the lunch thread

[StephanieL]

Since my mayonnaise contains corn syrup, and not wanting to bother buying some KforP concoction, I experimented by making a no-mayo salmon salad using canned salmon, lime juice, and dill. It worked surprisingly well, so I'll see what adding the juice will do to tuna salad.

[Abbylovi]

My tuna salad is usually made with lemon juice, olive oil, parsley, capers, celery, blah blah blah, so it'll definitely work.

[memesuze]

Since my mayonnaise contains corn syrup, and not wanting to bother buying some KforP concoction, I experimented by making a no-mayo salmon salad using canned salmon, lime juice, and dill. It worked surprisingly well, so I'll see what adding the juice will do to tuna salad.

think Thai food - I've had a tuna melange rolled up in lettuce leaves [not time to look up its name right now] that was flavored with Thai chiles, lime juice, and i"m not sure what else....

[Daisy]

Tuna is good mixed with plain yogurt, a little Old Bay seasoning, the tiniest bit of dijon mustard and lemon juice.

 

I like the idea of the Thai spicing.

[StephanieL]

I'll try that too--I'll see if my red chili paste is still good.

[little ms foodie]

sandwich of leftover pork rib roast, mayo, mustard, onion confit and swiss on toasted bread

[The Scream]

Duck confit sandwich on wheat bread with mustard.

[little ms foodie]

April is national grilled cheese month ....

 

Dayne and I had a friendly competition- I made grilled sharp cheddar with bacon and apples. Dayne made grilled tallegio with proscuitto and basil on grilled rosemary bread rubbed with tomato and garlic- he is an over achiever!

 

 

We called it a tie

[g.johnson]

A quiche. The first time I've ever made shortcrust* pastry. A Jamie Oliver recipe involving the food processor and Flying Pigs leaf lard. A very good result.

 

*Is it called that in the US? Regular pastry. Not choux, not puff, not suet.

[splinky]

A quiche. The first time I've ever made shortcrust* pastry. A Jamie Oliver recipe involving the food processor and Flying Pigs leaf lard. A very good result.

 

*Is it called that in the US? Regular pastry. Not choux, not puff, not suet.

is it just comprised of flour, salt, lard (or butter) and water? if so, it's a pate brisee.

[The Scream]

A quiche. The first time I've ever made shortcrust* pastry. A Jamie Oliver recipe involving the food processor and Flying Pigs leaf lard. A very good result.

 

*Is it called that in the US? Regular pastry. Not choux, not puff, not suet.

 

When speaking to Americans I refer to it as a short pastry or shortcrust pastry.

 

Pâte brisée is the French term for short pastry, but unlike some American versions it's never made with Crisco. Well, at least not in France.

[SRD]

I don't know the source, but google threw This up, which seems fairly accurate

[SRD]

A quiche. The first time I've ever made shortcrust* pastry. A Jamie Oliver recipe involving the food processor and Flying Pigs leaf lard. A very good result.

 

*Is it called that in the US? Regular pastry. Not choux, not puff, not suet.

 

When speaking to Americans I refer to it as a short pastry or shortcrust pastry.

 

Pâte brisée is the French term for short pastry, but unlike some American versions it's never made with Crisco. Well, at least not in France.

Do they use anything like Crisco in France?

 

[g.johnson]

A quiche. The first time I've ever made shortcrust* pastry. A Jamie Oliver recipe involving the food processor and Flying Pigs leaf lard. A very good result.

 

*Is it called that in the US? Regular pastry. Not choux, not puff, not suet.

is it just comprised of flour, salt, lard and water? if so, it's a pate brisee.

4oz flour, 2oz lard, an egg and salt. The recipe suggested it would need some water but the egg was quite large and it didn't seem to. Looking at various recipes, I see that the egg is somewhat unusual.

[The Scream]

I don't know the source, but google threw This up, which seems fairly accurate

 

Jacques Pepin is an accurate source for French culinary terms.