009, 07:33:56 AM
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As for salmon, I actually have a taste for it, as my mother loves the fish and would use it (ironically Scottish salmon) often in her cooking - mostly due to it being lighter than local produce prepared the above way, and her having chronic stomach problems. Hence the traditional dish being the exception, rather than the rule; we did have lots of (plain) grilled fresh fish, though! And you're certainly right in that my general standards for a fish's taste being appropriately strong are likely not the same as for someone brought up in western Europe. ;D
That's what I would think.

I haven't eaten any fish while in New York, although we used to go to this Greek restaurant in Astoria who would fly Aegean fish from Greece every weekend (or so we were told  ;D). Others in the group would share a couple of Black Sea Bass which looked tasty, but if I'd make a non-vegetarian exception it had to be a bit more worth it.

That being said, I've eaten fish a couple of times recently. One was a grilled local Bluefish which tasted as great as I remembered it. The other was Turbot which people here go nuts for. I have never been a fan of fish with a soft bite  :-\
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 21, 2009, 05:09:44 PM
mussels!!!!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Wanderer on March 21, 2009, 11:56:08 PM
Quote from: Renfield on March 21, 2009, 07:33:56 AM
Indeed, this is one of the traditional ways to prepare fish.

Yes, indeed and for me by far the most worthwhile way to prepare it (this was one of the specialties of my grandmother). Of course, I may only think so because I don't like fish much and enjoying them cooked this way it makes for a more wholesome meal than your average fried or grilled fish.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Contrapunctus666 on March 22, 2009, 12:24:25 PM
Such an useless thread. Seriously what is the point of this thread? You tell to people what you eat(and you know that they will never eat that thing)? I was excepting more intelligent people here.

Anyway, I just ate a sandwich. Happy?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on March 22, 2009, 12:51:05 PM
Quote from: Contrapunctus666 on March 22, 2009, 12:24:25 PM
Such an useless thread. Seriously what is the point of this thread? You tell to people what you eat(and you know that they will never eat that thing)? I was excepting more intelligent people here.

Very droll. From someone who can't spell "caribbean"...
...nah, never mind. I just can't fit the ad hominem in here, smoothly.   ;D

Don't you think you might be a bit quick out of the stalls in insulting adults whose joy of sharing recipes or eating-experiences you don't seem to be able or willing to share or understand?

Laku noć & dobar tek, C666.

---------

Thai-esque Soup.

After yesterday's Chestnut-Pear soup and a repeat of the Tuna-Salmon Tatare [note to self: Adding lemon Juice is a _very dumb_ idea in conjunction with fish when the goal is to have the fish raw] preceded by Farmer's Cheese Dumplings with fresh figs and pears marinated in Elderberry Syrup, I used the rest of the Elderberry Syrup to marinate Tofu (further adding honey, spices, soy sauce) which became part of a Tofu-Shrimp-Red/Yellow Peppers-Ginger-Peanuts coconut milk soup (with lots of Coriander and Thai Basil). I'll have enough of that for the next two days, I reckon.

Wine to go with it (or not, as it turns out)

Niedermayr 2005 Pinot Bianco Dell'Alto Adige

Had high hopes as I generally like South Tyrolean wines and I certainly love White Burgundies/Pinot Blancs.

Alas, this stuff tastes like Vermouth. I can only assume that both bottles I bought "went wrong" in exactly the same way... and I'm still drinking it, because "as Vermouth", it's not so bad. But as Pinot Planc, it's little short of disgusting.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 22, 2009, 01:01:06 PM
Quote from: Contrapunctus666 on March 22, 2009, 12:24:25 PM
Such an useless thread. Seriously what is the point of this thread? You tell to people what you eat(and you know that they will never eat that thing)? I was excepting more intelligent people here.

Anyway, I just ate a sandwich. Happy?

This is the Diner...what did you think we'd be talking about?  ;D  Really, dude, your tender age is showing. Why don't you leave now, grow up, and come back when you're mature enough to appreciate the art of cooking, wine, films, etc.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on March 22, 2009, 01:09:17 PM
He could have at least told us what was in the sandwich, let me guess...peanut butter!  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 22, 2009, 01:27:19 PM
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on March 22, 2009, 01:09:17 PM
He could have at least told us what was in the sandwich, let me guess...peanut butter!  ;)

:D ;D :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on March 22, 2009, 01:40:03 PM
(http://dyn-images.hsni.com/is/image/HomeShoppingNetwork/262212?$pd300$)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 22, 2009, 01:42:34 PM
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on March 22, 2009, 01:09:17 PM
He could have at least told us what was in the sandwich, let me guess...peanut butter!  ;)

Actually, Chris, your post made me hungry for one and having a 6 and 10 year-old we always have those two staples on hand.  However, out of bread so threw it on a toasted English muffin.  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 22, 2009, 01:47:26 PM
Quote from: Contrapunctus666 on March 22, 2009, 12:24:25 PM
Such an useless thread. Seriously what is the point of this thread? You tell to people what you eat(and you know that they will never eat that thing)? I was excepting more intelligent people here.

Well, for one of our newest members - eating may not be a pleasure to share w/ others - I would suggest a constant diet of the item below (left) -  ;) :D

(http://pet.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pPETS-3762015t400.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on March 22, 2009, 01:49:21 PM
Quote from: Bogey on March 22, 2009, 01:42:34 PM
Actually, Chris, your post made me hungry for one and having a 6 and 10 year-old we always have those two staples on hand.  However, out of bread so threw it on a toasted English muffin.  :D

Hey Bill, crunchy or smooth?  ;)

I'm quite partial to peanut butter on toast occasionally... smooth  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Renfield on March 22, 2009, 01:55:39 PM
Tsk. Gentlemen. Some finesse! ;D

(Though I cannot but acknowledge the collective adroitness at defending this GMG staple. Very impressive! "I might not agree with your opinion [on music] but I would die for your right to express [your culinary experiences]"! That's GMG for you; I know why I love this place. 8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on March 22, 2009, 02:04:28 PM
Two fish dishes were served in the Purenne household this March.

First, everybody's favourite salmon fillet marinated in maple syrup and hot chilies. This requires the meat to be marinated at least 12 hours (pretty simple: maple syrup and hot chilies  :D). It should be cooked at high heat in the oven until some white stuff surfaces. DON'T OVERCOOK. Glaze with the pan's marinade and let stand while you serve mashed potatoes with chives and your favourite greens.

Second, a Turbot à la Dugléré (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Dugl%C3%A9r%C3%A9) . Fancy name, simple stuff. I recommend reading the article, as it describes the wines and meals served to the Three Emperors, the meeting of which is supposed to have inpired Bruckner in his 8th symphony (Finale, opening theme ;D). I do it slightly differently:  add finely minced heart of celery and chopped celery leaves to the dish's main ingredients (tomatoes, shallots, white wine, cream). It can be done with any delicate flesh white fish (turbot, sole etc). Freshly ground pepper should be added in the plate. You'll see and taste why grilled and cooked fish are two totally different dishes.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 22, 2009, 02:05:23 PM
Well, back to serious matters again!  ;D

Sunday night and a trip to our 'Mountain Bistro' - had the special fish dish tonight - Wahoo, grilled w/ a light 'blackened' topping + grilled fresh asparagus (and a few glasses of white wine); I've not had this fish in a while, but the flesh is white & firm (little different but similar to swordfish) - apparently a great 'game' fish from the pic below (BTW, that's not me holding the fish) - also known as the Hawaiian Ono, which I've had there several times on my couple of visits to those islands.    :)


(http://www.fishtopwatercharters.com/images/fish/Wahoo.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on March 22, 2009, 02:32:31 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 22, 2009, 01:01:06 PM
This is the Diner...what did you think we'd be talking about?  ;D  Really, dude, your tender age is showing. Why don't you leave now, grow up, and come back when you're mature enough to appreciate the art of cooking, wine, films, etc.

Sarge

Sarge, Corey,  add this to your French vocabulary: pisse-vinaigre (http://fr.ca.encarta.msn.com/dictionary_2016024022/pisse-vinaigre.html)  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on March 22, 2009, 02:37:59 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on March 22, 2009, 02:32:31 PM
Sarge, Corey,  add this to your French vocabulary: pisse-vinaigre (http://fr.ca.encarta.msn.com/dictionary_2016024022/pisse-vinaigre.html)  :D

;D Actually, I deleted my previous comment. I try not to shoot at fish in small containers.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on March 22, 2009, 05:01:06 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on March 22, 2009, 02:32:31 PM
Sarge, Corey,  add this to your French vocabulary: pisse-vinaigre (http://fr.ca.encarta.msn.com/dictionary_2016024022/pisse-vinaigre.html)  :D

Not being a French speaker I can only assume that is lingo for a cheap balsamic?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on March 22, 2009, 05:14:17 PM
Quote from: Benji on March 22, 2009, 05:01:06 PM
Not being a French speaker I can only assume that is lingo for a cheap balsamic?

:o

Not exactly. Just try to picture someone who pisses vinegar...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on March 22, 2009, 05:21:47 PM
The french-english translator widget translates it as "grumbler". Not nearly as colorful as the French. :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on March 23, 2009, 07:48:54 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on March 22, 2009, 12:51:05 PM
AFTER SOME SNIPPAGE:

Tuna-Salmon Tatare [note to self: Adding lemon Juice is a _very dumb_ idea in conjunction with fish when the goal is to have the fish raw]
It's delightful, though, if you let it go all the way to ceviche (fish or seafood "cooked" by marinating it in citric acid for a few hours, for those who don't know). I'm especially fond of mixing salmon, lime juice, red onion, and some chili or pepperoncini, and then finishing it after the fish are done marinating with a little EVOO.

Oh, and why would someone click on a link about "what you're eating" and then be disappointed that people are, in fact, talking about what they're eating?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on March 23, 2009, 07:51:44 AM
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on March 22, 2009, 01:09:17 PM
He could have at least told us what was in the sandwich, let me guess...peanut butter!  ;)
Out of a Lunchables box. Accompanied by a juice box.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on March 23, 2009, 07:53:50 AM
Quote from: Corey on March 22, 2009, 05:21:47 PM
The french-english translator widget translates it as "grumbler". Not nearly as colorful as the French. :D
En anglais, M. Crankypants.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on March 23, 2009, 09:48:55 AM
Quote from: nicht schleppend on March 23, 2009, 07:48:54 AM
It's delightful, though, if you let it go all the way to ceviche (fish or seafood "cooked" by marinating it in citric acid for a few hours, for those who don't know). I'm especially fond of mixing salmon, lime juice, red onion, and some chili or pepperoncini, and then finishing it after the fish are done marinating with a little EVOO.

Yes, WHEN desired, ceviche is excellent. Often had it when I went to a Peruvian Restaurant in DC. But when the point of the dish is to be raw...  ;) :'(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 23, 2009, 02:55:04 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on March 22, 2009, 05:14:17 PM
:o

Not exactly. Just try to picture someone who pisses vinegar...

André - LOL!  ;D  But as a physician, that would really HURT!   :D   Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on March 23, 2009, 03:06:35 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on March 22, 2009, 02:05:23 PM
Well, back to serious matters again!  ;D

Sunday night and a trip to our 'Mountain Bistro' - had the special fish dish tonight - Wahoo, grilled w/ a light 'blackened' topping + grilled fresh asparagus (and a few glasses of white wine); I've not had this fish in a while, but the flesh is white & firm (little different but similar to swordfish) - apparently a great 'game' fish from the pic below (BTW, that's not me holding the fish) - also known as the Hawaiian Ono, which I've had there several times on my couple of visits to those islands.    :)


(http://www.fishtopwatercharters.com/images/fish/Wahoo.jpg)

Great pic!  So the fish is called a 'Wahoo'?  Resembles a lot the Barracuda/Pike family.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 23, 2009, 03:26:27 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on March 23, 2009, 03:06:35 PM
Great pic!  So the fish is called a 'Wahoo'?  Resembles a lot the Barracuda/Pike family.

Hi Ray - apparently, a great game fish (but not my thing - I get 'sea sick' on small boats out in the ocean - my FIL use to have, decades ago now, 40' Hatteras boats & took us out to fish off NJ and in Long Island Sound); quote below from a Wiki article - apparently more related to the King Mackerel and not to the barracuda; but the 'bottom line' a great eating fish!  ;D  Dave

QuoteThe body is elongated and covered with small, scarcely visible scales; the back is an iridescent blue-green, while the sides are silvery, with a pattern of vertical blue bars. These colors fade rapidly at death. The mouth is large, and both the upper and lower jaws have a somewhat sharper appearance than those of king or Spanish mackerel. Specimens have been recorded at up to 2.5 m (8 ft) in length, and weighing up to 83 kg (180 lb).[3] Growth can be rapid. One specimen tagged at 5 kg (11 lb) grew to 15 kg (33 lb) in one year. Wahoo can swim up to 80 km/h (50 mph), Firestein and Walters, 1969. They are one of the fastest fish in the sea.

The wahoo may be distinguished from the related king mackerel by a fold of skin which covers the mandible when its mouth is closed. In contrast, the mandible of the king mackerel is always visible as is also the case for Spanish and Cero mackerels. Their teeth are similar to those of king mackerel, but shorter and more closely set together. Do not get the Wahoo confused with the barracuda. They may look alike but in reality they are much different.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Renfield on March 23, 2009, 03:33:59 PM
As an aside, I wonder how you order a wahoo...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Wanderer on March 23, 2009, 10:45:17 PM
Quote from: Renfield on March 23, 2009, 03:33:59 PM
As an aside, I wonder how you order a wahoo...

I wouldn't be surprised if there was a skit or a funny dance involved.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Renfield on March 24, 2009, 10:10:47 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on March 23, 2009, 10:45:17 PM
I wouldn't be surprised if there was a skit or a funny dance involved.

"Doing the Wahoo" - not at all implausible.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on March 24, 2009, 10:42:43 AM
Quote from: Renfield on March 23, 2009, 03:33:59 PM
As an aside, I wonder how you order a wahoo...

Yoo hoo, wahoo for two thank you coo coo ca choo...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on March 25, 2009, 03:27:33 AM

Omelet à la Pho-Ny Whym


4 Egg Omelet with Shrimps,
Thai Basil, Marinated Peanuts,
Zucchini, and spices*.


* Coriander, a spoon from the
honey/elderberry syrup/chili
marinade that I had used for
Tofu a few nights ago, lots of
Tumeric (for the shameless
yellow) and fresh crushed
black pepper.


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on March 25, 2009, 05:17:51 PM
sounds tasty, Jens.

Dinner tonight:  carne asada burritos with beans, rice, guacamole, and sour cream (& not the low fat kind!)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on March 26, 2009, 12:27:45 PM
(http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/3010/carrotcoinss.jpg)

Sorry for the big image, I thought it was pretty.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Renfield on March 26, 2009, 02:07:33 PM
A delightful coincidence (though a little more colourful than just carrots ;D):


(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q130/TheSilverSage/DSC00199.jpg?t=1238105045)


After the salmon I wasn't entirely satisfied with, and since the situation was similar (late, hungry, materials readily available), I repeated the dish with chicken, instead. Suffice to say, I think I've got the hang of the gas hob, at last: the aforementioned chicken, in particular, was superb! :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on March 27, 2009, 01:13:30 PM
Kraft Macaroni and Cheese



oooOOOO Yeah!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on March 27, 2009, 01:18:07 PM
Quote from: AndyD. on March 27, 2009, 01:13:30 PM
Kraft Macaroni and Cheese



oooOOOO Yeah!

For the first 25 years of my life, I used to eat that at least once a week.   ;D

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on March 27, 2009, 01:18:58 PM
Quote from: bhodges on March 27, 2009, 01:18:07 PM
For the first 25 years of my life, I used to eat that at least once a week.   ;D

--Bruce



;D It's good and soooo CHEAP!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 27, 2009, 01:21:43 PM
When I was a youngster my mom would make it for us after school. She'd reserve just a little bit of the powdered cheese so the brothers and I could sprinkle a little bit on top of our own plates of the stuff.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Dr. Dread on March 27, 2009, 01:22:12 PM
Mixed nuts.

Now, I think I'll have some vodka.  :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 27, 2009, 01:23:24 PM
Quote from: AndyD. on March 27, 2009, 01:18:58 PM


;D It's good and soooo CHEAP!

Only when you buy the original, Ange.  If you try to save a few pennies (literally) and get the really cheap stuff, even our three basset hounds will not touch it.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on March 27, 2009, 01:23:54 PM
Yeah, I loved my Mothers macaroni cheese when I was a kid. My job was to grate the cheese.

Very rarely eat macaroni cheese as a adult.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on March 27, 2009, 01:25:35 PM
Quote from: toledobass on March 27, 2009, 01:21:43 PM
When I was a youngster my mom would make it for us after school. She'd reserve just a little bit of the powdered cheese so the brothers and I could sprinkle a little bit on top of our own plates of the stuff.

Allan



You had a great Mom, Allan!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 27, 2009, 01:26:03 PM
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on March 27, 2009, 01:23:54 PM
Yeah, I loved my Mothers macaroni cheese when I was a kid. My job was to grate the cheese.

Very rarely eat macaroni cheese as a adult.

Oh, the real homemade stuff Chris has as much to do with the Kraft M&C as lobster does with fake crab meat.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on March 27, 2009, 01:27:51 PM
Quote from: Bogey on March 27, 2009, 01:26:03 PM
Oh, the real homemade stuff Chris has as much to do with the Kraft M&C as lobster does with fake crab meat.  :)


But Bill, you do eat the more pricey Kraft M&C...admit it!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 27, 2009, 01:28:29 PM
Quote from: AndyD. on March 27, 2009, 01:27:51 PM

But Bill, you do eat the more pricey Kraft M&C...admit it!

Yup, I do.  Just some things I won't skimp on.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on March 27, 2009, 01:31:24 PM
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on March 27, 2009, 01:23:54 PM
Yeah, I loved my Mothers macaroni cheese when I was a kid. My job was to grate the cheese.

Very rarely eat macaroni cheese as a adult.

I *love* the real stuff.  (Actually the Kraft product isn't so bad, as long as you don't spill any of the yellow powdered cheese on anything valuable.  ;D)

But real mac 'n' cheese, mmm

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on March 27, 2009, 01:53:59 PM
Before the concert last night we tried a Japanese Yakitori bar, here's my review:

Being keen regulars at both Kura and Tanuki we thought it was time to finally try Tanuki's Cave. The most important point about Tanuki's Cave is that it's a bar that serves Yakitori style food, not a restaurant. You descend down a steep and dark staircase to enter into a compact bar area complete with neon signs and blaring rap/lounge music. It's very much a trendy place to congregate being mainly populated by cool twenty-something's meeting up with friends. Within half an hour of arriving there the place was full and new arrivals were given a ticket to wait for a spot at the bar to become free for service. We had miso soup and steamed rice basics along with a cabbage salad which was the most unattractive and unappealing dish I've seen in a 'restaurant' for some time; just roughly chopped raw cabbage with, what looked like, half a pot of mayonnaise dumped on the side. We tried a selection of the Yakitori style skewered meats (charcoal grilled and served on wooden skewers) including the pork, chicken livers, mushrooms stuffed with chicken mince and Kushiage style (deep fried in breadcrumbs) kumara almond ball. The three meats were all fairly nondescript with the stuffed mushrooms being the most interesting due to its moistness and more distinct seasoning. The kumara almond ball was dry and hard on the outside and stodgy and bland on the inside to the point where I only had three bites before giving up on it. The service was lightening fast which was good because we were running a little late for a show at the Town Hall. While I appreciate this was a bar scene, I found the loud music to be quite disorientating and distracting and I had to fight an urge to leave shortly after we arrived. I could see the regulars enjoying meeting and chatting while they drank Sapporo on tap and nibbling on skewered BBQ style meats. So overall a fairly underwhelming experience foodwise, but interesting nonetheless for a one-off experience.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on March 27, 2009, 02:23:12 PM
(http://www.bbspot.com/Images/News_Features/2004/02/couscous.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on March 27, 2009, 02:50:33 PM
Quote from: bhodges on March 27, 2009, 01:18:07 PM
For the first 25 years of my life, I used to eat that at least once a week.   ;D

--Bruce
I have never eaten it, even once.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on March 27, 2009, 03:19:00 PM
Mac cheese is really big here in Scotland and, consequently perhaps, so is much of the population.  >:D 



Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on March 27, 2009, 03:21:43 PM
Quote from: Corey on March 27, 2009, 02:23:12 PM
(http://www.bbspot.com/Images/News_Features/2004/02/couscous.jpg)

Cous cous! What with?

I would top with some lamb braised in a sauce of honey, cinnamon, apricot and tomato topped with some flaked almonds. Simple!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on March 27, 2009, 04:34:48 PM
Quote from: bhodges on March 27, 2009, 01:31:24 PM
I *love* the real stuff.  (Actually the Kraft product isn't so bad, as long as you don't spill any of the yellow powdered cheese on anything valuable.  ;D)

But real mac 'n' cheese, mmm

--Bruce


This is how Mac'n'Cheese looks where I'm currently living:

(http://www.foolforfood.de/media/kaesespaetzle_2.jpg)

Although we call it "Kaesspatzen" or "Kaesespaetzle" or some variation on that. Topped with crispy onions. Just as addictive.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Diletante on March 27, 2009, 04:43:36 PM
I'm eating a pear!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: aquablob on March 27, 2009, 05:03:47 PM
Quote from: tanuki on March 27, 2009, 04:43:36 PM
I'm eating a pear!

I posted my pear eating a few pages back! Great fruit!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on March 27, 2009, 05:06:00 PM
Quote from: aquariuswb on March 27, 2009, 05:03:47 PM
I posted my pear eating a few pages back! Great fruit!

Like many things, pears can be improved greatly by being covered in chocolate. After being poached. And only a coating of chocolate of course.

But that's just decadent.   0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Novi on March 27, 2009, 05:18:49 PM
Quote from: tanuki on March 27, 2009, 04:43:36 PM
I'm eating a pear!

Quote from: aquariuswb on March 27, 2009, 05:03:47 PM
I posted my pear eating a few pages back! Great fruit!

Me too! Pear, asparagus, rocket, and goat's cheese salad 8).


Quote from: Benji on March 27, 2009, 05:06:00 PM
Like many things, pears can be improved greatly by being covered in chocolate. After being poached. And only a coating of chocolate of course.

But that's just decadent.   0:)

Can I have a dollop of mascarpone with mine? Cheers!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on March 27, 2009, 05:21:54 PM
Quote from: Novi on March 27, 2009, 05:18:49 PM
Can I have a dollop of mascarpone with mine? Cheers!

Sure! What the hell, let's coat it in edible gold leaf while we're at it!  >:D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Novi on March 27, 2009, 05:44:41 PM
Quote from: Benji on March 27, 2009, 05:21:54 PM
Sure! What the hell, let's coat it in edible gold leaf while we're at it!  >:D

(http://th02.deviantart.com/fs25/300W/f/2008/134/a/1/Golden_pear_paint_study_by_Fallimar.jpg)

Where's my mascarpone? ???
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on March 27, 2009, 05:58:49 PM
Quote from: Novi on March 27, 2009, 05:44:41 PM
(http://th02.deviantart.com/fs25/300W/f/2008/134/a/1/Golden_pear_paint_study_by_Fallimar.jpg)

Where's my mascarpone? ???

Nice pair pear!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Novi on March 27, 2009, 06:00:41 PM
Quote from: Benji on March 27, 2009, 05:58:49 PM
Nice pair pear!

Hehe, I pinched it off a site called 'deviantart' :P.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on March 27, 2009, 06:16:32 PM
Quote from: Benji on March 27, 2009, 03:21:43 PM
Cous cous! What with?

I would top with some lamb braised in a sauce of honey, cinnamon, apricot and tomato topped with some flaked almonds. Simple!  :)

Just plain with some mild yellow curry. Lamb is not really available in the supermarkets here (which is basically the only way to buy meat in this Wal-Mart town).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on March 28, 2009, 04:20:25 AM
Quote from: Novi on March 27, 2009, 06:00:41 PM
Hehe, I pinched it off a site called 'deviantart' :P.

;D

That site is another of my regular haunts!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on March 28, 2009, 04:22:38 AM
Quote from: Corey on March 27, 2009, 06:16:32 PM
Just plain with some mild yellow curry. Lamb is not really available in the supermarkets here (which is basically the only way to buy meat in this Wal-Mart town).

I feel for you! No lamb? Shish! 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on March 28, 2009, 11:39:06 AM
Quote from: Benji on March 27, 2009, 05:58:49 PM
Nice pair pear!



I love it! Some corn with my fruit!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on March 28, 2009, 11:55:08 AM
Haven't been here for some time,  :(

Back with an invitation in my kitchen, just startin my Halibut dinner:
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on March 28, 2009, 12:02:51 PM
And that's the result:

Poached Halibut with steamed Fingerling potatoes, steamed fresh Asparagus with Greek Yogurt and browned parsley butter for the fish. - That's the black stuff on top of the fish, butter got away from me, a bit too brown, but nevertheless very good. - Dessert of fresh strawberries with Greek Honey Yogurt.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Wanderer on March 28, 2009, 12:05:16 PM
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on March 27, 2009, 01:53:59 PM
Before the concert last night we tried a Japanese Yakitori bar, here's my review:

Being keen regulars at both Kura and Tanuki we thought it was time to finally try Tanuki's Cave. The most important point about Tanuki's Cave is that it's a bar that serves Yakitori style food, not a restaurant. You descend down a steep and dark staircase to enter into a compact bar area complete with neon signs and blaring rap/lounge music. It's very much a trendy place to congregate being mainly populated by cool twenty-something's meeting up with friends. Within half an hour of arriving there the place was full and new arrivals were given a ticket to wait for a spot at the bar to become free for service. We had miso soup and steamed rice basics along with a cabbage salad which was the most unattractive and unappealing dish I've seen in a 'restaurant' for some time; just roughly chopped raw cabbage with, what looked like, half a pot of mayonnaise dumped on the side. We tried a selection of the Yakitori style skewered meats (charcoal grilled and served on wooden skewers) including the pork, chicken livers, mushrooms stuffed with chicken mince and Kushiage style (deep fried in breadcrumbs) kumara almond ball. The three meats were all fairly nondescript with the stuffed mushrooms being the most interesting due to its moistness and more distinct seasoning. The kumara almond ball was dry and hard on the outside and stodgy and bland on the inside to the point where I only had three bites before giving up on it. The service was lightening fast which was good because we were running a little late for a show at the Town Hall. While I appreciate this was a bar scene, I found the loud music to be quite disorientating and distracting and I had to fight an urge to leave shortly after we arrived. I could see the regulars enjoying meeting and chatting while they drank Sapporo on tap and nibbling on skewered BBQ style meats. So overall a fairly underwhelming experience foodwise, but interesting nonetheless for a one-off experience.

Sounds downright awful*...  $:)

(the place, not the review)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 28, 2009, 12:30:09 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on March 28, 2009, 12:02:51 PM
And that's the result:

Poached Halibut with steamed Fingerling potatoes, steamed fresh Asparagus with Greek Yogurt and browned parsley butter for the fish. - That's the black stuff on top of the fish, butter got away from me, a bit too brown, but nevertheless very good. - Dessert of fresh strawberries with Greek Honey Yogurt.  :)

Yum!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 28, 2009, 03:42:18 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on March 28, 2009, 12:02:51 PM
And that's the result:

Poached Halibut with steamed Fingerling potatoes, steamed fresh Asparagus with Greek Yogurt and browned parsley butter for the fish. - That's the black stuff on top of the fish, butter got away from me, a bit too brown, but nevertheless very good. - Dessert of fresh strawberries with Greek Honey Yogurt.  :)

Hi Lis - looks great to me!  :D  We're on a short vacation to northeastern Florida (St. Augustine area) - eating quite well @ the moment - Dave  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: brassbandmaestro on March 28, 2009, 10:28:28 PM
My wife makes cooks lovely. We had a really good spag bog last night. The recipe she uses for the mince is out of this world!!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on March 29, 2009, 07:50:39 AM
Beans on toast  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 30, 2009, 05:11:35 AM
(http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/07/04/70/00/0007047000313_150X150.jpg)    &    (http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:0nKHPzfvLwFMoM:http://www.shapeupamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/banana.jpg)

Here the answer truly is (http://www.glittergirl.co.uk/banana/47.gif)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on March 30, 2009, 05:30:18 AM
(http://www.cafefernando.com/images/karniyarik2.jpg)
Substitute minced meat with soy protein
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on March 30, 2009, 05:48:24 AM
Quote from: brassbandmaestro on March 28, 2009, 10:28:28 PM
My wife makes cooks lovely. We had a really good spag bog last night. The recipe she uses for the mince is out of this world!!
What are spag bog and mince?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on March 30, 2009, 05:57:59 AM
Quote from: nicht schleppend on March 30, 2009, 05:48:24 AM
What are spag bog and mince?

Spaghetti Bolognese & ground meat? (If so, then "spag bog" must be the most unfortunate abbreviation for it.  ;D )

Omelet:

I think I may have figured out what makes the Viennese Omelets so darn fluffy an mine so... solid.

Whip the egg white--or at least part of it--until it's a foamy mass twice, trice the volume of the raw egg-white.
I'm still not quite at that level of light and airy simplicity of those Omelets at Cafe Central, but I got pretty close this morning!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 30, 2009, 07:02:07 AM
Had a rare (for me) vegetarian lunch: leftover (from Saturday's dinner) potato and onion gratin and a can of kimchi. Weird, I know  ;D  but it hit the spot. (I became addicted to kimchi during the 13 months I spent in Korea.)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on March 30, 2009, 07:24:18 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on March 30, 2009, 05:57:59 AM

I'm still not quite at that level of light and airy simplicity of those Omelets at Cafe Central, but I got pretty close this morning!

Did you put your Pfannenkuchen in the 350° oven? That's where it will puff up and come out fluffy, not on the stove top. At least it does for me!  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on March 30, 2009, 07:41:15 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on March 30, 2009, 07:24:18 AM
Did you put your Pfannenkuchen in the 350° oven? That's where it will puff up and come out fluffy, not on the stove top. At least it does for me!  ;)

Well, it's not a Pfannkuchen... but I should try. In any case, the whisking of the eggs strikes me as mandatory to reach maximum fluffiness.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on March 30, 2009, 08:04:57 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on March 30, 2009, 05:57:59 AM
Spaghetti Bolognese & ground meat? (If so, then "spag bog" must be the most unfortunate abbreviation for it.  ;D )

Exactly right! Except it's traditionally abbreviated by us Brits to Spag Bol, so Spag Bog is either a typo or a Freudian slip letting us know what he really thinks of the missus' cooking.  ;D

And yeah mince is what we call ground meat. It should be called mincemeat, but that would confuse us as mincemeat is now only used in reference to the gooey stewed fruit used to fill mince pies, which should in turn really aught to be renamed mincemeat pies, despite there being no meat in them...

You know what, it's better if you just accept British idiosyncracies and not question them.  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on March 30, 2009, 08:14:31 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on March 30, 2009, 07:41:15 AM
Well, it's not a Pfannkuchen... but I should try. In any case, the whisking of the eggs strikes me as mandatory to reach maximum fluffiness.

Aha! Mistake on my part, a misunderstanding, t'schuldigens, was thinking of the egg concoction containing a small amount of flour.

If you ever get your omelet to come out fluffy, do let me in on the secret! I usually end of with scrambled eggs because the bottom is done and on the top floats the raw liquid, especially when I use mushrooms.  >:(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on March 30, 2009, 09:10:36 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on March 30, 2009, 08:14:31 AM
If you ever get your omelet to come out fluffy, do let me in on the secret! I usually end of with scrambled eggs because the bottom is done and on the top floats the raw liquid, especially when I use mushrooms.  >:(

No problem with the latter... and I almost always use mushrooms.

Key is a non-stick pan... a lid... and a plate that fits the pan. After a the top's solid (which happens reasonably fast at mid-hi heat with the lid closed), you put the plate on top of the pan, carefully flip it over and let it slide back in, top side now bottom. Just a minute or so like that and you flip it back (because the original bottom side doesn't look as good) and serve it. With the egg-whites beaten, it's super fluffy...

If I get the key to the extra fluffy LIGHTNESS, too, I'll let you know.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on March 30, 2009, 09:17:27 AM
The secret ingredient then is the lid and the plate!  ;D

Thank you for teaching me how to cook an omelet - after all those years!  :-*
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on March 30, 2009, 11:02:36 AM
Experimenting with something new: Maccaroni and Cheese!  ::)

Basil flavoured oil in he bottom of the casserole, small layer of Francis Coppola Ricciolini, lightly steamed broccoli and baby boc choy smothered with freshly grated Ibérico Cheese. That's the new discovery in my market: Cheese from Spain! Tastes a bit like parmesan but more robust. Over that a generous layer of freshly grated nutmeg - love that spice! -, a bit more pasta, lots more cheese, a sprinkling of chopped fresh parsley and in the 375° it goes.

You'll have to wait until it's done and at least tasted, until you find out if it's something worth repeating.  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on March 30, 2009, 11:19:25 AM
Looks and tastes delicious! Maybe a pat of butter here and there would improve it. Gotta have butter, don't we, Toledobass?  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on March 30, 2009, 11:50:14 AM
(http://www.haagendazs.com/img_db/pro/pro_cof_101.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 30, 2009, 12:30:55 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on March 30, 2009, 11:19:25 AM
Looks and tastes delicious! Maybe a pat of butter here and there would improve it. Gotta have butter, don't we, Toledobass?  ;D

hellz yeah.  Looks like a nice lunch.  Iberico cheese sounds very interesting.  The deli here has some Iberico ham but at about $100/lb,  I don't think I'll ever get to try it.   :(

And the Gabbiano label brings back wonderful memories.  When my wife and I first started spending time with one another we drank a ton of that stuff.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on March 30, 2009, 12:47:28 PM
Digging out from the garbage the labels of the cheese - curiosity made me do it! - Brand name of the cheese I think is García Baquero® and it is prized at $23.99 per lb. I bought 0.46lb of it for $11.04. Figured I might get four meals out of this chunk, close to half a pound, I won't have it every day, but it's a great discovery anyhow.

The Gabbiano is also an exception to my shopping habit! I was at a loss as to what Pinot Grigio to buy - didn't write down Dave's recommendations! - their attractive label got me, and reading it is from around Venice, a city I am in love with, and I bought it. Two mistakes in selecting a wine, but I kinda like it!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 30, 2009, 01:04:32 PM
Here is the some info on that ham from the deli I frequent:

Jamón ibérico  (http://www.zingermansdeli.com/content/pages/foodnews/2008/september/foodnews_ibericobellota.php)


Allan


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on March 30, 2009, 01:14:05 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on March 30, 2009, 09:10:36 AM
No problem with the latter... and I almost always use mushrooms.

Key is a non-stick pan... a lid... and a plate that fits the pan. After a the top's solid (which happens reasonably fast at mid-hi heat with the lid closed), you put the plate on top of the pan, carefully flip it over and let it slide back in, top side now bottom. Just a minute or so like that and you flip it back (because the original bottom side doesn't look as good) and serve it. With the egg-whites beaten, it's super fluffy...

If I get the key to the extra fluffy LIGHTNESS, too, I'll let you know.

Or if you don't have a lid just stick it under a hot grill (broiler?) for a minute or two so it's cooked top and bottom.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on March 30, 2009, 01:47:29 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on March 30, 2009, 05:57:59 AM
Spaghetti Bolognese & ground meat?
Mmmm...Bolognese. I like it with cavatappi or angel hair from the box, or with lasagne or tagliatelle/pappardelle if I roll my own (which hurts like hell as I get older--rolling, not eating). Fresh P-R grated on top in any (and every) case. That's about my favorite meal in the world.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on March 30, 2009, 02:27:36 PM
Quote from: toledobass on March 30, 2009, 01:04:32 PM
Here is the some info on that ham from the deli I frequent:

Jamón ibérico  (http://www.zingermansdeli.com/content/pages/foodnews/2008/september/foodnews_ibericobellota.php)

Allan


Spanish Bellota in the US, can French Camembert be far behind? No matter what brand I try, it just isn't the real thing. All because 'raw', unpasteurised milk is prohibited in the US and it's the raw milk the cheesemaker in Camembert are using. The European Union tried to ban the use of raw milk, but the people won, a victory over European bureaucrats!  0:)

Next country to conquer: United States of America! Vive la France! - and French Camembert!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Dr. Dread on March 30, 2009, 02:28:56 PM
Tonight, four-cheese ravioli with Classico spicy red pepper sauce.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on March 30, 2009, 03:43:16 PM
Quote from: toledobass on March 30, 2009, 12:30:55 PM


And the Gabbiano label brings back wonderful memories.  When my wife and I first started spending time with one another we drank a ton of that stuff.

...and I sold that stuff at the first restaurant I worked at. Memories, indeed.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 30, 2009, 07:10:13 PM
I made meat loaf tonight.  I spiced it up a little though.  Used some poblano peppers in the loaf and glazed it with chipotles and honey instead of catsup.  Yummyness.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on March 30, 2009, 07:31:40 PM
Quote from: toledobass on March 30, 2009, 07:10:13 PM
I made meat loaf tonight.  I spiced it up a little though.  Used some poblano peppers in the loaf and glazed it with chipotles and honey instead of catsup.  Yummyness.

Allan
Did you get rid of all the seeds, etc., in the poblanos? And did you use dried poblanos or what?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 30, 2009, 07:53:11 PM
Fresh seeded poblano. 


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 31, 2009, 05:39:21 PM
Susan & I just returned from our first 'short' vacation of 2009 - stayed at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, just south of Jacksonville, FL (only 4 nights but could have done a couple more) - the first & last nights, we dined @ the Seahorse Grille (http://www.pvresorts.com/PVR-FrameComponents/PVIC_FrameComp/PVR04SeahorseG1.html) on the property - if interested, check the link for menu options - the view was wonderful, i.e. 2nd floor level on the Atlantic Ocean w/ the surf & the birds:

First night, we shared the Lobster Taco & Seared Tuna appetizers; main course for me was the Sautéed Florida Grouper w/ a wonderful Mint Basil Risotto - Susan had the special - Duck Breast w/ Foie Gras - no complaints!

Last night, we shared the Beef Carpaccio & Blue Crab Cake - both delicious!  Main course for me was the Sautéed Red Snapper - Susan had the rack of lamb (she seems to be a 'red meat' bone woman!) - both dinners, I had some white wines (Chardonnay & French Pouilly-Fumé) -  :D

Our second night after a day in some Jacksonville attractions (will report in the 'vacation thread' later) we decided to eat at Roy's Restaurant - this is a good Hawaiian 'fusion' chain that we've tried before - I stuck w/ sushi/shashmi - California Roll w/ real crab & a LARGE spicy tuna roll surrounded by different fish + a mixed order of shashmi, which included salmon, yellowtail,  & tuna w/ some nice seaweed salad - YES, I love this STUFF - sorry!  ;D

Our third night (really late afternoon) - we were in St. Augustine (spent a day & a half in that 'oldest' European American city - again, future post in the 'vacation thread') - had an 'early' dinner at the Columbia Restaurant on St. George Street in the old part of town - this is a Floridian Chain (http://www.columbiarestaurant.com/), but quite good - decided to have a Tapas Lunch/Dinner - Langostinos, Scallops, & Beef Empalados, followed by some delicious desserts, Flan & Key Lime Pie, which were outstanding (and we've had plenty of both over the years).

Overall, this was a wonderful 'eating' experience, and did not even mention our 'light & delightful' luncheons after a few exercise mornings @ the resort!  Had a good time & want to return soon -  :)

(http://www.pvresorts.com/PVR-Images/PVBR206-seahorseG01.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 31, 2009, 07:16:21 PM
just got back from a birthday celebration dinner at Real Seafood (http://www.realseafoodcorestaurant.com/media/realann_din.pdf).
Had a bowl of NE clam chowder the some steamed mussels w/french fries.  Good time and pretty good food.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on April 02, 2009, 12:56:25 PM
Autonomous Happiness is key when others won't play along.

And food is probably the easiest way to achieve this.

What you can't tell from these pictures is the PERFECT spring weather, lukewarm wind... and the afternoon spent in the forest, reading about Haydn and (literally) pulling out trees.

Just some bread, cucumbers, alfalfa sprouts & cold cuts and a beer.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 02, 2009, 01:07:21 PM
sounds perfect....I love it.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on April 02, 2009, 08:38:32 PM
Can't quite make out the label on the beer. Paulanerbräu? Next to the Bretzen, I missed the Aufschnitt! Tried some luncheon meats when we first arrived here and ran into the American obsession with sugar. Braunschweiger made with sugar??? Yuck!

Should be honest and admit to solving my cold cuts problem by ordering the real thing from a German company near Chicago: Stiglmeier's!  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on April 02, 2009, 08:47:19 PM
That's what I am talking about:

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on April 03, 2009, 01:35:07 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on April 02, 2009, 08:38:32 PM
Can't quite make out the label on the beer.

Augustiner (http://www.augustiner-braeu.de/enabfrage.html).

Funny company. I tried to get a PR person to do an interview for a feature article on that stuff [to be written by C.M. (http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/charles-michener-contributor.html)]... and they just said: "We don't do PR".

Unfortunately their beer is good (though I like this  (http://www.1000getraenke.de/grafik/tegernseer_hell.jpg)perhaps even better, these days), so I can't boycott them for their stupidity.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on April 03, 2009, 10:35:20 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on April 03, 2009, 01:35:07 AM
Augustiner (http://www.augustiner-braeu.de/enabfrage.html).

and they just said: "We don't do PR".


If they can refuse interviews, - advertisement - business must be excellent. I have never seen Augustiner on our shelves, Hofbräu reigns. But there is Ayinger, which was totally new to me, but not any more; that's the beer I drink when I want some after a few hours in the garden during our hot summer. Have you ever heard of it, or is it a special brew for the American customers only? Can't send a picture, I am out of it right now.   :'(

- Snowing up in the mountains, a few flakes during my morning walk and hot summer a long time away! -
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on April 03, 2009, 01:22:19 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on April 03, 2009, 10:35:20 AM
Ayinger, which was totally new to me,

Ayinger is SOO much better than Hofbraeu (which I'd never buy...  unless stranded in the Beer desert and that being the only choice apart from headache-brews like Sam Adams or ....-water like Corona or Heineken [although Dutch Heineken is a bit better than the North American version)).

No... wait... HB is OK... not great but drinkable. It was Loewenbraeu I was thinking of.

(http://www.ayinger.de/externData/logo_ayinger_home.gif)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 04, 2009, 08:21:15 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on April 03, 2009, 01:22:19 PM
No... wait... HB is OK... not great but drinkable. It was Loewenbraeu I was thinking of.

In 1986-87 I was stationed in Munich (lived in the army's Perlacher Forest housing area). Löwenbräu was my least my favorite beer. Odd, actually, because, to an American, it's possibly the most famous brand of German beer but I recall being very disappointed when I finally tasted the real thing (i.e., unpasturized, unlike the stuff that passes for Löwenbräu in the States).

Spaten Export was my fave then. Mrs. Rock and I spent many spring and summer weekends at the Waldwirtshaft Großhesselohe (the Wa-Wi), cycling through the forest, crossing the Isar to get there. Wonderful beer (Spaten), food and atmosphere (the forest setting by the river, the jazz bands).

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 04, 2009, 10:18:35 AM
Last night's dinner: I braised a leg of lamb. Slow cooked it (five hours) with carrots, onions, potatoes and two dozen cloves of garlic.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/decgmg/braised%20lamb.jpg)

Bordeaux was used for cooking and accompanying the meal: a St. Emilion grand cru went into the pot; we drank a 1991 Château Léoville Barton (a 2nd growth St. Julien).

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/decgmg/IMG_0382%20wine.jpg)


Tonight Mrs. Rock is cooking Indian.  8)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on April 04, 2009, 10:21:45 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 04, 2009, 08:21:15 AM
In 1986-87 I was stationed in Munich (lived in the army's Perlacher Forest housing area). Löwenbräu was my least my favorite beer. Odd, actually, because, to an American, it's possibly the most famous brand of German beer but I recall being very disappointed when I finally tasted the real thing (i.e., unpasturized, unlike the stuff that passes for Löwenbräu in the States).

Spaten Export was my fave then. Mrs. Rock and I spent many spring and summer weekends at the Waldwirtshaft Großhesselohe (the Wa-Wi), cycling through the forest, crossing the Isar to get there. Wonderful beer (Spaten), food and atmosphere (the forest setting by the river, the jazz bands).

That's where I live, these days... right between the Isar (10 walking minutes) and the Perlacher Forst (1 1/2 blocks). A bit south of the Army housing area. Love WaWi... enjoying a Radler, overlooking the Isar from far above and having some cut of meat my lovely American lass would initially find gross but surprisingly tasty. (Pig-knuckles, ususally.  ;D )
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 04, 2009, 01:56:02 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 04, 2009, 10:18:35 AM
Last night's dinner: I braised a leg of lamb. Slow cooked it (five hours) with carrots, onions, potatoes and two dozen cloves of garlic.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/decgmg/braised%20lamb.jpg)

Bordeaux was used for cooking and accompanying the meal: a St. Emilion grand cru went into the pot; we drank a 1991 Château Léoville Barton (a 2nd growth St. Julien)................

Sarge - love those 'slow-cooked' legs & shanks of various animals!  ;D  Dish looks great!

Believe that I had a half-case of the '91 Ch.  Léoville Barton (or a similarily dated vintage) - gone now - working on my mid-90 Bordeaux @ the moment (and not much left of that!) - Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 05, 2009, 04:58:53 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on April 04, 2009, 01:56:02 PM
Believe that I had a half-case of the '91 Ch.  Léoville Barton (or a similarily dated vintage) - gone now - working on my mid-90 Bordeaux @ the moment (and not much left of that!) - Dave

I bought a full case of the Léoville when it was released (1994?). In general 1991 was a mediocre vintage in Bordeaux but the Léoville was one of the best wines produced that year...one critic even called it the best, beating out the first growths. A good investment in any case. The wine has matured well. It was really tasty young but it's sensational now that its fully mature. I have five bottles left.


Quote from: jlaurson on April 04, 2009, 10:21:45 AM
Love WaWi... enjoying a Radler, overlooking the Isar from far above and having some cut of meat my lovely American lass would initially find gross but surprisingly tasty. (Pig-knuckles, ususally.  ;D )

;D :D ;D ...I recall my first encounter with Wellfleisch. Mrs. Rock warned me against it but I was brave...and stupid. The pig's snout was especially disgusting  :D

Ah memories...sitting above the Isar with a Maß, watching the large rafts with their crowds of drinkers and bands floating by.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on April 05, 2009, 12:29:52 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 04, 2009, 10:18:35 AM
Last night's dinner: I braised a leg of lamb. Slow cooked it (five hours) with carrots, onions, potatoes and two dozen cloves of garlic.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/decgmg/braised%20lamb.jpg)
What sort of pot is that, calphalon?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 05, 2009, 02:22:33 PM
Our usual Sunday night @ our 'mountain bistro' down the road:

Special tonight - Grilled Pampano w/ a light shrimp/lobster piccata sauce + a side of asparagus - just light & tasty -  :D

Couple of glasses of King Estate Pinot Gris from Oregon, my usual selection there w/ seafood!

P.S. I have no relationship w/ the two guys holding that pampano, but could have easily eaten some more!  :)


(http://www.sportfishingdominical.co.cr/UserFiles/200704171554090.14.jpg)  (http://www.madeinoregon.com/images/products/PAAAAAFLLGFMDEFA.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on April 05, 2009, 07:26:33 PM
Today's Braised Pork; a bit heavy on the carrots and leeks, especially the dark green parts of the leeks. It didn't hurt the taste, only the aesthetic view of the dish!  :-[

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on April 05, 2009, 07:49:41 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on April 05, 2009, 07:26:33 PM
Today's Braised Pork; a bit heavy on the carrots and leeks, especially the dark green parts of the leeks. It didn't hurt the taste, only the aesthetic view of the dish!  :-[


It looks absolutely delicious. Online Meal of the Day award.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on April 05, 2009, 08:00:25 PM
Very grateful for your compliment!  :-*

Your charming pooch gets to lick the plate! - Aren't we supposed to conserve energy? Saves loading the dishwasher!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on April 06, 2009, 01:24:53 AM
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=16997;type=avatar)

Does that thing come with a body, too -- or is it one of those rare neck-only dogs?  ;D


I imagine something like this:



Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on April 06, 2009, 04:38:29 AM
Quote from: nicht schleppend on April 06, 2009, 04:37:12 AM
I imagine you think that's funny.

Sure is cute.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on April 06, 2009, 04:55:24 AM
Quote from: nicht schleppend on April 06, 2009, 04:49:44 AM
Glad I'm not your dog.

Gee, you're really defensive when it comes to dogs.  ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on April 06, 2009, 06:04:36 AM
Quote from: Corey on April 06, 2009, 04:55:24 AM
Quote from: nicht schleppend on Today at 04:49:44 AM
Glad I'm not your dog.


Gee, you're really defensive when it comes to dogs.   ::)

Me, a dog? No. I have my own preferences when it comes to pets.


P.S. Gee... don't take this as an offense. It's a very cute dog and a much happier avatar/picture than some old, gamy, out of print Bernstein Mahler cover.   :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on April 06, 2009, 07:27:33 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on April 06, 2009, 06:04:36 AM
Me, a dog? No. I have my own preferences when it comes to pets.


P.S. Gee... don't take this as an offense. It's a very cute dog and a much happier avatar/picture than some old, gamy, out of print Bernstein Mahler cover.   :D

Well, you're going to have to settle for old and gamy.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on April 06, 2009, 07:30:34 AM
Fiber One pancakes with mashed bananas and strawberries mixed in, topped with a heap o' Jif Peanut Butter and Vermont maple syrup.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on April 06, 2009, 08:15:27 AM
I have just discovered the beautiful simplicity of frying Halloumi cheese. It makes a great sandwich with smoked mackerel, lemon juice, tarragon (which I overuse in everything) and pepper. My main concern as far as tweaks go is finding a way to make it taste less dry, not sure of a solution yet.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on April 06, 2009, 08:27:21 AM
Quote from: Lethe on April 06, 2009, 08:15:27 AM
I have just discovered the beautiful simplicity of frying Halloumi cheese. It makes a great sandwich with smoked mackerel, lemon juice, tarragon (which I overuse in everything) and pepper. My main concern as far as tweaks go is finding a way to make it taste less dry, not sure of a solution yet.

Tarragon with smoked mackerel? I wouldn't have thought they would make a good match. And with lemon and pepper too? You do like your max out the flavour in your sandwiches I see!  ;D

If you were just having the halloumi and mackerel, a bit of tomato salsa would add some good moisture, but i'd subsitute the tarragon for some basil.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 06, 2009, 08:28:56 AM
Quote from: Lethe on April 06, 2009, 08:15:27 AM
I have just discovered the beautiful simplicity of frying Halloumi cheese. It makes a great sandwich with smoked mackerel, lemon juice, tarragon (which I overuse in everything) and pepper. My main concern as far as tweaks go is finding a way to make it taste less dry, not sure of a solution yet.

Aioli?  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on April 06, 2009, 08:33:03 AM
Quote from: Benji on April 06, 2009, 08:27:21 AM
Tarragon with smoked mackerel? I wouldn't have thought they would make a good match. And with lemon and pepper too? You do like your max out the flavour in your sandwiches I see!  ;D

I abuse flavours :D My friends conspicuously decline anything I cook that has garlic in it... 0:)

The salsa and aioli suggestions are really good - I'll try something like that next time when I have time to plan it properly.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on April 06, 2009, 08:34:56 AM
Quote from: toledobass on April 06, 2009, 08:28:56 AM
Aioli?  ;D

Cripes! There's no amount of breath mints that would be able to cover up that combo.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 06, 2009, 10:15:31 AM
Wait I thought of something that might work and requires no additional preperations either.

How bout just a nice honey mustard?

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on April 06, 2009, 10:20:37 AM
A sun dried tomato bagel with pesto, fresh mozzarella and tomatoes. and coffee.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on April 06, 2009, 11:25:53 AM
I'm making mushroom soup tonight.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 09, 2009, 05:24:47 AM
Quote from: nicht schleppend on April 05, 2009, 12:29:52 PM
What sort of pot is that, calphalon?

No, Aluguss Promont:

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/decgmg/IMG_0386.JPG)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: haydnguy on April 09, 2009, 09:07:59 PM
Grapes at midnight.  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on April 10, 2009, 08:04:07 AM
Quote from: BaxMan on April 09, 2009, 09:07:59 PM
Grapes at midnight.  :D

That's an Orson Welles flick isn't it?

I'm eating this guy's chicken.

(http://www.tripmastermonkey.com/images/articleImages/tso_articleImage.gif)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 12, 2009, 08:27:14 AM
Couple of nights ago on an overnight trip to Charlotte, we dined at Blue Restaurant & Bar (http://www.bluerestaurantandbar.com/dinner.html) - our second time, and definitely a place that we will visit again -  ;D

Check the link for the dinner menu, if interested - we both started 'light' w/ the Poached Pear and Baby Arugula Salad:  Italy -spiced walnuts, Gorgonzola dolce and a Chianti reduction - just delicious combination of flavors & textures.

Susan have the Lamb Tagine:  Morocco - slow cooked lamb shank simmered with Ras el Hanout and a blend of apricots, dates, carrots, beets and saffron potatoes.

I had the Whole Roasted Mediterranean Sea Bass:  Greece - whole roasted Bronzini with fresh herbs, artichokes, pear tomatoes and a lemon spinach orzo pasta; indeed a whole fish, filleted at your table - moist & succulent!  Next time, I'm ordering the Wild Boar!

For dessert, we shared the Pistachio and Roasted Pear Baklava w/ Cardamon and Saffron Mascarspone - quite a unique restaurant bringing in recipes and flavors from different parts of the world -  :D  P.S. a couple of glasses of Italian Pinot Grigio for me -  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on April 12, 2009, 08:33:16 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on April 12, 2009, 08:27:14 AM
Couple of nights ago on an overnight trip to Charlotte, we dined at Blue Restaurant & Bar (http://www.bluerestaurantandbar.com/dinner.html) - our second time, and definitely a place that we will visit again -  ;D

Check the link for the dinner menu, if interested - we both started 'light' w/ the Poached Pear and Baby Arugula Salad:  Italy -spiced walnuts, Gorgonzola dolce and a Chianti reduction - just delicious combination of flavors & textures.

Susan have the Lamb Tagine:  Morocco - slow cooked lamb shank simmered with Ras el Hanout and a blend of apricots, dates, carrots, beets and saffron potatoes.

I had the Whole Roasted Mediterranean Sea Bass:  Greece - whole roasted Bronzini with fresh herbs, artichokes, pear tomatoes and a lemon spinach orzo pasta; indeed a whole fish, filleted at your table - moist & succulent!  Next time, I'm ordering the Wild Boar!

For dessert, we shared the Pistachio and Roasted Pear Baklava w/ Cardamon and Saffron Mascarspone - quite a unique restaurant bringing in recipes and flavors from different parts of the world -  :D  P.S. a couple of glasses of Italian Pinot Grigio for me -  ;)

My mouth is watering! Your meals looks absolutely gorgeous.

I had a look at the website out of curiosity (it's just a bit out of my way of course, but you never know). Only had to look at the map once to know it was in America.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on April 12, 2009, 08:35:44 AM
I think I should get out to eat more often. Another nearby restaurant was recently awarded a Michelin star, making three within 5 minutes walk. It's just so expensive!  :(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on April 12, 2009, 08:47:24 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on April 12, 2009, 08:27:14 AM
Couple of nights ago on an overnight trip to Charlotte, we dined at Blue Restaurant & Bar (http://www.bluerestaurantandbar.com/dinner.html) - our second time, and definitely a place that we will visit again -  ;D

Check the link for the dinner menu, if interested - we both started 'light' w/ the Poached Pear and Baby Arugula Salad:  Italy -spiced walnuts, Gorgonzola dolce and a Chianti reduction - just delicious combination of flavors & textures.

Susan have the Lamb Tagine:  Morocco - slow cooked lamb shank simmered with Ras el Hanout and a blend of apricots, dates, carrots, beets and saffron potatoes.

I had the Whole Roasted Mediterranean Sea Bass:  Greece - whole roasted Bronzini with fresh herbs, artichokes, pear tomatoes and a lemon spinach orzo pasta; indeed a whole fish, filleted at your table - moist & succulent!  Next time, I'm ordering the Wild Boar!

For dessert, we shared the Pistachio and Roasted Pear Baklava w/ Cardamon and Saffron Mascarspone - quite a unique restaurant bringing in recipes and flavors from different parts of the world -  :D  P.S. a couple of glasses of Italian Pinot Grigio for me -  ;)
Sounds wonderful. Esp. the fish. Yum.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kullervo on April 12, 2009, 08:48:07 AM
Bratwurst (and spicy mustard, of course), steamed spinach and pasta with a sour cream sauce.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 12, 2009, 09:13:25 AM
Quote from: Benji on April 12, 2009, 08:33:16 AM
My mouth is watering! Your meals looks absolutely gorgeous.

I had a look at the website out of curiosity (it's just a bit out of my way of course, but you never know). Only had to look at the map once to know it was in America.  ;D

Sorry, Benji - yes, Charlotte, North Carolina, i.e. the 'Queen City' - named after Queen Charlotte, wife of George III - just a 90 minute drive for us south from Winston-Salem, and near the South Carolina border -  :)  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on April 12, 2009, 11:30:05 PM
Last night, and more than worthy of a picture (alas, none taken):

Smoked Salmon, Rye, and Greens

Venison Casserole with roast vegetables
(Pumpkin, parsnips, celery et al.) and
mashed potatoes with mustard- and fennel-
seeds.

Variation on Cranachan (with a
Merengue at the bottom & fresh local
Raspberries.

....all with a clear view onto Ben More.



Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 13, 2009, 06:08:08 AM
For lunch I ate Deutsch-Indo fusion: leftover lamb curry and Weißkrautsalat  8)

Drank a Wicküler Pilsener (from Dortmund).

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 13, 2009, 02:51:07 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on April 12, 2009, 11:30:05 PM
Last night, and more than worthy of a picture (alas, none taken):

Smoked Salmon, Rye, and Greens & Venison Casserole with roast vegetables


Jens - boy, you're eating some of my favorites!  I'm a salmon NUT!  I'll take if anyway - smoked, sushi, poached, broiled, etc.!  ;D

And, just had venison tenderloin, grilled at my local mountain bistro often mentioned by me in this thread - just delicious!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on April 14, 2009, 01:54:33 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on April 13, 2009, 02:51:07 PM
Jens - boy, you're eating some of my favorites!  I'm a salmon NUT!  I'll take if anyway - smoked, sushi, poached, broiled, etc.!  ;D
And, just had venison tenderloin, grilled at my local mountain bistro often mentioned by me in this thread - just delicious!  :)

Turns out that those dears and hides (the latter was in the casserole) are just running about here... ("here" being Pennyghael on Loch Scridain).
After full-out, completely edible mediocrity at the only Inn in Fionnphort it's back to home-cooked dinner tonight... I think a veggie soup (leaks, potatoes... sturdy stuff) will be followed by grilled salmon? I'm not sure and I don't care... it's bound to be very good. I can barely keep up with the walking to keep the calories gained off me. Breakfast with scrambled (local) eggs and smoked salmon, fresh fruit (anything fresh is a not-to-be-underrated food "accessory" in Scotland) and the like... difficult to get up again.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Novi on April 15, 2009, 10:46:06 AM
Quote from: Benji on April 12, 2009, 08:35:44 AM
I think I should get out to eat more often. Another nearby restaurant was recently awarded a Michelin star, making three within 5 minutes walk. It's just so expensive!  :(

Is this Edinburgh? I've not been to any of them :'(, although I've been eyeing Martin Wishart's menu for some time now. Which would you recommend?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on April 15, 2009, 11:11:49 AM
Quote from: Novi on April 15, 2009, 10:46:06 AM
Is this Edinburgh? I've not been to any of them :'(, although I've been eyeing Martin Wishart's menu for some time now. Which would you recommend?

Yes, down in Leith. You could choose from The Kitchin, Martin Wishart or The Plumed Horse, all of which are raved about. I wish I could recommend one of them, but i've never dined at them. Too expensive! For example, the vegetarian dish at The Kitchen, would set you back £24. The most expensive main, Dover Sole, would break the bank at £62. For just £16.50 you could have a rolled pig's head starter. Yum. All the deserts are under a tenner though, and they do look good. Pear and Earl Grey crumble sounds great and I am going to try making that myself come to think of it. Would it be awfully cheeky to go in and order 3 desserts?  ;D

I will perhaps wait until a very special occasion, such as my family actually coming to visit instead of endlessly talking about it.  ::)


Thankfully there are lots of great and reasonably priced places to eat out here, such as La Favorite on Leith Walk, which used to do the most amazing sea food soup i've ever had. I'm going to Khushi's Diner in a few weeks, which is famous for fish curry so i'm very excited about trying that.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Novi on April 15, 2009, 12:15:34 PM
Quote from: Benji on April 15, 2009, 11:11:49 AM
Yes, down in Leith. You could choose from The Kitchin, Martin Wishart or The Plumed Horse, all of which are raved about. I wish I could recommend one of them, but i've never dined at them. Too expensive! For example, the vegetarian dish at The Kitchen, would set you back £24. The most expensive main, Dover Sole, would break the bank at £62. For just £16.50 you could have a rolled pig's head starter. Yum. All the deserts are under a tenner though, and they do look good. Pear and Earl Grey crumble sounds great and I am going to try making that myself come to think of it. Would it be awfully cheeky to go in and order 3 desserts?  ;D

I will perhaps wait until a very special occasion, such as my family actually coming to visit instead of endlessly talking about it.  ::)


Thankfully there are lots of great and reasonably priced places to eat out here, such as La Favorite on Leith Walk, which used to do the most amazing sea food soup i've ever had. I'm going to Khushi's Diner in a few weeks, which is famous for fish curry so i'm very excited about trying that.

Ouchies! So with three courses, a drop to drink, plus a tip, it would be practically a week's rent :-\. Still, the vego tasting menu at Martin Wishart is very tempting indeed. Reads like food porn :D. Most places in Edinburgh are still at the token pasta stage ...

Khushi's is great value, although being a vego, I don't know about their fish curry :). The only problem was that you'd smell of cooking fumes after eating there, although this was at their old place - I haven't been in quite a while. Another favourite is brunch at Urban Angel - great ingredients, simple preparation.

There's a lot to choose from up Leith way isn't there? Unfortunately, we don't make it up there very often.


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on April 15, 2009, 12:50:27 PM
Pictures from the salmon, last night... and I was a fool forgetting to take pictures today.

Fresh Prawns & [tiny (http://www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/sertc/images/photo%20gallery/Eumunida%20picta.jpg)] Squat Lobsters.

Fresh in the sense of: Out of the Water (South of the Ross of Mull) at 6.15PM.

Into my mouth at 8PM. With bread and mayo (not necessary, really) and a fresh salad.

before that: Sweet Potato & Squash Soup with Coconut Cream and Lime.

With that (perhaps boorishly): two locally brewed dark ales: "Tobermory Terror" and "McCaig's Folly".
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on April 16, 2009, 08:06:14 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on April 15, 2009, 12:50:27 PM
Pictures from the salmon, last night... and I was a fool forgetting to take pictures today.
Okay, now I'm salivating.  Maybe even drooling.  I thought all food from the British Isles was supposed to taste like cardboard swathed in rubber and swimming in fetid swamp runoff...?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on April 16, 2009, 11:05:16 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on April 16, 2009, 08:06:14 AM
Okay, now I'm salivating.  Maybe even drooling.  I thought all food from the British Isles was supposed to taste like cardboard swathed in rubber and swimming in fetid swamp runoff...?

Don't listen to everything the French tell you.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on April 16, 2009, 02:36:10 PM
Quote from: Benji on April 16, 2009, 11:05:16 AM
Don't listen to everything the French tell you.
:)

Not "Don't listen to anything the French tell you?"

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on April 16, 2009, 02:41:50 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on April 16, 2009, 02:36:10 PM
  :)

Not "Don't listen to anything the French tell you?"



Let's just say it's not only British food that needs to be taken with a pinch of salt.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 16, 2009, 02:46:54 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on April 15, 2009, 12:50:27 PM
Pictures from the salmon, last night... and I was a fool forgetting to take pictures today.

Fresh Prawns & [tiny (http://www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/sertc/images/photo%20gallery/Eumunida%20picta.jpg)] Squat Lobsters.

Jens - those meal pics look great - could see myself really enjoying that salmon dish!  :P

Love the link to the Squat Lobster - never had one!  Assume one just eats the tail?  Looks smaller, but reminds me of a Carribean Lobster - just concentrate on the tail - I've had plenty of those over the years on trips to various West Indies islands - yum!  ;D

(http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20060531/a1147_2958.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on April 18, 2009, 06:35:55 PM
Dark chocolate frozen yogurt, with a few Oreo cookies tossed into the bowl.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on April 19, 2009, 12:45:39 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on April 16, 2009, 02:46:54 PM
Love the link to the Squat Lobster - never had one!  Assume one just eats the tail?  Looks smaller, but reminds me of a Carribean Lobster - just concentrate on the tail - I've had plenty of those over the years on trips to various West Indies islands - yum! 

Squat Lobster hasn't much--if anything--to do with Lobster, actually. It's distantly related to the crab.

They're tiny... they roll up to a ball roughly the size of a two pence piece (a fair deal bigger than a quarter, about the same size or minimally bigger than 2 Euro pieces). They have overlong, really thin arms that become utterly useless out of the water... and generally they fall off by the time the thing reaches your plate. You peal out the body from the little shell and eat it more like you would prawns. The meat is incredibly good... very sweet -- better than prawns, still.

But they are by-catch... a byproduct of fishing and there's no real market for them because they can only be had fresh and even then they'll be  bad within hours, turning gray or black after a little while. A shame, because they are absolutely delicious.

Once my trip is over I'll report a little on my food experiences (both delightful and horrid) -- but so far there is one far-and-away winner (not counting meals cooked at a private home which have been stunning, so far) and that's the Glasgow experience of "The Red Onion (http://www.red-onion.co.uk/)". Who would have thought that in that unassuming place (and at perfectly reasonable prices) one could eat quite so well. I've had far less satisfactory meals at "better" restaurants many, many times...
And what a creative menu (which is not large but incredibly varied).

The Roast chicken, smoked bacon and avocado salad with honey mustard dressingmight possibly have been a touch more... well... something (or I should have gone for the Chicken liver parfait with red onion marmalade and oatcakes...) but no matter... still yummy.

Then we had (can't find them on the menu online) the Chicken Tangine (delightful in its tasty understatement... with a light mint-yogurt touch) and I had the Grilled Sea Trout special on a little tower of garlic mashed potatoes... of which I remember the taste but not the ingredient details.

Any resident Glaswegians who know the place and can comment on it? Was this a fluke?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: haydnguy on April 20, 2009, 06:43:08 AM
A hamburger at 9:40am...  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 20, 2009, 09:47:20 AM
I'm making a quiche and it won't be ready to eat until tomorrow,  so while the kitchen aid and flour were out I made some pizza dough for tonight's dinner.  No idea what to put on it yet though.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on April 20, 2009, 05:27:01 PM
How about anchovies, lots of black olives and a generous sprinkling of capers? I'll donate a bottle of Moldovian Black Monk!  >:D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 20, 2009, 07:35:36 PM
that sounds like it would have been great, but I ended up with proscuitto, parmesan and arugula:


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on April 20, 2009, 07:43:12 PM
A strawberry, peach, & mango smoothie.  Yum.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on April 20, 2009, 07:51:30 PM
Allan, you didn't seriously consider eating the concoction I had assembled? I invented it to match the most horrible of all wines in my world-wide wine exploration. Black Monk is from Moldavia, comes in a rectangular pointie bottle and ends up almost brown in the glass, brownish-red. It doesn't taste as bad as it looks, but after half a glass I gave up, started to pour it down the kitchen sink drain and globs of black stuff came out! I dissected one glob, it 'lightened' to burgundy red.

Evidently what I bought was a remnant of something very old, probably on route from Moldavia since the Crimean war!  ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 20, 2009, 07:56:43 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on April 20, 2009, 07:51:30 PM
Allan, you didn't seriously consider eating the concoction I had assembled? I invented it to match the most horrible of all wines in my world-wide wine exploration. Black Monk is from Moldavia, comes in a rectangular pointie bottle and ends up almost brown in the glass, brownish-red. It doesn't taste as bad as it looks, but after half a glass I gave up, started to pour it down the kitchen sink drain and globs of black stuff came out! I dissected one glob, it 'lightened' to burgundy red.

Evidently what I bought was a remnant of something very old, probably on route from Moldavia since the Crimean war!  ::)

Well I love anchovies, I thought the olives could have been green and I thought it could use a little bit of lemon drizzled on the whole thing but yeah..it sounded good to me!!!!

I try and stay far away from black wine......

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 20, 2009, 08:03:42 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on April 20, 2009, 07:51:30 PM
Evidently what I bought was a remnant of something very old, probably on route from Moldavia since the Crimean war!  ::)

Lis - we must improve your wine choices - the above description is nauseating at best -  ;) ;D

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on April 20, 2009, 08:22:12 PM
Honey, I am trying!!!

I have selected wines from central and South America and discovered very nice wines. Australia was not too exciting, as I remember there was the 'Black Swan product, tasting like wet galoshes. The wine from Georgia is remarkable, making me travel to it's neighour Moldavia, and that was a mistake. I still have to see what there is in Asia. Do they make and export wine?

Of course I know better than to judge one country's product by one or two bottles, but I am having fun any how!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on April 20, 2009, 08:28:39 PM
Correction: The Black Monk bottle is not rectangular - math and geometry and related stuff are not my field of interest! - found a picture there: - triangular?  ???

http://www.laurentiwines.com/sku16031.html
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on April 21, 2009, 07:43:26 AM
I try to stay away from pizza  :-\ but I had to eat a variety of them today for a photo shoot.

Below is one of my favorites, The Diet Pizza. The extra thin crust is perforated so the dough doesn't puff in the oven. The dough is baked for about 4 minutes (it should not brown or else it will be too dry and flaky by the time it is delivered), then it is topped with a salad of arugula, fresh mozzarella, fresh and sun dried tomatoes, grated parmesan, pesto and some garlic infused olive oil. It is not exactly diet of course  >:D but still it tastes much lighter than regular pizza.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Anne on April 22, 2009, 12:26:01 AM
Time for dessert.  Chocolate almond pie with crushed walnut crust and vanilla-, almond-flavored sugar-free Cool Whip and Splenda.

Walnut crust:
2 c. crushed walnuts (I use a rolling pin as is faster than chopping)
3T. Splenda
2 lightly beaten egg WHITES
Stir all ingredients together and pat into glass pie pan.  Keep all crust below top edge of pie pan.  (I prefer 10-inch deep dish)
Bake in oven @ 375 degrees 10 - 12 minutes or until crust looks dry.

Chocolate filling:
2 single or 1 double package Jello brand Chocolate sugar-free, fat-free pudding mix
3 1/2 c. skim milk
Microwave following directions on pkg.  As soon as the microwaving is finished, I put the bowl of pudding into the freezer.  This speeds the cooling.

White Whipped topping:
3 cartons sugar-free Cool Whip
9T Splenda
2 1/2 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 tsp almond extract
Since I leave the Cool Whip in the freezer until I am ready to start making the crust, I need to soften it a little.  One carton at a time, microwave for 15 seconds and then do the finger check** by inserting finger into center of carton.  If it is still too frozen, microwave 15 seconds more.  Usually that is enough.  Any more microwaving will adversely affect the Cool Whip.
Put all 3 cartons in a large bowl.  Add Splenda, vanilla extract, and almond extract.
Stir very gently until all ingredients are well mixed.

Final assembly:
put cooled chocolate filling into cool pie crust.  Top with Cool Whip mixture.  Sprinkle chocolate shot* over the Cool Whip.

Chocolate shot is a bottle of short little pieces of chocolate.  These you can sprinkle over Cool Whip any time.  They do not melt.
    You can also sprinkle tiny multi-colored little round balls (found in a bottle in the baking section of the grocery store).  These DO MELT and BLEED into the Cool Whip making an unsightly looking mess.  It is better to add at last minute before serving where they do give a festive look.  One could also chop a few walnuts and sprinkle over pie or perhaps some shaved chocolate curls.

**  It goes without saying that it is assumed all cooks wash their hands well before starting to cook.  ;D

This is a great recipe for diabetics.  One could also use Coolwhip or real whipped cream if sugar is not an issue for you.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Novi on April 22, 2009, 04:37:30 AM
Quote from: orbital on April 21, 2009, 07:43:26 AM
I try to stay away from pizza  :-\ but I had to eat a variety of them today for a photo shoot.

Below is one of my favorites, The Diet Pizza. The extra thin crust is perforated so the dough doesn't puff in the oven. The dough is baked for about 4 minutes (it should not brown or else it will be too dry and flaky by the time it is delivered), then it is topped with a salad of arugula, fresh mozzarella, fresh and sun dried tomatoes, grated parmesan, pesto and some garlic infused olive oil. It is not exactly diet of course  >:D but still it tastes much lighter than regular pizza.


Wow, that looks good, and I'm not much of a pizza fan :).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on April 22, 2009, 05:13:56 AM
Quote from: orbital on April 21, 2009, 07:43:26 AM
I try to stay away from pizza  :-\ but I had to eat a variety of them today for a photo shoot.

Below is one of my favorites, The Diet Pizza. The extra thin crust is perforated so the dough doesn't puff in the oven. The dough is baked for about 4 minutes (it should not brown or else it will be too dry and flaky by the time it is delivered), then it is topped with a salad of arugula, fresh mozzarella, fresh and sun dried tomatoes, grated parmesan, pesto and some garlic infused olive oil. It is not exactly diet of course  >:D but still it tastes much lighter than regular pizza.

Mmmm...looks wonderful. If you really want it to be "diet," just pick off the toppings and eat them without the crust.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on April 22, 2009, 07:11:31 AM
Quote from: Anne on April 22, 2009, 12:26:01 AMWalnut crust:
2 c. crushed walnuts (I use a rolling pin as is faster than chopping)
3T. Splenda
2 lightly beaten egg WHITES
Stir all ingredients together and pat into glass pie pan.  Keep all crust below top edge of pie pan.  (I prefer 10-inch deep dish)
Bake in oven @ 375 degrees 10 - 12 minutes or until crust looks dry.
This I will have to try.  Do the egg whites suffice to hold it together like a pastry crust?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Anne on April 22, 2009, 07:51:06 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on April 22, 2009, 07:11:31 AM
This I will have to try.  Do the egg whites suffice to hold it together like a pastry crust?

Yes.  Usually I add the Splenda to the crushed nuts and stir well before adding lightly beaten egg white.  The egg white in conjunction with the Splenda acts like the glue holding the nuts together.  After being baked, the crust is crunchy but not tough.  It makes a nice texture contrast to the chocolate pudding and white topping.  Most people like the almond flavoring in the white topping.  Good luck.  It is not difficult.

Any place Splenda is used in the recipes sugar can be substituted.  In fact all the recipes started with sugar and I substituted Splenda.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on April 23, 2009, 05:49:05 PM
Tonite I had scallops sauteed with wine and mushrooms, accompanied by frozen peas (my veggie of choice). My current favorite dessert is Ciao Bella sorbet--any flavor is great, but especially blood orange and blackberry cabernet.  I had been to a farmer's market, so I also had two homemade cookies, molasses and oatmeal-raisin, which I assume were baked by farmers.  :)

This is national volunteer week, so I was treated to a lunch given by the group of disabled adults I work with: spaghetti casserole, garlic bread, Caesar salad and streusel coffee cake.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on April 23, 2009, 08:53:41 PM
Quote from: BaxMan on April 20, 2009, 06:43:08 AM
A hamburger at 9:40am...  :D
Man, you're living the good life!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 24, 2009, 03:33:18 PM
Nice afternoon 'day off' - went to an exhibition at Reynolda House (http://www.reynoldahouse.org/discover/exhibitions/c_exhibitions_detail.php?feature-id=410062818) on American Impressionism - small exhibit but done quite well; house is located in my home town, Winston-Salem, North Carolina - was the 'country bungaloo' built by RJ Reynolds (and his wife, Katherine) at the turn of the 20th century; unfortunately, he died w/i a year or so of their moving into the house (he was 30 yrs older that his wife, and left her and four children).

But, then visited our 'mountain bistro' mentioned by me many times before; but tonight, one of their 'specials' was grilled ostrich - a favorite of mine!  :P  This offering was a 'free range' bird from Davie County, NC, right next to our county (Forsyth); so, an ostrich from right down the road - GREAT!  Grillied beautifully medium rare - this meat is actually 'better' than chicken breast relative to calories/fat/cholesterol, so you get a RED meat to go w/ a red wine (I typically order Pinot Noir) - just delicious; came w/ a light baby bok choy sauce & garlic mash potatoes (I subsituted grilled asparagus, but relish the other option!) - loved the aftenoon!  ;D


(http://www.wanderingcow.net/Images/ostrich.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 30, 2009, 06:42:05 PM
Boy!  No posts here in nearly a week!  :o  Is no one eating?  ;)

Well, I just returned from a medical meeting in Boston - too short & would have liked to 'hooked up' w/ Karl -  :-\

But, a couple of nights @ Legal Sea Foods (http://www.legalseafoods.com/) in the Prudential Center (close to the Shearton Hotel - our stay) - for me the first night:

Dozen Oysters, four different types, shared w/ Susan; main course, a 1.75 pound steamed Lobster - boy, this was great!  ;D

Swordfish, center cut - grilled w/ a rice/veggie combo (of course, started w/ the same oyster dish mentioned above!)

Tapeo (http://www.tapeo.com/#) - Tapas restaurant on Newbury Street - just wonderful!  Our second visit - had a couple of bottles of Cava (i.e. w/ another couple) - just outstanding!

La Voile (http://www.lavoileboston.net/index2.php?background=03-menu/03-01&menu=03-01-menu-food&page=03-menu/01-starter)!  French bistro w/ wonderful seafood, just across Newbury Street from the tapas place - excellent offerings - I had the 'Roasted' Lobster special - delicious!  My colleague had  a whole roasted sea bass, which I would have loved also - had a 'small' taste!

Hey, would have appreciated a few more days there!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on April 30, 2009, 06:50:30 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on April 24, 2009, 03:33:18 PM
Nice afternoon 'day off' - went to an exhibition at Reynolda House (http://www.reynoldahouse.org/discover/exhibitions/c_exhibitions_detail.php?feature-id=410062818) on American Impressionism - small exhibit but done quite well; house is located in my home town, Winston-Salem, North Carolina - was the 'country bungaloo' built by RJ Reynolds (and his wife, Katherine) at the turn of the 20th century; unfortunately, he died w/i a year or so of their moving into the house (he was 30 yrs older that his wife, and left her and four children).

But, then visited our 'mountain bistro' mentioned by me many times before; but tonight, one of their 'specials' was grilled ostrich - a favorite of mine!  :P  This offering was a 'free range' bird from Davie County, NC, right next to our county (Forsyth); so, an ostrich from right down the road - GREAT!  Grillied beautifully medium rare - this meat is actually 'better' than chicken breast relative to calories/fat/cholesterol, so you get a RED meat to go w/ a red wine (I typically order Pinot Noir) - just delicious; came w/ a light baby bok choy sauce & garlic mash potatoes (I subsituted grilled asparagus, but relish the other option!) - loved the aftenoon!  ;D


(http://www.wanderingcow.net/Images/ostrich.jpg)

So Dave, it "looks like beef, but tastes like chicken"?  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 01, 2009, 04:39:39 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on April 30, 2009, 06:50:30 PM
So Dave, it "looks like beef, but tastes like chicken"?  ;D

Hi Ray - Ostrich is a great meat - actually the color is red like beef, so I usually order a 'red' wine, such as Pinot Noir; less fat & cholesterol, and fewer calories than chicken, so a healthier meat choice - just need to order it 'medium rare' - the piece that I had last week was grilled perfectly!  We're returning there Sunday night - probably will go w/ venison, again 'medium rare' after my seafood feast in Boston!   ;D  Dave

P.S. - Actually looks like a BIG chicken, but tastes like BEEF!   ;) ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 01, 2009, 09:12:14 AM
I have some roasted pork sitting in the fridge so I pickled some carrots and daikon, picked up a little bit of pate and made myself banh mi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banh_mi).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on May 01, 2009, 03:57:51 PM
Love your companion, Allan; -  :-*

- what's the slices of Italian Salami doing in the Vietnamese Sub?  ???
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on May 01, 2009, 06:05:15 PM
Didn't quite manage to catch up on that beloved thread (had to skip 10 pages), but will join you as of tomorrow. I'm having another Movies, Wine and Food day with my best friend, who proposed the following menu:

Quote– Riccioli al barolo (pâtes du Piémont au vin barolo)

– Légumes variés dans une sauce assaisonnée de fleur de sel au poivre noir et au poivre vert, de l'Afrique du Sud.

– Jambon italien et salami

In short: pasta, veggies and ham. This is the pasta:(http://www.caveamann.ch/Bilder/Esswaren/Cascina%20Loverina/Riccioli.gif)

The veggies are seasoned with South African fleur de sel seasoned with black and green (Madagascar) pepper. I suppose the salami and ham will be like genoa and prosciutto.

I chose this wine (http://joeswine.blogspot.com/2009/01/2004-chateau-st-thomas.html) to go with the pasta. Obviously the natural mate would have been a barolo, but we had that a few months ago. We like to experiment :D.

I'm supposed to bring an aperitif wine. I'll probably opt for a Loupiac or Monbazillac. Generally characterized as dessert wines, they're just as good - even better - when served in mid-afternoon with the appropriate pâté, fois gras, pickles and cheese. I'll bring a Pyrénées, a refreshing, dense and simple sheep cheese from Southern France's high pastures, he'll probably have the usual characterful  Charlevoix specialty (http://www.torontolife.com/features/the-big-cheeses/). We never have dessert. We end the evening with equitable coffe and dark chocolate.

The whole thing is centered around the movies and the religious-philosophical discussions we crave so much. What better way to end a mind-nourishing day than having an equally satisfying time attending to epicurial pleasures? :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on May 01, 2009, 06:24:14 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on May 01, 2009, 06:05:15 PM
when served in mid-afternoon with the appropriate pâté, fois gras,

What do I have to do with you, Mein Liebster Freund André to get you stop contributing to the suffering of those poor geese? Come on now, buy a good brand of Liverwurst and you'll have the same look, texture and taste!

Thank you, and the geese thank you!  :-*
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on May 01, 2009, 06:58:23 PM
Liebling :-*,  'foie gras' is a very generic term used for liver pâté. It can mean anything (honest). 98% of the time it's either chicken and/or pork liver. I've eaten the 'real' goose foie gras only once. Akin to swallowing a big chunk of butter with a strange taste, very warm and soft texture :P. 

Honest, I don't know what's with caviar and foie gras, but they're definitely not my cup of tea. What we call 'pâté' is usually game meat mixed with liver, but "pâté de foie" is always made with chicken/duck/pork liver + eggs, etc.  Ever since I was young ::) we used to call it 'foie gras', but I guess it's only a remnant of an ancient culinary culture.

Goose is still not a standard staple here (although it's traditional Weihnachts fare). I don't think the real 'foie gras' culture will ever catch on. Brigitte Bardot has been very busy alerting the world to the seals' fate, but I can't recall having ever seen her going to the barricades for the geese.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on May 01, 2009, 07:10:49 PM
Thank you, Danke schön, Mille gracie, mein Schnuckerl! Now I love you even more than I ever did! Why didn't you say right away the stuff you are eating with your friend is nothing but glorified Braunschweiger? Now I an stop campaigning against the real thing.

At least caviar does not involve torturing the poor fish but I still don't like it, tastes like overly salted fish close to spoilage.

Do have a lively and happy day with your friend tomorrow!  :-*

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on May 02, 2009, 04:41:29 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on May 01, 2009, 07:10:49 PM
At least caviar does not involve torturing the poor fish but I still don't like it, tastes like overly salted fish close to spoilage.

Oh, it wasn't fresh, then.  8)

I like fresh caviar, but then, the first time I had black caviar, I was in Moscow, and the fellow had this half-gallon tub of the roe taken from a fish in the Volga the day before.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 02, 2009, 06:09:27 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on May 01, 2009, 03:57:51 PM
Love your companion, Allan; -  :-*

- what's the slices of Italian Salami doing in the Vietnamese Sub?  ???

Ha!!! Good catch.  It was the last 2 slices left in the package and I figured what the hell.  I also have to admit that it was teewurst that I used in place of the pate, I think you'll appreciate that though. ;D  I have a friend who makes these sandwiches with left over meat loaf!!!!

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on May 02, 2009, 06:36:43 AM
Yes Allan, I do appreciate the substitution!  :-*

Cold meatloaf sandwich is one of my favourites. A generous amount of Dulcet Madras Curry spread on both sides of the pancetta plus chopped fresh parsley from my garden. Yum!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on May 02, 2009, 08:39:58 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on May 02, 2009, 04:41:29 AM
Oh, it wasn't fresh, then.  8)

I like fresh caviar, but then, the first time I had black caviar, I was in Moscow, and the fellow had this half-gallon tub of the roe taken from a fish in the Volga the day before.

A half-gallon sounds like caviar overkill. How much of it did you eat?  ;)
I agree that fresh caviar (malossol) is not that salty, more like grainy sushi. I no longer put onions and cream cheese on it, just scrape it off a piece of toast with my teeth (makes flossing more fun).
Fresh caviar is not available where I live, but I can get it online ($$$). I have stopped getting the Caspian variety, since it may not be authentic, and have switched to American caviar--not quite as good, but still good; I think I like paddlefish the best.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on May 02, 2009, 12:04:06 PM
My first attempt at Marsala Pork. I should have fixed it long time ago and repeatedly. Of course now that I have an open bottle in the cupboard I'll have to scout for more Marsala dishes. Nope, I don't think I want to drink it straight, potent stuff, it's fortified!

I had the pork with one bread dumpling - yeah, from a Pfanni package  :-[ - but the purple asparagus are fresh, also a first for me. I think they are more sweet than the green ones.

After my fiasco with the Moldova wine, I returned to my old faithful: Kiona Lemberger!

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 02, 2009, 02:37:41 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on May 02, 2009, 12:04:06 PM
My first attempt at Marsala Pork. I should have fixed it long time ago and repeatedly. Of course now that I have an open bottle in the cupboard I'll have to scout for more Marsala dishes. Nope, I don't think I want to drink it straight, potent stuff, it's fortified!.............


Hi Lis - your pork dish looks quite good to me!   :P :D

Not to worry about the Marsala wine - these are not only fortified, but many are pretty much 'oxidized' (hence, the brown color) - other examples are some of the sherries & wines from Madeira; your partially filled bottle should last a while, if concerned, you can pour into a smaller bottle (to avoid the air) and/or refrigerate!  Lookin' forward to seeing some more Marsala dishes - Dave  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on May 02, 2009, 04:27:04 PM
Thank you, Dave, tasted great too but I forgot the obligatory pat of butter on the asparagus!  :)

And thanks for the advise on the treatment for the open bottle of Marsala; I remembered the most delicious desert at the Albergo Miralago in Cernobbio, whipped up by their cook Natale: Zabaglione! I searched for the recipe and discovered two opinions on the genuine ingredients. There are the cooks folding in whipped cream and others don't. I don't remember cream.

You Italian cooks at GMG: Which is it: With or without? I know the main ingredients is egg yolks, sugar and Marsala.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on May 03, 2009, 03:03:32 AM
Mrs. Rock, enjoying a three-day weekend, made her great tandoori chicken on May Day: I love saffron  8)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/decgmg/tandoori.jpg)

Deglazing turned the pan juices into something remarkable. Possibly the best "gravy" I've ever had.


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 03, 2009, 12:26:33 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on May 02, 2009, 04:27:04 PM
Thank you, Dave, tasted great too but I forgot the obligatory pat of butter on the asparagus!  :)

And thanks for the advise on the treatment for the open bottle of Marsala; I remembered the most delicious desert at the Albergo Miralago in Cernobbio, whipped up by their cook Natale: Zabaglione! I searched for the recipe and discovered two opinions on the genuine ingredients. There are the cooks folding in whipped cream and others don't. I don't remember cream.

You Italian cooks at GMG: Which is it: With or without? I know the main ingredients is egg yolks, sugar and Marsala.  :)

I've never heard of cream in a zabaglione or a sabayon....I say without!!!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 05, 2009, 08:12:50 PM
Well, late in the afternoon, we visited our local Greek Taverna, Athena - menu HERE (http://www.athenagreektaverna.net/menu):

We shared a Greek salad (usual but good) & the Kalamari Skaras (char-grilled  squid with lemon), the latter was just delicious!

I had the Gyro Pita w/ fries (crisp & excellent; shared w/ Susan) - this gyro meat is lean and flavored wonderfully - I know more of a 'lunch' option, but once a month, I have a yearning!  Susan had a 'new' dish to her, i.e. Vegetarian Plate (i.e. spanakopita, dolmathakia and tzatziki) - i.e. grape leaves stuffed w/ a mint-flavored rice & the typical pastry spinach dish (but w/ light pastry & plenty of stuffing, and not greasy).

This place brings in a lot of unique Greek varietal wines, which I'm exploring - tonight I had a couple of glasses of the Robola (see description quote below), a white varietal - light, fruity, and refreshing - quite good and inexpensive!  :D

QuoteRobola (a/k/a Rompola) is a traditional cultivar of the Ionian Islands. A naturally low-yield grape, it is expensive to vinify. It is thought to have been in production in the Ionian Isles for close to 700 years and produces wines of considerable variation, depending on location and elevation. Until genetic analysis proved otherwise, it was assumed to have been a transplant or clone of Ribolla Gaia of Friuli (a/k/a Malvasia of Venice) from neighboring Italy. Likely it is a Greek cultivar with an Italian name received during the Venetian occupation of the Islands. At its best, the variety produces wines of healthy acidity and notable citrus. It is a component grape, with Goustolídi, Pávlos and Skiadópoulo, of the traditional Ionian blend known as Verdéa, which, in keeping with a theme, is the Italian name for a style traditional to both Italy and Greece, likely having ancient Greek roots.

(http://www.athenagreektaverna.net/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/athenagreektavernamain.133144551_std.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 07, 2009, 10:26:49 AM
sunny egg and asparagus on top of toast...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 07, 2009, 01:06:28 PM
Chicken Matzo Ball Soup - one of Susan's specialties (note that pic below is not of her soup, but pretty much looks the same) - she 'auctions' off this soup for the Unitarian Fellowship in town and usually a number of people buy it!  So, last night she was making up a pot for one of the auction winners and usually will just make two w/ one for us; considered a treat by all, esp. when eaten w/ some fresh crusty rye bread!  A lot of compliments over the years, but one of the best from a older 'crusty' Jewish friend from the church, actually a New Yorker & former Reynolds executive - 'better than my grandmother's soup!' - now, I don't know if his grandmother was a good cook, but he buys the soup every year -  ;D


(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u91Rmascp2o/RhEmwbKpd5I/AAAAAAAAAvo/QF8UEDXd1Es/s400/matzoballsoup.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on May 07, 2009, 04:11:51 PM
Ah! That's my chicken soup with Semmelknödel; same as the Matzo Balls. Looking good and tasty.

Scroll up to my Marsala pork, the round thing on the right, that's my Semmelknödel.  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 08, 2009, 06:59:01 PM
Had some Korean food today. Specifically some soft tofu soup and some zazang myun. 


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on May 08, 2009, 07:33:06 PM
Some day I'll get desperate - or courageous! - enough to eat Tofu. Soft Tofu? I thought it's naturally soft. Had a Korean friend who made her own Kimtschi (?) and she convinced me it's good for my health and I believed her, got used to it. She never served Tofu, that habit goes to another friend who assured me, eating Tofu sustained her through all the years at law school - it's cheap and nourishing - .

I won't ask you, Allan, what that other thing was you ate, must have been good though!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: orbital on May 09, 2009, 08:00:42 AM
Passover cake with cinnamon and walnuts.

No, not leftovers from passover  :P Mother keeps the special Passover flour (if that's not an oxymoron I don't know what is) year round. I think it yields better results than regular flour in home made cakes.

and coffee.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on May 09, 2009, 09:06:35 AM
Frau Sonic Man calls them Matzo Balls. In Tyrol they are called Semmelknödel. Same thing and both delicious.  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on May 09, 2009, 12:01:23 PM
Poached wild Coho Salmon, saffron rice, steamed purple asparagus and my own version of Bearnaise sauce made with smoked cheddar and saffron.

Not bad at all, love those purple asparagus and every thread of saffron comes from my garden. Actually it's a b ..... of job to harvest it, but when I cook with it and eat it, the hours on my knees during the harvest, make it all worthwhile!  0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on May 09, 2009, 12:09:21 PM
P.S.: The photo is sadly over exposed, but I can't do it again - already ate it all!  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on May 09, 2009, 12:38:04 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on May 09, 2009, 12:01:23 PM
Poached wild Coho Salmon, saffron rice, steamed purple asparagus and my own version of Bearnaise sauce made with smoked cheddar and saffron.

Not bad at all, love those purple asparagus and every thread of saffron comes from my garden. Actually it's a b ..... of job to harvest it, but when I cook with it and eat it, the hours on my knees during the harvest, make it all worthwhile!  0:)
My goodness:  smart, beautiful, funny, warm-hearted, and a creative cook?  If I weren't happily married I'd be finding an excuse to visit central Washington!

Brunch today consisted of complimentary croissant, apple, and yogurt at the finish of the Susan G. Komen race for the cure in Sacramento.  Yum.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on May 09, 2009, 01:16:13 PM
I've been on a lentil trip, lately... and although I've not yet found out quite what to do with it in a big way (I have visions that involve Frissee lettuce, lemon juice, prawns maybe... or perhaps grilled goat cheese), I've hit upon a little something today that was neat enough to take a picture of and post. It was left-over desperation and, since the lentils had already been prepared two days ago, was done in about (or less than) five minutes:

Oyster mushrooms around Leeks on Lentils

pictures later. can't find the upload cable right now.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 09, 2009, 02:27:10 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on May 09, 2009, 09:06:35 AM
Frau Sonic Man calls them Matzo Balls. In Tyrol they are called Semmelknödel. Same thing and both delicious.  :D

Lis - you're taking over the 'eating thread' -  :o   ;)   ;D

I'd love to taste those 'other' types of Matzo balls - Susan makes hers from 'scratch' and they always come out just right - light & fluffy w/ that great chicken broth flavor; plus, she uses pretty much a 'whole' chicken for a BIG pot of soup - love chicken cooked many ways but this is a favorite!  :)

Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on May 09, 2009, 12:01:23 PM
Poached wild Coho Salmon, saffron rice, steamed purple asparagus and my own version of Bearnaise sauce made with smoked cheddar and saffron.

Not bad at all, love those purple asparagus and every thread of saffron comes from my garden. Actually it's a b ..... of job to harvest it, but when I cook with it and eat it, the hours on my knees during the harvest, make it all worthwhile!  0:)

Well, along w/ David, think that I could easily join you w/ that dish! Now, w/ saffron, don't you have to pick out those little stigmas from the flowers of that special species?  Of course, that's why the STUFF is so expensive (but luckily not much is needed per recipe) - love saffron dishes, myself. BTW - I've never had 'purple asparagus' - is this the same veggie or something different?  I know that 'white' asparagus is just covered from the sun and never turns green, but purple?  Explanation please -  :)   Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on May 09, 2009, 03:04:37 PM
Nobody was home when I started posting so I grabbed the opportunity and kept on posting!  ::)

I confess to many times using Semmelknödel out of a box, made by Pfanni, but then I want a variety and make them from scratch: 3 days old baguettes or pancetta from the local bakery - for heaven's sake not the crap that comes in polka dot plastic wraps.  >:D - and add chopped mushrooms or roasted onions, or diced smoked ham.

Next time at the market I shall ask my friendly produce man about the purple asparagus. There is purple cauliflower and a green variety. Hmmm. Maybe I better not ask!

You are correct, Dave, it's those three tiny threads in each crocus-shaped flower I am cutting with cuticle scissors, put them on paper towels on top of the hotwater heater for drying. Can't dry them outside because they bloom in fall, too cold and rainy. You are right, one doesn't use too much and of course I don't cook things with saffron every day either.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on May 09, 2009, 03:09:22 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on May 09, 2009, 12:38:04 PM
My goodness:  smart, beautiful, funny, warm-hearted, and a creative cook?  If I weren't happily married I'd be finding an excuse to visit central Washington!


David, if you weren't happily married I'd be down in Northern California, breaking all speed limits! A nice, friendly hug, a grateful peck on your cheek, will have to make do!  :-*

Thank you!
Lis
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on May 09, 2009, 07:19:03 PM
For Mother's Day I'll have to cook for 3 mothers - 3 generations. Since one of them (meine liebe Weib :-* :-*) will be away on the appointed day, I've decided to cook MD's meal next Tuesday, when everyone is available. I'll throw an émincé de veau on egg noodles or mashed potatoes - separate of course but what can one do? Mom craves mashed, while my better half and my daughter prefer noodles. Today I lmolto lentamente cooked the fond de veau with veal cuts, bones and fat, strained and reduced with cream and beef broth. When the veal strips (émincé ) is done, the sauce must be ready to be poured on the dish. No time then to cook, reduce or rectify ! Yellow and Green beans will be served. I haven't decided on the dessert yet.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 12, 2009, 07:37:51 AM
(http://www.noodleson.com/store/images/nongshim/neoguri.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on May 12, 2009, 07:40:29 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on May 09, 2009, 07:19:03 PM
For Mother's Day I'll have to cook for 3 mothers - 3 generations. Since one of them (meine liebe Weib :-* :-*) will be away on the appointed day, I've decided to cook MD's meal next Tuesday, when everyone is available. I'll throw an émincé de veau on egg noodles or mashed potatoes - separate of course but what can one do? Mom craves mashed, while my better half and my daughter prefer noodles. Today I lmolto lentamente cooked the fond de veau with veal cuts, bones and fat, strained and reduced with cream and beef broth. When the veal strips (émincé ) is done, the sauce must be ready to be poured on the dish. No time then to cook, reduce or rectify ! Yellow and Green beans will be served. I haven't decided on the dessert yet.

Well . . . so what was for dessert, André?  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on May 12, 2009, 07:58:16 AM
Wor won ton soup, potstickers, chicken in curry sauce, crispy tofu, bok choy in garlic sauce, steamed rice.  Mother's Day dinner leftovers, reheated.  Not as good second time around, but still tasty.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on May 12, 2009, 08:03:46 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on May 12, 2009, 07:58:16 AM
Wor won ton soup, potstickers, chicken in curry sauce, crispy tofu, bok choy in garlic sauce, steamed rice.  Mother's Day dinner leftovers, reheated.  Not as good second time around, but still tasty.

I thought for sure you'd be eating a cheeseburger today, Dave.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on May 12, 2009, 08:16:55 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on May 12, 2009, 08:03:46 AM
I thought for sure you'd be eating a cheeseburger today, Dave.  ;D
Ahh...you're a witty fellow, Ray, and you do get around!   ;) 

(http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2009/3/6/128808088762808446.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on May 12, 2009, 05:31:33 PM
A couple of slices of my favorite cheese....Smoked Gouda!   It's very gouda!  ;D

I LOVE CHEESE!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on May 12, 2009, 06:46:01 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on May 12, 2009, 07:40:29 AM
Well . . . so what was for dessert, André?  :)

Arrggghhhh! Please don't rub it in, Karl !That's Mrs. Pastia's weak spot, and my blind one.   :P.

She has a sweet tooth and, after almost 30 years of marriage I still haven't factored that in. I shop all over the place, buy and cook all kinds of delicacies while all she's really interested in is, 'what's for dessert' ?  ::).

Well, it was a charlotte aux fruits (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3205/2680577350_0dc893d08f.jpg?v=0)  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on May 12, 2009, 07:45:40 PM
Very pretty picture, André but not your work, I bet. Those red currants make my mouth water, love them, crave them, but the local groceries don't even know what I am talking about and trying to buy a bush and add it to my garden almost got me in jail!

Not that bad, but currant and gooseberry bushes are prohibited to grown in this State; has something to do with carrying diseases bad for the timber industry. Go figure!  :o
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on May 12, 2009, 08:05:29 PM
Almost, Lis, almost, down to the mauve ribbon around the biscuits ( I searched long and hard for that pîc ;)).  Our charlotte had a slighty more prosaic garniture of strawberries, blueberries and blackberries. And artificial stuff instead of real schlagsahne between cake layers :P.

Red currants are found here, but more often than not in gardens rather than in supermakets' counters. My wife's sister was very proud of her red currant bushes. But my jelly was better than hers  :D.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on May 12, 2009, 08:16:42 PM
That is the only way I can satisfy my craving for red currants: In a jar as either jelly or jam, and even those I have to buy imports from either France or Denmark. I do prefer the jam, so much fun to pick out the rock-hard seeds from between your teeth for the next hour!  ::)

Watscha got against Schlagsahne? On a diet or somsin?  ???

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 13, 2009, 08:51:57 AM
I made an asparagus and gruyere quiche early this morning.  Remind me never to cook anything beside breakfast early in the day. I manage to somehow make the crust too thick but at the same time there was small hole in it.   The custard leaked out everywhere and the quiche is about 1/2 an inch shallower than it should be.  In the pic you can see the custard on the outside of the shell as well as too much crust over the quiche.  I also over seasoned the thing but that turned out to be OK as long as I just eat it cold and don't reheat.  It looks like a terrible mess but it tastes fine. 

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on May 13, 2009, 09:13:04 AM
Looks delicious to me, Allan! As long as it tastes great and you enjoyed making it, who cares.  :P

Asparagus and gruyere, eh? I still have a bunch of that purple stuff; will check what kind of cheese I have in the fridge, might come up with something as interesting as your quiche.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on May 13, 2009, 09:21:12 AM
Just picked up a pork-happy Puerto Rican friend from the airport to stay with me a few days.

To stop the worst hunger before the Leberkaese (see below) is ready, we had some Olive Ciabatta with three different kinds of ham: Cooked, smoked, cured.

And in an hour, this:

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NntRCdQx5bw/ScVSuq3_6HI/AAAAAAAABXs/ONVPoWivFPk/s400/Leberkaes+klein+copyr.jpg)

(I don't have my camera-computer upload cable, hence the stock-photo... but I'll make sure it'll look just like that -- and yes, I do have fresh Bretzen for her, too.)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on May 13, 2009, 09:35:55 AM
Why do you keep on doing this to me??? Always my mainstay when strolling the streets of towns and villages in Bavaria when hunger pangs hit: Warme Leberkäs Semmel.  ::)

There are a few places in the USA making and shipping this delicacy, - or a poor substitute - but no matter what I try to revive the stuff, it never comes out the same as the native variety.  :'(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on May 13, 2009, 09:56:25 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on May 13, 2009, 09:35:55 AM
Why do you keep on doing this to me??? Always my mainstay when strolling the streets of towns and villages in Bavaria when hunger pangs hit: Warme Leberkäs Semmel.  ::)

There are a few places in the USA making and shipping this delicacy, - or a poor substitute - but no matter what I try to revive the stuff, it never comes out the same as the native variety.  :'(

DYI

Pretty easy, actually. Let me know if you would like me to translate the below.

Bayerischer Leberkäse

        
Zutaten für Portionen

400    g    mageres Rindfleisch

400    g    mageres Schweinefleisch

200    g    grüner Speck (ohne Schwarte)

1       Weißer Pfeffer, frisch gemahlen
1       Salz
1/4    l    lauwarmes Wasser
1    Stk    mittelgroße Zwiebel
1    EL    Majoran
1       Für die Form: Butter

Zubereitung: Das Fleisch in grobe Stücke schneiden und durch die feine Scheibe eines Fleischwolfes drehen. Beide Fleischsorten mit einem Schaber in einen Mixer geben und unter Beigabe von Salz und Pfeffer, sowie dem lauwarmen Wasser glattrühren.

Den grünen Speck durch die grobe Scheibe des Fleischwolfes drehen und locker unter das Fleischbrät mischen. Zwiebel schälen, reiben und mit dem Majoran ebenfalls unter das Brät mischen. Diese Masse nun kalt stellen.


Zum Backen eine Kastenform mit Butter ausfetten und das Brät hineinfüllen. Die Oberfläche glatt streichen und mit dem Messer eine Rautenform einritzen (ca. 5 mm tief).

----This step you already know, if you've ever made it at home from the pre-made meat dough in the aluminum container----

Anschließend den Leberkäse auf 180 ° C in den vorgeheizten Backofen auf mittlere Schiene geben und etwa 1 Stunden backen (Umluft ca. 160 ° C, Gas Stufe 2-2 ½).

Dazu passt selbstgemachter Kartoffelsalat oder einfach nur eine Breze oder Semmel. In erkaltetem Zustand kann der Leberkäse in Scheiben abgeröstet oder gegrillt werden. Hierzu passt hervorragend ein Spiegelei und Spinat.
Am Besten schmeckt der Leberkäse jedoch, wenn er noch ofenwarm ist.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on May 13, 2009, 10:11:58 AM
Great recipe and my limitless gratitude for posting it! Now please tell me what I did with the Fleischwolf I brought with me from Germany many years ago? I know of no implement now in American kitchens doing what a Fleischwolf does. Maybe if I talk nicely to my butcher, he'll help me with grinding the meat, I could do the rest - if I had a convection oven! Sigh!

Allan/aka Toledobass has one!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papageno on May 14, 2009, 11:35:33 AM
(http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/2160/dsc0285d.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on May 15, 2009, 03:31:09 PM
Baby spinach leaves, cherry tomatoes and peanut dressing ?

What's the difference between rindfleisch and schweinefleisch ?? I always thought it was one and the same.

Lis, I love schlagsahne. I was discomfited to find that extra thick layer of greasy white stuff between the cake layers. Especially at the price I paid :(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papageno on May 15, 2009, 04:11:43 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on May 15, 2009, 03:31:09 PM
Baby spinach leaves, cherry tomatoes and peanut dressing ?

What's the difference between rindfleisch and schweinefleisch ?? I always thought it was one and the same.

Lis, I love schlagsahne. I was discomfited to find that extra thick layer of greasy white stuff between the cake layers. Especially at the price I paid :(

Dressing?  Hah!  Luxuries for slaves of the senses.  It's Tahini (creamed sesame seeds)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 15, 2009, 07:03:41 PM
Off on a weekend trip to Asheville, NC - staying @ the Biltmore Inn (pic below) - great restaurant on the property + a view of the famous Biltmore House in the distance; winery w/i walking distance.  Below are my dinner choices:

Starter:  Barbequed Quail w/  Sun-dried Cherry & Shallot Jam, Watercress Coulis

Main Course:  Roasted Rabbit Saddle w/  Morel Mushrooms, Peas & Carrots, Wild Ramps, Pancetta

Dessert:  Raspberry Soufflé w/ Vanilla Ice Cream, Homemade - shared w/ Susan - delicious dinner!  :D

Wine:  Pinot Noir made by Biltmore Winery w/ grapes from California; quite good for the price!

(http://z.about.com/d/hotels/1/0/z/C/2/aerial_pool.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on May 15, 2009, 11:21:06 PM
Hosting a few ex-Wash.DC friends, one down with stomach turbulence but the other just arrived from Freiburg and promptly dragged to a concert of John Adams (Dr.Atomic Symphony), Steve Reich (Three Orchestral Pieces), Elliot Carter (Cello Concerto), and another de-facto Cello Concerto by Udo Zimmermann.

After that, he might have mentioned that he was as hungry as a horse (he didn't, but it'd fit nicely into the story), which is perhaps why I served a wonderful, aged sirloin with sides of julienne-style pumpkin & ham one one side and leeks with zucchini and garlic on the other side.  A dollop of black currant jam on the meat. I did mention it was horse-meat, right?

De-Licious! (Sorry, no actual pictures.)

(http://www.ugodog.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/mister_ed.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on May 16, 2009, 05:16:21 AM
The tahini I know and use is light in colour and very thick - a paste, not a sauce.

Yesterday we had our annual 'diversity meal' at work. Dishes from 15 different countries/cultures were offered to our staff. Everybody brought something from their country of origin: greek, lebanese, laotian, mexican, romanian, italian, polish, armenian, peruvian, algerian, moroccan, portuguese, jewish, haitian and of course canadian. It's always popular with the staff and a great occasion to exchange recipes!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papageno on May 16, 2009, 08:00:19 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on May 16, 2009, 05:16:21 AM
The tahini I know and use is light in colour and very thick - a paste, not a sauce.

Yesterday we had our annual 'diversity meal' at work. Dishes from 15 different countries/cultures were offered to our staff. Everybody brought something from their country of origin: greek, lebanese, laotian, mexican, romanian, italian, polish, armenian, peruvian, algerian, moroccan, portuguese, jewish, haitian and of course canadian. It's always popular with the staff and a great occasion to exchange recipes!


Yes I know.  This is organic tahini from whole-grain seeds which gives it a darker colour, and because of the sesame oil it looks more saucy.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on May 16, 2009, 08:41:11 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on May 16, 2009, 05:16:21 AM
The tahini I know and use is light in colour and very thick - a paste, not a sauce.

Yesterday we had our annual 'diversity meal' at work. Dishes from 15 different countries/cultures were offered to our staff. Everybody brought something from their country of origin: greek, lebanese, laotian, mexican, romanian, italian, polish, armenian, peruvian, algerian, moroccan, portuguese, jewish, haitian and of course canadian. It's always popular with the staff and a great occasion to exchange recipes!
Canadian cuisine?  One of my grandmothers was Canadian, but I always blamed her cooking on the English.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on May 16, 2009, 07:26:21 PM
That's because she was English-Canadian  :D. No joke, canadian cuisine can be as diverse as "american" cuisine can be. If her stuff came across as not so good, it could be because she was not a good cook to start with (although no doubt a great human being - just like my wife, a terribly ordinary cook and a fantastic person  ;D).

What we call here 'canadian cuisine' is exclusively French Canadian (in Quebec there's no need to make that distinction). Originally the term "canadian" was, in French colonial times, applied to what is now geographically speaking, the Province of Quebec. Until 1930-40, it was used as a coined word for "French" Canadian. Until then, the rest of Canada was globally referred to as "Les Anglais".

Be that as it may, there's no denying that canadian cuisine is something extremely simple in terms of ingredients or culinary method. Basically, it's made from the game, fish, dairy or vegetal products our ancestors had to rely on for a living. Many of those evolved in fancier guises, but there are many staples that are to be found throughout the land: maple-cured ham, baked beans (served with maple syrup of course :D), duck, goose and assorted poultry, cariboo, elk and, of course, canadian bacon 0:)..

Regional variations will occur, like the Lac-St-Jean 'tourtière' (meat pie), a dish made of 2-3 layers of pie crust interspersed with layers of meat and potatoes. Every meat, -  game or fowl - will do, but typically it's rabbit or hare,veal, pork, deer, fowl (quail, partridge, duck or goose). The whole thing is about 6-8 inches thick and cooks for 6-8 hours. Nowadays most recipes call for ground veal, pork, chicken or beef, but comes Christmas time and the real thing will be prepared and sold at great expense.

My Irish Great-Grandmother Mary King prepared a tourtière that mixed ground veal and pork with apples and raisins (with the appropriate spices: clove, nutmeg, allspice). I was raised eating and loving it, and only as a young adult found out it was unheard of in other families: "apples and raisins in a meat pie" :o . My mother was the only one in the family that kept and carried the tradition. Every New Year's Day the whole family would come to our house for the family gathering and Mary King's tourtière was always the hit of the evening. I can't think of a better meat pie than this. All others taste bland by comparison.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on May 17, 2009, 05:28:59 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on May 16, 2009, 08:41:11 AM
Canadian cuisine?  One of my grandmothers was Canadian, but I always blamed her cooking on the English.

Try Canadian smoked meat sandwiches. Better than NY pastrami!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on May 17, 2009, 05:31:53 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on May 15, 2009, 11:21:06 PM
I did mention it was horse-meat, right?

De-Licious! (Sorry, no actual pictures.)

(http://www.ugodog.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/mister_ed.jpg)

Eeew!  Horses are sweet (I mean nice, not succulent), intelligent creatures.  I would hate to eat one.

btw I went to music camp with John Adams.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on May 17, 2009, 02:15:58 PM
Quote from: Harpo on May 17, 2009, 05:31:53 AM
Eeew!  Horses are sweet (I mean nice, not succulent), intelligent creatures.  I would hate to eat one.

So are cows. I love cows. But I also love beef. And these horses are in any case not bread for consumption... the butcher is merely the alternative to "body disposal" when they have to be taken down, anyway. These are private people selling their riding horses for one last good use. (Not that that in any way plays a part in my decision to eat it. To distinguish between donkeys, cats, goats, sheep, cows, horses, turkeys, chicken, and pigs seems pointless to me. Those are merely cultural preferences and purely illogical.

Next on the menue: Dolphin Steak and Flipper-Soup.(*)



(* Joking. For now.)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on May 17, 2009, 02:43:09 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on May 17, 2009, 02:15:58 PM
  To distinguish between donkeys, cats, goats, sheep, cows, horses, turkeys, chicken, and pigs seems pointless to me. Those are merely cultural preferences and purely illogical.

Next on the menue: Dolphin Steak and Flipper-Soup.(*)
(* Joking. For now.)

You're right about the cultural preferences. I just passed a field of adorable baby lambs, but if I go to a restaurant with rack of lamb on the menu, I'll take it. There's also the issue of who kills the meat. I sometimes buy live lobsters, and other shoppers usually ask me how I could possibly kill them. I remind them that all the meat in case is dead--the only issue is who is the assassin.

By the way, the real name of the fish now called mahi-mahi is "dolphin," perfectly ok to eat. I don't know why two animals had the same name.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on May 17, 2009, 11:23:26 PM
Quote from: Harpo on May 17, 2009, 02:43:09 PM
By the way, the real name of the fish now called mahi-mahi is "dolphin," perfectly ok to eat. I don't know why two animals had the same name.

Quote from: WikipediaThe mahi-mahi (in Hawaiian)[1] (Coryphaena hippurus) also known as dolphin-fish or dorado, calitos, maverikos, or lampuki (in Maltese) are surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. They are one of only two members of the Coryphaenidae family, the other being the Pompano dolphinfish. Called by the common name, dolphin-fish, the mahi-mahi is a fish, and is not at all related to the Delphinidae family of mammals correctly referred to by the common name, dolphin. Although technically incorrect, it is also common to refer to the mahi-mahi simply as dolphin, rather than dolphin-fish. Confusion over the spelling of this name derives from the Hawaiian word, mahi-mahi, being adopted into the English language in a variety of forms. The American Heritage Dictionary, fourth edition, cites the preferred spelling (occurring "more frequently") as the hyphenated mahi-mahi. The secondary spelling is the single word, mahimahi, with the identical Hawaiian word given as the derivational source. But the Random House Webster's Unabridged, second edition, offers the reverse of this preference order, with the single word being preferred to the hyphenated version, as does the OED (2000 draft entry).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on May 19, 2009, 03:32:22 PM
From some days ago: Pictures of the Lenti/Oyster Mushroom dish with Leeks.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 19, 2009, 03:56:16 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on May 15, 2009, 07:03:41 PM
Off on a weekend trip to Asheville, NC - staying @ the Biltmore Inn (pic below) - great restaurant on the property + a view of the famous Biltmore House in the distance; winery w/i walking distance.  Below are my dinner choices:

Starter:  Barbequed Quail w/  Sun-dried Cherry & Shallot Jam, Watercress Coulis
Main Course:  Roasted Rabbit Saddle w/  Morel Mushrooms, Peas & Carrots, Wild Ramps, Pancetta
Dessert:  Raspberry Soufflé w/ Vanilla Ice Cream, Homemade - shared w/ Susan - delicious dinner!  :D
Wine:  Pinot Noir made by Biltmore Winery w/ grapes from California; quite good for the price!

(http://z.about.com/d/hotels/1/0/z/C/2/aerial_pool.jpg)


Well, we had two more nights @ this fabulous property and restaurant, so second night:

Starter:  White Tuna Sashimi w/ greens, pickled radish, and passion fruit
Main Course:  Poached Halibut w/ herb pesto, saffron braised mussels, and warm provencal salad
Dessert:  Cheese course, shared w/ Susan (we don't do this @ home, so a treat for us!)
Wine: Biltmore, Pinot Grigio, American grapes, inexpensive, fruity, and uncomplicated!

Our last night (for those interested, menu as a PDF file HERE (http://www.biltmore.com/visit/dining/dining_room/menus/dinner-040609.pdf)):

Starter:  North Carolina Buffalo Carpaccio w/ baby red & green Romaine, herb crust, & truffle Cesar (boy that was tasty!)
Main Course:  Parsesan Crusted Veal medallions w/ citrus herb salad & tomato emulsion (I'm a veal NUT!)
Dessert: Raspberry Shouffle (as above on the first day) - we had to repeat this one - shared!  :D
Wine:  Pinot Noir (repeat from the first night; again, I'm just a PN Nut!)

Just a wonderful restaurant & eating experience!   ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on May 19, 2009, 09:15:07 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on May 19, 2009, 03:32:22 PM
From some days ago: Pictures of the Lenti/Oyster Mushroom dish with Leeks.


Super photos, but the dish looks like it also tasted super. I love anything with mushrooms, whatever mushrooms are at the market. The addition of lentils is a new one; have to try it some day.

Did you fix this dish or is it a cookbook illustration?  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on May 19, 2009, 11:49:10 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on May 19, 2009, 09:15:07 PM
Super photos, but the dish looks like it also tasted super. I love anything with mushrooms, whatever mushrooms are at the market. The addition of lentils is a new one; have to try it some day.

Did you fix this dish or is it a cookbook illustration?  ;)


This dish was born out of sheer desperation. I had lentils leftover from two days before... and I forgot to buy the eggs that I wanted to prepare my oyster-mushroom omelet with.
I don't own a cookbook, I never use recipes (though when doing something new I sometimes look up general instructions on the internet), and I wouldn't use stock photos (apart
from that one-time Leberkaes exception.)

But if there was a cookbook that presented its dishes on a grand piano (see top picture), I might reconsider and get that.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on May 20, 2009, 06:05:34 AM
I didn't SEE the piano keys!  :o

I was completely captivated by the culinary presentation!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 21, 2009, 01:30:19 PM
It's hot today so the Mrs and I took a ride to the local Filipino joint and ordered a couple of halo halos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_halo). 

Total awesomeness...

Also ended up leaving with some take out for snack attack later tonight.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on May 22, 2009, 06:36:20 AM
Two days ago and today:

Small Arugula-Carrot Salad

Salad on warm French Lentils with hot Tomatoes and Lox

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on May 22, 2009, 08:02:36 AM
Quote from: toledobass on May 21, 2009, 01:30:19 PM
It's hot today so the Mrs and I took a ride to the local Filipino joint and ordered a couple of halo halos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_halo). 

Total awesomeness...

Also ended up leaving with some take out for snack attack later tonight.
You have a local Filipino joint?  I'm envious.  How is their lumpia?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 22, 2009, 09:37:46 AM
The mrs is a veg head and she ordered veg lumpia yesterday. I had one or two and while not perfect I certainly enjoyed them, especially with the good spicy suka (vinegar) that they have.

Aren't you in Sacramento?  At the very least there has got to be a Goldilocks thats easy to find near you.

Allan



Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on May 23, 2009, 09:01:56 AM
Quote from: toledobass on May 22, 2009, 09:37:46 AM
Aren't you in Sacramento?  At the very least there has got to be a Goldilocks thats easy to find near you.
We're north of Sacto, in the valley.  I had never heard of Goldilocks.  Just looked them up on the web--there's one in Vallejo.  Looking over their menu brought back memories of stuffing myself sick on asado and chicharons when I was a kid.  We will have to give it a try, thanks!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 23, 2009, 12:23:22 PM
rrrrrrrmmmmm chicharon



Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on May 23, 2009, 01:29:49 PM
 ??? I wikied (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pork_rind#Canada) and found out we have that here too :

QuoteCanada

Scrunchions is a Newfoundland term for small pieces of pork rind or pork fat-back fried until rendered and crispy. They are often used as a flavouring over other foods, such as salt fish and potatoes. It is mainly used as a condiment for fish and brewis. [1] [2]

In Quebec, they are often called "Oreilles de Christ" (christ ears) or "Oreilles de crisse", and are eaten almost exclusively as part of traditional "cabane a sucre" meals.

Generously doused with maple syrup of course  :D. True, it's a seasonal dish (March-April). But I've never missed a single year  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 24, 2009, 08:47:41 AM
Corned beef/bacon hash and eggs with a side of bacon ;D



Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on May 24, 2009, 09:44:53 AM
That's what I'll be eating for the next six months, at least!

The bakery in Georgia supplying me with my regular Bavarian Bretzen, offered a sample of their breads and I accepted, expecting a few slices of this and that one. Last Friday UPS delivered all that! Usually I eat two sandwiches a week! My freezer is running over, almost!  :o
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 26, 2009, 05:24:29 PM
Well, the last few nights we decided to eat out:

Sunday - our Mountain Bistro - I had the Blackened Catfish w/ a few veggies + King Estate Pinot Gris - the fish was a nice size, moist, and just a moderate 'heat' to the blacken spicing - perfect!

Monday - oriental - my choice started w/ a wonderful Squid salad w/ a mixture of sushi, i.e. a number of rolls (California, Spider, & Spicy Tuna) and standard Nigiri sushi - tuna, himachi (i.e. yellowfin tuna), eel, & salmon (smoked) - wonderful!

Tonight - Susan made a light dinner @ home - Soft shell crabs sauteed w/ a veggie + some Biltmore Estate North Carolina Chardonnay purchased @ the winery on our recent trip to Asheville - surprisingly good for a NC wine -  :)

(http://www.biltmore.com/images/int/winebottles/bew-chard2006nc.jpg)  (http://www.blueseasfoodservices.com.au/images/softshell+crab.jpg)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 27, 2009, 05:39:41 PM
Shredded beef burrito from Qdoba.....nothing else was open.


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on May 27, 2009, 08:29:17 PM
Copper River Salmon have returned home and I had my first meal today. Was not sure if I want to get back to having it baked or poached and took a chance on doing it the Scandinavian way: Pan Fried! After all, we pan fry trout, why not Salmon? Didn't turn out too bad, a bit on the dry side so it will be a repeat performance tomorrow and then I might think of taking a picture!  ;)

Allan: You have an interesting version of this fish? Not too many exotic spices and ingredients, please, remember where I live! ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bwv 1080 on May 27, 2009, 09:09:20 PM
Leftover brisket I barbequed on Memorial day.  Actually managed to overcook it a bit after 15 hours on my new sidebox smoker.  I was used to a veritical smoker, and built to big of a fire.  The hickory burned fast and got the initial temperature over 500 degrees and took awhile to get down to the target 225-250.  So this was a practice run, the next brisket or pork shoulder should be better.  On the plus side I got the rub worked out great - salt, pepper, chile powder, cumin, maple sugar and pinches of curry powder and garlic powder
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 28, 2009, 09:34:08 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on May 27, 2009, 08:29:17 PM
Copper River Salmon have returned home and I had my first meal today. Was not sure if I want to get back to having it baked or poached and took a chance on doing it the Scandinavian way: Pan Fried! After all, we pan fry trout, why not Salmon? Didn't turn out too bad, a bit on the dry side so it will be a repeat performance tomorrow and then I might think of taking a picture!  ;)

Allan: You have an interesting version of this fish? Not too many exotic spices and ingredients, please, remember where I live! ::)

Since CRS is so delicious as is, I would try and do something really simply and not get in its way. Have you ever tried cooking en papillote?  Very easy preperation.  Excellent texture when cooked this way.  Here's a couple ways to do it from Jacque and Julia:
Salmon en papillote (http://www.labellecuisine.com/archives/fish/Salmon%20en%20Papillote%20from%20Julia%20and%20Jacques.htm)

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on May 28, 2009, 09:54:34 AM
Excellent, Allan! Thank you very much!  :-*

I like the idea of the brown paper bag because I happen to be out of waxed paper, sounds less complicated too. It's about an hour to my dinner time - Noon! - I'll get right to it, after cutting a bunch of parsley from my herb garden!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on May 28, 2009, 11:14:53 AM
Quote from: toledobass on May 28, 2009, 09:34:08 AM
Since CRS is so delicious as is, I would try and do something really simply and not get in its way. Have you ever tried cooking en papillote?  Very easy preperation.  Excellent texture when cooked this way.  Here's a couple ways to do it from Jacque and Julia:
Salmon en papillote (http://www.labellecuisine.com/archives/fish/Salmon%20en%20Papillote%20from%20Julia%20and%20Jacques.htm)

Allan



En papillote is the way to go (except that everyone I know uses aluminum foil) -- and that's incidentally the way my Norwegian friends prefer theirs. Already way to long ago, nearly three summers ago, overlooking the Northern Sea from the hills of Mandal, I had the most succulent salmon ever... just prepared with a little sour cream (1/2 sour cream 1/2 Quark, me thinks) put on the fish, a very few spices (was dill among them?), wrapped and thrown unto the grill. Divine.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on May 28, 2009, 12:20:37 PM
It looks great, doesn't it? Tasted pretty good too - now you want to hear the rest of the story?

Most important: Forget the paper bag! I was punished for being lazy and taking Jacque's easy way out. It tain't easy because to make sure I can fold over the bag securely I had to keep it at least one foot high, cut off very little at the top. Now you have fun and smear a good amount of soft butter onto the bottom of that bag. I dare you! I simply dropped clumps of butter into the bag and let them do their thing. Which they did and in the cooking process soaked the bag up to at least 4", plus the cookie sheet, and there was no liquid left, the bag ate it all!

Jens Dear:where were you before I started cooking? I do have a big roll of foil I could have used without struggling with the blimey paper bag!

The other faux pas was with my substitution of the zucchini with asparagus. Didn't have any zucchini - don't like them anyhow!  :P - and learned that asparagus don't take kindly to being julienned, they ended up like slender slices of shoe leather!

Conclusion: Jen's aluminum foil for the recipe so kindly provided by Allan and this time there better be some juice left to moisten my paprika rice! But the fresh apricots for dessert were delicious, so was the Lemberger!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on May 29, 2009, 01:50:25 PM
I'm flying solo at home for the next 3 days (wife is in NY) so it's time to put on the 'meat sweats' (or is it I'm gonna have the meat sweats  ;D)

Anyways, on the menu for me (all on the BBQ grill):

Sirloin steak (Bull's-Eye Old West Hickory Sauce)
Honey Mustard Smokies (Buster's Blueberry BBQ sauce)
Veggies (onions, red peppers, mushrooms, zucchini)

It's gonna be good!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Dr. Dread on May 29, 2009, 01:58:09 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on May 29, 2009, 01:50:25 PM
I'm flying solo at home for the next 3 days (wife is in NY) so it's time to put on the 'meat sweats' (or is it I'm gonna have the meat sweats  ;D)

Anyways, on the menu for me (all on the BBQ grill):

Sirloin steak (Bull's-Eye Old West Hickory Sauce)
Honey Mustard Smokies (Buster's Blueberry BBQ sauce)
Veggies (onions, red peppers, mushrooms, zucchini)

It's gonna be good!  :)

I'll be right over to "wolf" it down.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: matti on May 29, 2009, 02:05:18 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on May 29, 2009, 01:50:25 PM
Honey Mustard Smokies (Buster's Blueberry BBQ sauce)

Just curious - how do you make a BBQ sauce out of blueberry? Such a delicate flavour, I mean, if you add ANY chilli or even garlic, blueberry will be bulldozered... right?  ???
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on May 29, 2009, 03:11:36 PM
Quote from: matti on May 29, 2009, 02:05:18 PM
Just curious - how do you make a BBQ sauce out of blueberry? Such a delicate flavour, I mean, if you add ANY chilli or even garlic, blueberry will be bulldozered... right?  ???

Not too sure Matti, but maybe the experts can tell you!   ;D I only bought the mild (which I don't know why, I like spicy!), but it works.  :)

Buster's Blueberry BBQ (http://www.bustersbbq.com/sauce_history.html)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on May 29, 2009, 03:13:41 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on May 29, 2009, 01:58:09 PM
I'll be right over to "wolf" it down.

I saved you a 'bloody rare' one, Dave!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on May 29, 2009, 03:19:58 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on May 29, 2009, 01:50:25 PM
I'm flying solo at home for the next 3 days (wife is in NY) so it's time to put on the 'meat sweats' (or is it I'm gonna have the meat sweats  ;D)

Anyways, on the menu for me (all on the BBQ grill):

Sirloin steak (Bull's-Eye Old West Hickory Sauce)
Honey Mustard Smokies (Buster's Blueberry BBQ sauce)
Veggies (onions, red peppers, mushrooms, zucchini)

It's gonna be good!  :)

We always do the veggies on the BBQ, whenever we're cooking anything else on there.  Today, they seemed extra awesome!  I always season them with some spike, but this 'thyme' I added thyme, and boy was it ever good. :-*

The meat was awesome too....now me gots the meats sweats.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on May 30, 2009, 03:42:38 PM
My burgers on the BBQ were very, very tasty.  However, they did fall apart a bit on me.  They lacked the cohesion, shall we say.....of a Haydn Op. 76 quartet.  ;D

I always thought the egg in your burger recipe was what "held" it all together?  Or is it the bread crumbs?  Perhaps I needed another egg in the mix.
:-\

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde forever on May 30, 2009, 03:58:03 PM
Oh Dear! It's the breadcrumbs making it fall apart! The crumbs will do the same in the meat loaf.

Soak slices of French bread, or Italian panetta, in a small bowl of water, then squeeze out as much you can get, pluck it into small pieces and mix that with your ground beef, no more crumbling hamburgers or meatloaf!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on May 30, 2009, 04:02:26 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on May 30, 2009, 03:58:03 PM
Oh Dear! It's the breadcrumbs making it fall apart! The crumbs will do the same in the meat loaf.

Soak slices of French bread, or Italian panetta, in a small bowl of water, then squeeze out as much you can get, pluck it into small pieces and mix that with your ground beef, no more crumbling hamburgers or meatloaf!  ;D

I actually didn't put any breadcrumbs.....although as a substitute I put in some crushed tortilla chips.  ;D  There lies the culprit!

And thank you for the tip, I will give that a shot next time.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 30, 2009, 04:16:12 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on May 29, 2009, 01:50:25 PM
I'm flying solo at home for the next 3 days (wife is in NY) so it's time to put on the 'meat sweats' (or is it I'm gonna have the meat sweats  ;D)

Ray - LOL!  ;D  I'm in the same EXACT situation - Susan is goin' to visit her mother on Long Island (Montauk) - I love the place but my MIL has cancelled out on so many 'vacations' that I've arranged (and could not undo) that I told the LOML to go herself!

Well, I'll be 'left alone' for 3 nights -  :o   Now, she already purchased some Alaskan King Crab in the freezer, so that should do for a couple of meals (along w/ some salad & wine) - probably will just go out for the other night, although a few colleagues may find out about my 'solo act' and want to have me over?  Dave  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on May 30, 2009, 04:23:25 PM
Ahh, Dave....the joys of temporary bacherlorhood!  0:)

I have enjoyed not only some good BBQin', but also a few *cough* cigars.  :o :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on May 30, 2009, 04:40:30 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on May 29, 2009, 01:50:25 PM
I'm flying solo at home for the next 3 days (wife is in NY) so it's time to put on the 'meat sweats' (or is it I'm gonna have the meat sweats  ;D)

Anyways, on the menu for me (all on the BBQ grill):

Sirloin steak (Bull's-Eye Old West Hickory Sauce)
Honey Mustard Smokies (Buster's Blueberry BBQ sauce)
Veggies (onions, red peppers, mushrooms, zucchini)

It's gonna be good!  :)
Wow!  Sounds wonderful.  We're grilling tri-tip marinated in a rosemary-garlic sauce.  Buster's sounds to die for.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 30, 2009, 04:40:56 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on May 30, 2009, 04:23:25 PM
Ahh, Dave....the joys of temporary bacherlorhood!  0:)

I have enjoyed not only some good BBQin', but also a few *cough* cigars.  :o :D

Yes, Ray - use to be a cigar smoker myself (and was really into buying the better brands + a humidor, etc.), but had to give the 'enjoyment' up because of some heart issues (a pain to getting older!) - fortunately, I had just smoked a couple a week, so not a big lost to me; but I must say that the smell of those burning sticks was quite pleasant @ the time!  ;D

Enjoy - Dave  :)  P.S. had to smoke the cigars on the porch (not allowed in the house!) -  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on May 30, 2009, 04:50:17 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on May 30, 2009, 04:40:56 PM
Yes, Ray - use to be a cigar smoker myself (and was really into buying the better brands + a humidor, etc.), but had to give the 'enjoyment' up because of some heart issues (a pain to getting older!) - fortunately, I had just smoked a couple a week, so not a big lost to me; but I must say that the smell of those burning sticks was quite pleasant @ the time!  ;D

Enjoy - Dave  :)  P.S. had to smoke the cigars on the porch (not allowed in the house!) -  ;)

Oh, I definitely am smoking them outside.   ;D  Otherwise I'd be in ever bigger trouble.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bwv 1080 on May 30, 2009, 06:27:53 PM
BBQ'd some ribs today in my new smoker.  Did one with a dry rub and the other with a wet rub of roughly 1 part Stubbs BBQ sauce and 3 parts Mango Chutney:

(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e327/melrosie693/ribs1.jpg)

Here they are after about 4 hours:

(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e327/melrosie693/ribs2.jpg)

Not a great picture, the flash was too bright, but you can see the smoke ring on these fairly well:

(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e327/melrosie693/ribs.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on May 30, 2009, 06:36:36 PM
Quote from: bwv 1080 on May 30, 2009, 06:27:53 PM
BBQ'd some ribs today in my new smoker.  Did one with a dry rub and the other with a wet rub of roughly 1 part Stubbs BBQ sauce and 3 parts Mango Chutney:

(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e327/melrosie693/ribs1.jpg)

Here they are after about 4 hours:

(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e327/melrosie693/ribs2.jpg)

Not a great picture, the flash was too bright, but you can see the smoke ring on these fairly well:

(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e327/melrosie693/ribs.jpg)

Whoa man!  That looks mighty tasty!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 31, 2009, 07:46:51 AM
That does look good....what temp are you smoking those at? 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bwv 1080 on May 31, 2009, 09:39:44 AM
Quote from: toledobass on May 31, 2009, 07:46:51 AM
That does look good....what temp are you smoking those at? 

its ranged between 230 and 260, used pecan (no charcoal)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Diletante on May 31, 2009, 09:42:40 AM
Oh, bwv 1080, you've made me drool.

Right now I'm not eating anything, but I would kill for a chocolate chips-muffin with a nice cup of hot chocolate. It's cold out there!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 31, 2009, 06:26:44 PM
is pecan a 'mild' smoke?  It seems like it would be if you only used the wood.  I've never tried it.  I really need to get a decent smoker one of these days.  Actually I guess I'd like to get 2.  One for doing things like ribs then one that is easier at holding lower temperatures for making bacon, smoking salmon and stuff like that.  I use an old trusty Weber kettle to smoke ribs in and while it gets the job done it isn't the most convenient thing for tending the fire/smoke/temp. Do you use something besides water in a drip pan to keep the environment moist?  I've used apple juice and beer before but I'm still not convinced it makes a difference.


Allan 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bwv 1080 on May 31, 2009, 07:06:03 PM
Quote from: toledobass on May 31, 2009, 06:26:44 PM
is pecan a 'mild' smoke?  It seems like it would be if you only used the wood.  I've never tried it.  I really need to get a decent smoker one of these days.  Actually I guess I'd like to get 2.  One for doing things like ribs then one that is easier at holding lower temperatures for making bacon, smoking salmon and stuff like that.  I use an old trusty Weber kettle to smoke ribs in and while it gets the job done it isn't the most convenient thing for tending the fire/smoke/temp. Do you use something besides water in a drip pan to keep the environment moist?  I've used apple juice and beer before but I'm still not convinced it makes a difference.


Allan 

Yes, pecan is very mild.  I have used drip pans, but have found they are not really necessary (perhaps its the 90% humidity around here).  I just got a side box smoker a few weeks ago, having used vertical smokers for years.  It is definitely easier to manage the fire
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on June 03, 2009, 11:13:08 AM
It's been a busy morning, no time to think of what to cook and then cook it, lots easier to stop at Fred Meyer's Deli, pick up a baked chicken breast and add my own touch: Schnittlauchbrot! Delicious and easy: Spread some butter on German rye bread and then sprinkle with finely chopped chives. A sliced tomato on the side, an apricot for dessert and all complimented by an uncomplicated white wine from Italy.  0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 03, 2009, 12:37:41 PM
sounds simple, delicious and totally satisfying!!!! Wish I could be there to lunch with you!!!

Allan

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on June 03, 2009, 12:42:47 PM
PBJ--Scudder's old fashioned, Smucker's raspberry, on whole wheat, chased with cold 1% milk--yum!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 03, 2009, 12:43:54 PM
that sounds like an awesome lunch too!!!!!!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on June 03, 2009, 12:53:50 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on June 03, 2009, 11:13:08 AM
...Fred Meyer's Deli...
This must be Lis....
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: matti on June 03, 2009, 01:08:35 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on June 03, 2009, 11:13:08 AM
It's been a busy morning, no time to think of what to cook and then cook it, lots easier to stop at Fred Meyer's Deli, pick up a baked chicken breast and add my own touch: Schnittlauchbrot! Delicious and easy: Spread some butter on German rye bread and then sprinkle with finely chopped chives. A sliced tomato on the side, an apricot for dessert and all complimented by an uncomplicated white wine from Italy.  0:)
Looks great, sounds great and I'm sure it tasted great, but is that really rye bread? It looks so... whitish.  ???
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on June 03, 2009, 02:02:28 PM
Quote from: matti on June 03, 2009, 01:08:35 PM
but is that really rye bread? It looks so... whitish.  ???

Matti, it's called Mischbrot, the lightest version of regular German breads. I think it's a mix of wheat and rye, heavy on the wheat. A week or so ago I posted a picture of the variety of breads I received from a German baker in Alabama, the sliced open one is Mischbrot.

Some day, my dear Matti, some day, I hope to eat YOUR native bread after having fished in YOUR lake!  :-*
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on June 03, 2009, 02:13:57 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on June 03, 2009, 12:53:50 PM
This must be Lis....

David, you are ref. to my new avatar?

I upgraded my MS Explorer 7 to No. 8 and had nothing but problems and in the process I was kicked out of GMG and for unknown reasons Rob refused to let me back in, no matter what I tried. Finally I had to start from scratch - I couldn't even get in as an unidentified Guest! - so I got pissed and searched for a special avatar. Found it! It's a historical painting of Margarete Maultasch, the Countess of Tyrol (1318 to 1369) one of my favourite female historical mover and shaker. I love her, don't you too?  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 03, 2009, 02:16:28 PM
Just took a can of these:

(https://kroger.elsstore.com/app/images/product/large/07227313510l.jpg)

Put them on one of these:

(http://www.sxc.hu/pic/m/n/no/noche/441078_tortilla.jpg)

and then added a bunch of this, which made all the magic happen:

(http://www.pcdagency.com/newsletter-jan-07/gfx/issue0107-som_clip_image001.jpg)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on June 03, 2009, 02:25:36 PM
Quote from: Bogey on June 03, 2009, 02:16:28 PM
and then added a bunch of this, which made all the magic happen:

(http://www.pcdagency.com/newsletter-jan-07/gfx/issue0107-som_clip_image001.jpg)

Cholula rocks!  It's good on anything. 

*well, maybe not peach ice cream*

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 03, 2009, 04:16:37 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on June 03, 2009, 11:13:08 AM
It's been a busy morning, no time to think of what to cook and then cook it, lots easier to stop at Fred Meyer's Deli, pick up a baked chicken breast and add my own touch: Schnittlauchbrot! Delicious and easy: Spread some butter on German rye bread and then sprinkle with finely chopped chives. A sliced tomato on the side, an apricot for dessert and all complimented by an uncomplicated white wine from Italy.  0:)

Hello Lis - sorry about your problems w/ the new IE, I've stuck w/ the older version despite Windows updating begging me to change - will wait a little longer?

But, that meal looks great!  :D  I've been on my own for a few days - just now steaming up some crab legs - will take some pics shortly and post!  Dave  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on June 03, 2009, 04:45:03 PM
Nothing to do with eating, but an important warning: Stay away from MS Explorer 8!

Dave, I just contacted my Guru who told me that once you downloaded the update, you can not remove it and go back to IE 7, at least I can't. He will be here tomorrow and see what he can do. He recommended I download Firefox in the mean time!

Grrrrrrrrrrr!
Lis
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 03, 2009, 06:10:59 PM
Well, my wife, Susan, is visiting her mother in Long Island (Montauk), so I've been on my own for 3 nights (returns tomorrow) - went out to dinner last night w/ some friends - great evening; for me, some wonderful 'broiled trout' w/ veggies @ my Mountain bistro!

Tonight, just a salad w/ crab legs, plus some wine:

Salad:  Mixed greens w/ mandarin oranges, crumbled blue cheese, chopped walnuts - dressing light raspberry vinaigrette (actually mixed up a couple for a sweet-sour taste) - used a lot of greens, so got my fiber in for the day!

Crab:  Steamed King Crab legs - just 12 minutes & plenty of delicious meat!  Now, butter is the preferred accompaniment w/ crab, but I need to avoid calories & fat, so I make up my own mixture (seen in the pic), i.e. good quality commercial cocktail sauce mixed w/ chopped horseradish, plus a little fresh-squeezed lemon - tangy & delicious!

Wine:  Rosenblum (2007) Viognier - a perennial favorite of mine & excellent w/ the crab!  ;D

P.S. Click on the image for a BIGGER view!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on June 04, 2009, 11:45:37 AM
Yummy looking crab dinner, Dave! What an inventive and efficient cook you are. I'd never attempt to do any crustation meal, too complicated.

I go for the simple Hausmannskost, like what I had today: Steamed cauliflower with breadcrumbs browned in unsalted butter, mashed potatoes made with Greek yoghurt - I didn't have milk! -, a Bavarian Knackwurst from the Illinois Bavarian Sausage company and for dessert more fresh fruit: Sliced nectarine with Greek Honey Yoghurt. Same white Italian wine left over from yesterday.

Sorry, Allan, no Schnittlauchbrot, so you won't be over today?   :'(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on June 04, 2009, 11:58:39 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on June 03, 2009, 04:45:03 PM
He recommended I download Firefox in the mean time!

(Sorry to briefly continue off-topic)  Lis, I just had an experience that sold me further on Firefox.  I was trying to listen to some of the commissions (http://www.carnegiehall.org/article/sound_insights/works/commissions/wrk_commissions.html) on Carnegie Hall's website, which are free for the clicking.  For some reason I couldn't get the links to work with Internet Explorer, but with Firefox, they work just fine. 

On topic:

That dinner and lunch look delicious.  I'll be right over...

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on June 04, 2009, 12:02:59 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on June 04, 2009, 11:45:37 AM
I go for the simple Hausmannskost, like what I had today: Steamed cauliflower with breadcrumbs browned in unsalted butter, mashed potatoes made with Greek yoghurt - I didn't have milk! -, a Bavarian Knackwurst from the Illinois Bavarian Sausage company and for dessert more fresh fruit: Sliced nectarine with Greek Honey Yoghurt. Same white Italian wine left over from yesterday.

Lovely Dinner & good depiction. But, oh my... dear... what a rather unflattering picture of you on the sidebar. Haven't you something where you look less like it's taken from a Hieronymus Bosch painting?  ;D

P.S. Firefox is easily superior to MS Explorer.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on June 04, 2009, 12:12:58 PM
Jens, Dear: What you got against Hieronymus? Have you any idea how painful the sitting was for me, he insisted on the tight bodice!

Actually there is one more flattering one in the bowels of the old GMG, I think, could be Rob removed it, too many calls to the moderators complaining about sunbathing images.  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on June 04, 2009, 12:41:32 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on June 04, 2009, 12:12:58 PM
Jens, Dear: What you got against Hieronymus? Have you any idea how painful the sitting was for me, he insisted on the tight bodice!

Actually there is one more flattering one in the bowels of the old GMG, I think, could be Rob removed it, too many calls to the moderators complaining about sunbathing images.  :D
No complaints from me, my dear--nor anyone else I know.  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: matti on June 04, 2009, 01:10:32 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on June 03, 2009, 02:02:28 PM

Some day, my dear Matti, some day, I hope to eat YOUR native bread after having fished in YOUR lake!  :-*

You are invited, Lis! I'll serve you FIVE breads. (And two fishes of course, from the lake  :))
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 04, 2009, 02:44:43 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on June 04, 2009, 11:45:37 AM
Yummy looking crab dinner, Dave! What an inventive and efficient cook you are. I'd never attempt to do any crustation meal, too complicated......


Lis - well, if I put that dinner together, can't be too complicated!   ;D

The King Crab simply comes frozen in a bag - simply put on my lobster pot (BIG) on the stove and brought a few inches on water to a boil; then added the 'frozen' crab - set a timer for 12 minutes, and what came out was shown on the plate - hard to beat that for simplicity; now, I'll do the same for a lobster (of course, the animal is 'alive' when put in the pot) -  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on June 10, 2009, 09:19:41 AM
Nobody has been eating since the 4th of June? Everybody on a diet? You are welcome at my place if you have the stomach to eat my minor mistake.

I have the reputation making the meat best sauce - Neighbour Ed calls it Lis's Killer Sauce - always using Mexican Hot Ground beef. When shopping I saw a new product: Italian Hot Sausage, made be a local company. Why not try that one, I thought and I did; the whole process taking me close to two hours. And only at the very end did I taste it - and I am still gasping for breath!  :o

I know there are many good cooks here at GMG - Allan? You here? - and I would be grateful to whoever will come up with an antidote to this triple-hot Lis's Killer Sauce! Is there anything that can be added to dilute the heat?

Thank you all!  :-*
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on June 10, 2009, 09:35:55 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on June 10, 2009, 09:19:41 AM
Nobody has been eating since the 4th of June? Everybody on a diet? You are welcome at my place if you have the stomach to eat my minor mistake.

I have the reputation making the meat best sauce - Neighbour Ed calls it Lis's Killer Sauce - always using Mexican Hot Ground beef. When shopping I saw a new product: Italian Hot Sausage, made be a local company. Why not try that one, I thought and I did; the whole process taking me close to two hours. And only at the very end did I taste it - and I am still gasping for breath!  :o

I know there are many good cooks here at GMG - Allan? You here? - and I would be grateful to whoever will come up with an antidote to this triple-hot Lis's Killer Sauce! Is there anything that can be added to dilute the heat?

Thank you all!  :-*

I'm not Allan, and I don't have a quick fix, but I bet you could find one in Shirley Corriher's book, CookWise.  I heard her once on National Public Radio and was in awe: she was talking about food and chemistry, why certain cooking processes work for certain foods, what ingredients are compatible, etc.-- all very "nuts and bolts" stuff.  I would bet she would have a solution.

Apparently when Julia Child had a cooking problem or question, Corriher is the person she would call to fix it.

(And PS, the sauce sounds delicious, even if slightly spicier than you intended!)

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on June 10, 2009, 09:46:22 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on June 10, 2009, 09:19:41 AM
Nobody has been eating since the 4th of June? Everybody on a diet? You are welcome at my place if you have the stomach to eat my minor mistake.

I have the reputation making the meat best sauce - Neighbour Ed calls it Lis's Killer Sauce - always using Mexican Hot Ground beef. When shopping I saw a new product: Italian Hot Sausage, made be a local company. Why not try that one, I thought and I did; the whole process taking me close to two hours. And only at the very end did I taste it - and I am still gasping for breath!  :o

I know there are many good cooks here at GMG - Allan? You here? - and I would be grateful to whoever will come up with an antidote to this triple-hot Lis's Killer Sauce! Is there anything that can be added to dilute the heat?

Thank you all!  :-*
Simple. Don't start with "Mexican Hot Ground Beef." Choose another kind of ground meat, and season it yourself. I generally use a combo of two meats when I make Bolognese, choosing from ground pork, beef, and turkey. If I wanted to spice it up in a non-Italian way, i.e., using some kind of chili, I would use ground ancho powder, which I buy from Penzey's Spices. It's not hot unless you use a lot of it.

http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/p-penzeysancho.html

I add it right after the onions, before I brown the meat itself. (If you find you really like the flavor of ancho, you can reconstitute whole dried anchos in boiling stock, thickened with masa harina, but that's another recipe, another process.)

I'm not sure what all you put in your sauce, so I'll stop there.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on June 10, 2009, 10:10:06 AM
Quote from: nicht schleppend on June 10, 2009, 09:46:22 AM
Simple. Don't start with "Mexican Hot Ground Beef." Choose another kind of ground meat, and season it yourself. I generally use a combo of two meats when I make Bolognese, choosing from ground pork, beef, and turkey. If I wanted to spice it up in a non-Italian way, i.e., using some kind of chili, I would use ground ancho powder, which I buy from Penzey's Spices. It's not hot unless you use a lot of it.

http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/p-penzeysancho.html

I add it right after the onions, before I brown the meat itself. (If you find you really like the flavor of ancho, you can reconstitute whole dried anchos in boiling stock, thickened with masa harina, but that's another recipe, another process.)

I'm not sure what all you put in your sauce, so I'll stop there.

Yes, good suggestions, since you never know how commercially prepared meats are seasoned.  I love chorizo, for example, but there seems to be a wide variance in the amount of spice (and salt) that are used.  Some brands will blow your head off; others are pleasantly spicy without being lethal.

But back to fixing your current dilemma, here (http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/338673) is a thread on Chowhound, from a reader trying to tone down some chili that went awry.  The replies seem to like either a little peanut butter or sour cream (or crème fraîche, but who has time to find that? ;D).

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on June 10, 2009, 11:59:15 AM
So many replies and so much help, thank you all!  :-*


nicht schleppend: Your advise makes most sense, to not buy prepared meat concoctions, unfortunately I am not as skilled a cook as you are, making up my own mix of meats, etc., that would avoid any heat problems, I grant you. I concentrate on the additions of herbs, mostly homegrown ones, like lovage, lots of that in the sauce. Thyme, rosemary and parsley too. I always add a piece of sugar-free chocolate to any tomato dish, cuts down on the acidity. My mistake was falling for the Italian mix; I have lived in Northern Italy and never encountered any 'hot' dishes, nicely seasoned, yes, but no palate searing stuff!

The dish of sliced melons with Greek yogurt had a pleasant cooling effect!  

P.S.: Forgot to list the onions, garlic and one stalk of cellery.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on June 10, 2009, 12:11:44 PM
Bruce, you sure were busy in your search for a remedy. Did you by any chance plan on coming over to taste it yourself? This lady's cookbooks sound very helpful, unfortunately all the first page of hits deal with where to buy the books, nothing about heat-reducing hints. I tried the other one you found, most of them about Chili, should be the same for tomato sauce. I tried the sour cream advise, but only on the first batch, what I intended to eat right now, and it didn't do any harm, but not much good either.

I have at least ten servings left, which will go in the freezer and then during winter time I'll appreciate my nice hot Killer Sauce! As I read in your links, the heat improves - improves?? - with age. Gonna be a nice cozy winter here!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on June 10, 2009, 12:25:59 PM
Oh no problem, Lis!  :D  (Your crack researcher knows how to do these things quickly.) Wish I could drop by to erm, "test" your success, but alas...  ;D  But if portions are being frozen I will consider a future date.

Meanwhile, I have some fellow spicy food lovers whose brains I could pick...will let you know if any of them have any additional suggestions.  (Now I'm curious myself.)

