What is/was for dinner?

[stylinexpat]

Tried the wok out with some steak, and chicken fajitas.

The steak unfortunately overcooked in under 60 seconds on there, still good but past the med rare I was shooting for. Luckily the chicken/peppers/onions/mushrooms came out absolutely perfect.

I have something similar to that outside wok like stir fryer. Mine I think is 120,000 BTU and it works great for cooking outside. Keeps the smell of food out of the house. I do basic cooking inside the house but anything that will have any smell to it gets cooked outside on something similar that you have. How many BTU's is yours?

 

[mellofello]

How many BTU's is yours?

65,000 BTU

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I honestly have been having a bit of a hard time learning to time the 65k. It cooks chicken all the way through in about 45 seconds. Probably won't need to upgrade any time soon, but that is what I always say lol.

 

[Mellofello808]

Great Japanese whiskey I picked up over there. (Nikka from the barrel)

Safeway sheet cake.

Odd pairing but was good way to ring in my birthday.

I'm weird but for some reason it isn't a birthday unless I eat sheet cake lol.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Mine - my dinner this evening - will take the form of sautéed cocktail sausages, which will be browned and then removed from the pan.

The next step will be to add chopped and sliced onions and carrots to the pan, where they shall be sautéed, along with sea salt, black pepper, coriander seeds and cumin seeds.

That is when stock shall be added, the sausages returned to the pan, along with dried Turkish apricots and French (Agen) prunes, sea salt and black pepper, and a sliced and peeled cooking apple all will be added to the dish, which will simmer for a further approximately 40 minutes; redcurrant jelly shall be stirred in to the stock shortly before serving.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Mine - my dinner this evening - will take the form of sautéed cocktail sausages, which will be browned and then removed from the pan.

The next step will be to add chopped and sliced onions and carrots to the pan, where they shall be sautéed, along with sea salt, black pepper, coriander seeds and cumin seeds.

That is when stock shall be added, the sausages returned to the pan, along with dried Turkish apricots and French (Agen) prunes, sea salt and black pepper, and a sliced and peeled cooking apple all will be added to the dish, which will simmer for a further approximately 40 minutes; redcurrant jelly shall be stirred in to the stock shortly before serving.

Dinner is simmering away nicely, now, and shall do so for a further twenty or so minutes.

 

[stylinexpat]

Dinner is simmering away nicely, now, and shall do so for a further twenty or so minutes.

Lucky you.. I am trying to do a 18 hour fast today before I eat something. I ate a little late last night around 8 pm. So gym first and then lunch after 2 hours. Tummy is turning flat today.

 

[anika200]

Our dinner tonight in Meatloaf (venison and pork), recipe from America's Test kitchen cook book, has ketchup sauce brushed on etc... We also have German style potato salad and green beans.

Fresh off the boat Ahi sashimi, with "poke" dipping sauce, and a tall dark and stormy cocktail.

Redonkulously awesome.

Here is the finished deal.

 

[stylinexpat]

After the CES show I met a couple of Israeli guys as I was heading back to the hotel. They asked where I was from and when I told them where my family was from they smiled and said let's go out for dinner and have some mediterranean food. I said I didn't know of anything good in Vegas. We picked out a Moroccan restaurant and headed out for Moroccan food. Great people and Great dinner ?
Always great to meet new people, make new friends and try new restaurants

The restaurant is really dark. These were the best pictures I could manage out of my smartphone.

 

[anika200]

Last night we had red beans and rice, we already had some leftover red bean sauce in the freezer so all I had to do was make rice and chop some cilantro and scallions for the toppings. We also had a small iceberg, radish, pepperoncini side salad with blue cheese dressing.

This particular red bean sauce was make with pintos (which are cooked and then mostly pureed) and kidney beans. I guess this makes it more of a bean gravy over rice or something.

 

[LizKat]

Pinto beans and rice for me last night too! A long-simmered sauce had diced tomatoes, garlic, onions, some kale and then a minor boatload of green chilies added to it. The heat was inspired by a glimpse at the sky after dark which showed starlight so I knew it was going to be a chilly evening. Converted it to a pseudo "chili" evening. It was pretty ad hoc but delicious.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Pinto beans and rice for me last night too! A long-simmered sauce had diced tomatoes, garlic, onions, some kale and then a minor boatload of green chilies added to it. The heat was inspired by a glimpse at the sky after dark which showed starlight so I knew it was going to be a chilly evening. Converted it to a pseudo "chili" evening. It was pretty ad hoc but delicious.

Sounds absolutely delicious.

This evening, mine was both tasty and (by my standards) relatively plain.

