TaliesinNYC Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Lauren -- yes. also known as -- depending on where you live -- "glasswort", "marsh asparagus" or "goose tongue". Daisy -- Eataly has had them on sale for a while now. Price is $15 a pound, but you'd have to really scoop up a lot to get 1 lb. of samphire. Two meals worth is about right, for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Soft shell crab tacos last night. Very good way to eat them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Soft shell crab tacos last night. Very good way to eat them. Wow, that sounds super interesting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 A little like fish tacos, obviously, but much crunchier. Half a crab to each corn tortilla was about right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Last night Miss K and I had lobsters. Simple way, just boiled with a lot of clarified butter, a salt baked potato with sour cream. A little beer for me: I also made an eggplant parm for Miss A to take to her friends house tonight. I am going to some sushi place called Neta tonight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lauren Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 We have a friend from Vermont in town visiting and he spent the night with us last night. We grilled some salmon my usual way (brushed with a slurry of butter, lemon juice and dry mustard), roasted some proscuitto wrapped asparagus and tossed up a salad. I didn't have time to make anything so we served a purchased Tom Douglas' triple coconut cream pie for dessert. We poured a 2004 Patricia Green Pinot Noir to go with the fish and finished with a Moscato d'Asti. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephanieL Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Post-trip meal: Raffetto's tortellini (regular pasta w/meat and spinach pasta w/cheese) and their amatriciana sauce. They put nutmeg in the spinach tortellini filling--very good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slapsie Maxie Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I was recently in Bangkok and Chiang Mai to film a show and while there, I was introduced to coconut flower sugar. It is taken from the juice of the flower and boiled until it resembles caramel. If boiled for 15 mins it is mixed with water as a drink, for 1 hour,it becomes a light caramel and is nibbled as a snack and, if it is boiled for two hours, it becomes this deep, rich colour and used in savoury preparations. download by Dos Hermanos, on Flickr A friend gave me some to bring back with me and I used it in a Green Chicken Curry adding the sugar to galangal, Thai basil, cilantro, garlic, Thai chilies, lime juice, Kafir lime leaves, cumin, ground coriander, shrimp paste, fish sauce and coconut milk. download by Dos Hermanos, on Flickr Slapsie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TaliesinNYC Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Very nice, Slapsie. last night: Tajarin with lobster, lobster roe, asparagus and green garlic Tajarin is a thinner version of tagliatelle, originally from Piemonte, Italy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slapsie Maxie Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 I have been feeling a bit homesick for the UK over the last few days and what better to remind me of Blighty than a nice savoury pie? A particular favourite pie that both my mum and grandmother used to make for me when I was a kid was a turkey, leek and ham pie, so I decided to make one of those 12 by Dos Hermanos, on Flickr 13 by Dos Hermanos, on Flickr Slapsie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TaliesinNYC Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Venetian-style calamari, with herbs and polenta The polenta was made from polenta corn meal from Cayuga Pure Organics at USGM. No butter or cheese, as I was more interested in the "corn-y" flavor. Apparently, someone forgot to tell me about the cement-like properties of cooling polenta. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lauren Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I have been feeling a bit homesick for the UK over the last few days and what better to remind me of Blighty than a nice savoury pie? A particular favourite pie that both my mum and grandmother used to make for me when I was a kid was a turkey, leek and ham pie, so I decided to make one of those 12 by Dos Hermanos, on Flickr 13 by Dos Hermanos, on Flickr Slapsie Holy crap! That looks fantastic! Some friends came over Saturday night for a spur-of-the-moment game of bridge. I had some tamales in the freezer so I ran to the Mexican market to pick up some sides to fill out the meal. I did a pot of RG Rio Zape beans and cooked them with some cubed up smoked pork. Served crema, queso fresco, salsa and cilantro on the side. My friend brought a salad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Trip to the Chinatown Grocery Store yielded some fun items. We have some seaweed packets for Miss K's lunchbox, spicy peanuts and anchovies in one container, spicy sichuan peanuts in another container,Sichuan peppercorns, live shrimp,Chinese Broccoli, pea shoots kewpie mayo, off camera a big bag of garlic peanuts and various chile oils. Total cost 36 dollars. The bag of peanuts was loaded with sichuan peppers. Busted out the steamer. Steamed the broccoli, it works so well. Being able to lay them all one direction. I am officially in like with the steamer. Not just for making pastrami. These shrimp jumping out of the bowl moments before. To sesame oil, I added ginger and garlic, then cooking wine, then soy sauce and a little rice wine vinegar. We sat around, split a bottle of wine and peeled and at the shrimp. They were so sweet and delicious. It's hard to buy any other shrimp when you can readily purchase them alive. There is a huge difference in taste. Healthy meal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Suzanne F Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Braised bunny, with the rabbit bought at the New Hipsterdom Market Mustard-cream sauce, parsley-thyme-sedum garnish Steamed red-skinned potatoes Tuscan kale Salad with oregano vinaigrette Marlborough sauvignon blanc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daisy Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Potato and onion gratin with parmigiana. Arugula salad with lemon and walnut oil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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