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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 8, 2020 22:18:12 GMT
VE day here so folks are having barbeques, picnics and night tea in their back gardens. Flags and bunting up everywhere. I just couldnt drum up the enthusiasm...not with so many people dying and sick in hospital. We picked up our groceries this evening...click and collect. Went smoothly but when we got home neither of us wanted anything much. I cooked some lovely chipolata pork sausages which we had in tiger rolls with lots of brown sauce.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 8, 2020 22:27:13 GMT
I just couldnt drum up the enthusiasm... We picked up our groceries this evening...click and collect. Went smoothly but when we got home neither of us wanted anything much. Boy, that is exactly how I am feeling about food and particularly about meals lately. I resent the time and imagination needed to turn out a plate of something edible and nutritious, although I do recognize the necessity.
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Post by spaceneedle on May 9, 2020 8:16:06 GMT
Cauliflower gratin for dinner here. Had not made it for a long time and it was delicious.
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Post by Kimby on May 9, 2020 12:14:29 GMT
Sounds good, spaceneedle! Is the recipe easily shared? I’m “sitting on” a head of cauliflower...
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Post by tod2 on May 9, 2020 12:24:17 GMT
Last night I oven-baked some pork schnitzels. I bought them ready crumbed and just the right thickness a schnitzel should be. They turned out great. At the same time a steamed a mixed frozen veg packet. The veg was nice and large to didn't end up a moosh. Now the schnitzels needed a sauce so I did cheat once again by using a readymade cheese sauce but added some sliced mushrooms sautéed in butter. All this preparation was for my son, his girlfriend/partner and their Zimbabwean co-worker who lives with them. All had been working their butts off selling stuff for the Covid-19 sewing businesses. Thousands of metres of elastic and fabric are still requested.
As for us, we were tired of meat so I rustled up a vegetarian spaghetti dish with grated cheddar on the side. Perfect!
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 9, 2020 17:22:16 GMT
Made a huge lasagne today, took ages to make but it's family favourite so I don't mind. Enough for 4 people...so I thought that we'd eat half tonight and have half tomorrow with some fougasse or something. I told Jeff to help himself...and he took 1/3 Not irredeemable I thought...so I had a reasonable sized portion leaving enough for tomorrow. Jeff inhaled his portion (don't know how...it was still bubbling) then went back into the kitchen and finished it off. Egg and chips tomorrow then...
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Post by rikita on May 9, 2020 18:38:31 GMT
asparagus (white, as that is the more common one here), with some ham slices and potatoes and butter. used the opportunity of agnes not being at home, and now won't feel like i missed the asparagus season when it is over ...
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Post by rikita on May 9, 2020 18:40:14 GMT
oh, and i boiled the parts i had cleaned off the asparagus so i could make soup later on, but kind of forgot about it, so there was only a tiny bit of broth left ... i suppose i'll either have to add some water, or i'll have a very small amount of very intense soup ...
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Post by spaceneedle on May 9, 2020 22:10:49 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on May 9, 2020 22:56:15 GMT
I will not report on my dinner, but on that of my dogs.
For my own lunch today I made lentil/toasted besan/savory oat burgers -- two patties, lightly breaded, on a ciabatta, with machego cheese, sliced onion, & mustard. It was good but very filling and I had a ton of the mixture left over, including a couple of the cooked burgers, which I gave to the dogs. They were amazingly enthusiastic, so when it was their suppertime I fried up the rest of the mixture into mini burgers. They were so excited they stood watching as I made & fried the little patties. Supper was a big hit tonight.
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Post by lagatta on May 9, 2020 23:24:27 GMT
I suspect that it is easier to have (partly) vegetarian dogs than vegetarian cats. While they are more carnivorous than omnivores, they aren't as madly so as cats. Fortunate that Livia is very tiny.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 10, 2020 4:25:38 GMT
In Bangkok people would put down plates of rice for the street cats who ate it with no problem.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 10, 2020 4:26:19 GMT
Jeff inhaled his portion (don't know how...it was still bubbling) then went back into the kitchen and finished it off. It must have been really really good!
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Post by kerouac2 on May 10, 2020 19:20:31 GMT
Kidneys and mushrooms tonight. Not at all photogenic so no photo.
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Post by tod2 on May 11, 2020 16:09:43 GMT
Tonight I once again used my trusty AirFryer to assist with tonights meal. If you think this kitchen gadget is for hastily producing battered seafood you're wrong. That however was the reason my son bought it in the first place but when I told him I wanted one he said " here take mine I want a bigger one." Since then I have discovered a whole new way of meal prep. Tonight the Airfare baked sweet pumpkin slices, and grilled lamb chops to perfection. I could have done the jacket potatoes in it as well but decided we wanted them simply boiled with a heap of green beans thrown it at the last few minutes.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 11, 2020 16:47:16 GMT
I can't even imagine what it looks like. Take a photo of it.
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Post by htmb on May 11, 2020 16:55:21 GMT
Saturday night my daughter and I went to a "dinner party" to celebrate both Mother’s Day weekend and the first get together with our friend who had a heart attack and triple by-pass surgery almost 9 weeks ago. Our friends live in a rural area and have a very large, fenced yard where we gathered. The weather was actually perfect. Almost too cool. There were nine people and each brought our own food, chairs, utensils, and drinks. S and I had chicken salad and veggies. Another couple had purchased barbecue from a local restaurant. Not sure about the others. Each family group sat at our own tables, spread several meters apart, in a bit of an oval shape. It was actually enjoyable to get out and chat, and for awhile we could all have a moment of normalcy, forgetting about covid-19 and heart attacks. Our friend looks very well, and chicken salad never tasted so good!
