What did you cook today?

Robby id out of town till Monday night. So Chistal Boy is on his own. I think I am gonna do some BBQ tonight. Maybe toss on a nice steak. Wash it down with a couple Maker's Mark on das rocks. Hmmm. Almost as good as sex.

Hmm...I guess I sort of strayed off topic, per se, eh? Since I haven't really cooked that steak yet. But I will!

Cheers, wankers.

 

This is so above my pay grade I'm eager to learn more. Today I woke at 0440 and made two piece of whole what toast - slathered Marmite on one (just coming down with B-12 and a host of other nuanced stuff) and a bit of strawberry jam on the other. Added a banana. My g/friend has been in hospital since mid=December and Sunday is my day to visit (she's 60 miles away with two sisters within walking distance). Wheeled her out to the hospital patio to get some sun and reminisce about what they call in Dublin, Ireland, "the rare 'oul times"

On the way back, stopped to pickup my order at Westport Bakery (Google Westport, Ontario - a small restful place) and picked up a large veggie quiche - 16 sausage rolls (in fours for the freezer) and three custard tarts which could make even a hard-shelled Baptist sluttish - fortunately I'm impious (which always seemed to me to mean two things - maybe it does).

Your dinner offering sounds superb (and healthy).

Most people here can eclipse my cooking aspirations, although I'm OK with omelettes and cheese, ham and tomato sandwiches

 

I'm about to throw together a sloppy spaghetti Bolognese

 

surf and turf, baked, squash, zucchini with infused cowboy butter

 

I haven't cooked yet but I do have plans. My mojo marinated pork roast I mentioned a page or so back turned out amazing, tonight I'm going to take the leftovers and make a grilled sandwich with it. I want to concoct some sort of sauce out of the leftover marinade.

And I bought some plantains to fry to accompany the sandwich

 

Fried a filet of salmon with salt, pepper and lemon juice - microwaved spinach with salt. pepper, butter and lemon juice, a banana and a custard tart (that was the slutty part).

Always keen to hear advice on how to cook salmon since - with my g/friend in hospital long term I want to stay healthy (yes, I used to share meal making, but my meals were a lot simpler))

PS - oh - and a sausage roll

 

Roast sweet potatoes and corn on the cob. Both with liberal lashings of Anchor butter.

 

Well . . . butter's making a comeback as healthy and apparently studies suggesting salt is dangerous beyond a small quotidian amount apparently only included five people and one austalopithecus - so party on dude

 

Maker's Mark with food? (better than an emetic) Yuk!

 

You never had a glass of bourbon with your meal?

Poor baby.

Things that MM goes especially splendidly with..........

BBQ

Any red meat, prepared any way

Cold cuts or deli-style sandwiches.

Finger foods...like cheese and crackers/hard salami/summer sausage, etc.

And...believe it or not........"Brinner." This is what I call it when ya have a breakfast type dish for dinner. Such as scrambled eggs and bacon. Yummy.

C

 

pork loin thin strips fried up quick with some mrs dash spice..extra salt and pepper... then i added bean sprouts and some honey garlic sauce

normally i just add soya sauce and peanuts but didnt have either handy today

 

I prepare salmon the same way as you - salt, pepper, lemon. I bake it instead of frying it.

I've tried various recipes for salmon but I keep coming back to this simple one. I think with fish (and most food actually), simple is best

 

I'm going to try cooking fresh corn in the microwave, husks and all. I've never done it.

 

One of my favourite ways to make salmon is to bake it with a maple syrup glaze. Another is cedar plank salmon, really nice flavour.

Today I made a kinda egg mcmuffin for lunch. An egg over easy on whole wheat bread with a few slices of applewood smoked cheddar melted on top. The egg came out perfectly cooked, with just the right amount of runny egg yolk when you cut into it.




Dinner was a veggie salad (just threw in every fresh vegetable I had in the fridge, with olive oil, apple cider vinegar and a few herbs). It's too hot to cook, it's 40C (104F)! That's with the humidex. And for dessert a bowl of vanilla ice cream with banana, drizzled with a bit of maple syrup.

 

Let us know how you like it. I found it awkward getting rid of the silk inside the husks when the ears were hot. I prefer cleaning the cob first, then putting it in damp paper towel then microwaving.

 

It came out perfectly clean with no silks at all.

Do it this way http://www.dinner-mom.com/microwave-corn-in-cob-husk/#_a5y_p=3670099


After you cut off the stem end, grab the silks end and wiggle and squeeze it out of the husk.

 

^^^ Thanks, I'm going to try it! Looks way easier than the way I was trying to get it out. Here's are a couple of videos where they show the technique. I like the fork idea in the second one. They say 3 to 4 minutes per ear, so I guess you have to play around with it depending on your microwave and how tender you like the kernels. I can't wait until corn season! (Not quite here yet in the north.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ75-64Gm5w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mxDzD3NI9c


Here are a few topping ideas I came across. I like the sound of the second and third ones especially.


[SIZE=11pt]Tasty Corn on the Cob Toppings[/SIZE]


[SIZE=11pt]Give corn on the cob a gourmet kick with something more than just butter and salt. Here are some tasty ideas to brush on the cobs after they’re cooked.[/SIZE]

• [SIZE=11pt]Butter with chopped chives[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=11pt]Fresh guacamole with a squeeze of lime juice[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=11pt]Coconut oil with curry powder[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=11pt]Butter with fresh herbs such as sage and rosemary.[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=11pt]Pesto sauce and grated Parmesan cheese[/SIZE]

 

I had guests today so ..any excuse for a roast, is very much the English way. Today it was a leg of lamb roasted with rosemary. Plus roast potatoes and carrots, peas with cabbage and crème fraiche. Gravy is of course essential, made with the meat juices and a generous splash of sherry. Heavens..did i tear that meal down!

 

almost 90 here yesterday, but managed to choke down fruit and yogurt

 

I tried the corn today. (Surprisingly, they had corn in the stores already.) I only bought a couple of ears to try it out. I was sure they were making it look too easy and the videos must have been heavily edited. :-D But it works! It's amazing how easy it is and no silk mess, I always hated that. I'd get silk everywhere! Then you had to scrub the corn to get all the silk off the cob. This way the husk slides off easily and you don't even see the stuff. And no having to boil water and heat up the house. Plus it tasted great. A big thank you to Aerianne for bringing this great technique to our attention.