Dinner Tonight

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Wed May 27, 2020 7:54 pm

5 day pickled German sauerbraten and gravy and braised cabbage

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Wed May 27, 2020 8:24 pm

Okay that was the best thing I've ever made.

Follow her recipe but use 3 pounds of bone-in thighs and -- instead of stock -- enough water so you can see the surface (but not submerge the top), about 5 cups, and cook it for 15 minutes on manual instead of the "stew" setting she says.

Add a little more soy sauce in the end, and a little splash of fish sauce so it can really think about itself.

There's no point if you don't use the right rice and cook it perfectly in a rice maker.

Alternating bites of hot curry and cold spears of pineapple refreshes the core of your soul. Wow.

My inspiration was Kenji's green chili chicken in the Instant Pot.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Wed May 27, 2020 9:32 pm

Sounds amazing. Sauerbraten and cabbage was delightful.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu May 28, 2020 4:42 pm

Chicken thighs simmered in chocolate milk, red chili, and jalapeños

Ramona Farms Pima club wheat berries

Pineapple

Mangos

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/vor ... ou-try-it/" target="_blank

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Thu May 28, 2020 6:04 pm

Still waiting for Rancho Gordo to be back in stock online with most of their beans

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu May 28, 2020 7:49 pm

Longhorned wrote:Chicken thighs simmered in chocolate milk, red chili, and jalapeños

Ramona Farms Pima club wheat berries

Pineapple

Mangos

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/vor ... ou-try-it/" target="_blank

There's a minor logistical problem that only the cook will know about, and I don't know the answer to. But it's delicious and everyone will rave.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Thu May 28, 2020 9:09 pm

Went out to dinner with my best friend from training who has covid and recovered

Spanish tapas. Sac did it right. Blocked off a lane al over down town. Gave the side walks to the resturants for al fresco social distancing dining, and pedestrians get to walk on a cordoned off area of the street.

Feel a bit like sidewalk dining in Europe.

It was really really nice. Masks were required for all indoor seating.

This is the type of creativity needed.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat May 30, 2020 6:50 pm

Loco moco

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat May 30, 2020 7:04 pm

Beer can chicken

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat May 30, 2020 7:46 pm

Longhorned wrote:Loco moco

Where have you been my whole life? Sticky rice covered with a crisp hamburger patty and gravy and a fried egg.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sat May 30, 2020 8:27 pm

Homemade osso bucco and risotto milanese.

Damn...I love bone marrow. I have never had the pleasure of taking a bone to my lips and sucking out the bone marrow, but wow, such gelatinous fatty meaty goodness.

The kids ate it up!

Restaurant osso Bucco has nothing on homemade

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sat May 30, 2020 8:31 pm

The only problem with my risotto Milanese is that I have to make is vegetarian for my wife and vegetable stock is much darker than chicken stock and some I could t get the saffron orange right...

ByJoveByJingle · Post by **ByJoveByJingle** » Sat May 30, 2020 9:08 pm

Longhorned wrote:
Longhorned wrote:Loco moco
Where have you been my whole life? Sticky rice covered with a crisp hamburger patty and gravy and a fried egg.

Hawaii! Makes me long for the halcyon, innocent days of high school in Honolulu.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat May 30, 2020 9:13 pm

Have you never been to Hawaii Longhorned?

Here's some Tucson Hawaiian. I haven't been to Solid Grindz but my son said it was good.
Mama's is decent.

http://mamasbbqtucson.com/

https://www.solidgrindz.com/

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sat May 30, 2020 9:17 pm

Island Plate Lunch was way better than all those places but sadly it closed. Mama's is trash compared to that place.

ByJoveByJingle · Post by **ByJoveByJingle** » Sat May 30, 2020 9:25 pm

ASUHATER! wrote:Island Plate Lunch was way better than all those places but sadly it closed. Mama's is trash compared to that place.

That was so upsetting. They moved into that big new place and it was 10 minutes from home. And they closed within a month or two? So weird. And tragic.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat May 30, 2020 10:10 pm

UAEebs86 wrote:Have you never been to Hawaii Longhorned?

