Dinner Tonight

[Jefe]

Made Bucatini Amatriciana last night with ingredients bought from Target haha. No San Marzano's but they did have some fancy fire roasted Muir Glen tomatoes. Even found some diced pancetta and it was delicious. Next time Ill be going all authentic if I can find some guanciale

Need to work on my Cacio e Pepe recipe. Have not been able to get the sauce creamy enough

[Longhorned]

Cacio e pepe takes practice. It's from a culture where the mom makes it at least twice a week, and we have to do the same to get the texture right. You can also make alla gricia, which is basically the pecorino sauce of the cacio e pepe with guanciale.

[Chicat]

I'm anticipating losing quite a bit of weight with a newborn in 5 weeks

You are?

Please allow me to introduce you to the concepts of stress eating and sleep eating.

[Longhorned]

I gained weight during pregnancy as my wife did. It was weird. But yeah, after the birth lack of sleep raises hunger. And if there are no siblings, meal time is blissful and unhurried. It's later that dinners and conversations are a thing of the past.

[scumdevils86]

I'm anticipating losing quite a bit of weight with a newborn in 5 weeks

You are?

Please allow me to introduce you to the concepts of stress eating and sleep eating.

Well I'm quitting drinking for one so that'll help

[wyo-cat]

Cacio e pepe takes practice. It's from a culture where the mom makes it at least twice a week, and we have to do the same to get the texture right. You can also make alla gricia, which is basically the pecorino sauce of the cacio e pepe with guanciale.

I cook the pasta in as little water as possible (Kenji) and have even been known to shake a little semolina in the water with the salt (ATK). Both help get the water extra starch so it binds better. I use a carbon steel pan, so I can go to town with a fork and emulsify everything. It’s work.

Is mine as good as a sidewalk cafe in Rome? No, but pretty dang close.

[azgreg]

Grilled cheese and bacon sandwiches.

[Chicat]

Came home from a five day Lake-in-Wisconsin mini vacation to a totally empty refrigerator.

So I cooked takeout pizza.

[dovecanyoncat]

We had fried Buck steaks.

[Longhorned]

Pizza from Time Market. A commitment to just okay.

[FreeSpiritCat]

I am curious about a new restaurant opening up close by. It is called 7 Leaves Cafe. Burger Factory went out of business June 25 and the California restaurant is moving in. First one in the state of Arizona.

[UAEebs86]

[Chicat]

We made taco pie (or I’m not really sure what to call it).

Mixed cornbread mix with creamed corn, one egg, and a big scoop of sour cream and baked for 20 minutes. Sautéed onions and peppers, then browned two pounds of ground beef and added a bunch of Mexican spices. When the beef & cornbread were cooked I threw some enchilada sauce over the cornbread and then poured the beef over the top. Topped it with a shitload of shredded cheese and threw it back in the oven for twenty minutes.

Topped it with tomatoes, green onions, and avocado slices.

Delicious

[Longhorned]

Sounds like a Sammy Davis, jr. production. His friends used to say that he'd make them dinner, and it was always amazing but you'd never have it again because it was completely improvised. But since you recorded it here, maybe you can repeat it.

[Longhorned]

For dinner tonight, I've perfected an elaborate putanesca-based pasta al forno. It's like putanesca meets one of my favorite traditional pizza orders in Italy: tuna and onion with mozzarella. I mix grated lemon rind to the olives and capers before adding them, which works with the anchovy to brighten up everything through the umami blast. So it's an oniony putanesca with tuna and mozzarella baked at 375 until it's all hot and melty with some of the noodles crisped. It's so classic that it must already exist somewhere in central or southern Italy.

[Chicat]

Sounds like a Sammy Davis, jr. production. His friends used to say that he'd make them dinner, and it was always amazing but you'd never have it again because it was completely improvised. But since you recorded it here, maybe you can repeat it.

Next time I’m doing it with Chili instead of taco meat.

[Jefe]

For dinner tonight, I've perfected an elaborate putanesca-based pasta al forno. It's like putanesca meets one of my favorite traditional pizza orders in Italy: tuna and onion with mozzarella. I mix grated lemon rind to the olives and capers before adding them, which works with the anchovy to brighten up everything through the umami blast. So it's an oniony putanesca with tuna and mozzarella baked at 375 until it's all hot and melty with some of the noodles crisped. It's so classic that it must already exist somewhere in central or southern Italy.

The google pics of this look incredible, adding that to my list. I might sub out the anchovy for sundried tomatoes though.

Made my best cacio e pepe yet last night. Followed this: https://youtu.be/m-4lVqaG9d0?t=349

What other cooking channels do you guys follow? I watch Matty Matheson more for the entertainment value but the dude can cook: https://www.youtube.com/c/mattymatheson/videos

[scumdevils86]

Kenji's channel. Sometimes Josh Weissman. binging with babish.

[Chicat]

SadPapi on TikTok. I’m sure he has a YouTube, I just never use YT.

[Longhorned]

My wife, who is quite the baker, is making quiche lorraine. Smells amazing.

[EastCoastCat]

Great B-52’s song.

[Longhorned]

Great B-52’s song.

We gave our daughter the middle name Ionia because I imagined it as the name of a woman who'd lounge in environs evocative of the album cover for Wild Planet. We almost made that her first name.

[UAEebs86]

Great B-52’s song.

We gave our daughter the middle name Ionia because I imagined it as the name of a woman who'd lounge in environs evocative of the album cover for Wild Planet. We almost made that her first name.

There was a girl in my high school named Lorraine Kisch. I thought of that song everytime I saw her.

Has anybody seen, a dog dyed dark green?...

