What's cookin', good lookin'? Part II

[Igconaia]

( I belong to a FB group where we angry-react to corn.)

But cornbread is delicious!

 

[IrisAlthea]

Independence day dinner today.

Salt-sugar cured pike, nettle chips and archipelago bread with vendace roe, chives and smetana.
Arctic char with roasted carrots and parsnips, yellowfoot mushrooms and black chanterelles with onion and garlic.
Layered kissel with milk kissel and lingonberry kissel and gingerbread crumbs.

That sounds so great!

And now Seela is going to laugh…
We had oven roasted chicken thighs with sliced fennel cooked with saffron and white wine.

And we have cod with saffron and chili sauce planned for sunday…

 

[TANSTAAFL58]

Independence day dinner today.

Salt-sugar cured pike, nettle chips and archipelago bread with vendace roe, chives and smetana.
Arctic char with roasted carrots and parsnips, yellowfoot mushrooms and black chanterelles with onion and garlic.
Layered kissel with milk kissel and lingonberry kissel and gingerbread crumbs.

Happy Independence Day.

A serious cooking question: I have caught a few pike in my time, but I stopped eating them years ago because even the largest ones have those annoying "Y" bones. How do you deal with them?

 

[gracie920101]

Brown beans and rice. And cornbread, of course.

Why ruin beans and cornbread with rice?

 

[seela]

That sounds so great!

And now Seela is going to laugh…
We had oven roasted chicken thighs with sliced fennel cooked with saffron and white wine.

And we have cod with saffron and chili sauce planned for sunday…

‘Tis the season! It all sounds really good, though.

Have you made more lussekatter too?

Happy Independence Day.

A serious cooking question: I have caught a few pike in my time, but I stopped eating them years ago because even the largest ones have those annoying "Y" bones. How do you deal with them?

An easy, but wasteful way is to cut off a V shaped slice from the fillet to get rid of the bones. I’m not so fussy about bones, so if I make cooked pike, I usually leave them in and remove them on my plate while I eat. If I cook for others, I do the V thing.

And if it’s not a gigantic pike and I’m making something like pike Wallenberg, I leave the bones in and grind them up with the rest of the meat no problem. I tend to stay away from very big pikes, because they can taste a little muddy here.

 

[IrisAlthea]

Happy Independence Day.

A serious cooking question: I have caught a few pike in my time, but I stopped eating them years ago because even the largest ones have those annoying "Y" bones. How do you deal with them?

Here pike is often served minced, like Wallenbergare, paté etc.
Sometimes the fillets are cut like seela said but then the rest of the meat can be minced and served either on it’s own or with the fillets.
Another way is to cook it whole in the oven and be prepared to fight the bones.

Steak. Mushrooms. Onion. Tater. Salad. Wine.
Your basic yum-fest.

Oh, drool!

‘Tis the season! It all sounds really good, though.

Have you made more lussekatter too?

No time yet. And this weekend we will do a lot of Christmas cooking, like köttbullar and sylta. Might find time inbetween but otherwise we’ll get to it when schools out for the kids.

 

[twister947]

Why ruin beans and cornbread with rice?

It's a staple in many cultures. In this particular case, we were a little light on beans, and rice is a good and quick way to fluff it up.

Fara, this corn thing is silly to the tenth power...care to explain? Or is it so silly it defies explanation?

 

[twister947]

Happy Independence Day.

A serious cooking question: I have caught a few pike in my time, but I stopped eating them years ago because even the largest ones have those annoying "Y" bones. How do you deal with them?

One of the ways around this involves a pressure cooker, and then processing the fish, bones and all, to make fish cakes. This is also known as cooking it to death.

I have no affection for overcooked foods.

 

[seela]

Rosemary cookies to go with cheese.

 

[seela]

Chicken larb for dinner tonight and more rosemary cookies for gift purposes.

I'll probably also make potato flat bread because I have some leftover mash in the fridge.

 

[Orchidea73]

Calamarata

 

[gracie920101]

Stone crab with mustard sauce, coleslaw and French bread.

