What is/was for dinner?

[Scepticalscribe]

Pasta Carbonara, my own, homemade:

This recipe is simple, and, as with all such recipes sourced from classic, traditional cooking, stands or falls on the quality of the ingredients you use.

Thus, today, I used: Free range, organic, eggs, - one whole egg, and the yolks of two other eggs.

Diced guanciale (pig's cheek, better and tastier, and more appropriate for this recipe than pancetta), freshly grated Pecorino Romano (rather than Parmigiano Reggiano), freshly ground black pepper (be generous with the black pepper), pasta and a few ladles of that glorious, starchy pasta cooking liquid.

 

[Mellofello808]

Salad with iberico ham, pear, melon, and honey. Sea bass over roasted vegetables.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Salad with iberico ham, pear, melon, and honey. Sea bass over roasted vegetables.

Doubtless delcious - and it looks amazing.

Iberico ham would also go very well with peaches, mangoes and apricots.

And it is beyond divine with blood oranges.

 

[AlphaMirage]

Hawaiian Pizza with a cup of Orange Juice. Easy but enjoyable dinner 😄

 

[CmdrLaForge]

 

[Scepticalscribe]

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Potato salad I can recognise, and, indeed, I think that beside it is some verson of a green salad - but I cannot be certain.

However, the meat leaves me baffled; I have no idea whatsoever what it is supposed to be.

 

[millerj123]

I'm afraid that you will have to describe the contents of that page in greater detail.

Potato salad I can recognise, and, indeed, I think that beside it is some verson of a green salad - but I cannot be certain.

However, the meat leaves me baffled; I have no idea whatsoever what it is supposed to be.

The meat appears to be roughly a rack of barbecue pork ribs.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

The meat appears to be roughly a rack of barbecue pork ribs.

Thank you.

I was unable to tell what it was.

 

[Mellofello808]

Galacian style Pulpo a la plancha (grilled octopus, in olive oil with paprika)

 

[Expos of 1969]

Galacian style Pulpo a la plancha (grilled octopus, in olive oil with paprika)

Looks tasty. If cooked properly it is not tough at all. Unfortunately some people have only experienced it badly cooked and will never try it again. I was recently in Mexico and had octopus five nights in a row!

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Galacian style Pulpo a la plancha (grilled octopus, in olive oil with paprika)

That looks absolutely mouth-watering.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Looks tasty. If cooked properly it is not tough at all. Unfortunately some people have only experienced it badly cooked and will never try it again. I was recently in Mexico and had octopus five nights in a row!

Bosnia (and Croatia) have the most amazing way when cooking with squid and octopus; generous quantities of crushed or minced garlic, olive oil, freshly squeezed lemon juice, spinach, boiled potatoes....sublime.

However, I agree with @Expos of 1969: Most people have never had the privilege or pleasure of enjoying properly prepared octopus; and yes, in Bosnia, I, too, have devoured this dish on several consecutive nights.

 

[Mellofello808]

I had the best Octopus, I have ever had a few weeks back. Small unassuming restaurant in Lisbon.

There was a language barrier, so I am not sure how it was cooked, but it seemed both grilled, and then poached. The texture was perfection.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I had the best Octopus, I have ever had a few weeks back. Small unassuming restaurant in Lisbon.

There was a language barrier, so I am not sure how it was cooked, but it seemed both grilled, and then poached. The texture was perfection.

Sounds delicious.

In Bosnia, they tell me that grill it; however, I have never worked out how they can do so yet still ensure that the octopus (or squid) remains so exquisitely tender and moist.

 

[Mellofello808]

Grilled turbot, with sauteed veggies for (late) lunch.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Grilled turbot, with sauteed veggies for (late) lunch.

That looks (and I am willing to wager that it also tasted) absolutely delicious.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Fried rice (a version of the central Asian dish that goes by the name of "plov", in other words, a version of pilaff), with fruit and vegetables, and tomato salad.

 

[shadow puppet]

Since work's buying, sushi from a local joint: spicy tuna on crispy rice and baked scallops on top of a California roll topped with eel sauce.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Since work's buying, sushi from a local joint: spicy tuna on crispy rice and baked scallops on top of a California roll topped with eel sauce.

Looks amazing and I am willing to wager that it tastes delicious.

 

[shadow puppet]

Looks amazing and I am willing to wager that it tastes delicious.

It most definitely was. Especially the baked scallops!

 

[Scepticalscribe]

It most definitely was. Especially the baked scallops!

Actually, I love sushi in almost any form.

And yes, I can well imagine that the baked scallops tasted amazing.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Manti in broth (a form of dumplings in broth); not unlike wonton soup, with large wonton dumplings.

 

[shadow puppet]

Manti in broth (a form of dumplings in broth); not unlike wonton soup, with large wonton dumplings.

Yum! That sounds delicious!

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Yum! That sounds delicious!

Actually, it was absolutely delicious, these were large manti, and the broth was rich and savoury.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Yum! That sounds delicious!

Actually, I love all of those central Asian versions of dumplings, irrespective of whether they are steamed, fried, or - best of all to my mind - served in a rich, savoury, broth.