So...whats for dinner?
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Happyhammer, I was on Fripp Island this past week. Wedding, hubby golf trip all in one.Got to explore Beaufort too. What a gem.
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I wouldn't mind a meatloaf recipes. 80 meatballs...wow....that's a lot of meatballs.
Tonight we had chicken in the cream-yogurt-shallot-lime juice--cilantro- garlic-chicken/turkey broth-tomato-corn starch "gravy". It is slightly tart from the lime juice and cilantro...and we love it.
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Eric, yes. 80 meatballs is a lot of meatballs. I am using the power of steroids to produce good. Now these are not huge meatballs. They are about the size of a golf ball which is perfect. Lots of crispy outside and yet soft inside.
Working on the rye starter now. I would prefer to be in bed, but, that seems like a pipe dream about now. But my current AirBNB guest loves the rye rolls for his breakfast, so the starter must be rejuvenated.
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Susan, our local watering hole makes a killer meatloaf with Gorgonzola cheese. Might try to wriggle the recipe out of them for you.
Dinner tonight was the path of least resistance. Nothing nukable in the freezer except branzino, and I’ve had fish two nights out of the past three. Had a focus group interview downtown tonight, was paid in cash (the better to pay for the parking fee, which was still cheaper than a cab or “surge-priced” rush hour Uber or Lyft) and the weather was (and continues to be) awful—raw, howling winds (waves threatening to break over the NB lanes of Lake Shore Drive), pouring rain. So plan B—run into WF en route home for a rotisserie chicken—was a no-go. Therefore, went with plan C: logged on to GrubHub, clicked on Dak Korean Wings, and ordered wings (came with “moo,” pickled radish cubes), bibim bap (came with rice, was supposed to come with kimchi but didn’t and I wasn’t gonna send the poor delivery guy out in this weather to pick up a $3 side dish), and spring rolls. When Gordy comes home, he gets the stuff I didn’t eat, and I’ll put a fried egg atop the bibim bap, as per tradition.
Winds were so high a couple of hrs. ago that the bells of two neighborhood churches were ringing like crazy when it wasn’t time for them to do so. I’m used to car alarms, thunderclaps, roaring winds and even an occasional tornado siren, but this was a first in all the 30 yrs. we’ve lived in this house. I know there’s a superstition that ringing church bells during a storm is supposed to bring calmer weather, but we’ve had dozens of storms here before without church bells ringing.
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susan - you are a meatball machine - using steroids for good, lol! My meatloaf does not have horseradish, and is on the sweeter side with a chili sauce, brown sugar and powdered mustard glaze over bacon wrapping. Epicurious has a recipe that includes horseradish.
val - you were right down the street from my MIL - she lives on an island off the road (Hwy 21) between downtown Beaufort and Fripp. You skedaddled just in time - apparently there is now some weather on the way there. MIL is spending tonight with the neighbors, in their elevated home with a built-in generator, now that she is alone. These same neighbors took MIL and FIL in after Hurricane Matthew back in October - they were without power for a couple of weeks. They are awesome people, and really have provided above and beyond for our family.
Dinner tonight was a main dish salad - romaine, julienned red pepper and carrot dressed with a sweet-ish vinaigrette, pulled chicken breast tossed in sweet chili sauce on top, with scallions and black sesame seeds.
Making plans for this weekend/Monday - heading up to the panhandle of FL for a military retirement and a weekend of walking on the beach, sitting by the pool under an umbrella possibly drinking a drink with a much smaller umbrella in it, and dining out - yay!
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Thinking chicken tonight
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Dinner out tonight at nearby seafood restaurant that serves up boiled crawfish with corn and potatoes cooked in the same pot.
Sadly, no invitation to a crawfish boil this season
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80 Meatballs! Wowzer, that is some serious rolling..LOL. You will have them for the forseeable future and not have to make them so this works for me.
Tonight we will have clean out the fridge night which likely means stir fry. I have some ground lamb so maybe burgers..who knows?
The weather Sandy described is here on the east coast now. YUKKY out there today. But the wind has died down at least.
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Wow, Susan...that's a lotta' meatballs!
We had fresh/frozen Carolina shrimp that DH got late last fall...boiled them and I made coleslaw, roasted potatoes and steamed broccoli.
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Damn, I just lost my post. Will try again tomorrow.
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Pre-theater early dinner: tuna-avocado poke on cucumber with a side of garlic spinach & broccoli. Late supper after the train ride & walk home: one leftover Korean chicken wing, bibim bap with a fried egg on top. (Left the rice).
