Daisy Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Downside of sansai wakame soba for lunch: very thirsty, a little sleepy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SRD Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Avocado and tuna dressed with lime juice, rye thins on the side. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Behemoth Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Lebanese style green beans smothered in olive oil & tomato, fried halloumi and some pita bread. And tea. Comfort food... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
splinky Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 mushroom risotto Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SRD Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Lebanese style green beans smothered in olive oil & tomato, fried halloumi and some pita bread. And tea. Comfort food... Is that the long braised recipe with masses of oil? I'm not sure I'd add halloumi, isn't it rich enough as is, and I'd go for a more solid lump of bread than pita. But, if I've got the recipe right, the unctuousness of the beans is something really special. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Behemoth Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Lebanese style green beans smothered in olive oil & tomato, fried halloumi and some pita bread. And tea. Comfort food... Is that the long braised recipe with masses of oil? I'm not sure I'd add halloumi, isn't it rich enough as is, and I'd go for a more solid lump of bread than pita. But, if I've got the recipe right, the unctuousness of the beans is something really special. The halloumi was a side dish. As for the pita (preferably the wrinkly mountain kind), I really can't imagine eating them with any other type of bread. You need the leverage so you can smush the beans onto the plate before stuffing them into your mouth. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SRD Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Lebanese style green beans smothered in olive oil & tomato, fried halloumi and some pita bread. And tea. Comfort food... Is that the long braised recipe with masses of oil? I'm not sure I'd add halloumi, isn't it rich enough as is, and I'd go for a more solid lump of bread than pita. But, if I've got the recipe right, the unctuousness of the beans is something really special. The halloumi was a side dish. As for the pita (preferably the wrinkly mountain kind), I really can't imagine eating them with any other type of bread. You need the leverage so you can smush the beans onto the plate before stuffing them into your mouth. I'd be looking at something like this recipe here http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=h...l%3Den%26sa%3DN Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Behemoth Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Nope. see, the whole point of this food is to not use any silverware. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SRD Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Nope. see, the whole point of this food is to not use any silverware.It may be sliced in the photo but tearing chunks out of it is much more satisfying. And how did you serve the halloumi if it wasn't sliced? Ok, I know it can be picked up in a chunk and gnawed on but so could the bread. By the way, did you griddle the Halloumi? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Behemoth Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Nope. see, the whole point of this food is to not use any silverware.It may be sliced in the photo but tearing chunks out of it is much more satisfying. possibly, if one is not Lebanese. And how did you serve the halloumi if it wasn't sliced? Ok, I know it can be picked up in a chunk and gnawed on but so could the bread. By the way, did you griddle the Halloumi? the halloumi was sliced and fried (or griddled, I suppose) in a pan with a scant amount of oil, until it got brown. To eat it, you pick it up with the bread. This is not something we ever ate in Lebanon but it was a good enough substitute for a Lebanese-style toasted cheese sandwich, which is what I was craving. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SRD Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Nope. see, the whole point of this food is to not use any silverware.It may be sliced in the photo but tearing chunks out of it is much more satisfying. possibly, if one is not Lebanese. And how did you serve the halloumi if it wasn't sliced? Ok, I know it can be picked up in a chunk and gnawed on but so could the bread. By the way, did you griddle the Halloumi? the halloumi was sliced and fried (or griddled, I suppose) in a pan with a scant amount of oil, until it got brown. To eat it, you pick it up with the bread. This is not something we ever ate in Lebanon but it was a good enough substitute for a Lebanese-style toasted cheese sandwich, which is what I was craving. Ah, I understand, I haven't been to the Lebanon but a friend used to take me to a Lebanese cafe in London (over 30 years ago) where I, as a callow youth brought up in an atmosphere of cutlery rather than fingers as eating implements, was somewhat non-plussed to see the way the locals used their hands to eat, although I don't recall seeing pitta bread used, more the type of loaf I posted earlier, but that might well have been a matter of what was available. Regarding the Halloumi, I prefer it dry griddled in the kind of circumstances you describe, the way the surface not only toasts, but blisters slightly works better for me, and my griddle gets enough use so's not to stick, it's not as if there isn't enough oil with the beans. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Behemoth Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Being ethnic and all, I like my food greasy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
porkwah Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 mushroom risotto inspired by redhead? i made a rice and cluck dish insp. by the risoto vs. quackconfit -- butt that wd bre dinner not luch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
splinky Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 mushroom risotto inspired by redhead? i made a rice and cluck dish insp. by the risoto vs. quackconfit -- butt that wd bre dinner not luch definitely inspired by redhead. i had some fresh shitakis that needed to be used and some dried porcini on hand. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
little ms foodie Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 sandwiches made with leftover braised short ribs on toasted sour dough with butter and chardonnay dijon mustard. cornichons on the side Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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