VigoTheCarpathian Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Slow cooker bbq pork, homemade cornbread and dilly coleslaw Wade1865 and Larry of the Lake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 (edited) The heat is on -- 90° + for a few days starting yesterday: home made potato salad, green leaf-avocado-tomato-crouton salad; corn on the cob, cooked ye olde farmer's daughter way, in boiling water. Ice cold beer on the side. It's still 85°+ about 8 PM. So it was purrfect. We're very lucky, since we have had so much rain and cool / coolish weather all year and last year and the year before, so we can weather these temperatures this year. If we were in drought though -- not so good. We had a year of drought in 2011-2012, in which it never rained at all until sometime in late fall. I'll take this humidity and above 90 degrees temp over the same temps and no humidity / rain, any time. Also, local strawberries are ambrosia this year. Edited July 13, 2022 by Zorral Larry of the Lake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingintheNorth4 Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Fried rice and crab ragoons from Mo's Chinese Kitchen. Wade1865 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Hot, so no oven, and little cooking, thus couscous with spinach and minced lamb, plus almonds, apricots, raisins, and eggplant etc. Prep is rather long, with many steps, but actual cooking takes no time at all. Lamb had been very high priced -- like $15-$16 a lb., but today it was less than half that. Guess lamb producers are getting rid of stock due to high price of feed? DireWolfSpirit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Was out all day doing things so I decided to do take-out. Went to a little local restaurant that bravely opened a few months ago, because I had a desire for grilled calamari. They grill it with tomatoes, black olives, capers and other stuff. Decided to add a Caesar salad even though I have stuff in the fridge, just to make the order a bit bigger. Had a glass of white wine while I waited. Gave a 20% tip even though I picked up. It was wonderful. LongRider 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingintheNorth4 Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Roasted veggies serenaded with soy and garlic on top of white rice. Wade1865 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 Minestrone Weekend for me. Wade1865 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jikm Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 I had a frozen egg roll, a Diet Coke, and a large of Sesame Chicken from a grocery store. Wade1865 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jikm Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Half of a Subway sandwich on regular bread (since they don't have garlic anymore) with turkey, pickles, cucumbers, banana peppers, and green peppers with like three sauces and pepper, salt, and Parmesan cheese. Wade1865 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Probably the last bbq of the year. Wade1865 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Just went out to a local Italian restaurant that had the temerity to open during this pandemic. Every two weeks or so I drop $40 or $60 on a take-out dinner, a bit more tonight since I also got a desert, tuxedo cake. My usual is calamari grilled with tomatoes, olives and capers, and a Caesar salad. I also have a glass of Pinot Grigio while I wait. I could stay and eat, the place is usually pretty empty, but I’d rather eat at home. Nice people, I wonder how long they’ll last. Wade1865 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Something new -- a chickpea (garbanzo) flour pancake with apples and other things, baked in one of my cast iron skillets. It was an excellent dinner on a night way too early here to be as cold as it is, and has been, for the last 6 - 7 days. Wine went well with it too. Partner made a salad. I think of it as another version of a Tortilla (the Spanish kind filled with potatoes and so on). Wade1865 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jikm Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Made some Chicken and Wild Rice Soup and also Spaghetti and Meatballs sometime this week. Otherwise today we had Dominoes Pizza. Oone was free and it had on it Pepperoni and Cheese Thin Crust and the other one was also Thin Crust and had on it Everything. Also from Dominoes was Habanero and Pineapple Chicken. Wade1865 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 (edited) I have been eating too many Breakfast Burritos (home made) this week. TRICK OR TREAT Regards our eats and the approaching Halloween, we need to avoid passing poisons to the trick-or-treaters- The Center for Science and Public Interests is recommending we avoid all numbered food dyes. " https://www.cspinet.org/themes/custom/cspi/assets/images/cspi-logo.svg MOBILE MENU TOGGLE HOME NEWS FDA says it causes cancer. Yet it’s in hundreds of candies. Updated: October 25, 2022 https://www.cspinet.org/sites/default/files/styles/700x530/public/2022-10/red3_detailHero_jb_700x530.jpg?h=61bc1599 Despite the fact that the government concluded that Red 3 causes cancer, food companies continue to use it widely. Candy company Brach’s alone sells more than 100 different candies with the dye. Besides showing up in Pez and Peeps, Red 3 is used in some varieties of Betty Crocker’s Fruit by the Foot, Dubble Bubble chewing gum, Entenmann’s Little Bites, and Hostess’ Ding Dongs. Albertson’s, Kroger, Meijer’s, Target, and Walmart all use Red 3 in some of their house-brand products. –CSPI president Dr. Peter Lurie. CSPI’s advice to parents is to avoid not just Red 3, but all numbered dyes, such as Yellow 5 and Red 40. https://www.cspinet.org/press-release/fda-says-it-causes-cancer-yet-its-hundreds-candies The Biden Administration should get the FDA moving on banning toxic stuff like this. Edited October 27, 2022 by DireWolfSpirit Wade1865 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jikm Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 We had Chili and I had Pico de Gallo on top with Sour Cream. An 8 fl oz glass of milk with it. Wade1865 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ring3r Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 (edited) Yes! Foodies! I've been doing a lot of seasoned veggies and game lately. I've got a vacuum sealer that I use. I can buy mixed veggies or "borrow" stuff from my sister's garden and preserve it long-term. I usually throw a small pad of butter in and then whatever seasonings I like and seal them. The spices are random so it's never the same thing over and over. If you cut a tiny slit in the vacuum bag, it turns it into a perfect steamer for the microwave, the butter gets all over everything and the spices mix up and it's always perfect. For meat, I take a few hundred pounds of game a year. This year I have a bunch of wild pig and black bear, so the focus has been on sausages. Various mixes of jalapeno, cheddar, blue cheese, etc. I've got my own hand-crank sausage processor and I cook them in big batches then freeze for heating later, they make great brats and hot dogs. Basically don't have to buy meat if I don't want, though I love to sous vide salmon, poultry, and good cuts of pork and beef for a treat once in a while. Edited October 31, 2022 by Ring3r Wade1865 and DireWolfSpirit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jikm Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Beef Pot Pies and Milk. Wade1865 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jikm Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Taco Soup Wade1865 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Something I’ve become fond of this year: zucchini fritters. Why they’re called fritters, I don’t know, they are just a savory pancake. Really easy to make, though a bit time consuming. Grate three peeled zucchini into a dish towel or a piece of cheesecloth, add a sprinkle of salt and let sit for a while in a colander, then squeeze out as much of the water the salt drew out as you can. I used to just try to do it in the colander but the dish towel or the cheesecloth is very helpful. Then add a finely chopped clove of garlic, some pepper, 1/4 cup of flour, some spices, like an Italian or Provence mix, and one beaten egg, mixing it into a goopy mess. Drop a tablespoon or so into a hot frying pan with a bit of olive oil in it and fry like a pancake. You can eat them plain or with a dollop of sour cream, as with potato pancakes. Wade1865 and Zorral 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade1865 Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 BBQ Pork dumplings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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