Bear Down Wildcats

Fried eggs, toast, and something else. The fried eggs happened to be fried duck eggs. Which raises the question: Why do we bother with chicken eggs? Duck eggs are richer and tastier. They make you recall how chicken eggs tasted when you were little and things hit your palette with more pop. They're bigger and sturdier. You feel it when you go to crack the shell, which is so much thicker. In the pan, the yokes hold their own instead of coming apart, so you don't have to worry about screwing up. And yet they cook up as softly as chicken eggs.

Usually, I've had preserved duck eggs or fertilized duck eggs, which you crack open to find a fully-formed duckling, which you then dip in seasoning and eat. But the best duck eggs are just the straightforward ones.

I cut a loaf of whole-grain bread thickly and toasted and buttered it. Perfect for dipping into the yokes.

And I cooked up some napini, which is the flower of the kale plant. I parboiled and shocked them so they were vibrant green, then sauteed them in olive oil and tossed with an emulsion of olive oil, lemon juice, and grated lemon rind.

A Marcella Hazan recipe: rigatoni with butter, prosciutto, spinach, ricotta, and parmigiano reggiano. All local except the rigatoni and the parmigiano.

Had a BLT with an egg on it. Really good.

Pajeon korean veggie pancakes with kimchi and steamed rice.

Take-out carne asada with all the fixings. They do that Mexican rice with the potatoes in it.

scumdevils86 wrote:Pajeon korean veggie pancakes with kimchi and steamed rice.

A+ tonight

Made pan-seared, bone-in pork chops with gooseberry sauce. Got the gooseberries at the farmer's market and deglazed the pan with them and some riesling and a little sugar, finishing it off with some vinegar and butter. Set the pork chops on a bed of grits and poured the pan sauce over it.

Ground beef, bean, shredded yellow cheese tostadas. Topped with pickled jalapeños, olives and sour cream. Loved it.

I'm drinking my dinner tonight.

Tagliatelle with zucchini saffron cream sauce. One of my favorites.

Oven bbq chicken with corn on the cob and an iceberg salad with ranch.

Carved turkey, bacon, avocado, cucumber, tomato, cream cheese and mayo sandwiches on home baked bread. Mmmmmmmmm

Hebrew national hotdogs in a frying pan.

CalStateTempe wrote:Hebrew national hotdogs in a frying pan.

I also made Jewish food: matzo brei. While I appreciate the deliciousness of schmalz, I'm unsure what the matzah adds, other than using up all your extra matzah from Passover.

Pork chops with gooseberry sauce, over grits, with carrots

Snow crab

Meatloaf, rice pilaf, mixed veggies, and a side salad.

A real bachelor dinner in honor of my first day taking care of the 3-month, 1 day old baby as my wife returns to work. No recipe, cooked while the baby is along for the ride strapped to my torso in a Moby wrap.



(Is that Goran Dragic?)

I'm soaking some heritage sangre del toro beans for six hours, then cooking them in the soaking water and adding different kinds of seasonal squashes sauteed in grilled onion, pan-toasted fresh jalapenos, epazote, and green chile powder. Served on top of tortilla chips, with melted Oaxaca cheese over it and garnishing with crema casera, avocado, and salsa. They're nacho father's nachos.

Is that a separate sash? Or is that just part of the whole get up.

Gato Salvaje wrote:Is that a separate sash? Or is that just part of the whole get up.

Just to add a little pizazz near the crotch.

Pantless/ loin cloth option

You can't arrest me! There's a sash!

And I duct-taped my crack, too!

Total mash up. Nepalese momos fried in a Goya empanada shell.

Not as good as the Momo Shack, but pretty close. Son is on his sixth.

That sounds amazing.

Got the best baguette in the world and layered it with butter, fig jam, prosciutto, and parmigiano reggiano.

Thai.

Money Bags, Goong Hom Pa (Prawns in wrapped in pastry). Larb Ped (salad: Roast duck pieces tossed together with lime juice, herbs and spices, served with a leafy mix).

Ped Honey (grilled port pieces in a honey sauce with vegetables).
Spicy Mango Seafood (scallops, prawns, calimari, muscles).

