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Posted: **Mon Aug 04, 2014 11:19 pm**

A raw ear of sweet corn. Exploding cold sweet and refreshing awesomeness.

A tomato

Two kinds of tomme cheeses

Baguette

Donut peaches

Last night was zucchini pancakes covered with caramelized buttery sweet corn and coarsley chopped tomatoes and pine nuts.

Posted: **Tue Aug 05, 2014 7:59 pm**

Posted: **Tue Aug 05, 2014 8:17 pm**

That's hilarious...

Steak
Salad

That was all. But I got a nice secondary sear on those bitches, so I'm patting myself on the back tonight (and the tummy).

Posted: **Tue Aug 05, 2014 8:24 pm**

Really lazy and not wanting to put in effort tonight. Made some basmati rice and then made some tuna salad and ate that.

Posted: **Tue Aug 05, 2014 10:29 pm**

I can't stop laughing at that pic.

Drive in movie theater. Made some sandwiches and snuck them in. Complemented by popcorn, Reese's Pieces, and Sour Patch Kids.

Posted: **Thu Aug 07, 2014 6:22 am**

Made Lipton onion soup burgers last night for the first time in a long time. Mmmmmmmmmmmm

Posted: **Thu Aug 07, 2014 12:13 pm**

azgreg wrote:Made Lipton onion soup burgers last night for the first time in a long time. Mmmmmmmmmmmm

Woww, this sounds delicious...whats the recipe?

Posted: **Thu Aug 07, 2014 12:16 pm**

CalStateTempe wrote:
azgreg wrote:Made Lipton onion soup burgers last night for the first time in a long time. Mmmmmmmmmmmm
Woww, this sounds delicious...whats the recipe?

Simple. 2 lbs. of ground beef, 1 packet of Lipton onion soup mix, and 1/2 cup of water. Mix in bowl, make patties to the size you want, and throw them on the grill. My oldest son ate his in about 45 seconds last night.

Posted: **Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:14 pm**

I'm making fish tacos tonight. Never tried to make them before so this should be interesting...

Posted: **Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:24 pm**

What kind of fish are you using?

Posted: **Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:25 pm**

Posted: **Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:30 pm**

Gonna make a quinoa chicken bowl tonight with a sriracha/honey/lime sauce

Posted: **Thu Aug 07, 2014 7:39 pm**

scumdevils86 wrote:Gonna make a quinoa chicken bowl tonight with a sriracha/honey/lime sauce

Made this recipe tonight. Just added sugar snap peas to it and used fresh garlic instead of garlic salt.

http://www.familyfreshcooking.com/2014/ ... wl-recipe/

Posted: **Thu Aug 07, 2014 8:15 pm**

Diner food. Not worth posting. Why am I posting?

Posted: **Thu Aug 07, 2014 8:36 pm**

Longhorned wrote:Diner food. Not worth posting. Why am I posting?

It's all about the atmosphere at diners and part of that being spunky waitresses.

azgreg wrote:Made Lipton onion soup burgers last night for the first time in a long time. Mmmmmmmmmmmm

I buy sweet onions by the bag full at Costco, so actually use real onions, along with shredded cheese and the kids love them.

Posted: **Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:08 pm**

Chinese buffet. Mostly those cream cheese filled Crab Rangoon things with sauce from one of the other dishes. I can't get enough of those babies. Shame spiral bottomed out.

Posted: **Fri Aug 08, 2014 12:59 pm**

First time at home in ages. It's so cold, I'm making a spaghetti alla carbonara. Made with real guanciale (cured pork jowl).

Posted: **Fri Aug 08, 2014 7:15 pm**

A tomato, 2 carrots, about 8 beers (so far), and a couple of Percocets.

Posted: **Fri Aug 08, 2014 7:39 pm**

pasta pig out night and half a small carton of hagen daz.

diet obliterated tonight.

Posted: **Sat Aug 09, 2014 4:23 am**

azgreg wrote:A tomato, 2 carrots, about 8 beers (so far), and a couple of Percocets.

Can someone in Tucson do a wellness check on Greg? Hold a mirror under his nose or something.

Posted: **Sat Aug 09, 2014 7:20 am**

Chicat wrote:
azgreg wrote:A tomato, 2 carrots, about 8 beers (so far), and a couple of Percocets.
Can someone in Tucson do a wellness check on Greg? Hold a mirror under his nose or something.

He's on opioids. How could he possibly be more well?

Posted: **Sat Aug 09, 2014 3:32 pm**

Just put together a pot roast. Meat from UofA Agriculture and Life Sciences Farm (http://www.cals.arizona.edu/ans/foodsaf ... sales.html), potatoes, yellow onions, carrots, garlic, tomatoes, spices. Simple but good.

Posted: **Sat Aug 09, 2014 3:50 pm**

Chicat wrote:
azgreg wrote:A tomato, 2 carrots, about 8 beers (so far), and a couple of Percocets.
Can someone in Tucson do a wellness check on Greg? Hold a mirror under his nose or something.