We saw Hamilton tonight. Wow. Just wow. Wayne Brady (“Whose Line is it Anyway”) played Aaron Burr, and was fantastic (but so was everyone else). Having done parodies of a few of the songs in last Dec.’s Bar Assn. Show helped, as did the PBS special about the making of the show. Otherwise, I might not have been as amenable to the "hybrid hip-hop" score, nor would I have followed the rapped lyrics as easily.
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Special, we passed so many inlets and islands on our way to Fripp. What a lovely laid back area. We loved it. Previously we always went to Hilton Head or Kiawah Island.
Dinner last night was cubed steak, tomato gravy and rice.
Sandy, I had the wonderful opportunity to see Hamilton in NYC with Lin Manuel. I didn't know what to expect as it was not as widely known then, but WOW is the word. Some of the lyrics were hard to follow but I enjoyed it immensely.
Ah crawfish. Would love to get invited to a crawfish boil.
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I wish I’d been able to see the original with Miranda, but we hadn’t gone back to NYC (our old home town) for five years until this past Dec. By then, Miranda was out of the cast (probably working on post-production for the soundtrack to Moana). I did get to see excerpts of him in that PBS special “Hamilton’s America” in early Dec.—in fact, the night we got home from the Sunday matinee which was the final performance of this year’s run of the Bar Show (in which we parodied “Alexander Hamilton,” “My Shot,” “You’ll Be Back” and “The World Turned Upside Down”), it was on our local PBS station. The guy who plays Hamilton in Chicago is terrific, too—from the moment he opened his mouth I stopped hearing Miranda’s voice in my mind’s ear. The woman who played Eliza was Miss California 2010 and a top 10 finalist in the Miss America pageant. (She only made it to no. 36 on American Idol, which only goes to show you that TV reality-performance competition shows are not necessarily very predictive of future success: even Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson got knocked off after reaching no. 7, and the society of has-beens-and-never-weres is chock full of winners). Tony winner Karen Oliva was supposed to have played Angelica, but her excellent understudy took over last night. Wayne Brady (Burr) is leaving the Chicago cast after Sunday. Last Friday, after the curtain call, he did improv with several castmates. No such luck last night. I was surprised at his range & versatility.
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The crawfish at Crabby Shack were good. I took a container with my Hellman's light mayo to make the sauce we like. I added ketchup, hot sauce and horseradish at the restaurant. I had one tray of "mud bugs" with two potatoes that I ate and one corn on the cob segment that I didn't eat. It was mushy.
Dh had two trays and two Abitamber beers. I had one draft light beer. I'm not a real beer drinker so don't mind the light beer. Dh would as soon drink water.
Tonight's meat is a large boneless chicken breast. Sides will be carrots and salad. Haven't decided what the chicken preparation will be. But today is Friday and Monday WW meeting is in the near future! 😏
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Yesterday was Big Jones’ last “mudbug boil” of the season (which we of course missed). I might see if I can hit a fishmarket and buy some to boil tonight. (I miss living in the U. District in Seattle where all I had to do was walk down to the Ship Canal with a kids’ shovel and sand pail—free dinner)!
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Wish I could appreciate the food reports as they include many of my favorites but I've been plagued with stomach issues since Tuesday. I thought it was a stomach bug that the kids left (and I was worried about a cold) but the fact that it's lasted this long and the symptoms now feel very much like those of a previous ulcer, lead me to believe that this is more than a bug. At any rate, the only thing I seem to be able to choke down is chicken noodle soup, from a can no less, the occasional piece of cheese and a little toast. Today I stocked up on a probiotic drink and I have been guzzling as much as that as I can tolerate. PPIs aren't helping much. I have absolutely no interest in food. Poor DH, he's had to fend for himself and is also taking care of me. I think I'll tell him to order pizza for himself tonight. He deserves a reward. He is such a peach, definitely a keeper. If I don't see significant improvement this weekend I'll be calling the gastro doc. The only problem is that it's takes so long to see him, I'm usually ok by the time I get in.
Carole, I used to like WW meetings on Monday, they kept me honest on weekends 😇
I gave up on crawfish. I love them but they're just too much work (to eat). I haven't had the jumbo ones so maybe they would change my mind. I'm never in the South this time of year anymore and of course they're unheard of around here. I can get the frozen shelled meat but I've never tried it. Can't really do a "boil" with that lol.
Really lovely day today after two solid weeks of rain and clouds. Seriously depressing. I managed to get out and cut some things back and pull a few weeds. So much more to do but I'm ready!
Hope Lacey has found "the dress" by now. I'm missing her and her newsy posts too.
Susan, sounds like you are managing taxol. I'm so glad.
