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What did you have for dinner? -Part dois

Risky Thicket said:
It's always better when someone else makes it for you when you're feeling ****ty. No matter, chicken soup actually works.

Be well and binge good movies on Netflix. I'd recommend good movies and books but we probably don't share the same tastes.
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Tonight was egg drop soup, fried won tons, an egg roll from my favorite Chinese take-out. My fortune: Take charge of your destiny.
 
Parrish said:
Tonight was egg drop soup, fried won tons, an egg roll from my favorite Chinese take-out. My fortune: Take charge of your destiny.
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I like Chinese food. But, my fortune is always something smirky like, "Your mama was jiving you" or "That wasn't chicken" or "Rambo was a thespian".
 
Risky Thicket said:
I like Chinese food. But, my fortune is always something smirky like, "Your mama was jiving you" or "That wasn't chicken" or "Rambo was a thespian".
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No one ever said Mama has to love you best. Mine never claimed Stallone was a thespian, either.
 
Risky Thicket said:
I doubt there is a film critic in New York or LA who believes Stallone is a thespian.
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Did you see him in Copland? I saw him off off Broadway in a one man reading of excerpts from Brecht's Man Equals Man, about 3 years after Rocky. Knocked my socks off. Like watching a young Brando on stage. Promise not fulfilled.
 
We are having wild rice and mushroom soup. We have some gluten free tortillas laying around. They are ok for dipping when toasted in some olive oil.
 
Roast Leg of Lamb from Australasia via Costco with lots of stuff, roasted root veg, smashed yam with B sugar and butter, commercial baguette with a really good butter.
 
Today we had Chinese food delivered from a good restaurant, enough for around 3 days of meals, will break one day probably with Norwegian salmon. Shrimp Coconut Curry, Basil Shrimp, Lemon Grass Shrimp, Szechuan Pork, Beef w/vegetables.
 
open face spicy meatball sub.

Today I came across an article that said George Washington's favorite breakfast was hoecakes. Never heard of a hoecake before so of course I had to find out what it was. Turns out it is a basic corncake that those who worked in the fields made on their hoes using it as a griddle over a fire.

Well that led me to look for recipes that were used early in our American history. Came across this cite

1800-1849 - Recipes & Cookbooks - The Henry Ford

It was very interesting reading through the recipes posted. They certainly used herbs and spices.
 
An eggplant, apricot and ricotta stew, with sweet onion, hot red peppers and sun dried tomatoes, seasoned with turmeric and cinnamon, casserole. Baked at 350 degrees for an hour and half. Served with buttered pan fried cornbread, red tea with lemon. Lemon ices with frozen red grapes on top for dessert.
 
I made beef soft tacos for the family and veggie crumble soft tacos for myself. They were a hit, and we had leftovers to freeze.
 
Made a simple chowder. 1/2 a package of frozen corn niblets (6 oz), 1/4 lb dried red lentils soaked overnight, a quart of water, 8 sliced mushrooms, 1 medium sliced carrot, 1 medium red potato cut into bite size pieces, 1 small sliced onion, a single stalk of celery cut into small pieces, 2 small yellow sweet peppers seeded and cut into small pieces, juice squeezed from 1/2 a lemon, some lemon zest, red pepper powder, turmeric and cinnamon simmered for about 45 minutes. Had about a 1/2 lb of leftover cod and 2 sea scallops already cooked leftover from last night. Cut up the cod into bite sized pieces, place 1/2 at the bottom of our two bowls, the same with the scallops. Poured the soup over the fish and scallops. Garnished with fresh chopped parsley and mint leaves. Served with black tea steeped with the remaining 1/2 lemon thinly sliced.
 
I was going to make gumbo but I got involved in the Hunter, a new series with Al Pacino on Prime Video. I then went to Plan B which was Caesar Salad. It was excellent.

Tonight maybe salmon on the grill but I'm jonsing for a big salad now.

Thusrday I'm going to smoke a brisket. Maybe Tri-Tips. You get to play with fire and steel and the product is smoked meet. Mighty fine. I could smoke damn near daily. I might smoke some cheese for the weekend.
 
vegetarian ham sandwich on some of the best pumpernickel bread that i've had. also Swiss cheese, veggies, and light mayo. my wife made mashed potatoes, which were great.
 