I've been battling the shingles for the last 3 1/2 weeks.

Posted: **Sun Aug 10, 2014 6:29 pm**

azgreg wrote:
Chicat wrote:
azgreg wrote:A tomato, 2 carrots, about 8 beers (so far), and a couple of Percocets.
Can someone in Tucson do a wellness check on Greg? Hold a mirror under his nose or something.
I've been battling the shingles for the last 3 1/2 weeks.

Ouch. When's that over?

Posted: **Sun Aug 10, 2014 6:30 pm**

Steamers: middleneck clams cooked in shallots and white wine, over Sardinian fregola.

Posted: **Sun Aug 10, 2014 6:49 pm**

Crab Cakes

1 pound lump crab
1 egg
1/2 cup panko
1/3 cup diced celery
2 heaping tbsp minced parsley
2 heaping tbsp mayo
1.5 tsp Dijon mustard
1 tsp fresh minced basil
1 heaping tsp fresh minced green onion
1 tsb seasoning (cayenne, thyme, garlic) or seafood mix
Sea Salt
Cracked Pepper

Simmer in canola oil for 4-5 minutes per side at 1" thick.

Nice white wine, some zucchini or asparagus for light meal.

Posted: **Sun Aug 10, 2014 7:26 pm**

Dang JMJ, I just ate (fake filet mignon, bacon wrapped jalapenos stuffed with cheese) and those made my hungry.

Posted: **Sun Aug 10, 2014 7:45 pm**

I've got another recipe I'll try and post in next few weeks.

These were fantastic, for a traditional flavor.

Next I think I'll do a lemon butter basil base with maybe a bit of Pinot Grigio for a boost of flavor.

Posted: **Sun Aug 10, 2014 10:07 pm**

Merkin wrote:
eegeeboy wrote:Still wondering about the Costco "fake" Filet Mignon that Merkin mentioned...

Please explain.

No idea. Looks like a filet mignon, tastes (somewhat) like a filet mignon, it's about 1/5th the price, and looks impressive.

Note it just says "filet", which only means it is boneless. No "mignon" anywhere, just "beef" in the ingredients. So some sort of beef tenderized chemically to be tender like filet mignon is naturally. Nothing wrong with most tenderizers, vinegar and citrus tenderize great.

It would appear that those filets are top sirloin. Which isn't a throw-away cut of meat.

Page 3 here:
http://moraschmeats.com/Morasch%20Retail%20Booklet.pdf

Posted: **Mon Aug 11, 2014 4:03 am**

Sirloin is flavorful, but it occupies an unwelcome realm where it's too tender to slow-cook and too mundane to choose over rib eye, strip, tenderloin, T-bone, or porterhouse. I never understood why Spark's uses sirloin for their signature steak. I just buy the cheaper cuts and braise or stew, or I chop/grind the sirloin for burgers or tartare.

Posted: **Mon Aug 11, 2014 6:48 am**

Last night:

Ravioli D'Aragosta: Maine lobster stuffed ravioli in a cracked black pepper vodka and tomato cream sauce with asparagus, roasted cherry tomatoes and black tiger prawns

. . . and couple of sidecars.

Posted: **Mon Aug 11, 2014 8:35 am**

Longhorned wrote:....or I chop/grind the sirloin for burgers....

That' what I've preferred to do for a long time. ground sirloin for burgers is excellent

Posted: **Mon Aug 11, 2014 9:15 am**

On Saturday I made a penne pasta dish with a butter/lemon/cream sauce and prosciutto/peas/asparagus. Lots of fresh parmesan too. Mmm.

Posted: **Mon Aug 11, 2014 9:15 am**

last night was crock pot bbq chicken sandwiches with a cucumber dill salad and fresh cut sweet potato fries on the side

Posted: **Mon Aug 11, 2014 9:20 am**

How do you guys grind sirloin?

I just buy the sirloin hamburgers from Costco pre-made into patties and flash frozen. They are actually quite tasty.

PieceOfMeat wrote:
It would appear that those filets are top sirloin. Which isn't a throw-away cut of meat.

Page 3 here:
http://moraschmeats.com/Morasch%20Retail%20Booklet.pdf

Interesting, and pretty pleased it's not some garbage meat processed.

That tenderloin on page 4 would be a good choice, since filet mignon is taken from the tenderloin.

Posted: **Mon Aug 11, 2014 9:37 am**

Costco is so great for everything. I really should get a membership, haven't had one in years.

I freeze the sirloin and the chuck until it's semi-frozen, and then chop it up with a knife. I don't own a grinder, and wouldn't want to clean one. I hate cleaning the food processor so much, that I prefer to cut things up by hand.

Posted: **Mon Aug 11, 2014 9:40 am**

Merkin wrote:How do you guys grind sirloin?

I just buy the sirloin hamburgers from Costco pre-made into patties and flash frozen. They are actually quite tasty.

PieceOfMeat wrote:
It would appear that those filets are top sirloin. Which isn't a throw-away cut of meat.