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All bummed out. DIL asked if I would host Easter dinner. Of course. I hadn't even thought about it (not religious). Then I got to thinking. I have my first cataract surgery Tuesday. I won't be able to lift or bend by Easter. That pretty much limits anything I could do to prepare for dinner (could be 12 or 13) or cooking it. So I had to call her back and tell her. I have made no plans (except doctor appts) for the next two weeks and looks like that was smart. But I sure can GO to dinner. I offered to pay for the ham and if they want and can let me know tomorrow how many are coming I could make creme brulee for the crowd either Sunday or Monday. But I'll be able to see!!
HUGS!
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Peggy, don’t fret. There are plenty of ways to cook without lifting or bending. The “no bending over” rule (acc. to my ophthalmologist) should be gone by Holy Saturday. You can lift up to 5 lbs on the recently operated side, and as much as you usually do on the other. Plan out what you want to cook. Then, before surgery, move pans & ingredients to where you can easily reach them w/o bending over (squatting with your head level is okay). But if you’d rather not cook for a crowd (wink, wink) by all means play the cataract card.
Bob’s almost home. Making Greek branzino en papillote, defrosted a couple of sweet potato latkes, and stir-frying sugar snap peas as I did earlier this week. Pouring a Grechetto bianco from Umbria.
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Nance, sorry about the stomach discomfort. It sounds miserable.
Peggy, I don't remember bending and lifting restrictions but my cataract surgery was many years ago when I was 56. The improvement in vision was amazing.
If the weather is good for Easter Sunday, it will be my job to transport my mother to my youngest sister's house. She will want to go early so that will complicate my cooking dishes to contribute to the meal
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This afternoon I went with my SIL to see a brilliant performance of Shuberts "Death & The Maiden" by Mercury Baroque. The original quartet (in D Minor) was adapted for a bit larger string group - actually 13. This guy is my favorite conductor. He always shares the story behind the music. (imagine a maiden tripping along in the spring when Death comes up and says 'you're next'). He is so involved in the music you can't sit still in your seat if you watch him. And the concertmaster & the principal 2nd violin & even the lady Violone player. They perform only with period instruments - the strings are gut rather than steel and they often utilize a Baroque bow - shorter & more curved.
Dinner was problematic. My SIL chose a place because she wanted a steak. I only go there at lunch since the dinner prices are prohibitive. Never the less, I gulped three times & asked the waitress what was served with the smallest steak, a 6 oz fillet. Well, at dinner, nothing. Ala Carte for $37.95. Their steaks are good but I think not THAT good. I settled for two appetizers. Unfortunately my choices didn't meet up to their usual standard. French Onion Soup was pretty much the consistency of half-set jello. And the fried asparagus w/lump crab meat was fried in such a thick, hard batter that it was difficult to cut. So I peeled off the breading, but the asparagus was stringy. Ah well. My gin & tonic was good.
Tomorrow afternoon I'm going to a show called "The History of the Blues". No food involved.
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BTW - where's Bedo? I know Susan will appreciate the concert comments, but it made me think that we seem to have lost Bedo in Iowa.
And Lacey - we do miss you. Hope the wedding is/was a success and you'll be back home soon.
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Dinner tonight was good but unremarkable...steak, roasted veg and salad. However, after a 4 mile walk at the Greenway in Charlotte with friends, went to OMB (Old Mecklenburg Brewery). Gorgeous day- sunny and temps around 70. Had a delish piece of salmon over a salad of arugula, walnuts, apple and papadew peepers with a berry vinaigrette. Simple and yet so yummy!
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We went to Texas de Brazil, reopened in its new location in Streeterville by the NBC Tower. The old location in River North was “devoured” by Eataly. I remember the old one had a two-story “wine wall,” with acrobats dangling from harnesses zipping up & down (sometimes upside down) to fetch the bottles. This one was more labyrinthine, with just a rolling ladder for the wine wall. I was worried that because we were seated in one of the corridor locations in the rear, far from the soup & salad bar, that the gauchos wouldn’t come around as often as up front. No worries. They had a much broader array of meats than did Fogo de Chao, and they actually asked us how we liked our meats—and brought rare and medium rare ones on request. First time I’d seen both BBQ pork ribs and braised beef short ribs at a churrascuria. The soup bar had lobster bisque and coconut-halibut stew along with the usual black beans & rice. The salad bar was a bit more modest than I remember—only one kind of sushi, California roll, and fewer cheeses. But they had heirloom cherry tomatoes. I did cheat a bit—a piece of sushi, and a baked banana in lieu of dessert.