Of course you could just chew on a raw habanero pepper for a few minutes...then your sauce will seem positively bland in comparison.  >:D

--Bruce



Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on June 10, 2009, 01:07:11 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on June 10, 2009, 09:19:41 AM
Nobody has been eating since the 4th of June? Everybody on a diet? You are welcome at my place if you have the stomach to eat my minor mistake.

I know there are many good cooks here at GMG - Allan? You here? - and I would be grateful to whoever will come up with an antidote to this triple-hot Lis's Killer Sauce! Is there anything that can be added to dilute the heat?

1.) Eating, and plenty. Just haven't remembered to make pictures, which is sad and keeps me from posting here. Especially since the results have been perfectly picturesque, too.

Found myself a cooking-lass and together to get things cookin' with... Results have been utterly pleasing, and the food's been great, too.

(No, seriously, folks... I just flew in from Las Vegas, and boy are my jokes lame.)

I usually do the main course and she works on the deserts which I would never bother with.

Made "Topfenpa (http://www.storchs.de/palatsch.htm)latschinken (http://www.tourmycountry.com/austria/topfenpalatschinken.htm)" a few days ago and a Rhubarb/Quark/Orange Tiramisu last night.

Last night's main dish was a Multiple-Mushroom-Oyster-Mushroom-Shitake Risotto with my self-made stock (which is key, I think). Shallots, white wine, some buttermilk early on, lots of Parmigiano R. toward the end... 40 minutes of stirring (on and off... not that big a deal, really). Very pleased with the result.

A huge Endive/mixed greens/Arugula salad the other day with my warm red beets / warm sheep cheese / warm cherry tomatoes dressing. Looks incredibly pink.


2.) These foods cool your too-hot-too-handle sauces.

Of course you will have to decide which ones work... you can ruin your sauces in more way than one.

Yogurt, Tomatoes (raw, unsalted), Cucumber (raw, unsalted).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 10, 2009, 06:48:04 PM
chew on a raw habenero....ha!!!!  Funniest thing I've read in a while. 

I would try adding some more tomato and some honey as well. Something sweet may temper the hot a little.


I made a vietnamese dish tonight.  Pork ribs braised in carmel sauce. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on June 10, 2009, 07:01:45 PM
I think it's a blessing I don't know what a habenero is!  ???

Another can of diced tomatoes with a slurp of honey sounds much better than Bruce's suggestion. - Hello Bruce!  :-* -

Romaine lettuce, rice, sliced tomatoes, English cucumbers and - sliced okra? Or is that a habenero pepper? Looks very good, Allan.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 10, 2009, 07:26:04 PM
Just serrano pepper there Lis,  it's a mild one when compared to the habenero!!!

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 10, 2009, 07:32:16 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on June 10, 2009, 01:07:11 PM


........ with my self-made stock (which is key, I think).


Totally....Michael Ruhlman would even rather use water than canned stocks and I at this point I agree.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on June 10, 2009, 07:47:05 PM
Is there any other stock than the self-made one? Beef, chicken, vegetable, fish, all in my freezer.  8)

Topfenpalatschinken! Next your - Jens - lass will present you with Topfenkipferl for breakfast.  ;)

I had the thought of making my own Topfen because it's not available here, but I am lacking the main ingredient: Raw milk! The sale of it is regulated so strictly it's not worth the effort.  :(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on June 10, 2009, 10:58:14 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on June 10, 2009, 07:47:05 PM
Is there any other stock than the self-made one? Beef, chicken, vegetable, fish, all in my freezer.  8)

Topfenpalatschinken! Next your - Jens - lass will present you with Topfenkipferl for breakfast.  ;)

I will suggest that at a strategic moment when she accompanies me to the Fazil Say concert (Ravel Piano Concerto, then Messiaen's "Et expecto") this Friday. :-)

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I had the thought of making my own Topfen because it's not available here, but I am lacking the main ingredient: Raw milk! The sale of it is regulated so strictly it's not worth the effort.  :(

Yes... the Federal Government needs to protect you from your milk-choices! How could you NOT be a libertarian when we live in a state that criminalizes the sale and purchase of fresh f&*(#) milk.

Topfen or Quark is sometimes sold directly from dairies as "Farmer's Cheese". No luck?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on June 11, 2009, 09:15:14 AM
There are caraway seeds in my fresh grated cabbage: life is good!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on June 11, 2009, 10:05:04 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on June 10, 2009, 10:58:14 PM

Topfen or Quark is sometimes sold directly from dairies as "Farmer's Cheese". No luck?

http://www.appel-farms.com/pages/quark.html

They are advertising sale of their Topfen/Quark is available in the State's major supermarkets, but when I checked with local branches was told: "Sorry, we don't carry it; not enough demand."

Jens, should I now resign my Libertarian membership because there is a dairy selling and handling this public health-endangering commodity: Raw Milk?  :-\
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on June 11, 2009, 10:19:23 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 11, 2009, 09:15:14 AM
There are caraway seeds in my fresh grated cabbage: life is good!

Life is good indeed; now next time you have geröstete kartoffel, add some caraway seeds there too!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 12, 2009, 02:49:35 PM
Hi Lis - boy, you & others have 'taken over' this thread for the last few pages!  ;D

Well, I'm still eating well - Susan went 'oriental & healthy' at home the last few nights:

Chicken Yakitori - chicken breast chunks marinated in a soy sauce, sake and ginger sauce, then threaded onto bamboo skewers and broiled with leeks, quick, easy, and quite tasty; serve w/ one of my favorite veggies, Bok Choy.  A Sauvignon Blanc wine from New Zealand goes well this this kind of meal.

Tofu the next night - now are MEN suppose to eat 'bean curd' for dinner?  ::)  Well, she has this absolutely healthy recipe (please take note for those who have been reading the 'chesseburger' thread!) - all sauteed in a wok w/ soy sauce, chile oil, sesame seeds, fresh spinach, and mushrooms (of course fresh also) - then placed over some steamed 'brown' rice - the tofu really has a 'meaty' texture and is quite tasty w/ those ingredients - I always BITCH about this dinner, but then ask for seconds!  :-[ ;D  Wine now - many options, but I decanted a Raptor Ridge Shea Vyd - Pinot Noir from Oregon - complemented the dish perfectly; so I guess we guys can indulge in tofu, occasionally!  ;) :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on June 13, 2009, 05:04:44 AM
Just picked 10 kg (~22 pounds) of Strawberries with my lass... now we're working on turning that into jam.

We also picked lots of Elderberry blossoms along the way, which will go in with half the jam. The other half will be split between having Rhubarb added, and Champagne.

And maybe we'll make a cake while we're at it. This time I shan't forget the pictures.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on June 13, 2009, 10:02:16 AM
Jens, when you are done with your Eabbeamamalad maybe you'll find a few minutes to join a discussion at the General Opera Newsthread about Kaufmann and Cura!  :)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on June 13, 2009, 11:55:26 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on June 13, 2009, 10:02:16 AM
Jens, when you are done with your Eabbeamamalad maybe you'll find a few minutes to join a discussion at the General Opera Newsthread about Kaufmann and Cura!  :)

Nah. I just turned down a (free) ticket to see Kaufmann in La Traviata. I think I'd be stoned (virtually), if they knew that in the General Opera News thread. (Simon Keenlyside as Germont, Angela Gheorgiu was supposed to be Violetta -- but she was first replaced by Hateros and now Hateros will probably be replaced by yet someone else.

Busy day. We made a Rhubarb cake (picture also upcoming) which was good if not excellent and am only now getting to the Erdbermarmelade. Futzing about with the Elderberry blossoms, by the way, is a job for someone who shot his parents. Argh.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on June 13, 2009, 01:40:13 PM
Elderberryblossoms go into Hollerküchle not jam! For the jam one waits until fall and uses the elderberries!

O.T.: Afraid to tell us why you turn down Kaufmann?  :-\
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 13, 2009, 03:01:29 PM
Over at a friends place for some enchiladas and 2 kinds of sausages.  bacon/cheddar (yup you read that right, bacon in a sausage!!!!) and jalepeno.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on June 13, 2009, 03:10:30 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on June 13, 2009, 01:40:13 PM
Elderberryblossoms go into Hollerküchle not jam! For the jam one waits until fall and uses the elderberries!
What Elderberry credentials have you, to tell me how to jam with them?  ;D

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O.T.: Afraid to tell us why you turn down Kaufmann?  :-\

Not really. Didn't feel like it... not a great production... am hearing & seeing so much, anyway... wasn't going to be paid for it... am behind with work.
And the Aida I just saw didn't put me in the mood to have to digest more Verdi. Not even Trivialata.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papageno on June 13, 2009, 04:00:25 PM
A handful of young women.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on June 13, 2009, 04:28:05 PM
Quote from: toledobass on June 13, 2009, 03:01:29 PM
Over at a friends place for some enchiladas and 2 kinds of sausages.  bacon/cheddar (yup you read that right, bacon in a sausage!!!!) and jalepeno.

Allan

Allan, did the bacon sausage also have ground buffalo? A friend made delicious ones that way, resorted to the bacon because the buffalo meat tends to be very dry. Whichever, yours sound good - if the jalepeno are in small doses!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Diletante on June 13, 2009, 04:29:56 PM
Quote from: Papageno on June 13, 2009, 04:00:25 PM
A handful of young women.

Stop eating your plastic miniatures!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 14, 2009, 05:09:53 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on June 13, 2009, 04:28:05 PM
Allan, did the bacon sausage also have ground buffalo? A friend made delicious ones that way, resorted to the bacon because the buffalo meat tends to be very dry. Whichever, yours sound good - if the jalepeno are in small doses!  ;D

No these were pork sausages.  They were really good!!!!!


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bwv 1080 on June 14, 2009, 04:09:52 PM
BBQ'd some chicken today

Brined the chicken in a mix of salt, sugar, soy sauce & pepper for 10 hours then on the smoker for 4 hours

(http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt344/bwvS1080/Chicken.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on June 14, 2009, 04:24:27 PM
My, that looks good! Or is it the great camera work? I felt like taking a bite out of my monitor, or at least lick the screen!  ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 17, 2009, 08:06:11 AM
i've got some pizza dough rising for later.  Makes me want to make some bread though too so I might get some dough started for that in a bit.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on June 17, 2009, 08:25:19 AM
I have the highest respect and admiration for any human - outside the pizza industry of course - who is proficient in making just the right pizza dough. A half-Italian friend was at the house once and bragged about his pizza dough. "Show me"! He did. Allan, I could have filled the pothole in my driveway with his stuff!

Lis
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 17, 2009, 12:37:10 PM
well..here are some examples from over the years: 1 (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,88.msg214762.html#msg214762) 2 (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,88.msg83029.html#msg83029) 3 (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,88.msg39056.html#msg39056)


I keep thinking I'm getting better at pizza, but the holy grail of crispy/chewy is still elusive.

And one more:

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on June 17, 2009, 01:48:07 PM
Going just by the picture, I'll have two slices of Number 1, please, Allan!

Love the floury crust, and nice, big crust, none of the cardboard thingie they serve here at our Irish Public House, bragging about it too! Pshaw, what do the Irish know about pizza anyhow!  ::)

Lis
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on June 17, 2009, 01:50:59 PM
Quote from: toledobass on June 17, 2009, 12:37:10 PM
well..here are some examples from over the years: 1 (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,88.msg214762.html#msg214762) 2 (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,88.msg83029.html#msg83029) 3 (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,88.msg39056.html#msg39056)
I keep thinking I'm getting better at pizza, but the holy grail of crispy/chewy is still elusive.


That grail is elusive, indeed. I tried to learn it from my boss when I was working at an Italian Restaurant in D.C. -- but the results were too pitiful for him to let me continue.  ;D

Although... no self-respecting pizza outside of New York (the only place that can pull it off) would have "pepperoni" on it. The ideal result will smell a little like strawberries. It's the mixture of fresh parmigiano and fresh tomato sauce. Made the mistake of ordering Pizza from an otherwise lovely Greek place (mustn't think of American Greek restaurants... there are two types here: glorified Gyros/Kebab stands and decent-enough Mediterranean places that are Greek because they have Tsatsiki and more fish than usual on the menu.... This is the latter type). Dreadful, sad, nasty. Canned-everything... premade, frozen dough... grease swimming about from the dried pseudo-Mozarella... something that would have made any Papa Johns or Dominos Pizza taste gourmet. Sorry sod asked me whether I liked it, too... So I tried to be diplomatic while still conveying the message. "Not really..." [Look of surprise] "...perhaps Pizza is not the thing to get here... you must know.... but I'm sure there are other things you make well, which I'll have to try next time."

No way they don't know themselves that their pizza is an gustatory offense to all but the hungriest among the vulgarians.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 17, 2009, 03:36:48 PM
Here's the bread I ended up baking..it just came out of the oven.  I forgot to slash the top.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on June 17, 2009, 03:58:57 PM
Smells beautifully! Question: What does it look inside? Is this a white bread, same dough as the pizza? Or did you construct one with cracked wheat, sunflower seeds, caraway seeds and other such good stuff?

No, I did not bake this one, but your artwork reminded me of the bread I buy at a local bakery; it does have all those nibbly things in it.

Advantage of round loafs: More than two delicious heels!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 19, 2009, 07:05:43 AM
Popovers!!!!!!

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on June 19, 2009, 07:17:49 AM
Anyone here ever make falafel?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on June 19, 2009, 09:22:40 AM
Sushi

Scallop, salmon and tuna Bakudan

YUM!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 20, 2009, 11:44:46 AM
I'm making 2 things that really don't go together but I'm in the mood for anyway.  First, since it's reainy cold and damp here is balulo.  It's a beef and bone marrow soup from the Philippines.  It's a simple unadorned broth that many different things in the way of vegetables can be added.  I'll add spinach, thinly sliced onion and maybe some carrot.  Also sometimes accompanying the soup is what is called a sawsawan.  These are typically dipping sauces.  Also, you make these to your liking.  I like a combination of fish sauce, lime and chile for this soup. For eggrolls or pork and rice I might make one of filipino vinegar, chile and soy. 

The other thing I'm making is bread pudding with bannana.  I threw some lemon zest in there too.  The boule I made was starting to dry out so I made up some custard threw in some bannana between layers of bread and voila.....easy desert in a few minutes!!!!


Allan



Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on June 20, 2009, 11:54:46 AM
Truly Northwest Basic Dinner:

Pan-fried Koho Salmon, Quincy mashed potatoes, and Quincy asparagus with a big dollop of Tillamook sour cream.

Quincy is a farming community 20 miles south of here and Tillamook is a bit further south in northern Oregon.

Quincy does have more than spuds and asparagus: Microsoft and Yahoo data centers!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 20, 2009, 05:23:27 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on June 20, 2009, 11:54:46 AM
Truly Northwest Basic Dinner:

Pan-fried Koho Salmon, Quincy mashed potatoes, and Quincy asparagus with a big dollop of Tillamook sour cream.

Quincy is a farming community 20 miles south of here and Tillamook is a bit further south in northern Oregon.

Quincy does have more than spuds and asparagus: Microsoft and Yahoo data centers!

Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on June 20, 2009, 11:54:46 AM
Truly Northwest Basic Dinner:

Pan-fried Koho Salmon, Quincy mashed potatoes, and Quincy asparagus with a big dollop of Tillamook sour cream.

Quincy is a farming community 20 miles south of here and Tillamook is a bit further south in northern Oregon.

Quincy does have more than spuds and asparagus: Microsoft and Yahoo data centers!

Lis - that dish looks just delicious! Of course, an Oregon Pinot Noir would be perfect (at least for me) as a wine choice!  :D

Tonight, Susan ran her car into a tree in a parking spot - she's fine, but we'll have to get some 'body work' done to the front left - just an inconvenience, so she put together a 'purchased' boxed dinner w/ some thin-baked potatoes & veggies.

This was a pre-packaged dinner of New Zealand Lamb Shanks from Cuisine Solutions (http://www.cuisinesolutions.com/) purchased locally - the meat was absolutely delicious & tender - would have been quite pleased if served in a gourmet restaurant - we won't do this too often, but will give their other offerings a try!

Wine for the evening was a Pinot Noir from Oregon - Ayoub "Memoirs" & Estate, 2007 purchased from my Oregon wine club recently!


(http://www.cuisinesolutions.com/thumbnailmainimage.aspx?iname=Copy-of-LambShanklarge.jpg)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on June 20, 2009, 05:39:38 PM
Dave, I hope this yummy looking lamb shank has soothed Susan's nerves - if they were frazzled, mine would be just a tad! - How's the tree?  >:D

There are a number of empty stalls in my wine collection needing filling. On my next shopping trip I shall look for the offerings from Oregon, especially the ones you mentioned, already on my list.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 20, 2009, 05:48:20 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on June 20, 2009, 05:39:38 PM
Dave, I hope this yummy looking lamb shank has soothed Susan's nerves - if they were frazzled, mine would be just a tad! - How's the tree?  >:D

Lis - well, I think the tree 'won out' on this accident - believe she just missed the brake pedal & hit the accelerator - the car was the VICTIM!  Of course, to our expense -  :-\

But, that lamb was delicious - gave her my bones w/ some extra meat (she loves to chew on bones!) - Dave  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 23, 2009, 05:59:54 PM
Having some chocolate chip cookies I made for dessert with a tall glass of milk.  I've actually never made chocolate chip cookies before...so easy and delicious.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 23, 2009, 06:12:54 PM
Quote from: toledobass on June 23, 2009, 05:59:54 PM
Having some chocolate chip cookies I made for dessert with a tall glass of milk.  I've actually never made chocolate chip cookies before...so easy and delicious.

Allan - hey, that brings back memories for me!  :D

My son as a young boy LOVED NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE Chocolate Chip Cookies (probably still would!) - but every couple of months or so on a weekend, he & I would bake up a LARGE batch using the original recipe - took an afternoon, and we ate a few (hee hee) after a little cooling right out of the oven - but those cookies were great for days - 'thanks for the memories' -  8)  Dave


(http://www.chocolatecookiesrecipes.com/wp-content/uploads/nestle_tollhouse_cookies.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on June 23, 2009, 06:23:32 PM
Nice picture, Dave, but I bet you a bottle of Oregon Pinot Noir, that's not how Allan's looked like. Those chips did not melt enough! They are supposed to string like hot Swiss cheese!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on June 23, 2009, 06:24:08 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on June 23, 2009, 06:12:54 PM
My son as a young boy LOVED NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE Chocolate Chip Cookies (probably still would!) - but every couple of months or so on a weekend, he & I would bake up a LARGE batch using the original recipe - took an afternoon, and we ate a few (hee hee) after a little cooling right out of the oven - but those cookies were great for days - 'thanks for the memories' -  8)  Dave
One of the first things I learned to cook...er, bake.  Still love 'em, with or without walnuts or pecans, together with a tall glass of cold milk.  Tonight, however, we're enjoying a healthier dessert:  white peaches and nectarines from the farmers' market.  Fresh, ripe, and juicy!  Yum!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 23, 2009, 06:50:25 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on June 23, 2009, 06:23:32 PM
Nice picture, Dave, but I bet you a bottle of Oregon Pinot Noir, that's not how Allan's looked like. Those chips did not melt enough! They are supposed to string like hot Swiss cheese!

Lis & David - well, I just found that pic on the web - my cookies were BIGGER, plus I used extra walnuts and the chocolate chips were more gooey - boy, he was a 'happy camper' w/ the smell of those cookies baking.

Back in those days (now talking late '70s into the 80s), I had a 'small handful' of meals that he did love me to make - kind of a 'man's thing' I guess - I did a good grilled cheese sandwich w/ Kosher pickles (and some chips), a favorite lunch of his; then for breakfast, pancakes w/ a good maple syrup & some bacon (now, I don't dare eat that stuff any more - I guess the memories persist); and finally I did a great 'cherries jubilee' - nice bing cherries w/ plenty of the usual ingredients + Grand Mariner, then finished w/ Cognac (he love me to light the flame!) - one of my 'mucho' additives was a lot of cinnamon, then over some GOOD vanilla ice cream (again, don't do that anymore also - really a BITCH to get older!) - Dave  :-\
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 23, 2009, 08:09:02 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on June 23, 2009, 06:12:54 PM
Allan - hey, that brings back memories for me!  :D

My son as a young boy LOVED NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE Chocolate Chip Cookies (probably still would!) - but every couple of months or so on a weekend, he & I would bake up a LARGE batch using the original recipe - took an afternoon, and we ate a few (hee hee) after a little cooling right out of the oven - but those cookies were great for days - 'thanks for the memories' -  8)  Dave


Those cookies just had a massive recall on them due to ecoli.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Wanderer on June 23, 2009, 11:25:27 PM
Quote from: toledobass on June 23, 2009, 05:59:54 PM
Having some chocolate chip cookies I made for dessert with a tall glass of milk.

What's with Americans and this "cookie & milk" thing? Is the milk really necessary? This particular combination always seemed incomprehensible to me.

Quote from: jlaurson on June 17, 2009, 01:50:59 PM
...something that would have made any Papa Johns or Dominos Pizza taste gourmet.
No way they don't know themselves that their pizza is an gustatory offense to all but the hungriest among the vulgarians.

Really awful-sounding. Pizza was probably an afterthought to their menu (in the interests of ill-advised all-inclusiveness).  ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on June 24, 2009, 06:34:35 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on June 23, 2009, 11:25:27 PM
What's with Americans and this "cookie & milk" thing? Is the milk really necessary? This particular combination always seemed incomprehensible to me.
It's not "cookies" in general, but certain types of cookies, particularly those with chocolate.  Rich chocolate cakes or brownies are better with milk, too.  Try it and see.

The following ad spot will explain everything:

http://www.youtube.com/v/Dh6098zpxWY

>:D  Mwaa-ha-haaah!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on June 24, 2009, 09:06:39 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on June 23, 2009, 11:25:27 PM
What's with Americans and this "cookie & milk" thing? Is the milk really necessary? This particular combination always seemed incomprehensible to me.

First: You have to consider and imagine Milk as calcium enriched water.... roughly of the same texture and taste. The most it has in common with actual milk is its name.
Secondly: Yes. It's totally necessary, even if the milk were real. (Especially then, perhaps.)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Wanderer on June 24, 2009, 11:42:16 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on June 24, 2009, 06:34:35 AM
It's not "cookies" in general, but certain types of cookies, particularly those with chocolate.  Rich chocolate cakes or brownies are better with milk, too.  Try it and see.

I see. The only things I can thing of that require milk are those succulent chocolate soufflés; you pour the milk, devour and be full for the whole day. Otherwise, too weird. How does it even work, bite-sip-gulp? Or do you eat the cookie first and have the milk afterwards?

Quote from: jlaurson on June 24, 2009, 09:06:39 AM
First: You have to consider and imagine Milk as calcium enriched water.... roughly of the same texture and taste. The most it has in common with actual milk is its name.

Nice!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on June 25, 2009, 06:56:12 AM
Doughnuts!!!!!!

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on June 25, 2009, 07:53:49 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on June 24, 2009, 11:42:16 AM
How does it even work, bite-sip-gulp? Or do you eat the cookie first and have the milk afterwards?
Whichever you prefer.  Some people like to dip cookies into the milk.  I tend to eat a couple of bites of cookie, then drink some milk, then more cookie, and so on.  Another peculiarly American thing I love--probably my favorite snack for the past 50 years--is a peanut butter & jelly sandwich with milk.  The preferred method of consumption requires a bite of sandwich followed immediately by a swig of milk and then it's chewed all together.   ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 25, 2009, 05:15:19 PM
(http://mar.baronelawyer.com/images/Bomb%20Pop%20Jr..gif)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on June 29, 2009, 07:08:18 AM
I made my regular bowl of oatmeal this morning but as we are out of cinnamon I had to improvise. After the usual honey milk flax seeds i stuck some M&M like candies into it and it turned out great...it was delicious gave me a good mood, and gave me certain other things... benefits...

Try it!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 01, 2009, 01:35:48 PM
I made some chicken and dumplings a few days ago and having the leftovers to hold me over till dinner.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on July 01, 2009, 03:49:12 PM
Allan, ever since I came to this country I fell in love with this typical American dish and have tried to make it, unsuccessfully. My stuff never tastes as delicious and yummy like the stuff made by the friends who invite me to their home. To add to the frustration, they simply shrug their shoulders: "Nothing to it, easiest meal to prepare." Oh yeah?

Do you use the packaged biscuit mix or do you start from scratch? Is the secret in the kind of chicken you buy? I did notice that the stewing hens in a store don't taste any more as they did years ago, just plain old hens out of the egg-laying age.

Oh well, it's too hot for chicken and dumplings anyhow, a cold-day-dish, like Sauerkraut. It's 98° right now!!!!!

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on July 01, 2009, 06:57:31 PM
I've made falafel 4 weeks in a row.

Week 1 it came out perfect, fantastic, delicious.

Week 2 came out perfect, but with less taste

Week 3 the balls were cracked and gave me heartburn

Week 4 the balls completely broke apart and made a huge mess.


I am getting worse and worse at it. I will try next not cooking the chickpeas and just soaking them. And I'll try egg instead of flour. Also I've heard some people roll them around in sesame seeds, I like sesame seeds. I'll try that sometime.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: flight_of_fancy on July 02, 2009, 02:39:59 AM
i am a total pig..good thing i have a very fast metabolism!!
1. dominos pizza and brooklyn pizza
2. TGI Friday's wings
3. Wendy's Bacon and mushroom melt
4. italliani's
5.  haagen dazs: vanilla chocolate chip
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 02, 2009, 06:12:17 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on July 01, 2009, 03:49:12 PM
Allan, ever since I came to this country I fell in love with this typical American dish and have tried to make it, unsuccessfully. My stuff never tastes as delicious and yummy like the stuff made by the friends who invite me to their home. To add to the frustration, they simply shrug their shoulders: "Nothing to it, easiest meal to prepare." Oh yeah?

Do you use the packaged biscuit mix or do you start from scratch? Is the secret in the kind of chicken you buy? I did notice that the stewing hens in a store don't taste any more as they did years ago, just plain old hens out of the egg-laying age.

Oh well, it's too hot for chicken and dumplings anyhow, a cold-day-dish, like Sauerkraut. It's 98° right now!!!!!



Lis,

It's not really something I make all that often.  What I did was stewed a 3lb chicken for about about 45 minutes or so. About half way through I threw in carrots, onion, bay leaf.  I took the chicken out, let it rest a little bit then shredded it up, meanwhile preparing the dumpling batter of just eggs, flour butter and water and added bacon to that.  At the time I was wishing I had tarragon to throw in.  Then I threw the chicken back in the pot, added a little cream, thickened the broth with some roux and spooned in the dumplings.  Nothing to it, easiest meal to prepare!!!  :P

I would like to try stewing the bird in some stock or some stock and water to try and get a richer flavor, but like I said it's not really something I make all that often.  Unless it is just unavailable to me I generally try and use birds that are organic and sometimes free range.  I try not to use prepackaged foods....I generally find that the results are way better when I make it myself.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on July 02, 2009, 07:49:45 AM
Home-sprouted mung beans.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: John Copeland on July 02, 2009, 07:55:54 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 02, 2009, 07:49:45 AM
Home-sprouted mung beans.

Mung beans?  Sounds dreadful.  What is it?
I'm eating:
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on July 02, 2009, 10:32:36 AM
Allan: I solved the secret of those different chicken and dumpling dishes: Whoever invited me for their dinners used packaged bisquit mix, they didn't make dumplings, they made bisquits! When I tried it I made dumplings using the same method I use making my spätzle, the same dough you use for your dumplings, except butter, that's not in my Spätzle dough, nor is the bacon!

There is a difference between dumplings and bisquits!

Thank you!  :-*

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on July 02, 2009, 02:39:53 PM
Homemade Apple and Rhubard crumble that my lovely wife made.  0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on July 02, 2009, 02:40:43 PM
Quote from: John on July 02, 2009, 07:55:54 AM
Mung beans?  Sounds dreadful.  What is it?
I'm eating:

Roast chicken flavored potato chips?  :o :o  That's a new one I haven't heard of, John.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on July 02, 2009, 02:45:14 PM
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=88.0;attach=18971;image)

Sure looks like those "Highlander crisps" are flowing from the three porta-potties in the upper left corner.

What next?  Haggis flavored?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on July 02, 2009, 02:46:39 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on July 02, 2009, 02:45:14 PM
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=88.0;attach=18971;image)

Sure looks like those "Highlander crisps" are flowing from the three porta-potties in the upper left corner.

;D ;D ;D

I almost choked on my apple/rhubarb crumble.  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: John Copeland on July 02, 2009, 04:34:57 PM
 :'(  Leave my crisps alone.

I am now tucking in to these...


;D

Fabulously delcious crisps.   8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on July 02, 2009, 04:38:30 PM
Quote from: John on July 02, 2009, 04:34:57 PM
:'(  Leave my crisps alone.

I am now tucking in to these...


;D

Fabulously delcious crisps.   8)

Canadian ham!  :)  Thank you for supporting my nation.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on July 02, 2009, 04:43:33 PM
Crisps Chips

Chips Fries

Gayrage Garage

:D

;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 02, 2009, 06:38:03 PM
hot dogs bamh mi style with a salad of greens and cold noodles with lime/peanut dressing.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on July 03, 2009, 04:32:00 AM
Toledobass, you always have some very interesting concoctions!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 03, 2009, 06:03:17 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on July 03, 2009, 04:32:00 AM
Toledobass, you always have some very interesting concoctions!  :)

Yeah this one is kinda far out there....

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on July 03, 2009, 11:33:42 AM
A sweet and tangy Kentucky Bourbon sauce with tender steak tips and cheddar ranch mashed Potatoes.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on July 03, 2009, 11:36:13 AM
You already figured it out? Guys, it's too hot to cook; Stouffer's turn out some edible stuff!  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 03, 2009, 11:39:47 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on July 03, 2009, 11:36:13 AM
Stouffer's turn out some edible stuff!  8)

We agree on something.  0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on July 03, 2009, 11:56:19 AM
Don't we always, Dave?

:-*
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on July 04, 2009, 10:11:50 AM
The first raspberries from Oregon! Those, with Greek Honey yogurt, almost makes full and perfect meal for a hot Fourth of July!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on July 04, 2009, 05:15:01 PM
4th of july--should be hot dogs & apple pie, but instead we're charbroiling new york steaks, served with baked potatoes and garden salad, with strawberry cheesecake for dessert.  guess it'll have to do.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 05, 2009, 07:04:57 AM
Returned recently from a 3-night long weekend to our favorite 'quick' mountain get-away - Blowing Rock, NC near Boone - about a 90 min drive from our home in the Piedmont Triad area of NC . Although there are many excellent restaurants there, we had dinner at three of our favorites:

Gamekeeper Reastaurant (http://www.gamekeeper-nc.com/) - on a winding mountain road - started out w/ a wonderful fresh greens salad w/ a homemade dressing; main course was Ostrich (grilled medium rare) w/ a Parmesan Risotto - couple of glasses of Pinot Noir; shared a Bread Pudding dessert which was outstanding!

The Best Cellar (http://www.thebestcellarrestaurant.com/) - have probably eaten at this place a half dozen times - highly recommended!  Shared a wonderful lumped crabmeat appetizer; excellent salad; Encrusted Halibut on a calamari salad w/ wild rice & asparagus, along w/ a couple of glasses of Pinot Grigio - also shared a dessert of home-made Pitaschio Gelato!

Rowland's @ Westglow Spa (http://www.westglow.com/dining.php) - this is one of the top-rated spas in the world (yes, hard to believe but true; quite expensive - we just go there to eat 'lightly') - offers a 'regular' & a 'spa' menu (the latter, smaller portions & lesser calories - all that information is provided in the menu); started out w/ the Hawaiian Blue Spot Prawns followed by a Grilled Wahoo fish, w/ a couple of glasses of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc; again, shared a lite dessert!

Plenty of more great places to eat at in & around Blowing Rock - let me know if you plan to vist the NC Mountains!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on July 08, 2009, 09:12:56 AM
For sandwiches I switched from mayo or mustard to wasabi!  It's freaking awesome, much more flavorful sandwich now.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on July 08, 2009, 09:17:43 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on July 05, 2009, 07:04:57 AM
Returned recently from a 3-night long weekend to our favorite 'quick' mountain get-away - Blowing Rock, NC near Boone - about a 90 min drive from our home in the Piedmont Triad area of NC . Although there are many excellent restaurants there, we had dinner at three of our favorites:

[enticing details omitted]


I must say, Dave, you two know how to eat!  The places (and menus) you cite sound wonderful.  (And I bet they are as picturesque as the food is delicious.)

Quote from: DavidW on July 08, 2009, 09:12:56 AM
For sandwiches I switched from mayo or mustard to wasabi!  It's freaking awesome, much more flavorful sandwich now.

Try some on a hamburger, or a variant like a tuna burger.  :D

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on July 08, 2009, 09:20:50 AM
Quote from: bhodges on July 08, 2009, 09:17:43 AM
Try some on a hamburger, or a variant like a tuna burger.  :D

--Bruce

Good idea!  I happen to be cooking burgers tonight so will do.  Wasabi burgers, brussel sprouts and cauliflower will certainly different from the usual burgers and fries. :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bwv 1080 on July 08, 2009, 09:22:19 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 08, 2009, 09:12:56 AM
For sandwiches I switched from mayo or mustard to wasabi!  It's freaking awesome, much more flavorful sandwich now.

try mango chutney sometime
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on July 08, 2009, 09:27:05 AM
Quote from: bwv 1080 on July 08, 2009, 09:22:19 AM
try mango chutney sometime

Oh I haven't had that in a long time!  If I can find mangoes I might do that.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on July 08, 2009, 02:20:49 PM
I made my own pasta sauce...well with the advice of an italian girl.


It came out pretty tasty...garlic onions tomatoes...all im missing is basil and maybe parmessian

Also...I was chopping an onion and I thought to myself...this isnt so bad...whats the big deal...and then as i thought that boooom! many tears...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 08, 2009, 03:00:52 PM
Quote from: bhodges on July 08, 2009, 09:17:43 AM
I must say, Dave, you two know how to eat!  The places (and menus) you cite sound wonderful.  (And I bet they are as picturesque as the food is delicious.)

Hi Bruce - thanks for the comments; the Gamekeeper Restaurant on the windy mountain road is up on a steep driveway and does have some nice mountain views; the Best Cellar is in a quaint B&B place in the town of Blowing Rock - looks out on their fine 'little' garden.

Now, the most spectacular views are from the Westglow Spa - the restaurant is located in the mansion shown in the picture which was the summer place of an artist (little history in the quote below); the spa is off to the right - we usually sit in the porch to eat (which is on the other side of the house shown) w/ a view that looks out on the mountains in the background; the view from the veranda shown looks out on Grandfather Mountain (which I've posted in the past in the 'vacation thread') - overall, just a beautiful experience -  :)  Dave

QuoteSituated on a historic 20-acre estate that is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places, Westglow Resort & Spa is serenely nestled in the shadow of Grandfather Mountain in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. The estate was once the summer home of famed artist and writer Elliott Daingerfield. Built in 1917, the mansion features majestic Grecian columns that were shipped by barge from Italy. A prominent French architect designed the elegant foyer and stunning staircase. Nearly 85% of the furnishings are original pieces from the Daingerfield era, including a vast collection of books in the library.


(http://www.westglowresortandspa.com/uploads/media/pages/about_us.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on July 08, 2009, 04:42:07 PM
Quote from: bhodges on July 08, 2009, 09:17:43 AM
Try some on a hamburger, or a variant like a tuna burger.  :D

--Bruce

Well Bruce, I used the wasabi along with salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper in the burgers, and when it was cooking it smelled great, and I was pretty tasty going down.  Thanks for the suggestion. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on July 08, 2009, 05:03:20 PM
Actually, this is in the category of future eating. Because so many recipes call for fresh herbs, I recently bought an Aerogarden, a hydroponic contraption that allows you to grow herbs (or flowers or veggies) indoors by means of a water tank and grow lights. The seeds come in small cones which reach into the water. All of my herbs have sprouted. This is a thrill for me, since house plants wilt as soon as they see me.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 08, 2009, 06:55:31 PM
With Bogey in mind, a couple of scoops from this place:

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on July 08, 2009, 07:28:32 PM
Read about your uses of Watabi and since I didn't know what you are talking about, I googled for it and learned that in most supermarkets and restaurants Watabi is only green-coloured horseradish, because the real thing is very difficult and expensive to grow.

Ha ha! Are you sure you are using the genuine article??  :o
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on July 09, 2009, 04:23:28 AM
Yeah I know Lis, the bottle was advertised as horseradish.  The real deal is actually too hot for me except for in very small doses. :o
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on July 09, 2009, 06:35:13 AM
As posted by Allan:

(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=88.0;attach=19195;image)


Mrs. Bogey and I are drooling with envy, Allan.  Hope you ordered at least one scoop of the blueberry.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on July 09, 2009, 07:31:51 AM
A little breakfast (and mozart)

http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/RhZvClDOVzg



Bonus name that tune!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 09, 2009, 10:57:46 AM
Bogey,  I didn't get the blueberry, maybe tonight. 

You and Ingrid will be pleased to know that I devoured one of these for lunch though: 

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on July 09, 2009, 10:58:37 AM
Anyone know a good french fry recipe? I was just thinking of mixing some pepper garlic powder i dont know other random spices and some oil and dipping the potatoes in that and baking them until they turn brownish.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on July 09, 2009, 02:03:17 PM
No thanks to you guys, they came out great! I mixed paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, pepper, and salt, I cut the potatoes into wedges, dipped them into olive oil and coated them in spices. Baked them for 30 minutes, they tasted fantastic. My mom liked them so much she ate half of them...which I guess is the negative side of it, but joked with me to open a restaurant. Not bad for a first try! And much tastier than fried things.

Tomorrow night falafel again :) I will remember to use more spices this time, and something new, I will roll the falafel in sesame seeds first.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on July 09, 2009, 02:28:58 PM
Mozart, please give me your oven temperature so that I may use your recipe.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on July 09, 2009, 02:37:00 PM
Quote from: DavidW on July 09, 2009, 02:28:58 PM
Mozart, please give me your oven temperature so that I may use your recipe.

I'm not Mozart, but...

He apparently inadvertently stumbled into "oven-roasted potatoes," one of my favorite ways to fix them.  I usually just douse the cut, oiled potatoes with salt, pepper and herbes de provence (a mixture widely available), but virtually any spices can be used.  Depending on your oven, a 350-degree temperature should work well.  Just monitor them; they should be golden brown, with a few crusty edges if you like--no more than a half hour should be fine.

And glad the Wasabi Burgers turned out well!   :D

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on July 09, 2009, 02:43:01 PM
Thanks Bruce! :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on July 09, 2009, 02:53:42 PM
Quote from: DavidW on July 09, 2009, 02:28:58 PM
Mozart, please give me your oven temperature so that I may use your recipe.

375 or 400 F, make sure to turn the wedges after about 15 minutes. I used 1/2 spoon full of all the spices. As he said, just wait till they turn crispy, mine turned out a bit red from the paprika. I will definitely make these again, maybe saturday. Real easy!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 09, 2009, 03:01:18 PM
Yep - we have 'oven fries' occasionally - plenty of different options, but one easy step regarding the oil - place the cut potatoes in a plastic bag along w/ the oil and then 'shake gently' - quickly coats the potatoes evenly & thinly; then go from there w/ the other suggestions!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 09, 2009, 04:00:28 PM
Also try switching up the fat you use....instead of olive oil try duck fat or bacon drippings, another way to approach adding in flavor.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on July 09, 2009, 05:32:34 PM
Quote from: toledobass on July 09, 2009, 04:00:28 PM
....instead of olive oil try duck fat

:o

http://www.youtube.com/v/YGlnxEt7vJU
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 09, 2009, 05:38:20 PM
Blueberry ice cream!!!!!!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 09, 2009, 05:58:58 PM
Quote from: toledobass on July 09, 2009, 05:38:20 PM
Blueberry ice cream!!!!!!

Well, since Allan is bringing up dessert treats - the item below is to DIE FOR!   :P

(https://icecreamsource.3dcartstores.com/assets/images/MicroDaries/Ciao_Bella/NewCiaoBella/CB_PistachGel_lg.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on July 09, 2009, 06:45:30 PM
The ducks were just as vicious in the arboretum back in Davis.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on July 09, 2009, 06:56:53 PM
Quote from: toledobass on July 09, 2009, 05:38:20 PM
Blueberry ice cream!!!!!!

Well, you threw me in the hole with the the lobsta' roll, but now this?! ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 09, 2009, 07:13:04 PM
Quote from: Bogey on July 09, 2009, 06:56:53 PM
Well, you threw me in the hole with the the lobsta' roll, but now this?! ;D

Bill - yes, I was jealous over that post!  :(   A Lobster Roll is a favorite of ours, and have not had one for about 2 months or so - shared one on the way back from a medical trip in Boston at Reagan Airport in D.C. - there is a Legal Sea Foods (http://www.legalseafoods.com/index.cfm/page/Home) in the USAir terminal - an absolute different experience from the usual airport fare - delicious!  Dave  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 10, 2009, 01:37:58 AM
Quote from: Mozart on July 09, 2009, 02:03:17 PM
No thanks to you guys, they came out great! I mixed paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, pepper, and salt, I cut the potatoes into wedges, dipped them into olive oil and coated them in spices. Baked them for 30 minutes, they tasted fantastic. Not bad for a first try! And much tastier than fried things.

I am happy for your enjoyment... but please don't call it French Fries. You made Freedom Wedges.

But seriously folks... Fries (Belgians being the masters of the Pommes Frites) are fried, not baked. And not mucked about with any spices, except salt just before serving.
And if they hadn't been good so far, it's probably because they weren't good fries. And the key to good fries is to fry them twice, btw.. The first trumpeter at the Munich Phil is Belgian, and he can lecture for twenty minutes, straight through, on the right way of making fries and why it's culturally relevant.  ;)
Where are the Belgians on this board, anyway?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on July 10, 2009, 05:42:33 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on July 10, 2009, 01:37:58 AM
I am happy for your enjoyment... but please don't call it French Fries. You made Freedom Wedges.

But seriously folks... Fries (Belgians being the masters of the Pommes Frites) are fried, not baked. And not mucked about

Frites in Belgium (and France) are of course way better, but have pity on those of us who are trying to cut calories and fat and are looking for acceptable pseudo-fries.

I went to Belgium once and thought that they cooked everything better. Thinking I knew French, though, I ordered "plateau de fruits de mer", not realizing that everything would be raw, including little tiny snails whose "meat" you had to extract with a pin. Fortunately, I like raw shellfish. Belgian chocolate shoppes are superb--"cream" fillings taste like real cream.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on July 10, 2009, 04:10:00 PM
I went to a restaurant tonight and, for the first time, ordered a vegetable plate as my main dinner course. I was a little apprehensive, but it consisted of: mixed mushrooms with artichokes, beans with rice, baby bok choy with baby corn, and arugula salad with apricots. Yum! My body is not used to being that healthy!

I do sometimes order veggie plates for lunch at some of the local diners, but here in the Southeast, veggie choices include fried okra or squash, sweet potato/marshmallow casserole and macaroni and cheese, more fat and sugar than vitamins. I always get fried okra--it's sort of like popcorn
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on July 10, 2009, 09:09:52 PM
The falafel tonight was fantastic 11 stars out of 5. Its usually like an appetizer but I didn't feel like eating anything but it. I used whole grain bread too..fresh and soft...mmmmhmmm
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on July 10, 2009, 09:53:30 PM
For our annual work barbeque I fixed a big seafood salad: tons of crabmeat-flavoured  pollock, shrimps, diced lebanese cucumbers, chopped celery stalks, 'garden vegetables' mix (green beans, diced carrots, corn), garden-chopped chives, mayonnaise, cucumber dressing etc. Plus seasoning and sundry ingredients,  We had lots of fun  ;).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on July 12, 2009, 11:58:19 AM
Everybody out for Sunday dinner at KFC? Just as I sat down to my Sunday dinner I decided it looks good enough to share with you.

Garlic-mashed potatoes, steamed broccoli with Greek yogurt, a chunk of baked Leberkäs and for dessert cantaloupe with Greek Honey yogurt. All this accompanied by a glass of 2003 Kiona Cabernet Merlot.

The Zenith? That's my antique transister radio sitting at the table with me, while I am eating and listening to the local news. Interesting stuff too, like our local bicyclist Tyler Farrah is No. 130something in the Tour de France. He was No. 3 but took a bad spill a few days ago putting him way back.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 13, 2009, 05:14:13 AM
Your soul.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on July 13, 2009, 06:19:28 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 13, 2009, 05:14:13 AM
Your soul.

I thought you were on a diet! ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Dr. Dread on July 13, 2009, 06:29:59 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 13, 2009, 06:19:28 AM
I thought you were on a diet! ;D

Just the light, fluffy ones.  8) Not many around here.  :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on July 13, 2009, 11:01:14 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 13, 2009, 06:29:59 AM
Just the light, fluffy ones.  8) Not many around here.  :P
I hear Rob Newman's is a good emetic.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on July 13, 2009, 01:55:24 PM
I cut up a watermelon into cubes, put it in a large serving bowl, throw in a pint or two of blueberries, and the juice and zest of one lime, and some honey. I leave the juiced, zested lime halves in the bowl.

Stir, serve. It's really good a day later, and you can use two limes if you want.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on July 13, 2009, 06:17:30 PM
Tonight I sauteed soft shell crabs and served them with a shitake mushroom slaw with cabbage, carrots and watercress. Also ate more ice cream than necessary.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Novi on July 14, 2009, 05:49:10 AM
Quote from: nicht schleppend on July 13, 2009, 01:55:24 PM
I cut up a watermelon into cubes, put it in a large serving bowl, throw in a pint or two of blueberries, and the juice and zest of one lime, and some honey. I leave the juiced, zested lime halves in the bowl.

Stir, serve. It's really good a day later, and you can use two limes if you want.

Sounds yummy.

I reckon a splash of stoli would be nice as well. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on July 14, 2009, 01:58:50 PM
A bowl of organic blueberries, cherries and strawberries.  :)

They are in season, and cheap, so getting my fill right now!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on July 14, 2009, 10:39:58 PM
I'll try to roast some chickpeas with spices tomorrow or Thursday. Someone told me they come out tasting like crunchy chips (crisps) if you do it right. Chili powder, garlic powder, cumin, oil and who knows what else I'll through in! I'm excited.

What can one do with lentils? I usually make them with brown rice.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on July 15, 2009, 06:46:45 AM
Try them as a salad. Cold, chopped onions or shallots, grated garlic, slivers of carrots and marinate an hour or so in your own recipe of vinaigrette. I like to add some curry powder.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Novi on July 15, 2009, 08:27:27 AM
Quote from: Mozart on July 14, 2009, 10:39:58 PM
I'll try to roast some chickpeas with spices tomorrow or Thursday. Someone told me they come out tasting like crunchy chips (crisps) if you do it right. Chili powder, garlic powder, cumin, oil and who knows what else I'll through in! I'm excited.

What can one do with lentils? I usually make them with brown rice.

With brown or puy lentils (ones that hold their shape when cooked), I cook in stock, toss in chunks of goat's cheese, and add roast eggplant or capsicums or whatever vegetables I have in the fridge. A handful of rocket is also nice.

Red lentils (the ones that go mushy) are good for dahl or soup.

How did the chickpeas go? I used to be really lazy about cooking them from scratch as tinned ones aren't too bad, but recently took the time to do so and found that they taste a lot better. The overnight soaking business doesn't work too well with my somewhat ad hoc feeding habits. :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 15, 2009, 08:34:58 AM
Quote from: Mozart on July 14, 2009, 10:39:58 PM
I'll try to roast some chickpeas with spices tomorrow or Thursday. Someone told me they come out tasting like crunchy chips (crisps) if you do it right. Chili powder, garlic powder, cumin, oil and who knows what else I'll through in! I'm excited.

What can one do with lentils? I usually make them with brown rice.

1.) Yes... but I've succeeded a few times, but not managed to do it right very often. I love adding obscene amounts of rosemary.
Abstain from garlic powder... better to add a smashed clove in at a later stage.

2.) Lentils -- You'll find pictures there, too.

Quote from: jlaurson on May 19, 2009, 03:32:22 PM
From some days ago: Pictures of the Lenti/Oyster Mushroom dish with Leeks.

Quote from: jlaurson on May 22, 2009, 06:36:20 AM
Two days ago and today:

Small Arugula-Carrot Salad

Salad on warm French Lentils with hot Tomatoes and Lox

Lentils, if you don't add too much water, can be cooked well without becoming mushy. The starchiness can be avoided by draining/washing. That's not at all necessary, but it gets you away from the mush and opens up many new uses for very clean looking plates. As a side with meat... as part of salads...

You can also substitute 1/3 (or less) of your rice for risotto with lentils. Take long-cooking lentils like Soret du Puy (among the tastiest, in any case) so that you don't have mushy lentils and hard rice in the end.

Obvious solutions are to go Indian and make Daal-like concoctions or lentil-based curries.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on July 15, 2009, 09:10:58 AM
Well I'll try to make the chickpeas tomorrow, better go leave them in water!


What is wrong with garlic powder?

I read for a lentil based vegetarian hamburger but...I'm far to lazy or not good enough of a cook to pull it off. Maybe one day....
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on July 15, 2009, 09:17:00 AM
Ehhh I kind of have a busy eating schedule...I think I'll have to delay the chickpeas till Monday.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 15, 2009, 09:24:22 AM
Quote from: Mozart on July 15, 2009, 09:10:58 AM
What is wrong with garlic powder?

It's nasty. Yuck. Yuckyuck.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 15, 2009, 10:21:48 AM
Congee from left over from yesterdays lunch of roast chicken.

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Post by: toledobass on July 15, 2009, 02:00:03 PM
Prepping opening/closing night party food up here in Bar Harbor!!!!  The opera at the festival we are at goes up (and closes) tomorrow. Party food is pork as well as tofu banh mi, peanut lime noodles, seitan w/shallots in carmel sauce, beer/lemongrass/chile mussels.....

Allan
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Post by: Harpo on July 15, 2009, 04:59:00 PM
"South American" halibut, steamed in the microwave with a salsa of tomatoes, onions, green chiles. oregano. Salad of bibb lettuce with blueberries, walnuts, blue cheese and grape tomatoes. Gelato for dessert.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on July 15, 2009, 06:10:06 PM
Quote from: Mozart on July 15, 2009, 09:10:58 AM

What is wrong with garlic powder?


Any of those powdered spices and herbs are yuck yuck yuck!

Buy a garlic press and a bunch of garlic and use them. A lot of that bottled stuff is years old. Buy the fresh ingredients whenever possible and you'll notice the difference!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 15, 2009, 08:21:22 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on July 15, 2009, 06:10:06 PM
Any of those powdered spices and herbs are yuck yuck yuck!

Buy a garlic press good knife and a bunch of garlic and use them. A lot of that bottled stuff is years old. Buy the fresh ingredients whenever possible and you'll notice the difference!  :)

Fixed your post >:D

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on July 15, 2009, 08:33:58 PM
Thank you, Luv, for editing. But please do tell me why no garlic press? There is a really neat one made by WMF, easy to use and clean. I used a knife before the press and slicing those tiny globules endangered my finger tips. Don't like!  :'(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 16, 2009, 01:48:26 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on July 15, 2009, 08:33:58 PM
Thank you, Luv, for editing. But please do tell me why no garlic press? There is a really neat one made by WMF, easy to use and clean. I used a knife before the press and slicing those tiny globules endangered my finger tips. Don't like!  :'(

Toldeobass is so right, Bruennhilde! Garlic presses suck. No matter how easy to clean they propose to be. And I'm sure Allan did not mean to suggest to cut garlic into thin slices... you crush it with the broad side of the knife... take the skin off (which, having crushed it a bit, is very easy), you remove the core (if the garlic isn't very fresh and if you are concerned about the smell, which removing the core reduces a bit), and you either throw it into your food like that (in which case you can take it out or simply avoid it later, if you don't love biting into a piece of garlic), or you can easily chop it into smallish bits without endangering your finger tips.

Crushing opens the garlic up to release its oils, the taste will be more intense, and you need less than if you were to cut. (The only use I'll grant a garlic press--because it does the crushing part right--is for making garlic mayonnaise.)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 16, 2009, 04:51:04 AM
What he said...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on July 16, 2009, 08:42:42 AM
Oh what deep satisfaction being achieved by the lessons of not just one, but two gentlemen, on how to get the best results from proper handling of this delicious tiny knob, a clove of garlic!  ::)

May I still use the press when making garlic-flavoured mashed potatoes?  ???
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on July 16, 2009, 08:47:26 AM
Lis, when I make garlic mashed potatoes, I just throw a couple (or more) peeled cloves in the water with the boiling potatoes, and then mash them up all together.  :D

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 16, 2009, 08:54:00 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on July 16, 2009, 08:42:42 AM

May I still use the press when making garlic-flavoured mashed potatoes?  ???

No, Liz, you may not. Adhere to Bruce's idea. Better yet: Take the clove, crush it (it should not be split in the process [or at least not into more than two pieces], only 'broken'), and let it become golden colored by searing it in a olive-oil filled pan. (Butterschmalz works, too, but is not quite as tasty.) THEN you add them into the potatoes and mash it altogether. Adding some brown sugar--not too much--somewhere in that process can further enhance the results.

(Done this way, you shouldn't get chunks, that way. If you do, anyway, mash the potatoes, then put the garlic in (and some of the oil), then whip them, not mashing the garlic at all, in the process. Then you can take the garlic out or simply eat around it.)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on July 16, 2009, 08:57:20 AM
Bruce, I tried that but ended up biting down on small pieces of garlic, ruining the smooth texture of my Yukon Gold spuds. I don't object to chewing up garlic pieces in stews, etc. Finicky, yes?  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on July 16, 2009, 09:02:59 AM
Ah, so then, just take Jens's excellent suggestion (and/or, just chop up the garlic very finely before throwing it into the water, if browning it slightly is too much trouble). 

I agree with the comments on the garlic press, though: a well-intentioned, but not-so-helpful device IMHO.  Just a good sharp kitchen knife serves better.  But on the other hand, I don't think it's a crime to use it, just a bit of bother.   :D

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on July 16, 2009, 09:18:35 AM
Poor Mozart! He started it all by mentioning the use of garlic powder. After reading the follow-up exchanges of advise, instructions and friendly commands, he'll probably grumble: I am sticking to my powder!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 16, 2009, 09:24:00 AM
Quote from: bhodges on July 16, 2009, 09:02:59 AM
Ah, so then, just take Jens's excellent suggestion (and/or, just chop up the garlic very finely before throwing it into the water, if browning it slightly is too much trouble). 

I agree with the comments on the garlic press, though: a well-intentioned, but not-so-helpful device IMHO.  Just a good sharp kitchen knife serves better.  But on the other hand, I don't think it's a crime to use it, just and a bit of bother.   :D

--Bruce

fixed your post
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on July 16, 2009, 09:34:37 AM
Ok, Ok, I am getting the idea!

What is still missing is the concise answer to my question: Why is it such a mortal sin and heinous crime to use a press. What does the pressing process do to the garlic making it so abominable?  ???

Lis
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 16, 2009, 09:34:46 AM
It's a matter of flavor and waste.  Try crushing then finely mincing the garlic as compared to using the press...sautee them both and taste on a piece of neutral flavored bread or whatever.  Flavor wise and using all of the clove wise there will be a difference.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on July 16, 2009, 10:11:33 AM
Ach so! It's that tiny whitish bit of skin stuck to the bottom of the press, containing a lot of the important flavour and also is about one tenth of the total small clove, being wasted.

Thank you, Allan; you now convinced me. All that fuss about a root vegetable!  ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: The new erato on July 16, 2009, 12:38:58 PM
After reading a thread started by Sean (despite promising myself a long time ago never to do that again) I feel like never eating again. Recommended for anybody needing to go on a diet.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on July 16, 2009, 12:42:36 PM
I love reading Sean's threads! In comparison, I feel deep as an ocean, lofty as a mountain peak . . . .
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on July 16, 2009, 03:32:33 PM
Mmm pasta...whole grain pasta and sauce I made...using some sugar with the tomato was a big plus!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on July 17, 2009, 03:00:20 PM
Do some olive oils have a really bitter after taste? I tried a new one today, and in my mouth it was fine, but after swallowing it, I felt as if I drank poison.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 17, 2009, 03:48:03 PM
Quote from: Mozart on July 17, 2009, 03:00:20 PM
Do some olive oils have a really bitter after taste?

The short answer: Yes. The difference between bad and good olive oil (often, and often strongly, but not necessarily related to price point) is like the difference between ketchup and sun grown tomatoes.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 17, 2009, 03:57:07 PM
Away for a few nights in the Triangle area of North Carolina - staying @ the Washington Duke Inn (http://www.washingtondukeinn.com/), and just had a fabulous meal - plan to return the next evening; will report later! Dave  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on July 17, 2009, 05:12:39 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on July 17, 2009, 03:48:03 PM
The short answer: Yes. The difference between bad and good olive oil (often, and often strongly, but not necessarily related to price point) is like the difference between ketchup and sun grown tomatoes.

I bought a big tub of casserta olive oil and it has no such after taste, but this one from trader joe tastes like poison. I left it on my tounge and nothing, but after swallowing it? EEEEEEEEk what is this crap?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on July 17, 2009, 07:43:51 PM
Do you pay attention to where the oil comes from? Italy? Spain? Greece? If you were a reader of The New Yorker magazine, you couldn't have missed their long investigative article about the Italian Olive Oil Mafia, bringing cheap peanut oil by tankers to Italy and mix with Italian olive oil.

I prefer Greek Olive oil. Martini's is a good one. Of course California also grows olives and produces oil! :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on July 17, 2009, 10:18:53 PM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on July 17, 2009, 07:43:51 PM
Do you pay attention to where the oil comes from? Italy? Spain? Greece? If you were a reader of The New Yorker magazine, you couldn't have missed their long investigative article about the Italian Olive Oil Mafia, bringing cheap peanut oil by tankers to Italy and mix with Italian olive oil.

I prefer Greek Olive oil. Martini's is a good one. Of course California also grows olives and produces oil! :)
Hmm it was italian.....trader giotto's

anyways ill give it one more shot, if not ill return it.

QuoteI bought Trader Giotto's Extra Virgin Olive Oil and made some marinara sauce. It has an after taste I don't like

I guess I am not the only one!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 18, 2009, 01:10:24 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on July 17, 2009, 07:43:51 PM
I prefer Greek Olive oil. Martini's is a good one. Of course California also grows olives and produces oil! :)

One should have one cooking olive oil... a good, clean, and reasonably inexpensive oil that's not too strong in taste, no bitterness in the aftertaste, no harshness. Lo and behold, I've always found SAFEWAY Gold to be such an oil; much preferable over Whole Foods' 356 brand. But there is a plethora of other choices...

All depends on personal taste, availability, and quantity needed. For me, even as a single cook, it made sense to go for a half gallon cannister... others might use less and better get a big bottle.

Choosing olive oils for cold use, or use where the taste is essential, is a matter of tasting your way through whatever is expensive or--if you have importers or live near Italy or places where they make good oil--getting recommendations... and then finding a few choices you really like.

Good olive oil must be a DELIGHT to sip pure... dip your bread into (perhaps with a few flakes of sea salt or without salt on Sardinian bread). And of course it must enhance your Carpaccio, not drag it down. The differences are staggering. I don't know non-Italian oils very well, but I reckon they're similar in variety. From very light colored oils from northern Italy that distinctly tastes like green apple. Earthy, unfiltered dark brown oils from Sicily...
etc.etc.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Wanderer on July 18, 2009, 01:46:39 AM
Quote from: Mozart on July 17, 2009, 03:00:20 PM
Do some olive oils have a really bitter after taste?

Not the good ones. Olive oil of not-so-good quality leaves a more or less sour aftertaste; bad ones may taste acrid; a "really bitter" taste sounds like the oil is spoilt or, worse, mixed with who knows what.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on July 20, 2009, 09:37:53 AM
Roasted chickpeas...with spices


they are crunchy and gold but i think would taste better with ranch
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on July 21, 2009, 11:05:41 AM
Someone please murder me right now because the pasta I just ate...its the best meal of my life and I feel I can never match it.

Maybe its due to the olive oil i was B1tching over, which made my pasta fabulous...MMMMMMMMMMMM I won't drink it because its poison, but cooking with it? FANTASTIC!


I kid you not, the best meal of my life! I ate each bite with a smile.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 21, 2009, 11:13:30 AM
Quote from: Mozart on July 21, 2009, 11:05:41 AM
Someone please murder me right now because the pasta I just ate...its the best meal of my life and I feel I can never match it.

Maybe its due to the olive oil i was B1tching over, which made my pasta fabulous...MMMMMMMMMMMM I won't drink it because its poison, but cooking with it? FANTASTIC!


I kid you not, the best meal of my life! I ate each bite with a smile.

Now that the cooking is going nicely, you'll be onto photography lessons. :-)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on July 21, 2009, 11:39:28 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on July 21, 2009, 11:13:30 AM
Now that the cooking is going nicely, you'll be onto photography lessons. :-)

Its my webcam, its older than I am and crappy...it really made my chickpeas look disgusting...but they were golden in color and not bad! The pasta OTOH was fantastic...I need a new digital camera! My webcam sucks
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on July 22, 2009, 10:08:16 AM
A few changes to my pasta today. I cant eat alot in summer, after lunch yesterday I was stuffed lazy and sweating and can't eat much. So I'm having pasta for breakfast. I added more oil, some wheat germ into the sauce, and covered the pasta in gold and brown flax seeds. I don't know if its better or worse for it, certainly more colorful.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on July 22, 2009, 02:35:34 PM
Homemade Kheer.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on July 22, 2009, 07:58:04 PM
Woah, such hate for the awesome garlic press. There isn't really any waste if it has a removable grate which you can scrape off with a knife, and it stops my hands from stinking :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Tapkaara on July 23, 2009, 10:32:37 AM
Doing an Indian buffet for lunch. Mmmmm....naan....
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on July 23, 2009, 03:51:57 PM
Sorry for the photo! My webcam makes everything look awful.


This is brown rice, lentils, chickpeas, with plain yogurt, wheat germ, and flax seeds. Or as my friend called it "a fiber bomb."



Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 23, 2009, 04:02:50 PM
Quote from: Mozart on July 23, 2009, 03:51:57 PM
Sorry for the photo! My webcam makes everything look awful.


This is brown rice, lentils, chickpeas, with plain yogurt, wheat germ, and flax seeds. Or as my friend called it "a fiber bomb."


Mozart - LOL!  ;D  Buy a digital camera and become a better photographer - first suggestion; then, be sure that you take a 'laxative' w/ that dish of yours (I'm speaking as a GI radiologist) - but, all kidding aside, enjoy your posts - Dave  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on July 23, 2009, 07:15:10 PM
Yes I need a new one! Last time I went throw an airport mine broke, I guess through the scan...I guess you can get a good camera now for 80$ so I should.


I am not a bad photographer! You've not seen any of my real photos before  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on July 24, 2009, 02:34:32 PM
I just made my weekly friday falafel all alone...and I am worried. It's the first time I did it by myself and it came out redder than usual...I added fava beans and it also came out to be twice as much as usual...hope it will fry ok!

Which got me to thinking, does a falafel waffle exist? Foods that rhyme are always delicious.

***What do you know, it wasn't so unique an idea.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__x2PjZe-4WY/SAEhSr5kFRI/AAAAAAAABWs/3-OiN2llBLA/s400/falafel+waffle+1.jpg)

What do you guys think? If I open the internation house of falafelwaffle would you guys be customers?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on July 24, 2009, 07:08:50 PM
A million calories and 10 pounds more after my last post here ::)

Re: Olive oil. It's like wine. There are as many varieties as there are soils, lighting, cultivation and harvesting processes. If you say 'olive oil', you can as well say 'white wine'. If you don't like the taste, it could be you, the grape variety, or the producer. Go figure. The important thing to remember is that  olive oil is one of Nature's gifts to humankind (like wine, cheese, tea and maple syrup). Treat it with respect, and it will treat you with taste  0:)
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Post by: jlaurson on July 24, 2009, 11:02:37 PM
Saturday Morning.

Szell's Haydn playing.


(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Xwh1%2Beb4L._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
Haydn
Early London Symphonies (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00223SCNU/goodmusicguide-20)  
George Szell, Cleveland Orchestra
Sony

Coffee made, hot milk added...

Apple cake devoured.*


*Picture mine, but cake from bakery.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on July 25, 2009, 06:46:35 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on July 24, 2009, 07:08:50 PM
A million calories and 10 pounds more after my last post here ::)

Re: Olive oil. It's like wine. There are as many varieties as there are soils, lighting, cultivation and harvesting processes. If you say 'olive oil', you can as well say 'white wine'. If you don't like the taste, it could be you, the grape variety, or the producer. Go figure. The important thing to remember is that  olive oil is one of Nature's gifts to humankind (like wine, cheese, tea and maple syrup). Treat it with respect, and it will treat you with taste  0:)

Haha, you had to be Canadian!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on July 30, 2009, 08:36:26 AM
Terra Blues potato chips, delicious. 

Awhile back I bought some blue potatoes at a local greenmarket and made mashed potatoes out of them.  It was worth the entire effort just for the color, a sort of bluish-purple.

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Tapkaara on July 30, 2009, 08:46:01 AM
I just had a banana, a piece of string cheese and a V8. Mmmmmm....!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MishaK on July 31, 2009, 11:30:19 AM
Just had a homemade Yaki Udon with mostly local organic ingredients.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on July 31, 2009, 12:30:57 PM
Quote from: Tapkaara on July 30, 2009, 08:46:01 AM
I just had a banana, a piece of string cheese and a V8. Mmmmmm....!

That's exactly what SonicMan has for lunch every day!! (minus the cheese)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on July 31, 2009, 12:49:01 PM
Quote from: Harpo on July 31, 2009, 12:30:57 PM
That's exactly what SonicMan has for lunch every day!! (minus the cheese)

Well I thought he would have an unusual animal for lunch-- like Koala bear sandwich. ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on July 31, 2009, 05:11:12 PM
Quote from: DavidW on July 31, 2009, 12:49:01 PM
Well I thought he would have an unusual animal for lunch-- like Koala bear sandwich. ;D

Rhinoceros ragout or kurried koala on weekends
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on July 31, 2009, 05:54:09 PM
Quote from: Harpo on July 31, 2009, 05:11:12 PM
Rhinoceros ragout or kurried koala on weekends

or poached panda! :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: greg on July 31, 2009, 07:25:03 PM
Oh yeah? Well, I had bald eagle and manatee for dinner tonight.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on August 01, 2009, 06:30:43 AM
Quote from: Greg on July 31, 2009, 07:25:03 PM
Oh yeah? Well, I had bald eagle and manatee for dinner tonight.

Eeew! The Dept. of the Interior will be at your door momentarily.

We are in Indianapolis visiting our son and have eaten at least 14 raw oysters apiece from several parts of the US and Canada. A real treat! No connubial comments please  >:(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on August 01, 2009, 06:33:53 AM
Quote from: Harpo on August 01, 2009, 06:30:43 AM
Eeew! The Dept. of the Interior will be at your door momentarily.

We are in Indianapolis visiting our son and have eaten at least 14 raw oysters apiece from several parts of the US and Canada. A real treat! No connubial comments please  >:(

It's the great raw oyster tour! :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: zamyrabyrd on August 01, 2009, 06:45:06 AM
Does anyone like Halloumi? A little goes a long way with this concentrated Cypriot cheese that is best cooked. I just fried a half piece of bacon (butter is good too) and put three mall eraser size pieces that melted like mozzarella. Small, but satisfying.

Yesterday, I discovered that mirin (rice vinegar) works well on baked fish, as I didn't have any white wine.

ZB
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on August 01, 2009, 08:04:05 AM
Quote from: zamyrabyrd on August 01, 2009, 06:45:06 AM
Does anyone like Halloumi? A little goes a long way with this concentrated Cypriot cheese that is best cooked. I just fried a half piece of bacon (butter is good too) and put three mall eraser size pieces that melted like mozzarella. Small, but satisfying.

Yep... I also like it grilled--especially when I have to add substance to the vegetarian grill-fare of my lady-friend. A hearty mushroom (Portabellos, for example) can take it... ditto grilled red peppers.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on August 01, 2009, 09:02:26 AM
Quote from: Harpo on August 01, 2009, 06:30:43 AM
We are in Indianapolis visiting our son and have eaten at least 14 raw oysters apiece from several parts of the US and Canada. A real treat! No connubial comments please  >:(
Hey! Love Indianapolis. Maybe that's because I'm from Indiana.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 01, 2009, 12:31:51 PM
Well, just 'chiming in' from Indianapolis - our last night here - yes, we've shared oysters two nights and returning to Kona Jack's Fish Market & Sushi Bar (http://www.konajacksindy.com/), and will likely share another dozen (or more!) oysters!  Believe that we'll go for sushi tonight - yumm!  :D

Will be returning to North Carolina tomorrow, i.e. Sunday - expect a bunch of CD packages in the mail on Monday (held back for 4 days) - will likely be reporting in the 'listening' et al threads next week!

Just read some of those lunch menus!  Must say that some of those options do sound tasty (although many illegal!  Reminds me of that movie The Freshman (1990) w/ Marlon Brando & Matthew Broderick; remember the komodo dragon scenes for those that have seen this flick?) - but, yes, my 'work' lunches are quite light, mostly fruit (including a LOT of bananas) - save up my more 'gourmet' feasting for dinners!

See 'ya all soon in the usual threads - Dave  :D  P.S. correct spelling of the dragon made, thanks to Harpo; pic of animal below also added!

(http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/animals/images/primary/komodo-dragon.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on August 01, 2009, 01:22:59 PM
Dave, the komono dragon is the only thing I remember from that movie! :D  It's been awhile. ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on August 01, 2009, 09:10:31 PM
Quote from: Mozart on July 25, 2009, 06:46:35 AM
Haha, you had to be Canadian!

Ben oui, quoi ! ;)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on August 02, 2009, 03:41:30 AM
Quote from: DavidW on August 01, 2009, 01:22:59 PM
Dave, the komono dragon is the only thing I remember from that movie! :D  It's been awhile. ;D

I believe it's "komodo." if anybody cares. Don't you remember Brando parodying his Godfather role?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 03, 2009, 02:01:44 PM
A while back I ate at Michelle's (http://www.michellesfinedining.com/) in Bar Harbor.  I've written about it before.  Although I deeply love these kinds of restaurants, it's amongst those old school places where dining there once a year might even seem like over exposure. So I've dined here once a summer for three years now and decided to go really over the top this year.  I ordered steak tartare, onion soup (which  was just as delicious as I remembered it) and the ridiculous dish known as Lobster Thermidor.  Its a whole lobster, in this case a 2.5 pounder that the meat is picked out of and cooked, then doused in mornay sauce and to guild the lily, topped with gruyere and browned under the broiler.  A ridiculously over the top dish. 

One of the things I really love about dining in this kind of restaurant is the wait staff.  Truly impeccable service from people who are professional 'lifer' waiters.  Somehow they gain a 7th sense and can magically appear when needed,  they know how to listen to to a conversation without being in the bit intrusive only to jump on that exact moment when it is right to perhaps take the order or ask if another cocktail is needed.  And of course the skill to pull off table side service in the case of some of the salads and some of the desserts shouldn't go overlooked.  Bravo to those fine people who take the art of service to a high level.

Below is a pic of the Lobster Thermidor and Ceaser salad table side service.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 03, 2009, 02:04:17 PM
I made a childhood favorite of mine today.  It's a Filipino dish called Pancit Palabok.  Here is a wiki entry for Pancit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancit).  Scroll down a bit for a little info on Palabok.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on August 03, 2009, 05:33:16 PM
Nice, Allan, very nice!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 03, 2009, 06:02:40 PM
Quote from: Bogey on August 03, 2009, 05:33:16 PM
Nice, Allan, very nice!

Allan - agree w/ Bill, you've been eating too well!  :D

Now, I've 'downed' many lobsters in my life, including those prepared other that just steamed/boiled, but have not had one cooked in the fashion described; although, a few weeks ago we spent a couple of nights at the Washington Duke Inn (http://www.washingtondukeinn.com/Dining/fairview.asp) on the Duke University campus; one night in their excellent restaurant, we both had a nice 'half' broiled lobster stuffed w/ a shrimp/corn hash - quite delicious!

Just returned from a visit to our son & DIL in Indianapolis - plenty of good eating:

Susan & I shared a dozen (or more) Oysters three nights out to dinner - the selection at Mitchell's Seafood Restaurant (http://www.mitchellsfishmarket.com/) included 4 different selections from the East Coast, Prince Edward Island, & the Pacific Northwest - just wonderful!

One night, I had Walleye or yellow pickerel, a Great Lakes fish that I just can't resist (grew up on the western shore of Lake Erie) when an ordering option (a rare event!); Swordfish grilled & blackend another night - hmmm!

Our last night, Susan & I shared some wonderful Sushi, a wide variety of choices and all just superb!  A nice visit -  :D

(http://www.sydneylake.com/Walleye/31%20inch%20Walleye.JPG)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on August 04, 2009, 10:50:45 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on August 03, 2009, 06:02:40 PM
[Just returned from a visit to our son & DIL in Indianapolis - plenty of good eating... A nice visit -  :D

(http://www.sydneylake.com/Walleye/31%20inch%20Walleye.JPG)

Our son and his wife were just as enjoyable as the cuisine.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on August 04, 2009, 10:57:40 AM
I see that the son takes after the father. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on August 04, 2009, 12:19:52 PM
Would have been worth a picture, alas, none taken:

After a hardy day of riding some 35 miles on bikes, most of it through the rain and too much (ca. 50%, since it was a round-trip  ;D ) uphill, there was a tuna steak waiting... just ever so slightly 'herbed' (...de Provence and mustard seeds), pan fried in the olive oil which had just hosted the garlic and red bell peppers for the arugula/goat-cheese salad. With that mashed ginger-carrot-potatoes. (With some sort of frothy cream cheese instead of butter; borne more out of curiosity than calorie-consciousness.) Halved apricot & basil leaves for decorative purposes.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bwv 1080 on August 06, 2009, 09:44:25 AM
Went to Austin on business a few days ago, perfected the "road food" logistics

in the morning up 71 to Hruskas - pan sausage & sauerkraut kolache & a pan sausage, jalepeno & cheese kolache

(http://andrewhammel.typepad.com/german_joys/images/2007/07/11/hruskas_bakery_sign_new_bathrooms.jpg)

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BNBUfaq9lPI/RwK0F2sdKrI/AAAAAAAAAFw/LY8Aew52j4I/s400/HruskasMenu.JPG)



back through Lockhart (the BBQ capital of Texas) and bought a pound each of brisket, ribs & sausage at Kreuz Market

(http://www.roadfood.com/photos/mini_4474.jpg)

http://www.roadfood.com/Reviews/Overview.aspx?RefID=587
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 06, 2009, 03:08:27 PM
Cool I just heard about Kreuz Market on the Splendid Table Podcast.  Glad you got to experience it. Actually now that I think about it I had never heard of kolaches until a report on the on Splendid Table as well.

As for me, I tried to make a Chicago style pizza last night.  My crust blew chunks but I still devoured half of the pie and will probably finish off the rest tonight.  Not so much that the crust tasted bad, it was just too thick.  I've got to lay the dough into the pan waaaaay thinner next time I try to make one of these.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on August 06, 2009, 04:23:37 PM
Quote from: toledobass on August 06, 2009, 03:08:27 PM
Cool I just heard about Kreuz Market on the Splendid Table Podcast.  Glad you got to experience it. Actually now that I think about it I had never heard of kolaches until a report on the on Splendid Table as well.

As for me, I tried to make a Chicago style pizza last night.  My crust blew chunks but I still devoured half of the pie and will probably finish off the rest tonight.  Not so much that the crust tasted bad, it was just too thick.  I've got to lay the dough into the pan waaaaay thinner next time I try to make one of these.

Allan

We call that Mountain Pie in our parts, Allan! ;)  Scroll down to the 5th page of the menu....we sell it by weight in these them thar parts.
http://www.beaujos.com/menu.html

PS Ever travel our way, the pizza and beverages are on me. :)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on August 06, 2009, 05:36:27 PM
Quote from: toledobass on August 06, 2009, 03:08:27 PM
As for me, I tried to make a Chicago style pizza last night.  

Sonic has requested that I desist from making pizza at home, mostly because he wants a thin crust, which I can't seem to master. Last time I bought some pre-made whole wheat dough and put the sauce and toppings on without pre-baking it, so it came out really soggy (http://www.lawrence.edu/library/images/pizza.jpg)and we ended up ordering delivered Chinese. I really do have a good sauce recipe though, based on Hunt's Tomato Puree.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on August 07, 2009, 05:13:18 AM
Quote from: Harpo on August 06, 2009, 05:36:27 PM
Sonic has requested that I desist from making pizza at home, mostly because he wants a thin crust, which I can't seem to master. Last time I bought some pre-made whole wheat dough and put the sauce and toppings on without pre-baking it, so it came out really soggy and we ended up ordering delivered Chinese. I really do have a good sauce recipe though, based on Hunt's Tomato Puree.

One of the tricks for successful thin crust is to use WAY less sauce than you think would be necessary. Just when you think: But this isn't half-enough, you've already put on too much!
One little ladle, just enough to make sure some sauce has touched all parts, but the sauce must not actually cover (visually) the dough in any place.

And the right oven helps, of course.


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: matti on August 07, 2009, 10:06:52 AM
Porcini fried in chopped slices of bacon, smoked perch & new potatoes with some dill. Oh mama!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on August 07, 2009, 12:26:58 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on August 07, 2009, 05:13:18 AM
One of the tricks for successful thin crust is to use WAY less sauce than you think would be necessary.


That's a good tip. Any suggestions for making a thin crust, besides buying pre-baked semi-thin ones in the store? I don't particularly want to make one from scratch, letting it rise, etc. How about Pillsbury?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on August 07, 2009, 01:20:17 PM
Quote from: Harpo on August 07, 2009, 12:26:58 PM
That's a good tip. Any suggestions for making a thin crust, besides buying pre-baked semi-thin ones in the store? I don't particularly want to make one from scratch, letting it rise, etc. How about Pillsbury?

Can't tell you, really. I have only participated (from afar, mostly) in making Pizza in a restaurant, not at home. Letting the dough rise in the latter isn't a problem, since one makes so much and in advance. Stuff gets stretched out really thin, put on metal trays, covered in said fashion, and off to the oven.

Made tonight: Pasta with Red Beets, Red Lentils, Coconut Milk, and Parmesan. Tasted better than it sounds.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Haffner on August 07, 2009, 01:23:28 PM
Homemade bean and beef burritos with green peppers, onions, pepperoncini. Sides: Tostitos and O'Doul's amber beer.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Dr. Dread on August 07, 2009, 06:14:14 PM
Tonight I had some chicken wings, a Caesar salad, three grilled pork chops, applesauce, a baked potato and a martini.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 09, 2009, 08:42:46 AM
Well, Susan wanted an 'herb garden' this summer - I was willing to build 'something' small outside but w/ the vagaries of the weather, local animals, etc., she wanted one inside; so, this led to the purchase of the AeroGarden 6 (http://www.aerogrow.com/) - an indoor hydroponic solution - after weeks, her 'garden' almost looks like the one in the picture, and is ready for intermittent harvesting!  :D

Last night, she clipped off some basil, oregano, & thyme, and w/ some garlic & olive oil, spread the mixture underneath the skin of a locally grown chicken (from the Farmer's Market, I believe) - roasted in the oven - and then served w/ some orzo pasta & peas.  The chicken was flavorful and the breast meat in particular was juicy w/ all of those herb flavors prominent - hmmm -  :)

Now, maybe another try at a thin-crust Margarita pizza w/ a LOT of fresh basil?

(http://www.aerogrow.com/images/home_fade_img2.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on August 09, 2009, 04:50:03 PM
Am I correct, someone here is on a diet? Look at my supper, and I am not even on a diet, a combination of fresh local fruit and hard boiled egg, or some nuts, is my regular evening meal!
Title: What are you eating?
Post by: hildegard on August 09, 2009, 05:04:36 PM
Cucumber soup with mini Melba toast and goat cheese floating on top; turkey burger with a touch of Peter Luger's steak sauce; mix of marinated artichoke hearts, tomatoes, and green beans; Greek yougurt blended with fresh strawberries. Sorry, no pix! I was too hungry!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 10, 2009, 10:36:28 AM
Some more Filipino food.  For last nights dinner I prepared the heart clogging lechon kawali.  It's a deep fired pork belly dish.  I had a small tomato salad and some mustard greens sauteed with fish sauce with it.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on August 10, 2009, 07:52:36 PM
What a temptation to put my supper plate next to the first picture of your supper! Allan, how many Underbergdo you gulp after such a meal? It does look very appetising though!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on August 11, 2009, 03:07:10 PM
Quote from: toledobass on August 10, 2009, 10:36:28 AM
Some more Filipino food.  For last nights dinner I prepared the heart clogging lechon kawali.  It's a deep fired pork belly dish.  I had a small tomato salad and some mustard greens sauteed with fish sauce with it.

Allan

Oops, at first I thought that your pork belly was accompanied by jelly beans (not teardrop tomatoes). Could have been tasty. :) Actually, I wish I could taste some of your Filipino cuisine; it looks yummy.

I have been buying locally grown tomatoes and peaches, and so I made a salad with cut-up tomatoes, olive oil and basil from my wonderful aerogarden, described previously by Sonic.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Gurn Blanston on August 12, 2009, 05:40:46 PM
Quote from: bwv 1080 on August 06, 2009, 09:44:25 AM
Went to Austin on business a few days ago, perfected the "road food" logistics

in the morning up 71 to Hruskas - pan sausage & sauerkraut kolache & a pan sausage, jalepeno & cheese kolache

(http://andrewhammel.typepad.com/german_joys/images/2007/07/11/hruskas_bakery_sign_new_bathrooms.jpg)

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BNBUfaq9lPI/RwK0F2sdKrI/AAAAAAAAAFw/LY8Aew52j4I/s400/HruskasMenu.JPG)

back through Lockhart (the BBQ capital of Texas) and bought a pound each of brisket, ribs & sausage at Kreuz Market

(http://www.roadfood.com/photos/mini_4474.jpg)

http://www.roadfood.com/Reviews/Overview.aspx?RefID=587

Man, that sounds like a great menu, Steve. And to top it off, with Hruskas having 'ne  w bathrooms' soon, it's be just about perfect! ;)

The rest of the world is in deep envy of the way we Texans get to eat. :)

8)


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Listening to:
Wallfisch, Orfeo Baroque Orchestra - TWV 51:A4 Violin Concerto mvt. 2
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on August 13, 2009, 11:24:11 AM
 
(http://eatmopig.com/images/directions_24.jpg)

Little Richard's BB-Q! Succulent chunks of smoked pork in a tomato-vinegar sauce piquante a la Lexington, NC. With red or white slaw. Optional: oversized white hamburger buns, hush puppies (fried cornmeal) and pommes frites. Suggested traditional pairing is "sweet tea" (iced).
(http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:s6zVmDDsKH5_pM:http://www.roadfood.com/photos/11375.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 14, 2009, 11:03:54 AM
All of the bbq up here is junk.  These posts have me in the mood for it though so I made some collard greens with black eyed peas.  It's doing an ok job ok satisfying my smoked meat craving. Made a broth with 2 smoked hocks and half a pound of bacon skimming and simmering for about an hour.  Then put in a whole onion some red pepper flakes, a good bit of black pepper and some salt.  Added the black eyed peas and the greens and simmered for another hour or so before I had to have a bowl.  Yummy especially the broth which Ive read is known as potlikker in the south.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on August 14, 2009, 11:05:42 AM
Quote from: toledobass on August 14, 2009, 11:03:54 AM
All of the bbq up here is junk.  These posts have me in the mood for it though so I made some collard greens with black eyed peas.  It's doing an ok job ok satisfying my smoked meat craving. Made a broth with 2 smoked hocks and half a pound of bacon skimming and simmering for about an hour.  Then put in a whole onion some red pepper flakes, a good bit of black pepper and some salt.  Added the black eyed peas and the greens and simmered for another hour or so before I had to have a bowl.  Yummy especially the broth which Ive read is known as potlikker in the south.

Allan

I'll be right over.  ;D

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 14, 2009, 11:26:11 AM
Better hurry...it's a big pot but it's going quick!

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on August 14, 2009, 01:43:03 PM
Quote from: toledobass on August 14, 2009, 11:03:54 AM
All of the bbq up here is junk.  These posts have me in the mood for it though so I made some collard greens with black eyed peas.  It's doing an ok job ok satisfying my smoked meat craving. Made a broth with 2 smoked hocks and half a pound of bacon skimming and simmering for about an hour.  Then put in a whole onion some red pepper flakes, a good bit of black pepper and some salt.  Added the black eyed peas and the greens and simmered for another hour or so before I had to have a bowl.  Yummy especially the broth which Ive read is known as potlikker in the south.

Allan

Sounds authentically Southern to me. Sonic is originally from Toledo and I don't remember him ever mentioning barbecue; I don't remember it in Michigan, either. Perhaps Midwest barbecue is something like Hunt's Manwich?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 14, 2009, 03:29:46 PM
Maybe there just aren't enough warm months up here for would be pitmasters to get good practice.  Most people up here seem to think that grilled chicken with some crappy ketchup with some ceyanne in it is great BBQ.  Oh well.... At least there are good perogis up here. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on August 14, 2009, 04:07:17 PM
Man, this whole page has done nothing but make me drool all over myself!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on August 15, 2009, 03:34:19 PM
OK....I'm embarrassed.  :-[  I want to make Hummus.  All recipes seem to ask for Tahini, and by God.....I've never heard of Tahini before, and have no clue what it is.

Is Tahini necessary, or will just the chick peas, lemon and minced garlic pretty much do it?

My wife is away for the weekend for a 'girl's weekend out', otherwise I'd ask her.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Chosen Barley on August 15, 2009, 04:04:50 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on August 15, 2009, 03:34:19 PM
OK....I'm embarrassed.  :-[  I want to make Hummus.  All recipes seem to ask for Tahini, and by God.....I've never heard of Tahini before, and have no clue what it is.

Is Tahini necessary, or will just the chick peas, lemon and minced garlic pretty much do it?

My wife is away for the weekend for a 'girl's weekend out', otherwise I'd ask her.  ;D

Tahini (sesame paste, kind of like peanut butter, but not as tasty) gives the hummus a nicer texture, better spreadability, and makes it heartier and more filling.  And it will contain more protein that way. But then, you don't need to add that much.  Also, you need to salt the mixture.  Tamari (naturally fermented soy sauce) is nice in the right amount, but plain salt will do.  Tahini is easy to locate in the ethnic section of the supermarket or in ethnic stores. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on August 15, 2009, 04:08:40 PM
Quote from: Chosen Barley on August 15, 2009, 04:04:50 PM
Tahini (sesame paste, kind of like peanut butter, but not as tasty) gives the hummus a nicer texture, better spreadability, and makes it heartier and more filling.  And it will contain more protein that way. But then, you don't need to add that much.  Also, you need to salt the mixture.  Tamari (naturally fermented soy sauce) is nice in the right amount, but plain salt will do.  Tahini is easy to locate in the ethnic section of the supermarket or in ethnic stores. 

Great, exactly the info I was looking for.  Thank you so much, CB!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on August 16, 2009, 01:39:58 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on August 15, 2009, 04:08:40 PM
Great, exactly the info I was looking for.  Thank you so much, CB!  :)

If/when you get your can or jar of Tahini, note that the oil will eventually separate from solid parts. No worry... like with an old can of paint, you just stir it back into a seamy mass. (Well, "just" might be understating it: You will find that it could be--literally--hard to do. Don' t use your favorite spoon; it might bend completely out of shape.  ;))

It is easy to take too much Tahini for your hummus, but it is essential. Don't forget the garlic.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 16, 2009, 07:04:54 AM
Stopped by the local growers market yesterday.  Came away with too much stuff as usuall. Last night I made ratatouille using the extremelly refined French Laundry preperation.  This morning I threw together a brine and submerged some cukes, garlic and tarragon for pickles that will be ready in a while.  I'll put up some pics later.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on August 16, 2009, 09:46:22 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on August 16, 2009, 01:39:58 AM
If/when you get your can or jar of Tahini, note that the oil will eventually separate from solid parts. No worry... like with an old can of paint, you just stir it back into a seamy mass. (Well, "just" might be understating it: You will find that it could be--literally--hard to do. Don' t use your favorite spoon; it might bend completely out of shape.  ;))....


That's why I don't make any recipes with tahine as the ingredient. It's too frustrating. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Chosen Barley on August 16, 2009, 11:03:51 AM
Quote from: Harpo on August 16, 2009, 09:46:22 AM
That's why I don't make any recipes with tahine as the ingredient. It's too frustrating. :)

You could use a small wooden spoon, or at least that is what I do.  Haven't broken it yet!   ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 17, 2009, 01:12:49 PM
Ratatouille pics
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 17, 2009, 01:13:26 PM
pickles
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 17, 2009, 01:27:49 PM
Quote from: toledobass on August 17, 2009, 01:13:26 PM
pickles

I don't want a pickle...I just want to ride my motercikle

Arlo
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on August 17, 2009, 07:09:20 PM
I made a tomato, carrot, apple, pear, banana, oat, coconut, spinach, and cucumber smoothie. With pineapple juice.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Chosen Barley on August 17, 2009, 09:37:28 PM
Quote from: Mozart on August 17, 2009, 07:09:20 PM
I made a tomato, carrot, apple, pear, banana, oat, coconut, spinach, and cucumber smoothie. With pineapple juice.

That is quite a mulligan's stew.  I would think that the tomato would clash with the sweet fruits.   Does it taste good or do you just drink this for your health? 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on August 18, 2009, 06:12:49 AM
Quote from: Chosen Barley on August 17, 2009, 09:37:28 PM
That is quite a mulligan's stew.  I would think that the tomato would clash with the sweet fruits.   Does it taste good or do you just drink this for your health? 

In a smoothie, there is usually a dominant flavor and a base which taste the most. You wouldn't even notice the tomato, and the other things just affect the texture. Like carrots change the texture and color, but the taste only slightly. The main taste in this smoothie was spinach...at first I didn't love it, but by the third cup it was delicious and sweet. Maybe the color at first got to me, it looked like some green junk that came out of my mouth and not going in, but its not like I made dirty faces swallowing the stuff. It's probably easier to drink spinach than eat it anyways. I guess you could make 1 really awful smoothie of green leaves and banana and just take it down as fast and painlessly as possible, and then another delicious one with fruits and yummy stuff.


I'll go shopping today and yesterdays will seem delicious next to the one I'll make tomorrow >:D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on August 19, 2009, 08:40:03 AM
My new smoothie today is spinach, kale, carrots, tomato, pear, peach, plum, black grapes, strawberries, honey, oats, coconut, and...i think that is it...some cinammon and orange juice.

It has the most intense flavor I have ever tasted. One tiny sip and my mouth is just loaded with tastes. Its very yummy and I don't want to drink it too fast. And its surprisingly a dark purple in color and not like guacamole green this time. I used lots of greens, so I expected a green color.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on August 19, 2009, 10:26:31 AM
Guess what I'll be eating for the next weeks? My gardener just brought me a box of those delicious, tree ripened peaches!

How many ways to make them into meals? Hmmm, with cream, icecream, yogurt, ? ? ?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 19, 2009, 10:43:38 AM
You forgot jam, or salsa or COBBLER!!!  Try grilling them and adding to a salad or grilling and adding a dollop of whipped cream and garnishing with a drizzle of balsamic syrup or a couple of mint leaves. Maybe a foccacia with thin slices of oven dried peaches layered on top? I wish I were in the position you face!!!!!!

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on August 19, 2009, 10:55:08 AM
And I wish you were here to do all that for me, Allan!

I don't grill, I don't have the equipment for this method of preparing food; tried it once on one of those slotted thingies and worked for an hour to get the goop cleaned off. If the dishwasher doesn't clean it, Lis ain't gonna use it!

Jam and cobbler might be made, thank you!  :-*



Correction: Those are Nectarines, not Peaches!  :-[
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on August 20, 2009, 03:18:11 PM
I bought raw cacao beans, agave honey, coconut water, quinoa cakes...

fantastic stuff....all of it
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on August 20, 2009, 07:08:36 PM
Hmmm I bought some type of germ, I assumed it was wheat germ, but maybe its oat germ? When I chew it, it changes into some type of butterlike texture. And it tasted I don't know a bit honeylike. Then the after taste was bitter. I wonder what it is.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Chosen Barley on August 20, 2009, 08:23:36 PM
Quote from: Mozart on August 20, 2009, 07:08:36 PM
Hmmm I bought some type of germ, I assumed it was wheat germ, but maybe its oat germ? When I chew it, it changes into some type of butterlike texture. And it tasted I don't know a bit honeylike. Then the after taste was bitter. I wonder what it is.

Mozart, that might be corn germ.  It is naturally sweet and a bit crunchy and rather wonderful, in my opinion.  I don't know how "butterlike" it gets but the sweetness sure is there.  What a great food; I just love it.   
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on August 20, 2009, 08:49:40 PM
Quote from: Chosen Barley on August 20, 2009, 08:23:36 PM
Mozart, that might be corn germ.  It is naturally sweet and a bit crunchy and rather wonderful, in my opinion.  I don't know how "butterlike" it gets but the sweetness sure is there.  What a great food; I just love it.   

Well its flakes, but i meant butterlike in texture, it feels like with saliva it turns into some type of sweet batter? I will ask next time I go...

I bought it in Mexico so it could possibly be corn germ...interesting thanks!



very different from wheat germ certainly.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on August 23, 2009, 02:34:44 PM
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=88.0;attach=19855;image)

Allan, this looks to me like the bibitte in the Alien movies  :P. I prefer to see my lobsta' from the top, not the bottom  ;D

Tonight I'm fixing filet mignon steaks. We have a great place for meat here in Laval at ridiculous prices. Filet mignon is sold as a whole 2-3 pound piece for 15$ a kilo - that's 6.50$ a pound. I cut it in very thick portions and rub them with jamaican jerk seasoning (it's a paste, not a powder). Then I lovingly fondle the filets with sweet tamarind sauce and delicately massage them with olive oil. They're ready to be grilled 4 hours later. If it was me, it would be served with tossed salad only. But my wife will only have her steak with frites... ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Franco on August 23, 2009, 03:33:52 PM
I just finished a Mediterranean plate, stuffed grape leaves, hummus, black olives - which was nice, but this weekend I made lamb curry which came out perfect, and we had that with rice Friday and Saturday.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on August 25, 2009, 11:04:34 AM
(http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs155.snc1/5776_121031842988_513407988_2430813_2531113_n.jpg)

Baby Shoat. Succulent Suckling.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on August 25, 2009, 11:44:47 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on August 25, 2009, 11:04:34 AM
(http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs155.snc1/5776_121031842988_513407988_2430813_2531113_n.jpg)

Baby Shoat. Succulent Suckling.

They look so CUTE!  :)  Do you eat them with or without the fur?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on August 25, 2009, 11:54:53 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on August 25, 2009, 11:04:34 AM
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Baby Shoat. Succulent Suckling.
Quote from: Harpo on August 25, 2009, 11:44:47 AM
They look so CUTE!  :)  Do you eat them with or without the fur?

Unlike these pot-belly-piglets (below), boar-piglets probably have to be de-furred. To be honest, I've never seen the process and I'm not sure I'm keen on it, either. When I took those pictures, I wasn't at the local butcher's shop but a game reserve... The one I ate was--hopefully--not nearly as cute.  ;)

(http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs135.snc1/5776_121031862988_513407988_2430817_5854593_n.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 25, 2009, 02:15:56 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on August 25, 2009, 11:54:53 AM
Unlike these pot-belly-piglets (below), boar-piglets probably have to be de-furred. To be honest, I've never seen the process and I'm not sure I'm keen on it, either. When I took those pictures, I wasn't at the local butcher's shop but a game reserve... The one I ate was--hopefully--not nearly as cute.  ;)

Hi Jens - I've had suckling piglet a couple of times (and was quite tasty!); but I must say that despite loving 'young' animals to eat (i.e. veal, lamb, etc.), they are quite cute - years ago, we were on a vacation to British Columbia, and ate at a 'Chinese seafood' restaurant - ordered a whole fish & a lobster; well, the animals were brought to the table LIVE!  Not a problem - they are not too attractive, so easy for us to eat once cooked (and absolutely delicious) - but could you imagine a little calf or baby lamb being brought to your dinner table!  :o ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on August 25, 2009, 04:49:29 PM
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_FXdg_LJ0hF8/SSBMlJVK9II/AAAAAAAAHqw/Gzf8I5T2Rk0/s400/DSC_0061.JPG)

On the way home from Highlands yesterday we stopped at a place called Butch's BBQ and Breakfast in Morganton NC. They make everything from scratch every day. They specialize in barbecue, of course. Sonic had a chopped pork plate with cole slaw and redskin potato salad which he said was superb. I had a "pulled chicken" sandwich, chunks of roasted chicken on a bun with barbecue sauce, with red slaw (vinegar sauce) and seasoned potato wedges. They have ribs, bbq chicken and smoked turkeys as well. Another great indigenous meal. We didn't look at the desserts, but I bet they had good ole banana pudding.  :) Butch's has a smoker out back and several wagons and trucks for catering picnics and parties, to disseminate their delicious cuisine.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 25, 2009, 06:25:14 PM
A few days I put a nice chunk of boneless short rib into a 4 liters of brine thinking I would make pastrami. When it was time for the meat to come out of the brine,  I got lazy.  Instead of smoking it to make pastrami, I simply boiled it to make corned beef.  I made 2 lbs of it but as soon as I tasted it I kicked myself for not getting a bigger piece of short rib while I was at the butcher.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Chosen Barley on August 25, 2009, 08:05:24 PM
If there's any vegetarians or near-vegetarians here (who avoid eating flesh out of sympathy for animals' suffering), could you identify yourselves?   :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on August 25, 2009, 09:07:17 PM
I am vegetarian but not for the sake of an animal.



I made chocolate milk

almonds
water
cacao beans
cacao powder
agave honey
bee honey


blended together


and it became chocolate milk
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on August 26, 2009, 02:32:12 PM
strawberry
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Tapkaara on August 26, 2009, 03:27:53 PM
Quote from: Chosen Barley on August 25, 2009, 08:05:24 PM
If there's any vegetarians or near-vegetarians here (who avoid eating flesh out of sympathy for animals' suffering), could you identify yourselves?   :)

I am a vegetarian.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Chosen Barley on August 26, 2009, 04:14:29 PM
Quote from: Tapkaara on August 26, 2009, 03:27:53 PM
I am a vegetarian.

Hi, Tapkaara!  I went to your Ifukube site.  Well, will wonders never cease.  I'd never heard of him before, but only a few days ago I saw (part of) Gidra The 3-Headed Monster on the late show (first time).  I always liked the Godzilla music (for as much as I have seen the films) and lo & behold, you turn out to be the composer's rabid fanboy.  That is interesting that Ifukube was influenced by the Ainu music.  I wonder if I could appreciate the music without the films, though, since the music + film go together so perfectly that one without the other...

My son tells me that there's both American & Japanese versions of the Godzilla movies, I've seen only the Japananese version of the first Godzilla/Gojira.  Sorry if I'm chattering too much.

Thanks for responding to my request to "meet" other vegetarians.   
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Tapkaara on August 26, 2009, 04:47:53 PM
Quote from: Chosen Barley on August 26, 2009, 04:14:29 PM
Hi, Tapkaara!  I went to your Ifukube site.  Well, will wonders never cease.  I'd never heard of him before, but only a few days ago I saw (part of) Gidra The 3-Headed Monster on the late show (first time).  I always liked the Godzilla music (for as much as I have seen the films) and lo & behold, you turn out to be the composer's rabid fanboy.  That is interesting that Ifukube was influenced by the Ainu music.  I wonder if I could appreciate the music without the films, though, since the music + film go together so perfectly that one without the other...

My son tells me that there's both American & Japanese versions of the Godzilla movies, I've seen only the Japananese version of the first Godzilla/Gojira.  Sorry if I'm chattering too much.

Thanks for responding to my request to "meet" other vegetarians.   

I've been a vegetarian for about 13 or so years. Almost half my life. I am a vegetarian because I do not believe in the slaughter of animals for food and I believe a vegetarian diet (with animal products like dairy and eggs) is the healthiest way to eat.

I believe most people come to Ifukube through his Godzilla/monster film work. That is actually how I did! Indeed, his music is in Ghidrah, The Three Headed Monster.

There is the original 1954 version of Gojira, and in 1956, there is the "Americanized" version in which the (cleverly) insert scenes of Raymond Burr and an American journalist covering Godzilla's rampage. The original 1954 version is much darker and serious in tone than the Americanized version, and one of my favorite films. And Ifukube's score is dramatic and dark.

(I do have any Ifukube thread here if you'd like to continue the conversation: http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,13711.0.html)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 26, 2009, 04:54:34 PM
Well, Susan (i.e. Harpo) and I just returned from a wonderful 4-night trip to Highlands, North Carolina in the mountainous southwestern part of the state - see the Vacation Thread for some comments regarding visiting this wonderful area south of the Great Smokies Mountains.

As usual, we ate with delight & gusto - note that despite the recent veggie posts, NO Animals were spared in our meals:

Madison's Restuarant (http://www.oldedwardsinn.com/dining/madisons) in the Old Edwards Inn, where we stayed (wonderful 4* resort) - we both started w/ a Shrimp salad & I had the pan-seared 'local' trout on some veggies; we were both somewhat disappointed in this meal (probably 3+/5*); however, the dessert was superb - a trio of soufflés that were just outstanding! Wine for me was Caymus Conundrum! We decided NOT to return for our last night - a new chef is needed, I guess?

Cyprus International Cuisine (http://www.cyprushighlands.com/) - this one turned out to be a favorite on the trip!  Basically, a standard menu and then a nightly 'regional' offering - we went on the Mediterranean night; shared a dozen oysters on the half shelf from Canada (New Brunswick area) as a starter; then we both had the Whole Roasted Flounder w/ Morrocan spiced couscous; the fish was lined-caught off the Atlantic coast and driven up 'fresh' from Atlanta - just delicious!  Shared two delicious desserts; wine for me was a Torrontes from Chile.

Oak Street Cafe (http://www.oakstreetcafeinhighlands.com/) - right on Main Street and walking distance from our lodging! We shared some starters, Feullite of Shellfish (Sauteed Shellfish, Asparagus Tips, Shiitake Mushrooms, Puff Pastry, Sauce Beurre Rouge) & Mountain Bruschetta (Tomatoes, Mushrooms, Leeks, Smoked Trout Spread) - I had the Parsley Incrusted NC Rainbow Trout (Toasted Pecan Rice, Haricot Verts, Sauce Vin Blanc); couple of glasses of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc for me!

Ristorante Paoletti (http://www.paolettis.com/) - our last night & picked an excellent Italian restaurant right across Main Street; Susan started w/ Beef Filet Mignon Carpaccio w/Shaved Grana, Arugula & Red Wine Vinaigrette & I had the Arugula salad (we shared these appetizers, of course!); my main course was the Atlantic Monkfish Picatta Sauteed in White Wine w/ Butter, Lemon & Capers w/ mash potatoes & veggies; then shared an absolutely wonderful Tira Misu (Italian Ladyfinger Cookies w/ Kahlua & Mascarpone Cream Layers) - wine for me was an Italian Pinot Grigio (can't remember the one but great w/ the Monkfish).

When we return to Highlands, the Cyrus & Italian restaurants will certainly be on the TOP of our dining list!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on August 27, 2009, 02:36:27 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on August 26, 2009, 04:54:34 PM

As usual, we ate with delight & gusto - note that despite the recent veggie posts, NO Animals were spared in our meals:


That gusto (and the particular love* for animals) is what makes your posts on food so eminently enjoyable to read!

(*As the bear loves the fish, I love the pig.)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 27, 2009, 04:40:42 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on August 27, 2009, 02:36:27 PM
That gusto (and the particular love* for animals) is what makes your posts on food so eminently enjoyable to read!

(*As the bear loves the fish, I love the pig.)


Jens - LOL!  ;D   Nice to have a kindred soul in the 'eating thread' - Dave  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on August 28, 2009, 09:32:12 AM
Chocolate for breakfast!!!!!!!!!


with some vanilla and strawberry almond milk

and yeah :) weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Chosen Barley on August 28, 2009, 11:20:10 AM
Quote from: Tapkaara on August 26, 2009, 04:47:53 PM
I've been a vegetarian for about 13 or so years. Almost half my life. I am a vegetarian because I do not believe in the slaughter of animals for food and I believe a vegetarian diet (with animal products like dairy and eggs) is the healthiest way to eat.

I believe most people come to Ifukube through his Godzilla/monster film work. That is actually how I did! Indeed, his music is in Ghidrah, The Three Headed Monster.

There is the original 1954 version of Gojira, and in 1956, there is the "Americanized" version in which the (cleverly) insert scenes of Raymond Burr and an American journalist covering Godzilla's rampage. The original 1954 version is much darker and serious in tone than the Americanized version, and one of my favorite films. And Ifukube's score is dramatic and dark.

(I do have any Ifukube thread here if you'd like to continue the conversation: http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,13711.0.html)

Tks for link to Ifukube thread.  I can't imagine I would have much to contribute.  I like his movie music.  Period.  War of the Gargantuas was on the late movie a couple of days ago.  I guess Ifukube composed that music, too, even though it is not a Godzilla film. 

I appreciated your account of your vegetarianism.  I wouldn't agree that your version, or any version, of that way of eating, would automtically and necessarily make a person healthier, if you do not mind my saying so.  Health - and you will find out when you get 'older' like moi - is a complicated matter.  But avoiding meat is healthier for the animals, and maybe for our whole damn world also, as there is a huge rift between humans & animals that needs to be repaired pronto.  But that's only the beginning.

Hope you are healthy.  What have you eaten so far today?  I love reading about others' daily food choices.  Me, I had an odd-by-most-standards breakfast - leftover macaroni with a bit of cheese; cukes & a small tomatoe straight from the garden; & 1 tsp. of chlorella.  And a cup o' regular tea.  It's enough to energize me for endless physical labour in the yard & garden.   :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Tapkaara on August 28, 2009, 11:35:33 AM
Quote from: Chosen Barley on August 28, 2009, 11:20:10 AM
Tks for link to Ifukube thread.  I can't imagine I would have much to contribute.  I like his movie music.  Period.  War of the Gargantuas was on the late movie a couple of days ago.  I guess Ifukube composed that music, too, even though it is not a Godzilla film. 

I appreciated your account of your vegetarianism.  I wouldn't agree that your version, or any version, of that way of eating, would automtically and necessarily make a person healthier, if you do not mind my saying so.  Health - and you will find out when you get 'older' like moi - is a complicated matter.  But avoiding meat is healthier for the animals, and maybe for our whole damn world also, as there is a huge rift between humans & animals that needs to be repaired pronto.  But that's only the beginning.

Hope you are healthy.  What have you eaten so far today?  I love reading about others' daily food choices.  Me, I had an odd-by-most-standards breakfast - leftover macaroni with a bit of cheese; cukes & a small tomatoe straight from the garden; & 1 tsp. of chlorella.  And a cup o' regular tea.  It's enough to energize me for endless physical labour in the yard & garden.   :)

Yes, indeed, Ifukube wrote the music for War of the Gargantuas!!  ;D

Haven't eaten anything yet today, but I'm about to go prepare my lunch. Mostaccioli with Bertolli's portobello mushroom and wine sauce. Indeed a favorite of mine.

I think healthy eating should also encompass a healthy lifestyle...that is exercising, not eating too much of anything, etc. I work out regularly, for example. Plus, I drink water more than anything. I NEVER drink soda. I also enjoy green tea quite a bit. I have at least one cup per day.

At almost 31 I have the physique of a healthy teenager, no wrinkles, and virile as hell. I must be doing something right!

Hehehehe...

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on August 29, 2009, 12:40:35 AM
Quote from: Chosen Barley on August 28, 2009, 11:20:10 AM
I appreciated your account of your vegetarianism.  I wouldn't agree that your version, or any version, of that way of eating, would automtically and necessarily make a person healthier, if you do not mind my saying so.  Health - and you will find out when you get 'older' like moi - is a complicated matter.  But avoiding meat is healthier for the animals, and maybe for our whole damn world also, as there is a huge rift between humans & animals that needs to be repaired pronto.  But that's only the beginning.

You are certainly right: It is complex--health... healthy eating... living. In fact, it is even more complex than "avoiding meat is healthier for the animals" would make it seem.
There are times when that is true... as with the whole meat-industry complex*.

But there are times when that isn't true. Population control does indeed much to increase the health of animals... hunters are in those cases merely a natural extension (or replacement) of nature. (Better yet: not to see ourselves outside of nature. We have "replaced" bears... now dear-hunting is our duty.) Population control can also be good for the health of those animals that are usually the victims of those hunted.

Humans as a species don't generally like complexity, though (hence this very generalization  ;D) and thus we resort to 'easy' extremes. In that sense the politics of DIETING and the politics of Middle East Peace are very similar.

(*I don't condemn it--it's not upon me to de-facto forbid poor people to enjoy meat... I just don't like it and don't support it either by not eating meat or, if/when I can afford it, getting the good stuff... or having it shot by a gun-wielding friend.)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on September 03, 2009, 11:52:47 AM
(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:l9AGD_6J3MCylM:http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ac4FbylXiRs/RsJ62JTb9xI/AAAAAAAABxE/xdJEUkZjkrk/s400/Champagne%2BGrapes%2BShaven%2BIce%2B-%2Btiny%2Bbunch.JPG)

Champagne grapes--tiny, sweet and intense, best scraped off the stem with your teeth. They are not the grapes real champagne is made from (Chardonnay, Pinot Noir); the name comes from a photo in a magazine in which a bunch of the grapes were alongside a flute of Champagne. They are actually Corinth grapes, which when dried are called Zante currants.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on September 04, 2009, 05:13:24 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on August 29, 2009, 12:40:35 AM
now dear-hunting is our duty

I recommend eHarmony  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 04, 2009, 05:25:59 PM
Well, our local 'seafood' store had frog legs which Susan prepared simply, i.e. floured and sauteed in olive oil w/ a little garlic and topped w/ some fresh herbs - just some peas as a veggie; had a Biltmore Pinot Grigio - just delicious!  We've not had frog legs for a while; of course, tastes like chicken but much lighter and just a healthy 'white' meat!  :D

P.S. Now, no animals were destroyed in this meal (see second image); all were referred to rehab and fitted w/ appropriate appliances -  ;)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on September 04, 2009, 06:32:03 PM
Those look delicious, she must be a good cook. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 05, 2009, 05:24:32 AM
Quote from: DavidW on September 04, 2009, 06:32:03 PM
Those look delicious, she must be a good cook. :)

Hi David - superb!  Like eating little chicken legs - we plan to buy them occasionally (if the seafood store continues to stock them - come frozen) - I suggested sauteing them in oil w/ a little 'heat' then serving w/ a fresh salsa - Susan's quite good at finding or 'inventing' a nice recipe - Dave  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on September 05, 2009, 07:45:29 AM
Quote from: DavidW on September 04, 2009, 06:32:03 PM
Those look delicious, she must be a good cook. :)

(http://www.dreamstime.com/woman-chef-success-thumb7267776.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on September 05, 2009, 03:43:00 PM
Quote from: Harpo on September 05, 2009, 07:45:29 AM
(http://www.dreamstime.com/woman-chef-success-thumb7267776.jpg)

You've aged very well, Susan!  :)

Mango chicken curry, with rice, zucchini, mushrooms and green beans.  Spicy mixed pickle on the side to mix in and give it that tremendous spicy and tart kick (very addictive!).  And of course, Naan bread.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on September 05, 2009, 04:57:57 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 05, 2009, 03:43:00 PM
You've aged very well, Susan!  :)


Thanks! Not everyone can age backwards.....   :)   (well maybe Benjamin Button)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Chosen Barley on September 06, 2009, 12:42:29 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on August 29, 2009, 12:40:35 AM
You are certainly right: It is complex--health... healthy eating... living. In fact, it is even more complex than "avoiding meat is healthier for the animals" would make it seem.
There are times when that is true... as with the whole meat-industry complex*.

But there are times when that isn't true. Population control does indeed much to increase the health of animals... hunters are in those cases merely a natural extension (or replacement) of nature. (Better yet: not to see ourselves outside of nature. We have "replaced" bears... now dear-hunting is our duty.) Population control can also be good for the health of those animals that are usually the victims of those hunted.

Humans as a species don't generally like complexity, though (hence this very generalization  ;D) and thus we resort to 'easy' extremes. In that sense the politics of DIETING and the politics of Middle East Peace are very similar.

(*I don't condemn it--it's not upon me to de-facto forbid poor people to enjoy meat... I just don't like it and don't support it either by not eating meat or, if/when I can afford it, getting the good stuff... or having it shot by a gun-wielding friend.)

Thanks for your post in reply to mine.   I wouldn't agree, tho, that "hunters are in those cases merely a natural extension (or replacement) of nature. (Better yet: not to see ourselves outside of nature. We have "replaced" bears... now dear-hunting is our duty.) Population control can also be good for the health of those animals that are usually the victims of those hunted."

Surely you must realize that a hunter with a h.p. rifle + scope + disguises + ability to hide up in a tree, etc. are advantages that no deer has.  Worse, even, is that hunters don't shoot the skinny, decrepit, old, wormy deer, which are usually the ones that would be caught & killed by a naturally-occurring animal predator.  They shoot healthy bucks in large numbers, leaving the inferior ones' genes to be passed on, etc. etc. So, hunters who hunt with all these technological benefits are not a "natural" extension or replacement of nature.  I don't know what the solution is to population problems of any sort, including the most foul species of all.

Could you expand on your 3rd & 4th paragraphs?  I am not that swift.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on September 06, 2009, 01:40:35 PM
Quote from: Chosen Barley on September 06, 2009, 12:42:29 PM
Surely you must realize that a hunter with a h.p. rifle + scope + disguises + ability to hide up in a tree, etc. are advantages that no deer has.  Worse, even, is that hunters don't shoot the skinny, decrepit, old, wormy deer, which are usually the ones that would be caught & killed by a naturally-occurring animal predator.  They shoot healthy bucks in large numbers, leaving the inferior ones' genes to be passed on, etc. etc. So, hunters who hunt with all these technological benefits are not a "natural" extension or replacement of nature.  I don't know what the solution is to population problems of any sort, including the most foul species of all.

Could you expand on your 3rd & 4th paragraphs?  I am not that swift.

The point about human hunters replacing animal hunters is not that humans are smarter/better equipped (any deer would find the advantage a pack of wolfs has, or any antilope those of a lion etc. quite "unfair", too, I'm sure.) It's just about replacing hunters in terms of population control.

You make a good point about hunters going for healthy dear, not the weak ones... but that assumes most hunters are good at what they are doing and actually track and kill the smart, strong ones... and even if hunters have no positive influence on the deer gene-pool, gamekeepers will do just that, because it's their job.

Too late at night and I'm too exhausted to clarify my abbreviated and confusing statements right now... will get back shortly, though. Cheers & best.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on September 07, 2009, 01:36:25 PM
Tonight we are having soy sauce chicken with baked potatoes and corn on the cob.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on September 07, 2009, 01:45:59 PM
Homemade borscht soup from our neighbours.  BBQ turkey burgers topped with fresh homemade salsa my wife made.  :)

Delish...... 0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on September 07, 2009, 05:19:19 PM
A little falafel, some bread, hummus, some salad

and you get this glorious meal

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on September 07, 2009, 05:28:48 PM
In case anyone was wondering, its israeli salad. Basically cucumber, tomato, parsley, green pepper, lime juice, and olive oil.


Yummmy...it took me about 8 times to perfect my falafel, but not its always delicious!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Chosen Barley on September 07, 2009, 09:18:46 PM
Quote from: Harpo on September 03, 2009, 11:52:47 AM
(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:l9AGD_6J3MCylM:http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ac4FbylXiRs/RsJ62JTb9xI/AAAAAAAABxE/xdJEUkZjkrk/s400/Champagne%2BGrapes%2BShaven%2BIce%2B-%2Btiny%2Bbunch.JPG)

Champagne grapes--tiny, sweet and intense, best scraped off the stem with your teeth. They are not the grapes real champagne is made from (Chardonnay, Pinot Noir); the name comes from a photo in a magazine in which a bunch of the grapes were alongside a flute of Champagne. They are actually Corinth grapes, which when dried are called Zante currants.

It always rubbed me the wrong way that the "currants" we buy in the store are actually the variety of grape (Corinth) that you mention.  I could never figure out why they misrepresent their product.  Real currants grow on a bush and would be just as easy to grow & harvest.  We have a large clove currant bush in our yard.  Maybe I should start a business growing & drying true currants (Ribes) for folks who want the real thing, not glorified tiny grapes.  ;D ;D ;D ;D 

I am sure that the champagne grapes are much tastier in their fresh form, too. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 11, 2009, 05:04:43 PM
Well, tonight eating 'in house' - Susan did well!  :D

Shrimp Cakes - Thai flavorings w/ chunky pieces of shrimp - made by our local 'seafood' place - just heat them up and delicious!

Bok Choy w/ mushrooms - sauteed & steam lightly - one of my favorite veggies!

Tomatoes w/ basil - tomatoes from a local farmer's market - just red, juicy, & tasty!  Basil picked in the basement fresh!

Wine - Pinot Grigio 2008 - Italian; Banfi - inexpensive & refreshing - great w/ this dinner - hey, I'm happy tonight!  ;D


(http://giradman.smugmug.com/photos/646531613_smFiG-O.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papageno on September 11, 2009, 05:39:30 PM
Bread and cheese

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mozart on September 11, 2009, 09:44:55 PM
I made 2 types of falafel tonight, 1 with chickpeas and 1 with fava beans. I dont know why but with fava beans, it tastes spicy. I guess it used a different onion, are yellow onions spicy?

Everyone preferred the garbanzo one slightly. but they were both interesting. I've really become pro  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on September 11, 2009, 10:52:42 PM
I've been making student-level simplicity food with tagliatelle recently - I'm really loving this pasta, it adds great texture to almost anything. I'm forcing myself to use as few ingredients as possible, as that way there is less to screw up.

Earlier: with mushrooms fried in garlic infused olive oil and butter. Basil added at the end.

Last week: with gorgonzola cheese sauce and mixed small vegetables (peas, diced celery).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on September 12, 2009, 04:59:05 PM
Quote from: Lethe on September 11, 2009, 10:52:42 PM
I've been making student-level simplicity food with tagliatelle recently - I'm really loving this pasta, it adds great texture to almost anything. I'm forcing myself to use as few ingredients as possible, as that way there is less to screw up.

Earlier: with mushrooms fried in garlic infused olive oil and butter. Basil added at the end.

Last week: with gorgonzola cheese sauce and mixed small vegetables (peas, diced celery).

You are on a great path... indeed a path toward mastery. Congratulations and enjoy!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on September 12, 2009, 06:48:57 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on September 11, 2009, 05:04:43 PM
Bok Choy w/ mushrooms - sauteed & steam lightly - one of my favorite veggies!

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/photos/646531613_smFiG-O.jpg)

Bok choy, Dave?  Me too!  Love it.  Especially the mini bok choy.  Great for steaming/sauteeing.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 12, 2009, 07:23:09 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 12, 2009, 06:48:57 PM
Bok choy, Dave?  Me too!  Love it.  Especially the mini bok choy.  Great for steaming/sauteeing.  :)

Ray - yes, the Bok Choy was just wonderful, as usual - just love the appearance of white/green, the different textures, and the varied tastes - when we eat out and there is an offering including this veggie, I invariably order the dish!  :D

Now, I must say that those 'fresh' local vine picked tomatoes where the best I've had in AGES, esp. w/ the fresh basil from our Aero Garden located in our basement; this 'hydroponoic' system works well w/ this system!  :)

(http://www.aerogardenstore.com/promotion/product_images/291-photoLarge.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on September 14, 2009, 06:18:05 PM
About to go have waffles at the university pub's Waffle Night. I'd rather have one of Dave/Susan's delectable-looking fish cakes, though...  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 17, 2009, 08:06:40 PM
Susan & I are on a 'long weekend' vacation to Myrtle Beach, SC, a very 'eclectic' vacation spot w/ plenty of attractions, activities, eating/shopping spots, and miles of beautiful beaches, but on our arrival night we ate at a 'chain' restaurant called LeGrand's, which emphasizes Alaskan seafood products flown in from southern Alaska on nearly a daily basis!  Well, we could not turn down this experience, so tonight:

Oysters on half-shell - shared a dozen (one of our favs!) - these were just delicious!

Spinach Salad w/ baby spinach, blue cheese, strawberries, Granny Smith apples, candied pecans, and a light well-tossed vinaigrette dressing - this was just delicious; we plan to return to this place and will likely have a repeat!

Then decided to share a bunch of appetizers:

Mussels - Prince Edward Island - pan seared w/ seasoning & butter - whole pound - tasty!

Crab Cakes w/ remoulade sauce - large lumps of crab w/ very little to hold them together - our fav way!

Alaskan King Crab - chilled & a specialty, i.e. flown in from their Alaskan source; again, superb!

For me, some glasses of Sauvignon Blacn from New Zealand - great combination!

Shared a delicious dessert w/ some Irish coffee - if interested, check out their site/menu HERE (http://www.legrandsprime.com/) - we plan to return to this place in the next few days!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 19, 2009, 08:13:02 AM
Yesterday I spent a good part of the day in the kitchen curing meat.  I've got bacon, pancetta, duck proscuitto curing right now.  The pancetta and bacon will take a week to cure then the bacon will be smoked and the pancetta hung to dry.  The duck will be hung up to dry tonight.  I also have some duck legs
curing for some confit.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papageno on September 19, 2009, 12:32:43 PM
No ascetics here, only akratic, greedy slaves of desire?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 19, 2009, 04:35:03 PM
Riffing on carbonnade.....using left over duck legs.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: WI Dan on September 19, 2009, 05:08:31 PM
Quote from: Papageno on September 19, 2009, 12:32:43 PM
No ascetics here, only akratic, greedy slaves of desire?

Mind your manners and put some pants on.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 19, 2009, 07:34:35 PM
Susan & I are still in Myrtle Beach and eating quite well:

Last night - Collector's Cafe (http://www.collectorscafeandgallery.com/html/COLLECTORS-CAFE-DINING.swf) just 5 mins from our hotel - located on 17th & 179th Ave; some interesting art work on the walls, hence the name - all is for sale but tremendously overpriced (our table was next to a 'Picasso-like' cubist painting selling for $15,000!); for me:

Mixed greens salad w/ blue cheese & a wonderfully mild balsamic vinaigrette dressing!

Tuna, grilled rare sliced & served over a couscous salad w/ ginger, wasabi, & sesame oil; light & excellent -  :D

Dessert - shared a fresh blueberry tart w/ homemade ice cream w/ Susan; could have had two -   :)

Wine - Pinot Noir from Domaine Carneros - excellent choice as usual; my favorite grape w/ this fish.

This is our second visit to this restaurant in MB, and we plan to return on our next stay; considered one of the best on the Grand Strand; not cheap but worth the experience.

BTW - Susan had the Herb roasted New Zealand lamb racked - had a bite - just delicious!

Today - lunch - oysters on half shelf & poy boys!  Dinner - something light before a show - sushi!   :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on September 20, 2009, 03:14:04 PM
Cafeteria dinner was:
Macaroni and cheese
Corn w/ onions and peppers
Cheesecake with Oreo crust
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on September 20, 2009, 03:30:15 PM
Dave man, I envy you, your dinners sound heavenly. 0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Gurn Blanston on September 20, 2009, 04:20:38 PM
Brian, man, I envy you, your dinners sound heavenly.   0:)

Anyway, I just finished some smoked fresh salmon (Kathy smokes them with oak from the Back 40), corn-on-the-cob, green salad. Now a nice Puros Indios Toro to top it all off. Sunday evening at home.... ;)

8)

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Listening to: Brüggen - Schubert - Symphony No.5 in Bb D485 - IV- Allegro vivace
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on September 20, 2009, 05:00:33 PM
I feel Brian's pain, I had a frozen pizza.  I usually only feel like cooking when it's summer time and I have more free time and less stress. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Gurn Blanston on September 20, 2009, 05:13:45 PM
Quote from: DavidW on September 20, 2009, 05:00:33 PM
I feel Brian's pain, I had a frozen pizza.  I usually only feel like cooking when it's summer time and I have more free time and less stress. :)

Yeah, but I was serious. I'm strictly a low-brow eater. :)

8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on September 20, 2009, 06:14:00 PM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on September 20, 2009, 05:13:45 PM
Yeah, but I was serious. I'm strictly a low-brow eater. :)

8)

Actually today was the best cafeteria day all week. The mac 'n' cheese was with a really intriguing blend of cheeses, the corn was great, and the cheesecake scrumptious. I would have loved to try that salmon, but all in all, this was much better than some of the bizarre stuff our cafeteria serves up every once in a while. (Friday night was fajita meat that hadn't been seasoned or placed in fajitas, or actually given any indication of wanting to be a fajita. So I got some onions from the salad bar and a dollop of garlic yogurt sauce from the burger stand, where somebody had inexplicably put a tub of garlic yogurt in the place where the sour cream was supposed to be, and made a vaguely middle eastern dish out of it all. :P :P)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Coopmv on September 20, 2009, 06:33:19 PM
Quote from: Brian on September 20, 2009, 03:14:04 PM
Cafeteria dinner was:
Macaroni and cheese
Corn w/ onions and peppers
Cheesecake with Oreo crust

I thought the prestigious Rice University would serve gourmet food, or at least something that is healthier.     ???
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on September 20, 2009, 06:38:07 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on September 20, 2009, 06:33:19 PM
I thought the prestigious Rice University would serve gourmet food, or at least something that is healthier.     ???

I thought so too.  :( ;D  Let's just say that the economy has hit Housing & Dining's budget hard.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: (poco) Sforzando on September 20, 2009, 06:38:26 PM
Quote from: Brian on September 20, 2009, 06:14:00 PM
and made a vaguely middle eastern dish out of it all. :P :P)

Vague indeed.

It is rare that a recipe in the NYT Sunday Magazine sounds irresistible, but today was an exception, and so I made a pork loin with a glaze of maple syrup and balsamic vinegar, garnished with sauteed green apples, candied pecans, and candied ginger, all accompanied by polenta. I had to drive a half-hour to the nearest Whole Foods in hoping of finding the ginger. The recipe actually asks for pork chops, but I roasted a boneless loin to made it easier to reheat the leftovers. It does also need something green on the plate, like sauteed spinach or broccoli.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 21, 2009, 11:42:53 AM
Quote from: DavidW on September 20, 2009, 03:30:15 PM
Dave man, I envy you, your dinners sound heavenly. 0:)

David - well, Susan (a.k.a. Harpo) needs to be fed well, so I just come along for the ride!  ;) ;D

But, as Gurn states, some of our favorite meals are pretty 'low brow' - doesn't take much to shuck some oysters & steam up a pile of shellfish, as long as all is fresh and not overdone!  :D  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papageno on September 21, 2009, 11:47:01 AM
 ::) (http://www.dontspitswallow.com/cum_taste.shtml)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on September 21, 2009, 12:00:40 PM
Today at lunch, another meal after Gurn's heart!

Pulled-pork sandwich
Macaroni and cheese (it must have been on discount or something...)
Sauteed asparagus and mushrooms
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on September 21, 2009, 12:04:57 PM
Quote from: Brian on September 21, 2009, 12:00:40 PM
Today at lunch, another meal after Gurn's heart!

Pulled-pork sandwich
Macaroni and cheese (it must have been on discount or something...)
Sauteed asparagus and mushrooms

I love pulled pork sandwiches!!!  Yum gimme!! :)  Also that asparagus and mushrooms sound wicked good. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on September 21, 2009, 12:06:00 PM
Very simple, but one of my faves tonight: baked chicken.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on September 21, 2009, 12:07:42 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 21, 2009, 12:06:00 PM
Very simple, but one of my faves tonight: baked chicken.

I like Cornish Game Hen, cheap, small, just slather it in butter, pop it in the oven and it comes out tender and moist. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 21, 2009, 12:20:49 PM
Quote from: DavidW on September 21, 2009, 12:07:42 PM
I like Cornish Game Hen, cheap, small, just slather it in butter, pop it in the oven and it comes out tender and moist. :)

Yep, a fav of ours too for a home cooked meal!  Years ago I thought that this was a 'special game' bird from some far off land - the name just sounds romantic, but only a young whole chicken and not necessarily a hen; but OH SO TASTY!  :P 

Quote below from WIKI:

Quote Cornish game hen, also sometimes called a Cornish hen, poussin, Rock Cornish hen, or simply Rock Cornish, is a young chicken sold whole. Despite the name, it is not a game bird, but actually a typical chicken that is slaughtered at a young age and therefore is smaller in size. Though the bird is called a "hen," it can be either male or female.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on September 21, 2009, 12:24:44 PM
I want my chickens to have a life before I eat them.  :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 21, 2009, 12:42:16 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 21, 2009, 12:24:44 PM
I want my chickens to have a life before I eat them.  :P

Well, that leaves out veal, lamb chops, suckling pig, and baby octupus (and likely others) - Dave  ;D

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3474/3721207891_af51ceda30.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on September 21, 2009, 01:31:07 PM
That also leaves out scrambled eggs. ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on September 21, 2009, 01:31:55 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on September 21, 2009, 12:20:49 PM
Yep, a fav of ours too for a home cooked meal!  Years ago I thought that this was a 'special game' bird from some far off land - the name just sounds romantic, but only a young whole chicken and not necessarily a hen; but OH SO TASTY!  :P 

Quote below from WIKI:


I didn't know that!  Oh I'm eating babies how delicious! :) >:D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on September 21, 2009, 01:32:43 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on September 21, 2009, 12:42:16 PM
Well, that leaves out veal, lamb chops, suckling pig, and baby octupus (and likely others) - Dave  ;D

I'll pass on all those but DavidW has a point about the eggs.  ;D

But, which came first?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on September 21, 2009, 02:51:34 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on September 21, 2009, 11:42:53 AM
But, as Gurn states, some of our favorite meals are pretty 'low brow' - doesn't take much to shuck some oysters & steam up a pile of shellfish, as long as all is fresh and not overdone!  :D  Dave

In our early years we were really lowbrow: hot dogs and American cheese wrapped in Pillsbury croissants, Mrs. Paul's fish sticks, and spaghetti with Campbell's tomato soup and Colby cheese. Accompanied by Vernors ginger ale (the offical drink of Michigan).

(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:YpqBZCulDoDH2M:http://www.marieclaire.com/cm/marieclaire/images/spaghetti.gif)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on September 21, 2009, 02:59:38 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on September 21, 2009, 12:42:16 PM
Well, that leaves out veal, lamb chops, suckling pig, and baby octupus (and likely others) - Dave  ;D

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3474/3721207891_af51ceda30.jpg)

As you know, I'm a pretty adventurous eater, but baby octopi have round, squishy heads, which give me nightmares.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 21, 2009, 03:18:36 PM
Sausages braised with grapes on polenta.  Very low brow in Italy. :)

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on September 23, 2009, 04:30:52 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 21, 2009, 01:32:43 PM
I'll pass on all those but DavidW has a point about the eggs.  ;D

But, which came first?

The egg, since you ask.

(Not to be a party pooper, but that's the answer. Since all chickens are necessarily born from eggs, but many animals lay eggs, it goes to reason that an ever so slightly different animal than the "chicken" we now know, laid the first egg that contained that chicken.  Transmutation is the name of the game.)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Conor71 on September 24, 2009, 07:59:30 PM
Breakfast time: Toast with Strawberry Jam and a Coffee
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on October 01, 2009, 06:03:13 PM
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3474/3721207891_af51ceda30.jpg)
I saw one moving !  :o

I did, I did see one moving !!  :o :o
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 01, 2009, 06:23:20 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on October 01, 2009, 06:03:13 PM
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3474/3721207891_af51ceda30.jpg)
I saw one moving !  :o

I did, I did see one moving !!  :o :o

André - LOL!  ;D  Susan finds these Baby Octopi creapy, but notice 'no heads' attached to this cooked bunch - now having been to Quebec City several times, I don't remember 'earthquakes' being a problem but maybe your computer monitor is shaking?  ;) :D

Dave  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on October 03, 2009, 04:44:11 PM
Just went to a chain burger place, Smashburger, and had a custom burger. I designed and devoured a bacon and pepper jack burger with grilled onions and guacamole. Yum!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on October 03, 2009, 04:56:31 PM
That sounds really good, Brian!

I am now playing the fartsichord, a few hours after a large helping of my wife's wonderful homemade leek, potato, corn and onion soup!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on October 03, 2009, 05:26:39 PM
Quote from: Brian on October 03, 2009, 04:44:11 PM
Just went to a chain burger place, Smashburger, and had a custom burger. I designed and devoured a bacon and pepper jack burger with grilled onions and guacamole. Yum!  :D

Just threw some burgers on the grill.... :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 03, 2009, 05:44:15 PM
A repeat tonight from a few months back, Susan picked up some Osso Buco (braised veal shank - description below from their website) from 'Whole Foods' locally - package came w/ two shanks pre-cooked (w/ ingredients described below), so just needed to re-heat them; as side dishes, she served Wild Rice which we topped w/ a little of the veal sauce & added a nice salad of greens w/ walnuts & blue cheese.

Boy, I usually don't like these pre-fab dishes (and rarely have them), but this veal was just superb!  The meat was 'fork' tender, fell off the bone, and was wonderfully flavored (as good as I've had in a restaurant); the rice was a perfect side along w/ the salad.  Of course, one of the 'highlights' of this meat dish is picking out the bone marrow w/ a little 'lobster' fork - I gave Susan my bone shank (guess not my thing!) - her face glowed!

The company is Cuisine Solutions (http://www.cuisinesolutions.com/) - the veal was a second experience, but we've also tried the New Zealand Lamb Shanks, also delicious; still need to have the 'seafood products' - and the calories/fats/etc. were quite respectable - of course, a light red wine for the evening (decanted an Oregon Pinot Noir) -  :)


(http://www.cuisinesolutions.com/thumbnailmainimage.aspx?iname=ossobucomain.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ChamberNut on October 03, 2009, 05:46:22 PM
Sounds delish, Dave!  :)   Mmmmmm.....bone marrow!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on October 05, 2009, 04:38:35 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on October 03, 2009, 05:44:15 PM
A repeat tonight from a few months back, Susan picked up some Osso Buco (braised veal shank - description below from their website) from 'Whole Foods' locally .... I gave Susan my bone shank (guess not my thing!) - her face glowed!

The company is Cuisine Solutions (http://www.cuisinesolutions.com/) - the veal was a second experience, but we've also tried the New Zealand Lamb Shanks, also delicious; still need to have the 'seafood products' - and the calories/fats/etc. were quite respectable - of course, a light red wine for the evening (decanted an Oregon Pinot Noir) -  :)


(http://www.cuisinesolutions.com/thumbnailmainimage.aspx?iname=ossobucomain.jpg)


So that people don't run to Whole Foods, I got it from the Fresh Market which is a regional chain. And yes, I love the marrow.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on October 07, 2009, 12:27:28 AM
More experimenting - cooking is hella fun. Prawns with tomato and chorizo sauce.

This went surprisingly well as frying the chorizo with onions before putting the tomatos in really softens it up - it's still chewy, but no more so than the prawns. I fried the prawns with smoked paprika, as I love that stuff, but it's not neccessary, taste-wise.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on October 07, 2009, 04:35:31 AM
Quote from: Lethe on October 07, 2009, 12:27:28 AM
More experimenting - cooking is hella fun. Prawns with tomato and chorizo sauce.

Don't tell them though, they might not appreciate it!

(http://screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/district-9-reviews.jpg)

;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on October 13, 2009, 06:48:35 AM
I've been enjoying cooking heartier food in this cooler fall weather.  Here's some bread I baked,  braised lamb shanks, a panade and some chicken bouillabaisse.

A panade is a satisfying and comforting dish that takes day old bread and layers it with onion and in this case spinach and gruyere.  It then gets filled with broth or water then baked for a few hours till it becomes a firm moist solid dressing of sorts. 


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Daidalos on October 14, 2009, 09:49:06 AM
I was supposed to eat spinach soup today, but I failed miserably. Instead of adding 3 tablespoons of flour, somehow I managed to add 4,5 decilitres. It was a complete and unmitigated disaster. I still don't know how the hell I could misinterpret the recipe so utterly, and I still wonder how my mind didn't protest at the absurd amount of flour; usually, I'm quite a decent cook. In the end, I settled with eating some yoghurt.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on October 14, 2009, 10:03:24 AM
Quote from: Daidalos on October 14, 2009, 09:49:06 AM
I was supposed to eat spinach soup today, but I failed miserably. Instead of adding 3 tablespoons of flour, somehow I managed to add 4,5 decilitres. It was a complete and unmitigated disaster. I still don't know how the hell I could misinterpret the recipe so utterly, and I still wonder how my mind didn't protest at the absurd amount of flour; usually, I'm quite a decent cook. In the end, I settled with eating some yoghurt.

:D! This is my kind of experience. Bizarrely, the closer I try to stick to recipe measurements, the worse the results become...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: matti on October 14, 2009, 10:14:46 AM
Quote from: Daidalos on October 14, 2009, 09:49:06 AM
I was supposed to eat spinach soup today, but I failed miserably. Instead of adding 3 tablespoons of flour, somehow I managed to add 4,5 decilitres. It was a complete and unmitigated disaster. I still don't know how the hell I could misinterpret the recipe so utterly, and I still wonder how my mind didn't protest at the absurd amount of flour; usually, I'm quite a decent cook. In the end, I settled with eating some yoghurt.

;D My sister-in-law once made a cake adding 4 tablespoons of flour instead of 4 decilitres.  ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on October 14, 2009, 06:36:28 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on October 03, 2009, 05:44:15 PM
A repeat tonight from a few months back, Susan picked up some Osso Buco (braised veal shank - description below from their website) from 'Whole Foods' locally - package came w/ two shanks pre-cooked (w/ ingredients described below), so just needed to re-heat them; as side dishes, she served Wild Rice which we topped w/ a little of the veal sauce & added a nice salad of greens w/ walnuts & blue cheese.

Boy, I usually don't like these pre-fab dishes (and rarely have them), but this veal was just superb!  The meat was 'fork' tender, fell off the bone, and was wonderfully flavored (as good as I've had in a restaurant); the rice was a perfect side along w/ the salad.  Of course, one of the 'highlights' of this meat dish is picking out the bone marrow w/ a little 'lobster' fork - I gave Susan my bone shank (guess not my thing!) - her face glowed!

The company is Cuisine Solutions (http://www.cuisinesolutions.com/) - the veal was a second experience, but we've also tried the New Zealand Lamb Shanks, also delicious; still need to have the 'seafood products' - and the calories/fats/etc. were quite respectable - of course, a light red wine for the evening (decanted an Oregon Pinot Noir) -  :)


(http://www.cuisinesolutions.com/thumbnailmainimage.aspx?iname=ossobucomain.jpg)


Dave, this is one of my very favourite meals. I've never served it with the full veal shank, though. I normally painstakingly remove every scrap of tendon or connective tissue, so the meat kind of floats in the sauce, ragoût-style. A concession I make 'cause the ladies here are soooo picky  ::). After seeing this, I'll serve it whole again - as my Mom used to do. Also, my Mom's recipe calls for a kind of 'campagnard' cooking: the floured shank is browned in butter, then I add celery, onion, and carrots finely chopped, halved mushrooms,  and douse it all generously with white wine. No tomato. Add laurel leaves, cover and simmer. Add freshly chopped parsley and coarsely ground white pepper towards the end and serve on broad egg noodles. And of course, pick all the marrow you can! That's the best part of the meal!

Just had a generously buttered burnt toast with a helping of goat cheese. Perfect match !
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Joe Barron on October 19, 2009, 08:56:26 AM
I snack on cauliflower.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 19, 2009, 01:50:15 PM
Hi André - yes, those 'long cooked' shanks are just wonderful!  Susan just loves these dishes (guess her Jewish upbringing helped!) - your recipe sounds absolutely delicious - and yes, she loves the marrow!  In fact, I leave a little meat on the bone (and the marrow) and offer her the remainder; she never refuses!  ;D  Dave


Quote from: Lilas Pastia on October 14, 2009, 06:36:28 PM
Dave, this is one of my very favourite meals. I've never served it with the full veal shank, though. I normally painstakingly remove every scrap of tendon or connective tissue, so the meat kind of floats in the sauce, ragoût-style. A concession I make 'cause the ladies here are soooo picky  ::). After seeing this, I'll serve it whole again - as my Mom used to do. Also, my Mom's recipe calls for a kind of 'campagnard' cooking: the floured shank is browned in butter, then I add celery, onion, and carrots finely chopped, halved mushrooms,  and douse it all generously with white wine. No tomato. Add laurel leaves, cover and simmer. Add freshly chopped parsley and coarsely ground white pepper towards the end and serve on broad egg noodles. And of course, pick all the marrow you can! That's the best part of the meal!

Just had a generously buttered burnt toast with a helping of goat cheese. Perfect match !
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on October 21, 2009, 08:18:32 AM
Tonight, chicken paanang, which is a simple Thai curry with the paanang paste, coconut cream, cane sugar and lime leaves, a dash of fish sauce (nam pla) and garnished with red chillis. About 5 minutes worth of cooking, aside from the jasmine rice.

I couldn't find any thai pickles to go with it, so i'll be totally inauthentic and have some kimchi (Any excuse!).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on October 21, 2009, 08:21:14 AM
A Granny Smith apple.

Pass me the lime leaves.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on October 21, 2009, 08:38:21 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on October 21, 2009, 08:21:14 AM
A Granny Smith apple.

Pass me the lime leaves.

OK, but get ready to put your chewing teeth in.  ;D

If your apple is too tart, pop it on a stick, heat some brown sugar and ground cinnammon and clove in a little pan until caramelised. Coat the apple and leave to cool. Candy apple. Problem solved!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on October 21, 2009, 09:50:35 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on October 21, 2009, 08:21:14 AM
A Granny Smith apple.

Pass me the lime leaves.

That's exactly why Granny Smith apples are one of the few apples I actually enjoy, because of the tartness.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on October 21, 2009, 07:31:27 PM
To celebrate (!!) my Mother-in-law's departure to the old continent, I prepared her the traditional canadian ragoût de pattes de cochon - that's pig's feet and meatballs stew:

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cymRgnWngWc/SV0wzi9aJBI/AAAAAAAAHes/sCopd5DTzE8/s1600/MVC-003F.JPG)

That's one of the most traditional staples in french-canadian cuisine. The 'pig's feet' are not really that: it's actually the section above the feet, where there's plenty of meat. Pig feet are covered with water, which is brought to a boil. Strain the foam, add salt, chopped onions and celery, cover and simmer for 2-3 hours. Remove, pare, put meat aside. Let the broth cool overnight (it's a Winter dish), remove all the fat. Prepare meat balls with lean ground pork meat, milk-soaked white bread, egg and spices (essentially allspice). Fry the meatballs and set aside with the pork meat. Prepare a good dose of grilled flour, add the pork broth, the meat and meatballs, season to taste (salt and more allspice, some clove and nutmeg). Simmer for 30 minutes and serve with boiled potatoes.

The pig's feet meat tends to separate like spaghetti when overcooked. Make sure it's tender but not overcooked when you remove and pare the feet. It should separate in big, firm but moist chunks of meat.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on October 22, 2009, 03:45:30 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on October 21, 2009, 07:31:27 PM
To celebrate (!!) my Mother-in-law's departure to the old continent, I prepared her the traditional canadian ragoût de pattes de cochon - that's pig's feet and meatballs stew:

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cymRgnWngWc/SV0wzi9aJBI/AAAAAAAAHes/sCopd5DTzE8/s1600/MVC-003F.JPG)

That's one of the most traditional staples in french-canadian cuisine. The 'pig's feet' are not really that: it's actually the section above the feet, where there's plenty of meat. Pig feet are covered with water, which is brought to a boil. Strain the foam, add salt, chopped onions and celery, cover and simmer for 2-3 hours. Remove, pare, put meat aside. Let the broth cool overnight (it's a Winter dish), remove all the fat. Prepare meat balls with lean ground pork meat, milk-soaked white bread, egg and spices (essentially allspice). Fry the meatballs and set aside with the pork meat. Prepare a good dose of grilled flour, add the pork broth, the meat and meatballs, season to taste (salt and more allspice, some clove and nutmeg). Simmer for 30 minutes and serve with boiled potatoes.

The pig's feet meat tends to separate like spaghetti when overcooked. Make sure it's tender but not overcooked when you remove and pare the feet. It should separate in big, firm but moist chunks of meat.

Andre,

One of my favorite dishes my mother would make growing up.  Brings back childhood memories!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on October 23, 2009, 03:41:21 PM
Indeed, we take them for granted when young, and beg Mom for her recipe when we grow older  :D. My Mom's recipe for the traditional New Year tourtière (meat pie) has come down to her from her irish grandmother. Minced apples melt with the ground meat, she adds raisins and allspice for the filling. Absolutely unlike any other meat pie you've ever tasted!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 24, 2009, 04:23:03 PM
Susan & I recently returned from a wonderful trip to NYC, and had many wonderful meals (have not yet posted on some of the treats we ate - just TOO many to think about!) - but in a number of restaurants (Greek, Turkish, & Italian) we had octopus & squid - all just delicious, but the squid brought back some memories, i.e. Susan use to buy & stuff them w/ some 'tasty goodies' -  :D

Our local 'seafood store' had some 'frozen' squid (just would not sell here fresh) - tonight she made some 'stuffed squid' - brown rice, squid tentacles, onion, mushrooms, and other tasty ingredients in a dice tomato sauce w/ onion, garlic, wine wine et al.  Just served w/ some peas on the side - I wanted 'seconds'!  But, we saved the 'second half' of the box for another recipe in a few nights -  :)

Wine - Artesa Chardonnay from Carneros 2007 - good value & excellent recommendation - a little oak but lemony and a nice combination w/ the squid - must start making a list of some of the eateries we experienced in the BIG APPLE!  ;D


(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/DinnerSquid102409/691299479_w7qpq-O.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on October 24, 2009, 04:49:31 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on October 24, 2009, 04:23:03 PM

Our local 'seafood store' had some 'frozen' squid (just would not sell here fresh) - tonight she made some 'stuffed squid' - brown rice, squid tentacles, onion, mushrooms, and other tasty ingredients in a dice tomato sauce w/ onion, garlic, wine wine et al.  Just served w/ some peas on the side - I wanted 'seconds'!  But, we saved the 'second half' of the box for another recipe in a few nights -  :)

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/DinnerSquid102409/691299479_w7qpq-O.jpg)

Note to any would-be squid chefs: they shrink a lot as they cook, so prepare extras. I will probably make pasta with squid sauce with the second half of the box--diced tomatoes, garlic and squid (calamari) rings. Chewy and tomato-y.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on October 24, 2009, 05:31:00 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on October 24, 2009, 04:23:03 PM

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/DinnerSquid102409/691299479_w7qpq-O.jpg)

Had this the other night with the wine I posted, Dave:

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ysc1d2UUmyc/Ry-uvipnTHI/AAAAAAAABGM/124LnHwUK2Q/s1600/DSC06593.JPG)

Sweet Hot Calamari

Absolutely fantastic!  It was served at the Keg Steakhouse and Bar.
http://www.kegsteakhouse.com/en/menus/dinner-menu/dinner-starters-soup/
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 24, 2009, 05:41:02 PM
Quote from: Bogey on October 24, 2009, 05:31:00 PM
Had this the other night with the wine I posted, Dave:

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ysc1d2UUmyc/Ry-uvipnTHI/AAAAAAAABGM/124LnHwUK2Q/s1600/DSC06593.JPG)

Sweet Hot Calamari - Absolutely fantastic!  It was served at the Keg Steakhouse and Bar.
http://www.kegsteakhouse.com/en/menus/dinner-menu/dinner-starters-soup/

Good evening Bill - YES - squid = calamari (the latter sounds better, yes? -  :) :D)

That dish shown above looks great - love 'fried' calamari w/ just a 'light' coating - Susan is going to cut up our second portion of the squid box into 'rings' and saute them w/ some olive oil, garlic, wine, etc. - served w/ some rice & veggies - should make a wonderful meal - Dave  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on October 24, 2009, 07:16:39 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on October 24, 2009, 05:41:02 PM
Good evening Bill - YES - squid = calamari (the latter sounds better, yes? -  :) :D)

That dish shown above looks great - love 'fried' calamari w/ just a 'light' coating - Susan is going to cut up our second portion of the squid box into 'rings' and saute them w/ some olive oil, garlic, wine, etc. - served w/ some rice & veggies - should make a wonderful meal - Dave  :)

Did not catch what time dinner is at, Dave. ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on October 25, 2009, 01:47:27 PM
Quote from: Bogey on October 24, 2009, 07:16:39 PM
Did not catch what time dinner is at, Dave. ;D

Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. and don't be late, because choir is at 7.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on October 25, 2009, 02:26:29 PM
Quote from: Harpo on October 25, 2009, 01:47:27 PM
Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. and don't be late, because choir is at 7.

:D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on October 26, 2009, 09:41:00 AM
Home made pea and ham soup. It looks entirely unnatural but tastes beautiful.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on October 28, 2009, 05:11:51 AM
Calamari Part II:  cut into rings, with a sauce of garlic, basil, black olives and fresh tomatoes. Over fettucine.  

          (http://costbuilder.com/xx2/doc/SpaghettiCalamari%5B1%5D.jpg)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on November 03, 2009, 10:53:35 PM
Quote from: Harpo on October 28, 2009, 05:11:51 AM
Calamari Part II:  cut into rings, with a sauce of garlic, basil, black olives and fresh tomatoes. Over fettucine.  

          (http://costbuilder.com/xx2/doc/SpaghettiCalamari%5B1%5D.jpg)



We demand original photography!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on November 04, 2009, 04:29:20 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on November 03, 2009, 10:53:35 PM
We demand original photography!  ;D

What gave me away? The compsition of the photo? Spaghetti instead of fettucine? Sonic ate the dish without photographing it first.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on November 05, 2009, 06:37:52 PM
Quote from: Harpo on November 04, 2009, 04:29:20 PM
What gave me away? The compsition of the photo? Spaghetti instead of fettucine? Sonic ate the dish without photographing it first.

1) Spaghetti over fettucinis is right !
2) The telltale ring of dried parsley on the plate  ::).
3) You don't serve bread over pasta in the same plate - should have been done 20 mins before the main course  ;)

;D

That being said, I'd have eaten the plate lock, stock and parsley barrel   :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on November 06, 2009, 04:28:06 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on November 05, 2009, 06:37:52 PM
1) Spaghetti over fettucinis is right !
2) The telltale ring of dried parsley on the plate  ::).
3) You don't serve bread over pasta in the same plate - should have been done 20 mins before the main course  ;)

;D

That being said, I'd have eaten the plate lock, stock and parsley barrel   :D

Those of you who remember Sonic's previous photos of my cooking would also have noticed that the plate and placemat were not ours. And no wine in the picture.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on November 07, 2009, 04:00:32 AM
Quote from: Harpo on November 04, 2009, 04:29:20 PM
What gave me away? Spaghetti instead of fettucine?

Go no further. I knew you'd be able to distinguish... so it could not be an error of judgement but a discrepancy between the depicted and the described.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on November 10, 2009, 04:22:46 AM
A rhubarb yoghurt which looks unnervingly like horseradish. The strong taste also hints along those lines as well, which makes for a highly unpleasant experience. Add some pink dye, or anything... :'(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: val on November 12, 2009, 02:15:28 AM
I am going to eat, at lunch, a trout and salad. I hope it is not as old as the one of Schubert.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on November 12, 2009, 06:30:59 AM
Just returned from a long weekend trip to Richmond, VA - stayed at one of our favorite hotels, The Jefferson, and ate well for three days; all seafood for me w/ plenty of raw oysters, clams, lobsters, shrimp, & lump crab meat!