Here's some Tucson Hawaiian. I haven't been to Solid Grindz but my son said it was good.
Mama's is decent.

http://mamasbbqtucson.com/

https://www.solidgrindz.com/

My dad financed marijuana production outside Honolulu so I spent time there and other islands in my teens but never as a grownup. I have no memory of the plate lunch. Just lots of cheeseburgers and very fancy restaurants.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Sat May 30, 2020 10:15 pm

ByJoveByJingle wrote:
ASUHATER! wrote:Island Plate Lunch was way better than all those places but sadly it closed. Mama's is trash compared to that place.
That was so upsetting. They moved into that big new place and it was 10 minutes from home. And they closed within a month or two? So weird. And tragic.

Yea I live about a 3 minute walk from there and ate there twice before it closed. Sucks. It was so good.

Phylek · Post by **Phylek** » Sat May 30, 2020 10:20 pm

Lani's Luau was much better than Mama's. Too bad it closed down a few years ago.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat May 30, 2020 10:29 pm

That Solid Grindz looks really good. I’ll be trying that one.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Sat May 30, 2020 10:40 pm

Solid Grindz is pretty good.

Had Caravan Grill for lunch today. In my opinion it is the best Mediterranean food in Tucson. The toum, baba ghanoush, hummus and tabouli alone is moan worthy.

Also, I went to Lee Lee's for the first time in about 5 months today too. I fucking love that place and spend way too much money on random ingredients and new snacks whenever i go.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat May 30, 2020 10:49 pm

I like Sandyi. I call it the Circle K. It has what I came for without leading me down the Lee Lee rabbit hole.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Sat May 30, 2020 10:54 pm

Yea the wife and I spent 90 mins wandering Lee Lee today scanning every aisle and slowly filling up the cart.

Aleppo pepper
Nordic lager
Chili crisp
Korean instant noodles
Yellow miso
Indian green pickle
Frozen pork bao
Spicy Furikake
Swedish salty licorice candy
Gallon of low sodium Kikkoman
Fresh pancit noodle
Goya frozen passion fruit pulp to replicate a cocktail she loves
Some mushrooms I've never seen before

On and on and on...

ByJoveByJingle · Post by **ByJoveByJingle** » Sun May 31, 2020 12:12 am

scumdevils86 wrote:
Had Caravan Grill for lunch today. In my opinion it is the best Mediterranean food in Tucson. The toum, baba ghanoush, hummus and tabouli alone is moan worthy.

This looks pretty good. I’m definitely going to give it a try. Looking at the menu, I just wish they had mouttabal instead of baba ganoush. Guess you can’t have it all!

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Sun May 31, 2020 12:36 am

I'm sure you have a much more advanced opinion of middle eastern food so you'll have to let us know. It is amazing food for Tucson but I have no idea of the authenticity.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sun May 31, 2020 4:20 am

Honey-grilled pork chops, brown rice and squash.

My wife and I are on a diet so please be gentle with your posts...

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sun May 31, 2020 6:21 pm

Leftover osso bucco, cold
Leftover risotto, cold
Several brownies

All over the kitchen sink.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sun May 31, 2020 6:26 pm

I don't get the eating leftovers cold thing. Never could do it.

I grilled a bratwurst and topped it with mustard and leftover beer braised cabbage/bacon/onion.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sun May 31, 2020 6:27 pm

I just had a roma tomato.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun May 31, 2020 6:34 pm

Shepherd's pie

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Sun May 31, 2020 6:36 pm

Mexican drunken beans from Cooks illustrated

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun May 31, 2020 6:45 pm

Bucatini all'amatriciana

OriginalAZ · Post by **OriginalAZ** » Sun May 31, 2020 8:32 pm

Rack of lamb from Costco.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun May 31, 2020 8:37 pm

OriginalAZ wrote:Rack of lamb from Costco.

I'm not a Costco member because my wife goes into a panic when she walks inside. I like Costco, and I love a Costco sheet cake. As a young man I thrived on their frozen seafood. And I don't know where else I'd have bought all my luggage. I wish I could buy their cheap gas, and their toilet paper during pandemics.

But what sets apart their rack of lamb?

ASUCatFan · Post by **ASUCatFan** » Sun May 31, 2020 8:39 pm

Longhorned wrote:
OriginalAZ wrote:Rack of lamb from Costco.
I'm not a Costco member because my wife goes into a panic when she walks inside. I like Costco, and I love a Costco sheet cake. As a young man I thrived on their frozen seafood. And I don't know where else I'd have bought all my luggage. I wish I could buy their cheap gas, and their toilet paper during pandemics.

