So...whats for dinner?
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A much as I love bacon (and I LOVE bacon), this need to put it in ice cream and donuts and other places it doesn't belong mystifies me.
Tomorrow my niece from Texas is coming for lunch. I'm trying to figure out what I want to fix. I'm leaning toward a nice primavera (still have lots of garden veggies).
Tonight is pork burgers on the grill, coleslaw and perhaps a potato salad.
By the way, last nights grilled corn was exceptional. I grilled it naked (the corn, not me) until nicely charred then brushed it with a mixture of soy sauce, butter, grated fresh ginger, a grated clove of garlic and a teaspoon of lemon juice. Wow. Next time I think I'll use lime juice. -
bacon syrup over pancakes sounds pretty good...
Nance - that grilled corn sounds fantastic. Tonight I'm thinking we'll have salmon on the weber. It's pretty chilly here today (not supposed to even make it into the 70's), so I'm thinking I'll make scalloped potatoes to go with, and of course a green salad and a bottle of wine.
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Gumby, I'll concede the bacon syrup lol!
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when I was a kid my favorite breakfast was bacon on top of pancakes with butter and syrup. (My grandmother made a vanilla syrup that was to die for.) But bacon syrup with bacon and pancakes could give it a run for the money. "course, I couldn't eat it, as can no longer eat either wheat or pork, but I could certainly enjoy the smell.
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Where is everybody today? For lunch for my niece I decided to make a Cobb salad and garlic knots since I already had the ingredients. I made a thousand island dressing (for DH) and a white balsamic raspberry vinaigrette. It was all quite good.
For dinner, we're having beef tacos and Spanish rice. DH is ecstatic. Thousand island and tacos all in the same day (two of his most favorites.) I have the beef cooking in the slow cooker with some tomatoes, peppers and onions. Don't know how it tastes, but it smells wonderful.
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Nance, both of your meals sound good to me.
I caught up on reading posts on my Kindle Fire yesterday at the laundromat but didn't have time to post. Our weather continues to be wonderful. At night we're having to add a blanket to our usual cover of cotton sheet and light weight comforter. It was in the 50's this morning and dh got up first and turned on the heat pump, which runs on electricity and does the job when it isn't really cold. We also have a furnace that runs on propane.
This morning I drove into Park Rapids and visited both farmers' mkts. Bought bread, cookies, fresh raspberries picked yesterday afternoon, snow peas, green beans, salad greens, onions, yellow squash and zucchini, cherry tomatoes and large tomatoes. Also some beef from grass fed cows. Ribeye steaks and ground chuck. I've never tried the grass-fed beef that some of you have mentioned so here was the opportunity.
Now I have all these veggies and we're eating out tonight and tomorrow, too! Tonight we're going to a restaurant about a mile from the campground and tomorrow we're going to Taste of Dorset, where several restaurants in the village of Dorset take their food out on the street. A huge crowd assembles and it's a lot of fun with live music. We went to it last year.
Last night we attended an open air concert with a group playing Celtic music and singing, too. The location was on a lovely lake and the music was very good. Good enough that I bought a CD.
This afternoon we went out in a boat and fished with a couple here in the campground. We didn't catch a fish but the boat trip was fun. They're going out fishing again after dinner and we are invited but I don't know whether dh will be up for more fishing. He's not as keen on fishing as I am.
Hope everyone is having a good weekend.
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Carole, your market finds are marvelous and it sounds like you're having a wonderful time! If I could find all that here, I wouldn't bother with a garden.
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I may plant a garden when it cools down a bit. Right now, it's too hot to grow much in the way of vegetables. It's that way right up until late September and then it freezes once or twice in early December and early January, which is just enough to kill off tender plants. I'm going to try some carrots or potatoes just to see what they do.
Another batch of sourdough is in the making.
I'm not sure what to think about bacon syrup. I think it would remind me of the hot pepper-spearmint jellies--the two tastes are good, but not in that particular combination. I suppose I could be wrong. Someday I'll try it and see.