First night, the Bookbinder's Restaurant (http://www.bookbindersrichmond.com/) - started out w/ a baby arugula salad w/ a light home-made dressing.  Then we shared the Colossal Cold Seafood Sampler along w/ an extra half dozen oysters!  A huge platter is brought to your table and includes 1 1/4# Maine lobster (chilled), 6 huge shrimp, 6 cherry stone clams, 6 oysters, jumbo lump crabmeat, along w/ an assortment of sauces - absolutely superb.  We shared a wonderful cheese cake & some dessert Riesling wine.

Second night, the Hard Shell Restaurant (http://www.thehardshell.com/dinner.asp) - as the night before, we started out w/ shellfish, i.e. a dozen oysters (3 different types, including a favorite of ours, the Kumamoto from the Pacific northwest coast), half dozen clams, and steamed Dungeness crab legs; followed by another delightful mixed green salad (mixed field greens w/ sun dried cranberries, candied pecans, goat cheese, champagne vinaigrette).  We decided to both have one of the 'house specialties' - stuffed Maine lobster (½ Maine lobster, lump crab cake, potato croquette, asparagus, sorrel remoulade).  Dessert - a shared piece of wonderfully tart key lime pie!

Last day, we had the Sunday Champagne Brunch (11 AM reservation) at the Jefferson Hotel - the offerings are just amazingly broad (check HERE (http://www.jeffersonhotel.com/dining_sundaybrunch.aspx)) for a list; I invariably stick w/ the seafood, so two plates (w/ a salad intermezzo) of oysters (YES, again!), clams, large shrimp, poached & smoked salmon, along w/ flutes of sparkling wine and some live jazz music.  Did not eat dinner that night - just shared a cheese plate!

So, if you might be in the Richmond area and love seafood, all the above are heartily recommended!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on November 14, 2009, 04:48:35 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on November 12, 2009, 06:30:59 AM
Just returned from a long weekend trip to Richmond, VA - stayed at one of our favorite hotels, The Jefferson, and ate well for three days; all seafood for me w/ plenty of raw oysters, clams, lobsters, shrimp, & lump crab meat!....


I always look forward to eating in Richmond, especially the shellfish, which we can't get in mid-NC. The Jefferson Hotel chauffeurs you to most restaurants--real luxury!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Joe Barron on November 17, 2009, 12:18:30 PM
Cauliflower, as a snack. Yum.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on November 17, 2009, 12:20:09 PM
Quote from: Joe Barron on November 17, 2009, 12:18:30 PM
Cauliflower, as a snack. Yum.

Raw? (no dip)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on November 17, 2009, 05:54:19 PM
Quote from: Amvend on November 17, 2009, 12:20:09 PM
Raw? (no dip)

Boy, raw cauliflower -  ;) ;D

There must be some more adventurous eating here than 'rabbit food' -  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on November 18, 2009, 12:17:54 PM
Spicy ground pork fajitas, with raw peppers, some green salad, soured cream and plenty of grated vintage cheddar. Nice and simple.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on November 19, 2009, 06:05:57 PM
Today I had Mushroom Lasagna. I always use the 2-3 strips of leftover lasagna pastas for a wonderful side dish. Sauté oyster mushrooms (plenty) in butter, add finely chopped shallot, minced celery leaves (a little, you don't them want to overpower the mushrooms). I add strips of chicken meat leftovers.  Sprinkle with a little flour, deglaze with white wine,  add a cup of heavy cream. Say it gives 2 cups of rich sauce. Scoop the morsels and spread along the lasagna strip. Roll the garnished pasta and place in a small oven dish. Cover with the rest of the sauce and let bake for some 15 minutes. Yummy!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on November 24, 2009, 05:05:34 PM
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Spice-Rubbed-Chicken-Breasts-with-Lemon-Shallot-Sauce-106642

Spiced chicken breast with lemon-shallot sauce. Many chicken breast recipes turn out dry, but this sauce moistens it well: allspice, wine, chicken broth, lemon juice, shallots. No photo was taken, and I won't dare to post a fake one. Well, maybe....

(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:R-9p00ke2_a91M:http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OjpAkZSdhlc/Rk101dCXlpI/AAAAAAAAADc/XhfJobetKS8/s320/lemon_chicken_PaulGarland.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Drasko on November 25, 2009, 08:28:43 AM
Medlar is right now in season, and since its season is very short I'm trying to make the most of it.

(http://www.ars-grin.gov/cor/cool/medlar.fruit.jpg)


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on November 25, 2009, 08:34:55 AM
A juicy & delicious Macoun apple
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on November 25, 2009, 08:41:35 AM
And a Gala.  Also delicious, but with fruitier tones than the Macoun.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on November 25, 2009, 09:14:46 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on November 25, 2009, 08:41:35 AM
And a Gala.  Also delicious, but with fruitier tones than the Macoun.

The questions begs Karl.......How do you eat your apple?  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on November 25, 2009, 04:41:56 PM
http://www.deweys.com/favorites/moravian-cookies/

Moravian cookies!! Paper-thin, melt in your mouth. A speciality of the Moravians here in Winston-Salem NC. Ginger spice is classic and by far the best, though sugar and lemon are pretty good. They make a great holiday gift.

(http://www.deweys.com/images/headers/header-moravian-cookies.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on November 27, 2009, 08:15:27 AM
Thanksgiving at an Italian-style hotel in Chapel Hill. Among the dishes we had: pork ragout tagliatelle, rabbit lasagnette, shellfish cacciucco stew, osso bucco, bread pudding, chocolate semifreddo. Good food, but the hotel is pet-friendly. so some of our fellow guests barked all night.

                                                                                                            (http://sps.k12.mo.us/chs/images/barkingdog.jpg)
                                                                                               
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papageno on November 28, 2009, 04:28:44 PM
Food of the Gods.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on November 29, 2009, 01:08:15 PM
I had iskender kebab for lunch at the Istanbul Grill here in Houston. Very fine Turkish food indeed, one of my favorite places to get it. And the kind of lunch so satisfying that even now, three and a half hours later, I feel pleasantly full. And can still imagine its taste... :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on November 30, 2009, 05:24:45 AM
Quote from: Brian on November 29, 2009, 01:08:15 PM
I had iskender kebab for lunch at the Istanbul Grill here in Houston. Very fine Turkish food indeed, one of my favorite places to get it. And the kind of lunch so satisfying that even now, three and a half hours later, I feel pleasantly full. And can still imagine its taste... :)

What's on it?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on November 30, 2009, 05:27:30 AM
I just ate a cheese and onion sandwich, with lots of onion. Regretting it already. Thankfully I am a singleton.

I think this smiley is the most appropriate:  :-X
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on December 04, 2009, 09:30:19 AM
Nothing more annoying than eating an orange with seeds.  ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on December 04, 2009, 10:19:05 AM
Quote from: Brahmsian on December 04, 2009, 09:30:19 AM
Nothing more annoying than eating an orange with seeds.  ::)

Maybe eat them separately?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on December 11, 2009, 08:17:28 AM
True or false: Cooked food should be eaten at room temperature?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on December 11, 2009, 08:44:26 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on December 11, 2009, 08:17:28 AM
True or false: Cooked food should be eaten at room temperature?

Not sure whether you mean the temperature of the food should be room temperature, or the person should be at room temperature when eating. Not that it matters scientifically... but incidentally my appetite is probably optimum at room temperature. I say false.

I think food that has already been cooked and is now cold should either be eaten cold (and asap) or heated to 'piping hot' temperature (i.e. enough to kill off any bacteria). Better to eat it cold than warm it to room temperature (21 degrees C) as bacteria multiply faster the warmer they are. I think something like 37.5-40 degrees is optimum temperature for biological reactions (enzyme-based ones), so that is probably the temperature bacteria will multipy fastest at (remembering your average bacterium can clone itself every 20 minutes, thus increasing their numbers exponentially at that rate). Better to re-heat the food to boiling or as close as you can get without spoiling it.

Or if you're asking whether food you've just cooked should be allowed to cool to room temperature before eating. Well, that is perfectly safe. For thai food especially it is better served warm than hot. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on December 11, 2009, 08:59:38 AM
Quote from: Benji on December 11, 2009, 08:44:26 AM
Or if you're asking whether food you've just cooked should be allowed to cool to room temperature before eating. Well, that is perfectly safe. For thai food especially it is better served warm than hot. :)

This. I heard it has more flavor this way and that it's not necessarily healthy to eat hot food.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 12, 2009, 12:49:01 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on December 11, 2009, 08:59:38 AM
This. I heard it has more flavor this way and that it's not necessarily healthy to eat hot food.

Hot food?  or do you mean cooked food, Dave?

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 12, 2009, 02:02:42 PM
Just returned from the Ft. Myers-Sanibel area on the west coast of southern Florida - had a few vacation days left for the year - had a great time - posted a few activities in the 'vacation thread'! -  :)

Eating was GREAT - all seafood w/ oysters every day as starters; also, some alligator & frog's legs!  But two of my favorite FL dishes shown below, i.e. stone crab claws & Florida/Caribbean lobster tail:

P.S. - no that's not me holding my lobster; in fact that is a huge one!  Unlike the Maine lobster, the claws offer no interest, at least to a human consumer!  ;D

(http://blogs.menupages.com/southflorida/stonecrabs.jpg)  (http://underwaterflorida.homestead.com/files/lobsternap.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 12, 2009, 07:09:38 PM
Well, sorry about being the last one to post here, but Susan (a.k.a. Harpo) and I just returned from a short Florida vacation and had plenty of seafood (as indicated just above!)  :).

So, tonight she prepared us a non-seafood dinner of quail w/ a simple veggie, peas (pic below); quail was sauteed simply w/ butter, onions & sherry (from an old recipe book her mother owned - some very reliable recipes in that book!).

The quail were just delicious - we had 3 each (these are small birds) - the meat is dark and gamy, including the breast, so different from chicken - nice w/ a light red wine - tonight I tried a new '07 Cab-Merlot blend from Australia from Greg Norman; made from grapes along the Limestone Coast (just $12 from our local grocery store - might buy a few more bottles, a year in the cellar will lessen the tannins!).

Great meal and good change of pace - I'm happy!  ;D

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/Quail1209/739238951_32mcs-M.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brünnhilde ewig on December 12, 2009, 07:53:57 PM
This photo is from a few hours ago when I rescued a quail, which had run into a window. He was dazed, I held him against my heart for twenty minutes and when he recovered I gently put him into my Colorado Spruce, far away from people eager to have him for a meal.

Why not try a hamburger some day if you lust for animal meat!  >:D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 13, 2009, 06:30:16 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on December 12, 2009, 07:53:57 PM


Why not try a hamburger some day if you lust for animal meat!  >:D

What?  That makes no sense.  So eating one animal is OK, but another is not?  Is it because you see where that beautiful quail comes from and you understand its life where the other meat you consume comes from the grocery, all conveniently butchered and prepackaged so you never have to think about what it is or where it came from.  Cattle are beautiful animals too.  So are pigs. and chickens etc etc.  Either you eat them all or you don't eat any.   

Allan

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 13, 2009, 09:17:58 AM
Quote from: Brünnhilde ewig on December 12, 2009, 07:53:57 PM
This photo is from a few hours ago when I rescued a quail, which had run into a window. He was dazed, I held him against my heart for twenty minutes and when he recovered I gently put him into my Colorado Spruce, far away from people eager to have him for a meal.

Why not try a hamburger some day if you lust for animal meat!  >:D

Lis - have not seen you posting here lately!  Welcome back & hope all is well w/ you -  :D

Well, I probably would have done the same if a 'little' bird collided w/ a window in my house; unfortunately, Susan bought our quail frozen (and w/o their heads), so I did not have that option -  ;) ;D

Allan - enjoyed your comment above - thanks! Dave  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on December 13, 2009, 02:01:31 PM
Quote from: toledobass on December 13, 2009, 06:30:16 AM
What?  That makes no sense.  So eating one animal is OK, but another is not?  Is it because you see where that beautiful quail comes from and you understand its life where the other meat you consume comes from the grocery, all conveniently butchered and prepackaged so you never have to think about what it is or where it came from.  Cattle are beautiful animals too.  So are pigs. and chickens etc etc.  Either you eat them all or you don't eat any.   

Allan

Good point!! Sonic and I are carnivores (and "aquivores") but we choose our meat based on amount of cholesterol and fat, not appearance.

When I buy live lobsters at the grocery store someone invariably says "Eww! You mean you KILL them?" I always point out that all of the meat and fish in the store has been killed, so it makes no difference if it's killed by me or by somebody else.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: secondwind on December 13, 2009, 02:42:44 PM
A friend of mine has the philosophy that she won't eat any animal she like to pet. . .
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on December 14, 2009, 03:51:24 PM
Quote from: Brahmsian on December 04, 2009, 09:30:19 AM
Nothing more annoying than eating an orange with seeds.  ::)

How about eating an orange with no juice??
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on December 19, 2009, 10:06:40 AM
Food question: what do you do with a frikadelle (or frikadeller/frikadellen - Google isn't very helpful with the name)? I have a friend who makes them with chips, but I am so far unable to work out how they would be used - as a meatball (with sauce) or as a burger (with garnish)?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on December 19, 2009, 03:54:19 PM
Home made doner pitas. Pork cubes slowly brought to a boil and left to simmer a few minutes. Rinsed with cold water, then finely sliced and fried in oil (I used coconut shortening) with home-made 'greek-style' spices. Garnish the pita bread with mucho tzatziki sauce, finely cut onion, tomato, lettuce, and meat. Very tasty.

This is pretty much like what I did, but I fried the onions. Served with french fries from Frites Alors,  picked on my way from the concert hall.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/4/4b/20070102235829%21Gyros.jpg)

Quite similar to shawarma, except for the spices
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on December 19, 2009, 03:56:14 PM
Just mention of Frites Alors makes me want to come back for a visit, André!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on December 19, 2009, 04:20:22 PM
Karl, the bleu and pear burger is still on the menu ;).

My son had a craving, so while I waited for my order (fries with béarnaise, tartar and indonesian sauces) he indulged in a tunisian poutine (fried onions and merguez pieces added to the usual dish). I had a couple of bites. Have to admit it's just out of this world mega caloried stuff. The glory...!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on December 20, 2009, 08:40:10 AM
Last night:
SHRIMP TACOS
Hacienda street-style. Three corn tortillas loaded with grilled shrimp, chipotle aioli sauce and roasted poblano peppers. Topped with cool lime-marinated cabbage, pico de gallo, chipotle onions and a fresh lime cream sauce.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on January 19, 2010, 07:46:13 AM
Everyone's been on a diet or hunger strike the past month?

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on January 19, 2010, 01:42:40 PM
Chicken breast and cream of celery rice.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on January 20, 2010, 10:02:42 PM
I tried a mushroom burger yesterday (well - mushroom, potato, chickpea, onion and bread were the ingredients), my findings:

It tastes decent, I had to melt cheese on it to make it appetising enough to eat in a bun though (so dry!). I then ran into a major flaw with the concept of a "vegetable burger", which was that when thinking of things to add to the burger and bun to make it into an enjoyable meal (as a meat one would be) rather than just an 'okay' thing, I immediately started considering adding... meat - which would leave the veggie burger itself as a glorified bread slice in the middle.

If the bun thing really is a no go, then these things will just be completely pointless, as they can't be eaten with knives and forks either, as you may as well use real vegetables. I never thought such a simple piece of food would be so difficult :-*
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 25, 2010, 12:36:06 PM
Here is some stuff I've made while I've been away. Fried Chicken, I cured some pancetta that came out well, and some chicken bouillalbaisse.  Get cooking/eating folks!!!!

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on January 25, 2010, 05:10:26 PM
Quote from: toledobass on January 25, 2010, 12:36:06 PM
Here is some stuff I've made while I've been away. Fried Chicken, I cured some pancetta that came out well, and some chicken bouillalbaisse.  Get cooking/eating folks!!!!

Allan

I want to move in with you, now.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: zorzynek on January 26, 2010, 03:34:32 AM
I just ate some sushi. Not sure if my fatty liver can bare the ginger but I guess I don't care. (I'm going to take one  extra pill in this intention)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on January 26, 2010, 10:13:53 AM
Newly invigorated by a recent date (of sorts), I've sprung back into cooking action (even if only for myself):

Winter Salad over sautéed pumpkin and hot tomatoes
with pork tenderloin, lemon zested, au jus.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on January 26, 2010, 10:14:51 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on January 26, 2010, 10:13:53 AM
Newly invigorated by a recent date (of sorts), I've sprung back into cooking action (even if only for myself):

Winter Salad over sautéed pumpkin and hot tomatoes
with pork tenderloin, lemon zested, au jus.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on January 26, 2010, 10:17:27 AM
Is that after you ate it?  ???







;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on January 26, 2010, 10:20:06 AM
Quote from: Beethovenian on January 26, 2010, 10:17:27 AM
Is that after you ate it?  ???
;D

Is that a quantity joke--or are you suggesting the presentation looks like sh*t?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on January 26, 2010, 10:20:55 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on January 26, 2010, 10:20:06 AM
Is that a quantity joke--or are you suggesting the presentation looks like sh*t?

Quantity, quantity...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on January 26, 2010, 01:10:59 PM
Quote from: Lethe on December 19, 2009, 10:06:40 AM
Food question: what do you do with a frikadelle (or frikadeller/frikadellen - Google isn't very helpful with the name)? I have a friend who makes them with chips, but I am so far unable to work out how they would be used - as a meatball (with sauce) or as a burger (with garnish)?

Frikadelle (pl. Frikadellen). The meat is half ground pork, half ground beef. Add chopped onions, one egg and some old bread that's been soaked in water and fry. I've never eaten it with a sauce, or seen a sauce offered. They are usually served with a potato salad or Pommes (french fries or chips). They can be served on a Brötchen (hard roll) like a burger but they usually aren't. Mustard is the only condiment I've seen used.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lilas Pastia on January 27, 2010, 06:03:28 PM
Frikadelle is a german meal, fricadelle a french or belgian one. I must say after researching the subject that the german version:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Frikadeller.jpg/800px-Frikadeller.jpg)

looks much better than the gallic version:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Patat_met.jpg/800px-Patat_met.jpg)

Sarge's description applies to the 'kraut' dish. It is usually served with beets and either brown gravy or yogurt. The other one is found in just about every 'baraque à frites' in northern France or Belgium. I've seen it served throughout the belgian Ardennes. Basically, it's a deep fried hot dog sausage and it tastes like one.

My MIL used to make the german kind, but my wife always snacks on the belgian version.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on January 28, 2010, 08:50:26 AM
Thanks, it seems like I have the green light to just make them with chips and claim to be authentic :D Also, I realise a tactic I can now use:

Friend: "What did you eat today?"

Me: "Burger and chips frikadelle and pommes"

It sounds far healthier.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on February 22, 2010, 11:53:23 AM
Been making some......errrrrr....ahem.....vegetarian food lately.  Tonight will be sauteed veggies and rice with a spicy peanut lime sauce.  Been making some great garden burgers out of lentils, bulgar, mushrooms and beets too.


Allan 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on February 22, 2010, 06:52:36 PM
Quote from: toledobass on February 22, 2010, 11:53:23 AM
Been making some......errrrrr....ahem.....vegetarian food lately.  Tonight will be sauteed veggies and rice with a spicy peanut lime sauce.  Been making some great garden burgers out of lentils, bulgar, mushrooms and beets too.


Allan

Is this from the same man that used to make homemade sausage!?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on February 23, 2010, 10:20:35 AM
Crazy talk huh? Believe it or not the wife is vegetarian and damn close to having a vegan diet.  Every once in a while I like to see if I can make something delicious that has no meat.  It's a good challenge.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Novi on February 23, 2010, 11:01:48 AM
Quote from: toledobass on February 22, 2010, 11:53:23 AM
Been making some......errrrrr....ahem.....vegetarian food lately.  Tonight will be sauteed veggies and rice with a spicy peanut lime sauce.  Been making some great garden burgers out of lentils, bulgar, mushrooms and beets too.


Allan

That sounds nice - have you a recipe for it? I need to go beyond frozen soy burgers... :-\
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on February 23, 2010, 07:14:25 PM
Quote from: toledobass on February 23, 2010, 10:20:35 AM
Crazy talk huh? Believe it or not the wife is vegetarian and damn close to having a vegan diet.  Every once in a while I like to see if I can make something delicious that has no meat.  It's a good challenge.

Allan

My wife is a self proclaimed hypocritcal vegetarian.  That is, she stays away from meat, unless it is a juicy t-bone.  Then she just cannot help herself.   ;D

As for me, give me a deer steak any day....and throw a couple of those steamed Bar Harbor "bugs" on the plate as well.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: abidoful on February 24, 2010, 12:47:14 AM
Soon i will be eating MÄMMI 8)  (=mämmi is a traditional finnish season-food, a sort of a dessert consumed with cream and sugar, tastes little bit like  chocolate cake dough- looks like------doo-doo)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 26, 2010, 01:37:03 PM
Quote from: abidoful on February 24, 2010, 12:47:14 AM
...tastes little bit like  chocolate cake dough- looks like------doo-doo

Sounds....delightful  :P

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: John Copeland on February 26, 2010, 01:48:22 PM
I was having a great munch on these a moment ago.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on March 01, 2010, 06:04:51 PM
Tonight I cooked: broiled scallops with a pesto/lemon/wine sauce, over whole wheat orzo, sprinkled with feta cheese. Steamed baby spinach on the side.  I will be making it again, maybe with shrimp instead of scallops.

We took no photo, so this is a Google facsimile of it <g>

(http://www.womansday.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/wd2/recipes/scallops-with-creamy-pesto/185123-1-eng-US/scallops-with-creamy-pesto_slideshow_image.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: zorzynek on March 03, 2010, 04:47:32 AM
(http://www.piotripawel.pl/foto/5900531004049.jpg)  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: John Copeland on March 03, 2010, 04:55:08 AM
Quote from: zorzynek on March 03, 2010, 04:47:32 AM
(http://www.piotripawel.pl/foto/5900531004049.jpg)  ;D

What is that?  Cheese?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: zorzynek on March 03, 2010, 04:56:56 AM
Quote from: John on March 03, 2010, 04:55:08 AM
What is that?  Cheese?

yeah, cottage cheese, no fat
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 06, 2010, 10:21:52 AM
Well, I was off on Friday, so we attended a new independent downtown theater - just 2 screens w/ 80 seats in each area; wine & beer are available - films shown will be ones less likely to hit the big chain complexes and foreign films - plan to return on Sunday afternoon to see The Young Victoria -  :D

But being downtown gave us the opportunity to eat in an area of town, which we rarely do - went to a restaurant that we dined at last year after attending an event in the Old Salem Visitor's Center - the place is called Meridien Restaurant (http://www.meridianws.com/menu.html) (menu attached as a PDF file for the curious).

For starters, I had the Rare grilled Yellow Fin Tuna salad - a mixture of greens, olives, etc. w/ a light dressing - a little more than I wanted but delicious; shared some of the tuna w/ Susan who had the lightly battered fried oysters!

Main course for me was the Grilled Antelope Tournedos w/ a 'dirty rice' + spinach side - also wonderful; Susan had the duck (we shared the meats!) - plus a couple of glasses of DeLoach Pinot Noir!

No dessert - we were both pretty full!  However, we'll likely go downtown for an occasional flick, so plan to revisit that restaurant!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on March 06, 2010, 04:01:15 PM
Rabbit tonite! Browned with onions and then braised with chicken broth and white wine. Bony but very tasty. Funny, I didn't expect it to have four drumsticks.  :)


(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:7H9lhKH5VbN8sM:http://d21c.com/tas/mtag10/ut_cute_rabbit.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 14, 2010, 11:33:41 AM
shortbread cookies :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on March 15, 2010, 07:05:23 PM
Veal scallopini with garlic-lemon-pine nut sauce. Braised fennel as the veggie. Dessert: rye Triscuits and a grape Edy's fruit popsicle.

Saturday night: shrimp stir-fried with onions, snow peas, baby corn, red pepper, ginger and soba noodles. Sonic wants to add cashews next time (no way!, perhaps peanuts)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 15, 2010, 07:22:55 PM
Quote from: Harpo on March 15, 2010, 07:05:23 PM
Veal scallopini with garlic-lemon-pine nut sauce. Braised fennel as the veggie. Dessert: rye Triscuits and a grape Edy's fruit popsicle.

Saturday night: shrimp stir-fried with onions, snow peas, baby corn, red pepper, ginger and soba noodles. Sonic wants to add cashews next time (no way!, perhaps peanuts)

Absolutely.....keep the cashews away from such a wonderful dish.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 15, 2010, 07:24:39 PM
Sounds terrific Harpo!

I made some shrimp and grits tonight.  Plenty of grits leftover for gritcakes in the morning....mmmmmmm

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on March 16, 2010, 08:23:00 AM
Quote from: toledobass on March 15, 2010, 07:24:39 PM
Sounds terrific Harpo!

I made some shrimp and grits tonight.  Plenty of grits leftover for gritcakes in the morning....mmmmmmm

Allan

Shrimp and grits is one of my favorite comfort foods! Our neighborhood "bistro" makes it with cheese grits, andouille sausage and spinach. Inspired combination!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: John Copeland on March 16, 2010, 04:17:48 PM
 ???
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on March 17, 2010, 05:28:18 AM
Quote from: John on March 16, 2010, 04:17:48 PM
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=88.0;attach=24477;image)
I had a hankering for those when I visited Weymouth last week, but I couldn't find a single chip shop open. I know it's not quite the holiday season yet, but seriously?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on March 17, 2010, 05:53:15 AM
One egg, over medium, atop a lightly toasted slice of buttered dark rye, with a few strawberries on the side, a small glass of orange juice, and black coffee. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 17, 2010, 10:52:31 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on March 17, 2010, 05:53:15 AM
One egg, over medium, atop a lightly toasted slice of buttered dark rye, with a few strawberries on the side, a small glass of orange juice, and black coffee.

Over medium,  exactly the way I like them too....it's a bummer that it doesn't exist in any breakfast joint where I've eaten.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on March 17, 2010, 11:08:43 AM
DAWG! ; )
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 17, 2010, 11:49:45 AM
WADDUP!!!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 17, 2010, 02:00:18 PM
Susan & I are on a short vacation in New Orleans - use to go a lot but our first visit post-Katrina - thought that we would like to support the city; staying at the Hotel Monteleone in the French Quarter - on Royal Street which has a bunch of art galleries, so we'll be doing some shopping.

Dinner in about an hour at Galatoire's Restaurant (http://www.galatoires.com/index.html) on Bourbon Street - one of the old timers, sometimes w/ mixed reviews but have not been there in a while - I see a lot of oysters & seafood in our brief stay here!   ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 17, 2010, 02:29:09 PM
Quote from: toledobass on March 17, 2010, 10:52:31 AM
Over medium, 

Perfect.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 18, 2010, 02:37:50 PM
Last night in New Orleans, dinner at Galatoire's Restaurant (link provided a few post back):

Susan I started out sharing two cups  Turtle soup & Seafood Gumbo - tasty; followed by Mixed green salads w/ a wonderful coarse mustard/garlic dressing (which I could still taste the next morning!).

Main course for me was the Pompano, whole fish roasted w/ a lemon caper sauce - quite delicious; Susan had one of the lighter Lumped blue crab dishes; a wonderful Bread pudding w/ banana sauce for dessert, shared!

Light lunch the next day @ the famous Acme Oyster House (http://www.acmeoyster.com/) - shared a couple of dozen oysters, both raw & roasted, plus cups of their Seafood Gumbo, Red Beans & Rice, and Chicken-Andouille Gumbo - we'll likely go back - a place NOT to be missed, especially if you're into oysters!

Tonight for dinner, the Bayona Restaurant (http://www.bayona.com/) on Dauphine St. - highly recommended by many including Bruce, who is a frequent traveler to New Orleans -  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on March 18, 2010, 08:15:19 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on March 18, 2010, 02:37:50 PM

Tonight for dinner, the Bayona Restaurant (http://www.bayona.com/) on Dauphine St. - highly recommended by many including Bruce, who is a frequent traveler to New Orleans -  :D

Bayona is more innovative, not the traditional Creole/seafood place. For starters we had sauteed sweetbreads in sherry/mustard butter (me) and a bleu cheese salad (D). Main courses: rabbit/chorizo roulade (me), flounder with Southern kale, and rice with shrimp and corn (D). Dessert was Earl Grey tea ice cream and pineapple/basil sorbet.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 19, 2010, 09:06:18 AM
Noodles with ginger scallion sauce.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 20, 2010, 07:32:33 AM
Yesterday, just a light, early lunch at Felix's Restaurant & Oyster Bar (http://www.felixs.com/) - just across Iberville Street from the Acme Oyster House - much less crowded and still great oysters; we shared a dozen oysters & had the seafood salad (crab & shrimp) w/ a wonderful remoulade dressing!

At night, tried the Bourbon House (http://www.bourbonhouse.com/our-team.html) on the corner of Iberville & Bourbon Streets - a new Brennan restaurant (they have started plenty in New Orleans, but the original Brennan's is still going on Royal Street & Commander's Palace in the Garden District).

Again, we shared a dozen oysters on the half shelf and also an alligator trio (alligator boudin, grilled, and in a spicy sauce) - great starters!  Susan had the shrimp creole and I the sheephead's fish w/ spicy gulf shrimp special! 

Tonight (our last - home in the AM) - GW Fins (http://www.gwfins.com/nola/) emphasizing seafood flown in daily - should be another great dining experience -  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on March 20, 2010, 02:30:15 PM
Very humbly, compared to SonicMan's enviable excursions.

Making salads, mostly, with variations on this dressing:

First: Finely chopped ginger, Lemon Zest, Scotch, fresh pepper, salt, a dash of chili.

Then: Olive Oil (Sicilian), "Balsamic" Vinegar (a decent kind of the fake stuff), chopped shallots and Yogurt.

Greens of choice (a mix of Mache, Arugola et al.), cherry tomatoes, loads of sprouts--Alfalfa et al.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 20, 2010, 08:40:26 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on March 20, 2010, 02:30:15 PM
Making salads, mostly, with variations on this dressing:

First: Finely chopped ginger, Lemon Zest, Scotch, fresh pepper, salt, a dash of chili.

Then: Olive Oil (Sicilian), "Balsamic" Vinegar (a decent kind of the fake stuff), chopped shallots and Yogurt.

Greens of choice (a mix of Mache, Arugola et al.), cherry tomatoes, loads of sprouts--Alfalfa et al.

Jens - your dishes always sound wonderful - I believe we could easily become 'eating soul mates'!

Well, our last dinner in New Orleans at GW Fins (http://www.gwfins.com/nola/), a new restaurant w/ an emphasis on seafood of all types, i.e. not only Gulf Coast but other types flown in daily!  :D

Our shared starters - Sizzling Oysters & Lobster Ravioli   - half dozen oysters just grilled enough to make them hot and the juices 'sizzling' w/ a butter sauce; ravioli w/ fresh lobster & thin pasta in a delicate sauce - wonderful start!

Main courses - Susan had the Sea Bass (wild striped sautéed w/ a lobster/tomato risotto & snap peas); I had the Yellowfin Tuna, seared rare (sushi style) w/ sticky rice & oriental veggies - this kind of dish is a favorite for me!  For tuna, I love a Pinot Noir wine and the Ponzi Tavola (Oregon) was on the 'glass' selection (a recommendation in several of the publications I receive) - a delicious combination w/ the tuna - yum! 

We shared an Apple Pie dessert a la mode - had to be order w/ the main course because of preparation time; basically a 'small apple pie' for two baked to order - a nice ending to one of our favorite dinners in the Big Easy over the four nights - BOY, if you get a chance to visit this unique southern city and enjoy eating, don't miss the opportunity -  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: John Copeland on March 22, 2010, 01:22:48 AM
A nice accompaniment to Vivaldi this morning.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: abidoful on March 22, 2010, 11:41:24 PM
Have been eating shrimps  for T-W-O days now-left-overs from a family dinner...!
On sunday I grilled them in a sweet chili sauce with noodles cooked in coconut. Today  just cold with a glass of white wine.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: springrite on March 30, 2010, 08:27:36 AM
Going to my grandfather's hometown village tomorrow and stay for 2 days for memorial day services. I will be eating some interesting food (or should I say strange?), I am sure. The town is by the ocean so there will be lots of seafood. But I can not eat seafood due to gout. But there'd be lots of insects to choose from. I will sample a few. I believe they are low in purine.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 30, 2010, 08:31:49 AM
Quote from: springrite on March 30, 2010, 08:27:36 AM
Going to my grandfather's hometown village tomorrow and stay for 2 days for memorial day services. I will be eating some interesting food (or should I say strange?), I am sure. The town is by the ocean so there will be lots of seafood. But I can not eat seafood due to gout. But there'd be lots of insects to choose from. I will sample a few. I believe they are low in purine.  ;D

Paul,
Any chance of you sending a few pics back from your trip?  Would absolutely love to see the village.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: springrite on March 30, 2010, 08:35:32 AM
Quote from: Bogey on March 30, 2010, 08:31:49 AM
Paul,
Any chance of you sending a few pics back from your trip?  Would absolutely love to see the village.

Since it is a somewhat solemn occasion I won't be bringing the camera. Maybe next time. The village looks 500 years old, with roads that my grandfather built in the early 1940's. Unpaved, of course. It is raining there now so it will be muddy.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 30, 2010, 08:38:46 AM
Quote from: springrite on March 30, 2010, 08:35:32 AM
Since it is a somewhat solemn occasion I won't be bringing the camera. Maybe next time. The village looks 500 years old, with roads that my grandfather built in the early 1940's. Unpaved, of course. It is raining there now so it will be muddy.

Understand and thanks.  Safe travels and enjoy your visit. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 30, 2010, 05:08:32 PM
Well tonight, a special treat!  :D

Osso Buco from Cuisine Solutions (below right) - braised veal shanks w/ tomatoes, onions, carrots, and white wine - just need to heat the dish and plenty of sauce to add a pasta of your choice; tonight Whole Wheat Orzo, along w/ Sauteed Spinach w/ Olive Oil & Toasted Pine Nuts (below, left) - wine for the night, Artesa Pinot Noir 2007 from the Carneros region of California - easy and delicious!   ;D

P.S. - Congrats to my cook of the night - Susan (a.k.a. Harpo) -  ;) :)


(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/OssoBuco33010/823924127_K3iLy-O.jpg)  (http://www.cuisinesolutions.com/thumbprodimagefirst.aspx?iname=ossobucosmall1.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mamascarlatti on March 30, 2010, 07:06:40 PM
Homemade fish pie, the bechamel made with fish stock, white wine and cream over prawns and whitef ish, plenty of parsely and capers, topped with mashed potatoes. Serve with roast pumpkin and garlic tossed spianch. Ambrosial.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on April 01, 2010, 05:08:24 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on March 30, 2010, 05:08:32 PM
Well tonight, a special treat!  :D

Osso Buco from Cuisine Solutions (below right) - braised veal shanks w/ tomatoes, onions, carrots, and white wine - just need to heat the dish and plenty of sauce to add a pasta of your choice; tonight Whole Wheat Orzo, along w/ Sauteed Spinach w/ Olive Oil & Toasted Pine Nuts (below, left) - wine for the night, Artesa Pinot Noir 2007 from the Carneros region of California - easy and delicious!   ;D

P.S. - Congrats to my cook of the night - Susan (a.k.a. Harpo) -  ;) :)


(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/OssoBuco33010/823924127_K3iLy-O.jpg)  (http://www.cuisinesolutions.com/thumbprodimagefirst.aspx?iname=ossobucosmall1.jpg)
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The spinach recipe was my own invention!  ;D 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: John Copeland on April 11, 2010, 06:25:56 AM
Yes, well, the can get as many fair trade certificates for this as they want, but they're still running a dodgy sideline with the origin of their palm oil.
Who cares?  It's a nice munch.   :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 11, 2010, 11:58:33 AM
We had a marvelous meal tonight which Mrs. Rock started last night. She roasted cardamom pods, cinnamon, cloves, corriander seeds, fennel seeds and bay leaves and then ground the mix.  Dissolved saffron in boiling water, added the spice mix plus crushed garlic and ginger, lemon juice and salt. Used that as a marinade for a whole chicken which spent the next 20 hours in the fridge. I grilled the bird using indirect heat on a charcoal Weber for one and half hours. Voila, tandoori chicken!...or as close to tandoori chicken as we'll get in this part of Germany. Served with rice and asparagus. Drank a local Sekt (German champagne).

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: sospiro on April 11, 2010, 12:09:27 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 11, 2010, 11:58:33 AM
We had a marvelous meal tonight which Mrs. Rock started last night. She ground cardamom pods, cinnamon, cloves, corriander seeds, fennel seeds and bay leaves and then roasted the mix.  Dissolved saffron in boiling water, added the spice mix plus crushed garlic and ginger, lemon juice and salt. Used that as a marinade for a whole chicken which spent the next 20 hours in the fridge. I grilled the bird using indirect heat on a charcoal Weber for one and half hours. Voila, tandoori chicken!...or as close to tandoori chicken as we'll get in this part of Germany. Served with rice and asparagus. Drank a local Sekt (German champagne).

Sarge

:o I am so jealous - that sounds absolutely amazing! And has made me feel very hungry. I ate my nice but boring mixed salad a long time ago.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 11, 2010, 12:20:23 PM
Quote from: sospiro on April 11, 2010, 12:09:27 PM
:o I am so jealous - that sounds absolutely amazing! And has made me feel very hungry. I ate my nice but boring mixed salad a long time ago.

I don't want to increase your jealousy, but I have to say it was incredibly good. I love the taste of saffron.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: sospiro on April 11, 2010, 12:30:57 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 11, 2010, 12:20:23 PM
I don't want to increase your jealousy, but I have to say it was incredibly good. I love the taste of saffron.

Sarge

Please don't torment me! Yes, saffron is one of those almost mystical ingredients. Amazing how a few little red strands can produce such a special flavour.

Going to have a cup of this & watch the golf. Keeping my fingers crossed for Lee Westwood.

(http://www.clearspring.co.uk/sites/default/files/images/kikucha.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 15, 2010, 08:06:29 AM
Ordered fish and chips for lunch yesterday.  I don't know why I do that to myself....I always have high hopes for the dish but I can't remember the last time I had decent fish and chips....sort of the same thing with biscuits and gravy.

Any dishes like that for you? 

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 15, 2010, 08:08:50 AM
I was gonna make something for lunch but screw it....imma go out and get some indian food,  I'll report back with what I devour. :D

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on April 15, 2010, 08:57:05 AM
Quote from: toledobass on April 15, 2010, 08:08:50 AM
I was gonna make something for lunch but screw it....imma go out and get some indian food,  I'll report back with what I devour. :D

Allan

I wish I could do that, I miss indian food. :'(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on April 15, 2010, 01:59:12 PM
holy wow...ate waaaay too much..

samosa, pakora, navratan korma, aloo gobi, daal, malai kofta, then kulfi and masala tea for dessert.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 15, 2010, 02:16:51 PM
Quote from: toledobass on April 15, 2010, 01:59:12 PM
holy wow...ate waaaay too much..

samosa, pakora, navratan korma, aloo gobi, daal, malai kofta, then kulfi and masala tea for dessert.

Mrs. Rock makes a great aloo gobi...hmmmm, I'll have to talk her into making Indian this weekend.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 18, 2010, 05:59:10 AM
We've been eating particularly well the last few days. And I've been getting my fill of saffron  8)

Friday night before the Rott concert in Frankfurt we ate at a fine Italian restaurant next to the Alte Oper. We had a salad of scallops (grilled and smokey tasting) and Feldsalat (lamb's lettuce) in a dressing of balsamico and rhaspberry vinegar, walnut oil. Then ravioli stuffed with ricotta and spinach in a saffron cream sauce. Drank the house red.

Last night Mrs. Rock made pangasius filets in a bear's garlic/saffron cream sauce, steamed Kohlrabi (cabbage turnip) and a rice salad. Drank a 2008 Riesling from Wittmann (a great Rheinhessen winery located in Westhofen, a few miles west of us).

Tonight Mrs Rock is making me aloo gobi  :)  and she's prepared another tandoori chicken I'll grill. I'd be happy if this becomes a Sunday tradition.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: abidoful on April 22, 2010, 02:29:48 PM
Nothing at the moment, but today;
- two hamburgers
- two pizza's
- a half an orange and some cookies :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 26, 2010, 05:42:38 PM
Well, tonight going back to the Incan culture for our dinner - an ancient grain from South America - Quinoa
- brand name shown below - recipe w/ stuff peppers on the box - very vegetarian and low in calories - quite delicious - (warning - just have half the recipe!)  :)

(https://www.navanfoods.com/files/Ancient%20Harvest%20Quinoa.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on May 11, 2010, 07:36:30 AM
It's Spargel (asparagus) season in Germany. Mrs. Rock and I have already consumed 10 kilograms (8 white, 2 green). Here's a video on the production and consumption of the fabulous vegetable:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWsxFDiBSRY&feature=digest


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on May 11, 2010, 08:38:41 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on April 26, 2010, 05:42:38 PM
Well, tonight going back to the Incan culture for our dinner - an ancient grain from South America - Quinoa
- brand name shown below - recipe w/ stuff peppers on the box - very vegetarian and low in calories - quite delicious - (warning - just have half the recipe!)  :)

Go search for "Quinoa" and "David Lynch" on YouTube, you won't regret it!!!

@Sarge: Did some Spargel in Vienna the night before last. Followed by Spanferkel chops. Asks the waiter: "Will you need a steak knife". Responds I: "I hope not."

I didn't, but only by one or two grades of dryness... it was good, but disappointing. Not as disappointing though as when one of my favorite restaurants used that particularly nasty, yellow "Curry" powder in its curry-chicken salad appetizer. That was downright appalling. Is that stuff just that nasty in Germany or everywhere in the world?  I don't recall stumbling upon that in DC, ever.

At home I only eat rice... a vow until I have renovated (completely stripped and re-done) the kitchen. (Might also help being able to afford that project.)
But rice isn't just rice.

Today's procedure:

liberal amount of butter and olive oil in small pan.
add lots of chopped spring onions, also chopped ginger, chopped garlic
eventually add roughly half a cup of rice, add ground coriander, lots of turmeric, liberal amount of cinnamon, ground chili pepper.
add stock (beef best, but veggie is fine, too), water, and (though not necessary, but I did:) Ayran (a salted Turkish Yoghurt drink).
turn down to the lowest flame, let simmer until liquids are gone (but rice not dry).
Add freshly cut mint and chopped cilantro and mix with a few spoons of yoghurt to consume immediately.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on May 11, 2010, 11:08:29 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on May 11, 2010, 08:38:41 AM
@Sarge: Did some Spargel in Vienna the night before last. Followed by Spanferkel chops. Asks the waiter: "Will you need a steak knife". Responds I: "I hope not."

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/feb2010/HomerSpanferkel.jpg)

Ever since Babe I've had tremendous guilt whenever I've eaten Spanferkel..."I weep for you, I deeply sympathize." But like the Walrus, I simply cry until my plate is clean  ;D  Well, it's their fault...they shouldn't be so damn tasty.


QuoteBut rice isn't just rice....Today's procedure

That sounds incredibly good. I'll have to try it.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on May 12, 2010, 09:19:14 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 11, 2010, 11:08:29 AM
Well, it's their fault...they shouldn't be so damn tasty.

Precisement!

QuoteThat sounds incredibly good. I'll have to try it.

The important thing is not to get bogged down with recipes and to switch and substitute matters.

Only the onions, the stock, the turmeric, and the cinnamon (apart from the rice, obviously) I would say are essential. Maybe also the ginger.

But then instead of yoghurt afterwards, one can add coconut milk during the cooking. (Which takes matters closer to an East Asian curry.)

Any vegetable (in small quantities could be added and sauteed instead of or with the onions/spring onions/garlic. Leave out spices, add others. Right now I've added carrots and dried mango powder, but left some other ingredients out. Fresh chilies instead of powder or instead of the veggies. Fish stock instead of other stock etc. etc....

That way, the dish becomes a petri-dish of sorts; an experimental spice-lab in which one can track and trace what one likes particularly, and in what combinations... and then can extrapolate for real, more complicated food.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on May 12, 2010, 10:04:52 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on May 12, 2010, 09:19:14 AM
The important thing is not to get bogged down with recipes and to switch and substitute matters.

Exactly. Mrs. Rock and I are both experimenters, very often going off the beaten recipe path.

We're having rice tonight but not yours: shrimp risotto with fried Spargel on the side. Drinking a 2008 Sicilian white, part of which went into the pot.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: secondwind on May 15, 2010, 04:21:43 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 11, 2010, 07:36:30 AM
It's Spargel (asparagus) season in Germany. Mrs. Rock and I have already consumed 10 kilograms (8 white, 2 green). Here's a video on the production and consumption of the fabulous vegetable:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWsxFDiBSRY&feature=digest


Sarge
One year, my husband and I took a trip through Liechtenstein.  When we arrived, we saw signs all over town "Spargelfest!"  We were clueless until we went to a restaurant for dinner, and every item on the menu seemed to feature "spargel".  Watching the video made me both nostalgic and hungry!
Title: Pot Roast
Post by: drogulus on May 15, 2010, 01:36:32 PM

     I hope I'm not violating a Diner rule by making a pot roast and starting a thread about it while it's still cooking. It's been a few years since I made one and I don't really have a recipe. I'm just winging it.

     


     
Title: Re: Pot Roast
Post by: Holden on May 15, 2010, 06:34:53 PM
I made one last  night in my pressure cooker.

Browned the roast thoroughly by adding butter and a dash of worcester sauce (soy also works)

Sauted chopped onions and garlic in the juices from the browning.

Added a little bit of beer to remove the leavings from the bottom of the pot.

Seasoned the roast with Italian herbs, pepper, salt.

Put about 400 mls of beer into the pot (along with carrot, celery and other veges).

Placed seasoned beef on a trivet.

Bought cooker up to pressure and cooked for 35 minutes.

Allowed pressure to release naturally. Rested roast for 15 minutes and added a bit of flour to the leavings to make a gravy.

Served with Veges.
Title: Re: Pot Roast
Post by: drogulus on May 16, 2010, 03:07:53 PM

      Excellent! My technique is quite different. I use canned beef broth and water along with vegetable oil, browning the meat after dredging it in flour in the oil along with 3 cloves of garlic and half a large yellow onion I happened to have. After a thorough browning I add the broth and water and simmer on a low heat on the stove top for at least an hour, adding celery, coarse ground black pepper and a bay leaf for seasoning. Once the meat is tender I add new potatoes, little white onions and carrots, and continue cooking until the veggies are ready, then add flour and water to thicken, more pepper and some sea salt, remove the celery and waaah-lahh!

      Mine came out pretty well considering I'm operating on instinct. We'll be having it again on Tuesday, and I'll enjoy it more since my nerves are better when I'm just heating something up. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/cheesy.gif)

     So, how did yours go?
Title: Re: Pot Roast
Post by: Sergeant Rock on May 16, 2010, 03:15:35 PM
Quote from: drogulus on May 15, 2010, 01:36:32 PM
     I hope I'm not violating a Diner rule by making a pot roast and starting a thread about it while it's still cooking.
   

I don't think you are violating any rules but you could have posted this in the What are you eating thread...even though you hadn't properly eaten it yet when you posted  ;D  Of course your pot roast might be so good, it deserves a separate thread  ;)

Sarge, who hasn't made a pot roast in quite awhile primarily because whenever I did attempt it I was always disappointed it didn't taste like my mom's.
Title: Re: Pot Roast
Post by: drogulus on May 16, 2010, 03:39:10 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 16, 2010, 03:15:35 PM
I don't think you are violating any rules but you could have posted this in the What are you eating thread...even though you hadn't properly eaten it yet when you posted  ;D  Of course your pot roast might be so good, it deserves a separate thread  ;)

Sarge, who hasn't made a pot roast in quite awhile primarily because whenever I did attempt it I was always disappointed it didn't taste like my mom's.

      Sarge, I forgot about the Eating thread or I would have used it. My experience with the "Sunbeam" thread led me to think I was on safe ground here in Diner Land. Besides, this is about so much more than just eating. This is about nothing less than......Life Itself. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/angel.gif) (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/tongue.gif)

      I learned most of what I know about cooking from my mother, and there's a family resemblance in the taste, though her Midwestern upbringing did not encompass 3 cloves of garlic.
Title: Re: Pot Roast
Post by: Holden on May 17, 2010, 01:01:26 AM
Quote from: drogulus on May 16, 2010, 03:07:53 PM
      Excellent! My technique is quite different. I use canned beef broth and water along with vegetable oil, browning the meat after dredging it in flour in the oil along with 3 cloves of garlic and half a large yellow onion I happened to have. After a thorough browning I add the broth and water and simmer on a low heat on the stove top for at least an hour, adding celery, coarse ground black pepper and a bay leaf for seasoning. Once the meat is tender I add new potatoes, little white onions and carrots, and continue cooking until the veggies are ready, then add flour and water to thicken, more pepper and some sea salt, remove the celery and waaah-lahh!

      Mine came out pretty well considering I'm operating on instinct. We'll be having it again on Tuesday, and I'll enjoy it more since my nerves are better when I'm just heating something up. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/cheesy.gif)

     So, how did yours go?

Mine was great. I like the idea of adding the potatoes which I can throw in halfway through the process.
Title: Re: Pot Roast
Post by: drogulus on May 17, 2010, 04:10:38 PM


     You have to get the meat tender before you add the veggies. Whenever I do this I end up guessing. Sometimes I get it a little bit wrong and the meat isn't tender enough and the onions and potatoes start to fall apart. This time it came out right.

     I only know how to make simple things like pot roast, chili, spare ribs, swiss steak (my mom made that one).

     I once made a sauerbraten but I wasn't entirely satisfied with the result. I'd like to try it again.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 04, 2010, 05:59:01 AM
Ate dinner at the Restaurant/Weinstube Honigsäckel in Ungstein (a Pfälzer wine village situated between the more famous towns of Kallstadt and Bad Dürkheim).

http://www.honigsaeckel.de/010honigsaeckel.html

I had Barramundi (Asian seabass) filets in a Riesling wine foam, with parsley potatoes and kohlrabi/carrot gratin (the vegetables sliced paper thin and layered, resulting in a mound that looked very like the gourmet ratatouille in Ratatouille). Mrs. Rock ate the disgusting Pfannkuchen (fried Blutwurst and onions wrapped in a pancake). The wine was excellent: a fresh, 2009 Grauburgunder (pinot gris) from Weingut Wolf, the winery associated with the restaurant.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on June 04, 2010, 06:06:12 AM

Euro-trash burgers [low-down version].

English Muffins, instead of buns.  (Rubbed with garlic)
Cucumber, instead of tomato. (With added alfalfa sprouts)
Horse, instead of beef. ('stretched' with couscous and select spices added)
Mayo, instead of ketchup. (Sparingly)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 04, 2010, 06:16:18 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on June 04, 2010, 06:06:12 AM
Euro-trash burgers [low-down version].

English Muffins, instead of buns.  (Rubbed with garlic)
Cucumber, instead of tomato. (With added alfalfa sprouts)
Horse, instead of beef. ('stretched' with couscous and select spices added)
Mayo, instead of ketchup. (Sparingly)

Mrs. Rock and I are having a disagreement. I think your burger sounds...interesting, possibly even tasty  ;D  She read the recipe, said, Ugh, no...and fled the room  :D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 04, 2010, 06:19:23 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 04, 2010, 05:59:01 AM
Ate dinner at the Restaurant/Weinstube Honigsäckel in Ungstein (a Pfälzer wine village situated between the more famous towns of Kallstadt and Bad Dürkheim).

I had Barramundi (Asian seabass) filets in a Riesling wine foam, with parsley potatoes and kohlrabi/carrot gratin (the vegetables sliced paper thin and layered, resulting in a mound that looked very like the gourmet ratatouille in Ratatouille)........................

Sarge - believe that I would prefer your dish - in fact, I've had that fish several times!   :D

Quote from: jlaurson on June 04, 2010, 06:06:12 AM
Euro-trash burgers [low-down version].

Horse, instead of beef. ('stretched' with couscous and select spices added).......

Jens - I've eaten a lot of meats in my time, but have never had horse - now, I've eaten venison (a LOT!), bison, antelope, elk, and caribou (no reindeer to date!), and assume that the taste would fall in there someplace?   :)  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on June 04, 2010, 06:21:09 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 04, 2010, 06:16:18 AM
Mrs. Rock and I are having a disagreement. I think your burger sounds...interesting, possibly even tasty  ;D  She read the recipe, said, Ugh, no...and fled the room  :D

I'm totally planning to serve it the violinist! We'll let her reaction be the judge. (If my willingness to risk it doesn't already speak to my conviction in my Euro-Trash burger. The question now is: tell her before, after, or never what kind of meat I used?  I think for the final product I'll use a "hack" that is 75% horse and 25% pork. The Washington DC original Euro-trash burger was 50/50 elk / beef.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on June 04, 2010, 06:23:56 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on June 04, 2010, 06:19:23 AM
Jens - I've eaten a lot of meats in my time, but have never had horse - now, I've eaten venison (a LOT!), bison, antelope, elk, and caribou (no reindeer to date!), and assume that the taste would fall in there someplace?   :)  Dave

Pretty much. As stated above, horse is substituting for elk/beef... and while it lacks any 'gamieness' that elk can have it goes into that direction.
If someone had never eaten horse and didn't suspect having it served, I'm pretty sure I could smuggle horse onto someone's plate making them think it's beef. Part of the reason I like using it so much--apart from that 'touch' of taste that makes it a little different, a little more 'meaty', is the fact that the animals used for consumption are not bred to be fat (or food, for that matter), but riding horses that had to go, for some reason or another. The result is incredibly lean meat of a quality hard to get in other commercially 'farmed' animals.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 04, 2010, 06:34:58 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on June 04, 2010, 06:19:23 AM
Sarge - believe that I would prefer your dish - in fact, I've had that fish several times!

I think you would have liked the wine too, Dave. The best Grauburgunder I've had in several years: not too alcoholic (only 13.5%  ;D ) and tasting fresh and relatively light with the typical Pfälzer explosion of tropical fruit.


QuoteI've eaten a lot of meats in my time, but have never had horse

I haven't either. But there is a local Italian restaurant that offers horse every Monday if you preorder. They serve it in a variety of ways, including a burger. Jens may have given me the incentive to finally try it.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 04, 2010, 06:36:45 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on June 04, 2010, 06:23:56 AM
..... a little more 'meaty', is the fact that the animals used for consumption are not bred to be fat (or food, for that matter), but riding horses that had to go, for some reason or another. The result is incredibly lean meat of a quality hard to get in other commercially 'farmed' animals.

I'm pretty much on a lean 'red' meat quest these days (of course, to go w/ my red wines, esp. pinot noir), although I eat more seafood (and fowl) than any other protein options (although a 'sucker' for veal!) - I probably have venison twice a month at our local mountain bistro up the road; and Susan orders bison filet mignon on the web (comes from out west USA) - cooks the meat very briefly, medium rare (or less) - just no fat!  The other 'red' meat that I've eaten out & at home is ostrich, yes a bird but really lean & red - need to cook the bird quickly or have a recipe that might soften the meat - all are tasty to me!  Dave  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 04, 2010, 06:40:17 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on June 04, 2010, 06:21:09 AM
I'm totally planning to serve it the violinist! We'll let her reaction be the judge.

Brave man! ;D  But that will be a good indicator of the type of woman she is: adventurous and fun...or not. If you plan on telling her that is. Before doing that I would first assertain if she wanted a pony when she was girl  ;)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 04, 2010, 06:47:25 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on June 04, 2010, 06:36:45 AM
I'm pretty much on a lean 'red' meat quest these days (of course, to go w/ my red wines, esp. pinot noir), although I eat more seafood (and fowl) than any other protein options (although a 'sucker' for veal!)

Speaking of veal, I had an excellent Wienerschnitzel earlier this week at another Pfälzer restaurant. With Spargel and Hollandaise sauce. The veal was so tender I merely had to bring my knife close to the perfectly golden crust...threaten it with violence rather than apply it...in order to slice it  ;D  8)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 04, 2010, 11:29:37 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 04, 2010, 06:34:58 AM
I haven't either. But there is a local Italian restaurant that offers horse every Monday if you preorder. They serve it in a variety of ways, including a burger. Jens may have given me the incentive to finally try it.

Horse would not be a problem for me, but we've taken up horse back riding - might feel like playing w/ your dog in the morning, then eating it at night!  ;) ;D

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 04, 2010, 06:47:25 AM
Speaking of veal, I had an excellent Wienerschnitzel earlier this week at another Pfälzer restaurant. With Spargel and Hollandaise sauce. The veal was so tender I merely had to bring my knife close to the perfectly golden crust...threaten it with violence rather than apply it...in order to slice it  ;D  8)

Just love 'tender' veal which can be variable w/ the scallopini cut - I have veal often and invariably order the veal piccata at our local Italian bistro - last time was extremely tender; their lemon reduction sauce w/ a LOT of capers is just irresistible to me; we go twice a month so the severs always know 'what' I want!   :D Dave 

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 04, 2010, 02:14:25 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on June 04, 2010, 11:29:37 AM
Horse would not be a problem for me, but we've taken up horse back riding - might feel like playing w/ your dog in the morning, then eating it at night!  ;) ;D

I rode in my youth. Nearly every horse I knew tried to kill me, either inadvertently (my first horse--rode her every week my first quarter at Ohio U--was incredibly clumsy, always tripping  ;D ) or on purpose. I recall a very bad tempered stallion I rode in Amish country that repeatedly tried to throw me. The first time my wife rode him, she couldn't control him; he bolted, galloped into town and ran several red lights with her hanging on for dear life. She survived but barely. Anyway, I will have no trouble eating horse  :D

QuoteJust love 'tender' veal which can be variable w/ the scallopini cut - I have veal often and invariably order the veal piccata at our local Italian bistro - last time was extremely tender; their lemon reduction sauce w/ a LOT of capers is just irresistible to me; we go twice a month so the severs always know 'what' I want!   :D Dave

I dislike capers but give me anything with a lemon sauce and I'm one happy camper.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on June 04, 2010, 02:29:22 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 04, 2010, 02:14:25 PM

I dislike capers but give me anything with a lemon sauce and I'm one happy camper.

Except capers in lemon sauce?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 04, 2010, 03:01:52 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on June 04, 2010, 02:29:22 PM
Except capers in lemon sauce?

Yes, with that exception: capers in lemon sauce I cannont abide.

However, I am rather fond of capers, capers, capers, spam and lemon sauce.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 05, 2010, 05:44:42 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 04, 2010, 02:14:25 PM
I rode in my youth. Nearly every horse I knew tried to kill me, either inadvertently (my first horse--rode her every week my first quarter at Ohio U--was incredibly clumsy, always tripping  ;D ) or on purpose. I recall a very bad tempered stallion I rode in Amish country that repeatedly tried to throw me. The first time my wife rode him, she couldn't control him; he bolted, galloped into town and ran several red lights with her hanging on for dear life. She survived but barely. Anyway, I will have no trouble eating horse  :D

I dislike capers but give me anything with a lemon sauce and I'm one happy camper.

Sarge - yep, a BAD horse experience can't be compared to a 'bad hair' day!  ;D  So far, we've been lucky w/ the ponies - just had one that I was on who decided to spontaneous break out in gallops, just short ones - not a problem but you had to be ready to hold on!

Susan is the same, i.e. loves lemon & hates capers - she never orders that veal piccata; OTOH, Susan's sister was here a few months ago and we took her to the Italian bistro - she ordered the veal piccata (along w/ me, as usual) and loved the extra load of capers!  Guess that humans are lucky to be omnivorous, adventuresome, and clever about what we put into our mouths -  ;) ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 05, 2010, 07:30:48 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on June 05, 2010, 05:44:42 AM
Susan is the same, i.e. loves lemon & hates capers

Funny, it's just the opposite in our house: Mrs. Rock will even open a jar of capers and eat them like popcorn. She loves em.

QuoteGuess that humans are lucky to be omnivorous, adventuresome, and clever about what we put into our mouths -  ;) ;D

I often wonder just who it was that first tried to eat certain objects we now take for granted ;D  Who dared eat the first raw oyster? Who persevered to the heart of the artichoke? Who saw a nest made of bird spit and thought: that would make a damn fine soup!  :D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on June 05, 2010, 08:18:56 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on June 05, 2010, 05:44:42 AM

Susan is the same, i.e. loves lemon & hates capers - she never orders that veal piccata; OTOH, Susan's sister was here a few months ago and we took her to the Italian bistro - she ordered the veal piccata (along w/ me, as usual) and loved the extra load of capers!  Guess that humans are lucky to be omnivorous, adventuresome, and clever about what we put into our mouths -  ;) ;D

When I was younger, I never really 'understood' capers; I lumped them in the "WHY, WHY?" category of foods, along with anchovies. In fact, if you had asked me, I might have thought that they were kind of the same... no thinking to distinguish between a blossom and a little fish.

Anchovies I've made peace with earlier--or rather: started actively appreciating them earlier. Capers I never bought--though I did start eating them without any qualms--until, interestingly enough, about a week ago; just a few days before this caper-conversation. Bought some more today ("Capucine" size, to honor that gorgeous actress in that horrible film about Liszt), along with caper-berries. [My goal is in any case not to not eat anything that is reasonably fit for human consumption and considered a delicacy by anyone (with a trustworthy palate).

Today it'll be Couscous with yoghurt-lime sauce and capers, lots of cucumber and parsley, red peppers and a few onions. Oh, and lots of garlic, because I have no meetings on my agenda, just translation-work.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 01, 2010, 01:47:20 PM
I made macapuno ice cream!!!!!  next up is avocado...

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on July 01, 2010, 01:49:23 PM
I had to look that up--sounds delicious! 

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 01, 2010, 02:01:07 PM
Soooo good Bruce.  I know there are some Filipino joints in NYC.  Worth the search for one of the best ice cream flavors ever.  Also have you ever tried halo-halo?  Macapuno is a featured item in that refreshing dessert, too.  Also, I just sent you a FB message.  ;D

Peace,
A
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on July 01, 2010, 02:14:33 PM
I will seek that out!  (And I have some pals at Time Out whom I know will be able to point me in the right direction.)  Haven't tried halo-halo, but I *have* heard of it.

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 03, 2010, 06:26:25 AM
An OG breakfast sandwich-bacon, egg, Jack cheese w/sriracha mayo on an English muffin.....and a bowl of mixed berries on the side...

I think I need a nap now,

A
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on July 03, 2010, 04:34:40 PM
Bought regular ground beef (as opposed to lean ground beef) to make burgers on the BBQ.

Oh I know, it's not as healthy......but oh boy does it make the tastiest burgers!   :P  However, with the fat content, you almost have to call the fire department and have them on stand by while you are cooking, as they certainly create a lot of flames and smoke on the BBQ!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 03, 2010, 05:39:39 PM
Quote from: Brahmsian on July 03, 2010, 04:34:40 PM
Bought regular ground beef (as opposed to lean ground beef) to make burgers on the BBQ.

Oh I know, it's not as healthy......but oh boy does it make the tastiest burgers!   :P  However, with the fat content, you almost have to call the fire department and have them on stand by while you are cooking, as they certainly create a lot of flames and smoke on the BBQ!  :D

Hi Ray - Susan made some bison filet mignon tonight w/ some veggies - we order bison (a.k.a. buffalo) on the internet (usually comes from the Dakota area or adjacent states so just south of you!) - still enjoy my red wine so have to find a red meat that is low in fat/cholesterol - bison is perfect; however, bison 'hamburger' has to pretty much cooked medium rare (just no FAT to compensate) - enjoy!  Dave  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on July 03, 2010, 06:11:48 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on July 03, 2010, 05:39:39 PM
Hi Ray - Susan made some bison filet mignon tonight w/ some veggies - we order bison (a.k.a. buffalo) on the internet (usually comes from the Dakota area or adjacent states so just south of you!) - still enjoy my red wine so have to find a red meat that is low in fat/cholesterol - bison is perfect; however, bison 'hamburger' has to pretty much cooked medium rare (just no FAT to compensate) - enjoy!  Dave  ;D

Dave, bison meat is so good!  It is an excellent substitute for beef (albeit pricier), but much lower in fat.

A restaurant a few blocks from us serves the best bison sausage for breakfast.  Absolutely the tastiest thing!

I've never had a bison filet mignon, but I can imagine it to be very delicious!

Dave, have you ever tried moose meat?  Also low and fat, and not as 'gamey' tasting as deer meat.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 04, 2010, 06:19:22 AM
Quote from: Brahmsian on July 03, 2010, 06:11:48 PM

.....I've never had a bison filet mignon, but I can imagine it to be very delicious!

Dave, have you ever tried moose meat?  Also low and fat, and not as 'gamey' tasting as deer meat.

Hi Ray - well, I would suggest giving the bison filet mignon a try - but order 'medium rare' -  :D

Now I eat a LOT of venison, and have had elk, caribu, and several other hoofed beasts of the field, but never have tried moose - however, if on a menu I would consider an order!

On our last visit to Canada a few years ago, i.e. Quebec, our plane was late into Quebec City and our first night was way up the St. Lawrence River at La Malbaie - thought I'd have a pleasant drive in the light of day!  Well, night had fallen and I keep seeing those moose signs in the headlights!  The rental car would have been a goner, but maybe some moose meat for us?  ;D  Dave

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on July 04, 2010, 06:26:48 AM
In honor of two recent threads, cereal (oaty O's) with (non-degenerated) banana.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on July 05, 2010, 03:20:40 PM
Peanut butter sandwiches.  I have a weakness for peanut butter.  I can eat it by the spoonful!  :D

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 06, 2010, 02:08:04 PM
Went to a new Greek restaurant tonight. Started with the usual mixed appetizers (cheese, peppers, tomatoes, stuffed grape leaves, olives). Main course: grilled lamb cutlets, green beans and fried potatoes (sprinkled with cheese). Drank a bottle of 2006 Amethystos from the Costa Lazaridis Winery: a cuvée made from Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Limnio (a Greek varietal that's been cultivated for millennia); aged in French oak. Ouzo to finish off the meal.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on July 06, 2010, 02:40:10 PM
Georgian stuffed grape leaves with sour Plum Souce.

One of the most delicious Georgian dishes.

They are stuffed with ground beef and rice, fresh time, garlic and onion.

Togheter with the extremly unique Georgian wine called Kindzmaruli, I have yet to taste a better wine.

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PtQfEBUQorM/SLtmd6WYwnI/AAAAAAAAAOI/3a4SE83ZdVk/s400/dolmas+plate.jpg)

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(http://www.adventuretravel.ru/Caucasus/georgia/kindzmarauli_genuine.jpg)

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 06, 2010, 03:58:34 PM
Saul & Sarge - sounds like some great EATS!  :D

Love stuffed grape leaves but rarely can get them - the yearly Greek Festival here is an option and the small Greek restaurants - as to Georgian wines, I've never had the experience despite my interest in vino!

The grapes in the eastern Mediterranean area (and in the Balkans & Georgia - plus adjacent countries) are so diverse and ancient, and likely ancestors to some of the present better know European varietals (even the Californian grape, Zinfandel, has been linked to a Balkan original, which may have come from an older varietal further east?).

Interestingly in Hugh Johnson's History of Wine which I owned on VHS years ago started out his series w/ the wines of Georgia and stated that wine may have originated in the Caucasus Mountains of the region!  Now, fermentation of grapes is a pretty natural process, so I assume that 'humans' discovered this beverage accidentally many thousands of years ago, but that part of the world is certainly a top contender!  Dave  ;D

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on July 06, 2010, 04:04:03 PM
Two sweet mangoes.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Saul on July 06, 2010, 04:41:59 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 06, 2010, 04:04:03 PM
Two sweet mangoes.

Hahahahaha!!!

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on July 08, 2010, 07:40:23 AM
Cashew carrot ginger soup, from a carton I bought at Whole Foods.  Some hot soup in this air conditioning is, curiously, hitting the spot.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 08, 2010, 08:02:31 AM
A big Summer Salad.


1.) ingredients needing work:

red beet (I used 'shavings', i.e. just peeling the small red beet down to a tiny core), zucchini (cut in small 'sticks'), one crushed fresh garlic clove.

put in a pot adding a little water first, a little olive oil later, season with sugar, salt, fresh crushed or broken pepper, etc. (I also used cardomom powder this time... whatever you feel like.) Boil or simmer until soft. Let it cool down.


2.) dresssing into bowl:

a good slab of your favorite mayo. balsamic vinegar. water. some oil you like in a salad. salt. sugar. crushed pepper. very liberal amount of yoghurt. mix well, maybe with a few cut red chillies.


3.) throw on top*:

Greens of choice & lots of good arugula.
Lots of sprouts. (I just jused garlic and red beet sprouts for a good taste/looks combo)
Lots of chopped parsley.


4.) Top off with the now cooled-down zucchini / red beet and the liquid.


MIX. SERVE.


* If you are going for presentation, keep a bit of all of these on the side to 'cover' the finished salad with, later.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on August 02, 2010, 08:06:21 AM
Lunch: ham/cheese/crackers/carrot sticks
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: abidoful on August 05, 2010, 01:41:04 AM
VANILLA ICE CREAM  :-* :-* :-* :-* (made myself 8))
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 13, 2010, 06:46:03 AM
i made ramen last night....not from the packet.  I need to work on the broth....it was good but not quite right.

I'll try and get a pic up later.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on August 17, 2010, 06:17:15 PM
Quote from: toledobass on August 13, 2010, 06:46:03 AM
i made ramen last night....not from the packet.  I need to work on the broth....it was good but not quite right.

I'll try and get a pic up later.

Allan

We need those Cookin' Down Home With Allan  pics when you post here, good brother.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: springrite on August 18, 2010, 06:04:57 AM
This is what I had today, but the translation of this dish in a certain Chinese restaurant in Europe has to be the worst translation ever.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on August 18, 2010, 06:10:07 AM
I don't believe I've ever eaten anything so colorfully mistranslated.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: springrite on August 18, 2010, 06:21:28 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 18, 2010, 06:10:07 AM
I don't believe I've ever eaten anything so colorfully mistranslated.

It does NOT come with a video nor a receipe.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on August 18, 2010, 06:24:42 AM
Munitions not included?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on August 18, 2010, 07:08:31 AM
Quote from: springrite on August 18, 2010, 06:04:57 AM
This is what I had today, but the translation of this dish in a certain Chinese restaurant in Europe has to be the worst translation ever.
Sometimes I prefer not to know all the details of preparation involved in my dinner.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on August 18, 2010, 11:25:45 PM
Where better to post this than in "The Diner":

Here's the full text, although obviously I'd prefer if you go through Google-News to read it at the WSJ's site.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704901104575423000391934066.html (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704901104575423000391934066.html)

A Fat Tax
It's not public-health concerns that drive the proposals to milk the obese, but government revenue demands.


As soon as the 2010 International Congress of Obesity (COB) completed its work in Stockholm, German parliamentarian Marco Wanderwitz created a summer stir by attacking the rotund. Mr. Wanderwitz told the German tabloid Bild that fat people should be taxed to compensate for the extra costs they impose on society, primarily by burdening public health-care systems.

Well, that isn't exactly what he said. But Mr. Wanderwitz did say, "The question must be admitted whether the immense costs that, for example, arise from excessive consumption of food, can be permanently paid out of the consolidated health system," and that "it would be sensible if those who lead deliberately unhealthy lives would be held financially accountable for that." Global media outlets have sold this story under dramatic headlines such as "Germany considers tax on the obese."

Whatever Mr. Wanderwitz meant—let's be charitable enough to assume he is not heavily invested in fat-fighting pharmaceutical companies—the fat tax story grabbed attention for a reason. Whether as an issue of taxation or of health-care premiums, the notion of the state billing the overweight just for being obese is a step beyond even what the COB contemplates. They're still stuck on antiquated notions like taxes on fatty foods and sugary drinks, compulsory discounts on veggies, and aggressive food-labeling. These are at best indirect proxies for the actual problem, which is obesity per se. A Wanderwitz-style approach has the virtue of attacking the problem dead-on by penalizing the fat for being fat.

That might be more efficient, and more honest. After all, not every consumer of high-calorie foods gets fat; it depends on how much they consume, how often, what else they do, and what their metabolism is—among other things. Why tax innocent consumers who aren't imposing any fat-related costs on society?

To ask the question is to see the problem: Overweight folks have metabolisms and habits too, and incomplete control over the factors that make them obese. These days, penalizing groups because of their status is frowned upon.

For the sake of argument, though, assume fat people had total control over their circumstances. Should we penalize them then? After all, fat people have, on average, higher health risks (e.g. of heart attack and stroke), and health care costs are increasingly seen as a charge on the public. Isn't it unfair to force citizens who make healthier lifestyle choices foot the bill for the overweight?

Welcome to the fantasy-land where social science, economics, and actual science collide. While intelligent estimates have been made, no one knows for sure how much obesity adds to health-care costs. Nor has anyone factored in the savings to the system from the higher mortality rate of the obese. Many factors drive the personal health care budget. An inclination to reckless sexual activity greatly increases the risk of AIDS and other STDs. How might we tax the promiscuous to pay for that? Females uniquely face the costs associated with child-bearing. Bikers too run unusual health risks, but we don't propose special taxes on them. Yet. Even overly thin people have greater risk of certain health problems (anemia, osteoporosis, immune system disorders).

Truth told, it's not public-health concerns that drive the fat tax proposals, but government revenue demands. If health alone were the issue, why not provide rewards and incentives for the non-obese, instead of penalties on the obese? Easy: that wouldn't produce anything for government coffers.

If there is any role for public policy in dealing with obesity, anorexia, smoking and alcohol, it involves sensible schooling in nutrition (whether from parents or schools, but preferably both), objective scientific research (difficult with such sensitive topics), and public service outreach to encourage common sense. By and large, we already are doing these things.

Science may yet produce a "magic bullet" technology against obesity, as suggested by Thomas J. Philipson and Richard Posner in The Wall Street Journal. (Indeed, the most rational argument for a fat tax is that it would greatly increase the incentive for pharmaceutical companies to research more effective preventatives for obesity.) But that doesn't in any way outweigh the ethical objections to such a tax.

In the meantime, perhaps we should consider a market in fat-credits, enabling the overweight to buy units of excess-weight "rights" from the undernourished anywhere on the globe. At least that would remind us that the problems of being overweight are far, far preferable to the problem of starvation that has haunted humanity since Year One.



Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 26, 2010, 07:28:13 AM
Making some scallion pancakes for lunch.  Maybe with a little rice with some fresh tomato as well.

Allan

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on August 29, 2010, 11:17:50 PM
Had a homemade hamburger (thanks to my Dad) made with ground london broil (95% lean). Also my Dad made some homemade french fries fried in peanut oil. This was my dinner and it was really good.

Tomorrow night looks like Italian night.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on August 30, 2010, 01:03:58 AM
My hamburgers always seem to disintegrate, which I came to attribute to using lean meat. Did yours escape the grill-flipping unscathed?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on August 30, 2010, 12:09:11 PM
Quote from: Lethe on August 30, 2010, 01:03:58 AM
My hamburgers always seem to disintegrate, which I came to attribute to using lean meat. Did yours escape the grill-flipping unscathed?

egg-yoke, a touch of milk, teentzy amount of bread crumbs. I know... it endangers the patty-purity, but it works incredibly well.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on August 30, 2010, 12:12:57 PM
I've seen people variously suggest using the egg white, egg yolk, or all of the egg - I usually do the latter as some kind of compromise, but will definitely try yolk next time. I've never used milk, but have tried ketchup as suggested by some recipes, to add some "stick".

I hope milk will be the magic ingredient next time, thanks!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on September 09, 2010, 09:58:11 AM
Quote from: Lethe on August 30, 2010, 01:03:58 AM
My hamburgers always seem to disintegrate, which I came to attribute to using lean meat. Did yours escape the grill-flipping unscathed?

I use ground sirloin, which is 95% lean and I have no problem frying hamburgers. I fry them in a skillet, squirt some Worcestershire sauce on the hamburger while frying, and I put a lid on top of the skillet. This keeps the burgers moist and juicy. I like mine well-done and I never fail to have amazing burgers. I don't like hamburgers on a grill, never have. Dries them out. There aren't many foods I like grilled anyway.

As far as your burgers falling apart, perhaps you're not forming them correctly or using enough meat?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 09, 2010, 10:36:19 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 09, 2010, 09:58:11 AM
I don't like hamburgers on a grill, never have. Dries them out. There aren't many foods I like grilled anyway.

You don't like grilled food  :o  That's downright unAmerican, MI  ;D

Here's the last meal we cooked on the Weber grill: scampi (prawns), salmon wrapped in leeks, and salmon wrapped in cod. Served with sweet and sour lentils. Drank a 2008 godella from northern Spain (the peach/apricot taste reminding me of a low acid Rheingau Riesling...if German Riesling were low acid).

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/july2010/P8282951_699.jpg)


Sarge





Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Chosen Barley on September 09, 2010, 10:55:31 AM
Sarge, that black thing holding your food looks like the seat on my (late) dad's 1949 Massey Harris tractor.  I kid you not. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 09, 2010, 11:48:28 AM
Quote from: Chosen Barley on September 09, 2010, 10:55:31 AM
Sarge, that black thing holding your food looks like the seat on my (late) dad's 1949 Massey Harris tractor.  I kid you not.

Did he use it for grilling too?  :D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Chosen Barley on September 09, 2010, 11:54:51 AM
Well, I don't know for sure!  But he was a smart man who out of necessity used things, after modifying them,  for unintended purposes all the time.  A sort of inventor. 

But what sort of device is that, really, that your seafood dinner is placed on?  I've never seen such an unusual-looking plate. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 09, 2010, 11:59:32 AM
Quote from: Chosen Barley on September 09, 2010, 11:54:51 AM
Well, I don't know for sure!  But he was a smart man who out of necessity used things, after modifying them,  for unintended purposes all the time.  A sort of inventor. 

But what sort of device is that, really, that your seafood dinner is placed on?  I've never seen such an unusual-looking plate.

We found it in a German supermarket. It was designed for baking french fries actually, but we use it almost exclusively for grilling fish. It has a non-stick surface that works really well.

Sarge

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on September 09, 2010, 12:06:54 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 09, 2010, 10:36:19 AM
You don't like grilled food  :o  That's downright unAmerican, MI  ;D

I don't like to consider myself among the mainstream Americans who think they have to use their grills every weekend. The only foods I like grilled are pork and chicken. I like whole chickens on the grill with a can of beer stuck up inside it. Very tasty. Sometimes I use apple juice instead of beer.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 09, 2010, 12:15:36 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 09, 2010, 12:06:54 PM
I like whole chickens on the grill....with a can of beer stuck up inside it.

We plan on grilling a whole chicken tomorrow actually. The beer is going inside of me, though  :D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on September 09, 2010, 01:14:47 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 09, 2010, 12:15:36 PM
We plan on grilling a whole chicken tomorrow actually. The beer is going inside of me, though  :D

Sarge

Sounds good. :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 09, 2010, 06:45:13 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 09, 2010, 10:36:19 AM
You don't like grilled food  :o  That's downright unAmerican, MI  ;D

Here's the last meal we cooked on the Weber grill: scampi (prawns), salmon wrapped in leeks, and salmon wrapped in cod. Served with sweet and sour lentils. Drank a 2008 godella from northern Spain (the peach/apricot taste reminding me of a low acid Rheingau Riesling...if German Riesling were low acid).

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/july2010/P8282951_699.jpg)

Sarge - that looks like a wonderful dinner!  Wish that we could have joined you - Dave  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 09, 2010, 06:53:07 PM
Now, Susan (i.e. Harpo) and I have  been eating well for weeks just have not posted much here - but our most recent experience has been a week vacation in Maine - lobsters & oysters every day - outstanding!  :D

Tonight, she was away at an evening meeting, so I was on my own - returned to my usual simple dinner preparation shown below: King Crab & Stone Crab legs w/ a simple salad + some white wine - choice tonight a Bridlewood Viognier - a Californian varietal that usually receives high 80s ratings and at a great price - all simple and delicious together -  :D

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/Dinner9910/1001458771_n7ofo-O.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on September 10, 2010, 12:50:50 PM
Had lunch at a Mexican hole-in-the-wall that one of my wife's colleagues turned her on to a couple of weeks ago. Cheap and plentiful but nothing special--except for their roasted pasilla salsa and mild tomatillo, both very good.  The horchata was too sweet, however...I didn't even finish it.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Chosen Barley on September 10, 2010, 04:20:21 PM
I eat at home.  Today:

corn on the cob from the garden. 
Ground cherries from the garden. 
Carrot juice made from carrots from the garden.
Soup - cream of swiss chard (from the garden, what did you expect).
Salad of tomatoes, onions & basil from the garden.
Cup o' tea

I am ready for some junk food, but we don't have anything in the house and live 15 miles from the nearest store.  Ach.  Sure could use some Kraft Dinner.

By the way, what is horchata?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 11, 2010, 03:59:14 PM
Well returning from our 'overnight' trip to the Yadkin wine area, our 'quick' dinner included some sauteed squid w/ a simple salad - dressing was a balsamic herb concoction from Laurel Gray Vyds (http://www.laurelgray.com/) and a wine w/ a new grape to me from Raffaldini Vyds (http://www.raffaldini.com/), i.e. Vermentino, a Mediterranean variety which seems to be a major grape from Sardinia!  ALL - great enjoyable!  :D

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/SquidRaff91010/1003635637_T7Rha-O.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on September 13, 2010, 04:44:46 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on September 11, 2010, 03:59:14 PM
Well returning from our 'overnight' trip to the Yadkin wine area, our 'quick' dinner included some sauteed squid w/ a simple salad -

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/SquidRaff91010/1003635637_T7Rha-O.jpg)

The first time I saw calamari rings--I think it was in Portugal--I thought they were onion rings. Quelle surprise!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on September 14, 2010, 08:07:18 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 09, 2010, 12:06:54 PM
I don't like to consider myself among the mainstream Americans who think they have to use their grills every weekend. The only foods I like grilled are pork and chicken. I like whole chickens on the grill with a can of beer stuck up inside it. Very tasty. Sometimes I use apple juice instead of beer.

I saw a recipe for this - it was called 'Beer Butt Chicken' which makes me giggle each time I see it.  :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on September 16, 2010, 04:24:44 PM
Does anyone have any suggestions for low-fat pizza toppings?

I am not super obsessive about cutting out all the bad stuff - so far I am thinking a tomato sauce base, mozerella, spinach, cherry tomatos, onion (maybe), whole basil leaves (I guess I'll need to add these halfway through so all their flavour doesn't die)... then I run out of ideas. I'm not a big fan of aubergine (eggplant) or peppers. Mushrooms tend to dry out too much.

I've seen feta suggested, but I don't understand how it works. Perhaps I am being stupid: in presentation images the cheese often looks like it has been crumbled on after it has been baked, but I don't really want cold cheese on a warm pizza. Does it melt okay?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Conor71 on September 24, 2010, 04:06:08 PM
Australian chocolate bar - awesome!. Not sure if these are available in other countries (probably are!) :):

(http://www.eaishop.net/images/ozcon-%20cherry%20ripe%20-%20web.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on September 24, 2010, 04:17:52 PM
Quote from: Conor71 on September 24, 2010, 04:06:08 PM
Australian chocolate bar - awesome!. Not sure if these are available in other countries (probably are!) :):

(http://www.eaishop.net/images/ozcon-%20cherry%20ripe%20-%20web.jpg)

I found an Aussie bar in Edinburgh that imports them, but they're £1.50 each - that's 3x the price of our local choccie bars. I think it's like a cherry flavoured bounty...very nice! :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Conor71 on September 24, 2010, 04:31:00 PM
Quote from: Benji on September 24, 2010, 04:17:52 PM
I found an Aussie bar in Edinburgh that imports them, but they're £1.50 each - that's 3x the price of our local choccie bars. I think it's like a cherry flavoured bounty...very nice! :D
Yes that describes the taste very well :D - Shame about the pricing, they do the same thing with all the imported British sweets over here too!.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on September 24, 2010, 04:35:06 PM
Quote from: Conor71 on September 24, 2010, 04:31:00 PM
Yes that describes the taste very well :D - Shame about the pricing, they do the same thing with all the imported British sweets over here too!.

What do you like? Do you get Cadbury's picnic? I like my chocolate with different textures and tastes (so add as many nuts, raisins, toffee, assorted miscellaneous crunchy items as humanly possible!)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Conor71 on September 24, 2010, 04:45:17 PM
Quote from: Benji on September 24, 2010, 04:35:06 PM
What do you like? Do you get Cadbury's picnic? I like my chocolate with different textures and tastes (so add as many nuts, raisins, toffee, assorted miscellaneous crunchy items as humanly possible!)
Yes we get picnic's over here too - I think they do most of the British choccy bars over here too. I usually like Plain chocolate bars or those with nuts like Snickers (Topic?) and such!. The one I miss the most is Yorkie! - There is a chunky plain Cadbury's bar thats kind of like here though :D.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on September 24, 2010, 04:58:45 PM
Quote from: Conor71 on September 24, 2010, 04:45:17 PM
The one I miss the most is Yorkie! - There is a chunky plain Cadbury's bar thats kind of like here though :D.

It's not for girls!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Conor71 on September 24, 2010, 05:05:56 PM
Quote from: Benji on September 24, 2010, 04:58:45 PM
It's not for girls!  ;D
;D ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 28, 2010, 06:58:05 PM
One of my favorites tonight - sauteed lump crab meat (produced locally in Elizabeth City, NC) w/ some soft snap peas and a local wine, Viognier from Laurel Gray Winery, 45 mins west of Winston Salem - quite tasty!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on September 28, 2010, 07:10:45 PM
Quote from: Benji on September 14, 2010, 08:07:18 AM
I saw a recipe for this - it was called 'Beer Butt Chicken' which makes me giggle each time I see it.  :P

Yes, Beer Butt Chicken...lol. The name is so juvenile, but it is so tasty! :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on September 28, 2010, 07:22:23 PM
Homemade chicken noodle soup for me tonight with some grilled cheese sandwiches and sweet tea to drink.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on September 29, 2010, 04:08:38 PM
I've been eating America sweets (...candy!)

They're all rather odd by my British tastes.

There was a chick-o-stick, which is some kind of wood-like coating surrounding a nutty bit in the middle. Nothing to do with chicken despite the name.

Then a Mary Jane IIRC, which was toffee, again with nuts in the middle I think.

Laffy taffee, which is some kind of sticky joke because you can't remove the wrapper and that leads me to guess you're either supposed to eat the wrapper or the whole wee package is inedible. Humorous. Not.

And finally, I forget the name...something wafers. Basically small thin coin sized pieces of tooth-defying siltstone flavoured with Victorian-age medicine (cough syrup?!)

Yum.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on October 08, 2010, 07:08:02 PM
Homemade perogies!  Quite an arduous, painstaking process.  ???  Very delicious though.  Made some with potato, cheese, salt, garlic and pepper, and some with a mixture of sauerkraut and potato.   :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 19, 2010, 06:25:31 PM
Well, Susan (a.k.a. Harpo) & I have been in San Antonio since Saturday - our last 'full' day here tomorrow on Wednesday - we've been eating quite WELL!  Some of the early meals discussed in the 'Vacation Thread' HERE (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,1307.msg457878.html#msg457878) - take a look, if interested - and especially if you're planning a trip to this historic TX city!  :D

Today, we did a half day tour to the San Antonio Missions (including the Alamo) - we were dropped off at the market (a.k.a. Mercado) - did some shopping & purchases - ate lunch there at the La Margarita Mexican Restuarant & Oyster Bar (http://www.lamargarita.com/pages/m_botanas.html) - we ended up sharing 3 dishes (wanted to eat light): Dozen Gulf Coast oysters on the half shell (delicious), ceviche (wonderfully limey), and a shrimp quesadilla (just excellent w/ grilled shrimp inside) - the chips & salsa were excellent; drinks - Susan had a red wine sangria & I some Dos Equis on draft; ended w/ an outstanding flan and some great coffees! Won't have a chance to go back but will keep on my restaurant list if we return -   ;D

Tonight, dined at Boudro's (http://www.boudros.com/boudros/menus.php?PHPSESSID=5828a0224f2c53f5266c50c1d6932290) - quite crowded and noisy indicating poupularity - change of pace from the usual Riverwalk eating places.  Susan started w/ a good excellent salad and I w/ seared rare tuna; we both had the Texas quail - stuffed w/ a wonderful combo of ingredients w/ roasted potatoes & veggies - skipped dessert so cannot comment (one shared a day is now our rule-  ;)).

So, a productive day of TX history, shopping, and eating - one more full day tomorrow -  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on October 19, 2010, 07:46:40 PM
Fantastic Dave! :)  Hey guess what?  Today I was a reading novel about zombies in San Antonio.  Just saying Dave, if the locals start lumbering... aim for the head. ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 20, 2010, 05:00:09 AM
Quote from: DavidW on October 19, 2010, 07:46:40 PM
Fantastic Dave! :)  Hey guess what?  Today I was a reading novel about zombies in San Antonio.  Just saying Dave, if the locals start lumbering... aim for the head. ;D

Hi David - none yet but we will be on the WATCH!  ;D

We did see a lot of Mexican 'voodoo' or 'dead' art - skeleton people, animals, etc. @ the Mercado yesterday - although we have been collecting art for 40 yrs, this genre is not part of our eclectic collection, but I have a fellow colleague who has a bedroom decorated with art devoted to this topic (and others involving the dead & all souls day) - quite spooky but one of his sons on returning home loves to sleep in that room -  :D

(http://bp1.blogger.com/_JkfqVBxZ91M/Ryt2-34x3eI/AAAAAAAAATo/YspxehgS1_U/s400/mexico-day-of-the-dead.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on October 20, 2010, 05:06:05 AM
You're like wow the recession has really hit some places worse than others.  They can't afford to eat, they're nothing but bones! ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on October 20, 2010, 05:11:37 AM
Quote from: DavidW on October 20, 2010, 05:06:05 AM
You're like wow the recession has really hit some places worse than others.  They can't afford to eat, they're nothing but bones! ;D

It's like the Mr and Mrs Skeletor family album.  :P

And is that mini Frida in the corner?!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 20, 2010, 02:31:30 PM
Quote from: Benji on October 20, 2010, 05:11:37 AM
It's like the Mr and Mrs Skeletor family album.  :P

And is that mini Frida in the corner?!

Benji - yep that looks like Frida Kahlo in the corner; in addition to her own many portraits, there seems to me a lot of portraits of her concerning the 'Day of the Dead' - I'm sure many more can be found, and we also saw a lot of this art including many Frida works w/ this theme -  :D

(http://diadelosmuertos.us/images/30.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 20, 2010, 07:02:16 PM
Well, our last day in San Antonio was full and included some GOOD eating!  :D

We first visited the Institute of Texas Cultures - gem in the AAA guide and excellent - just spent 2 hrs there but could easily have double that time but we were getting hungry!

So, took the elevator to the top of the Tower of the Americas (http://www.toweroftheamericas.com/) (my own pic attached) - about 750 ft in the air - the Chart House restaurant was located there which revolved (probably about an hour per revolution giving superb panoramic views of San Antonio and environs including the Hill Country) - we ate light - started w/ the Pear & Saga Salad (Baby greens, red onions, Bosc pears, tomatoes, Saga blue cheese & glazed pecans) - then shared 3 appetizers:  Crab, Avocado and Mango Stack (Jumbo lump crab meat tossed in rémoulade, layered with avocado & mango), East Meets West Tuna Zesty tuna tartare drizzled with wasabi cream paired with seared peppered tuna & avocado, with kim chee slaw & plantain chips), and Seafood Rolls (wrapped w/ shrimp & crab + veggies) served cold; couple of glasses of Sauvignon Blanc for me and a mojito for Susan!

Then some shopping (and purchases) in La Villita (http://lavillita.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage) - for dinner we tried Acenar (http://www.acenar.com/main/index.php) - modern Tex-Mex place on a less traveled area of the Riverwalk; the chips & salsa were superb; we both had a nice ceviche as starters (lot of lime, onions, et al); Susan had a roasted chicken - my dish was Cabrito en Chile Ancho (i.e. Baby Goat - young Texas goat steam-roasted served with ancho salsa ranchera, Mexican rice & refried beans); my FIRST GOAT experience (I seem to be attracted to 'baby' animals, like veal) - pretty much like an Osso Bucco using veal - very tender just falling off the bone w/ a nice tomato based preparation; the beans & rice were excellent (I'm not a big fan of this combo but this place did a great job)!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on October 21, 2010, 12:24:54 AM
 ;D

(Glad you got to see La Villita too, a cute place to shop (for Harpo more so maybe  ;) ).)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on October 21, 2010, 10:52:48 AM
peanut m&m's
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 21, 2010, 02:58:01 PM
Quote from: Brian on October 21, 2010, 12:24:54 AM
;D

(Glad you got to see La Villita too, a cute place to shop (for Harpo more so maybe  ;) ).)

Brian - yes Harpo did 'clean-up' in San Antonio:  1) Sterling silver w/ multi-stones earrings in Fredericksburg; 2) Mexican blouses, jewelry, and a beautifully made leather back pack @ the Mercado; 3) Several of the usual souvenir T-shirts; and 4) Multi-assembly sculpture like the one below in La Villita by Pam Ameduri - comes w/ the stand shown or can be hung from a wall (about 10-12" tall) - really for the both of us -  ;)  Dave

(http://samarketplace.com/SanAntonio/LaVillita/Nueva/Photos/PA%201-L.jpg) 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on November 04, 2010, 06:07:33 AM
I'm having such a weird lunch I thought I'd revive this thread: wholly vegetarian from leftovers from Tuesday and Wednesday night's meals: brussel sprouts, sauerkraut, and mashed potatoes. Oddly good  ;D  Washing it down with an Alsatian beer, Licorne Elsass.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Toonces on November 15, 2010, 01:20:16 PM
Leftover bean salad.  Kidney, pinto, and black beans along with corn, chopped red peppers, onions, avocado, lots of chopped cilantro and lime juice.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on November 15, 2010, 01:48:49 PM
Quote from: Toonces on November 15, 2010, 01:20:16 PM
Leftover bean salad.  Kidney, pinto, and black beans along with corn, chopped red peppers, onions, avocado, lots of chopped cilantro and lime juice.

Toonces - welcome to the forum and to this thread - post anything here from a breakfast item to a delicious expensive dinner - all who visit this thread must love to eat!

Don't want to admit it to my pals here, but this morning I was driving back from our 4-day trip on the North Carolina shore (Wrightsville Beach near Wilmington) - we left early and my wife was hungry, plus I needed gas - so stopped and had an Egg McMuffin w/ coffee - I usually do not eat at these 'fast food' chains, but at the moment, it was a nice filling snack until dinner time!   ;D

(http://chicagoist.com/attachments/chicagoist_chuck/egg%20mcmuffin.jpg)




Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on November 15, 2010, 02:21:39 PM
over the weekend i had the first visitor *ever*, since moving to my new place (in february!)

so i pulled out the old salmon/tuna tartar with cucumber, shallots & wasabi vinaigrette (also added just a hint of red beet and flax seeds) which was served next to a salad of Radicchio, assorted greens (frisee), walnuts, pear et al.

the next day it was horse filet, briefly marinated [in irish whiskey (red breast), a hint of ground coffee, sugar, oil] along with red beets and pears first flash fried, then softened by boiling in white wine... and some greek salad.

added a concert, a few walks about town (20 degree weather, blue skies -- and this in the northern hemisphere, mind you!), musuem...

and Sunday a parting Bavarian White Sausage breakfast.

No pictures, sadly, but I wasn't disappointed with the results, if I say so myself. [That's referring to the food, mostly.]
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on November 15, 2010, 03:22:52 PM
Recently, I've not been posting extensive eating experiences here although we have continued to EAT well!  But, just came back from a too short visit to the Carolina coast where we feasted on plenty of great seafood; some of the dinner highlights below - the Virginia/Carolina/Georgia coast offers some wonderful eating experiences for the 'fruits of the sea' - please PM me if you plan a visit here - hopefully, I can offer some suggestions - Dave  :D

We just returned from a 4-night trip to Wrightsville Beach (a barrier island) near Wilmington, North Carolina (4-hr drive from our home) - we usually stay at the Holiday Inn w/ an ocean front room - not fancy but beautiful - the eating is outstanding there so will just list a number of places - if anyone may be travelling this way, then please respond or send a PM to me!

Boca Bay - our first night (and a new restaurant to us - changed management) - menu & pics HERE (http://www.bocabayrestaurant.com/) - we started w/ some shared appetizers, i.e. a dozen oysters on the half shell (our definite weakness if fresh & delicious - these fulfilled our criteria!) & the Ceviche (shrimp/scallps w/ avocado mango marinated in citrus vinaigrette); the latter was just wonderful! Susan (i.e. Harpo) had the Creole Shrimp w/ Andouille sausage (spicy and delicisous - she was happy!).  I had the Ahi Tuna rare w/ the Asian sauce and a veggie & rice (New Orleans style w/ Andouille sausage); we also had started w/ wonderful salads so skipped the desserts (probably a mistake, the descriptions were wonderful!) - we will definitely will return to this place in the near future!

Portland Grille - our 2nd night (and a frequent return!) - menus HERE (http://www.portlandgrille.com/pages/menus.jsp) - we started w/ oysters (yet again - we just cannot get these little animals inland just 4 hrs away - irratating!) - Harpo had the PAN ROASTED SQUAB (Palmetto Pigeon Farm - Sumpter, SC) with porcini mushroom agnolloti - salsify - butternut squash - carmelized shallots - foi gras - walnuts and a Rain Water Madeira natural jus; I had PAN SEARED FRESH WILD CAUGHT GROUPER (Florida) over blue crab meat, English pea, pancetta risotto, butter wilted baby organic spinach and a roma tomato, saffron, basil, melted sweet onion "fondue" sauce; we shared an Apple tart dessert that was indescribably delicious!

Jerry's - our 3rd night and near the intracostal waterway - small restaurant but w/ an innovative chef (probably our 4th visit at least!) - just started out w/ some mixed baby green salads (website HERE (http://www.jerrysfoodandwine.com/home.html)); Harpo had the Horseradish and Crab Laced Yellowfin Tuna with Wilted Parmesan Spinach, Shiitake Mushrooms and Roasted Artichokes (tuna cooked rare - she was HAPPY!); I had the Jerry's Stuffed Flounder with Crab Imperial, over Buttermilk Potatoes, Asparagus, and Lemon-Caper Beurre Blanc - BOY, that was good! We shared a Tiramisu dessert which was delicoious!

Brasseire du Soleil- our last night (SAD!); again, a multi-repeat return to this restaurant - after 3 nights of the above we wanted light! Started out w/ a 'shared' salad (actually a sheet of paper to make your own salad to be shared and a choice of dressings) - we then shared the Plateux de Fruits de Mer (6 oysters on the half shell, 6 chilled mussels, 6 clams on the half shell, 6 JUMBO shrimp, and lumped GUMBO crab meat); ended w/ 4 shared mini-desserts (Creme Brulee, Key Lime Pie, Blueberry Cheese Cake, & and another?) - plenty of wines in all of these experiences!

These are some great restaurants - really enjoyed - if any of you are planning a trip to the NC coast, then send me a PM - stuffed and happy!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Toonces on November 15, 2010, 03:28:07 PM
SonicMan, every one of those menus looks just amazing!  Now I'm really hungry!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on November 15, 2010, 03:36:49 PM
Quote from: Toonces on November 15, 2010, 03:28:07 PM
SonicMan, every one of those menus looks just amazing!  Now I'm really hungry!
Toonces - see that you're from CA - visited often and have had some fine dining there!  :D

But, plenty of great places on the East Coast and just down the road from me!  If you plan to visit the mid-Atlantic coast in the future, don't worry about the food (BUT, you do need to find the right places -  ;)) - Dave  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 16, 2010, 09:32:43 AM
good lord...next you'll be posting about Kenny G in the WAYLT Non-classical thread ;) :o :P


Allan

Quote from: SonicMan on November 15, 2010, 01:48:49 PM
Toonces - welcome to the forum and to this thread - post anything here from a breakfast item to a delicious expensive dinner - all who visit this thread must love to eat!

Don't want to admit it to my pals here, but this morning I was driving back from our 4-day trip on the North Carolina shore (Wrightsville Beach near Wilmington) - we left early and my wife was hungry, plus I needed gas - so stopped and had an Egg McMuffin w/ coffee - I usually do not eat at these 'fast food' chains, but at the moment, it was a nice filling snack until dinner time!   ;D

(http://chicagoist.com/attachments/chicagoist_chuck/egg%20mcmuffin.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on November 16, 2010, 09:42:16 AM
Quote from: toledobass on November 16, 2010, 09:32:43 AM
good lord...next you'll be posting about Kenny G in the WAYLT Non-classical thread ;) :o :P


Allan

;D  ;D  ;D

I am honored that Dave confided to us that he occasionally visits...The Dark Side.   >:D  ;D  :D

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on November 16, 2010, 01:42:50 PM
Quote from: bhodges on November 16, 2010, 09:42:16 AM
;D  ;D  ;D

I am honored that Dave confided to us that he occasionally visits...The Dark Side.   >:D  ;D  :D

Allan & Bruce - well, I completely blame Harpo who isn't here to defend herself -  ;) ;D

But, I did keep looking around to make sure no one recognized me -  :D

Actually, we visit Wrightsville Beach yearly (and often twice a year), and I have an assortment of about a half dozen resturants not too far off I-40, including a couple of sushi places but the timing was still during the breakfast hour - should have left an hour later and could have hit one on my list - Dave  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on November 16, 2010, 05:49:13 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on November 16, 2010, 01:42:50 PM
Allan & Bruce - well, I completely blame Harpo who isn't here to defend herself -  ;) ;D

But, I did keep looking around to make sure no one recognized me -  :D


Whaddya mean not here to defend myself?? You're the one who steered his Camry toward the Golden Arches.  ;) Actually, the nutrition websites say that the Egg McMuffin is one of the healthier fast food breakfasts and it makes a decent roadside brunch. Since we're telling secrets here, I remember that you had another  EMcM recently at the San Antonio Airport.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 17, 2010, 04:42:15 AM
One of my favorite breakfast sandwiches:

Fry up a few pieces of good salami, then in the salami fat fry up a few slices of red onion, then fry an egg sunny style then place all of that, drizzled with sriracha, on a toasted english muffin. Sooo good.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on December 13, 2010, 08:47:42 AM
Old Fashion Ginger Snap cookies I baked yesterday.  YUM!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 13, 2010, 09:03:10 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on December 13, 2010, 08:47:42 AM
Old Fashion Ginger Snap cookies I baked yesterday.  YUM!

Ray - just reminded me that we have some 'seasonal' ginger cookies at home - these are made wafer thin w/ enough ginger to tinge your tongue!  A specialty around this 'neck of the woods' -  :D

(http://www.arthurs-wine.com/photos/merchandise/OldSalemMoravianCookieTubes.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 13, 2010, 09:31:20 AM
Lunch today: leftover venison stew and a green salad with my usual vinagrette: olive oil, white wine vinegar, mustard, crushed garlic, Herbes de Provence and a pinch of sugar. A glass of French merlot.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on December 13, 2010, 01:36:53 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on December 13, 2010, 09:03:10 AM
Ray - just reminded me that we have some 'seasonal' ginger cookies at home - these are made wafer thin w/ enough ginger to tinge your tongue!  A specialty around this 'neck of the woods' -  :D

(http://www.arthurs-wine.com/photos/merchandise/OldSalemMoravianCookieTubes.jpg)

Dave, those look more like Scotch bottles or Pringles potato chips.  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 13, 2010, 02:42:43 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on December 13, 2010, 01:36:53 PM
Dave, those look more like Scotch bottles or Pringles potato chips.  :D

Ray - yes, Pringles chips would be a good comparison except the ginger cookies are flat - you need to eat at least a dozen for satisfaction, but quite easy to go through a half can or more!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: abidoful on December 14, 2010, 06:48:34 AM
I'm planning to serve hors'd ouvres on my 30th birthday. I'm not much of a cook but i think it's going to be fun!
-Mini cream pies
-Crap salad from a small glass
-Mini lamb burgers
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 14, 2010, 09:31:03 AM
Quote from: abidoful on December 14, 2010, 06:48:34 AM
-Crap salad from a small glass

Ummmm....crap salad....my favorite scatological treat  :D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on December 14, 2010, 09:49:58 AM
Suddenly my pbj+milk lunch seems surprisingly good.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: abidoful on December 14, 2010, 11:34:39 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 14, 2010, 09:31:03 AM
Ummmm....crap salad....my favorite scatological treat  :D

Sarge
I NEEED a dictionary! What is scatological?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on December 14, 2010, 02:29:54 PM
"Scat" = animal droppings, aka "feces."

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on December 14, 2010, 02:33:59 PM
Quote from: abidoful on December 14, 2010, 06:48:34 AM
-Crap salad from a small glass

Okay, I laughed SO hard at this!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on December 14, 2010, 03:26:12 PM
Just to be sure we were all on the same page, I checked google images for "crap salad" and found that it's far more popular than I would have imagined:

(http://engrishfunny.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/128968067125346741.jpg)

(http://images.travelpod.com/users/tomandcharlie/a_year_with....1196083740.crap-salad-anyonex.jpg)

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ew5ZkCbkO6k/TGekkgkCknI/AAAAAAAAAC8/z6Sh2qTYkA8/s1600/engrish-crap-salad.jpg)

(http://www.fansofrealitytv.com/forums/imagehosting/6345471b8a051d036.jpg)
Master chefs hard at work, developing their own signature crap salad!

(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRZuMEJHdhxM-tzUXiKlHP0MQsKFReUfqGRyXQwo6TFqSuqjI9I)
And the results are worth the effort!  Mmm-mmm good!

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on December 14, 2010, 03:27:43 PM
Wonder what wine goes with that? . . .
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on December 14, 2010, 03:28:58 PM
Crap salad, the new culinary phenomenon!

I bet it's too mild for Gordon Ramsay though.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on December 14, 2010, 03:33:20 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 14, 2010, 03:27:43 PM
Wonder what wine goes with that? . . .


But of course:

(http://engrishfunny.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/be82d230-c9c2-484a-9494-759c5ab6aa56.jpg)


And we also offer a non-alcoholic option for our drug-free customers:

(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/05/20/article-1279806-09A92C03000005DC-344_306x423.jpg)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: abidoful on December 15, 2010, 05:32:26 AM
Yeah, this is funny---DISGUSTING and funny. I suddenly started laughing while in bed when I realized what was wrong with my salad. I hope it won't be crappy!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on December 15, 2010, 05:37:29 AM
Diet Coke and chocolate chip cookies for breakfast.

Yeah, I know.  ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on December 15, 2010, 06:03:22 AM
Quote from: Sackbut on December 15, 2010, 05:37:29 AM
Diet Coke and chocolate chip cookies for breakfast.

Yeah, I know.  ::)

You should have a talk with that guy who started the Fat Enders thread. He'll set you straight. Who cares, it's Christmas!!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on December 15, 2010, 06:07:40 AM
Quote from: Brian on December 15, 2010, 06:03:22 AM
You should have a talk with that guy who started the Fat Enders thread. He'll set you straight. Who cares, it's Christmas!!

Oh, no. I still count the calories. Haven't gained a thing since I hit my goal.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 16, 2010, 06:28:56 AM
Here is one from a while ago:

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,88.msg46968.html#msg46968 (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,88.msg46968.html#msg46968)

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 16, 2010, 06:34:15 AM
Quote from: abidoful on December 15, 2010, 05:32:26 AM
I suddenly started laughing while in bed when I realized what was wrong with my salad. I hope it won't be crappy!

;D :D ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 16, 2010, 06:40:24 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on December 14, 2010, 03:26:12 PM
Just to be sure we were all on the same page, I checked google images for "crap salad" and found that it's far more popular than I would have imagined:
(http://engrishfunny.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/128968067125346741.jpg)

Reminds me of a mistake I've seen surprisingly often in German restuarants that offer an American menu: corn on the cop.  :D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 16, 2010, 08:04:02 AM
We have a new Japanese restaurant just up the street 5 minutes from home called Mizu (http://mizuwinstonsalem.com/index.html) - surprisingly good for Winston-Salem, North Carolina; at the moment the best one in town - does not match my experiences in NYC, Chicago, D.C., West Coast but not bad at all - and we've returned!  :D

Last night, we started w/ salads (I've had their regular garden offering w/ a nice ginger/miso dressing, seaweed salad, & their squid salad in a smaller version than the one shown below).  Susan had mainly appetizers including the ones in the pics, i.e. shrimp dumplings, jalapeno yellowtail, and BBW sliced squid - the latter I shared; our third one and always delicious.

For myself, the usual sushi and/or sashimi w/ several rolls - last evening, a couple tuna, yellowtail, and smoked salmon, plus a spider roll (also pic below) & a king crab (not crap!) roll - along w/ a couple of glasses on NZ Sauvignon Blanc, a wonderful experience -  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 19, 2010, 07:28:48 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on December 16, 2010, 08:04:02 AM
For myself, the usual sushi and/or sashimi w/ several rolls - last evening, a couple tuna, yellowtail, and smoked salmon, plus a spider roll (also pic below) & a king crab (not crap!) roll

;D :D ;D

Quote from: jlaurson on December 16, 2010, 09:57:10 AM
I don't trust foreign restaurants in Munich, having been spoiled by quality foreign fare in DC and NYC... but a few nights ago I let myself be guided to a Japanese place by one of the local band's double bassists.

(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs495.ash1/27027_1367969912044_1015573751_31083094_1072470_n.jpg)
The resulting octopus in a ginger-something-something sauce was excellent; her tempura style fried chicken* was, too. Next up: Hot Pot & Bavarian Beer; after that Cocktails.

Lovely company, and sounds like good food. You and Dave make me hungry for Japanese (food!). We used to eat regulary at a decent sushi restaurant in Mannheim before concerts at the Rosengarten. Our concert activity tapered off considerably this year due to health problems but I look forward to a better new year...and more sushi!

We had a great meal last night: Mrs. Rock bought black truffles and sliced them into a potato casserole. We boiled a bunch of slipper lobster tails and washed it all down with champagne: the 2003 Tarlant Brut I bought last week. Friday suppper was a seafood night too. We found fresh mussels (packed just the day before) at a local supermarket. Fresh seafood is a rarity in our part of Germany. We cooked them in a tomato sauce; drank a Chianti Classico.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 19, 2010, 07:55:47 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 19, 2010, 07:28:48 AM

We had a great meal last night: Mrs. Rock bought black truffles and sliced them into a potato casserole. We boiled a bunch of slipper lobster tails and washed it all down with champagne: the 2003 Tarlant Brut I bought last week. Friday suppper was a seafood night too. We found fresh mussels (packed just the day before) at a local supermarket. Fresh seafood is a rarity in our part of Germany. We cooked them in a tomato sauce; drank a Chianti Classico.


Sarge - those two dinners sound just FINE to me - Susan makes mussels often but usually steamed w/ a clear celery type sauce (think the recipe is on the bag) - I usually have a white wine, but w/ a tomato based sauce red would be a fine choice me thinks!  ;D

For me last night again left alone so had to do one of my 'easy' standby dinners - actually the pic below is from a few months ago, but the dinner was similar: Salad - baby spinach w/ mandarin oranges, crumbled blue cheese, and a raspberry vinaigrette dressing; King Crab - simply steamed (dish below was a mix of King & Stone crab) w/ cocktail/horseradish sauce (try to avoid a lot of melted butter these days but a delicious & the usual combination); and King Estate Pinot Gris from Oregon - nice, simple, and quick!  Dave  :D

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/Dinner9910/1131266183_uDiXu-O.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 19, 2010, 08:05:59 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on December 19, 2010, 07:55:47 AM
I usually have a white wine, but w/ a tomato based sauce red would be a fine choice me thinks!  ;D

Yeah, Chianti goes very well with mussels cooked this way. It's my preferred choice when we have mussels in restauraunts too (our local Italians offer it with a white wine sauce too but I usually go with tomato).

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 19, 2010, 08:07:00 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on December 19, 2010, 07:55:47 AM
(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/Dinner9910/1131266183_uDiXu-O.jpg)

I doubt many bachelors (temporary like you or otherwise) eat this well!!!  :D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: abidoful on December 19, 2010, 09:45:04 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 19, 2010, 08:07:00 AM
I doubt many bachelors (temporary like you or otherwise) eat this well!!!  :D

Sarge
I'm a bachelor and I like to eat well, but I was sooooo disappointed yesterday when I couldn't find mussels from the nearest supermarket. All they have is like 15 different kind of Tuna cans but no mussels...;( It's different to live in downtown Helsinki--This is someways so miserable little town. The girl who worked at the groceries was sort of cute though; "mussels...? That's kind of EXOTIC". You know what Berlusconi said...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on December 19, 2010, 01:26:29 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 19, 2010, 07:28:48 AM
Lovely company, and sounds like good food...

As you say: MOST delicious.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on December 19, 2010, 06:55:05 PM
A mug of steaming hot chocolate on a cold, windy, rainy night. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on December 19, 2010, 07:10:02 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on December 19, 2010, 06:55:05 PM
A mug of steaming hot chocolate on a cold, windy, rainy night.

Best weather in the world, save that it would be early spring. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 20, 2010, 04:52:51 AM
We still had truffles left so Mrs. Rock sliced them thin and stuffed them under the skin of a whole chicken. The resulting roasted bird was magnificent, as was the gravy from the drippings. Plain basmati rice and a green salad. Drank Frei Brothers Dry Creek Valley reserve merlot...which I thought a bit heavy for the meal but Mrs. Rock loved it.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/oct2010/PC192979_699.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on December 20, 2010, 05:09:53 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 20, 2010, 04:52:51 AM
We still had truffles left so Mrs. Rock sliced them thin and stuffed them under the skin of a whole chicken. The resulting roasted bird was magnificent, as was the gravy from the drippings. Plain basmati rice and a green salad. Drank Frei Brothers Dry Creek Valley reserve merlot...which I thought a bit heavy for the meal but Mrs. Rock loved it.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/oct2010/PC192979_699.jpg)


Sarge

What was the dressing for the salad....this is key for such a meal.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MN Dave on December 20, 2010, 05:13:02 AM
CLIF All Natural Crunch Granola Bar...and Diet Coke.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 20, 2010, 05:29:52 AM
Quote from: Bogey on December 20, 2010, 05:09:53 AM
What was the dressing for the salad....this is key for such a meal.

Mrs. Rock invented the dressing. It's the second time we've tried it. She says the key is the type of dried tomatoes she used. From a jar of dried tomatoes in oil (bought from AldiSud), she sliced several superfine, crushed one clove of garlic, added a tablespoon of oil from the jar, a tablespoon of unsweetened Turkish grenadine syrup, then olive oil and balsamico vinegar. Tasted great and went very well with the chicken.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 20, 2010, 05:42:21 AM
Quote from: abidoful on December 19, 2010, 09:45:04 AM
I'm a bachelor and I like to eat well, but I was sooooo disappointed yesterday when I couldn't find mussels from the nearest supermarket. All they have is like 15 different kind of Tuna cans but no mussels...;( It's different to live in downtown Helsinki--This is someways so miserable little town. The girl who worked at the groceries was sort of cute though; "mussels...? That's kind of EXOTIC". You know what Berlusconi said...

I feel your pain. Anything fresh and "exotic" --and that includes mussels and scallops (coquille st jacques)--is very hard to come by in our area of Germany. My sister-in-law lives in Bremen (a five hour drive from us). I'm so envious of the seafood shops in that city.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on December 20, 2010, 05:51:47 AM
First I knew there was any such thing as unsweetened Grenadine. Cherish your Mrs Rock, Sarge!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 20, 2010, 06:01:04 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 20, 2010, 05:51:47 AM
First I knew there was any such thing as unsweetened Grenadine. Cherish your Mrs Rock, Sarge!

Yes, when I called her for the recipe, she specified it must be unsweetened...and from our local Turkish shop  :D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 20, 2010, 06:07:23 AM
Sarge - that chicken sounds (i.e. tastes more likely) outstanding!  Susan will put different herbs, etc. underneath the skin of foul - really a new taste experience for those who have not given the method a try!  :D

For an after dinner suggestion - this time of the year, we are into Moravian Ginger Cookies - just wafer thin w/ an overpowering flavor of spice/ginger and some heat on the tongue - the saying that you 'can't eat just one' does not apply, better still is you can't just eat a dozen or a whole tin -  :P

For those in the USA (postage considerations), an excellent example is made by the Salem Baking Co. (http://www.salembaking.com/) - if interested, check their website in the link for prices & shipping - now I've seen these in other cities and on other online catalogs, so might be available in your town?

But an Old Salem tradition in Winston-Salem, and BTW the Moravians made many more tasty items as the website above shows - enjoy the holidays!   :)

(http://www.salembaking.com/global/images/products/GROUP_MCOOKIES_SPICE_L.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on December 20, 2010, 06:08:55 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 20, 2010, 06:01:04 AM
Yes, when I called her for the recipe, she specified it must be unsweetened...and from our local Turkish shop  :D

One of the benefits of a rich immigrant population!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on December 20, 2010, 06:10:06 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 20, 2010, 05:29:52 AM
Mrs. Rock invented the dressing. It's the second time we've tried it. Recreating it might be difficult though. She says the key is the type of dried tomatoes she used. From a jar of dried tomatoes in oil (bought from AldiSud), she sliced several superfine, crushed one clove of garlic, added a tablespoon of oil from the jar, a tablespoon of unsweetened Turkish grenadine syrup, then olive oil and balsamico vinegar. Tasted great and went very well with the chicken.

Sarge

Yumm!  My wife and I are balsamic vinegar snobs fans, to the point that we enjoy it on EVERYTHING (we have not tried it on vanilla ice cream, but we would probably enjoy it on that as well ;D).  Here are two we roll out, the first is a glaze and the second the real deal:

(https://albertsons.elsstore.com/app/images/product/large/02682500772l.png)

and for the special salads:

(http://winelibrary.com/images_btl/53171.png)

http://www.giusti.it/eng/index.htm

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 20, 2010, 06:16:13 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on December 20, 2010, 06:07:23 AM
For an after dinner suggestion - this time of the year, we are into Moravian Ginger Cookies - just wafer thin w/ an overpowering flavor of spice/ginger and some heat on the tongue


Mrs. Rock's mother still bakes traditional cookies for Christmas. Her ginger cookies are outstanding.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 20, 2010, 06:19:50 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 20, 2010, 06:08:55 AM
One of the benefits of a rich immigrant population!

Indeed! It's a great place to buy fresh fruit and veggies too....very high quality.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mc ukrneal on December 20, 2010, 06:27:06 AM
Quote from: Bogey on December 20, 2010, 06:10:06 AM
Yumm!  My wife and I are balsamic vinegar snobs fans, to the point that we enjoy it on EVERYTHING (we have not tried it on vanilla ice cream, but we would probably enjoy it on that as well ;D).  Here are two we roll out, the first is a glaze and the second the real deal:

Vanilla!! Well, there's your main problem! :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on December 20, 2010, 06:28:11 AM
Quote from: ukrneal on December 20, 2010, 06:27:06 AM
Vanilla!! Well, there's your main problem! :)

Ah.  The simple pleasures in life.  When done right, nothing better. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: greg on December 21, 2010, 03:21:45 PM
Ken's Winghouse in Altamonte, FL...

the spiciest wings there. My favorite food, possibly, plus the more spicy, the better. I like it to be to the point where it is physically painful.  :)
(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSdv9IsgGY2FeJHLY0j1dxZcKTdQqiUP7rtsZxskbf7lPm3P-YR)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on December 25, 2010, 05:56:08 PM
As per the wine thread:

Prime rib and Yorkshire pudding, complimented by garlic mashed potatoes and brussel sprouts cooked in olive oil and fresh garlic.  Chose this wine (2009) to go with the meal.  Just my wife and I will be drinking it, but we are most pleased with very modest sweet and dry finish.

(http://www.ninenorthwines.com/images/rightart_20bench.gif)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 26, 2010, 02:50:09 AM
Quote from: Bogey on December 25, 2010, 05:56:08 PM
As per the wine thread:

Prime rib and Yorkshire pudding, complimented by garlic mashed potatoes and brussel sprouts cooked in olive oil and fresh garlic.  Chose this wine (2009) to go with the meal.  Just my wife and I will be drinking it, but we are most pleased with very modest sweet and dry finish.

(http://www.ninenorthwines.com/images/rightart_20bench.gif)

Sounds like a wonderful dinner, Bill. We're celebrating all three days of Christmas at the in-laws. Mrs. Rock's mother is a great cook. Christmas Eve we had turkey, yesterday braised venison, and today will be leg of lamb. After that I'll need a week of vegetarian eating to clean my system  :D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on December 26, 2010, 05:28:27 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 26, 2010, 02:50:09 AM
Sounds like a wonderful dinner, Bill. We're celebrating all three days of Christmas at the in-laws. Mrs. Rock's mother is a great cook. Christmas Eve we had turkey, yesterday braised venison, and today will be leg of lamb. After that I'll need a week of vegetarian eating to clean my system  :D

Sarge

I hear you good brother.  Ham today with my folks, then we have guests for four days, so by Jan. 2, I will need a serious oil change. ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 26, 2010, 06:12:14 AM
Christmas dinner at home this year - Susan roasted a pheasant w/ wild rice stuffing, a veggie, and some sparkling wine - delicious bird (kind of like a small turkey regarding taste/flavors of the breast & legs) -  :D

(http://sdakotabirds.com/species/photos/ringed_necked_pheasant_pair.jpg)  (http://vinolist.com/pics/3/c9/1135581_image.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on December 26, 2010, 08:18:50 AM
Plans for chestnut soup were frustrated by early closing times of stores on the 24th... so I ended up with pork tenderloins a red wine reduction and in a heap of mushrooms and chestnuts. Not bad... but the color was far too uniform to impress...  Not failure outright, since it tasted OK, but sad. My heart wasn't in it, I suppose, cooking for myself.

Along with a cheap Italian Wine that is surprisingly good at pretending to be a big-grape kind of wine...
One of the few where the result isn't completely embarrassing.

(http://www.hopsandgrapesonline.com/images/uploads/28155.JPG)
Ca de Rocchi Ripasso Monterè 2008 Valpolicella



Chestnut soup until postponed tomorrow, in delightful company... a better wine and, just to show what kind of a class act I am, a screening of "Caligula" (uncut) to someone with but a faint idea of what that film contains. (Hey, it's Helen Mirren and Peter O'Tool... it's *art*!)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on December 26, 2010, 08:48:34 AM
So many chocolates OMG
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on December 26, 2010, 12:33:40 PM
Quote from: Lethe on December 26, 2010, 08:48:34 AM
So many chocolates OMG
Sounds like heaven.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on December 26, 2010, 12:55:21 PM
It should be :'( My problem is that when my friends don't know what to buy me for a gift, they buy me chocolate, and at the moment I have about 2 metric tonnes of the stuff sitting there whispering "eat me".
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on December 26, 2010, 01:06:54 PM
So it is heaven.  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 30, 2010, 07:11:17 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on December 26, 2010, 08:18:50 AM
Plans for chestnut soup were frustrated by early closing times of stores on the 24th... so I ended up with pork tenderloins a red wine reduction and in a heap of mushrooms and chestnuts.

Sounds good. Last night we had pork tenderloin with an onion marmalade sauce: onions, Schwarze Johannisbeer (black currant) jelly, balsamico vinegar, dried rosemary, salt and pepper).

Quote from: jlaurson on December 26, 2010, 08:18:50 AM
Chestnut soup until postponed tomorrow, in delightful company... a better wine and, just to show what kind of a class act I am, a screening of "Caligula" (uncut) to someone with but a faint idea of what that film contains. (Hey, it's Helen Mirren and Peter O'Tool... it's *art*!)

Caligula and chestnut soup  ;D  How did that evening turn out?

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on December 30, 2010, 10:44:14 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 30, 2010, 07:11:17 AM

Caligula and chestnut soup  ;D  How did that evening turn out?

Sarge

That's exactly how that evening turned out.  ;D ;D ;D And most amazing of it all, we didn't even watch any bit of Caligula.

I love the powers of inspiration of great art.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 01, 2011, 06:57:17 AM
For New Year's Eve, we had one of our 'snack' dinners - a little 'real' cheese, smoked trout spread, smoked salmon, a few veggies w/ a mild blue cheese dip, and of course some caviar, which we love - over the years we have switched to the American offerings and prefer either Hackleback or Paddlefish - last night 2 oz. of Hackleback purchased from Marky's HERE (http://www.markys.com/caviar/customer/hackleback-caviar-2-oz..html) - online and shipped overnight.  Of course, we use to eat plenty of the Caspian Sea options but pricing (and authenticity?) are issues (just check the prices on the link!) - and always w/ some Napa bubbly (this time Mumm Cuvee M) -  :D

BTW - HAPPY NEW YEAR to all!  Dave  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on January 01, 2011, 07:29:48 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on January 01, 2011, 06:57:17 AM
For New Year's Eve, we had one of our 'snack' dinners - a little 'real' cheese, smoked trout spread, smoked salmon, a few veggies w/ a mild blue cheese dip, and of course some caviar, which we love - over the years we have switched to the American offerings and prefer either Hackleback or Paddlefish - last night 2 oz. of Hackleback purchased from Marky's HERE (http://www.markys.com/caviar/customer/hackleback-caviar-2-oz..html) - online and shipped overnight.  Of course, we use to eat plenty of the Caspian Sea options but pricing (and authenticity?) are issues (just check the prices on the link!) - and always w/ some Napa bubbly (this time Mumm Cuvee M) -  :D

BTW - HAPPY NEW YEAR to all!  Dave  :)

Hey, Dave. We had "caviar" too...sprinkled on deviled eggs. That was the snack between supper (fondue and various salads) and midnight. Drank Bowle (a punch made with sparkling wine and red and black berries) in the hours leading up to midnight.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: abidoful on January 02, 2011, 03:42:08 AM
a Cream Pie.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: (poco) Sforzando on January 05, 2011, 05:54:51 PM
Haven't visited this thread lately. I've started dipping into Amanda Hesser's new New York Times Cookbook, and have found some excellent things as well as a few duds. The worst thing was the chicken thighs with creamed corn, which tasted as bad as it sounds and may force me to throw away the leftovers uneaten.

One really good thing is the veal beau sejour, veal chops cooked with garlic and thyme, and finished with a bit of vinegar and chicken stock. And the lamb shanks in mustard-mascarpone sauce, which is a lot of work and sounds like a kitchen sink of unrelated ingredients (including shallots, garlic, Dijon mustard, rosemary, marsala wine, cumin, tomato paste, and a garnish of crisp bits of pancetta). It is in fact fantastic, and even better with its intended accompaniment of barley cooked with cumin and a garnish of scallions, walnuts, and raisins. (But that's not in the cookbook; you have to dig up the original NYT article for that recipe.) Good thing I made a lot of extra sauce to use with lamb chops, 'cause lamb shanks are a pain in the ass to work with.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: (poco) Sforzando on January 05, 2011, 05:55:25 PM
Quote from: Lethe on December 26, 2010, 12:55:21 PM
It should be :'( My problem is that when my friends don't know what to buy me for a gift, they buy me chocolate, and at the moment I have about 2 metric tonnes of the stuff sitting there whispering "eat me".

Send me whatever you don't want!!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on January 05, 2011, 05:58:56 PM
Tonight was taco night.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 05, 2011, 06:17:24 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 05, 2011, 05:58:56 PM
Tonight was taco night.

MI - such a cursory description - tacos can be whole chapters (if not more) in a cookbook!  You must provide much more detail, e.g. hard vs. soft & the contents (beef, chicken, seafood, or other) and any toppings - thanks for any further info - Dave  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on January 05, 2011, 06:47:26 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on January 05, 2011, 06:17:24 PM
MI - such a cursory description - tacos can be whole chapters (if not more) in a cookbook!  You must provide much more detail, e.g. hard vs. soft & the contents (beef, chicken, seafood, or other) and any toppings - thanks for any further info - Dave  ;D

I do not touch a taco without a bottle of this at hand:

(http://www.andyshotsauce.com/images/1105.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on January 06, 2011, 03:14:14 AM

A little deer steak with sweetened onions... a three-minute job (a little longer to clean the cast iron pan).

The peanut-satay sauce did a great job; itself unnoticeable but its effects well appreciated. A liberal hint of Scotch to deglaze. Fresh pepper. Voila.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: abidoful on January 09, 2011, 08:02:18 AM
I had my 30th BirthaDAY and it was -i'm glad ton say- a success :)
I served,
-Champaigne ("BOLLY"- that is; Bollinger)
and those hors d' ouvres,
-that Lousiana Crab (not Crap!!) Salad,
- Mini Burgers
- and those mini Cream Pies (those were delicious...)
nice it was
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: John Copeland on January 14, 2011, 08:00:55 AM
For whatever unspecified reason, I am currently nibbling bits of this.
I love cheese! :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on January 14, 2011, 02:52:27 PM
Quote from: John on January 14, 2011, 08:00:55 AM
For whatever unspecified reason, I am currently nibbling bits of this.
I love cheese! :D
Something else we have in common!  Currently enjoying a bit of:
(http://www.madeinoregon.com/images/P/Tillamook-Vintage-White--17645P.jpg)

http://www.youtube.com/v/ciayqUMCViY&feature=related
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 14, 2011, 04:46:18 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on January 14, 2011, 02:52:27 PM
Something else we have in common!  Currently enjoying a bit of:
(http://www.madeinoregon.com/images/P/Tillamook-Vintage-White--17645P.jpg)

Well, how can one not like Cheese!  ;D  We consume the 'low fat' stuff on a more routine basis, but just not the same as REAL cheese, which we now enjoy more for special occasions!  Also, as we've AGED, the blue cheeses have become some of our favs!  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 14, 2011, 05:02:10 PM
Today we received a package from D'Artangan (http://www.dartagnan.com/?wt.srch=1&gclid=CPiFj-GLu6YCFcVe7Aodk06hJw) which contained a lot of GOODIES for a number of meals, e.g. pheasant, quail, & duck breasts - tonight, we had the Moulard Duck Breast (pic from their website shown below) - the Moulard is a hybrid cross of Peking duck and Muscovy duck; cooked medium rare & just delicious - served w/ a simple veggie (i.e. peas) & some Patricia Green Oregon Pinot Noir - no problem for me!  Tomorrow night, some quail -  :D

(http://img.eetoolset.com/img?set=image%5B1027/666039.jpg%5D,size%5B275x275%5D,qual%5B80%5D&call=url%5Bfile:std.image%5D)  (http://beyondthebottle.com/blog/images/patriciagreen07pnreserve.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on January 15, 2011, 12:19:09 PM
I love weekends when Mrs. Rock takes over the cooking  8)  Tonight a scallop risotto made with homemade fish stock and spiced with saffron. For veggies: an Italian salad and her signature carrot dish made with creme fraiche, dill weed and ground coriander seeds. We drank Champagne, a blanc de blancs (chardonnay): Gimonnet-Henry Brut Cuis 1er cru

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/oct2010/scalloprisotto.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: abidoful on January 16, 2011, 03:15:08 AM
I have some habaneros and mayonnese- left overs from my birthday party. What could I do with them? Ideas would be appreciated :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on January 16, 2011, 03:16:09 AM
Quote from: abidoful on January 16, 2011, 03:15:08 AM
I have some habaneros and mayonnese- left overs from my birthday party. What could I do with them? Ideas would be appreciated :)

Clearly dunk the habaneros in batter, then (deep) fry them, dip into mayo & eat.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: abidoful on January 16, 2011, 03:39:00 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on January 16, 2011, 03:16:09 AM
Clearly dunk the habaneros in batter, then (deep) fry them, dip into mayo & eat.
cheers, that's a nice dish! I'm not sure about these habaneros---they are kind of hot. I mean REALLY HOT (yellow habaneros)!!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on January 16, 2011, 04:37:43 AM
Quote from: abidoful on January 16, 2011, 03:39:00 AM
cheers, that's a nice dish! I'm not sure about these habaneros---they are kind of hot. I mean REALLY HOT (yellow habaneros)!!

bawk.bawk.bawk.bawk.bawk!

(http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/chicken.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on January 16, 2011, 05:30:35 AM
Just had a hot salt beef and mustard bagel on Brick Lane in London. I didn't take this picture, but my bagel looked the same. :)

(http://www.dishola.com/imgstore/18/24/3fb803bb511e524847a607139aa7307a.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: abidoful on January 16, 2011, 08:59:31 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on January 16, 2011, 04:37:43 AM
bawk.bawk.bawk.bawk.bawk!

(http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/chicken.jpg)
:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: abidoful on January 19, 2011, 12:05:12 PM
Eating Cloudberry Icecream (probably only availeble in Finland) and listening Bruckner's String Quintet.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 23, 2011, 02:30:39 PM
Well, Susan's (i.e. Harpo) birthday was January 21 - so in celebration for a number of years, I've taken her to the Fearrington House (http://www.fearrington.com/house/?gclid=CLjhjpC60aYCFUpJ2goddH8YIw) which is just south of Chapel Hill, NC (USA) - this is a complex that includes a wonderful restaurant (a 5* rating - only a couple at that level in the state); a package includes an overnight stay, dinner, and breakfast the next morning - just returned today and another wonderful overnight!  :D

The current dinner menu is HERE (http://www.fearrington.com/house/menu.asp), which often changes daily depending of what fresh may be available; we had a 3-course package so started with:

1 - Poached Black Truffle and Artichoke Salad with White Port Dressing Yuzu, Turnips, Leek, Micro Greens

2 - Pan Seared Sweetbreads with Poached Lobster & Apple Cider Sauce Cauliflower, Mustard, Lemon, Grape

3 - Seared Venison Striploin with Chestnut & Apple Risotto Juniper, Port, Red Cabbage, Beet

Susan for course 3 had the beef tenderloin - I had a couple of glasses of Pinot Noir - we skipped the dessert - wish that I had a little camera & had taken some pics!  All tasted just delicious & even mysterious trying to guess some of the ingredients & items in each of the dishes, which is a fun part of dining in this special restaurant!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on January 23, 2011, 02:34:34 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on January 23, 2011, 02:30:39 PM
Well, Susan's (i.e. Harpo) birthday was January 21 - so in celebration for a number of years, I've taken her to the Fearrington House (http://www.fearrington.com/house/?gclid=CLjhjpC60aYCFUpJ2goddH8YIw) which is just south of Chapel Hill, NC (USA) - this is a complex that includes a wonderful restaurant (a 5* rating - only a couple at that level in the state); a package includes an overnight stay, dinner, and breakfast the next morning - just returned today and another wonderful overnight!  :D

The current dinner menu is HERE (http://www.fearrington.com/house/menu.asp), which often changes daily depending of what fresh may be available; we had a 3-course package so started with:

1 - Poached Black Truffle and Artichoke Salad with White Port Dressing Yuzu, Turnips, Leek, Micro Greens

2 - Pan Seared Sweetbreads with Poached Lobster & Apple Cider Sauce Cauliflower, Mustard, Lemon, Grape

3 - Seared Venison Striploin with Chestnut & Apple Risotto Juniper, Port, Red Cabbage, Beet

Susan for course 3 had the beef tenderloin - I had a couple of glasses of Pinot Noir - we skipped the dessert - wish that I had a little camera & had taken some pics!  All tasted just delicious & even mysterious trying to guess some of the ingredients & items in each of the dishes, which is a fun part of dining in this special restaurant!  :)
Gosh, Dave, wouldn't it have been easier just to give Domino's a call?  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on January 23, 2011, 02:40:46 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on January 23, 2011, 02:34:34 PM
Gosh, Dave, wouldn't it have been easier just to give Domino's a call?  ;)

Tougher wine pairing, David.  Not much that goes with garlic flavored cardboard.  Easier to just prepare the above. ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 23, 2011, 02:43:22 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on January 23, 2011, 02:34:34 PM
Gosh, Dave, wouldn't it have been easier just to give Domino's a call?  ;)

Hi David - LOL!  ;D   This place is just 90 miles from us, so great for an overnight - probably 7-8 yrs ago I offered this option to Harpo as a special BD celebration thinking that it would be a one time experience; WELL, now she wants an overnight every year and this place is usually her first choice - YES, it would be MUCH cheaper to order a pizza and even take her out to some local place, but now I'm STUCK!  ;) ;D

However, this is always a fun restaurant to attend and we do it just once (or less) a year - BUT, imagine how many CDs I could buy for what we pay to stay there overnight?  OTOH, it does justify my CD (and wine) purchases - seems all must even out in marriage -  :)  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: John Copeland on January 25, 2011, 12:35:16 PM
 :-*
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on January 25, 2011, 02:45:30 PM
Quote from: Brian on January 16, 2011, 05:30:35 AM
Just had a hot salt beef and mustard bagel on Brick Lane in London. I didn't take this picture, but my bagel looked the same. :)

(http://www.dishola.com/imgstore/18/24/3fb803bb511e524847a607139aa7307a.jpg)

That looks pretty nasty, Brian. Was it any good?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on February 02, 2011, 06:45:38 PM
I've been feeling a bit under the weather these past few days. All I had for dinner tonight was chicken noodle soup (w/ crackers of course). We're experiencing some strange weather here in Georgia. On Sunday and Monday it was warm, but by Tuesday and today the weather has gotten chilly again. My sinuses can't take this abuse!  :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on February 14, 2011, 08:56:12 AM
Oatmeal with dried cranberries (organic rolled oats, al dente) and Twining's English Breakfast tea (the closest thing to Earl Grey I could find in the cupboard!).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: abidoful on February 14, 2011, 11:25:55 AM
I'm a great Cream Pie baker nowadays.  Today I made a coconut Cream Pie. I substituted the whole milk of the custard with coconut milk and threw in some vanilla bean seeds. Not bad.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on February 14, 2011, 12:31:17 PM
Quote from: abidoful on February 14, 2011, 11:25:55 AM
I'm a great Cream Pie baker nowadays.  Today I made a coconut Cream Pie. I substituted the whole milk of the custard with coconut milk and threw in some vanilla bean seeds. Not bad.
Sounds tasty!  And you just gave me a great Valentine's Day idea.  Gotta run!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on February 14, 2011, 02:18:54 PM
What had you been eating, more like it:

In London, apart from Champagne Breakfasts with Scrambled Duck-Eggs & Chives and small (not self-made) pork pies with my potentially better half from Oslo and Philly-Sacramentonean London friend, I ended up cooking for the latter's dinner party (for 7, including self). Completely without preparation and inspiration (and no pressure, except that my friend thought it would be more interesting if he invited the presenter of the BBC 4 Food Programme (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qnx3) and her husband) I was bumbling around aimlessly until I hit London's singularly most pretentious food store, Daylesford Organic (http://www.daylesfordorganic.com/engine/shop/index.html). My gawd, they make WholeFoods look like a ghetto-SafeWay. From the wicker baskets to the white shelves for each head of lettuce... the whole place looks like an Apple Store and completely unnatural in their desperate attempt to be incredibly natural. The only plastic allowed in that hyper-organic market is your Double Platinum Super VISA, and you'll need it, too!

On the up-side, their display of root veggies and carrots inspired me on the spot... and although I ended up buying most of my ingredients (except for a parsnip, a few carrots, turnip, and pork sausages) at Waitrose (lovely! -- aside, they had Gentlemen's Relish, a.k.a Patum Peperium) I was thankful for the idea of oven roast vegetables. Sounds so simple... but turns out I had never done that before and only a vague idea how to make it. Fortunately, vague ideas is all I need to get me cooking... that's why I love it so much. Vague ideas in baking get you disaster... vague ideas in cooking can (if you are confident and experienced enough--in that order) get you something quite delightful or at least acceptable.

And thus went the potatoes and red beet and parsnips and turnips and fat carrots and lots of pumpkin into a pan with salt water to be a little pre-cooked... and then there were spices and lots and lots of fresh thyme and fresh pepper and white wine and a touch of honey and olive oil and onions and mustard seeds that made for a mix through which these veggies all went... and off to the oven and eventually coated with some goat yoghurt. The sausages, browned in goat butter and then slow-cooked in beer, went along with my plans, too. The salad enjoyed a warmish dressing of red beets, thyme, sheep-cheese, gorgonzola, oil, raspberry balsamic essence, and white whine again.

Before that the kicker: Hors d'œuvres... but after a recipe of the Two Fat Ladies. I usually don't do recipes, and I improvised here, too (adding crab meat; because that's what my boss andI--when I still worked at a little restaurant--once did at a party we catered), but for pastries (or "Gentlemen's Savory Shortcrust", rather), it's helpful to do so. At least for the dough. Can't just improvise dough. Turns out those little salty anchovy bastards (dough made, cooled and rested, spread out, covered thinly with Gentleman's Rrrrrrrrrrelish, Dijon Mustard, and said crab meat, then each topped with a little parmigiano and dabbed with a egg-yolk/olive oil/pepper mix, went over rather well!

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: abidoful on February 14, 2011, 11:27:13 PM
Quote from: Sherman Peabody on February 14, 2011, 12:31:17 PM
Sounds tasty!  And you just gave me a great Valentine's Day idea.  Gotta run!
Good!

You never know how these things work out around here ;) ;) ;) ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on February 16, 2011, 01:54:14 PM
[Twining's English Breakfast tea (the closest thing to Earl Grey I could find in the cupboard!).[/quote]

The Twining's English Breakfast is my favorite tea.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on February 16, 2011, 05:48:21 PM
Goodness, Jens, reading about all that posh foodstuff put me in the food for basic chow:  New York steak grilled medium rare, baked potato with sour cream and chives, and steamed broccoli with lemon and butter.  Simple but yummy!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on February 16, 2011, 08:13:36 PM
Quote from: Sherman Peabody on February 16, 2011, 05:48:21 PM
Goodness, Jens, reading about all that posh foodstuff put me in the food for basic chow:  New York steak grilled medium rare, baked potato with sour cream and chives, and steamed broccoli with lemon and butter.  Simple but yummy!

The key to any properly prepared steak.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: John Copeland on February 18, 2011, 03:47:48 PM
 :)"*****munch*****munch*****munch"  :)

Whaa?

???

WTF?   >:(

>:(

You came here to see what I'm eating?

There must be something wrong with you.   >:D

>:(


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on February 18, 2011, 05:51:28 PM
Sushi last night at our local Japanese restaurant - delicious as usual!  :D

Tonight eating in w/ an order from D'Artagnan (http://www.dartagnan.com/51438/565687/Gourmet-Poultry/Whole-Quail.html), i.e. whole Quail - just sauteed w/ onions, oil, and dry sherry - simple but delicious! Side of green beans w/ garlic and roasted pine nuts - forgut to take a pic but looked great on the plate!

Pic below from D'Artagnan website but looked similar w/ onions - wine for the dinner - a Fess Parker from southern California called the Big Easy 2007 - wonderful blend of Syrah (92%) & Grenache (8%) -  :D

(http://img.eetoolset.com/img?set=image%5B1027/666244.jpg%5D,size%5B900x900%5D,qual%5B80%5D&call=url%5Bfile:std.image%5D)  (http://www.kenswineguide.com/images_wine/Fess-Parker-2007-The-Big-Easy-Syrah.gif)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on February 18, 2011, 08:50:34 PM
Pad Thai, chicken in yellow curry, panang salmon on a bed of asparagus, and shrimp mango curry, with steamed rice to soak up the sauces.  Yum!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on February 19, 2011, 12:19:06 AM
Quote from: John of Glasgow on February 18, 2011, 03:47:48 PM
:)"*****munch*****munch*****munch"  :)

Whaa?

???

WTF?   >:(

>:(

You came here to see what I'm eating?

There must be something wrong with you.   >:D


>:(


snyprrrr, why did you change your name to "John of Glasgow"?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on February 27, 2011, 04:41:10 AM
Well, we are off on a short vacation (4 nights) in Key West, FL - posted a few pics in the 'Vacation Advisory' & will add more -  :D

For dinner last night we ate at our hotel restaurant, Hot Tin Roof (http://www.oceankey.com/oceankey_dining.aspx) - decided on the 'small plates', i.e. similar to tapas:

Started w/ Oysters on Half Shell, as usual (we get them when we can & when we know that they will be GOOD!) - then small plates:

Mussels   | cajun sofrito | olive oil
Duck Confit Empanada | ginger miso dip   
Local Fish Ceviche| key lime | onion | cilantro | corn nuts 
Sautéed Calamari | parsley | jalapeños | key lime 
Sataki | local fish | black pepper | sesame


Shared a Key Lime Pie - each one is different in these parts!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on February 28, 2011, 04:24:24 AM
For lunch yesterday and a place I'd recommend if you visit Key West, Half Shell Raw Bar (http://www.halfshellrawbar.com/):

Started out w/ some nice & fresh garden salads w/ homenade garlic croutons (did not eat too many of the latter); then shared a bunch of shellfish delights that were just superb:

Conch ceviche - Key West is nicknamed the 'Conch Republic' and the local HS sports teams are the Conchs - a versatile seafood, also!
Oysters on the Half Shell - better than the ones last night - may need to go back to this place just for this treat!
Steam clams - w/ a little butter - nice and plump!
Stone Crab Claws - just a 1/2 #, but another Florida treat and a must to try - never cheap, tough  :D

For dinner, we decided on a restaurant in the Hyatt Resort called the Shor Seafood Grill (http://keywest.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/entertainment/restaurants/index.jsp#1829) - ate light but the main reason was to have another Floridian specialty:

Steam clams & snapper ceviche for starters!
Florida Lobster tail w/ a lime butter sauce + some shared sides - pic below - only the tail is eaten - not as sweet & a little tougher than a main lobster; cooked in many ways -so in 2 meals, we had the main Floridian foods, i.e. Conch, Stone Crab, & Floridian Lobster!

Shared a key lime pie - they are all different, so I'm sure that we will give more a try -  :D


(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/St-Augustine-09/KeyWestLunchSunday/1200474187_VxHzF-M.jpg)  (http://www.dbenson.net/photo/seadancer/conch-detail.3.jpg)

(http://underwaterflorida.homestead.com/files/lobsternap.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on February 28, 2011, 05:34:37 PM
Well continuing our 'eating adventure' in Key West, FL - for dinner we ate at A & B Lobster House (http://www.aandblobsterhouse.com/), actually 2 restaurants, Alonzo's Place on the first floor (more informal & less expensive) & Alonzo & Berlin's Restaurant on the 2nd floor, more upscale, adult-oriented, and more expensive - we choose the latter, just less crowded, quieter, and a more interesting menu for adults!

Starters - shared some Roasted Mussels Provencal (pan roasted with garlic, tomato, white wine & parsley & served with toasted crostinis) & Rare Tuna w/ sesame crust on top of seaweed salad & the usual sides - both delicious!

Main Course - ordered the same dish - Hogfish Snapper w/ wasabi mash potatoes & an assortment of veggies in a lobster sauce that included pieces of lobster - BOY, that was GOOD!  Our first experience w/ this fish (see pic below) - a bottom dweller that feeds on shellfish (like US!) - hard to catch on a hook, so many are captured by spear fishing as we were told w/ the fish we ate - a description HERE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogfish) - wonderful dish!

Dessert - shared an Irish Coffee along w/ an award winning Bananas Foster - wish I had a picture - just superb - this place is not cheap but a wonderful dining experience!  :D

(http://www.sammysseafood.com/Portals/0/Hogfish%20Snapper.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 05, 2011, 04:49:07 PM
WELL!  I can't believe that no one has been eating lately nor left any responses to my Floridian meals - some interesting & unique morsels of food to enjoy!  Already back and missing what I enjoyed there, e.g. oysters & stone crabs!

Tonight, Harpo made me a favorite meat, i.e. veal - picture attached, just a simple sauteed lemon preparation w/ capers (my preference - don't really like a lot of toppings) - along w/ some sauteed spinach w/ garlic mainly - wine was a Saintsbury Pinot Noir 2007 from their Stanly Ranch selection (an online internet bargain!) - just a great combination!   ;D

P.S. Click on the image for a larger version!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: imperfection on March 05, 2011, 11:58:28 PM
(http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/198197_1860932653082_1533900244_32013731_4142523_n.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: abidoful on March 06, 2011, 10:54:38 AM
Quote from: imperfection on March 05, 2011, 11:58:28 PM
(http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/198197_1860932653082_1533900244_32013731_4142523_n.jpg)
Sausages and scrambled eggs?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on March 07, 2011, 07:04:35 AM
Saturday I succumbed to a guilty pleasure:

(http://friendseat.com/user_upload_recipe/thumbnail400/1072_34902_friendseat_chili_dog_sauce_med.gif)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 08, 2011, 06:49:59 PM
For dessert:

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7H9jFTPDRs/TSZMCisTOSI/AAAAAAAAACw/75TlWIfjEeE/s1600/king_cake2009.jpg)

Some King cake from a local bakery.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on March 08, 2011, 07:10:08 PM
Quote from: Bogey on March 08, 2011, 06:49:59 PM
For dessert:

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7H9jFTPDRs/TSZMCisTOSI/AAAAAAAAACw/75TlWIfjEeE/s1600/king_cake2009.jpg)

Some King cake from a local bakery.

Yuck...that doesn't look appealing at all. Does actually taste good?

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 08, 2011, 07:42:21 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 08, 2011, 07:10:08 PM
Yuck...that doesn't look appealing at all. Does actually taste good?

Absolutely awesome!  Grab some if you can still find it. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on March 09, 2011, 08:52:53 AM
Menu for our anniversary dinner at home tonight:

Tomato and red pepper bisque, green salad, filet mignon w/ wild rice and steamed asparagus, chocolate mousse. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on March 09, 2011, 09:25:39 AM
Quote from: Sherman Peabody on March 09, 2011, 08:52:53 AM
Menu for our anniversary dinner at home tonight:

Tomato and red pepper bisque, green salad, filet mignon w/ wild rice and steamed asparagus, chocolate mousse.

Wow, that's fantastic! Happy anniversary - a foregone conclusion with that menu, but still  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on March 09, 2011, 09:34:41 AM
Quote from: Brian on March 09, 2011, 09:25:39 AM
Wow, that's fantastic! Happy anniversary - a foregone conclusion with that menu, but still  8)
Thanks, Brian.  I'm a lucky fellow.  And I'm wise enough to make sure she knows that I know it!  ;)  I just haven't decided yet whether to make hollandaise or go with a minimalist vinaigrette for the asparagus.  Inclining toward the later--less competition for the beef--but I do love hollandaise and always make enough to reheat and slop over omelets the next morning!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on March 09, 2011, 09:39:01 AM
And a Happy Anniversary from here, too. Very enticing menu, as well!

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on March 09, 2011, 03:47:36 PM
Quote from: Bogey on March 08, 2011, 07:42:21 PM
Absolutely awesome!  Grab some if you can still find it.

Hmmm...who would've known something that looks like a giant caterpillar would be tasty?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 09, 2011, 05:02:43 PM
Quote from: Sherman Peabody on March 09, 2011, 08:52:53 AM
Menu for our anniversary dinner at home tonight:

Tomato and red pepper bisque, green salad, filet mignon w/ wild rice and steamed asparagus, chocolate mousse.

David - Congrats!  :D   Sounds like a great dinner - NOW, you must have had some wine?  ;) :)   Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on March 10, 2011, 04:55:43 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on March 09, 2011, 05:02:43 PM
David - Congrats!  :D   Sounds like a great dinner - NOW, you must have had some wine?  ;) :)   Dave
Nope...I'm allergic to the stuff--tend to break out in handcuffs.  But the food was great, the filets so tender they damn near melted on the fork! 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: listener on March 23, 2011, 05:44:45 PM
Fresh  halibut steak from the first catch of the season.  A luxury I budget for.
(with sweet nugget potatoes, also early in the season, waiting for fresh local asparagus..)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: abidoful on March 26, 2011, 01:57:01 AM
Today I'm going to make two Cream Pies; one with fresh slices on mango and the other a coconut meringue pie. The former I have never tried before, the latter I made last week and it was possibly the  best pie i've made;
- first a basic flaky crust (self-made of course)
- then the custard with NO COCONUT MILK BUT 1 CUP OF COCONUT SYRUP. Mixed in some grated coconut and topped with the meringue. OH LALA!!

