What's cookin', good lookin'?

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

We tried out a recipe for a casserole made with potatoes, onions, anchovies, cream topped with breadcrumbs and butter and served with boiled eggs, beer and Aalborg Jubilemum Akvavit.

Haha! You should have heard what my brain substituted when I got to those last three words

As for me, I made they ~ perfect~ potato salad today. Hooray! I always struggle to get the potatoes cooked exactly right, and today I did it! Yum! I like it almost as much as the ribs

 

[IrisAlthea]

Haha! You should have heard what my brain substituted when I got to those last three words

As for me, I made they ~ perfect~ potato salad today. Hooray! I always struggle to get the potatoes cooked exactly right, and today I did it! Yum! I like it almost as much as the ribs

Yes well, considering that I spelled it as if I had downed about half the bottle in one sitting...
Jubileum, not Jubilemum.

It's a good thing it's easier to drink.

 

[seela]

Onion soup.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Yes well, considering that I spelled it as if I had downed about half the bottle in one sitting...
Jubileum, not Jubilemum.

It's a good thing it's easier to drink.

I don't think that made a real difference in my brain

Just for giggles I tried a rack of ribs in the oven yesterday instead of the smoker. They were quite good, and would do if I had no access to a smoker. I prepped them the night before and coated them with a Memphis Rub, then wrapped then in foil and baked at 225°F for two hours, then took the foil off and cooked them for ~3 hours more and ate them with BBQ sauce to dunk in. They were delicious!

 

[IrisAlthea]

Fishsoup made with saithe(?), celeriac, fennel and other vegetables, saffron, shrimp and mussels.
It tasted great after a sunday walk.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[midwestyankee]

Tonight we had midwestyankee's extremely decadent and very, very yummy lobster mac and cheese.

You know from the ingredients its going to be good, but it really is.

Thank you MWY

You're quite welcome. I can now report that following the same recipe but substituting good crab meat yields an equally satisfying dish.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Mindful of collar's warning about the beans I reduced the amount of both molasses and brown sugar asked for, I really only passed the brown sugar by the pot.

I think this was the right decision. The beans were good, the meat flavour almost lost in them, but seriously filling, and the sweet balance was ok, on the edge, so had I put all the amount it it would have been too much, collar was very right there. As it was it was ok, tasty. I'd have it again. Which is just as well as we have lots, and I really mean LOTS, left over. Too, too filling.

Yay! I saved a dinner!

 

[IrisAlthea]

Saitje is also called coley or pollock.

Thanks!

Today we are having chickenbreast, cooked sous vide yeasterday.
I'm going to fry it, so it gets some colour and serve it with guacamole, on toast.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[midwestyankee]

Mindful of collar's warning about the beans I reduced the amount of both molasses and brown sugar asked for, I really only passed the brown sugar by the pot.

I think this was the right decision. The beans were good, the meat flavour almost lost in them, but seriously filling, and the sweet balance was ok, on the edge, so had I put all the amount it it would have been too much, collar was very right there. As it was it was ok, tasty. I'd have it again. Which is just as well as we have lots, and I really mean LOTS, left over. Too, too filling.

Odd. I had to virtually double the amount of molasses I was using when baking beans to make them come out right.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[IrisAlthea]

Finn Crisp with La vache qui rit cheese, bell pepper and a huge cup of Earl Grey with milk.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Mr sweet tooth


Our recipes were almost certainly different. on the plus side the beans have been ( ooooh, word bean and been makes me bizarrely happy) loved by the two other people I have fed them to.


I will thus probably make them again....cheap, nutritious and warming. Be good and easy to come back to after winter pursuits.

I didn't want to tell you before you tried them but the first time I ate Bostn baked beans they actually roiled around in my tummy for a while, and then made me sick I tried them again, from a different source, years later thinking that was a fluke. Nope! My body does NOT like beans with sugar. I can eat all the ingredients in other stuff, no problem, but not in the same pot. I'm sorry, but.. Yuck :l

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Finn Crisp with La vache qui rit cheese, bell pepper and a huge cup of Earl Grey with milk.

Is Finn Crisp a bread?

 

[midwestyankee]

I didn't want to tell you before you tried them but the first time I ate Bostn baked beans they actually roiled around in my tummy for a while, and then made me sick I tried them again, from a different source, years later thinking that was a fluke. Nope! My body does NOT like beans with sugar. I can eat all the ingredients in other stuff, no problem, but not in the same pot. I'm sorry, but.. Yuck :l

If you're not eating Boston-style baked beans, you might as well be eating plain boiled lentils.

 

[IrisAlthea]

Is Finn Crisp a bread?

Kind of.
More like an excuse to eat cheese really.

http://www.finncrisp.com/crispbreads/thin-crisps/finn-crisp-caraway/

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

If you're not eating Boston-style baked beans, you might as well be eating plain boiled lentils.

Pintos! Hombre, tan rico!! Cooked up with onions and peppers that I have had in the smoker, bay leaf, garlic, cheese on top, no added sugar nom nom nom..

 

[midwestyankee]

Pintos! Hombre, tan rico!! Cooked up with onions and peppers that I have had in the smoker, bay leaf, garlic, cheese on top, no added sugar nom nom nom..

Sounds like they would taste like cactus turds.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Kind of.
More like an excuse to eat cheese really.

http://www.finncrisp.com/crispbreads/thin-crisps/finn-crisp-caraway/

Wait. Excuse for eating cheese? Who needs that??

I'm glad you liked your bea's, Elle!

Question for the group
I was given some pretty amazing homemade vanilla extract. Does anyone have a recipe that would really showcase it as an ingredient?

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Sounds like they would taste like cactus turds.

.. which go better with a meal than lollipop droppings... :l

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]