SpecialK. How's your daughter doing? I'm hoping the pace of improvement is speeding up. I agree with your thought that your husband doesn't like seeing his daughter in pain. I'd much rather hurt than see Sharon or DD hurt. I think it's in a guy's DNA.
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I have been shamed [Nancy, I am looking at you] into posting a few days of meals. As I mentioned before, we ate out on our first night. Lacey, the restaurant was Winslow Tavern in Wellfleet. It more expensive than good. To be honest, for that amount of money in raw ingredients, I outcook these folks.
The next night was fish night. My friend Lucy is a fisher-person and had caught 32 lbs of bluefish the day before. Bluefish is one of those fish that you either love or hate. It is a high fat fish with prominent bloodlines. Though I prefer it smoked, that wasn't an option, so it was up to me to find a way to grill it so everyone would be happy. During a short trip to the Atlantic Spice Company to buy ingredients for an onion jam, there was my favorite book, Fish Without a Doubt, on display for sale. Yup! He had the answer! So I dry rubbed the fish with a mixture of cumin, salt, and ground coriander. After grilling, I topped the fish with a compound butter made of butter, lime juice, and cumin. Served with an onion-ginger jam. Oh my goodness! This was amazing! Next time, I would use lime zest in the compound butter instead of the juice.
Night three was a prime Ribeye steak. Need I say more? A wonderful salad and baked potatoes completed the table.
Tonight's dinner morphed. It was going to be a Mediterranean thing, but there was the lovely corn. Corn is way too New World for such a dinner. So, I made some marinated carrots, a huge lettuce salad, steamed corn, and pan-fried pork cutlets. Remember what pork tasted like years ago? This was it! It was moist, flavorful... so very good. The cut I used is from the pork knuckle. Maggie sliced them as part of the pig breakdown, and then I pounded them until they were quite thin.
Somehow, the rest of today's farmer's market bounty will turn into dinner tomorrow. How? Still to be determined!
*susan*
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eric - thanks for asking! She is improving, today was the first day she has tried non-narcotic pain meds. She graduated from college in May and starts an internship on Monday so she has to be able to drive, thus the switch. She has now lost 10 lbs. but the ENT doc predicted that, so not a surprise. I have already had my tonsils out but did ask the doc if I could follow the same diet and see if I could also lose 10 lbs too, he just laughed!
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Thank you Susan. I, as do others, so look forward to living vicariously through your meals lol! The fish sounds fantastic.
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Oh Susan, loved your descriptive culinary post!! Maybe guilt is good for those of us reading! I will be re-reading it momentarily. Sounds like you are having a wonderful time, and your friends clearly are, with you sharing their kitchen! I know what you mean about bluefish, but I came to love it (both catching and eating) until my immune system said "no more".
Glad that Atlantic Spice Co was able to help you out. I can't seem to leave the outer Cape w/o a stop there. I vaguely recall a trip to WT that was unremarkable. Sadly not the exception.
Nance, your "where is everybody" brought a smile to my face as that is exactly what my DGS questioned when he was visiting us last December, and his mom was feeding him dinner solo after we returned from a busy trip into town. This two,year old is really used to a large cast of adults being around ( and catering to him, since his other grandparents live in to care for the children and are, IMHO, quite indulgent)and he was stunned to be eating with just mom and no audience.
Carole, I can relate to the cool temps you describe.Here we will be dipping into the forties overnight. I am just not ready for summer to depart!
Love your adventures....
Even guilt can't get me to post anything interesting tonight...last night we had take out pizza and salad and a very good cheap wine, Middle Sister Rebel Red. We arrived here (lake house) late today...will be staying for the week. Tonight we had leftover grilled chicken with local corn and a large salad. On the way here, I stopped at a local farm and got the most beautiful tuscan kale, beets, fresh garlic and corn. Tomorrow AM that kale will join the beets, a carrot and some fruits for the inaugural new Vita Mix smoothie here. I forget if I posted this, but if anyone is looking into this ridiculously pricey machine, (which does make great velvety smoothies, among many other things)get the cheapest basic model....and at a familiar store (kitchen and bath) where you can use a 20% coupon! Hope that makes up for boring meal reports!
