small h Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 35 minutes ago, voyager said: I am wandering the house like the mad woman of chaillot wondering how I'm going to seat 8 people in a dining room that's been turned into shipping-and-receiving. I'm nominating you for a Pulitzer. It won't mean much, but there it is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 Tell them it’s an NYC restaurant and charge them eight or 12 times your cost. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
voyager Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 Hmmm. Since 10 minutes ago I paid $59 for a rack of lamb, maybe they should go to NY. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephanieL Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 I'm glad the no-travel part of the pandemic was last year, because we wouldn't have been able to cook even a modest dinner for 2 or 3 people this year, with the kitchen still being a work in progress. My cousin reiterated that we don't have to bring anything but ourselves and the box of See's. 🙂 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
voyager Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 So feeling smug that we were progressing so smoothly with ham, rack of lamb, mac and cheese, dressing, cake layers all in the freezer, husband calls from small town ER 16 miles from our country place where he received 8 stitches in his right thumb, victim of my ceramic mandolin. They sure got this right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joethefoodie Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 7 hours ago, voyager said: So feeling smug that we were progressing so smoothly with ham, rack of lamb, mac and cheese, dressing, cake layers all in the freezer, husband calls from small town ER 16 miles from our country place where he received 8 stitches in his right thumb, victim of my ceramic mandolin. They sure got this right. A: Hope he's okay. B: Hope he didn't get blood all over the car! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
voyager Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 A. Thanks. Claims he's fine. B. He said the house is a mess. I told him not to worry about it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Mandolins are scary. It's going to be roast guinea hen this year, sauce undecided. I want to garnish it with some kind of apple and cheese rösti, but thinking I'll use the grater for the apple rather than the mandolin. Edit: Oh but now you have me thinking about a kind of apple and cheese gratin which would demand the mandolin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
voyager Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Wilfrid said: Mandolins are scary. I had shown him, but obviously not taught him, to use the palm of your hand to push food on a mandolin, never your fingers. And, of course, the safety guard should not have been in the kitchen drawer where I keep it. It never occurred to me that he might use it. He never has in town. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Behemoth Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 I forgot to order a turkey. Hmm. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Diancecht Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 3 hours ago, Wilfrid said: Mandolins are scary. It's going to be roast guinea hen this year, sauce undecided. I want to garnish it with some kind of apple and cheese rösti, but thinking I'll use the grater for the apple rather than the mandolin. Edit: Oh but now you have me thinking about a kind of apple and cheese gratin which would demand the mandolin. not food processor with slicing blade? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Diancecht Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 10 lbs., 6 oz. hopefully it’ll be enough to feed five hungry vultures lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plattetude Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 17.5 lb turkey from Goffle Farms dry brining in the fridge since last night (I NEED ANOTHER TURKEY! 15 people will go through that in a heartbeat) Brussels sprouts to roast Atlas carrots to butter-braise 2 loaves GF brioche baked on Sunday waiting to be diced for dressing (I miss stuffing a turkey, but the timing difference of roasting a stuffed bird -- no thanks) Stock prepped over the weekend -- ready for gravy and moistening dressing Mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberry relish coming from guests Jarrahdale pumpkin to roast and puree for pie (and Plugra on hand for the all-butter GF crust) Apples on hand for apple pie(s) Noilly Prat infusing with mandolined macintosh apples (Audrey Saunders' "Eve" preparation) Big, fresh batch of housemade grenadine for a batched Jack Rose Wine options at the ready -- a Willamette riesling, a Spanish single-vineyard garnacha, and a Cremant de Loire I think I'm in a good place, except for needing to find a decent 10-ish lb turkey today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Guinea hen and duck arrived this morning, so holiday is looked after. The nail biting question is when the Keto-friendly macadmia nut bars will arrive this afternoon. They should be here by 4, but I usually stop for tea at 3.30. Tense! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anthony Bonner Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Just grabbed my still warm turkey from the neighborly Biotech VC/Hobby Farmer. Keeping it as simple as possible. Turkey, Sausage Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes. Salad. That was the best I could negotiate out of our Supervisory Board. The workers council really stood firm on the Mash much to my chagrin, so they lost sweet potatoes and warm veg. Maple Walnut pie (as a mix it up from Pecan) and Pumpkin (again Supervisory Board issues) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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