What's For Dinner?

[Nickyboy]

^ Now you're talking! Looks good, Mattafett!

 

[Nickyboy]

Fettuccine with a sauce of Greek yoghurt, lemon zest, and a fistful-and-a-half of fresh, chopped herbs. And four grilled shrimp on the side.

 

[Nickyboy]

Fettuccine with a sauce of Greek yoghurt, lemon zest, and a fistful-and-a-half of fresh, chopped herbs. And four grilled shrimp on the side.

 

[Nickyboy]

Sitting on the screened porch having a plate of Wellfleet oysters followed by bourbon and a cigar.
Pretty happy right now.

 

[Nickyboy]

Going to smoke some pork ribs over apple wood today. If it stops raining. Sides are corn on the cob, coleslaw I made yesterday, and maybe some cornbread.

 

[Nickyboy]

Spaghetti Bolognese. Actually, an arrabiata version of it. So, Bolobiata?

 

[Ojai Sam]

Arrabolognese? No, wait, he used to coach Notre Dame football.

 

[Nickyboy]

My well known, razor-sharp keen knowledge of sports trivia allows me to laugh heartily at this comment.
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Hah, hah, hah, hah!! >knee slap<....wipes away laugh tear.

 

[axolotl]

Arrabolognese? No, wait, he used to coach Notre Dame football.

Oh, yeah. Didn't they patch him in somewhere between Knute Rockne and Looz Holtz?

 

[Nickyboy]

Wasn't Looz Holtz a porn star in the 1980s?

 

[axolotl]

Wasn't Looz Holtz a porn star in the 1980s?

Wiki is down, so I tweeted the WH to be sure.

Spoiler

Evidently, she was the best at what she did. The very best.

 

[Nickyboy]

My Myer lemon tree is full of ripe ones, so tonight I am making fresh fettuccine with Myer lemon and cream sauce with grilled chicken breast on the side and a green salad.

 

[Nickyboy]

Cold Vietnamese chicken, cabbage, and mint salad tonight. Also includes onions, garlic, chilis, fish sauce, cilantro, and peanuts. A flavor explosion on the plate!
Onions, garlic, and chilis are now marinating in the dressing, then all will get mixed together and allowed to sit for a while before serving.

 

[Nickyboy]

Smoking some pork spareribs over applewood. Going to have some stewed collards and a white grits souffle on the side.

 

[Nickyboy]

Meze with a bottle of rose. Too hot to cook.

 

[axolotl]

Meze with a bottle of rose. Too hot to cook.

May I ask what dishes make up the meze?

 

[Nickyboy]

May I ask what dishes make up the meze?

Mixed olives, feta cubes, cucumber slices, celery slices. babaganoush, hummus, fresh pita, poached shrimp with cocktail sauce (OK, the minimalist amount of cooking), and stuffed grape leaves made the other day with grape leaves from my own vines.

 

[axolotl]

Mixed olives, feta cubes, cucumber slices, celery slices. babaganoush, hummus, fresh pita, poached shrimp with cocktail sauce (OK, the minimalist amount of cooking), and stuffed grape leaves made the other day with grape leaves from my own vines.

Cool chickpeas.

 

[Nickyboy]

93 degrees, humid, and I am standing by the grill. wtf is wrong with me?
What is right is souvlaki with grilled, marinated chicken thighs, hummus, feta, lettuce, tomato, and onions. And I came pretty damned close to replicating the sweet hot sauce from our local Middle Eastern falafel/gyro place, so that is going on too! Also included is a big pile of grilled zucchini from the garden. What doesn't get eaten tonight will go into a garlicky, minty, lemony, vinegary marinade tomorrow to pickle.

 

[Nickyboy]

A bought some beef brisket and some beef chuck roast the other day. Cut it into chunks then trimmed off all the visible fat. Put the meat through my grinder with the coarse holes. Then the fat went through the coarse holes, followed by the fine holes. Mixed it all together and made burgers. Formed them and put them in the freezer. Cooked them from a frozen state on the grill. This allows you to get a really good, deep char on the outside without over cooking the inside.

These were the juiciest, most "beefy" tasting burgers I have ever had. Glad I have 10 more in the freezer!