Organic potatoes, peeled, parboiled, then roasted in a hot oven in olive oil; organic baked beans, and organic (and free range) sautéed eggs.

 

[hawkeye_a]

Pizza. Extra large. All meats. No mucking about.

 

[LizKat]

Pizza. Extra large. All meats. No mucking about.

I'm close to jealous! I don't live near a pizza place and the oven in my kitchen is not suited to such projects. In winter I sometimes even dream about pizza in between forays to towns where I can get the real thing.

 

[anika200]

I'm close to jealous! I don't live near a pizza place and the oven in my kitchen is not suited to such projects. In winter I sometimes even dream about pizza in between forays to towns where I can get the real thing.

Dang, there is at least 10 pizza shops within 5 miles and probably 30 within 20 miles from me. I wish there was less .

 

[LizKat]

Dang, there is at least 10 pizza shops within 5 miles and probably 30 within 20 miles from me. I wish there was less .

I can definitely understand that. I have once in awhile even been grateful I don't live in NYC any longer, where it was all too easy to lay hands on any kind of food that popped into my head as "on the menu" even in the middle of the night: pick up the phone and some sort of dinner at breakfast time or vice versa was 20 minutes from landing on the table ready to eat.

In retirement that could have become really problematic for me in terms of weight maintenance, unless I had made a point of applying whole new levels of self discipline. It's a whole lot easier to find myself not interested in driving 30 miles RT for a pizza. In a way, it's nice because when I do have pizza, it's a major treat: it might as well be clams casino or tempura or such that I would find special even in NYC.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Pizza is one of those dishes - like fish'n'chips - that just tastes better when eaten out when prepared by someone who knows what they are doing; no domestic cook does either dish as well as the fish'n'chip shops or (good) pizza places that you find when dining out.

Which is what makes both dishes such an enjoyable treat.

 

[Huntn]

Boiled Lobster and asparagus! We were out of corn.

At Costco, seasonal, a 5lb box of N.Atlantic lobster tails (18), 4.5 meals, 4 tails, 2 tails per person- $125.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Boiled Lobster and asparagus! We were out of corn.

At Costco, seasonal, a 5lb box of N.Atlantic lobster tails (18), 4.5 meals, 4 tails, 2 tails per person- $125.

Boiled lobster? Yum.

Do enjoy.

 

[Huntn]

Boiled lobster? Yum.

Do enjoy.

I love most seafood, in the following approximate order lobster, King Crab, shrimp, scallops, oysters, calamari, assorted fish, probably grilled catfish no.1. And yes, I am worried about the oceans, not wanting to see a Soylent Green scenario. ?

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I love most seafood, in the following approximate order lobster, King Crab, shrimp, scallops, oysters, calamari, assorted fish, probably grilled catfish no.1. And yes, I am worried about the oceans, not wanting to see a Soylent Green scenario. ?

As do I.

In addition to your list, I am partial to wild salmon, even though the season (where it legal to fish it, and buy it) is very short. And I am also partial to flatfish in summer (e.g. sole, plaice, turbot, brill), while firm bodied fish are excellent in certain dishes.

However, it is possible to fish sustainably, but that tend to require government oversight, and/or international regulation, and agreement (by fishermen) to abide by whatever quotas are set.

 

[Huntn]

As do I.

In addition to your list, I am partial to wild salmon, even though the season (where it legal to fish it, and buy it) is very short. And I am also partial to flatfish in summer (e.g. sole, plaice, turbot, brill), while firm bodied fish are excellent in certain dishes.

However, it is possible to fish sustainably, but that tend to require government oversight, and/or international regulation, and agreement (by fishermen) to abide by whatever quotas are set.

We have some smoked salmon in the fridge that is quite delicious.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

We have some smoked salmon in the fridge that is quite delicious.

Smoked salmon (especially the really good stuff) is excellent, as is gravadlax, which I love.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Bashed chicken with mozzarella and green beans tonight served with rice. Mrs AFB is about to go bash the chicken breasts right now. Pays to do the prep early.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Bashed chicken with mozzarella and green beans tonight served with rice. Mrs AFB is about to go bash the chicken breasts right now. Pays to do the prep early.

It does pay to do the prep early, agreed, and it makes the actual experience of cooking the meal a lot easier and less stressed.

Organic and free range scrambled eggs for me, I think. Perhaps with a little fried pancetta.

 

[Apple fanboy]

It does pay to do the prep early, agreed, and it makes the actual experience of cooking the meal a lot easier and less stressed.

Organic and free range scrambled eggs for me, I think. Perhaps with a little fried pancetta.

Enjoy.