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: smitty1931 on March 28, 2011, 12:30:46 PM
Blue Bell Almond Pistachio ice cream. Unique flavor. Absolutely delicious!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 11, 2011, 11:12:19 AM
Spargel (asparagus) season has begun in Germany. We had it with boiled potatoes and chicken breasts filled with crème fraiche and Bärlauch (bear's garlic, also in season now). Drank a 2010 Sylvaner from Weingut Karl May.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/jan2011/chickenspargel.jpg)


Sarge



Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 17, 2011, 03:04:08 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 11, 2011, 11:12:19 AM
Spargel (asparagus) season has begun in Germany. We had it with boiled potatoes and chicken breasts filled with crème fraiche and Bärlauch (bear's garlic, also in season now). Drank a 2010 Sylvaner from Weingut Karl May.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/jan2011/chickenspargel.jpg)

Sarge - looks GREAT!  I'm a BIG asparagus eater (Susan dislikes the veggie and never cooks it @ home); so I order it when possible - BUT, you know that I've never had 'white' asparagus (I know how is is grown) - how is the taste different from the green stuff?  Dave  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 17, 2011, 06:21:06 PM
Well, Susan & I are away on a short vacation to Kiawah Island, just south of Charleston, S.C. (about a 5 hr drive from home) - staying on a lagoon condo which is beautiful (have been posting in the 'vacation thread' w/ some pics for those interested?).

We're doing a different style eating experience this time - used to go to a variety of restaurants, but a great market has opened called Newton Farms (http://www.newtonfarms.net/aboutus/storedirectory.asp), which offers a wide variety of fresh, cooked, to cook, etc. products, quite appropriate to a resort atmosphere!

Staying 4 nights & have decided to 'eat in' 3 of those nights by purchasing various products from Newton Farms - great wine selection, fresh seafood (available as raw or cooked in a variety of ways), daily sushi options, and so much more - a place one has to see to believe - like a toy store for adults!

Tonight, my meal is shown below - shared a pound of giant lump blue crab meat w/ Susan w/ a fresh made 'cocktail' sauce; a little sushi made fresh that day; some homemade delicious cole slaw (which I love if good - this was!), and some Pinot Gris from Oregon (Adelsheim) - just delicious in our condo overlooking a beautiful lagoon and dress in our comfortable night clothes - just completely relaxing!

Tomorrow night going out for the only time of our stay, i.e. the Atlantic Room at the Ocean Course (menu HERE (http://www.kiawahresort.com/dining/atlantic-room.php) - this golf course (of 5 or 6 on the island) is like a British links golf course and will host the 2012 PGA Championship - ate there last year and expect an excellent meal!

Our last night?  We probably will go back to the market and eat in again - so GOOD & completely relaxing!  :D

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Kiawah11/DinnerKiawah41711/1255791663_9qxSPX6-O.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 19, 2011, 06:41:35 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on April 17, 2011, 03:04:08 PMI've never had 'white' asparagus (I know how is is grown) - how is the taste different from the green stuff?  Dave  :D

It's very different....hard to explain. I can't think of anything else that tastes quite like it. I can say white has a more delicate taste than green, and sweeter (if you buy the better grades).

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 19, 2011, 06:47:12 AM
Quote from: SonicMan on April 17, 2011, 06:21:06 PM
Tonight, my meal is shown below - shared a pound of giant lump blue crab meat w/ Susan w/ a fresh made 'cocktail' sauce; a little sushi made fresh that day; some homemade delicious cole slaw (which I love if good - this was!), and some Pinot Gris from Oregon (Adelsheim) - just delicious in our condo overlooking a beautiful lagoon and dress in our comfortable night clothes - just completely relaxing!

Tomorrow night going out for the only time of our stay, i.e. the Atlantic Room at the Ocean Course (menu HERE (http://www.kiawahresort.com/dining/atlantic-room.php) - this golf course (of 5 or 6 on the island) is like a British links golf course and will host the 2012 PGA Championship - ate there last year and expect an excellent meal!
(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Kiawah11/DinnerKiawah41711/1255791663_9qxSPX6-O.jpg)


Hey Dave. That looks so good. I'm truly envious. Your decision to eat in rather than go out reminds me of my last French vacation. We rented an old stone farmhouse surrounded by fields (sheep and cows our closest neighbors) and cooked our meals half the time rather than relying solely on the local restaurants.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 19, 2011, 11:41:49 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 19, 2011, 06:41:35 AM
It's very different....hard to explain. I can't think of anything else that tastes quite like it. I can say white has a more delicate taste than green, and sweeter (if you buy the better grades).

Hi Sarge - well, sounds like an interesting taste that I definitely need to try - assume that we can get it locally but Susan is not an asparagus lover, so I only get it at restaurants, where it seems quite popular in the USA at the moment but always green!

Our last night in Kiawah and eating in again - just picked up some homemade local crab cakes, a little more sushi, along w/ a twice baked potato which we'll share (we have to cut our carbs unfortunately!), and a garlic/mushroom green bean salad.  I have a bottle of Oregon bubbly - actually it's my BD today, so our little celebration in the condo - then back home early in the morning!

BTW - dinner last night out at the Ocean Club (mentioned previously) was superb!  Dave  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 12, 2011, 07:04:34 AM
Boy, I can't imagine not posting here for nearly a month!  :o

We just returned from a trip to the tip of Long Island (Montauk - further east than the Hamptons) to see Susan's mother who is now 90 y/o!

For 4 days, my diet consisted of Oysters & Clams on the half shell, Lobster Rolls, & Steamed Lobsters - one of the best 'lobster rolls' looked like the one below w/ plenty of chunks of meat, including whole claws!  We took a day trip and drove to the North Fork (where virtually all of the LI wineries are located - will report later in the wine thread) - quaint villages & some excellent wines - ate lunch at a little place in Mattituck -  :D

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xtJC24rrpcY/TBFOCHx37xI/AAAAAAAAAYs/IYbE6OMCcWI/s1600/lobster-roll-2-1024x797.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: abidoful on May 12, 2011, 11:39:06 AM
A chunk of Parmesan with Cloudberry jam
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on May 12, 2011, 11:43:09 AM
Dim memories of a cloudberry liqueur . . . .

Thread duty: roasted pistachios
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on May 12, 2011, 11:44:57 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on May 12, 2011, 07:04:34 AM
. . . the North Fork (where virtually all of the LI wineries are located - will report later in the wine thread)

Okay, I'll say it:

I had no idea there are wineries on Long Island. And I was born there
; )
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: abidoful on May 12, 2011, 11:49:16 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on May 12, 2011, 11:43:09 AM
Dim memories of a cloudberry liqueur . . . .

Thread duty: roasted pistachios

Maybe you had a bit too much then...? :) :) :) :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on May 12, 2011, 12:04:37 PM
No, no, the memory is dim, for it was many years ago : )
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 12, 2011, 02:27:10 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on May 12, 2011, 11:44:57 AM
Okay, I'll say it:

I had no idea there are wineries on Long Island. And I was born there
; )

Oh, Karl - there have been wineries there since the early 1970s (maybe before - not sure); a little history HERE (http://www.liwines.com/default.ihtml?page=theregion) for those interested and planning a visit on Long Island.  Most of the wineries are on the North Fork a much more rustic experience than the Hamptons; there are dozens of wineries there - we visited 4 this time - my last tour of this area was about 20 yrs or so ago.

The wines are made from mainly European grapes, i.e. like California - these have improved tremendously since my last visit (and I've not sampled many - just don't ship to North Carolina) - we tasted many styles and all are of interest - Merlot was one of the first 'stars' of the area (e.g. Bedell winery which we made a 2nd visit), but many of the others are quite good - we had an outstanding Late Harvest Riesling from the Pindar winery.  Dave  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on May 12, 2011, 08:30:50 PM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on May 12, 2011, 07:04:34 AM
Boy, I can't imagine not posting here for nearly a month!  :o

We just returned from a trip to the tip of Long Island (Montauk - further east than the Hamptons) to see Susan's mother who is now 90 y/o!

For 4 days, my diet consisted of Oysters & Clams on the half shell, Lobster Rolls, & Steamed Lobsters - one of the best 'lobster rolls' looked like the one below w/ plenty of chunks of meat, including whole claws!  We took a day trip and drove to the North Fork (where virtually all of the LI wineries are located - will report later in the wine thread) - quaint villages & some excellent wines - ate lunch at a little place in Mattituck -  :D

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xtJC24rrpcY/TBFOCHx37xI/AAAAAAAAAYs/IYbE6OMCcWI/s1600/lobster-roll-2-1024x797.jpg)

Dave,
Posting that without sending me a sample may have just cost you your Bach set! ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 13, 2011, 07:55:36 AM
Quote from: Bogey on May 12, 2011, 08:30:50 PM
Dave,
Posting that without sending me a sample may have just cost you your Bach set! ;D

Bill - only wish those would ship well, myself!  We are doing a short trip to the New England coastal area this fall, so will get another chance for the same food!  ;D  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 13, 2011, 08:10:16 PM
Had some terrific yakitori in NYC.  Cold beer and grilled chicken parts on a stick?  Yes please! 
Also had a very nice brunch, complete with lobster Mac and cheese, with the good company of GMG's very own Bruce Hodges, aka, brewski. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: karlhenning on May 19, 2011, 05:22:35 PM
Quote from: toledobass on May 13, 2011, 08:10:16 PM
Had some terrific yakitori in NYC.  Cold beer and grilled chicken parts on a stick?  Yes please! 
Also had a very nice brunch, complete with lobster Mac and cheese, with the good company of GMG's very own Bruce Hodges, aka, brewski. 

Wish I'd been there with you gents!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mn Dave on May 22, 2011, 11:48:03 AM
I'm a fan. (http://www.shescribes.com/2011/05/fig-newton-cookie-thins.html)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mn Dave on May 26, 2011, 02:14:43 PM
(http://www.raystastycreations.com/images/rib-eye-steaks.jpg)
And salad.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mn Dave on May 29, 2011, 07:26:03 AM
bostock and bacon  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 30, 2011, 06:30:47 PM
Tonight, ate in w/ Harpo's help!  ;D

Bison Filet Mignon (medium rare) w/ nice sauteed veggies and an Oregon Pinot Noir - excellent!   :P

PROBLEM - trying to use my new iPad2 to do the same as an 'on the road' laptop - pic below was taken w/ the iPad - crappy camera w/ poor resolution; had some apps that allowed me to crop & upload to my SmugMug account, but then could not figure out how to get the right URL of the image to paste into a post here - so now on my regular laptop - will continue to try -  :)

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/SmugShots/i-cLFjvvb/0/M/smugshot8805586-M.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on July 12, 2011, 01:11:31 PM
On Sunday had guests and made some BBQ chicken which had a sauce spiked with balsamic.  Home made potato salad (the pink is thick sliced bacon) and baked beans set up the sides nicely.

(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/Richter001-3.jpg)  (http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/Richter002-2.jpg)  (http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/Richter003-1.jpg)  (http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/Richter004-1.jpg)



PS Glad I gave that Syrah another try, Dave, as this was a wonderful addition to the dinner at a very nice price point!

(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/Richter006-2.jpg)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 13, 2011, 04:04:45 PM
Bill - that looks great!  Assume that the Syrah was from France?  Still need to give the Shiraz from Australia (same grape) some more chances (and try a number) - I'm sure you will enjoy as a 'red wine' drinker!

Susan & I are on a short 'Anniversary Trip' (No. 41) to Virginia - 3 nights at the Homestead (http://www.thehomestead.com/) w/ some wonderful meals and a short interlude to breakup the drive home in Roanoke, VA at the Hotel Roanoke (http://hotelroanoke.com/) - pics below - both very historic VA resorts - would take me several posts to describe our food, but we had a great time and outstanding meals at both places!  Dave  :D

(http://spaflyer.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/04/28/homestead01.jpg)

(http://www.virginia.org/uploadedImages/virginiaorg/Images/OrgImages/H/HotelRoanoke/14595.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 14, 2011, 02:42:18 AM
Quote from: Bogey on July 12, 2011, 01:11:31 PM
On Sunday had guests and made some BBQ chicken which had a sauce spiked with balsamic.  Home made potato salad (the pink is thick sliced bacon) and baked beans set up the sides nicely.

Wow...that looks sensational, Bill. How about sharing the recipes for the potato salad and beans?

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on July 14, 2011, 06:25:36 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 14, 2011, 02:42:18 AM
Wow...that looks sensational, Bill. How about sharing the recipes for the potato salad and beans?

Sarge

The potato salad is of the simplest form.  I will have Linda post it here.  The beans are a different matter.....they can take many hours to cook.  I will have her post both. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on July 14, 2011, 06:33:58 AM
Dave,
What are the Jefferson Pools on the ground and how much of the resort structure was built in the 1700's?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 14, 2011, 04:59:37 PM
Quote from: Bogey on July 14, 2011, 06:33:58 AM
Dave,
What are the Jefferson Pools on the ground and how much of the resort structure was built in the 1700's?

Hi Bill - I think the history is rather murky back in those days - the Homestead is stated to have been established in 1766 (i.e. pre-Revolution!); however, much of it was built decades if not a century or more after that time, such as the famous bathhouse (now the 'indoor' pool) - there is a President's Bar w/ portraits of our presidents who have either been in the area (earlier ones such as George, Tom, & Jim Madison) and later ones who likely stayed at the place - however, no pics of the Bushes or Obama.

Now Thomas Jefferson (and his father) own a LOT of property in the area included the Natural Bridge just south of Lexington, VA - how much more he owned, I don't know - the Jefferson Pools refered to above were likely near but probably not the natural springs that feed the indoor pool at the Homestead - I've not read the detailed history of the place, but its beginnings certainly go back centuries into our history.  But despite the ambiguities, the beauty of the area is beyond belief - Dave :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on July 14, 2011, 07:07:47 PM
Thanks, Dave!

Another night of chicken on the grill....this time with a Dijon glaze.  The side was grilled Yukon gold potatoes, zucchini, and the secret ingredient, shallots all coated in olive oil and fresh ground pepper and coarse sea salt.  The wine is from Argentina and was quite tasty and had a wonderful finish....crisp, clean, nice flower aroma, and not sweet at all.   

(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/BBQ2001.jpg)  (http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/BBQ2003.jpg)  (http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/BBQ2002-1.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 15, 2011, 05:21:45 AM
Quote from: Bogey on July 14, 2011, 06:25:36 AM
The potato salad is of the simplest form.  I will have Linda post it here.  The beans are a different matter.....they can take many hours to cook.  I will have her post both. :)

Thank you. Looking forward to trying the recipes.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 15, 2011, 05:38:58 AM
Mrs. Rock has been experimenting with marinara sauce, making it from scratch with fresh tomatoes. So far, so good...really good  8)

Last night we had fried Zander (pike-perch) with a side of spaghetti in her homemade sauce. We drank a Reuilly, a sauvignon blanc from the village on the Cher, a tributary of the Loire. More rustic and acidic than the better known Loire wines Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé, I enjoyed it. It was powerful enough to stand up to the sauce. Left click for full size picture.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/may11/P6300140_800.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/may11/P6300141_800.jpg)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on July 15, 2011, 06:25:51 PM
Tell Mrs. Rock that our kitchen lab is always open for her to use when you are stateside! ;D

Tonight, back to the grill for blue cheese hamburgers:

First, you NEED to have the 80% lean....you go too lean and you find that it tastes like....well, it has no taste! ;D

(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/burger001.jpg)

Next, split your patty in two and spread the blue cheese that is mixed with cream cheese at a 50-50 mix (Philly....YO!)

(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/burger002.jpg)

Here it is topped with tomato, avocado, purple onion and ground black pepper.  Leave the condiments in the fridge as the cheese filling is enough for flavoring.

(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/burger003.jpg)

Cut in half, as a gal on the web said that the burger can explode when you take the first bite. 8)

(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/burger004.jpg)

The recipe came from the web....it was excellent!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on July 15, 2011, 06:30:06 PM
That looks totally delicious. I had a blue cheese hamburger about a week ago, but at a restaurant - good, but not nearly as enticing as these photos.  8)

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on July 15, 2011, 06:32:55 PM
Quote from: Bogey on July 14, 2011, 07:07:47 PM
Another night of chicken on the grill....this time with a Dijon glaze.  The side was grilled Yukon gold potatoes, zucchini, and the secret ingredient, shallots all coated in olive oil and fresh ground pepper and coarse sea salt.  The wine is from Argentina and was quite tasty and had a wonderful finish....crisp, clean, nice flower aroma, and not sweet at all.   


Oh my...I haven't checked this thread in quite awhile, and clearly am missing all the summer fun.  8) The potatoes, zucchini and shallots sound especially enticing...

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 16, 2011, 01:11:52 AM
Seconding Sarge: I want that Bean recipe!


Muhself, I've been experimenting with french fries... and I think I have come close, very close to home-made french fry perfection.

I even bought a nice big, very pink pot for the adventure ("it was cheaper than in white") and a fry-cutter, which saves oodles of time. My first victim was my better half, where the fries went along with, oh, I forget. Was that the day we had whale steak? Could be. The result was modestly satisfactory. Good enough to eat them all compulsively, but not to be proud of. Too soggy too quickly, yet almost burned.

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/263006_10150234127577989_513407988_7422209_6242851_n.jpg) (https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/267755_10150234127387989_513407988_7422204_5757385_n.jpg)

The next day I repeated the performance, now considerably improved, at the father-in-law-to-be's... the fries turned soggy within a few minutes, but fresh out of the pot they were very delicious. Something was still missing.

We went back to Munich where I organized a dinner with a Chinese and Taiwanese musician friends (you never have to worry about them being picky... I asked about about possible dietary restrictions and my friend replied in earnest surprise: Restrictions? We're Chines. We eat everything) that included a lox-with-capers-in-sour-cream on self made crackers topped with roe, a salad (that didn't quite work out for lack of sufficient dressing) [that was the Norwegian contribution] and horse steak and fries [my contribution]. The horse, I must admit, I ruined... and was mortified. Started way too early and by the time I was able to serve it, it had been overcooked... a shame and a sin. I will repent. But the fries!

I prepared the day before... cutting the taters, then cooking them in heavily salted vinegar water at a lowish temperature for about ten minutes. Let them dry... then fried them in small batches at hight temperature in a mix of about 50/50 pork lard, sunflower oil (Didn't have peanut oil) for about two minutes. I let them dry, then packed them and put them in the freezer. (This step not having been included in the previous attempts.) Brought them, along with my pink pot, over to the hosts... and fried them for 5 minutes or however long it took to get them to a saturated golden yellow. The result was incredibly tasty and stayed crispy... well... I can't say how long they would have stayed crispy beyond 15 minutes, because they didn't survive longer than that. But lost none of that crispiness... even as they lost temperature. They only downside was that they were a bit on the hollow side. Not crippling to the effort, but a noticeable distance from perfection. The taste (with the effective, though unnecessary pre-salting and the use of pork lard [could not get beef or horse lard]) was very pleasing indeed... and nearly made the eaters forget the ruined horse.


Back in Oslo, the day before the whale, meanwhile, we had pan-fried mackerels in the simplest Norwegian style: With boiled potatoes and LOTS of sour cream.

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/268149_10150234127142989_513407988_7422196_1554412_n.jpg) (https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/268919_10150234127277989_513407988_7422199_2317751_n.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 16, 2011, 05:21:33 PM
Well, Bill & Sarge have been dominating this thread in recent posts, so needs some more input!  ;D

Tonight, Susan made a 'light' meal for us - sauteed spinach w/ fresh mushrooms + a pork tenderloin marinated for hours in a local winery discovery, i.e. Laurel Gray sauce that is great as a dressing or as a marinade - the latter option makes this just superb w/ the pork - roasted in the oven and would even be better cooked on a smoky grill (will give that a try soon!) - wine for the evening a light red Beaujolais from Fluerie - I'm getting back to lighter reds and have forgotten how enjoyable these Village wines from Beaujolais can be -  :D


(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-jgHqmWX/0/O/Dinner071611.jpg)  (http://www.laurelgray.com/images/sauces/vinbig.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on July 16, 2011, 06:18:44 PM
Quote from: Brewski on July 15, 2011, 06:32:55 PM
Oh my...I haven't checked this thread in quite awhile, and clearly am missing all the summer fun.  8) The potatoes, zucchini and shallots sound especially enticing...

--Bruce

They were yummy, Bruce! ;D 


Set a plate for me, Dave!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 20, 2011, 05:06:44 PM
Soapy - that dish looks great especially along w/ the beer!   ;D

Last night, a great sushi dinner at our local Japanese restaurant just up the road - wonderful!  :D

Tonight, Susan cooked in for us - pic below:

King Salmon fillets, wild - smoked w/ Apple wood on our stove top smoker w/ some special toppings - delicious!

Tomatoes w/ fresh basil & olive oil - basil grown in our basement hydroponic machines - nothing better than RED tomatoes!

Baby Bok Choy - just steamed.  Plus, an Oregon Pinot Noir - this was quite simple & just delicious!   8)

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-c6g5Qpg/0/O/Dinner072011.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 25, 2011, 03:21:44 PM
For dessert tonight we had baby pineapple slices. Delicious. It reminded me how much better baby anything tastes (turkey, veal, suckling pig). And then, coincidentally, I saw this in a cracked.com photoshop contest. Gross...but funny...and who knows, possibly true?  ;D

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/may11/solyent%20veal.gif)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 25, 2011, 03:31:18 PM
Mondays are Mrs. Rock's worst days. She usually just wants to come home and crash, while I prepare food and drink. But today was different: she called from work, saying she wanted tapas (which I don't make). She went to the market after work, bought the ingredients and spent two hours in the kitchen making this feast. We drank a 2001 Rioja reserva. We are so stuffed and happy.


(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/may11/P7250151_crop2_800.jpg)


From bottom left to right: peppers stuffed with feta cheese. Olives stuffed with almonds, marinated in chilis and garlic. Pickled artichoke hearts. Fried onions and potatoes. Chevre (French goat cheese) wrapped in bacon. Figs wrapped in bacon with fried sausage. Boiled artichokes with two sauces. Stuffed grape leaves (from our own grape vines, the filling ground pork, tomatoes, garlic). Capers. Chorizo (a fiery Spanish pork sausage). Baby pineapple slices for dessert.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 25, 2011, 06:52:58 PM
Hey Sarge - Susan & I love tapas - can't really get them locally nor does she make them, but on trips we often find some great places for these tasty little snacks - hard to stop ordering them!

Those look great - I'm sure that we would enjoy!  And w/ any kind of wine - Dave  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 31, 2011, 12:06:36 PM
Nothing special for dinner tonight (charcoal grilled beef filets, roasted potatoes and onions, steamed broccoli) except the wine. I raided the cellar and opened a 1990 Chateau Pape Clement, one of a half dozen that's been residing there for about 17 years. Fully mature now, concentrated, tons of sweet blackberry fruit, a whiff of Graves tobacco.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/may11/P7310155_crop.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/may11/P7310155_crop_label.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mc ukrneal on July 31, 2011, 12:09:31 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 31, 2011, 12:06:36 PM
Nothing special for dinner tonight (charcoal grilled beef filets, roasted potatoes and onions, steamed broccoli) except the wine. I raided the cellar and opened a 1990 Chateau Pape Clement, one of a half dozen that's been residing there for about 17 years. Fully mature now, concentrated, tons of sweet blackberry fruit.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/may11/P7310155_crop.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/may11/P7310155_crop_label.jpg)


Sarge
Very nice indeed - and a great year!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 31, 2011, 12:14:14 PM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on July 25, 2011, 06:52:58 PM
Hey Sarge - Susan & I love tapas - can't really get them locally nor does she make them, but on trips we often find some great places for these tasty little snacks - hard to stop ordering them!

One of the saddest days in recent memory was when our local Spanish restaurant closed. The tapas there were just sensational. We have to make our own now.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 31, 2011, 12:19:08 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on July 31, 2011, 12:09:31 PM
Very nice indeed - and a great year!

It was, everywhere. We invested quite a bit in 90s Bordeaux, and to a lesser extent the 89s. Much is gone now but none of the wines show any hint of being over the hill yet. They'll probably last another ten years easily...or rather, they could. Most won't make it  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mc ukrneal on July 31, 2011, 12:23:02 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 31, 2011, 12:19:08 PM
It was, everywhere. We invested quite a bit in 90s Bordeaux, and to a lesser extent the 89s. Much is gone now but none of the wines show any hint of being over the hill yet. They'll probably last another ten years easily...or rather, they could. Most won't make it  ;D

Sarge
Sadly, all of my wines from 88-90 are gone. I was just getting into wine then, and not very much money was available, but everything I got lasted well and tasted great. I know you will enjoy them.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 31, 2011, 12:49:55 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on July 31, 2011, 12:23:02 PM
Sadly, all of my wines from 88-90 are gone. I was just getting into wine then, and not very much money was available...

Me too, both the timing and the lack of serious funds for wine. Before then I was interested in wine but the constant Army assignment shuffle made it impossible to collect, store and watch wine mature. Shortly after Desert Storm (1991) I retired. The 88s and 89s were being released. We'd bought a house and most of our money went to paying it off but our budget allowed for some wine purchases. Living close to France helped: wine is cheaper there--almost affordable  :D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 31, 2011, 02:34:27 PM
Hey Guys - believe that I also had some of that '90 Pape Clement but long gone for me!  I've not bought any Bordeaux futures since 2000 which is all that I have left in my cellar - just downsizing & 'down pricing' I guess - plus, Susan does not drink these wines anymore w/ me, so my cellar has drastically shrunken in the last 10 yrs or so - sad but as one gets older just not looking to save wines for 20+ yrs!  ;D  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 31, 2011, 02:54:12 PM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on July 31, 2011, 02:34:27 PM
....sad but as one gets older just not looking to save wines for 20+ yrs!  ;D  Dave

I was just saying the same thing tonight, Dave. As Mrs. Rock and I were finishing the bottle, I began musing on age and the (perhaps) futility of continuing to collect wines that need another 10, 15, 20 years of cellar. She wouldn't hear of it! She's certain we're going to live another 40 years. Who knows...maybe she's right  ;)  It's not a logical assumption (at least for me) but a positive frame of mind couldn't hurt  :)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 31, 2011, 03:14:31 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 31, 2011, 02:54:12 PM
I was just saying the same thing tonight, Dave. As Mrs. Rock and I were finishing the bottle, I began musing on age and the (perhaps) futility of continuing to collect wines that need another 10, 15, 20 years of celllar. She wouldn't hear of it! She's certain we're going to live another 40 years. Who knows...maybe she's right  ;)  It's not logical assumption (at least for me) but a positive frame of mind couldn't hurt  :)

Hi Sarge - Susan & I are now 65 y/o (just 3 months apart in age - baby boomers from 1946!) - I just retired from my 34 yr career as an academic radiologist (I already miss my techs & my 'young' residents, but there's always a time for a change) - I'm swaying away from these aged reds (just do not seem to enjoy them as much; also getting rid of about a mixed case of Ports that date back to '77 - have a BIL that likes these) - I see my future in buying lighter reds (and less expensive ones) that may improve w/ a couple of years of aging but not much more - now I must say that recent wine making has changed so that these current reds have more mellow tannins and need MUCH less aging if much at all - fine w/ me at this age!

My favorite reds now seem to be the 'lighter ones' - Pinot Noir is now my preference - I can have the wine w/ red meats and also my choice for tuna & salmon; my current choices for deeper reds are also those that drink OK on release or may need just a year or two to improve - now in retirement, we hope for decent health to enjoy ourselves at home and in our local travels - hope that this will last for many years to come, but who knows?  Dave  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 31, 2011, 03:39:08 PM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on July 31, 2011, 03:14:31 PM
Hi Sarge - Susan & I are now 65 y/o (just 3 months apart in age - baby boomers from 1946!)

At 62 I'm not too far behind (Mrs. Rock is still a relative baby)

Quote from: SonicMan46 on July 31, 2011, 03:14:31 PM
I'm swaying away from these aged reds (just do not seem to enjoy them as much

I wish I could say the same thing. I really do! But everytime I open one of my old Bordeauxs I'm in heaven. I love other red wines too (especially Italian reds from Tuscany and Piedmont, and Rhones, and pinot noir, including our local German examples) but nothing is so transcendent to my taste buds as a mature Bordeaux. As I said, I wish it weren't so. I know you don't eat much red meat but that's still a vice I cherish  ;)  Nothing quite complements lamb like a good Bordeaux.

Quote from: SonicMan46 on July 31, 2011, 03:14:31 PM
now I must say that recent wine making has changed so that these current reds have more mellow tannins and need MUCH less aging if much at all - fine w/ me at this age!

Me too, in fact, that was another thing Mrs. Rock and I were discussing: even Bordeaux, especially modern Bordeaux, needn't be aged. They can be quite delicious young. In fact, I think I preferred the 1990 Pape Clement when it was three, four, five years old. It's really an English thing to drink them old; the French drink them young (filthy perverts).  Anyway, Mrs. Rock prefers most wines in their youth too (she's German but has an unhealthy dollop of French blood in her veins  ;D ). That was another of her arguments in favor of purchasing more recent vintage Bordeaux. I'm not sure I want to argue with that  :)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on August 01, 2011, 05:44:16 AM
I just tried beef jerky for the first time.

NEVER AGAIN
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on August 01, 2011, 05:45:12 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on August 01, 2011, 05:44:16 AM
I just tried beef jerky for the first time.

NEVER AGAIN

It's okay, we must all go through that painful moment.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on August 01, 2011, 05:53:24 AM
;__: I was under the assumption that it was some delicious guilty treat like pork scratchings, but it's sort of like leather that has been soaked in blood. Kind of like black pudding but with no moisure and an inedible texture...

(http://i.imgur.com/cr8Pl.jpg)

Edit: Actually, this is inspiring me to see if I can make my own hybrid type. Some moisture, but still with that (theoretically) nice spices and flakey effect.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on August 01, 2011, 06:18:54 AM
Beef jerky is awesome!  But only now do I understand that the British are not alone in craving food that would make the rest of the world puke! ;D *goes back to eating pork rinds* ;D ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 01, 2011, 06:36:29 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on August 01, 2011, 05:44:16 AM
I just tried beef jerky for the first time.

NEVER AGAIN

Hey, when you're on the trail, three hours from the bunkhouse, there's nothing like it  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on August 01, 2011, 07:17:42 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 01, 2011, 06:36:29 AM
Hey, when you're on the trail, three hours from the bunkhouse, there's nothing like it  ;D

Sarge

I thought you would be a spam guy! ;D

I'll have spam spam spam eggs and spam spam spam spam bacon. ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 01, 2011, 07:30:53 AM
Quote from: DavidW on August 01, 2011, 07:17:42 AM
I thought you would be a spam guy! ;D

;D :D ;D

Actually, spam was a fixture of my childhood (with a father making a middlin' income and a mother with eight mouths to feed). We had spam often for dinner. That's probably why I haven't eaten it in 40 years  :D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on August 01, 2011, 08:18:56 PM
Earlier tonight, I had chicken cordon bleu. Delicious.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on August 01, 2011, 08:25:37 PM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on August 01, 2011, 05:53:24 AM
;__: I was under the assumption that it was some delicious guilty treat like pork scratchings, but it's sort of like leather that has been soaked in blood. Kind of like black pudding but with no moisure and an inedible texture...

Don't know what you've had, but it principle it's not unlike other dried beef products. Not exactly Bresaloa, granted (that's more like chipped beef, a.k.a. "Shit On a Shingle"), but like dried kudu meat and other varieties of biltong. What's important to remember is that not all beef jerkey was created equal.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 03, 2011, 08:37:10 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on August 01, 2011, 08:25:37 PM
What's important to remember is that not all beef jerkey was created equal.

Agree w/Jens - I've sampled different ones over the years and they do vary in quality, taste, and spiciness - had some good beef jerky in Texas years back, but not part of my usual diet -  ;) ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 10, 2011, 03:08:56 PM
A simple dinner tonight (peas and onions, rice, pangasius filets) but made special by Mrs. Rock's delicious sauce: saffron, fish stock, white wine, cream, salt and pepper. We drank Champagne.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/may11/P8100169_800.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on August 10, 2011, 03:47:31 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 10, 2011, 03:08:56 PM
A simple dinner tonight (peas and onions, rice, pangasius filets) but made special by Mrs. Rock's delicious sauce: saffron, fish stock, white wine, cream, salt and pepper. We drank Champagne.
Sarge

With a sauce like that, I could be tempted to eat Pangasius again. (Otherwise, or all too often, though: what a nasty little big fish Pangasius can be. Vaguely devoid of taste, except for a subtle nose of mold.)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 10, 2011, 04:00:49 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on August 10, 2011, 03:47:31 PM
Vaguely devoid of taste, except for a subtle nose of mold.)

It is a mild tasting fish--which makes it ideal for a saffron sauce. I've not experienced any unpleasant odors. Pangasius is extensively farmed. The source, I imagine, has much to do with the quality...and the level of stench?  ;D  Perhaps we've been lucky.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sandra on August 21, 2011, 10:17:43 PM
Polish Royal Mazurek! The best desert ever!

(http://0.tqn.com/d/easteuropeanfood/1/0/C/4/-/-/mazurek18.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 21, 2011, 10:24:07 PM
Quote from: Sandra on August 21, 2011, 10:17:43 PM
Polish Royal Mazurek! The best desert ever!

(http://0.tqn.com/d/easteuropeanfood/1/0/C/4/-/-/mazurek18.jpg)
I'll take the rasberry squares please! :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 22, 2011, 07:16:38 AM
Quote from: Sandra on August 21, 2011, 10:17:43 PM
Polish Royal Mazurek! The best desert ever!

(http://0.tqn.com/d/easteuropeanfood/1/0/C/4/-/-/mazurek18.jpg)


That looks good enough to eat   ;)

I'm making chicken piccata tonight.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on August 24, 2011, 08:53:16 PM
A farewell/tribute to my favorite place to eat in all London. (http://bgreinhart.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/london-food-haunt-no-1-casa-nostra-cafe/)

For my birthday dinner tonight, my parents and I had grilled lamb chops, grilled asparagus, and a classic southern Illinois brew: Saluki Dunkeldog. You'd best not ask about the cake afterwards (which I baked myself with a bit of help)... but it involved German chocolate, toffee chunks, and butterscotch icing. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 03, 2011, 12:36:27 PM
Quote from: Brian on August 24, 2011, 08:53:16 PM
A farewell/tribute to my favorite place to eat in all London. (http://bgreinhart.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/london-food-haunt-no-1-casa-nostra-cafe/)

For my birthday dinner tonight, my parents and I had grilled lamb chops, grilled asparagus, and a classic southern Illinois brew: Saluki Dunkeldog. You'd best not ask about the cake afterwards (which I baked myself with a bit of help)... but it involved German chocolate, toffee chunks, and butterscotch icing. :)

Hey, Brian, your link doesn't work.

Ref your birthday dinner: sounds great. Saluki Dunkel Dog? Love it  ;D  I was in the mood for lamb myself when I first read your post. I'd planned to attend a wine fest in Deidesheim where one of the vintners charcoal grills rack of lamb and beef filet every year. Unfortunately the same problem that prevented me attending the Gothic concert reared its ugly head again and kept me home. Oh well, perhaps next week I'll grill lamb myself.

Thread duty: tonight we had wild salmon with Mrs. Rock's outstanding tomato and nectarine salsa, basmati rice with herbs, and a colorful melange of leeks, bell peppers and carrots. We drank a magnificent pinot noir from Knipser (one of Germany's finest wine makers), a grosses Gewächs (grand cru).

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/aug11/P8280170a_800.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on September 03, 2011, 03:04:26 PM
Quote from: Sandra on August 21, 2011, 10:17:43 PM
Polish Royal Mazurek! The best desert ever!

(http://0.tqn.com/d/easteuropeanfood/1/0/C/4/-/-/mazurek18.jpg)
Looks yummy! 

BTW, who's Sandra?  (http://www.wm3blackboard.com/forum/Smileys/default/icon_scratch_head.gif)

Let me offer a belated welcome to you, Sandra.  Anyone who brings desserts like that is welcome anytime!  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on September 09, 2011, 03:49:58 AM
Beef soup, of my own creation. Pumpkin-based, with white wine and chicken-broth, cinnamon and sugar.
Nourishing as the dickens.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 09, 2011, 11:53:08 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on September 09, 2011, 03:49:58 AM
Beef soup, of my own creation. Pumpkin-based, with white wine and chicken-broth, cinnamon and sugar.
Nourishing as the dickens.

Sounds good. Coincidentally we had pumpkin too this evening: we charcoal-grilled a chicken and added potatoes, onions and pumpkin to the dish. The pan drippings were delicious (the sweet pumpkin combining with the chicken juices).

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/aug11/P9050174_800.jpg)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Robert on September 16, 2011, 11:38:25 AM
Hey Sarge it looks like army training really pays off......
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 16, 2011, 06:33:47 PM
Susan (i.e. Harpo) & I have just returned from a short vacation to Nantucket (a small but beautiful island east of Martha's Vineyard, both part of the state of Massachusetts) - our first visit there and a STRONG recommendation if you are in the area of Boston and have some extra time.

Well eating!  For us, our interest are fresh Oysters & Lobsters - we had plenty of each - love raw oysters on the half shelf; as to the lobsters plenty of options - first night we had plain steamed 2 pounders at our hotel - second night at another restaurant which advertised 'Lobster Night 4 Ways'!  Hmmm - well started w/ Lobster bisque w/ a lot of pieces of fresh lobster, then followed by a salad w/ a lobster cake, followed by a 'split' of a 4 pound lobster (included half of a tail + a claw) of a roasted lobster w/ 2 different sauces.  For lunch, we had 3 days of Lobster Rolls - plus Susan on our last night had another lobster main course while I had a fresh caught swordfish!

Did not take any pics of our meals but below will give you some ideas - :)

(http://www.forkfulofnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Lobster-Roll-Road-Food.jpg)   (http://finestchef.com/Steamed%20Lobster.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Muzition on September 20, 2011, 02:52:06 PM
Chocolate mint Girl Guide cookies.  They are so amazing!!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 26, 2011, 01:35:42 PM
Roasted some chicken backs and have some water on them now for stock.  Getting ready to make some chicken noodle soup!!!!

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 27, 2011, 01:11:36 PM
Quote from: toledobass on September 26, 2011, 01:35:42 PM
Roasted some chicken backs and have some water on them now for stock.  Getting ready to make some chicken noodle soup!!!!

Chicken soup made from scratch...love it  8)  Mrs. Rock is a wizard with soup. I have a chronic stomach problem and she makes chicken soup often. Delicious and restorative.

Tonight we went to one of our local Italian restaurants. It's mussel season. Their mussels in tomato/garlic sauce is superb. Drank a young Chianti (2010).

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 27, 2011, 02:21:16 PM
Hey Allan & Sarge - Susan's soup specialty from her Jewish heritage is Chicken Soup w/ Matzo Balls - uses virtually a whole chicken and her matzo balls have been perfected over many years to just soft & fluffy delights - so popular that she auctions off 2 pots at our local Unitarian church - a couple of former Jewish members seem to buy it every year and claim that it's better than their grandmother's soup!  I guess that is a recommendation but it is quite delicious, especially w/ a good loaf of Jewish rye bread (and I usually add a light white wine -  :D)  - Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 27, 2011, 02:28:28 PM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on September 27, 2011, 02:21:16 PM
Hey Allan & Sarge - Susan's soup specialty from her Jewish heritage is Chicken Soup w/ Matzo Balls - uses virtually a whole chicken and her matzo balls have been perfected over many years to just soft & fluffy delights - so popular that she auctions off 2 pots at our local Unitarian church - a couple of former Jewish members seem to buy it every year and claim that it's better than their grandmother's soup!  I guess that is a recommendation but it is quite delicious, especially w/ a good loaf of Jewish rye bread (and I usually add a light white wine -  :D)  - Dave

Three chicken soup lovers! We should swap recipes. Mrs. Rock is asleep now but I'll post hers tomorrow.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 28, 2011, 10:08:35 AM
To keep it interesting, so we don't just wind up with 3 different ways to make chicken noodle soup, I will post up the Filipino version of the comfort food that is chicken soup. It's called Tinola. 


stay tuned!
Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on September 28, 2011, 10:14:57 AM
Pan-seared halibut in a chanterelle (handpicked) lemon sauce (unfortunately ruined by too much lemon, but good in principle) with self-picked Yellowfoots (Funnel Chanterelles) and butter-fried potato-patties. (Left-over mashed potatoes from yesterday as little patties, lightly brushed with egg and spices.)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 28, 2011, 11:32:48 AM
Chantrelles...yum.  One of the best soups I've ever had was a chantrelle soup.  Chantrelles in a beef stock with a little cream and leaks then topped with puff pastry.  So delicious.


Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on September 28, 2011, 11:35:40 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on September 28, 2011, 10:14:57 AM
Pan-seared halibut in a chanterelle (handpicked) lemon sauce (unfortunately ruined by too much lemon, but good in principle) with self-picked Yellowfoots (Funnel Chanterelles) and butter-fried potato-patties. (Left-over mashed potatoes from yesterday as little patties, lightly brushed with egg and spices.)

YUM!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 28, 2011, 02:40:26 PM
Quote from: toledobass on September 26, 2011, 01:35:42 PM
Roasted some chicken backs and have some water on them now for stock.  Getting ready to make some chicken noodle soup!!!!

Looking forward to it.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 28, 2011, 05:08:22 PM
Ok Chicken Tinola!!!

As with any chicken soup, there are gonna be endless variations.  Here's what I usually do though-

Ingredients

package of chicken thighs (5 or 6- I like the thighs because they stay moist and flavorful, you could do this with whatever parts you like though even a whole bird)
onion (i usually quarter it then slice each quarter into thirds for pretty big pieces of onion)
about a 2 inch knob of ginger peeled and sliced or julliened
a few cloves of garlic smashed
black pepper
fish sauce (2 TBS)
green vegetable- typical in this is small green papaya-I use chayotte squash instead since I can't find the right papaya and I like to add some spinach as well.  I've used bokchoi and spinach before when I can't find those chayottes either.  Use the stems of the bokchoi too.


OK so in some canola oil sautee the onion garlic and ginger till the onion is soft.

Add the chicken and chicken flip a few times to coat with the fat.  add a few grinds of black pepper. 

Add the fish sauce, flip the chicken again to coat with the fish sauce.

Add water to cover by a few inches.  Bring up to a boil, lower heat to a good simmer making sure to skim any foamy stuff that comes to the top.

that's gonna simmer for about 30-40 minutes.  Depending on what veg you use place those in the pot at the appropriate time to be done cooking at the same time as the chicken.

Serve with white rice and I always like a few slices of jalepenos.  What I usually do is have a bowl of the soup and a different bowl with the rice and jalepenos.  The rice and soup is never really served in the same bowl together.  This way you can have control over what you want as a bit. You can take a little rice in the spoon and dip it in the broth or the opposite way too, take a piece of chicken and veg and place it in the rice bowl get a little broth from the soup and pour it over the bite you are about to take from the rice bowl.

oh yeah-add some extra fish sauce and black pepper to taste at the end if you think it needs it.

Let me know if you give it a try!!!

Allan

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on September 29, 2011, 03:53:08 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on September 28, 2011, 10:14:57 AM
Pan-seared halibut in a chanterelle (handpicked) lemon sauce (unfortunately ruined by too much lemon, but good in principle) with self-picked Yellowfoots (Funnel Chanterelles) and butter-fried potato-patties. (Left-over mashed potatoes from yesterday as little patties, lightly brushed with egg and spices.)

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 29, 2011, 07:08:14 AM
Quote from: toledobass on September 28, 2011, 05:08:22 PM
Let me know if you give it a try!!!
Allan

Sounds great. I will try it. Here's Mrs. Rock's recipe:

In a large pot boil chicken legs and thighs (or a whole chicken) with bay leaves, coriander seeds, a few cardamom pods, curry leaves, a quartered oninon (including the skin), a couple garlic cloves (including skin), an unpeeled carrot and celery. After about an hour, drain, reserving liquid. Skin and debone the chicken. Cut into bite size pieces. Add the chicken to the liquid and whatever vegetables you have on hand (typical for us: carrots, peas, leeks, onion). We like ginger so she also chops up a large piece and adds it to the stock at this time. Noodles or rice go in the pot. (She likes noodles; I prefer rice so we alternate.) Salt and pepper.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 29, 2011, 07:22:03 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on September 29, 2011, 03:53:08 AM
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Yummmm....Pfifferlinge. The other night we had them with turkey filet and a simple sauce (creme fraiche, white wine, shallots, garlic, rosemary, salt and pepper).

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jwinter on September 29, 2011, 10:24:02 AM
Tonight my father and his wife are coming over for dinner.  Homemade potato soup, with a little bacon and shredded cheese to scatter over the top, and my wife's black bean bread fresh from the oven.  The children and I have been informed that if we are good, there may even be a batch of Grammy Floss's extra dark chocolate brownies for dessert.  Yum.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 30, 2011, 11:17:54 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on September 28, 2011, 10:14:57 AM
Pan-seared halibut in a chanterelle

Jens, you inspired dinner tonight. There's a new Italian restaurant in town, Al fiume. Sits prettily directly on the Rhine. They have a nice selection of fresh fish (rare in this area). When the waiter suggested monkfish (Seeteufel) with chanterelle, we jumped on it (came with rosemary potatoes and a vegetable melange). I had mussels in a buttery white wine sauce as an appetizer; Mrs. Rock the antipasto misto. Drank an outstanding young Trebbiano di Lugano from the Ca dei Frati (http://vosselections.com/Domains/1423.html) winery on Lake Garda.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on September 30, 2011, 04:18:20 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on September 28, 2011, 10:14:57 AM
Pan-seared halibut in a chanterelle (handpicked) lemon sauce (unfortunately ruined by too much lemon, but good in principle) with self-picked Yellowfoots (Funnel Chanterelles) and butter-fried potato-patties. (Left-over mashed potatoes from yesterday as little patties, lightly brushed with egg and spices.)
Sounds yummy. As does everything else on this page. (Especially Grammy Floss's extra dark chocolate brownies.)

I'm inspired, too.  It's off to the Golden Dragon for Wor Won Ton Soup, Chicken Chow Fun, and whatever else Annie wants.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Muzition on October 01, 2011, 06:49:41 AM
Devil's food cake with vanilla icing.  At 10:30 AM.  Maybe I have a problem...  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on October 04, 2011, 12:56:29 PM
I'm in Cleveland and heard about a new ramen/noodle place that opened up.  Here's the menu: http://noodlecat.com/menu/ (http://noodlecat.com/menu/) Checked it out today.  meh.  I'm willing to give it another go or two but flat uninteresting broth, soggy noodles. My side dishes were awesome though.  Great chicken wings with a soy miso sauce and an excellent pickle sampler...some pickled red onion, carrot, califlower, kimchee and kirby cukes. 

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on October 11, 2011, 02:18:55 PM
Cooking down some onions for onion soup. 

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 12, 2011, 05:43:08 AM
Susan & I just returned from a long weekend trip to Richmond, VA to see the musical Wicked - fabulous scenery! :)

We stayed at one of our favorite hotels, The Jefferson (http://www.jeffersonhotel.com/exp.aspx) and ate well, virtually ALL shellfish for me:

Bookbiner's Restaurant (http://www.bookbindersrichmond.com/) our first night - started out by sharing a dozen Oysters on Half Shell and then shared the colossal seafood sampler which included:

Colossal Cold Seafood Sampler- Chilled 11/4 pound Maine Lobster, Six Jumbo Shrimp, Half-Dozen Top Neck Clams, Half-Dozen Oysters &     
Jumbo Lump Crabmeat Cocktail served with Cocktail, Rémoulade & Mignonette sauces


The Hard Shell (http://www.thehardshell.com/) on our second night - again shared Oysters & Clams on the half shell as starters; Susan got the Maine lobster option and I order a pound of King Crab legs & a 1/2 pound of Dungeness Crab - had to give her a little of both!

Jerfferson Jazz-Champagne Brunch (http://www.jeffersonhotel.com/dining_sundaybrunch.aspx) on Sunday - Susan had a mixture of treats, but I again stuck w/ the seafood options; again, Oysters on Half Shell, Shrimp, Steamed & Chilled, Smoked  & Poached Salmon, along w/ some smaller options; takes place in the hotel's rotunda/bar/mezzanine (pic below)!

So, if you end up in Richmond, VA and want some seafood, all of the above are strongly recommended!  :)

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on October 19, 2011, 07:50:06 AM
Roughly on topic: my latest editorial


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Food taxes more about milking consumers than helping them
Government uses fat taxes to fill coffers, not save lives
(http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/18/food-taxes-more-about-milking-consumers-than-helpi/)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Muzition on October 22, 2011, 08:05:39 AM
A Shredded Wheat biscuit.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on October 23, 2011, 07:54:49 PM
Made carnitas for tacos.  Now I need to make salsa.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on October 23, 2011, 08:00:25 PM
Tonight, I had a T-bone steak with homemade garlic bread, a baked potato, and a delicious salad made with Romaine lettuce with cut-up boiled egg slices, croutons, parmesan cheese, and ranch dressing.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on October 23, 2011, 08:17:37 PM
Tonight, some roast chicken all jumbled up with onions, poblano peppers, carrots, and mushrooms. And my mother taught me how to make a classic Turkish cure for leftovers: if you've got leftover mashed potatoes, mix in gruyere and feta cheeses, add a bit of egg yolk to make it stick together, sprinkle on parsley, salt, and pepper, and then drop the resulting potato balls into flour and deep fry the little suckers!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on October 23, 2011, 09:22:47 PM
Quote from: Brian on October 23, 2011, 08:17:37 PM
Tonight, some roast chicken all jumbled up with onions, poblano peppers, carrots, and mushrooms. And my mother taught me how to make a classic Turkish cure for leftovers: if you've got leftover mashed potatoes, mix in gruyere and feta cheeses, add a bit of egg yolk to make it stick together, sprinkle on parsley, salt, and pepper, and then drop the resulting potato balls into flour and deep fry the little suckers!

Yum...I'll have to try that mashed potato thing. I'm such a sucker for fried potatoes. 8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on December 04, 2011, 12:25:58 PM
Why :( (http://www.amazon.com/Bear-Paw-Meat-Handler-Forks/dp/B003IWI66W/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1323026357&sr=1-1)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 04, 2011, 11:50:47 PM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevna Pettersson on December 04, 2011, 12:25:58 PM
Why :( (http://www.amazon.com/Bear-Paw-Meat-Handler-Forks/dp/B003IWI66W/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1323026357&sr=1-1)

If you pulled pork butts you wouldn't need to ask  ;D

They are also a "useful weapon should things go awry at your next BBQ."

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on December 05, 2011, 05:08:19 AM
I have continued to browse "similar items" to this and I'm just getting confused.

Silver gloves for picking up meat, presumably aimed at those without the dexterity to operate tongs.

In fact, many of these products tout "lifting" as one of their primary assets. Glad to see that small business is set in motion to solve this terrible problem of lifting food.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 18, 2011, 11:53:20 AM
Has everyone been on a pre-holiday diet?  ;D  Well, I've been eating!

Mrs. Rock and I ate at the Sienna tonight, a fine Italian restaurant located in the next village. I was hoping for mussels (they're in season) but no luck. The waiter said there had been a mega price hike and it was too risky for them to order now. They had to throw out a few kilo the week prior due to a lack of interest--which threw me into a near fatal depression. So, I ordered Seeteufel (devil fish or monkfish), the poor man's lobster (although at this price the poor man couldn't afford it  :D ). It was sensational, perfectly cooked with a "champagne sauce" on the side. We drank a 2009 Chianti Classico. Odd thing about Italian food: even fish goes with red wine.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on December 19, 2011, 05:31:05 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 18, 2011, 11:53:20 AM
Has everyone been on a pre-holiday diet?  ;D  Well, I've been eating!

Mrs. Rock and I ate at the Sienna tonight, a fine Italian restaurant located in the next village. I was hoping for mussels (they're in season) but no luck. The waiter said there had been a mega price hike and it was too risky for them to order now. They had to throw out a few kilo the week prior due to a lack of interest--which threw me into a near fatal depression. So, I ordered Seeteufel (devil fish or monkfish), the poor man's lobster (although at this price the poor man couldn't afford it  :D ). It was sensational, perfectly cooked with a "champagne sauce" on the side. We drank a 2009 Chianti Classico. Odd thing about Italian food: even fish goes with red wine.

Sarge

The main man at the wine shop I haunt always says that if you eat Italian, then drink Italian..... :D  Sounds like you had a wonderful meal, Sarge.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on December 19, 2011, 10:54:20 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 18, 2011, 11:53:20 AM
Has everyone been on a pre-holiday diet?  ;D  Well, I've been eating!

Mrs. Rock and I ate at the Sienna tonight, a fine Italian restaurant located in the next village. I was hoping for mussels (they're in season) but no luck. The waiter said there had been a mega price hike and it was too risky for them to order now. They had to throw out a few kilo the week prior due to a lack of interest--which threw me into a near fatal depression. So, I ordered Seeteufel (devil fish or monkfish), the poor man's lobster (although at this price the poor man couldn't afford it  :D ). It was sensational, perfectly cooked with a "champagne sauce" on the side. We drank a 2009 Chianti Classico. Odd thing about Italian food: even fish goes with red wine.

Sarge

That sounds great. (Sorry about the mussels, though... :()

I was at Chicago's O'Hare airport last week for a four-hour layover, and found Wicker Park, a sushi and seafood place, that might have served the best airport meal I've ever had. Their biggest seller is the "Hot Night Roll" which has (from the inside out) shrimp tempura, sriracha, rice, tuna sushi, chili sauce and scallions - fantastic. I added a bowl of salted edamame and two glasses of a nice Chardonnay by Estancia - all delicious.   ;D

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 19, 2011, 11:00:12 AM
Quote from: Brewski on December 19, 2011, 10:54:20 AM
I was at Chicago's O'Hare airport last week for a four-hour layover, and found Wicker Park, a sushi and seafood place, that might have served the best airport meal I've ever had. Their biggest seller is the "Hot Night Roll" which has (from the inside out) shrimp tempura, sriracha, rice, tuna sushi, chili sauce and scallions - fantastic. I added a bowl of salted edamame and two glasses of a nice Chardonnay by Estancia - all delicious.   ;D

That sounds amazing. What is it wrapped in?

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on December 19, 2011, 11:06:54 AM
The roll is basically about 8 or 9 inches long, sliced into (large) bite-sized pieces. Each one has a slice of the shrimp, surrounded by rice, a small sliver of the tuna on top, and a dollop of creamy pink chili sauce and scallions - quite beautifully presented, with the shrimp tail sticking out of the piece at the end.

I was really caught off guard, considering the caliber of airport food...

Just found an article about the place in the Chicago Tribune:

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-03-24/features/ct-play-0324-vettel-ohare-sushi-20110324_1_sashimi-sushi-restaurant-wicker-park

And PS, here's a photo of another, similar roll (I think this is Beef Teriyaki), just to give you an idea:

http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/0qg7WU44WYn3dTkXSkRg8w?select=jfWPofhquNoyFJ14BjjIsQ

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on December 20, 2011, 04:10:07 AM
With my morning's green tea, a Danish lemon.

No, hang on . . . a lemon Danish.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on December 20, 2011, 04:11:31 AM
(I had a banana earlier.)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 20, 2011, 12:53:05 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 20, 2011, 04:11:31 AM
(I had a banana earlier.)

Keeps the heart healthy. Good choice, Karl  8)

I know you're funning us but I will stoutly defend the seriousness of this thread  ;D (even when I insert a grin  )

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 20, 2011, 12:56:00 PM
Oh man, scallops are once again available in our seafood-challenged area. Mrs. Rock made her sensational saffron-based scallop risotto. We drank champagne, of course...the cheap stuff from Aldi...cheap, yes, but really very good!

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/dec11/PC200215.jpg)


Sarge

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on December 22, 2011, 07:10:41 AM
In the fall, my choice of fruit is apples....all sorts.  This after a summer of fresh berries.  However, in the winter I switch to oranges.  At least one per day:

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on December 25, 2011, 12:37:22 PM
For our Christmas dinner, my Mom is making stuffed shells with cheese in a tomato meat sauce, a salad, garlic bread, and for dessert homemade chocolate pie. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night! :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 26, 2011, 11:10:39 AM
Dinners for the three days of Christmas:

24th - Lamb goulash, fresh green beans, and rice (all ingredients bought from the very un-Christian Turkish market  ;D )  Drank a Cotes du Rhone

25th . Roast venison, red cabbage, Rösti (hash browns). Drank a Rioja

26th . Coq au vin and Spaetzle. Drank a Spätburgunder (pinor noir)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on December 26, 2011, 11:14:53 AM
Edit: Oh, an excuse to talk about Christmas food, whee~ For once we planned everything properly this year. Instead of eating too much on 1-2 days, we had a week of things evenly divided out. Early on we cooked two hams - one chilli infused, the other cider and vegetable - which were used as buffet food for the next few days. Fish and chips on christmas eve, and a conventional Christmas day turkey.

It seems that we can't go without cumberland sausages (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland_sausage) for christmas meals either, but they're delicious, so any excuse for that is fine with me.

I have seen more cheese than I can tolerate for months ahead I am so sick of the stuff. Once I can endure more, I did find a new one that I like - Langres: it's a bit like a less tangy taleggio, neat stuffs.

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 20, 2011, 12:56:00 PM
We drank champagne, of course...the cheap stuff from Aldi...cheap, yes, but really very good!

Champagne is the strangest of alcohols - I can barely tell the difference between the cheap and expensive stuff. Wines, beers, etc, all have significant improvements as the price goes up, but champagne goes highest of all, yet doesn't offer much difference ???

I'm hardly a drinker, but alco-fan friends also seem to confirm this observation too.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 26, 2011, 12:47:20 PM
Quote from: Lethevich Dmitriyevna Pettersonova on December 26, 2011, 11:14:53 AM
Champagne is the strangest of alcohols - I can barely tell the difference between the cheap and expensive stuff. Wines, beers, etc, all have significant improvements as the price goes up, but champagne goes highest of all, yet doesn't offer much difference ???

In general I'd agree with that. I see no need to buy, for example, Veuve Clicquot non-vintage for 40 Euro when Aldi (Monsigny) non-vintage is 12-14 Euro and is not of lesser quality (in fact, I prefer the taste of the Aldi). There are some higher priced champagnes that I think do offer a significant leap in quality for price (vintage Veuve Clicquot Grand Dame, any Bollinger, vintage or not...Krug of course, but Krug is priced in the stratosphere; it's not for us lesser mortals). But yeah, some of my happiest champagne memories cost relatively very little. Sometimes life is good  8)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 26, 2011, 12:52:32 PM
Quote from: Lethevich Dmitriyevna Pettersonova on December 26, 2011, 11:14:53 AM
It seems that we can't go without cumberland sausages (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland_sausage) for christmas meals either, but they're delicious, so any excuse for that is fine with me.

In the sausage family: we had a Pfälzer speciality on the 25th: fried Saumagen (sow's stomach) and sauerkraut for lunch. Not traditional but it may become our tradition.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/dec11/saumagen.jpg)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on December 26, 2011, 12:56:32 PM
For me it's the opposite of Sara and Sarge: the upgrade from $10 California brut to Marquis de Marillac is huge, but almost any red wine tastes the same to me. White wines I can discern differences between (a) too sweet, (b) too vinegary, and (c) good, but not different types of good. With beer, there's a sort of reverse Tolstoy effect: nasty beers are all alike; great beers are all great in different ways.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 26, 2011, 01:08:02 PM
Quote from: Brian on December 26, 2011, 12:56:32 PM
For me it's the opposite of Sara and Sarge: the upgrade from $10 California brut to Marquis de Marillac is huge,

Well, I was only comparing Champagne (real Champagne, from the Champagne area of France) to Champagne. When you compare that with sparkling wine from outside the area, yeah, all bets are off. I've never had a California bubbly that could compete with Champagne (although I'm sure they exist). German Sekt is a different beast. In general, made from different varietals and therefore not comparable. However, a few German vintners use Champagne's traditional pinot noir and chardonnay and at least one I've had compared favorably...but cost just as much as a Grande Marque Champagne.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 26, 2011, 01:19:10 PM
Quote from: Brian on December 26, 2011, 12:56:32 PMbut almost any red wine tastes the same to me. White wines I can discern differences between (a) too sweet, (b) too vinegary, and (c) good, but not different types of good.

You need to spend a few days with us, Brian. We'll educate you. The difference between plonk and great wine is enormous.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on December 26, 2011, 01:56:57 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 26, 2011, 01:19:10 PM
You need to spend a few days with us, Brian. We'll educate you. The difference between plonk and great wine is enormous.

Sarge
With pleasure. When does my training begin? :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on January 04, 2012, 05:47:01 AM
Kind of a case of what I am not eating...  :'(

I just set my microwave on fire: I was defrosting some packaged meat, but it had one of those supermarket anti-theft tags on it, and because it looked just like a label I didn't notice it. The metal bits in it almost immediately ignited and burned the whole thing inside ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on January 04, 2012, 05:59:09 AM
Anti-theft tags on food? I don't think I've heard of that before.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Lethevich on January 04, 2012, 06:00:14 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on January 04, 2012, 05:59:09 AM
Anti-theft tags on food? I don't think I've heard of that before.

Yeah, I think we're all deadbeats over here ;D The magnetic strips you find on CD cases have begun appearing on expensive cuts of meat. What makes me wonder is where one might go about concealing whole chickens or trays of pork chops before whistling your way out of the store.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on January 04, 2012, 06:07:53 AM
You've seen Animal House? ; )
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on January 05, 2012, 12:37:53 PM

The W-2-B is making Fiskegrateng -- Cod and stuff that's baking away in the oven -- while I prepared the Tomato-Meat sauce for tomorrow's Lasagna which is now happily simmering away.

Christmas W2B made duck which wasn't quite how I remember the small coriander-stuffed duck I once made for Thanksgiving... while her relations made Pinne-Kjøt ('stick meat', a questionable but perfectly edible salty pork dish) with supreme Kålrabi-stappe (mashed rutabaga) and other stuff.

Day after Christmas it was Rakfisk, salted and fermented 'burried' trout, among other things. For new years I cooked for a party of 13, serving salmon tartare (wasn't allowed to used Tuna due to the present eco-Nazis), duck&beef consommé with capellini-thin fresh green and yellow zucchini and Fridatten, and an on-the-moment improvised dish of chicken, flompé (neither flambé and definitely not pâté), and a lentil-concoction of my own design with stuff and such... None of it as good as it should have been, though the crowd had low standards (or was kind) and (proclaimed to have) loved it.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on January 07, 2012, 10:36:24 AM
Blintz-time!

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 07, 2012, 04:53:50 PM
Jens - those snacks look delicious and right up our alley! :)

For the holidays, we have 'snack' dinners on Christmas & New Year's Eves, i.e. caviar (usually Paddlefish & Hackleback ordered 'overnight' from Marky's in Florida), smoked salmon, several cheeses, etc. Usually just served w/ small breads (toasted & un-toasted) & crackles along w/ some light cream cheese - of course, a bottle of sparkling wine (usually a CA bubbly) - but those little cooked 'platters' of yours would be an added treat - will think about that option next time!  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on January 08, 2012, 05:35:52 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on January 07, 2012, 04:53:50 PM
Jens - those snacks look delicious and right up our alley! :)

For the holidays, we have 'snack' dinners on Christmas & New Year's Eves, i.e. caviar (usually Paddlefish & Hackleback ordered 'overnight' from Marky's in Florida), smoked salmon, several cheeses, etc. Usually just served w/ small breads (toasted & un-toasted) & crackles along w/ some light cream cheese - of course, a bottle of sparkling wine (usually a CA bubbly) - but those little cooked 'platters' of yours would be an added treat - will think about that option next time!  Dave

Basically 'Blintzes' -- a make-do pan-fried version of Blinis.

Yeasted dough (though I didn't really wait for the yeast to really get going... and for lack of buckwheat flour, I used some self-made hazelnut and chickpea flower to add to regular wheat flour. [1/2 buttermilk, 1/2 milk, warm milk with dried yeast, pinch of salt, flour, two egg yokes mixed in; the white of two eggs beaten very stiff and folded in towards the end...]
Made the batter a bit more liquid than it would be for blinis, but less so than I use for crepe-style pancakes... and with the help of the foodrings, got them into perfect shape and thickness.
I put butter in each ring, pour the batter into them, and straightaway take a knife and run it around the inside of the ring of the first-poured blintz... and remove the ring into a bowl of cold water nearby... continuing with the other rings that way. Then the rings never get too hot to handle with your hands.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on January 08, 2012, 07:46:17 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on January 07, 2012, 10:36:24 AM
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/401018_10150479957202989_513407988_8912266_1379838455_n.jpg)

Looks great...you're spoiling her  ;)

What wine were you drinking?

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on January 08, 2012, 12:16:39 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on January 08, 2012, 07:46:17 AM
Looks great...you're spoiling her  ;)

What wine were you drinking?

Sarge

That was an Austrian 2008 Domäne Wachau Riesling Sekt (Brut Nature, Terrassen).
I hate, hate, hate the f&#*ed-up Norwegian way of handling alcohol (through monopolized and obscenely taxed outlets with great restrictions as to where, when, and what one can buy -- all awhile the society handles alcohol like the sophomoric crew of a frathouse), but the selection of wines on *can* find at these "Winemonopolies" isn't that bad, actually.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on January 12, 2012, 08:36:35 AM
Dried cranberries. Nice!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: John Copeland on January 12, 2012, 11:38:48 AM
This is the wierdest thread on GMG.
::)
Anyway, I am supplementing my calorie intake with a huge Omlette, and a nice cache of chips.  I'm not fussy unless onions are appartent.  I hate onions.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on January 12, 2012, 11:42:27 AM
Quote from: Scots John on January 12, 2012, 11:38:48 AM
This is the wierdest thread on GMG.
::)

Now, wait just a minute, fella . . . .
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on January 19, 2012, 11:48:59 AM
No, I am not eating this:

Darth Vader burger? A black bun? Oui! (http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/new-economy/2012/0106/Darth-Vader-burger-A-black-bun-Oui)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on January 19, 2012, 04:30:48 PM
That makes me sick Karl, looks like the mold one on that bun!  Funny enough 3d Phantom Menace is probably just as nasty as that burger!! >:D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: nesf on January 20, 2012, 03:29:02 AM
Vegi Deli fake sausages are in my future...

Surprisingly tasty.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papy Oli on January 21, 2012, 08:56:38 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on January 19, 2012, 11:48:59 AM
No, I am not eating this:

Darth Vader burger? A black bun? Oui! (http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/new-economy/2012/0106/Darth-Vader-burger-A-black-bun-Oui)

Burger Dark Vador, j'adore....  :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Wanderer on January 21, 2012, 10:51:42 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on January 19, 2012, 11:48:59 AM
No, I am not eating this:

Darth Vader burger? A black bun? Oui! (http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/new-economy/2012/0106/Darth-Vader-burger-A-black-bun-Oui)

Mon Dieu.

There's also a Jedi Burger (http://gizmodo.com/5873108/this-black-bun-darth-vader-burger-looks-more-awesome-than-the-phantom-menace), possibly to bring balance to the Force.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 21, 2012, 03:53:04 PM
I've not been posting much lately but Susan & I have been eating well!  ;D

Today (Jan. 21) is her birthday and she's been celebrating for days (and will continue tomorrow!) - MY GOD, this will become a Roman-type holiday in the near future!

But took her for just an overnight to Greensboro, NC to a hotel we love (O'Henry - named after the writer who was born in the city) - the Green Vly Grill (http://www.greenvalleygrill.com/menus&winelist.htm) is an excellent restaurant that we enjoy, so the main reason for the trip!

I had the Salmon - Grape Leaf Wrapped Salmon topped with chopped tomato and pine nut-raisin relish,  over polenta and seasonal vegetable - came w/ a nice salad w/ bleau cheese dressing - just excellent!

Susan had the Scallops - Peppercorn Crusted Scallops, pan seared with orange, bacon and cilantro sauce over crispy risotto cake and sautéed spinach - she loved the dish!  We shared the veggies & the starches!

However, one of the main reasons that you'll do an 'overnight' is to share one of my favorite desserts, i.e. the Nutty Irishman:

QuoteFrozen Nutty Irishman, chocolate cake layered with Irish cream mousse and crushed English toffee, finished with crème anglaise and chocolate sauce

I don't know but if 'something' combines treats that I loved as a kid, I just can't resist - look at the ingredients, i.e. cold, chocolate,  toffee, et al - we usually share a dessert at our age (I usually let her have most), but this is one that I insist on splitting equally -  ;) ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: nesf on January 21, 2012, 04:46:07 PM
Wensleydale with Cranderries mixed into it. Nom, nom.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Kontrapunctus on January 21, 2012, 07:54:30 PM
Nothing at the moment, but the overpriced, nasty steak I ate about 3 hours ago at the Elephant Bar Restaurant ought to be staying with me for a while.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on January 22, 2012, 05:09:51 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on January 21, 2012, 03:53:04 PM

Susan had the Scallops - Peppercorn Crusted Scallops, pan seared with orange, bacon and cilantro sauce over crispy risotto cake and sautéed spinach - she loved the dish!  We shared the veggies & the starches!

That sounds incredible, Dave. Mrs. Rock is ready to hop on a plane to NC  :D

We ate at the in-laws last night. Mrs. Rock's mother started us off with salmon tartare on lambs lettuce. Main course was a beef filet roast, homemade potato croquettes and brussel sprouts. Tiramisu for dessert.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 22, 2012, 05:20:21 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on January 22, 2012, 05:09:51 AM
That sounds incredible, Dave. Mrs. Rock is ready to hop on a plane to NC  :D
I have to agree!! Scallops are so easy to screw up (so good ones are worth it), but it was the cilantro sauce that got my attention!! THAT sounds amazing!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on January 22, 2012, 05:22:05 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 22, 2012, 05:20:21 AM....but it was the cilantro sauce that got my attention!! THAT sounds amazing!

Exactly!

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: John Copeland on January 29, 2012, 05:31:59 AM
Nice dinner for a single fellow.  Plenty of tatties.

(http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s320x320/420768_2923143751394_1044849032_3022594_407711348_n.jpg)

and later...

(http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s320x320/395426_2925040878821_1044849032_3023281_2092664158_n.jpg)

Eaten all of it.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: John Copeland on February 02, 2012, 06:07:59 PM
Quote from: Scots John on January 29, 2012, 05:31:59 AM
Nice dinner for a single fellow.  Plenty of tatties.

(http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s320x320/395426_2925040878821_1044849032_3023281_2092664158_n.jpg)

Eaten all of it.

Right.  So.  That was last month.  And no-one here liked my dinner.  It seems no-one liked my dinner enough to comment on it.  Oh.  Alright then.  It's like that is it?  Well...let me tell you one thing about my dinner...it was great.  It fair put hairs on my chest.  Which no-one else had because they didn't like my lovely dinner.  So thats it.  There.  My dinner.  It was good.  And all of you didn't even like it.  Well.  My dinner spoke for itself the next day...   :P :P :P    :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on February 02, 2012, 07:30:52 PM
Looks good to me though I don't know what a steak pie is! :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on February 03, 2012, 05:55:34 AM
Quote from: DavidW on February 02, 2012, 07:30:52 PM
Looks good to me though I don't know what a steak pie is! :D

Well, just think of a chicken pie (i.e. meat, veggies, etc. inside a crust) and substitute other meats, e.g. steak as in the pic below, lamb, other ground meats - common in England, Scotland, & Ireland - Susan & I have had meat pies in our visits to all of these countries; often part of the 'pub grub' offerings; examples Sheperd's pie, pork pie, steak pie, and probably others!  Dave  :D

(http://www.tescorealfood.com/media/images/finest%20scottish%20steak%20pie-4ad0cfb0-2146-410b-bffc-d9171af6f5b3-0-472x310.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on February 03, 2012, 05:57:13 AM
Thanks Dave!  I've had Shepherd's Pie but it's not like the steak pie pictured above. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: John Copeland on February 03, 2012, 08:23:26 AM
Quote from: DavidW on February 02, 2012, 07:30:52 PM
Looks good to me though I don't know what a steak pie is! :D

Wow.  That is amazing.  No steak pies in America?  If there are any food manufacturing moguls here in GMG, there is a great opportunity to get in the US market with steak pies!  Although I want 75% of the business so I can buy a modest home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.... ???
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on February 03, 2012, 10:52:34 AM
What is so special in Bloomfield Hills John? :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: John Copeland on February 03, 2012, 11:27:50 AM
Quote from: DavidW on February 03, 2012, 10:52:34 AM
What is so special in Bloomfield Hills John? :)

Beacause the success of the Trans-Atlantic Steak Pie Corp will mean I need exclusivity and poshness in my daily goings on.  I can't head a major multi-national corporation with Global intentions from a flat, 7 up, in a far, rugged wee country miles away from my target market(s).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 05, 2012, 07:24:59 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on February 03, 2012, 05:55:34 AM
Well, just think of a chicken pie (i.e. meat, veggies, etc. inside a crust) and substitute other meats, e.g. steak as in the pic below, lamb, other ground meats - common in England, Scotland, & Ireland - Susan & I have had meat pies in our visits to all of these countries; often part of the 'pub grub' offerings; examples Sheperd's pie, pork pie, steak pie, and probably others!  Dave  :D

(http://www.tescorealfood.com/media/images/finest%20scottish%20steak%20pie-4ad0cfb0-2146-410b-bffc-d9171af6f5b3-0-472x310.jpg)
This picture looks like someone taking a dump, but Steak Pie sounds like some good stuff. I didn't know what it was, either.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 16, 2012, 08:51:41 PM
BOY!  :o  Over a month w/o a response - all must be on diets or starving?  ;) ;D

In my hometown of Winston Salem (North Carolina), there has been a rejuvenation of the downtown area over the last half dozen years or so, i.e. new restaurants, art galleries, a theater & other live entertainment, a brewery + restaurant!  WOW - Susan & I are just discovering this major change and am impressed w/ attempts to reclaim a downtown!

Today, we saw a matinee film (posted in the movie thread) and then went to a new restaurant for the first time called Downtown Thai & Sushi; I've not been impressed w/ the Thai places in our city (I like seafood, such as whole fishes!) - well we were pleasantly surprised and will return.  We shared the Fresh Rolls w/ Shrimp as an appetizer - best that I've had here; I had the Pla Nueng Manao (steamed fsh) Steamed trout fllet with sliced ginger, coriander and chili-lime sauce which came w/ steamed veggies & Jasmine rice; Susan had the Vietnamese seafood soup called  Pho Seafood w/ Rice noodle soup with shrimp, scallops and squid w/ bean sprouts & Thai basil to mixed into the soup - she loves these oriental noodle dishes. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 18, 2012, 06:39:54 PM
Recently, we've renovated our porch and deck - plus added a new Weber gas grill (have natural gas to the home so no need for propane tanks - pic below of the grill bought) - so now in my retirement, Susan expects me to periodically grill some main courses - OH MY!  ;D

My first attempt was Cedar Plank Salmon - turned out GREAT on this new grill!

Tonight (and a second attempt) did some Baby Back Pork Ribs - first used a dry 'Memphis' rub (recipe attached, if interested) and placed in the frig for 2+ hrs (even overnight is fine); grilled for about 1 hr - results shown below; Susan made a fine salad and that was our dinner; of course, a little wine for me (Syrah as shown) - WELL, I've got a few recipes down now and will continue to try others - :)

(http://www.furnitureinteriorsale.com/images_products/weber_grill_e_20.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 27, 2012, 07:04:51 PM
Susan & I are on a short Florida vacation in Clearwater Beach near Tampa - just arrived today and already a great dinner - we started out by sharing a dozen raw oysters & duo tuna & shrimp ceviche - I had a FIRST (maybe second?) experience, i.e. marlin seared rare w/ a peppercorn crust (looked like the second pic below) - pretty much tasted like rare seared tuna; my wine of choice w/ tuna is a Pinot Noir which also went just fine w/ the marlin - let's see what the next few days will bring but expect plenty of shellfish!  :)

(http://www.paradise-outfitters.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Blue-Marlin1.jpg)

(http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1420/1075731949_0e810869c4_z.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on March 28, 2012, 02:50:55 AM
Mm, nice. Good vacationing to you both!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 28, 2012, 06:23:42 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 28, 2012, 02:50:55 AM
Mm, nice. Good vacationing to you both!

Thanks Karl - ate well again today - sunsets over the Gulf of Mexico have been absolutely beautiful!  A couple of more full days and then back home! :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on April 06, 2012, 09:47:10 AM
Tonight, I will be having a T-bone steak, fresh salad with Romaine lettece, dinner rolls, and homemade cupcakes for dessert. :)

Edit: Also had a baked potato (w/ sour cream, butter, cheddar cheese) with the meal. So good...8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: classicalgeek on April 09, 2012, 10:44:31 AM
Took advantage of the beautiful Northwest weather to get out the grill over the weekend!

Saturday:
-Wild salmon with cilantro chipotle pesto
-Asparagus (dressed simply with fresh lemon juice, salt, and pepper)
-Yukon Gold potatoes (parboiled and sliced, tossed with olive oil, garlic, and rosemary)

Sunday:
-Fresh halibut with a soy-free teriyaki glaze (my wife has allergies to soy and dairy, among other things)
-Grilled hearts of romaine, tossed with cherry tomatoes and a Dijon vinaigrette
-Brown rice cooked in coconut milk with Macadamia nuts (not on the grill, but soooo delicious)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 09, 2012, 10:56:25 AM
I see we're'all eatin' again  :)  It's Spargel season in Germany. Had some of the local white produce this weekend with Zander (pikeperch) filets and boiled potatoes doused in butter/garlic/parsley. Drank a local (Worms-Herrnsheim) 2010 Weisserburgunder (pinot blanc).

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/jan11/P3310250_600.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on April 09, 2012, 11:18:56 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 09, 2012, 10:56:25 AM
I see we're'all eatin' again  :)  It's Spargel season in Germany. Had some of the local white produce this weekend with Zander (pikeperch) filets and boiled potatoes doused in butter/garlic/parsley. Drank a local (Worms-Herrsheim) 2010 Weisserburgunder (pinot blanc).

Sarge

How's that Weissburgunder? One of my favorite white wine grapes... at its best my favorite white. But not always easy to find one that matches my likes.

(Roughly what I'm looking for in a WBurg: low to very low residual sugar, medium to low acidity, plenty of fruit in the body.)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on April 09, 2012, 11:23:14 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 09, 2012, 10:56:25 AM
. . . with Zander (pikeperch) filets . . . .

So, Ben is a Pisces, eh? . . .
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 09, 2012, 11:47:41 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on April 09, 2012, 11:18:56 AM
How's that Weissburgunder? One of my favorite white wine grapes... at its best my favorite white. But not always easy to find one that matches my likes.

(Roughly what I'm looking for in a WBurg: low to very low residual sugar, medium to low acidity, plenty of fruit in the body.)

While not approaching the concentration and glorious fruit of some of the great Weissburgunders in our area (like Rebholz or Müller-Catoir) it's still a very good wine, and cheap! 5 Euro. It's ripe (13% alcohol), bone dry, with well-balanced fruit and acid (remarkable for the problematic 2010 vintage which tends to be overly acidic). It's goes well with food; perfect with white Spargel--where you don't want an overwhelming wine anyway. I just looked at the Weingut's website. Shit. It appears the 2010 is sold out. Here's the url in case you want to check out the 2011s

http://www.mueselwein.de/muesel/willkommen.php


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on April 09, 2012, 12:31:57 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 09, 2012, 11:47:41 AM
While not approaching the concentration and glorious fruit of some of the great Weissburgunders in our area (like Rebholz or Müller-Catoir) it's still a very good wine, and cheap! 5 Euro. It's ripe (13% alcohol), bone dry, with well-balanced fruit and acid (remarkable for the problematic 2010 vintage which tends to be overly acidic). It's goes well with food; perfect with white Spargel--where you don't want an overwhelming wine anyway. I just looked at the Weingut's website. Shit. It appears the 2010 is sold out. Here's the url in case you want to check out the 2011s

http://www.mueselwein.de/muesel/willkommen.php


Sarge

Super! Now bring on some links to the "great Weissburgunders" from your area. (found them)

Strange wine list/website, though, that doesn't also list the prices... do they expect an old fashioned phone call?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 09, 2012, 01:01:05 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on April 09, 2012, 12:31:57 PM
Super! Now bring on some links to the "great Weissburgunders" from your area.

http://www.weingutwittmann.de/ (Westhofen Rheinhessen)

http://www.mueller-catoir.de/ (Neustadt-Haardt Pflaz)

http://www.oekonomierat-rebholz.com/ (Siebeldingen Pfalz)

http://www.keller-wein.de/ (Florsheim-Dalsheim Rheinhessen)



Sarge

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 09, 2012, 01:04:07 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on April 09, 2012, 12:31:57 PM
Super! Now bring on some links to the "great Weissburgunders" from your area. (found them)

Strange wine list/website, though, that doesn't also list the prices... do they expect an old fashioned phone call?

An email anyway. You usually have to request a Weinliste. They'll send one to you. I seldom see prices mentioned online.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on April 09, 2012, 01:39:03 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 09, 2012, 01:01:05 PM
http://www.weingutwittmann.de/ (Westhofen Rheinhessen)

http://www.mueller-catoir.de/ (Neustadt-Haardt Pflaz)

http://www.oekonomierat-rebholz.com/ (Siebeldingen Pfalz)

http://www.keller-wein.de/ (Florsheim-Dalsheim Rheinhessen)

Sarge

Let me see if I can return the favor: My favorite (white-) vineyard:

http://www.domaine-bruno-sorg.com/en/ (http://www.domaine-bruno-sorg.com/en/)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 09, 2012, 01:47:52 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on April 09, 2012, 01:39:03 PM
Let me see if I can return the favor: My favorite (white-) vineyard:

http://www.domaine-bruno-sorg.com/en/ (http://www.domaine-bruno-sorg.com/en/)

Thanks. Next time we're in Alsace I'll check it out.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papy Oli on April 11, 2012, 11:24:56 AM
QuoteEdelzwicker | Sylvaner Vieille Vigne | Pinot Blanc | Riesling |
Riesling Grand Cru Florimont | Riesling Grand Cru Pfersigberg |
Riesling Grand Cru Pfersigberg Vieille Vigne | Riesling Sélection de Grains nobles |
Pinot Gris | Pinot Gris Vieille Vigne | Pinot Gris Grand Cru Florimont | Gewurztraminer | Gewurztraminer Vieille Vigne |
Gewurztraminer Grand Cru Pfersigberg | Gewurztraminer Grand Cru Eichberg | Gewurztraminer Vendanges Tardives | Gewurztraminer Sélection de Grains Nobles | Muscat d'Alsace | Muscat d'Alsace Grand Cru Pfersigberg | Pinot Noir | Pinot Noir élevé en barrique

Crémant d'Alsace (Méthode Traditionnelle)

Marc de Gewurztraminer | Marc de Muscat | Mirabelle | Kirsch | Poire


*drools*  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on April 11, 2012, 02:43:34 PM
Quote from: Papy Oli on April 11, 2012, 11:24:56 AM

*drools*  :D

OH YES!

My parents used to swear by them, but no longer because the new generation Sorg is not quite as iron-clad on the "less than 2mg/l residual sugar" rule that the old Sorg apparently had, but the quality of wine is if anything higher .Their Crémant, although it has gotten a bit (too) pricey as much Alsatian wines/ Crémants have, is my choice among sparkling wines. And I've never less regretted a headache than from drinking their divine Gewurztraminer Vieille Vigne. [Definitely quantity related, not quality.]
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 19, 2012, 05:39:44 PM
Well, today (Apr 19) is my BD!  :-\  ;D

Susan & I are now the same age (I have only 3 months to say that she 'robbed the cradle') -  ;) :D

Tonight, I asked her to prepare me a meal w/ some bird, i.e. pheasant or quail, she chose the latter; so my plate shown below:

Quail - simply sauteed w/ oil, onions, sherry (plus salt & pepper to taste) - really allows one to enjoy the taste of the little bird!
Quinoa - cooked w/ mushrooms & scallions - an interesting South American 'grain' popular in the Inca civilization - check HERE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinoa), if interested?
Peas - frozen and simply cooked; nothing special but a veggie that I've enjoyed since childhood -  :)

Sparkling wine for both of us but different - I had the Mumm from CA - Cuvee M - brut and delicious (a Pinot Noir would have been fine w/ me, also)!

Of course for this occasion, we had to use our special Laguiole knives - just so elegant (and effective) - ENJOYED!   Dave

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-rgbFRK3/0/O/BDDave12.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Antoine Marchand on April 19, 2012, 05:50:49 PM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on April 19, 2012, 05:39:44 PM
Well, today (Apr 19) is my BD!  :-\  ;D

Susan & I are now the same age (I have only 3 months to say that she 'robbed the cradle') -  ;) :D

Tonight, I asked her to prepare me a meal w/ some bird, i.e. pheasant or quail, she chose the latter; so my plate shown below:

Quail - simply sauteed w/ oil, onions, sherry (plus salt & pepper to taste) - really allows one to enjoy the taste of the little bird!
Quinoa - cooked w/ mushrooms & scallions - an interesting South American 'grain' popular in the Inca civilization - check HERE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinoa), if interested?
Peas - frozen and simply cooked; nothing special but a veggie that I've enjoyed since childhood -  :)

Sparkling wine for both of us but different - I had the Mumm from CA - Cuvee M - brut and delicious (a Pinot Noir would have been fine w/ me, also)!

Of course for this occasion, we had to use our special Laguiole knives - just so elegant (and effective) - ENJOYED!   Dave

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-rgbFRK3/0/O/BDDave12.jpg)

Happy birthday, Dave!

That looks delicious. You're a lucky man, girls like yours aren't made anymore. 

:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on April 19, 2012, 06:16:11 PM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on April 19, 2012, 05:39:44 PM
Well, today (Apr 19) is my BD!  :-\  ;D

Susan & I are now the same age (I have only 3 months to say that she 'robbed the cradle') -  ;) :D

Tonight, I asked her to prepare me a meal w/ some bird, i.e. pheasant or quail, she chose the latter; so my plate shown below:

Quail - simply sauteed w/ oil, onions, sherry (plus salt & pepper to taste) - really allows one to enjoy the taste of the little bird!
Quinoa - cooked w/ mushrooms & scallions - an interesting South American 'grain' popular in the Inca civilization - check HERE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinoa), if interested?
Peas - frozen and simply cooked; nothing special but a veggie that I've enjoyed since childhood -  :)

Sparkling wine for both of us but different - I had the Mumm from CA - Cuvee M - brut and delicious (a Pinot Noir would have been fine w/ me, also)!

Of course for this occasion, we had to use our special Laguiole knives - just so elegant (and effective) - ENJOYED!   Dave

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-rgbFRK3/0/O/BDDave12.jpg)

Happy birthday, Dave!  Hope you and Susan enjoyed your day!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 20, 2012, 12:31:18 PM
Happy Birthday, Dave! Your dinner reminds me that it's been quite awhile since we last had quail. I know what I'll be shopping for this weekend.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on April 20, 2012, 02:06:37 PM
Thanks Guys for the BD greetings! :)

The dinner was excellent and the quail outstanding w/ that simple recipe which Susan has used for years!  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on April 20, 2012, 02:31:22 PM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on April 20, 2012, 02:06:37 PM
Thanks Guys for the BD greetings! :)

The dinner was excellent and the quail outstanding w/ that simple recipe which Susan has used for years!  Dave

Yes, happy belated birthday to you, Dave! I hope it was an enjoyable one for you.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on May 20, 2012, 03:05:37 PM
Quote from: Eric on April 19, 2012, 05:50:49 PM
Happy birthday, Dave!

That looks delicious. You're a lucky man, girls like yours aren't made anymore. 

:)

Yes, Dave, you are indeed fortunate to have her.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 21, 2012, 08:31:42 AM
Quote from: Harpo on May 20, 2012, 03:05:37 PM
Yes, Dave, you are indeed fortunate to have her.

Well, what's for dinner tonight!   ;D 8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on May 21, 2012, 09:04:46 AM
That halibut was good enough for Jehovah . . . .
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Gold Knight on May 22, 2012, 02:57:56 PM
Two slices of pizza: one plain, one with meatball topping.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Gold Knight on July 08, 2012, 06:38:14 PM
One thick home made cheeseburger with fried onions, ketchup and pickle, accompanied by a side of deli potato salad. Quite simple and yet so good!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on July 08, 2012, 08:16:06 PM
Quote from: Gold Knight on July 08, 2012, 06:38:14 PM
One thick home made cheeseburger with fried onions, ketchup and pickle, accompanied by a side of deli potato salad. Quite simple and yet so good!  ;D

I get heartburn just thinking about it. ;)

I had roasted chicken breasts with a lemon butter sauce, corn on the cob, and parmesan crusted potatoes tonight. Delicious.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 12, 2012, 06:03:27 PM
Susan (i.e. Harpo) and I are celebrating our 42nd anniversary tonight!  WOW -  :o :D

Yesterday we saw a movie & went out to dinner & tomorrow are planning a dinner out (probably sushi), so she decided to cook a dinner - well, we decided on a pheasant (a bird we both love - like a small turkey) - well she was @ the Fresh Market in the morning and had the 'meat man' give her a frozen pheasant, BUT when she got home, in the bag was a frozen rabbit, SO what to do?  Well, we have not had rabbit in the house for a while so I said find a recipe and make the little bunny -  ;) ;D

So, a nice simple dinner, i.e. rabbit w/ some plain green beans (we tend to avoid carbs @ our age but still love them - SAD!), along w/ a Biltmore Blanc de Noir sparkler (recently brought back from our trip a few weeks ago to Asheville) - plus, a little cake bought locally - great 'change of pace' - NOW, those who have not eaten rabbit, the analogy of course is that it tastes like chicken - well pretty close, the texture is the same and the meat is more like a 'combo' of dark/white chicken, especially the larger back leg of the rabbit; SO, if you like chicken, rabbit will not disappoint - pleasant dinner - Dave :)

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-JV3Qbvp/0/O/Anniversary2012.jpg)
Title: Re: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on July 13, 2012, 02:56:44 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on July 12, 2012, 06:03:27 PM
Susan (i.e. Harpo) and I are celebrating our 42nd anniversary tonight!  WOW -  :o :D

Marvelous! Belated (but no whit less warm) wishes for a happy anniversary!
Title: Re: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 13, 2012, 07:39:16 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 13, 2012, 02:56:44 AM
Marvelous! Belated (but no whit less warm) wishes for a happy anniversary!

Thanks Karl for the wishes - the Biltmore sparkler went quite well w/ the bunny!  Dave  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 13, 2012, 11:38:59 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on July 12, 2012, 06:03:27 PM
Susan (i.e. Harpo) and I are celebrating our 42nd anniversary tonight!  WOW -  :o :D

Time flies when you're having fun, doesn't it?  :D Congratulations, Dave and Susan. The dinner looks great !

I love rabbit. We most often have it at my in-laws. Mrs. Rock's mother makes a mean rabbit. And I recall vividly the first time I had it: at a farm in Alsace, cooked by the mother of my first wife's best friend from her Strasbourg university days. The mother was Polish (only spoke German, no French) who had fled Poland before the Soviet advance along with the father (a native of Alsace) who'd been unwillingly drafted into the Wehrmacht and sent to the Russian front. Anyway, she was a marvelous cook, and the meat was really fresh. They farmed rabbits and the one we ate had been alive that day. I don't know how much difference "fresh" makes, but man, I've never had rabbit that good again.

Here's the cook, on the left. Yeah, she was short; about 4'9'' or 10" Left click to enlarge.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/img224edit_1024_1.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mc ukrneal on July 13, 2012, 11:57:47 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on July 12, 2012, 06:03:27 PM
Susan (i.e. Harpo) and I are celebrating our 42nd anniversary tonight!  WOW -  :o :D

Congratulations! That is a remarkable achievement! You get to continue the celebrtion over the weekend (at least, I hope you will).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 13, 2012, 12:11:02 PM
Mrs. Rock took over kitchen duties this evening, and excelled  8) She made Saltimbocca alla Romana (veal with prosciutto and fresh sage), noodles cooked in chicken stock, and peas, carrots and white asparagus. We drank a sangiovese/colorino blend, Rosso di Sera, the top wine from Fattoria Poggiopiano, a winery located in the Chianti Classico region. Here's the winery's website with an interesting video introduction: http://www.fattoriapoggiopiano.it/storia/?lang=en)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P7130315_600.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ataraxia on July 13, 2012, 12:17:34 PM
Bubble and squeak.

Not really. I just wanted to say it.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 13, 2012, 12:23:35 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 13, 2012, 12:17:34 PM
Bubble and squeak.

I had to google that  ;D  Mrs. Rock wants me to make it.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ataraxia on July 13, 2012, 12:24:20 PM
She really wants English food?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 13, 2012, 12:28:43 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 13, 2012, 12:24:20 PM
She really wants English food?

Yeah, she does...she's weird  :D  Actually, she just loves vegetables.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ataraxia on July 13, 2012, 12:35:06 PM
Later I will be consuming beef and broccoli with egg roll. After that, probably ice cream as usual.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 13, 2012, 04:05:41 PM
Thanks Neal & Sarge for the anniversary wishes - the dinner was great, but THEN Sarge posts about a GREAT rabbit dish he once had and never has experienced again!  OH, to have been there!  Thanks for the description!  Dave :)
Title: Re: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on July 13, 2012, 05:29:48 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 13, 2012, 12:35:06 PM
Later I will be consuming beef and broccoli with egg roll. After that, probably ice cream as usual.

What flavor?
Title: Re: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on July 13, 2012, 08:14:48 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 13, 2012, 05:29:48 PM
What flavor?

Lima bean flavor. :P
Title: Re: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ataraxia on July 14, 2012, 03:15:04 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 13, 2012, 05:29:48 PM
What flavor?

Last night it was an ice cream sandwich.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Gold Knight on July 15, 2012, 05:56:33 PM
Lasagna and a couple of garlic knots, all washed down with a Canada Dry.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on August 02, 2012, 01:28:53 PM
What'ja make for dinner, Sarge?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 02, 2012, 01:56:13 PM
Quote from: Brian on August 02, 2012, 01:28:53 PM
What'ja make for dinner, Sarge?

I charcoal grilled salmon, shrimps and mackeral filets along with tomatoes, zucchini and onions. Basmati rice cooked with carrots, peas and spiced with saffron. Drank a dry Riesling from the Rheingau.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 03, 2012, 06:35:59 AM
Last week we did a 2-day trip to Ashe County (the very northwest county in North Carolina) where Christmas trees and mountain slopes provide some spectacular scenery - stayed @ the River House Inn (http://www.riverhousenc.com/gayle.htm) - our first visit despite being just 90 mins from home; the Inn Keeper, Gayle Winston (now approaching 80 y/o) is just an amazing person (if interested, check the link).  In addition to her many varied experiences, she is a renowned chef in the southeast USA.

Check out the menu listings HERE (http://www.riverhousenc.com/dining.htm) - wish I had pictures but all was just superb and both dinners consistently excellent - for those who might be traveling in this area of the country, if you end up in the far corner of North Carolina, then dinner @ Gayle's Inn should be a MUST!  Dave :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 03, 2012, 06:42:02 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on August 03, 2012, 06:35:59 AM
Last week we did a 2-day trip to Ashe County (the very northwest county in North Carolina) where Christmas trees and mountain slopes provide some spectacular scenery - stayed @ the River House Inn (http://www.riverhousenc.com/gayle.htm) - our first visit despite being just 90 mins from home; the Inn Keeper, Gayle Winston (now approaching 80 y/o) is just an amazing person (if interested, check the link).  In addition to her many varied experiences, she is a renowned chef in the southeast USA.

Check out the menu listings HERE (http://www.riverhousenc.com/dining.htm) - wish I had pictures but all was just superb and both dinners consistently excellent - for those who might be traveling in this area of the country, if you end up in the far corner of North Carolina, then dinner @ Gayle's Inn should be a MUST!  Dave :)
MMmmmmm. That looks yummy!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 03, 2012, 05:52:14 PM
Last fall we renovated our deck and porch w/ the latter converted to a 4-season room (thanks to a Mitsubishi split-mini heat pump; expensive but quiet and effective - love it!) (included a few pics below) - on the deck we added a new Weber gas grill (have natural gas in the house, so no tanks) - WELL, now Susan expects me to do some more grilling, and NOW as a retiree, I'll give it a TRY!

Tonight, I made Beer-can Chicken (a blast from the past for me) - whole chicken w/ the inside & outside rubbed w/ Memphis rub (great on baby back ribs); as a special treat for Harpo, I spent an extra 15 mins or so dissecting out the skin w/ my fingers and then rubbing more between the meat & the under skin (really made a difference, I think) - pics below of the grill, the upright chicken over a beer can (half beer - I had the remainder - w/ a tablespoon of the rub), and the finished chicken (about an hour of 'indirect' cooking) resting before cutting - Susan has the carcass (left some extra meat) in the frig to munch on later! :)

My wine was a La Crema Chardonnay and our music was Johnny Hartman singing a lot of standards that we love - really enjoying this 'new' porch - NOW must acquire more grilling recipes (NOT to worry though, I have Steven Raichlen's 500+ pages The Barbecue Bible - this might be the ONLY book on the topic needed?).  Dave  :D

BTW - I made the small dining table on the rug; cherry w/ walnut verticals - the table folds to half its size and can be stored between the chairs on a wall in the room; also made the small cherry table between the other two folding chairs, so putting my woodworking skills to work; the 'little' stereo on the brick wall was just an inexpensive Costco purchase but fits the space nicely - plays CDs, radio, and my iPod (which permits me to stream via Wi-Fi from Pandora). 

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/DeckPorchNew/i-LKJjWvj/0/O/BeerCanChicken1.jpg)  (http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/DeckPorchNew/i-pMC9msQ/0/O/BeerCanChicken2.jpg)

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 04, 2012, 07:11:18 AM
Beautiful room, Dave. I'm envious. And that chicken looks great!

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on August 04, 2012, 07:19:08 AM
By the way, Sarge, having just gone back through the thread, I've had bubble and squeak and it's fantastic. The English tradition is to take all the leftover veggies from Christmas dinner and make bubble and squeak on December 26. It's quite delicious and I love it. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ataraxia on August 04, 2012, 07:20:11 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 04, 2012, 07:19:08 AM
The English tradition is to take all the leftover veggies from Christmas dinner and make bubble and squeak on December 26. It's quite delicious and I love it. :)

Well, that's one thing.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 04, 2012, 07:30:47 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 04, 2012, 07:19:08 AM
By the way, Sarge, having just gone back through the thread, I've had bubble and squeak and it's fantastic. The English tradition is to take all the leftover veggies from Christmas dinner and make bubble and squeak on December 26. It's quite delicious and I love it. :)

I haven't tried it yet but I still want to. Our problem: we never have leftover vegetables--they get devoured and never make it to a second day  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 04, 2012, 11:56:32 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 04, 2012, 07:11:18 AM
Beautiful room, Dave. I'm envious. And that chicken looks great!

Hi Sarge - thanks; we are really enjoying that room - feel like we are surrounded by a forest of trees & bushes; the AC & ceiling fan make for a comfortable experience - happy w/ the results and loving that new grill!

The chicken was excellent - moist and w/ some heat from the Memphis rub (recipe below, which I've also used on baby back ribs on the grill) - believe the trick was dissecting the skin away from the flesh w/ my fingers and applying the rub under the skin, which was thin, crisp, and well flavored - I believe Susan will DEMAND this chicken in the near future.  Dave :)


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Memphis Dry Rub

Ingredients:

    1/3 cup paprika
    2 tbsp chili powder
    1 tbsp dried oregano
    1 tbsp garlic powder
    2 tsp celery salt
    2 tsp celery seed
    4 tsp black pepper
    2 tsp mustard seeds
    * changed from book

Directions:  Ribs, steaks, & chicken
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 04, 2012, 12:05:52 PM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on August 04, 2012, 11:56:32 AM
Hi Sarge - thanks; we are really enjoying that room - feel like we are surrounded by a forest of trees & bushes; the AC & ceiling fan make for a comfortable experience - happy w/ the results and loving that new grill!

The chicken was excellent - moist and w/ some heat from the Memphis rub (recipe below, which I've also used on baby back ribs on the grill) - believe the trick was dissecting the skin away from the flesh w/ my fingers and applying the rub under the skin, which was thin, crisp, and well flavored - I believe Susan will DEMAND this chicken in the near future.  Dave :)


*******************************************************************************
Memphis Dry Rub

Ingredients:

    1/3 cup paprika
    2 tbsp chili powder
    1 tbsp dried oregano
    1 tbsp garlic powder
    2 tsp celery salt
    2 tsp celery seed
    4 tsp black pepper
    2 tsp mustard seeds
    * changed from book

Directions:  Ribs, steaks, & chicken
Interesting recipe. I find that putting herbs and such between the skin and meat really adds a lot of flavor, even for small chicken parts when I just bake them. I do something similar with a French herb mix, pepper and a little olive oil. I could do yours except I don't have the celery items or mustard. I'll have to remember for my next Penzay's order.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 04, 2012, 06:06:55 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on August 04, 2012, 12:05:52 PM
Interesting recipe. I find that putting herbs and such between the skin and meat really adds a lot of flavor, even for small chicken parts when I just bake them. I do something similar with a French herb mix, pepper and a little olive oil. I could do yours except I don't have the celery items or mustard. I'll have to remember for my next Penzay's order.

OH, I certainly agree w/ chicken - that skin is a barrier that MUST be transgressed in some fashion! :)  the 'finger dissecting technique' is yukky and time consuming but rewarding in the end (I think!).

Concerning your 'French Herb Mix', I'm assuming that you're referring to Herbes de Provence - I made this up from scratch and then Susan appeared one day w/ a 'store bought' version (so no need to make your own) - I've used this on grilled lamb chops w/ excellent success (according to my spouse who did not speak while devouring these chops!) - I've been sprinking these herb mixture on all sorts of meals!  Dave :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Harpo on August 05, 2012, 06:02:19 PM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on August 03, 2012, 05:52:14 PM

Tonight, I made Beer-can Chicken (a blast from the past for me) - whole chicken w/ the inside & outside rubbed w/ Memphis rub (great on baby back ribs); as a special treat for Harpo, I spent an extra 15 mins or so dissecting out the skin w/ my fingers and then rubbing more between the meat & the under skin (really made a difference, I think) - pics below of the grill, the upright chicken over a beer can (half beer - I had the remainder - w/ a tablespoon of the rub), and the finished chicken (about an hour of 'indirect' cooking) resting before cutting - Susan has the carcass (left some extra meat) in the frig to munch on later! :)


The chicken was fabulous!  Amazing! Best I've ever eaten! Crispy! Smoky! Succulent! (Can you guess I'm trying to encourage SonicMan to do more cooking?) <g>   
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on August 05, 2012, 07:02:35 PM
Sometimes I wonder if there are careers to be made in food photography, because I love taking pictures of food. Any time I go out to eat somewhere interesting, I bring my camera and try to find a striking angle or two.

(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/12672585/IMG_4428small.jpg)
Pork belly and lentil stew, The Bridge Inn, Grinton, Yorkshire

(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/12672585/IMG_4531small.jpg)
Salmon and veggies, HOST, Liverpool

(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/12672585/IMG_5552small.jpg)
Rainforest roll, Blue Fish Sushi, Dallas, TX

(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/12672585/IMG_5626.JPG)
Shrimp scampi and roasted asparagus, cooked by yours truly
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 06, 2012, 06:31:07 PM
Quote from: Brian on August 05, 2012, 07:02:35 PM
Sometimes I wonder if there are careers to be made in food photography, because I love taking pictures of food. Any time I go out to eat somewhere interesting, I bring my camera and try to find a striking angle or two.

(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/12672585/IMG_5552small.jpg)
Rainforest roll, Blue Fish Sushi, Dallas, TX

Hi Brian - all of those 'food' pics look great!  Thanks for sharing - in my quote I just included one, i.e. the 'blue fish' sushi - we do Japanese often and my wife loves bluefish, so this would be a first choice for her in a sushi bar!  Dave :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on August 06, 2012, 07:16:47 PM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on August 06, 2012, 06:31:07 PM
Hi Brian - all of those 'food' pics look great!  Thanks for sharing - in my quote I just included one, i.e. the 'blue fish' sushi - we do Japanese often and my wife loves bluefish, so this would be a first choice for her in a sushi bar!  Dave :)
Sorry to confuse, Dave, Blue Fish is the name of the bar! That one had shrimp tempura and avocado and the topping is raw tuna. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 07, 2012, 02:00:39 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on August 04, 2012, 06:06:55 PM
OH, I certainly agree w/ chicken - that skin is a barrier that MUST be transgressed in some fashion! :)  the 'finger dissecting technique' is yukky and time consuming but rewarding in the end (I think!).

Concerning your 'French Herb Mix', I'm assuming that you're referring to Herbes de Provence - I made this up from scratch and then Susan appeared one day w/ a 'store bought' version (so no need to make your own) - I've used this on grilled lamb chops w/ excellent success (according to my spouse who did not speak while devouring these chops!) - I've been sprinking these herb mixture on all sorts of meals!  Dave :)
Yes - herbs de provence. I hate sticking my hands under the skin, but you are right - it must be done! :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 07, 2012, 06:09:47 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 06, 2012, 07:16:47 PM
Sorry to confuse, Dave, Blue Fish is the name of the bar! That one had shrimp tempura and avocado and the topping is raw tuna. :)

LOL!  ;D  To admit, I've never seen bluefish on the menu in a sushi bar; I guess that mackerel comes the closest but Susan still loves that fish - her father when alive and living in Montauk, LI use to catch a lot of bluefish and then smoke some to make a dip - delicious (would have tasted great in a sushi roll).  Dave :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Gold Knight on August 21, 2012, 04:33:08 PM
A sausage and egg hero from the local trattoria; simple, yet quite delicious!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 25, 2012, 08:36:22 PM
Well, we've been on several short car trips to places just 90 minutes or so away (Ashe County, NC & Patrick County, VA - the latter the birthplace of J.E.B. Stuart) - our most recent visit was to a southern VA mountain resort called Primland (http://primland.com/), a 12,000 acre property just above the VA-NC border (left a post in the vacation thread if interested) - a wonderful experience!

BUT, getting back to food - we stayed in the Lodge which has a 'fancy' restaurant called Elements - dined there twice - first time we had virtually the same dinners, i.e. started w/ salads, mine was Flora Ridge Mixed Green Salad w/ Dates, Apple, Blue Cheese, Hazelnuts and a nice homemade dressing; main courses Border Springs Lamb Loin  w/ Tortellini, Tomato, Olive, Parmesan, etc - lamb was local and grilled perfectly.  Second experience, Susan had Filet Mignon, a favorite for her - and was grilled perfectly (medium rare is her preference, and mine) - I started w/ an Ahi Tuna  w/ Cucumber Jalapeno Sorbet, Watermelon, Citrus appetizer (had a BIG salad for lunch!) and then a NC Wreckfish Dish (sorry, don't have a description but was quite tasty!).

Wines for me - Pinot Noir from California w/ the lamb & a Virginian Pinot Gris w/ the fish dish - our first visit there but I would return!  Dave :)

(http://sat.gmncdn.com/Blogs/torsmangolf/files/2011/03/Primland-Image.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Gold Knight on September 27, 2012, 05:59:12 PM
From my local pizzeria, a sausage and egg parmesan hero on garlic bread. Yummy!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on September 27, 2012, 07:10:59 PM
Tonight, I had grilled chicken and cheese quesadillas and tortilla chips with homemade salsa. Yum...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on September 28, 2012, 04:54:17 AM
Chorizo & eggs, coffee.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Gold Knight on September 28, 2012, 06:51:07 PM
Just some warmed up pasta with ricotta from last night.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on September 28, 2012, 06:55:53 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 28, 2012, 04:54:17 AM
Chorizo & eggs, coffee.

What was the brew, David?  Ever since Linda got us a Keurig, I have not had a better cup of joe.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on September 28, 2012, 07:02:52 PM
Tonight I had some fried chicken tenders with mashed potatoes, green beans, and homemade biscuits.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on September 29, 2012, 04:52:56 AM
Quote from: Bogey on September 28, 2012, 06:55:53 PM
What was the brew, David?  Ever since Linda got us a Keurig, I have not had a better cup of joe.
Major Dickason's blend, from Peet's (of course!). ;) I'm having some of the same right this moment. :)

Glad you're enjoying your java, too, Bill!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on September 29, 2012, 04:58:03 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 29, 2012, 04:52:56 AM
Major Dickason's blend, from Peet's (of course!). ;) I'm having some of the same right this moment. :)

Glad you're enjoying your java, too, Bill!

Know the brand well thanks to you.  Enjoy.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on September 29, 2012, 05:05:49 AM
And a beautiful, bountiful Saturday morning to you, Bill!
Title: Re: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on September 29, 2012, 05:08:19 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 29, 2012, 04:52:56 AM
Major Dickason's blend, from Peet's (of course!). ;) I'm having some of the same right this moment. :)

Glad you're enjoying your java, too, Bill!

Good morning, gents! I sure do miss the Peet's what used to be nigh the office.
Title: Re: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on September 29, 2012, 05:14:18 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on September 29, 2012, 05:08:19 AM
Good morning, gents! I sure do miss the Peet's what used to be nigh the office.

No Peet's in The Pulse.....surely NOT!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on September 29, 2012, 05:17:02 AM
Well, now, the only Peet's I wot of is in Lexington centre. And it takes this man more than a minute to get out there.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on September 29, 2012, 05:17:47 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on September 29, 2012, 05:17:02 AM
Well, now, the only Peet's I wot of is in Lexington centre. And it takes this man more than a minute to get out there.

:D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on September 29, 2012, 05:19:20 AM
Oh! I take it back: there's a large Peet's in Harvard Square. None near my well-trodden paths, though.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on September 29, 2012, 05:43:30 AM
One wonders how they can maintain the quality as they continue expanding. Their roast is important, of course, but how can the keep getting such good quality beans when they're supplying the whole world and not just the Bay Area? Heck, they're even selling Major D in Costco now!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 30, 2012, 04:48:41 AM
For lunch today, Mrs. Rock's homemade pumpkin soup with fresh ginger and smoked trout.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P9301809_800.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Gold Knight on October 05, 2012, 07:18:06 PM
An eggplant parmesan hero on garlic bread from my local tratorria.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on October 05, 2012, 07:29:15 PM
Tonight we enjoyed one of my favorite meals: a Caesar salad topped with grilled salmon, accompanied by some chilled Crystal Geyser sparkling water, then fresh strawberries with a dollop of creamy yogurt for dessert, followed by a cup of decaffeinated Peet's Major Dickason's blend.

Oh, I just feel so deprived on this diet! ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 05, 2012, 07:39:01 PM
Well, back from popular demand, I re-did my 'beer can' chicken (pic below left from my last post) - used a different rub w/ a little less heat (request from my better half, i.e. Harpo) but still went UNDER the skin (a MUST do!) - WELL, the damn chicken fell over after a while and beer spilled into the grill (no big problem - have a great drip pan)!

BUT - I NEED a solution since this may become a monthly (or more frequent) request from Harpo (she seems not to talk while eating this chicken!) - so I went to Amazon and entered 'beer can chicken rack' and to my amazement, an assortment of choices came up!  LOVE Amazon!  Placed a $15 order for the rack below (right) - we likely will have guests over & require 2 chickens - beer can fits into the upright cylinder(s) and drippings hit to heat shields - great reviews and excellent price - anxious to see how this works!  Dave :)

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/DeckPorchNew/i-pMC9msQ/0/O/BeerCanChicken2.jpg)  (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31hUocbzN9L.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on October 05, 2012, 07:42:09 PM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on October 05, 2012, 07:39:01 PM
(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/DeckPorchNew/i-pMC9msQ/0/O/BeerCanChicken2.jpg)

"See, Mabel? I told you our civilization was doomed!"
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 05, 2012, 07:59:12 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on October 05, 2012, 07:42:09 PM
"See, Mabel? I told you our civilization was doomed!"

Oh, David - one bite and you would feel that you've been SAVED!  ;) ;D   Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on October 05, 2012, 09:08:25 PM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on October 05, 2012, 07:39:01 PM
Well, back from popular demand, I re-did my 'beer can' chicken (pic below left from my last post) - used a different rub w/ a little less heat (request from my better half, i.e. Harpo) but still went UNDER the skin (a MUST do!) - WELL, the damn chicken fell over after a while and beer spilled into the grill (no big problem - have a great drip pan)!

BUT - I NEED a solution since this may become a monthly (or more frequent) request from Harpo (she seems not to talk while eating this chicken!) - so I went to Amazon and entered 'beer can chicken rack' and to my amazement, an assortment of choices came up!  LOVE Amazon!  Placed a $15 order for the rack below (right) - we likely will have guests over & require 2 chickens - beer can fits into the upright cylinder(s) and drippings hit to heat shields - great reviews and excellent price - anxious to see how this works!  Dave :)

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/DeckPorchNew/i-pMC9msQ/0/O/BeerCanChicken2.jpg)  (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31hUocbzN9L.jpg)

My Mom loves cooking "beer can chicken." Yes, you need those special stands in order to do it properly and yes you need a good drip pan which creates an outstanding gravy when combined with the liquid inside the can. A lot of people use beer, but my Mom uses apple juice and we have found this is the best for this dish. For the rub, my Mom uses paprika and I forget what other spices she used. I'll have to ask her and report back here tomorrow.

Edit: My Mom uses the individual holders and not the ones where you can do two. She told me it was easier to do them seperately with their own drip pans. The problem when doing them in a two-stand holder like the one in your picture is it makes it more difficult to get the chicken off because it does have a tendency to really stick on there.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on October 06, 2012, 09:01:46 PM
Okay, so I talked to my Mom tonight and she said she doesn't use a dry rub. She uses a special sauce to baste the chicken with. The sauce includes the following ingredients: garlic powder, paprika, butter, salt and pepper. That's it really. The key is to not let the chicken dry out and she bastes the chicken with this sauce every 20 minutes or so. I'm pretty sure she uses a lower heat on the grill and it cooks for three hours.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 07, 2012, 06:27:30 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 06, 2012, 09:01:46 PM
Okay, so I talked to my Mom tonight and she said she doesn't use a dry rub. She uses a special sauce to baste the chicken with. The sauce includes the following ingredients: garlic powder, paprika, butter, salt and pepper. That's it really. The key is to not let the chicken dry out and she bastes the chicken with this sauce every 20 minutes or so. I'm pretty sure she uses a lower heat on the grill and it cooks for three hours.

MI - thanks for the additional information above; the ingredients for the Memphis dry rub that I've used is below (posted earlier) from Steven Raichlen's book; used a milder rub the second time - the real trick w/ this method is to dissect the skin away from the meat and get the rub under the skin and directly onto the meat.  My gas grill (indirect cooking; pre-heat on high, then turn down to medium) takes just an hour for an average size chicken - the other option that I've added is a smoker w/ hickory chips.  In both of my efforts, the chicken came out moist, the skin crisp & flavorful, and w/ a great spicy/smoky flavor.  Dave


Memphis Dry Rub

Ingredients:

    1/3 cup paprika
    2 tbsp chili powder
    1 tbsp dried oregano
    1 tbsp garlic powder
    2 tsp celery salt
    2 tsp celery seed
    4 tsp black pepper
    2 tsp mustard seeds
    * changed from book

Directions:  Ribs, steaks, & chicken
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on October 09, 2012, 03:15:13 PM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on October 07, 2012, 06:27:30 AM
MI - thanks for the additional information above; the ingredients for the Memphis dry rub that I've used is below (posted earlier) from Steven Raichlen's book; used a milder rub the second time - the real trick w/ this method is to dissect the skin away from the meat and get the rub under the skin and directly onto the meat.  My gas grill (indirect cooking; pre-heat on high, then turn down to medium) takes just an hour for an average size chicken - the other option that I've added is a smoker w/ hickory chips.  In both of my efforts, the chicken came out moist, the skin crisp & flavorful, and w/ a great spicy/smoky flavor.  Dave


Memphis Dry Rub

Ingredients:

    1/3 cup paprika
    2 tbsp chili powder
    1 tbsp dried oregano
    1 tbsp garlic powder
    2 tsp celery salt
    2 tsp celery seed
    4 tsp black pepper
    2 tsp mustard seeds
    * changed from book

Directions:  Ribs, steaks, & chicken

I'll have to try this Memphis dry rub. Thanks for the recipe, Dave! :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on October 18, 2012, 07:02:05 AM
I'm in love:

(http://static-resources.goodguide.net/images/entities/large/269147.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Gold Knight on October 18, 2012, 12:16:53 PM
A stack, washed down by coffee and orange juice in a diner while waiting for my car to be serviced at my Nissan dealer in Valley Stream.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 19, 2012, 04:48:58 PM
Oysters & Clams on the Half Shell + 2# Steamed Lobster - heavenly!   ;D

Susan & I just arrived in Montauk, Long Island (home of her brother & aging mother) - we came to see her mom & also her brother playing Henry Drummond in Inherit the Wind (being performed in Southampton Village; yes, this is the famous area of the Hamptons!) - we've been coming here since 1973.

After a LONG 12 hr day from North Carolina (2 planes + rental car) we arrived at Gurney's Inn, our home for the next 4 nights - exhausted we decided to eat there (a fine choice) - we are shellfish LOVERS and this is the place to challenge your LOVE!

So, our dinner for the evening: 1) Starters - a dozen oysters & a half dozen clams on the half shell - all fresh & delicious; and 2) Steamed lobsters (2 pounders for the night's offering) - came to the table completely red (a very good sign having good some in my home town w/ black spots - yuck!) and tasty - was a pleasant end to a long traveling day - will likely repeat that experience -  :D  Dave

P.S. Forgot to mention some drinks for the night - @ dinner, a Long Island Chardonnay from Wolffer Estate Winery near East Hampton on the South Fork; most of the Long Island wineries are on the North Fork but an excellent choice w/ the lobster - the wine had a nice tropical fruit aroma - after dinner bar selection was a microbrew from Belfast, Maine called Lobster Ale - dark amber w/ excellent flavor & a touch of sweetness; would have been nice w/ the lobster!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Gold Knight on October 19, 2012, 06:54:35 PM
Two kasha knishes.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on October 23, 2012, 01:30:00 PM
Tonight, is homemade taco night! Yum....
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on October 24, 2012, 02:35:47 PM
Tonight we're having homemade hamburgers, baked beans (my Dad's own recipe), and french fries. Delicious!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on October 24, 2012, 08:12:59 PM
Right now, I'm eating a little midnight snack: melba toast with homemade pimento cheese on top. Yum!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 25, 2012, 06:35:36 AM
Well, now home from our recent trip to Montauk, LI - had a great time & plenty of seafood, mostly shellfish (oysters, clams, & lobsters) - was certainly a treat!

SO, our first evening out last night, we visited our local Japanese restaurant for even MORE seafood - pic below just to 'wet' the appetite (had some of the items on that plate but not all!).

My dinner consisted of Sashimi, i.e. Yellowtail, Smoked Salmon, & seared peppered Tuna and 2 rolls - California & Shrimp Tempura - delicious as usual!  I use to have a Japanese beer w/ this type of dinner, but a number of years ago switch to Sauvignon Blancs from New Zealand; their acidity w/ its tartness balances this food nicely and the wine is not as bloating sans bubbles - :)

(http://atlanticseafoodmarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/sushi-chicago1.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on October 25, 2012, 06:50:49 AM
Pasta with a slow-roasted garlic, fennel, and pear cream sauce with Saffron (and other, similar) milk caps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactarius_deliciosus), a couple puffballs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffball) (too late for them, now... very few young ones around), and a good number of Wood Hedgehogs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydnum_repandum) picked in the forest.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: John Copeland on October 30, 2012, 09:04:22 AM
This evening, after a trip to the Butchers (not a Supermarket Butcher and the like...a bona fide proper Butcher shop) I am going to gorge myself on Pork Chops, which I asked to be spiced....so it's pork chops, tatties and peas for my dinner.  I will eat it whilst watching terrible aftermaths of the East American weather situation.  So, it's this...

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hlxGFZiqsfg/TNZu-nS6c9I/AAAAAAAADUk/rGW2ZOgmRNI/s1600/pork-chops-with-juniper-berries.jpg)

with a wee bit of this...

(http://icons.wxug.com/hurricane/2012/oct27_sandy.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on October 30, 2012, 09:20:32 AM
Quote from: Scots John on October 30, 2012, 09:04:22 AM
This evening, after a trip to the Butchers (not a Supermarket Butcher and the like...a bona fide proper Butcher shop) I am going to gorge myself on Pork Chops, which I asked to be spiced....so it's pork chops, tatties and peas for my dinner.  I will eat it whilst watching terrible aftermaths of the East American weather situation.  So, it's this...

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hlxGFZiqsfg/TNZu-nS6c9I/AAAAAAAADUk/rGW2ZOgmRNI/s1600/pork-chops-with-juniper-berries.jpg)

with a wee bit of this...

(http://icons.wxug.com/hurricane/2012/oct27_sandy.jpg)

Looks delicious, John. I'm jealous! :)

Tonight, it's t-bone steak night at the house with roasted potatoes coated in olive oil, parmesan cheese, and salt/pepper, and a garden salad. All washed down either with some sweet iced tea or another favorite: ginger ale.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 30, 2012, 03:51:25 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 30, 2012, 09:20:32 AM
Looks delicious, John. I'm jealous! :)

Tonight, it's t-bone steak night at the house with roasted potatoes coated in olive oil, parmesan cheese, and salt/pepper, and a garden salad. All washed down either with some sweet iced tea or another favorite: ginger ale.

MI - a great steak (hopefully cooked medium rare, my preference) - but no red wine?   ;) ;D  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on October 30, 2012, 03:55:16 PM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on October 30, 2012, 03:51:25 PM
MI - a great steak (hopefully cooked medium rare, my preference) - but no red wine?   ;) ;D  Dave

Sorry, Dave. I'm don't drink any alcohol whatsoever. Never developed a taste for it.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 07, 2012, 05:16:37 AM
Thinking about going here tonight for the #3 or the #4.

http://dmkburgerbar.com/ (http://dmkburgerbar.com/)

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on November 07, 2012, 12:56:57 PM
Quote from: toledobass on November 07, 2012, 05:16:37 AM
Thinking about going here tonight for the #3 or the #4.

http://dmkburgerbar.com/ (http://dmkburgerbar.com/)

Allan
To me, 1, 4 and 6 sound really, really delicious - but my favorite description might actually be the bison burger. I'd just about travel to Chicago for that.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on November 11, 2012, 07:54:35 AM
Well DMK was just OK.  the combination of items was terrific, but they feature the flat smashed with a spatula patty.  In my mind when you do that you should serve on small buns and the burgers should be pretty small, not slider small but not saucer sized either.  These were saucer sized which means the buns were huge throwing off the burger/proportion.  Not a bad burger mind you, just not quite as special as it seemed it could be. 

This AM, some buckwheat and fried eggs with an avocado and some brown butter.

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Gold Knight on November 15, 2012, 02:56:59 PM
Two grilled cheese sandwiches and a side of macaroni salad.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on January 22, 2013, 11:44:58 AM
Minestrone.

(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/21997_543697742320774_1647868855_n.jpg)

Italian sausage, olive oil, onions, peppers, garlic, celery, kidney beans, green beans, carrots, zukes, chili sauce, tomato sauce, beef broth, spinach, mushrooms, oregano, basil, salt, pepper, and parmesan cheese.  Yum!
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Post by: classicalgeek on January 22, 2013, 12:58:31 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on January 22, 2013, 11:44:58 AM
Minestrone.

(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/21997_543697742320774_1647868855_n.jpg)

Italian sausage, olive oil, onions, peppers, garlic, celery, kidney beans, green beans, carrots, zukes, chili sauce, tomato sauce, beef broth, spinach, mushrooms, oregano, basil, salt, pepper, and parmesan cheese.  Yum!

That Minestrone looks absolutely delicious, David!  I love the assortment of vegetables.  I'll have to try making my own some time...

Speaking of soup, on Saturday I did my first attempt at Pho, the Vietnamese beef-and-noodle soup: http://steamykitchen.com/271-vietnamese-beef-noodle-soup-pho.html (http://steamykitchen.com/271-vietnamese-beef-noodle-soup-pho.html).  Used packaged broth with an infusion of spices, along with some thinly-sliced grass-fed flank steak.  Topped it with bean sprouts, mint, basil, and fresh lime juice.  It was a smash hit, especially with my hard-to-please 7-year-old daughter!

Tonight, it's a homemade Thai curry, specifically a red curry with chicken, carrots, broccoli, and cauliflower.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on January 22, 2013, 01:12:02 PM
Quote from: classicalgeek on January 22, 2013, 12:58:31 PM
Speaking of soup, on Saturday I did my first attempt at Pho, the Vietnamese beef-and-noodle soup: http://steamykitchen.com/271-vietnamese-beef-noodle-soup-pho.html (http://steamykitchen.com/271-vietnamese-beef-noodle-soup-pho.html).  Used packaged broth with an infusion of spices, along with some thinly-sliced grass-fed flank steak.  Topped it with bean sprouts, mint, basil, and fresh lime juice.  It was a smash hit, especially with my hard-to-please 7-year-old daughter!
Sounds yummy, James.

QuoteTonight, it's a homemade Thai curry, specifically a red curry with chicken, carrots, broccoli, and cauliflower.
And sounds yummy again!

Main course tonight: A crustless quiche with spinach, bacon, onions, and cheddar cheese.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on January 22, 2013, 01:15:22 PM
Tonight's menu: bourbon chicken with baked rice and stir-fry styled green beans fried in soy sauce. Dessert will be some butter pecan ice cream with waffle cone.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 22, 2013, 01:20:28 PM
Quote from: classicalgeek on January 22, 2013, 12:58:31 PM
Tonight, it's a homemade Thai curry, specifically a red curry with chicken, carrots, broccoli, and cauliflower.

Do you cook the curry yourself? I have gotten pretty good at a basic Indian curry sauce, but have not yet cracked the Red Thai Curry. Any tips?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: classicalgeek on January 22, 2013, 01:39:06 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 22, 2013, 01:20:28 PM
Do you cook the curry yourself? I have gotten pretty good at a basic Indian curry sauce, but have not yet cracked the Red Thai Curry. Any tips?

Yes, I do make it myself - the key is reducing the seasonings and about half of the coconut milk until it's very thick, then adding the rest of the coconut milk to make your final sauce. 

Here's a basic formula:
-1 can coconut milk (use a good, full-fat Asian brand  ;D)
-curry paste (the amount depends on how spicy you like it - I use about 2 tsp. for a mild, '1.5 star' curry
-3 tbsp. fish sauce
-2 tbsp. sugar

Stir this together and cook it on medium heat for about 30-40 minutes - it should get very thick and pasty.

While that's going, cook your meat and sauté your vegetables until they are just al dente - don't overcook them.

Once your sauce reaches the thick and pasty stage, stir in a second can of coconut milk.  Add the sauce to your meat and vegetables and heat it through, and you have a meal!
Title: What are you eating?
Post by: Leo K. on January 22, 2013, 01:42:12 PM
Just had a slice of cheese pizza and a small amount if corn chips, a snack at work :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Fafner on January 22, 2013, 01:47:38 PM
I am currently down with a flu, so I am not really eating much of anything.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 22, 2013, 02:36:13 PM
Quote from: classicalgeek on January 22, 2013, 01:39:06 PM
Yes, I do make it myself - the key is reducing the seasonings and about half of the coconut milk until it's very thick, then adding the rest of the coconut milk to make your final sauce. 

Here's a basic formula:
-1 can coconut milk (use a good, full-fat Asian brand  ;D)
-curry paste (the amount depends on how spicy you like it - I use about 2 tsp. for a mild, '1.5 star' curry
-3 tbsp. fish sauce
-2 tbsp. sugar

Stir this together and cook it on medium heat for about 30-40 minutes - it should get very thick and pasty.

While that's going, cook your meat and sauté your vegetables until they are just al dente - don't overcook them.

Once your sauce reaches the thick and pasty stage, stir in a second can of coconut milk.  Add the sauce to your meat and vegetables and heat it through, and you have a meal!
Thanks.  DO you make the paste yourself?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 22, 2013, 02:55:13 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on January 22, 2013, 11:44:58 AM
Minestrone.

(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/21997_543697742320774_1647868855_n.jpg)

Italian sausage, olive oil, onions, peppers, garlic, celery, kidney beans, green beans, carrots, zukes, chili sauce, tomato sauce, beef broth, spinach, mushrooms, oregano, basil, salt, pepper, and parmesan cheese.  Yum!

David - looks GREAT! Susan makes some good soups (w/ a Jewish influence) - one of her best is Chicken Matzo Ball Soup - sorry, don't have a pic (will do next time!) - the main trick is to get the matzo balls right (made from scratch), i.e. BIG, FLUFFY, and MOIST - she auctions off 2 pots at our annual Unitarian Fellowship fund raiser and always brings in some nice $$ donations - Dave :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on January 22, 2013, 02:57:13 PM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on January 22, 2013, 02:55:13 PM
David - looks GREAT! Susan makes some good soups (w/ a Jewish influence) - one of her best is Chicken Matzo Ball Soup - sorry, don't have a pic (will do next time!) - the main trick is to get the matzo balls right (made from scratch), i.e. BIG, FLUFFY, and MOIST - she auctions off 2 pots at our annual Unitarian Fellowship fund raiser and always brings in some nice $$ donations - Dave :)
Now that I no longer ski, Dave, the best thing about winter is SOUP!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: classicalgeek on January 22, 2013, 04:56:29 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 22, 2013, 02:36:13 PM
Thanks.  DO you make the paste yourself?

I have in the past - it's not too hard - but my current batch of paste is store-bought from a local market with a huge Asian section.  We switch between red, green, and panang curries - all excellent!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: PaulR on January 24, 2013, 03:11:16 PM
I had Red quinoa stuffed bell peppers for dinner.  Was delicious, although the prep was extremely messy.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on January 27, 2013, 01:50:13 PM
Operation Bacon Makin in progress!

Pic 1: all the stuff I need for Bacon Makin, including Ruhlman's Twenty, from whence the recipe
Pic 2: the cure - kosher salt, ground black pepper, ground red pepper, a little cayenne (my idea - come on, Ruhlman, everything's better with cayenne!), bay leaves, sodium nitrite (an antimicrobial agent which also gives bacon its red color)
Pic 3: into the 2.5-gal Hefty bag with some smashed garlic cloves! Note that I cut off about an inch of pure fat from one of the slabs. Fat makes bacon fun, but one of the ends had literally no meat in it, so I did some trimming
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on January 29, 2013, 04:48:48 PM
I've had -- and still have -- a phase of diving into chard...

Especially chard blanched (stems and leaves separately; the former cooked for a little while, until soft) and then tossed with mustard butter (green-tea--garlic--mustard butter, to be precise, for a superb green color (hardly noticeable when melted, though) and a wham of extra umame).

In this cased making up the bedding for slices of brined shoulder of beef, slow roasted in the oven for four hours... with shavings of garlic and sugar-boiled ginger.

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CfQGX8Fiy8c/UQh7q9_C6AI/AAAAAAAAF_8/n96GF791h_E/s1600/Brined%2BShoulder%2Bof%2BBeef%2Band%2BChard%2Bin%2BMustard%2BButter.jpg)

Also been doing a lot of work with tripe... but I have no pictures... and perhaps that's better that way.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on February 01, 2013, 04:33:53 PM
BOY, I've not been very active on this thread for a while - but, Susan & I are still eating well!  ;D

Tomorrow, we are driving to Durham to see a concert (Jane Monheit & Mark O'Connor), so we did some 'take out' food from our local NC barbecue place just down the road about 10 minutes from home - we do coarse chopped pork shoulder & I like the regular cole slaw; place is called Little Richards which is typical Lexington style, i.e. long smoked w/ a slight vinegar flavor - melts in your mouth!

Bob Garner in an update of his book on NC Barbecue put this place in the top 10 in NC - pretty special; so if you're traveling through the state and are in the Piedmont, then a stop here or in Lexington would be a recommendation, if you want to try this local specialty - pics below show the meal that I had (w/ the cole slaw & some Pinot Noir), pics of the restaurant & book, & a short quote from the book describing the pork -  :D

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-S5cSBBP/0/O/PigDinnerFeb13.jpg)  (http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-pZkmftj/0/O/LittleRichards.jpg) 

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-jTDbWWV/0/S/GarnerBarbecue-S.jpg)  (http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-MwhFH9Q/0/Th/Pork1-Th.jpg)  (http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-LDtm7PP/0/Th/Pork2-Th.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Gold Knight on February 11, 2013, 08:24:17 PM
An egg-plant parmigiana hero on garlic bread with a few fries on the side.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on February 12, 2013, 05:53:00 AM


Not particularly suitable for pictures, the way I threw it in a big bowl... but the taste is all there:

Chick-Pea & Brussels Sprouts Purée

When I make Brussels Sprouts and feel half way fancy, I peel them leaf-by-leaf... which means just a very short cooking time (really more blanching) and every leaf equally well done, rather than hard cores and soft exteriors.

That includes de-coring the B'sprouts for which an apple-de-corer works perfectly. But the cores can't be tossed, so I collect them and turn them into purée -- usually, because the quantity isn't sufficient, mixed with other purée veggies. This time I went with chick peas, instead, and then added the left-over leafed b'sprouts. Chilli, mustard, olive oil, pinch of pepper and voila.

For better looking results, a hint of Matcha powder in the purée will give it a great green, B'sprouty color that the cores on their own can't produce.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 12, 2013, 06:15:24 AM
Last night, and for the fourth time in two weeks, Mrs. Rock made penne all'arrabbiata (roughly translated as Pissed Off Pasta  :D )  We've become addicted to this simple but delicious, and fiery, dish. Since I need meat every day, Mrs. Rock also sautés a chicken breast that has been marinated in sambal oelek, honey, Pomegranate syrup (non-sweet, Turkish style) salt and pepper, and serves with a dollop of joghurt (helps cut the heat). Left click to enlarge pic.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P2101845_650.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 12, 2013, 06:21:06 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 12, 2013, 06:15:24 AM
Last night, and for the fourth time in two weeks, Mrs. Rock made penne all’arrabbiata (roughly translated as Pissed Off Pasta  :D )  We've become addicted to this simple but delicious, and fiery, dish. Since I need meat every day, Mrs. Rock also sautés a chicken breast that has been marinated in sambal oelek, honey, Pomegranate syrup (non-sweet, Turkish style) salt and pepper, and serves with a dollop of joghurt (helps cut the heat). Left click to enlarge pic.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P2101845_650.jpg)


Sarge
Stamps foot. Shifts weight from one foot to the other and back. Ahem.....Excuse me.... Well? What is the wine!? :) 

What do you use to make the pasta fiery?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 12, 2013, 06:24:16 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on February 01, 2013, 04:33:53 PM
BOY, I've not been very active on this thread for a while - but, Susan & I are still eating well!  ;D
(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-S5cSBBP/0/O/PigDinnerFeb13.jpg) 



Looks great, Dave One thing I really miss about the States is barbecue. And yeah, even in Ohio there are a few decent barbecue joints  ;)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 12, 2013, 06:32:26 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on February 12, 2013, 06:21:06 AM
Stamps foot. Shifts weight from one foot to the other and back. Ahem.....Excuse me.... Well? What is the wine!? :) 

What do you use to make the pasta fiery?

Chilies and garlic. The wine was a 2009 Chianti Classico. I pulled the empty bottle out of the trash, just for you  ;)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P2121846_600.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on February 12, 2013, 06:36:52 AM
[ cucumber gin seen in background ]
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 12, 2013, 06:42:14 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on February 12, 2013, 06:36:52 AM
[ cucumber gin seen in background ]

Indeed  8)  And a magnum of 2010 Bordeaux, a birthday present from our local wine merchant.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on February 12, 2013, 06:44:00 AM
It is mentioned (and illustrated) in this volume (I need to re-check, in order to furnish detail) . . . .

[asin]1861899246[/asin]
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on February 12, 2013, 06:46:53 AM
Quote from: Leslie Jacobs Solmonson. . . Victorian men and women, often in mildly provocative situations with cucumbers.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 12, 2013, 06:51:34 AM
Quote. . . Victorian men and women, often in mildly provocative situations with cucumbers.

:D ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 12, 2013, 08:29:42 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 12, 2013, 06:32:26 AM
Chilies and garlic. The wine was a 2009 Chianti Classico. I pulled the empty bottle out of the trash, just for you  ;)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P2121846_600.jpg)


Sarge
Aw geee...blushes. :) That is a nice, consistant wine.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on February 12, 2013, 08:37:30 AM
Sarge, it occurs to me that I should ask you this. A certain friend and I are planning on cooking together this Valentine's Day, and we want to plan our food around the wines we have. To wit: two bottles of sangiovese (but one's a Cali blend), plus an '09 California pinot noir and a malbec. There's something very fine and French but I forget what it is at the moment - could tell you when I get home from work. There was also a very smooth, clean sauv blanc from New Zealand, but I got impatient and drank it.  ;D

Anyway, are you inspired to suggest a pairing?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on February 12, 2013, 09:10:15 AM
Quote from: Brian on February 12, 2013, 08:37:30 AM
Sarge, it occurs to me that I should ask you this. A certain friend and I are planning on cooking together this Valentine's Day, and we want to plan our food around the wines we have. To wit: two bottles of sangiovese (but one's a Cali blend), plus an '09 California pinot noir and a malbec. There's something very fine and French but I forget what it is at the moment - could tell you when I get home from work. There was also a very smooth, clean sauv blanc from New Zealand, but I got impatient and drank it.  ;D

Anyway, are you inspired to suggest a pairing?


If you drink all that, it won't really matter what you eat. Bit hard, also, to judge from the above information, what might go with what... an honest, quaffable, simple ('over and done with') Sangiovese (what kind exactly? most commonly blended, anyway...) goes with hardy foods (pulses, pastas, sausages, stews). A Californian Pinot Noir, if it is a good one (which in the case of Californian wines, sadly, almost always correlates with "fairly expensive") on the other hand might like to see something leaner in taste, with fewer and more individual flavor... a clever roast chicken orsimple rabbit in mustard, or a thin hanger steak with fries and mustard butter or better yet: horse steak (can you get that down there?) with green beans with caramelized onions and garlic (not too much, for once) and a dollop plum jam. Well... no, not that... it's not green bean season and you don't want those half moldy, skimpy little things from godknowswhere that you sometimes find in supermarkets. Malbec, although they're not what they used to be (i.e. potentially much better, now), isn't my thing... but always good enough for cooking (don't cook with it if you wouldn't drink it!) -- which might lead you back to a stew or Coq au vin.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on February 12, 2013, 09:36:58 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on February 12, 2013, 09:10:15 AM
If you drink all that, it won't really matter what you eat.
Haha - that's not exactly the plan. Thanks for the ideas, we do have access to a grocery with a lot of stuff - would think rabbit's in the mix albeit maybe not horse.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 12, 2013, 09:47:23 AM
Quote from: Brian on February 12, 2013, 08:37:30 AM
Sarge, it occurs to me that I should ask you this. A certain friend and I are planning on cooking together this Valentine's Day, and we want to plan our food around the wines we have. To wit: two bottles of sangiovese (but one's a Cali blend), plus an '09 California pinot noir and a malbec. There's something very fine and French but I forget what it is at the moment - could tell you when I get home from work. There was also a very smooth, clean sauv blanc from New Zealand, but I got impatient and drank it.  ;D

Anyway, are you inspired to suggest a pairing?

Is this a romantic dinner for two (or a non-romantic, anti-Valentine's dinner for two)? Or are you cooking for a crowd? If two, I second Jens' suggestion of roast chicken with the pinot. (I drink it with fresh salmon too.)  Malbec pairs really well with chili. Sangiovese is the main varietal in Chianti and goes well with meat or tomato based pasta. Can't suggest anything for the French bottle until I know what it is.

More later...Mrs. Rock says the mussels are ready to eat. Yum!

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on February 12, 2013, 10:46:07 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 12, 2013, 06:15:24 AM
Last night, and for the fourth time in two weeks, Mrs. Rock made penne all'arrabbiata (roughly translated as Pissed Off Pasta  :D )  We've become addicted to this simple but delicious, and fiery, dish. Since I need meat every day, Mrs. Rock also sautés a chicken breast that has been marinated in sambal oelek, honey, Pomegranate syrup (non-sweet, Turkish style) salt and pepper, and serves with a dollop of joghurt (helps cut the heat). Left click to enlarge pic.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P2101845_650.jpg)

Hi Sarge - that dish looks delicious & the wine an excellent match, I suspect!  Dave :)

Forgot to post a surprise from a week ago - we were @ a concert in Durham and found a new downtown Tapas Bar called Mateo - dinner menu link HERE (http://www.mateotapas.com/) - bunch of 'little snacks' for an early dinner; some of the highlights included:

CARPACCIO de PULPO -  octopus carpaccio, smoked potato, pickled red onion
ENSALADA de MARISCOS - chilled shrimp, mussels, scallops, clams, calamares, sherry vinaigretta
GAMBAS - NC shrimp, olive oil, garlic, chili, lemon, parsley
MOLLEJAS - crispy sweetbreads, butternut squash romesco, sultana grapes, capers, hazelnut vinaigretta
ALBÓNDIGAS - meatballs, smoked tomato, brinkley farm field pea stew

All was delicious - in fact, we ended up w/ 2 orders of the seafood salad & the meatballs - had a Rioja white wine - can't wait to return!  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 12, 2013, 11:12:46 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on February 12, 2013, 10:46:07 AM
Hi Sarge - that dish looks delicious & the wine an excellent match, I suspect!  Dave :)  Forgot to post a surprise from a week ago - we were @ a concert in Durham and found a new downtown Tapas Bar called Mateo

I am envious. We lost the only Spanish restaurant in the area a few years ago. I miss the tapas...although Mrs. Rock can whip up a pretty decent batch. I think I posted a photo of one such dinner.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 12, 2013, 12:03:57 PM
Tonight Mrs. Rock made dinner again (she's been cooking recently...probably guilty because she's off to a seminar tomorrow, leaving me to fend for myself for three days  :'(  ). Fresh mussels cooked in a white wine/tomato sauce (with carrots, celery root, leeks, bay leaves, garlic). The salad was dressed with olive oil and a white wine vinegar, locally produced from (Jens, take note) Weissburgunder (pinot blanc).

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P2121847_800.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P2121849_crop_300.jpg) (http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P2121849_crop_label.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on February 12, 2013, 12:20:27 PM
Mmmm, mussels!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on February 12, 2013, 12:35:08 PM
Looks delicious, Sarge!

We had blue mussels some time ago, cooked in white wine, with Roscoff pink onions - those are some great onions, a lot mellower and sweeter than other onions. Suited the mussels brilliantly.

(http://www.sicastpol.fr/assets/images/histoire/oignon7285.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on February 12, 2013, 04:43:36 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 12, 2013, 09:47:23 AMCan't suggest anything for the French bottle until I know what it is.
Bordeaux
Chateau de la Huste, Fronsac
2009

(A 90 from Wine Spectator)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on February 12, 2013, 04:44:44 PM
Quote from: Brian on February 12, 2013, 08:37:30 AMA certain friend and I are planning on cooking together this Valentine's Day

Is this friend a woman?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on February 12, 2013, 05:08:37 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 12, 2013, 04:44:44 PM
Is this friend a woman?

What an indiscreet question. Tsk. tsk.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 12, 2013, 07:36:05 PM
Quote from: Brian on February 12, 2013, 07:03:31 PM
Okay, if I may flip this on its head! Michelle found a recipe for a flank steak stuffed with blue cheese and bread crumbs. We're going to start with a caprese and serve the main with spinach. Now, I'm a total wine novice (don't worry, I have a few guidebooks on the way*) and this may be a pairing nightmare, but of the stuff listed, anything seem like a better option than the others?

To recap, that was:
'09 Carneros pinot noir
'09 Fronsac bordeaux
'11 Cali Sangiovese
Her Italian Sangiovese and malbec, the identities of which I'm unsure on.

*and a few glasses in me now, if that accounts for the writing here
Hmmm. Any one of them will go just fine with red meat (though I might be inclined to go with the Sangiovese because of the stuffed cheese, though I am not entirely clear whether it is just a taste or is packed full of it). The pinot (and perhaps a sangiovese depending on how full bodied it is, though in this case I would want something lighter/spicier/fruitier) would be the best options for the caprese.

In the end, the pairing is really not a big deal int eh scheme of things. I've had white wines with red meat and red wines with fish, and it's turned out just fine. And since you have a red wine going with a red meat, you're golden whatever you choose.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on February 13, 2013, 01:59:50 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on February 12, 2013, 07:36:05 PM
Hmmm. Any one of them will go just fine with red meat (though I might be inclined to go with the Sangiovese because of the stuffed cheese, though I am not entirely clear whether it is just a taste or is packed full of it). The pinot (and perhaps a sangiovese depending on how full bodied it is, though in this case I would want something lighter/spicier/fruitier) would be the best options for the caprese.

In the end, the pairing is really not a big deal int eh scheme of things. I've had white wines with red meat and red wines with fish, and it's turned out just fine. And since you have a red wine going with a red meat, you're golden whatever you choose.

Agree with the latter. No one should get caught in the absurdly reductionist notion that the presence of pigments in the skin of a grape dictates what meal the resultant wine does and does not go with. Say it with me: "I don't do color, I only do grape"

For the meal above, I would go either with Sangiovese all the way. Sounds the hardiest of them and well capable to withstand the glorified Philly Cheese Steak you are making.  ;) Instead of spinach, perhaps chard?

Caprese I don't see with either Bordeaux or a Pinot Noir. The New Zealand white might have gone well with it; as it is: Sangiovese it is. Sangiovese isn't Sangiovese, granted, but if it is anywhere close to a Brunello, that should be fine.

Quote.

Motherf&#(*&@#, I just deleted my whole text for Sarge's benefit about the great surprise food encounter I had in Nuremberg, thanks to a friend with the NSO who ferreted out this amazing restaurant that turned out to be in some dead-end back alley, at the end of which you expect a mugging, not a top notch, low profile foodie palace. Right across from the asylum seeker's shelter, too.


Aperitif (Rieslingsekt for me, Kellerbier for him) and then a bottle of excellent (given price and what it was meant to do) Franconian Rivaner that went just as well with the

Cod tongue with cucumber fettuccine one Tamarillo/Algy somethingorother...  as it did with my

Breast of duck with brussels sprouts and pulverized tomato...

as it did with his Schweinebraten or my Pulpo... or the Blood-orange / Yoghurt Parfait and Mango with Sticky Rice.

To top it off, we played three rounds of Foosball because, incongruously, there was a table standing right there on the dinner floor.

http://www.catering-nuernberg.net/ess.tisch.html (http://www.catering-nuernberg.net/ess.tisch.html)
http://www.catering-nuernberg.net/tl_files/essbrand/bilder/Downloads/esskarte-der-woche.pdf (http://www.catering-nuernberg.net/tl_files/essbrand/bilder/Downloads/esskarte-der-woche.pdf)
http://www.nordbayern.de/essen-trinken/gastro-guide/ess-tisch-bei-ess-brand-1.1083012 (http://www.nordbayern.de/essen-trinken/gastro-guide/ess-tisch-bei-ess-brand-1.1083012)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 13, 2013, 07:51:43 AM
Brian's post with his proposed Valentine's menu has disappeared? I can see it in Neal's reply though.

Brian, that's a wine pairing nightmare  :D  Fresh tomatoes, two kinds of cheese, spinach...hard to match with a single red wine. I agree with Jens and Neal: the Sangiovese is probably the best bet for both the caprese and the steak. I think blue cheese would destroy the pinot. If you want to open two bottles, the Fronsac might go with the caprese (young, light Bordeaux does well with mozzarella). I'm not sure how it would stand up to the blue cheese (which normally pairs best with intense, sweet late-harvest whites...or a dry Scheurebe Auslese   8) ...but of course they don't do too well with steak  ;D ).

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 13, 2013, 08:16:32 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on February 13, 2013, 01:59:50 AM
Motherf&#(*&@#, I just deleted my whole text for Sarge's benefit about the great surprise food encounter I had in Nuremberg, thanks to a friend with the NSO who ferreted out this amazing restaurant that turned out to be in some dead-end back alley, at the end of which you expect a mugging....

With the bars over the ground floor windows, I suspect the owners think the same thing  ;D


Quote from: jlaurson on February 13, 2013, 01:59:50 AM
To top it off, we played three rounds of Foosball because, incongruously, there was a table standing right there on the dinner floor.

;D ;D ;D  There really is a Foosball table!

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/140012359.jpg)

The seating arrangement reminds me of Bürklin-Wolf's Gutsausschank in Ruppertsberg. Looks like a fun place in which you'll get to know well complete strangers (your fellow diners) before the evening is over.

Remarkable menu.


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on February 13, 2013, 09:39:58 AM
Note to self: plan visit to Sarge's . . . .
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on February 13, 2013, 03:20:53 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 13, 2013, 07:51:43 AM
Brian's post with his proposed Valentine's menu has disappeared? I can see it in Neal's reply though.

Indeed; I posted it but some unfortunate and troubling circumstances have intervened. Let's just say this: I'm not heading to the grocery just yet...  :-X

I do very much appreciate the effort that's gone into the replies so far and the wine advice more generally.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on February 13, 2013, 04:12:32 PM
Quote from: Brian on February 13, 2013, 03:20:53 PM
Indeed; I posted it but some unfortunate and troubling circumstances have intervened. Let's just say this: I'm not heading to the grocery just yet...  :-X

I do very much appreciate the effort that's gone into the replies so far and the wine advice more generally.

Ah, indeed! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCFEk6Y8TmM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCFEk6Y8TmM)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on February 13, 2013, 07:34:23 PM
No kidding, Jens. Guess I need to stop by the shop and find myself a semisweet white wine; I'll need something to pair with leftover crab cakes and sadness.

Goodness, does this page tell a story.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on February 14, 2013, 04:35:21 AM
Quote from: Brian on February 13, 2013, 07:34:23 PM
No kidding, Jens. Guess I need to stop by the shop and find myself a semisweet white wine; I'll need something to pair with leftover crab cakes and sadness.

Goodness, does this page tell a story.

For commiseration and self-pity, I would recommend a nice, rich White Burgundy / Weissburgunder - with lots of body and, while not quite semi-dry, a healthy little residual sugar count of 5, 6g/l. Together with the mouth-filling umame of a wistful tear, it goes well with almost anything. And remember: ahead of everything except Bach, and on par only with sunshine, a glass of good wine and a deliberately prepared lovely meal is the great, and most reliable healer!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 14, 2013, 07:53:59 AM
Quote from: Brian on February 13, 2013, 07:34:23 PM
No kidding, Jens. Guess I need to stop by the shop and find myself a semisweet white wine; I'll need something to pair with leftover crab cakes and sadness.

Goodness, does this page tell a story.

Bummer. So sorry, dude. I've experienced that kind of disappointment so many times. For example:

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,20089.msg605806.html#msg605806

I posted that a year ago....for you actually. I don't know if you read it. If not, reading it now might cheer you up a little--knowing you're not alone. And it's a reminder that bad things can lead to good things: if not for Marlene, I would never have met Mrs. Rock.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on February 14, 2013, 08:13:24 AM
Whipped cream with my coffee.

