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Post by imec on Apr 5, 2010 1:49:57 GMT
I'm really getting into this deviled egg thing. Tonight I mad 3 varieties... Crab (Alaska King Crab, capers, mayo, Bacardi Limon); Ham (ham, sweet pickle, mayo); Spicy Chicken (leftover chicken tikka, leftover cucumber/mint raita, cilantro, mayo)
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 5, 2010 2:13:39 GMT
*applause* That is the right attitude to deviling those cackleberries!
Okay, I'm really here to rave, positively rave about my awful-sounding squash thing. It needs a good name now, because it should be in everyone's repertoire. And it did not need cheese, it was so good! It came out just as I envisioned -- lightly held together in a fluffy custard, but with the vegetables starring. (it wasn't hard to keep it from being too custardy, since I was almost out of milk) I see moms everywhere suddenly shooting up in the estimation of quasi-vegetarian early-teen daughters.
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Post by rikita on Apr 5, 2010 18:37:39 GMT
tandoori chicken
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Post by komsomol on Apr 5, 2010 20:48:36 GMT
2 garbage burritos on Alvarado.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Apr 5, 2010 21:15:12 GMT
Appetizer: two empanaditas de picadillo from Alejandro, the pastry vendor, and a large cup of cafe con leche. That was at La Surtidora, on Pátzcuaro's Plaza Grande. (You can see a little of the interior of La Surtidora behind Alejandro.) Soon thereafter; a hamburguesa doble con queso con todo y una copa de jugo de naranja. This was at the Cafetería Chió's, next to the Carnicería La Sin Rival, on Calle Ibarra.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2010 8:58:46 GMT
If the day keeps its warm promise, I will just have a plate of smoked salmon tonight.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Apr 6, 2010 20:18:01 GMT
Just finished: Meatloaf with Mushroom Wine sauce; slow roasted beets, baked potato. Vino Tinto Marqués del Valle, Baja California.
Bittersweet chocolate tablets.
Nap...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2010 20:58:44 GMT
It was indeed a lovely warm day, so after the endless and annoying annual meeting for the building co-op (but where I brilliantly negotiated with the bank and got them to finance certain renovations on their own renovation budget), I had my little dinner of smoked salmon (with boiled potatoes, dill, sour cream and lump eggs).
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Post by onlymark on Apr 6, 2010 21:47:40 GMT
I know what lump eggs are now.
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Post by spindrift on Apr 7, 2010 17:00:16 GMT
Very delicious.
Tonight I'll be having home-cooked tomato sauce over pasta and sprinkled with parmesan.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2010 17:03:31 GMT
mmmm..that sounds yummy.
Tacos tonight I think.
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Post by spindrift on Apr 7, 2010 17:33:30 GMT
What do you put inside the tacos? (I don't know about tacos).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2010 17:49:46 GMT
Spinny, I use lean beef, onions, tomatoes, salsa, cheese, lettace. My kids just love it.
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Post by spindrift on Apr 7, 2010 18:23:16 GMT
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Post by bazfaz on Apr 7, 2010 20:07:27 GMT
It may say Wednesday on your calendar but at Faz Cottage it has been deemed Thursday (when normally Mrs Faz cooks; but we have guests tomorrow so I am doing it). She made a delicious prawn curry, spiced spinach and onion bhajis. She is depressed about the bhajis so I have suggested more onion next time.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Apr 7, 2010 21:10:11 GMT
I am nearly totally ignorant of Indian food. Most of my experience has been with less than thrilling Indian buffet restaurants in the U.S. One meal, at Zoroka, in New Haven, CT was outstanding. Garlic Shrimp and Cucumber salad zaroka.com/default.aspx
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2010 21:49:37 GMT
mmm...that looks good, Don.
I think that Indian restaurants in the States are very different to the ones in India. They lose something in translation.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Apr 9, 2010 0:00:22 GMT
Today, a simple meal of fusilli pasta with butter and Parmesan cheese; freshly cooked green beans, and a nice, just boiled beet.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 9, 2010 2:43:58 GMT
Sometimes those are the most perfect meals.
I got a roast chicken at the supermarket, then came home and made a slaw of cabbage, celery, onions & a few peanuts. Had that, some of the chicken, & a small piece of commercial whole wheat bread with flax seeds.
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Post by cristina on Apr 9, 2010 5:40:39 GMT
I'm curious (and possibly lazy as there is likely a thread on this already).
