What's For Dinner?

[Nickyboy]

Last night I made a pot of chili using a pork should I cut up into thick slabs which I browned and then let simmer in the sauce for 3 hours. It had an ocean of fat on top (which I expected), so I put it out on the enclosed front porch ( our walk-in refrigerator in the winter) so the fat would congeal overnight. Going to skim it all off today, pull the meat off the bone and throw out any solid fat chunks, and finish cooking it. This new recipe thickens it with masa harina. And NO BEANS!
I need to make some cornbread some time today.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Usually with wailing and gnashing of the teeth.

Gordon Ramsay walks in and cusses you out.

 

[axolotl]

Usually with wailing and gnashing of the teeth.

Do you cast them into outer darkness, or are there streetlights?

 

[Ojai Sam]

Mrs. Ojai strikes again:

 

[Nickyboy]

A Fantasy in Lavender. It's like living in Provence all over again.

 

[Old Uncle Toe]

Mrs. Ojai strikes again:

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Mrs. Ojai must have a dish cabinet the size of my garage.

 

[Nickyboy]

Sole meuniere and a green salad tonight. Lemony!

 

[Old Uncle Toe]

Sole meuniere and a green salad tonight. Lemony!

Sounds good. In fact, I kind of want to make that tonight. But I'm so trained not to eat too much breaded or sauteed food that I could only do it with an extra dish for my serving of guilt.

 

[Nickyboy]

Sounds good. In fact, I kind of want to make that tonight. But I'm so trained not to eat too much breaded or sauteed food that I could only do it with an extra dish for my serving of guilt.

It's only lightly dusted with flour and then fried in a pat of butter and a splash of olive oil. I'd put that on the healthier side of "breaded and fried".

 

[Ojai Sam]

Mrs. Ojai must have a dish cabinet the size of my garage.

Well, not quite.

 

[Nickyboy]

Chicken pot pie with a single top crust. Chicken, potatoes, celery, carrots, peas, onions, garlic, thyme, sage, gravy with heavy cream and a single crust on top.
I should probably make a salad to go with this.

 

[Old Uncle Toe]

Chicken pot pie with a single top crust. Chicken, potatoes, celery, carrots, peas, onions, garlic, thyme, sage, gravy with heavy cream and a single crust on top.
I should probably make a salad to go with this.

I love chicken pot pie. And I hope you went ahead with the salad. Because that's what I would have done. And if you chose it too, then I have something in common with someone who really knows how to cook.

 

[axolotl]

I love chicken pot pie. And I hope you went ahead with the salad. Because that's what I would have done. And if you chose it too, then I have something in common with someone who really knows how to cook.

I would pile on further with this gastronomically-delightful experience, but after salad and a chicken pot pie, I'm simply too full.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Birthday Dinner!

 

[Nickyboy]

I love chicken pot pie. And I hope you went ahead with the salad. Because that's what I would have done. And if you chose it too, then I have something in common with someone who really knows how to cook.

Salad was had! And introduce me to your friend who knows how to cook.

 

[Nickyboy]

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Birthday Dinner!

You only dine with people named Sam?

So, what did you have?

 

[Ojai Sam]

You only dine with people named Sam?

So, what did you have?

Sage derby and Humboldt Fog cheese with Moet Rose imperial champagne
spinach and grapefruit salad with homemade dressing
carrot dill soup with Ojai Chardonnay
chicken Alla Romana with mostaccioli and a nice Casone
and the feature...my favorite lemon cream pie!

 

[Nickyboy]

I would like to dine with you some time.

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Last night was a simple dinner of croque monsieurs and oatmeal soup.

 

[Nickyboy]

Pork tenderloin stuffed with a garlic and fresh herb panade, roasted with juniper potatoes. Asparagus on the side and sauteed kohlrabi.

 

[Nickyboy]

Making a childhood favorite of mine which we haven't prepared in many, many years: Toad-in-the-Hole (Yorkshire pudding with blobs of homemade, sage-y pork sausage baked in and served with an onion sauce) and haricot verts and a green salad on the size. Going to drink a Gruener Veltliner with it. And then!........apple brown betty with vanilla ice cream for dessert.