Helix said:
vegetarian ham sandwich on some of the best pumpernickel bread that i've had. also Swiss cheese, veggies, and light mayo. my wife made mashed potatoes, which were great.
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We tried the pasta I mentioned in another thread, with pesto. It wasn't bad at all.
 
Last night I made a pizza for dinner. Pepperoni, 1/2 lb of crimini mushrooms, sausage, sauteed onions, and fennel on a crust that I had cold fermented for 36 hours.
 
Risky Thicket said:
I was going to make gumbo but I got involved in the Hunter, a new series with Al Pacino on Prime Video. I then went to Plan B which was Caesar Salad. It was excellent.

Tonight maybe salmon on the grill but I'm jonsing for a big salad now.

Thusrday I'm going to smoke a brisket. Maybe Tri-Tips. You get to play with fire and steel and the product is smoked meet. Mighty fine. I could smoke damn near daily. I might smoke some cheese for the weekend.
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I was going to make gumbo on Tuesday because of Mardi Gras but I couldn't find andouille sausage.
 
Lisa said:
I was going to make gumbo on Tuesday because of Mardi Gras but I couldn't find andouille sausage.
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Ahhh. Too bad. It’s an important ingredient. I’ll send you some. Or I’ll share my recipe for Brunswick Stew. That isn’t Cajun food but any port in a storm.
 
Risky Thicket said:
Ahhh. Too bad. It’s an important ingredient. I’ll send you some. Or I’ll share my recipe for Brunswick Stew. That isn’t Cajun food but any port in a storm.
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I love Brunswick stew I make it in the summer with leftover BBQ from my little smoker.

I'll get some andouille but I have to go to a butcher shop about 20 miles away They make their own. I make a simple sausage and chicken gumbo because I'm not a fan of shrimp and I cannot obtain fresh crawfish this far north.
 
meatless crunchwrap
refried bean soft taco.
 
OldFatGuy said:
Made a simple chowder. 1/2 a package of frozen corn niblets (6 oz), 1/4 lb dried red lentils soaked overnight, a quart of water, 8 sliced mushrooms, 1 medium sliced carrot, 1 medium red potato cut into bite size pieces, 1 small sliced onion, a single stalk of celery cut into small pieces, 2 small yellow sweet peppers seeded and cut into small pieces, juice squeezed from 1/2 a lemon, some lemon zest, red pepper powder, turmeric and cinnamon simmered for about 45 minutes. Had about a 1/2 lb of leftover cod and 2 sea scallops already cooked leftover from last night. Cut up the cod into bite sized pieces, place 1/2 at the bottom of our two bowls, the same with the scallops. Poured the soup over the fish and scallops. Garnished with fresh chopped parsley and mint leaves. Served with black tea steeped with the remaining 1/2 lemon thinly sliced.
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�� That sounds delicious!
 
Lovebug said:
The important thing to remember is to rice your potatoes while still hot, spread the riced potatoes on a cookie sheet to let as much steam as possible escape. That way you need less flour, thus a lighter, more fluffy gnocchi.
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I do that and also use russet potatoes. They add to the fluffiness.
 
Sliced smoked beef brisket sandwich with mayo and onion on poppy seed Kaiser roll.
 
Risky Thicket said:
I was going to make gumbo but I got involved in the Hunter, a new series with Al Pacino on Prime Video. I then went to Plan B which was Caesar Salad. It was excellent.


Thusrday I'm going to smoke a brisket. Maybe Tri-Tips. You get to play with fire and steel and the product is smoked meet. Mighty fine. I could smoke damn near daily. I might smoke some cheese for the weekend.
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I never smoked any meats, but we bought a packaged smoked beef brisket sliced from Sam's Club this week and made sandwiches with it today. I bet your brisket is awesome!
 
Old 'N Chill said:
I never smoked any meats, but we bought a packaged smoked beef brisket sliced from Sam's Club this week and made sandwiches with it today. I bet your brisket is awesome!
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Thanks. Smoked brisket is good, isn’t it? I have 2 smokers. It’s almost a hobby. I enjoy the whole process.
 
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