After 25 years, I have moved from a full family at home to just one or two. My children are moving out and on but I still cook for the masses. This works for some dishes that I can reheat as lunches or dinners during the following week. But otherwise, I do not know how to cook for one (which I am half of the time) or two (which I am the other half of the time).
Any ideas? I find I am throwing too much food away, which I would prefer not to do. How do you shop, for one (or two)?
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Post by lagatta on Apr 9, 2010 13:59:52 GMT
First off: for tonight or tomorrow, I'm braising pieces of lamb necks which I bought at a Maghrebi butcher's nearby. Lamb neck makes very good stews and tagines. I'm working at home and it is nothing urgent, so I can check on a slow-cooking braise. I'm not doing them in the crockpot though, as this is the type of braise in which I want to concentrate the flavours of the meat juices and finely-chopped vegetables (onions, garlic etc). I'd mostly been eating lighter foods, but it has turned a bit chilly (about 9c right now and raining) and the necks were very tempting.
Now cristina's question: Unless I'm making pasta or one piece of fish I don't really cook for one, but it is important to buy in smaller quantities so as not to waste food. You'll have to learn to halve recipes. There are cookbooks for one or two, but nowadays you can probably find all the advice you need on internet so as not to have to buy such books.
Lots of shops and supermarkets nowadays sell quantities for one or two people. A supermarket nearby sells ground bison, and they'll happily halve the packets and sell me just enough for a burger or two - I think a lot of single people or empty nest couples buy that (because it is so lean and low in cholesterol, but very tasty). I hate freezing it because you don't want to lose the juices.
You probably have a large fridge. It can be mighty tempting to fill it up. You don't want to throw out food - and money.
This could probably be a thread topic if there isn't one. Either cooking for one or two, or how to multiply when you are cooking for more people than usual. Moderators are welcome to chop up this post into what I'm cooking tonight and cristina's topic if you see fit to do so.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 9, 2010 19:06:04 GMT
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Post by rikita on Apr 9, 2010 21:02:46 GMT
i made some rice cakes with various vegetables today. basically just throwing in what i could find. tasted good though.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2010 21:13:25 GMT
I grilled a cod fillet with vegetables. I find it so strange that I still find Friday to be a day when I am uncontrollably drawn to fish even though I have no religious affiliation.
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Post by bazfaz on Apr 9, 2010 21:18:17 GMT
We had some snails. Do you think Catholics would count them as fish?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2010 21:45:40 GMT
Actually, yes, if the question is really "are they meat or not?" They are not considered to be (red) meat.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 9, 2010 23:21:37 GMT
Really?! Maybe snails & some other foods -- such as the beaver tail -- were poverty foods & thus allowed to keep people from starving.
Truly, fasting means no food, correct? And I'm pretty sure "meat" was a generic term for viands, as in "meat and drink". Language experts -- what say you?
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Post by cristina on Apr 10, 2010 0:16:40 GMT
I'm not a language expert, but I say that since Lent is over, it doesn't matter. Philosophically, however, I believe the spirit of the Lenten food restrictions would mean that one would enter into a period of a little gustatory self-sacrifice. I believe the no meat observance is pretty meaningless as a sacrifice, as I think modern dietary trends would have people eating meat less frequently anyway. And while I hated eating fish every Friday as child, my mother was in heaven. So I don't think meatless Fridays were much of a sacrifice for her. For me, on the other hand, it was hell. As for the snail question, if one considers it a luxury food, then I would offer that it is meat. If one has no protein available other than snails at all times, I would say it is not meat. I have grown up to like fish a whole lot more.
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Post by cristina on Apr 10, 2010 0:21:22 GMT
Every time I've visited this thread this week I've been greeted by imec's deviled eggs. The deviled egg craving is not going away. I want some with crab and capers, by the way. Please.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Apr 10, 2010 0:49:04 GMT
Comida today at our landlords' house. Caldo de Pollo Rojo (chicken soup with a whole piece of chicken, some vegetables, and a light chile-tomato broth.) Plus corundas ((pyramidal-ish tamales wrapped in green corn leaves.) Picture from Internet. not from today's lunch. I brought Angel Biscuits, Orange-Honey Butter Spread and some homemade cookies; oatmeal raisin and chocolate chip. Now finishing the day with a small bowl of Polish style pickled eggs and beets, and cream cheese on whole grain bread.
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