(http://cdn.punbit.com/2012/05/13/13/1776_c40bc6_4724.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on February 14, 2013, 01:11:05 PM
Well I think dinner might be back on, but we had a fight about the fact that I asked someone else for wine recs instead of trusting her. Hell is other people... fortunately so is heaven.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on February 14, 2013, 01:28:01 PM
Quote from: Brian on February 14, 2013, 01:11:05 PM
Well I think dinner might be back on, but we had a fight about the fact that I asked someone else for wine recs instead of trusting her. Hell is other people... fortunately so is heaven.
Jeez...
Good luck, Brian!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 16, 2013, 05:47:07 AM
Quote from: Brian on February 14, 2013, 01:11:05 PM
Well I think dinner might be back on, but we had a fight about the fact that I asked someone else for wine recs instead of trusting her. Hell is other people... fortunately so is heaven.

Did the dinner happen?

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on February 16, 2013, 05:59:48 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 16, 2013, 05:47:07 AM
Did the dinner happen?

Sarge

We assume yes. But more importantly, did you manage to incorporate our wine-advice, camouflaging it as having been her ideas in the first place?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 16, 2013, 08:56:12 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on February 14, 2013, 04:35:21 AM
For commiseration and self-pity, I would recommend a nice, rich White Burgundy / Weissburgunder - with lots of body and, while not quite semi-dry, a healthy little residual sugar count of 5, 6g/l.

For my birthday last month my in-laws gave me 12 bottles of assorted Grosse Gewächse from Weingut Knipser (Pfalz): Spätburgunder, Riesling and Weissburgunder. The Weissburgunder is drier than you recommend but still pretty luscious: A: 12.75 RS: 1.0 S: 5.9  24 Euro.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P2161850_crop_200.jpg) (http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P2161850_label.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on February 16, 2013, 09:18:41 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 16, 2013, 08:56:12 AM
For my birthday last month my in-laws gave me 12 bottles of assorted Grosse Gewächse from Weingut Knipser (Pfalz): Spätburgunder, Riesling and Weissburgunder. The Weissburgunder is drier than you recommend but still pretty luscious: A: 12:75 RS: 1.0 S: 5:9  24 Euro.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P2161850_crop_200.jpg) (http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P2161850_label.jpg)

Sarge

Oh darn, that looks and sounds right up my alley.

How is Grosse Gewaechse different from vieilles vignes? Oh, I see. It's the same as "Erste Lage".

Thread duty:

A quickly tossed red-beet, potato, red-onion, raw-cabbage salad... with tons of nigella seeds (which I throw into almost anything I make) and a touch of oil, just a tiny hint of mayo and yoghurt, and cider vinegar. And talking about all that wine, why shouldn't I get a bottle from downstairs. It's Saturday, darnit, and I've done some work already. (Including the beginning of a couple of planned outright Classical Music pieces for the Forbes column I write with a colleague from D.C.)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on February 16, 2013, 09:26:24 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on February 16, 2013, 05:59:48 AM
We assume yes. But more importantly, did you manage to incorporate our wine-advice, camouflaging it as having been her ideas in the first place?
She had a half-glass's worth of leftover white that we split with the caprese, and I didn't know whether to read that as passive-aggressive or humoring me.

But anyway, here's what happens if you slice open a flank steak, stuff it with roasted red peppers, spinach and blue cheese, and wrap the whole thing in my own homemade from-pork-belly bacon.

I know, I know. This is like a parody of how Americans eat. What can I say? We're Texans through and through.  ;D

P.S. The Sangiovese (from ... I forget where, I was supposed to take a bottle but forgot) was delicious.

P.P.S. Lunch is gonna be a hot sizzling open-face tuna melt with fresh-sliced tomatoes, olives, capers, and red onions.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on February 16, 2013, 09:52:30 AM
Quote from: Brian on February 16, 2013, 09:26:24 AM
She had a half-glass's worth of leftover white that we split with the caprese, and I didn't know whether to read that as passive-aggressive or humoring me.

But anyway, here's what happens if you slice open a flank steak, stuff it with roasted red peppers, spinach and blue cheese, and wrap the whole thing in my own homemade from-pork-belly bacon.

I know, I know. This is like a parody of how Americans eat. What can I say? We're Texans through and through.  ;D

P.S. The Sangiovese (from ... I forget where, I was supposed to take a bottle but forgot) was delicious.

P.P.S. Lunch is gonna be a hot sizzling open-face tuna melt with fresh-sliced tomatoes, olives, capers, and red onions.

Sounds scrumptuous. The lunch, certainly.

Anyone into economics and wine, this is a fascinating paper (and a quick read) on the world's formerly largest wine exporter... You'll never guess... and once you know, you'll be wrong about the reasons for its total demise.

http://www.wine-economics.org/aawe/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/AAWE_WP134.pdf (http://www.wine-economics.org/aawe/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/AAWE_WP134.pdf)

Wine I brought from downstairs:

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4DzYS8UAsKU/UR_TCBHopdI/AAAAAAAAGJQ/ZFhT0Sx-J1s/s1600/Wellanschitz_altes_weingebirge_jens-f-laurson.jpg)
2010 Wellanschitz
Altes Weingebirge

A Blaufränkisch from Burgenland (of course)... not one that will age, I reckon, but it certainly took two years to come around to its very nicely quaffable self now. Before that he refused, categorically, to go without food.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NJ Joe on February 16, 2013, 10:01:24 AM
Quote from: Brian on February 16, 2013, 09:26:24 AM

But anyway, here's what happens if you slice open a flank steak, stuff it with roasted red peppers, spinach and blue cheese, and wrap the whole thing in my own homemade from-pork-belly bacon.

I know, I know. This is like a parody of how Americans eat. What can I say? We're Texans through and through.  ;D

P.S. The Sangiovese (from ... I forget where, I was supposed to take a bottle but forgot) was delicious.

P.P.S. Lunch is gonna be a hot sizzling open-face tuna melt with fresh-sliced tomatoes, olives, capers, and red onions.

They both look amazing.

I'm having a snack of a banana with a dollop of Crazy Richard's creamy peanut butter on each bite.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 16, 2013, 10:07:58 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on February 16, 2013, 09:18:41 AM
How is Grosse Gewaechse different from vieilles vignes?

It's an unofficial classification some VDP vintners use to distinguish their best dry wines made from traditional German varietals--Riesling, Grau-and Weissburgunder, Spätburgunder (pinot noir)--grown in the historically best vineyards. Yields are strictly limited and the grapes must reach at least Spätlese ripeness. The classification is modeled on the Burgundy Grand Cru (Grosses Gewächs) system where the wine from the best plots only have the vineyard name on the label. Kirschgarten (the name on the label I posted) is a vineyard in Laumersheim. So instead of labeling the wine according the rigid and confusing to the novice German rules (Laumersheimer Kirschgarten Weissburgunder Spätlese trocken) the vintners hope the simplified label will be easier to understand and recognize. And of course they hope their wines will be taken as seriously as Grand Cru Burgundy.

Sarge

P.S. Thread duty: Tilapia filets and a potato salad made with cucumbers and sweet onions, mayo and joghurt. Drinking a locally produced Chardonnay.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on February 16, 2013, 11:33:29 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on February 16, 2013, 09:52:30 AM

Wine I brought from downstairs:

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4DzYS8UAsKU/UR_TCBHopdI/AAAAAAAAGJQ/ZFhT0Sx-J1s/s1600/Wellanschitz_altes_weingebirge_jens-f-laurson.jpg)
2010 Wellanschitz
Altes Weingebirge

A Blaufränkisch from Burgenland (of course)... not one that will age, I reckon, but it certainly took two years to come around to its very nicely quaffable self now. Before that he refused, categorically, to go without food.

Googling, randomly, wine and Jesus, because I'm listening to the Homilius St. Mark Passion...
Quote from: jlaurson on February 16, 2013, 11:01:32 AM
Now this:

(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00ARWDRJ2.01.L.jpg)
Gottfried August Homilius
St. Mark Passion
Basel Madrigalists, L'arpa festante / Fritz Näf

Carus (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00ARWDRJ2/goodmusicguide-20)
German link (http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00ARWDRJ2/goodmusicguide-21) - UK link (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00ARWDRJ2/goodmusicguide-21)

World Premiere Recording. Tremendously beautiful opening Chorale as I type.  Five 21 tracks into it and already in love with Homilius.

I came across this bit, trying to prove that Christ never drank, consumed, or condoned (alcoholic) wine!

So many disingenuous, and terribly flawed arguments in a row... this should be used in Logic or Rhetoric classes to point out all the basic mistakes. Frightening, all the same, to what lengths believers go to bend their believes around their ideology... and possibly not even be aware of the fallacies in their wake:

http://www.biblicalperspectives.com/books/wine_in_the_bible/4.html (http://www.biblicalperspectives.com/books/wine_in_the_bible/4.html)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 18, 2013, 12:50:59 PM
Susan & I just returned from a short trip to Naples (i.e. Florida south of Ft. Meyers) - had a lot of wonderful seafood, such as grouper, snapper, crab, etc. - BUT, one of our favorites was a luncheon in Everglades City, about 45 minutes south of Naples on the western edge of Everglades National Park - we took an air boat ride and had lunch - specialities for the area not only include a wide variety of fish, but also stone crabs & swamp critters, such as alligator & frogs legs - YUM!  :)

We started out sharing a dozen oysters on the half shell - Susan had the Everglades frog legs deep fried w/ fries & coleslaw - I had one of my MUST eat treats in south FL, i.e. stone crab claws - we did the same trip in the '90s and took a boat tour that explain (and demonstrated) one of the region's livelihoods, i.e. harvesting stone crabs (some information HERE (http://www.stonecrabflorida.com/how-to-catch-your-own-stone-crab.html)) - the crabs are not killed, but the claw is simply twisted off (has to be a minimum length) and the crab released to grow another one - fascinating!   ;D

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Clearwater-Beach-0312/i-KfxWr4c/0/O/Lunch1.jpg)  (http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Clearwater-Beach-0312/i-R2nvwWv/0/O/Lunch3.jpg)

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Clearwater-Beach-0312/i-kMQDR8W/0/O/Lunch2.jpg)  (http://www.okeefes.org/Favorite_Photos/Favorite_Photos_1/stone_crab_100_9110.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: huntsman on April 08, 2013, 11:55:56 PM
Right now?

1 x 250ml tub fat free chunky cottage cheese
Ryvita crackers
1 x tomato
water, water, water, water.
;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on April 10, 2013, 03:42:43 AM
Oatmeal (instant) & green tea.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Gold Knight on April 13, 2013, 08:46:32 PM
A nice midnight snack of creamy Jif with blackberry preserves on cinnamon raisin bread, washed down by a tall glass of cold milk. Yum.
;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 22, 2013, 09:48:05 AM
Quote from: sanantonio on April 22, 2013, 09:22:17 AM
I am eating left over Aloo Gobi from one the best Indian restaurants in my area. 

Really?  :)  That's what I had for lunch!...leftover Aloo Gobi and Tandoori chicken. Mrs. Rock made it. We had it for dinner last night.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on April 22, 2013, 10:10:22 AM
An orange, some roasted (unsalted) pumplin seeds, a couple of bananas.

And tea! (no additives)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on April 22, 2013, 10:54:47 AM
Just finished my bacon, spinach, and baby portabella risotto. First risotto I've ever made and it was pretty fantastic!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on April 24, 2013, 11:04:48 AM
One of my favorite breakfasts, good any time of day: chorizo & eggs with grated cheese, sour cream, and pico de gallo. Along with a luscious, rich cafe breve.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 08, 2013, 05:53:36 PM
BOY, this thread needs to be rejuvenated!  :D   I'm sure that we all are eating quite well!

Today, Susan returned from our local seafood store and brought back some 'goodies', lump crabmeat from the NC coast, home-made crab & shrimp cakes (love the latter the most), a number of fish, AND some frog legs that we had tonight - just sauteed w/ oil/garlic - absolutely delicious - YES, taste like chicken but the frog leg bones are more delicate looking!  Just a veggie & some Pinot Gris from Oregon.

Well, forgot to take a pic, but kind of looked like the one below left, and reminded me of a funny cartoon!  Dave :)

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_PEHN299QAw/TdBXAz62-vI/AAAAAAAAALg/eglfLmMbWj8/s1600/frogs-legs-2-medium-web-view.jpg)  (http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-P2r3tmv/0/O/FrogsLegsCartoon.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Gold Knight on May 11, 2013, 05:19:58 PM
Two soy burgers and a kasha knish.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on May 15, 2013, 11:22:27 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on May 08, 2013, 05:53:36 PM
  (http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-P2r3tmv/0/O/FrogsLegsCartoon.jpg)

Ha! I used that picture for my 1990s website I built in college... ah, memories. Frames & html...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: snyprrr on May 22, 2013, 09:48:29 AM
I should probably not Post in this Thread. :(

I passionately hate food,... aaand the people who eat it!! Guuuh,... working in a grocery store really opened my eyes. Then there's GMO and our wonderful friend Monsanto, so we can't eat corn anymore.

Bread???,... have you SEEN the ingredient list???



I'm a pretty dandy chef,... errr, WAS,...



Anyhow, I'm just warning you that I found this Thread, and the whole Topic of 'Food' enrages me no end, and you know how I love to enrage myself each day by turning the computer and TV on,... oy vey. :(



So, my funny friend was going to make risotto with orso!! :laugh: >:D :laugh: >:D :laugh: >:D :laugh: Yes, I was furious and laughing at the same time.

Then there was the time when I was young when I made 'Avocado Marinated Beef'. I'll let that one sink in...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 22, 2013, 12:42:07 PM
Quote from: snyprrr on May 22, 2013, 09:48:29 AM
I should probably not Post in this Thread. :(

I passionately hate food,... aaand the people who eat it!! Guuuh,... working in a grocery store really opened my eyes. Then there's GMO and our wonderful friend Monsanto, so we can't eat corn anymore.........

Hey Snyprrr - why not start your own thread, like How to starve yourself the easy way! - or something similar?   ;) :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: snyprrr on May 23, 2013, 05:55:13 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on May 22, 2013, 12:42:07 PM
Hey Snyprrr - why not start your own thread, like How to starve yourself the easy way! - or something similar?   ;) :D

Lately, I get oatmeal for breakfast, and maybe yogurt/applesauce/banana/granola/o.j. for lunch. Dinner,... not so much. Maybe I save all week to go for Indian lunch buffet once a month.


Once, I did not eat food OR drink anything for 10 DAYS!!! I'm just sayin'. It was horrible.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on May 23, 2013, 12:19:19 PM
Quote from: snyprrr on May 22, 2013, 09:48:29 AM

I passionately hate food,... aaand the people who eat it!!

You hate all 7 billion of us? That's some intense hating  ???

Quote from: snyprrr on May 23, 2013, 05:55:13 AM
Lately, I get oatmeal for breakfast, and maybe yogurt/applesauce/banana/granola/o.j. for lunch. Dinner,...not so much

That explains so much  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on May 23, 2013, 12:40:23 PM
Here, snypsss: have half an unsalted almond!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: snyprrr on May 23, 2013, 01:40:27 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 23, 2013, 12:19:19 PM
You hate all 7 billion of us? That's some intense hating  ???

That explains so much  ;D

Sarge

Heeey!!!!! :laugh:

Guess what?!?!  I had unexpected cash and went and splurged on my favorite Crispy Beef from the Chinese joint. I'm not a vegetarian, I'm just poor as dirt here!!!!

2 1/2in. New York Strip???? That's INCHES, not OUNCES!!!


But from living in Vienna I have a love of Weiner schnitzel, yum!!



Quote from: karlhenning on May 23, 2013, 12:40:23 PM
Here, snypsss: have half an unsalted almond!

that goes for you too!!!

I could go for a plate of enchiladas...   mmm...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on May 24, 2013, 03:20:39 AM
Yer gonna hate this, snypsss, but last night we had some lovely stuffed portobello mushrooms.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on May 24, 2013, 04:14:07 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on May 23, 2013, 12:40:23 PM
Here, snypsss: have half an unsalted almond!

The other half is yours, too, whenever you're ready!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: snyprrr on May 24, 2013, 09:56:45 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on May 24, 2013, 03:20:39 AM
Yer gonna hate this, snypsss, but last night we had some lovely stuffed portobello mushrooms.

I looove stuffed portobellos!.

Are you all assuming my palate??? I don't understand,... why would I hate portobellos? tell me tell me!!!!

two words: brussel sprouts!!! yukkkkkkkk :P


I like stuff that tastes good and doesn't have an unpalatable texture. Some say I'm picky. hmmm...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on May 25, 2013, 03:58:48 AM
Quote from: snyprrr on May 24, 2013, 09:56:45 AM
I like stuff that tastes good...

Everyone likes food that tastes good.  :D  We had Surf and Turf last night. It tasted good  ;)

Beef filet, medium rare, fresh asparagus, Pellkartoffeln (potatoes boiled in the skin, served with creamy Quark) and Prawns a la Mrs. Rock (marinated in ground coriander seeds and stems, sea salt, red and green chilis, honey, sesame oil and unsweetened pomegranate syrup; stir fry and deglaze with lime juice. Serve with fresh cilantro).  We drank a 2002 Château Pedesclaux (a fifth growth Pauillac).


(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P5241878_350.jpg) (http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P5241878_crop_350.jpg) 

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P5241879_550.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on May 25, 2013, 04:14:07 AM
Quote from: snyprrr on May 24, 2013, 09:56:45 AM
I looove stuffed portobellos!.

Are you all assuming my palate??? I don't understand,... why would I hate portobellos? tell me tell me!!!!

two words: brussel sprouts!!! yukkkkkkkk :P


I like stuff that tastes good and doesn't have an unpalatable texture. Some say I'm picky. hmmm...

What was wrong with containing your obviously ...err.... vividly enthusiastic  ramblings to the Haydn String Quartet thread?

Aside: Anything you don't like you have only yourself to blame for; not liking Brussels sprouts is like not liking Schumann. It's not unheard of, but it's not Schumann's fault.

Hint: peel them (which is a pain in the behind to do, but worth it), then blanch them properly (which is to say: very briefly). None of that cabbage-y flavor; no sogginess outside while being hard on the inside... just slightly crisp, perfectly evenly done, brightly green little leaves. Hint of Pancetta and optional walnuts... e voila.

Use cores that are left over from peeling process for masheds.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidRoss on May 26, 2013, 06:35:02 AM
Grill or sauté them with butter and garlic. Something I finally learned to enjoy just last year. (Even old dogs etc.)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on May 27, 2013, 04:46:04 AM
Mamochka's own cabbage pies, before heading off upon Parking Quest!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 03, 2013, 07:35:03 AM
Friday, we traveled to Greensboro for an overnight (just 40 mins from home) to see a concert that night w/ Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers, plus Edie Brickell - stayed at one of our favorite hotels in the Triad, i.e. O'Henry Hotel which has the Green Valley Grill attached, our early dinner choice.

Dinner entrees come w/ a house salad w/ seasonal greens (always crisp & and a nice mix).  Susan had the Moroccan Scallop dish over risotto & some veggies; I had the 'catch of the day', a wonderfully grilled thick piece of Swordfish over a smoky flavored polenta & nicely steamed crunchy broccoli - along w/ a couple glasses of a 'house' Chablis (i.e. the real thing from France) which was surprisingly tasty.

We shared a dessert called the Nutty Irishman - a cake w/ alternating layers of chocolate cake & frozen Irish Bailey's Cream mousse, drizzled w/ dark chocolate sauce and covered w/ a crunchy mixture of nuts & toffee - the ONLY dessert that I insist on sharing equally w/ my wife - :)   Dave

(http://www.greenvalleygrill.com/images/diningroom2.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 07, 2013, 06:29:32 AM
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a306/digitalmuse/Food/fig-marmalade.jpg)

on half a toasted bagel with a cup of dark roast.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on June 07, 2013, 06:37:27 AM
Cheers, Bill, and happy Friday! We picked up a jar of a local orchard's boysenberry jam last week, and it is a minor miracle that the jar has not yet been finished  0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on June 07, 2013, 08:55:10 AM
Last night, tried a new restaurant and simply had to try the weirdest item on the menu: pasta with beef brisket, butternut squash, and blue cheese. It was a delight!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on June 10, 2013, 12:22:27 PM
A fairly simple, but delicious lunch.  Bok choy fried in olive oil, fresh garlic, and a dried and crushed super chili from last year's pepper garden.  Add milled sea salt and black pepper.  On the side, one and half ounces of aged gouda and a bowl of fresh raspberries for dessert.

(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/IMG_0314_zps54927bf7.jpg) (http://s199.photobucket.com/user/BillandLinda/media/IMG_0314_zps54927bf7.jpg.html)

This year's pepper garden as planted by our daughter.  She planted 12 or so different varieties.  Most will be ready in August.

(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/IMG_0273_zps9fc6baae.jpg)

(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/IMG_0274_zpse93fc85d.jpg)

I am about to take last year's dried and grind the different peppers together and put them into a shaker.  At least for me, I do not need to add much.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on June 15, 2013, 02:37:30 PM
Sarge et. al. - my quest for a white wine I can really love continues. Today, bought my first two bottles of Grüner Veltliner, hearing that it's a nice dry white without being overladen with citrus tones. Gonna serve up the first bottle tonight with turkey-black bean-spinach enchiladas; I'm out of beer and the info sheet at the wine shop said "pairs well with Southwestern cuisine."
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on June 15, 2013, 07:26:34 PM
Quote from: Brian on June 15, 2013, 02:37:30 PM
Sarge et. al. - my quest for a white wine I can really love continues. Today, bought my first two bottles of Grüner Veltliner, hearing that it's a nice dry white without being overladen with citrus tones. Gonna serve up the first bottle tonight with turkey-black bean-spinach enchiladas; I'm out of beer and the info sheet at the wine shop said "pairs well with Southwestern cuisine."
Well the turkey, black bean, spinach, tomato enchiladas were delicious (healthy dollop of cumin in those), topped with chipotle sauce and cheese... and the wine was fantastically smooth. Went great with the meal, although the food might have been a little too spicy for it. Grüner Veltliner and I are going to get along very, very well. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on June 20, 2013, 11:59:36 AM
(http://www.weingutwittmann.de/static/images/wittmann_logo_transparent.png)


Sarge: Put in my first oder with Wittmann day before yesterday...

Silvaner trocken, 2012

Weißer Burgunder trocken, 2012

Grauer Burgunder trocken, 2012

Riesling trocken, 2012

Riesling 1l , 2012



Didn't go for Scheurebe & Rosé ... for no particular reason except that I can always get more Rosé when a woman that has a penchant for Rosé frequents my place on a regular basis...
a few boxes of the basic stuff... plus one box "Vom Schiefer" of his wife's stuff. Not usually (or until now at least not) a fan of slate (shale/shist)-taste... but I suppose a well made Riesling could well convince me. Aside, I like to surprise the palate. Which makes me wonder why I didn't go for the Scheurebe. Have you had that one and/or the Rosé? Am I missing out?

If those tickle my explorin' buds, without satisfying them, I'll try their Ortsweine. But mainly I was interested in their Pinot Blanc...

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 20, 2013, 12:38:55 PM
Quote from: Brian on June 15, 2013, 02:37:30 PM
Sarge et. al. - my quest for a white wine I can really love continues. Today, bought my first two bottles of Grüner Veltliner, hearing that it's a nice dry white without being overladen with citrus tones. Gonna serve up the first bottle tonight with turkey-black bean-spinach enchiladas; I'm out of beer and the info sheet at the wine shop said "pairs well with Southwestern cuisine."

Grüner Veltliner is a difficult wine to buy with confidence. At least I've found it so. It runs the gamut from basic rotgut to extraordinarily concentrated, spicy decadence (with alcohol in the 15% range) which goes with nothing else except itself. It seems you've found a good food wine. Excellent! The best Veltliner I ever had was at an upscale restaurant in the Akron Ohio area several years ago. My oldest friend had invited me to dinner. His wife is Austrian and she was quick to notice the wine being offered by the glass. 12 bucks, per glass, I believe. It was a perfect aperitif and segued well into the appetizers. I wish I could recall the producer. I'd stock up.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 20, 2013, 12:54:16 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on June 20, 2013, 11:59:36 AM
(http://www.weingutwittmann.de/static/images/wittmann_logo_transparent.png)


Sarge: Put in my first oder with Wittmann day before yesterday...

This is even more unnerving than someone accepting ones recommendation for a CD  :D  I hope you enjoy the wines! Wittmann is an excellent vintner...but I'm too aware that taste in wine is so individual. If you don't like them, ship the remnants to me and I'll reimburse you!  I do hope you like his Riesling (my favorite grape, and the most noble of the whites  ;) )

Quote from: jlaurson on June 20, 2013, 11:59:36 AM
Didn't go for Scheurebe & Rosé[...]Scheurebe. Have you had that one and/or the Rosé? Am I missing out?

I haven't...and that surprises me, considering Mrs. Rock is a huge fan of both. We are always on the lookout for good dry Scheurebe  (the grape has been vinified dry only rarely until fairly recently--it had the unfair reputation of smelling, if not tasting, like cat's piss). Our main source is Lingenfelder in the Pfalz. He promotes Scheu, and was one of the first, possibly the first, to go dry.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on June 20, 2013, 02:04:58 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 20, 2013, 12:38:55 PM
Grüner Veltliner is a difficult wine to buy with confidence.

Sarge

I feel the same way... and that's coming out of (almost) Austria. A good artisan vintner Veltliner is worth trying... but even then, it's such a basic wine at heart, that aiming for it specifically isn't worth it. If I need very basic cooking wines (though generally one shouldn't cook with anything one didn't also want to drink), I aim for it sometimes.

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 20, 2013, 12:54:16 PM
This is even more unnerving than someone accepting ones recommendation for a CD  :D  I hope you enjoy the wines! Wittmann is an excellent vintner...but I'm too aware that taste in wine is so individual. If you don't like them, ship the remnants to me and I'll reimburse you!  I do hope you like his Riesling (my favorite grape, and the most noble of the whites  ;) )

I made sure that they know my (not inconsiderable) order is linked to your name in their memory! And no... you won't be seeing much of that wine, I think. I like the area, I like the grapes... I don't think I'll be in for too much of a surprise, except a positive one.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 20, 2013, 04:24:57 PM
Well tonight, dining in w/ a favorite dish (some from our local seafood store + Susan's noodles) - Shrimp Thai Cakes w/ Whole Wheat Chili Oiled Linguini + Seaweed Salad - wine for the night a Ch. Ste. Michelle Sauvignon Blanc from the Horse Heavens Hills - the shrimp cakes are made locally along w/ the seaweed salad - this is a VERY tasty dish!  Enjoyed AGAIN!  Dave :)

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-3mHnZ96/0/O/Dinner6_20_13.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Octave on June 20, 2013, 04:53:19 PM
Do we have a wine thread?  If not, would someone [I know so little, I'm not sure I'dbe the right one] care to start one?   I'm interested in learning. 
I think the subject could warrant its own home, if there isn't one already.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 20, 2013, 06:22:00 PM
Quote from: Octave on June 20, 2013, 04:53:19 PM
Do we have a wine thread?  If not, would someone [I know so little, I'm not sure I'dbe the right one] care to start one?   I'm interested in learning. 
I think the subject could warrant its own home, if there isn't one already.

Hi Octave - we not only have a wine thread but I started it back in 2007!  Check HERE (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,98.0.html) and please contribute, there is a handful of 'active' wine lovers here and likely many more wine enthusiasts!  Enjoy - Dave :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 21, 2013, 12:20:03 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on June 20, 2013, 11:59:36 AM
Sarge: Put in my first oder with Wittmann day before yesterday...
Weißer Burgunder trocken, 2012

Today Mrs. Rock suggested we have dinner at the Landhotel Zum Schwanen in Osthofen, the village next to Westhofen where Wittmann's estate is located. The hotel has an attractive courtyard for outdoor dining


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and the restaurant offers Wittmann wines. We drank the 2012 Weißer Burgunder for the first time. It has more fruit than the 2011; it's a tad sweeter without being sweet. It went really well with our dinner.


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We stated with prosciutto and melon and then shared an Asiatic "salad" with very spicy glass noodles and raw Zander (pike perch) and creamed wasabi. Main courses: I had monkfish topped with an olive paste on a bed of ratatouille and gnocci filled with Bärlauch (bear's garlic). Mrs. Rock had Stubenküken (spring chicken, basically a baby bird) with a rhubarb/ginger salsa and orange ravioli. Left click to enlarge pics.


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Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on June 21, 2013, 12:32:30 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 21, 2013, 12:20:03 PM
Today Mrs. Rock suggested we have dinner at the Landhotel Zum Schwanen in Osthofen, the village next to Westhofen where Wittmann's estate is located. The hotel has an attractive courtyard for outdoor dining


and the restaurant offers Wittmann wines. We drank the 2012 Weißer Burgunder for the first time. It has more fruit than the 2011; it's a tad sweeter without being sweet. It went really well with our dinner.

Sarge

Well, coincidence of coincidences. I got my delivery today... put all the wine in my (not very appropriate) cellar... and brought one 2012 Weissburgunder up as a reward. And just minutes ago I had my first, very rewarding glass. Fritzy little thing... quite dry by my accounts (I'd be surprised if it surpasses 3, 4 g/l RS), with fruit, but also a bit of a tang. Love it!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 23, 2013, 08:14:22 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on June 21, 2013, 12:32:30 PM
Well, coincidence of coincidences. I got my delivery today... put all the wine in my (not very appropriate) cellar... and brought one 2012 Weissburgunder up as a reward. And just minutes ago I had my first, very rewarding glass. Fritzy little thing... quite dry by my accounts (I'd be surprised if it surpasses 3, 4 g/l RS), with fruit, but also a bit of a tang. Love it!

Very glad, and relieved, you found the wine to your taste (as how could you not  ;) )  Yes, very dry without being austere. We'll be visiting the winery soon to buy a case or two.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on June 24, 2013, 04:10:50 AM
It isn't routine; it's evergreen: oatmeal and green tea. Good morning from Boston!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 24, 2013, 04:17:58 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 24, 2013, 04:10:50 AM
It isn't routine; it's evergreen: oatmeal and green tea. Good morning from Boston!

Morning, Karl (afternoon here). I'm ready for lunch. Leftover perch (in a Mediterranean tomato sauce) from Saturday's dinner.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 24, 2013, 05:31:23 AM
Last night we had entrecote and white asparagus (Spargel season ends Wednesday). Raided the cellar and drank one of our two remaining 1990 Chateau Monbrisons.

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Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on June 24, 2013, 05:40:29 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 24, 2013, 04:17:58 AM
Morning, Karl (afternoon here). I'm ready for lunch. Leftover perch (in a Mediterranean tomato sauce) from Saturday's dinner.

G'day, Sarge!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on June 24, 2013, 09:04:15 AM
Hello Sarge & Karl - now, I do enjoy eating 'green' asparagus and know how the 'white' version is grown (i.e. w/o sunlight), but just curious if the taste is much different?  Also, the meat, some type of rib cut, I assume?

For me, seafood the last few evenings - Saturday night, grilled salmon filets (w/ coastal dry rub) on a cedar plank - just 10 mins - quick & easy w/ a nice salad (mixed greens, walnuts, bleu cheese crumbles, & mandarin oranges - one of my favorite combos) - wine from the 'cellar' was an Oregon Pinot Noir (Ransom, 2010) - last night, a 'new' restaurant in town - had their 'catch of the day' - grilled tuna (rare) w/ cajun rice & a seasonal mixed veggie - wine another Pinot Noir (my choice for tuna & salmon) from California (Russian River Vly) - Dave :)


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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on June 24, 2013, 09:14:37 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on June 24, 2013, 09:04:15 AM
Hello Sarge & Karl - now, I do enjoy eating 'green' asparagus and know how the 'white' version is grown (i.e. w/o sunlight), but just curious if the taste is much different?

It's not even the same vegetable. (Well, it is, of course... but not in a practical sense. Germans consume White Asparagus probably in a relation of 10:1 (or higher) to green... and wouldn't have anything else. It's boiled or steamed (actually tastes better boiled, counter intuitively, because the stock it makes gives flavor back into the veg.) and has to be peeled. You couldn't grill it.  Which or whether it's better or not is almost a mute extraordinarily, curiously silent point, given how different they are.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on June 24, 2013, 09:23:04 AM
Just a niggling quibble, Jens, which I offer only because you're a writer, and prefer to get things right . . . but you want a moot point.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 24, 2013, 12:12:45 PM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on June 24, 2013, 09:04:15 AM
Hello Sarge & Karl - now, I do enjoy eating 'green' asparagus and know how the 'white' version is grown (i.e. w/o sunlight), but just curious if the taste is much different? 

Quote from: jlaurson on June 24, 2013, 09:14:37 AM
It's not even the same vegetable...and has to be peeled.

Jens is correct. They are so different in taste they might as well be a different vegetable. The taste of white is hard to describe. Unlike the green, with its vegetal "green" taste, white is very mild (a poor example can be bland), less bitter than green and rather nutty tasting. It goes well with a sauce hollandaise or (my preference) butter, parsley and garlic.

White is more work. As Jens said, it has to be peeled. We have a special instrument for the task:

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Quote from: SonicMan46 on June 24, 2013, 09:04:15 AM
Also, the meat, some type of rib cut, I assume?

Yes, traditional entrecote is from the rib (equivalent to the American ribeye, I believe). Here's what the steaks looked like before I threw them on the Weber:


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Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on June 25, 2013, 05:45:21 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 24, 2013, 12:12:45 PM
Jens is correct. They are so different in taste they might as well be a different vegetable. The taste of white is hard to describe...

At least with white asparagus, you KNOW afterwards, why your pee smells the way it does. That's how it tastes. :-)

Yes, usually eaten in my family with melted butter and a variety of hams, cooked, cured, and smoked. It's usually a pretty good excuse to eat your way through six, twelve different kinds of ham, thinly sliced. Alongside potatoes.

Although myself, I actually prefer asparagus as part of a more inventive (or non-asparagus-conventional) dinner. Also popular with Schnitzel... and it must be said that the mild flavor of the white asparagus goes quite well with veal.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 25, 2013, 05:54:57 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on June 25, 2013, 05:45:21 AM
At least with white asparagus, you KNOW afterwards, why your pee smells the way it does. That's how it tastes. :-)

That should make the non-believers give white a try  :D

Quote from: jlaurson on June 25, 2013, 05:45:21 AM
Yes, usually eaten in my family with melted butter and a variety of hams, cooked, cured, and smoked. It's usually a pretty good excuse to eat your way through six, twelve different kinds of ham, thinly sliced. Alongside potatoes.

Although myself, I actually prefer asparagus as part of a more inventive (or non-asparagus-conventional) dinner. Also popular with Schnitzel... and it must be said that the mild flavor of the white asparagus goes quite well with veal.

We had it with Schnitzel last night. Drank a Franken Silvaner, the 2011 from the Juliusspital. Fantastic wine.

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I used to think beef steak not a good match for white asparagus, preferring it with green (which wasn't easy to find in Germany until the last few years). But a restaurant in Lampertheim (Mrs. Rock's hometown) that specializes in Spargel meals during the season had it on their menu one year. Gave it try and liked it. But yeah, ham is ideal. Like it with fried fish too.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: snyprrr on June 25, 2013, 08:44:34 AM
We went to the French restaurant in town. I should not have ordered the pate.

The filet, though, was wonderful, medium rare, tall, with a wonderful bitter wood char,... a slice of goose liver on top, brown sauce, string beans, and these carrots that had the most surprising cumin/chili taste,... like tacos! Cheese for dessert almost again ruined it. I will remember the main course.


Otherwise, the soy revolution has me down.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on June 25, 2013, 09:42:04 AM
Constant Comment tea, please, extra lecithin.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 25, 2013, 09:45:34 AM
Quote from: snyprrr on May 23, 2013, 05:55:13 AM
Lately, I get oatmeal for breakfast, and maybe yogurt/applesauce/banana/granola/o.j. for lunch. Dinner,... not so much. Maybe I save all week to go for Indian lunch buffet once a month.

Quote from: snyprrr on June 25, 2013, 08:44:34 AM
We went to the French restaurant in town. I should not have ordered the pate.

The filet, though, was wonderful, medium rare, tall, with a wonderful bitter wood char,... a slice of goose liver on top, brown sauce, string beans, and these carrots that had the most surprising cumin/chili taste,... like tacos! Cheese for dessert almost again ruined it. I will remember the main course.

That's quite an upgrade from a few weeks ago when you were living on an oatmeal and granola diet  :D  Or was this description of a French meal satiric? Or just a dream?

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on June 25, 2013, 11:59:27 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 25, 2013, 05:54:57 AM

I used to think beef steak not a good match for white asparagus, preferring it with green (which wasn't easy to find in Germany until the last few years). But a restaurant in Lampertheim (Mrs. Rock's hometown) that specializes in Spargel meals during the season had it on their menu one year. Gave it try and liked it. But yeah, ham is ideal. Like it with fried fish too.


I told you that I used to spent time in Lampertheim as a kid... because my mom's wetnurse? or maybe just nanny? or godmother? in any case... some relation of my mother's when she was a kid -- they lived there... and she would visit regularly. "Onkel Horst"... his wife's name I forgot. It's been a while. He was a devoted fan of Waldhof Mannheim. Speaking of Mannheim, I'll be there on the 17th, seeing a M.Weinberg opera (!!!) at the local theater!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 27, 2013, 01:12:42 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on June 25, 2013, 11:59:27 AM
I told you that I used to spent time in Lampertheim as a kid... because my mom's wetnurse? or maybe just nanny? or godmother? in any case... some relation of my mother's when she was a kid -- they lived there... and she would visit regularly. "Onkel Horst"... his wife's name I forgot. It's been a while. He was a devoted fan of Waldhof Mannheim.

If you've told me before, I've forgotten (not out of disinterest but because, you know, I'm just really old and on meds  :D ) Small world. Maybe we passed on the street years ago. Mrs. Rock's folks, and her brother, still live in Lampertheim. No football fans in that family though.


Quote from: jlaurson on June 25, 2013, 11:59:27 AM
Speaking of Mannheim, I'll be there on the 17th, seeing a M.Weinberg opera (!!!) at the local theater!

I haven't been paying attention to what's happening at the National Theater (health has been too erratic for long range planning) but a Weinberg opera, wow. Just checked out the website, Der Idiot, Thomas Sanderling conducting. Damn, it's of Wagnerian length with only one intermission. Don't think I could handle that. Will be looking forward to your review.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on June 27, 2013, 01:26:52 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 27, 2013, 01:12:42 PM
If you've told me before, I've forgotten (not out of disinterest but because, you know, I'm just really old and on meds  :D ) Small world. Maybe we passed on the street years ago. Mrs. Rock's folks, and her brother, still live in Lampertheim. No football fans in that family though.


I haven't been paying attention to what's happening at the National Theater (health has been too erratic for long range planning) but a Weinberg opera, wow. Just checked out the website, Der Idiot, Thomas Sanderling conducting. Damn, it's of Wagnerian length with only one intermission. Don't think I could handle that. Will be looking forward to your review.

Sarge

And then, on the 18th, I'll see Christopher Alden's production of Peter Grimes in Karlsruhe (have an extra ticket available for that, too). (And visit, for the first time in my life!!!!, my father's grave -- who died in 1989.)

And now I'm having the 1l Riesling from Wittmann's. Very decent, for sure... but perhaps not all that it could be.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 27, 2013, 01:37:07 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on June 27, 2013, 01:26:52 PM
And then, on the 18th, I'll see Christopher Alden's production of Peter Grimes in Karlsruhe (have an extra ticket available for that, too). (And visit, for the first time in my life!!!!, my father's grave -- who died in 1989.)

Who did I meet in Frankfurt? Your stepfather? Your mother was there, and an aunt and uncle, right? The introductions went by so fast, I'm now foggy at this point.

Quote from: jlaurson on June 27, 2013, 01:26:52 PM
And now I'm having the 1l Riesling from Wittmann's. Very decent, for sure... but perhaps not all that it could be.

Wittman's basic Riesling: I would expect it to be decent but nothing out of this world. It's also possible it needs some time. One of my favorite vintners in Nierstein (Schneider), his Riesling doesn't show well until it's aged a year.

Sarge

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on June 27, 2013, 02:11:04 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 27, 2013, 01:37:07 PM
Who did I meet in Frankfurt? Your stepfather? Your mother was there, and an aunt and uncle, right? The introductions went by so fast, I'm now foggy at this point.

Wittman's basic Riesling: I would expect it to be decent but nothing out of this world. It's also possible it needs some time. One of my favorite vintners in Nierstein (Schneider), his Riesling doesn't show well until it's aged a year.

Sarge

My (paternal) aunt and (aunt-married) uncle.

Huh... aging young Riesling? Interesting. We'll see... I bought enough to find out. :-)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 01, 2013, 11:04:32 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 25, 2013, 09:42:04 AM
Constant Comment tea, please, extra lecithin.

Blech!!!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on July 01, 2013, 11:07:43 AM
Hoy, Allan!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Cato on July 01, 2013, 11:26:27 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 01, 2013, 11:07:43 AM
Hoy, Allan!

Yes, ToledoBass Allan has stopped by!

Tell us more about what you have been up to..or down to!   0:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 01, 2013, 01:10:14 PM


Baked my first ever cake. Or at the very least my first ever cheese cake. In my first ever spring-form pan.

And although I could not resist fiddling with the family recipe (adding a bit of millet and matcha powder and basil seeds and soaking the raisins in Ron Zacapa [rum]), it actually turned out.
Deflated a bit, after I stopped baking it (by about 50%, bit like a soufflé), but it was tasty and approved by the lady-friend who was force-fed with it.

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: kaergaard on July 01, 2013, 07:35:25 PM
I am over a week behind on the asparagus subject, but can't resist bragging about our purple asparagus. The small town of Quincy - half an hour drive from EW. - is the American equivalent of Germany's Schwetzingen. About four or five years the folks started growing this unique variety and it's the only kind I have ever eaten since. The taste is much sweeter than the regular green and white varieties. Less fibre too. Steamed or baked, browned butter, crambled eggs with a few slivers of black forest ham and a steamed Yukon Gold potato make a great meal. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on July 02, 2013, 09:30:11 AM
Quote from: Cato on July 01, 2013, 11:26:27 AM
Yes, ToledoBass Allan has stopped by!

Tell us more about what you have been up to..or down to!   0:)

All is good Cato!  Everything looking up.  Learning German and having fun with that, especially the stupid grammar! HAHA.  How about you and your fam?  Summer off right?   8)

Thread duty:

Pickled some ginger that will be ready in a few days, I'll report back with tasting notes.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on July 02, 2013, 09:48:47 AM
Quote from: toledobass on July 02, 2013, 09:30:11 AM
All is good Cato!  Everything looking up.  Learning German and having fun with that, especially the stupid grammar! HAHA.

I say to myself, "Regen (rain) is masculine -- or maybe it is feminine -- or possibly neuter -- it is too much trouble to look now. (http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/awfgrmlg.html)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 02, 2013, 02:02:03 PM
Too late to eat more than just some grapes... in my favorite form:


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just a bit, before turning in with some Isang Yun or some such music.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 04, 2013, 03:25:10 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on July 02, 2013, 02:02:03 PM
Too late to eat more than just some grapes... in my favorite form:


(http://www.weingutwittmann.de/image/h-620/wein/xx104_Silvaner_trocken_vorne.jpg.jpg)


Yum, yum. Mashed grapes. Good eats  8)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 06, 2013, 05:11:27 PM
Tonight on the grill & our renovated porch - Game Hens - spatchcocked and marinaded in Moroccan blend of spices, parsley, & cilantro for 5-6 hrs - served w/ a simple baked Zucchini w/ an Italian cheese from Costco, i.e. Parmigiano-Reggiano - really as good as I had in several trips to Italy - wines for the night, a St. Supery Sauvignon Blanc for me (a long favorite) and a NC wine for Susan - music was some jazz (Miles Davis & Buddy DeFranco) - added a hickory smoker box to the gas grill, so a combination of some great marinade flavors w/ some smoke!  Dave :)

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 07, 2013, 01:12:44 AM

I baked my first two cakes, ever... (cooking being my thing, not baking), and despite my pathological need to experiment (with basil seeds, millet, green tea powder [matcha], and turmeric), the cheese cakes both turned out very well.

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Wanted to buy some sardines, like I had last week (when I was too sloppy with the frying, and made a bit of a mess out of them)...
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...but then I saw they had tripe of lamb. Never had tripe of LAMB... so I switched and got me some.
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They could have told me it wasn't entirely pre-cooked (I should have been able to tell from the smell, admittedly)... so when I had a bit (fortunately just a few pieces) two nights ago, I was in for a mighty surprise. Try again today.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 07, 2013, 03:44:32 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on July 07, 2013, 01:12:44 AM
...but then I saw they had tripe of lamb. Never had tripe of LAMB...

You're a braver man than I am, Gunga Jens.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mc ukrneal on July 07, 2013, 04:14:29 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on July 07, 2013, 01:12:44 AM
I baked my first two cakes, ever... (cooking being my thing, not baking), and despite my pathological need to experiment (with basil seeds, millet, green tea powder [matcha], and turmeric), the cheese cakes both turned out very well.
As someone who has learned how to cook, but is more comfortable baking, I can say that experimenting with baking is not usually recommended. Every now and then I catch one of these cooking competition shows, and I always shake my head when the chef starts talking about how they have never baked/made such and such dessert before because of the 'creative' changes they made 10 minutes before they put it in the oven. Inevitably, the dessert is a failure, because desserts are all about chemical reactions. It's not like a sauce that you can keep tweaking until you are satisfied. You probably know all this, but I am always amazed at how many people try to change dessert recipes (like they would savory dishes) and are surprised when it doesn't work out.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 07, 2013, 04:30:31 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on July 07, 2013, 04:14:29 AM
As someone who has learned how to cook, but is more comfortable baking, I can say that experimenting with baking is not usually recommended. Every now and then I catch one of these cooking competition shows, and I always shake my head when the chef starts talking about how they have never baked/made such and such dessert before because of the 'creative' changes they made 10 minutes before they put it in the oven. Inevitably, the dessert is a failure, because desserts are all about chemical reactions. It's not like a sauce that you can keep tweaking until you are satisfied. You probably know all this, but I am always amazed at how many people try to change dessert recipes (like they would savory dishes) and are surprised when it doesn't work out.

That's precisely the reason I don't bake. Baking is Science, Cooking is Art. That's also why I was amazed that the cake withstood my foolhardy attempts of that sort.

Fortunately a cheese-cake really actually isn't rocket science... and the reactions that take place are: Mix. Bake.

It deflates like a after I turn off the heat, but that's perhaps hard to avoid and doesn't affect the quality of the cake greatly. Given it's relative light structure from the "Schichtkaese", a special type of Quark that's a touch coarser than normal quark, it's not too dense even in deflated mode.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on July 07, 2013, 07:01:19 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on July 07, 2013, 04:30:31 AMQuark
No wonder baking is related to science.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 07, 2013, 07:02:39 AM
Quote from: North Star on July 07, 2013, 07:01:19 AM
No wonder baking is related to science.


;D :D ;D


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on July 07, 2013, 08:23:29 PM
Friend came over today, we went grocery-shopping together, and we made gnocchi from scratch for the first time in either of our lives. The results were parade-worthy. Pictures tomorrow!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 08, 2013, 01:23:09 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 07, 2013, 08:23:29 PM
Friend came over today, we went grocery-shopping together, and we made gnocchi from scratch for the first time in either of our lives. The results were parade-worthy. Pictures tomorrow!

Wow. Did you roll them over a fork with your thumb, all proper? I

I remember the first (and hitherto only) time I made Gnocchi... unfortunately as dinner for friends, at their place. Let's just suffice it to say that we didn't eat Gnocchi that night.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on July 08, 2013, 11:43:38 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on July 08, 2013, 01:23:09 AM
Wow. Did you roll them over a fork with your thumb, all proper? I

I remember the first (and hitherto only) time I made Gnocchi... unfortunately as dinner for friends, at their place. Let's just suffice it to say that we didn't eat Gnocchi that night.

Yes! I don't know if my friend used her thumb, but there was fork-rolling-over for sure. :) The gnocchi may have been rather on the big side (at least an inch long) but scrumptious, and served with a cream sauce of melted gouda and sage. And crumbles of the very last of my hand-cured, home-made bacon.

Photos shortly (I hope).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: kaergaard on July 08, 2013, 07:39:06 PM
One inch long gnocchi? Aren't they supposed to be at least three inches long? The ones I make are about the size of my Griessknockerl, made from scratch of course.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 09, 2013, 12:35:56 AM
Quote from: kaergaard on July 08, 2013, 07:39:06 PM
One inch long gnocchi? Aren't they supposed to be at least three inches long? The ones I make are about the size of my Griessknockerl, made from scratch of course.

There's not gains to be found in bragging about gnocchi-size. If the circumference is right...

But seriously, folks, an inch sounds about right, if not already on the long side. Grießnockerl (although I had a few juicy images thinking of Griessknockerl, too: "Those Griessknockerls on the gal that brought the Griessnockerln sure had bounce, what do you say, Hans?") are a different kettle of nockerl, entirely.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 09, 2013, 02:07:55 PM
Tonight we had Schweinebelkchen. Mrs. Rock said they were pig's cheeks but I can't confirm that online. The word does not exist in cyberspace or Google  :D  Probably regional dialect for Schweinebäckchen. The meat was tender and delicious although hard to see in the midst of all that mushroom sauce:

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P7091901_550.jpg)


We drank a Barbera D'Asti:

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P7091900_450.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P7091900_label.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 09, 2013, 02:57:18 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on July 09, 2013, 12:35:56 AM
There's not gains to be found in bragging about gnocchi-size. If the circumference is right...

:D ;D :D


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 09, 2013, 03:03:26 PM
Quote from: Brian on July 08, 2013, 11:43:38 AM
The gnocchi may have been rather on the big side (at least an inch long).

Quote from: jlaurson on July 09, 2013, 12:35:56 AM
But seriously, folks, an inch sounds about right, if not already on the long side.

I think so too. The last gnocchi I had were about that length (maybe a tad longer but, admittedly, not made in an Italian restaurant):

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P6210011_800.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 10, 2013, 05:39:54 AM
Bought a whole cow tongue on a whim. Now I just have to figure out what to do with it.

But I'm having faint ideas about slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow broiling it.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on July 10, 2013, 05:56:15 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on July 10, 2013, 05:39:54 AM
Bought a whole cow tongue on a whim. Now I just have to figure out what to do with it.

But I'm having faint ideas about slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow broiling it.
Smoke it!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 10, 2013, 06:02:47 AM
Quote from: North Star on July 10, 2013, 05:56:15 AM
Smoke it!

Heard good things about that... but haven't a smoker and not the least bit of experience, doing it.  :(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on July 10, 2013, 06:15:41 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on July 10, 2013, 06:02:47 AM
Heard good things about that... but haven't a smoker and not the least bit of experience, doing it.  :(
Get one of these (http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/15/dining/test-kitchen-smoke-gets-in-your-meat-not-in-your-eyes.html)!
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ejmSheqcL._SX385_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.de/R%C3%A4ucherbeutel-Smoker-Bag-R%C3%A4uchern-R%C3%A4ucherofen/dp/B001SHYZ7I/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1373465625&sr=8-6&keywords=savu)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 10, 2013, 06:31:01 AM
Quote from: North Star on July 10, 2013, 06:15:41 AM
Get one of these (http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/15/dining/test-kitchen-smoke-gets-in-your-meat-not-in-your-eyes.html)!
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ejmSheqcL._SX385_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.de/R%C3%A4ucherbeutel-Smoker-Bag-R%C3%A4uchern-R%C3%A4ucherofen/dp/B001SHYZ7I/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1373465625&sr=8-6&keywords=savu)

Do you own stock?  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on July 10, 2013, 07:56:19 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on July 10, 2013, 06:31:01 AM
Do you own stock?  ;)
No.  :(  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on July 11, 2013, 04:46:14 AM
Okay, I have a photo!

Here's what all we did for the meal:
- sweet potato gnocchi from scratch, rolled over a fork and cooked to perfection (or close, for our first try!)
- a cream sauce with finely minced onions and garlic, a few sage leaves, and a whole lot of gouda
- crumbles of the last of my home-cured bacon (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,88.msg691967/topicseen.html#msg691967)
- for the salad, we put some aluminum foil on a pan and roasted a bunch of raspberries and blackberries until they were newly dried, then (using the same now juice-covered foil) baked a few slices of goat cheese too
- we both got a slice of bacon  :D
- Altamira Reserva Malbec 2009: a powerful partner with the resolve to stand up to all that sweet potato, gouda, and bacon goodness
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 11, 2013, 06:04:07 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on July 10, 2013, 05:39:54 AM
Bought a whole cow tongue on a whim. Now I just have to figure out what to do with it.

But I'm having faint ideas about slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow broiling it.

right now it's brining...

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1017701_10151552906377989_1096656743_n.jpg)

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/1013176_10151555061202989_1560825063_n.jpg)

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/36513_10151555061217989_1674713596_n.jpg)

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/992901_10151555061402989_1642950395_n.jpg)

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1001605_10151555061247989_160194973_n.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 11, 2013, 06:04:15 AM
Hi Brian - that looks like a fine dinner and like the wine choice! :)

Susan & I are at the Snowbird Mtn Lodge (southwestern NC) celebrating our 43rd anniversary (YIKES!) - below a view of the Snowbird Mountains, part of Nantahala National Forest & location of the Cherohala Skyway - room has a nice hot tub on the deck w/ similar views of the mountains, but trees in the foreground give the feeling of being up high in a tree house -  ;D

Food here is excellent (package includes breakfast, bagged lunch, and dinner) - last night we both started w/ a great garden salad (fresh greens & excellent homemade 'green' dressing) - main course was duck breast cooked to perfection medium rare (one of the best that I've had in a long time!) along w/ a cheesy herb-flavored orso and some cruchcy green beans.  Wine for me a Pinot Noir.  Tonight I'll probably have the mountain trout - Dave :)

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Snowbird-Lodge-0811/i-ZTnTRTW/0/M/SunsetPoint2-M.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mc ukrneal on July 11, 2013, 06:19:07 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on July 11, 2013, 06:04:15 AM
Hi Brian - that looks like a fine dinner and like the wine choice! :)

Susan & I are at the Snowbird Mtn Lodge (southwestern NC) celebrating our 43rd anniversary (YIKES!) - below a view of the Snowbird Mountains, part of Nantahala National Forest & location of the Cherohala Skyway - room has a nice hot tub on the deck w/ similar views of the mountains, but trees in the foreground give the feeling of being up high in a tree house -  ;D

Food here is excellent (package includes breakfast, bagged lunch, and dinner) - last night we both started w/ a great garden salad (fresh greens & excellent homemade 'green' dressing) - main course was duck breast cooked to perfection medium rare (one of the best that I've had in a long time!) along w/ a cheesy herb-flavored orso and some cruchcy green beans.  Wine for me a Pinot Noir.  Tonight I'll probably have the mountain trout - Dave :)

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Snowbird-Lodge-0811/i-ZTnTRTW/0/M/SunsetPoint2-M.jpg)
Congratulations on the milestone! That's a lot of 'yes dears'!  :P :)

And nice pictures as always...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on July 11, 2013, 06:07:39 PM
For dinner, I ate a shredded corn beef (that's been steamed to make even more tender) sandwich on sourdough bread with some mayo, spicy mustard, and baby swiss. On the side, I had some BBQ chips and some sweet horseradish pickles. To wash it all down with, I drank some freshly brewed sweet iced tea.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 14, 2013, 10:14:34 AM
I've pretty much realized by now that I could never become an alcoholic, or even want to drink anything with alcohol, ever again...

wine looks so nice, but I'd rather drink something as disgusting as seltzer water. Oh boy, yet another thing to make me think that everyone besides me is simply crazy...  ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 14, 2013, 10:46:10 AM
Quote from: Greg on July 14, 2013, 10:14:34 AM
I've pretty much realized by now that I could never...want to drink anything with alcohol, ever again...

Why?

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on July 14, 2013, 11:13:58 AM
Quote from: Greg on July 14, 2013, 10:14:34 AM
I've pretty much realized by now that I could never become an alcoholic

Funny, I'm coming to the opposite conclusion!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 14, 2013, 01:38:35 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 14, 2013, 10:46:10 AM
Why?

Sarge
I really hate the taste of alcohol.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on July 14, 2013, 01:51:58 PM
Quote from: Greg on July 14, 2013, 01:38:35 PM
I really hate the taste of alcohol.
Solution:

(http://www.cocktailsdrinkrecipes.com/images/alize_liqueur.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ibanezmonster on July 14, 2013, 02:05:18 PM
Quote from: Brian on July 14, 2013, 01:51:58 PM
Solution:

(http://www.cocktailsdrinkrecipes.com/images/alize_liqueur.jpg)
Those look yummy.
Maybe I'll try those sometime, next time I'm not at home (not allowed to drink alcohol).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 14, 2013, 02:10:42 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on July 11, 2013, 06:19:07 AM
Congratulations on the milestone! That's a lot of 'yes dears'!  :P :)

And nice pictures as always...

Hi Neal - thanks! :)  At the Snowbird Mtn Lodge, we rented a timber-framed room w/ a deck that had a 'private' hot tub (unfortunately, we don't look the same after 40+ yrs of marriage, BUT still loved the experience!) - first pic below is from a 1/2 mile 'easy' hike to a trail on the property called Sunrise Point (obviously facing east) - second pic is from our deck as the sun was setting one evening (looks like a Turner painting to me) - Dave :)

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Snowbird-Lodge-0811/i-V8mCBJJ/0/O/Snowbird13_Sunrise1.jpg)  (http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Snowbird-Lodge-0811/i-WbJ6Q8Z/0/O/Snowbird13_Deck2.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 14, 2013, 02:55:10 PM
Quote from: Greg on July 14, 2013, 02:05:18 PM
Those look yummy.
Maybe I'll try those sometime, next time I'm not at home (not allowed to drink alcohol).

He was pulling your leg. Don't try that crap. The only thing worse than drinking it would be liking it.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on July 14, 2013, 03:02:01 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on July 14, 2013, 02:55:10 PM
He was pulling your leg. Don't try that crap. The only thing worse than drinking it would be liking it.
I wasn't joking. What makes it crap to you makes it great to people who don't really like alcohol. It's basically just fruit juice that gets you hammered.

I have friends who hate the taste of wine, but love to drink $5.99 "red table wine" that's sweetened to the point of being dead. I bring some when I visit them, because, hey, it may suck, but they like it!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 14, 2013, 03:24:25 PM
Quote from: Brian on July 14, 2013, 03:02:01 PM
I wasn't joking. What makes it crap to you makes it great to people who don't really like alcohol. It's basically just fruit juice that gets you hammered.

I have friends who hate the taste of wine, but love to drink $5.99 "red table wine" that's sweetened to the point of being dead. I bring some when I visit them, because, hey, it may suck, but they like it!

Oops. But I must say that, in a screw-all-relativism-when-it-comes-to-food mood, fruit juice that gets you hammered (or drinking alcohol by such means, when one doesn't even like it, for the express purpose of intoxication... as if there was anything desirable about alcohol per se) strikes me as nothing less than unapologetically sophomoric. Wine is as much a piece of culture as Dvorak and Bach are. Well, actually, much more so, probably. And should be treated with that in mind. A million different perfectly legitimate ways, sure. But just not badly.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 16, 2013, 12:03:38 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on July 11, 2013, 06:04:07 AM
right now it's brining...

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1017701_10151552906377989_1096656743_n.jpg)

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/1013176_10151555061202989_1560825063_n.jpg)

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/36513_10151555061217989_1674713596_n.jpg)

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/992901_10151555061402989_1642950395_n.jpg)

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1001605_10151555061247989_160194973_n.jpg)

That looks so gross. Hope it tasted better than it looks. Not a tongue fan myself (being a sheltered American for most of my youth). But I recall an appetizer of tongue at a wedding I attended in 1974 in Nancy where everyone but me raved about the "delicacy." I nearly threw up  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on July 16, 2013, 12:07:44 PM
From an abandoned Stanley Kubrick project, The Brining
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 16, 2013, 12:22:46 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 16, 2013, 12:07:44 PM
From an abandoned Stanley Kubrick project, The Brining

:D ;D :D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 18, 2013, 02:13:39 PM
Mrs. Rock came home from work and announced she was in the mood for paella. No argument from me ;)  Black tiger shrimp, cod, scallops and Chorizo went into the mix. Had a mixed green salad with onions, tomatoes and radish sprouts. Drank a chilled rosé from the Languedoc. Williams pear brandy for dessert. Left click to enlarge pics.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P7181904_800.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P7181905_550.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 22, 2013, 08:24:36 AM
Is everyone else on a diet?  ;)

Last night: charcoal grilled lamb cutlets; a green bean salad with onions, feta, fresh dill in a lemon/olive oil dressing; plain taters with a dollop of creamy quark. Drank a fourth growth (quatrième cru) Margaux: 2001 Marquis de Terme. Left click to enlarge first pic.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P7211907_1024.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P7211906_crop.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P7211906_label.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on July 22, 2013, 12:49:58 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 22, 2013, 08:24:36 AMplain taters with a dollop of creamy quark.
Been doing your shopping at CERN, then?  ;)

Last night I made a stir-fry in my new wok with various kinds of mushrooms, spring onions, and bean sprouts, but (at the bidding of a cookbook) added so many rice noodles that I had to pull half of them back out and throw them in the bin. Not the best start to attempting Asian cooking...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 22, 2013, 02:55:44 PM
Hi Sarge - those last two meals shown look fabulous, as usual; and the wine choices (+ after dinner drinks) also great - Susan & I are still eating well - just have not taken any pics lately - my bad!  :-[

But tonight, we tried a new restaurant (our 4th trip there, so enjoying!) - now I've usually chosen seafood (tuna & swordfish), but tonight I wanted a meat dish - SO, started (actually split because of size) a wonderful salad (top pic below) - I ordered a rarity for me, i.e. a hickory grilled pork chop cooked medium - came pink & juicy - the mash potatoes were flavorful and chunky - had a couple of glasses of Pinot Noir from CA (Russian River Vly).

Susan had a delicious burger medium rare w/ superb French fries - not her usual dinner dish but her mood for an early dinner - also an excellent bar there - her cocktail was a ginger mojito w/ extra fresh mint & lime - no dessert (we were just too filled) - will return in the near future!  Dave :)

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-7ZhBcbz/0/O/Screen%20Shot%202013-07-22%20at%206.42.41%20PM.png)

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: The new erato on July 23, 2013, 01:15:18 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 22, 2013, 08:24:36 AM
Is everyone else on a diet?  ;)
Nice to see you eating and drinking well, 2001 is an underrated Vintage in Medoc/Graves (I have a Haut-Bailly 2001 myself waiting for the right occasion).

While not on a diet per see (not that it would do any harm), we had a week in San Sebastian this summer (what a fabulous city!) where "we stuffed ourselves silly" - well; not exactly, but we ate extremely well - in tapasbars and a couple of top restaurants, so well; we've eaten simply since our return. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Parsifal on July 23, 2013, 05:46:41 AM
Sockeye Salmon, grilled over a combination of hardwood charcoal and cherry wood.  Accompanied by grilled corn and lemonade freshly prepared from lemon juice, cane sugar and spring water.  (Off alcohol at the moment in an effort to become a bit more svelte, otherwise I'd have snuck a bit of Pims #1 into the lemonade.)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 24, 2013, 07:20:27 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on July 22, 2013, 02:55:44 PM..but tonight I wanted a meat dish - I ordered a rarity for me, i.e. a hickory grilled pork chop cooked medium - came pink & juicy - the mash potatoes were flavorful and chunky - had a couple of glasses of Pinot Noir from CA (Russian River Vly).

That sounds like a sensational meal (and reminds me we haven't had potatoes that way in quite some time).

Quote from: Brian on July 22, 2013, 12:49:58 PM
Last night I made a stir-fry in my new wok with various kinds of mushrooms, spring onions, and bean sprouts, but (at the bidding of a cookbook) added so many rice noodles that I had to pull half of them back out and throw them in the bin. Not the best start to attempting Asian cooking...

I have a healthy distrust of recipes I see in cookbooks (or online). Most need tweaking to turn out well...to our taste anyway. That green bean salad we had: the first time I made it I followed the recipe exactly and, it was terribly bitter (way too much lemon zest). This last time, though, I followed my gut (and Mrs. Rock's recommendation) and it was perfect.

Quote from: The new erato on July 23, 2013, 01:15:18 AM
Nice to see you eating and drinking well, 2001 is an underrated Vintage in Medoc/Graves (I have a Haut-Bailly 2001 myself waiting for the right occasion).

It wasn't a great Bordeaux (rather one-dimensional) but much better than I expected. It went nicely with the grilled lamb; probably a better match than a more complex example would have been. And the price was right; one of the least expensive cru classé I've seen in years and it sold out quickly. I only managed to pick up a couple of bottles.

Quote from: Scarpia on July 23, 2013, 05:46:41 AM
Sockeye Salmon, grilled over a combination of hardwood charcoal and cherry wood.

Reminds me of one of the best meals I ever had: fresh wild Alaskan salmon a friend cooked on his Weber for me several years ago. Cost a fortune...but was so worth it (I kept telling his wife, who wasn't so pleased by the price :D ). I haven't grilled salmon in ages. We finally have a supplier of fresh fish close by now. Maybe this weekend.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 24, 2013, 07:30:25 AM
In this heat wave, I don't want to cook much. The kitchen is warm enough without several burners or the oven on. So last night a mainly cold meal: ham in aspic with a horseradish dip; pickled carrots and celery root, Krautsalat (coleslaw); and fried potatoes and onions. A plate of olives, peppers, cheese and dried tomatoes on the side. We drank a Weissburgunder from Weingut Pfeffingen, the Herrenberg GG (Großes Gewächs or Grand Cru). Left click to enlarge first pic.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P7231909_1024.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P7231910_crop.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P7231912_label.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Parsifal on July 24, 2013, 07:42:06 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 24, 2013, 07:20:27 AM
Reminds me of one of the best meals I ever had: fresh wild Alaskan salmon a friend cooked on his Weber for me several years ago. Cost a fortune...but was so worth it (I kept telling his wife, who wasn't so pleased by the price :D ). I haven't grilled salmon in ages. We finally have a supplier of fresh fish close by now. Maybe this weekend.

Sarge

Around here the price is not prohibitive ($16 to $20 per pound).  The truth is that farm-raised Atlantic Salmon can be more tasty off the grill (a bit more oily, allowing a crispy exterior and juicy interior).  Also, don't underestimate the deliciousness of grilled sweet corn with a bit of a twang from the hardwood smoke.  (Just soak in water for 30 minutes, roll in olive oil and salt and wrap in aluminum foil before tossing on the Weber for 20-30 minutes.)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 24, 2013, 07:45:08 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 24, 2013, 07:30:25 AMWe drank a Weissburgunder from Weingut Pfeffingen, the Herrenberg GG (Großes Gewächs or Grand Cru).
Sarge

You know I want notes on Weissburgunders. How's that GG-baby? And is it a good value, would you say?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on July 24, 2013, 07:45:31 AM
It's high salmon season and I'm reaping the benefits. My grocery was advertising Canadian Coho for $8.99/lb. Time to grab a pound and serve 'em up. I don't have a grill, but there are a lot of creative ways to serve salmon deliciously. Doesn't hurt that it's probably my favorite fish.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Parsifal on July 24, 2013, 08:16:42 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 24, 2013, 07:45:31 AM
It's high salmon season and I'm reaping the benefits. My grocery was advertising Canadian Coho for $8.99/lb. Time to grab a pound and serve 'em up. I don't have a grill, but there are a lot of creative ways to serve salmon deliciously.

And on top of all that, you can claim it's good for you!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 24, 2013, 11:14:15 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 24, 2013, 07:45:31 AM
It's high salmon season and I'm reaping the benefits. My grocery was advertising Canadian Coho for $8.99/lb. Time to grab a pound and serve 'em up. I don't have a grill, but there are a lot of creative ways to serve salmon deliciously. Doesn't hurt that it's probably my favorite fish.

Salmon is a favorite of ours, whether raw as sushi/sashimi, smoked, or cooked in some fashion - Susan has a lot of excellent recipes and I do a 'cedar plank' salmon on the grill - an Oregon Pinot Noir is probably my favorite wine w/ this fish (and also w/ tuna).  Dave :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 25, 2013, 04:43:25 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on July 24, 2013, 07:45:08 AM
You know I want notes on Weissburgunders. How's that GG-baby? And is it a good value, would you say?

When I first tasted it (last September) it seemed closed. It still does. Or perhaps it's the style: a rather austere minerality. Not a typical (in my experience) Pfälzer Weissburgunder: no explosive bouquet or fruit. It is deeply concentrated with a gorgeous color (noticeable in the picture).  Makes a good food wine. But it's not so enjoyable (to me anyway) on its own. Good value? Well, for €20 I expected more. (It's €17 if you take advantage of their subscription offer: order the 2013 now and take delivery when it's released in September.) But I prefer the Wittmann...that is good value.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 25, 2013, 08:42:47 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 25, 2013, 04:43:25 AM
When I first tasted it (last September) it seemed closed. It still does. Or perhaps it's the style: a rather austere minerality.... But I prefer the Wittmann...that is good value.

Wittmann upper class or Wittmann basic? The 2012 Weissburgunder, although in many ways very satisfactory, struck me as a little closed still, as well... and I actually preferred the 2012 Grauburgunder which seemed a little further along the way... if it is indeed a developmental thing, still, and not just their nature.

We have a Men's Night Out here, every so often... every 4 to 8 weeks, centered around food and good wine (or different beers, as last night--a rare but fun grilling exception with self-made sausages), several music-related people, but hardly all of them... and there I've found an excellent testing, tasting, and tippling ground!

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1005328_10151578912037989_473977746_n.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 25, 2013, 05:27:42 PM
OK - Sarge & I need to get this thread back on track w/ some 'personal' pics!   :D

Tonight, grilled Chicken Yakitori (marinaded in soy sauce, onion, garlic, etc.), Rice, whole grain w/ mushrooms, herbs, onions, etc., and Tomatoes, local fresh produce w/ a little oil & salt/pepper + fresh Basil (the latter really adding the complexity!) - some Oregon Pinot Noir for myself - delicious variety and even healthy!  Dave :)

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 26, 2013, 05:38:34 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on July 25, 2013, 08:42:47 AM
Wittmann upper class or Wittmann basic?

I meant the basic 2012, which I've had several times at a restaurant which offers Wittmann's wines.


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 28, 2013, 08:14:44 AM
Last night: Mrs. Rock's "Indian" fish in coconut sauce. Ingredients: coconut milk, 1 teaspoon Garam marsala (recipe to follow) 1 tablespoon tumeric, curry leaves, chopped onion and garlic, finely sliced red hot pepper, juice of half a lemon, butterfat (brand name here Butaris) and pollock filets. Garnish with spring onions.

Garam marsala:  pan roast coriander seeds, peppercorns, fennel seeds, one bay leaf and one crushed cardamom pod and seeds. When the spices have browned, dump in a mortar, add some rock salt and grind it up.

We drank a superb old Alsatian Riesling, the 1996 Grand Cru Schoenenbourg from Domaine Mittnacht-Klack. Mature Riesling goes so well with the flavor of coconut. Left click to enlarge images.


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Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 28, 2013, 05:58:21 PM
"Mittnacht Klack" is a sensational name for anything, certainly Riesling. Sounds like the plot and or villain in a  George MacDonald Fraser novel.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 29, 2013, 08:24:06 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 28, 2013, 08:14:44 AM
Last night: Mrs. Rock's "Indian" fish in coconut sauce. Ingredients: coconut milk, 1 teaspoon Garam marsala (recipe to follow) 1 tablespoon tumeric, curry leaves, chopped onion and garlic, finely sliced red hot pepper, juice of half a lemon, butterfat (brand name here Butaris) and pollock filets. Garnish with spring onions.

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Sarge - that looks quite tasty and the wine pairing sounds perfect!  Congrats to Mrs. Rock - :)

For us last night, our local 'lodge' 5 mins from home - my 'once a month' necessity - Vension Medallions - ultra lean and tender slices served with raspberry merlot sauce and two sides. - vary my sides (plenty of choices), but last night cole slaw & steamed broccoli, along w/ a couple of glasses of Pinot Noir (La Crema from California) - Dave

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 29, 2013, 08:32:20 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on July 29, 2013, 08:24:06 AM
For us last night, our local 'lodge' 5 mins from home - my 'once a month' necessity - Vension Medallions - ultra lean and tender slices served with raspberry merlot sauce and two sides. - vary my sides (plenty of choices), but last night cole slaw & steamed broccoli, along w/ a couple of glasses of Pinot Noir (La Crema from California) - Dave

I've had La Crema several times. In fact, I think it was one of the pinot noirs we drank with that wild Alaskan salmon I mentioned a few posts back.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 05, 2013, 02:55:07 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on July 24, 2013, 07:42:06 AM
Around here the price is not prohibitive ($16 to $20 per pound).  The truth is that farm-raised Atlantic Salmon can be more tasty off the grill (a bit more oily, allowing a crispy exterior and juicy interior).  Also, don't underestimate the deliciousness of grilled sweet corn with a bit of a twang from the hardwood smoke.  (Just soak in water for 30 minutes, roll in olive oil and salt and wrap in aluminum foil before tossing on the Weber for 20-30 minutes.)

Our local "fishmonger" finally had fresh salmon again. We bought a good-sized filet (almost a kilo) and had enough for two meals, Saturday and Sunday suppers.

Sunday evening we supplemented the smaller salmon portions with a few fresh scallops. Charcoal grilled on the Weber after marinating the fish in olive oil, lemon juice, Herbes de Provence, Turkish chili flakes and sea salt. Served with corn and noodle salad. We drank a chilled syrah rosé from Chile, quite delicious. Went well with the food. (Saturday night we drank a Weingut Knipser Spätburgunder, i.e., German pinot noir.)

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Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 30, 2013, 12:43:57 PM
Mrs. Rock did the cooking tonight. She made poached halibut, steamed Kohlrabi (cabbage turnip) and rice. Sauce was made with butter, neutral white wine, cream, sautéed leeks and mushrooms, tarragon and sea salt. We drank a sensational wine, a 2010 Würzburger Stein Weissburgunder (pinot blanc) Kabinett trocken from the Staatlicher Hofkeller Würzburg (€14.50). The wine tasted of lime and a melange of spices.

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Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 31, 2013, 06:52:39 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 30, 2013, 12:43:57 PM
Mrs. Rock did the cooking tonight. She made poached halibut, steamed Kohlrabi (cabbage turnip) and rice. Sauce was made with butter, neutral white wine, cream, sautéed leeks and mushrooms, tarragon and sea salt. We drank a sensational wine, a 2010 Würzburger Stein Weissburgunder (pinot blanc) Kabinett trocken from the Staatlicher Hofkeller Würzburg (€14.50). The wine tasted of lime and a melange of spices.

Hi Sarge - looking good as usual - love the 'screw top' (becoming one of my favorite enclosures) - how are the German wine makers/bottlers adjusting to using it - just curious?

Susan & I recently returned from a long weekend in Blowing Rock, NC - just a 90 minute drive (believe that I've shown some pics in the past in the travel thread).  One of our favorite restaurants there is called the Gamekeeper (http://www.gamekeeper-nc.com/menu.htm) (menu in the link); as the name implies 'wild' meats a specialty - we both started w/ the Mixed Green Salad - Susan had the Bison - NC bison scotch steak w/ yukon gold, grilled cabbage, etc. - the bison is raised near Asheville - she likes meat 'medium rare' - had a bite, just delicious!

For me, the Venison rack chop w/ cippolini-thyme risotto, baby beet, & swiss chard - also 'medium rare' and delicious; a new cut for me (I do eat venison tenderloin once or twice a month at our little bistro shown a few posts back).  Wine for me (the usual) a CA Pinot Noir - shared a dessert - Blueberry Cobbler, warm w/ vanilla gelato & toasted pine nuts.

Our other memorable dinner was a place we had not tried on Main Street, Storie Street Grille (http://www.storiestreetgrille.com/dinnermenu.html) - as usual we started w/ a nice salad (plenty of good options); Susan had lamb - I tried the North Carolina mountain trout. pecan crusted and grilled, finished with a white wine and lemon caper pan sauce, served with smoked gouda grits and grilled asparagus - two nice pieces of trout, light on the pecan topping and delicious - wine for me King Estate Pinot Gris from Oregon!  Dave :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on August 31, 2013, 02:21:59 PM
Had a superb dinner a few nights ago in a restaurant in the Bregenzerwald region (http://www.adler-schwarzenberg.at/)... baked blood sausage on potato salad as an appetizer... to die for. whatever followed was wonderful, but sadly paled in comparison. Wine was a knock-out: An Alto Adige red, Baron di Pauli, 2006 Arzio (http://www.barondipauli.com/downloads/arzio_2006_en.pdf)... (50% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Cabernet Franc)

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 31, 2013, 04:37:11 PM
Well, tonight I was grilling some Tuna - tried a new recipe from the book shown below (it's the only book I now use JUST to simplify my grilling life!) - recipe attached - really a superb flavor (and likely useable on other fish & meats) - NOW, the grilling time is from the book - we like are tuna rare, so I did just 2 minutes per side (for about a 1 inch cut) - came out w/ a pink but warm middle like a medium rare steak - SO, consider the timing.  We just had a simple salad plus some Pinot Noir for me (my choice w/ tuna or salmon) - was raining a little (I have a half umbrella over my grill) but ate on our porch w/ some guitar music on my little stereo there  (George Van Eps) - Dave :)


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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 01, 2013, 06:51:46 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on August 31, 2013, 06:52:39 AM
Hi Sarge - looking good as usual - love the 'screw top' (becoming one of my favorite enclosures) - how are the German wine makers/bottlers adjusting to using it - just curious?

Even many of best, the great estates (like the Hofkeller Würzburg) are taking to it with, I think, enthusiasm. I like screw caps. They simplify storage (especially once the bottle is open), and of course it takes less time to get the bottle open and the wine down your gullet. A definite plus :D  8)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 01, 2013, 06:54:50 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on August 31, 2013, 02:21:59 PM
Had a superb dinner a few nights ago in a restaurant in the Bregenzerwald region (http://www.adler-schwarzenberg.at/)... baked blood sausage on potato salad as an appetizer...

Mrs. Rock and I are jealous.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 01, 2013, 07:07:59 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on August 31, 2013, 04:37:11 PM
Well, tonight I was grilling some Tuna - tried a new recipe from the book shown below

Thanks, Dave. I'll try that recipe next time our market has tuna.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 01, 2013, 07:39:24 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 01, 2013, 06:51:46 AM
Even many of best, the great estates (like the Hofkeller Würzburg) are taking to it with, I think, enthusiasm. I like screw caps. They simplify storage (especially once the bottle is open), and of course it takes less time to get the bottle open and the wine down your gullet. A definite plus :D  8)

Hi Sarge - same feeling here - easy to remove & store leftovers (if any exit -  ;D).  New Zealand should be approaching 100% in their use of screw caps (may be there already - not sure, but I've not removed a cork from a Kiwi wine in ages, but I don't see the more expensive ones around my locale).

But the Pinot Noir that I had last night w/ the tuna had a screw cap - made at Meiomi (http://www.meiomiwines.com) by Joseph Wagner (son of Chuck & grandson of Charlie) of Caymus Winery fame.  Just mentioning this wine for those who can find it locally - about $20 a bottle in my vicinity - blended from three CA coastal areas (Sonoma, Monterey, & Santa Barbara) - available in my local grocery stores (legal in NC) & appearing on a number of restaurant lists; SO, for those looking for a relatively inexpensive P. Noir, check out this one - I've had 3 vintages now and though there has been some variation, each was quite tasty.  Dave :)

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 07, 2013, 04:18:08 PM
Susan's famous Matzo Ball Chicken Soup - she auctions this off yearly for our Unitarian Fellowship - and then makes an extra pot for us, so an uncommon treat - uses a whole chicken per pot & makes the 'balls' from matzo meal (and to perfection - soft, fluffy, & flavorful) - she no longer adds the parsnips (just a personal choice - I never liked them that much in the soup).

So attached a pic of a bowl of soup (I had an extra half bowl) - should have added a nice slice or two of Jewish rye bread!  For me, a Sauvignon Blanc from California - a winery that I've visited several times over the years.  Sometimes there's nothing like a GOOD soup for dinner - Dave :)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 08, 2013, 08:42:53 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on September 07, 2013, 04:18:08 PM
Susan's famous Matzo Ball Chicken Soup

That looks seriously good!

Does the auction take place at this time every year? If so I'll plan my next trip to North Carolina then--and I'll just happen to drop by your place around dinner time  :D ;) 

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 08, 2013, 09:09:21 AM
Last night Mrs. Rock made Steinbeißer (wolffish) baked with fresh spinach. A cucumber/potato salad in a yoghurt dressing on the side. We drank a 2012 Deidesheimer Mäushöhle Riesling Kabinett feinherb, a gold prize winner from one of Germany's best wine cooperatives: Winzerverein Deidesheim.

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Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mc ukrneal on September 08, 2013, 11:05:20 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on September 01, 2013, 07:39:24 AM
Hi Sarge - same feeling here - easy to remove & store leftovers (if any exit -  ;D).  New Zealand should be approaching 100% in their use of screw caps (may be there already - not sure, but I've not removed a cork from a Kiwi wine in ages, but I don't see the more expensive ones around my locale).

But the Pinot Noir that I had last night w/ the tuna had a screw cap - made at Meiomi (http://www.meiomiwines.com) by Joseph Wagner (son of Chuck & grandson of Charlie) of Caymus Winery fame.  Just mentioning this wine for those who can find it locally - about $20 a bottle in my vicinity - blended from three CA coastal areas (Sonoma, Monterey, & Santa Barbara) - available in my local grocery stores (legal in NC) & appearing on a number of restaurant lists; SO, for those looking for a relatively inexpensive P. Noir, check out this one - I've had 3 vintages now and though there has been some variation, each was quite tasty.  Dave :)

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I must fully agree! I had this at an Italian restaurant for the first time last year and it was very nice (and at a reasonable price point). It can be found on sale for less than $20 (and it is carried in many places - Whole Foods had a big display last year). And I very much like screw cap for ease of just about everything! :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 08, 2013, 04:58:59 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 08, 2013, 08:42:53 AM
That looks seriously good!

Does the auction take place at this time every year? If so I'll plan my next trip to North Carolina then--and I'll just happen to drop by your place around dinner time  :D ;) 

Hi Sarge - auction usually takes place in the middle of the year - Susan sometimes waits months before making the soup, BUT we have some Jewish friends (a colleague) who missed out - so we invited them over for the soup which they loved (originally New Yorkers, so very particular about their 'native' soup - ;)) - that fish dish made by Mrs. Rock looks quite tasty to me (a spinach & fish lover!) - we'll have to exchange dinner invitations! 

Tonight, I grilled some lamb chops - a very simple recipe (attached) - the 4th time and always excellent - couple of changes for me - longer time on the marinade (usually about 15 mins or so in the frig and then a similar time @ room temp) - we like our lamb medium rare, so careful to watch - I usually do 3-4 minutes per side & then have Susan test the meat - often needs an extra minute or two but SO tasty w/ the Provence herbs - NOW, I think that this might work out well on a veal or a pork chop (might want to marinade longer w/ those cuts - not sure?  BUT worth a try) - Dave :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on September 25, 2013, 04:03:08 AM
Cool weather here.  Time to make soup!  Maybe rasam for today. 

A
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on September 25, 2013, 04:53:45 AM
G'day, Allan!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 25, 2013, 09:58:57 AM
Hi Allan - chilly & rainy here - some hot soup would be quite nice!  :)

For us, we just returned from a trip to Montauk, LI to visit my MIL/BIL - this makes 40 years of going to the eastern shore of that island - two treats are the wonderful seafood, especially shellfish, and the wineries on the North Fork - takes 2 ferries from Sag Harbor to get over Shelter Island to Greenport.

Susan & I feasted on shellfish the entire time (just 4 nights) - oysters, little neck clams, steamers, shrimp, & lobsters - we had lobsters three nights for dinner (looked like the one below), plus lobster rolls for 2 lunches - one of the best I've had in recent years is shown below (small restaurant in Mattituck on the North Fork called Love Lane Kitchen) - nearly all lobster (probably about half of a 1 1/4# one) on a buttered and toasted roll - $24 which is about ten bucks more than the usual prices but worth every bite!  Dave  :D

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 28, 2013, 05:20:52 PM
Hate to post after my own one!  ;D

BUT, my weekend grilling assignment - decided on Baby Back Ribs w/ a dry Memphis Rub from Steven Raichlen's Barbecue Bible (both the rub & cooking recipes attached for those interested) - split the full rack about in half (applied a tsp to each side of Susan's half rack & double that on mine, left in frig for 6 hours - still a little too hot for us, so a few trials may be needed) - cooking time depends on your grill - I have a new Weber natural gas unit which seems to 'bake' quickly - put her piece on early - just 45 minutes and about 10 mins less for mine - SO, a few tries needed.  BUT, came out juicy and delicious w/ a bunch of heat (especially on my ribs) - had a Pinot Noir but a beer would have been better; Susan had a local IPA, which I probably would have chose w/ this dish - home-made cole slaw - AND as usual on our porch - Dave :)


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 29, 2013, 09:41:48 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on September 28, 2013, 05:20:52 PM
Hate to post after my own one!  ;D

When the food looks this good, post away, Dave! It's been years since we had pork ribs. The picture makes my mouth water.

Sarge 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: kaergaard on September 29, 2013, 10:07:44 AM
Absolutely time for soup! It's Chancellor Angela Merkels' favourite: Kartoffelsuppe, her own recipe, her own production - potato soup! -
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: kaergaard on September 29, 2013, 10:12:04 AM
What happened to Toledo Bass's call for soup on a cool day? Was here just a minute ago.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 29, 2013, 01:37:12 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 29, 2013, 09:41:48 AM
When the food looks this good, post away, Dave! It's been years since we had pork ribs. The picture makes my mouth water.

Hi Sarge - not a big rib fan but those were quite tasty! Susan loves to chew on bones of all kinds (one of my many nicknames I have for her is 'Bone Woman' - of course, she has a number for me, some not too appealing - but that's marriage! ;)) - her grandfather ran a grocery store in New Jersey which apparently had an excellent butcher section - sounded like they had plenty of delicious & prime cuts of all sorts of meats when she was growing up!  Dave :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: PaulR on September 29, 2013, 01:42:18 PM
Just had seared salmon with creamy dill sauce.  Even though they didn't have fresh salmon--and I cooked it the opposite way the recipe said (supposed to be flesh side down first)--I loved it.   Although salmon has lately been my favorite fish.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on October 01, 2013, 05:53:41 PM
Quote from: PaulR on September 29, 2013, 01:42:18 PM
Just had seared salmon with creamy dill sauce.  Even though they didn't have fresh salmon--and I cooked it the opposite way the recipe said (supposed to be flesh side down first)--I loved it.   Although salmon has lately been my favorite fish.

Salmon's fantastic. I just had steelhead trout (very similar) with garlic, a bit of citrus, and capers. Delicious.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 01, 2013, 06:08:29 PM
Late Night Snack

-Slice of Pecan Pie
-Croissant from Sam's Club (they are delicious)
-Blue Moon in a bottle
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on October 02, 2013, 02:59:48 AM
Having lots of large and beautiful and tasty Porcini at hand at a friend's in Salzburg recently (the first few stripes were delicious with eggs in the morning, sunny side up), it called for a good risotto. While we were biking about in the countryside on a all-shops-closed Sunday, said friend's mother found risotto rice, fortunately... so I got to work, once we were back. But the sticker on the rice was a curious one: "20.99" Was that a price?? It couldn't be, obviously... or wait, no... Schilling & Groschen? Sure enough... that rice was 1999 vintage, and not vacuum packed, like the Gallo brand is now. Once I got the moth out and rinsed off what may have been card-board dust (in the best scenario), it turned out to be quite edible, though... and fortunately the ladies weren't of the squeamish sort. Made and consumed with a decent Austrian Riesling and Porcini stock I had prepared that morning.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on October 02, 2013, 04:16:14 AM
I finally had South Carolina's signature dish yesterday... shrimp and grits.  I like it. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 02, 2013, 04:26:49 AM
Quote from: DavidW on October 02, 2013, 04:16:14 AM
I finally had South Carolina's signature dish yesterday... shrimp and grits.  I like it. :)

David, I think was just a few miles from you the other day, I drove to myrtle beach and went straight through Florence.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on October 02, 2013, 04:39:19 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on October 02, 2013, 04:26:49 AM
David, I think was just a few miles from you the other day, I drove to myrtle beach and went straight through Florence.

That's too bad we could have met up.  Florence is 20 miles away from here.  I go there pretty often as it has much more shopping and restaurants than Hartsville does.

Well actually it was a busy day yesterday.

I hope that you enjoyed Myrtle Beach.  About 20 minutes south of it is Huntington State Park, don't know if you visited it or the gardens but they're really neat.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 02, 2013, 04:48:01 AM
Quote from: DavidW on October 02, 2013, 04:39:19 AM
That's too bad we could have met up.  Florence is 20 miles away from here.  I go there pretty often as it has much more shopping and restaurants than Hartsville does.

Well actually it was a busy day yesterday.

I hope that you enjoyed Myrtle Beach.  About 20 minutes south of it is Huntington State Park, don't know if you visited it or the gardens but they're really neat.

My in laws have a house at myrtle, we try to go several times a year, I'll definitely hit you up next time we drive through.

We've been to Brookgreen Gardens a few times, I know that is south of where we stay, not sure if that's part of Huntington.

Nice thing is that the house is south of all the hotels and tourist attractions so it's calm and peaceful, never have to fight for a spot on the beach.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on October 02, 2013, 06:23:24 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on October 02, 2013, 02:59:48 AMSure enough... that rice was 1999 vintage, and not vacuum packed, like the Gallo brand is now. Once I got the moth out and rinsed off what may have been card-board dust (in the best scenario)

:D ;) :D  ...dining with Jens: it's not just dinner, it's an adventure.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 02, 2013, 01:59:40 PM
Quote from: DavidW on October 02, 2013, 04:16:14 AM
I finally had South Carolina's signature dish yesterday... shrimp and grits.  I like it. :)

Hi David - one of Susan's favorite dishes - she's had dozens of versions all over Virginia & the Carolinas (and likely in Georgia) - everyone seems to have a different recipe, so if you're a fan then time to get a handle on the 'standard deviation' -  :D  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on October 03, 2013, 04:32:54 AM
Sounds like I have a new mission! ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on October 08, 2013, 02:35:16 PM
Ah, tis the season! fresh mussels and truffles. We ate at our favorite local Italian this evening, Al Fiume (http://al-fiume-worms.de/il-ristorante/) in Worms, situated on the Rhine River just a few steps from the Hagen statue (Worms is the Nibelungen city):

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For starters Mrs. Rock and I shared a platter of mixed carpaccio (salmon, tuna, squid, beef).  Then I had mussels in tomato sauce. Mrs. Rock had pasta with black truffles and parmesan. It's a production. They shave a generous amount of parmesan from the center of a huge wheel (a half meter in diameter) and then ladle in hot noodles, melting the cheese.


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To finish the dish, they shave black truffles onto the plate. The result is this:


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We drank a 2010 Barbera d'Asti from Tenuta Olim Bauda


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Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on October 08, 2013, 02:53:58 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 08, 2013, 02:35:16 PM

To finish the dish, they shave black truffles onto the plate. The result is this:


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Sarge

I've never had real 'truffles'.  I hear they are bloody expensive, and can only be found by pigs.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 08, 2013, 03:50:35 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 08, 2013, 02:35:16 PM
Ah, tis the season! fresh mussels and truffles. We ate at our favorite local Italian this evening, Al Fiume (http://al-fiume-worms.de/il-ristorante/) in Worms, situated on the Rhine River just a few steps from the Hagen statue (Worms is the Nibelungen city):

For starters Mrs. Rock and I shared a platter of mixed carpaccio (salmon, tuna, squid, beef).  Then I had mussels in tomato sauce. Mrs. Rock had pasta with black truffles and parmesan. It's a production. They shave a generous amount of parmesan from the center of a huge wheel (a half meter in diameter) and then ladle in hot noodles, melting the cheese.

To finish the dish, they shave black truffles onto the plate. The result is this:

We drank a 2010 Barbera d'Asti from Tenuta Olim Bauda

Quote from: ChamberNut on October 08, 2013, 02:53:58 PM
I've never had real 'truffles'.  I hear they are bloody expensive, and can only be found by pigs.  :)

Hi Sarge - looks wonderful!  Love mussels & truffles - and REAL parmesan!  :P

@ Ray - pigs are amazing animals, but dogs will work for finding truffles and won't necessarily eat them! ;)  BUT, they are certainly expensive - once you've given them a try, expense won't matter, plus a 'little' goes a long way - Dave :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on October 08, 2013, 03:53:30 PM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on October 08, 2013, 03:50:35 PM
Hi Sarge - looks wonderful!  Love mussels & truffles - and REAL parmesan!  :P

@ Ray - pigs are amazing animals, but dogs will work for finding truffles and won't necessarily eat them! ;)  BUT, they are certainly expensive - once you've given them a try, expense won't matter, plus a 'little' goes a long way - Dave :)

Thanks Dave.   :) All of it sounds really good.  Yes, mussels and real parmesan.  Quite yummy!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on October 08, 2013, 05:09:28 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on October 08, 2013, 03:53:30 PM
Thanks Dave.   :) All of it sounds really good.  Yes, mussels and real parmesan.  Quite yummy!

Watch the Croatia episode of "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations" and you'll see him go on a truffle hunt. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mc ukrneal on October 08, 2013, 11:37:40 PM
Quote from: Brian on October 08, 2013, 05:09:28 PM
Watch the Croatia episode of "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations" and you'll see him go on a truffle hunt. :)
He's a real swine, so should have no problems finding them! :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on October 13, 2013, 08:04:04 PM
Folks, weigh in! A local cheese shop is having a tasting/class session where they introduce us to the wines and cheeses of the Jura region of France. My question for the Francophiles on the board: is it worth a evening (and a fee) to explore a range of Jura wines and cheeses? What could I expect?

There's also a "bubbly & cheese" tasting the next week...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Octave on October 13, 2013, 10:12:42 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on October 08, 2013, 11:37:40 PM
He's a real swine, so should have no problems finding them! :)

Could you elaborate on this (Bourdain/swine)?  Just idly curious.  I have never seen a whole episode of any of his shows, just popped in on them by accident once in a while.  I got a bad vibe about the guy from just several minutes at a time, but I dismissed this as my personal crankiness and/or general reactive disgust at CNN, or something.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on October 14, 2013, 04:51:34 AM
Quote from: Octave on October 13, 2013, 10:12:42 PM
Could you elaborate on this (Bourdain/swine)?  Just idly curious.  I have never seen a whole episode of any of his shows, just popped in on them by accident once in a while.  I got a bad vibe about the guy from just several minutes at a time, but I dismissed this as my personal crankiness and/or general reactive disgust at CNN, or something.

I'll just pipe up as a Bourdain lover. Haven't seen any of his shows in a year, since I haven't had a TV in a year, but "No Reservations" is one of my favorite nonfiction TV shows. What's great about Bourdain is that his leather-jacket former-heroin-addict punk-rock-loving exterior conceals a fuzzy teddy bear of a guy who finds something to treasure just about everywhere he goes. And he's deeply intelligent; he writes all the voiceovers and knows, talking to people about their culture, when to shut up and listen. (Not many TV hosts know how to listen.) The camera work and editing on the shows are almost always outstanding.

The best episodes send Bourdain to some dirt-poor downtrodden part of the globe: Mozambique, southern India, falling sick in the Amazon, and the amazing two-parter from Lebanon, the first episode of which was being filmed when bombs started going off and the civil war broke out. My favorite, though, might be "Cajun Country Louisiana," where he goes to a daylong zydeco dance party in a barn and has what appears to be the most fun anybody has ever had.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on October 14, 2013, 05:18:57 AM
Quote from: Brian on October 13, 2013, 08:04:04 PM
Folks, weigh in! A local cheese shop is having a tasting/class session where they introduce us to the wines and cheeses of the Jura region of France. My question for the Francophiles on the board: is it worth a evening (and a fee) to explore a range of Jura wines and cheeses? What could I expect?

There's also a "bubbly & cheese" tasting the next week...

Can't help you, I'm afraid. I've driven past the Jura so many times in the last 40 years but have never entered the region (it's on Mrs. Rock's to do list). But hey, it's French wine and cheese! I'd attend the tasting.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on October 14, 2013, 05:33:04 AM
Quote from: Brian on October 13, 2013, 08:04:04 PM
Folks, weigh in! A local cheese shop is having a tasting/class session where they introduce us to the wines and cheeses of the Jura region of France. My question for the Francophiles on the board: is it worth a evening (and a fee) to explore a range of Jura wines and cheeses? What could I expect?

There's also a "bubbly & cheese" tasting the next week...

It's more through Switzerland that I know the wines (Jura extends well into the Confederate Island), and they're extraordinary lime-stone growing wines (in the south, anyway), indeed. Beautiful light Pinot Noir's... far away from the body heavy Italian style (Merlot et al.) wines. You can find some wines there (varietals, that is) that you won't find anywhere else. On the French side, if you can try some  Vin Jaune, that should worth it; L'Etoile, if you're into white... which I hope you are if you go, because the whites are probably more interesting on average.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Octave on October 14, 2013, 08:47:36 AM
Quote from: Brian on October 14, 2013, 04:51:34 AM
My favorite, though, might be "Cajun Country Louisiana," where he goes to a daylong zydeco dance party in a barn and has what appears to be the most fun anybody has ever had.

Thanks for telling me that; I'm now interested in seeing that series (NO RSVPS)....I see it's on disc.

Interesting you'd mention Cajun culture, because I had a ball watching a few short docs by Les Blank on S. La. culture, including two about different Cajun communities.  Those were shot in ~early 70s, so had the added (dis)advantage of being a time capsule.  Amazing to see one of the Balfa Brothers at his day jobs as school bus driver and insurance salesman.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on October 14, 2013, 11:04:29 AM
On tonight's menu: orange-marinated pork chops cooked on the grill, roasted red potatoes, and a garden salad. All washed down with sweet iced tea. Yummy! :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papy Oli on October 14, 2013, 12:56:36 PM
Quote from: Brian on October 13, 2013, 08:04:04 PM
Folks, weigh in! A local cheese shop is having a tasting/class session where they introduce us to the wines and cheeses of the Jura region of France. My question for the Francophiles on the board: is it worth a evening (and a fee) to explore a range of Jura wines and cheeses? What could I expect?

There's also a "bubbly & cheese" tasting the next week...

Can't help you about the wines, but some of the cheeses can be pretty good : Comté, Morbier, Bleu de Gex, some Tomme and Raclette also... earthy and tasty  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on October 20, 2013, 12:20:50 PM
Made some butternut squash soup last night that will be ready for this eve.  First fall dish it seems.   I'll braise some cabbage an maybe make some soft polenta for dinner as well.

A
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on October 20, 2013, 02:12:03 PM
Quote from: toledobass on October 20, 2013, 12:20:50 PM
Made some butternut squash soup last night that will be ready for this eve.  First fall dish it seems.   I'll braise some cabbage an maybe make some soft polenta for dinner as well.

A

Do you put anything on the cabbage?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on October 20, 2013, 02:30:52 PM
I was thinking a little onion, a little apple, maybe some raisins, and braise it in white wine and a splash of apple cider vinegar at the end.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on October 20, 2013, 07:06:58 PM
Quote from: toledobass on October 20, 2013, 02:30:52 PM
I was thinking a little onion, a little apple, maybe some raisins, and braise it in white wine and a splash of apple cider vinegar at the end.


See....I knew it would be higher level.  Thanks for the tip.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: PaulR on October 25, 2013, 02:22:37 PM
Roasted pork tenderloin with sweet and sour cucumbers and Indian spiced mashed sweet potatoes
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on October 25, 2013, 02:27:04 PM
Caldo Verde soup for a crisp evening.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Marc on October 25, 2013, 02:37:09 PM
Re: What are you eating?

Nothing.
I came home drunk and now I'm having the hiccups.

:-[
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: John Copeland on November 11, 2013, 12:51:32 PM
I missed dinner...so now it's Egg Fried Rice with Chicken in White Sauce.
Tomorrow it will be Steak Pie, roast Tatties and peas.

EDIT:  Egg Fried Rice with Chicken in White Sauce...it was not very good.  I look forward to tomorrows dinner... :(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 06, 2013, 02:27:37 PM
Gonna make some soba noodles in a shitake broth for this rainy night.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 06, 2013, 02:39:27 PM
Tonight, Rippchen (cured pork cutlet) and sauerkraut with boiled potatoes. Drank a dry 2012 Riesling from a local vintner (Weingut Steinmühle).

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 06, 2013, 02:42:13 PM
damn, that sounds delicious too.  how is the pork cured?  what is it sured with?  What flavors?  do you cure it, or does the butcher do it and it is readily available?

Good to see ya Sarge!  Enjoyed your story about Bob Dylan.  I think we all have many stories like that and it reminded me of some of mine.

A
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 06, 2013, 02:52:33 PM
Quote from: toledobass on December 06, 2013, 02:42:13 PM
damn, that sounds delicious too.  how is the pork cured?  what is it sured with?  What flavors?  do you cure it, or does the butcher do it and it is readily available?

We bought it from a Metzgerei (butcher shop) but the cut is usually available at most food stores too. I have no idea how it's cured (I should ask next time I'm at the butcher). It tastes similar to American ham (a tad saltier though). I didn't take a photo but found this online: substitute boiled spuds for mashed, and it's what we ate.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/rippchen.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on December 06, 2013, 02:58:10 PM
About to start broiling tuna with bok choy and a sesame dressing. And red wine should help on this cold night, Dallas' coldest night since 2011!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on December 07, 2013, 04:09:59 AM
Quote from: toledobass on December 06, 2013, 02:42:13 PM
damn, that sounds delicious too.  how is the pork cured?  what is it sured with?  What flavors?  do you cure it, or does the butcher do it and it is readily available?



Pork ribs, cured (brined, actually; just nitrite curing salt, nothing else) & lightly smoked. That's when it's called "Kassler"... which I thought is what Sarge had.
If you skip smoking and broil it, instead, I think it's called "Rippchen"... which is what he might have had.
If you smoke it and air-dry it, you just end up with ham... but then you might want to have used more than just NCS in the brining process.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 07, 2013, 09:05:50 AM
Last night we ate out - for me the fish special for the night:

Blackened Trout, Rice Pilaf, & Asparagus along w/ a few glasses of a Pinot Gris from Santa Barbara County (southern coastal CA).

Tonight, a dungeness crab each - good deal @ Costco yesterday - will steam & just have a nice salad (of course, some white wine!) - Dave :)

(http://www.foodsubs.com/Photos/cdungenesscrab.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 08, 2013, 07:27:56 AM
Gonna make a mushroom ragout or maybe brussel sprouts with chestnuts tonight.  Prolly some polenta to go with either.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 08, 2013, 09:22:43 AM
Well, last night I was the 'indoor' cook  - SO, a couple of Dungeness Crabs - steamed them for about 10 minutes (they are pre-cooked) & made some simple salads; also, was our last night to light the Menorah (we're a couple of days behind having gone out to eat a few times) - wine for the night, a Sauvignon Blanc from Washington State (Horse Heaven Vyds) - Susan likes melted butter & for me cocktail sauce w/ horseradish - pic below @ the start of the meal - delicious! Dave :)

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-gQGnnDS/0/O/CrabDinner.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on December 08, 2013, 03:15:32 PM
Had some homemade Brunswick stew and now for dessert having some white chocolate chip cookies made with orange and pecans with some hot tea.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 09, 2013, 03:49:03 AM
I started a batch of egg nog a little while ago,  my first ever I've made.  It's been sitting in the fridge doing it's thing and last night hit the 3 week mark, the safe point where all of the bacteria should have been killed off by the alcohol.  Fittingly, it was also the first snow we've seen so I poured us a glass full after dinner.  Grated a little cinnamon on top and boy what a decadent treat home made nog is....a whole different ball game than the overly sweet goofy stuff found in the grocery. 

Anyone else make their own nog? 

A
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on December 09, 2013, 06:47:18 PM
Quote from: toledobass on December 09, 2013, 03:49:03 AM
I started a batch of egg nog a little while ago,  my first ever I've made.  It's been sitting in the fridge doing it's thing and last night hit the 3 week mark, the safe point where all of the bacteria should have been killed off by the alcohol.  Fittingly, it was also the first snow we've seen so I poured us a glass full after dinner.  Grated a little cinnamon on top and boy what a decadent treat home made nog is....a whole different ball game than the overly sweet goofy stuff found in the grocery. 

Anyone else make their own nog? 

A

Nope, but would have loved a mug of yours. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 09, 2013, 07:57:41 PM
Quote from: toledobass on December 09, 2013, 03:49:03 AM
I started a batch of egg nog a little while ago,  my first ever I've made.  It's been sitting in the fridge doing it's thing and last night hit the 3 week mark, the safe point where all of the bacteria should have been killed off by the alcohol.  Fittingly, it was also the first snow we've seen so I poured us a glass full after dinner.  Grated a little cinnamon on top and boy what a decadent treat home made nog is....a whole different ball game than the overly sweet goofy stuff found in the grocery. 

Anyone else make their own nog?

Hi Allan - think that I tried 'egg nog' as a kid but must have been the phony non-alcoholic type - SO, never had the real thing! 

For us, Susan decided to make her famous 'Jewish' Matzo Ball Chicken Soup - auctions this off yearly at our Unitarian Fellowship (a lot of former Jews there - :)) - trick is to make the matzo balls from scratch and from her experience takes a number of attempts to get them the right size so each is fluffy, tender, and soaked perfectly w/ the broth - delicious!  Dave

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-mrKbQND/0/O/ChickenMatzo.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 10, 2013, 04:00:40 AM
It IS delicious Dave!

I have some turkey broth leftover from Thanksgiving that is in the freezer and one of the things I thought to do with it is make Matzo ball soup.  Hmmmmm, maybe tonight. 

A
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 10, 2013, 05:56:14 AM
We've had spaghetti vongole several times recently. Well, not really because Mrs. Rock substitutes mussels for clams and tagliatelle for spaghetti. So we actually had tagliatelle conchiglia? (Italian speakers, help me out here  ;D ) Anyway, the preparation and ingredients are similar to the famous Venetian dish. When I took the photo, we drank a Chianti with it but white wine is preferable. Last night we had a locally produced Grauburgunder (pinot grigio in Italian). Left click to enlarge image.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/PA261935_900.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on December 10, 2013, 06:42:52 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on December 09, 2013, 07:57:41 PMFor us, Susan decided to make her famous 'Jewish' Matzo Ball Chicken Soup - auctions this off yearly at our Unitarian Fellowship (a lot of former Jews there - :)) - trick is to make the matzo balls from scratch and from her experience takes a number of attempts to get them the right size so each is fluffy, tender, and soaked perfectly w/ the broth - delicious!  Dave

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-mrKbQND/0/O/ChickenMatzo.jpg)

Looks delicious, Dave. You're a lucky man! :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 10, 2013, 07:51:59 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on December 08, 2013, 09:22:43 AM
Well, last night I was the 'indoor' cook  - SO, a couple of Dungeness Crabs

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-gQGnnDS/0/O/CrabDinner.jpg)

I've never had whole crabs. How does one proceed? The claws and legs I get, of course, but is there anything edible under the shell? How do you get to the meat?

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 10, 2013, 11:03:05 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 10, 2013, 07:51:59 AM
I've never had whole crabs. How does one proceed? The claws and legs I get, of course, but is there anything edible under the shell? How do you get to the meat?

Hi Sarge - that mussel dish looks quite grand!  Shellfish is probably our favorite food -  :)

Each of these crustaceans seems to be different - I find whole blue crabs take the most work since there is some good meat inside the shell, but not so for a dungeness crab, i.e. nothing much inside the body to eat, SO just tear off the legs/claws and use a lobster cracker & a two-prong shell fork - have a good supply of paper napkins and a disposable bib like the one below is recommended (think I ordered 500 of these from the web a number of years ago and still have plenty left!).  Dave  :D

(http://a248.e.akamai.net/origin-cdn.volusion.com/3kxrj.k4vcs/v/vspfiles/photos/cbib-2T.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: PaulR on December 11, 2013, 02:53:25 PM
Roasted pork tenderloin and Sweet and sour cucumbers and Indian Spiced Sweet Mashed Potatoes
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 11, 2013, 03:34:45 PM
Quote from: PaulR on December 11, 2013, 02:53:25 PM
Roasted pork tenderloin and Sweet and sour cucumbers and Indian Spiced Sweet Mashed Potatoes

Hi Paul - sounds delicious (I'd love to try those mash potatoes) - pork tenderloin is a favorite of ours - wife marinades the loin overnight in a plastic bag w/ the product below (made by a local winery just west of us - a 45 minute drive) - we like the meat just pink (like the pic borrowed from the web) - the combo of the overnight tenderization and oven roasting until just medium makes for a mouth-watering delight - no one who has eaten a dried up pork chop would ever know that this was pig meat!   ;D  Dave

(http://laurelgraysauces.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/VinaigretteBig.jpg)  (http://www.brooklynfarmhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/pork-tenderloin.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: PaulR on December 15, 2013, 01:37:51 PM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on December 11, 2013, 03:34:45 PM
Hi Paul - sounds delicious (I'd love to try those mash potatoes) - pork tenderloin is a favorite of ours - wife marinades the loin overnight in a plastic bag w/ the product below (made by a local winery just west of us - a 45 minute drive) - we like the meat just pink (like the pic borrowed from the web) - the combo of the overnight tenderization and oven roasting until just medium makes for a mouth-watering delight - no one who has eaten a dried up pork chop would ever know that this was pig meat!   ;D  Dave

(http://laurelgraysauces.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/VinaigretteBig.jpg)  (http://www.brooklynfarmhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/pork-tenderloin.jpg)
That looks great.  I am still.....a bit afraid of having pink pork, even though it is considered safe now.  Mine was still moist, it was extremely good.  There was no marinade, just spreading out of a mixture of soy sauce, tomato paste and garlic.  I can get you (both) recipe's, it's from one of the South Beach Cookbooks.

Anyways, I had thai vegetable stew tonight.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on December 15, 2013, 02:46:05 PM
Tonight was taco night! Messy, but delicious. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on December 15, 2013, 02:46:23 PM
In fifteen minutes, my home-cured, slow-roasted five pounds of pork belly will be ready to fry up and serve as homemade bacon!!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on December 15, 2013, 02:58:10 PM
Pork as well.  Pulled that has been roasting and brewing in a chipolte adobo sauce for 6 hours.

(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/cc5b1e95-7eb6-4211-a1d4-e5742fe59872_zpseaddb256.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on December 15, 2013, 02:58:17 PM
Quote from: Brian on December 15, 2013, 02:46:23 PM
In fifteen minutes, my home-cured, slow-roasted five pounds of pork belly will be ready to fry up and serve as homemade bacon!!

The ultimate BLT awaits you. :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: TheGSMoeller on December 15, 2013, 03:00:06 PM
What's wrong with you people? It's Sunday, time for this...

(http://static1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130811214236/tmnt/images/f/fc/Happy-herb-pizza.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on December 15, 2013, 03:05:00 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on December 15, 2013, 03:00:06 PM
What's wrong with you people? It's Sunday, time for this...

(http://static1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130811214236/tmnt/images/f/fc/Happy-herb-pizza.jpg)

Home-made or carry out?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: TheGSMoeller on December 15, 2013, 06:23:10 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 15, 2013, 03:05:00 PM
Home-made or carry out?

Carry out (unfortunately), and now I'm paying for it. I need some ginger ale.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on December 15, 2013, 06:48:01 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on December 15, 2013, 06:23:10 PM
Carry out (unfortunately), and now I'm paying for it. I need some ginger ale.  :)

Papa John's? Pizza Hut? Domino's? Yeah, I don't eat pizza as much as I used to but now if I do I'll make my own at home.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on December 20, 2013, 06:37:29 AM
Pasta with white beans and arrabiatta.  Braised some brocolli rabe in olive oil, anchovies and crushed red pepper too.  Delicious!

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 20, 2013, 06:49:50 AM
Quote from: toledobass on December 20, 2013, 06:37:29 AM
Pasta with white beans and arrabiatta.

Oh yeah...I love "pissed off pasta"  ;D   Mrs. Rock makes a superb Penne all'arrabbiata:

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,88.msg696877/topicseen.html#msg696877


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 04, 2014, 04:13:01 PM
I made some kale and potato soup.  Used some leftover salami ends in it and some turkey broth that was frozen from Thanksgiving, loads of smoked paprika and a good hit of cayenne and it turned out a very good, warming soup for this cold night. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on January 04, 2014, 08:23:13 PM
Quote from: toledobass on January 04, 2014, 04:13:01 PM
I made some kale and potato soup.  Used some leftover salami ends in it and some turkey broth that was frozen from Thanksgiving, loads of smoked paprika and a good hit of cayenne and it turned out a very good, warming soup for this cold night.

Hit me with the recipe.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 05, 2014, 06:27:24 AM
heat up some olive oil,  throw in sliced up salami ends (or prosciutto bits, or bacon) let that render a bit,  (you can leave it veg too, but add 2 onions and maybe a grated carrot to the next step).  Add a chopped onion and couple cloves of smashed garlic, add a bay leaf, season with salt and pepper,  let the onions cook off for a while,  add potatoes (i used small fingerlings that i sliced in half if they were larger ones or left whole for the smaller ones, let them coat with the fat in the pan then season with salt and pepper, then a generous amount of smoked spanish paprika, crushed red and/or cayenne,  let that cook off for a minute or two. Add broth, bring to a simmer and let the potatoes soften,  add the kale a the final stage of cooking. 


A
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on January 05, 2014, 07:19:57 AM
Mrs. Rock excelled last night: roast venison with a red wine sauce, mashed potatoes (half sweet), and made-from-scratch red cabbage (it was to die for...if you're a Kraut lover that is  ;) )  Not shown: a homemade cranberry sauce. We drank one of my Christmas presents: a 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon from Weingut Philipp Kuhn, one of Germany's greatest red wine makers. He's based in Laumersheim in the Pfalz. The wine had a coffee and blackberry bouquet; a deep, lingering taste, not too tannic.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P1041951_550.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P1041952_400.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P1041952_label.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 05, 2014, 07:39:56 AM
Hi Allan & Sarge - soup sounds delicious (maybe a little 'hot' for me - I've cut back on 'heat' w/ age - :))

I've never had a venison roast, but a lot of medium rare tenderloins which I love!

Susan is a big soup fan, especially on a chilly day - we were just out at our local Japanese place; I had my usual sashimi (tuna, salmon, hibachi) & a few rolls (shrimp tempura & king crab this time) - the day was cold and a little drizzly, so a soup for Susan - her favorite there is the Nabe Yaki Udon - big thick noodles w/ all sorts of protein, veggies, and an egg floating on top + two large shrimp tempura!  Dave

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-m4s44Qz/0/O/Screen%20Shot%202014-01-05%20at%2011.30.48%20AM.png)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on January 05, 2014, 11:27:59 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on January 05, 2014, 07:39:56 AM
I've never had a venison roast, but a lot of medium rare tenderloins which I love!

Deer, in supermarkets, in restaurants, is common in Germany this time of year. The taste is nothing like beef. Hard to describe but delicious. Even better than a roast leg of deer are deer medallions: steaks cut from, I assume, the tenderloin. But even in Ohio (when I get "home") I have venison often. My bro-in-law is a hunter, and a successful one.

Tonight we ate at our favorite local Italian (Al Fiume in Worms): I had broiled Rotbarsch (ocean perch or redfish) with rosemary potatoes and salad. Mrs. Rock ate a salmon lasagne. We drank a white from Piedmont.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on January 05, 2014, 01:21:47 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on January 05, 2014, 11:27:59 AM
Tonight we ate at our favorite local Italian (Al Fiume in Worms): I had broiled Rotbarsch (ocean perch or redfish) with rosemary potatoes and salad. Mrs. Rock ate a salmon lasagne. We drank a white from Piedmont.

Sarge

Sarge, I'm passing through Frankfurt in May, but I'm afraid it's only a flight layover - will land at 9 p.m. and take off the next morning at 10:15 a.m. And in the mid-summer there is a very good chance I'll be tracking down distant relatives of my father who to this day own 'Vignobles Reinhart (http://www.vignobles-reinhart.com/)' in the Alsace. Maybe we can make our paths cross in the summertime...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on January 06, 2014, 05:11:30 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 05, 2014, 01:21:47 PM
Sarge, I'm passing through Frankfurt in May, but I'm afraid it's only a flight layover - will land at 9 p.m. and take off the next morning at 10:15 a.m. And in the mid-summer there is a very good chance I'll be tracking down distant relatives of my father who to this day own 'Vignobles Reinhart (http://www.vignobles-reinhart.com/)' in the Alsace. Maybe we can make our paths cross in the summertime...

When I read your post last night my brain plugged in 9 a.m. I thought, yeah, we can definitely get together if you have a 24 hour layover.  But landing at 9 at night, and then the usual hour or so making it through baggage and customs makes it too late unfortunately. I'm sure all you'll want to do is crash anyway (from the jet lag). But if you're going to Alsace in the summer...well, that presents possibilities. Keep me up to date  :)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on January 06, 2014, 06:32:22 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on January 06, 2014, 05:11:30 AM
When I read your post last night my brain plugged in 9 a.m. I thought, yeah, we can definitely get together if you have a 24 hour layover.  But landing at 9 at night, and then the usual hour or so making it through baggage and customs makes it too late unfortunately. I'm sure all you'll want to do is crash anyway (from the jet lag). But if you're going to Alsace in the summer...well, that presents possibilities. Keep me up to date  :)

Sarge

The flight's landing from Stockholm (I go to the USA in the morning), but yeah, I think the summer has possibilities. If/when actual plans form I'll let you know!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on January 06, 2014, 06:37:45 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 06, 2014, 06:32:22 AM
The flight's landing from Stockholm (I go to the USA in the morning), but yeah, I think the summer has possibilities. If/when actual plans form I'll let you know!

Ah, no jet lag then. Still too late for me though. Way past my bedtime  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on January 06, 2014, 07:28:51 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on January 06, 2014, 06:37:45 AM
Ah, no jet lag then. Still too late for me though. Way past my bedtime  ;D

Sarge

Multiple people have independently told me that Jimmy's Bar in Frankfurt is where they would want to be if the world was ending in 2 hours, so I think I'll probably be there.  :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 09, 2014, 10:11:50 AM
Cooking lots of stuff that takes time, but you get to see a big transformation.  Onion soup (which takes a while to properly caramelize the onions,)  turkey thigh confit, and baking off a boule of bread.

(http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz356/toledobass1/Cooking/photo1-1_zps01fce24c.jpg)

(http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz356/toledobass1/Cooking/photo2-1_zps63c46e2b.jpg)

(http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz356/toledobass1/Cooking/photo3_zpsd7eab235.jpg)

I'll get some bread pics up later!

A
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 09, 2014, 04:10:10 PM
some more pic- the caramelized onions,  bread right out of the oven, and DINNER!!!!

(http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz356/toledobass1/1604902_10153703959405541_1193672583_n_zps48d6d6ba.jpg)

(http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz356/toledobass1/1505036_10153704331440541_142067633_n_zpsc7064049.jpg)

(http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz356/toledobass1/1526630_10153704331510541_127610927_n_zpsd0a0c5d7.jpg)

A
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on January 09, 2014, 09:00:14 PM
Looks great, Allan!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on January 10, 2014, 11:11:54 AM
Here's some pics of the confit on some bitter greens with a mustard caper vinaigrette.

Crisping up the skin:

(http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz356/toledobass1/Cooking/8E97CDCD-DFFB-4638-82FA-2843B1B5C974_zpsi3osrw8l.jpg)

The salad:

(http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz356/toledobass1/Cooking/49231ED0-D448-4C4A-AC92-D65CA036C263_zpsq4wj5h5b.jpg)

Craklin' closeup:

(http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz356/toledobass1/Cooking/ADE2BEDB-DDD8-49E3-B040-D360CA9281CE_zps5bxlymr2.jpg)

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on January 10, 2014, 11:23:09 AM
I'll be right over! Oh, wait...you're 500 miles away... 8)

Surely you must win the Chef of the Week award. Those photos are mouthwatering.

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 10, 2014, 12:11:43 PM
Thanks for the pics, Allan - ALL looks great!  Dave :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on February 05, 2014, 10:19:19 PM
I roasted some pork shoulder and made some tacos with a super spicy arbol chili salsa.  Delicious.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on February 17, 2014, 04:16:34 PM
Quote from: toledobass on February 05, 2014, 10:19:19 PM
I roasted some pork shoulder and made some tacos with a super spicy arbol chili salsa.  Delicious.

Is pork shoulder a meat that braises well, or is roasting the thing? This all sounds so delicious.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on February 28, 2014, 09:57:33 AM
Sorry J,

I didn't see your post till now.  Shoulder is great for either,  it's best prepared with long time/low temp cooking.  Slow roasting is a dry technique and braising is a wet technique,  the results will differ in taste but more so with texture. 

Hope that helps!
Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on February 28, 2014, 10:02:23 AM
Been cooking from the wonderful cookbook Plenty.  Riffed this from one of his recipes:

Lentil salad with broiled eggplant!

(http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz356/toledobass1/545C5B8A-0F51-4C61-AF16-CC781A797AB7_zpsggv4jcni.jpg)

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on February 28, 2014, 10:03:50 AM
Allan, you could be the inaugural chef for a new series: GMG, The Restaurant.  8)

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 01, 2014, 05:26:21 AM
Quote from: toledobass on February 28, 2014, 09:57:33 AM
Sorry J,

I didn't see your post till now.  Shoulder is great for either,  it's best prepared with long time/low temp cooking.  Slow roasting is a dry technique and braising is a wet technique,  the results will differ in taste but more so with texture. 

Hope that helps!
Allan


Word.  You might enjoy this one....spicy, but POW!  The key is the chipotle peppers in adobo sauce and Dr. Pepper.

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2011/03/spicy-dr-pepper-shredded-pork/

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 09, 2014, 10:56:55 AM
Another riff out of the cookbook Plenty which I've been making a lot of dishes out of lately.  Cold ramen noodles with eggplant and mango.

(http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz356/toledobass1/3FBED093-08E6-44F6-B35D-1E453C145B89_zpsas1hramj.jpg) (http://s843.photobucket.com/user/toledobass1/media/3FBED093-08E6-44F6-B35D-1E453C145B89_zpsas1hramj.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 09, 2014, 11:18:36 AM
Quote from: toledobass on March 09, 2014, 10:56:55 AM
Another riff out of the cookbook Plenty which I've been making a lot of dishes out of lately.  Cold ramen noodles with eggplant and mango.

(http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz356/toledobass1/3FBED093-08E6-44F6-B35D-1E453C145B89_zpsas1hramj.jpg) (http://s843.photobucket.com/user/toledobass1/media/3FBED093-08E6-44F6-B35D-1E453C145B89_zpsas1hramj.jpg.html)


This in last Wed. NY Times, my friend.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/05/dining/ramens-big-splash.html?_r=0
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 09, 2014, 06:04:09 PM
I saw that!  I've got some work to do though, off of that list, only been to Toto which is a really fun place to eat.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jay F on March 09, 2014, 07:01:12 PM
Quote from: Bogey on March 01, 2014, 05:26:21 AM

Word.  You might enjoy this one....spicy, but POW!  The key is the chipotle peppers in adobo sauce and Dr. Pepper.

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2011/03/spicy-dr-pepper-shredded-pork/

Thanks, Bill. That looks good, and easy. A friend of mine is fond of using the same cut of pork, only he braises it in milk, from a Marcella Hazan cookbook. I made it once, but wasn't as impressed as I think I would be with this one.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 11, 2014, 04:07:27 PM
Tapas - new restaurant in downtown Winston-Salem called Mundo - our first try after seeing a movie - advertised as 'global tapas' meaning (after seeing the detailed menu) dishes from around the Mediterranean basin (and elsewhere); we shared 6 items:

Vietnamese Venison Springrolls - meat, fresh shitake mushrooms, scallions filling; thin & crusty wrapping.
Grilled Octopus Chalkidiki Salad - romaine lettuce, fennel, artichoke hearts, grapefruit, cucumber - salad for the meal!
Calamari Ricardo - lightly breaded squid rings w/ lemon, capers, peppers of different types.
Shish Tawook - Lebanese lemon garlic chicken on skewers w/ homemade Tzatziki sauce - chicken was moist w/ a great grilled flavor.
Lamb Lula Kababs - Armenian ground lamb on skewers w/ parsley, garlic, & bulgar served w/ the same Tzatziki sauce.
Gambas Jerez - pan fried shrimps w/ mushrooms, sherry, parsley, & garlic cream sauce served over a grilled baguette.

I'm not always a big tapas fan but this was quite delicious, especially for our modest town - we plan to return!  :)  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 11, 2014, 04:48:08 PM
Sounds delicious all around! 

Why not a fan? 

A
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 12, 2014, 01:22:47 PM
For dinner I am making split pea soup with a grilled cheese sandwich.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 12, 2014, 01:30:11 PM
Quote from: toledobass on March 12, 2014, 01:22:47 PM
For dinner I am making split pea soup with a grilled cheese sandwich.

Hi Allan - I've never had that combo but LOVE peas & cheese - enjoy! :)

Susan has choir tonight and picked up some pig meat from you know where!  Dave

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-pZkmftj/0/S/LittleRichards-S.jpg)  (http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-S5cSBBP/0/O/PigDinnerFeb13.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 12, 2014, 01:46:40 PM
Ah man....you know what that pic does to me!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 12, 2014, 02:02:00 PM
Quote from: toledobass on March 12, 2014, 01:46:40 PM
Ah man....you know what that pic does to me!

Sorry, friend - haven't shown that pic in a while - BTW, believe that I may have mentioned a book by Bob Garner on NC Barbecue (newest edition from 2012 w/ 'top' recommendations) - local publisher - Little Richard's is currently in his top 10 for the state, so if you're ever passing through the 'Old North State', then maybe a must purchase (I have it on my iPad - $10 Amazon); of course, Lexington is just 45 mins from us w/ the best clustering of Bob's recommended BBQ places here.  Dave :)

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-jTDbWWV/0/O/GarnerBarbecue.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 12, 2014, 03:19:22 PM
Quote from: toledobass on March 12, 2014, 01:22:47 PM
For dinner I am making split pea soup with a grilled cheese sandwich.

That is like Monet saying he is going to draw a bridge and paint a few flowers.   ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 13, 2014, 05:28:21 PM
Ha!  Funny Bogey.  I do feel like I'm on my game lately though ;D

Split pea soup was wonderful last night and also today for lunch:

(http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz356/toledobass1/E4C09795-3846-4465-BE80-958CB865935C_zpsscirn7ti.jpg) (http://s843.photobucket.com/user/toledobass1/media/E4C09795-3846-4465-BE80-958CB865935C_zpsscirn7ti.jpg.html)

And tonight's comfort food, congee with braised pork and a poached egg:

(http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz356/toledobass1/0A1B8600-8EB8-4D6F-806F-7A3285980469_zpsg5n59x1m.jpg) (http://s843.photobucket.com/user/toledobass1/media/0A1B8600-8EB8-4D6F-806F-7A3285980469_zpsg5n59x1m.jpg.html)

Wish you were here to eat and listen to music with me!
A
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 13, 2014, 05:31:41 PM
Love poached eggs.  Dang Alan, time you threw down with Bobby!

(http://img.foodnetwork.com/FOOD/2013/05/29/st_Bobby-Flay-ICA-06_s3x4_e.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 13, 2014, 05:38:25 PM
Quote from: toledobass on March 13, 2014, 05:28:21 PM

(http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz356/toledobass1/E4C09795-3846-4465-BE80-958CB865935C_zpsscirn7ti.jpg) (http://s843.photobucket.com/user/toledobass1/media/E4C09795-3846-4465-BE80-958CB865935C_zpsscirn7ti.jpg.html)


Monet'ed

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 13, 2014, 05:41:54 PM
 :o

Awesome!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 27, 2014, 05:26:46 AM
Linda preparing a wonderful chicken fricassee!

(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/IMG_1339_zpsbcc5c0e2.jpg)  (http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/IMG_1340_zps2a2a2c6a.jpg)

(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/IMG_1341_zpsce8bf027.jpg)  (http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/IMG_1342_zps39433762.jpg)  (http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/IMG_1338_zps2f7cc09b.jpg)

Leftovers need not apply.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 27, 2014, 07:03:03 AM
Bill - that chicken dish looks great!  Susan makes one similar and great w/ a white wine - glad that 'old' F-C chardonnay worked out for you two - I've visited that winery twice; mainly buy their Sauvignon Blanc now but I may need to get back to trying the other again.

For us, we are on a 5-night trip to Kiawah Island (3 nights in a beautiful lagoon condo - believe that I posted our last trip here in the vacation thread) & Charleston (2 nights @ the Charleston Place).

Last night we ate @ the Atlantic Room (pic below - we had the middle table by the window) at the Ocean Course (which held the 2012 PGA) - scene overlooks the 18th green & the Atlantic Ocean - hence the name; quite a windy 'links style' course for golf fans, here! 

We started out sharing a dozen oysters on the half shell (Cape May & Blue Points) - deliciously fresh and different - disappeared fast (our usual!).

Susan had the Shrimp & Grits - rice grits were used, shrimp were numerous & large, and the sauce (flavored w/ some smoked local pork) was just heavenly.  I had the Flounder (bought that morning @ a local dock right off the boat) was pan seared perfectly; placed over a mixed asparagus (i.e. green & white slices) w/ morel mushrooms, and a green sauce that just complemented the preparation.  I had a couple of glasses of sauvignon blanc from the Loire Vly.  Light dessert - homemade trio of sorbets (lemon, blackberry, & blood orange) shared.

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-8BmC6ZC/0/O/AtlanticRm.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 27, 2014, 07:43:36 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on March 27, 2014, 07:03:03 AM
Bill - that chicken dish looks great!  Susan makes one similar and great w/ a white wine - glad that 'old' F-C chardonnay worked out for you two - I've visited that winery twice; mainly buy their Sauvignon Blanc now but I may need to get back to trying the other again.



Makes sense as this bottle was a gift in 2011 from relatives in the Atlanta area.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 27, 2014, 02:54:12 PM
Look at that cast iron SKILLET!!!!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 27, 2014, 05:53:46 PM
Quote from: toledobass on March 27, 2014, 02:54:12 PM
Look at that cast iron SKILLET!!!!

My grandfather bought that for us for a wedding gift.  He said every newly married couple should have one.  It has come in handy!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 28, 2014, 03:55:00 AM
Well, another wonderful dinner on Kiawah Island - this time we ate at the Jasmine Porch inside the Sanctuary Hotel (pic below) - walked the beach in that area yesterday; our 2-bedroom condo is just a 5 minute drive from this fabulous hotel (we've not stayed there because a single room is twice of cost of our condo per night, plus we love the spaciousness & relaxing feeling of the condo).

As usual (when available & fresh), we started out sharing a dozen oysters on the half shell - this time from Stump Bay, North Carolina which is close to New Bern & Beaufort (and the Cedar Island Ferry which transports you & your car to Ocracoke on the Outer Banks).

Susan had a whole flounder fillet which was flash fried along w/ a beurre blanc sauce, green beans, and a risotto w/ shrimp & sausage. I had the mahi mahi laid on top of a Portuguese-style stew w/ charred octopus, chickpeas, arugula, and feta cheese (sounds a little weird but it worked together!); we shared a dessert of a fresh blueberry crusted pie w/ vanilla ice cream!

Tomorrow, onto Charleston for 2 nights, more fine dining, and then back home!  Dave :)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on March 28, 2014, 04:20:49 AM


Quote from: Bogey on March 27, 2014, 05:53:46 PM
My grandfather bought that for us for a wedding gift.  He said every newly married couple everybody should have one.  It has come in handy!

Fixed your post.  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on March 28, 2014, 04:23:12 AM
Quote from: Bogey on March 27, 2014, 05:53:46 PM
My grandfather bought that for us for a wedding gift.  He said every newly married couple should have one.  It has come in handy!
Especially if the marriage isn't working  8)
But yes, cast iron skillets should be mandatory.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on March 28, 2014, 04:46:12 AM
Quote from: toledobass on March 28, 2014, 04:20:49 AM

Fixed your post.  ;)


Word.


Quote from: North Star on March 28, 2014, 04:23:12 AM
Especially if the marriage isn't working  8)
But yes, cast iron skillets should be mandatory.

Word
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on March 28, 2014, 06:18:14 PM
Well, Susan & I are now in Charleston, South Carolina (about 45 mins north of Kiawah Island) - if you're in the mid-Atlantic states, Charleston & Savannah, Georgia are must visits - historic, beautiful old architecture, and great eating cultures.

Tonight, Hank's Seafood Restaurant, about a block+ from our hotel (Charleston Place) - for starters, we had their Seafood Ceviche, combination of fish/shellfish marinated in lime/cilantro/garlic/etc. - pieces were thick and tender w/ a lot of lime flavor; also, AGAIN, a dozen oysters on the half shelf - 3 different types, i.e. Blue Points from New England, Gulf Coast, and Pacific Northwest (British Columbia), all were fresh & tasty!

Main courses - Susan had their Seafood A La Wandoo (sautéed shrimp, scallops, & fish deglazed w/ sherry and finished w/ crabmeat, button mushrooms, & scallions in a saffron cream sauce served over fried grit cakes); I was less adventuresome, had grilled swordfish w/ a champagne citrus beurre blanc sauce place on top of asparagus which was great w/ that sauce (swordfish is a special treat for me but not too often - toxic issues, I guess?).

For dessert, we shared a delicious and extremely tart Key Lime Pie which came w/ 3 different sauces & a glass of Inniskillin Vidal icewine + some coffee - NOW, there are MANY excellent restaurants in Charleston - Hank's is certainly one of the tops - our 3rd or 4th visit and have never been disappointed!  Dave :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 17, 2014, 03:17:29 AM
Due to our non-winter (we didn't have a single day of below-freezing temps) Spargel season began two weeks early this year. We've been enjoying freshly harvested aspargus from local farmers since the beginning of the month. Last night we had it with fresh scallops that were fried in butter and olive oil with garlic, shallots and spring onions. We drank Champagne from Augé Pere & Fils, their Brut Vieilles Vignes (old vine) Blanc de Noirs Premier Cru.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P4160078_800.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P5311882_350.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bwv 1080 on April 17, 2014, 07:53:56 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on March 28, 2014, 06:18:14 PM
Well, Susan & I are now in Charleston, South Carolina (about 45 mins north of Kiawah Island) - if you're in the mid-Atlantic states, Charleston & Savannah, Georgia are must visits - historic, beautiful old architecture, and great eating cultures.

Tonight, Hank's Seafood Restaurant, about a block+ from our hotel (Charleston Place) - for starters, we had their Seafood Ceviche, combination of fish/shellfish marinated in lime/cilantro/garlic/etc. - pieces were thick and tender w/ a lot of lime flavor; also, AGAIN, a dozen oysters on the half shelf - 3 different types, i.e. Blue Points from New England, Gulf Coast, and Pacific Northwest (British Columbia), all were fresh & tasty!

Main courses - Susan had their Seafood A La Wandoo (sautéed shrimp, scallops, & fish deglazed w/ sherry and finished w/ crabmeat, button mushrooms, & scallions in a saffron cream sauce served over fried grit cakes); I was less adventuresome, had grilled swordfish w/ a champagne citrus beurre blanc sauce place on top of asparagus which was great w/ that sauce (swordfish is a special treat for me but not too often - toxic issues, I guess?).

For dessert, we shared a delicious and extremely tart Key Lime Pie which came w/ 3 different sauces & a glass of Inniskillin Vidal icewine + some coffee - NOW, there are MANY excellent restaurants in Charleston - Hank's is certainly one of the tops - our 3rd or 4th visit and have never been disappointed!  Dave :)

Charleston has some of the best food in the country, loved the shrimp & grits and the yellow sauce at Melvin's BBQ

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on May 11, 2014, 06:26:51 PM
(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/IMG_1504_zps01c2ab21.jpg)

Garnish for the wine: Marinated and grilled rib-eyes.

(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/IMG_1506_zpsb0f69536.jpg)

Fresh chives from our backyard for the baked spuds:

(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/IMG_1505_zps6386a56e.jpg)

and some choice asparagus au gratin:

(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/8d8c945b-c20e-457d-afba-e26fd2a7beb5_zps7d1dbefe.jpg?t=1399861573)



Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on May 12, 2014, 12:28:37 AM
Quote from: Bogey on May 11, 2014, 06:26:51 PM
Garnish for the wine: Marinated and grilled rib-eyes.

;D :D ;D

We both ate well, Bill  8) Mrs. Rock slaved away several hours in the kitchen making Tajine, a Moroccan stew with chicken, chickpeas, eggplant, fennel, onion, garlic, ginger, hot peppers, ras el hanout (a North African spice mixture), coriander seeds, allspice seeds, honey, cumin, salt and pepper, garnished with cilantro leaves. Served with couscous. A dollop of joghurt helped cut the heat. We drank a Bordeaux rosé from Chateau de Beauregard-Ducourt. Left click to enlarge images.

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Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on May 18, 2014, 05:49:45 PM
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Chops on the grill with a orange Cuban salsa.  Garnished with corn on the cob with chive butter and cucumber salad.  We tried something new to keep the chops moist.  We patted them down and then stuck them in the freezer 45 minutes before grilling.  Perfect.

Some French wine at a $12 price point, to top it off.

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on July 29, 2014, 01:06:27 PM
I am fixing yummy tofu burgers tonight - they take a bit o' time to prepare but are well worth it.  Anyone want the recipe?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 29, 2014, 01:11:20 PM
Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on July 29, 2014, 01:06:27 PM
I am fixing yummy tofu burgers tonight - they take a bit o' time to prepare but are well worth it.  Anyone want the recipe?

Yummy...tofu...? Does not compute  ;D ;)  I won't touch them but Mrs. Rock would probably like them.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 29, 2014, 02:00:13 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 29, 2014, 01:11:20 PM
Yummy...tofu...? Does not compute  ;D ;)  I won't touch them but Mrs. Rock would probably like them.

LOL -  :D  Description quoted below from the web - bean curd & guys don't seem to go together - ;)

But, the women are more willing w/ this 'food' - Susan has an oriental tofu dish w/ whole grain rice, spinach, & some other ingredients, including sesame seeds - made in a wok w/ some oils (a little sesame & chili) - not bad @ all - asked her to throw in a half pound of shrimp and NOW I enjoy!  Dave :)


QuoteTofu, or doufu, also known as bean curd, is a food made by coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds into soft white blocks. It is a component in East Asian and Southeast Asian cuisines.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on July 29, 2014, 02:32:05 PM
I've been a "vego-matic" (lacto-ovo) for over 30 years and must say don't miss flesh whatsoever.  Felt much better a week after stopping eating meat and never looked back.  (I've a cholesterol and blood pressure count to die for, if you'll forgive the expression).   Meat seems disturbing to me at this late date and has no appeal at all.  Speaking of dates, I should cook for your wives and be the HERO!!!!  :D  You're right to point out the gender issue involved - never understood that or had it explained, but yes, women tend to be more interested in vegetarianism than their male mates.  Perhaps - speaking traditionally, now - they get weary of cooking it.   Men often associate it - incorrectly I hasten to add - with physical strength. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ken B on July 29, 2014, 02:42:27 PM
Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on July 29, 2014, 01:06:27 PM
I am fixing yummy tofu burgers tonight - they take a bit o' time to prepare but are well worth it.  Anyone want the recipe?
No need for a recipe, I have a surefire way to make tofu burgers yummy. Substitute beef.

8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 29, 2014, 02:43:32 PM
Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on July 29, 2014, 02:32:05 PM
I've been a "vego-matic" (lacto-ovo) for over 30 years and must say don't miss flesh whatsoever.  Felt much better a week after stopping eating meat and never looked back.  (I've a cholesterol and blood pressure count to die for, if you'll forgive the expression).   Meat seems disturbing to me at this late date and has no appeal at all.  Speaking of dates, I should cook for your wives and be the HERO!!!!  :D  You're right to point out the gender issue involved - never understood that or had it explained, but yes, women tend to be more interested in vegetarianism than their male mates.  Perhaps - speaking traditionally, now - they get weary of cooking it.   Men often associate it - incorrectly I hasten to add - with physical strength.

And don't forget the hunter-killer component. When I throw raw meat on the grill, Mrs. Rock swoons  ;D

But yeah, for some reason, at least in this family, there is a gender divide when it comes to pure vegetable meals. I love veggies but I need meat or fish on the side. Mrs. Rock makes a super Penne all'Arrabbiata...but she always fries up a chicken breast too to go with it. Just for me.

But, please, give me your recipe. I'll try anything once  8)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 29, 2014, 02:48:49 PM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on July 29, 2014, 02:00:13 PM...asked her to throw in a half pound of shrimp and NOW I enjoy!  Dave :)

My kind of tofu  :D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: EigenUser on July 29, 2014, 02:55:04 PM
Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on July 29, 2014, 02:32:05 PM
I've been a "vego-matic" (lacto-ovo) for over 30 years and must say don't miss flesh whatsoever.  Felt much better a week after stopping eating meat and never looked back.  (I've a cholesterol and blood pressure count to die for, if you'll forgive the expression).   Meat seems disturbing to me at this late date and has no appeal at all.  Speaking of dates, I should cook for your wives and be the HERO!!!!  :D  You're right to point out the gender issue involved - never understood that or had it explained, but yes, women tend to be more interested in vegetarianism than their male mates.  Perhaps - speaking traditionally, now - they get weary of cooking it.   Men often associate it - incorrectly I hasten to add - with physical strength.
I don't eat red meat or poultry. Only fish (lots!), milk, eggs, and the usual vegetarian stuff -- since I was 12 (so, about 11 years). I, too, have no desire to eat meat at all. Honestly, there is no particular reason other than simply being a picky eater.

Another odd quirk -- I hate cheese. I absolutely hate it -- ever since I was, say, 4, when I had my last grilled-cheese sandwich (I remember eating them when I was very young, but not later). The only time it is acceptable is when they put a small amount of Parmesan in dipping olive oil at Italian restaurants. I always get pizza without cheese. Yes, it is still pizza. I don't care what anyone says.

Z#7, post the recipe if it is convenient for you. I'm moving out in a few weeks for graduate school and I will need to start cooking for myself again. I'd love to try something new that I would like. I lived in an apartment for my last two years in college. I would occasionally get bursts of energy on the weekend if I was bored and I'd cook something really elaborate (well, elaborate for me, at least :P). Sometimes I'd get too lazy to cook and just have something frozen (veggie burger or fish). Hopefully that won't happen too much anymore.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on July 29, 2014, 03:16:12 PM
Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on July 29, 2014, 02:32:05 PMYou're right to point out the gender issue involved - never understood that or had it explained, but yes, women tend to be more interested in vegetarianism than their male mates.  Perhaps - speaking traditionally, now - they get weary of cooking it.   Men often associate it - incorrectly I hasten to add - with physical strength.
Well, traditionally it was the men who hunted meat - with very little success in the old days, of course - so maybe some feel emasculated by vegetarianism..
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on July 29, 2014, 05:06:50 PM
Quote from: North Star on July 29, 2014, 03:16:12 PM
Well, traditionally it was the men who hunted meat - with very little success in the old days, of course - so maybe some feel emasculated by vegetarianism..

Well North Star - your statement about 'very little success in the old days' needs clarification, i.e. do you have references to support this fact that you made? 

Before the appearance of agriculture 10,000 or so years ago, man depended on hunting & gathering for subsistence w/ periodic hunting success being likely the most important - the whole Paleolithic & Neolithic culture of spear & arrow points related to killing of animals - plus, there is plenty of evidence of MASS killings of animals by planned maneuvers to run large herds off cliffs and other heights - my point is that man before the advent of agriculture was VERY dependent on killing and eating animal flesh (and likely enjoyed the experience) - just my comments - Dave :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on July 29, 2014, 05:32:44 PM
Quote from: Ken B on July 29, 2014, 02:42:27 PM
No need for a recipe, I have a surefire way to make tofu burgers yummy. Substitute beef.

8)

Hey, Ken, don't have a cow!

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 29, 2014, 02:43:32 PM


But, please, give me your recipe. I'll try anything once  8)

Sarge

Receipt (as they used to say in the old days) below, along with dessert recommend.  You know, Sarge, last time I was in Berlin I was amazed - and delighted - at all the Indian restaurants and veggie fare therein.  When I got back home I told the owner of my favorite Indian restaurant here about it and he said, "Yeah, I ran one there for almost ten years.  Competition was tough!"  (Kleine Welt, nicht wahr?)

Quote from: SonicMan46 on July 29, 2014, 02:00:13 PM
LOL -  :D  Description quoted below from the web - bean curd & guys don't seem to go together - ;)

But, the women are more willing w/ this 'food' - Susan has an oriental tofu dish w/ whole grain rice, spinach, & some other ingredients, including sesame seeds - made in a wok w/ some oils (a little sesame & chili) - not bad @ all - asked her to throw in a half pound of shrimp and NOW I enjoy!  Dave :)




Sheer speculation on my part : women may be more sensitive to animals and think more concernedly about the food chain.  PETA, for example, is constantly attempting to recruit more males (sometimes using naked women!) and from that it's a pretty safe guess that females number much higher in their ranks. 

Quote from: EigenUser on July 29, 2014, 02:55:04 PM
I don't eat red meat or poultry. Only fish (lots!), milk, eggs, and the usual vegetarian stuff -- since I was 12 (so, about 11 years). I, too, have no desire to eat meat at all. Honestly, there is no particular reason other than simply being a picky eater.

Z#7, post the recipe if it is convenient for you.

Herr EigenUser :  You're nearly a Vegan.  My wife and I were very good Vegans for 2.5 months but couldn't sustain it.  My first slice of cheddar tasted like heaven (I'm too French to abandon cheese!) - in some ways I envy you - you are likely much healthier w/o it - Have you seen Forks over Knives?

TOFU BURGERS (adapted from Horn of the Moon Cookbook)

2 squares tofu, drained & pressed (1 lb.), ½ c tahini, 4T oil, ¾ c finely chopped onion (1 large), 1T dried dill weed, ½ c finely chopped or ground sunflower seeds, ½ c bread crumbs, 2T tamari, black pepper to taste, whole-wheat flour.  8 or 10 whole wheat rolls.

Cut tofu in slabs, lay slabs between layers of paper towels, set cutting board & canister on top to press for 20-30 minutes.  Mash tofu & mix with tahini in medium bowl until smooth. Heat 2T oil in small pan, sauté onion with dill until lightly browned and add to tofu. Mix in seeds, crumbs, tamari & pepper; adding more crumbs as needed until firm (I add an egg). Using ½ c mixture per patty, form into patties, dipping both sides in whole wheat flour until lightly coated.  In clean frying pan, heat remaining 2T oil. Fry patties over medium heat until browned on each side (this is important as burger easily crumbles when flipping if one side not done). Serve on rolls with your favorite fixings - large slice of red onion and red leaf lettuce recommended - good excuse for ketchup, mustard and relish which I hardly ever eat.  Can also serve as a patty with cranberry sauce. Can freeze leftovers.

MIXED BERRY FROZEN YOGURT (our own recipe)

Mix 1 frozen banana (in chunks), 1 c. frozen mixed berries in food processor.  Blend several minutes, fruit will become powdery, scrape down the sides of processor & keep blending, fruit will pull away from the sides and eventually become like gelato.  At this point add 1/3 to ½ c. of Greek yogurt – I like Greek Gods honey vanilla or salted caramel or Ciobani coconut yogurt.  Makes 2 servings.

Variations:  use all raspberries or blueberries for the mixed berries or fresh frozen peaches (add 1/4t. almond extract).   If you avoid dairy, add small amount of almond milk and/or maple syrup to adjust to preferred consistency/sweetness.



Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on July 29, 2014, 06:51:30 PM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on July 29, 2014, 05:06:50 PM
Well North Star - your statement about 'very little success in the old days' needs clarification, i.e. do you have references to support this fact that you made? 

Before the appearance of agriculture 10,000 or so years ago, man depended on hunting & gathering for subsistence w/ periodic hunting success being likely the most important - the whole Paleolithic & Neolithic culture of spear & arrow points related to killing of animals - plus, there is plenty of evidence of MASS killings of animals by planned maneuvers to run large herds off cliffs and other heights - my point is that man before the advent of agriculture was VERY dependent on killing and eating animal flesh (and likely enjoyed the experience) - just my comments - Dave :)
I recall reading about studies that showed that most of the food hunter/gatherers (probably in some parts of the world) ate was actually the mushrooms, berries, etc, gathered by the women & children of the societies. But there are, and must have been, hunter-gatherer societies where meat is the main source of energy. In any case, I agree that the societies were dependent on meat even if it was much more unreliably available - sometimes the men could slay a large herd of reindeer or whatever, and then there might be a very long time before they even saw more game. Of course there are e.g. the Inuits who eat fish & meat pretty much exclusively - but fishing is a rather different matter.
On agriculture, while farming provided another source of energy, it also made possible growing goats, pigs, poultry & cattle for meat. It would be interesting to see how the advent of agriculture affected the amount of meat in diets.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: EigenUser on July 29, 2014, 07:03:08 PM
Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on July 29, 2014, 05:32:44 PM
Hey, Ken, don't have a cow!

Receipt (as they used to say in the old days) below, along with dessert recommend.  You know, Sarge, last time I was in Berlin I was amazed - and delighted - at all the Indian restaurants and veggie fare therein.  When I got back home I told the owner of my favorite Indian restaurant here about it and he said, "Yeah, I ran one there for almost ten years.  Competition was tough!"  (Kleine Welt, nicht wahr?)


Sheer speculation on my part : women may be more sensitive to animals and think more concernedly about the food chain.  PETA, for example, is constantly attempting to recruit more males (sometimes using naked women!) and from that it's a pretty safe guess that females number much higher in their ranks. 

Herr EigenUser :  You're nearly a Vegan.  My wife and I were very good Vegans for 2.5 months but couldn't sustain it.  My first slice of cheddar tasted like heaven (I'm too French to abandon cheese!) - in some ways I envy you - you are likely much healthier w/o it - Have you seen Forks over Knives?

TOFU BURGERS (adapted from Horn of the Moon Cookbook)

2 squares tofu, drained & pressed (1 lb.), ½ c tahini, 4T oil, ¾ c finely chopped onion (1 large), 1T dried dill weed, ½ c finely chopped or ground sunflower seeds, ½ c bread crumbs, 2T tamari, black pepper to taste, whole-wheat flour.  8 or 10 whole wheat rolls.

Cut tofu in slabs, lay slabs between layers of paper towels, set cutting board & canister on top to press for 20-30 minutes.  Mash tofu & mix with tahini in medium bowl until smooth. Heat 2T oil in small pan, sauté onion with dill until lightly browned and add to tofu. Mix in seeds, crumbs, tamari & pepper; adding more crumbs as needed until firm (I add an egg). Using ½ c mixture per patty, form into patties, dipping both sides in whole wheat flour until lightly coated.  In clean frying pan, heat remaining 2T oil. Fry patties over medium heat until browned on each side (this is important as burger easily crumbles when flipping if one side not done). Serve on rolls with your favorite fixings - large slice of red onion and red leaf lettuce recommended - good excuse for ketchup, mustard and relish which I hardly ever eat.  Can also serve as a patty with cranberry sauce. Can freeze leftovers.

MIXED BERRY FROZEN YOGURT (our own recipe)

Mix 1 frozen banana (in chunks), 1 c. frozen mixed berries in food processor.  Blend several minutes, fruit will become powdery, scrape down the sides of processor & keep blending, fruit will pull away from the sides and eventually become like gelato.  At this point add 1/3 to ½ c. of Greek yogurt – I like Greek Gods honey vanilla or salted caramel or Ciobani coconut yogurt.  Makes 2 servings.

