Bear Down Wildcats

Yeah, sorry, a Manwich. Mamwiches would be horrible marketing.

Longhorned wrote:Yeah, sorry, a Manwich. Mamwiches would be horrible marketing.

Is a Mamwich something like a fur burger or tuna taco?

Either that, or a sandwich for Aunt Jemima. The old Aunt Jemima.

Or Al Jolson.

Longhorned wrote: Unfortunately, this simple little dinner for two set me back $79 plus tax. After all, those tomatoes -- which are made out of water -- cost a man $5 each.

I imagine your neighbors have tomatoes falling off the vine and rotting. I know I do, even my heirlooms.

Never refrigerate a tomato btw.

Merkin wrote:Or Al Jolson.

Longhorned wrote: Unfortunately, this simple little dinner for two set me back $79 plus tax. After all, those tomatoes -- which are made out of water -- cost a man $5 each.

I imagine your neighbors have tomatoes falling off the vine and rotting. I know I do, even my heirlooms.

Never refrigerate a tomato btw.

It was too cold to grow them this year. The higher volume farms at least yielded a low volume. But I have nothing to show for my vines this year, and neither do my neighbors. Of course, now that it's too late in the season, the heat index is 115.

Chicat wrote:

Longhorned wrote:Tonight I grilled troll-caught wild Alaskan coho salmon

Do you think you could taste the difference between a salmon that was troll-caught, farmed, netted, long-lined, swatted out of a stream by a bear, or gently enticed to leap into a hand-woven basket with crumbled brioche pieces?

Just pisses me off that a troll can catch fish and I can't.

Farmed beats wild salmon. Stuff like this cracks me up.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle ... story.html

Biggest scam is the price of Copper River salmon. Like you can tell.

Having Costco salmon tonight, with green beans. Both farmed.

gumby wrote:

Chicat wrote:

Longhorned wrote:Tonight I grilled troll-caught wild Alaskan coho salmon

Do you think you could taste the difference between a salmon that was troll-caught, farmed, netted, long-lined, swatted out of a stream by a bear, or gently enticed to leap into a hand-woven basket with crumbled brioche pieces?

Just pisses me off that a troll can catch fish and I can't.

Farmed beats wild salmon. Stuff like this cracks me up.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle ... story.html

Biggest scam is the price of Copper River salmon. Like you can tell.

Having Costco salmon tonight, with green beans. Both farmed.

My favoritest favorite is still farmed Norwegian fjord trout. I tried and tried and tried to like the various Alaskan wild salmons better (Copper River, King, Coho), but I just can't. It's okay. I save a ton of money.

Try the wild caught Kansas fjord muskie. Short season, so hurry!

http://www.neatorama.com/2014/06/22/For ... d/#!bKHDLd

At least they're inverted.

Is that where the saying "In a pigs ass" comes from?

Reminds me of an old punchline.

"Rectum, hell! Killed 'em both!"

If only I could remember the set up.

Okra cooked in tomatoes, onion, garlic, and olive oil (very Turkish)

Rice with spaghetti cooked in butter and onion (very Turkish)

At Spinato's in Phoenix. Best pizza in the Valley......

devilswin99 wrote:At Spinato's in Phoenix. Best pizza in the Valley......

I've had Spinato. Let's just call as truth sees it and say Bianco is a 10 and Spinato is a 4.5.

When people say " best pizza" or " best" whatever, is it because they tried them all?

I have tried every pizza.

Just seems like there are more "bests" than towns.

Tonight: Spaghetti with cantaloupe sauce

cantaloupe, a little lemon juice, tomato paste, heavy cream, parmesan, salt & pepper

Sublime! One of my favorite pastas. Sometimes I add prosciutto at the end.

Longhorned wrote:Tonight: Spaghetti with cantaloupe sauce

cantaloupe, a little lemon juice, tomato paste, heavy cream, parmesan, salt & pepper

Sublime! One of my favorite pastas. Sometimes I add prosciutto at the end.

Sounds good; how much tomato paste and heavy cream? Cantaloupe in a food processor, or hand blender I take it, similar to making butternut squash soup?

CalStateTempe wrote:

Longhorned wrote:Tonight: Spaghetti with cantaloupe sauce

cantaloupe, a little lemon juice, tomato paste, heavy cream, parmesan, salt & pepper

Sublime! One of my favorite pastas. Sometimes I add prosciutto at the end.

Sounds good; how much tomato paste and heavy cream? Cantaloupe in a food processor, or hand blender I take it, similar to making butternut squash soup?

Very similar, or a butternut pasta sauce.

I don't use food processors because I hate cleaning them. But you could.

This is Marcella Hazan's recipe, based on a recipe she acquired at a restaurant in Venice, where she lived after leaving Bolgna:

Cut up a peeled, seeded melon into 1/4" dice. Melt 4 tablespoons butter over medium-high heat. Cook down the melon until it releases almost all of its liquid. Add 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 tablespoon tomato paste, salt, pepper, and 3/4 cup heavy cream (don't try it with anything lighter - it won't even work). Cook it down in half. Pour it over a pound of spaghetti and stir it up with parmesan, with more parmesan for people to add to the table.

