Whats for Dinner?

[Tinwhistler]

Mid autumn festival hotpot and (really, good, expensive) baijiu. Gift from Jun's father

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Do Asian people find it weird that westerners don't throw up the peace sign when we take photos of ourselves?

(PS I wanna come eat at your house some day!)

 

[Terrik]

Do Asian people find it weird that westerners don't throw up the peace sign when we take photos of ourselves?

I just asked Jun. She looked at me, threw up the peace sign and said, "No." *snort*

(PS I wanna come eat at your house some day!)

More than welcome

 

[Tinwhistler]

I have family in Florida...It could happen

 

[Nebulous]

Baby back ribs

 

[Bubble181]

Do Asian people find it weird that westerners don't throw up the peace sign when we take photos of ourselves?

(PS I wanna come eat at your house some day!)

The peace sign has the hand reversed. This is....a not-so-polite gesture in some areas.

 

[PatrThom]

The peace sign has the hand reversed. This is....a not-so-polite gesture in some areas.

Mostly Britain.

--Patrick

 

[Denbrought]

Technically lunch, but we didn't really eat dinner yesterday, or breakfast today, so...

Pan-seared peppered tuna steak with mahón cheese.

 

[IronBrig4]

I found a soda bread recipe on Bon Appetite's site. I might have a nasty cold but it's simple enough to make. I slightly burned the bottom, but the loaf came out dense and flavorful. It's something you can sink your teeth into.

 

[Tinwhistler]

I love soda bread!

Lettuce wraps. Was yummy!

 

[PatrThom]

Some of those no-knead recipes make great stuff.

--Patrick

 

[Squidleybits]

Pork, cabbage and mushroom pot stickers

I used black bean sauce for dipping and I found it a bit much. What do you guys dip your potstickers in?

 

[Eriol]

Some of those no-knead recipes make great stuff.

--Patrick

I made a microwave bread once. Somewhat like a big english muffin in how the holes were distributed. OK as a lark, but definitely not in my "go-to" stable of breads I like.

 

[PatrThom]

What do you guys dip your potstickers in?

A mix of soy+broth I think.

--Patrick

 

[Tinwhistler]

Right now I'm using 1Tbsp light soy sauce (light as in Chinese light soy sauce), 1Tbsp black vinegar, 1/2 tsp minced ginger, and 1/2 tsp Lao Gan Ma (or you can use hot oil). Some people just use straight black vinegar for their dipping sauce.

That's pretty close to what I use. But I don't have any specialty hot oil, so I usually use a bit of sriracha instead.

 

[Nebulous]

Chicken strips at a restaurant. Fries and salad too.

 

[Tinwhistler]

Country style ribs, creamed corn, spring greens with dried cranberries and candied walnuts

Seared the 'ribs' (they're really part of the shoulder blade), and then put them in the pressure cooker for a half hour. They were falling-off-the-bone tender.

 

[Terrik]

 

[IronBrig4]

Not for dinner, but elevenses. I host Hobbit Day elevenses every year. I know it's in late September but I had to postpone until today. We had turkey pie, soda bread, elk sausage, and cheddar. Apple brownies (not pictured) for dessert.

 

[Denbrought]

Fried a bag of frozen shrimp. No horseradish to make coctail sauce so I used ground mustard and ground ginger (half/half). It actually tasted better than proper stuff so *shrug*

 

[Nebulous]

I had ravioli's and garlic bread. Mmm

 

[Yoshimickster]

A bowl of bacon, 3 eggs, and 3 carrots.

 

[Bubble181]

A bowl of bacon, 3 eggs, and 3 carrots.

Almost one cup, three chicks. So close.

 

[Tinwhistler]

Sometimes you don't gotta break yourself if you wanna have a nice dinner.

Morey's pre-marinated Alaskan salmon (from Costco), grilled for that smokey flavor.
Sriracha flavored green beans (Bird's Eye brand)--I hate green beans, but these were delicious.
Farro cooked in chicken stock (Trader Joe's brand)
Dinner rolls (Sister Schubert heat and eat).

All told, dinner took me less than 20 minutes, not counting grill warming time, and I barely did anything at all.
Put the salmon on frozen (which the box says you can do), and flipped it once after 8 minutes.
Cooked the farro in a pot for 10 minutes, hands-off.
Put the beans in the microwave--5.5 minutes.
Heated the rolls in the oven for 12 minutes.
Dinner still looked fancy and phenomenal, with no work at all. No wonder so many people don't know how to cook.

 

[Cajungal]

Delicious, spicy red beans

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[Cheesy1]

To celebrate National Taco Day being on a Tuesday, we are having chicken tacos tonight.

 

[HCGLNS]

To celebrate National Taco Day being on a Tuesday, we are having chicken tacos tonight.

Everything is awesome!

 

[PatrThom]

We had beef taco bake.
Basically nachos but heavy on the ground beef.

--Patrick

 

[Tinwhistler]

Porterhouse steak (though a little on the thin side to have that designation), hasselback potato, spotted dick with lemon and orange infused custard for dessert. Next time I make those potatoes, I'm going to try to get about 3 times as many slices in.



As a side commentary, British primary school kids can go to school and titter behind their hands about "spotted dick," but I'm pretty sure if my kid did it, he'd be sent to the office and disciplined. Didn't we form our own country so we'd be *more* free than the British?

Incidentally, the spotted dick turned out amazing

 

[Dave]

I hate you so much right now.

 

[Tinwhistler]

Honestly, I ended up with a pretty big dick. I bet I got enough for you if you wanna come down.

 

[Dave]

Honestly, I ended up with a pretty big dick. I bet I got enough for you if you wanna come down.

No thanks. I like my dick without spots.

 

[PatrThom]

No thanks. I like my dick without spots.

But the custard is ok?

--Patrick

 

[Celt Z]

Don't do it! The dick..er, I mean the cake is always a lie!


Or grossly over-exaggerated.

 

[Tinwhistler]

Don't do it! The dick..er, I mean the cake is always a lie!


Or grossly over-exaggerated.

I'll show you mine if you show me yours

(actually, I didn't take any pics of the pudding before I cut into it.. )

 

[Frank]

It's Canajun Thanksgiving.