Variations:  use all raspberries or blueberries for the mixed berries or fresh frozen peaches (add 1/4t. almond extract).   If you avoid dairy, add small amount of almond milk and/or maple syrup to adjust to preferred consistency/sweetness.
Thank you so much! That sounds excellent. I will report back with a photo of the result when I make it!

I eat way too much seafood to be nearly a vegan... I guess the not liking cheese thing makes it seem like that, though. I have not seen "Forks Over Knives". I just googled it. It sounds vaguely familiar from the wikipedia description.

P.S. "Horn of the Moon" cookbook makes me think of Mahler's songs from Das Knaben Wunderhorn :D.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 30, 2014, 04:14:33 AM
Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on July 29, 2014, 05:32:44 PM
Receipt (as they used to say in the old days)

The Germans still do: das Rezept  Thanks, I'll make the burgers for Mrs. Rock this weekend.

Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on July 29, 2014, 05:32:44 PM
You know, Sarge, last time I was in Berlin I was amazed - and delighted - at all the Indian restaurants and veggie fare therein.  When I got back home I told the owner of my favorite Indian restaurant here about it and he said, "Yeah, I ran one there for almost ten years.  Competition was tough!"  (Kleine Welt, nicht wahr?)

We had three Indian restaurants here (the small city of Worms). One was strictly vegetarian, the other two served poultry dishes too. Unfortunately the two best closed down a few years ago. The one left is just a fast food hole in the wall with not terribly authentic and rather bland dishes. Fortunately, Mrs. Rock makes great Indian, including a sensational aloo gobi. I suppose I could be a vegetarian if I were Indian  8)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on July 30, 2014, 04:30:54 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on July 29, 2014, 07:03:08 PM

P.S. "Horn of the Moon" cookbook makes me think of Mahler's songs from Das Knaben Wunderhorn :D.
DES Knaben Wunderhorn (sorry, I paid too close attn. in German)

You should prob. see that film; is quite interesting and came close to converting us to veganism.  Speaking of Master Mahler, he was himself a vegetarian for a long period, but appears later to have fallen off the wagon.  The list of prominent vegetarian composers, according to the International Vegetarian Union website, includes:  Cage; Cécile Chaminade; Foulds; Glass; Grainger (who advanced and preferred the term 'meat-shunner'); Holst; Menuhin; Schoenberg; Schweitzer; Schwertisk; Scriabin; Shankar; Cecil Sharp; Wagner; und Wolf.  I could listen to just these folks and be happy if I had to...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on July 30, 2014, 04:44:00 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 30, 2014, 04:14:33 AM
The Germans still do: das Rezept  Thanks, I'll make the burgers for Mrs. Rock this weekend.

We had three Indian restaurants here (the small city of Worms). One was strictly vegetarian, the other two served poultry dishes too. Unfortunately the two best closed down a few years ago. The one left is just a fast food hole in the wall with not terribly authentic and rather bland dishes. Fortunately, Mrs. Rock makes great Indian, including a sensational aloo gobi. I suppose I could be a vegetarian if I were Indian  8)

Sarge

I can understand why Indian restaurants are so popular in England, but I was surprised to see so many in Berlin.  Still, the fact that two of yours died in Worms may say something...  Clearly, Mrs. Rock rocks.  Eons ago, when I worked at the University of Rochester, I worked with two Indians, Datta and a part-time student, Ph.D candidate named Rajeev.  One afternoon, they were chatting about how much they loved to grill steaks when suddenly Rajeev seemed startled and said, "This is weird!  Two Indian guys talking about how much they like meat to an American who's a vegetarian!"   ???
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on July 30, 2014, 04:52:24 AM
When were you in Rochester?  I shuttled back and forth to Buffalo to do my doctoral work in the latest 80s / earliest 90s.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on July 30, 2014, 05:47:53 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 30, 2014, 04:52:24 AM
When were you in Rochester?  I shuttled back and forth to Buffalo to do my doctoral work in the latest 80s / earliest 90s.

Born and raised there! and a resident until spring of '94.  Anxious to go back (if I can get my wife to deal with the winters).  My best buds are still there and miss the lilac festival, among other things.  I attended the Jazz Festival there last month.  Did you take the thruway or go out 104 to Buffalo?  If you took 104 you drove right past my (former) house in Clarkson. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 30, 2014, 07:58:48 AM
Speaking of tofu: Tofu McNuggets  ;D

http://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-japan-launches-tofu-mcnuggets-2014-7


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on July 30, 2014, 09:44:53 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 30, 2014, 07:58:48 AM
Speaking of tofu: Tofu McNuggets  ;D

http://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-japan-launches-tofu-mcnuggets-2014-7


Sarge

Yum, I want, thanks.  If they're not too greasy.  Maybe if I skip the fries...

So Sarge, personal question for you:  why not Sgt. Fury?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 30, 2014, 12:40:02 PM
Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on July 30, 2014, 09:44:53 AM
Yum, I want, thanks.  If they're not too greasy.  Maybe if I skip the fries...

So Sarge, personal question for you:  why not Sgt. Fury?

The Fury comic first appeared after my comic book reading days were over. Rock, though, was part of my childhood.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on July 30, 2014, 04:20:16 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 30, 2014, 12:40:02 PM
The Fury comic first appeared after my comic book reading days were over. Rock, though, was part of my childhood.

Sarge

Someone told me once that DC and Marvel Comics teamed-up once for a story about Rock and Fury working together on a mission.  Never seen it though. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ken B on July 30, 2014, 04:38:13 PM
Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on July 30, 2014, 04:20:16 PM
Someone told me once that DC and Marvel Comics teamed-up once for a story about Rock and Fury working together on a mission.  Never seen it though.
"Oh Ken, you read a classical music discussion group? That must be very highbrow and pretentious."
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on July 30, 2014, 05:18:12 PM
Quote from: Ken B on July 30, 2014, 04:38:13 PM
"Oh Ken, you read a classical music discussion group? That must be very highbrow and pretentious."

;) Undeservedly, and imperiling its future, Classical Music carries that cross.  Some of the most "highbrow and pretentious" discussions I've ever been witness to - bar none and that includes some lofty lit & critical theory classes - have been among Donald Duck and Unca Scrooge comic fans.  Sophisticated literary allusions, deconstruction, philosophy, psychological analyses, alternative history, nothing is beyond these cats.  Same is true of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans (a series which continues btw in comic book form).   
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ken B on July 30, 2014, 06:29:17 PM
Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on July 30, 2014, 05:18:12 PM
;) Undeservedly, and imperiling its future, Classical Music carries that cross.  Some of the most "highbrow and pretentious" discussions I've ever been witness to - bar none and that includes some lofty lit & critical theory classes - have been among Donald Duck and Unca Scrooge comic fans.  Sophisticated literary allusions, deconstruction, philosophy, psychological analyses, alternative history, nothing is beyond these cats.  Same is true of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans (a series which continues btw in comic book form).
Yes, I know exactly what you mean. Lit crit pond scum and Buffyologists. They are the kind that give bullshit a bad name.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on July 31, 2014, 03:02:51 AM
To be fair, there is some depth in e.g. Carl Barks's Donald Duck / Uncle Scrooge comics.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on August 08, 2014, 12:06:19 PM
It's time for tea.  Past time, actually.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: PaulR on August 12, 2014, 02:05:41 PM
Lemon-Parsley Pork Chops with Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mookalafalas on August 19, 2014, 07:48:17 PM
We bought a cuisinarte and my wife whipped up a bowl of pesto.  My god is it good! We also have a breadmaker.  A thick layer of pesto on home-made bread is incredible (and fast and convenient).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on August 22, 2014, 10:41:02 AM
Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on July 30, 2014, 05:47:53 AM
Born and raised there! and a resident until spring of '94.  Anxious to go back (if I can get my wife to deal with the winters).  My best buds are still there and miss the lilac festival, among other things.  I attended the Jazz Festival there last month.  Did you take the thruway or go out 104 to Buffalo?  If you took 104 you drove right past my (former) house in Clarkson. 

I generally took the I-490/Thruway route, as my commutes tended to be in non-daylight hours, and I just wanted to get from Point A to Point B.  I remember Rochester with much fondness.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on August 22, 2014, 10:41:48 AM
Thread Duty:

Roasted, unsalted pumpkin seeds, washed down with iced green tea.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: EigenUser on August 22, 2014, 11:53:14 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on August 22, 2014, 10:41:48 AM
Thread Duty:

Roasted, unsalted pumpkin seeds, washed down with iced green tea.
I've seen you mention green tea on more than one occasion. I love hot green tea with a big lunch at Japanese restaurants, but I dislike iced green tea. To me, the two taste totally different. I just like unsweetened black iced tea.

Also, I love green tea ice cream (I just had some earlier today!).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: listener on August 22, 2014, 12:44:11 PM
Fresh catch (not by me) Sockeye salmon, stuffed with mushrooms and shallots, a bit of fresh ginger and garlic, with lemon and dill, oven baked.   Fresh green beans with raspberry vinaigrette and new potatoes, and strawberries with crème fraîche for dessert.  Meal of the year for me.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 22, 2014, 12:51:50 PM
Quote from: listener on August 22, 2014, 12:44:11 PM
Fresh catch (not by me) Sockeye salmon, stuffed with mushrooms and shallots, a bit of fresh ginger and garlic, with lemon and dill, oven baked.   Fresh green beans with raspberry vinaigrette and new potatoes, and strawberries with crème fraîche for dessert.  Meal of the year for me.

Tonight I cooked a, somewhat, similar meal: broiled cod loins marinated with fresh ginger, herb de Provence, garlic, honey, lemon, olive oil, Turkish pepper flakes (Mrs. Rock's marinade); green beans with onions and feta cheese and a lemon/olive oil dressing; baked rosemary potatoes. Drank a locally produced Grauburgunder (Pinot gris).

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on August 22, 2014, 12:56:54 PM
Quote from: listener on August 22, 2014, 12:44:11 PM
Fresh catch (not by me) Sockeye salmon, stuffed with mushrooms and shallots, a bit of fresh ginger and garlic, with lemon and dill, oven baked.   Fresh green beans with raspberry vinaigrette and new potatoes, and strawberries with crème fraîche for dessert.  Meal of the year for me.
Wow!

It looks like Saturday is going to be fresh salmon and a white bean salad for me. I will steal your shallots and ginger idea!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: EigenUser on August 22, 2014, 02:42:09 PM
Quote from: listener on August 22, 2014, 12:44:11 PM
Fresh catch (not by me) Sockeye salmon, stuffed with mushrooms and shallots, a bit of fresh ginger and garlic, with lemon and dill, oven baked.   Fresh green beans with raspberry vinaigrette and new potatoes, and strawberries with crème fraîche for dessert.  Meal of the year for me.

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 22, 2014, 12:51:50 PM
Tonight I cooked a, somewhat, similar meal: broiled cod loins marinated with fresh ginger, herb de Provence, garlic, honey, lemon, olive oil, Turkish pepper flakes (Mrs. Rock's marinade); green beans with onions and feta cheese and a lemon/olive oil dressing; baked rosemary potatoes. Drank a locally produced Grauburgunder (Pinot gris).

Sarge

Quote from: Brian on August 22, 2014, 12:56:54 PM
Wow!

It looks like Saturday is going to be fresh salmon and a white bean salad for me. I will steal your shallots and ginger idea!

Other than the cheese, all of this sounds perfect for me! Especially Brian's. Salmon and white beans go really well together. Whole Foods used to make a white bean and salmon chowder and a Panera-like chain called "Le Pain Quotidienne" has a salmon/white bean open-faced sandwich.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on August 22, 2014, 04:08:49 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on August 22, 2014, 11:53:14 AM
I've seen you mention green tea on more than one occasion. I love hot green tea with a big lunch at Japanese restaurants, but I dislike iced green tea.

I almost always drink it hot.  This afternoon I needed something cool I could just knock back, and thus the inspiration struck!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on August 25, 2014, 04:10:42 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on August 22, 2014, 11:53:14 AM
I've seen you mention green tea on more than one occasion. I love hot green tea with a big lunch at Japanese restaurants, but I dislike iced green tea. To me, the two taste totally different. I just like unsweetened black iced tea.

Also, I love green tea ice cream (I just had some earlier today!).

Iced green tea can be good - it just needs a helpmate, ginger pairs well with it.  I like mint, too, and grow my own spearmint, peppermint, apple mint and pineapple mint in my herb garden.

Today, I'm making smashed pea and barley soup. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on August 25, 2014, 04:17:27 AM
While I do not deny that ginger in tea is almost always good . . . I actually enjoyed this no-frills iced green tea.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on August 25, 2014, 04:36:14 AM
Last night's birthday dinner...

- fresh figs, halved, topped with goat cheese, and wrapped with prosciutto di Parma
- shallot and thyme tarte
- mushrooms stuffed with chives, shallots, bacon, and more goat cheese
- cheesecake with Andes mint chunks in it and Oreo chunks on top

Friend made the cheesecake, and we did the rest of the cooking together. I have good friends.

Wines: three (3) pinots noir from Four Graces label (Black Family Wineyard), Willamette Valley, Oregon. We sampled and compared rare bottles of their two single-plot pinots with the blend of all their grapes that they sell across the country. It's clear that in the blend they heavily favor one over the other; the other has a darker, more elusive taste, like an evil twin. The blend is exactly how a textbook would describe an Oregon pinot. All three very good.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on August 25, 2014, 05:11:31 AM
You guys make me hungry.  And thirsty.  And it's only 8:00 AM here.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ken B on August 25, 2014, 07:22:48 PM
I am a devotee of Stash brand Licorice Spice Tea. Caffeine free.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mookalafalas on August 26, 2014, 05:30:50 AM
My wife made one of the best things I've ever eaten in my life for dinner.  It was a hamburger mixed with various spices and mixed/kneaded with blue cheese. She then cooked it in a giant portobello mushroom cap (it was about the same size as a bun). Dangerously good. ???
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ken B on August 26, 2014, 02:04:04 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on August 26, 2014, 05:30:50 AM
My wife made one of the best things I've ever eaten in my life for dinner.  It was a hamburger mixed with various spices and mixed/kneaded with blue cheese. She then cooked it in a giant portobello mushroom cap (it was about the same size as a bun). Dangerously good. ???
Mmmmmm. Mailing that off to the gf now ...
Which spices?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mookalafalas on August 26, 2014, 02:12:03 PM
Quote from: Ken B on August 26, 2014, 02:04:04 PM
Which spices?

Dude, [sexist comment about me-not-knowing-cuz-that's-woman-stuff-in-kitchen deleted for fear of backlash] ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on August 26, 2014, 02:17:32 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on August 26, 2014, 02:12:03 PM
Dude, [sexist comment about me-not-knowing-cuz-that's-woman-stuff-in-kitchen deleted for fear of backlash] ::)
Was there anything on top? Spinach, cheese? Or was it just a burger in a mushroom?

Ken B, my parents make their burgers with finely diced onions mixed into the meat itself, along with parsley and kebab/kofte spice mix (a lot of garlic, cumin, and pepper with a little bit of cinnamon and ginger) (but you can find it pre-mixed in bags at ethnic groceries).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ken B on August 26, 2014, 04:23:02 PM
Quote from: Brian on August 26, 2014, 02:17:32 PM
Was there anything on top? Spinach, cheese? Or was it just a burger in a mushroom?

Ken B, my parents make their burgers with finely diced onions mixed into the meat itself, along with parsley and kebab/kofte spice mix (a lot of garlic, cumin, and pepper with a little bit of cinnamon and ginger) (but you can find it pre-mixed in bags at ethnic groceries).
Oooooo. I certainly can, being near Dearborn.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mookalafalas on August 26, 2014, 05:10:00 PM
Quote from: Ken B on August 26, 2014, 02:04:04 PM
Mmmmmm. Mailing that off to the gf now ...
Which spices?

  OK, asked...and found there is chopped onion and garlic, oregano, chives, marjoram, salt, pepper, and the blue cheese.  The patty was mostly cooked next to the portobello, and was only put in for the final cooking stage. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on September 23, 2014, 05:24:48 AM
First day o' Fall, time to head to the kitchen and cook-up some apple sauce.  My wife's work colleagues are often surprised she brings in homemade apple sauce ("you can make it yourself?") - they never thought of making their own and are surprisingly, bewilderingly content with store-bought.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on September 23, 2014, 05:51:53 AM
Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on September 23, 2014, 05:24:48 AM
First day o' Fall, time to head to the kitchen and cook-up some apple sauce.  My wife's work colleagues are often surprised she brings in homemade apple sauce ("you can make it yourself?") - they never thought of making their own and are surprisingly, bewilderingly content with store-bought.
Parents have a couple of apple trees, and one of them in particular bears a good deal of apples every year. They squeezed around 50 litres of juice, and there is still old apple sauce left in the freezer. Good thing too, as it was a lousy year for cloudberries, blueberries, lingonberries, and cranberries. The sea-buckthorn crop on their yard should be enough for some litres of juice, too.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on September 23, 2014, 06:02:40 AM
Quote from: North Star on September 23, 2014, 05:51:53 AM
Parents have a couple of apple trees, and one of them in particular bears a good deal of apples every year. They squeezed around 50 litres of juice, and there is still old apple sauce left in the freezer. Good thing too, as it was a lousy year for cloudberries, blueberries, lingonberries, and cranberries. The sea-buckthorn crop on their yard should be enough for some litres of juice, too.

Sounds edenic, except for the lousy berries - was it too rainy for them, Karlo?  I buy lingonberry jam from Sweden at our international market - yum.  What kind of apples do your parents have, if you don't mind my asking?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on September 23, 2014, 06:11:42 AM
Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on September 23, 2014, 06:02:40 AM
Sounds edenic, except for the lousy berries - was it too rainy for them, Karlo?  I buy lingonberry jam from Sweden at our international market - yum.  What kind of apples do your parents have, if you don't mind my asking?
Too cold actually, freezing nights.

The one that bears the most apples is a White Transparent. It's an excellent eating apple, too, quite sweet & juicy when ripe (transparent) and excellent for making juice, and together with the more sour cultivars (Antonovka is the only other one whose name I remember now, but it has only now started to really bear fruit), great for jam.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: EigenUser on September 24, 2014, 03:16:07 PM
Deep-fried tofu with spicy peanut sauce (I didn't make the sauce this time because I was too lazy, but I did fry the tofu). And an eaten salad in the background. Not very healthy, but I don't eat fried foods very much so it doesn't really matter.

I might make the drachenburgers this weekend if I don't get too lazy.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/ovn2jabr0k0i2km/Photo%20Sep%2024%2C%205%2048%2017%20PM.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mookalafalas on September 25, 2014, 01:33:07 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on September 24, 2014, 03:16:07 PM
Deep-fried tofu with spicy peanut sauce (I didn't make the sauce this time because I was too lazy, but I did fry the tofu). And an eaten salad in the background. Not very healthy, but I don't eat fried foods very much so it doesn't really matter.

Fried, but come on, it is tofu :-\ They balance out, don't  you think?

   My dinner was a shot of vodka, a bowl of chili with two pieces of pesto bread, and a bit of hummus.  I ate it all in about 4 minutes. I taught 4 hours this afternoon and have to teach another 2.5 hours tonight. :(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: EigenUser on September 25, 2014, 06:33:42 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on September 25, 2014, 01:33:07 AM
Fried, but come on, it is tofu :-\ They balance out, don't  you think?

   My dinner was a shot of vodka, a bowl of chili with two pieces of pesto bread, and a bit of hummus.  I ate it all in about 4 minutes. I taught 4 hours this afternoon and have to teach another 2.5 hours tonight. :(
That was also my reasoning. 8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on September 25, 2014, 06:57:20 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on September 25, 2014, 01:33:07 AMFried, but come on, it is tofu :-\ They balance out, don't  you think?
Quote from: EigenUser on September 25, 2014, 06:33:42 AM
That was also my reasoning. 8)
Ehh.. Deep-frying anything is unhealthy. The process forms carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which are pretty much all carcinogens.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mookalafalas on September 25, 2014, 07:05:44 AM
Quote from: North Star on September 25, 2014, 06:57:20 AM
Ehh.. Deep-frying anything is unhealthy. The process forms carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which are pretty much all carcinogens.

  I don't believe it.  "polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons" even sounds like it should be good for you.  What about tempura? That's fried, and is beloved by the Japanese, who live, on average, to be 113 years and 4 months and 11 days (well, more or less, maybe).   
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on September 25, 2014, 07:24:06 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on September 25, 2014, 07:05:44 AM
  I don't believe it.  "polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons" [PAH] even sounds like it should be good for you.  What about tempura? That's fried, and is beloved by the Japanese, who live, on average, to be 113 years and 4 months and 11 days (well, more or less, maybe).   
Well I'm not saying eating fried food is comparable to continuous smoking (passive or active) but large enough exposure to fried, or smoked, food definitely increases the risk of getting a cancer. And PAH compounds most definitely are not good for you. In fried chicken, there is up to 5.5 ng/g (or ppb) of benzo[a]pyrene1 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17654259?dopt=Abstract) (a PAH compound), the first chemical carcinogen to be discovered.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ken B on September 25, 2014, 05:21:26 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on September 25, 2014, 07:05:44 AM
  I don't believe it.  "polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons" even sounds like it should be good for you.  What about tempura? That's fried, and is beloved by the Japanese, who live, on average, to be 113 years and 4 months and 11 days (well, more or less, maybe).   
Yeah but they die of cancer. Think of how many Japanese never live to see their 114th birthday.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on September 25, 2014, 06:41:54 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on September 24, 2014, 03:16:07 PM
Deep-fried tofu with spicy peanut sauce (I didn't make the sauce this time because I was too lazy, but I did fry the tofu). And an eaten salad in the background. Not very healthy, but I don't eat fried foods very much so it doesn't really matter.

I might make the drachenburgers this weekend if I don't get too lazy.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/ovn2jabr0k0i2km/Photo%20Sep%2024%2C%205%2048%2017%20PM.jpg)

They look delicious! Compliments to the chef! There's a Vietnamese restaurant here that prides itself on its Sesame Tofu (delicious deep-fried tofu in a sesame batter).  It's delectable but yes dangerous, so I don't visit it often.  Comes with what they call "circled broccoli" - first time I ordered it partly because I wanted to find out what circled broccoli was - it was just their awkward but inventive way of saying they've arranged steamed broccoli florets around the tofu like...well, covered wagons in a western!  Of course, it's no protection, the tofu (and broccoli) quickly get devoured.  :P  Now, about the danger, Nate - couldn't you get nearly the same effect with less risks to your health by using a wok?  Such is recommended.  If you do the Drachenburgers ( :laugh:) remember to press as much of the water outta the tofu as you can.  If you are attacked by the lazies, you could make my Spicy Stir-fry Tofu Peppers & Mandarin Oranges instead - if you've a wok.  Will send the 'receipt' (love the old way of saying recipe).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on September 25, 2014, 06:55:02 PM
Here 'tis:
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mookalafalas on September 25, 2014, 07:11:46 PM
Quote from: Ken B on September 25, 2014, 05:21:26 PM
Yeah but they die of cancer. Think of how many Japanese never live to see their 114th birthday.
Wow, good point. I guess in a way they're kinda reckless.  Think of all the great, great, great, great grandchildren they'll never see...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: EigenUser on September 26, 2014, 01:11:39 AM
Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on September 25, 2014, 06:41:54 PM
They look delicious! Compliments to the chef!
Thanks!

Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on September 25, 2014, 06:41:54 PM
There's a Vietnamese restaurant here that prides itself on its Sesame Tofu (delicious deep-fried tofu in a sesame batter).  It's delectable but yes dangerous, so I don't visit it often.  Comes with what they call "circled broccoli" - first time I ordered it partly because I wanted to find out what circled broccoli was - it was just their awkward but inventive way of saying they've arranged steamed broccoli florets around the tofu like...well, covered wagons in a western!
:laugh: That's funny. Some exotic kind of broccoli? No, just regular broccoli arranged in a circle!

Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on September 25, 2014, 06:41:54 PM
Now, about the danger, Nate - couldn't you get nearly the same effect with less risks to your health by using a wok?  Such is recommended.
I actually did use a wok. A year or so ago I learned how to from this Australian guy when I googled "how to deep fry tofu":
http://www.youtube.com/v/-XuBqI2sdas

Last week realized that I currently have the healthiest diet I've probably ever had in my life (medium carbs, low-ish fat, very high protein). The only other fried food I really like to eat is fish and chips, but that doesn't happen very often. The last time I had fish and chips was when I was in New England in July (which reminds me, I need to change that!).

Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on September 25, 2014, 06:41:54 PM
If you do the Drachenburgers ( :laugh:) remember to press as much of the water outta the tofu as you can.
Point noted. It's the same with frying it.

Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on September 25, 2014, 06:41:54 PM
If you are attacked by the lazies, you could make my Spicy Stir-fry Tofu Peppers & Mandarin Oranges instead - if you've a wok.  Will send the 'receipt' (love the old way of saying recipe).
That would sound good, except I don't like sweet/fruit-flavored sauces :(. I think I'll make the tofu burgers next weekend. I have too much going on this weekend! I have a math exam to study for (even though I took the class last year and did well, I'm afraid of fooling myself with that as an excuse for not studying this year and getting very different results), 80+ homeworks to grade, a new homework to make, and my friend is visiting, too! Next weekend I will try and reserve for the drachenburgers.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ken B on September 28, 2014, 09:22:16 AM
The John and Nate repellant salad

Watermelon
Feta
Fresh mint
White balsamic vinegar

Not too much white baldamic, easy, delicious.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mookalafalas on November 05, 2014, 03:37:53 AM
I'm dieting. Had cabbage and veggie salad with balsamic vinegar and nut-and-fake-bacon-bit sprinkles and tuna on top.  Better than it sounds.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on November 05, 2014, 04:40:50 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on November 05, 2014, 03:37:53 AM
I'm dieting. Had cabbage and veggie salad with balsamic vinegar and nut-and-fake-bacon-bit sprinkles and tuna on top.  Better than it sounds.
I have no idea what fake bacon tastes like, but otherwise that sounds great - if it was better than that..  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on November 20, 2014, 07:03:57 AM
Quote from: North Star on November 05, 2014, 04:40:50 AM
I have no idea what fake bacon tastes like, but otherwise that sounds great - if it was better than that..  8)

Fakin' bacon is surprisingly good - at least the brand we like, Morning Star.  It's the only imitation meat we eat, outside of tofu burgers and such.  Quite nice in BLTs and atop baked tater.  I have had my fill of real bacon - my parents and grandparents served it twice a week or more and lots of it.  My grandmother would roast it - a whole pound - maybe 34 or 36 slices (called 'rashers,' actually) for five people. That's an ungodly amount o' bacon. It would all get eaten up and the overriding sentiment was, "wish there were more."
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on November 20, 2014, 07:12:58 AM
Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on November 20, 2014, 07:03:57 AM
Fakin' bacon is surprisingly good - at least the brand we like, Morning Star.  It's the only imitation meat we eat, outside of tofu burgers and such.  Quite nice in BLTs and atop baked tater.  I have had my fill of real bacon - my parents and grandparents served it twice a week or more and lots of it.  My grandmother would roast it - a whole pound - maybe 34 or 36 slices (called 'rashers,' actually) for five people. That's an ungodly amount o' bacon. It would all get eaten up and the overriding sentiment was, "wish there were more."
Mouth-watering post :) And I think that's the basic unit of bacon per person, actually (90 grams, i.e. 'ungodly')  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: EigenUser on December 10, 2014, 02:16:26 PM
I finally went to Trader Joe's today, but I couldn't find those quinoa burgers you were talking about, Z7! So, I bought microwavable quinoa instead and I'm having that now.

I'm going to stop there more often! They also had these outstanding "shrimp bites". The box described them as "a sophisticated yet unpretentious sibling to fish sticks", and my friend and I had a good laugh over that.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ken B on December 10, 2014, 03:12:24 PM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on November 05, 2014, 03:37:53 AM
I'm dieting. Had cabbage and veggie salad with balsamic vinegar and nut-and-fake-bacon-bit sprinkles and tuna on top.  Better than it sounds.
Has to be.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Cosi bel do on December 17, 2014, 11:49:45 AM
I'm currently preparing the foie gras for Christmas. :D 8) :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on December 17, 2014, 03:07:10 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on December 10, 2014, 02:16:26 PM
I finally went to Trader Joe's today, but I couldn't find those quinoa burgers you were talking about, Z7! So, I bought microwavable quinoa instead and I'm having that now.

I'm going to stop there more often! They also had these outstanding "shrimp bites". The box described them as "a sophisticated yet unpretentious sibling to fish sticks", and my friend and I had a good laugh over that.

Here's a photo of the box; try not to miss these, quite tangy.  Tonight I am baking-up my first ever Kabocha Squash (also from TJ) - if it tastes anywhere near as good as it smells, I'm a fortunate diner.  Just basted it with melted coconut oil, sea salt and pepper.  This could be the squash for people who don't like squash, but too soon to tell for sure.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on December 17, 2014, 03:34:32 PM
Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on December 17, 2014, 03:07:10 PM
This could be the squash for people who don't like squash, but too soon to tell for sure.

Yummy-licious - can confirm this to be possibly true for squash-haters.  Careful cutting it!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: EigenUser on December 17, 2014, 04:17:32 PM
Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on December 17, 2014, 03:07:10 PM
Here's a photo of the box; try not to miss these, quite tangy.
Perfect. Thanks! I'm back home for Winter break so I'll see if one of the local VA stores has it. The DE store might have, but I was with a friend (thus, distracted), so I may have missed it. They look/sound outstanding.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: PaulR on December 20, 2014, 08:44:07 AM
pumpkin chili :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: EigenUser on December 20, 2014, 10:36:20 AM
Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on December 17, 2014, 03:07:10 PM
Here's a photo of the box; try not to miss these, quite tangy.
I just got these today. Outstanding! Thanks for the tip.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: PaulR on December 21, 2014, 02:51:44 PM
vegetable pad thai with dry fried tofu
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ken B on December 21, 2014, 03:01:50 PM
Freshly made kielbasa from a local Polish deli. Cooking it this moment.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mookalafalas on January 03, 2015, 02:59:46 AM
Ate at seafood restaurant out in the countryside with about 13 adults and 7 kids.  Pieces of sashimi the size of a 10 year old's palm.  That was awesome, but sort of downhill from there, with lots of fried fish and fried calamari, although a wonderful crab soup and even a couple of vegetable dishes.  Not good for dieting, I'm afraid. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 03, 2015, 06:33:52 AM
For Christmas & New Year's Eve's, Susan & I had our typical 'snack' dinners (like the one below from last year) - smoked trout & smoked salmon, usually on thin toasted rye bread, a dill sour cream sauce for the trout and a little cream cheese for the salmon; salads; caviar (we buy Paddlefish these days); and an assortment of cheeses (not much these days) w/ crackers.  Of course, a bottle of the bubbly - this year Dr. Frank from the New York Finger Lakes district (all vintage 2008 & made in the traditional Champagne way).

For Christmas & New Year's dinner, roast pheasant - perfect size for two people and basically tastes like a turkey - the joints are a 'bitch' to cut through, so I usually just take some large good poultry shears and cut the bird in half and then we each struggle get the pieces apart.

(http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-bMbTtRG/0/M/P1010636-M.jpg)  (http://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-SV3kH4D/0/O/Pheasant.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ken B on January 03, 2015, 07:22:09 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on January 03, 2015, 02:59:46 AM
Ate at seafood restaurant out in the countryside with about 13 adults and 7 kids.  Pieces of sashimi the size of a 10 year old's palm.  That was awesome, but sort of downhill from there, with lots of fried fish and fried calamari, although a wonderful crab soup and even a couple of vegetable dishes.  Not good for dieting, I'm afraid.

We are making Thai chicken soup today, with lemon grass and coconut.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mookalafalas on January 04, 2015, 02:01:42 AM
Quote from: Ken B on January 03, 2015, 07:22:09 AM
We are making Thai chicken soup today, with lemon grass and coconut.

My mouth literally started watering after reading that. I had a protein shake with a banana mixed in for dinner tonight (my biggest meal of the day), and I did a serious workout at the gym.  I have to cleanse my system and get back on the dieting path.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on January 06, 2015, 11:09:39 AM
This evening I made broiled pollock (please, no tasteless cannibal comments  :laugh: ) and an avocado salad (diced avocado, cucumber, tomatoes, red onions, minced garlic, cilantro, and a lime juice/olive oil dressing). Drank a German grand cru Riesling, the 2013 Saumagen from Philipp Kuhn.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/PollockAvacadoSalad.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/SaumagenGGKuhn.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ken B on January 06, 2015, 11:49:50 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on January 04, 2015, 02:01:42 AM
My mouth literally started watering after reading that. I had a protein shake with a banana mixed in for dinner tonight (my biggest meal of the day), and I did a serious workout at the gym.  I have to cleanse my system and get back on the dieting path.

It's a great recipe. We used it for company a lot in the past since everyone liked it. Lots of spice but no heat. And it was delicious again!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on January 10, 2015, 07:07:56 AM
Oven-cooked chicken, potatoes & carrots, p & c seasoned with salt & black pepper, and baked apple with ice cream for dessert
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on January 25, 2015, 03:40:28 PM
Over the past couple months, either a pork roast or a beef roast has appeared on our table almost weekly, including tonight.  Some with a apple type glaze, others with too many herbs to name.  Some nice wine has been poured as well, including my first taste ever of desert wine (YUM!) and this 2007 Caymus that is a few minutes away from taking its first breath, as I take in those Sunday evening smells of Linda's fine cooking.

Beef:
(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/IMG_2451_zpspuk3i5jg.jpg)

Pork:
(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/IMG_2326_zpsjyq0vcxl.jpg)
(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/IMG_2329_zpsymxinsme.jpg)

(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/IMG_2448_zps4guwpwh0.jpg)
(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/IMG_2468_zps3eghuhu5.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on January 26, 2015, 02:25:50 PM
Tonight, burrito pie and for dessert, baked pears.  My beloved granny loved pears and even though I cannot remember her baking 'em (she canned most of them, "put them up" as she would say) - they remind me of her. 
Her measure of a good dinner (and a sure sign dinner was going to be good) was her phrase : "These will cook-up nice." no matter what it was, it was a good sign.  Say it myself from time to time and laugh.
How many of us have had to toss pears that were too unripe to eat - yet, wait a week or so and then they're too far gone to care?  Baking them when young resolves this problemo.  Recipes on request.  Image below of burrito pie not ours, but close.  Both are baked to Walpurgisnacht for no real reason I can think of except that I really enjoy that work, though it's true that Germans are esp. fond of pears.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 26, 2015, 06:26:59 PM
Bill - great looking meals & wines - wish I was there to enjoy w/ you! ;)  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Moonfish on January 26, 2015, 06:38:50 PM
Note to self: never read this thread while being hungry!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 26, 2015, 06:53:27 PM
Here's a cooking question. I was making a Sabayon sauce for the first time, and failed in two attempts. The first time I am pretty sure it was just too hot in the double boiler and I think I sort of scrambled it. In any case, it was clearly too hot. The second time, things were going well for the first few minutes - a nice airy fluffiness was taking shape. But somewhere along the way it thickened too much. I am not sure what went wrong. It could be that the heat was just still too high. It was also possible that it was done, but that I kept going because the recipe said it would take 10 minutes (and it changed consistency after 5 minutes). Anyone ever tried this and have any advice? I was hoping to make it with scallops, but I threw it in the circular file, alas. It tasted funny in part because I probably need to use a different wine as well. I'd like to try it again (I have had great success with chcololate and double boiler, but I have much more experience with chocolate), but was wondering if anyone had any ideas or thoughts on how to improve the next time around?

The good news was that the scallops tasted great, sauce or no sauce!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on January 27, 2015, 06:58:43 AM
Quote from: Bogey on January 25, 2015, 03:40:28 PM
Over the past couple months, either a pork roast or a beef roast has appeared on our table almost weekly...Some nice wine has been poured as well, including my first taste ever of desert wine (YUM!)

Beef:
(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/IMG_2451_zpspuk3i5jg.jpg)(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/IMG_2448_zps4guwpwh0.jpg)


I'm jealous...of that rare beef. Mrs. Rock hates roast beef. It's been ten years or more since I last cooked it.

Coincidentally, last week my brother-in-law gave me an Eiswein for my birthday and, like yours, it's from a Rheinhessen (the wine area we live in) vineyard.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/eiswein.jpg) (http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/eisweinlabel.jpg)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on January 27, 2015, 07:02:08 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 26, 2015, 06:53:27 PM
Here's a cooking question. I was making a Sabayon sauce for the first time, and failed in two attempts.

Can't help you, Neal. I've never attempted an egg-based sauce. Too much the coward  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 28, 2015, 03:39:27 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on January 27, 2015, 07:02:08 AM
Can't help you, Neal. I've never attempted an egg-based sauce. Too much the coward  ;D

Sarge
Don't blame you. I didn't understand what I was taking on! I figured it out though and third time was a charm. I had to set flame to lower temp (if liquid starts to stick to edge, it is too hot) and whisk the ENTIRE time. It came out great in the end. We also changed wine ingredient to sauvignon blanc, which helped it taste better too.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on February 20, 2015, 04:40:20 PM
I've been making different noodle bowls while riffing on dashi.  Super healthful and delicious!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on February 25, 2015, 09:13:16 PM
Rillettes for lunch
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Linus on February 26, 2015, 07:00:38 PM
I'm considering a diet of macaroni and cheese.

With some luck it'll turn me into a grumpy, 1st Viennese School genius.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: EigenUser on February 27, 2015, 12:04:35 AM
Quote from: Linus on February 26, 2015, 07:00:38 PM
I'm considering a diet of macaroni and cheese.

With some luck it'll turn me into a grumpy, 1st Viennese School genius.
That begs the question: What kind of diet would turn you into a grumpy, 2nd Viennese School genius? ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on February 27, 2015, 12:18:26 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on February 27, 2015, 12:04:35 AM
That begs the question: What kind of diet would turn you into a grumpy, 2nd Viennese School genius? ;D
Eating all five courses at the same time?  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on March 22, 2015, 11:50:31 AM
We just finished navratan korma (although it didn't have the traditional nine different vegetables in it) that we prepared today. My girl had her usual relatively tiny portion, while mine was poured directly into a trough.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Manariel on April 15, 2015, 03:36:55 AM
Hamburger, bread and cheese)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 21, 2015, 12:08:27 PM
Quote from: Manariel on April 15, 2015, 03:36:55 AM
Hamburger, bread and cheese)

Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger...

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on April 21, 2015, 02:50:29 PM
Damn... The time where we are is almost midnight. I've just said the word 'cheeseburger' aloud, to which the leggy bit next to me replied "I'd love a cheeseburger right now".
Note to self: never again read this thread late at night when without cheeseburgers or even the makings of them. Woe.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mookalafalas on April 30, 2015, 06:36:05 AM
I'm in diet mode. Lots of Big salads with chicken breast or tuna on top,  protein shakes (made with soy milk, not water), and oatmeal (with cinnamon, non-fat milk, peanut butter, kirkland fake sweetener, and [initially] frozen blue berries].  5 meals a day, but losing weight dramatically.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 17, 2015, 03:03:12 PM
No one's been eating? Mrs. Rock whipped up a delicious meal this evening: chicken with a sherry/cherry sauce (seasoned with tonka bean, Sichuan pepper, black pepper and salt); mashed potato/parsley root, topped with fried mushrooms; and Chinese cabbage. We drank a Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P8161993_700.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 17, 2015, 09:27:41 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 17, 2015, 03:03:12 PM
No one's been eating? Mrs. Rock whipped up a delicious meal this evening: chicken with a sherry/cherry sauce (seasoned with tonka bean, Sichuan pepper, black pepper and salt); mashed potato/parsley root, topped with fried mushrooms; and Chinese cabbage. We drank a Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P8161993_700.jpg)

Hi Sarge - dish looks great!  Don't drink much Rhone wine anymore but use to have a great collection from the area.  We are still eating well these days, just have not been taking pics or reporting back here -  :(

A few afternoons ago, we did a local wine tour and an early dinner at a local favorite Thai restaurant - shared the shrimp fresh rolls and the two dishes shown below - quite delicious - had a Thai beer (Singha).

Last night, I grilled up some lamb burgers (meat mixed w/ minced garlic, ground cumin, fresh mint, and salt/pepper) - cooked to medium and served w/ a minted yogurt sauce + a simple side salad - wine for me a Columbia Crest Merlot from Washington State - quite tasty!  Dave :)

(https://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-qNdCzVS/0/O/Screen%20Shot%202015-08-15%20at%2012.47.01%20PM.png)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 18, 2015, 04:17:26 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on August 17, 2015, 09:27:41 PM
A few afternoons ago, we did a local wine tour and an early dinner at a local favorite Thai restaurant - shared the shrimp fresh rolls and the two dishes shown below - quite delicious - had a Thai beer (Singha).

Mrs. Rock makes great shrimp rolls but it's been quite awhile since she last made them...I'll have to put in a request.

Quote from: SonicMan46 on August 17, 2015, 09:27:41 PM
Last night, I grilled up some lamb burgers (meat mixed w/ minced garlic, ground cumin, fresh mint, and salt/pepper) - cooked to medium and served w/ a minted yogurt sauce + a simple side salad - wine for me a Columbia Crest Merlot from Washington State - quite tasty!  Dave :)

I love lamb burgers. Mrs. Rock's recipe is similar to yours. We have a Turkish butcher close by (in the next village); high quality freshly ground lamb is always available.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on August 18, 2015, 04:29:58 AM
I love lamb burgers too but never, ever with mint - my mom belongs to the Turkish minority who totally swear off the lamb/mint combination! Instead, a lot of sumac finds its way into the yogurt sauce for mine. :)

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 17, 2015, 03:03:12 PM
No one's been eating? Mrs. Rock whipped up a delicious meal this evening: chicken with a sherry/cherry sauce (seasoned with tonka bean, Sichuan pepper, black pepper and salt); mashed potato/parsley root, topped with fried mushrooms; and Chinese cabbage. We drank a Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P8161993_700.jpg)


Sarge

Good lord this looks good. And Châteauneuf-du-Pape?! You lucky dog.


...should I post vacation-to-Montreal food pics?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 18, 2015, 07:33:50 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 18, 2015, 04:29:58 AM
I love lamb burgers too but never, ever with mint - my mom belongs to the Turkish minority who totally swear off the lamb/mint combination! Instead, a lot of sumac finds its way into the yogurt sauce for mine. :)


Sumac - we've not used this spice (or is it a herb since made from berries?) - just bought dozens of spices/herbs at a new store (wonderful to just walk into the place!) as replacements and new ones, including Baharat (https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=baharat+spice&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8) - have you used the latter and if so in what ways?  Thanks - Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 18, 2015, 07:46:54 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 18, 2015, 04:29:58 AM
...should I post vacation-to-Montreal food pics?

Yes  :)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on August 18, 2015, 07:53:09 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on August 18, 2015, 07:33:50 AM
Sumac - we've not used this spice (or is it a herb since made from berries?) - just bought dozens of spices/herbs at a new store (wonderful to just walk into the place!) as replacements and new ones, including Baharat (https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=baharat+spice&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8) - have you used the latter and if so in what ways?  Thanks - Dave
I've never even heard of Baharat! Here is a great article about sumac (http://www.thekitchn.com/heres-why-you-should-have-sumac-in-your-spice-cabinet-ingredient-intelligence-67042) - the comments include some of my favorite uses.

My favorite way to deploy sumac, though, goes something like this:

TURKISH WHITE BEAN SALAD
2 cans of great northern or cannelini beans
2 Campari tomatoes
part of a red onion
olive oil, red wine vinegar, sumac, parsley
OPTIONAL: black olives

1. An hour or so before eating, open the cans of beans, drain thoroughly, and put the beans in a bowl. Add red wine vinegar to the bowl enough to soak the beans, but not enough that it looks like a stew. Let the bowl sit, stirring occasionally.
2. When you're good and hungry, drain the red wine vinegar out.
3. Add very finely diced red onion, tomato slices, and black olives. (I use pitted, but my mom doesn't.)
4. Mix it all up!
5. Drizzle with very good olive oil as your dressing. The other half of the dressing is the red wine vinegar, which has been soaked into the beans.
6. Garnish with a generous, ultra-colorful dusting of parsley and sumac.

BONUS TWIST: SPANISH WHITE BEAN SALAD

Pretty much the same, but add a bell pepper and a can of tuna.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 18, 2015, 08:42:09 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 18, 2015, 07:53:09 AM

TURKISH WHITE BEAN SALAD
2 cans of great northern or cannelini beans...

Sounds great; I'll have to try it...if I can find the beans here.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on August 18, 2015, 10:23:46 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 18, 2015, 08:42:09 AM
Sounds great; I'll have to try it...if I can find the beans here.

Sarge
White beans with a mild flavor and you should be OK. I think "Great Northern" is a US marketing term.

http://www.cookthink.com/reference/988/Cannellini_beans_vs_Great_Northern_beans_vs_Navy_beans

I treat them interchangeably. Maybe that's a mistake but...whatever!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ken B on August 18, 2015, 10:57:52 AM
A salad my better half improved:

2 cans black beans
one fennell, chopped
ground cumin
lime juice
fresh Italian parsley or cilantro
some hot sauce (we use Frank's Red Hot)
optional: sliced avocado
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on August 18, 2015, 03:13:05 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 18, 2015, 07:46:54 AM
Yes  :)

Sarge

Sardines at Taverne F, a Portuguese bar conveniently located just around the corner from the Montreal Symphony's concert hall. Paired with a Grand Marnier sour cocktail, made candy-like by a splash of port.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12672585/montrealfood/IMG_4118.JPG)

Smoked sturgeon sausage at Les 400 Coups, a modernish French-Canadian bistro in Vieux Montreal. Broccoli was marinated in something acidic and citrusy; sauce is mustard-based.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12672585/montrealfood/IMG_4157.JPG)

Maple suckling pig at Les 400 Coups, my main course. With field peas and pear jam. Sunchoke puree around the edge of the plate. Maybe the best thing I ate in Canada. We paired this with a grenache-based Cotes du Rhone ("Le Canon," Dom. de la Grande Colline) which was, just as the waiter warned us, very au naturel - unfiltered, untouched by modern technique, with a bit of fizz and delicious after a nice wallow in the decanter.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12672585/montrealfood/IMG_4160.JPG)

The everything bagel at St Viateur Bagel, which has been slinging garlic-heavy everything bagels since 1958. Just $1.50 Canadian with cream cheese.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12672585/montrealfood/IMG_4189.JPG)

Our meal at an Egyptian (!) restaurant, La Folie du Koshary. Koshary is an Egyptian comfort/hangover food where you put pasta, rice, lentils, and chickpeas into one big pot, then top 'em with tomato-vinegar sauce, a ton of garlic (the green thing on the right is garlic sauce), hot sauce, and fried onion bits. I had never experienced this before and it is pretty tasty. As a man of simple pleasures, though, my favorite bowl was the tomato and feta.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12672585/montrealfood/IMG_4229.JPG)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 19, 2015, 09:09:31 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 18, 2015, 03:13:05 PM
Sardines at Taverne F, a Portuguese bar conveniently located just around the corner from the Montreal Symphony's concert hall. Paired with a Grand Marnier sour cocktail, made candy-like by a splash of port.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12672585/montrealfood/IMG_4118.JPG)

I've never eaten fresh sardines but I've seen people at Spanish restaurants consume the entire fish. Did you eat the bones too? The other dishes all look great. Suckling pig...I always feel guilty but then I think, it's really their own fault: if only they didn't taste so darn good they might have had a longer life  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on August 19, 2015, 09:17:45 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 19, 2015, 09:09:31 AM
I've never eaten fresh sardines but I've seen people at Spanish restaurants consume the entire fish. Did you eat the bones too? The other dishes all look great. Suckling pig...I always feel guilty but then I think, it's really their own fault: if only they didn't taste so darn good they might have had a longer life  ;D

Sarge
8) our slogan this trip was All Cute Animals Must Suffer. We also ate duck, goose, venison, rabbit, and probably some other ones I'm forgetting.

I don't remember any bones in the sardines. Definitely wasn't a whole fish.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Artem on August 19, 2015, 06:18:48 PM
Great pictures, Brian. Montreal serves some of the best food in Canada.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 20, 2015, 02:41:00 AM
Quote from: Ken B on August 18, 2015, 10:57:52 AM
A salad my better half improved:

2 cans black beans
one fennell, chopped
ground cumin
lime juice
fresh Italian parsley or cilantro
some hot sauce (we use Frank's Red Hot)
optional: sliced avocado

Mrs. Rock will love this (she has  a fennel and avocado fetish).

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 29, 2015, 02:17:47 PM
Dinner this evening: salmon, scallops (with garlic and spring onions) and a rice salad with pomegranate seeds and a balsamic dressing. We drank a Crémant d'Alsace brut rosé.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P8291994_800.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on August 30, 2015, 05:12:09 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 29, 2015, 02:17:47 PM
Dinner this evening: salmon, scallops (with garlic and spring onions) and a rice salad with pomegranate seeds and a balsamic dressing. We drank a Crémant d'Alsace brut rosé.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P8291994_800.jpg)


Sarge

THAT I could eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or a midnight snack!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: lisa needs braces on September 08, 2015, 11:05:41 PM
What a thread! You guys live the life!

Unfortunately, I have been eating horribly most of my life, with too much fast food. I'm determined to eat healthier by making all my meals!



Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on September 09, 2015, 01:02:15 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 19, 2015, 09:09:31 AM
I've never eaten fresh sardines but I've seen people at Spanish restaurants consume the entire fish. Did you eat the bones too? The other dishes all look great. Suckling pig...I always feel guilty but then I think, it's really their own fault: if only they didn't taste so darn good they might have had a longer life  ;D

Sarge

Small sardines can go down the hatch with everything on them... head-to-tail.

No pix, but as of late we've been busy in the leftover cooking mode and utilizing my current better half's parents veggy garden, making hokkaido pumpkin baked in a leeks-fennel aged* mountain-cheese. Tonight, a little cous-cous zucchini creation yet-to-be-concocted... perhaps with a few lentils, that other fennel still lying about, and, you've guessed it, the rest of the leeks.

Also, we made about a gallon of condensed sugo from all those tomatoes we picked. Winter may come!

(* 42 months!!! MY pride for which I have waited well over three years)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 11, 2015, 04:01:04 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on September 09, 2015, 01:02:15 AM
Small sardines can go down the hatch with everything on them... head-to-tail.

I'll have to overcome my natural aversion and give sardines a try sometime  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on December 12, 2015, 07:57:41 AM
My recent favorite breakfast dish: Three-Pepper Cheese Grits (grits, Monterey Jack cheese, mild green chiles, ground black pepper, Cholula hot sauce).

8)

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on December 16, 2015, 12:12:53 PM
Huh, somehow I completely forgot to inform all you folks in this thread that this year I got a new side job (http://www.dallasobserver.com/restaurants/at-whisk-cr-pes-a-parisian-honors-his-hometown-through-food-7802310) as a freelance food (http://www.dallasobserver.com/restaurants/the-ivy-tavern-is-putting-brisket-inside-onion-rings-and-its-delicious-7750870) and wine (http://www.dallasobserver.com/restaurants/the-old-warsaws-wine-list-is-an-existential-nightmare-7592426) writer for a local newspaper (http://www.dallasobserver.com/restaurants/the-new-patrizio-is-a-great-italian-spot-if-youre-lucky-7855800)!!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 16, 2015, 12:30:55 PM
Quote from: Brian on December 16, 2015, 12:12:53 PM
Huh, somehow I completely forgot to inform all you folks...

Congratulations. I loved the linked reviews. Looking forward to reading more. This line had me laughing out loud: "Luckily, we at the Observer believe that a fool and his money should stay together long enough to run for president..."


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 16, 2015, 12:39:22 PM
Quote from: Brian on December 16, 2015, 12:12:53 PMwine (http://www.dallasobserver.com/restaurants/the-old-warsaws-wine-list-is-an-existential-nightmare-7592426)

"Of the five listed wines, only one is from Burgundy. One is the unknown "JP Chenet,"

Not unknown...it is available in almost any German supermarket for a few Euro  :D  What is Old Warsaw charging for it?

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on December 16, 2015, 01:01:03 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 16, 2015, 12:39:22 PM
Not unknown...it is available in almost any German supermarket for a few Euro  :D  What is Old Warsaw charging for it?

Sarge
JP Chenet Sparkling Brut $39
JP Chenet "Vin Rouge de Bourgogne" [sic!] $28

Btw if you click my name, you can see a few more things I've written (there are somewhere around 20 total), including collabos with my friend.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 16, 2015, 01:18:34 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 16, 2015, 12:30:55 PM
Congratulations. I loved the linked reviews. Looking forward to reading more. This line had me laughing out loud: "Luckily, we at the Observer believe that a fool and his money should stay together long enough to run for president..."

@ Brian - agree w/ Sarge above - excellent, concise, and often funny reviews - enjoyed reading and thanks for the links!  Dave :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Drasko on December 16, 2015, 02:29:04 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 16, 2015, 12:39:22 PM
Not unknown...it is available in almost any German supermarket for a few Euro  :D 

Sarge

Is their rose any good? Have you tried it by any chance? It's cheap at local supermarkets here as well. I'm not much of a wine drinker (barely at all, actually) but I do like occasionally some very dry rose in the summer.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 16, 2015, 04:12:22 PM
Quote from: Draško on December 16, 2015, 02:29:04 PM
Is their rose any good? Have you tried it by any chance? It's cheap at local supermarkets here as well. I'm not much of a wine drinker (barely at all, actually) but I do like occasionally some very dry rose in the summer.

I haven't tried the rosé or the sparkling wine. The red was drinkable...at least it was twenty years ago when our budget didn't often allow a better wine.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on December 16, 2015, 05:30:57 PM
Quote from: Brian on December 16, 2015, 12:12:53 PM
Huh, somehow I completely forgot to inform all you folks in this thread that this year I got a new side job (http://www.dallasobserver.com/restaurants/at-whisk-cr-pes-a-parisian-honors-his-hometown-through-food-7802310) as a freelance food (http://www.dallasobserver.com/restaurants/the-ivy-tavern-is-putting-brisket-inside-onion-rings-and-its-delicious-7750870) and wine (http://www.dallasobserver.com/restaurants/the-old-warsaws-wine-list-is-an-existential-nightmare-7592426) writer for a local newspaper (http://www.dallasobserver.com/restaurants/the-new-patrizio-is-a-great-italian-spot-if-youre-lucky-7855800)!!

Congrats, Brian, and I am laughing my head off at the Old Warsaw review. I actually went there once, back in the day (presumably when things were perhaps a bit different - but maybe not), and this is a fine, light indictment of a restaurant whose time has probably come and gone (from your hilarious descriptions). Very funny.

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on December 30, 2015, 08:14:07 AM
Today's grits (What can I say? I love them): flavored with Cotswold cheese (Double Gloucester) with onions and chives.

Eating lightly in advance of a spectacular-looking meal tomorrow night at this place:

http://www.bibianadc.com/

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 30, 2015, 08:50:31 AM
Quote from: Brewski on December 30, 2015, 08:14:07 AM
Today's grits (What can I say? I love them): flavored with Cotswold cheese (Double Gloucester) with onions and chives.

Eating lightly in advance of a spectacular-looking meal tomorrow night at this place:

http://www.bibianadc.com/

Hi Bruce - love the Double Gloucester w/ Stilton which we likely will have w/ our New Year's Eve 'snack dinner' tomorrow night, along w/ some Paddlefish caviar and smoked salmon & trout - of course, a bottle of the bubbly!

That restaurant looks great - and familiar (can't remember if we ate there last time?) - have a great feast!  Dave :)

(http://cheesesecrets.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Double-Gloucester-Stilton.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on December 30, 2015, 08:53:14 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on December 30, 2015, 08:50:31 AM
Hi Bruce - love the Double Gloucester w/ Stilton which we likely will have w/ our New Year's Eve 'snack dinner' tomorrow night, along w/ some Paddlefish caviar and smoked salmon & trout - of course, a bottle of the bubbly!

That restaurant looks great - and familiar (can't remember if we ate there last time?) - have a great feast!  Dave :)

(http://cheesesecrets.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Double-Gloucester-Stilton.jpg)

OK, that 'snack' sounds mighty tasty. I'll be right over.

Oh, wait...never mind.  8)

Hope you and Susan have a great time as well.

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 30, 2015, 12:45:17 PM
Quote from: Brewski on December 30, 2015, 08:14:07 AM
Today's grits (What can I say? I love them): flavored with Cotswold cheese (Double Gloucester) with onions and chives.

Sounds good. I love grits too...but I confess I've never eaten them with anything other than butter and sugar. I need to expand my palate  8)

Tonight we ate salmon and scallops (sautéed with spring onions and garlic), salad and baguette. We drank a local Grauburgunder (Pinot gris) from the Pfälzer winery Philipp Kuhn.

Left click to embiggen  :D

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/Scallops%20and%20Salmon950.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on December 30, 2015, 03:37:23 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 30, 2015, 12:45:17 PM
Sounds good. I love grits too...but I confess I've never eaten them with anything other than butter and sugar. I need to expand my palate  8)


Cheese grits (no matter what kind of cheese) are a Southern United States thing - often served as a Thanksgiving side dish, for example. I like going "savory" rather than sweet. Even oatmeal - which I fully grant is probably one of the healthiest things you can eat - is awfully bland, and I'm not that fond of adding cream and sugar - the latter gives me a big blood sugar crash later.

This year I tried adding rosemary (actually, herbes de provence) and garlic to oatmeal. Need to experiment a bit more - my ratios weren't quite right - but I can see the path ahead.  8)

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jaakko Keskinen on January 08, 2016, 06:56:42 AM
Mentos. I freaking love Mentos.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on January 08, 2016, 07:02:56 AM
Quote from: Alberich on January 08, 2016, 06:56:42 AM
Mentos. I freaking love Mentos.

Hah...I'm just now finishing off some Snackwell's devil's food cookies --- I freakin' love devil's food cookies. ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bwv 1080 on January 12, 2016, 04:14:49 AM
Made three kinds of ribs Sunday - beef, spare and baby back
3 hours of hickory on the smoker @250 then another three in the oven @230
Simple rub of salt, pepper, brown sugar, cumin and chile powder

(http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt344/bwvS1080/image_zpsuv0tberf.jpeg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 13, 2016, 06:59:13 AM
Quote from: bwv 1080 on January 12, 2016, 04:14:49 AM
Made three kinds of ribs Sunday - beef, spare and baby back
3 hours of hickory on the smoker @250 then another three in the oven @230
Simple rub of salt, pepper, brown sugar, cumin and chile powder

(http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt344/bwvS1080/image_zpsuv0tberf.jpeg)

Look delicious! :)  My wife loves ribs looking like those and would enjoy tremendously (I call her the 'bone woman') - too cold here for me to use the grill but in a month or so, may cook up some for her on the grill!  Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on January 21, 2016, 09:58:19 AM
Gruyere and spinach omelette, accompanied by one pint of full fat milk, delivered with a smile and sashay. Oh yeah.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 22, 2016, 01:40:44 PM
Took Susan to the Washington Duke Inn in Durham, NC on the Duke Campus for her birthday - pic below of the back next to the golf course - two nights ago we ate at a new restaurant for us, i.e. Nana's of Durham (http://www.nanasdurham.com) - Susan started w/ the gnocchi appetizer (I had a smoked mackerel salad) - main course for her was the lamb shank & for me a 'B-liner snapper' (had to look that up on Wiki , also called the 'vermillion snapper' and a different species from the usual red snapper) - description of the dishes below.  We were going to dine at the Inn last night but checked out in the afternoon because of the weather prediction for the Triad Area (would have been a horrible drive home today).  Dave :)

(https://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-cvHnspV/0/O/Screen%20Shot%202016-01-22%20at%205.29.41%20PM.png)

(https://giradman.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-rnjhWFK/0/O/Screen%20Shot%202016-01-21%20at%208.45.42%20PM.png)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on February 03, 2016, 10:43:06 PM
Back from an early morning workout at the gym and I'm now eating three large fried eggs, two slices of farmhouse wholemeal toasted and buttered bread, and one pint of full fat milk.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on February 05, 2016, 11:17:48 PM
This morning I've just returned from a slow, almost casual run of about two and a half miles and felt I could easily devour steak, eggs and chips (French fries) however I settled for three slices of toasted wholemeal bread, topped with peanut butter and sliced bananas, along with the usual pint of milk. I feel full (enough!) and fine and I'm listening to dear old Brahms and all in all it's good stuff.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 14, 2016, 05:58:50 AM
Last night's dinner, made by Mrs. Rock: Aloo gobi (potato and cauliflower), fish curry, chicken curry, Raita (yogurt, cucumber, onion, cumin), rice, coriander garnish.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P2130143_1024.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on February 14, 2016, 09:34:19 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 14, 2016, 05:58:50 AM
Last night's dinner, made by Mrs. Rock: Aloo gobi (potato and cauliflower), fish curry, chicken curry, Raita (yohurt, cucumber, onion, cumin), rice, coriander garnish.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P2130143_1024.jpg)


Sarge

Brava to Mrs. Rock. All of that looks great - including the raita to punctuate the other dishes - aloo gobi (and with aloo saag) is a particular favourite of mine. Good stuff. I hope you both enjoyed it.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: (poco) Sforzando on February 14, 2016, 01:26:48 PM
As it is still very cold in the New York area, and even with my drapes drawn it is chilly near the windows, I decided to make a quick soup that you could call pseudo-Indian. Very quick and very simple: blend together a can of chickpeas and a can of coconut milk in a processor. Meanwhile, cook some garlic and ginger together in butter, add some ground turmeric, coriander, and cumin, and season with S+P. Add flour for a roux and cook a few minutes; then fish out the G+G, add a few cups of chicken stock and the blended mixture, and simmer as much diced boneless/skinless chicken thigh meat as you like. Add a bit of cream at the end and serve very hot over a little plain rice, squeezing lemon as you eat. Exact proportions don't matter, so if you like it less rich, cut back on the coconut and cream. If as sometimes happens there is a little surface oil, blot it up with a paper towel.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on February 28, 2016, 09:08:51 AM
Some cooked chicken - Toots left a note in the kitchen saying it needs to be eaten tonight. So I stood there all chiaroscuro and stuff in the light cast by the fridge and ate it directly from the container. Shameful. But then again -

"The man who requires a plate and cutlery is further from enlightenment and happiness than the man who needs only the frying pan and his face." - Marcus Aurelius. (I think.)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on March 04, 2016, 10:29:20 PM
Just returned from a morning run and I'm having two bananas and peanut butter on whole-wheat crispbreads, along with one pint of full fat milk, accompanied by Glazunov.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Spineur on March 27, 2016, 03:27:43 AM
A classic: boudin aux ognions et pommes et pommes de terre.
I love these sweet and salty combinations
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 17, 2016, 06:07:10 AM
Last night, noodles and salmon in a red pepper sauce. We drank a Pinot Noir Rosé Sekt (German Champagne).

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P4160165_1024.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on April 18, 2016, 03:55:30 AM
It's Ramson Time!

Some self-made ramson linguine... also self-made gnocchi with ramson pesto... fresh (!) white sausage (yes, with a bit of ramson)...

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/2/1563/25651064264_6539f35844_b.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on May 10, 2016, 07:13:28 AM
Today's breakfast: grits with black truffle oil.

The trick to using the oil (which is solely for flavor, not for frying) is to find relatively neutral foods that allow it to shine. Potatoes work well (e.g., truffle fries) and so do white beans. (I'm experimenting with proportions for a white bean dip.) But the grits...I may have found my favorite breakfast.  8)

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on May 11, 2016, 02:27:33 AM
Quote from: Brewski on May 10, 2016, 07:13:28 AM
Today's breakfast: grits with black truffle oil.

The trick to using the oil (which is solely for flavor, not for frying) is to find relatively neutral foods that allow it to shine. Potatoes work well (e.g., truffle fries) and so do white beans. (I'm experimenting with proportions for a white bean dip.) But the grits...I may have found my favorite breakfast.  8)

--Bruce

I find the most important (and most difficult) thing about truffle oil is finding stuff that's either not chemically 'enhanced' or simply oil that sat on rotten truffles (as is usually the case). There was a phase, a few years back, to use truffle oil in nearly everything in restaurants that thought themselves fancy but weren't... and it was obnoxious to the highest degree. But if the source is good and used in moderation, it can be a lovely thing indeed, replacing the real thing in a small way.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on May 18, 2016, 07:16:45 AM
I had a day pass at the gym and after my workout stopped into a cafe on the way back. I ate a steak, fried egg, chips (French fries) and a tomato salad, two slices of buttered white (???) bread, along with the usual one pint of milk - all of which is humble as hell, much like myself. Now I'm home and about to listen to some Elgar.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 02, 2016, 02:37:18 PM
After fending for myself for five days, Mrs. Rock is back from a seminar and cooked a great meal: prawns and cod with a saffron sauce, basmati rice and ratatouille. We drank a local wine: a Gold Prize winning dry Riesling Spätlese from the Westhofen winery Hohenfelser Hof. Left click to enlarge image.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P7020166_crop1062.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on July 03, 2016, 04:42:51 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 02, 2016, 02:37:18 PM
After fending for myself for five days, Mrs. Rock is back from a seminar and cooked a great meal: prawns and cod with a saffron sauce, basmati rice and ratatouille. We drank a local wine: a Gold Prize winning dry Riesling Spätlese from the Westhofen winery Hohenfelser Hof. Left click to enlarge image.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P7020166_crop1062.jpg)


Sarge

Love those plates Sarge....looks terrific! 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on July 03, 2016, 01:36:38 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 02, 2016, 02:37:18 PM
After fending for myself for five days, Mrs. Rock is back from a seminar and cooked a great meal: prawns and cod with a saffron sauce, basmati rice and ratatouille. We drank a local wine: a Gold Prize winning dry Riesling Spätlese from the Westhofen winery Hohenfelser Hof. Left click to enlarge image.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P7020166_crop1062.jpg)


Sarge

Looks great!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 03, 2016, 01:41:06 PM
Quote from: NikF on July 03, 2016, 01:36:38 PM
Looks great!

It was...and great to have Mrs. Rock back home, and not just for her cooking  8)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 03, 2016, 01:42:23 PM
Quote from: Bogey on July 03, 2016, 04:42:51 AM
Love those plates Sarge....looks terrific!

A gift from her parents.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on July 03, 2016, 01:56:03 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 03, 2016, 01:41:06 PM
It was...and great to have Mrs. Rock back home, and not just for her cooking  8)

Sarge

Good stuff.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: 71 dB on July 26, 2016, 06:21:35 AM
Tikka Masala
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jlaurson on July 26, 2016, 09:28:40 AM
Darn hot here... so it'll be cooled Bulgarian Yoghurt Soup (a la "Christo Vladimirov", my once college roommate who taught me). Very simple, very delicious, very refreshing.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 03, 2016, 05:29:10 PM
Pheasant and duck pate. Rich and delicious!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 03, 2016, 07:50:09 PM
Quote from: toledobass on August 03, 2016, 05:29:10 PM
Pheasant and duck pate. Rich and delicious!

Hi Allan - have not seen you posting much recently - great to see you back! Susan roasts us a pheasant for the holidays - tough bird - we just use poultry shears and half the beast and eat joyously!  And, a bottle of a 'blanc de noir' sparkler helps - :)

At the moment, I've been reading the book below on Fake & Real Food - author was on the Diane Rehm show recently, an iPad purchase - only half way through but we've been ordering a bunch of 'REAL' food from the internet - last night, Susan sautéed some delicious Bandera Quail from Texas, and tonight roasted a Venison Tenderloin from the same place.  Today received a BIG BOX of Alaskan seafood - salmon of various types, halibut steaks & cheeks, shrimp, and King Crab legs - some upcoming meals heading into the weekend!  Dave :)

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51NoVXJPhaL._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on August 04, 2016, 01:28:47 AM
Gravlax on bread this morning, fried salmon, new potatoes, and green onion for dinner yesterday and today.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on August 04, 2016, 10:50:17 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on August 03, 2016, 07:50:09 PM
Susan sautéed some delicious Bandera Quail from Texas,
I've been to Bandera four or five times! It's only about 30 miles from my parents' home and when I visit them for holidays, Bandera quail has a way of making an appearance.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on August 04, 2016, 10:53:54 AM
So there's good news and bad news on the "What are you eating?" front. The bad news is I don't have much time to cook at home anymore and have sort of lost focus on all the cooking adventures I'd had, including an exploration of the marvelous/nearly-perfect book Bistronomy: Recipes from the Best New Paris Bistros (https://www.amazon.com/Bistronomy-Recipes-Best-Paris-Bistros/dp/0847846105/).

The good news is it's because now I'm a high-falutin' food critic at my local newspaper (http://www.dallasobserver.com/restaurants/stephan-pyles-flora-street-cafe-is-a-visual-marvel-but-the-flavors-just-arent-there-8517209)...best job ever? Maybe
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on August 04, 2016, 10:55:05 AM
Bandera Quail would be a fine, fine stage name.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on August 04, 2016, 11:03:17 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 04, 2016, 10:53:54 AM
So there's good news and bad news on the "What are you eating?" front. The bad news is I don't have much time to cook at home anymore and have sort of lost focus on all the cooking adventures I'd had, including an exploration of the marvelous/nearly-perfect book Bistronomy: Recipes from the Best New Paris Bistros (https://www.amazon.com/Bistronomy-Recipes-Best-Paris-Bistros/dp/0847846105/).

The good news is it's because now I'm a high-falutin' food critic at my local newspaper (http://www.dallasobserver.com/restaurants/stephan-pyles-flora-street-cafe-is-a-visual-marvel-but-the-flavors-just-arent-there-8517209)...best job ever? Maybe
Did you ever check the font, Brian?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Drasko on August 04, 2016, 11:31:21 AM
(https://s31.postimg.org/9e0pd52gb/maline.jpg)

Simple stuff. Could be my favorite fruit actually, though I've yet to meet the fruit I don't like (apologies for the quality of the photo, my nokia qualifies as an antiquity by now)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on August 04, 2016, 11:42:51 AM
Quote from: North Star on August 04, 2016, 11:03:17 AM
Did you ever check the font, Brian?
Another friend of mine sent me a text message just 3 hours ago, asking, "What is up with the 'x'?" So it must still be the same...!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on August 04, 2016, 11:50:15 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 04, 2016, 11:42:51 AM
Another friend of mine sent me a text message just 3 hours ago, asking, "What is up with the 'x'?" So it must still be the same...!
It sure is. Perhaps you should just move to Louisiana :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on August 04, 2016, 12:03:08 PM
Quote from: Brian on August 04, 2016, 10:50:17 AM
I've been to Bandera four or five times! It's only about 30 miles from my parents' home and when I visit them for holidays, Bandera quail has a way of making an appearance.

We were in that vicinity on our last trip to San Antonio - took a day-tour of the Hill Country (went through Kerrville & spent a few hours in Fredericksburg) - not sure if we pass though Bandera but was certainly close - have another package of the Bandera quail in the frig and likely will order more - sourced from the Diamond H Ranch (http://www.diamondhquail.com) in Bandera.  Dave :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: (poco) Sforzando on August 04, 2016, 12:52:55 PM
Quote from: Brian on August 04, 2016, 10:53:54 AM
So there's good news and bad news on the "What are you eating?" front. The bad news is I don't have much time to cook at home anymore and have sort of lost focus on all the cooking adventures I'd had, including an exploration of the marvelous/nearly-perfect book Bistronomy: Recipes from the Best New Paris Bistros (https://www.amazon.com/Bistronomy-Recipes-Best-Paris-Bistros/dp/0847846105/).

The good news is it's because now I'm a high-falutin' food critic at my local newspaper (http://www.dallasobserver.com/restaurants/stephan-pyles-flora-street-cafe-is-a-visual-marvel-but-the-flavors-just-arent-there-8517209)...best job ever? Maybe

Whew! My mild-mannered buddy Brian is getting nasty. Bucking for the Pete Wells spot?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on August 04, 2016, 01:08:33 PM
Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on August 04, 2016, 12:52:55 PM
Whew! My mild-mannered buddy Brian is getting nasty. Bucking for the Pete Wells spot?
Pete Wells doesn't have such a bad job, now, does he  8)

(I do read his stuff, among other writers, to help figure out how to do this job well.)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on August 04, 2016, 03:39:40 PM
Thank you, thank you!

I hope you've been well too! Just dropping in to see how things are I. The neighborhood. Looks like it's grown a bit! 

A

Quote from: SonicMan46 on August 03, 2016, 07:50:09 PM
Hi Allan - have not seen you posting much recently - great to see you back! Susan roasts us a pheasant for the holidays - tough bird - we just use poultry shears and half the beast and eat joyously!  And, a bottle of a 'blanc de noir' sparkler helps - :)

At the moment, I've been reading the book below on Fake & Real Food - author was on the Diane Rehm show recently, an iPad purchase - only half way through but we've been ordering a bunch of 'REAL' food from the internet - last night, Susan sautéed some delicious Bandera Quail from Texas, and tonight roasted a Venison Tenderloin from the same place.  Today received a BIG BOX of Alaskan seafood - salmon of various types, halibut steaks & cheeks, shrimp, and King Crab legs - some upcoming meals heading into the weekend!  Dave :)

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51NoVXJPhaL._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on August 06, 2016, 05:04:48 AM
Quote from: toledobass on August 04, 2016, 03:39:40 PM
Thank you, thank you!

I hope you've been well too! Just dropping in to see how things are I. The neighborhood. Looks like it's grown a bit! 

A

But always a better place when you drop by.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 18, 2016, 11:17:21 AM
Tonight Mrs. Rock whipped up Spaghetti alla puttanesca ("garbage pasta"  ;D ): anchovies, hot red peppers, cherry tomatoes, black olives, fresh basil, parmesan. Since I need red meat too, she served it with Salsiccia (Italian pork sausage spiced with fennel). We drank a Chianti and had a rosé Champagne (Augé Père et Fils) for dessert. Left click to enlarge image.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P8180168_1024.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on August 19, 2016, 07:56:30 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 18, 2016, 11:17:21 AM
Tonight Mrs. Rock whipped up Spaghetti alla puttanesca ("garbage pasta"  ;D ): anchovies, hot red peppers, cherry tomatoes, black olives, fresh basil, parmesan. Since I need red meat too, she served it with Salsiccia (Italian pork sausage spiced with fennel). We drank a Chianti and had a rosé Champagne (Augé Père et Fils) for dessert. Left click to enlarge image.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P8180168_1024.jpg)


Sarge

Mrs. Rock does it again! Looks really good, Sarge.


All week my breakfast has been courtesy of the cafe in the Court during my jury duty.

Me: 'Three fried eggs, please"
Counter lady: " Three?"
Me: "Yes. Three."
Counter lady: "And nothing else?"
Me: "And nothing else, thanks".

Apart from this morning -

Me: "Four fried eggs, please."
Counter lady: "  :o "
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 19, 2016, 08:12:14 AM
Quote from: NikF on August 19, 2016, 07:56:30 AM
All week my breakfast has been courtesy of the cafe in the Court during my jury duty.

Me: 'Three fried eggs, please"
Counter lady: " Three?"
Me: "Yes. Three."
Counter lady: "And nothing else?"
Me: "And nothing else, thanks".

Apart from this morning -

Me: "Four fried eggs, please."
Counter lady: "  :o "

I try to limit my egg intake but this morning I too indulged: a three-egg omelette filled with smoked salmon, tomatoes, onions and oregano.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on August 19, 2016, 08:22:41 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 19, 2016, 08:12:14 AM
I try to limit my egg intake but this morning I too indulged: a three-egg omelette filled with smoked salmon, tomatoes, onions and oregano.

Sarge

That too sounds good. And it far exceeds what's offered courtesy of that cafe.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on August 25, 2016, 05:40:59 PM
Frozen grapes!

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 06, 2016, 12:37:39 PM
It's mussels season!!! Mrs. Rock cooked mussels in a fabulous tomato and white wine sauce (seasoned with fresh sage, fresh rosemary, onion, garlic and root vegetables). We drank a local Grauburgunder (Pinot gris).

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on September 06, 2016, 03:42:11 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 06, 2016, 12:37:39 PM
It's mussels season!!! Mrs. Rock cooked mussels in a fabulous tomato and white wine sauce (seasoned with fresh sage, fresh rosemary, onion and garlic). We drank a local Grauburgunder (Pinot gris).

Sarge

Mrs. Rock has got you spoiled, Sarge. ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 06, 2016, 03:45:50 PM
Quote from: NikF on September 06, 2016, 03:42:11 PM
Mrs. Rock has got you spoiled, Sarge. ;D

I do most of the cooking (I'm retired, she still works) but we both enjoy her cooking when she has the time  8)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on September 06, 2016, 04:02:35 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 06, 2016, 03:45:50 PM
I do most of the cooking (I'm retired, she still works) but we both enjoy her cooking when she has the time  8)

Sarge

Yeah, that's cool. :)

Here's a sample description of one of the dishes I've been preparing for the last couple of months -

A carb. A fat. A protein.

;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 06, 2016, 04:09:54 PM
Quote from: NikF on September 06, 2016, 04:02:35 PM
Yeah, that's cool. :)

Here's a sample description of one of the dishes I've been preparing for the last couple of months -

A carb. A fat. A protein.

;D

A balanced diet...I like it   :laugh:

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on September 06, 2016, 04:13:17 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 06, 2016, 04:09:54 PM
A balanced diet...I like it   :laugh:

Sarge


Heh.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 06, 2016, 06:10:58 PM
Some great looking dishes being posted - recently, I've been reading the book below Real Food/Fake Food by Larry Olmsted - purchased via iBooks - the 3rd chapter on 'Olive Oil' - the 2nd chapter on 'Fish' is just shocking, e.g. 90% of seafood consumed in America is imported and half of that is FAKE!  If you are wondering what you buy at the local markets, then a must read depending on where you live, I guess.

SO, we decided to do more online ordering of both meats, seafood, and olive oils.  A week ago, we received an overnight package from Broken Arrow Ranch which included venison, antelope, and quail (semi-boneless; the latter were from Diamond H Ranch), all in Texas - tonight, Susan decided to sautée the quail w/ her usual recipe (onions, seasonings, dry sherry, etc.) - these birds were 'bigger' than our usual quail and tender - two each was enough served w/ some peas and fresh tomatoes from a friend's garden; I opened a bottle of Pinot Noir - Dave :)
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(https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-zMGJR26/0/O/MeatsOnline1.png)
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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 10, 2016, 01:24:35 PM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on September 06, 2016, 06:10:58 PMthe 2nd chapter on 'Fish' is just shocking, e.g. 90% of seafood consumed in America is imported and half of that is FAKE!

I saw a graph that showed Germany's fish is only mislabeled 25% of the time...better than America but still troubling.

 
Quote from: SonicMan46 on September 06, 2016, 06:10:58 PMSusan decided to sautée the quail...

We love quail but haven't had it in ages. Need to find a source.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 10, 2016, 01:30:46 PM
I cooked tonight: Kebab Halabi (Aleppo). Popular in Lebanon and Syria, it's ground beef seasoned with 7 spice and onions and baked with bell peppers in a spicy (cumin, sumac, garlic) tomato sauce. Served with rice and a green salad. Drank beer.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/kebab%20halabi.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on September 10, 2016, 03:47:28 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 10, 2016, 01:30:46 PM
I cooked tonight: Kebab Halabi (Aleppo). Popular in Lebanon and Syria, it's ground beef seasoned with 7 spice and onions and baked with bell peppers in a spicy (cumin, sumac, garlic) tomato sauce. Served with rice and a green salad. Drank beer.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/kebab%20halabi.jpg)

Hey Sarge - that dish looks great - congrats!  Beer sounds like a great choice - tonight, we had halibut (mail ordered from Alaska - so, should be REAL! ;)) - white wine for me - Dave :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 14, 2016, 01:52:40 PM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on September 10, 2016, 03:47:28 PM
Hey Sarge - that dish looks great - congrats!  Beer sounds like a great choice - tonight, we had halibut (mail ordered from Alaska - so, should be REAL! ;)) - white wine for me - Dave :)

Our local fish market had a great looking piece of halibut the other day. Maybe I should have listened to Mrs. Rock (who wanted to buy it).

Tonight we had pasta, a new recipe she was anxious to try: whole grain spaghetti in an avocado sauce with cherry tomatoes and fresh basil. Drank a Cava brut. The dish turned out well, unusual but tasty. The wine was a good match. Since I'm no vegetarian, she also fried up some salmon.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P9142000_900.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on September 14, 2016, 03:30:30 PM


Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 14, 2016, 01:52:40 PM
Our local fish market had a great looking piece of halibut the other day. Maybe I should have listened to Mrs. Rock (who wanted to buy it).


It must have been good enough for Jehovah!

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Spawnofsatan on September 18, 2016, 10:28:42 PM
I'm eating shit. My dog just made a fresh one
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 22, 2016, 12:07:06 PM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on September 10, 2016, 03:47:28 PMtonight, we had halibut (mail ordered from Alaska - so, should be REAL! ;)) - white wine for me - Dave :)

Saw halibut today at the fish market; remembered your post. Mrs. Rock poached it in a coconut milk sauce with Indian spices. Served with rice, Aloo gobi (cauliflower and potatoes) and raita (yoghurt, cucumber, onions). We drank a 1990 Ruwer Riesling Auslese from Weingut Karthäüserhof (the wine's age noticeable in the intense dark color).

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/HalibutInCoconutSauce.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P9222004crop600.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on September 22, 2016, 12:24:53 PM
Right now my restaurant review gig has me on something pretty special - a Oaxacan restaurant where they make the mole from scratch. As in, they buy cacao beans and shell them by hand to make their own chocolate...

(it's delicious)

On my first visit there, I ate bugs for the first time, too. Chapulines (tiny grasshoppers) on a tortilla with lots of rich creamy beans. The beans drowned out the bugs' flavor/texture...maybe luckily?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 22, 2016, 12:34:14 PM
Quote from: Brian on September 22, 2016, 12:24:53 PM
On my first visit there, I ate bugs for the first time, too. Chapulines (tiny grasshoppers) on a tortilla with lots of rich creamy beans. The beans drowned out the bugs' flavor/texture...maybe luckily?

Probably. I ate steamed beetles in Korea. They serve them like popcorn at movie theaters. Nothing to hide the taste/texture. They tasted dusty. The locals seemed to enjoy them  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on September 22, 2016, 01:10:59 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 22, 2016, 12:34:14 PM
Probably. I ate steamed beetles in Korea. They serve them like popcorn at movie theaters. Nothing to hide the taste/texture. They tasted dusty. The locals seemed to enjoy them  ;D

Sarge
Eep. Dallas has a really vibrant, active Korean food scene, but I have not seen any steamed beetles around. There's a place with a soup that's just bone broth, though.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Spineur on September 25, 2016, 01:05:48 PM
Made some Tomato jam this week end as I got some really tasty garden tomatoes.
Ingredients: sugar, tomatoes, apple jelly, fresh vanilla (from my last trip to the Reunion island) and lemon.
The result has a spicy taste, reminiscent of a bloddy mary cocktail, but sweeter.

The painful part is to filter out the tomatoes seeds.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 25, 2016, 01:27:48 PM
Quote from: Spineur on September 25, 2016, 01:05:48 PM
Made some Tomato jam this week end as I got some really tasty garden tomatoes.
Ingredients: sugar, tomatoes, apple jelly, fresh vanilla (from my last trip to the renion island) and lemon.
The result has a spicy taste, reminiscent of a bloddy mary cocktail, but sweeter.

I'm having trouble imagining the final taste of those disparate ingredients. Still, I'd like to try it  :)

I envy you. I wish I had a source for "real" tomatoes. It's been so long since I had one, they've become almost mythical.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on September 25, 2016, 04:52:08 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 10, 2016, 01:30:46 PM
I cooked tonight: Kebab Halabi (Aleppo). Popular in Lebanon and Syria, it's ground beef seasoned with 7 spice and onions and baked with bell peppers in a spicy (cumin, sumac, garlic) tomato sauce. Served with rice and a green salad. Drank beer.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/kebab%20halabi.jpg)


Sarge

I could go for some of that. 8) Hope you enjoyed it Sarge.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 26, 2016, 06:15:29 AM
Quote from: NikF on September 25, 2016, 04:52:08 PM
I could go for some of that. 8) Hope you enjoyed it Sarge.

It was my first attempt with this dish and it turned out well. We did enjoy it.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on September 26, 2016, 06:57:26 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 26, 2016, 06:15:29 AM
It was my first attempt with this dish and it turned out well. We did enjoy it.

Sarge

Glad to hear it.

I'm going to the gym tonight. On my return I'll crawl up the hill to the local deli where they'll already have my salad and I think the
spaghetti polpette waiting for me and ready to go. Along with this I will be drinking my usual - one pint of milk.  :laugh:
(https://i.sli.mg/2xV0QH.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 26, 2016, 07:10:23 AM
Quote from: NikF on September 26, 2016, 06:57:26 AM
...the spaghetti polpette waiting for me...

All those pasta dishes look great. The Scoglio looks especially tempting.

Quote from: NikF on September 26, 2016, 06:57:26 AMI will be drinking my usual - one pint of milk.  :laugh:

A recent vintage, I hope.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on September 26, 2016, 07:13:08 AM
Quote from: NikF on September 26, 2016, 06:57:26 AM
Along with this I will be drinking my usual - one pint of milk.  :laugh:

You and Archie Goodwin.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on September 26, 2016, 07:37:04 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 26, 2016, 07:10:23 AM
All those pasta dishes look great. The Scoglio looks especially tempting.

If you're interested here's (http://celinos.com/Menus/Takeaway-Evening.pdf) the pdf of the evening takeaway menu.
To my uneducated everything it's quite a cool establishment. And coupled with the fact it's only up the hill and along the road it suits me just fine.  :)

Quote
A recent vintage, I hope.

Sarge

Absolutely. The milk will be fresh because I go through about 2.2 litres (four pints) every day.

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 26, 2016, 07:13:08 AM


You and Archie Goodwin.

I forgot about that! It has been a long time since I read any Rex Stout.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on September 27, 2016, 10:55:38 AM
I think my biggest culinary discovery of 2016 is that octopus is freaking delicious.

(http://images1.dallasobserver.com/imager/u/745xauto/8746742/dal_food_20160919_sapahouse_kathytran_599.jpg)

This weekend I had to judge a food festival ("had to"...life is rough). Best thing there was octopus, but not the dish pictured above (from my restaurant review this week). My pick was from Helen Greek in Houston. Theirs looks like this...

(http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/43/74/33/9422580/3/1024x1024.jpg)

The biggest danger is toughness. But if you can cook it right, so it's still soft and scallop-esque in texture, man oh man the things you can do with octopus in terms of flavor - all sorts of imagination.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 27, 2016, 11:29:18 AM
Quote from: Brian on September 27, 2016, 10:55:38 AM
The biggest danger is toughness. But if you can cook it right, so it's still soft and scallop-esque in texture, man oh man the things you can do with octopus in terms of flavor - all sorts of imagination.

Mrs. Rock agrees about the flavor...but she has an aversion to the suckers. She gets around that by ordering the octopus carpaccio at our favorite Italian restaurant.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on September 28, 2016, 06:28:48 AM
Post workout food today -

(https://i.sli.mg/E6e2K2.jpg)

Cod supper
Salad
One pint of full fat milk
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on October 14, 2016, 12:21:00 AM
I was in the gym early this morning and on the way back my post-workout food was -

(http://i.imgur.com/YkRDOOM.jpg)

I went in for the Eggs Florentine, but when ordering I found the words "traditional breakfast, please" came out of my mouth.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on October 14, 2016, 12:03:59 PM
Friend visiting from NYC this weekend to see the Texas State Fair. The lineup:

- tacos!
- barbecue!
- terrible fair foods like fried Oreos and "fried clam chowder"!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on October 17, 2016, 10:27:52 AM
Quote from: Brian on October 14, 2016, 12:03:59 PM
Friend visiting from NYC this weekend to see the Texas State Fair. The lineup:

- tacos!
- barbecue!
- terrible fair foods like fried Oreos and "fried clam chowder"!
Fried clam chowder was pretty darn good.

I would rank the things we ate:
1. fried PB&J
2. fried clam chowder
3. fried brownies
4. fried jambalaya
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on October 22, 2016, 02:55:16 AM
Cross-post.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CvXXGbHWgAETXd-.jpg)
#morninglistening to #MarcelTyberg #Masses on @pentatonemusic w/@SDChorale et al. Also: charr... http://ift.tt/2egmImo
(http://amzn.to/2eDSN5J)

Stuffed the charrs with minced oyster mushrooms, garlic (too much), pepper (too much), chilli (just right) and fried them in ghee and olive oil.
Along with that some tagliatelle with pumpkin-seed butter and a bit of the same mixture as the filling. (The filling worked, in that case.)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Spineur on October 22, 2016, 07:43:53 AM
Veal rost with Cardamome acompanied with a 2010 Cornas
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on November 08, 2016, 12:07:43 PM
After the gym tonight -

(https://i.sli.mg/nmPLO7.jpg)

With plain Basmati rice. And one pint of milk. Then I walked home (just over one mile/1.7km) while it rained.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on November 12, 2016, 12:37:26 PM
Quote from: NikF on November 08, 2016, 12:07:43 PM
After the gym tonight -

(https://i.sli.mg/nmPLO7.jpg)

With plain Basmati rice. And one pint of milk. Then I walked home (just over one mile/1.7km) while it rained.


Yum, love monkfish, Seeteufel (sea devil) in German. Damn ugly fish though  ;D

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/monkfish-1_large.jpg)


Tonight Mrs. Rock cooked. We had cod, steamed on a bed of fennel, leeks and zucchini, the fish seasoned with salt, pepper, sumac and red pepper flakes. Drank a locally produced (German, Rheinhessen, Osthofen) bubbly "prosecco":

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/PB122016_900.jpg)




Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on November 12, 2016, 01:30:52 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on November 12, 2016, 12:37:26 PM

Drank a locally produced (German, Rheinhessen, Osthofen) bubbly "prosecco":


By "Prosecco" do you mean "Schaumwein" - i.e. wine with CO2 superadded? Or steel tank fermented 'bubbly'?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on November 12, 2016, 01:44:59 PM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on November 12, 2016, 01:30:52 PM
By "Prosecco" do you mean "Schaumwein" - i.e. wine with CO2 superadded? Or steel tank fermented 'bubbly'?

The former. The vintner (Steinmühle) labelled his wine "Secco" in bold and in small print "Perlwein mit zugesetzter Kohlensäure". In any case, quite delicious.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on November 12, 2016, 01:58:45 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on November 12, 2016, 01:44:59 PM
The former. The vintner (Steinmühle) labelled his wine "Secco" in bold and in small print "Perlwein mit zugesetzter Kohlensäure". In any case, quite delicious.

Sarge

Absolutely there are some delicious bubblies among that kind. We particularly love the two bubblies (pink and green) made thus from this vintner: http://www.tauchnerwein.at/ Just absolutely delicious and perfect for any occasion, since the price makes it easy to open one at EVERY occasion.
Don't buy their Fass X. I'm trying to buy it all up, whatever they have left.  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ghost Sonata on November 12, 2016, 02:15:10 PM
I am going to enjoy a nice, hot cuppa Orange Pekoe tea, something I used to do with my dearly departed Granny who loved the brew.  I've got some French coconut cookies who've been looking forward to meeting that tea.  Was greatly amused to read on the Twining's box that "Despite its name, this tea does not contain orange flavor..." Shows how all those horrid flavored teas, ugghh  >:(, dominate the market.   
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on November 12, 2016, 02:37:46 PM
Quote from: Ghost Sonata on November 12, 2016, 02:15:10 PMI've got some French coconut cookies

I can't even remember the last time I had a cookie...but I want one so badly now!

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on November 12, 2016, 02:46:19 PM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on November 12, 2016, 01:58:45 PM
Absolutely there are some delicious bubblies among that kind. We particularly love the two bubblies (pink and green) made thus from this vintner: http://www.tauchnerwein.at/ Just absolutely delicious and perfect for any occasion, since the price makes it easy to open one at EVERY occasion.
Don't buy their Fass X. I'm trying to buy it all up, whatever they have left.  ;)

Thanks for the recommendation. The Frizzante Green has the price crossed out. Ausverkauft? How is their Veltliner? I'm always hesitant to buy that varietal without sampling first: some of the worst wine I've ever had...some of the best.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Spineur on November 14, 2016, 09:10:33 AM
Scallops season is back.
Yesterday we made some with a leek fondue.  I was hoping there would be some leftover for my lunch at work, but everything got cleaned up.


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ghost Sonata on November 14, 2016, 11:15:09 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on November 12, 2016, 02:37:46 PM
I can't even remember the last time I had a cookie...but I want one so badly now!

Sarge

You deserve a seat at the table upon which these are piled high, calling out for your attention and delectation (the French have a wicked and yummy way with these) :

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on November 14, 2016, 02:34:41 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on November 12, 2016, 02:46:19 PM
Thanks for the recommendation. The Frizzante Green has the price crossed out. Ausverkauft? How is their Veltliner? I'm always hesitant to buy that varietal without sampling first: some of the worst wine I've ever had...some of the best.

Sarge

Ausverkauft? SOB. But they'll have more; it's not like it's a vintage thing. And the Pinky is very, very similar, actually.

They have different Veltliner's. I like Krems-Veltliners, generally, but I hear you. Not aggressive and no longer violently cheap as they might have once been, 20, 30 years ago. I'm away from my copious notes that I've taken, but when back in Vienna, I'll consult them and let you know.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on November 15, 2016, 08:37:24 AM
Quote from: Ghost Sonata on November 14, 2016, 11:15:09 AM
You deserve a seat at the table upon which these are piled high, calling out for your attention and delectation (the French have a wicked and yummy way with these) :

Thank you. I'll see if Amazon has them.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on November 15, 2016, 08:37:53 AM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on November 14, 2016, 02:34:41 PM
Ausverkauft? SOB. But they'll have more; it's not like it's a vintage thing. And the Pinky is very, very similar, actually.

They have different Veltliner's. I like Krems-Veltliners, generally, but I hear you. Not aggressive and no longer violently cheap as they might have once been, 20, 30 years ago. I'm away from my copious notes that I've taken, but when back in Vienna, I'll consult them and let you know.

I replied to this in the wine thread.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Spineur on November 20, 2016, 06:43:48 AM
We had duck with apples and a bottle of cider.  Duck, pintade, and to a lesser extend chicken are great with some acidity.  Standard recipies are with oranges here in France.  My favorite combination is with apricots and/or peaches.  Apples are very nice too.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: James on November 20, 2016, 07:18:51 AM
Core breakfast every morning ..

- mineral water, baby aspirin
- 2 raw eggs in a glass
- half of grapefruit (alternate/substitute with veggies like steamed broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus or green beans, usually leftovers from night before)
- avocado (sometimes a little later than the main course)
- one cup of coffee, black (or with a splash of almond milk)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on November 20, 2016, 02:49:58 PM
Quote from: James on November 20, 2016, 07:18:51 AM
Core breakfast every morning ..

- mineral water, baby aspirin
- 2 raw eggs in a glass
- half of grapefruit (alternate/substitute with veggies like steamed broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus or green beans, usually leftovers from night before)
- avocado (sometimes a little later than the main course)
- one cup of coffee, black (or with a splash of almond milk)


Nice!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on November 21, 2016, 01:08:05 AM
Had a little dinner-gettogether with friends and was, along with another friend, in charge of the main course which we'd mostly prepare at his place, then bring over. (For reasons of space constraints but also conveniently giving us a little time away from the crowd to chat and have a glass and marvel at his new hunting guns.) Anyway, we strolled through a magnificent gigantic Delikatessen in the middle of the slaughterhouse (so quarantined off, by now, you didn't even notice were you where, as hardly any smells were emitted) and figured that a convenient way of making-transporting was to go with quails.

So we got a dozen Quails
Stuffed them to the hilt with a mix of
chopped green coriander, the zest of several limes and the juice of one, a bit of soy sauce and dried bird's eye chili liberally crumbled into it.
On the outside the birds were salted, peppered, got a fresh leave of sage attached like a purple heart... and had it affixed to them with a slice of lardo.
Wrapped the whole lot of birds in aluminum foil, threw them in a now empty carton of wine, brought them over, and into the oven they went, for some 40m at ~high temperature.
Spectacular results, despite being easy-peasy. The Lardo had completely disappeared and become one with the bird. The lime and and chili provided a bit of spark, and the rest was juicy deliciousness.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on November 22, 2016, 12:18:00 PM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on November 21, 2016, 01:08:05 AM
So we got a dozen Quails
Stuffed them to the hilt with a mix of  chopped green coriander, the zest of several limes and the juice of one, a bit of soy sauce and dried bird's eye chili liberally crumbled into it.
On the outside the birds were salted, peppered, got a fresh leave of sage attached like a purple heart... and had it affixed to them with a slice of lardo.  Wrapped the whole lot of birds in aluminum foil, threw them in a now empty carton of wine, brought them over, and into the oven they went, for some 40m at ~high temperature.
Spectacular results, despite being easy-peasy. The Lardo had completely disappeared and become one with the bird. The lime and and chili provided a bit of spark, and the rest was juicy deliciousness.

Sounds delicious. I'll have to try that sometime...providing I can find a source for quail.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on November 22, 2016, 05:17:36 PM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on November 21, 2016, 01:08:05 AM
o we got a dozen Quails
Stuffed them to the hilt with a mix of
chopped green coriander, the zest of several limes and the juice of one, a bit of soy sauce and dried bird's eye chili liberally crumbled into it.
On the outside the birds were salted, peppered, got a fresh leave of sage attached like a purple heart... and had it affixed to them with a slice of lardo.
Wrapped the whole lot of birds in aluminum foil, threw them in a now empty carton of wine, brought them over, and into the oven they went, for some 40m at ~high temperature.

You're back - great!  :)  The Quails above sound great, a favorite of ours - Susan often buys whole quail and does a simple sautéed recipe w/ onions and salt/pepper - plus, invariably if I end up at a restaurant w/ a quail offering, then my main course!  Good to see you here again - Dave
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on November 23, 2016, 06:37:55 AM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on November 21, 2016, 01:08:05 AM
Had a little dinner-gettogether with friends and was, along with another friend, in charge of the main course which we'd mostly prepare at his place, then bring over. (For reasons of space constraints but also conveniently giving us a little time away from the crowd to chat and have a glass and marvel at his new hunting guns.) Anyway, we strolled through a magnificent gigantic Delikatessen in the middle of the slaughterhouse (so quarantined off, by now, you didn't even notice were you where, as hardly any smells were emitted) and figured that a convenient way of making-transporting was to go with quails.

So we got a dozen Quails
Stuffed them to the hilt with a mix of
chopped green coriander, the zest of several limes and the juice of one, a bit of soy sauce and dried bird's eye chili liberally crumbled into it.
On the outside the birds were salted, peppered, got a fresh leave of sage attached like a purple heart... and had it affixed to them with a slice of lardo.
Wrapped the whole lot of birds in aluminum foil, threw them in a now empty carton of wine, brought them over, and into the oven they went, for some 40m at ~high temperature.
Spectacular results, despite being easy-peasy. The Lardo had completely disappeared and become one with the bird. The lime and and chili provided a bit of spark, and the rest was juicy deliciousness.

Wow!  We need a pic next time when this type of meal is plated at your end.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on November 23, 2016, 08:10:48 AM
Quote from: Bogey on November 23, 2016, 06:37:55 AM
Wow!  We need a pic next time when this type of meal is plated at your end.

There were some other delectables, made by the home-team: Truffle polenta and Eggmatoes, as I have just decided to call them: Tomatoes decapitated, hollowed out, and filled with a spiced, raw egg mixture. Topped with cheese. Interestingly, they needed A LOT of time in the oven, well shielded from the heat by the tomato, for the egg to harden inside.

But will repeat the quail part (and maybe the Polenta) for Thanksgiving dinner... so there's a chance of obliging. Still pondering side dishes. Cranberries will be involved, somehow. Heck, I think I'll go to a market now and see if I find inspiration.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on November 25, 2016, 06:31:44 AM
Voila, the lime & coriander stuffed quails.

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5445/30865558880_21bcf75427_c.jpg)

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5780/31233463565_05ebdab055_c.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on November 25, 2016, 09:39:40 AM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on November 25, 2016, 06:31:44 AM
Voila, the lime & coriander stuffed quails.

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5445/30865558880_21bcf75427_c.jpg)

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5780/31233463565_05ebdab055_c.jpg)

Excellent.  Post cooking photo if you have it.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on December 04, 2016, 02:55:26 AM
Lunch today
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on December 05, 2016, 11:40:44 AM
I'm eating a lot at a local Veracruzan (the Mexican city) restaurant. Not my pictures, but they'll give you a good idea:

(https://s3-media2.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/cGaf0b4uJtrsdFU9F_Cxtg/o.jpg)

Cochinita pibil (pork marinated in spices & orange juice) tacos

(https://s3-media3.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/GZCmy4a3rQTvjkCzaowrdA/o.jpg)

Picaditas
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on December 14, 2016, 07:37:25 AM
If they tasted half as good as they looked, you were in for a treat.

I'm making a batch (~4lbs) of bread dumplings (Semmelknödel) now, with all the stale bread that's accumulated over the last half year. The great advantage in this is that the variety of bread and esp. prevalence of Pretzels makes the dough much more interesting than the usual 'white Kaiser-roll' bread that you can buy for the purpose.

Will be used in dinner tonight, which I expect to be a cream-mushroom-beef-strips stew of sorts (taken out of the round; from the a local butcher-friend-of-the-extended-family) with said dumplings. I use about 2x the amount of eggs most recipes ask for, which makes the Semmelknödel fluffy to the point of total silliness!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on December 14, 2016, 02:59:06 PM
Back from the gym and enjoying daal makhani accompanied by a garlic and coriander naan, although the latter is not of my own making. And one pint of milk, also not of my own making.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mahlerian on December 16, 2016, 04:21:56 PM
Cooked myself a meal of sauteed cod in white wine sauce with asparagus on the side.  It turned out pretty well!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on December 17, 2016, 03:04:57 AM
Quote from: Mahlerian on December 16, 2016, 04:21:56 PM
Cooked myself a meal of sauteed cod in white wine sauce with asparagus on the side.  It turned out pretty well!

Where in the world is it asparagus season right now? New Zealand?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on December 21, 2016, 06:56:11 AM
For those who want to read a really, really harsh restaurant review from yours truly:
http://www.dallasobserver.com/restaurants/with-atandt-stadium-club-the-dallas-cowboys-have-a-cleveland-browns-quality-restaurant-8987826

"At one point, a waiter arrived at the bar with a half-full glass of a brown liquor and set it down next to some newly-made drinks. A bartender looked at that glass, poured some Jack Daniel's into it and passed it to a new customer."

Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on December 14, 2016, 07:37:25 AM
I'm making a batch (~4lbs) of bread dumplings (Semmelknödel) now, with all the stale bread that's accumulated over the last half year. The great advantage in this is that the variety of bread and esp. prevalence of Pretzels makes the dough much more interesting than the usual 'white Kaiser-roll' bread that you can buy for the purpose.

Will be used in dinner tonight, which I expect to be a cream-mushroom-beef-strips stew of sorts (taken out of the round; from the a local butcher-friend-of-the-extended-family) with said dumplings. I use about 2x the amount of eggs most recipes ask for, which makes the Semmelknödel fluffy to the point of total silliness!  ;D
Man, this sounds great!

GF and I threw a dinner party on Saturday and made, for the first time, cassoulet - complete with duck confit. Took 7 lbs. of lard to make the confit, but the cassoulet was delicious. :) Paired it with some reds, both rustic and refined, from California and Southern Oregon.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on December 21, 2016, 07:32:59 AM
Quote from: Brian on December 21, 2016, 06:56:11 AM
For those who want to read a really, really harsh restaurant review from yours truly:
http://www.dallasobserver.com/restaurants/with-atandt-stadium-club-the-dallas-cowboys-have-a-cleveland-browns-quality-restaurant-8987826

"At one point, a waiter arrived at the bar with a half-full glass of a brown liquor and set it down next to some newly-made drinks. A bartender looked at that glass, poured some Jack Daniel's into it and passed it to a new customer."
Man, this sounds great!

Ouch! Scathing review. I love it! :D I have found places like that to be ridiculously overhyped.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on January 03, 2017, 09:43:21 AM
Post gym - fried beef with bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, onions and tomatoes. Egg fried rice. One pint of milk.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on January 05, 2017, 02:16:10 PM
And tonight on my way back from the surprisingly quiet gym I picked up chicken chow mein and sesame toast with crispy seaweed from the surprisingly busy takeaway. But the biggest surprise of all was that I'd forgot to buy milk.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on January 05, 2017, 02:21:16 PM
Quote from: NikF on January 05, 2017, 02:16:10 PMBut the biggest surprise of all was that I'd forgot to buy milk.

??? ??? ??? ...maybe this is a sign that you're ready to be weaned  :D ;)

Sarge

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on January 05, 2017, 02:46:12 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on January 05, 2017, 02:21:16 PM
??? ??? ??? ...maybe this is a sign that you're ready to be weaned  :D ;)

Sarge

Hahaha. No chance.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on January 25, 2017, 10:08:19 PM
Run, run, run, in the chill and dark, into the park, along the path, around the vacated and mostly iced over duck pond, then on the way back into the deli/cafe for -

(http://i.imgur.com/LIZOdV3.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ghost Sonata on February 23, 2017, 05:00:15 PM
Do not forget: next Tuesday is Pancake Day!  http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/pancake-day-2017-when-why-9646680
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on February 23, 2017, 10:18:27 PM
Quote from: Ghost Sonata on February 23, 2017, 05:00:15 PM
Do not forget: next Tuesday is Pancake Day!  http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/pancake-day-2017-when-why-9646680

I won't forget, but thanks for the reminder. :) My grandmother made pancakes and I was always fond of them. Spoiled/sour milk? - not a problem because very little was ever wasted. Yeah, pancakes. ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 11, 2017, 11:58:57 AM
No one has eaten anything of interest in the last two weeks?  ;)

Tonight Mrs. Rock tried a new recipe, and it was really delicious: fish on a bed of rhubarb (sweetened with a bit of brown sugar), yellow bell pepper and celery. We wanted cod loins but our fishmonger was sold out so we settled on pollock filets. Rice was made interesting with coriander seeds, star anise and Ras el hanout (a spice mix from North Africa). We drank a German grand cru (GG) Riesling from Philipp Kuhn.

We had an interesting aperitif: a drinkable, low acid, vinegar from Weingut Doctorenhof in Venningen (the Pfalz).

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P3112027_crop.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P3112029crop.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 11, 2017, 12:05:43 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 11, 2017, 11:58:57 AM
No one has eaten anything of interest in the last two weeks?  ;)

Tonight Mrs. Rock tried a new recipe, and it was really delicious: fish on a bed of rhubarb (sweetened with a bit of brown sugar), yellow bell pepper and celery. We wanted cod loins but our fishmonger was sold out so we settled on pollock filets. Rice was made interesting with coriander seeds, star anise and Ras el hanout (a spice mix from North Africa). We drank a German grand cru (GG) Riesling from Philipp Kuhn.


Sarge, that does all sounds delicious!
I just had a few girl scout cookies. You win.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 11, 2017, 12:07:47 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on March 11, 2017, 12:05:43 PM
Sarge, that does all sounds delicious!
I just had a few girl scout cookies. You win.

Well, I'm actually jealous  :D  I haven't had a girl scout cookie since I retired from the Army and settled permanently in Germany. Both me and my German mother-in-law miss the peanut butter variety.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: vandermolen on March 11, 2017, 12:11:40 PM
Emmental cheese - apparently one of the 'healthiest' cheeses to eat.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 11, 2017, 12:18:30 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on March 11, 2017, 12:11:40 PM
Emmental cheese - apparently one of the 'healthiest' cheeses to eat.

Is it? Good to know as it's one of my favorites.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Spineur on March 11, 2017, 12:41:46 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on March 11, 2017, 12:11:40 PM
Emmental cheese - apparently one of the 'healthiest' cheeses to eat.
No difference between Emmental, Comté, Swiss, Beaufort, ...  All are cooked (which kills some of the unwanted germs, and this is the "healthy" part).  But in term of fat, 40%, no good.  In term of cholesterol it gets worse if you  combine it carbohydrates (pasta, bread).  Tends to contain too much salt (bad for the kidneys&heart).  Some people claim that wine helps, but there are no proof that it is true.
The least detremental cheese for your health is goat (preferably the fresh kind).  Less fat, salt... sheep cheeses are sort of OK also.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on March 11, 2017, 12:42:50 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 11, 2017, 11:58:57 AM
No one has eaten anything of interest in the last two weeks?  ;)

I think I was the only one posting for a while and it was like spamming the thread. So I stopped.


Quote
Tonight Mrs. Rock tried a new recipe, and it was really delicious: fish on a bed of rhubarb (sweetened with a bit of brown sugar), yellow bell pepper and celery. We wanted cod loins but our fishmonger was sold out so we settled on pollock filets. Rice was made interesting with coriander seeds, star anise and Ras el hanout (a spice mix from North Africa). We drank a German grand cru (GG) Riesling from Philipp Kuhn.

We had an interesting aperitif: a drinkable, low acid, vinegar from Weingut Doctorenhof in Venningen (the Pfalz).

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P3112027_crop.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P3112029crop.jpg)

Sarge, as ever Mrs. Rock has cooked you up some fine fare. :) Good stuff.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 11, 2017, 12:48:32 PM
Quote from: NikF on March 11, 2017, 12:42:50 PM
I think I was the only one posting for a while and it was like spamming the thread. So I stopped.

But I love spam...especially fried...a staple of my poor childhood  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on March 11, 2017, 12:51:23 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 11, 2017, 12:48:32 PM
But I love spam...especially fried...a staple of my poor youth  ;D

Sarge

A staple of your poor youth? It was a foundation of mine! ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 11, 2017, 01:07:24 PM
Quote from: NikF on March 11, 2017, 12:51:23 PM
It was a foundation of mine! ;D

;D :D ;D  ...I just asked Mrs. Rock if she'd ever eaten Spam and she said yes, when we were first married, and she loved it (if we did eat it, the memory escapes me utterly). But she's German so processed pork products are in her blood (literally)  ;D

Anyway, we weren't technically poor when I was a kid (my father always had a good job with a decent salary) but it was a large family (eight mouths to feed) so pickin's were slim before payday and fried mush, Spam, pre-fab, out of a can, choy main, and fish sticks were often served at dinner.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: vandermolen on March 11, 2017, 01:12:04 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 11, 2017, 12:18:30 PM
Is it? Good to know as it's one of my favorites.

Sarge
Article in the paper or online last week listed cheeses which were 'healthier' for you. Emmental came out high protein and better than others. However, Spineur has provided a more scientific response.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: vandermolen on March 11, 2017, 01:14:14 PM
Quote from: NikF on March 11, 2017, 12:51:23 PM
A staple of your poor youth? It was a foundation of mine! ;D
Mine too - always had it at school.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on March 11, 2017, 01:25:01 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 11, 2017, 01:07:24 PM
;D :D ;D  ...I just asked Mrs. Rock if she'd ever eaten Spam and she said yes, when we were first married, and she loved it (if we did eat it, the memory escapes me utterly). But she's German so processed pork products are in her blood (literally)  ;D
Mrs. Rock could probably cook it up a treat. Spam is as versatile as hell. :)

I had a relationship with a German woman (she was over in the UK finishing up her doctorate) and she introduced me to all manner of those processed pork products. Some were from a monthly kind of travelling euro market, but most often from a shop called Lidl. That's the only meat we ate for almost two years... I forgave her though, because she was cute as hell and introduced me to the music of Brahms, Mahler, and Schumann. ;D


Quote
Anyway, we weren't technically poor when I was a kid (my father always had a good job with a decent salary) but it was a large family (eight mouths to feed) so pickin's were slim before payday and fried mush, Spam, pre-fab, out of a can, choy main, and fish sticks were often served at dinner.

Sarge

'Fried mush' sounds strangely familiar. :)
But yeah, that's a big family. I was raised by my grandparents. My grandmother would do her best all week with the cooking, but as the end of the week neared the cooking pot - no matter what was already cooking in it - had an increasingly higher ratio of pasta/macaroni added to pad things out.
But spam, yeah - I believe that to this day a cross section of my biceps would reveal layer upon layer of spam fritters. ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on March 11, 2017, 01:35:28 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on March 11, 2017, 01:12:04 PM
Article in the paper or online last week listed cheeses which were 'healthier' for you. Emmental came out high protein and better than others. However, Spineur has provided a more scientific response.

*All things in moderation - that's the way I roll. And to be blunt, I'm 109 years old now (sorry Sarge ;D) and I'm as healthy as hell. I haven't had an illness in years, I lift weights, spar in the boxing ring, and consort with young ladies. I just eat what I want as long as its within my daily TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure) and if that means I'm heading for health problems, well, I'll worry about it later. But as ever, each to their own. :)



*Well, perhaps most things in moderation.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: vandermolen on March 11, 2017, 01:47:59 PM
I'm sure that tomato ketchup is responsible for my healthy complexion.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on March 11, 2017, 01:55:53 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on March 11, 2017, 01:47:59 PM
I'm sure that tomato ketchup is responsible for my healthy complexion.

Damn, I knew there was something I forgot to pick up from the shops...  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 11, 2017, 02:02:44 PM
Quote from: NikF on March 11, 2017, 01:35:28 PMAnd to be blunt, I'm 109 years old now (sorry Sarge ;D)

No need to be sorry...I'm 110, and still kicking  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on March 11, 2017, 02:08:48 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 11, 2017, 02:02:44 PM
No need to be sorry...I'm 110, and still kicking  ;D

Sarge

Yeah, and just you keep ahead of me.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 11, 2017, 02:16:13 PM
Quote from: NikF on March 11, 2017, 02:08:48 PM
Yeah, and just you keep ahead of me.  ;D

I'm sinking fast so you'll undoubtedly catch up and pass me soon.

P.S. I haven't forgotten about the photos I wanted to show you. Just trying to decide which ones to begin with.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 11, 2017, 02:17:37 PM
Quote from: Thatfabulousalien on March 11, 2017, 01:58:02 PM
My wallet

I hear leather boiled isn't too bad...if you are really hungry  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on March 11, 2017, 02:25:46 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 11, 2017, 02:16:13 PM
I'm sinking fast so you'll undoubtedly catch up and pass me soon.

P.S. I haven't forgotten about the photos I wanted to show you. Just trying to decide which ones to begin with.

Sarge

No way, Sarge. You obviously still have an appetite. And also, in the two years I've been posting here you haven't aged one bit in your profile photo ;D Anyway, I'm probably a lot older than you think - I just act and feel like I'm still 21.  8) :laugh:

Cool. When you choose the photos I'll be glad to look at them. :)


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 11, 2017, 02:26:06 PM
Quote from: NikF on March 11, 2017, 01:25:01 PM
I had a relationship with a German woman and she introduced me to all manner of those processed pork products...most often from a shop called Lidl.

I'm not allowed to go into a Lidl now. Mrs. Rock had an altercation with a cashier some ten years ago and has had a vendetta against the entire Lidl corporation ever since. But Wurst isn't exactly hard to find in this country ;)  And there are some healthier options; for example, a quite tasty sliced turkey breast with a pepper crust I discovered in a butcher shop a few days ago.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 11, 2017, 02:29:17 PM
Quote from: NikF on March 11, 2017, 02:25:46 PM
No way, Sarge. You obviously still have an appetite. And also, in the two years I've been posting here you haven't aged one bit in your profile photo ;D

I know, amazing isn't it? I haven't aged a day since WWII  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on March 11, 2017, 02:32:27 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 11, 2017, 02:26:06 PM
I'm not allowed to go into a Lidl now. Mrs. Rock had an altercation with a cashier some ten years ago and has had a vendetta against the entire Lidl corporation ever since. But Wurst isn't exactly hard to find in this country ;)  And there are some healthier options; for example, a quite tasty sliced turkey breast with a pepper crust I discovered in a butcher shop a few days ago.

Sarge

;D I'll give my local branch a disapproving look the next time I pass. ;D

That pepper crusted turkey breast sounds good. :) There's a new deli opened near where I live and I'll need to check it out.
Anyway, this nostalgic talk has helped me decide to make one of my auld granny's favourite meals - mince and tatties. Och aye the noo. ;D

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on March 11, 2017, 02:34:06 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 11, 2017, 02:29:17 PM
I know, amazing isn't it? I haven't aged a day since WWII  ;D

Sarge

Yeah, forget counting the years - let's talk about counting the amount of royalties you must've earned.   :laugh:

e: lend us a quid? ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 11, 2017, 02:36:52 PM
Quote from: NikF on March 11, 2017, 02:34:06 PM
Yeah, forget counting the years - let's talk about counting the amount of royalties you must've earned.   :laugh:

They haven't paid me a damn cent for my image and exploits. I should sue.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on March 11, 2017, 02:42:34 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 11, 2017, 02:36:52 PM
They haven't paid me a damn cent for my image and exploits. I should sue.

Sarge

Tell them you'll accept it in spam rations?  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 11, 2017, 02:56:32 PM
Quote from: NikF on March 11, 2017, 02:42:34 PM
Tell them you'll accept it in spam rations?  ;D

I'd rather have K- and C-rations  ;D  I ended my time in service consuming MREs in the field but I still fondly remember the C-ration cans of ham and eggs.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on March 11, 2017, 03:00:22 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 11, 2017, 02:56:32 PM
I'd rather have K- and C-rations  ;D

Sarge

I had to Google those and wow - no wonder you're so well preserved, Sarge. ;D

Actually, that's quite interesting. 'Canned Spread'? The mind boggles... :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 11, 2017, 03:10:36 PM
Quote from: NikF on March 11, 2017, 03:00:22 PM
'Canned Spread'? The mind boggles...

I've been retired for over twenty-five years but I think some of those rations haven't come out yet. There was a rumor that the "food" in those rations was designed for that very purpose  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 12, 2017, 01:25:32 PM
Mrs. Rock excelled for a second night in a row, with two new recipes: a black salsify cream soup with saffron and saffron infused vinegar; and a Cajun chicken/avocado sandwich with a mayonaise/garlic/lime sauce. We had the saffron vinegar also as an aperitif. Drank a Sekt (German sparkling wine) from Schloss Wachenheim.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P3122031_900.jpg)


It will be my turn to cook tomorrow night. I'll probably order pizza  ;D


Sarge

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on March 12, 2017, 01:48:55 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 12, 2017, 01:25:32 PM
Mrs. Rock excelled for a second night in a row, with two new recipes: a black salsify cream soup with saffron and saffron infused vinegar; and a Cajun chicken/avocado sandwich with a mayonaise/garlic/lime sauce. We had the saffron vinegar also as an aperitif. Drank a Sekt (German sparkling wine) from Schloss Wachenheim.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P3122031_900.jpg)


It will be my turn to cook tomorrow night. I'll probably order pizza  ;D


Sarge

As ever, Mrs. Rock serves up a fine platter. Good stuff. :)

Tonight I ate mince and tatties. I planned to take a photo, but that was superceded at the last moment by greed. ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 12, 2017, 02:25:27 PM
Quote from: NikF on March 12, 2017, 01:48:55 PM
As ever, Mrs. Rock serves up a fine platter. Good stuff. :)

Tonight I ate mince and tatties. I planned to take a photo, but that was superceded at the last moment by greed. ;D

Tatties, I understand (I think  ;) ) but what is mince...mincemeat?

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on March 12, 2017, 02:53:09 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 12, 2017, 02:25:27 PM
Tatties, I understand (I think  ;) ) but what is mince...mincemeat?

Sarge
(http://ukcdn.ar-cdn.com/recipes/xlarge/8b24fb19-c1c3-4016-a633-ec010a25daec.jpg)
http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/476/mince-and-tatties.aspx
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 12, 2017, 04:02:23 PM
Quote from: North Star on March 12, 2017, 02:53:09 PM
(http://ukcdn.ar-cdn.com/recipes/xlarge/8b24fb19-c1c3-4016-a633-ec010a25daec.jpg)
http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/476/mince-and-tatties.aspx

Thanks  :)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on March 12, 2017, 04:10:15 PM
Yeah, that's it. But the carrots are an unheard of exotic addition, far too posh for the likes of me...  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Spineur on April 05, 2017, 05:07:38 PM
Did you try one of these restaurants ?

http://www.theworlds50best.com/index.html (http://www.theworlds50best.com/index.html)

I welcome invitations !  :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on April 06, 2017, 02:09:41 AM
Quote from: Spineur on April 05, 2017, 05:07:38 PM
Did you try one of these restaurants ?

http://www.theworlds50best.com/index.html (http://www.theworlds50best.com/index.html)

I welcome invitations !  :P

I'm surprised that I have; No.10, at that. But Hiša Franko looks really interesting, actually... would be an excellent goal for a bike-tour from Klagenfurt, I imagine... through that national park to a fantastic dinner.
And I'm writing the places in Tokyo down, for later this month. Perhaps I can convince someone with the company credit card to take us there. ;-)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on April 06, 2017, 09:10:59 AM
My friends have been to No. 17 (Le Bernardin). I in fact know one person who has been to 10 of the 50 and is a regular at No. 1!!

I haven't been to any of the 100; my girlfriend vetoed a possible visit to No. 66 Estela because she thought the menu not very exciting.

Not sure which is the more surprising inclusion: No. 87 Per Se, recently torched by NYC critics, or No. 88 Selfie - a restaurant called Selfie?!??!?!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 08, 2017, 10:05:37 AM
Tried a new recipe, cooked it up a few days ago: Mexican Chicken Stew with Chipotle; and Quinoa with Black Beans and Cilantro. Mrs. Rock made the guacamole. We drank San Miguel, a Spanish beer.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/mexicanchickenstew.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on April 08, 2017, 10:52:40 AM
Speaking of guacamole, I bought avocados a week ago, had never even tasted them before as far as I know. Good stuff, although I've not done anything fancy with them - on toast with lemon juice and a thin slice of ham works nicely.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 08, 2017, 12:29:45 PM
Quote from: North Star on April 08, 2017, 10:52:40 AM
Speaking of guacamole, I bought avocados a week ago, had never even tasted them before as far as I know. Good stuff, although I've not done anything fancy with them - on toast with lemon juice and a thin slice of ham works nicely.

I know what I'm having for breakfast tomorrow  8)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Bogey on April 09, 2017, 10:23:00 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 12, 2017, 01:25:32 PM
Mrs. Rock excelled for a second night in a row, with two new recipes: a black salsify cream soup with saffron and saffron infused vinegar; and a Cajun chicken/avocado sandwich with a mayonaise/garlic/lime sauce. We had the saffron vinegar also as an aperitif. Drank a Sekt (German sparkling wine) from Schloss Wachenheim.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P3122031_900.jpg)


It will be my turn to cook tomorrow night. I'll probably order pizza  ;D


Sarge

The crazy thing is  the saffron and its price. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 09, 2017, 11:40:56 AM
Quote from: Bogey on April 09, 2017, 10:23:00 AM
The crazy thing is  the saffron and its price.

Yeah, crazy about covers it (although it is labor intensive to produce and I suppose justifies the price...if you like it). We spend a small fortune on it but love its taste, especially in Tandoori chicken, and paella. And apropos saffron, just tonight Mrs. Rock put it in rice. The flavor was faint but discernible but contributed to a very expensive meal that included vintage champagne.

Cod and scallops, saffron rice, asparagus...and the champagne, Bollinger La Grande Année 2005

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/codscallopssaffronrice.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/bollinger2005.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/bollinger2005label.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on April 09, 2017, 11:51:58 AM
On tonight's menu: brown sugar/orange juice marinated bone-in pork chops sizzled to perfection on our customary grill, roasted Yukon gold potatoes coated in olive oil/salt/pepper, and whole green beans sautéd in soy sauce. Dessert will probably be a delectable Mayfield ice cream sandwich.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 09, 2017, 12:04:08 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 09, 2017, 11:51:58 AM
On tonight's menu: brown sugar/orange juice marinated bone-in pork chops sizzled to perfection on our customary grill

Sounds great. I'll have to try that.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on April 09, 2017, 12:09:09 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 09, 2017, 12:04:08 PM
Sounds great. I'll have to try that.

Sarge

Yeah, they're delicious. We've had this before, but when something is this good it's worth repeating. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on April 10, 2017, 07:52:55 AM
Quote from: Brian on April 06, 2017, 09:10:59 AM
I in fact know one person who has been to 10 of the 50 and is a regular at No. 1!!
He was there again last night and toured the kitchen...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: snyprrr on April 12, 2017, 09:04:24 PM
double dog with chili mustard and onions
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on April 13, 2017, 01:16:54 AM
A three egg omelette - Comté cheese, tomato and basil.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 14, 2017, 12:20:01 PM
Tonight Mrs. Rock and I shared kitchen duty. She made the first course: monkfish in a saffron/cream/wine sauce with a small side salad. I made the main course: entrecôte, asparagus and a potato salad (with calamata olives, green olives, capers, tomatoes, dried tomatoes, cucumber and onion in a lemon/vinegar/olive oil dressing). We drank a half bottle of Augé premier cru champagne with the fish and a 1990 Château Beychevelle with the steak.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/monkfishinsaffronsauce.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/steakaspargus.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/Beychevelle90Aug_.jpg)


Sarge
Title: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on April 14, 2017, 04:13:39 PM
By request of the exquisite missus, I've made lasagne with fish for the first time.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170415/d4b44a5d67d7c5802da0b1479b71aded.jpg)

Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on May 16, 2017, 01:41:55 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/bxgYztW.jpg)

On my way back from the gym I picked up a 30cm/12" pizza which I'm now going to enjoy wth a pint of milk in the jazz thread. :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on May 25, 2017, 12:44:05 PM
We had a Simon and Garfunkel meal tonight: roast chicken stuffed with sage, rosemary and thyme  ;) 8)  Sides were potato salad and asparagus. We drank a treasured bottle of wine that we'd been saving for almost 20 years: Mouton Rothschild 1993 (the vintage with the controversial Balthus label). The wine was still vibrant with mint and blackberries and was a good match for the chicken.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P5252047_900.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P5252047_label.jpg)


Sarge


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: nodogen on May 25, 2017, 02:50:57 PM
A second bowl of salted caramel ice cream.
Come on, it's a small bowl.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 26, 2017, 09:47:37 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 25, 2017, 12:44:05 PM
We had a Simon and Garfunkel meal tonight: roast chicken stuffed with sage, rosemary and thyme  ;) 8)  Sides were potato salad and asparagus. We drank a treasured bottle of wine that we'd been saving for almost 20 years: Mouton Rothschild 1993 (the vintage with the controversial Balthus label). The wine was still vibrant with mint and blackberries and was a good match for the chicken.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P5252047_900.jpg)  (http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P5252047_label.jpg)

Hey Sarge - the meal sounds great and I remember reading about that wine label years ago - no longer have any Bordeaux in my now 'small' wine cellar.  Susan & I are still eating well, especially on our recent trips to Miami & Myrtle Beach (a LOT of oysters!), but just haven't been posting.

But grilling season has started, so need to look up my recipes (keep them in an iPad app called Paprika) - tried a new one the other day, Carne Asada (recipe below for those who may be interested) - marinaded the flank steak for 6 hrs in the frig - used the second method (circled in blue below) of grilling and came out just perfect - cut against the grain of course, the meat came out medium rare and was extremely tender for that cut - we ate w/ a few sides, but could be cut thinner and used to make fajitas, if desired.  Dave :)

P.S. cut down a flank steak to 1 lb for the 2 of us and reduced the ingredients proportionately.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-RGFjChC/0/6e9478e4/X3/CarneAsada-X3.png)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on May 26, 2017, 09:50:15 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 25, 2017, 12:44:05 PM
We had a Simon and Garfunkel meal tonight

"Save the Life of My Child!"
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on May 26, 2017, 11:15:09 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on May 26, 2017, 09:47:37 AM
But grilling season has started, so need to look up my recipes (keep them in an iPad app called Paprika) - tried a new one the other day, Carne Asada (recipe below for those who may be interested) - marinaded the flank steak for 6 hrs in the frig

Hey, Dave. The marinade looks good. I'll have to try that  8)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on May 28, 2017, 12:23:39 PM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on May 26, 2017, 09:47:37 AM
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-RGFjChC/0/6e9478e4/X3/CarneAsada-X3.png)

Dave, we tried your Carne Asada marinade today. Came out well. A few differences: We had no orange juice so substituted fino sherry; beef filet rather than flank steak. Our jalapeno had a surprising amount of heat but not overwhelming. The marinade made a great sauce that I used on my potatoes. We drank a 1987 Mondavi Cab and had cheese (cheddar, blue, and goat) and strawberries for dessert.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P5282048_900.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P5282051_600.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P5282052label.jpg)


Sarge

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on May 28, 2017, 12:28:51 PM
On tonight's menu: grilled porterhouse steaks, roasted potatoes (w/ extra virgin olive oil, salt & pepper for a simple seasoning), green beans sautéed in soy sauce, and grilled corn on the cob. Simple dinner = delicious results every time.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on May 28, 2017, 12:38:37 PM
I went to the local chippy and brought home a fish supper. I stood in the kitchen and ate it out of the paper. And I drank one pint of full fat milk.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SonicMan46 on May 28, 2017, 05:53:05 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 28, 2017, 12:23:39 PM
Dave, we tried your Carne Asada marinade today. Came out well. A few differences: We had no orange juice so substituted fino sherry; beef filet rather than flank steak. Our jalapeno had a surprising amount of heat but not overwhelming. The marinade made a great sauce that I used on my potatoes. We drank a 1987 Mondavi Cab and had cheese (cheddar, blue, and goat) and strawberries for dessert.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P5282048_900.jpg) (http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P5282051_600.jpg) (http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P5282052label.jpg)

Hi Sarge - thanks for the update and glad you two liked the recipe - just last night @ dinner I was talking to Susan about other meats that might be used w/ that marinade - we're trying to pick 'red meats' w/ lower fat/cholesterol (a health concern for me), such as bison; most recently, we've tried local water buffalo from a farm in Stuart, VA (just 45 mins away) - no problem w/ the ground meat mixed w/ pork/lamb (for a meat sauce) but the 'steaks' are just so lean that grilled even medium rare is rather dry - SO, I have a 'NY strip' water buffalo in the freezer, and will marinade overnight (maybe even butterfly to get the liquid to the middle) and use the same grilling method - will report back - :)  Dave
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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: nodogen on June 01, 2017, 01:57:08 PM
Lindt 90%.
Perfection in confection 😛

(https://img.tesco.com/Groceries/pi/759/3046920029759/IDShot_540x540.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 04, 2017, 11:33:49 AM
On this long holiday weekend (Pentecost), Mrs. Rock assumed cooking duties, and excelled. Last night (Saturday) she made Vietnamese summer rolls with two fillings (chicken and shrimp). Tonight she made a lobster pasta with white asparagus tips and fresh basil. We drank Champagne, a premier cru blanc de blancs (100% chardonnay) from the boutique producer Gimonnet-Henry.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/lobsterandasparaguspasta900.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P6042057crop500.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P6042057label.jpg)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on June 10, 2017, 03:07:11 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 04, 2017, 11:33:49 AM
On this long holiday weekend (Pentecost), Mrs. Rock assumed cooking duties, and excelled. Last night (Saturday) she made Vietnamese summer rolls with two fillings (chicken and shrimp). Tonight she made a lobster pasta with white asparagus tips and fresh basil. We drank Champagne, a premier cru blanc de blancs (100% chardonnay) from the boutique producer Gimonnet-Henry.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/lobsterandasparaguspasta900.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P6042057crop500.jpg)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P6042057label.jpg)

Looks great as usual - but the 'lobster pasta with white asparagus tips and fresh basil' sounds especially cool. I hope Mrs. Rock and yourself enjoyed it all. :)


Today I went to the market as it was just opening. Since returning I've spent the morning preparing some of the 5kg/11lbs of chicken breast I bought into meals for the coming week. Nothing exotic, just simple high protein meals I can augment with a variety of carbs and salads on the day.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: listener on July 02, 2017, 02:14:57 PM
Wild salmon, oven-baked in foil, with lots of lemon and mushrooms, some chives, ginger and sage, and potatoes roasted at the same time.    A blueberry muffin for dessert.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 02, 2017, 03:02:45 PM
Quote from: listener on July 02, 2017, 02:14:57 PM
Wild salmon, oven-baked in foil, with lots of lemon and mushrooms, some chives, ginger and sage, and potatoes roasted at the same time.    A blueberry muffin for dessert.

Sounds good. I'm especially fond of the fish and ginger combination.

Tonight Mrs. Rock invented a "Mexican" dish: chicken in a tomato/jalapeno sauce. Served with baked pumpkin (with sea salt and garlic) and corn on the cob. Drank a chilled rosé (merlot and syrah) from the French producer Domaine Lalande (Languedoc-Roussillon).

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bwv 1080 on July 03, 2017, 11:54:20 AM
smoked a pork shoulder on apple wood for the 4th
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on July 09, 2017, 12:04:49 AM
^
>:(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on July 09, 2017, 12:17:27 AM
Quote from: α | ì Æ ñ on July 09, 2017, 12:11:36 AM
I'm better now, pizza was decent. And the delivery girl....  :-* :-*

(she predictably reminded me of a girl that I liked that I played bass in a backing band with once, too attractive to be a delivery girl  :o :o )

:o "too attractive to be a delivery girl" :o

I'm reporting you to the Tumblrinas.  >:(

Nah, I 'aint no stoolie, see?  8)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bwv 1080 on July 12, 2017, 10:11:04 AM
Do you live in a taco or burrito city? (https://priceonomics.com/tacos-vs-burritos-index-the-great-divide-in/)

And your life would be better in one of these places:

(https://pix-media.priceonomics-media.com/blog/1300/image1.png)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Spineur on July 12, 2017, 10:32:54 AM
Restaurant per capita: americans are small time players:

Bordeaux: 1/285
Lyon: 1/295
Paris: 1/404

Now you know what is the main motivation to come to France !
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on July 12, 2017, 10:33:33 AM
That seems a dubious criterion...Las Cruces, Los Angeles, and the TX Rio Grande valley would probably top any serious effort to produce such a ranking...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bwv 1080 on July 12, 2017, 10:38:12 AM
Quote from: Spineur on July 12, 2017, 10:32:54 AM
Restaurant per capita: americans are small time players:

Bordeaux: 1/285
Lyon: 1/295
Paris: 1/404

Now you know what is the main motivation to come to France !

how many Mexican restaurants are in Bordeaux?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on July 12, 2017, 10:46:11 AM
Quote from: bwv 1080 on July 12, 2017, 10:38:12 AM
how many Mexican restaurants are in Bordeaux?
Oooh! One of my favorite things to do is to look at pictures of terrible, terrible European versions of Mexican food.

There are three. Árbol is a fast food place, Fresh Burritos Bordeaux is too, and Saveur Latine is a little nicer. Let's look at pictures!

Árbol puts guac on all its tacos (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8389656,-0.5732303,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1s-CDn_SF15oLY%2FV6cd_s4Yg-I%2FAAAAAAAAFQ4%2FZjwHhd6Ex_I4983zhKiI0c_2hCky0I68gCJkC!2e4!3e12!6s%2F%2Flh4.googleusercontent.com%2F-CDn_SF15oLY%2FV6cd_s4Yg-I%2FAAAAAAAAFQ4%2FZjwHhd6Ex_I4983zhKiI0c_2hCky0I68gCJkC%2Fw156-h117-k-no%2F!7i4160!8i3120), and also a lot of grease. (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8389656,-0.5732303,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1s-u4_b6tmJR1Y%2FWQTwgPxqBWI%2FAAAAAAAAAEQ%2F6afcipuALpAuqFT0ozF2TU8ABwnzj8wuACLIB!2e4!3e12!6s%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2F-u4_b6tmJR1Y%2FWQTwgPxqBWI%2FAAAAAAAAAEQ%2F6afcipuALpAuqFT0ozF2TU8ABwnzj8wuACLIB%2Fw203-h360-k-no%2F!7i1836!8i3264)

Fresh Burritos Bordeaux looks okay but I don't understand this potato side dish (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8316979,-0.5727051,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1s-t4w_-OH6YGM%2FWG4l1hnyN8I%2FAAAAAAAAVNA%2FwN6ajBBl3pgdFdCFTIhQuXvJQochskwPACLIB!2e4!3e12!6s%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2F-t4w_-OH6YGM%2FWG4l1hnyN8I%2FAAAAAAAAVNA%2FwN6ajBBl3pgdFdCFTIhQuXvJQochskwPACLIB%2Fw188-h106-k-no%2F!7i5312!8i2988).

Saveur Latine is clearly the worst one, they put giant sticks on their tacos (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8397823,-0.5706738,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1s-IuKwzzf9s4g%2FV8VaNlqlDII%2FAAAAAAAACh8%2FZgZWfVSUuX8BnbEaYtxEPtx4SSPBLq1lACLIB!2e4!3e12!6s%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2F-IuKwzzf9s4g%2FV8VaNlqlDII%2FAAAAAAAACh8%2FZgZWfVSUuX8BnbEaYtxEPtx4SSPBLq1lACLIB%2Fw203-h152-k-no%2F!7i3264!8i2448) and serve platters of weird burned shit (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8397823,-0.5706738,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1s-6_ZrjKdRQ48%2FWAXJfD6W9tI%2FAAAAAAAAFE4%2Fb7kjWoZDeX8ffjjCz1abozGBo9JOa9o9QCLIB!2e4!3e12!6s%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2F-6_ZrjKdRQ48%2FWAXJfD6W9tI%2FAAAAAAAAFE4%2Fb7kjWoZDeX8ffjjCz1abozGBo9JOa9o9QCLIB%2Fw203-h152-k-no%2F!7i3264!8i2448) and pita quesadillas served on salad (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8397482,-0.5708377,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1s-5F-ibz9haK0%2FV6OU72kvsoI%2FAAAAAAAAAD4%2FzocAiGarmtIKhGUsFDRufu5fG9SD9z9LwCJkC!2e4!3e12!6s%2F%2Flh4.googleusercontent.com%2F-5F-ibz9haK0%2FV6OU72kvsoI%2FAAAAAAAAAD4%2FzocAiGarmtIKhGUsFDRufu5fG9SD9z9LwCJkC%2Fw203-h360-k-no%2F!7i2988!8i5312).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bwv 1080 on July 12, 2017, 11:01:43 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 12, 2017, 10:46:11 AM
Oooh! One of my favorite things to do is to look at pictures of terrible, terrible European versions of Mexican food.

There are three. Árbol is a fast food place, Fresh Burritos Bordeaux is too, and Saveur Latine is a little nicer. Let's look at pictures!

Árbol puts guac on all its tacos (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8389656,-0.5732303,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1s-CDn_SF15oLY%2FV6cd_s4Yg-I%2FAAAAAAAAFQ4%2FZjwHhd6Ex_I4983zhKiI0c_2hCky0I68gCJkC!2e4!3e12!6s%2F%2Flh4.googleusercontent.com%2F-CDn_SF15oLY%2FV6cd_s4Yg-I%2FAAAAAAAAFQ4%2FZjwHhd6Ex_I4983zhKiI0c_2hCky0I68gCJkC%2Fw156-h117-k-no%2F!7i4160!8i3120), and also a lot of grease. (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8389656,-0.5732303,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1s-u4_b6tmJR1Y%2FWQTwgPxqBWI%2FAAAAAAAAAEQ%2F6afcipuALpAuqFT0ozF2TU8ABwnzj8wuACLIB!2e4!3e12!6s%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2F-u4_b6tmJR1Y%2FWQTwgPxqBWI%2FAAAAAAAAAEQ%2F6afcipuALpAuqFT0ozF2TU8ABwnzj8wuACLIB%2Fw203-h360-k-no%2F!7i1836!8i3264)

Fresh Burritos Bordeaux looks okay but I don't understand this potato side dish (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8316979,-0.5727051,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1s-t4w_-OH6YGM%2FWG4l1hnyN8I%2FAAAAAAAAVNA%2FwN6ajBBl3pgdFdCFTIhQuXvJQochskwPACLIB!2e4!3e12!6s%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2F-t4w_-OH6YGM%2FWG4l1hnyN8I%2FAAAAAAAAVNA%2FwN6ajBBl3pgdFdCFTIhQuXvJQochskwPACLIB%2Fw188-h106-k-no%2F!7i5312!8i2988).

Saveur Latine is clearly the worst one, they put giant sticks on their tacos (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8397823,-0.5706738,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1s-IuKwzzf9s4g%2FV8VaNlqlDII%2FAAAAAAAACh8%2FZgZWfVSUuX8BnbEaYtxEPtx4SSPBLq1lACLIB!2e4!3e12!6s%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2F-IuKwzzf9s4g%2FV8VaNlqlDII%2FAAAAAAAACh8%2FZgZWfVSUuX8BnbEaYtxEPtx4SSPBLq1lACLIB%2Fw203-h152-k-no%2F!7i3264!8i2448) and serve platters of weird burned shit (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8397823,-0.5706738,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1s-6_ZrjKdRQ48%2FWAXJfD6W9tI%2FAAAAAAAAFE4%2Fb7kjWoZDeX8ffjjCz1abozGBo9JOa9o9QCLIB!2e4!3e12!6s%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2F-6_ZrjKdRQ48%2FWAXJfD6W9tI%2FAAAAAAAAFE4%2Fb7kjWoZDeX8ffjjCz1abozGBo9JOa9o9QCLIB%2Fw203-h152-k-no%2F!7i3264!8i2448) and pita quesadillas served on salad (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8397482,-0.5708377,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1s-5F-ibz9haK0%2FV6OU72kvsoI%2FAAAAAAAAAD4%2FzocAiGarmtIKhGUsFDRufu5fG9SD9z9LwCJkC!2e4!3e12!6s%2F%2Flh4.googleusercontent.com%2F-5F-ibz9haK0%2FV6OU72kvsoI%2FAAAAAAAAAD4%2FzocAiGarmtIKhGUsFDRufu5fG9SD9z9LwCJkC%2Fw203-h360-k-no%2F!7i2988!8i5312).

Ha, what the hell is that drink with colored marshmallows?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Spineur on July 30, 2017, 04:11:06 AM
Just made some fig jam with honey & cardamon & lemon.  The cardamon comes from my last trip to Cochin (India) and was freshly ground using spinning spineur special grinder.

I had to adjust the sugar and the cardamon while cooking.  Taste is super !

Earlier this month, I did the more exotic Rhubarb&Banana and lemon.  Nice too.

To have the right consistency, I add some agar-agar for additional pectin which makes the natural gel with the sugar.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Omicron9 on August 23, 2017, 08:20:17 AM
Peanut butter-filled M&Ms.  But it's not an addiction.  I can quit any time I want. 


I just don't want to.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: nodogen on August 23, 2017, 08:27:35 AM
Quote from: Omicron9 on August 23, 2017, 08:20:17 AM
Peanut butter-filled M&Ms.  But it's not an addiction.  I can quit any time I want. 


I just don't want to.

I could have posted that. The large box (365g) - doesn't last a day. 🐷
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Omicron9 on August 23, 2017, 09:44:27 AM
Quote from: nodogen on August 23, 2017, 08:27:35 AM
I could have posted that. The large box (365g) - doesn't last a day. 🐷

Yep.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: zamyrabyrd on October 20, 2017, 10:50:28 PM
I have a question. Does any of this fare in the top rated restaurants in Britain remotely resemble food or something you would actually want to eat?
Haute cuisine just gets weirder and weirder.
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/TravelersChoice-Restaurants-cFineDining-g186216-a_Mode.expanded

(https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/09/34/90/6c/le-manoir-aux-quat-saisons.jpg)

(https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/80/78/81/fantastic-starter.jpg)

ZB, a lucky descendant of generous Italian relatives
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Omicron9 on October 30, 2017, 07:08:08 AM
Well it's not peanut butter M&Ms if that's what you're thinking.  <avoiding eye contact>
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on October 30, 2017, 08:04:31 AM
It's mussel season! Last night we had linguine and mussels in a cream sauce with dried tomatoes, chili peppers and parsley. We drank a 2016 Weissburgunder (pinot blanc) Spätlese trocken from the Westhofener vintner Hirsch-Stabel.

(https://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/linguinemussels.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on November 02, 2017, 06:42:35 AM
We had fried Atlantic Wolffish marinated in sambal oelek, garlic, ginger and lime juice. Served with baked pumpkin and potatoes with fresh rosemary, green beans. Drank champagne.

(https://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/Steinbeisser.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Spineur on November 11, 2017, 11:25:15 AM
A future destination for holidays: the new disneyland of food in Bologna

http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef/blogs/eataly-food-theme-park-bologna-italy-opening (http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef/blogs/eataly-food-theme-park-bologna-italy-opening)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: You did it on November 14, 2017, 08:29:33 PM
Cooking chicken stirfry for four people right now
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: arkiv on November 27, 2017, 02:24:27 PM
Carrots in chipotle broth.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Turbot nouveaux on December 02, 2017, 06:35:24 AM
Quiche, salad of chard and beetroot leaves, local artisan-baked rye bread, locally brewed golden ale.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on December 17, 2017, 10:17:11 AM
Just spinach, whole leaf... sauteed with garlic and ginger and fresh pepper.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 17, 2017, 03:08:36 PM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on December 17, 2017, 10:17:11 AM
Just spinach, whole leaf... sauteed with garlic and ginger and fresh pepper.

Mrs. Rock made the same thing as part of last night's dinner! We had baked cod with it and a pasta salad.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: TheGSMoeller on December 18, 2017, 04:02:53 AM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on December 17, 2017, 10:17:11 AM
Just spinach, whole leaf... sauteed with garlic and ginger and fresh pepper.

Now, mix that with scrambled eggs.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on December 18, 2017, 11:15:12 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on December 18, 2017, 04:02:53 AM
Now, mix that with scrambled eggs.
A restaurant here in Dallas has begun serving $24 scrambled eggs. There's a spoonful of caviar on top.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Baron Scarpia on December 18, 2017, 11:34:21 AM
Home prepared Hearst Ranch Filet Mignon, grass fed cattle raised on coastal ranch lands in San Simeon, California. Accompanied by baked beets and a nice Tempranillo.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on December 18, 2017, 03:26:28 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 17, 2017, 03:08:36 PM
Mrs. Rock made the same thing as part of last night's dinner! We had baked cod with it and a pasta salad.

Sarge

it had been a test-run for dinner tonight, officially inaugurating the new kitchen in the apartment i renovated over the last year. Tonight I went a tad further in two directions: one classic, adding feta cheese to one batch (w/out ginger) and tiny köttbullar to another, asian-esque batch with ginger, soy sauce, and toasted sesame seeds.

Tried a bunch of wines along with it... but most of the whites were beyond the pale; stored too long in an inadequate cellar. Shame, too, because they were a bunch of 2012 Wittmann wines... GBs & Rieslings. (Also: Feth, 2014; most of which were no good, except for a Chardonnay.)
We finally settled on a fine red Cuvee from Argentina that was still good.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 19, 2017, 01:33:56 PM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on December 18, 2017, 03:26:28 PM
it had been a test-run for dinner tonight, officially inaugurating the new kitchen in the apartment i renovated over the last year. Tonight I went a tad further in two directions: one classic, adding feta cheese to one batch (w/out ginger) and tiny köttbullar to another, asian-esque batch with ginger, soy sauce, and toasted sesame seeds.

Sounds delicious. We'll have to try those recipes

Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on December 18, 2017, 03:26:28 PM
Tried a bunch of wines along with it... but most of the whites were beyond the pale; stored too long in an inadequate cellar. Shame, too, because they were a bunch of 2012 Wittmann wines... GBs & Rieslings.

Shame indeed  :(  With Rheinhessen whites, drinking sooner rather than later is recommended.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 19, 2017, 01:40:11 PM
Tonight, Mrs. Rock excelled. A pasta dish with lobster tails (chopped and whole), stock (made from the lobster shells and veggies), saffron, cream and a dash of Cognac. We drank Champagne (Piper Heidsieck Brut).

(https://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P1010175edit.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on January 11, 2018, 10:27:04 AM
Mrs. Rock and I had dinner tonight at the Al Fiume located on the banks of the Rhine in Worms. I had Swordfish Messina (tomato sauce with capers, black olives, garlic, anchovies). Mrs. Rock had the bizarre Pizza Frank (bacon, tuna and gorgonzola). We drank a superb Sicilian Nero d'avola.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on January 11, 2018, 10:43:20 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on January 11, 2018, 10:27:04 AM
Mrs. Rock and I had dinner tonight at the Al Fiume located on the banks of the Rhine in Worms. I had Swordfish Messina (tomato sauce with capers, black olives, garlic, anchovies). Mrs. Rock had the bizarre Pizza Frank (bacon, tuna and gorgonzola). We drank a superb Sicilian Nero d'avola.

Sarge

This puts a smile on my cynical old fez. Good stuff.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on January 14, 2018, 11:06:18 AM
Mrs. Rock's parents treated us to a superb Greek meal at the Paradies in Lampertheim Germany (Mrs. Rock's home town). I had charcoal grilled Dorade (gilt-head sea bream) and calamari with grilled veggies, fried potatoes and tzatziki. Mrs. Rock had a mixed grill platter with lamb, liver and gyros. We drank a Nemea reserve.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 18, 2018, 12:48:02 PM
A jointly made dinner tonight. I made a potato salad and helped prepare Mrs. Rock's whole chicken which was roasted on a bed of root vegetables and white wine (which she turned into a delicious sauce). Served with kale fried in pork lard and bacon (turning a healthy dish into a not-so-healthy dish  ;D...but who cares? Life is short, and getting shorter). We drank a 2017 New Zealand Sauvignon blanc (The Ned) and had champagne for dessert (Tarlant Brut Reserve http://www.tarlant.com/en/champagne-brut-reserve.htm )

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ken B on February 18, 2018, 08:34:54 PM
Danish food. I made Danish meatballs in sour cream dill sauce, and braised cabbage with balsamic, fennel and caraway seeds.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: EddieRUKiddingVarese on March 08, 2018, 06:31:49 PM
bag of chips
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Omicron9 on March 09, 2018, 09:06:35 AM
I really want to say that it's *not* peanut butter M&Ms.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on March 09, 2018, 12:08:44 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/HgeofTH.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ritter on March 09, 2018, 12:19:00 PM
Quote from: NikF on March 09, 2018, 12:08:44 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/HgeofTH.jpg)
For a moment, I thought you were having this  ;):

(https://www.ocado.com/productImages/386/38633011_0_640x640.jpg?identifier=94de9e5ec4a1a2c3ccd8dfd0932500f7)
I always have some when in Scotland (which is relatively often).

Good evening, NikF!

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 09, 2018, 12:28:27 PM
Quote from: NikF on March 09, 2018, 12:08:44 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/HgeofTH.jpg)

We love cottage cheese. I take mine with a dollop of strawberry preserves. Mrs. Rock consumes hers straight  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on March 09, 2018, 12:35:28 PM
Quote from: ritter on March 09, 2018, 12:19:00 PM
For a moment, I thought you were having this  ;):

(https://www.ocado.com/productImages/386/38633011_0_640x640.jpg?identifier=94de9e5ec4a1a2c3ccd8dfd0932500f7)
I always have some when in Scotland (which is relatively often).

Good evening, NikF!

Good evening to you too, oor Ritter!

Yeah, I know of Mackie's ice cream - it's certainly good stuff. But I don't imbibe in it myself. At this time of night I always have 30g of protein via cottage cheese.
Scotland, eh? Cool. If you ever get lost in Scotland send me a PM and I'll help you out/buy you a beer.  8)

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 09, 2018, 12:28:27 PM
We love cottage cheese. I take mine with a dollop of strawberry preserves. Mrs. Rock consumes hers straight  ;D

Sarge

Sarge, I can only surmise that much like myself, Mrs. Rock is naturally sweet enough without needing strawberry preserves.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ritter on March 09, 2018, 12:42:45 PM
Quote from: NikF on March 09, 2018, 12:35:28 PM
Good evening to you too, oor Ritter!
....
Scotland, eh? Cool. If you ever get lost in Scotland send me a PM and I'll help you out/buy you a beer.  8)
Thanks! I'm usually up North (Inverness), where my partner's from. I'll give you a holler next time we're there to visit his parents.

