Show Us Your Dinner! (Home Cooking ONLY please!)

To quote KC and the Sunshine Band. That's the way, Unh Huh...................you know the rest. Sing it everybody.

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Thanks Dave, everyone was extremely happy with it :)

The picture of that slice of beef is true food porn. You really nailed that cook. Medium rare edge to edge, no gray transition, and a nice dark crust. Perfection.

How long does the roast take to come up to 120? How did you season the roast if you don't mind me asking?

-Dave
 
Just some Smithfield Baby backs on sale for $2.79 a lb. The freezer is full now.
Took the plunge on 2 frozen blocks from Swift-$2.50/lb. Grabbed my first bottle o' Heinz Classic. Both highly recommended. Covered in oven with an inch of water and cider vinegar. Drain all the crap then back in. Uncover, back in. Add too much sauce without basting, at an improperly low temp.
 
Quick Japanese Tonight

First, a nice bowl of Kake Udon: kombu/shiitake/katsuoboshi dashi, sliced shiitake mushrooms (from the dashi prep), mushroom-infused soy sauce, mirin, sake, sliced Napa cabbage, fresh udon noodles, slivered purple carrot, sliced scallions, and kamaboko (fish cakes).

Next, Chicken Yakitori: bamboo skewers of chicken thigh meat and Scallions, with a reduced sauce consisting of mushroom-infused soy sauce, mirin, sake, Vietnamese palm sugar.

Finally, some nice fresh edamame (soy beans in their pods.).

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Enjoy,
Rich P
 
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Asian Fusion Night

First, a nice Korean Beansprout Salad: mung bean sprouts, scallions, red pepper flakes, mushroom-infused soy sauce, sesame oil, sesame seeds, minced garlic, Vietnamese fish sauce, and salt.

Next some simple edamame (soy beans in their pods).

Next some Mozuku Soup: kombu/shiitake/katsuoboshi dashi, mushroom-infused soy sauce, mirin, sake, and a nice mozuku (special sea weed) preparation.

Next, a bowl of sushi-grade rice, sprinkled with black sesame seeds.

Finally, Mixed Fish Dynamite: sliced Crimini mushrooms, Scottish salmon, Chilean sea bass, ahi tuna, mayonnaise, Vietnamese fish sauce, sesame oil, Sriracha, chopped scallions, and shredded nori (seaweed).

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Rich P
 
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Asian Fusion Night

First, a nice Korean Beansprout Salad: mung bean sprouts, scallions, red pepper flakes, mushroom-infused soy sauce, sesame oil, sesame seeds, minced garlic, Vietnamese fish sauce, and salt.

Next some simple edamame (soy beans in their pods).

Next some Mozuku Soup: kombu/shiitake/katsuoboshis dashi, mushroom-infused soy sauce, mirin, sake, and a nice mozuku (special sea weed) preparation.

Next, a bowl of sushi-grade rice, sprinkled with black sesame seeds.

Finally, Mixed Fish Dynamite: sliced Crimini mushrooms, Scottish salmon, Chilean sea bass, ahi tuna, mayonnaise, Vietnamese fish sauce, sesame oil, Sriracha, chopped scallions, and shredded nori (seaweed).

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Enjoy,
Rich P

I'm not a fish person, but. . . Could I get a taste of the salad, soup, and rice please? An amazing meal Rich.

-Dave
 
Pizza Night

We do this quite regularly around these parts. My beloved bride, sous chef, and pastry chef makes some nice pizza dough from scratch, and we load it up with whatever suits our fancies. I purchased some 9" caste iron skillets for another purpose, but they also serve to host superb, thin crust pan pizzas.

For my liking, the following contributions went into a couple of the best tasting pizzas I have ever had: Trader Joe's pizza sauce (very thinly smeared on the dough), sliced Crimini mushrooms, grated mozzarella cheese, sliced black olives, fire-roasted red bell peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, fresh basil from the back yard, pine nuts, black mustard seeds, sliced red onions, sliced vidalia onions, ground habanero chiles from the back yard, ground Szechwan peppercorns, and ground green peppercorns.