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My mushrooming project has come to an end. This is, however, the way I get myself into trouble. So, as you recall I had 1 pound of ground beef left from the meatball explosion. Meatloaf, I thought! Ah, but no bread crumbs. So I spent a day making French country loaves. And since I had some time, off to the market to buy 1 pound of pork to mix in since the beef had absolutely no fat. Then I had to make the bread into bread crumbs which means removing the crusts, breaking up the bread, throw it into a low oven, process in the food processor, back into the oven, back into the food processor until they were dry enough to turn into anything resembling crumbs. I have at this point devoted almost two days to bread crumbs. Then grind the pork, review recipes, make the meatloaf mixture, shape the mini-meatloaves, and finally bake. While all this was going on, I was also making a batch of rye bread rolls for the AirBNB. I hit a serious wall..... but it all did get done.
To be honest, by the time all this was done [in addition to making lunch, and prepping the leg of lamb for tonight's dinner] the last thing I wanted was to eat any of this! So we went to our Mexican spot and I had a bowl of soup. The best $3.99 value you can imagine!
This is my week "off" and my body sure does need that. Each week has gotten just a bit more difficult.
*susan*
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Susan - the meat loaves are beautiful, but I can understand 'hitting a wall'. I probably would have given up and thrown all the bread crumbs out for the birds. (a rather expensive & labor intensive way of taking care of wildlife). Even as the treatment takes it's toll, you continue to amaze me.
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I get projects like that. For me, though, it's usually some plumbing project.
Dinner last night was prime rib at a dinner theater. The performance was "Jesus Christ. Superstar."
Today, I'm working on the back yard that has become a jungle. I've been so busy with mom's house that my back yard was left to go out of control. Some of the weed "trunks" were an inch in diameter and several feet tall--I needed a tree limb cutter to cut down the weeds. The weed pile is big enough that I'll be using the business sized trash dumpster at my mom's house.
Cut, pick up, rake, pick up, "weed eater", mow, rake, pick up.....
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Eric - so glad you went to 'Superstar'. It was scheduled for Houston this season and I was really looking forward to seeing it again. I first saw it in it's infancy in the late 60s. Unfortunately we got a new theater manager who changed the entire line up after it had already been announced so we lost that show.
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What's the buzz, tell me what's a happenin...what's the buzz...
So ladies, you all make me tired with your culinary feats! This Sunday will be a smaller group for Easter (9 of us)so I will handle it and not be so pooped! But, as usual, making too much food..LOL
The usual leg of lamb (Greek Easter is just not in the cards for my kids this year as they are both busy so going to do both this weekend) with my Mom's baked orzo (made with the lamb drippings and beef broth almost like a risotto but in the oven) and spanakopita and tiropita. Dyed eggs in a koulouri basket and of course plenty for the "egg game" which the kids love.
PLUS, baked ham, kielbasa, potato salad and fresh roasted asparagus. I will also make pastitsio if I have time on Saturday because my son looks so forward to the Greek part of Easter and hubby loves the Ham part of it!
I have this week off so will bake and get a head start on things on Thursday and Saturday (busy on Friday) and be ready to roll.
Have a great week ladies and Eric!
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Dinner tonight was a jambalaya. Haven't made one since we visited Louisiana in 2009 and brought some andouille home with us. But, I spotted some at the supermarket, bought some chicken thighs, mixed some creole spice and went to work. It was quite delicious! Mr. SMT's college buddy, who is here all week, plowed through the pot leaving us with no leftovers. Perfect! I didn't want any leftovers. The "boys" will eat out tomorrow after playing a round of golf. I will be left on my own. I had hoped to have dinner with a friend, but no one is available with such short notice.
Yesterday's grilled leg of lamb was also a hit. It will actually be nice to have a night off.
*susan*
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It's been interesting to see how the husband of our friend who died two weeks ago is dealing. He has always wanted to eat out at least twice A DAY, at least 5 days a week, so they weren't used to staying home. He's pretty much still going out by himself every noon. Most evenings he calls people to go out with. I was settled in my sweats for a peaceful evening with a bowl of soup when he called tonight. So three of us from the Chickenfoot group went with him to have fried shrimp or catfish at a semi-fast food fried fish place. Priced cheaply but tasted like fast, fried food. I couldn't find the shrimp in the breading. Last week a bunch went for Chinese but I was not available. He doesn't want friends to bring food and he doesn't want to come to our houses for dinner - just go out. We all understand where he is, but it will be difficult to back off from some of these outings. I really prefer to eat at home most of the time. And when I do go out, I don't like to spend my money or waste my calories on just "average" or below food.
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