[azgreg]

Mini pizza bagels.

[UAEebs86]

Eegee's

Watermelon is the best flavor ever.

[Longhorned]

At Eegee's, am I the only one who makes his family members ask for ranch with their fries so I can pour it on my sandwich?

My wife and kid both dislike ranch, which confounds me.

In the midwest and east coast, ranch is a sweet sauce, kind of like a viscous Miracle Whip. For reasons that aren't clear, that's the version of ranch they sell at Trader Joe's. Pretty bad stuff.

I think the best ranch on the planet is at Eegee's.

[EastCoastCat]

Great B-52’s song.

We gave our daughter the middle name Ionia because I imagined it as the name of a woman who'd lounge in environs evocative of the album cover for Wild Planet. We almost made that her first name.

There was a girl in my high school named Lorraine Kisch. I thought of that song everytime I saw her.

Has anybody seen, a dog dyed dark green?...

I think so after taking mushrooms one time.

[Longhorned]

Eegees by the pool tonight

[Chicat]

Gonna reverse sear some t-bones.

[Longhorned]

I don't know why, but I prefer t-bone over porterhouse.

[wyo-cat]

I don't know why, but I prefer t-bone over porterhouse.

Interesting. They’re the same cut. T-bone has a smaller filet side than porterhouse.

[Chicat]

I don't know why, but I prefer t-bone over porterhouse.

Interesting. They’re the same cut. T-bone has a smaller filet side than porterhouse.

Yeah, that’s odd. Only difference I’ve ever noted is in the overall size. Although I’ve had some really nice marbling in porterhouses that have made me buy them over t-bones.

[Longhorned]

I think it's the misplaced but somehow more believable feeling that, yes, this whole t-bone is something I should be allowed to eat all by myself on my own plate. A porterhouse steak doesn't enable that suspension of disbelief. You have to cut it up off the bone and disperse it among plates to share it with others. My own plate looks like my mom cut up my steak for me.

This is also why I'm not into Brazilian steakhouses. I don't want meat carvers walking around putting portions of different cuts on my plate. I want a big, bone-in steak on my plate that's mine.

[Chicat]

I think it's the misplaced but somehow more believable feeling that, yes, this whole t-bone is something I should be allowed to eat all by myself on my own plate. A porterhouse steak doesn't enable that suspension of disbelief. You have to cut it up off the bone and disperse it among plates to share it with others. My own plate looks like my mom cut up my steak for me.

This is also why I'm not into Brazilian steakhouses. I don't want meat carvers walking around putting portions of different cuts on my plate. I want a big, bone-in steak on my plate that's mine.

My sons are 11 and 9 and both love steak, so a porterhouse allows me to cut them off a little something while I get to devour the rest of it by tearing the meat off the bone caveman-style to not-so-subtly remind them that I’ve still got the biggest dick in the house.

[Longhorned]

As long as you get the big piece with the bone in it.

[Chicat]

I grill, portion, and serve. There’s no doubt who gets what in my house.

PS - I’m fully expecting that later in life when I go to their homes I’ll be served some overcooked minute steak just as a blatant power move and I’ll have to tip my cap to the boy who has now become The Man.

[George Costanza]

I don't know why, but I prefer t-bone over porterhouse.

[dovecanyoncat]

I think it's the misplaced but somehow more believable feeling that, yes, this whole t-bone is something I should be allowed to eat all by myself on my own plate. A porterhouse steak doesn't enable that suspension of disbelief. You have to cut it up off the bone and disperse it among plates to share it with others. My own plate looks like my mom cut up my steak for me.

This is also why I'm not into Brazilian steakhouses. I don't want meat carvers walking around putting portions of different cuts on my plate. I want a big, bone-in steak on my plate that's mine.

My sons are 11 and 9 and both love steak, so a porterhouse allows me to cut them off a little something while I get to devour the rest of it by tearing the meat off the bone caveman-style to not-so-subtly remind them that I’ve still got the biggest dick in the house.

The Fred flintstone effect is important when you want a bloody piece of meat. Besides, the T-Bone makes a handy weapon if a nearby sabre toothed cat picks up the scent.

[Longhorned]

It's true, there's something dinosaury about these cuts.

[UAEebs86]

[dovecanyoncat]

Carby's! We Have The Wheats!

[Longhorned]

Salmon teriyaki with Japanese rice and sautéed Japanese eggplant

[scumdevils86]

Cheddar spinach turkey meatloaf packed with umami bombs (Worcestershire, soy sauce, mushroom powder, msg), garlic mashed potatoes, purple "green" beans.

[Longhorned]

Wife had a work event, therefore Whataburger. It was perfect.

[azgreg]

beans and wieners

[ASUHATER!]

just some red chile pork my dad made in the little dutch oven with some tortillas, very good.

[UAEebs86]

Wife had a work event, therefore Whataburger. It was perfect.

Sounds good, I had to do BK because my daughter doesn't eat red meat and they have the Impossible Whopper.

[scumdevils86]

Some traditional millennial avocado toast on homemade bread with a lovely, orangey, sunny side up egg and some Tucson made salsa macha.

[Longhorned]

Some traditional millennial avocado toast on homemade bread with a lovely, orangey, sunny side up egg and some Tucson made salsa macha.

Are your eggs that what's-it brand from Texas they sell at Whole Foods? I don't know where else to get a proper red yolk.

[Longhorned]

Chilean sea bass broiled and dressed with homemade unagi sauce, with broccoli sauteed in miso sauce, and Japanese rice. I'm on a kick.

I've been using this online cookbook for years and sometimes I just cook Japanese for days:

https://www.justonecookbook.com/