 

[Misshotndeep]

Pork roast in an herb rub, homemade mac-n-cheese, fried cabbage and garlic cheese rolls.

 

[IrisAlthea]

Looking forward to gulasch tonight.

 

[Anastasia1999]

Looking forward to gulasch tonight.

Oooooh a favourite in our house!

I have fresh pork sausages with mustard, sauerkraut and mashed potatoes on the plan here today.

 

[IrisAlthea]

Oooooh a favourite in our house!

I have fresh pork sausages with mustard, sauerkraut and mashed potatoes on the plan here today.

Mmh, that sounds great too!
We often have sausages, sauerkraut and rye bread or pretzel when dinner needs to be quick and easy. Making it with mashed potatoes sounds like a great idea for one of the days between Christmas and New Year. I always need ideas then.

 

[Anastasia1999]

Mmh, that sounds great too!
We often have sausages, sauerkraut and rye bread or pretzel when dinner needs to be quick and easy. Making it with mashed potatoes sounds like a great idea for one of the days between Christmas and New Year. I always need ideas then.

The mashed potato is my Irish influence, I add lots of cream, butter and black pepper.

I’m making a big batch of braised red cabbage with apple so that we can have it another day with gravy, pork sausages and more mashed spuds! Ultimate comfort food

 

[Titsandclits]

The mashed potato is my Irish influence, I add lots of cream, butter and black pepper.

I’m making a big batch of braised red cabbage with apple so that we can have it another day with gravy, pork sausages and more mashed spuds! Ultimate comfort food

Sausages for dinner yesterday, with mash and baked beans. All smothered with fried onions.

 

[MeekMe]

Roasted salmon and brussel sprouts. Maybe some pickles with rice. It’s simple.

 

[gracie920101]

Roasted salmon and brussel sprouts. Maybe some pickles with rice. It’s simple.

Wha???

Pickles with rice?

Splain, please?

 

[touche]

Ooh so many yummy sounding dinners.

Tonight was pretty simple.

Nachos... although I did a seasoned shredded beef instead of burger. It was pretty darned delicious.

 

[MeekMe]

Wha???

Pickles with rice?

Splain, please?

This link has a pretty good rundown: https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2349.html

I had takuan (bright yellow pickles on the list) and also had a bit of kimchi. It’s common to have small flavorful dishes (like pickled vegetables) with plain white rice. I don’t always mention it specifically but a lot of my meals include some kind of pickle when rice is served. I’ve been laughed at for saying once in a college course that pickles are my favorite food. Most people in the US think giant dill pickles (love them, too) but I mean a more generalized category of food. There are so many different kinds with lots of interesting textures and flavors.

For emphasis, I just had pickled jalapeño slices as a snack.

 

[gracie920101]

This link has a pretty good rundown: https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2349.html

I had takuan (bright yellow pickles on the list) and also had a bit of kimchi. It’s common to have small flavorful dishes (like pickled vegetables) with plain white rice. I don’t always mention it specifically but a lot of my meals include some kind of pickle when rice is served. I’ve been laughed at for saying once in a college course that pickles are my favorite food. Most people in the US think giant dill pickles (love them, too) but I mean a more generalized category of food. There are so many different kinds with lots of interesting textures and flavors.

For emphasis, I just had pickled jalapeño slices as a snack.

Thanks for that article!

When I visited Hong Kong, the little casual restaurant in the hotel always had a bowl of pickles on each table. They looked like mini cucumber pickles but tasted unlike any I'd ever eaten. Reading the article, I would bet they were miso preserved.

I'm sure the staff complained about the greedy girl at table 10 who cleaned out the entire bowl of pickles each day at lunch.

 

[midwestyankee]

Chex Mix and Scotch. I have to be civil for a meeting via Zoom tonight.

 

[gracie920101]

Chex Mix and Scotch. I have to be civil for a meeting via Zoom tonight.

So chex mix keeps you civil? That's all it takes?