What is/was for dinner?

[Scepticalscribe]

These are pinto beans prepared in a broth, the same beans used for refried beans. My wife usually substitutes borracho beans for refried when they are the default part of a restaurant TexMex meal.

I credit Pinto/refried beans for getting me to eat beans, overcoming a childhood dislike. My first introduction to refried beans was on a tostada, and I quickly fell in love with bean burritos, with refried beans, onions, and shredded cheddar cheese.

Of interest (maybe ) TexMex quisine is quite different than True Mexican quisine that I have tasted in places like Nuevo Laredo, Matamoris, Mexico City and Guadalajara.

http://www.nibblesandfeasts.com/2015/07/borracho-beans/

They look very inviting and I would imagine that they are very tasty.

I love good bean dishes; one of my favourite winter pastas (an old peasant dish served to me once by the Italian wife of a former student of mine) is one of pasta and cannellini beans (garlic, onions, and so on also feature in copious quantities).

She was astonished that I liked it, (as did her husband, my former student), explaining that it was peasant comfort food.

 

[Huntn]

What is interesting about this dinner, is front and center, mashed cauliflower, along with green beans and steak. It is delicious, consistency similiar to mashed potatoes, and this is coming from someone who who has always disliked cauliflower, but ate it, often smothered in melted cheese, to prove I was a big boy. Try it!

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[Gutwrench]

I tried making cauliflower hash browns once. It was most unimpressive. Lol.

 

[0388631]

I'd hate to have smelled that. The only way I eat them now is roasted. There are people out there who like steamed or boiled cauliflower. Satan's followers.

 

[Mars56]

BBQ rubbed pork chops, sous vided and seared, topped with a mushroom gravy, roast brussel sprouts with garlic, mashed butternut squash with garam masala seasoning.

 

[0388631]

Garam masala is an incredibly versatile spice blend. Makes nearly everything taste good.

 

[Mars56]

Garam masala is an incredibly versatile spice blend. Makes nearly everything taste good.

it is! Besides the other applications like rubbing a pork tenderloin with it or frying up some rice with ginger, garlic, onion and garam masala I do love it with squash, either mashed butternut or roast acorn squash filled with butter, brown sugar, garlic and a tsp of garam masala.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I tried making cauliflower hash browns once. It was most unimpressive. Lol.

Roasted, sautéed, or stir-fried all work well with cauliflower.

This is a vegetable that likes heat and oil, and should be kept well away from water.

 

[LizKat]

Roasted, sautéed, or stir-fried all work well with cauliflower.

This is a vegetable that likes heat and oil, and should be kept well away from water.

Cauliflower tempura is heaven when it's battered properly so as to resist taking in the oil when it's cooked. A little Japanese place down in the 70s on Broadway in NYC made me realize "deep fried" was not just about chicken. I had all to do to in my evening commute to keep myself from getting off the train near there a couple times a week once I had discovered their vegetable tempura.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Cauliflower tempura is heaven when it's battered properly so as to resist taking in the oil when it's cooked. A little Japanese place down in the 70s on Broadway in NYC made me realize "deep fried" was not just about chicken. I had all to do to in my evening commute to keep myself from getting off the train near there a couple times a week once I had discovered their vegetable tempura.

That I can well understand and relate to. Once you find a place that does the small things (such as tempura vegetables) well, the temptation to take a detour in that direction on a regular basis can be difficult to resist.

But, yes, it is all in the batter.

Re cauliflower, I have found that stir-fried cauliflower, and broccoli, (along with onion, garlic - lots - and ginger) can make a wonderful starry, which goes well wth both stir-fried noodles and any sort of appropriate rice.

Seriously good onion bhajis are another food that I could devour in vast, greedy, quantities. There is no such thing as too much.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

The carer's friend (who is an excellent chef) is in the process of making a Filipina chicken curry; the carer has headed out to assist with the proceedings.

Meanwhile, Mother is still on rice (and French cakes).

 

[0388631]

I could manage a cognac soaked canelle or two in between feelings of death right about now.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I could manage a cognac soaked canelle or two in between feelings of death right about now.

Enlighten me, please. Prithee, what exactly is a canelle?

Good luck with getting over death, or feelings of same.

Chateau nous, dinner was a chicken curry (lemongrass and ginger featured) with vegetables prepared by a friend of the carer. Served with rice, and very tasty.

