Supper

[small h]

Yum Talay with squid (good, but I need to cut the vegetables smaller). Butternut squash soup, which was too sweet because it’s made out of butternut squash. 
 

This is from last night. Tonight I broke that wine glass, and now I don’t have it anymore. ☹️

[relbbaddoof]

13 hours ago, small h said:

Tonight I broke that wine glass

Rage?

[small h]

4 minutes ago, relbbaddoof said:

Rage?

Clumsiness. I've never broken anything because I was angry. I'm just an oaf. A really small oaf.

[MitchW]

Made a couple pounds of pork and beef meatballs...

Leading to...

Spaghetti and meatballs. Just like Better than mom used to make.

[Wilfrid]

Crisp breadcrumbed cod loin with radicchio slaw and no photos.

I have only one serving of cheese left (Vacherin), so Formaggio at the weekend.

[StephanieL]

Morros y Christianos, using the RG Midnight Black beans, plus some frozen spinach as the vegetable side.  We've had 2 bags of Anson Mills Carolina Gold rice hanging out in the freezer for nearly a year, so I used that for the rice part.  The recipe on the Anson Mills website is a bit fussy--you cook the rice for 15 minutes, rinse it off, then bake it in the oven at 300 degrees for another 10 minutes--but the rice came out well.  I'm looking forward to using it in jambalaya.

[Wilfrid]

Look I made a slaw. Where there never was a slaw. (Radicchio, mayo, capers.)

 

[relbbaddoof]

On 12/13/2024 at 7:04 AM, MitchW said:

Made a couple pounds of pork and beef meatballs...

Leading to...

Spaghetti and meatballs. Just like Better than mom used to make.

OK, they do look better than *my* Mom ever made, but that was back in Bombay and a whole other story ...

What about my balls? My wife, Queens-Italian-American to her essentials, expressed a desire for these orbs of happiness a few months ago. I read my Hazan and produced some. They passed muster.

My mistake was that I mentioned to her family in a group chat that my wife craved meatballs. In October, when we hosted a "cousins dinner" at our Hell's Kitchen digs, cousin after cousin slipped me containers of meatballs (4 dozen from one) with a knowing wink and a secretive whisper, "I know she wants them."

Then, of course, my freezer door nudged open after a door slam and all balls were lost.

[voyager]

This stodge is for Sneak.    Pork belly, mushroom, barley soup.   Warm comfort on a stormy day.

[Wilfrid]

That looks great.

For me, guesses welcomed. 

[bloviatrix]

Grilled tuna, perfectly pink in the middle with roasted garlicky broccoli rabe.

[MitchW]

App:

Braised big-ass artichokes. Sauce for dipping = mayo, yogurt, mustard, olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, s&p.

Chicken scarpariello, oven braised as opposed to finished on the stove top.

Served over Anson Mills rustic polenta integrale.

 

[StephanieL]

21 hours ago, voyager said:

This stodge is for Sneak.    Pork belly, mushroom, barley soup.   Warm comfort on a stormy day.

Which reminds me--how is Sneak doing?  Has anyone heard from him lately?

[relbbaddoof]

1 hour ago, StephanieL said:

Which reminds me--how is Sneak doing?  Has anyone heard from him lately?

I've wondered too. I've DM-ed him previously on these issues, and he's responded, but not in recent weeks.

I wish him the very best.

Edited December 17, 2024 by relbbaddoof

[StephanieL]

Pan-seared salmon filets with sweet potato, onion, and Romanesco broccoli "hash". Baked quince for dessert.

[bloviatrix]

I have a pot of Mushroom Barley soup simmering away on the stove. Looking forward to dinner tonight.

[MitchW]

This was a "use everything you can in the fridge already" dinner. So that can turn into carbo laden stodge. Of the best kind:

Soup. Ham, potatoes, mushrooms, carrots, celery, leeks, onions, shallots, tomatoes, green chili.

Salad. Little gems, cucumbers, almost decent winter tiny tomatoes.. House-made blue cheese dressing.

Jamón serrano (Formaggio Essex) on focaccia (Pain d'Avignon).  Happy spouse.

[Wilfrid]

I have cured pork belly in salt before, but not recently. I saw a pack of cured salt pork in the supermarket, so why not petit salé aux lentilles?

The pork soaked overnight. Lentils cooked in chicken stock with carrots then finished with red wine (they drank it, you can't see it) and previously sauteed shallots.

I crisped slices of the pork in the shallot oil. Really good and actually didn't need mustard.

[StephanieL]

Today's dinner will be a simple linguini with (canned) clam sauce.  (Local fishmonger was completely out of fresh clams and mussels.)

[small h]

Everyone snapped 'em up for 7 Fishes.

[small h]

Cioppino to start the year off right. It came out nice, but I couldn't taste the fennel at all.

[StephanieL]

Soup with RG's Super Lucky Black-Eyed Peas, tree kale from our garden, and sweet Italian sausage.

[Diancecht]

steak, salad, broccolini with lemon

to go along with the steak, a mixture of low-sugar ketchup and worcestershire sauce.

i thought i took a pic of the meat, but i must have forgotten…oops

[StephanieL]

Buckwheat crepes two ways: topped with sauteed leeks and a baked egg for dinner, and topped with bananas flambe for dessert.

[Wilfrid]

Lazy. Mild souse on hot toast.