But what sets apart their rack of lamb?

Not a lamb fan, but they sell USDA Prime beef for less than my local Safeway sells USDA Choice. Their meats are really, really good.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sun May 31, 2020 8:48 pm

It's wine night. Fuck food.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sun May 31, 2020 8:54 pm

OriginalAZ wrote:Rack of lamb from Costco.

Those are so good. Well priced and delicious. A go to in our family.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun May 31, 2020 8:59 pm

Maybe I should get my own Costco membership and my wife doesn’t have to hear about it.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Sun May 31, 2020 9:05 pm

I've been meaning to get the lamb from Costco

OriginalAZ · Post by **OriginalAZ** » Mon Jun 01, 2020 8:00 am

Longhorned wrote:
OriginalAZ wrote:Rack of lamb from Costco.
I'm not a Costco member because my wife goes into a panic when she walks inside. I like Costco, and I love a Costco sheet cake. As a young man I thrived on their frozen seafood. And I don't know where else I'd have bought all my luggage. I wish I could buy their cheap gas, and their toilet paper during pandemics.

But what sets apart their rack of lamb?

Good price. Good quality. Not gamey.
2 of my kids love it the other 2 won't eat it.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Jun 01, 2020 8:06 am

Sounds like Costco. Sounds like kids. I’ll have to get some. Luckily my kid likes lamb.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Mon Jun 01, 2020 9:01 am

Just wait till you kid connects “lamb” with “lamb”

I fear I have a culinary greta Thunberg on my hands...

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Jun 01, 2020 10:02 am

CalStateTempe wrote:Just wait till you kid connects “lamb” with “lamb”

I fear I have a culinary greta Thunberg on my hands...

One day my four year old had a piece of chicken on his fork and he looked at it, then looked up and he said, "Daddy, this is chicken? Like, a chicken that lives on a farm with feathers?"

I thought that was about to be the end of that kid ever eating meat, but I said, "That's right bud. That meat comes from a chicken."

He looked at it again, shrugged, and proceeded to finish every last bit of that delicious bird.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Jun 01, 2020 10:13 am

Same. Two days ago she said, “Do you mean chicken like you eat? Or like a chicken on the farm?”

“The chicken you eat was a chicken on a farm. We kill them and rip out their feathers. That’s what daddy cooks for us to eat.”

* boredom *

ASUCatFan · Post by **ASUCatFan** » Mon Jun 01, 2020 10:18 am

When my nephew was 6, my sister's family was driving past a field of cows and my brother in law said "Look at all the tasty hamburgers!". My nephew is almost 8 and he hasn't eaten meat since.

OriginalAZ · Post by **OriginalAZ** » Mon Jun 01, 2020 12:24 pm

CalStateTempe wrote:Just wait till you kid connects “lamb” with “lamb”

I fear I have a culinary greta Thunberg on my hands...

Yup. I tried to explain to my 7 year old son that the bone he was gnawing on was from a lamb that had been killed. He was very confused.
When my daughter was 5 I took her out to Home Depot do buy some plants for the garden. My wife had asked me to also but some meat from the grocery store. My daughter was like "we should buy a meat plant". I later took to the grocery store and showed he a whole chicken. I had to explain to her that it was a chicken that had been killed, head chopped off and feathers pulled off. It didn't go so well. She refused to eat chicken nuggets for a while.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Jun 01, 2020 12:48 pm

I think it went differently for my kid because I discussed vegetarianism with her before the chicken thing came up the other day.

"Can I have more brown stuff, daddy?"

"You mean steak? It's steak."

"Steak. I like steak."

"Yeah, steak is meat. So is lamb and chicken. But you can decide to be a vegetarian. That means you'll never eat meat again."

"But I don't want to never eat meat again! I don't want to be a vashisharian."

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Mon Jun 01, 2020 1:23 pm

My wife is vegetarian, so I can’t get all Anthony Bourdain on my kids about it. For the record my wife encourages meat consumption for our kids.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Jun 01, 2020 2:05 pm

Hong Fuy chicken

Sticky rice

Watermelon

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Jun 01, 2020 2:12 pm

Been diggin' the watermelon

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