By the way, I also confirmed (as Laurie taught us some months ago) that the best time to buy a car is on the last day of the month. We happened into that situation this past week (would like to say it was planned.....not!)and got a great deal and trade for DH's twelve year old SUV. -
Wow! You all are amazing. We were going to grill out, but my DH is home this weekend and the honeydo list was enormous! By the time we got some of them done, it was after 6pm. So off to Charcol grill. Got a French dip. So did DH. I gave him my dip. I just like the sandwich. They were nummy. I just don't cook much anymore. My DH is a morning person, I am not, so he'll finish the list tomorrow before I get up, like the leak under the sink, the clog in the rain gutter, killing the weeds in the driveway cracks, etc. Always something. Oh yeah, he also vacuums the upstairs for me, cause as you can tell, all stuff hard to do if you can't climb or kneel! LOL two bum knees really put a damper on that kind of thing. Much love to all.
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I just add the cooking to the honeydo list and I'm thankful I can do that. Like I've said before, cooking is a relaxing time.
If I couldn't cook, I'd probably be doing something much less pleasant. :-)
Eric
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We just returned from the village of Dorset where we joined hundreds of other people for the annual Taste of Dorset. This year I resigned myself to standing in the long-g-g-g line to get a prime rib sandwich. The same line included those hungering for a "spaghetti ball," which are very popular. The Italian restaurant in Dorset takes spaghetti and meat sauce ingredients, forms a ball and deep fries it and serves with a side of marinara. My prime rib sandwich, dressed with horseradish sauce was delicious.
I had been looking forward to eating some jalapeno poppers like those I sampled last year, but, alas, the Mexican restaurant didn't prepare them this year. Other popular foods are corn on the cob, and grilled pork chops on a stick. Also make-your-own taco salad, pizza, small chunks of deep fried wall eye fish. The Lutheran church ladies had a tent with home-made pie and ice cream.
It's quite a scene. About 3 or 4 city blocks of Hwy 7 blocked off at either end and jam-packed with people. It's much more pleasant than it sounds. There are places to sit here and there and local musicians performing. We stayed about an hour and a half. Some people like us were leaving and others were arriving.
The campground has emptied out as the weekenders head home. DH and I may have the resort to ourselves for most of this week.
SpecialK, that sounds like a miserable way to lose 10 lbs!
Lacey, hope you enjoy the week at the lake. Your time there always sounds so enjoyable.
Thinking of Michelle, Debbie, and Deb.
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Carole, that just sounds like so much fun. As you might expect, I love food fairs.
DH is under the weather with a summer cold so I'm fixing another of his favorites, spaghetti and meatballs. I already had the meatballs frozen so it'll be an easy meal. My darling niece just got back from Italy and gave me some parmigiano reggiano that she brought back for me. What a sweetheart! It will go well with the arrabiatta that I'm making for dh. -
Carole, that sounds like a fun food fest! Tho I cringe when I see all of the things our population fries! Will battered cell phones be next?! Loved the sound of your prime rib sandwich. Yum!
Have been spending a lot of today on the porch watching the hummingbirds, since it's definitely not a great beach day .....occasional showers, ( got my walk in between them....used Dark Sky app to guide me) thunder in the distance, occasional sun, and currently 66 degrees and breezy. Where did summer go? It always seems that once August arrives up here, it brings fall weather immediately. Too soon for my taste.
Specialk, I concur with Carole that going through what your DD has is an awful way to lose ten lbs! Good luck to her with the start of her internship.