Page 3 here:
http://moraschmeats.com/Morasch%20Retail%20Booklet.pdf
Interesting, and pretty pleased it's not some garbage meat processed.

That tenderloin on page 4 would be a good choice, since filet mignon is taken from the tenderloin.

yes that tenderloin on page 4 would be quite tasty as well

As for the sirloin, I actually get it ground from the butcher. So I don't have to do the grinding myself. Always good to have a good butcher.

Posted: **Tue Aug 12, 2014 8:10 pm**

Longhorned wrote:Huge diver scallops over Sardinian fregola with caramelized sweet corn, zucchini, and summer squash

I had to do that one again.

$32 a pound for those scallops.

Posted: **Tue Aug 12, 2014 8:13 pm**

A total stranger paid for our dinner out tonight celebrating my father-in-law's birthday. He told the waitress that he thought we had a cute family and he wanted to take care of it.

The food I had was forgettable. The dinner we had was the total opposite.

Posted: **Tue Aug 12, 2014 8:43 pm**

Chicat wrote:A total stranger paid for our dinner out tonight celebrating my father-in-law's birthday. He told the waitress that he thought we had a cute family and he wanted to take care of it.

The food I had was forgettable. The dinner we had was the total opposite.

That happened to me once.

"You look like a nice young couple on holiday and I'd like to buy your dinner."

Posted: **Wed Aug 13, 2014 5:59 am**

Had the Pub Burger and a couple of New Castles at Rosie McCaffery's Irish Pub on Camelback and 10th St while I was having the AC compressor replaced on my car. Very good burger.

Posted: **Wed Aug 13, 2014 7:32 am**

azgreg wrote:Had the Pub Burger and a couple of New Castles at Rosie McCaffery's Irish Pub on Camelback and 10th St while I was having the AC compressor replaced on my car. Very good burger.

That must have been expensive.

The compressor, not the burger.

My son and daughter recently had the AC compressors go out on their cars, but since we live in a mild climate they decided it wasn't worth getting fixed.

Posted: **Wed Aug 13, 2014 7:35 am**

Merkin wrote:
azgreg wrote:Had the Pub Burger and a couple of New Castles at Rosie McCaffery's Irish Pub on Camelback and 10th St while I was having the AC compressor replaced on my car. Very good burger.

That must have been expensive.

The compressor, not the burger.

My son and daughter recently had the AC compressors go out on their cars, but since we live in a mild climate they decided it wasn't worth getting fixed.

Cost me about $400. I've got a guy who used to work for me (and was also the crew chief on my dirt track stock car) when I was in the auto repair business. I bought the parts and he installed them for me.

Posted: **Wed Aug 13, 2014 7:44 am**

Longhorned wrote:
Chicat wrote:A total stranger paid for our dinner out tonight celebrating my father-in-law's birthday. He told the waitress that he thought we had a cute family and he wanted to take care of it.

The food I had was forgettable. The dinner we had was the total opposite.
That happened to me once.

"You look like a nice young couple on holiday and I'd like to buy your dinner."

I wish we had some clue he was going to do that. Didn't even get a chance to thank him.

My father-in-law says it was his best birthday ever. High praise since he's had 67 of them.

I'm going to have to pay this forward in a big way.

Posted: **Wed Aug 13, 2014 9:14 am**

Chicat wrote:
Longhorned wrote:
Chicat wrote:A total stranger paid for our dinner out tonight celebrating my father-in-law's birthday. He told the waitress that he thought we had a cute family and he wanted to take care of it.

The food I had was forgettable. The dinner we had was the total opposite.
That happened to me once.

"You look like a nice young couple on holiday and I'd like to buy your dinner."
I wish we had some clue he was going to do that. Didn't even get a chance to thank him.

My father-in-law says it was his best birthday ever. High praise since he's had 67 of them.

I'm going to have to pay this forward in a big way.

Posted: **Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:20 am**

Not dinner (not even close to it as it's only 9:15am)....but I just had a peanut butter sandwich.

Why do we forget the simple pleasures when we get older?

I don't eat this often enough, and every time I do, I think to myself "why don't you eat this more often? It's fucking delicious".

Posted: **Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:41 am**

A PBJ (or PB only) is amazing. Same with a simple white-bread and butter grilled cheese. Wash either down with a soda or some fresh chocolate milk. Good to go!

Posted: **Thu Aug 14, 2014 10:53 am**

I had a elementary school kid lunch yesterday...cheap (trying to dial down some of my eating out budget) and satisfying.

PB and honey sammich
baggy of sprouts potato chips
2 Pluots (plum apricot hybrids)
milk

Posted: **Thu Aug 14, 2014 12:06 pm**

Andy Warhol was known to be often in the middle of cooking a steak or something for dinner, and then abandon the process upon realizing that he really just wanted a PBJ.

I eat them for breakfast like every day.

Posted: **Thu Aug 14, 2014 12:56 pm**

Costco has Kirkland natural peanut butter quite cheap. Only ingredients are peanuts and sea salt.

When you buy a Skippy style peanut butter you also get added oils and sugar.

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