Now, I am craving a coffee.

 

[arkitect]

Prithee, what exactly is a canelle?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canelé

Only some of the most delicious pastries known to man.

Specialty of Bordeaux…
Baked at a high heat — almost burnt caramel… like cakes of creme caramel…

Here's a pic of a couple we munched on last year in Bordeaux.

Bliss!

 

[Scepticalscribe]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canelé

Only some of the most delicious pastries known to man.

Specialty of Bordeaux…
Baked at a high heat — almost burnt caramel… like cakes of creme caramel…

Here's a pic of a couple we munched on last year in Bordeaux.

Bliss!

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Cakes of creme caramel? Consider me completely sold on the idea. As of now.

Link appreciated, and my thanks for posting it - normally, I would have looked it up, but thought to ask @Zenithal instead. Lazy, yes, I know, but sometimes you do receive better answers that way.

I don't much care for most of what appears on dessert menus anywhere, but creme caramel, its cousins, kith and kin I will always make an exception for.

 

[mobilehaathi]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canelé

Only some of the most delicious pastries known to man.

Specialty of Bordeaux…
Baked at a high heat — almost burnt caramel… like cakes of creme caramel…

Here's a pic of a couple we munched on last year in Bordeaux.

Bliss!

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Uggggh why would you show me a picture of canelés?? What are you some kind of monster? Do you revel in torture? Oh the malevolence....

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Dinner will take the form of eggs (free range, organic) this evening, though which precise form eludes me as of yet.

 

[Huntn]

Battered shrimp in egg, flour, then sautéed in butter and wine along with leftovers, sweet potatoe casserole and chicken liver stuffing.

The lesson learned was I usually use white wine, but due to poor planning, I only had red wine, so I used it and it turned my shrimp from pinkish buttery yellow to a brown. Fortunately it had no adverse effect on the taste... Yum.

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Here is what this shrimp should look like cooked with white wine:

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And they taste better!

Also my wife discovered “riced” cauliflower, which is also delicious! So now I’m eating riced, mashed and cauliflower crust pizza.

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[Mars56]

Curried rice with star anise, cinnamon, ginger and fresh flat-leaf parsley, stir-fried green beans in oyster sauce, oven roast korean BBQ marinated Pork Belly - which was somewhat a fail as the marinade moisturized the pork belly skin to the point where it almost(! - I put alumin(i)um foil on top for the last 30 mi) charred, but that's ok, I'm new to pork belly, I love it.

 

[JullsJTRIRE]

For dinner I am going to have rice with sausages, maybe not really healthy food but on my day off I am not going to have any lean tasteless stuff

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Cocktail sausages; they have already been introduced to a marinade (honey, soya sauce, olive oil, sweet French mustard, and a little maple syrup), and have since made the acquaintance of a pre-heated oven. They shall be turned in around ten minutes to brown on all sides.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

The cocktail sausages were as delicious as I had hoped they would be. They have all been devoured.

 

[Gutwrench]

Having tea and I’m not sure I’ll be eating tonight.

 

[RootBeerMan]

We had an early 16th birthday dinner celebration for my daughter and, as usual, took her to her favourite Japanese restaurant in Indy (Sapporo), for sushi and other foods. I had a miso soup, the shrimp tempura appetiser ( a good amount of food for a good price!). My wife had an avacado and crab salad. My son had an egg roll and salad and my daughter had a nice tuna tataki, (her favourite). Everyone had sushi! As usual we were all quite happy with the meal. I only wish they actually had the uni they list on the menu!

 

[Scepticalscribe]

We had an early 16th birthday dinner celebration for my daughter and, as usual, took her to her favourite Japanese restaurant in Indy (Sapporo), for sushi and other foods. I had a miso soup, the shrimp tempura appetiser ( a good amount of food for a good price!). My wife had an avacado and crab salad. My son had an egg roll and salad and my daughter had a nice tuna tataki, (her favourite). Everyone had sushi! As usual we were all quite happy with the meal. I only wish they actually had the uni they list on the menu!

Food porn.

Yum.

I have yet to meet an Asian cuisine I dislike, and these pictures are mouth-watering.

Hope your daughter enjoyed her birthday, and this sounds like a lovely treat.