Cheers,
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on March 09, 2018, 12:48:55 PM
Quote from: ritter on March 09, 2018, 12:42:45 PM
Thanks! I'm usually up North (Inverness), where my partner's from. I'll give you a holler next time we're there to visit his parents.

Cheers,

When I'm in Scotland nowadays it's usually Edinburgh, but sure, hit me up anyway.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: XB-70 Valkyrie on March 12, 2018, 08:50:06 PM
Irish stew
Irish soda bread (two types) with Irish Kerrygold butter

courtesy of my non-Irish wife, who is a fantastic cook and nailed these recipes on the first try (many years ago)

Also, a Guinness! I am of Irish ancestry on both my mother's and father's side, and my great-grandfather worked for Guinness (Dublin) much of his life. We visited there last year, took the Guinness Storehouse tour, learned the proper method for pouring a pint, and received certificates attesting to this fact!  :laugh:
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on March 16, 2018, 10:00:39 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/arO7PaC.jpg)

For the moment I'm not as ambulatory as usual and so this will be one of a series of snacks.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: david johnson on March 17, 2018, 01:41:50 AM
Fried chicken and home-made biscuits, courtesy of my lovely babe.  Life is good  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on March 17, 2018, 07:47:54 PM
Three English muffins, straight out of the bag, a frequent dinner. Washed down with Glaceau vitamin water, my go-to beverage.

*burp*,

LKB
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on March 17, 2018, 07:49:54 PM
Homemade pasta salad with some Ritz crackers.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 18, 2018, 05:39:48 AM
Last night for dinner: I made chili con carne (the Hairy Biker's recipe) and steamed potatoes and salad. Drank a local German red (Sankt Laurent from Weingut Steinmühle).

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on March 20, 2018, 10:13:16 AM
I've some precooked egg noodles, chicken, mushrooms, onions, and garlic. And a frying pan. There's little else, but I'll be home on Wednesday night/Thursday morning and can get back to eating better then.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 30, 2018, 07:21:00 AM
Last night's dinner: Swordfish steak in a garam masala and yogurt sauce, garnished with cilantro; cabbage and tomatoes; rice with saffron.

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/swordfishgarammasala.jpg)


Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ken B on March 30, 2018, 11:12:24 AM
Roasting some pork with parsnips. This week has seen a lot of Indian food, including Goan curried black eyed peas.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 30, 2018, 01:02:39 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 30, 2018, 11:12:24 AM
Roasting some pork with parsnips.

That's what we had for dinner tonight: roast pork in a dark beer sauce. Not a traditional Good Friday meal but we're heathens  ;)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on March 30, 2018, 06:03:47 PM
pureed eggplant
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on March 31, 2018, 01:15:15 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 30, 2018, 07:21:00 AM
Last night's dinner: Swordfish steak in a garam masala and yogurt sauce, garnished with cilantro; cabbage and tomatoes; rice with saffron.
photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/swordfishgarammasala.jpg[/img]


Sarge

Envy on many levels! But specifically on the herbs: In the backwater I live in, it's just about impossible to find cilantro!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 31, 2018, 08:22:57 AM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on March 31, 2018, 01:15:15 AMIn the backwater I live in, it's just about impossible to find cilantro!

There are two Asian shops in Worms that stock Cilantro but parking is a problem, plus they are often sold out by the weekend. But we lucked out and found it, surprisingly, at Kaufland. That inspired Mrs. Rock to cook the swordfish in a new way. It was really good.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 08, 2018, 11:39:01 AM
We ate North American tonight  ;) Mrs. Rock found a pulled pork recipe online which she had to try. It was sensational. The pork was marinated overnight in allspice, oregano, cumin, crushed garlic, tomato paste, chipotle paste, dried chipotle, paprika and the juice of two oranges. It was slow cooked in the marinade for five hours until the meat was literally falling apart. We had her great coleslaw (with onion, caraway seeds, bacon and vinaigrette) and my potato and cucumber salad. I drank a Köstritzer Schwarzbier and Mrs. Rock a South African pinotage. That was followed by a liquid dessert: Monopole Heidsieck Blue Top Brut Champagne. We are happy, and floating  8)

(https://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/pulled%20pork.jpg)

(https://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/foodandwine/P4082072.jpg)


Sarge

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on April 08, 2018, 02:39:24 PM
Got bolognese sauce bubbling in a Dutch oven for 2 hours right now. Making lasagna tonight!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on May 03, 2018, 03:35:37 AM
It doesn't look like much.

(https://i.imgur.com/DOivSFs.jpg)

Coming from a long line of peasants, this is real peasant fare. Here's the simple way it winds along that humble path.
Today is my first day back at the gym after more than one month. That's the longest I've gone without training  since I was 17 or 18. So post workout out I'll be hungrier than usual. But I don't like having to wait while the food is cooking, which makes this ideal.

The bag contains 250g (half a pound?) of 'beef ham'. That's just very thin slices of topside beef. Maybe aka minute or sandwich steak? It's usually lean enough, but I trim it in any case. Salt and pepper. It gets browned in a shallow pan with about one teaspoon of butter.

Potatoes - that's going to be about 500g (just over one pound) of potatoes. The variety is 'Maris Piper'. I once knew an American model (;)) who while I was cooking dinner for told me that they resemble 'Russet' potatoes. Unfortunately (although completely unlike the American model ;)) they don't tend to hold their shape very long. But that's ideal for this use.

Anyway, the potatoes are peeled to the memory of my auld granny berating me "Ach, yir peelin awa too much o' the tatties!" They're sliced to about one cm and added to the pan.
Along comes the mushrooms and onions. From the freezer an ice cube of stock dissolved in warm water.
A lid/tinfoil or aluminium foil cover gets placed over the top and the heat reduced to the minimum. That's it. I'm leaving and when I return I'll give it a stir just once, cover it again and then 15 or 20 minutes later feed my face. And I'll have it with one pint of full fat milk.

If money is tight you can pad it out with pasta. True exotica? - add a carrot. And for an experience liable to incapacitate via a nervous breakdown inducing taste sensation, a teaspoon of mustard.

Fwiw if I eyeball that it's about 1000 calories. My TDEE is (depending on the formula used) between 2400 and 2700 a day. But I don't look at it that way. I've enough discipline so that the weekly total is more important.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on May 04, 2018, 09:25:10 AM
Breakfast today was four scrambled eggs with wheat toast and coffee.

Dinner last night was gratifying: grilled salmon, mashed potatoes and asparagus.

I found a program which provides temporary housing and free meals for up to ninety days, along with rental assistance. So l have a roof over my head again and regular food.

I've also taken the steps needed to resume working in the career l abandoned last year. Once the state of California re-activates my license, which should happen by early next week, I'll be legally employable again. Two managers told me a while back to let them know when l was legal & ready to work, so hopefully they'll have something to offer.

So things are looking up, and at some point in the near future l should no longer be unemployed or homeless.

:-\,

LKB
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bwv 1080 on June 22, 2018, 06:19:00 AM
Fathers day dinner last Sunday was Rabbit Pibil @ https://www.picos.net/
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Draško on June 24, 2018, 02:08:38 AM
A few of my Swedish friends staying in Serbia threw a sort of traditional Swedish midsummer dinner last night. So we had pickled herring (various varieties), smoked salmon and kalles kaviar with boiled young potatoes, spring onions and cream and Swedish rye crispbread.
But I thought we should give it a slight Mediterranean slant so we added some of my favorite Serbian white cheese from Sjenica region (threw shade on rather bland cream), some Kalamata dried olives and some Iranian fresh dates for dessert.

We drank a very fine, almost liqueur like, Plomari Ouzo from Lesbos. And a bit stronger Strumicka Mastika from Makedonija (or Northern Makedonija of recent).

(https://s.winestyle.ru/images_gen/49850/0_0_orig.jpg)(https://www.tastebrandy.com/images/grozd-mastika.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: vandermolen on June 24, 2018, 01:49:39 PM
Quote from: LKB on May 04, 2018, 09:25:10 AM
Breakfast today was four scrambled eggs with wheat toast and coffee.

Dinner last night was gratifying: grilled salmon, mashed potatoes and asparagus.

I found a program which provides temporary housing and free meals for up to ninety days, along with rental assistance. So l have a roof over my head again and regular food.

I've also taken the steps needed to resume working in the career l abandoned last year. Once the state of California re-activates my license, which should happen by early next week, I'll be legally employable again. Two managers told me a while back to let them know when l was legal & ready to work, so hopefully they'll have something to offer.

So things are looking up, and at some point in the near future l should no longer be unemployed or homeless.

:-\,

LKB

Very pleased to hear this and belatedly hoping that things continue to look up for you.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on June 29, 2018, 12:10:07 PM
A sirloin steak - untrimmed it started at just under 200g - with fried onions, mushrooms and chips. And one pint of full fat milk.
The steak was medium rare.

e: it doubled as a post workout meal and the fairly recent change to my routine has me weighing about 155 lbs, although how I feel and the way my clothes fit are of more importance than the numbers.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 29, 2018, 12:47:35 PM
We had tuna steaks tonight, the recipe featured in the Hairy Biker's Sardinian episode: the tuna fried with olive oil, garlic and bay leaves then finished in a tomato sauce with white wine: simple but delicious. Served with noodles and green beans with shallots. Drank a locally produced Chardonnay.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 29, 2018, 12:48:53 PM
Quote from: NikF on June 29, 2018, 12:10:07 PM
A sirloin steak - untrimmed it started at just under 200g - with fried onions, mushrooms and chips. And one pint of full fat milk.
The steak was medium rare.

I approve that meal...well, everything but the milk  ;D ;)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Josquin13 on June 29, 2018, 06:05:38 PM
Last night (& tonight), I had wild Scottish salmon (a thicker middle section cut--no toxic tail for me), with Cherchie's Champagne mustard spread over the top of the filet (with a butter knife), and then sprinkled liberally with Cherchie's Lemon Dill seasoning.   Plus, a squeeze of half a lemon after that.  I then cook it for about 20 minutes in the oven (at 375 or 380 degrees), and serve it over a mound of homemade garlic mashed potatoes.  (The Salmon must be placed over the potatoes on the plate.)  On the side, I had spinach that was sauteed in garlic and avocado oil.  (Sometimes peas, corn/corn on the cob, or asparagus are good options too.)  It's currently one of my favorite dishes, and relatively easy to prepare & clean up.

https://www.amazon.com/Cherchies-Champagne-Brand-Mustard-Ounce/dp/B0001P29QW/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1530323340&sr=8-1&keywords=cherchy%27s+mustard

https://www.amazon.com/Cherchies-Lemn-Dill-Seasoning/dp/B07CV48YY4/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1530323451&sr=8-1&keywords=cherchies+lemon+dill+seasoning
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Christo on June 30, 2018, 12:39:45 AM
Quote from: Brian on April 08, 2018, 02:39:24 PM
in a Dutch oven
Didn't know there is such a thing.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on June 30, 2018, 11:53:47 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 29, 2018, 12:47:35 PM
We had tuna steaks tonight, the recipe featured in the Hairy Biker's Sardinian episode: the tuna fried with olive oil, garlic and bay leaves then finished in a tomato sauce with white wine: simple but delicious. Served with noodles and green beans with shallots. Drank a locally produced Chardonnay.

Sarge

Sounds fine indeed, Sarge. I'm sure Mrs. Rock and yourself enjoyed it.  :)

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 29, 2018, 12:48:53 PM
I approve that meal...well, everything but the milk  ;D ;)

Sarge

Yeah, I know you're not a fan of milk for adults. ;D But it's helped keep my strength up this long and so I'm not about to quit it anytime soon.  8) :laugh:
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: listener on July 09, 2018, 07:29:58 PM
from Leonard Slatkin's journal  http://www.leonardslatkin.com/journal/

Because I am still in recovery mode, it is not possible to help with all the components of the move-in process. I can lift some things, but nothing too heavy. Mostly I watch the man who is responsible for setting up the media room. But I have been able to cook and especially barbeque. The challenge is coming up with tasty foods that are low in sugar, sodium, fat and starch. Oven-baked water is delicious.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 14, 2018, 12:32:44 PM
Quote from: listener on July 09, 2018, 07:29:58 PMThe challenge is coming up with tasty foods that are low in sugar, sodium, fat and starch. Oven-baked water is delicious.

;D :D ;D

TD: Tonight's dinner: Mrs. Rock's paella with swordfish, scallops, prawns and chorizo

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 07, 2018, 03:27:17 PM
We've actually been eating since last I posted on this thread although nothing to write home or the forum about. But tonight deserves to be remembered. Mrs. Rock made lobster tails and squid (tentacles excised and discarded) sautéed in olive oil, red chili peppers, fresh rosemary, garlic and sea salt. Quite delicious. I made a potato, egg and cucumber salad with a mayonnaise/yoghurt/mustard dressing. We drank champagne.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on September 09, 2018, 10:08:03 PM
That all sounds really great as usual, Sarge.  8) :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sydney Nova Scotia on September 09, 2018, 10:42:07 PM
Erinmore Flake

As Zappa Said Tabaco is a Vegetable  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on September 10, 2018, 08:06:25 AM
Standouts as of late:

A Red Beet Marsala... onions, a couple potaters, three large red beets, bit of crushed garlic -- fried in oil & ghee. Deglazed with a bit of verjus. Added spices (mixed them myself) and yoghurt and voila. Rice very much optional and not in the least necessary.

Also:
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 10, 2018, 12:57:08 PM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on September 10, 2018, 08:06:25 AM
Standouts as of late:

A Red Beet Marsala... onions, a couple potaters, three large red beets, bit of crushed garlic -- fried in oil & ghee. Deglazed with a bit of verjus. Added spices (mixed them myself) and yoghurt and voila. Rice very much optional and not in the least necessary.

Also:

Also, what?  :)

You call it Marsala but don't mention the wine in the recipe. Did you substitute the verjus for the marsala? Asking because we're keen to try this (Mrs. Rock loves beets).

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on September 10, 2018, 01:15:07 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 10, 2018, 12:57:08 PM
Also, what?  :)

You call it Marsala but don't mention the wine in the recipe. Did you substitute the verjus for the marsala? Asking because we're keen to try this (Mrs. Rock loves beets).

Sarge

Nahr, it's because I'm a git and misspelled "Masala".  ;D

My Masala mix is pretty standard with a few additions: Cloves (little), cardamom (little), pepper (black, fresh ground instead of white, pre-ground), cumin (good amount), cinnamon (little) coriander seeds (for the basics; leaving out mace [Muskatbluete] and bay leaves [Lorbeerblatt] which are sometimes said to be part of it -- but adding cinnamon flowers. Two green chillies. Maybe a bit of lemon peel. Put it in a coffee mixer (which I never use for coffee, anyway) for a quick, neat blend. I cut the veggies into cubes; roughly 1cm -- but varying strongly in thickness/height to get a bit of variety in the texture with some being rather soft; others more al dente.

For a bit of a 'whetter' recipe (rather than just adding more joghurt), I think that a few tomatoes -- put in early in this process -- might be nice.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 10, 2018, 01:27:01 PM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on September 10, 2018, 01:15:07 PM
Nahr, it's because I'm a git and misspelled "Masala".  ;D

My Masala mix is pretty standard with a few additions: Cloves (little), cardamom (little), pepper (black, fresh ground instead of white, pre-ground), cumin (good amount), cinnamon (little) coriander seeds (for the basics; leaving out mace [Muskatbluete] and bay leaves [Lorbeerblatt] which are sometimes said to be part of it -- but adding cinnamon flowers. Two green chillies. Maybe a bit of lemon peel. Put it in a coffee mixer (which I never use for coffee, anyway) for a quick, neat blend. I cut the veggies into cubes; roughly 1cm -- but varying strongly in thickness/height to get a bit of variety in the texture with some being rather soft; others more al dente.

For a bit of a 'whetter' recipe (rather than just adding more joghurt), I think that a few tomatoes -- put in early in this process -- might be nice.

Thanks for the clarification. We're going to try this. We'll let you know how it turns out for us.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on September 17, 2018, 03:36:08 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 10, 2018, 01:27:01 PM
Thanks for the clarification. We're going to try this. We'll let you know how it turns out for us.

Sarge

Please do. I' think I'll try it out again tonight -- and this time I will write down how I'm doing it.

Also - for fats in Indian I always use a mixture of ghee & olive oil, if I haven't mentioned it. Ah, yes, I did. But it's always worth mentioning... makes such a splendid base when frying the onions.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on September 17, 2018, 11:10:03 AM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on September 17, 2018, 03:36:08 AM
Please do. I' think I'll try it out again tonight -- and this time I will write down how I'm doing it.

Also - for fats in Indian I always use a mixture of ghee & olive oil, if I haven't mentioned it. Ah, yes, I did. But it's always worth mentioning... makes such a splendid base when frying the onions.

And I may have missed the essential beginning to all things: ghee & olive oil heating at medium heat -- add the onions seeds. Once they start popping turn down gently. Once they all start popping, make sure not to let them burn and be ready to add the onions. Can't have enough onions.

Also: Can't really go wrong adding other veggies; today I threw in Okra and half an eggplant, because they were still around.

If you really want to impress guests, you can separate the ingredients (potatoes and most of the onions in one pot; okra, for example, in another; the red beet in a third) and make the same meal trice, as it were (same steps, parallel; potatoes taking the longest, okra the least long) and only toss it together  as you serve it... that way, you have three vibrant colors rather than the uniform red of the red beet.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ken B on September 17, 2018, 07:30:23 PM
Any ice cream eaters here? Bigots! https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2018/09/16/university-of-wisconsin-students-claim-that-the-colleges-ice-cream-is-insufficiently-inclusive-and-marginalizes-some-students/#comment-1654922 (https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2018/09/16/university-of-wisconsin-students-claim-that-the-colleges-ice-cream-is-insufficiently-inclusive-and-marginalizes-some-students/#comment-1654922)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on September 18, 2018, 07:00:38 AM
Quote from: Ken B on September 17, 2018, 07:30:23 PM
Any ice cream eaters here? Bigots! https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2018/09/16/university-of-wisconsin-students-claim-that-the-colleges-ice-cream-is-insufficiently-inclusive-and-marginalizes-some-students/#comment-1654922 (https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2018/09/16/university-of-wisconsin-students-claim-that-the-colleges-ice-cream-is-insufficiently-inclusive-and-marginalizes-some-students/#comment-1654922)
Whoa, blast from the past. I hadn't thought about Jerry Coyne in a decade. Never heard of ice cream with beef gelatin in it.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on September 18, 2018, 10:02:09 AM
Quote from: Brian on September 18, 2018, 07:00:38 AM
Whoa, blast from the past. I hadn't thought about Jerry Coyne in a decade. Never heard of ice cream with beef gelatin in it.

Gelatin isn't usually advertised as being made from the by-products of the meat and leather industries, like pork and cattle hides and bovine bones. But unless they are made from fruit (i.e. apple skins), that's simply what gelatine is.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ken B on September 18, 2018, 12:21:44 PM
Ice cream also discriminates against those opposed to refrigeration.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: hpowders on September 24, 2018, 04:00:48 PM
Smucker's Chunky Peanut Butter right out of the jar.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on September 25, 2018, 06:54:57 AM
A Braeburn apple, and man, is it tasty.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Omicron9 on September 27, 2018, 02:12:40 AM
Peanut butter and a banana.  However, it's my own secret recipe, so I can't divulge the ingredients.

-09
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on October 01, 2018, 04:43:59 PM
Post gym - grilled lemon chicken, chips (fries) and an almost superfluous tomato and garlic flatbread. An aside; a nice deli that I'm happy to frequent, but the bread is obviously store bought and so the flavours are along the lines of "Here we are, you can clearly taste tomatoes and now the garlic" - I'm not a child and so don't need stuff highlighted and/or underlined. Having said that, all in all it was good refuelling grub for after a workout.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: hpowders on October 03, 2018, 08:54:20 AM
Smuckers Chunky Peanut Butter slathered between 2 slices of 5 grain Italian Bread straight from the Publix Bakery.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Omicron9 on October 30, 2018, 06:19:33 AM
Halloween Kit-Kats dipped in creamy peanut butter.  Oh my.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: vandermolen on October 31, 2018, 05:08:57 AM
Boiled egg  ::)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: shinderu on December 27, 2018, 02:08:52 PM
Scrambled eggs with toast and fruit - a classic!) :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Omicron9 on January 06, 2019, 08:18:08 AM
In an unexpected turn for the healthy: oatmeal!  Yum!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on January 21, 2019, 01:14:58 PM
A cheese sandwich.
Fairly mature Arran cheddar with the sharpness softened by the sweet caramelised onions it contains, grated on to the outside slice (an "ootsider") of a Scottish plain loaf with a thin spreading of mayonnaise.
Unfortunately the red and green butter lettuce leaves and baby spinach were too past their best to be included.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF on February 04, 2019, 12:57:24 AM
Just had a steak with a fried egg and chips (fries), a slice of bread and butter and pint of milk after leaving the gym. It was in a 24hr service station cafe aimed at taxi drivers/truckers and so cheap and cheerful more than anything else.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: NikF4 on April 05, 2019, 09:09:08 AM
(https://i.postimg.cc/pdk0gz7p/IMG-20190405-132447-989.jpg)

I've been handed this despite the fact I don't usually eat cakes or donuts or chocolate etc and can't remember the last time I did.

e: Wow. It tastes like some kind of artificial sweetener and...more artificial sweetener.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ZakLewis on May 07, 2019, 10:02:28 AM
Today I will cook soupe à l'oignon. It's a french soup as you can say. ;D My friends and my girlfriend hate the smell of it actually but I'm big fan of french cuisine. My biggest dreams is to buy an apartment on the French Riviera (https://tranio.com/france/cote_d_azur/apartments/) one day and try every food in France. :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mookalafalas on August 03, 2019, 04:04:04 PM
After gaining quite a bit of weight on vacation, my wife made a huge bowl of quinoa--with veggies and shrimp. I've been eating it for the last couple of days (its a chilled salad) along with sweet potatoes, and rice porridge with odd pickled things in it...   Feels good after 2 weeks of deep-dish pizza, burgers, gallons of ice-cream, bagels, hoagies, bratworsts, muffins, bagels, various chips and dips, beer, etc.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: jwinter on August 28, 2019, 12:41:47 PM
Philly pretzel -- who's with me?  :)


(http://res.cloudinary.com/culturemap-com/image/upload/ar_4:3,c_fill,g_faces:center,w_1200/v1537573989/photos/109065_original.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 29, 2019, 11:48:13 AM
Quote from: jwinter on August 28, 2019, 12:41:47 PM
Philly pretzel -- who's with me?  :)


(http://res.cloudinary.com/culturemap-com/image/upload/ar_4:3,c_fill,g_faces:center,w_1200/v1537573989/photos/109065_original.jpg)

Looks like a German soft pretzel...so, definitely me with you.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jo498 on August 29, 2019, 12:35:51 PM
Yes. with butter or obatzder, please.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 30, 2019, 04:53:56 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on August 29, 2019, 12:35:51 PM
Yes. with butter or obatzder, please.

or Spundekäs  8)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Jo498 on August 30, 2019, 07:27:27 AM
Mostly depending if one is in Wine country or Beer country, I guess it's the former for you and the latter for me (although I quit  beer mostly for health reasons, not that I ever drank excessively). Or to be more precise: ALL of Germany is Beer country anyway, so it's rather Beer AND Wine for some regions.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: dissily Mordentroge on November 19, 2019, 08:35:01 PM
Caught two decent sized rainbow trout this morning. Stuffed with fresh tarragon on a bed of finely julienned carrot, celery and shallots with a few glasses of white whine in a covered casserole dish. When cooked I'll drain the wine into a seperate pan and thicken with egg yolk and cream to be poured back onto the fish & served with baby broad-beans and buttered spaghetti squash from the garden with a red onion and tomato salad on the side.
Stefano Lubiana Tasmanian Brut Reserve Champagne (but don't tell the French I called it that.)
Home made vanilla bean ice-cream drenched in home made quince liquor with fresh nectarines for afters.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: steve ridgway on November 20, 2019, 08:46:43 AM
Quote from: dissily Mordentroge on November 19, 2019, 08:35:01 PM
Caught two decent sized rainbow trout this morning. Stuffed with fresh tarragon on a bed of finely julienned carrot, celery and shallots with a few glasses of white whine in a covered casserole dish. When cooked I'll drain the wine into a seperate pan and thicken with egg yolk and cream to be poured back onto the fish & served with baby broad-beans and buttered spaghetti squash from the garden with a red onion and tomato salad on the side.
Stefano Lubiana Tasmanian Brut Reserve Champagne (but don't tell the French I called it that.)
Home made vanilla bean ice-cream drenched in home made quince liquor with fresh nectarines for afters.

That sounds lovely. I've just had avocado, sardines, pork pie, Cheshire cheese, tomatoes and olives. And am now drinking Rooibos tea.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on November 20, 2019, 11:40:13 AM
Quote from: dissily Mordentroge on November 19, 2019, 08:35:01 PM
Caught two decent sized rainbow trout this morning. Stuffed with fresh tarragon on a bed of finely julienned carrot, celery and shallots with a few glasses of white whine in a covered casserole dish. When cooked I'll drain the wine into a seperate pan and thicken with egg yolk and cream to be poured back onto the fish & served with baby broad-beans and buttered spaghetti squash from the garden with a red onion and tomato salad on the side.
Stefano Lubiana Tasmanian Brut Reserve Champagne (but don't tell the French I called it that.)
Home made vanilla bean ice-cream drenched in home made quince liquor with fresh nectarines for afters.
Ha! I bought a smoked rainbow trout last week, been eating it mostly as a creamy spaghetti dish, tarragon, carrot & onion all involved.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on November 20, 2019, 12:07:50 PM
Quote from: dissily Mordentroge on November 19, 2019, 08:35:01 PM
Caught two decent sized rainbow trout this morning. Stuffed with fresh tarragon...

Great. I love trout but haven't had a whole one in quite some time. I'll need to rectify that soon.

This evening I cooked a German meal including fried Pfälzer Saumagen (sow's belly), Bavarian Weisswurst, red cabbage, and potato salad. Drank a 2018 dry Saar Riesling: an Ayler Kupp from the Bischofliche winery in Trier.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: dissily Mordentroge on November 22, 2019, 01:10:40 AM
Quote from: North Star on November 20, 2019, 11:40:13 AM
Ha! I bought a smoked rainbow trout last week, been eating it mostly as a creamy spaghetti dish, tarragon, carrot & onion all involved.
A local eel farm (sadly now closed) once sold wonderful very lightly smoke eel, still pink . I tried any number of ways preparing this but my favourite was a method I'd learnt when a young chef. Having removed the skin puree half the eel with a few capers, lemon juice, salt & pepper then fold in an equal quantity of whipped cream. Spread this over six inch fillets of the other half of the eel and roll up into spirals affixing them with toothpicks. Place in the fridge overnight.
Make a sauce of pureed fresh watercress with one third mayonnaise and spoon over the serving plate.Remove toothpicks from the rolled eel and slice into into rounds  placing atop the watercress sauce.
The hardest part of this is finding lightly smoked eel. Anything with even a hint of brown from the smoking doesn't work.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on November 22, 2019, 02:08:30 AM
Quote from: dissily Mordentroge on November 22, 2019, 01:10:40 AM
A local eel farm (sadly now closed) once sold wonderful very lightly smoke eel, still pink . I tried any number of ways preparing this but my favourite was a method I'd learnt when a young chef. Having removed the skin puree half the eel with a few capers, lemon juice, salt & pepper then fold in an equal quantity of whipped cream. Spread this over six inch fillets of the other half of the eel and roll up into spirals affixing them with toothpicks. Place in the fridge overnight.
Make a sauce of pureed fresh watercress with one third mayonnaise and spoon over the serving plate.Remove toothpicks from the rolled eel and slice into into rounds  placing atop the watercress sauce.
The hardest part of this is finding lightly smoked eel. Anything with even a hint of brown from the smoking doesn't work.
Sounds good..
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: dissily Mordentroge on November 25, 2019, 03:35:29 PM
I served a platter of these at a party once. Everyone thought they were fabulous until one curious guest asked 'What kind of fish is this?" When I told her it was smoked eel a number of those who'd enjoyed eating it immediately put down their serve with comments such as 'Yuk'.  On woman even spat hers out. Go figure.
At the resturant where I learnt to make these we sold huge amounts with never a complaint. But then again it was a very up market quisine nouvelle establishment that attracted the more 'adventurous'.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: dissily Mordentroge on November 28, 2019, 01:21:05 PM
Maybe having posted a few gourmet tit bits here this will come across as somewhat hypocritical but I'm finding the developed world's obsession with food, especially the esoteric and complex kind, seriously annoying. With so many on planet earth living on starvation diets I'm finding things like 24 hour food channels on free-to-view TV nothing less than nauseating. Then there's the staggering pretentiousness abroad in the restaurant world today of combining ill suited ingredients in a desperate attempt to be original. And don't get me started on food reviews couched in obscure 'creative' language simply to prove the writer suffered  through 3 years of Literature 101.

"Pass me the foie grass and aloe juice Maude."

Title: My eggplant|zuchinnis steamed fries is stuff of legend
Post by: Carlo Gesualdo on November 29, 2019, 03:39:14 PM
Any dark green veggie or purple good old eggplant family is good for your metabolism, including spinach, Bruxelles kraut, real good stuff you toss whit onion in a pan and flour and voila, a bit of salt and pepper your cook them, start at maximum to start the extra virgin olive oil for 5 minute then at 7 for 10 minutes on each side at 4 slow steam fries taste the best
Title: Re: My eggplant|zuchinnis steamed fries is stuff of legend
Post by: Papy Oli on November 30, 2019, 12:25:28 AM
Please could you not start a thread for every thought thst comes through your mind. Please get familiar with the GMG surroundings and main threads, then find the appropriate one :

https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,88.0.html
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: dissily Mordentroge on December 07, 2019, 09:43:25 PM
Quote from: 2dogs on November 20, 2019, 08:46:43 AM
That sounds lovely. I've just had avocado, sardines, pork pie, Cheshire cheese, tomatoes and olives. And am now drinking Rooibos tea.
I was hooked on Rooibos tea until the exploding demand triggered all Sth African producers I had access to adulterated their product with inferior substances. To my pallete this tasted somewhat like alfalfa hay. Went back to peppermint tea and coffee.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Ken B on December 08, 2019, 06:53:16 AM
On the topic of tea. I especially like Jasmine pearls. These are hand rolled little balls of tea leaves. You use very few, and can infuse them several times. Water around 170 or so.
And bottom draining tea pots are wonderful for any kind of loose tea.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: dissily Mordentroge on December 16, 2019, 07:09:24 PM
Jerusalem Artichoke and Oyster soup. They were made for each other.
I cooked the Jerusalem Artichokes in a mild Chicken stock (not seafood!)
Pureed them with half the raw Oysters placing 6 whole Oysters in each bowl
pouring over the puree. A drizzle of Greek Yoghurt with a little Lime Juice and
chopped fresh Taragon as garnish.

Served with Three Willows 'Old Block' Rosé and sourdough bread.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 13, 2020, 05:28:53 AM
Am planning on making these later today or tomorrow.....as a little treat for a friend (and possibly also some neighbors if I can manage to let go of some more of them!  ;) ).

https://www.marthastewart.com/1165950/no-bake-chocolate-peanut-butter-cup-bars

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 13, 2020, 01:31:13 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on February 13, 2020, 05:28:53 AM
Am planning on making these later today or tomorrow.....as a little treat for a friend (and possibly also some neighbors if I can manage to let go of some more of them!  ;) ).

https://www.marthastewart.com/1165950/no-bake-chocolate-peanut-butter-cup-bars

PD

Sounds great. I want to be your neighbor  ;)

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 14, 2020, 08:25:36 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 13, 2020, 01:31:13 PM
Sounds great. I want to be your neighbor  ;)

Sarge

I hope that they came out well; I'll know in about 4 hours time (They need to set up in the fridge).  If so, I'll set aside two bars (one for you; one for your other half).  I did have some fun listening whilst making them (see non-classical thread).   8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 15, 2020, 05:28:19 AM
Pleased to report that they are tasty (had one after dinner last night); now the trick will be to get them 'dispersed' over the course of the weekend (figuring out who is home when).

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Irons on April 15, 2020, 12:17:36 AM
Big discussion on my local radio station yesterday on the best method of cooking "toad in the hole". The difficulty most experienced is the batter perfectly risen at the edges but gooey at the centre. My wife discovered recently that the remedy is simple - instead of using a Pyrex dish, glass is a poor conductor of heat, that cooking the mixture along with sausages in a thin tin tray results in a perfect  "toad in the hole".
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on April 15, 2020, 02:22:37 AM
Quote from: Irons on April 15, 2020, 12:17:36 AM
Big discussion on my local radio station yesterday on the best method of cooking "toad in the hole". The difficulty most experienced is the batter perfectly risen at the edges but gooey at the centre. My wife discovered recently that the remedy is simple - instead of using a Pyrex dish, glass is a poor conductor of heat, that cooking the mixture along with sausages in a thin tin tray results in a perfect  "toad in the hole".
I've never had Toad in the hole before Irons.  I was thinking that it was basically a fried egg which is cooked in the middle of a piece of bread which has had a hole cut out of the middle, but this sounds like something else? 

Today, I hope to make a beef and pork ragu sauce and also a beet soup (out of some leftover roasted beets); will see how ambitious I am!

Best,

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Irons on April 15, 2020, 07:08:53 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on April 15, 2020, 02:22:37 AM
I've never had Toad in the hole before Irons.  I was thinking that it was basically a fried egg which is cooked in the middle of a piece of bread which has had a hole cut out of the middle, but this sounds like something else? 

Today, I hope to make a beef and pork ragu sauce and also a beet soup (out of some leftover roasted beets); will see how ambitious I am!

Best,

PD

No, P. Toad in the hole is sausages embedded in Yorkshire pudding. We tried a recipe last week using chipolatas and leeks which is delicious.
   
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on April 15, 2020, 07:16:20 AM
Quote from: Irons on April 15, 2020, 07:08:53 AM
No, P. Toad in the hole is sausages embedded in Yorkshire pudding. We tried a recipe last week using chipolatas and leeks which is delicious.

Looks yummy!  What is the sauce on the side?  And where can I find the recipe?   :)

Bolognese sauce is now simmering away on the stove.  Hope that it comes out decently.  I used a recipe from Bon Appetit as a guideline but made a really big batch as I was also trying to use up some odd bits from my freezer.  Will taste it in a couple of hours and see if it needs tweaking.

Best,

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on April 15, 2020, 12:01:13 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on April 15, 2020, 07:16:20 AM
Looks yummy!  What is the sauce on the side?  And where can I find the recipe?   :)

Bolognese sauce is now simmering away on the stove.  Hope that it comes out decently.  I used a recipe from Bon Appetit as a guideline but made a really big batch as I was also trying to use up some odd bits from my freezer.  Will taste it in a couple of hours and see if it needs tweaking.

Best,

PD
I hope it turned out alright.  :)

Green whitefish coconut curry for me from Saturday. First time I used (green) curry paste or coconut milk, so naturally I didn't really follow a single recipe too strictly. ;) Fish sauce, carrots, onion, garlic, parsley, black pepper and about a quarter (or maybe 250 grams) of a smoked whitefish went in there.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papy Oli on April 15, 2020, 12:05:49 PM
Quote from: North Star on April 15, 2020, 12:01:13 PM

Green whitefish coconut curry for me from Saturday. First time I used (green) curry paste or coconut milk, so naturally I didn't really follow a single recipe too strictly. ;) Fish sauce, carrots, onion, garlic, parsley, black pepper and about a quarter (or maybe 250 grams) of a smoked whitefish went in there.

Nice one Karlo. Try adding some chillies and some coriander instead of the parsley. Coriander is an acquired taste though.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on April 15, 2020, 12:15:03 PM
Quote from: Papy Oli on April 15, 2020, 12:05:49 PM
Nice one Karlo. Try adding some chillies and some coriander instead of the parsley. Coriander is an acquired taste though.
Cheers, Oli. Yeah parsley substitution was just because I didn't have coriander at hand. I'll need to get some fresh (or dried) chilies for next time as well, though I got plenty of heat from using a fair amount of the curry paste. I forgot the copious amounts of lime juice from the above list of ingredients, essential part for balancing the flavours.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on April 15, 2020, 02:50:34 PM
Quote from: North Star on April 15, 2020, 12:01:13 PM
I hope it turned out alright.  :)

Green whitefish coconut curry for me from Saturday. First time I used (green) curry paste or coconut milk, so naturally I didn't really follow a single recipe too strictly. ;) Fish sauce, carrots, onion, garlic, parsley, black pepper and about a quarter (or maybe 250 grams) of a smoked whitefish went in there.
Will find out tomorrow; something else that I must eat/cook tonight plus need to cook the sauce down a bit more.  I love curries, hope that you were pleased with yours.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: North Star on April 16, 2020, 12:50:52 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on April 15, 2020, 02:50:34 PM
Will find out tomorrow; something else that I must eat/cook tonight plus need to cook the sauce down a bit more.  I love curries, hope that you were pleased with yours.  :)
Yes indeed, the flavour was very rich and balanced between salty, spicy, and sweet, brightened up by the lime.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on April 16, 2020, 10:52:04 AM
Quote from: North Star on April 16, 2020, 12:50:52 AM
Yes indeed, the flavour was very rich and balanced between salty, spicy, and sweet, brightened up by the lime.
Excellent!  By the way, you can also freeze chilis; I have some small, hot red ones in my freezer that I purchased at a local Asian market.

Finished off cooking the bolognese sauce for a while longer today, let it cool and then portioned it out into various containers:  several of them to freeze, some to give to a friend and the rest in the fridge for dinner off and on during the next seven days. 

Afterwards, I made some *beet soup and am almost done with the cleanup.  Think that I am cooked out for a while!  At least in terms of multi-hour recipes.

*a Deborah Madison recipe....love her recipes!   :)

Best wishes,

PD

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on April 18, 2020, 09:52:58 AM
Has anyone here tried any of Jamie Oliver's vegetarian recipes?  I saw this one recently on t.v. (slightly different than the printed version) which looked really good.  The hardest part for me would be getting the fresh curry leaves.  I know one shop that carries them but is a ways away.

https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/aubergine-recipes/stuffed-curried-aubergines/
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Carlo Gesualdo on May 02, 2020, 04:57:22 PM
Steam Fries a la  Deprofundis's
Por favor tomorrow, I'm cooking for my Father, I promess I,m the utter best steam fries
Here is my secret recipe, for you folks on GmG, this will be super, strap on you seat belt, because  This is very refined recipes really.

You need here are the ingredients


-Deprofundis steam Fries whit alfredo sauce marinated in white wine , and extra virgin oil, one egg plant slice thin, one zuchinni slice thin, one onion slice fairly thin, ya need panure and extra virgin olive oil, onion salt, sariette , (optional would be (fresh garlic and  baby spinach, mushrooms)* not obligatory.

But since I live in Canada Quebec  grocery store are close on Sunday.

This is gonna be state of the art prepare , you don't know how sick of a perfectionist I am when cooking. Spices yes, too much no, salt yes, too much nope. What do you think so far does it look tasty?


:P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on May 04, 2020, 01:10:22 PM
Making pizzas, flammkuchen...

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a bit of pasta..

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fake fajitas with heart of pork...

(https://scontent-vie1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/s2048x2048/93995953_221547605768915_865782440990343168_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_sid=b96e70&_nc_ohc=gh5bAmToTBsAX9qBevq&_nc_ht=scontent-vie1-1.xx&_nc_tp=7&oh=263e15a85c7422c3af866256006a2f61&oe=5ED43225)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on May 04, 2020, 01:33:25 PM
Quote from: deprofundis on May 02, 2020, 04:57:22 PM
Steam Fries a la  Deprofundis's
Por favor tomorrow, I'm cooking for my Father, I promess I,m the utter best steam fries
Here is my secret recipe, for you folks on GmG, this will be super, strap on you seat belt, because  This is very refined recipes really.

You need here are the ingredients


-Deprofundis steam Fries whit alfredo sauce marinated in white wine , and extra virgin oil, one egg plant slice thin, one zuchinni slice thin, one onion slice fairly thin, ya need panure and extra virgin olive oil, onion salt, sariette , (optional would be (fresh garlic and  baby spinach, mushrooms)* not obligatory.

But since I live in Canada Quebec  grocery store are close on Sunday.

This is gonna be state of the art prepare , you don't know how sick of a perfectionist I am when cooking. Spices yes, too much no, salt yes, too much nope. What do you think so far does it look tasty?


:P
Hi Deprofundis.

I'm afraid that I'm not quite following you? 1) I have never heard of 'steamed fries' before now.  Fried or air-fried, yes.  And what is panure?  I see that sariette is summer savory (I know what that herb is).  And are potatoes involved or non?  Perhaps a picture sometime?   :)  It sounds like you do love to cook!

Best,

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on May 04, 2020, 01:37:03 PM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on May 04, 2020, 01:10:22 PM
Making pizzas, flammkuchen...

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a bit of pasta..

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fake fajitas with heart of pork...

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Your pizza and flammkuchen look lovely!  I did have to google flammkuchen.  Looks like the 'fake fajitas' are crêpes?  :) Not certain what heart of pork would be in the US, but it looks yummy!  What else did you put into the pork dish?

Best wishes,

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: greg on May 08, 2020, 08:18:40 PM
Not eating this stuff now, but missing these since I haven't been able yet to make these dishes quite as good as the restaurant that I used to regularly eat at where I used to live.

Chicken Biryani:

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My possible favorite food of all time, if I had to choose was from that restaurant- the kadhai curry (with garlic naan):

(https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/kadai-chicken-recipe-1-500x500.jpg)


I mean, it's sort of a tie between that and traditional hot wings for top spot, but yeah, will have to experiment with more recipes over time since in general I prefer not to have to rely on going out to restaurants to have good food.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on May 14, 2020, 11:22:09 AM
Quote from: greg on May 08, 2020, 08:18:40 PM
Not eating this stuff now, but missing these since I haven't been able yet to make these dishes quite as good as the restaurant that I used to regularly eat at where I used to live.

Chicken Biryani:

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My possible favorite food of all time, if I had to choose was from that restaurant- the kadhai curry (with garlic naan):

(https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/kadai-chicken-recipe-1-500x500.jpg)


I mean, it's sort of a tie between that and traditional hot wings for top spot, but yeah, will have to experiment with more recipes over time since in general I prefer not to have to rely on going out to restaurants to have good food.
I haven't heard of Kadhai curry before but it looks scrumptious!  I need to play around with Indian cooking more...not very good at curries, but I do enjoy them!  One thing that I've noticed and am wondering whether or not other posters here have too, but it seems like you're getting less meat (or whatever the protein is in the particular dish) in the end product.   :(

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: greg on May 14, 2020, 11:55:34 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on May 14, 2020, 11:22:09 AM
I haven't heard of Kadhai curry before but it looks scrumptious!  I need to play around with Indian cooking more...not very good at curries, but I do enjoy them!  One thing that I've noticed and am wondering whether or not other posters here have too, but it seems like you're getting less meat (or whatever the protein is in the particular dish) in the end product.   :(

PD
If you live near an urban there should be one or two Indian restaurants with the best reputation, that do meals and not just buffet, they most likely will serve it.
The amount of meat I've gotten at two different places was fine enough, as someone whose favorite food group is probably meat. Usually that dish should have chicken or goat, like any other curry.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on May 14, 2020, 01:02:26 PM
Quote from: greg on May 14, 2020, 11:55:34 AM
If you live near an urban there should be one or two Indian restaurants with the best reputation, that do meals and not just buffet, they most likely will serve it.
The amount of meat I've gotten at two different places was fine enough, as someone whose favorite food group is probably meat. Usually that dish should have chicken or goat, like any other curry.
Don't believe that I've ever had Indian food at a buffet before now?  I was referring to at a real Indian restaurant; it seemed to me that at least in my area, that they're cutting back a bit on the protein....whether the protein is shrimp, lobster, or chicken alas.  Glad that they aren't being so skimpy in your area.   ;)  I recall liking dishes like Saag Paneer but haven't had it in ages!

Keep up with the cooking lessons/experiments!   :)

Best,

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Carlo Gesualdo on June 17, 2020, 10:23:23 AM
Styr-fried ala deprofundis

What you need is

one zuchinni

half an eggplant

half of one white onion

One fresh garlic goose

alfredo sauce

White wine

Garlic butter slice olive mushrooms white one quite a bit

floor-Panure, one egg  and voila after 25 cooking at 5 it ready, not yet .. haha you put cheese on it fresh Parmesan and voila.

Grill it an it's awesome
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on June 17, 2020, 10:30:22 AM
This morning had some homemade pancakes and some some sausages. Tonight's menu looks like Hawaiian-style grilled pork chops, baked potato and a garden salad.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: steve ridgway on June 17, 2020, 10:41:44 AM
Give pies a chance :P.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on June 20, 2020, 10:26:09 AM
Since I had some chicken in yoghurt & spices for some time, I made a quick little tandoori-style chicken with curried Kohlrabi tonight. Let's see if the picture will attach.


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This, if it shows, is a triple-layered dessert: Blackberry-mascarpone cream. Lime granita. Green-Tea/Lime Foam.

Here I prepared some red and green Thai Curry paste for the months to come:

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A simple ginger/tomato pasta for lunch:

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This, I believe, was another curry. Possibly with tongue, but I don't remember.

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Grilled fishes (salmon and flatfish) with mint/dried tomato couscous and Kohlrabi/celery gratin.

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A pizza with red beets, chard, and ricotta:

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One of my several cheesecakes; this one with pears:

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...and while I am at it, I like to make a similar cake, but quiche-style, with roast veggies on top and 'actual' cheeses therein:

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This was pasta with black bean sauce & tomatoes:

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And here we have a Black Sea style corn-bread:

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...that went with a ghurken/dried tomato/parsley salad:

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...and grilled fish:

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Another little pasta in between, because it's so easy:

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ditto Pizza... because once you have made plenty of dough, it's a matter of 10 minutes (minus pre-heating the oven to the max max max.

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And Pasta again:

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Or fake fajitas with grilled and brined tongue:

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Flammkuchen can be nice:

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as can be Pasta ... with pig's heart:

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Or this, which I clean forgot what that was.

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Finally: a blood orange/matcha two-layered cheese cake that came out very nicely:

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papy Oli on June 20, 2020, 12:10:47 PM
very appetising, Jens ! (bar the tongue that is, a childhood nightmare for me ??? )
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on June 20, 2020, 01:10:12 PM
Quote from: Papy Oli on June 20, 2020, 12:10:47 PM
very appetising, Jens ! (bar the tongue that is, a childhood nightmare for me ??? )

I hear you. But it can be soooo delicious, if done well!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Iota on June 21, 2020, 10:37:09 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on June 20, 2020, 12:10:47 PM
very appetising, Jens !

Indeed! (.. do you do takeaway?  :D)

Quote from: Papy Oli on June 20, 2020, 12:10:47 PM(bar the tongue that is, a childhood nightmare for me ??? )

I think on balance, the fact that I've never knowingly eaten tongue, is something of which I'm glad.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on June 22, 2020, 03:48:39 PM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on June 20, 2020, 10:26:09 AM
Since I had some chicken in yoghurt & spices for some time, I made a quick little tandoori-style chicken with curried Kohlrabi tonight. Let's see if the picture will attach.
I see that you certainly like to cook and bake!   :)  And I'm guessing also creating your own recipes/dishes?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on June 24, 2020, 10:40:34 AM
Someone here was curious as to how I make my baba ghanoush.  I adapted mine from Deborah Madison's one in her wonderful cookbook Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone.

1 large or 2 medium eggplants, about 1 1/4 lbs.
3 or more roasted garlic cloves
About 1/3 cup of tahini (or more--to your taste)
Juice of at least 1 large lemon (same as above)
Salt
Ground cumin (a couple of spoonfuls) and I added about the same amount of ground coriander
Extra virgin olive oil
Chopped parsley

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.  Slash the eggplant in several places so it won't explode.  Put it in a pan.  Grab a head or two of garlic (great to have extra roasted!), slice off the very top of it, sprinkle with s & p, drizzle some olive oil over it and wrap it inside aluminum foil, and place it next to the eggplant and bake eggplant 'til it's soft to the point of collapsing, 30 to 40 minutes.  Garlic should be nice and soft too so that you can easily slip it out of its skin.  The eggplant skin should also blacken/char a bit in a few places.  Let eggplant cool slightly 'til you can handle it easily.

Peel eggplant (a combo of peeling and scraping the flesh off of the skin) and put into a blender along with 3 or more of the roasted garlic cloves (slipped or squished out of their skins).  Add the tahini, lemon juice, salt, ground cumin and coriander and purée.  Scrape down the sides of the blender a few times and taste:  you might want to add more lemon juice or spices?

Mound in in a bowl making a little depression in the top with the back of a spoon.  Pour in a little of the olive oil and sprinkle with fresh chopped parsley.

Tastes great with toasted pita chips and or various chunks of veggies.

Notes:  her version call for using 3 fresh cloves of garlic (not roasted), but I find that roasting it mellows and sweetens the flavor so that you aren't 'assaulted' by that raw garlic flavor.  Also, her recipe calls for 1/4 cup of tahini but I like more in it.  And lots of fresh lemon juice too!   :)  You can also grill the eggplant (which I hope to do outside this summer).

Note 2:  Love Deborah Madison's cookbooks!  She's not vegetarian but loves her vegetables and it shows in her recipes.

EDIT:  I should add also, that her recipe doesn't call for the cumin nor the coriander but I like them in there (adds a bit more depth of flavor I think...and some smokiness too).  Looking around, I did notice that other versions of b.g. also call for them in there....and there are course other variations to be find out in the land of Google!   ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on June 24, 2020, 11:00:21 AM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on June 20, 2020, 10:26:09 AM
Since I had some chicken in yoghurt & spices for some time, I made a quick little tandoori-style chicken with curried Kohlrabi tonight. Let's see if the picture will attach.

[Flood of enticing images excised.]


My goodness, you are quite the chef! Very impressed, both with breadth and execution.

Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on June 24, 2020, 10:40:34 AM
Someone here was curious as to how I make my baba ghanoush.  I adapted mine from Deborah Madison's one in her wonderful cookbook Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone.


And thanks for that recipe. Eggplant is one of my favorite vegetables, but I've never tried to make baba ghanoush at home. That may change.  ;D

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on June 24, 2020, 11:19:52 AM
Quote from: Brewski on June 24, 2020, 11:00:21 AM
My goodness, you are quite the chef! Very impressed, both with breadth and execution.

And thanks for that recipe. Eggplant is one of my favorite vegetables, but I've never tried to make baba ghanoush at home. That may change.  ;D

--Bruce
You're most welcome Brewski!  It really is pretty simple and keeps nicely.  I read somewhere today that it freezes well (haven't tried that though).  I find that the hardest bit is getting the tahini stirred together (oil separates from the sesame paste)--particularly when it is cold from the fridge.  I've found that taking it out of the refrigerator at the start of making the recipe helps (jar and contents are then a bit easier to stir).  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: vandermolen on June 24, 2020, 11:59:31 AM
Thanks PD
Looks very appetising!
Jeffrey
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: pjme on June 24, 2020, 12:06:59 PM
Ha! this is the place to be:
While listening to Honegger's delightful Concerto da camera (flute, cor anglais & strings) I made "Ketchup without sugar".

Ingredients: 1 tin of tomatoes, ca 50 ml red wine vinegar, 1 red pepper (paprika), a smallish fennel, ca 2-3 celery stalks (at least one with the green leaves), 1 chili pepper (to tatse with or without seeds), 1-2 cloves, 1 onion, ca 1 tsp (sweet) paprika powder, garlic to taste, pepper, salt.

Easy way: clean & shred the vegetables, mix with the spices & vinegar, add some water. Cook 20-25 minutes in a pressure cooker. If too liquid: reduce a bit. Try to find the cloves.... then mix thoroughly. Put in jars. Keeps in the fridge for a couple of weeks.
More complicated: simmer the tomatoes, fennel, onion, garlic, pepper, celery with a little bit of water until tender (ca 30/40 mins.) Add some water if necessary. Stir. Mix.
Then add the spices & vinegar. Simmer and reduce (ca 30/40 minutes).


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: bhodges on June 24, 2020, 12:28:25 PM
Quote from: pjme on June 24, 2020, 12:06:59 PM
Ha! this is the place to be:
While listening to Honegger's delightful Concerto da camera (flute, cor anglais & strings) I made "Ketchup without sugar".

Ingredients: 1 tin of tomatoes, ca 50 ml red wine vinegar, 1 red pepper (paprika), a smallish fennel, ca 2-3 celery stalks (at least one with the green leaves), 1 chili pepper (to tatse with or without seeds), 1-2 cloves, 1 onion, ca 1 tsp (sweet) paprika powder, garlic to taste, pepper, salt.

Easy way: clean & shred the vegetables, mix with the spices & vinegar, add some water. Cook 20-25 minutes in a pressure cooker. If too liquid: reduce a bit. Try to find the cloves.... then mix thoroughly. Put in jars. Keeps in the fridge for a couple of weeks.
More complicated: simmer the tomatoes, fennel, onion, garlic, pepper, celery with a little bit of water until tender (ca 30/40 mins.) Add some water if necessary. Stir. Mix.
Then add the spices & vinegar. Simmer and reduce (ca 30/40 minutes).

It's clear that I need to check this thread more often. This sounds great, especially since unnecessary sugar is one of my biggest complaints with many recipes. Thanks!

--Bruce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on June 24, 2020, 02:00:37 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on June 24, 2020, 11:59:31 AM
Thanks PD
Looks very appetising!
Jeffrey
You're welcome Jeffrey!
Quote from: pjme on June 24, 2020, 12:06:59 PM
Ha! this is the place to be:
While listening to Honegger's delightful Concerto da camera (flute, cor anglais & strings) I made "Ketchup without sugar".

Ingredients: 1 tin of tomatoes, ca 50 ml red wine vinegar, 1 red pepper (paprika), a smallish fennel, ca 2-3 celery stalks (at least one with the green leaves), 1 chili pepper (to tatse with or without seeds), 1-2 cloves, 1 onion, ca 1 tsp (sweet) paprika powder, garlic to taste, pepper, salt.

Easy way: clean & shred the vegetables, mix with the spices & vinegar, add some water. Cook 20-25 minutes in a pressure cooker. If too liquid: reduce a bit. Try to find the cloves.... then mix thoroughly. Put in jars. Keeps in the fridge for a couple of weeks.
More complicated: simmer the tomatoes, fennel, onion, garlic, pepper, celery with a little bit of water until tender (ca 30/40 mins.) Add some water if necessary. Stir. Mix.
Then add the spices & vinegar. Simmer and reduce (ca 30/40 minutes).



Sounds yummy!  A couple of questions for you:  1) How big of a can of tomatoes and what type (as in whole plum with sauce?  Or diced? 2) a paprika pepper?  I see that according to Wiki that can be a number of varieties.  I wonder what I might be able to find similar to it in the US? 3) By shredding, do you mean to grate them...like in a food processor or something else?

So, do you use this ketchup in any recipe calling for 'regular' ketchup?  It does sound zestier (and healthier) than store-bought ketchup.   ;D

Anyone here have any favorite pickling recipes?  If all goes well, I should have a fair number of pickles to figure out what to do with.  I do have canning jars, so can do pantry storage recipes...or also open to quick pickles too.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: pjme on June 24, 2020, 10:11:19 PM
Indeed, I forgot a few details.
1) How big of a can of tomatoes and what type (as in whole plum with sauce? Or diced? 400 gr. Any type will do. I use diced.

2) a paprika pepper?  I see that according to Wiki that can be a number of varieties.  I wonder what I might be able to find similar to it in the US?
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Red paprika, bell/Dutch...
3) By shredding, do you mean to grate them...like in a food processor or something else?
No, shredding or grating is not necessary. just chop !

(Around midnight my knowledge of English becomes blurry.. :))

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on June 25, 2020, 04:14:20 AM
Quote from: pjme on June 24, 2020, 10:11:19 PM
Indeed, I forgot a few details.
1) How big of a can of tomatoes and what type (as in whole plum with sauce? Or diced? 400 gr. Any type will do. I use diced.

2) a paprika pepper?  I see that according to Wiki that can be a number of varieties.  I wonder what I might be able to find similar to it in the US?
(https://static.ah.nl/image-optimization/static/product/AHI_434d50303133303732_3_LowRes_JPG.JPG?options=399,q85)
Red paprika, bell/Dutch...
3) By shredding, do you mean to grate them...like in a food processor or something else?
No, shredding or grating is not necessary. just chop !

(Around midnight my knowledge of English becomes blurry.. :))
Thanks Peter!   :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on June 25, 2020, 01:41:41 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on June 22, 2020, 03:48:39 PM
I see that you certainly like to cook and bake!   :)  And I'm guessing also creating your own recipes/dishes?

Yes, most of it is spontaneous, spur of the moment stuff. Sometimes I go to recipes, to broaden my repertoire.

Definitely more into cooking than baking, though... unless it's forgiving stuff, like cheesecake, where I can still experiment wildly without it being a disaster. :-)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Carlo Gesualdo on June 25, 2020, 04:10:36 PM
Healtier stuff, des dattes, des pomme verte (les rouges je les aime pas, et des organe, j'ai mangé en masse de legumes aussi ce moi si= I did improvement in my health habits , whit fresh fruits and dark green , purple vedgy styr fried, mine are the best, I,m the basolute king of such, mine are elaborate whit  herbss, ognions, eggplant , zuchinnis, mushroom, olive,  and ect guys I,m not sell out my perfects recipes there my master work.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on June 26, 2020, 06:21:39 AM
Sounds nice!  Did you make your marinara sauce or use jarred?  There are some pretty decent jarred ones out there these days; bonus, it saves heating up the kitchen that much more too!

Eggplant will be featuring in an upcoming recipe very, very soon as the first one is at picking point.   :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Carlo Gesualdo on June 28, 2020, 12:07:43 PM
I was Drinking almond milk, I like also rice milk , so milk less, because I'M not allergic but intolerant to lactose and beside ask you're doctor thee utter danger of eating or drinking too much dairy lactose,: overweight or cardio-vasculary problem, etc.

So I drink a big glass of milk every night to sleep better and it work. Who is like me struggle whit insomnia and drink milk  before sleeping dose it really help, please Doctors on Good Music Guide tell me?

For me it work like a charm, I sleep at 10--11pm wake up at dawn, to see colors of sky, qat there best , than I do cycling, this is what I do.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on June 29, 2020, 08:49:18 AM
Glad that you're feeling better DP!  And good job losing weight, eating better and getting exercise! :)

Decided to try my first cucumber today from my garden...pretty good though tasted a bit bitter.  In any event, I decided to make a salad by quartering and chopping up the cuke (scraped out seeds), deseeded and chopped up a couple of tomatoes, and sliced and  cubed up some feta cheese.  Added some chopped up oregano and basil from the garden.  Added in the remains of some white cooked rice (cooked with a bit of chopped spinach, scallions and lime.  Salt & pepper, some good squeezes of lemon juice, red wine vinegar and a decent olive oil.  Also added in some cut up red onion (soaked for a few minutes in ice water and drained). Tossed all together.

Even though I think that I'd prefer it with something like orzo vs. rice, it turned out pretty decent and I'll have some leftovers for a few meals.   :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on June 30, 2020, 12:30:23 AM
Crêpe à la confiture de cerises. A.k.a. Euro-Pancakes.

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Carlo Gesualdo on July 01, 2020, 03:32:06 PM
British small cucumbers, marinated, well I did not had Basilic and Aneth, but own ingredient, fairly good.Here my recipe.

Four but fairly big British cucumbers
Salt, lot's of it but not too much
Lemon juice just enough
extra virgin olive oil 2/5 of the pot
Balsamic sauce just a tiny winy shot
Distilled water 2/5 of mix
Garlic salt just a bit

And that it better be good I let it marinated  long and shake it gentle on the side up and down  up and down


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 02, 2020, 05:55:41 AM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on June 30, 2020, 12:30:23 AM
Crêpe à la confiture de cerises. A.k.a. Euro-Pancakes.

Your crêpe looks tasty!  I haven't made them in a while.  I love a recipe of Deborah Madison's which I've made several times.  You make spinach crepes (the spinach is in the batter) and stack them up three high.  And you spread a mixture of (doing this from memory) ricotta, parmesan and some herbs in between the layers and top with mixed sautéed mushrooms.  Not a quick-to-make recipe but really wonderful!  The crêpes also freeze well (separate between sheets of waxed paper).

Best,

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 02, 2020, 05:56:59 AM
Quote from: deprofundis on July 01, 2020, 03:32:06 PM
British small cucumbers, marinated, well I did not had Basilic and Aneth, but own ingredient, fairly good.Here my recipe.

Four but fairly big British cucumbers
Salt, lot's of it but not too much
Lemon juice just enough
extra virgin olive oil 2/5 of the pot
Balsamic sauce just a tiny winy shot
Distilled water 2/5 of mix
Garlic salt just a bit

And that it better be good I let it marinated  long and shake it gentle on the side up and down  up and down
Sounds tasty!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papy Oli on July 02, 2020, 06:30:12 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on July 02, 2020, 05:55:41 AM
Your crêpe looks tasty!  I haven't made them in a while.  I love a recipe of Deborah Madison's which I've made several times.  You make spinach crepes (the spinach is in the batter) and stack them up three high.  And you spread a mixture of (doing this from memory) ricotta, parmesan and some herbs in between the layers and top with mixed sautéed mushrooms.  Not a quick-to-make recipe but really wonderful!  The crêpes also freeze well (separate between sheets of waxed paper).

Best,

PD

oooooooo that too  :o ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on July 02, 2020, 10:41:41 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on July 02, 2020, 05:55:41 AM
Your crêpe looks tasty!  I haven't made them in a while.  I love a recipe of Deborah Madison's which I've made several times.  You make spinach crepes (the spinach is in the batter) and stack them up three high.  And you spread a mixture of (doing this from memory) ricotta, parmesan and some herbs in between the layers and top with mixed sautéed mushrooms.  Not a quick-to-make recipe but really wonderful!  The crêpes also freeze well (separate between sheets of waxed paper).

Best,

PD

Very nice! I think I'll riff of that, before long.

The 'secret' for pancakes coming out well for me lies in making lots of batter (eggs, not too few, flour, beer, milk (maybe a sip of buttermilk for kicks) and water and a dash of turmeric for color), then filling it into an empty plastic bottle (1 1/2 l in my case) and then letting it rest. Keeps well (upward of a week); easy to store - and easier still to dosage into the pan.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 02, 2020, 12:04:21 PM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on July 02, 2020, 10:41:41 AM
Very nice! I think I'll riff of that, before long.

The 'secret' for pancakes coming out well for me lies in making lots of batter (eggs, not too few, flour, beer, milk (maybe a sip of buttermilk for kicks) and water and a dash of turmeric for color), then filling it into an empty plastic bottle (1 1/2 l in my case) and then letting it rest. Keeps well (upward of a week); easy to store - and easier still to dosage into the pan.
Interesting!  I haven't heard of beer in crepes before?  And do you add much water?  I know that pancake batter can keep for several days in the fridge; haven't tried it for a week though.  Clever idea to put it into a soda/water bottle.  Less mess!  Have you tried freezing your crêpes before?  I could see how that could be very handy should one be having a dinner party or just to have on hand for an easy dinner.

Here's a link to the cookbook by the way:  https://www.amazon.ca/Vegetarian-Suppers-Deborah-Madisons-Kitchen-ebook/dp/B0086MKQ0I/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=deborah+madison+vegetarian+suppers&qid=1593719717&sr=8-1

The recipe (should you purchase a copy or find one through a library) is called "Spinach Crêpe Cake with herbed ricotta and mushrooms".  A great way to use fresh tarragon and marjoram.  When feeling particularly decadent, I've added both mushroom stock AND cream to the sautéed mushrooms....yum!   ;D

Note:  I don't get any kind of remuneration from promoting her books; I just love her recipes!   :D

Best,

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on July 02, 2020, 01:28:03 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on July 02, 2020, 12:04:21 PM
Interesting!  I haven't heard of beer in crepes before?  And do you add much water?

Beer adds a little umami, I find... and the alcohol/carbonation helps fluffiness. Same reasoning behind using carbonated water (instead or on top). I try to make the batter as liquid as possible for crepes. I don't use a specific formula... I start with however flour pours out of the bag, then add eggs and then the liquids ... roughly 1/3s water, milk, beer... or perhaps 1/2 milk 1/4 beer & water until I have the consistency I desire. And a dash of oil, come to think of it. Rapeseed or some-such... or olive.

QuoteHave you tried freezing your crêpes before?  I could see how that could be very handy should one be having a dinner party or just to have on hand for an easy dinner.

I've not, but I've taken note. Sounds like a good idea!

Quote
The recipe (should you purchase a copy or find one through a library) is called "Spinach Crêpe Cake with herbed ricotta and mushrooms".  A great way to use fresh tarragon and marjoram.  When feeling particularly decadent, I've added both mushroom stock AND cream to the sautéed mushrooms....yum!   ;D

I don't have many cookbooks, actually... too few, actually. :-) I improvise like a madman, though.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 02, 2020, 02:25:25 PM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on July 02, 2020, 01:28:03 PM
Beer adds a little umami, I find... and the alcohol/carbonation helps fluffiness. Same reasoning behind using carbonated water (instead or on top). I try to make the batter as liquid as possible for crepes. I don't use a specific formula... I start with however flour pours out of the bag, then add eggs and then the liquids ... roughly 1/3s water, milk, beer... or perhaps 1/2 milk 1/4 beer & water until I have the consistency I desire. And a dash of oil, come to think of it. Rapeseed or some-such... or olive.

I've not, but I've taken note. Sounds like a good idea!

I don't have many cookbooks, actually... too few, actually. :-) I improvise like a madman, though.
Heh, it's smart to use what you have.   ;)  Do you ever check out your local or (don't know how this works in Canada) inter-library loan system?  It's a great way to check out and try some cookbooks first before purchasing them.  Good not just for cookbooks, but CDs, other topics/genres too.   :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on July 13, 2020, 09:28:10 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on June 22, 2020, 03:48:39 PM
I see that you certainly like to cook and bake!   :)  And I'm guessing also creating your own recipes/dishes?

Much better cook than baker. The former being an art, the latter a science. I don't like to stick to recipes, is my problem (strength). I have an idea or a whim or a request or a challenge and then I go off. Half of the time when I begin cooking, I don't know what the result will be; 3/4 I don't know how the result should turn out. :-)

Just now I'm trying to make Dal & Potato-Cheese Kulchas.

Yesterday it was a pasta that came out amazingly, even for my standards.

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caramelized walnut-almond-cinnamon-cardamom topping on a dark-chocolate poundcake


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fresh-herb ricotta sauce on tomato-arugula lasagnette


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summer salad (mache & arugula) with walnuts & feta
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 13, 2020, 10:26:45 AM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on July 13, 2020, 09:28:10 AM
Much better cook than baker. The former being an art, the latter a science. I don't like to stick to recipes, is my problem (strength). I have an idea or a whim or a request or a challenge and then I go off. Half of the time when I begin cooking, I don't know what the result will be; 3/4 I don't know how the result should turn out. :-)

Just now I'm trying to make Dal & Potato-Cheese Kulchas.

Yesterday it was a pasta that came out amazingly, even for my standards.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ec0rSlyWkAAVpaL?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)
fresh-herb ricotta sauce on tomato-arugula lasagnette

Your pasta dish looks particularly inviting to me.   :)  Looks like you added some fresh cherry tomatoes, basil and some parm?  What did you put into your ricotta sauce?

Just finishing off last bits of my lunch. Made some of my baba ghanoush a couple of days ago.  Warmed up a pita in toaster oven, sliced it in half and filled one half with some bg and added some fresh crispy lettuce, some sliced grape tomatoes, sliced cucumber from my garden, a bit more bg and a few more slices of cucumber and tomato.  Hit the spot!  Now back to nibbling on more cucumber.  They are coming in heavily now for my household...trying to give some away!  Need to try pickling; however, it's hard to have enough of them all the same size and coming in from my two plants at the same time!   :(

Happy cooking,

And let us know how your dal and kulchas come out too.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on July 13, 2020, 10:33:17 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on July 13, 2020, 10:26:45 AM
Your pasta dish looks particularly inviting to me.   :)  Looks like you added some fresh cherry tomatoes, basil and some parm?  What did you put into your ricotta sauce?

Quartered cherry (or some such type) tomatoes added very late in the game, after garlic and onions had been sauteed well. Turned the heat up high, very briefly. Then added two fists full of arugula, turned back down, threw the pasta into the pan, and mixed it.

The ricotta sauce, warmed after the fact, got the whole treatment of my balcony garden: Mint (lots!), basis (as much as I could spare), sage (little), thyme, zest of 3/4 a lemon, salt & fresh crushed pepper.


Quote
Just finishing off last bits of my lunch. Made some of my baba ghanoush a couple of days ago.  Warmed up a pita in toaster oven, sliced it in half and filled one half with some bg and added some fresh crispy lettuce, some sliced grape tomatoes, sliced cucumber from my garden, a bit more bg and a few more slices of cucumber and tomato.  Hit the spot!  Now back to nibbling on more cucumber.  They are coming in heavily now for my household...trying to give some away!  Need to try pickling; however, it's hard to have enough of them all the same size and coming in from my two plants at the same time!   :(

Happy cooking,

And let us know how your dal and kulchas come out too.

PD

Dal is coming along VERY nicely. I've just taken sneak-peek. Kulchas are behaving nicely; the dough is super-flexible... but I'll wait with making them until my dinner-companion arrives. :-)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 13, 2020, 11:17:00 AM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on July 13, 2020, 10:33:17 AM
Quartered cherry (or some such type) tomatoes added very late in the game, after garlic and onions had been sauteed well. Turned the heat up high, very briefly. Then added two fists full of arugula, turned back down, threw the pasta into the pan, and mixed it.

The ricotta sauce, warmed after the fact, got the whole treatment of my balcony garden: Mint (lots!), basis (as much as I could spare), sage (little), thyme, zest of 3/4 a lemon, salt & fresh crushed pepper.


Dal is coming along VERY nicely. I've just taken sneak-peek. Kulchas are behaving nicely; the dough is super-flexible... but I'll wait with making them until my dinner-companion arrives. :-)
Sounds tasty!  Bye the way, your pictures suddenly disappeared (your most recent ones).

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on July 14, 2020, 04:53:42 AM
Here are my exploits from last night, with my first-ever effort on Kulchas... served with buttery black-gram dal & and a Bruno Sorg '17 vieilles vignes Pinot Gris.

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 14, 2020, 06:49:10 AM
Looks like you were spending a lot of time cooking yesterday!  Are you pleased with how everything came out?

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on July 15, 2020, 03:11:19 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on July 14, 2020, 06:49:10 AM
Looks like you were spending a lot of time cooking yesterday!  Are you pleased with how everything came out?

PD

Yes, quite. The dal was amazing. The dough was super stretchy and held up. Could have been thinner. The filling more cheese-heavy. But yes. Very pleased, as was my better half.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 15, 2020, 03:25:42 AM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on July 15, 2020, 03:11:19 AM
Yes, quite. The dal was amazing. The dough was super stretchy and held up. Could have been thinner. The filling more cheese-heavy. But yes. Very pleased, as was my better half.
Oh, good!

I'm currently looking at cucumber recipes (see gardening thread if interested).   :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Carlo Gesualdo on July 20, 2020, 07:13:07 PM
Hi people outhere : Friends, Followers, Gentle wanderer, deprofundis made a recipe vedgy whit bacon +cheese sausages.
, Now you buy green onion also aka ciboulette, un white onion, on  entire garlic goose. Slice them hash thins  than you need spinages too and white wine to marinated the type of ognions, put lemon juice and honeey(just a tip) in and balsamic sauce  + etra virgin oil, micx it in a pot of glass whit love wait for it's in the frigs? after 3 hour  put you're oven element to max start the oil after this put it at 5 or 6 depend on strench of oven, tham let it steam cook whit  the vedgy mix of fresh garlic, fresh onion,  fresh green onion
Than you need two sausages bacon and cheese, gentelmens , lady outhere on GmG this is quite tasty!  :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 28, 2020, 08:58:03 AM
Glad that you had a tasty meal deprofundis.

Had my first bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich yesterday....soooo tasty!  I happened to have an heirloom tomato on hand (nice and ripe) which upped the notch a bit.  Cooked some extra bacon, so might have another one today.   :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on July 30, 2020, 11:43:35 PM
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Some #culinaryexploits: Kohlrabi-Fennel-Lemon Risotto with Seabass and a Weingut STIFT GV DAC Reserve Maximos.

https://www.winzerhof-stift.at/ (https://www.winzerhof-stift.at/)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 31, 2020, 05:09:30 AM
Looks very inviting!  Reminds, me, I need to keep an eye on my fennel....starting to grow to a decent-size (harvested one bulb already).

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 04, 2020, 08:40:25 AM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on July 30, 2020, 11:43:35 PM
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Some #culinaryexploits: Kohlrabi-Fennel-Lemon Risotto with Seabass and a Weingut STIFT GV DAC Reserve Maximos.

Beautiful! We love fennel and kohlrabi.

Sarge
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on August 08, 2020, 06:51:31 AM
Grilled fillet of sea bream (the rest of the fish is perfect for fish stock) and basil/white wine foam with fennel & sage buttered salt potatoes & green beans à la Banducci. (DC: 2nd & F, NE, for any Washingtonian who remembers!)

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A trio of pasta(s):

red beet-cream-curry-kasuri mehti
zucchini-lemon-chevre-basil
cauliflower-orange-gorgonzola-rosemary

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on August 16, 2020, 10:44:13 AM
Buljol & coconut bake.

Saturday breakfast.

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on August 16, 2020, 10:54:49 AM
Simple summer pasta with tomaters, porcini, and a dollop of ricotta. Oh, and lots of garden herbs (basil, oregano, sage, parsley).

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on August 17, 2020, 10:06:26 AM
I see that you've been cooking up a storm!  :)  That pasta dish looks particularly inviting.  Do you blanche and peel your tomatoes and then chop then up?

Today or tomorrow I will be finishing making a tart that I love.  It's pretty easy, but oh so tasty.  I found it a number of years ago in a cookbook.  You make a simple buttery tart (including some fresh herb of your choice), let chill, roll out and place into a tart pan with a removable bottom.  Sprinkle some crumbled goat cheese over it; add sliced tomatoes (about 3 medium that you've put on a plate and blotted the seeds and a lot of the gel out of first).  Drizzle a touch of olive oil over the top, add s & p and bake!  Yum!  Thank you Mr. Bishop for that great recipe...so tasty plus it transports nicely (like to a picnic outside waiting for the live music to begin).  :)

And I'll serve it with a nice leafy green salad.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on August 24, 2020, 08:21:34 AM
Pleased to report that my friend really enjoyed the tomato and goat cheese tart (finished making it over at his house).  He's a pretty picky eater--not adventurous at all regarding trying new things.  I also made a simple light leafy green salad to go with it dressed with a sherry/mustard vinaigrette.  Had some leftover dough, so I made two small tarts:  first one was another tomato one; the second, I used a mandoline to thinly slice (lengthwise) some green zucchini and sprinkled them with a bit of salt and left on a plate next to the tomatoes to draw out some of the moisture as I was concerned that the tart shell would get too soggy.  Baked them in my toaster oven and was pleased with how they came out!  :)

Had the zucchini one with some more salad for lunch today.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: SurprisedByBeauty on August 26, 2020, 01:43:49 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on August 17, 2020, 10:06:26 AM
I see that you've been cooking up a storm!  :)  That pasta dish looks particularly inviting.  Do you blanche and peel your tomatoes and then chop then up?

Oh, how fancy do you think I am? Neither blanched nor peeled. Chopped into medium cubes and off into the pan with garlic they go. :-)

QuoteToday or tomorrow I will be finishing making a tart that I love.  It's pretty easy, but oh so tasty.  I found it a number of years ago in a cookbook.  You make a simple buttery tart (including some fresh herb of your choice), let chill, roll out and place into a tart pan with a removable bottom.  Sprinkle some crumbled goat cheese over it; add sliced tomatoes (about 3 medium that you've put on a plate and blotted the seeds and a lot of the gel out of first).  Drizzle a touch of olive oil over the top, add s & p and bake!  Yum!  Thank you Mr. Bishop for that great recipe...so tasty plus it transports nicely (like to a picnic outside waiting for the live music to begin).  :)

If I knew how to make a "simple buttery tart", I might be tempted. Perhaps a good reason to get into that.

Meanwhile:

Anglo-French Lunch w/Minute Steak w/touch of Dijon mustard, salad, pan-fries, & C-on-the-C.
And a light, young Pinot Noir to moisten the palate...

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And a glitzy lunch: A little duo of tartare (salmon-tuna-trout-wasabi-cucumber; beef-mustard-greens-shallots-quail-egg) and bruschette along w/a #Polz Winzersekt "M". A moving-in welcome!

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on August 26, 2020, 02:22:55 AM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on August 26, 2020, 01:43:49 AM
Oh, how fancy do you think I am? Neither blanched nor peeled. Chopped into medium cubes and off into the pan with garlic they go. :-)

If I knew how to make a "simple buttery tart", I might be tempted. Perhaps a good reason to get into that.

Meanwhile:

Anglo-French Lunch w/Minute Steak w/touch of Dijon mustard, salad, pan-fries, & C-on-the-C.
And a light, young Pinot Noir to moisten the palate...

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EgVkqHwXsAETqm3?format=jpg&name=medium)Another tasty-looking meal!  :)  And 'tis the season for corn on the cob!

And a glitzy lunch: A little duo of tartare (salmon-tuna-trout-wasabi-cucumber; beef-mustard-greens-shallots-quail-egg) and bruschette along w/a #Polz Winzersekt "M". A moving-in welcome!

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Regarding pastry:  do you own a food processor?  If so, it's pretty quick work (though I must admit, washing the bowl, blade, etc. of the food processor isn't my favorite part of it). If not, you can do it by hand using either a pastry blender, two forks, or a couple of diner knives.  Tips:  keep everything as cold as possible (butter barely thawed from the freezer), nice cold ice-water.  Work quickly and handle the dough as little as possible.  Also, let the dough chill in the fridge well-wrapped for at least a couple of hours before rolling it out.  Here's his (Jack Bishop's) recipe for the tart.  Note:  I have a 9-inch fluted metal tart pan with a removable bottom.  He calls for a 10-inch.  I find that I have enough dough left over for two small tarts (about 5 inches across).  Mine are a combo of a cheesecake/bundt pan (again with removable bottoms--springform type with higher sides.  I just don't push the tart dough that high up).  I use the leftover scraps for these two.  Also, I dump/scrape the dough mixture that's in the food processor out onto a piece of waxed paper.  I don't really knead it, just quickly form it into a ball/flat disc.  The reason, by the way, for working quickly and having cold ingredients is to keep the dough flakey.   :)

Personally, I like the rosemary taste to be a bit more pronounced.  Last time I put in a scant tablespoon of fresh, chopped rosemary.

https://www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/board_31/2005/MAY/30392.html

Let me know if you try it.   :)

Best wishes,

PD




Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on September 15, 2020, 12:02:55 PM
Just finished brunch at my favorite coffee shop. Excellent ham/mushroom/cheese omelet, with toast and some geat coffee.

Not fancy, but then neither am l.

Sated,

LKB
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on September 15, 2020, 04:57:04 PM
Quote from: LKB on September 15, 2020, 12:02:55 PM
Just finished brunch at my favorite coffee shop. Excellent ham/mushroom/cheese omelet, with toast and some geat coffee.

Not fancy, but then neither am l.

Sated,

LKB
Hey, I enjoy all kinds of food!  :)  Sounds lovely!  What kind of cheese did you add (if you remember)?  I make omelets pretty regularly around here.  You can get 'fancy' or not so fancy...doesn't matter if you enjoy it.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on October 25, 2020, 05:47:03 AM
Trying a new recipe today:  carnitas!  Which I don't recall ever having before, but the recipe sounded nice....and also relatively easy.  I had seen an episode on t.v. which intrigued me, but decided that it had way too many ingredients, too much garlic, etc., so I started googling and found this.

https://www.recipetineats.com/pork-carnitas-mexican-slow-cooker-pulled-pork/

If I had been better organized (and not feeling lazy yesterday afternoon/evening) I would have prepped for it, but I didn't so at 8 a.m. this morning I was out in the kitchen.  It's now in my slow cooker (starting it out on high so I won't be eating dinner late-late).  Looking forward to trying it.  I haven't made pulled pork before (any kind), but I do love it!  Supposedly, it also freezes well and can be used in various dishes and had a number of very good reviews, so fingers are crossed!   :)

So, what have the rest of you been cooking or eating lately?

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on October 28, 2020, 03:57:24 PM
Carne asada burrito.  8)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on October 29, 2020, 01:33:35 PM
Quote from: toledobass on October 28, 2020, 03:57:24 PM
Carne asada burrito.  8)
So, did you make it yourself?  Either way, what was in it?  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on October 30, 2020, 01:33:07 PM
From one of the local taquerias! (I am in Santa Cruz, Ca and am lucky to have access to some wonderful tacos and burritos!)

I got the "regular" which has your choice of meat with with rice, beans and salsa. I added cheese.

The "super" would have all of that plus lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole.

:)

Allan
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on October 30, 2020, 03:27:02 PM
Quote from: toledobass on October 30, 2020, 01:33:07 PM
From one of the local taquerias! (I am in Santa Cruz, Ca and am lucky to have access to some wonderful tacos and burritos!)

I got the "regular" which has your choice of meat with with rice, beans and salsa. I added cheese.

The "super" would have all of that plus lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole.

:)

Allan
Hi Allan!

Neat!  You're in a great area to get Mexican food.   :)  Plus new takes on the trads.  I'm envious of you. :)

All the best,

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Carlo Gesualdo on November 05, 2020, 03:44:51 PM
Austherity German food choukrouten marinated,  mushroom marinated and spinache for the last 3 days, it's not so bad trust me it is , since I was F word by a pre paid vanilla card that was hack and spend.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Carlo Gesualdo on November 05, 2020, 06:11:25 PM
Cheese st-yr fried zucchini white cheddar Know what I am doing won't reveal this  recipe of Austerity Italy but you betcha it's good  :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Carlo Gesualdo on November 05, 2020, 07:33:11 PM
Paté Chinois miam  :P
Title: Is cassoulet the best dishes in the world even if full of transfat & colesterol?
Post by: Carlo Gesualdo on November 13, 2020, 12:58:05 AM
Okay here my soft spot Cassoulet, it's a recipe made in france from france not quebec,,  it's origin unknow until now, you like duck meat you gonna get a load of duck here, duck fat, duck flesh, duck gelly and traditional yellow beans, that the stuff of emperor kings ask anyone whom ever taste good one, do you buy it all done or you make it, cassoulet lovers? out ther? hey ! what about it.

Tomorrow I am eating some whit a friend at home  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on November 24, 2020, 09:15:52 AM
Figuring out Thanksgiving dinner here:

Appetizers (not certain yet)?

Starter:  A cup of butternut squash soup that I made recently and froze.  Has a touch of heat to it so am thinking of topping it with some plain Greek yogurt, a bit of chopped cilantro and a tiny drizzle of honey

Main:  *Deborah Madison's Tossed Spinach Lasagne and Goat Cheese Gratin (haven't tried this recipe before, but 99% of the time, I've enjoyed her dishes.  This also gives me a chance at hauling out my hand-cranked pasta machine and have a go at making some fresh spinach pasta).  https://pieinthewoods.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/tossed-spinach-lasagna/

Salad:  a green salad with a simple mustard & sherry vinaigrette dressing
           trying to figure out what other veggie dish or dishes to have with it?

Dessert:  chocolate pot-de-creme with whipped cream

*or I may go old-school and do a meat lasagna as my friend is not particularly into food and is more of a meat-and-potatoes kind of guy (though he claims to have liked everything that I've inflicted upon him.  ;) :D

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on November 24, 2020, 09:46:40 AM
Sounds good, PD, although I'm not crazy about the spinach and goat cheese lasagna idea (I really dislike goat cheese or really any kind of funky tasting cheese for that matter). I'm more of an old school lasagna lover --- either a meat one or a four cheese would be my own personal preference.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on November 24, 2020, 02:21:00 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on November 24, 2020, 09:46:40 AM
Sounds good, PD, although I'm not crazy about the spinach and goat cheese lasagna idea (I really dislike goat cheese or really any kind of funky tasting cheese for that matter). I'm more of an old school lasagna lover --- either a meat one or a four cheese would be my own personal preference.
That's o.k.!  We all have different tastes.  Must admit, I love cheese:  all kinds, blue, goat, various artisanal cheeses...yum!  Out of curiosity, are you much of a veggie lover?  I don't believe that I've ever had a four-cheese lasagna.  I have had four-cheese ravioli before (which I love).  I remember years ago when I had made a spinach lasagna for my parents that they LOVED it!  Believe that the recipe was from either the Moosewood Cookbook or the Enchanted Broccoli Forest one (by Mollie Kazan).  I suspect that it was the overall cheesieness of it that they enjoyed (including using fresh mozzarella).   :)

Your mom's sweet potato soufflé sounds interesting:  recipe please.  ;D

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Dry Brett Kavanaugh on December 16, 2020, 03:46:42 PM
Does anybody like Shiitake mushrooms?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on December 17, 2020, 05:03:01 AM
Quote from: Dry Brett Kavanaugh on December 16, 2020, 03:46:42 PM
Does anybody like Shiitake mushrooms?
Yuuuuummmmmm!!!  ;D  Mushrooms overall....heavenly!  :)

Any favorite recipes using them?

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on December 17, 2020, 06:42:02 AM
What does everyone's Christmas menus look like this year? Trying anything new? My mom is making her customary shells and cheese with her meat sauce. I think we'll be having a garden salad and garlic bread as well. For dessert, I believe she mentioned a cream cheese poundcake.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on December 17, 2020, 08:38:01 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 17, 2020, 06:42:02 AM
What does everyone's Christmas menus look like this year? Trying anything new? My mom is making her customary shells and cheese with her meat sauce. I think we'll be having a garden salad and garlic bread as well. For dessert, I believe she mentioned a cream cheese poundcake.

Since you ask, John.  My girlfriend and I are doing drive by deliveries of Christmas lunch/dinner that we are preparing, to close family members (due to COVID19 restrictions).

Included on the menu:

*Roasted Turkey
*Maple glazed smoked ham
*Honey glazed carrots
*Mashed potatoes
*Mashed yams/turnips/squash mix
*Stuffing
*Cranberry sauce
*Gravy
*Tourtiere (French Canadian meat pie)

For dessert:

*Gingersnap cookies
*Lemon shortbread cookies

All homemade by us, except for the tourtiere.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on December 17, 2020, 08:48:16 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on December 17, 2020, 08:38:01 AM
Since you ask, John.  My girlfriend and I are doing drive by deliveries of Christmas lunch/dinner that we are preparing, to close family members (due to COVID19 restrictions).

Included on the menu:

*Roasted Turkey
*Maple glazed smoked ham
*Honey glazed carrots
*Mashed potatoes
*Mashed yams/turnips/squash mix
*Stuffing
*Cranberry sauce
*Gravy
*Tourtiere (French Canadian meat pie)

For dessert:

*Gingersnap cookies
*Lemon shortbread cookies

All homemade by us, except for the tourtiere.

Sounds great, Ray. Good to see you on here.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Dry Brett Kavanaugh on December 17, 2020, 07:39:45 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on December 17, 2020, 05:03:01 AM
Yuuuuummmmmm!!!  ;D  Mushrooms overall....heavenly!  :)

Any favorite recipes using them?

PD

I usually soak dried shiitake mushrooms in water for at least 8 hours, but they will become very tender after soaking 2 nights.  I remove stems before or after the soaking. Imo, the aromatic water after the soaking is more important than the mushrooms. I use the water for soup of Udon noodles, vegetable soup, etc. with the soaked mushrooms. You can add soy sauce, sake (or sugar), Hondashi (or any Dashi) into the water.  My secret is that I put a little salt on gills 15 minutes before cooking. This will eliminate the raw smell and enhance the unique taste of Shiitake mushrooms.

Also, shiitake mushrooms are great for fried rice. I add a little sesame oil, salt, and some vegetables. Plus, they are good with pastas. They maybe good for sandwiches as well, but I haven't tried it yet.  I must think about effective dressing (teriyaki plus wasabi?). If you have your own recipes, please let me know.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: 71 dB on December 22, 2020, 12:55:44 PM
Just drunk alchohol-free GLÖGI and ate one JOULUTORTTU.

These are traditional Finnish Christmas foods and drinks and very tasty. Ah, feeling the Christmas now.  :)

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Artem on December 27, 2020, 01:46:33 PM
Joulutorttu are the best!! I love Finnish pastry.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 05, 2021, 12:40:40 PM
Quote from: Dry Brett Kavanaugh on December 17, 2020, 07:39:45 PM
I usually soak dried shiitake mushrooms in water for at least 8 hours, but they will become very tender after soaking 2 nights.  I remove stems before or after the soaking. Imo, the aromatic water after the soaking is more important than the mushrooms. I use the water for soup of Udon noodles, vegetable soup, etc. with the soaked mushrooms. You can add soy sauce, sake (or sugar), Hondashi (or any Dashi) into the water.  My secret is that I put a little salt on gills 15 minutes before cooking. This will eliminate the raw smell and enhance the unique taste of Shiitake mushrooms.

Also, shiitake mushrooms are great for fried rice. I add a little sesame oil, salt, and some vegetables. Plus, they are good with pastas. They maybe good for sandwiches as well, but I haven't tried it yet.  I must think about effective dressing (teriyaki plus wasabi?). If you have your own recipes, please let me know.
Hi,

I've been thinking about your question regarding recipes and am trying to think of ones in which I've used dried shiitake mushrooms and am drawing a blank.  I've often used dried porcini mushrooms (soaking in really hot water for about 20 minutes, covered, then using removing them and using a fine-mesh strainer to remove any debris from the soaking liquid)--often in Italian recipes.  Your soups sound lovely!  I'd really like to get much better at Japanese recipes.  When you soak yours, are you using cold water?  And mushrooms with pasta are also heavenly!  :)

Also, there's a recipe that I love by Deborah Madison (I'll try and find a link to it) which uses spinach in terms of making the crêpe batter and has you make a three-layered "cake" with a spread of I believe ricotta and parmesan and various fresh herbs mixed in between the layers....and topped with a sautéed mixture of various wild mushrooms (can be in a cream sauce or using mushroom broth) along with some fresh herbs.   A fair bit of work, but oh so good!  One nice thing:  I found out that I could freeze the extra crêpes (I used some wax paper or parchment paper between them), stack them and put into a ziplock bag.  Really an excellent recipe, but not something for a regular work night.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papy Oli on January 14, 2021, 06:06:18 AM
1st attempt at home-made garlic soup earlier on for lunch. Will definitely repeat that again :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on January 14, 2021, 06:44:27 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on January 14, 2021, 06:06:18 AM
1st attempt at home-made garlic soup earlier on for lunch. Will definitely repeat that again :)

I LOVE garlic. Absolutely love it! There are hardly any savoury recipes that I don't use garlic, and whatever the recipe calls for, I usually add a couple more cloves to it.

HOWEVER, I attempted a garlic soup a few months ago (forty cloves) soup, and I was disappointed by it. I think if I try a different recipe and perhaps add a few things to it (Italian sausage), I might be more successful.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papy Oli on January 14, 2021, 06:54:53 AM
I love garlic as well but I only used about 10 cloves, that was more than enough !!  :o

A couple of large diced potatoes in a small sauce pan of vegetable stock, added some thyme. Meanwhile, roasted the cloves (with skin) inside a foil wrap with a good bit of olive oil for 15-20 minutes. Toast some bread for croutons. Peel the cloves off, add in the pan once the potatoes are soft, blend it to a velouté texture. Serve with the croutons and another drizzle of olive oil.

That was a proper hearty soup for a miserable drizzly day  ;D



     
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on January 14, 2021, 06:56:54 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on January 14, 2021, 06:54:53 AM
I love garlic as well but I only used about 10 cloves, that was more than enough !!  :o

A couple of large diced potatoes in a small sauce pan of vegetable stock, added some thyme. Meanwhile, roasted the cloves (with skin) inside a foil wrap with a good bit of olive oil for 15-20 minutes. Toast some bread for croutons. Peel the cloves off, add in the pan once the potatoes are soft, blend it to a velouté texture. Serve with the croutons and another drizzle of olive oil.

That was a proper hearty soup for a miserable drizzly day  ;D

Ahhh, perhaps the potatoes added a degree of texture that might make a difference in this one. I will keep that in mind.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 14, 2021, 06:58:03 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on January 14, 2021, 06:54:53 AM
I love garlic as well but I only used about 10 cloves, that was more than enough !!  :o

A couple of large diced potatoes in a small sauce pan of vegetable stock, added some thyme. Meanwhile, roasted the cloves (with skin) inside a foil wrap with a good bit of olive oil for 15-20 minutes. Toast some bread for croutons. Peel the cloves off, add in the pan once the potatoes are soft, blend it to a velouté texture. Serve with the croutons and another drizzle of olive oil.

That was a proper hearty soup for a miserable drizzly day  ;D



   
Sounds yummy Olivier!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 18, 2021, 04:04:38 AM
Yesterday, I made a big batch of stuffed shells.  I used Jumbo shells (normally use manicotti, but grocery store had been out of them for quite some time....why?  Don't know as they had many other types of dried pasta by the same brand!).

Filled them with a mixture of sautéed chopped mushrooms, some garlic, cooked chopped fresh spinach, ricotta, parmesan, an egg, a bit of chopped parsley, freshly grated nutmeg.  Spent ages stuffing them (but enjoyed a classical concert over the radio whilst doing it).  Baked them in a cast iron baking dish with some marinara sauce under them, more sauce on top and sprinkled some more grated parm on top.  Came out nicely and I have a bunch to freeze and was even able to share some of them with a friend.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on January 18, 2021, 04:07:13 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on January 18, 2021, 04:04:38 AM
Yesterday, I made a big batch of stuffed shells.  I used Jumbo shells (normally use manicotti, but grocery store had been out of them for quite some time....why?  Don't know as they had many other types of dried pasta by the same brand!).

Filled them with a mixture of sautéed chopped mushrooms, some garlic, cooked chopped fresh spinach, ricotta, parmesan, an egg, a bit of chopped parsley, freshly grated nutmeg.  Spent ages stuffing them (but enjoyed a classical concert over the radio whilst doing it).  Baked them in a cast iron baking dish with some marinara sauce under them, more sauce on top and sprinkled some more grated parm on top.  Came out nicely and I have a bunch to freeze and was even able to share some of them with a friend.

PD

Sounds absolutely delicious!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 18, 2021, 04:13:00 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on January 18, 2021, 04:07:13 AM
Sounds absolutely delicious!  :)
Thanks.  I was quite pleased with how they came out--which is good as it made a lot! lol  Friend was quite happy with how they came out too (I also sent him home with a salad which he complained about at the time, but enjoyed it despite himself in the end.  He keeps saying that he hates salad, but seems to like mine.  It's probably more to do with the effort of making them I suspect.  ;) ).

Do you ever make any sort of stuffed shelves ON?  If so, any favorite stuffing and/or sauce recipes?

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on January 18, 2021, 04:19:29 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on January 18, 2021, 04:13:00 AM

Do you ever make any sort of stuffed shelves ON?  If so, any favorite stuffing and/or sauce recipes?

PD

No, this I have never made. I have made stuffed green peppers once, and only because girlfriend's family had gotten a hold of a huge bulk amount of green peppers.  :D

I love a freshly made homemade salad, especially during the spring and summer with garden produce.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 18, 2021, 04:25:44 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on January 18, 2021, 04:19:29 AM
No, this I have never made. I have made stuffed green peppers once, and only because girlfriend's family had gotten a hold of a huge bulk amount of green peppers.  :D

I love a freshly made homemade salad, especially during the spring and summer with garden produce.
Like you, I probably eat more salads during the summertime when you can get wonderful vine-ripened tomatoes, etc.  I'm trying to explore more fall and winter salad recipes.  Part of the trick, though, is finding (and/or adapting) a recipe that isn't for a huge crowd or at least can keep well for several days in the fridge.

When you made your stuffed peppers, did you do a more traditional rice and ground beef recipe?  Or something more contemporary or different?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on January 18, 2021, 05:05:05 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on January 18, 2021, 04:25:44 AM
When you made your stuffed peppers, did you do a more traditional rice and ground beef recipe?  Or something more contemporary or different?

I think it is more traditional. Here is the recipe.

https://www.spendwithpennies.com/stuffed-peppers/

I think I used all ground beef, instead of ground beef/Italian sausage mix.

Caveat, skip step 3 of pre boiling the peppers. Unnecessary.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on January 19, 2021, 07:36:45 AM
Ahhhhhhh, the wonderful aroma of red peppers roasting in the oven. Bliss!

Making my girlfriend's favourite soup: Roasted Red Pepper and tomato soup.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 19, 2021, 07:56:23 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on January 19, 2021, 07:36:45 AM
Ahhhhhhh, the wonderful aroma of red peppers roasting in the oven. Bliss!

Making my girlfriend's favourite soup: Roasted Red Pepper and tomato soup.
Oooh!  That sounds nice!  What all do you put in it?  I love soups!  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on January 19, 2021, 08:23:40 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on January 19, 2021, 07:56:23 AM
Oooh!  That sounds nice!  What all do you put in it?  I love soups!  :)

PD

Yup, I make homemade soup probably once a week, minimum.

The recipe is from a Best of Bridge Sunday Suppers cookbook. I've adjusted a few things to make it my own.

General ingredients:

4 large red bell peppers (oven roasted, then peeled)

28 oz. can of diced or whole tomatoes

1 onion, diced

4 cloves of minced garlic

Tsp. of fresh thyme

salt and pepper to taste

4-5 cups of broth (vegetable, chicken, turkey or ham bone)

2 Bay leaves (always mandatory in a soup, in my opinion)

1 lb of sliced Italian sausage (optional)

1/2 cup of cream (optional)

Cut red peppers in half, place cut side down on a parchment paper or foil lined baking sheet. Roast for about 30-35 minutes at 450 F.  Let cool, then peel off skin.

Cook your sausage in Dutch oven until no longer pink. Remove from Dutch oven and set aside.

Sautée your onion and garlic for about 5 minutes. Add broth, tomatoes, thyme and bay leaves, and S&P. Bring to a simmer. Add roasted red peppers and any juices. Cover and simmer for about 20 minutes.

Remove bay leaves. Add cream. Let cool for a bit, then purée soup with an immersion blender or other blender until smooth.

Add back your Italian sausage and simmer for another 5 minutes.

Wonderful with some added croutons and grated parmesan cheese.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 19, 2021, 09:54:26 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on January 19, 2021, 08:23:40 AM
Yup, I make homemade soup probably once a week, minimum.

The recipe is from a Best of Bridge Sunday Suppers cookbook. I've adjusted a few things to make it my own.

General ingredients:

4 large red bell peppers (oven roasted, then peeled)

28 oz. can of diced or whole tomatoes

1 onion, diced

4 cloves of minced garlic

Tsp. of fresh thyme

salt and pepper to taste

4-5 cups of broth (vegetable, chicken, turkey or ham bone)

2 Bay leaves (always mandatory in a soup, in my opinion)

1 lb of sliced Italian sausage (optional)

1/2 cup of cream (optional)

Cut red peppers in half, place cut side down on a parchment paper or foil lined baking sheet. Roast for about 30-35 minutes at 450 F.  Let cool, then peel off skin.

Cook your sausage in Dutch oven until no longer pink. Remove from Dutch oven and set aside.

Sautée your onion and garlic for about 5 minutes. Add broth, tomatoes, thyme and bay leaves, and S&P. Bring to a simmer. Add roasted red peppers and any juices. Cover and simmer for about 20 minutes.

Remove bay leaves. Add cream. Let cool for a bit, then purée soup with an immersion blender or other blender until smooth.

Add back your Italian sausage and simmer for another 5 minutes.

Wonderful with some added croutons and grated parmesan cheese.
Thank you for sharing the recipe!  I don't believe that I've ever made a roasted red pepper and tomato soup though I've had it before and like it.  Personally, I'd be tempted to leave out the sausage (though I do enjoy it) and keep it vegetarian (or maybe use chicken stock vs. veggie stock).  Like you, I do make stocks quite often and like to have it on hand.  I do also have cartons on hand of various types of stock too:  chicken, beef (seldom use), vegetable and mushroom.  :)

For what its worth, I learned a trick from Jacques Pepin:  use an old milk container (this was more in the day when paper cartons were more in the use) or you could use a juice carton, open it up further and when you have extra bits of things like parsley stems, thyme, carrot ends, celery bits, onion bits, etc., add them to the container and keep it in your freezer.  Take it out when you want to make stock and add it into the pot.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on January 19, 2021, 11:01:37 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on January 19, 2021, 09:54:26 AM
Thank you for sharing the recipe!  I don't believe that I've ever made a roasted red pepper and tomato soup though I've had it before and like it.  Personally, I'd be tempted to leave out the sausage (though I do enjoy it) and keep it vegetarian (or maybe use chicken stock vs. veggie stock).

The sausage is a recent add on of my own. I make it vegetarian just as often!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on January 19, 2021, 11:08:21 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on January 19, 2021, 09:54:26 AM

For what its worth, I learned a trick from Jacques Pepin:  use an old milk container (this was more in the day when paper cartons were more in the use) or you could use a juice carton, open it up further and when you have extra bits of things like parsley stems, thyme, carrot ends, celery bits, onion bits, etc., add them to the container and keep it in your freezer.  Take it out when you want to make stock and add it into the pot.

PD

That's a good tip. I always have a large freezer bag of vegetable ends on the go (carrots, celery chunks and leaves, bits of herbs, etc) and keep it in the freezer. When the bag gets full, I take it out and make a large batch of vegetable broth or if I have cooked a chicken, turkey or ham, use the bones to combine with the vegetables to make broth.

Then I put them in various sized freezable containers (2 cup or 4 cup size), label and freeze them for future use. Since doing this, I've hardly ever bought store broth and have wasted few vegetable scraps!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 20, 2021, 03:35:13 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on January 19, 2021, 11:08:21 AM
That's a good tip. I always have a large freezer bag of vegetable ends on the go (carrots, celery chunks and leaves, bits of herbs, etc) and keep it in the freezer. When the bag gets full, I take it out and make a large batch of vegetable broth or if I have cooked a chicken, turkey or ham, use the bones to combine with the vegetables to make broth.

Then I put them in various sized freezable containers (2 cup or 4 cup size), label and freeze them for future use. Since doing this, I've hardly ever bought store broth and have wasted few vegetable scraps!  :)
GMTA!  I often freeze stock (or use it to make soup a day or two later) too.  You can also reduce it (concentrate it) to take up less space and then just add more liquid when you want to make soup (or use it in other dishes).  Do you ever poach chicken?  If so, you can also save that liquid to add when making soup.  I also like to freeze some of my soup too; nice for an easy lunch or dinner.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on January 20, 2021, 04:05:19 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on January 20, 2021, 03:35:13 AM
Do you ever poach chicken?

I don't believe I have ever poached anything before.  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 20, 2021, 05:14:23 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on January 20, 2021, 04:05:19 AM
I don't believe I have ever poached anything before.  :D
Haven't yet.  ;)  It's a great way to cook boneless, skinless chicken breasts (like for chicken salad).  I also often used to poach salmon.  Poaching eggs for brunch?  Yum!

Why not give it a shot?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 20, 2021, 06:20:19 AM
Currently cooling on a wire rack:  frittata! I had some leftover salmon and some leftover pasta and wanted to be good and use up the leftovers.  Included some chopped onion cooked in olive oil, whisked up some eggs with a bit of leftover whipping cream (naughty I know!), added eggs to pan, added in some flakes of salmon, cooked pasta, chopped parsley and dill, salt and pepper and transferred to greased cast iron gratin dish and bang into toaster oven.  Will be able to have that for breakfast, lunch or dinner over the next few days.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on January 23, 2021, 03:58:29 PM
I had an unusual sandwich for lunch: a sweet potato sandwich.  It is sweet potato, avocado, brussel sprout, lettuce, tomato and caramelized onion.

For dinner I cooked butter chicken which I've never cooked before.  I used this (https://gimmedelicious.com/wprm_print/12737) recipe using yogurt instead of cream.  It came out well, but lighter and spicier than I would get in the restaurant.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 24, 2021, 08:22:07 AM
Quote from: DavidW on January 23, 2021, 03:58:29 PM
I had an unusual sandwich for lunch: a sweet potato sandwich.  It is sweet potato, avocado, brussel sprout, lettuce, tomato and caramelized onion.

For dinner I cooked butter chicken which I've never cooked before.  I used this (https://gimmedelicious.com/wprm_print/12737) recipe using yogurt instead of cream.  It came out well, but lighter and spicier than I would get in the restaurant.
That's quite an unusual sandwich!  Did you purchase that somewhere or was it your creation?  And how did it taste?  And how were the sweet potato and Brussels sprouts cooked?

Hadn't heard of butter chicken before, but it sounds tasty!   :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on January 24, 2021, 10:56:04 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on January 24, 2021, 08:22:07 AM
Did you purchase that somewhere or was it your creation?  And how did it taste?  And how were the sweet potato and Brussels sprouts cooked?

It is from this cookbook
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91kgQEyGPHL.jpg)

The sprout isn't cooked but the sweet potato is initially microwaved and then sliced and cooked with olive oil, minced garlic and the chopped onion.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 24, 2021, 12:29:03 PM
Quote from: DavidW on January 24, 2021, 10:56:04 AM
It is from this cookbook
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91kgQEyGPHL.jpg)

The sprout isn't cooked but the sweet potato is initially microwaved and then sliced and cooked with olive oil, minced garlic and the chopped onion.
Thanks, I found the recipe here:  https://plantbasedonabudget.com/recipe/yam-and-avocado-sandwich/

I suspect though when she said "Romaine lettuce or sprouts" that she was referring to some sort of sprouted grain, etc. (as in like mung bean sprouts, alfalfa sprouts, etc.) vs. Brussels sprouts.  :)

May I ask whether or not you're vegan?  I'm not, but I do love my veggies and have enjoyed both vegetarian and vegan food.  :)  I like the idea of using yam in a sandwich.  I'll check out her other recipes.  How did you like it by the way?

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on January 24, 2021, 05:00:05 PM
Oops. Well I'm stilcking with it as it is a good addition anyway.  ;D

I'm not a vegan. But I tried it out. I go back to the cookbooks because they tend to be cheap, quick and healthy.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 25, 2021, 05:45:24 AM
Quote from: DavidW on January 24, 2021, 05:00:05 PM
Oops. Well I'm stilcking with it as it is a good addition anyway.  ;D

I'm not a vegan. But I tried it out. I go back to the cookbooks because they tend to be cheap, quick and healthy.
:laugh: Hey, if you're happy with it, that's all that matters.  ;) :)  Out of curiosity, I did a bit of googling and it seems that the original sandwich (which she mentioned on her website) also had a vegan poppy seed aioli on it.

Years ago, I tried going vegan.  Didn't last long.  There are a lot more (and I think overall better) recipes plus ingredients that one can use and find relatively easily these days (depending a bit on where one lives--at least here in the US) if one wants to pursue that lifestyle.  Not too long ago, I did try some vegan mayonnaise and also some vegan slices of cheese.  Although the cheese melted well, the taste didn't do much for me, plus looking at the nutritional information, I saw that it was 100% fat....no calcium, no protein....nada....just fat.   :(

In any event, that sandwich sounds tempting.  I'll figure out a way to make it soon (using romaine or some other lettuce).  Small household though so I'll have to figure out how to down-size the ingredient amounts without wasting food (the challenge of many recipes here).

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on January 25, 2021, 06:34:18 AM
This morning: a bagel with cream cheese, some Genoa salami (sliced paper thin) and a handful of pistachios.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on January 25, 2021, 07:57:25 AM
Vegetarian is way easier than vegan.  Vegan cheese is usually just coconut oil.  So many bread products contain dairy anyway it is just crazy.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 25, 2021, 08:42:12 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 25, 2021, 06:34:18 AM
This morning: a bagel with cream cheese, some Genoa salami (sliced paper thin) and a handful of pistachios.
One of my favorites:  toasted bagel, cream cheese, gravlax, capers, sliced tomato and scallions or red onion.  :)

Quote from: DavidW on January 25, 2021, 07:57:25 AM
Vegetarian is way easier than vegan.  Vegan cheese is usually just coconut oil.  So many bread products contain dairy anyway it is just crazy.
More options, yes.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Mirror Image on January 25, 2021, 08:48:17 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on January 25, 2021, 08:42:12 AM
One of my favorites:  toasted bagel, cream cheese, gravlax, capers, sliced tomato and scallions or red onion.  :)


Take off the gravlax and capers and I'm game! :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on January 25, 2021, 08:58:37 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 25, 2021, 06:34:18 AM
This morning: a bagel with cream cheese, some Genoa salami (sliced paper thin) and a handful of pistachios.

I like the old smoked salmon and cream cheese on an English muffin.

I've been going the bagel route in the morning as well MI.  Bagel, hummus and avocado.  It is yummy and filling!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 25, 2021, 09:28:18 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 25, 2021, 08:48:17 AM
Take off the gravlax and capers and I'm game! :D
Not a fan of gravlax?  I love it.  Easy to make too.   :)

Quote from: DavidW on January 25, 2021, 08:58:37 AM
I like the old smoked salmon and cream cheese on an English muffin.

I've been going the bagel route in the morning as well MI.  Bagel, hummus and avocado.  It is yummy and filling!
Smoked salmon is yummy too!  Your breakfast sounds nice.

I made a breakfast burrito today with reheated refried beans, some leftover rice, cheddar cheese and fresh spinach.  With a glass of OJ.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on January 30, 2021, 12:58:25 PM
On the menu tonight for supper (in the middle of being prepared):

Roast beef (4.5 lb blade roast), with mushroom and wine gravy.

Mashed potatoes, cooked carrots and Yorkshire pudding.

Side Greek style salad.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on January 30, 2021, 03:32:23 PM
Quote from: DavidW on January 25, 2021, 07:57:25 AM
Vegetarian is way easier than vegan.  Vegan cheese is usually just coconut oil.  So many bread products contain dairy anyway it is just crazy.

If you like Indian food, vegan is really easy and varied. I got this vegan Indian cookbook called Zaika and working my way through it - all simple enough if you've got the usual spices and can get a selection of lentils and veggies.

But I won't lie, I have occasionally used ghee to cook the veggies because it's just so good 😄 And I might have topped with an egg once or twice. 🤷‍♂️
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on January 30, 2021, 04:25:16 PM
I love Indian food (in fact I had it tonight) I'll have to check out this cookbook.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 31, 2021, 08:52:17 AM
Love Indian food too!  :)  Not very good at making it myself.  One of my kitchen projects!

PD

p.s.  Thanks for that cookbook title too.  I'll check it out.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on January 31, 2021, 09:16:35 AM
I think I'm going to cook egg fried rice tonight.  I'll have to see if I can find oyster sauce at the grocery store.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BWV 1080 on January 31, 2021, 09:45:49 AM
put a Picanha in the Sous Vide
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 31, 2021, 11:15:44 AM
Quote from: DavidW on January 31, 2021, 09:16:35 AM
I think I'm going to cook egg fried rice tonight.  I'll have to see if I can find oyster sauce at the grocery store.
Sounds good.  What do you either add to it or have as a side?

Quote from: BWV 1080 on January 31, 2021, 09:45:49 AM
put a Picanha in the Sous Vide
I hadn't heard of that cut before now, so I googled it.

I've been tempted to try sous vide.  What appliance do you own and how do you like it?  And what other things have you cooked with it?

Currently letting a batch of chili cook.  New recipe for me.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on January 31, 2021, 11:29:18 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on January 31, 2021, 11:15:44 AM
Currently letting a batch of chili cook.  New recipe for me.

PD

Yum, yum! I love chili.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 31, 2021, 11:34:59 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on January 31, 2021, 11:29:18 AM
Yum, yum! I love chili.  :)
I hope that it turns out well.  This is a (reasonably) quick veggie version.

I'd love to find a really good recipe for a white chicken chili.  Also, a really good one for a black/red...whatever bean chili....just one that tastes fantastic!  And would be happy here to make it from scratch.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BWV 1080 on January 31, 2021, 11:56:36 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on January 31, 2021, 11:15:44 AM
Sounds good.  What do you either add to it or have as a side?
I hadn't heard of that cut before now, so I googled it.

I've been tempted to try sous vide.  What appliance do you own and how do you like it?  And what other things have you cooked with it?

Currently letting a batch of chili cook.  New recipe for me.

PD

Hopefully no beans in the Chile

I have a basic Anova which I just use in a large stock pot.  Works great for any meat you want at a specific temperature-  chicken, pork, fish as well as red meats.   Chicken breasts at 140F/60C are great - avoids the whole 165F rubbery chicken (Food safety is temp x time and 165F is the instant kill temp for chicken, no need to actually have it get that hot, longer cooking at 140 is just as safe)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on January 31, 2021, 12:16:39 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on January 31, 2021, 11:15:44 AM
Sounds good.  What do you either add to it or have as a side?

Steamed broccoli would be great with it, but it depends on what I have on hand.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on January 31, 2021, 04:10:09 PM
So mushrooms was what I had, and that worked well.  Here is the recipe (https://aaronandclaire.com/5-minute-easy-fried-rice/).  I used peanut oil and oyster sauce.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 01, 2021, 05:19:52 AM
Quote from: BWV 1080 on January 31, 2021, 11:56:36 AM
Hopefully no beans in the Chile

I have a basic Anova which I just use in a large stock pot.  Works great for any meat you want at a specific temperature-  chicken, pork, fish as well as red meats.   Chicken breasts at 140F/60C are great - avoids the whole 165F rubbery chicken (Food safety is temp x time and 165F is the instant kill temp for chicken, no need to actually have it get that hot, longer cooking at 140 is just as safe)
Yes, beans were involved (veggie version)  ;) 8)  I know that this is anathema in places like Texas.  If you have a great meat version, I'd love to see it!  :)

Does the Anova work well for bone-in meat, chicken and/or fish?  Have you also tried batch cooking (like with multiple chicken breasts in a bag)?  And lastly, have you tried creating your own sous vide cooler?  Also, do you normally brown the food at all afterwards?

A friend of mine gave me a gift card to a nice cookware store, so could be tempting to use it on one!

PD

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BWV 1080 on February 01, 2021, 05:25:37 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on February 01, 2021, 05:19:52 AM
Yes, beans were involved (veggie version)  ;) 8)  I know that this is anathema in places like Texas.  If you have a great meat version, I'd love to see it!  :)

Does the Anova work well for bone-in meat, chicken and/or fish?  Have you also tried batch cooking (like with multiple chicken breasts in a bag)?  And lastly, have you tried creating your own sous vide cooler?  Also, do you normally brown the food at all afterwards?

A friend of mine gave me a gift card to a nice cookware store, so could be tempting to use it on one!

PD

never tried a whole bone-in chicken, have done thighs.  Do a lot of fish - but mostly filets.  You do need to brown meat after the sous vide - usually sear it on a frying pan or grill.  A bonus is the bag you cook the meat in contains all the juices so its great for a sauce
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 01, 2021, 05:26:39 AM
Quote from: DavidW on January 31, 2021, 04:10:09 PM
So mushrooms was what I had, and that worked well.  Here is the recipe (https://aaronandclaire.com/5-minute-easy-fried-rice/).  I used peanut oil and oyster sauce.
Looks yummy!  What kind of rice did you end up using?

I like the idea of a non-stick wok; I have what is called a "chef's pan" by All-clad.  It has a flat bottom and rounded sides.  https://www.all-clad.com/cookware/categories/chef-pans.html

Mine doesn't have the copper-core though.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on February 01, 2021, 05:29:05 AM
Basmati rice because I had it on hand it fits the bill of not being overly sticky.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 01, 2021, 05:32:39 AM
Quote from: BWV 1080 on February 01, 2021, 05:25:37 AM
never tried a whole bone-in chicken, have done thighs.  Do a lot of fish - but mostly filets.  You do need to brown meat after the sous vide - usually sear it on a frying pan or grill.  A bonus is the bag you cook the meat in contains all the juices so its great for a sauce
If you had a thicker cut of meat (Like a thick pork chop or a thick steak) that were bone-in, do you think that it would still work as well--and get it up to a safe temperature by the bone?

Quote from: DavidW on February 01, 2021, 05:29:05 AM
Basmati rice because I had it on hand it fits the bill of not being overly sticky.

Thanks!  I'll save the link to the page--very helpful!

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BWV 1080 on February 01, 2021, 05:58:40 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on February 01, 2021, 05:32:39 AM
If you had a thicker cut of meat (Like a thick pork chop or a thick steak) that were bone-in, do you think that it would still work as well--and get it up to a safe temperature by the bone?
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PD

Yes - bone-in pork chops or steaks work great - have done a lot of those.  You can do a whole prime rib FWIW
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 01, 2021, 06:06:29 AM
Quote from: BWV 1080 on February 01, 2021, 05:58:40 AM
Yes - bone-in pork chops or steaks work great - have done a lot of those.  You can do a whole prime rib FWIW
Getting hungry here...must make breakfast (and then start shoveling).

Do you ever have to weight-down the bags of food?  Or turn them over?

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on February 06, 2021, 06:01:13 AM
Today, making a homemade cream of mushroom soup, to keep me warm and comforted on this incredibly cold Winnipeg winter day. 🙂
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 06, 2021, 02:27:59 PM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on February 06, 2021, 06:01:13 AM
Today, making a homemade cream of mushroom soup, to keep me warm and comforted on this incredibly cold Winnipeg winter day. 🙂
Geez Louise!  We're thinking alike! lol  Today I purchased some mushrooms (had some mushroom stock on hand already), some light cream and some tarragon to make some soup (probably tomorrow).  Would love to know what you put into yours and how you think that it came out--any changes for the future, what kind of mushrooms you used, etc.  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on February 06, 2021, 04:09:33 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on February 06, 2021, 02:27:59 PM
Geez Louise!  We're thinking alike! lol  Today I purchased some mushrooms (had some mushroom stock on hand already), some light cream and some tarragon to make some soup (probably tomorrow).  Would love to know what you put into yours and how you think that it came out--any changes for the future, what kind of mushrooms you used, etc.  :)

PD

I used a combination of cremini and Portobello mushrooms, about 1 kg in total. Some fresh chopped thyme, vegetable broth, diced onion and garlic, some dry red wine, about four tablespoons of flour and some half/half cream.

At the end of cooking, I did a very short immersion blended of about ten seconds just to thicken and smooth out the soup slightly.

Delicious!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 07, 2021, 03:00:31 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on February 06, 2021, 04:09:33 PM
I used a combination of cremini and Portobello mushrooms, about 1 kg in total. Some fresh chopped thyme, vegetable broth, diced onion and garlic, some dry red wine, about four tablespoons of flour and some half/half cream.

At the end of cooking, I did a very short immersion blended of about ten seconds just to thicken and smooth out the soup slightly.

Delicious!  :)
Sounds tasty!  :)  Like you, I was thinking of pureeing some of it to thicken it a bit and also give the broth a deeper flavor.  Glad that you enjoyed your meal!

Have you ever tried pairing fresh tarragon and/or fresh marjoram with mushrooms before?

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on February 07, 2021, 03:53:04 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on February 07, 2021, 03:00:31 AM

Have you ever tried pairing fresh tarragon and/or fresh marjoram with mushrooms before?

PD

No, I haven't. I'm not familiar with using those herbs. I definitely could give them a try next time.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 07, 2021, 06:11:10 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on February 07, 2021, 03:53:04 AM
No, I haven't. I'm not familiar with using those herbs. I definitely could give them a try next time.
This is a favorite recipe of mine.  It was created by Deborah Madison (I have about six of her cookbooks--love them!).  It does take a while to make.  The crepes do freeze well though (I put some parchment paper between them).  The spinach is in the batter.  You stack them three high with layers of an herbed ricotta spread then top the whole thing off with a mushroom sauce.

https://daradoesdinner.wordpress.com/2013/09/25/spinach-crepe-cake-with-herbed-ricotta-and-mushrooms/

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on February 08, 2021, 05:27:35 AM
I cooked a little Mexican bowl. My own concoction but not at all original:

1 serving of white rice
1 can of black beans and
1 can of chipotle sauce
1 sliced avocado*
1 dollop of sour cream
some shredded mexican cheese (monterey jack etc.)
1 lb ground beef cooked with 2 tsp vegetable oil, 2 tsp chili powder, 2 tsp cumin, some salt

The avocado is per serving ditto the cheese and sour cream, this serves 4.

Also a colleague gave me some homemade Chinese dumplings that his Mother in law made.  Oh they were very good!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 08, 2021, 06:30:08 AM
Quote from: DavidW on February 08, 2021, 05:27:35 AM
I cooked a little Mexican bowl. My own concoction but not at all original:

1 serving of white rice
1 can of black beans and
1 can of chipotle sauce
1 sliced avocado*
1 dollop of sour cream
some shredded mexican cheese (monterey jack etc.)
1 lb ground beef cooked with 2 tsp vegetable oil, 2 tsp chili powder, 2 tsp cumin, some salt

The avocado is per serving ditto the cheese and sour cream, this serves 4.

Also a colleague gave me some homemade Chinese dumplings that his Mother in law made.  Oh they were very good!
When you say "1 can of chipotle sauce" are you referring to chipotles in adobo sauce?

(https://images.heb.com/is/image/HEBGrocery/001376543)Both sound tasty!  What were the dumplings filled with by the way?

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on February 08, 2021, 07:39:52 AM
Yes, that might have even have been the can.

The dumplings were stuffed with pork and corn.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 08, 2021, 10:12:19 AM
Quote from: DavidW on February 08, 2021, 07:39:52 AM
Yes, that might have even have been the can.

The dumplings were stuffed with pork and corn.
Wow, you put the whole can in?!

Now I'm getting hungry for dumplings!  I'll have to try making them sometime.  Not certain what will be for dinner tonight....

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on February 08, 2021, 01:02:23 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on February 08, 2021, 10:12:19 AM
Wow, you put the whole can in?!

Now I'm getting hungry for dumplings!  I'll have to try making them sometime.  Not certain what will be for dinner tonight....

PD

My can was smaller, I'd like to say 7 oz.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 09, 2021, 04:25:37 AM
Quote from: DavidW on February 08, 2021, 01:02:23 PM
My can was smaller, I'd like to say 7 oz.
I'm trying something new (so as to avoid wasting the leftover chipotles from my recently made vegetarian chile); I poured the extra sauce and peppers into a small plastic storage bag and put it laying down/flat in my freezer and will try breaking off a chunk when I need some more.  Next time, I might try pureeing it first.  Will see how it works!

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on February 11, 2021, 10:43:36 AM
I cooked shrimp pesto last night.  Turned out well except I accidentally burned the garlic toast.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 12, 2021, 03:41:58 AM
Quote from: DavidW on February 11, 2021, 10:43:36 AM
I cooked shrimp pesto last night.  Turned out well except I accidentally burned the garlic toast.
Shrimp with pesto sauce....yum!  Did you make your own pesto?  In the past, sometimes I tried using some sauces that one could find in the refrigerated section of grocery stores; they never taste as good as homemade.  I've also tried freezing it.  It turns an icky dark green though.

Was the toast 'scrapeable'?  :(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on February 12, 2021, 05:14:59 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on February 12, 2021, 03:41:58 AM
Shrimp with pesto sauce....yum!  Did you make your own pesto?  In the past, sometimes I tried using some sauces that one could find in the refrigerated section of grocery stores; they never taste as good as homemade.  I've also tried freezing it.  It turns an icky dark green though.

Was the toast 'scrapeable'?  :(

Just store bought.  I was too lazy to do homemade.  I have both a food processor and a blender just crying for use.  Only edges of the toast were burnt so the edges went to the dog and I enjoyed the rest.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 14, 2021, 11:10:28 AM
Inspired by someones post here, I did some googling around for a shepherd's pie recipe.  Decided to make a cottage pie instead (using beef instead of lamb).  Found this recipe.  Adjusted it a bit as I only had 1 lb. of ground beef.  In the end, I put about the same amount of veggies in there (a bit more peas and corn).  And also had to add more chicken stock.  Had hoped to share it with a friend, but he wanted to get his grocery shopping done and head on home (He has to get up very early in the morning).

The good thing:  I peeled and cut up all of the potatoes and they are sitting in a pot of water.  I also prepared all of the beef and veggie mixture and put that in the fridge.  So, all I have left to do is to make the mash, put the dish in the oven and make a salad to go with it.  :)

I pretty much went by this recipe here:  https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/shepherds-pie-recipe2-1942900

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on February 14, 2021, 11:42:42 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on February 14, 2021, 11:10:28 AM
Inspired by someones post here, I did some googling around for a shepherd's pie recipe.  Decided to make a cottage pie instead (using beef instead of lamb).  Found this recipe.  Adjusted it a bit as I only had 1 lb. of ground beef.  In the end, I put about the same amount of veggies in there (a bit more peas and corn).  And also had to add more chicken stock.  Had hoped to share it with a friend, but he wanted to get his grocery shopping done and head on home (He has to get up very early in the morning).

The good thing:  I peeled and cut up all of the potatoes and they are sitting in a pot of water.  I also prepared all of the beef and veggie mixture and put that in the fridge.  So, all I have left to do is to make the mash, put the dish in the oven and make a salad to go with it.  :)

I pretty much went by this recipe here:  https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/shepherds-pie-recipe2-1942900

PD

Sounds like it might be a delicious recipe!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 14, 2021, 11:56:02 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on February 14, 2021, 11:42:42 AM
Sounds like it might be a delicious recipe!
I'll let you know how I like it!  I'm tempted to also sauté some mushrooms to add to the meat/veggie base.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on February 14, 2021, 01:58:19 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on February 14, 2021, 11:56:02 AM
I'll let you know how I like it!  I'm tempted to also sauté some mushrooms to add to the meat/veggie base.

PD

That sounds like a splendid addition!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 15, 2021, 05:02:23 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on February 14, 2021, 01:58:19 PM
That sounds like a splendid addition!
I ended up not [tired], but still enjoyed it.  Tempted to try a vegetarian version of it at some point.

Has anyone here tried products like Beyond Meat?

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on February 15, 2021, 06:44:17 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on February 15, 2021, 05:02:23 AM
Has anyone here tried products like Beyond Meat?

PD

Yes, not a fan.  I don't like weird facsimiles. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 15, 2021, 08:38:45 AM
Just had a flour tortilla filled with some leftover roasted sweet potato and red onion (reheated) with some torn up lettuce, avocado, sliced tomato and pesto mayo for lunch...yum!  This was my reward for completing the onerous task of cleaning out the toaster oven.

Looking forward to easy leftovers for dinner tonight.   :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on February 18, 2021, 05:43:44 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on February 15, 2021, 05:02:23 AM
I ended up not [tired], but still enjoyed it.  Tempted to try a vegetarian version of it at some point.

Has anyone here tried products like Beyond Meat?

PD

Ive had a prepared beyond meat burger in a restaurant and it was very delicious. If you'd had told me it was beef I would not have suspected anything. The only letdown was the vegan cheese which is still best described, at my most generous, as 'edible'.

There are so many substitute meat products available here now it's almost a full aisle at my local supermarket. I've been trying them one by one and my observation so far is to avoid anything flavoured. Clearly they put their best efforts into the ones where they can't hide behind salt and highly processed flavouring.

Faux meat mince is useful stuff, for meatballs, lasagna etc - they've really upped their game in the texture realm so I can finally say goodbye to that soggy Quorn business!

I want to try to recreate a decent larb salad - that's a challenge as you need to get the mince really quite dry, but I think it may now be possible. 🙂
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on February 18, 2021, 05:48:36 AM
I had a 'baked zitti' for lunch. It's not a common thing here in the UK - if we bake pasta it is almost always either lasagna or tuna pasta bake.

I only encountered zitti from YouTube (and maybe mafia movies!).  It was very good - I enjoyed the ricotta element, again not commonly baked in savoury applications here.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 18, 2021, 06:47:08 AM
Quote from: Benji on February 18, 2021, 05:43:44 AM
Ive had a prepared beyond meat burger in a restaurant and it was very delicious. If you'd had told me it was beef I would not have suspected anything. The only letdown was the vegan cheese which is still best described, at my most generous, as 'edible'.

There are so many substitute meat products available here now it's almost a full aisle at my local supermarket. I've been trying them one by one and my observation so far is to avoid anything flavoured. Clearly they put their best efforts into the ones where they can't hide behind salt and highly processed flavouring.

Faux meat mince is useful stuff, for meatballs, lasagna etc - they've really upped their game in the texture realm so I can finally say goodbye to that soggy Quorn business!

I want to try to recreate a decent larb salad - that's a challenge as you need to get the mince really quite dry, but I think it may now be possible. 🙂
The few reports about B.M. have been from either food shows or morning news, etc. shows, but from what I recall, all of them have been positive in terms of taste and texture.  Tempted to give it a shot here.  I forget the name of a soy-based mozzarella-style cheese that I ate for a while many, many years ago.  It melted well, but taste-wise.....ehhh....  :(

I hadn't heard of larb before now...had to google it.

Baked ziti is yummy!  :)

Finally got around to making my cream of mushroom soup last night.  Very pleased with how it came out (and have leftovers).

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on February 18, 2021, 07:03:48 AM
Quote from: Benji on February 18, 2021, 05:48:36 AM
I had a 'baked zitti' for lunch.

Nice!  I cooked a pizza last weekend.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on February 18, 2021, 07:35:19 AM
A bologna and cheese sandwich, because sometimes I just crave bologna!  :laugh:
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on February 18, 2021, 07:55:24 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on February 18, 2021, 06:47:08 AM
The few reports about B.M. have been from either food shows or morning news, etc. shows, but from what I recall, all of them have been positive in terms of taste and texture.  Tempted to give it a shot here.  I forget the name of a soy-based mozzarella-style cheese that I ate for a while many, many years ago.  It melted well, but taste-wise.....ehhh....  :(

I hadn't heard of larb before now...had to google it.

Baked ziti is yummy!  :)

Finally got around to making my cream of mushroom soup last night.  Very pleased with how it came out (and have leftovers).

PD

Soy mozzarella... Pass! Lol
That said I am open to the idea of non dairy cheese and have tried a few but I haven't had anything that approached 'good'. Interesting that statistics show that most people who swear off meat have a corresponding swing towards dairy as if they're swapping the beef for cheese pound for pound! I have not experienced this but have promised myself I'll only have high quality, high welfare cheese, and rarely.

I also swapped cow milk for oatly, which was very easy to do. The barista oatly is so good to add to black tea, very creamy and doesn't taste starchy at all. I've successfully used it in scrambled eggs and pancake batter... But there's no escaping the butter in those recipes... Well I could but come on, one change at a time!

Mushroom soup sounds lovely - did you make it all from scratch? I found mushroom stock cubes In my local Polish deli - not to be dramatic but they are life changing Now they are my secret ingredient in a borscht.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on February 18, 2021, 07:59:26 AM
Quote from: DavidW on February 18, 2021, 07:03:48 AM
Nice!  I cooked a pizza last weekend.

Nice! Home made dough and sauce? I tried cast iron pizza a while back and it was easy and hit the spot - definitely something you could whip up mid week.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 18, 2021, 08:17:33 AM
Quote from: Benji on February 18, 2021, 07:55:24 AM
Soy mozzarella... Pass! Lol
That said I am open to the idea of non dairy cheese and have tried a few but I haven't had anything that approached 'good'. Interesting that statistics show that most people who swear off meat have a corresponding swing towards dairy as if they're swapping the beef for cheese pound for pound! I have not experienced this but have promised myself I'll only have high quality, high welfare cheese, and rarely.

I also swapped cow milk for oatly, which was very easy to do. The barista oatly is so good to add to black tea, very creamy and doesn't taste starchy at all. I've successfully used it in scrambled eggs and pancake batter... But there's no escaping the butter in those recipes... Well I could but come on, one change at a time!

Mushroom soup sounds lovely - did you make it all from scratch? I found mushroom stock cubes In my local Polish deli - not to be dramatic but they are life changing Now they are my secret ingredient in a borscht.
The mushroom stock cubes sound like something easy and nice to have on hand in the cupboard.  What brand did you purchase?  I had some of this on hand:  https://www.pacificfoods.com/our-products/broths/organic-mushroom-broth/  I like their products.  I also used some vegetable stock that I had in the freezer (left over from Christmas).  I sautéed a mixture of mushrooms in some butter and added some sprigs of fresh thyme from my plant up in the attic, s & p, added some light cream at the end.  Kept it simple.  :)  Regarding dairy, I've sometimes purchased Earth Balance spread instead of butter.  A local bakery uses it in some really really good vegan cookies.  Haven't yet tried oat milk.  Once in a while I'll use either an almond milk or a soy milk.  I've loved cheese for many years so would be hard to give it up!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on February 18, 2021, 08:27:28 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on February 18, 2021, 08:17:33 AM
The mushroom stock cubes sound like something easy and nice to have on hand in the cupboard.  What brand did you purchase?  I had some of this on hand:  https://www.pacificfoods.com/our-products/broths/organic-mushroom-broth/  I like their products.  I also used some vegetable stock that I had in the freezer (left over from Christmas).  I sautéed a mixture of mushrooms in some butter and added some sprigs of fresh thyme from my plant up in the attic, s & p, added some light cream at the end.  Kept it simple.  :)  Regarding dairy, I've sometimes purchased Earth Balance spread instead of butter.  A local bakery uses it in some really really good vegan cookies.  Haven't yet tried oat milk.  Once in a while I'll use either an almond milk or a soy milk.  I've loved cheese for many years so would be hard to give it up!

I believe they're Knorr brand from the packaging - but a Polish version.

Your recipe sounds excellent. I make something very similar but instead of cream I stir in some cream cheese and have it with gnocchi or mushroom tortellini.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 18, 2021, 08:39:15 AM
Quote from: steve ridgway on February 18, 2021, 08:24:19 AM
Real meat and dairy for me; whoever said "give us this day our daily bread" didn't understand human metabolism. ::)
Whatever works for you!  :)

Quote from: Benji on February 18, 2021, 08:27:28 AM
I believe they're Knorr brand from the packaging - but a Polish version.

Your recipe sounds excellent. I make something very similar but instead of cream I stir in some cream cheese and have it with gnocchi or mushroom tortellini.

I suspect it's this?  https://www.amazon.com/Knorr-Grzybowy-Borowikach-Mushroom-Bouillon/dp/B071NMWN9Y/ref=pd_cday0_1?pd_rd_w=wogbV&pf_rd_p=cb4d737a-aada-4d26-94bc-14266506111b&pf_rd_r=7AFYC7Q2T8DNX0KG1KPK&pd_rd_r=93505513-ab10-4201-8761-9acb5edd64e2&pd_rd_wg=whvNq&pd_rd_i=B071NMWN9Y&psc=1

I haven't made gnocchi before.  Do you make your own?  One thing that I try and keep in my freezer (extra chest freezer in the basement) are some of these.  Decent tasting and can find them on sale occasionally at my local co-op.    https://www.risingmoon.com/bmb/products/rising_moon_new

And mushroom sauce....mmmm!  ;D  I do need to make a quick trip to the grocery store today, so I'll keep an eye out for those bouillon cubes.

PD

p.s.  It's also nice to have several varieties of dried mushrooms on hand too.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: steve ridgway on February 18, 2021, 08:49:17 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on February 18, 2021, 08:39:15 AM
Whatever works for you!  :)

Oh you read it before I had second thoughts and hit delete. :-[
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on February 18, 2021, 09:03:32 AM
Quote from: steve ridgway on February 18, 2021, 08:49:17 AM
Oh you read it before I had second thoughts and hit delete. :-[

I liked the picture! I mean I still wouldn't buy margarine but if it was a genuine product that was some balsy marketing!  :laugh:
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on February 18, 2021, 09:21:44 AM
Quote from: Benji on February 18, 2021, 07:59:26 AM
Nice! Home made dough and sauce? I tried cast iron pizza a while back and it was easy and hit the spot - definitely something you could whip up mid week.

Yes I made a two ingredient dough (plain greek yogurt and self rising flour) that is quick, easy and yummy.  But this time around I did not make the sauce I just bought it.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 18, 2021, 10:44:24 AM
Quote from: DavidW on February 18, 2021, 09:21:44 AM
Yes I made a two ingredient dough (plain greek yogurt and self rising flour) that is quick, easy and yummy.  But this time around I did not make the sauce I just bought it.
I haven't tried skillet pizza before--nor self-rising flour (though I do remember eating things like--and making--Bisquick pancakes as a kid and more recently some sweet potato pancakes).

Does anyone here have any favorite salad dressing recipes?

And speaking of salads, years ago I ate at a restaurant that served a combo of Korean and Japanese food.  I fell in love with their Korean spinach salad that had a kind of light dressing and topped with sesame seeds.  It was sooo good.  I found this recipe:  https://www.betterbutter.in/recipe/20459/korean-spinach-salad/ which sounds rather like what I remembered.  Is it authentic?  And/or does anyone have a favorite recipe for it?

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on February 18, 2021, 11:39:21 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on February 18, 2021, 10:44:24 AM
I haven't tried skillet pizza before

I haven't either. ;D  I still knead the dough on a floured surface and bake in the oven.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 18, 2021, 12:20:00 PM
Quote from: DavidW on February 18, 2021, 11:39:21 AM
I haven't either. ;D  I still knead the dough on a floured surface and bake in the oven.
Sorry, I had thought that you were the one who had made a skillet pizza.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Benji on February 18, 2021, 01:01:09 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on February 18, 2021, 12:20:00 PM
Sorry, I had thought that you were the one who had made a skillet pizza.

PD

That'd be me  :D

The way I did it - make the dough mix the night before and just leave out for 18 hours or however long (this is the relaxed 'no knead' style of baking). At least an hour before you want to eat, stretch out enough dough to cover your cast iron skillet to the thickness you like and give it a nice generous coating of olive oil on both sides before laying in the pan and stretching to fit. Then you just cover it and let it rest whilst you prepare sauce and toppings. You want everything to be really dry and sliced really thinly, so saute any oily meats or watery veggies first. The pizza will cook so quickly, there is no time for anything to lose much moisture during the cooking. Preheat the oven to max.

After an hour's rest start the assembly and then you simply give the pan a two or three minute blast on the hob to brown the bottom a bit then stick it all in the oven for however long it takes to melt the cheese and get the nice blistering on the dough - ten mins or so.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 18, 2021, 01:13:35 PM
Quote from: Benji on February 18, 2021, 01:01:09 PM
That'd be me  :D

The way I did it - make the dough mix the night before and just leave out for 18 hours or however long (this is the relaxed 'no knead' style of baking). At least an hour before you want to eat, stretch out enough dough to cover your cast iron skillet to the thickness you like and give it a nice generous coating of olive oil on both sides before laying in the pan and stretching to fit. Then you just cover it and let it rest whilst you prepare sauce and toppings. You want everything to be really dry and sliced really thinly, so saute any oily meats or watery veggies first. The pizza will cook so quickly, there is no time for anything to lose much moisture during the cooking. Preheat the oven to max.

After an hour's rest start the assembly and then you simply give the pan a two or three minute blast on the hob to brown the bottom a bit then stick it all in the oven for however long it takes to melt the cheese and get the nice blistering on the dough - ten mins or so.
Ah, thanks for claiming it!  ;D  Might give it a shot.  I do own and have used a couple of pizza stones too.

Best,

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on February 21, 2021, 04:28:29 PM
Homemade chili for me.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 22, 2021, 03:44:17 AM
David,

Must be that cold weather as I made spaghetti sauce yesterday (used ground beef but added carrots and celery besides the usual onion.  I also roasted some garlic and added that in too).  :)  Made a salad adding in avocado and some shallots to go with it.  Lots of leftovers.

PD

EDIT:  I forgot how much warmer it is in your area than mine lol!  And like O.N., am curious as to what you put into your chili.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on February 22, 2021, 03:45:22 AM
Quote from: DavidW on February 21, 2021, 04:28:29 PM
Homemade chili for me.

What were your main ingredients, David?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on February 22, 2021, 05:15:56 AM
Nice PD!

Quote from: OrchestralNut on February 22, 2021, 03:45:22 AM
What were your main ingredients, David?

Chili beans, ground beef, rotel tomatoes with green chilies, onion, chili powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper.  Pretty simple.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 22, 2021, 05:26:40 AM
Quote from: DavidW on February 22, 2021, 05:15:56 AM
Nice PD!

Chili beans, ground beef, rotel tomatoes with green chilies, onion, chili powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper.  Pretty simple.
What kind of chili beans do you like to use?  And any favorite brand of chili powder?

Just made a breakfast burrito with scrambled eggs, cheddar cheese, fresh spinach and some diced avocado.  I'm happily full.  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on February 22, 2021, 06:08:39 AM
I'm not that sophisticated.  Bush's canned for the beans and nearly all my spices are McCormick's.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 22, 2021, 07:05:25 AM
Quote from: DavidW on February 22, 2021, 06:08:39 AM
I'm not that sophisticated.  Bush's canned for the beans and nearly all my spices are McCormick's.
That's fine.  Just curious as to there are those who take their chili-making very seriously.  :) ;)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on February 22, 2021, 07:08:58 AM
Quote from: DavidW on February 22, 2021, 05:15:56 AM
Nice PD!

Chili beans, ground beef, rotel tomatoes with green chilies, onion, chili powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper.  Pretty simple.

Nice. Sounds delicious. I am assuming chili beans is the same as red kidney beans?

I also add a bit of ground cumin, a diced red pepper and some sliced mushrooms to my chili and garlic cloves.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on February 22, 2021, 12:37:05 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on February 22, 2021, 07:05:25 AM
That's fine.  Just curious as to there are those who take their chili-making very seriously.  :) ;)

PD

That would be the Texans on the forum.  bwv, gurn, brian, greg etc. I'm sure they would be most disappointed that I didn't have at least a Serrano pepper!  You know one of my neighbors grows Carolina Reaper that would be an addition to remember (mostly for the bill for the ride to the ER!)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on February 25, 2021, 06:06:48 AM
Meal planning for next week (part of menu) :

Buttermilk pork chops with lemon caper sauce, and a side of rice or orzo.

Braised Greek-style beans (green beans, tomatoes, potatoes and basil) with pan fried chicken breasts or thighs.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on February 25, 2021, 07:00:32 AM
I cooked fried chicken, biscuits, and snap peas last night.  Yummy in the tummy! :P
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 25, 2021, 01:21:47 PM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on February 25, 2021, 06:06:48 AM
Meal planning for next week (part of menu) :

Buttermilk pork chops with lemon caper sauce, and a side of rice or orzo.

Braised Greek-style beans (green beans, tomatoes, potatoes and basil) with pan fried chicken breasts or thighs.
Those both sound yummy!  I suspect that the top one is from a Bridge cookbook?  :)  Where is the bottom one from?  Sounds like fasolakia (did some googling)?  Will you be serving it with feta?  I'd like to try it (I have a number of cans of tomatoes in the basement) and it sounds healthy and filling too.

Quote from: DavidW on February 25, 2021, 07:00:32 AM
I cooked fried chicken, biscuits, and snap peas last night.  Yummy in the tummy! :P
Fried chicken....yum!  And biscuits too...mmm. How do you cook your snaps?  I'm not terribly fond of them, but should try some different ways of using them.

Probably leftover spaghetti sauce with pasta and a salad for dinner tonight for me.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on February 25, 2021, 01:38:43 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on February 25, 2021, 01:21:47 PM
Fried chicken....yum!  And biscuits too...mmm. How do you cook your snaps?  I'm not terribly fond of them, but should try some different ways of using them.

It is just one of those steamer bags.  My local Thai restaurant makes great use of them... maybe try some Thai stir fry?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 25, 2021, 01:51:02 PM
Quote from: DavidW on February 25, 2021, 01:38:43 PM
It is just one of those steamer bags.  My local Thai restaurant makes great use of them... maybe try some Thai stir fry?
Thanks for the suggestion.  Must admit, I don't know Thai food at all though I'm gearing up to try a dish or two for starters.  I think that my experience at a local restaurant years ago made for a bad introduction to the food.   :(

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on February 26, 2021, 04:16:54 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on February 25, 2021, 06:06:48 AM
Meal planning for next week (part of menu) :

Buttermilk pork chops with lemon caper sauce, and a side of rice or orzo.

Braised Greek-style beans (green beans, tomatoes, potatoes and basil) with pan fried chicken breasts or thighs.

Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on February 25, 2021, 01:21:47 PM
Those both sound yummy!  I suspect that the top one is from a Bridge cookbook?  :)  Where is the bottom one from?  Sounds like fasolakia (did some googling)?  Will you be serving it with feta?  I'd like to try it (I have a number of cans of tomatoes in the basement) and it sounds healthy and filling too.


Ha ha!  :laugh:  Great guess. Yes, the pork chop recipe is from a 'Best of Bridge' cook book called 'Sunday Suppers'. It was a cookbook that my girlfriend won in a raffle draw a few years ago. She doesn't use it but I do.  :D That is where I drew upon the roasted red pepper soup that I do. Ps - I haven't tried this pork chop recipe before.

Yes, the Greek style beans is called Fasolakia. It is from a cook book called "Cook It In Your Dutch Oven" by America's Test Kitchen". It is the cook book I use most often if I am not googling a recipe online. Ps - Have not tried this one before either.

The feta sounds like a good add on at the end.

I think the Greek style beans can have a variety of different interpretations and tweaks to it. Let us know how it turns out if you try it!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 28, 2021, 12:20:21 PM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on February 25, 2021, 06:06:48 AM
Meal planning for next week (part of menu) :

Buttermilk pork chops with lemon caper sauce, and a side of rice or orzo.

Braised Greek-style beans (green beans, tomatoes, potatoes and basil) with pan fried chicken breasts or thighs.
How did your meals turn out?

Chez moi, I made a couple of eggplant parmesans.  New recipe for me.  It's a Rachael Ray one...here:  https://www.rachaelrayshow.com/recipes/italian-baked-eggplant-with-parmesan-melanzane-di-parmigiana-recipe-from-rachael-ray  Will heat it up (and melt the cheeses) a bit later...maybe a salad and some steamed broccoli to go with it?  :-\  A fair bit of work but listened to a concert on the radio whilst making it...and dishes are done...yippee!  ;D

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on March 01, 2021, 03:43:42 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on February 28, 2021, 12:20:21 PM
How did your meals turn out?

Not yet attempted. Hopefully later this week.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 01, 2021, 04:04:07 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on March 01, 2021, 03:43:42 AM
Not yet attempted. Hopefully later this week.  :)
Let us know how they turn out.  Reminds me that I bought some buttermilk to make a blue cheese dressing for salad; need to make that soon and figure out what else to do with the buttermilk!  ::)

Pleased with how the eggplant Parmesan came out; friend who also received a pyrex dish of it enjoyed it too.  Had it with the broccoli and a nice mixed green salad, so pretty healthy meal....particularly as the eggplant wasn't breaded and fried but baked with a bit of garlicky olive oil applied to it instead.  I froze the leftover sauce (only used 2 vs. 3 eggplants) for another use.

Pd
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on March 01, 2021, 04:25:35 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 01, 2021, 04:04:07 AM

Pleased with how the eggplant Parmesan came out; friend who also received a pyrex dish of it enjoyed it too.  Had it with the broccoli and a nice mixed green salad, so pretty healthy meal....particularly as the eggplant wasn't breaded and fried but baked with a bit of garlicky olive oil applied to it instead.  I froze the leftover sauce (only used 2 vs. 3 eggplants) for another use.

Pd

Glad to hear it turned out. I don't have much experience with eggplant. What are the tricks to preparing it properly?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 01, 2021, 05:00:53 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on March 01, 2021, 04:25:35 AM
Glad to hear it turned out. I don't have much experience with eggplant. What are the tricks to preparing it properly?
This recipe called for salting the eggplant (after trimming off the ends and slicing it into approximately 1/4 thick slices--also trimming off 2 sides to make flat surfaces for slicing it).  She has you put a kitchen towel on a couple of sheet pans, putting the slices on it and then apply salt to them then wait between 30 minutes to an hour to draw out some of the moisture.  I did some of the slices this way, but to make a long story short, was running out of time so skipped this step with the second eggplant.  I really didn't see much difference myself.  You might find this article to be of interest...I did.  :) https://www.bonappetit.com/story/why-is-salting-eggplant-a-thing

I'd like to try experimenting more with it myself.  Back in college days, a roommate shared a half of a baked, stuffed eggplant which she had made for a small dinner party which I remember enjoying.  Several years ago, I did discover the wondrous taste of homemade baba ghanoush...yum!  :)  Very simple too.  The hardest thing for me was stirring the tahini sauce so that the oil was relatively incorporated back into the sesame paste. lol  I'd love to try grilling it someday too to see if I can taste much difference between that and oven roasting it.  I suspect very little difference (other than not heating up the kitchen) as you roast it whole and very little of the skin gets incorporated into the dish...though you do need to stab it in a few places so that it doesn't explode when cooking it.

Googling around a bit, I found this recipe....would love to try it!  https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/baked-stuffed-eggplant-italian-sausage

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on March 01, 2021, 05:04:01 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 01, 2021, 05:00:53 AM
This recipe called for salting the eggplant (after trimming off the ends and slicing it into approximately 1/4 thick slices--also trimming off 2 sides to make flat surfaces for slicing it).  She has you put a kitchen towel on a couple of sheet pans, putting the slices on it and then apply salt to them then wait between 30 minutes to an hour to draw out some of the moisture.  I did some of the slices this way, but to make a long story short, was running out of time so skipped this step with the second eggplant.  I really didn't see much difference myself.  You might find this article to be of interest...I did.  :) https://www.bonappetit.com/story/why-is-salting-eggplant-a-thing

I'd like to try experimenting more with it myself.  Back in college days, a roommate shared a half of a baked, stuffed eggplant which she had made for a small dinner party which I remember enjoying.  Several years ago, I did discover the wondrous taste of homemade baba ghanoush...yum!  :)  Very simple too.  The hardest thing for me was stirring the tahini sauce so that the oil was relatively incorporated back into the sesame paste. lol  I'd love to try grilling it someday too to see if I can taste much difference between that and oven roasting it.  I suspect very little difference (other than not heating up the kitchen) as you roast it whole and very little of the skin gets incorporated into the dish...though you do need to stab it in a few places so that it doesn't explode when cooking it.

Googling around a bit, I found this recipe....would love to try it!  https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/baked-stuffed-eggplant-italian-sausage

PD

Excellent, thanks for those tips! Might even try that recipe you posted one day as you know I love Italian sausage.  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 01, 2021, 05:22:06 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on March 01, 2021, 05:04:01 AM
Excellent, thanks for those tips! Might even try that recipe you posted one day as you know I love Italian sausage.  :D
I do love my vegetables and a number of vegetarian dishes that I've tried and/or made over the years; hard for me to totally give up meat, however, as I do so enjoy it!  Fish, chicken, etc. too.  I did also find an easy vegetarian stuffed eggplant recipe that looks tempting here:  https://www.themediterraneandish.com/vegetarian-stuffed-eggplant/

As much as I can easily spend hours cooking away, it's nice to have some quicker/less "hands on" recipes too! https://www.themediterraneandish.com/vegetarian-stuffed-eggplant/  And I normally have canned chickpeas and cous cous on hand too.  ;)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on March 01, 2021, 05:31:35 AM
I cooked a vegetarian korma.  I used a store bought jar of korma sauce.  It was very bland.  But then I added lime juice, ginger, curry powder, onion powder, garlic powder and mustard seeds and then it tasted much better.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on March 01, 2021, 05:40:39 AM
Quote from: DavidW on March 01, 2021, 05:31:35 AM
I cooked a vegetarian korma.  I used a store bought jar of korma sauce.  It was very bland.  But then I added lime juice, ginger, curry powder, onion powder, garlic powder and mustard seeds and then it tasted much better.