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 11, 2020 17:33:02 GMT
Chicken fillets...made a crispy coating with breadcrumbs, paprika, oregano, black pepper and a bit of chilli powder...served with baked potatoes, corn on the cob and lots of butter...
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Post by kerouac2 on May 11, 2020 18:30:00 GMT
I am always amazed when Europeans eat corn on the cob.
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Post by Kimby on May 11, 2020 18:57:10 GMT
I love corn on the cob, but for the last dozen years, I have been cutting it off the cob and eating it with a fork.
I started this when I’d had an oral surgery, a skin graft to the gums by my lower front incisors. The dentist said to avoid biting into apples or eating corn on the cob to protect the graft while it healed. (If I disturbed it, the tissue could die, so I obeyed dr’s orders.).
I found I enjoyed not spending three hours after dinner picking corn from between my teeth, or worrying that I had yellow globs stuck in my smile, so I have kept on cutting off the corn. Mr. Kimby still eats his the usual way.
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Post by lagatta on May 11, 2020 22:32:32 GMT
I've been stripping it for quite a while as well. I do love the taste of fresh corn, but really don't want to risk any teeth (fragile due to childhood severe dairy allergy and lack of proper supplements back then - this is no longer a problem, thank Bastet!
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Post by Kimby on May 12, 2020 1:16:57 GMT
We had a big lunch today - we ate out! - so wanted a light supper. I stir fried some onion, garlic, broccoli florets and sliced mushrooms in olive oil, added 1/2 pound of cooked and shelled shrimp, seasoned it with curry powder, hot sauce and ground “Mediterranean citrus blend” (left behind by a renter), and tossed in some cooked spaghetti pasta left over from Italian night.
It was yummy. If I do say so myself. And there is another meal of it left over.
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Post by tod2 on May 13, 2020 15:18:51 GMT
Cheerypeabrain, Lagatta, Kimby and anyone else(Whatagain ?) who loves fresh corn on the cob, you will absolutely love eating it this way. We always try and serve it as a side dish when having aBBQ. This recipe is the Real McCoy. Any recipe asking you to add eggs - DON'T. the taste is not the same. This is more like a steamed corn pudding not a bread. Use young white corn. Old corn is not good as you need the "milk" from the kernels.
Mealie Bread South African Style. Clean corn (mielies) not sweetcorn, keep the inside leaves, wash and keep aside. Or just line a baking dish with greaseproof or foil.
INGREDIENTS:
3 cups raw fresh corn kernels (mieliepitte) that has been cut off the cob. 3 tablespoons of flour or if the mixture is to sloppy add more flour as some maize has more juice 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder 2 heaped tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt METHOD:
Mince the corn kernels (mieliepitte) or place in liquidiser, be careful not to liquidise it too fine, add all the ingredients together and mix very carefully.
Take the inside leaf of the corn (mielieblaar) and drop spoons full of the mixture in the center of the leaf so that when folded the mixture will be almost 3/4 full, roll and close the leaf carefully and fold in the part that has no mixture and place up right in saucepan, keeping it in place with cut off corn cob pieces (mieliestronke). (See photo added) When pot is full, add 2 cups of water, cover and steam for 1 hour at low temperature, checking that it does not burn, keep moist.
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Post by tod2 on May 13, 2020 15:44:52 GMT
Yesterday I made my working family a chicken biryani or some say breyani. I even made roti and sambals to go with it. Today I made us lamb biryani with sambals for the two of us. Both very good. I cannot cook in the style of a true Indian chef so need the help of a "Package" meal that gives you all the ingredients. However I tweak it to my taste so in goes more garlic, more masala, more more more!
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Post by bixaorellana on May 14, 2020 0:52:49 GMT
You are quite a cook, Tod! I was most interested in your mealie bread recipe. It reminds me of "blind" tamales, which are any of those that aren't filled. I'm also fascinated because it's made from a New World food, but is African. I'm pretty sure many southern US foods made from corn were originally developed by those Africans brought (kidnapped) to the US. Just to compare, here are two corn tamal recipes. Uchepos come from the area where Don Cuevas lived. patijinich.com/sweet-corn-tamales/www.cookingchanneltv.com/devour/2011/08/fresh-corn-tamales-recipe
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Post by kerouac2 on May 14, 2020 5:15:16 GMT
No cooking for me last night. I had a cucumber and tomato salad with slices of smoked salmon on the side.
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Post by whatagain on May 14, 2020 7:48:11 GMT
We had a hachis parmentier made by Chloë. Mashed potatoes caulyflower and minced meat. Plys white sauce and gruyere on top. With a bordeaux superieur 2001. But 'passe'. Not bad but not great.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 14, 2020 14:08:52 GMT
I had salpicon of faux chicken last night. I made the "meat" from TVP soaked in broth from chicken bouillon granules. It was fairly plain -- minced chile, chopped onion, tons of parsley, lime juice, & a little mayonnaise. I spread a ciabbata with hummus I'd made the day before, heaped on the salpicon, and that was supper.
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Post by tod2 on May 14, 2020 15:52:39 GMT
Tonight or should I say late this afternoon, we dined on pork spare ribs and rump steak. I made a mushroom flavoured rice with loads of chopped onion, bell peppers , tomato and parsley.
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Post by mich64 on May 14, 2020 19:29:01 GMT
I am just putting in the oven a homemade lasagna that my sister-in-law dropped off for us the other day. Also warming up a loaf of bread she made.
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