It's stunning. If you ask people to guess what it is, they won't know. Careful, though, as you know some people are allergic to melons.

Longhorned wrote:Careful, though, as you know some people are allergic to melons.

Luckily the chef isn't...

Cooked up a bunch of squid, served over a Sardinian pasta. No dessert.

The meatloaf discussion inspired me tonight.

Filet Mignon from local rancher/butcher, on charcoal grill
Homemade chimichurri sauce
Persian Jasmin rice
fresh, hot lavash
shiraz salad (cucumber, tomato, onion)

Cheval De los Andes 2006, bought and stored since 2010, waiting to open for celebrating my first born with family.

Now...Tecate. GO CATS! BEAR DOWN!

BBQ pulled chicken salad.

We're on a diet. But I have a giant slice of Maria's Pizza that my sister smuggled in straight from the Bronx for late night munchies tonight.

Anyone drinking dinner tonight???

C'mon, you're among friends, here.

My kids talked me into Five Guys w/ Cajun fries.

wyo-cat wrote:Anyone drinking dinner tonight???

C'mon, you're among friends, here.

Finished a bottle of zin, now on malbec.

wyo-cat wrote:Anyone drinking dinner tonight???

C'mon, you're among friends, here.

Yep. Wheat, barley, and hops. What else does a man need?

Tagliatelle with a sugo of puréed tomatoes, cream, prosciutto, and peas, all covered liberally with Parmesan.

wyo-cat wrote:Anyone drinking dinner tonight???

C'mon, you're among friends, here.

Had a tuna sandwich and iced tea. Same entree as lunch. Just too damn tired. But rallied this morning and chopped up leftover steak, some peppers, onion and warmed it all in pan of butter. Then scrambled two eggs, dumped in the sauteed fixins and added Mexican cheese and salsa verde ( which tastes better if say it in Spanish). Complemented this with toast (Dave's Killer Bread -- is this sold everywhere?) and coffee from the beans purchased at a local bakery/coffeehouse. Then complimented myself.

Feel like Anu man.

Asian inspired pork tenderloin.

Marinade:
1/2 ts sesame oil
1/4 cup light soy sauce
1 ts sriracha
1/2 ts hoisin

Going to lightly sear in a cas iron skillet. Then slowly bake at 300 degrees for 1.5 hours.

A Jewish favorite: salami and eggs

Is salami and eggs better than sex?

Longhorned wrote:Is salami and eggs better than sex?

You're doing it wrong.


We had ribs tonight. And corn and baked beans and homemade bread and homemade blueberry pie and homemade ice cream.

But mostly ribs...

Mani mahi, grilled with sea salt, olive oil, and basil from the garden.
Mashed potatoes
Salad

Chicat wrote:

Longhorned wrote:Is salami and eggs better than sex?

You're doing it wrong.


We had ribs tonight. And corn and baked beans and homemade bread and homemade blueberry pie and homemade ice cream.

But mostly ribs...

Now look at your children.

Making chili right now. 85% ground beef, garlic, onions, jalepenos, black beans, tomatoes, cayenne pepper, chili powder, maple syrup. Been simmering in a cast iron skillet for about 1/2 hour.

Classic spaghetti and meatballs

Camped this weekend with a large group of people. Pot luck Saturday and Sunday. Some great dished from veteran campers.

Longhorned wrote:

Chicat wrote:

Longhorned wrote:Is salami and eggs better than sex?

You're doing it wrong.


We had ribs tonight. And corn and baked beans and homemade bread and homemade blueberry pie and homemade ice cream.

But mostly ribs...

Now look at your children.

I still can't . . .

Random labor day bbq tonight. Meatballs, jerk chicken, baked cheesy potato salad, Greek pasta salad, spicy asian chicken wings, lots of pool time, beer and water football...now time for bed

CalStateTempe wrote:Mani mahi, grilled with sea salt, olive oil, and basil from the garden.
Mashed potatoes
Salad

When mahi mahi is grilled with sea salt does it say, "Hello, old friend?"

Longhorned wrote:A Jewish favorite: salami and eggs

Is salami and eggs better than sex?

Yes, but sex and eggs is better than both.

gumby wrote:

CalStateTempe wrote:Mani mahi, grilled with sea salt, olive oil, and basil from the garden.
Mashed potatoes
Salad

When mahi mahi is grilled with sea salt does it say, "Hello, old friend?"

Thanks gumby, this gave me a much needed laugh today.

Norwegian fjord trout with butter and lemon under the broiler

Rockets

Baguette

A can of Campbell's condensed chicken noodle soup. I have some sort of bug and it sounded good. Apparently my comfort food is sodium.

You should really add water. I still buy the cream of tomato. Nothing better with grilled cheese sandwiches.

gumby wrote:You should really add water. I still buy the cream of tomato. Nothing better with grilled cheese sandwiches.

I've tried to do better from scratch. Nope. Campbell's is perfection, and so is Heinz tomato soup, sold in the international aisle.

Made breakfast for dinner last night. Waffles, crispy bacon, seasoned some potatoes in a pan, maple syrup drizzled over everything. Was delicious.