Chard Farm Pinot Gris (South Island, New Zealand)
Summerfield Shiraz (Pyrenees Australia)

(yeah, the Pinot Gris was perfect but the Shiraz was a way heavy for the Thai. In defense, we didn't crack the Shiraz until after the meal was basically finished and we were into the gab fest)

Caramelized August sweet corn and zucchini with onion, jalapeño, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, parsley, and parmigiano-reggiano

Rancho Gordo cranberry beans cooked with a little garlic

August miniature cherry tomatoes on the vine that pop in your mouth

Mac-N-Cheese with a vodka and lemonade.

azgreg wrote:Mac-N-Cheese with a vodka and lemonade.

I forgot to add: some glasses of white wine. "Some" = I'm not counting.

I saw a sign like that on Speedway west of Campbell in front of Babcock.

I've been really into lamb lately.

I made chops last night, ground lamb burgers the other night, and lamb sirloin tip the other night.

Also made some homemade spanakopita yesterday.

Longhorned wrote:

azgreg wrote:Mac-N-Cheese with a vodka and lemonade.

I forgot to add: some glasses of white wine. "Some" = I'm not counting.

I forgot to add, it was all over the sink.

Grilled brats. Foil packets of potatoes, carrots and onions wrapped up with butter and salt/pepper/garlic/turmeric/paprika and thrown on the grill. Boiled corn with butter. The wife's Wisconsin family is in town. All 11 of em.

scumdevils86 wrote:Grilled brats. Foil packets of potatoes, carrots and onions wrapped up with butter and salt/pepper/garlic/turmeric/paprika and thrown on the grill. Boiled corn with butter. The wife's Wisconsin family is in town. All 11 of em.

Wonderful for you. But never wanting to risk my own expense, I'd never travel somewhere and bring my culinary traditions with me. The family of girlfriend from the Basque country used to come visit us in California and spend the whole time in the kitchen preparing the food from their home region. When I travel, I waste no opportunities to eat only the local stuff.

You should pay them back by taking them all for Sonoran dogs. If any of them complain, cross them off the Christmas gift list.

Actually they have eaten mexican food twice to my pleasant surprise. They were blown away that it tasted nothing like Taco John's.

went deep into east LA for one of my favs last night

Grilled chicken and summer squash, rice pilaf, and a bottle of prosecco.

In honor of the olympics I made a Greek Yoghurt, Lemon garlic chick broasted in the oven, and home made baklava with the rest of the fillo dough.

yum yum yum. I like the Greek kick I got on this week. Such easy and flavorful dishes with not really that many unique ingredients needed.

My spanakopita was the bomb.

Burgers and fries from Meatheads, the greatest fast food burger in the world (tied with Fatburger)

Foie gras brought back from our most recent visit to Paris (a year ago)

Bottle of champagne

Baguette

Butter

Onion jam

Fig jam

Salad with Dijon vinaigrette

Longhorned wrote:Foie gras brought back from our most recent visit to Paris (a year ago)

Bottle of champagne

Baguette

Butter

Onion jam

Fig jam

Salad with Dijon vinaigrette

Where's the food

Mexican street corn, but made in my house instead of the street: lime juice, mayo, chili powder, cotija cheese, green onions, cilantro, green onions, and garlic.

+ a big plate of bacon

DIgorno pizza from walmart.

Greek salad, baba ghanoush, hummus, tzatziki, pita, stuffed peppers and beef and chicken shwarma from our favorite local Lebanese restaurant.

Did I mention it's for a semi reception type thing for my wedding that happened in May and there's 50 people here?

scumdevils86 wrote:Greek salad, baba ghanoush, hummus, tzatziki, pita, stuffed peppers and beef and chicken shwarma from our favorite local Lebanese restaurant.

Did I mention it's for a semi reception type thing for my wedding that happened in May and there's 50 people here?

Whats the name of it? Was it around 15 years ago?

Smoked brisket, corn on the cob, mac & cheese, bbq baked beans, salad, rolls, silk pie.

What do you guys call this? I've called it goulash my whole life. I've also heard it called chili mac and hot dish.

i'd say chili mac. Goulash is definitely not that. Hot dish is what my wife and her family from MN/WI call most types of casseroles. I never heard the term hot dish before I met her.

People from the rural midwest eat weird shit and call it weirder names.

I'm having slop on a plate all week while I'm moving into my new house.

azgreg wrote:What do you guys call this? I've called it goulash my whole life.

Definitely knew it as goulash, although it had rotelle instead of elbow macaroni. Grew up on that stuff.