Nance, love that your niece brought you that gold from abroad! I hope DH feels better fast with all that pasta nurturance. -
Specialk, hope your daughter is getting better every day. Although I think a week is the time it gets bad again when the scab falls off.
Nancy, cheese is good! Especially Parmagiano Reggiano the undisputed King of cheeses! LOL
Lacey, there's a fee cell phones I wouldn't mind frying! LOL. What's the Dark sky app? Carol, I love food fairs. We have Port Washington Fish day. Lots of people and things on a stick. Eric, I bet Sharon is glad you can cook too! LOL
BTW, that leaky sink means a new faucet. No time to find one this weekend so will research and get one before DH comes back again in two weeks. Anyone have the pullout one? Like it or not? In the mean time git a pail under to catch small leak drips. LOL.
Much love to all, and thinking of Michelle and Deb and Debbie. -
Moon, I have a pull out faucet that I love. Bought a relatively high end one since I figured I'd want it for the rest of our stay in this house, and it has been perfect for its first nine years. A friend whose builder went lower end found that the hose cracked after a few years of use. My DIL has a super fancy restaurant style sink arrangement which is clearly trendy form over function, and whenever I return home from their house I practically kiss my compact Grohe faucet which is pure ease.
I learned from a beach friend here about the DarkSky app. It is a radar app that shows you what is happening for the next hour pretty much exactly where you are. (Actually you know big brother is watching when it asks if it can use your location....well I guess so if we are trying to ascertain weather in my locale.... and before you know it your little known upcountry address shows up on the screen.....creepy). So, anyway, the friend bought it because every time they took their boat out her husband would want to return if he saw dark clouds approaching. It's tricky here in the hills.....you don't always end up getting the showers that look like they are headed your way. So she bought the app to help convince her DH to stay on the water! I find that it is pretty accurate, but would not stake my life on it in the case of thunder and lightening threat while boating! It was helpful for my walk in between showers today. -
Ah, thx for the explanation. And yeah, I don't want a fancy faucet, just a pretty one that works! LOL
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I'm annoyed with myself.... I put the sourdough bread in the oven....and I had set the oven to broil..instead of bake.....By teh time I realized (smelled) what I'd done, the bread was badly scorched.
Eric
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I have not been on here in a year. The last time I was on I was preparing to have gastric sleeve surgery. Since the surgery, I don't eat much, therefore I don't cook much. I'm down 90 lbs. Laurie and Deb updated me on Michelle, so I've been lurking hoping for good news. I'm glad she's feeling we'll enough to go to the wedding. Hopefully the new treatment kicks the mets butt. I'm on Cape Cod, at one DB's house, vacationing with another DB and his family. Had a beautiful beach day today. We're having leftovers for dinner. Then out for a game of mini golf and Auntie's treating for ice cream after - only a kiddie scoop for me. Unfortunately I have to head home tomorrow for work on Tuesday. It's been nice reading the posts and catching up with all of you I knew before. Lots of new names too - unfortunately. Too bad you have to be a member of the BC club to get on here. Wish we all could have "met" under better circumstances.
Lynda -
Oh Eric, hate when I do stuff like that!!! And I do it more often since on Tamox.....damn!
Hope you can get another loaf a bakin'.
Moon, the Grohe faucet has a lovely streamlined shape to it that I admire each time I see it!
Hauntie.....so good to hear from you...tho sorry it had to be from hearing about Michelle's latest challenge...and thanks to Laurie and Deb for keeping you in the loop about that.
Congratulations to you on your success with the gastric sleeve procedure and its post regimen.
What an accomplishment! Not sure I would recognize you....I bet you feel great.
Have fun at mini golf and savor that kiddie cone! Best to you..... -
Oh Eric - For those of us who don't make our own & depend on occasional shipments from Boudin breads from San Francisco, that's really sad.
Moon: I have a pull out faucet that I'm happy with, but like Lacey, I bought a fairly expensive Delta to last as long as I'll be in this house.