Ohhhhhhhh, a high quality vegetable korma is so delicious. But I do find them to be hit and miss when ordering from various Indian restaurants. Some can be very bland or too much on the sweet side for me. Making it myself has never proved satisfactory.  :-[
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on March 01, 2021, 05:42:49 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on March 01, 2021, 05:40:39 AM
Ohhhhhhhh, a high quality vegetable korma is so delicious. But I do find them to be hit and miss when ordering from various Indian restaurants. Some can be very bland or too much on the sweet side for me. Making it myself has never proved satisfactory.  :-[

I don't think I did a great job, it was more like serviceable.  But I wasn't in the mood for any kind of meat.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 01, 2021, 06:10:01 AM
Quote from: DavidW on March 01, 2021, 05:31:35 AM
I cooked a vegetarian korma.  I used a store bought jar of korma sauce.  It was very bland.  But then I added lime juice, ginger, curry powder, onion powder, garlic powder and mustard seeds and then it tasted much better.
Must admit, most of the times that I've given in and purchased store-bought sauces, I've been disappointed..also with things like salad dressings.  They are convenient though.  What do you gents think of this recipe (just ran across) it in terms of how you think that it would taste.  The fact that the author says that it would work for the whole family leads me to believe that it might be a bit bland.  https://veganheaven.org/recipe/vegetable-korma/

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on March 01, 2021, 06:21:52 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 01, 2021, 06:10:01 AM
Must admit, most of the times that I've given in and purchased store-bought sauces, I've been disappointed..also with things like salad dressings.  They are convenient though.  What do you gents think of this recipe (just ran across) it in terms of how you think that it would taste.  The fact that the author says that it would work for the whole family leads me to believe that it might be a bit bland.  https://veganheaven.org/recipe/vegetable-korma/

PD

Looks promising, probably worth a try and can always tweak the recipe to make it less bland if that is the initial result. Seems like a good base recipe.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 01, 2021, 08:17:09 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on March 01, 2021, 06:21:52 AM
Looks promising, probably worth a try and can always tweak the recipe to make it less bland if that is the initial result. Seems like a good base recipe.
Will look around a bit more.  It does seem pretty easy though.

Just made a couple of different dishes at the same time:  a chicken and onion quesadilla (for breakfast/brunch really).  I had a container of mushrooms that was in the use-it-or-lose-it stage, so...I made a quick cream of mushroom soup using some leftover chicken stock, some water, grabbed a few dried mushrooms that I had (soaked them in hot water)....some softened onion cooked with mushrooms and a few cloves of leftover roasted garlic.  Plunked it all into blender and then poured it into a pot, added some sprigs of fresh thyme, s&p, some water and cooked it over stovetop for a while.   It's now cooling.  Will add some light cream when I go to reheat it.

Dish duty in a bit....

PD

p.s. Enjoyed listening to a wonderful recording of Chopin's PC No. 2 whilst cooking too!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on March 01, 2021, 08:18:50 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 01, 2021, 08:17:09 AM
Will look around a bit more.  It does seem pretty easy though.

Just made a couple of different dishes at the same time:  a chicken and onion quesadilla (for breakfast/brunch really).  I had a container of mushrooms that was in the use-it-or-lose-it stage, so...I made a quick cream of mushroom soup using some leftover chicken stock, some water, grabbed a few dried mushrooms that I had (soaked them in hot water)....some softened onion cooked with mushrooms and a few cloves of leftover roasted garlic.  Plunked it all into blender and then poured it into a pot, added some sprigs of fresh thyme, s&p, some water and cooked it over stovetop for a while.   It's now cooling.  Will add some light cream when I go to reheat it.

Dish duty in a bit....

PD

p.s. Enjoyed listening to a wonderful recording of Chopin's PC No. 2 whilst cooking too!  :)

Ohhh, nothing quite as yummy as a homemade cream of mushroom soup!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 01, 2021, 08:59:33 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on March 01, 2021, 08:18:50 AM
Ohhh, nothing quite as yummy as a homemade cream of mushroom soup!  :)
I was really happy with my last concoction (soup)..thanks to you inspiring me to make some (so much better than any boxed soup!).  This is a bit different than my last one.  It smells really good though.  I'll give it a taste when I go to heat it up and add the cream.  Handy to have those dried mushrooms on hand to give it a flavor boost.

KP duty is done too!  :)

PD

p.s.  Weather-wise here, it's overcast with snow in the future so another good reason for making soup.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on March 01, 2021, 09:02:43 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 01, 2021, 08:59:33 AM
Handy to have those dried mushrooms on hand to give it a flavor boost.

I should have dried mushrooms on hand.  I've heard it is a great flavour boost enhancer for soup (and for making soup stock/broth as well).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 01, 2021, 09:10:30 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on March 01, 2021, 09:02:43 AM
I should have dried mushrooms on hand.  I've heard it is a great flavour boost enhancer for soup (and for making soup stock/broth as well).
I have a recipe for a pork bolognese which calls for dried porcini mushrooms..yummy!  It's a clever way of using leftover pork.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on March 01, 2021, 09:46:52 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 01, 2021, 06:10:01 AM
Must admit, most of the times that I've given in and purchased store-bought sauces, I've been disappointed..also with things like salad dressings.  They are convenient though.  What do you gents think of this recipe (just ran across) it in terms of how you think that it would taste.  The fact that the author says that it would work for the whole family leads me to believe that it might be a bit bland.  https://veganheaven.org/recipe/vegetable-korma/

PD

Looks great but cashews are expensive.  So even though store-bought sauce isn't great, it is way cheaper!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 01, 2021, 10:02:05 AM
Quote from: DavidW on March 01, 2021, 09:46:52 AM
Looks great but cashews are expensive.  So even though store-bought sauce isn't great, it is way cheaper!
I wouldn't think that a half of a cup would be that bad cost-wise?  Granted nuts aren't cheap.  Do you have a co-op nearby?  Those are nice because you can buy exactly what you need.  :)  And the recipe serves 4.  May I ask what sauce you purchased?

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 01, 2021, 10:06:50 AM
Had a good laugh when I saw this:

(http://tedwordsblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/hilary-price-cartoon.png?w=640&resize=640%2C267)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BWV 1080 on March 01, 2021, 10:42:05 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 01, 2021, 06:10:01 AM
Must admit, most of the times that I've given in and purchased store-bought sauces, I've been disappointed..also with things like salad dressings.  They are convenient though.  What do you gents think of this recipe (just ran across) it in terms of how you think that it would taste.  The fact that the author says that it would work for the whole family leads me to believe that it might be a bit bland.  https://veganheaven.org/recipe/vegetable-korma/

PD

Looks good - no chiles (other than the little bit in the garam masala) so that is why they are likely saying its for the whole family.  I have found that using stick C. verum or Ceylon cinnamon (dont need to be that precise, just toss a stick in the curry), vs the more common cassia really makes a difference - likewise whole green cardamon (the seeds from the pod)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BWV 1080 on March 01, 2021, 10:45:56 AM
Speaking of garam masala, coated some prime NY strips with a mix  of virgin (not toasted) sesame oil and ginger/garlic paste then a dry rub of salt, pepper and garam masala and threw them on the grill - turned out really nice
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 01, 2021, 12:12:40 PM
Quote from: BWV 1080 on March 01, 2021, 10:45:56 AM
Speaking of garam masala, coated some prime NY strips with a mix  of virgin (not toasted) sesame oil and ginger/garlic paste then a dry rub of salt, pepper and garam masala and threw them on the grill - turned out really nice
So did you marinate the steaks first in the sesame oil and ginger garlic paste, wipe it off and then apply the dry rub?  And what did you serve with it?

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on March 01, 2021, 12:32:49 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 01, 2021, 10:02:05 AM
I wouldn't think that a half of a cup would be that bad cost-wise?  Granted nuts aren't cheap.  Do you have a co-op nearby?  Those are nice because you can buy exactly what you need.  :)  And the recipe serves 4.  May I ask what sauce you purchased?

PD

No I do not have a co-op and actually no stores here sell raw cashews.  I have to order them online and we are talking $10-20.  Not cheap at all.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on March 01, 2021, 12:33:42 PM
Quote from: BWV 1080 on March 01, 2021, 10:45:56 AM
Speaking of garam masala, coated some prime NY strips with a mix  of virgin (not toasted) sesame oil and ginger/garlic paste then a dry rub of salt, pepper and garam masala and threw them on the grill - turned out really nice

That sounds great!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BWV 1080 on March 01, 2021, 12:44:24 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 01, 2021, 12:12:40 PM
So did you marinate the steaks first in the sesame oil and ginger garlic paste, wipe it off and then apply the dry rub?  And what did you serve with it?

No, marinating (other than brining) is BS, it does nothing :

QuoteWe took boneless skinless chicken breasts in four different marinades: soy, yogurt, red wine, and lemon and garlic. We left them in there for 18 hours. After that time, the marinade had penetrated less than between 1-3 millimeters, which is less than a tenth of an inch, and that's after 18 hours. We took the chicken breasts, shaved off the amount the marinade had gone in – the outer three milliliters – and roasted them along with other chicken breasts that had not been marinated. We had people taste them. No one could taste any difference at all.

https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2017/06/02/food-myths-busted-by-americas-test-kitchen-marinating-basting-and-boiling

Just applied the rub directly on the oil / ginger /garlic

Did some asparagus the same way and grilled it with the steaks
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 01, 2021, 01:02:59 PM
Quote from: DavidW on March 01, 2021, 12:32:49 PM
No I do not have a co-op and actually no stores here sell raw cashews.  I have to order them online and we are talking $10-20.  Not cheap at all.
Sorry to hear that David.  :(  One suggestion (if you don't already do it):  I often freeze nuts/seeds to prolong their shelf life.  And, yes, you need to do what suits your budget.  :)

Best wishes,

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on March 01, 2021, 02:04:02 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 01, 2021, 01:02:59 PM
Sorry to hear that David.  :(  One suggestion (if you don't already do it):  I often freeze nuts/seeds to prolong their shelf life.  And, yes, you need to do what suits your budget.  :)

Best wishes,

PD

Clever, I'll remember that!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Stürmisch Bewegt on March 01, 2021, 03:54:43 PM
In answer to this thread's question:  sadly, nothing.  Six or so months ago I gave up dinners and retreated to two meals per day for weight control, better sleep, and concession to old age (just not needing that many calories).  Does it work?  Yup.  And I'm not hungry every night around this time (just most nights... :'()
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 02, 2021, 02:04:47 AM
Quote from: Stürmisch Bewegt on March 01, 2021, 03:54:43 PM
In answer to this thread's question:  sadly, nothing.  Six or so months ago I gave up dinners and retreated to two meals per day for weight control, better sleep, and concession to old age (just not needing that many calories).  Does it work?  Yup.  And I'm not hungry every night around this time (just most nights... :'()
What about eating a small evening meal or healthy snack?  And one preferably at least three hours before bedtime?  And as far as this thread goes, in my opinion anyway, it doesn't have to be just about dinner/your evening meal.   :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Stürmisch Bewegt on March 02, 2021, 04:42:09 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 02, 2021, 02:04:47 AM
What about eating a small evening meal or healthy snack?  And one preferably at least three hours before bedtime?  And as far as this thread goes, in my opinion anyway, it doesn't have to be just about dinner/your evening meal.   :)

Thanks, PD, actually I've tried that - eating just a small snack - but the system (mine and its) works best with nothing (more than anything I think it's the recollection of getting three squares a day that primes the appetite during the dinner hour).  It does mean I eat a bit more than I did back in the day for breakfast and lunch.  I'll respond to this thread during lunch! 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on March 02, 2021, 05:29:35 AM
Quote from: Stürmisch Bewegt on March 01, 2021, 03:54:43 PM
In answer to this thread's question:  sadly, nothing.  Six or so months ago I gave up dinners and retreated to two meals per day for weight control, better sleep, and concession to old age (just not needing that many calories).  Does it work?  Yup.  And I'm not hungry every night around this time (just most nights... :'()

I think I would trade dinner for a solid night's sleep.  Sounds good.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MusicTurner on March 02, 2021, 01:07:03 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 01, 2021, 08:17:09 AM
Will look around a bit more.  It does seem pretty easy though.

Just made a couple of different dishes at the same time:  a chicken and onion quesadilla (for breakfast/brunch really).  I had a container of mushrooms that was in the use-it-or-lose-it stage, so...I made a quick cream of mushroom soup using some leftover chicken stock, some water, grabbed a few dried mushrooms that I had (soaked them in hot water)....some softened onion cooked with mushrooms and a few cloves of leftover roasted garlic.  Plunked it all into blender and then poured it into a pot, added some sprigs of fresh thyme, s&p, some water and cooked it over stovetop for a while.   It's now cooling.  Will add some light cream when I go to reheat it.

Dish duty in a bit....

PD

p.s. Enjoyed listening to a wonderful recording of Chopin's PC No. 2 whilst cooking too!  :)

Nice!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on March 03, 2021, 04:12:10 AM
PD,

The fasolakia (Greek beans) was very good. Probably will be even better tonight since they have had a chance of settling the flavours longer.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 03, 2021, 04:45:09 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on March 03, 2021, 04:12:10 AM
PD,

The fasolakia (Greek beans) was very good. Probably will be even better tonight since they have had a chance of settling the flavours longer.
Nice!  Would you mind sharing the recipe?  :)

I just found this recipe.  I'm going to make it but for breakfast.  Thinking of how to spice up the beans a bit (and also heating them up):  https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/sweet-potato-black-bean-burritos

I have everything except for the white cheddar; however, I do have some other cheeses including a different type of cheddar which I think will still work with it.  Off to chop up the yams and get them cooking.....
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: steve ridgway on March 03, 2021, 08:07:23 AM
Quote from: Stürmisch Bewegt on March 01, 2021, 03:54:43 PM
In answer to this thread's question:  sadly, nothing.  Six or so months ago I gave up dinners and retreated to two meals per day for weight control, better sleep, and concession to old age (just not needing that many calories).  Does it work?  Yup.  And I'm not hungry every night around this time (just most nights... :'()

Yeah, if you can get the two meals within an 8 hour period the 16 hour fast will really give your insulin levels time to drop down.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on March 03, 2021, 10:48:53 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 03, 2021, 04:45:09 AM
Nice!  Would you mind sharing the recipe?  :)

Mediterranean Braised Green Beans with Potatoes and Basil

GATHER YOUR INGREDIENTS
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 onion, chopped fine
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 teaspoons dried oregano
1 ½ cups water
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 ½ pounds green beans, trimmed and cut into 2- to 3-inch lengths
1 pound Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes drained with juice reserved, chopped coarse
2 teaspoons salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
3 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
2 teaspoons lemon juice

INSTRUCTIONS
Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 275 degrees. Heat oil in Dutch oven over medium heat until shimmering. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Add garlic and oregano; cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add water, baking soda, green beans, and potatoes and bring to simmer. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes. Stir in tomato paste, tomatoes and their juice, salt, and pepper.


Cover pot, transfer to oven, and cook until sauce is slightly thickened and green beans and potatoes can be easily cut with side of fork, 40 to 50 minutes. Stir in basil and lemon juice and serve warm or at room temperature.


FYI, I also added two bay leaves and doubled the garlic, both of which are standard for me. I also used vegetable broth instead of water.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 03, 2021, 11:06:48 AM
Quote from: BWV 1080 on March 01, 2021, 12:44:24 PM
No, marinating (other than brining) is BS, it does nothing :

https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2017/06/02/food-myths-busted-by-americas-test-kitchen-marinating-basting-and-boiling

Just applied the rub directly on the oil / ginger /garlic

Did some asparagus the same way and grilled it with the steaks
I guess that I would have thought that you would have either applied the dry rub first and let it sit for awhile and then the wet, or wiped off the marinade and then apply the dry?  Wonder what the tasters would have thought of the chicken if they hadn't removed the outer (marinaded meat) in terms of taste?  By the way, today I watch a t.v. segment in which a chef of Indian descent scored pieces of chicken to let the marinade/spices really get into the pieces of boneless chicken.  It was for an at home version of chicken tandoori.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 03, 2021, 11:26:31 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on March 03, 2021, 10:48:53 AM
Mediterranean Braised Green Beans with Potatoes and Basil

GATHER YOUR INGREDIENTS
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 onion, chopped fine
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 teaspoons dried oregano
1 ½ cups water
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 ½ pounds green beans, trimmed and cut into 2- to 3-inch lengths
1 pound Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes drained with juice reserved, chopped coarse
2 teaspoons salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
3 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
2 teaspoons lemon juice

INSTRUCTIONS
Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 275 degrees. Heat oil in Dutch oven over medium heat until shimmering. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Add garlic and oregano; cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add water, baking soda, green beans, and potatoes and bring to simmer. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes. Stir in tomato paste, tomatoes and their juice, salt, and pepper.


Cover pot, transfer to oven, and cook until sauce is slightly thickened and green beans and potatoes can be easily cut with side of fork, 40 to 50 minutes. Stir in basil and lemon juice and serve warm or at room temperature.


FYI, I also added two bay leaves and doubled the garlic, both of which are standard for me. I also used vegetable broth instead of water.
Thank you!  By the way, did you add fresh or dried bay leaves?  I'm curious to hear as to how you like the leftovers and whether or not you would change anything if you made it again?

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BWV 1080 on March 03, 2021, 11:27:03 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 03, 2021, 11:06:48 AM
I guess that I would have thought that you would have either applied the dry rub first and let it sit for awhile and then the wet, or wiped off the marinade and then apply the dry?  Wonder what the tasters would have thought of the chicken if they hadn't removed the outer (marinaded meat) in terms of taste?  By the way, today I watch a t.v. segment in which a chef of Indian descent scored pieces of chicken to let the marinade/spices really get into the pieces of boneless chicken.  It was for an at home version of chicken tandoori.

But you want the dry rub to create a 'crust' when you grill it.

From reading the article I linked, I dont think the marinade gets into the chicken any better than if you just coat it right before you cook (again unless it is a brine, which I dont think the traditional tandoori is)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on March 03, 2021, 11:30:19 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 03, 2021, 11:26:31 AM
Thank you!  By the way, did you add fresh or dried bay leaves?  I'm curious to hear as to how you like the leftovers and whether or not you would change anything if you made it again?

PD

I added dry bay leaves. I always thought that was how they came? 😂

I would cut my potatoes a little smaller (mine were a little bit bigger than an inch cubed), because I had to add a bit of cooking time to soften the potatoes more.

Some different fasolakia recipes call for some cumin, so I might consider adding some next time around.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 03, 2021, 11:39:07 AM
Quote from: BWV 1080 on March 03, 2021, 11:27:03 AM
But you want the dry rub to create a 'crust' when you grill it.

From reading the article I linked, I dont think the marinade gets into the chicken any better than if you just coat it right before you cook (again unless it is a brine, which I dont think the traditional tandoori is)
Sorry, but I, and I should have mentioned this earlier, I guess I thought that you would have used one vs. the other.  I'm trying to think of any recipes that I've seen before which called for both.  From what I recall, it's been one vs. the other.  Trying to think of any recipes that I've seen that have called for both.  :-\  I remember a recipe that my mother used to make for a London broil which had a wet marinade, but you could taste it in the steak and see it too (and no it didn't penetrate it far, but you could still taste it).

Best,

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on March 06, 2021, 07:58:17 AM
Not eating per se, but making a big batch of vegetable broth at the moment. The house smells divine!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 06, 2021, 01:56:36 PM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on March 06, 2021, 07:58:17 AM
Not eating per se, but making a big batch of vegetable broth at the moment. The house smells divine!  :)
Homemade veggie broth is great!  What do you like to put into yours and about how long do you cook it for?

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on March 07, 2021, 05:07:50 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 06, 2021, 01:56:36 PM
Homemade veggie broth is great!  What do you like to put into yours and about how long do you cook it for?

PD

Yesterday's batch made about 6.5 quarts of broth, which I split between four cup containers and two cup containers. Handy for many recipes.

I put about three or four onions, four smashed garlic cloves, teaspoon each of peppercorns, thyme, oregano and parsley. Celery, leeks, two tomatoes, carrots, an ounce or so of dried mushrooms and bay leaves, usually four.

Simmer for about 90 minutes.

I'll also sometimes add (but only sparingly) a few broccoli stems, bell peppers, and other odds and ends.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 07, 2021, 10:37:04 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on March 07, 2021, 05:07:50 AM
Yesterday's batch made about 6.5 quarts of broth, which I split between four cup containers and two cup containers. Handy for many recipes.

I put about three or four onions, four smashed garlic cloves, teaspoon each of peppercorns, thyme, oregano and parsley. Celery, leeks, two tomatoes, carrots, an ounce or so of dried mushrooms and bay leaves, usually four.

Simmer for about 90 minutes.

I'll also sometimes add (but only sparingly) a few broccoli stems, bell peppers, and other odds and ends.
I suspect that you end with up about a gallon by the end?  And sounds good!  I often save up veggie and herb scraps in a container in the freezer to add to the pot (for either chicken or veggie stock) and supplement from there.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on March 07, 2021, 10:43:12 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 07, 2021, 10:37:04 AM
I suspect that you end with up about a gallon by the end?  And sounds good!  I often save up veggie and herb scraps in a container in the freezer to add to the pot (for either chicken or veggie stock) and supplement from there.

That's exactly what I do as well. The only things I usually end up adding is the onions and garlic and tomato, with whatever I had accumulated for the scrap bag in the freezer.

Ended up with about 1.5, gallons or roughly 6.5 quarts.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 16, 2021, 11:23:30 AM
I made some homemade tomato soup (using oven roasted tomatoes and garlic), fresh herbs and finishing it with light cream and some finely shredded fresh basil.  Had it with a toasty and cheesy grilled cheese (made in a cast-iron pan).  Very pleased with how the soup came out.  Off now to put away the leftovers.  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on March 16, 2021, 11:25:19 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 16, 2021, 11:23:30 AM
I made some homemade tomato soup (using oven roasted tomatoes and garlic), fresh herbs and finishing it with light cream and some finely shredded fresh basil.  Had it with a toasty and cheesy grilled cheese (made in a cast-iron pan).  Very pleased with how the soup came out.  Off now to put away the leftovers.  :)

PD

Oh yummy!  That sounds delicious.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 20, 2021, 09:23:36 AM
Spent the morning poaching a whole chicken, shredding it, and am now reducing the stock.  Then off to the dump in a bit to get rid of the bones, etc.  Hope to make a new recipe for a non-authentic Indian curry which has apples and chicken in it tomorrow.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Stürmisch Bewegt on April 02, 2021, 10:28:35 AM
Making a tasty and inexpensive treat of my own invention (inspired by ice cream sandwiches): between two graham crackers we slather yogurt (citrus flavors work best, lime or lemon, Noosa works esp. well) and arrange in shallow glass pans, cover, and place in freezer.  Ready in a coupla hours.  Wife sez I'm a genius.   
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on April 02, 2021, 11:11:48 AM
Quote from: Stürmisch Bewegt on April 02, 2021, 10:28:35 AM
Making a tasty and inexpensive treat of my own invention (inspired by ice cream sandwiches): between two graham crackers we slather yogurt (citrus flavors work best, lime or lemon, Noosa works esp. well) and arrange in shallow glass pans, cover, and place in freezer.  Ready in a coupla hours.  Wife sez I'm a genius.   

Nice!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on April 02, 2021, 12:33:19 PM
Quote from: Stürmisch Bewegt on April 02, 2021, 10:28:35 AM
Making a tasty and inexpensive treat of my own invention (inspired by ice cream sandwiches): between two graham crackers we slather yogurt (citrus flavors work best, lime or lemon, Noosa works esp. well) and arrange in shallow glass pans, cover, and place in freezer.  Ready in a coupla hours.  Wife sez I'm a genius.   
Smart idea!  :)

Wasn't familiar with Noosa however, so I googled it.  Found it a bit strange that it contains gelatin (from cows) and also tapioca starch.   :-\  How would you describe the taste, texture and thickness of it?  Just curious.  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on April 02, 2021, 03:02:10 PM
What are you all going to have for Easter dinner?  I was thinking baked salmon and asparagus.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Stürmisch Bewegt on April 02, 2021, 03:19:16 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on April 02, 2021, 12:33:19 PM
Smart idea!  :)

Wasn't familiar with Noosa however, so I googled it.  Found it a bit strange that it contains gelatin (from cows) and also tapioca starch.   :-\  How would you describe the taste, texture and thickness of it?  Just curious.  :)
PD

THANK YOU, PD, for being on the case:  I'm a (lacto-ovo) vegetarian and should not be eating that stuff!  :o  Have to look around now for something else.  ( Liberté yogurt, from Canada, is quite good, though expensive and hard-to-find here).  Most of Noosa's flavors are a happy combo of sweet and tart, and quite creamy.  A little heavier on the calorie side, but judged it worthwhile.  And they have something unique in yogurt, that I've seen anyway: strawberry rhubarb. Quite yum, but now off the menu.   :'(

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on April 10, 2021, 03:45:38 PM
Quote from: Stürmisch Bewegt on April 02, 2021, 03:19:16 PM
THANK YOU, PD, for being on the case:  I'm a (lacto-ovo) vegetarian and should not be eating that stuff!  :o  Have to look around now for something else.  ( Liberté yogurt, from Canada, is quite good, though expensive and hard-to-find here).  Most of Noosa's flavors are a happy combo of sweet and tart, and quite creamy.  A little heavier on the calorie side, but judged it worthwhile.  And they have something unique in yogurt, that I've seen anyway: strawberry rhubarb. Quite yum, but now off the menu.   :'(
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news...I hadn't intended to but admit that I was surprised that it contained gelatin (as I hadn't seen that in yogurt products before).  Apologies for 'bursting your bubble'.  :(

Quote from: ultralinear on April 10, 2021, 02:55:05 AM
The jar of sauerkraut which has been fermenting quietly under my desk for the past fortnight has just exploded.  Blew the top right off.  Made a hell of a bang. :o

TBH I had forgotten all about it, hadn't vented it for at least a week, so it is my own fault. ::)

Fortunately it was inside a strong rubble sack - to keep out the light - which contained the blast, so my precious NAS drives etc weren't drenched in stinking fluid. :)

On the plus side, I can't wait to taste this one, looks like it should be good. ;D
Oh, my!!!  Haven't tried to make it before now, but from what I've heard, you need to "burp them" regularly.  Hope that it's still safe to eat?  I don't know much about how to figure out these kind of things.  If don't know, best to throw out me thinks.  Good luck!

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: steve ridgway on May 02, 2021, 08:45:28 PM
Deep fried Colin the Caterpillar cake - Not! ???

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-56955873 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-56955873)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on May 04, 2021, 10:18:30 AM
Quote from: steve ridgway on May 02, 2021, 08:45:28 PM
Deep fried Colin the Caterpillar cake - Not! ???

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-56955873 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-56955873)
Nope!

Had a decent lunch here at home today...a sandwich!  Used a small chiabatta loaf cut in half.  Had some leftover tzikis sauce (after warming the bread)--slathered some over top and bottom.  Sliced some tomato, thinly sliced red onion, slices of fresh mozzarella and topped with a few leaves of Thai basil (trying to use it up) and a few handfuls of arugula leaves.  Hit the spot!

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on May 24, 2021, 12:21:59 PM
How the love of food lead to one criminal's downfall:  https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-57226165
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: VonStupp on June 07, 2021, 06:58:07 AM
The girls and I are going to attempt this Grape Balsamic Caramel Cake today. Should I be concerned about the 20 tbsp. of butter?!?

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on June 07, 2021, 07:02:26 AM
Quote from: VonStupp on June 07, 2021, 06:58:07 AM
The girls and I are going to attempt this Grape Balsamic Caramel Cake today. Should I be concerned about the 20 tbsp. of butter?!?

(https://www.piesandtacos.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/grape-balsamic-caramel-cake-30.jpg)

My only concern would be if you have included enough butter.  :D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on June 07, 2021, 07:17:31 AM
Quote from: VonStupp on June 07, 2021, 06:58:07 AM
The girls and I are going to attempt this Grape Balsamic Caramel Cake today. Should I be concerned about the 20 tbsp. of butter?!?

(https://www.piesandtacos.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/grape-balsamic-caramel-cake-30.jpg)
Quite an interesting recipe!  I'm guessing that it's from here?  https://www.piesandtacos.com/grape-cake-with-balsamic-caramel-swiss-meringue-buttercream/

Well, if your cholesterol levels are decent, I wouldn't worry....though you might be nice and share the cake (not certain how big your family is)....would make your neighbors and friends happy.   :)  ;)

Let us know how it comes out.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on June 07, 2021, 03:32:01 PM
Some how or another I stumbled across an article about an apparently British favorite:  HP sauce.  Not certain of the year, but Heinz bought the company and then apparently, due to pressure from the British government, changed the recipe to reduce the sodium (but it also raised the calorie levels and more).  So, did they change it back?  Haven't had it before, but am curious....

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on June 07, 2021, 03:43:11 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on June 07, 2021, 03:32:01 PM
Some how or another I stumbled across an article about an apparently British favorite:  HP sauce.  Not certain of the year, but Heinz bought the company and then apparently, due to pressure from the British government, changed the recipe to reduce the sodium (but it also raised the calorie levels and more).  So, did they change it back?  Haven't had it before, but am curious....

PD

HP sauce is also popular in Canada.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papy Oli on June 07, 2021, 11:58:27 PM
HP sauce is popular in this house  ;D This brown sauce beats the red sauce hands down for sausage and bacon sandwiches  >:D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: steve ridgway on June 08, 2021, 06:03:38 AM
Quote from: VonStupp on June 07, 2021, 06:58:07 AM
The girls and I are going to attempt this Grape Balsamic Caramel Cake today. Should I be concerned about the 20 tbsp. of butter?!?

(https://www.piesandtacos.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/grape-balsamic-caramel-cake-30.jpg)

No, the dangerous ingredient is actually the sugar.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: VonStupp on June 08, 2021, 10:09:24 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on June 07, 2021, 07:17:31 AM
Quite an interesting recipe!  I'm guessing that it's from here?  https://www.piesandtacos.com/grape-cake-with-balsamic-caramel-swiss-meringue-buttercream/

I wouldn't worry....though you might be nice and share the cake (not certain how big your family is)....would make your neighbors and friends happy.   :)  ;)

Let us know how it comes out.

PD

No worries! We eat very little of our baking and pawn it off at work usually. Mostly, it is an activity for my girls to understand how to follow a recipe, understanding measurements, and following through with specific instructions. They love putting all of this together and the activity is way more entertaining than the end product. Balsamic caramel is not too bad, though...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on June 08, 2021, 02:21:41 PM
Quote from: VonStupp on June 08, 2021, 10:09:24 AM
No worries! We eat very little of our baking and pawn it off at work usually. Mostly, it is an activity for my girls to understand how to follow a recipe, understanding measurements, and following through with specific instructions. They love putting all of this together and the activity is way more entertaining than the end product. Balsamic caramel is not too bad, though...
Oh, how sweet (pun not totally unintended).  I've been known to have 'foisted off' some of my baking on neighbors and friends.  Hope that all had a good time making it.

Did you enjoy the end result?  :)

PD

p.s.  In my later years, I've gotten hooked on lemon curd.  Often just have a little bit with fresh fruit.  It freezes really well too.  I have a great recipe for it if you're interested?

Quote from: OrchestralNut on June 07, 2021, 03:43:11 PM
HP sauce is also popular in Canada.
Quote from: Papy Oli on June 07, 2021, 11:58:27 PM
HP sauce is popular in this house  ;D This brown sauce beats the red sauce hands down for sausage and bacon sandwiches  >:D
Must admit, I've never had a sausage and bacon sandwich--or are those two different types of sandwiches?  What else do you put in them by the way?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papy Oli on June 09, 2021, 02:54:03 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on June 08, 2021, 02:21:41 PM
Must admit, I've never had a sausage and bacon sandwich--or are those two different types of sandwiches?  What else do you put in them by the way?

Sorry PD, that was meant as sausage or bacon sandwich but nothing stops us putting both together inside a baguette, a ciabatta, a bread roll etc... I can add a good dollop of butter, a good dollop of Dijon mustard, some grated cheese, some crisps, some lettuce, some sliced tomatoes... anything really  ;D... but very rarely ketchup (personal taste obviously).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on June 09, 2021, 06:54:54 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on June 09, 2021, 02:54:03 AM
Sorry PD, that was meant as sausage or bacon sandwich but nothing stops us putting both together inside a baguette, a ciabatta, a bread roll etc... I can add a good dollop of butter, a good dollop of Dijon mustard, some grated cheese, some crisps, some lettuce, some sliced tomatoes... anything really  ;D... but very rarely ketchup (personal taste obviously).
One of my favorites (particularly during the summertime when you can get really tasty, ripe tomatoes is a BLT.  Bacon, lettuce and tomato on (one of the few times) some lightly toasted white bread with a bit of mayo, a touch of salt (not too much as bacon is already quite salty) and freshly ground black pepper.  Yum!  :)

I like ketchup but also enjoy other spreads/condiments on sandwiches.  Love ketchup on hamburgers--along with a nice mustard.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: VonStupp on July 06, 2021, 02:39:18 PM
So the girls and I are stuck indoors to avoid the heat, so that means its baking challenge time for us again.

I realize I had never made a pâte à choux dough before, and it looks like it won't be easy, so it will be right up our alley.

I think it is going to be Banana Cream Pie Eclairs.  You have to enjoy a recipe, when the instructions say:

QuoteWhip the bejesus out of it!

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 07, 2021, 03:16:17 AM
Quote from: VonStupp on July 06, 2021, 02:39:18 PM
So the girls and I are stuck indoors to avoid the heat, so that means its baking challenge time for us again.

I realize I had never made a pâte à choux dough before, and it looks like it won't be easy, so it will be right up our alley.

I think it is going to be Banana Cream Pie Eclairs.  You have to enjoy a recipe, when the instructions say:

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Trust that you have A/C in the kitchen (or whole house?)?  Funny instructions!  ;D

Off to the grocery store soon (to avoid the heat).  Made a decent-sized batch of baba ganoush yesterday to have as a few lunches/snacks over the next week.  Also steamed some beets.  Am thinking of making a cold beet borsch(t) soup today.  Also, I have the ingredients for a tomato gazpacho (Believe it or not but it's an old Moosewood cookbook recipe.).  Thinking also about making some lemon curd.  I like to spoon a small amount over a big bowl of fresh fruit.

As an aside, in either the Moosewood cookbook or The Enchanted Broccoli Forest, there's a really nice recipe for a chilled melon soup (freezes well too).  Haven't made it in ages...eons but think about it on hot steamy summer days....very refreshing!

Happy baking!

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: VonStupp on July 07, 2021, 10:28:00 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on July 07, 2021, 03:16:17 AM
Trust that you have A/C in the kitchen (or whole house?)?  Funny instructions!  ;D

Off to the grocery store soon (to avoid the heat).  Made a decent-sized batch of baba ganoush yesterday to have as a few lunches/snacks over the next week.  Also steamed some beets.  Am thinking of making a cold beet borsch(t) soup today.  Also, I have the ingredients for a tomato gazpacho (Believe it or not but it's an old Moosewood cookbook recipe.).  Thinking also about making some lemon curd.  I like to spoon a small amount over a big bowl of fresh fruit.

As an aside, in either the Moosewood cookbook or The Enchanted Broccoli Forest, there's a really nice recipe for a chilled melon soup (freezes well too).  Haven't made it in ages...eons but think about it on hot steamy summer days....very refreshing!

Happy baking!

PD

You definitely have a 'cool' menu planned.

Luckily, we finally have a cold front moving through later today, but saying farewell to our drought conditions means flooding with rain all week. Oddly the farmer's crops seem to grow fine without rain; I suppose that is all of the additives they use nowadays.

Well I think the Eclairs turned out just fine. Now I have to find somebody other than me to eat them. These things are huge!
VS
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 07, 2021, 10:31:58 AM
Quote from: VonStupp on July 07, 2021, 10:28:00 AM
You definitely have a 'cool' menu planned.

Luckily, we finally have a cold front moving through later today, but saying farewell to our drought conditions means flooding with rain all week. Oddly the farmer's crops seem to grow fine without rain; I suppose that is all of the additives they use nowadays.

Well I think the Eclairs turned out just fine. Now I have to find somebody other than me to eat them. These things are huge!
VS


How did they come out VonStupp?  Ah!  We were typing at the same time. lol  ;D  Wish that I lived nearby and I'd happily offer to help you out of your predicament.  :D

Made the lemon curd today (in a rather warm kitchen).  It's in the fridge now chillin' and thickening.  Love this recipe and it freezes great too!  Let me know if you are interested in it.

Soup-making may have to wait 'til tomorrow morning.  What's for dinner chez vous tonight?  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: VonStupp on July 07, 2021, 10:34:24 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on July 07, 2021, 10:31:58 AM
How did they come out VonStupp?  Ah!  We were typing at the same time. lol  ;D  Wish that I lived nearby and I'd happily offer to help you out of your predicament.  :D

Made the lemon curd today (in a rather warm kitchen).  It's in the fridge now chillin' and thickening.  Love this recipe and it freezes great too!  Let me know if you are interested in it.

Soup-making may have to wait 'til tomorrow morning.  What's for dinner chez vous tonight?  :)

PD

Well, I have a sick girl at home right now, so meals will be easy going until we sort her out. She would love the lemon curd, though!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 07, 2021, 10:45:16 AM
Quote from: VonStupp on July 07, 2021, 10:34:24 AM
Well, I have a sick girl at home right now, so meals will be easy going until we sort her out. She would love the lemon curd, though!
Sorry to hear that.  I hope that she feels better soon!  For what its worth, I'm not sure if eating a lot of the eclairs would be the best thing for her....  :-\

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: VonStupp on July 07, 2021, 10:51:10 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on July 07, 2021, 10:45:16 AM
Sorry to hear that.  I hope that she feels better soon!  For what its worth, I'm not sure if eating a lot of the eclairs would be the best thing for her....  :-\

PD

Thanks PD! And no she won't be partaking...I probably shouldn't either...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 08, 2021, 12:32:11 PM
Quote from: VonStupp on July 07, 2021, 10:51:10 AM
Thanks PD! And no she won't be partaking...I probably shouldn't either...
How's she feeling VonStupp?  And I hope that no other members of your family are feeling ill?  :(

Best wishes,

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: VonStupp on July 08, 2021, 12:35:29 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on July 08, 2021, 12:32:11 PM
How's she feeling VonStupp?  And I hope that no other members of your family are feeling ill?  :(

Best wishes,

PD

Thanks for inquiring PD.

It isn't coronavirus. Right now we are waiting it out. Her fever is low and she has been in pretty good spirits.
VS
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 08, 2021, 12:44:34 PM
Quote from: VonStupp on July 08, 2021, 12:35:29 PM
Thanks for inquiring PD.

It isn't coronavirus. Right now we are waiting it out. Her fever is low and she has been in pretty good spirits.
VS
Well wishes your way.  I hadn't jumped to the conclusion of her having corona virus, but sorry that she has a fever.  Hopefully she'll be feeling well soon and no spreading to other family members.

Best wishes to you and your family,

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: VonStupp on July 08, 2021, 12:55:04 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on July 08, 2021, 12:44:34 PM
Well wishes your way.  I hadn't jumped to the conclusion of her having corona virus, but sorry that she has a fever.  Hopefully she'll be feeling well soon and no spreading to other family members.

Best wishes to you and your family,

PD

Not at all, but I always jump to that conclusion with my children. We are visiting the doctor again tomorrow.

Thanks again, VS
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 09, 2021, 09:40:11 AM
Quote from: VonStupp on July 08, 2021, 12:55:04 PM
Not at all, but I always jump to that conclusion with my children. We are visiting the doctor again tomorrow.

Thanks again, VS
How did the office visit go?  Or haven't been there yet?

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: VonStupp on July 09, 2021, 09:50:09 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on July 09, 2021, 09:40:11 AM
How did the office visit go?  Or haven't been there yet?

PD

Tests ended up signifying Lyme disease, a concern I had raised from her symptoms. Most likely, it is due to a few day-long sojourns that were rather forested. Luckily, it is early on, so a few weeks of antibiotics. Suffice to say, worries with this diagnosis were, and are, high.

Thanks for your concern PD! VS
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 09, 2021, 10:06:56 AM
Quote from: VonStupp on July 09, 2021, 09:50:09 AM
Tests ended up signifying Lyme disease, a concern I had raised from her symptoms. Most likely, it is due to a few day-long sojourns that were rather forested. Luckily, it is early on, so a few weeks of antibiotics. Suffice to say, worries with this diagnosis were, and are, high.

Thanks for your concern PD! VS
Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that it was Lyme disease!  :(  I know several people who have been infected with that--alas, one is a friend and they didn't catch it 'til late.  That said, I'm very happy to hear that they caught it early!  So, what will they do, retest at a later date to make sure that it is totally gone?  Or?

Wishing all of your family the best,

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: VonStupp on July 09, 2021, 10:37:58 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on July 09, 2021, 10:06:56 AM
Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that it was Lyme disease!  :(  I know several people who have been infected with that--alas, one is a friend and they didn't catch it 'til late.  That said, I'm very happy to hear that they caught it early!  So, what will they do, retest at a later date to make sure that it is totally gone?  Or?

Wishing all of your family the best,

PD

No, we won't test until symptoms return. But I know this is a strange disease where it can rest latent, so you can be assured I will ask if we can retest at her next check-up.
VS
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 09, 2021, 01:06:07 PM
Quote from: VonStupp on July 09, 2021, 10:37:58 AM
No, we won't test until symptoms return. But I know this is a strange disease where it can rest latent, so you can be assured I will ask if we can retest at her next check-up.
VS
Hugs to you and  your family.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 21, 2021, 06:22:15 AM
Just finished a lovely BLT sandwich--on a good white bread, with mayo, lots of lettuce, 2 pieces of bacon and several thickly cut slices of an heirloom tomato.  Hit the spot.  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: VonStupp on July 27, 2021, 03:30:21 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on July 09, 2021, 01:06:07 PM
Hugs to you and your family.

PD

Per our conversation some time ago, my oldest just finished what I consider to be the most intense antibiotic treatment I had seen prescribed to a young person. She was a trooper though...

Thanks again! VS
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 27, 2021, 03:53:05 AM
Quote from: VonStupp on July 27, 2021, 03:30:21 AM
Per our conversation some time ago, my oldest just finished what I consider to be the most intense antibiotic treatment I had seen prescribed to a young person. She was a trooper though...

Thanks again! VS
Oh, well done to her!  Hope that that part is all over with.  Hopefully, she has been/is taking some pre and probiotics to restore good gut health?

Yesterday afternoon, I made a decent-sized batch of stuffed manicotti (stuffed with a combo of ricotta, parmesan, a couple of eggs, steamed fresh spinach, and sautéed mushrooms and a clove of garlic plus some freshly grated nutmeg) and baked in some marinara sauce.  Glad to have them for dinner (will freeze some and gave some to a friend), but picked a bad day to make them--quickly became warm and humid...but I did it!  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on August 02, 2021, 07:07:40 AM
Just had a nice salad....was feeling a bit creative in the kitchen and did a take on the traditional appetizer of cantaloupe with prosciutto.

Sliced some red onion thinly and soaked it for a few minutes in ice water to help remove some of the 'sting'.  Whilst it was soaking, grabbed a couple of handful of baby arugula plus a small amount of red beet micro greens.  Put them into a salad bowl, added some ground black pepper, a tiny bit of salt, olive oil, some sherry vinegar, chopped (1 slice) prosciutto (about 2/3 of that slice).  Then strained out and dried off red onion slices and added them to salad.  Tossed it all.  Put it on a salad plate.

Topped it with chunks of cantaloupe (cheat:  purchased at a super market that way), a tiny bit more salt & pepper, last bit of prosciutto and added a squeeze of lemon juice.

Happy camper!  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on August 06, 2021, 09:31:24 AM
Wondering whether or not any of our cooks here have visited this food blog before and if so, have you tried any of her recipes and your thoughts? I was pleasantly surprised to see that at least one of her cookbooks was a New York Times bestseller.   :)

I stumbled across it whilst checking out reviews for another food blogger's cookbooks.  She cooks vegan (which I'm not though I'm always looking for more healthy meal ideas).  I'm thinking of making this Thai-inspired recipe tonight.

https://ohsheglows.com/2018/09/18/instant-pot-cauliflower-and-butternut-thai-curry/comment-page-1/

I don't own an Instant Pot, but could either make it stovetop or try it in my slow cooker.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: VonStupp on August 29, 2021, 09:08:24 AM
We had some extra Summer Squash from the garden, so the girls and I are going to try our hand at this Summer Squash Chocolate Bread. It makes a lot, so most of this will go to work with me.

(https://www.kleinworthco.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/summer-squash-chocolate-loaf.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on August 29, 2021, 09:11:03 AM
Made my big batch of homemade Ukrainian borscht soup with all vegetables either from my garden or from local farms.

Delicious, with a dollop of sour cream and some extra sprinkled fresh dill on top (traditionally how it is served). 🙂
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on August 29, 2021, 09:12:57 AM
Quote from: VonStupp on August 29, 2021, 09:08:24 AM
We had some extra Summer Squash from the garden, so the girls and I are going to try our hand at this Summer Squash Chocolate Bread. It makes a lot, so most of this will go to work with me.

(https://www.kleinworthco.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/summer-squash-chocolate-loaf.jpg)
Looks yummy!  :)

Quote from: OrchestralNut on August 29, 2021, 09:11:03 AM
Made my big batch of homemade Ukrainian borscht soup with all vegetables either from my garden or from local farms.

Delicious, with a dollop of sour cream and some extra sprinkled fresh dill on top (traditionally how it is served). 🙂
Oh, boy!  Was that a straight beet one?  Or with beef?  And are you serving it hot or cold?  Details please!   ;D

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on August 29, 2021, 09:13:59 AM
Quote from: VonStupp on August 29, 2021, 09:08:24 AM
We had some extra Summer Squash from the garden, so the girls and I are going to try our hand at this Summer Squash Chocolate Bread. It makes a lot, so most of this will go to work with me.

(https://www.kleinworthco.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/summer-squash-chocolate-loaf.jpg)

Looks delicious! 🙂 I remember many times my mother making zucchini muffins or zucchini cake. Utterly divine!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: VonStupp on August 29, 2021, 09:18:42 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on August 29, 2021, 09:11:03 AM
Made my big batch of homemade Ukrainian borscht soup with all vegetables either from my garden or from local farms.

Delicious, with a dollop of sour cream and some extra sprinkled fresh dill on top (traditionally how it is served). 🙂

Wonderful!

We had a friend who hosted a(n) Ukrainian foreign exchange student and he was thrilled we knew anything of his local cuisine (this was quite a while ago). We did our best, but I don't think we did any justice to those meals.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on August 29, 2021, 09:24:34 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on August 29, 2021, 09:12:57 AM
Looks yummy!  :)
Oh, boy!  Was thus a straight beet one?  Or with beef?  And are you serving it hot or cold?  Details please!   ;D

PD

3 med/large red or golden beets
3 medium carrots,
3 med potatoes,
3 diced tomatoes,
1 onion,
1 bunch green onions,
1/2 head of green or red cabbage,
6 garlic cloves
6oz tomato paste,
fresh thyme,
fresh dill,
bay leaves,
lots of vegetable broth or water, minimum of 10 cups but likely more.

I also add 1 to 2 lbs sliced mild Italian or sweet sausage, but omit it during Ukrainian New Year's (no meat traditionally).

Served hot. Once you poor soup into a serving bowl, dump a tablespoon or two of sour cream, and sprinkle with some additional fresh dill.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on August 29, 2021, 09:26:13 AM
Quote from: VonStupp on August 29, 2021, 09:18:42 AM
Wonderful!

We had a friend who hosted a(n) Ukrainian foreign exchange student and he was thrilled we knew anything of his local cuisine (this was quite a while ago). We did our best, but I don't we did any justice to those meals.

I also love other traditional Ukrainian food such as perogies and cabbage rolls.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on August 29, 2021, 09:49:25 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on August 29, 2021, 09:24:34 AM
3 med/large red or golden beets
3 medium carrots,
3 med potatoes,
3 diced tomatoes,
1 onion,
1 bunch green onions,
1/2 head of green or red cabbage,
6 garlic cloves
6oz tomato paste,
fresh thyme,
fresh dill,
bay leaves,
lots of vegetable broth or water, minimum of 10 cups but likely more.

I also add 1 to 2 lbs sliced mild Italian or sweet sausage, but omit it during Ukrainian New Year's (no meat traditionally).

Served hot. Once you pour soup into a serving bowl, dump a tablespoon or two of sour cream, and sprinkle with some additional fresh dill.
Sounds delicious!

I found a recipe for it  not too long ago in a cookbook for Veselka--a restaurant which I'm dying to visit in NYC.  From what I understand, a lot of what they serve is traditional Ukrainian food, but they also make American classics too plus their own American variations on Ukrainian classic foods.  You can get both meat and also vegetarian versions of borscht there as well as summer and winter versions.  If I'm recalling correctly, their traditional meat version takes three days to make!

https://www.veselka.com
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on August 29, 2021, 09:50:59 AM
Quote from: VonStupp on August 29, 2021, 09:18:42 AM
Wonderful!

We had a friend who hosted a(n) Ukrainian foreign exchange student and he was thrilled we knew anything of his local cuisine (this was quite a while ago). We did our best, but I don't think we did any justice to those meals.
I'm sure that he appreciated your efforts though and that you were trying hard to make him feel at home and that you were interested in his homeland and culture.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: VonStupp on August 29, 2021, 09:58:29 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on August 29, 2021, 09:50:59 AM
I'm sure that he appreciated your efforts though and that you were trying hard to make him feel at home and that you were interested in his homeland and culture.

PD

I think so, and we involved him as much as we could too. If I remember correctly, this was shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and with the political situation in the US and being from the former Eastern-European Soviet bloc (or there about), it was a tough time for him.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Carlo Gesualdo on September 06, 2021, 02:41:30 PM
Potage de Florence: this is higly chromatic in veggies, Cauliflower, Potato of Paris (small ones), zuchinni, onion,  cream for cooking just a bit, milk more , I have a sic sense to cook, always good stuff  the more I cook the more I evovle, perhaps one day I will bake Soufllé?
Gemelli ala Deprofundis, this highly confidencial I'm a great cook, Great cook keep there secret hey well, how about some clues Bologna spaghetti sauc, garlic butter, Gemelli all dente,  the most perfect not too hard not ot soft... whit  spice that I won't name and cheeze that will remain a secret , I just done those today they were fun cooking his fun, women love a guy that can cook ?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on September 16, 2021, 07:50:57 AM
A hearty sandwich for breakfast and lunch for me:

Carmelized some red onions in a pan.  Reheated a leftover boiled purple potato.  Toasted a good-sized chiabata loaf.

Spread some chipotle mayo on both sides of the bread.  Topped with some of the red onions, sliced up some of the potato and put that on top.  Followed by some slices of avocado, tomato and s &p and arugula.  Pretty good!  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Carlo Gesualdo on September 18, 2021, 05:05:48 PM
Hello I made a complex veggies cream whit lots of thing and a surpise veggie I don't know first time trying, here are they ingredients, partial, the best cook  hide his secrets hey:

First of you need

1 zuchinni
1 onion
1 yellow squash
1 suprise veggie I won't name ?
1 pear

Greek yogurt
about  3 scoupes of butter
milk
a bit water
garlic salt
Lots of pepper
Savory  a bit
beef broth
and voila! you get, a deprofundis cream deluxe of Venosa?

Gesualdo would agree this is an awesome cream, it'S the first time I do cream whit plain, it's so taste and a pears this was a genius idea, my food would make Chez Louie NYC ny blush lol...

I suprise myself each time!!  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on September 19, 2021, 05:59:50 AM
Quote from: deprofundis on September 18, 2021, 05:05:48 PM
the best cook  hide his secrets hey

Actually the best cooks publish books... so spill it! $:)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on September 20, 2021, 11:22:34 AM
Steak and eggs, just now.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on September 21, 2021, 02:21:41 AM
Too early here for that.  Off to put on coffee pot!  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on September 21, 2021, 03:54:41 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on September 21, 2021, 02:21:41 AM
Too early here for that.  Off to put on coffee pot!  :)

PD

Yeah old fashioned oatmeal with a sliced banana on top was my breakfast along with coffee.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on September 21, 2021, 04:51:29 AM
Quote from: DavidW on September 21, 2021, 03:54:41 AM
Yeah old fashioned oatmeal with a sliced banana on top was my breakfast along with coffee.
I'm out of bananas, but do have other fruit....hmmm??  :-\

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on October 01, 2021, 08:01:22 AM
Treated myself to a veggie meal.  Baked a nice-sized baking potato.  Whilst that was cooking, made your usual béchamel sauce, adding in some cheddar and a bit of nutmeg.  Also chopped up and cooked some broccoli.  Split open potato, put a goodly amount of the broccoli on top and then poured some of the cheese sauce on top of that.  Yum!

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on October 01, 2021, 09:04:47 AM
I've been enjoying my new kitchen.  It is so large and spacious and all the appliances are so great, it really makes cooking a snap!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on October 01, 2021, 02:36:02 PM
Quote from: DavidW on October 01, 2021, 09:04:47 AM
I've been enjoying my new kitchen.  It is so large and spacious and all the appliances are so great, it really makes cooking a snap!
Sorry, trying to remember here....I believe that you moved.  If so, very happy for you!  What dishes have you been cooking lately...particularly those that you didn't make before?  And, if so, what was the difference?

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: John Copeland on October 01, 2021, 05:32:59 PM
This is the post I was looking for when I posted Oatcakes!   :(
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on October 02, 2021, 04:41:37 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on October 01, 2021, 02:36:02 PM
Sorry, trying to remember here....I believe that you moved.  If so, very happy for you!  What dishes have you been cooking lately...particularly those that you didn't make before?  And, if so, what was the difference?

PD

Nothing elaborate except I cooked coconut curry for my birthday.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on October 02, 2021, 05:10:48 AM
Quote from: DavidW on October 02, 2021, 04:41:37 AM
Nothing elaborate except I cooked coconut curry for my birthday.
Sounds yummy!  And enjoy your weekend off!

Off to make breakfast here....

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on October 15, 2021, 07:46:22 AM
Kimchi-jjigae.

(I can't remember how to post pictures here)

:P

A
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on October 15, 2021, 02:29:44 PM
Quote from: toledobass on October 15, 2021, 07:46:22 AM
Kimchi-jjigae.

(I can't remember how to post pictures here)

:P

A
I haven't had that before (did a bit of quick googling).  Do you put pork in yours or....?

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on October 17, 2021, 11:39:59 AM
I did. I am visiting a friend and am in close proximity to an H-Mart (asian super grocery.) I got some pork belly there and used that.

When at home I'll often use bacon if I use pork at all, and many times, I make this without any pork too. Delicious all ways!

A
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on October 18, 2021, 03:41:08 AM
Quote from: toledobass on October 17, 2021, 11:39:59 AM
I did. I am visiting a friend and am in close proximity to an H-Mart (asian super grocery.) I got some pork belly there and used that.

When at home I'll often use bacon if I use pork at all, and many times, I make this without any pork too. Delicious all ways!

A
Oh, nice!  I'm lucky in that there's a nice-sized store in my area that specializes in Asian food.  They are also very nice and are happy to answer my questions and make suggestions; so much for me to learn and try cooking with!

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: listener on October 21, 2021, 11:29:00 AM
I was given a large bag of frozen rhubarb, cooked it gently with a chopped orange, honey and demerara sugar and grated ginger,  A couple of spoonfuls of corn starch to thicken.   Orange and ginger were perfect.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on October 22, 2021, 02:50:19 AM
Quote from: listener on October 21, 2021, 11:29:00 AM
I was given a large bag of frozen rhubarb, cooked it gently with a chopped orange, honey and demerara sugar and grated ginger,  A couple of spoonfuls of corn starch to thicken.   Orange and ginger were perfect.
Sounds nice!  What will you do with it now?  Eat it straight up or with something else?  Or use it to make bread, etc.?

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on November 05, 2021, 09:09:08 AM
Made white pasta e fagioli (a Rachael Ray recipe).  Pretty good but am hoping that it will taste better on Day 2.  It has pancetta, cannelloni beans, onions, fennel, celery, rosemary, bay leaves, chicken stock, garlic, ditalini, escarole, nutmeg and lemon in it.  Here's a link to the recipe (along with a video) if you're interested:  https://www.rachaelrayshow.com/recipes/white-pasta-e-fagioli-rachael-ray

I'd love to find a vegetarian version of it, but one that also has a lot of flavor.  I'm thinking about how I could make her recipe a bit richer flavor-wise.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MusicTurner on November 27, 2021, 05:19:17 AM
Simple November snacks that have hitherto been very rare on the menu: a family member brought some eatable chestnuts - so fried them in oil and salt for about 30 mins, and then peeled them. That's the primitive version, but yummy, they had a somewhat sweet-salty flavour and felt very nourishing. Could definitely make a habit of that ...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on November 29, 2021, 09:47:32 AM
Quote from: MusicTurner on November 27, 2021, 05:19:17 AM
Simple November snacks that have hitherto been very rare on the menu: a family member brought some eatable chestnuts - so fried them in oil and salt for about 30 mins, and then peeled them. That's the primitive version, but yummy, they had a somewhat sweet-salty flavour and felt very nourishing. Could definitely make a habit of that ...
Never had them that way before, but happy that you enjoyed them!

Am happily eating a bowl of homemade chicken and vegetable soup.  This time I put in, carrots, onions, celery, cut up fresh green beans, added in a can of dark kidney beans, a combo of fresh and dried spices and homemade chicken stock....and some leftover cut-up chicken meat of course.  Letting myself have two bowls of it today as no breakfast and busy housecleaning here.  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MusicTurner on November 29, 2021, 09:49:47 AM
That sounds great, seasonally relevant, and healthy as well  8)

Obviously, the chestnuts were only fried on a thin layer of oil and salt, not cooked in an oil sauce :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on November 29, 2021, 09:54:43 AM
Quote from: MusicTurner on November 29, 2021, 09:49:47 AM
That sounds great, seasonally relevant, and healthy as well  8)

Obviously, the chestnuts were only roasted on a thin layer of oil and salt, not cooked in an oil sauce :)
It helps to balance off the leftover lasagna from Thanksgiving!  :D

Must admit, it's also nice to be able to freeze things like [some] soup, pasta sauce, etc.--including lasagna--for a day in which I'm feeling tired and not wanting to cook (like after a bunch of yard work or snow shoveling).  :)

PD

p.s.  What?!  No batter-dipped and deep-fried chestnuts?!  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: MusicTurner on November 29, 2021, 11:03:24 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on November 29, 2021, 09:54:43 AM
( ... )

p.s.  What?!  No batter-dipped and deep-fried chestnuts?!  ;)

Hope to be able to fry some later this autumn/winter, the familiy member would try to get some, or I'll have to check out groceries, but they're not particularly common on the shelves here, though we have plenty of ordinary chestnuts (which BTW, I was told yesterday, are good as some sort of soap, they were used a lot for cleaning in that way, in the old, less ressourceful days. You cut them in small pieces and then whip/dissolve them in some water, and the result is a soap, apparently).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on November 29, 2021, 11:28:07 AM
Quote from: MusicTurner on November 29, 2021, 11:03:24 AM
Hope to be able to fry some later this autumn/winter, the familiy member would try to get some, or I'll have to check out groceries, but they're not particularly common on the shelves here, though we have plenty of ordinary chestnuts (which BTW, I was told yesterday, are good as some sort of soap, they were used a lot for cleaning in that way, in the old, less ressourceful days. You cut them in small pieces and then whip/dissolve them in some water, and the result is a soap, apparently).
Interesting!  Didn't know that.  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on December 05, 2021, 07:17:52 AM
Just finished my standard Sunday breakfast:

Crab omelet
Wheat toast
Coffee & water

Not very spectacular, l know, but a welcome start to my weekend nonetheless.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on December 06, 2021, 08:47:55 AM
Quote from: LKB on December 05, 2021, 07:17:52 AM
Just finished my standard Sunday breakfast:

Crab omelet
Wheat toast
Coffee & water

Not very spectacular, l know, but a welcome start to my weekend nonetheless.  8)
A man of tradition I see!  :)

Cheated a bit here at lunchtime:

I opened up a can of your basic Progresso lentil soup, added a small can of diced tomatoes, a roasted garlic clove, 1 bay leaf, a couple of small spoonfuls of ground cumin, some black pepper....let simmer for a while.  Last couple of minutes, I added in some fresh spinach leaves.  Then served.  Pretty tasty!

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on December 06, 2021, 12:51:34 PM
Finishing up my standard Monday brunch:

Steak
Scrambled eggs
Wheat toast
Hash browns
Coffee

Monday evenings l sing, and l find a substantial early meal has a strong psychological benefit.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on December 13, 2021, 09:08:55 AM
Trying to sort through and get rid of some excess papers.

How on earth could I have printed out so many recipes?!  :(  At some point in time, I figured out how to keep them as PDFs instead.  Trying to sort through them and see which ones I either really want to PDF (if still available), or scan into my computer.  This can take some time, however, as I then add tags to them of key ingredients, etc., and then put them into their appropriate recipe folders.  Sigh....

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on December 16, 2021, 03:59:07 AM
This review cracked me up.  It's of a Michelin-starred restaurant.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2021/12/16/michelin-worst-restaurant-review-moos-pkg-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/atv-trending-videos/

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: VonStupp on December 18, 2021, 10:53:12 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on December 16, 2021, 03:59:07 AM
This review cracked me up.  It's of a Michelin-starred restaurant.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2021/12/16/michelin-worst-restaurant-review-moos-pkg-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/atv-trending-videos/

PD

Food as performance art?  :laugh:
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So, I am in charge of a meat dish for an annual men's social, and these guys want the most ridiculous amount of it. Would you believe this one (pictured) has smoked oysters in it, tons of garlic, in addition to the obvious bacon and loaf form? I won't even mention the goat recipe that was requested but turned down.

I've made it, but I don't think this one is for me.  :blank:

VS
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on December 19, 2021, 07:53:36 AM
My usual Sunday breakfast strikes me as rather brilliant after reading the article concerning that Italian atrocity.

Crab omelet
Wheat toast
Hash browns
Water
( No coffee today, l was still working on some Starbucks when l got here. )

The reported arrogance of some " culinary artists " has, thankfully, saved me uncounted dollars by extinguishing any curiosity regarding their establishments. May it be so forever...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on December 24, 2021, 02:53:26 PM
Crab omelet and hash browns! I'm coming over.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on December 27, 2021, 11:40:56 AM
Quote from: Brian on December 24, 2021, 02:53:26 PM
Crab omelet and hash browns! I'm coming over.

I always eat out on weekends. If you care to join me for brunch in Menlo Park, CA. sometime, just let me know.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 03, 2022, 10:58:45 AM
Making potato and leek soup--new recipe.  The work part is mostly done, once the potatoes are tender, I'll let it cool a bit and then probably use my food mill on it.  Hopefully will taste good as there will be a lot of it!  Will find out later.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on January 08, 2022, 12:29:36 AM
Fritos!  :D

( Crab omelet planned for breakfast tomorrow  8) )
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 08, 2022, 10:51:32 AM
Quote from: LKB on January 08, 2022, 12:29:36 AM
Fritos!  :D

( Crab omelet planned for breakfast tomorrow  8) )
Ah, health food!

Re omelet, don't you ever like to vary things up a bit--just for fun?

Soup came out wonderfully I'm happy to report.  I did up the amount of thyme a fair bit and upped the parsley amount a tiny bit.  Glad that I did so!

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on January 09, 2022, 07:55:20 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on January 08, 2022, 10:51:32 AM
Ah, health food!

Re omelet, don't you ever like to vary things up a bit--just for fun?

Soup came out wonderfully I'm happy to report.  I did up the amount of thyme a fair bit and upped the parsley amount a tiny bit.  Glad that I did so!

PD

Congrats on the soup!  8)

I don't vary much from any of my routines. Pretty set in my ways, I suppose.

That being said, I will be breaking routine tomorrow as some good friends are taking me to lunch.  ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: VonStupp on January 09, 2022, 08:22:27 AM
It took 5 weeks total, but we made our very first Figgy Pudding. My in-laws are mostly teetotalers, so I didn't expect many to enjoy it, but everyone liked the lighting of the brandy (shown below). As you can see, the kids also tried their hand at gingerbread houses too.

VS
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 09, 2022, 10:54:55 AM
Quote from: LKB on January 09, 2022, 07:55:20 AM
Congrats on the soup!  8)

I don't vary much from any of my routines. Pretty set in my ways, I suppose.

That being said, I will be breaking routine tomorrow as some good friends are taking me to lunch.  ;)
Don't recall ever having a crab omelet before.  What kind of cheese, etc. do you have in yours LKB?

Hope that you enjoy your lunch out tomorrow.  Is it a birthday treat or anything else special?  :)

Quote from: VonStupp on January 09, 2022, 08:22:27 AM
It took 5 weeks total, but we made our very first Figgy Pudding. My in-laws are mostly teetotalers, so I didn't expect many to enjoy it, but everyone liked the lighting of the brandy (shown below). As you can see, the kids also tried their hand at gingerbread houses too.

VS
Congrats!  Were you pleased with how it tasted VS?  Looks gorgeous!  And nice job by your kids on the ginger bread houses too.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Symphonic Addict on January 09, 2022, 03:39:04 PM
Drinking: water!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Irons on January 10, 2022, 12:38:10 AM
Quote from: VonStupp on January 09, 2022, 08:22:27 AM
It took 5 weeks total, but we made our very first Figgy Pudding. My in-laws are mostly teetotalers, so I didn't expect many to enjoy it, but everyone liked the lighting of the brandy (shown below). As you can see, the kids also tried their hand at gingerbread houses too.

VS

A family Christmas tradition for my grandson and myself to present a flaming Christmas pudding to the dining table. The secret is to warm the brandy in a saucepan first. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 17, 2022, 06:44:18 AM
Taking a short break from KP duty.  Been cooking up a [petite] storm lately.  A couple of days ago, I made a vegetarian bean chili (Deborah Madison recipe from The Greens cookbook--roasted some butternut squash to add to it at the end and cooked some white rice to go with it too).  Today, I'm caramelizing some onions (some of which were starting to green up) in the smaller of my slow cookers [Learned that adding some butter to the bottom of it and occasionally stirring them and cooking them on low for a number of hours works surprisingly well!]; also got some chickpeas soaking and either later tonight or early tomorrow will cook a yummy Ottolenghi recipe which I'm going to adapt slightly and try doing it in a slow cooker--instead of constantly stirring it for four hours on my stovetop.  If you're interested, look up his slow-cooked chickpeas on toast with poached eggs; it's to die for!  Or if you're interested, I'll post the recipe and how I'm going to try it slightly differently this time [so as not to kill the cook].  The leftovers keep really well too.

And I also have some chicken stock going now on my stovetop (using the remains of a leftover roast chicken).

By the way, the Ottolenghi recipe is vegetarian--you could also make it vegan by skipping the poached eggs.

What have the rest of the cooks here been up to lately?   :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on February 17, 2022, 07:00:46 AM
Finishing up an omelet atm.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 17, 2022, 08:16:36 AM
Quote from: LKB on February 17, 2022, 07:00:46 AM
Finishing up an omelet atm.
Did you make it LKB or treat yourself?  And what kind?  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on February 17, 2022, 07:07:04 PM
There's a diner near my workplace, l have breakfast there twice a week. Good coffee, good omelets ( mushroom, cheddar cheese and ham today ) and outstanding steak and eggs, which I'll probably have Saturday or Sunday.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 23, 2022, 05:49:04 AM
Quote from: LKB on February 17, 2022, 07:07:04 PM
There's a diner near my workplace, l have breakfast there twice a week. Good coffee, good omelets ( mushroom, cheddar cheese and ham today ) and outstanding steak and eggs, which I'll probably have Saturday or Sunday.  8)
Sounds like you have your own "regular" spot there (to sit).  :)

Finishing up the last of my chili (froze a bit and gave some to a friend who said that he liked it and "I don't even like chili!"  ;D

Happy with how the Ottolenghi recipe (for basically a fancy beans on toast) although things didn't go as smoothly as I would have hoped.

Have two other Ottolenghi recipes that I am planning on making this week:  one is for cauliflower which you first cook for a bit in a milk and herb infused "bath" on top of the stove, then you make a sauce out for the milk and then finish it off by baking it in the oven along with some different cheeses.  The second one is a much less complicated one for roasting celeriac.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on February 23, 2022, 06:18:59 AM
Just arrived at the diner,  and ordered the usual omelet. Drinking coffee and reading GMG during the 5 minutes or so until breakfast is ready.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on June 05, 2022, 09:44:02 AM
Chilled cut watermelon, Vermont cheddar and roasted red pepper hummus.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: VonStupp on June 29, 2022, 06:43:08 AM
The girls and I will be making Cardamom Pound Cake today.

VS

(https://assets.bonappetit.com/photos/57adf8f9f1c801a1038bcdfb/master/pass/cardamom-pound-cake.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on July 03, 2022, 04:56:31 PM
Butter cauliflower.  Took an hour and a half to cook, so good thing that it was tasty and I have leftovers!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on July 03, 2022, 06:16:23 PM
BBQ brisket sandwich just now.  Not an ideal choice, but better than anything l have at home atm.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 26, 2022, 04:33:22 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 03, 2022, 04:56:31 PM
Butter cauliflower.  Took an hour and a half to cook, so good thing that it was tasty and I have leftovers!
That looks tasty!  What recipe did you use?

Fixed a nice corn (sliced some off of a cobb), cheese and cilantro quesadilla for dinner last night.  I had intended to make a green salad to go along with it, but, I must admit, I was feeling hot, sticky and tired from all of the heat and humidity lately that I got lazy and skipped it.  Much nicer today, so I hope to make a few dishes and wash up some more greens to keep me going for a few days.  :)

Oh!  Almost forgot to add that one of my favorite cooking/food magazines is now no longer.  If you go to their website though you can still download their recipes (for free) until the end of this month.  Supposedly after that, they will be taking down the website.   :'(  There is apparently a private Facebook page where their recipes have been uploaded too, but I haven't checked it out.

The magazine is FineCooking.  A hearty thank you to all of the contributors and staff who have worked on it over the years.  I've either purchased (newsstand) a number of them or subscribed to them over the years and will miss it.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BasilValentine on July 26, 2022, 05:08:53 AM
I'm eating about 1/3 of a liter of wild blueberries every day. This year in the Adirondack Mountains of New York the crop is abundant and it ripens by elevation. So I've been combining my exercise and foraging by climbing a succession of increasingly higher peaks and ridges and spending an hour or two on top picking blueberries at a rate of about a liter per hour. There are now four liters in my fridge in open containers. I eat them straight with cheese and bread for contrast.

Wild blueberries, for those unfamiliar, are not like those large, pulpy berries one finds in supermarkets. They're small and much more intensely flavorful. Tomorrow I'll pick another couple of liters at about 3,300 feet on a local mountain. There's something very satisfying about free food.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 26, 2022, 06:51:48 AM
Quote from: BasilValentine on July 26, 2022, 05:08:53 AM
I'm eating about 1/3 of a liter of wild blueberries every day. This year in the Adirondack Mountains of New York the crop is abundant and it ripens by elevation. So I've been combining my exercise and foraging by climbing a succession of increasingly higher peaks and ridges and spending an hour or two on top picking blueberries at a rate of about a liter per hour. There are now four liters in my fridge in open containers. I eat them straight with cheese and bread for contrast.

Wild blueberries, for those unfamiliar, are not like those large, pulpy berries one finds in supermarkets. They're small and much more intensely flavorful. Tomorrow I'll pick another couple of liters at about 3,300 feet on a local mountain. There's something very satisfying about free food.
Sounds yummy!  And healthy!  Years ago, I remember picking some wild blackberries...tasty but prickly to get at.  :)  Reminds me:  I have some raspberries in the fridge that I need to eat before they go bad.  I've been eating them with the last of the local strawberries, some blueberries and full-fat Greek yogurt--with a drizzle of local honey on top.  Yum!

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on July 26, 2022, 11:16:03 AM
My usual Tuesday brunch, a crab omelet plus trimmings.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on July 26, 2022, 02:49:01 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on July 26, 2022, 04:33:22 AM
That looks tasty!  What recipe did you use?

Here you go: https://dishingouthealth.com/butter-cauliflower-recipe/ (https://dishingouthealth.com/butter-cauliflower-recipe/)

QuoteFixed a nice corn (sliced some off of a cobb), cheese and cilantro quesadilla for dinner last night.  I had intended to make a green salad to go along with it, but, I must admit, I was feeling hot, sticky and tired from all of the heat and humidity lately that I got lazy and skipped it.  Much nicer today, so I hope to make a few dishes and wash up some more greens to keep me going for a few days.  :)

Nice!  I cooked black bean quesadillas earlier in the summer and chicken quesadillas more recently.

My recent cooking was a meatloaf, and I tried my new onion dicer.  It really saves time!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 27, 2022, 02:14:40 AM
Quote from: LKB on July 26, 2022, 11:16:03 AM
My usual Tuesday brunch, a crab omelet plus trimmings.  ;D
Mmmm!  :)

Quote from: DavidW on July 26, 2022, 02:49:01 PM
Here you go: https://dishingouthealth.com/butter-cauliflower-recipe/ (https://dishingouthealth.com/butter-cauliflower-recipe/)

Nice!  I cooked black bean quesadillas earlier in the summer and chicken quesadillas more recently.

My recent cooking was a meatloaf, and I tried my new onion dicer.  It really saves time!
Thanks for the link.  I'll check it out.

Meatloaf, so what do you top yours with?  Haven't made one in some time though I remember fondly enjoying meatloaf sandwiches later in the week.  My mom, if I'm recalling correctly, used to top hers with a combo of Heinz's Chili Sauce, a bit of brown sugar and also a bit of powdered mustard?  Haven't ever tried a hand-operated veggie chopper (other than a knife).  If I'm doing a lot of chopping or slicing, I'll used either a food processor or a mandoline.  I've cheated before when caramelizing onions using a food processor, but the results aren't as consistent as I'd like.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on July 27, 2022, 07:23:00 AM
It is like a square lattice of blades and you hand press the vegetable through it.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 27, 2022, 10:23:22 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 27, 2022, 07:23:00 AM
It is like a square lattice of blades and you hand press the vegetable through it.
I've seen things like that before advertised on t.v.  Does it work well on other veggies (if you have tried it yet)?

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on July 27, 2022, 04:47:05 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on July 27, 2022, 10:23:22 AM
I've seen things like that before advertised on t.v.  Does it work well on other veggies (if you have tried it yet)?

PD

Not on potatoes nor tomatoes (but the manual warned about that) but yeah.  The key is some slicing is needed to not do too much pressing at once unless you're strong.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on August 01, 2022, 10:12:56 AM
Just finished making some corn chowder...yum!  New recipe to me from FineCooking magazine.  Main ingredients:

Lots of fresh and local corn
Some diced up ham steak, red pepper, jalapeño, potatoes, celery, !onions and half and half 

Very tasty!  If you're interested, the recipe is here:  https://www.finecooking.com/recipe/summer-corn-chowder

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: drogulus on August 01, 2022, 01:45:44 PM

     Yesterday I made chili. I'll have it again later this week.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on August 05, 2022, 05:14:28 PM
Lunch was chicken & dumplings. Dinner will be lasagna, but not for a while yet.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on August 06, 2022, 11:31:43 AM
For the home cooks (click to expand):

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FZb2mFCUcAAObKV?format=png&name=900x900)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on August 07, 2022, 12:33:05 AM
Breakfast is still several hours off, but for today I'm thinking pancakes, ham, scrambled eggs and coffee.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on August 07, 2022, 01:18:32 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 06, 2022, 11:31:43 AM
For the home cooks (click to expand):

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FZb2mFCUcAAObKV?format=png&name=900x900)
Thanks, helpful chart!

Quote from: LKB on August 07, 2022, 12:33:05 AM
Breakfast is still several hours off, but for today I'm thinking pancakes, ham, scrambled eggs and coffee.  8)
Oh my!  Fit for a king!

No fresh fruit though?

Will have some yogurt with blueberries in a bit....probably something heavier later this morning (post-gardening).

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on August 07, 2022, 02:59:16 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on August 07, 2022, 01:18:32 AM
... Oh my!  Fit for a king!


No fresh fruit though?
...

PD

Well thanks, but l have no royal aspirations ( though there certainly have been those willing to crown me... ). I'll think about some fruit for lunch.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on September 03, 2022, 12:00:45 PM
Made a homemade beef stew. Delicious and filling.

Made with all local in season produce...... some from my own garden and some from the local market (green beans, green pepper, carrots, celery and celery leaves, thyme, red potatoes, Spanish onions, garlic).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on September 03, 2022, 01:20:53 PM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on September 03, 2022, 12:00:45 PM
Made a homemade beef stew. Delicious and filling.

Made with all local in season produce...... some from my own garden and some from the local market (green beans, green pepper, carrots, celery and celery leaves, thyme, red potatoes, Spanish onions, garlic).
Sounds very tasty!

Did you save any for me?  :D  And did you have it over rice, pasta, or???  And how do you make the sauce/gravy for it?  Liquids?  Any flour?  Tomatoes?  Wine?  Do tell.  ;)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on September 04, 2022, 02:45:14 AM
Lunch at work:

Six hard-boiled eggs. All l had as l forgot to get something for a proper lunch yesterday...
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on September 07, 2022, 05:30:25 AM
Quote from: LKB on September 04, 2022, 02:45:14 AM
Lunch at work:

Six hard-boiled eggs. All l had as l forgot to get something for a proper lunch yesterday...
Ouch!

Trying to eat as much local corn as I can here:  the season is sooooo short and it's soooooo good!

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on September 12, 2022, 07:33:14 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on September 03, 2022, 01:20:53 PM
Sounds very tasty!

Did you save any for me?  :D  And did you have it over rice, pasta, or???  And how do you make the sauce/gravy for it?  Liquids?  Any flour?  Tomatoes?  Wine?  Do tell.  ;)

PD

Sorry for the late reply. No pasta or rice, just on its own.

Brown the stew meat after tossing it in flour, salt and pepper. That alone adds a little thickness to the sauce. Beef broth. No tomatoes but a small can of tomato paste, which I could have probably put only half of it. And no wine this time (last time I added wine and it was too boozy tasting for me).
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on September 12, 2022, 08:22:52 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on September 12, 2022, 07:33:14 AM
Sorry for the late reply. No pasta or rice, just on its own.

Brown the stew meat after tossing it in flour, salt and pepper. That alone adds a little thickness to the sauce. Beef broth. No tomatoes but a small can of tomato paste, which I could have probably put only half of it. And no wine this time (last time I added wine and it was too boozy tasting for me).
Thanks for your reply.

A suggestion for you which you may or may not have tried in the past.  Double-concentrate tomato paste.  It comes in a tube and lasts forever; once opened, store in refrigerator.  It's very handy and you avoid using too much t.p., or wasting what's left in the can, or having to freeze it by the tablespoon in plastic wrap, etc.  There's a brand called Amore (Italian) which I really like and is easily available in supermarkets in the US.

They also make an anchovy paste one which I also use.   :)

PD

p.s.  Here, made a batch of spaghetti sauce last night with a nice green salad with tomatoes from my garden, and scallions.  I added olives to mine.  My friend who joined me in both dinner and watching the men's final at the US Open yesterday doesn't care for them.  Eggplants are coming in strong along with a modest amount of tomatoes, so I'll have to figure out how to use them.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on September 16, 2022, 05:27:55 AM
Made a bit special breakfast today:  Broiled tomatoes with fresh basil and oregano, olive oil & s&p.  Omelette with a sauté of mushrooms, onions, shallots and parsley and some chopped feta....and a glass of oj.

Life is good!

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on September 18, 2022, 07:50:10 AM
No restaurant today, it's rainy and when l got off shift l wanted my bed.

So now, of course, sleep won't come. Since l hit Safeway otw home I've stocked the fridge to the point that l won't need to leave home until l had back to work Tuesday night.

I'll probably still go to breakfast tomorrow, weather permitting, and if l do chalk up  another crab omelet.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: VonStupp on December 23, 2022, 07:01:49 AM
Lemon Curd Thumbprints

The girls and I are throwing ourselves at making these today during our blizzard warnings.

The lemon curd itself comes with a big thank you to PD!
VS

(https://www.chelseasmessyapron.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Lemon-Curd-Cookies-4.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on December 23, 2022, 07:37:12 AM
Quote from: VonStupp on December 23, 2022, 07:01:49 AMLemon Curd Thumbprints

The girls and I are throwing ourselves at making these today during our blizzard warnings.

The lemon curd itself comes with a big thank you to PD!
VS

(https://www.chelseasmessyapron.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Lemon-Curd-Cookies-4.jpg)
Oh boy!  Those look quite decadent!  Are those a kind of cookie or??

So glad that you tried that lemon curd recipe!  And glad that you downloaded it when you did as FineCooking is no longer being published and they've finally taken down the website.  :'( Were you pleased with the recipe?  Other than the squeezing of the lemons, I thought it quite easy and foolproof.

How much snow did you get in your area?

Oh, and if I hadn't mentioned it earlier, extra lemon curd freezes REALLY well!  I put it into very small containers (1/2 cup size), tucking a tiny bit of plastic wrap on top to prevent freezer burn, put the lid on, label and date them.  Wonderful over fresh fruit!  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: VonStupp on December 23, 2022, 12:46:40 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on December 23, 2022, 07:37:12 AMOh boy!  Those look quite decadent!  Are those a kind of cookie or??

So glad that you tried that lemon curd recipe!  And glad that you downloaded it when you did as FineCooking is no longer being published and they've finally taken down the website.  :'( Were you pleased with the recipe?  Other than the squeezing of the lemons, I thought it quite easy and foolproof.

How much snow did you get in your area?

Oh, and if I hadn't mentioned it earlier, extra lemon curd freezes REALLY well!  I put it into very small containers (1/2 cup size), tucking a tiny bit of plastic wrap on top to prevent freezer burn, put the lid on, label and date them.  Wonderful over fresh fruit!  :)

PD
Yes, when you shared it with me, I filed it away. Good to know it can be stored, we can save some for a rainy (or snowy) day.

I will update you on this recipe; the lemon curd has to be cooled as does the dough, so it won't be ready until tomorrow or Christmas.

Not much in the way of snow, maybe 3 or 4 inches yesterday. It is the winds that are relentless right now. At -36° F wind chill, frostbite occurs in 10 minutes for exposed skin, or so the local news has been warning us.

The few inches of light, fluffy snow is whipping around wildly, making it difficult to even see outside, and of course it is banking up on my driveway for removal later this weekend. Our blizzard warning ends tomorrow morning, and the wind chill warning subsides tomorrow evening.

Hope all is going well, and a Merry (and hopefully well-fed) Christmas to you!
VS
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on December 24, 2022, 01:57:32 AM
Quote from: VonStupp on December 23, 2022, 12:46:40 PMYes, when you shared it with me, I filed it away. Good to know it can be stored, we can save some for a rainy (or snowy) day.

I will update you on this recipe; the lemon curd has to be cooled as does the dough, so it won't be ready until tomorrow or Christmas.

Not much in the way of snow, maybe 3 or 4 inches yesterday. It is the winds that are relentless right now. At -36° F wind chill, frostbite occurs in 10 minutes for exposed skin, or so the local news has been warning us.

The few inches of light, fluffy snow is whipping around wildly, making it difficult to even see outside, and of course it is banking up on my driveway for removal later this weekend. Our blizzard warning ends tomorrow morning, and the wind chill warning subsides tomorrow evening.

Hope all is going well, and a Merry (and hopefully well-fed) Christmas to you!
VS

Brrr!  That sounds awfully cold!  Not windy at the moment here but very cold.

And same to you!  :)  And happy baking!

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on December 24, 2022, 06:33:41 AM
Quote from: VonStupp on December 23, 2022, 07:01:49 AMLemon Curd Thumbprints

The girls and I are throwing ourselves at making these today during our blizzard warnings.

The lemon curd itself comes with a big thank you to PD!
VS

(https://www.chelseasmessyapron.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Lemon-Curd-Cookies-4.jpg)

I don't much care for lemon yet those look delicious just the same, so I think y'all must have done a good job. 😋
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: VonStupp on December 24, 2022, 08:03:40 AM
Quote from: LKB on December 24, 2022, 06:33:41 AMI don't much care for lemon yet those look delicious just the same, so I think y'all must have done a good job. 😋
A stock photo from the recipe we are working on. I will try and upload the real deal to see if it holds up to the original.
VS
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on January 19, 2023, 06:14:00 AM
Planning on making "Chanakhi", which is a Georgian lamb stew. I won't be doing it in the individual clay pots, which is the traditional method, but likely in my Dutch oven.

Even though I consider myself fairly experienced in the kitchen, generally speaking, I don't have any experience cooking eggplant. Any tips? I hear it can be a bit tricky.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 19, 2023, 02:12:52 PM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on January 19, 2023, 06:14:00 AMPlanning on making "Chanakhi", which is a Georgian lamb stew. I won't be doing it in the individual clay pots, which is the traditional method, but likely in my Dutch oven.

Even though I consider myself fairly experienced in the kitchen, generally speaking, I don't have any experience cooking eggplant. Any tips? I hear it can be a bit tricky.
I'm not familiar with this dish, but saw one recipe calling for either "one medium eggplant or four narrow Japanese eggplants".  If you're planning on using typical supermarket style ones (large globe or oval/Italian style--which there are a whole lot of different "Italian" varieties particularly when you get into heirloom ones) "they" used to say that you needed to salt them, etc., to get rid of bitterness.  I haven't found that to be an issue though I have grown them for a number of years.  The only thing that I would suggest is not to buy huge ones to avoid a lot of seeds.  These days (depending upon what your local supermarkets/grocery stores are like), it's often easy to also be able to purchase varieties of Asian eggplants which I find to have less seeds.

Hope that this helps.

By the way, have you ever eaten this dish before?  If you've had it at either a restaurant or at someone's home, I'd be tempted to ask them for tips.  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on January 19, 2023, 03:08:52 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on January 19, 2023, 02:12:52 PMI'm not familiar with this dish, but saw one recipe calling for either "one medium eggplant or four narrow Japanese eggplants".  If you're planning on using typical supermarket style ones (large globe or oval/Italian style--which there are a whole lot of different "Italian" varieties particularly when you get into heirloom ones) "they" used to say that you needed to salt them, etc., to get rid of bitterness.  I haven't found that to be an issue though I have grown them for a number of years.  The only thing that I would suggest is not to buy huge ones to avoid a lot of seeds.  These days (depending upon what your local supermarkets/grocery stores are like), it's often easy to also be able to purchase varieties of Asian eggplants which I find to have less seeds.

Hope that this helps.

By the way, have you ever eaten this dish before?  If you've had it at either a restaurant or at someone's home, I'd be tempted to ask them for tips.  :)

PD

Thanks for the tips, PD! I haven't made this dish before and don't know any Georgians (European Georgians).  ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 19, 2023, 03:14:03 PM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on January 19, 2023, 03:08:52 PMThanks for the tips, PD! I haven't made this dish before and don't know any Georgians (European Georgians).  ;D
Well, good for you for trying new dishes/cuisines!

And, basically, you don't want to purchase any really large veg = too many seeds and normally tough.

Looking forward to hearing how it comes out...and do post the recipe that you tried.  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on March 05, 2023, 02:06:28 PM
Braised Short Ribs with Red Wine Gravy (https://damndelicious.net/2022/12/16/braised-short-ribs/)

This turned out great! Served with mashed potatoes and steamed green beans.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 06, 2023, 06:15:30 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on March 05, 2023, 02:06:28 PMBraised Short Ribs with Red Wine Gravy (https://damndelicious.net/2022/12/16/braised-short-ribs/)

This turned out great! Served with mashed potatoes and steamed green beans.
Looks yummy!  What kind of wine did you end up using in it?  Also, did you end up making that Georgian dish, and, if so, how did you like it?

I made this back in the early fall.  My first time cooking short ribs--wish that I hadn't waited so long!  Very pleased with it.  I browned mine stove top and then transferred them to a slow cooker vs. cooking in the oven.  Wish that the price of meat hadn't gone so high though.  From what I recall, it was about $40 just for the ribs!

Here's the recipe that I made:  https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchen/spicy-braised-short-ribs-with-polenta-9383225

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on March 06, 2023, 06:21:16 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 06, 2023, 06:15:30 AMLooks yummy!  What kind of wine did you end up using in it?  Also, did you end up making that Georgian dish, and, if so, how did you like it?

I made this back in the early fall.  My first time cooking short ribs--wish that I hadn't waited so long!  Very pleased with it.  I browned mine stove top and then transferred them to a slow cooker vs. cooking in the oven.  Wish that the price of meat hadn't gone so high though.  From what I recall, it was about $40 just for the ribs!

Here's the recipe that I made:  https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchen/spicy-braised-short-ribs-with-polenta-9383225

PD

I used a blended red wine from California called "Conundrum", by Charles F. Wagner.

Yes, I did do the Georgian Chanakhi recipe, and it was fabulous.  Turned out great.  I substituted 1/2 the lamb meat with beef, since the lamb meat pieces given to me by the butcher were overly fatty.

Here is the recipe!

Chanakhi (https://www.panningtheglobe.com/georgian-lamb-stew-chanakhi/)

(https://www.panningtheglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Georgian-lamb-stew.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 06, 2023, 06:39:20 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on March 06, 2023, 06:21:16 AMI used a blended red wine from California called "Conundrum", by Charles F. Wagner.

Yes, I did do the Georgian Chanakhi recipe, and it was fabulous.  Turned out great.  I substituted 1/2 the lamb meat with beef, since the lamb meat pieces given to me by the butcher were overly fatty.

Here is the recipe!

Chanakhi (https://www.panningtheglobe.com/georgian-lamb-stew-chanakhi/)

(https://www.panningtheglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Georgian-lamb-stew.jpg)
Thanks!  You're getting me hungry here!  Speaking of Georgian food, a while ago I remember reading about khachapuri...boy, I'd love to try that!  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on March 06, 2023, 06:55:34 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 06, 2023, 06:39:20 AMThanks!  You're getting me hungry here!  Speaking of Georgian food, a while ago I remember reading about khachapuri...boy, I'd love to try that!  :)

PD

Unfamiliar with khachapuri.  I'll have to look that up!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on March 06, 2023, 07:55:40 AM
@Pohjolas Daughter , here is another recipe (from the same site as the Chanahki, that you might enjoy).  It is one of my favourites!  It's delicious, if you don't mind a little spicy kick.

Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs Korean Style (https://www.panningtheglobe.com/slow-cooker-chicken-thighs-korean-style/)

(https://www.panningtheglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Slow-cooker-chicken-thighs-korean.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on March 06, 2023, 09:02:58 AM
Both look amazing but too big for me, I would be eating leftovers forever!  I acquired a cookbook a few months ago called Cooking for One that has been transformative for me.  Just *when* I have the energy after work to cook.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on March 06, 2023, 09:19:40 AM
Quote from: DavidW on March 06, 2023, 09:02:58 AMBoth look amazing but too big for me, I would be eating leftovers forever!  I acquired a cookbook a few months ago called Cooking for One that has been transformative for me.  Just *when* I have the energy after work to cook.

Yes, cooking for one can be a challenge at times, as most recipes seem to be geared to four or more people. I have my girlfriend, her sister who lives across the street and their parents who are almost there five days a week providing child care who sample my cooking if I make big batches, not to mention my own sister.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 06, 2023, 12:02:30 PM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on March 06, 2023, 06:55:34 AMUnfamiliar with khachapuri.  I'll have to look that up!  :)
A version that particularly caught my eye was the Adjarian one which includes the cheeses, butter and eggs).

Quote from: OrchestralNut on March 06, 2023, 07:55:40 AM@Pohjolas Daughter , here is another recipe (from the same site as the Chanahki, that you might enjoy).  It is one of my favourites!  It's delicious, if you don't mind a little spicy kick.

Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs Korean Style (https://www.panningtheglobe.com/slow-cooker-chicken-thighs-korean-style/)

(https://www.panningtheglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Slow-cooker-chicken-thighs-korean.jpg)
Yes, I do enjoy spices (and various levels of heat) here...thanks!

Quote from: DavidW on March 06, 2023, 09:02:58 AMBoth look amazing but too big for me, I would be eating leftovers forever!  I acquired a cookbook a few months ago called Cooking for One that has been transformative for me.  Just *when* I have the energy after work to cook.
There are a number of different tricks that you can use and hopefully that book mentions some of them...like making batches of things like soups and stews and freezing some of the leftovers.  Another one (if you eat meat):  I'll sometimes buy a roasted chicken (love my coops ones) and use them in a variety of ways.  Like first night, eat one of the legs, cook either some rice or potatoes and some other sort of veg to go with it and/or make a salad.  Various things that you can do with the leftovers:  make chicken salad and/or nachos or use some of the meat in a wrap or sandwich.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 07, 2023, 05:31:57 AM
Quote from: DavidW on March 06, 2023, 09:02:58 AMBoth look amazing but too big for me, I would be eating leftovers forever!  I acquired a cookbook a few months ago called Cooking for One that has been transformative for me.  Just *when* I have the energy after work to cook.
By the way, who is the author of that cookbook?

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on March 07, 2023, 09:42:03 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 07, 2023, 05:31:57 AMBy the way, who is the author of that cookbook?

PD

Joanie Zisk

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1974808696/
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 08, 2023, 03:43:19 AM
Quote from: DavidW on March 07, 2023, 09:42:03 AMJoanie Zisk

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1974808696/
I looked at some of her recipes (via Amazon and on her website).  She has some nice ideas.  What have you thought so far of the ones that you have made?

PD

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on March 08, 2023, 06:21:29 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 08, 2023, 03:43:19 AMI looked at some of her recipes (via Amazon and on her website).  She has some nice ideas.  What have you thought so far of the ones that you have made?

PD



I've cooked roughly a third of the recipes in the book.  There was a pasta dish that I didn't like because the sauce was too soupy and there was a chickpea curry that I thought was too bland, and everything else I've liked.  And my favorite recipe is the Chili.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 10, 2023, 11:02:14 AM
Quote from: ol1v1errr on March 10, 2023, 09:47:02 AMspaghetti with chicken cutlet  ::)
Is your "rolling eyes" emoji a good thing or a bad thing?  Hoping that you enjoyed it!  And any veggies/salad to go with it?

Here:  made some lentil soup a couple of days ago...o.k. recipe, but want a better one.  Thinking of making some mac 'n cheese for dinner tonight (adding in some pre-cooked broccoli and making my own bread crumbs to go on top).

PD

p.s.  And I almost forgot to say welcome to the forum!  :-[
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on March 10, 2023, 11:47:27 AM
Quote from: ol1v1errr on March 10, 2023, 09:47:02 AMspaghetti with chicken cutlet  ::)

I did something similar a couple nights ago but made it Italian sausage. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on March 10, 2023, 11:50:26 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 10, 2023, 11:02:14 AMThinking of making some mac 'n cheese for dinner tonight (adding in some pre-cooked broccoli and making my own bread crumbs to go on top).

PD


That is one of Abbey Sharp's "hunger crushing combos"... oh wait I'm wrong.  She doesn't add broccoli, she adds cauliflower and butternut squash.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on March 10, 2023, 11:52:58 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 10, 2023, 11:02:14 AMHere:  made some lentil soup a couple of days ago...o.k. recipe, but want a better one. 

I like the one from Joy of Cooking.  Balsamic vinegar and thyme really does the trick.  That is unless you want a more popular Indian variety.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on March 19, 2023, 06:10:49 AM
Steak and eggs, in about 30 minutes.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 19, 2023, 06:23:10 AM
Quote from: DavidW on March 10, 2023, 11:50:26 AMThat is one of Abbey Sharp's "hunger crushing combos"... oh wait I'm wrong.  She doesn't add broccoli, she adds cauliflower and butternut squash.

Quote from: DavidW on March 10, 2023, 11:52:58 AMI like the one from Joy of Cooking.  Balsamic vinegar and thyme really does the trick.  That is unless you want a more popular Indian variety.
Thanks for the ideas!  I do have a Joy of Cooking and will see whether or not it's in there (mine is an older copy).  And I should also pick the brains of a local Middle Eastern restaurant as they make one there that I like.

The soup that I made (like a lot of soups) tasted better a day or two later.  And, yes, a good Indian recipe would be nice too (I suspect that I should have added more curry powder).

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on March 19, 2023, 07:46:48 AM
Just made roasted garlic soup. So good! I ended up adding my leftover diced Christmas ham into it and think it was a great combination.

Made a double batch as I had so many garlic bulbs given to me. I still have many bulbs remaining to do other things with it. At least garlic has a good shelf life! 🙂
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on March 23, 2023, 01:14:50 PM
Quote from: ultralinear on March 23, 2023, 12:51:34 PMMade this tonight - very straightforward, and also turned out fabulous.  Warmed some sourdough bread to soak up the juice. :)


Oh, excellent! So glad to hear you enjoyed it, and the sourdough bread sounds delicious. Good idea! :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papy Oli on April 01, 2023, 01:21:42 AM
Oh, that Chanakhi recipe looks very appetising. Saved for a forthcoming weekend  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Papy Oli on April 01, 2023, 03:45:04 AM
Quote from: ultralinear on April 01, 2023, 03:31:26 AMI used Charlotte potatoes and a leg of lamb from the supermarket - so not a cheap dish - but worth it. :)

The one change I would make next time would be to cut the lamb into bigger chunks.  Maybe it was the particular piece of meat I was using, but the 1-inch pieces specified by the recipe seemed to shrink a fair bit in the cooking.  Doesn't affect the flavour, just a personal preference.

Sounds nice. I love those one-pot slow-cooked stews so I'll definitely try that one. I tend to prefer larger chunks where possible too for my Boeuf bourguignon or lamb & chicken couscous.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on April 01, 2023, 03:46:58 AM
And of course similar to a lot of soups and stews, it is better the next day!  :) I hope you enjoy it once you give it a shot Olivier!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on April 02, 2023, 01:22:08 PM
Quote from: Ennorat on April 02, 2023, 12:50:54 PMHomemade pizza, my favorite dish :)
Oh, nice!  And welcome to the forum!

So, what did you put on your pizza and how do you like to bake it?  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on April 03, 2023, 04:59:21 AM
Made this yesterday for dinner and it was excellent!  Although I used pork hocks, not pork shanks (although the terms are interchangeable I find, depending where you are from).  I also didn't have fennel bulbs, thus I substituted with some celery stalks and a teaspoon of fennel seeds.

Braised Pork Shanks with Gravy (https://savorthebest.com/braised-pork-shanks-with-gravy/)

(https://savorthebest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/braised-pork-shank-with-gravy_5721.jpg.webp)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on April 03, 2023, 12:16:00 PM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on April 03, 2023, 04:59:21 AMMade this yesterday for dinner and it was excellent!  Although I used pork hocks, not pork shanks (although the terms are interchangeable I find, depending where you are from).  I also didn't have fennel bulbs, thus I substituted with some celery stalks and a teaspoon of fennel seeds.

Braised Pork Shanks with Gravy (https://savorthebest.com/braised-pork-shanks-with-gravy/)

(https://savorthebest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/braised-pork-shank-with-gravy_5721.jpg.webp)
Sounds yummy!

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on April 08, 2023, 09:08:19 PM
Processed food at work :P, but looking forward to steak and eggs tomorrow morning. ;D
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Wanderer on April 08, 2023, 10:43:23 PM
Today is Palm Sunday in Greece (Κυριακή των Βαΐων) and the dish traditionally prepared for the day and which we'll be having is batter-fried (in olive oil, of course) fish and skordaliá. What is skordaliá, you might ask? Only one of the most amazing things known to man, provided you like garlic. 😎

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on April 09, 2023, 08:20:29 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on April 08, 2023, 10:43:23 PMToday is Palm Sunday in Greece (Κυριακή των Βαΐων) and the dish traditionally prepared for the day and which we'll be having is batter-fried (in olive oil, of course) fish and skordaliá. What is skordaliá, you might ask? Only one of the most amazing things known to man, provided you like garlic. 😎


Nice!  I haven't had it before but I do love garlic.  How do you make yours?

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on April 09, 2023, 09:04:34 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on April 08, 2023, 10:43:23 PMToday is Palm Sunday in Greece (Κυριακή των Βαΐων) and the dish traditionally prepared for the day and which we'll be having is batter-fried (in olive oil, of course) fish and skordaliá. What is skordaliá, you might ask? Only one of the most amazing things known to man, provided you like garlic. 😎
Love skordalia. The more my mouth feels like it's on fire, the better.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on April 12, 2023, 12:10:47 PM
Found a recipe for a quick pickle which I want to try soon.  It does make 2 quarts (about 24 spears), so I'll need to make sure that I have room for both of them in my fridge!  And perhaps also some folks who might want to eat some of them too.  Seen estimates of being good for around 2-3 weeks--though other recipes say more like a month.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Wanderer on April 13, 2023, 02:03:29 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on April 09, 2023, 08:20:29 AMNice!  I haven't had it before but I do love garlic.  How do you make yours?

PD

It's not difficult to make: boil the potatoes (~2kg) just like you would do for purée and you purée them in a food processor with garlic (1 and a half head of garlic), lemon juice and olive oil*. If the mixture is too thick, you add/mix some of the water you boiled the potatoes in. You don't want to add too many liquids, the consistency of skordaliá should be like that of non-runny fondue or that of aligot.
That said, what we usually do when you are not going to eat it all right away is not add the olive oil during the initial process described above, but add and mix ladolémono (olive oil and lemon juice well mixed together) to the skordaliá at each one's plate during serving.

*Extra virgin olive oil, of course. I'm bemused reading the "extra virgin" part in English recipes (same as with "freshly squeezed" lemon juice); for us in Greece it's a given. Anything of lesser quality is deemed as not suitable for human consumption; it's used for soap-making and animal food. 🤷
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Wanderer on April 13, 2023, 02:13:10 AM
Quote from: Brian on April 09, 2023, 09:04:34 AMLove skordalia. The more my mouth feels like it's on fire, the better.  8)

There is such a thing as too much garlic in skordaliá (it's not supposed to be innocuous, but not unbearably hot, either); that said, if it's not fiery, what's the point? I'd rather err on the side of hotness. 😉
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on April 13, 2023, 02:18:48 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on April 13, 2023, 02:03:29 AMIt's not difficult to make: boil the potatoes (~2kg) just like you would do for purée and you purée them in a food processor with garlic (1 and a half head of garlic), lemon juice and olive oil*. If the mixture is too thick, you add/mix some of the water you boiled the potatoes in. You don't want to add too many liquids, the consistency of skordaliá should be like that of non-runny fondue or that of aligot.
That said, what we usually do when you are not going to eat it all right away is not add the olive oil during the initial process described above, but add and mix ladolémono (olive oil and lemon juice well mixed together) to the skordaliá at each one's plate during serving.

*Extra virgin olive oil, of course. I'm bemused reading the "extra virgin" part in English recipes (same as with "freshly squeezed" lemon juice); for us in Greece it's a given. Anything of lesser quality is deemed as not suitable for human consumption; it's used for soap-making and animal food. 🤷
Do you serve it warm or room-temperature?  Do you use it for a dip?

PD
Quote from: Wanderer on April 13, 2023, 02:13:10 AMThere is such a thing as too much garlic in skordaliá (it's not supposed to be innocuous, but not unbearably hot, either); that said, if it's not fiery, what's the point? I'd rather err on the side of hotness. 😉
lol  I do enjoy garlic but not sure if I'd want a fireball going down my throat!  ;)

I sometimes like to roast a head of garlic--like when I'm making baba ganoush.  I prefer the mellower taste in that dip.  Hint, when you're roasting the eggplant, grab a head of garlic, cut off the top, drizzle a little olive oil and s&p on it, wrap it in a bit of foil and put it next to the eggplant.  You can use what you don't use in making the b.g. in other dishes (like in a salad dressing, mashed potatoes, other veggies).

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Wanderer on April 13, 2023, 05:38:23 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on April 13, 2023, 02:18:48 AMDo you serve it warm or room-temperature?  Do you use it for a dip?

PDlol  I do enjoy garlic but not sure if I'd want a fireball going down my throat!  ;)

I sometimes like to roast a head of garlic--like when I'm making baba ganoush.  I prefer the mellower taste in that dip.  Hint, when you're roasting the eggplant, grab a head of garlic, cut off the top, drizzle a little olive oil and s&p on it, wrap it in a bit of foil and put it next to the eggplant.  You can use what you don't use in making the b.g. in other dishes (like in a salad dressing, mashed potatoes, other veggies).

PD

Yes, it's an excellent dip, absolutely divine with good, crusty bread. 

Served warm (not hot) or warm-ish when served as a side dish, at room temperature or cold (esp. in the summer!) when on its own as a dip.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on April 13, 2023, 05:46:31 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on April 13, 2023, 05:38:23 AMYes, it's an excellent dip, absolutely divine with good, crusty bread.

Served warm (not hot) or warm-ish when served as a side dish, at room temperature or cold (esp. in the summer!) when on its own as a dip.
I've seen recipes with almonds added to it; do you ever add them to yours?  Also, recipes with bread instead of potatoes but that doesn't sound so appealing to me.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Wanderer on April 13, 2023, 06:07:07 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on April 13, 2023, 05:46:31 AMI've seen recipes with almonds added to it; do you ever add them to yours?  Also, recipes with bread instead of potatoes but that doesn't sound so appealing to me.

PD

That's a different type of skordaliá. My grandmother used to make it from time to time (no potatoes or lemon, with walnuts crushed to a paste with the garlic, yesterday's bread, olive oil and vinegar). It's a totally different thing: very tasty (totally different taste, of course), but much heavier. It's more of a "for the table" small plate that accompanies ouzo or tsipouro than a side-dish.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on April 13, 2023, 06:10:54 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on April 13, 2023, 06:07:07 AMThat's a different type of skordaliá. My grandmother used to make it from time to time (no potatoes or lemon, with walnuts crushed to a paste with the garlic, yesterday's bread, olive oil and vinegar). It's a totally different thing: very tasty (totally different taste, of course), but much heavier. It's more of a "for the table" small plate that accompanies ouzo or tsipouro than a side-dish.
Thank you for the info! And, yes, that does sound heavier.  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brahmsian on April 13, 2023, 08:31:39 AM
Does anyone have any experience or has used powdered or dried mushroom in powdered form in their cooking?  My girlfriend came back from BC (Vancouver Island) and got me some Chanterelle powder and Morel powder.  I guess I will likely use them a flavour enhancer of stocks, soups and stews.

Can't find the exact photo match, as I think they might be currently out of stock, but this is where the product is from.  Apparently, these mushroom powders are a common West Coast thing.

Forest For Dinner (https://forestfordinner.ca/)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on April 14, 2023, 03:57:00 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on April 13, 2023, 08:31:39 AMDoes anyone have any experience or has used powdered or dried mushroom in powdered form in their cooking?  My girlfriend came back from BC (Vancouver Island) and got me some Chanterelle powder and Morel powder.  I guess I will likely use them a flavour enhancer of stocks, soups and stews.

Can't find the exact photo match, as I think they might be currently out of stock, but this is where the product is from.  Apparently, these mushroom powders are a common West Coast thing.

Forest For Dinner (https://forestfordinner.ca/)
I've used dried mushrooms before in cooking, but not a powdered version of them.  You might google the name of the company and see if they have any info/suggestions and/or shoot them an email?

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on April 14, 2023, 08:30:50 AM
Enjoying a large, healthy and I think also fairly tasty salad here at home.  Whilst waiting for some eggs to hard boil, I mixed together some red butter lettuce leaves, added a bit of radicchio, some endive, grated carrot, garbanzo beans, leftover steamed asparagus (cut it up), sliced radishes, artichoke hearts, grated cheddar cheese, a sliced hard-boiled egg, s&p, red wine vinegar and olive oil.  Oh, and some finely sliced red onion.  Having it for lunch.  Too hot here to think of having a warm meal.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on April 16, 2023, 11:50:37 AM
I cooked my other Cornish Game Hen last night.  It had been sitting in my freezer for months.  I like the simplicity of it-- some seasonings and butter and stick it in the oven!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on April 16, 2023, 12:46:18 PM
Quote from: DavidW on April 16, 2023, 11:50:37 AMI cooked my other Cornish Game Hen last night.  It had been sitting in my freezer for months.  I like the simplicity of it-- some seasonings and butter and stick it in the oven!
Did you cook it on one of those special roasters for c.g.h.?  The upright kind.  Or??

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on April 16, 2023, 02:01:15 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on April 16, 2023, 12:46:18 PMDid you cook it on one of those special roasters for c.g.h.?  The upright kind.  Or??

PD

Oh no I just used an 8x8 baking dish.  It doesn't give off lots of juices like larger poultry do.  Though some day I should get a roaster.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on April 27, 2023, 06:17:39 AM
Quote from: ultralinear on April 23, 2023, 06:04:52 AMFrom the lady who brought us that fabulous Georgian Lamb Stew (Chanakhi) (https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?msg=1500029)  :

(https://www.panningtheglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/caponata-and-bruschetta.jpg)

Caponata - Sicilian Sweet and Sour Eggplant Relish (https://www.panningtheglobe.com/caponata-sicilian-sweet-sour-eggplant-relish/)

I've seen a range of very different recipes for this, from the ultra-simple to the mega-elaborate (including grated chocolate.)  This one worked out quite straightforward in practice, relatively quick to make, and packed way more flavour than the very basic recipes I've knocked out in the past.

I've never tasted the authentic article - I only know of it from watching Inspector Montalbano on TV - so I've no idea what the correct balance is between sweet and sour.  For my taste this one seemed too sweet as specified, and I would probably halve the amount of sugar next time.  However the sourness does still come through, and The Boss thought it delicious as it was.

The recipe is presented as an appetiser to be served on bruschetta - which is how Montalbano eats it - but I served it as a side with lamb steaks done in an air-fryer, like an alternative ratatouille.  The leftovers were warmed up with some pasta for lunch.  It's definitely better when left for a day before serving.

I wish OrchestralNut aka Brahmsian were here. :(
I'll have to compare it to a recipe that I have.  As I recall, the one that I made was relatively sweet--worked as an appetizer but would think that it would be too sweet/heavy/oily for a side (am trying to remember how all I used it.  Remember giving some of it to some friends who enjoyed it).

Trying a "quick pickle" recipe (new to me).  It's a simple one for red onions.  It's currently cooling on the counter top and then I'll put it in the fridge.  Supposedly, it's best for about 2-3 days but keeps for up to two weeks.  Next up:  using my last two hard-boiled eggs to make egg salad for lunch.  Will put some of the pickled onions on top of it and also add some lettuce to the sandwich.  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Franco_Manitobain on April 27, 2023, 06:21:26 AM
Quote from: ultralinear on April 23, 2023, 06:04:52 AMFrom the lady who brought us that fabulous Georgian Lamb Stew (Chanakhi) (https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?msg=1500029)  :

(https://www.panningtheglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/caponata-and-bruschetta.jpg)

Caponata - Sicilian Sweet and Sour Eggplant Relish (https://www.panningtheglobe.com/caponata-sicilian-sweet-sour-eggplant-relish/)

I've seen a range of very different recipes for this, from the ultra-simple to the mega-elaborate (including grated chocolate.)  This one worked out quite straightforward in practice, relatively quick to make, and packed way more flavour than the very basic recipes I've knocked out in the past.

I've never tasted the authentic article - I only know of it from watching Inspector Montalbano on TV - so I've no idea what the correct balance is between sweet and sour.  For my taste this one seemed too sweet as specified, and I would probably halve the amount of sugar next time.  However the sourness does still come through, and The Boss thought it delicious as it was.

The recipe is presented as an appetiser to be served on bruschetta - which is how Montalbano eats it - but I served it as a side with lamb steaks done in an air-fryer, like an alternative ratatouille.  The leftovers were warmed up with some pasta for lunch.  It's definitely better when left for a day before serving.

I wish OrchestralNut aka Brahmsian were here. :(

Looks very interesting indeed!  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on April 27, 2023, 07:58:33 AM
Well, pickled onions had a fair bit of "bite" to them.  I'm hoping that it will mellow out a bit overnight.  Egg salad turned out great.

Looked through some of my caponata recipes (the ones that I saved onto my computer).  Can't remember now which one I made!  It's been too long.  Wait!  Pretty certain that I found the recipe that I had made.  It was by Nick Stellino.  It's called Nick's Caponata Siciliano.  Think, though, that I'll wait until I can get either fresh local eggplants or grow some again this year myself.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Irons on April 30, 2023, 07:16:56 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on April 14, 2023, 08:30:50 AMEnjoying a large, healthy and I think also fairly tasty salad here at home.  Whilst waiting for some eggs to hard boil, I mixed together some red butter lettuce leaves, added a bit of radicchio, some endive, grated carrot, garbanzo beans, leftover steamed asparagus (cut it up), sliced radishes, artichoke hearts, grated cheddar cheese, a sliced hard-boiled egg, s&p, red wine vinegar and olive oil.  Oh, and some finely sliced red onion.  Having it for lunch.  Too hot here to think of having a warm meal.

PD

Last year given away with a gardening mag a packet of free radicchio seeds and knowing little about the plant gave it a go. Adds crunch, colour and bitterness to a salad which we liked very much. Easy to grow and can withstand temperatures humble lettuce cannot. Radicchio has earned a place on my seed sowing programme for this year. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on April 30, 2023, 08:46:42 AM
Quote from: Irons on April 30, 2023, 07:16:56 AMLast year given away with a gardening mag a packet of free radicchio seeds and knowing little about the plant gave it a go. Adds crunch, colour and bitterness to a salad which we liked very much. Easy to grow and can withstand temperatures humble lettuce cannot. Radicchio has earned a place on my seed sowing programme for this year. 
Excellent!  ;D

I'm sitting down now taking a break.  I cooked (and did dishes) for about 3+ hours (forget when I started this morning).  Am making a celery/celeriac/potato soup (winging it from looking at some recipes) which is finishing cooking.  Also, made a "Spicy Red Lentil" dip (from FineCooking Magazine) which is now chilling and finishing developing its goodness in my fridge.  At least I was able to enjoy listening to the radio whilst going about it and will have some (hopefully) nice dishes to enjoy throughout the coming week.  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BWV 1080 on May 05, 2023, 05:35:22 PM
sous vided (is that a verb?) some salmon in a marinade of ginger and shaoxing wine then poured some hot oil w/ ginger, garlic, red pepper and sichuan pepper corns on top, then stir fried some green beans and bacon in the remaining oil

also made margaritas as its Cinco de Mayo
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on May 08, 2023, 05:44:19 AM
Quote from: BWV 1080 on May 05, 2023, 05:35:22 PMsous vided (is that a verb?) some salmon in a marinade of ginger and shaoxing wine then poured some hot oil w/ ginger, garlic, red pepper and sichuan pepper corns on top, then stir fried some green beans and bacon in the remaining oil

also made margaritas as its Cinco de Mayo
What sort of sous vide setup do you have?

And also, have you ever tried any beef and/or pork in there?  If so, do you then brown it somehow?

Just started enjoying local asparagus.  It's so, so good!  Alas, the season is short (particularly if the temps suddenly shoot upwards), so I try and take advantage of it as much as possible.  I have a small pot (which is more vertical than horizontal) which I use.  It has a steaming basket and lid.  Works o.k. too for ears of corn.

Last night, I made a good-sized salad (with romaine, radicchio, endive, a bit of feta and a carrot-ginger dressing which I recently made), asparagus, some doctored-up potato salad from the grocery store, and a hamburger topped with (amongst other things) some quick-pickled red onions (made about a week ago).  Pretty pleased with how everything came out.  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BWV 1080 on May 08, 2023, 07:02:51 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on May 08, 2023, 05:44:19 AMWhat sort of sous vide setup do you have?

And also, have you ever tried any beef and/or pork in there?  If so, do you then brown it somehow?


PD

Nothing fancy, just the basic Anova & a stainless steel pot.  Yes, do pork and beef and you do need to sear them at the end.  My new oven has a temp probe so I do less in the sous vide than I used to, but still very good for fish
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on May 08, 2023, 10:32:25 AM
Quote from: BWV 1080 on May 08, 2023, 07:02:51 AMNothing fancy, just the basic Anova & a stainless steel pot.  Yes, do pork and beef and you do need to sear them at the end.  My new oven has a temp probe so I do less in the sous vide than I used to, but still very good for fish
I see that the prices are all over the place depending upon the model.  If I were to purchase one, I would probably get one that you don't need to install an app on your phone to use (my phone is an older one).  Cool, though, that your oven has a temp probe!  :)

Made a big salad for lunch today:  Tore up some romaine lettuce, added a chopped up hard-boiled egg, crumbled a few pieces of homemade tempeh "bacon", some homemade quick-pickled red onions, cut up some leftover cooked asparagus spears and added a fair bit of *carrot-ginger dressing.

*I found a recipe online which was quite close (if not spot on) to the dressing that I remember from years ago--the kind that you would find in American-Japanese steak houses/sushi restaurant.  It makes about 2 cups and has been keeping quite well in my fridge.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 08, 2023, 07:37:54 PM
It's-It (https://www.itsiticecream.com) ice cream sandwich.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on May 09, 2023, 06:00:57 AM
Quote from: toledobass on May 08, 2023, 07:37:54 PMIt's-It (https://www.itsiticecream.com) ice cream sandwich.


Haven't had one of them before, but they look tasty!

And welcome back!  Haven't seen you around here for some time.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 09, 2023, 08:49:35 AM
Thank you kindly for the warm welcome!

I have not been active in a while, lurking mostly from time to time, but I wanted to drop in and see what was going on in this little corner of the internet.



Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on May 09, 2023, 10:20:20 AM
Quote from: toledobass on May 09, 2023, 08:49:35 AMThank you kindly for the warm welcome!

I have not been active in a while, lurking mostly from time to time, but I wanted to drop in and see what was going on in this little corner of the internet.




:)

May I ask, are you originally from Toledo?  And Spain, Ohio, or???

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: toledobass on May 09, 2023, 12:20:20 PM
In a previous incarnation of myself, I was a member of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra in Ohio. I played bass with that group for 13 seasons.

I am not originally from there though my youth was spent living in another corner of Ohio until my family moved to California when I began high school.

Where are you located? 
A
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on May 09, 2023, 05:12:04 PM
Oh, cool!   :)  Wish that I could play an instrument.

Northeast.

TD

Dinner tonight was a salad with arugula, endive, quick-pickled red onions and carrot-ginger salad dressing and pasta with asparagus, shallots, garlic, tarragon with a light parmesan and olive oil sauce.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on May 10, 2023, 01:41:52 PM
Quote from: Brahmsian on April 13, 2023, 08:31:39 AMDoes anyone have any experience or has used powdered or dried mushroom in powdered form in their cooking?  My girlfriend came back from BC (Vancouver Island) and got me some Chanterelle powder and Morel powder.  I guess I will likely use them a flavour enhancer of stocks, soups and stews.

Can't find the exact photo match, as I think they might be currently out of stock, but this is where the product is from.  Apparently, these mushroom powders are a common West Coast thing.

Forest For Dinner (https://forestfordinner.ca/)
Did you ever have any luck regarding suggestions for using them?

I thought of you today when I saw an article on the news about a special mushroom-centered café.  It's in Asheville, NC.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on May 19, 2023, 12:44:19 PM
Quote from: Ennorat on May 12, 2023, 01:51:51 PMGrilled meat and veggies.
I try to eat food rich in vitamin B12 as I have a deficiency. I also was prescribed to take vitamins additionally, you can find them at Canadian pharmacy (https://www.canadapharmacy.com/). If you're following a plant-based diet, you may want to consider taking a vitamin B12 supplement or consuming fortified foods, such as plant-based milk, breakfast cereals, and nutritional yeast.
Do you eat eggs often?  I believe that they might be helpful in this area, but you should talk to your doctor.

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on May 28, 2023, 06:13:47 AM
My breakfast today ( as is frequently the case on Sundays ): Steak and eggs, washed down with coffee and water. 

I love eggs, usually scrambled but I'll accept them in any form.

Steak no more than once per week, and lately it's been less frequent. So today's meal will be both satisfying and free of guilt.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on May 29, 2023, 10:17:59 AM
Quote from: LKB on May 28, 2023, 06:13:47 AMMy breakfast today ( as is frequently the case on Sundays ): Steak and eggs, washed down with coffee and water. 

I love eggs, usually scrambled but I'll accept them in any form.

Steak no more than once per week, and lately it's been less frequent. So today's meal will be both satisfying and free of guilt.  8)
Perhaps some fresh fruit to balance things off a bit?  Just a suggestion.  Yesterday I made scrambled eggs (adding in a bit of cream cheese at the end), some Killer Dave's multi-seeded bread, and a bunch of fresh strawberries, some OJ and some coffee.  Today, a combo of fresh local strawberries, some blueberries (not local--too early for those) and some whole milk Greek yogurt....with a drizzle of honey....yum!

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on June 29, 2023, 04:24:30 PM
I cooked Chicken Alfredo this evening.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on June 30, 2023, 02:11:46 AM
Quote from: DavidW on June 29, 2023, 04:24:30 PMI cooked Chicken Alfredo this evening.
Hey, good for you!  :)  Were you pleased with how it came out?

And a goodly side of broccoli! 👏

I made a small plate of a couple of different types of lettuce, top with some thin slices of mozzarella, then slices of tomato, dressed in olive oil, balsamic vinegar and s&p as an appetizer.  A bit later, cooked a hamburger and served it with some homemade 4 bean salad and some potato chips.

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on June 30, 2023, 04:20:02 AM
Yeah it was tasty and just the right portion.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on June 30, 2023, 05:08:09 AM
Quote from: DavidW on June 30, 2023, 04:20:02 AMYeah it was tasty and just the right portion.
Nice!  Did you cook the chicken yourself or use a store bought rotisserie (or pre-cooked cut of chicken)?

Those small rotisserie chickens can be very handy.  Normally, I'll have a leg for dinner the first night (and maybe a bit of which meat if I'm really hungry) and then make various kinds of leftovers out of the rest.  Or if you're having a few people over, you can use the whole chicken in whatever you're making.

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on June 30, 2023, 10:36:09 AM
I cooked it myself and froze the rest of the chicken breasts.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on June 30, 2023, 12:05:35 PM
Quote from: DavidW on June 30, 2023, 10:36:09 AMI cooked it myself and froze the rest of the chicken breasts.
Good for you!  :) One thing that I'd like to try is making fresh pasta.  I've made things like crackers, but not fresh pasta.  Dried is nice for a number of meals, but fresh....um!  I do have a pasta maker (hand-cranked) and some attachments for my KitcheanAid stand mixer.  *Should get the one that one can use to roll the sheets of dough.  Fresh fettuccini with chicken alfredo...oooh!  ;D

*More of a challenge when you're trying to roll sheets of whatever dough by yourself.  Wish that I were an octopus then!  :)

A suggestion:  Don't freeze the chicken for very long.  Was this one of the recipes from that cookbook that you had mentioned earlier?

In any event, I'm proud of you for trying new things and not relying on takeout.  Well done you!  Sounds like you're making a lot of ground and being bold.  :)

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BWV 1080 on July 12, 2023, 10:01:06 AM
Made butter chicken over the weekend, not something I normally eat at Indian restaurants, but was quite good compared to memories of the glop sitting out at lunch buffets - relatively few spices, just ginger/garlic, fenugreek leaves (I only had seeds, but OK), kashmiri chili powder and a little bit of garam masala (which is a bunch of spices, but still)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 21, 2023, 05:01:20 AM
A bit of an unusual breakfast for me; I justified it as I was up awfully early this morning.  A bacon, lettuce, tomato and cheddar cheese sandwich with a touch of mayo on multi-grain bread.  Yum!  I also justified this treat as I was cooking some bacon to go into a soup that I'll make later (chicken stock is already made).  I'm going to try a recipe for a chicken and corn chowder (bacon is my idea).  Have some leftover roast chicken and some fresh and local corn.  As the temps are not currently really hot, figured that I would go ahead and make it.  :)

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: KevinP on July 31, 2023, 01:30:52 AM
Mother-in-law made 냉면 because of the heat.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 31, 2023, 05:14:05 AM
Quote from: KevinP on July 31, 2023, 01:30:52 AMMother-in-law made 냉면 because of the heat.
I haven't heard of that dish before now, but it sounds good!  Looking at Wiki, it sounds like it can have various proteins in it.  What did your MIL put in it?  And is this entry accurate?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naengmyeon

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: KevinP on August 01, 2023, 03:28:59 PM
She just put in some basic chopped vegetables like green onions. This is an instant food like ramyeon, but cold.

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on August 02, 2023, 03:53:03 AM
Quote from: KevinP on August 01, 2023, 03:28:59 PMShe just put in some basic chopped vegetables like green onions. This is an instant food like ramyeon, but cold.


So, something like this that she then added some vegetables to?  https://www.amazon.com/Choung-Soo-Naengmyeon-Korean-Noodle/dp/B0734DL7N2/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=naengmyeon+noodles&qid=1690977063&sr=8-4

That sounds like a nice meal to have on a hot day.

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on August 11, 2023, 09:28:27 AM
Just finished making and eating some corn pudding.  First time trying this recipe...tastes great, but very decadent.  It includes a cup of whipping cream!  Will have to share some with a friend as is quite rich, but oh so good.  Used some local corn...yum!  :)

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on August 11, 2023, 01:44:40 PM
I cooked a Mexican ground beef casserole earlier this week.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on August 11, 2023, 03:28:56 PM
Quote from: DavidW on August 11, 2023, 01:44:40 PMI cooked a Mexican ground beef casserole earlier this week.
Not certain what that is.  Describe please (and link to recipe).  And how did you like the taste of it?

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on August 12, 2023, 07:44:45 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on August 11, 2023, 03:28:56 PMNot certain what that is.  Describe please (and link to recipe).  And how did you like the taste of it?

PD

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/281018/mexican-ground-beef-casserole/

I used Rotel with habanero instead of jalapeno.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on August 18, 2023, 08:27:25 AM
Made a tasty salad for lunch: part of a small head of some sort of green butter(?) leaf lettuce (sort of looks like frisée but larger leaves and not quite as bitter), sliced hard-boiled egg, bits of torn up bacon (had cooked some recently), some large cherry tomatoes cut up a bit, and most of a freshly cooked ear of corn (sliced off the cob--and I, of course, ate the rest of it just plain), some red wine vinegar, olive oil and black pepper with a touch of salt added (bacon's salty).  Tossed it all together.

Pleased with how it came out.  :) If I wasn't so hungry when I went to make it, a nice vinaigrette with some shallot or a mustard salad dressing would have worked well too I think.

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BWV 1080 on September 02, 2023, 07:54:08 AM
Made a batch of roasted habanero salsa to go with cochinita pibil (Mayan bbq pork).  Stuff is like liquid death, one tiny drop of the stuff is almost too much to take


Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on September 03, 2023, 08:00:45 AM
Quote from: BWV 1080 on September 02, 2023, 07:54:08 AMMade a batch of roasted habanero salsa to go with cochinita pibil (Mayan bbq pork).  Stuff is like liquid death, one tiny drop of the stuff is almost too much to take

Hadn't heard of this dish before but doing a little googling, it sounds relatively easy but also tasty.   :)  A few questions for you:  1) What cut of pork did you use, 2) Did you use banana leaves, and 3) How did you cook the pork (oven, slow cooker, or?)?

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on September 03, 2023, 08:53:11 AM
I plan on a shrimp and broccoli stir fry for dinner.  I'll also throw in some left over carrots and celery.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BWV 1080 on September 03, 2023, 09:22:14 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on September 03, 2023, 08:00:45 AMHadn't heard of this dish before but doing a little googling, it sounds relatively easy but also tasty.   :)  A few questions for you:  1) What cut of pork did you use, 2) Did you use banana leaves, and 3) How did you cook the pork (oven, slow cooker, or?)?

PD

Used shoulder, butt would also work.  I cooked the pork for 3 hrs in my smoker on apple and oak, then another 6 hours in my oven at 250.  The banana leaves are to wrap the meat in an open pit bbq - they hold moisture in and keep too much smoke from getting on the meat (it's standard practice in American BBQ in long cooks to wrap meats in foil after 3-4 hours for the same reason).  I did the banana leaves on a lark as the market where I got the achiote happened to have them. 


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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on September 13, 2023, 04:19:14 AM
@San Antone Was your recipe something along this line?  I see that it doesn't mention fennel though.  I do love fennel bulbs.  https://www.gustiamo.com/gustiblog/sicilian-pasta-with-anchovies-and-toasted-breadcrumbs/

Did your mother keep replanting the fennel each year using the seeds from the original plant?  Or did she have a special gardening trick to keep it alive; my plants want to bolt if I don't harvest them quickly enough.

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: San Antone on September 13, 2023, 11:09:36 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on September 13, 2023, 04:19:14 AM@San Antone Was your recipe something along this line?  I see that it doesn't mention fennel though.  I do love fennel bulbs.  https://www.gustiamo.com/gustiblog/sicilian-pasta-with-anchovies-and-toasted-breadcrumbs/

Did your mother keep replanting the fennel each year using the seeds from the original plant?  Or did she have a special gardening trick to keep it alive; my plants want to bolt if I don't harvest them quickly enough.

PD

That recipe is close, but we didn't use raisins although my sister said that she knows that some people do.  Also since pine nuts are hard to find where I live, and expensive, I used walnuts (which has a very similar effect). The anchovies and bread crumbs are the key ingredients.

She would let some of the seeds just fall and come back the next year.  The original seeds came from Sicily, and over the years we tried to get some from her and plant them for ourselves, but none of us have ever been able to get the plants to prosper. My mother passed away in 2002, so I have to use fennel powder.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on September 13, 2023, 11:39:51 AM
Quote from: San Antone on September 13, 2023, 11:09:36 AMThat recipe is close, but we didn't use raisins although my sister said that she knows that some people do.  Also since pine nuts are hard to find where I live, and expensive, I used walnuts (which has a very similar effect). The anchovies and bread crumbs are the key ingredients.

She would let some of the seeds just fall and come back the next year.  The original seeds came from Sicily, and over the years we tried to get some from her and plant them for ourselves, but none of us have ever been able to get the plants to prosper. My mother passed away in 2002, so I have to use fennel powder.

I'm sorry to hear that your mother has passed away.

Pine nuts aren't the cheapest of nuts...I know.  ;)  But they are so worth it.  One tip:  I'll often freeze nuts to extend their shelf life (Oils go rancid).

Re:  fennel.  So sorry to hear that you weren't able to keep that variety alive.  Note:  there are a number of varieties of fennel on the market, so I suspect that you can find one that will suit your climate.  Are you much of a gardener?  Or if you don't want to deal with growing it, can you buy it fresh locally?

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BWV 1080 on September 13, 2023, 12:19:12 PM
Quote from: San Antone on September 13, 2023, 11:09:36 AMThat recipe is close, but we didn't use raisins although my sister said that she knows that some people do.  Also since pine nuts are hard to find where I live, and expensive, I used walnuts (which has a very similar effect). The anchovies and bread crumbs are the key ingredients.

She would let some of the seeds just fall and come back the next year.  The original seeds came from Sicily, and over the years we tried to get some from her and plant them for ourselves, but none of us have ever been able to get the plants to prosper. My mother passed away in 2002, so I have to use fennel powder.

Amazon is your friend (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09W9XZ2WZ/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B09W9XZ2WZ&pd_rd_w=uDiVh&content-id=amzn1.sym.0d1092dc-81bb-493f-8769-d5c802257e94&pf_rd_p=0d1092dc-81bb-493f-8769-d5c802257e94&pf_rd_r=N6Y9W8YYSC0BK3DGCFR1&pd_rd_wg=dxSQX&pd_rd_r=d5bd098d-26a6-4547-9809-b57698e99cd6&s=grocery&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWwy) for ingredients like this, can buy 4 pounds at $1.13 / oz

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: San Antone on September 13, 2023, 04:54:45 PM
Quote from: BWV 1080 on September 13, 2023, 12:19:12 PMAmazon is your friend (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09W9XZ2WZ/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B09W9XZ2WZ&pd_rd_w=uDiVh&content-id=amzn1.sym.0d1092dc-81bb-493f-8769-d5c802257e94&pf_rd_p=0d1092dc-81bb-493f-8769-d5c802257e94&pf_rd_r=N6Y9W8YYSC0BK3DGCFR1&pd_rd_wg=dxSQX&pd_rd_r=d5bd098d-26a6-4547-9809-b57698e99cd6&s=grocery&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWwy) for ingredients like this, can buy 4 pounds at $1.13 / oz



Yeah, I ordered some from Amazon after I made this first batch - as well as some authentic Sicilian tomato paste, "Strattu" - and some nice looking Sicilian anchovies.  My next pot will rock.   ;D   (If only my sister could be here ...)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on September 14, 2023, 06:33:08 AM
Quote from: San Antone on September 13, 2023, 04:54:45 PMYeah, I ordered some from Amazon after I made this first batch - as well as some authentic Sicilian tomato paste, "Strattu" - and some nice looking Sicilian anchovies.  My next pot will rock.   ;D   (If only my sister could be here ...)
Quote from: San Antone on September 13, 2023, 04:54:45 PMYeah, I ordered some from Amazon after I made this first batch - as well as some authentic Sicilian tomato paste, "Strattu" - and some nice looking Sicilian anchovies.  My next pot will rock.   ;D   (If only my sister could be here ...)
Sounds nice! 

Out of curiousity, I checked with a local Trader Joe's.  I asked about raw pine nuts and was told that they have them and that they are currently $9.99 for 8 oz.  So, that works out to be $20/lb.  I don't know how good a quality they are, but that beats the price that I paid for the ones from my coop!

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on September 14, 2023, 06:36:48 AM
I baked some kind of hominy casserole last night.  I'm trying to eat on a tight budget these days so I usually look for low ingredient list recipes or pick and choose what I actually want in the dish.  It is an adventure!  Last week I cooked a shrimp and broccoli stir fry, don't remember if I already posted about that.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BWV 1080 on September 14, 2023, 07:39:55 AM
Quote from: DavidW on September 14, 2023, 06:36:48 AMI baked some kind of hominy casserole last night.  I'm trying to eat on a tight budget these days so I usually look for low ingredient list recipes or pick and choose what I actually want in the dish.  It is an adventure!  Last week I cooked a shrimp and broccoli stir fry, don't remember if I already posted about that.

ever had pozole (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozole)?  that is the way to eat hominy
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on September 14, 2023, 08:29:49 AM
Quote from: BWV 1080 on September 14, 2023, 07:39:55 AMever had pozole (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozole)?  that is the way to eat hominy

Yes that is a favorite of mine, and my Father always cooks it for me whenever I visit.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on September 14, 2023, 12:50:38 PM
Quote from: DavidW on September 14, 2023, 06:36:48 AMI baked some kind of hominy casserole last night.  I'm trying to eat on a tight budget these days so I usually look for low ingredient list recipes or pick and choose what I actually want in the dish.  It is an adventure!  Last week I cooked a shrimp and broccoli stir fry, don't remember if I already posted about that.
Yes, trying to cook on a restricted budget can be challenging but sometimes in a good way (depending upon how tight the budget is and how many people you need to cook for).  I'm trying to remind myself to check out more beans and grain-based dishes (can also be better for your health).  That and trying to avoid food waste.

Must admit, I need to try dishes with hominy and grits; don't think that I've ever had either of those.  I do love corn though...been mostly eating it fresh on the cob when it's local.

A slow cooker can be very handy (particularly if you're working away from home).  It's good for a number of things like bigger and tougher cuts of meat, ribs, beans, etc. 

Leftovers are your friend.  There are various articles out there with subjects like "What to do with leftover roast chicken (or a store bought cooked one)".  Some cooks suggest washing everything right when you get home from the store.  I don't quite do that, but do think that it's a good idea to wash things like lettuce (separating the leaves), put in a spinner and then lay out on kitchen towels to finish drying.  Then put into a ziplock bag (I add either a towel or a bit of paper towel), close and then put into fridge.  Sometimes I'll also wash and cut up some carrot sticks and celery to have on hand.  Making a big batch of things like soup, spaghetti sauce or other things that freeze well are nice to have on hand (like for lunch or dinner).  You might want to consider investing in a small chest freezer--if you have the room.  They are very handy for storing things like the above, or when something is on sale (like frozen veggies, butter...things that freeze well).

Just some thoughts.  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on September 15, 2023, 09:40:29 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on September 14, 2023, 06:33:08 AMSounds nice! 

Out of curiousity, I checked with a local Trader Joe's.  I asked about raw pine nuts and was told that they have them and that they are currently $9.99 for 8 oz.  So, that works out to be $20/lb.  I don't know how good a quality they are, but that beats the price that I paid for the ones from my coop!

PD
Quote from: San Antone on September 13, 2023, 04:54:45 PMYeah, I ordered some from Amazon after I made this first batch - as well as some authentic Sicilian tomato paste, "Strattu" - and some nice looking Sicilian anchovies.  My next pot will rock.   ;D   (If only my sister could be here ...)
By the way, which anchovies did you order?

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on September 28, 2023, 12:14:57 PM
Re the recipe for grilled cheese (which you should really make your own), but I was curious about his added chipotle and bacon jam (which I haven't had before, but am thinking that it would be tasty):

https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a36148527/mythical-kitchen-best-grilled-cheese-recipe/

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on September 28, 2023, 03:55:13 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on September 28, 2023, 12:14:57 PMRe the recipe for grilled cheese (which you should really make your own), but I was curious about his added chipotle and bacon jam (which I haven't had before, but am thinking that it would be tasty):

https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a36148527/mythical-kitchen-best-grilled-cheese-recipe/

PD
One thing that I am often doing (re making a grilled cheese sandwich) is instead of using butter, I'll spread some jarred mayo on the top and bottom slices of the bread.  You don't have to worry about whether or not the butter is soft enough to spread on the bread plus it gives a nice "tang" to the sandwich.  Try it!  :)

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on November 09, 2023, 07:36:33 AM
Cooking videos

I ran across a new-to-me channel today called Almazan Kitchen (on youtube).  Quite interesting to watch.  He cooks outside in Serbia in forests or by rivers.  Never speaks, but makes these tasty looking dishes over fires that he builds.  His uncle contributes by doing all the filming (and not certain what else, but they are partners from what I understand).  Has a huge number of followers.

Has anyone else here watched any of the videos?

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on November 09, 2023, 08:55:27 AM
I haven't, but I have seen some Kent Rollins' videos where he also cooks outdoors.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on November 09, 2023, 09:09:07 AM
Quote from: DavidW on November 09, 2023, 08:55:27 AMI haven't, but I have seen some Kent Rollins' videos where he also cooks outdoors.
I remember running across one of his videos.  It might have been Uncle Roger reviewing his version of stir fried rice (not good!).

This one (I've only watched two so far) looked particularly tasty:


I wonder how the owl got in there (as an aside)!  Must be one that wasn't able to be released back into the wild?

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: BWV 1080 on November 15, 2023, 07:54:10 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on November 09, 2023, 07:36:33 AMCooking videos

I ran across a new-to-me channel today called Almazan Kitchen (on youtube).  Quite interesting to watch.  He cooks outside in Serbia in forests or by rivers.  Never speaks, but makes these tasty looking dishes over fires that he builds.  His uncle contributes by doing all the filming (and not certain what else, but they are partners from what I understand).  Has a huge number of followers.

Has anyone else here watched any of the videos?

PD

No, but am a fan of this food porn channel

Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on November 15, 2023, 08:33:37 AM
Quote from: BWV 1080 on November 15, 2023, 07:54:10 AMNo, but am a fan of this food porn channel

I watched her curried cauliflower recipe--looks very tasty!  She does make me nervous though the way that she cuts up her vegetables in her hands.  :(

Love the stones that she uses for grinding spices and food into a paste.

PD

p.s.  And boy, does she ever have a lot of subscribers!  :o
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ando on December 07, 2023, 08:08:09 AM
Toast and hot tea. Had a couple of slices of this Lithuanian rye loaf with butter. Fabulous.

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on December 07, 2023, 08:55:32 AM
Quote from: ando on December 07, 2023, 08:08:09 AMToast and hot tea. Had a couple of slices of this Lithuanian rye loaf with butter. Fabulous.

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Sounds good!  I love a good rye bread.  I suspect that that is from a local bakery?

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ando on December 07, 2023, 02:51:21 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on December 07, 2023, 08:55:32 AMSounds good!  I love a good rye bread.  I suspect that that is from a local bakery?

PD
Yep. Had to refrigerate it, though. You know how quickly unprocessed bread attracts mold at room temperature.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Irons on December 09, 2023, 01:15:46 AM
Last summer turned out particularly good for growing butternut squash. We have a glut. Made lots of soup for the freezer. Also mixing butternut with potato which makes for creamy mash being more healthy then butter or milk/cream. A nice simple recipe of roasted butternut squash and chorizo is tasty, opposites that work well together.

Butternut squash has a lot going for it. Versatile, healthy and stores well providing some plant stalk left on.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ando on January 07, 2024, 06:47:29 AM
Just finished a few banana pancakes. Haven't made these particular cakes in a while. I mash them right into the mix (blending makes a bland consistency).
Sipping coffee. Life is grand - for the moment.  :D

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Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 07, 2024, 10:54:35 AM
Quote from: ando on January 07, 2024, 06:47:29 AMJust finished a few banana pancakes. Haven't made these particular cakes in a while. I mash them right into the mix (blending makes a bland consistency).
Sipping coffee. Life is grand - for the moment.  :D

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I've never tried mashing them in before.  When I've made them, I would just add slices of bananas.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 07, 2024, 11:27:12 AM
Made some potato and leek soup today (between shoveling snow).  Still need to put it through my Mouli.

Might wait 'til tomorrow to finish it off...a bit tired.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ando on January 07, 2024, 11:29:33 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on January 07, 2024, 10:54:35 AMI've never tried mashing them in before.  When I've made them, I would just add slices of bananas.

PD
No sliding off the stack.   ;)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 07, 2024, 12:40:33 PM
Quote from: ando on January 07, 2024, 11:29:33 AMNo sliding off the stack.  ;)
Hadn't had that problem before; however I don't make that big of a stack.  Trying to remember...maybe two to three for myself? Could that possibly be more to do with butter between the pancakes and the/your stack being taller than mine?  :-\  Just a thought....don't know.  :)

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: ando on January 07, 2024, 01:25:34 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on January 07, 2024, 12:40:33 PMHadn't had that problem before; however I don't make that big of a stack.  Trying to remember...maybe two to three for myself? Could that possibly be more to do with butter between the pancakes and the/your stack being taller than mine?  :-\  Just a thought....don't know.  :)

PD
LOL Easier just to mix em in - and apply the butter and maple syrup when they're done.  :)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Brian on January 14, 2024, 07:35:39 PM
We knew this weekend would be very cold by Texas standards - 16 degrees, fortunately without any snow or ice - so we planned to spend the afternoon inside, with the oven and stove going with a time-consuming cooking project to keep the house nice and warm and us nice and full. Success!

The recipe came from a Canadian cookbook writer named Matty Matheson who I understand is also famous from being on TV and stuff. I didn't know that, I just knew his cookbook was on sale for only $8. Very pleasant surprise, this, though.

Here's what we did. First I poached beef cheeks in a little pot full of duck fat. (The recipe called for a ridiculous quantity of duck fat - two liters!!! That would be $60 of fat alone at our local store so I just got two little tubs.) This made the beef cheeks super tender, able to be pulled apart by a fork.

Then I grilled a couple sausages. Then I mixed up a pancake batter of sorts, heated a skillet, and poured everything in. Matt Matt calls it "toad in the hole" and compares it to a meat filled Yorkshire pudding. That baked in the oven for about 20 minutes while I prepared two toppings, gravy and a mix of peas and carrots.

The result was smashing - lovely fluffy batter, loads of meat, enough veggies to pretend it was a balanced meal. And at one point there were three stovetop burners and an oven all going at once so the kitchen got up to 70!

It's 15 outside now... Photo from the final assembly: clockwise from left: the finished Yorkshire-ish pudding full of meats, the pot of duck fat (which we'll save to fry some potatoes, maybe?), the veg, the gravy.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on February 08, 2024, 11:05:18 AM
With apologies to C.S. Lewis: Surprised by Peanut Butter. For unknown reasons, this is somehow striking me as the best PB I've ever tasted.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 08, 2024, 11:22:30 AM
Quote from: Karl Henning on February 08, 2024, 11:05:18 AMWith apologies to C.S. Lewis: Surprised by Peanut Butter. For unknown reasons, this is somehow striking me as the best PB I've ever tasted.
A no-stir peanut butter from Whole Foods (any added sugar or other things?)!

ReJo[y]ice!

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 08, 2024, 11:43:51 AM
Quote from: Karl Henning on February 08, 2024, 11:05:18 AMWith apologies to C.S. Lewis: Surprised by Peanut Butter. For unknown reasons, this is somehow striking me as the best PB I've ever tasted.
Karl,

I suspect that its other 10% (Note:  It says that it's 90% peanuts on the jar and also contains palm oil and salt) is mostly palm oil.  I found this information:  https://www.marketplace.org/2017/11/17/everything-you-didnt-know-you-didnt-know-about-peanut-butter/

You can see the ingredients here:  https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/product/organic-peanut%20butter,%20creamy%20-%20no%20sugar%20added,%2016%20oz-b074h61lyv

You might think that this is a good thing?  I don't know a ton about palm oil though I've seen some things online.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on February 08, 2024, 11:49:58 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on February 08, 2024, 11:43:51 AMKarl,

I suspect that its other 10% (Note:  It says that it's 90% peanuts on the jar and also contains palm oil and salt) is mostly palm oil.  I found this information:  https://www.marketplace.org/2017/11/17/everything-you-didnt-know-you-didnt-know-about-peanut-butter/

You can see the ingredients here:  https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/product/organic-peanut%20butter,%20creamy%20-%20no%20sugar%20added,%2016%20oz-b074h61lyv

You might think that this is a good thing?  I don't know a ton about palm oil though I've seen some things online.

PD
I have no Palm Oil info, PD, though my working hypothesis would be that it's harmless.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on February 08, 2024, 11:56:26 AM
Quote from: Karl Henning on February 08, 2024, 11:49:58 AMI have no Palm Oil info, PD, though my working hypothesis would be that it's harmless.
The first article I found concluded with this summary:
Palm oil is 100% fat, half of which is saturated. It also contains vitamin E. Red palm oil contains antioxidants called carotenoids, which your body can convert into vitamin A. of which "Palm oil is 100% fat" is the least surprising observation ever.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on February 08, 2024, 12:05:32 PM
Quote from: Karl Henning on February 08, 2024, 11:49:58 AMI have no Palm Oil info, PD, though my working hypothesis would be that it's harmless.

It is a saturated fat that raises ldl cholesterol and has found its way into a lot of junk food because it is not a trans fat.  It is found in so many products (and not just food) due to it being cheap that there has been massive deforestation to produce more palm oil.  Bad for the environment and at least not great for the body.
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: DavidW on February 08, 2024, 12:06:17 PM
Quote from: Karl Henning on February 08, 2024, 11:56:26 AMThe first article I found concluded with this summary:
Palm oil is 100% fat, half of which is saturated. It also contains vitamin E. Red palm oil contains antioxidants called carotenoids, which your body can convert into vitamin A. of which "Palm oil is 100% fat" is the least surprising observation ever.

lol guess I took too long to reply! :laugh:  :laugh:
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 08, 2024, 12:07:43 PM
Quote from: Karl Henning on February 08, 2024, 11:56:26 AMThe first article I found concluded with this summary:
Palm oil is 100% fat, half of which is saturated. It also contains vitamin E. Red palm oil contains antioxidants called carotenoids, which your body can convert into vitamin A. of which "Palm oil is 100% fat" is the least surprising observation ever.
I saw that about the vitamin A, but I've also seen articles about tropical forests being burnt down to plant palm oil trees...as in deforestation, etc.  :(  Again, I'm not an expert.  There are lots of factors to look at and think about.  Wish that I knew all of the answers.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on February 08, 2024, 12:34:13 PM
Quote from: DavidW on February 08, 2024, 12:05:32 PMIt is a saturated fat that raises ldl cholesterol and has found its way into a lot of junk food because it is not a trans fat.  It is found in so many products (and not just food) due to it being cheap that there has been massive deforestation to produce more palm oil.  Bad for the environment and at least not great for the body.
Interesting, thanks!
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on February 09, 2024, 07:01:31 AM
Skipped my normal steak & eggs last week so catching up this morning...

( Insert stock image of a steak & eggs breakfast here.  ;) )
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 09, 2024, 07:23:32 AM
Quote from: LKB on February 09, 2024, 07:01:31 AMSkipped my normal steak & eggs last week so catching up this morning...

( Insert stock image of a steak & eggs breakfast here.  ;) )
Any fruit with that?  :)

Had half of a pumpernickel bagel (toasted) with cream cheese and a piece of lox...and a glass of OJ.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: LKB on February 09, 2024, 07:37:59 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on February 09, 2024, 07:23:32 AMAny fruit with that?  :)

Had half of a pumpernickel bagel (toasted) with cream cheese and a piece of lox...and a glass of OJ.

PD

No fruit. Wheat toast, water and coffee are the peripherals.  8)
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 09, 2024, 10:43:49 AM
Quote from: LKB on February 09, 2024, 07:37:59 AMNo fruit. Wheat toast, water and coffee are the peripherals.  8)
No?  :o Teasing you a bit here.  ;)  I'm trying to be good and often eat half a grapefruit (along with other "stuff") for breakfast.  They're really good this time of year.  Sometimes will also add half or more of a mandarin orange to a *leafy salad (along with some scallions and maybe some cheese.  Often just drizzle it with some balsamic vinegar and olive oil, s&p and toss).  Normally would make this if I wanted it to be part of my dinner though could do it for lunch with (for instance) some soup.

*Lately I've been adding some slices of radicchio and endive (though you can keep it much simpler).  Pre-washed greens can be a godsend if you're short of time and/or don't feel like washing heads of lettuce and waiting for them to dry, etc.  The ones in containers are packed with nitrogen which helps to preserve them until you open them.

Must admit:  I do enjoy my morning coffee, so can't fault you there!  ;D

PD

p.s. Any hash browns included?
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on February 09, 2024, 10:49:56 AM
Quote from: Karl Henning on February 08, 2024, 12:34:13 PMInteresting, thanks!
Do you like almond butter Karl?  I buy it every so often from a co-op (you put a container under the machine and hit start and it's freshly ground).  It keeps really well in the fridge and I don't need to stir any oils back into it.

PD
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Karl Henning on February 09, 2024, 11:54:29 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on February 09, 2024, 10:49:56 AMDo you like almond butter Karl?  I buy it every so often from a co-op (you put a container under the machine and hit start and it's freshly ground).  It keeps really well in the fridge and I don't need to stir any oils back into it.

PD
I do, indeed. 
Title: Re: What are you eating?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 11, 2024, 08:11:36 AM
Recently made some wonderful mushroom soup!  It was a recipe that I found on Fine Cooking's (an American magazine which sadly is no longer in print) old website before it was taken down.  It's a "wild" mushroom soup with sherry and thyme.  I purchased several pints of mixed cultivated mushrooms and used some mushroom stock that I had on hand (rather than chicken or vegetable stock).  A bit of a pain removing the woody stem parts from my thyme cuttings, but well worth the effort.

Really pleased with how it came out.  Just had a bowlful of it for lunch.

PD