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Enjoy,
Rich P
 
Persian Excursion

Tonight, I felt the need to move to the Middle East, and enjoy something a bit closer to my point of origin.

First, to drink, we had my simplified version of Qamar Al-Din (Stewed Apricot Juice). This is normally made by soaking, then stewing, dried apricots, then adding sugar as needed to make sweet enough to compensate for the sourness. In Egypt, white raisins are frequently added to the mix. I simplified the recipe, for a quick and reasonable facsimile I mixed apricot nectar with white grape juice. While not the same, it was close enough to be quite nice with our dinner.

Next, we had the national dish of Iran: Ghormeh Sabzi (Persian Herb Stew): cubed beef (Texas tri-tip), red kidney beans, chopped vidalia onion, chopped flat leaf parsley, chopped cilantro, chopped garlic chives, chopped scallion greens, chopped fenugreek leaves, dried black Persian limes, turmeric, salt, pepper, and water. This would be best with lamb, but my beloved does not generally like lamb, so beef first; lamb next time (maybe duck).

Next, we had some fresh, buttered plain Paratha (a flat bread from southern India).

Finally, the most difficult, Chelow with Tahdiq (Persian Rice with a Golden Crust). This is fairly complicated to pull off, and is cooked in a single Dutch oven. First, the fluffy part: Bazmati rice, cumin seeds, chopped parsley, salt. The golden crust (tahdiq): Bazmati rice, plain Greek yogurt, butter, water, vegetable oil and salt. The trick is in the multiple stages of rice preparation, stages of heat application, and placement of the various rice components in the Dutch oven.

For my first shot at this dinner, everything turned out just so, except the tadiq was cooked just a bit darker than it should have. I learned alot, and next time it will all be perfect. The tastes were very different than I am accustomed to, but all was superb. It is worth a try for all adventurous souls.

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Rich P
 
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Salmon salad
I usually make this up once a week and can get a supper and a lunch out of it.
7 oz salmon drained
Around 12 mixed olives sliced up
Around 12 jalapenos slices
Salsa
Sliced up pickles
2 boiled eggs
Mozzarella shredded cheese
3 good squirts of mustard
Mix it all up and schlap it on some bread mm mm mm :D.
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Um yeah, I live on a breeding farm for Black Angus cattle and that's a fine looking cut.
Today was crew change at work so I usually cook something that doesn't make a mess and is quick and easy. Today it was red rice and sausage.
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Large sauce pan,
Olive oil heated add bacon chopped fine, garlic chopped fine let cook down a few minutes.
Add one chopped green pepper and a half onion chopped fine, let cook down.
Add two packs smoked sausage cut into 1/4 think circles, let brown heavily.
By the time the sausage is browned heavily the garlic and bacon is cooked way down almost black.
Add two large cans of chopped stewed canned tomatoes juice and all, add Tabasco, black pepper, a little crushed red pepper flakes to taste. Let this cook down 15-20 minutes or so and marry together.
I used four cups cooked rice and blended everything in a large pot. Let sit 20 minutes or so to marry, done.
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Um yeah, I live on a breeding farm for Black Angus cattle and that's a fine looking cut.
Today was crew change at work so I usually cook something that doesn't make a mess and is quick and easy. Today it was red rice and sausage.
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Large sauce pan,
Olive oil heated add bacon chopped fine, garlic chopped fine let cook down a few minutes.
Add one chopped green pepper and a half onion chopped fine, let cook down.
Add two packs smoked sausage cut into 1/4 think circles, let brown heavily.
By the time the sausage is browned heavily the garlic and bacon is cooked way down almost black.
Add two large cans of chopped stewed canned tomatoes juice and all, add Tabasco, black pepper, a little crushed red pepper flakes to taste. Let this cook down 15-20 minutes or so and marry together.
I used four cups cooked rice and blended everything in a large pot. Let sit 20 minutes or so to marry, done.
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Sounds terrific.
 
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