What are you cooking for dinner this weekend?

[jdp211]

Thanks! As with most of the recipes I post, this one also comes from The Food Lab.

[mg2ride]

Learning form mistakes

I often try cooking something on a whim and without doing any research. Occasionally I end up with a master piece but sometimes not so much. This was clearly a not so much situation.

My favorite Jamaican place make a dish called brown stew snapper. It’s a whole snapper deep fried and then covered with mixed veggies in a brown gravy. It is to DIE FOR!

I thought I would try something similar. I checked and would have bet you money this fish was already scaled. WRONG. That was by far my biggest mistake. The other problems were my pan was not big enough and my heat source struggled to get it to proper temp. To add insult to injury, my neighbor’s lawn service showed up and started blowing leaves from him perimeter beds just after I dropped the fish. I got it cooked before they got to my side but I would have left it on a few more minutes if I could have.


The best I can say is that it was edible. However my favorite part of whole fried fish is the crisp skin and with the scales, it was not edible: (

[UnfilteredDregs]

Learning form mistakes

I often try cooking something on a whim and without doing any research. Occasionally I end up with a master piece but sometimes not so much. This was clearly a not so much situation.

Have done that on a more than a few occasions.

[UnfilteredDregs]

Made a Pot au Feu...

[Shinomaster]

This was surprisingly good. I sauteed some mushrooms, corn, Italian sausage, scallions, cream, chicken broth, Turkish pepper paste (not to be cornfused with Ajvar) tossed with pesto tortellini and parsley and chard and parm. I could have eaten all of it, oink.

[Tamu8104]

Nice work Jason on the brown butter cookies. My wife makes some similar cookies and I'm a big fan.

For dinner last night I threw some sweet potatoes and a spatchcock chicken on the egg and roasted some carrots in the oven. Nothing spectacular but good flavors all around.

[Shinomaster]

I made steak Diane again.

[UnfilteredDregs]

I have no idea what this photo looks like, on my iPhone all is cool, on my monitor, not so much...

A little Murgh Makhani:

[joosttx]

[nahtnoj]

I smoked some salmon and Amie did the asparagus. Delicious. Ate it all before photos could happen.

[UnfilteredDregs]

I see Tartare...

[Too Tall]

Steak Tartare....yummm. Just because, here is a tip for getting yolks just right >> https://www.chefsteps.com/activities...-steak-tartare
I don't do it that way, just a double boiler/covered with a lid and very low flame.

[Cookietruck]

smoked a little bit of salmon today and did actually snap a pic.
ate some, saved some and added it to some pasta a while ago for dinner.

Untitled by misomad, on Flickr

[mg2ride]

smoked a little bit of salmon today and did actually snap a pic.
ate some, saved some and added it to some pasta a while ago for dinner.

Untitled by misomad, on Flickr

The meat, the cooker, the fork, the plate and the flannel all meet with my approval!

[Coppercook62]

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Foie Gras Torchon with pear gelee, brioche, pistachios and poached pears

[rwsaunders]

^ Holy Mother of Merckx...how are we supposed to post our spaghetti and meatball casseroles now?

[Too Tall]

^ Holy Mother of Merckx...how are we supposed to post our spaghetti and meatball casseroles now?

Word.
Don't be intimidated. It's only a thaing ;)
Holy he!!

[robin3mj]

^ Holy Mother of Merckx...how are we supposed to post our spaghetti and meatball casseroles now?

Yeah! This guys a ringer!
I'm going to by to go find a cooking message board and post my IF on their "show us your beach cruiser" topic.

[Coppercook62]

Thanks for compliments. This the turkey plate form a year ago. Cooking for 400 this years.
turkey dinner.jpg

[maunahaole]

You all just need to schedule a visit to Lodi.