What is/was for dinner?

[RootBeerMan]

Yes. I bought one several weeks ago and it works great. But I’m never happy it seems. I want sour dough bread now. Plus all my failures has made it personal.

Well, there is a way to cheat.

https://www.amazon.com/Francisco-Sourdough-Unconditional-Replacement-Guarantee-x/dp/B00SC16JYK

 

[Gutwrench]

Well, there is a way to cheat.

https://www.amazon.com/Francisco-Sourdough-Unconditional-Replacement-Guarantee-x/dp/B00SC16JYK

 

[Gutwrench]

Back in the Minnesota snow. I’m on my fourth old fashion. I need to get back to work ASAP!

 

[0388631]

Need some bread to soak up that sauce!
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Thank you. I’m not using yeast, but I’m getting desperate.

Sorry? Did you think the yeasts I recommended were optional ingredients or am I misreading something here? Fleischmann's in the jar is fine, but I've never been crazy about their viability compared to Lesaffre's products. Could try their fresh yeast found in certain stores. It's a semi-wet block in the refrigerated sections.

They also sell sourdough spores last I checked.

 

[chown33]

What's not for dinner: ground beef.
https://arstechnica.com/science/201...weekend-beef-tied-to-massive-e-coli-outbreak/

 

[RootBeerMan]

What's not for dinner: ground beef.
https://arstechnica.com/science/201...weekend-beef-tied-to-massive-e-coli-outbreak/

Cook a burger well? Not a chance! I'd rather forego eating one than treat a burger that way.

 

[0388631]

Do people not grind their own beef?

 

[RootBeerMan]

Do people not grind their own beef?

I have, in the past. It's really not cost effective and just takes too much time. I'd rather let my butcher do it and buy from them.

 

[Gutwrench]

What's not for dinner: ground beef.

One way Chown33!
One way Chown33!

Come on. The cdc needs more outbreak data to zero in on the source. Do your part!

 

[0388631]

I have, in the past. It's really not cost effective and just takes too much time. I'd rather let my butcher do it and buy from them.

Depends on what equipment you already have. I can grind 15-30 lb in an hour. Depends on the type of meat and cut of course.

 

[RootBeerMan]

Depends on what equipment you already have. I can grind 15-30 lb in an hour. Depends on the type of meat and cut of course.

I use my KitchenAid mixer with the grinder attachment. I can do a few pounds at a time, it's just not worth it any more. to me.

 

[decafjava]

I use my KitchenAid mixer with the grinder attachment. I can do a few pounds at a time, it's just not worth it any more. to me.

Well a trustworthy butcher is a good alternative. The best burger joints around here source their meat at local butchers using local farms.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Well a trustworthy butcher is a good alternative. The best burger joints around here source their meat at local butchers using local farms.

Agreed.

A trustworthy butcher using locally sourced meat from local farms is an invaluable resource.

 

[Gutwrench]

Agreed.

A trustworthy butcher using locally sourced meat from local farms is an invaluable resource.

I bribe my butcher with scotch or bourbon every Christmas. He’s a godsend.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I bribe my butcher with scotch or bourbon every Christmas. He’s a godsend.

An excellent idea, and one that should guarantee excellent service for the future.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Chicken, pasta, broccoli and sweet potato.
Had mine with a tomato based pasta sauce and cheddar cheese.

 

[ThisBougieLife]

Tonight I made vegetable korma:

and saffron rice:

 

[0388631]

Clean your damn skillet.
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I use my KitchenAid mixer with the grinder attachment. I can do a few pounds at a time, it's just not worth it any more. to me.

That's what I used in the late 90s until I bought an actual machine for it. Expensive investment at first, but the dedicated machine pays off year after year. The Kitchenaid is still useful if you want to grab a few hunks of beef or whatever from your butcher and make a quick burger for yourself. I want to try salmon burgers but I'm not sure how to do those. I'd like to keep it mostly fish meat and not rely on egg yolks or crumb.

 

[Gutwrench]

The flavor turned out so-so. I used a pulled pork rub, not enough smoke, and the rack was a poor choice. Not a good effort.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

A delicious meal of grilled pork chop, grilled vegetables (tomato, red pepper, aubergine, courgette, mushrooms with garlic) with roast potatoes and thyme.

 

[LizKat]

Teriyaki zucchini, red and yellow bell pepper, scallions, mushrooms over fini linguine. Not the traditional Easter Sunday dinner but we are scattered enough now that we have to play catch-as-catch-can on most holidays and meet up for reunion when our calendars can mesh and home in on a date six months out!

It's fun that some of the elder of the next gen are hosting sorta-formal holiday gatherings for the first time in their own apartments. One frantic phone call so far:

Should I put the black pepper on or put the grinder on the table?
I only have one and there's 10 people coming...
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I laughed and counseled let them fight for it on the table, relax and enjoy the time together. Who knows, the fight over the pepper grinder may prove someone's long remembered highlight of holiday fun. I'm pretty much enjoying having zero responsibilities along those lines until I have to take a dish to the summer reunion.

 

[Lee_Bo]

Cobb salad with jalapeño vinaigrette dressing:

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Grilled vegetables (tomato, mushroom with garlic, aubergine, courgette, red pepper) and roasted potatoes with thyme and garlic. Delicious.

 

[Ulenspiegel]

Golden Walnut Dumplings (Dumplings with custard).

P.S.: In USA it is erroneously called "Hungarian monkey bread".

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Enjoyed a superlative goulash in a genuine Hungarian restaurant in the Hungarian region of western Ukraine.