Hauntie: Good to hear from you and congrats on your successful weight loss.Lacey: I have to chuckle about your "fall" weather. Here in Houston we expect the temps around 100 & the heat index to be 105 for the next week. And it will only get worse until hurricane season is over - at least another two months of HOT weather. The lawns are burning up. I'm sure Eric will agree - no fall in sight for either of us.
Carole: Thanks for the 'fair' report. Sounds like fun.
Everything you all are cooking sounds so great to my brain. Now I just hope my mouth will agree after I finish chemo. I'm soooo.. tired of food tasting like something from the bottom of the garbage disposal. About all I can eat is watermellon & pancakes. Talked to a friend who still doesn't have his taste buds back 3 months after 2nd chemo. Hope it won't be that long for me.
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Minus, I hope your taste buds make a very speedy return! And while you are preparing for that, would you mind just sending about ten or fifteen of your excessive degrees this way. Thanks a bunch!!
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MInus...It was 106F today. Right now at 10pm, it's still 100F. Fall is right around the corner...sometime in October. I think Sharon's taste buds came back about 3 months after chemo.
Welcome back Hauntie. Cool on losing the 90 pounds.
I've got another batch of sourdough just about ready to go into the oven. This time I'll double check that the oven is set to "bake". I broke the loaves up into a few pieces and tossed them out into the back yard. The birds didn't seem to mind the very scorched crust, so it wasn't a total loss. I had to put it into an area of the yard where the dogs wouldn't scoop it up.
Eric
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Minus, although I didn't have much of an appetite during chemo, the only things that tasted really bad to me were coffee and lemon. I pretty much lived on chicken noodle soup and trader Joe's ginger cookies. Oh yes, and caramel cheese popcorn. Go figure. My taste buds always bounced back within 10 days after my infusion. Hope yours do too.
Now about dinner. I'm thinking about Chicago hot dogs with fried onion rings. I have all the ingredients including buttermilk for soaking the onions. I think I'll take Susan's lead and fry them in the wok. The temperature is much easier to control. -
nummy dinner last night. Hubby went fishing and caught a king salmon - so, we had weber grilled salmon (with a little smoke added), roasted green beans and scalloped potatoes with a really good bottle of Syrah. Tonight we'll have salmon salad using the left over salmon.
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tonight is stuffed peppers and corn on the cob. Cool enough to turn on the oven for just a short time.
Attended a party where the host made beer can chicken...mmmm so good. she had it all pulled off the bones for us, and everyone brought a dish to pass....what a feast!
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mmmm Carrie that beer can chicken dinner sounds great!
I want home made onion rings.
Lacey- I could not agree more with the weather! It has been so cool the past few days. Strange.
The past four days at the lake with friends was pure heaven. The boys tried tubing for the first time and did a great job and loved it. Myself and one other family (mother) did all the cooking for a huge group. We were prepared though. The first two days were just her and I and 7 kids! But the kids were all great and ran in a pack and we actually relaxed a lot. Their place is very kid safe and there is a 14 and 11 year old in the pack so I could even let me 3 1/2 year old take off with them. We did a lobster bake Saturday night with steamers and chicken with cucumber avocado salsa for those who don't like lobster. the steamers were the best I have ever had, they were so sweet. The salsa I made had cucumbers from the garden and was delish. The whole weekend was wonderful. The Dad's were in charge of breakfast each morning while we lounged on the beach and waited. We got home late yesterday afternoon and just ordered a pizza for dinner we were all so tired.
Today the kids and I hit the park with friends and I stopped at the store to stock up on some essentials. I think tonight is chicken caesar salad. Nice and easy. My father dropped off a ton of fresh veggies from the garden this afternoon, green beans, zucchini, peppers and cucumbers. Yum. He leaves Wednesday for a week and it will be my job to go water and pick the garden. Which means I get all the veggies!!!!
Hope everyone is well. Hugs to all.
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