Supper

[maison rustique]

Last night I couldn't think of a single thing I felt like eating. Settled on buttered Jasmine rice with tomato and citrus garlic seasoning.

[small h]

Who wants to diagnose the issue with my KitchenAid spaghetti cutter, or the issue with me? Something has gone wrong. Spaghetti is not supposed to be squiggly and stuck together.

[maison rustique]

I sort of like that curly look. Maybe you just invented a new pasta!

[MitchW]

9 hours ago, small h said:

Something has gone wrong. Spaghetti is not supposed to be squiggly and stuck together.

Humidity?

[small h]

I don't think so, although it's a good theory. The dough was pretty stiff and dry, and the a/c was on. Maybe I wasn't diligent enough about flouring the dough, but it went through the flattener just fine. The cutter seems to be both snagging the dough and not cutting all the way through it.

The only differences between last night and every other time I've made pasta is that I used sourdough discard, and I didn't let the dough rest much after kneading.

[small h]

1 hour ago, maison rustique said:

I sort of like that curly look. Maybe you just invented a new pasta!

I would be fine with the curliness (looks like David Chang's ramen noodles). It's the stuck togetherness I object to.

[small h]

2 hours ago, MitchW said:

Humidity?

Now someone else has also suggested humidity. Maybe I'm wrong about this.

[voyager]

4 hours ago, small h said:

The only differences between last night and every other time I've made pasta is that I used sourdough discard, and I didn't let the dough rest much after kneading.

Have you answered your own question?

[small h]

You think that's it?

[Wilfrid]

Not the best night to stand over a stove, double cheeseburger from the bar around the corner, skilfully migrated to a low carb croissant.

[Wilfrid]

Not the best night of the year to let the oven braise short ribs for hours but they were very good, and damn did those carrots yield. I get one star just for that.

[hollywood]

[StephanieL]

Pan-seared salmon, risotto (with homemade fish stock), and sauteed homegrown lambs' quarters and ball squash.

[Wilfrid]

I wish I could cook coppa without Barry Manilow entering my head, but the coppa from Foster Sundry in Bushwick is so delicious. I am sure I pictured it up thread. A little tied half-pound roll, browned in the pan, then roasted for 25 minutes. A few carrot batons went in the pan. Juices finished with butter and wine.

Followed by Bleu des Basques and fresh raspberries. One of those better than many restaurants meals.

[small h]

Today in unexpected food behavior.

I had some pizza dough in the freezer (made with sourdough discard), and I thought I'd make some flatbread out of it. I'd parbaked the stuff before, so I figured things would go according to plan. But no! It pita'd.

No problem, squished it down, slapped some fava bean / lemon / mint / feta on there. Served with a side of balcony lettuce and homemade ranch.

How green was my dinner.

[StephanieL]

N made fish broth a couple of days ago, but not all of the jars sealed properly so she used the broth in those jars to make fish soup tonight with cod filet, canned clams (plus the clam juice), Yukon gold potatoes, carrots, and red pepper. Sourdough baguette on the side.

[bloviatrix]

Pizza. With vegetarian sausage, peppers and mushrooms.

[StephanieL]

--Grilled lamb chops and summer squash

--Leftover chakalaka from a potluck we went to yesterday

--N's birthday cake

[small h]

 

Fifth of July cookout. Impossible burger on homemade sourdough discard bun, potato salad, corn, vinegared cukes. 

[Evelyn]

Buns look very professional ⭐

[small h]

35 minutes ago, Evelyn said:

Buns look very professional ⭐

Thanks! It's the egg wash. Also, the recipe was a winner. 

[StephanieL]

Kedgeree, using tinned smoked herring.

[small h]

Day lily buds with garlic scapes and sage butter. 

Lentil soup with sour cream, kale and cilantro.

Day lily buds: foraged. Kale, sage, cilantro: balcony-grown. My subsistence living continues apace.

[maison rustique]

I don't know how I lived all these decades and am only finding out about how many flowers are edible that I never knew about. Last year I found out about hostas. Now I find out about day lilies! 

[Evelyn]

it's especially weird to me because day lillies (and most others) are highly toxic to cats. Any exposure, be it eating part of flower or a leaf, licking pollen or drinking water lillies have been in can cause their kidneys to fail or kill them in 24-72 hours.