What's for dinner?

thesecretagent

Crickey Pen, I'll send you a food parcel! )
I remember my student days - pot noodles and packets of savoury rice...

Pendragon

thesecretagent wrote:

Crickey Pen, I'll send you a food parcel! )
I remember my student days - pot noodles and packets of savoury rice...

lol thanks, TSA...it would be well received.

I would eat ramen, but the MSG makes my stomach yell at me, and I keep forgetting to buy rice when I'm at the store 8-)

thesecretagent

Father-in-law's 60th today and I'm doing the catering. I've marinaded a whole beef sirloin (about 30 lbs) in black pepper corns, sea salt, garlic, bay, anchoivies (yes, you heard right!), horseradish and ale. I've made a steel spike to thread it through (about 3 feet of meat!) and I'm cooking it over a fire-pit and serving with cheese & chive bread, soda-bread, wholemeal and sunflower bread and a whole load of relishes/sauces/mustards.

Usually the Cornish autumns are cold, dry and you can just about get away with a b-b-q if everyone wraps up warm and stays near the fire. I've done all the preparation, got everything just about done with my £200 beef joint, and now it's just started snowing...

Pendragon

turkey with herbs, carrots and onions being roasted with it, an old family recipe of carrots, bacon bits and brown sugar as well as my roasted asparagus spears with sea salt and fresh ground black pepper, all coated in olive oil :x

can't wait!

Loeffelholz

Mrs. Loeffelholz is cooking a duck today, as well as garlic-butter chicken---with stuffing, green been casserole, chipoltle-cranberry sauce (the 'sweet heat'!), sweet potatoes and mixed vegetables. Breakfast was homemade biscuits and gravy...with a beer chaser :v Not so bad, though, since breakfast happened at 11:30 am )

Pendragon

ohhhh and I forgot to mention the pumpkin pie I made yesterday...roasted a whole pumpkin and then made the filling from scratch. sadly, the crust was pre-made, but I had no time to do that too

Mr Martini

Had deep-fried turkey. Oh man, was it good. Best turkey I've ever had.

thesecretagent

Wow! That must have been one hell of a big fryer! )

My b-b-q roast went ok in the end, the snow didn't stick and I built an extra large bonfire to keep everyone warm!

Mr Martini

thesecretagent wrote:

Wow! That must have been one hell of a big fryer! )

They actually make deep fryers big enough for Turkeys. We had a 10 pound Turkey and used about 3 1/2 t or 4 gallons of Peanut oil. We deep fried it for about 35 minutes. It probably go of gone for a couple minutes less. Oh well, it was still good.

The deep fryer looked something like this:

thesecretagent

That'll teach me.

thesecretagent

Like the great man said in Dr. No - I'm feeling Italian and musical tonight:My own Lasgne with garlic and basil bread and a chilled bottle of La Delizia Pinot Grigio.

Lexi

thesecretagent wrote:

Like the great man said in Dr. No - I'm feeling Italian and musical tonight:My own Lasgne with garlic and basil bread and a chilled bottle of La Delizia Pinot Grigio.

Ooooh, now that sounds lovely - I love lasgne - and I don't make it often enough, Yum - and a good bottle of wine too -{

Tonight it was one pot pasta - rigatoni with passata and mozzarella - simple, but delicious

Pendragon

either pasta of some sort or subway. haven't decided yet. but I just picked up a bottle of Trapiche Malbec; my all time favorite red wine. that'll be going with whatever I chose for dinner :P

thesecretagent

Breakfast for dinner tonight - dry-cured bacon, buttered mushrooms, fried eggs, sausages and fried bread. Delicious.

For dessert? Most probably Gaviscon...

Pendragon

last night, it was veggie Pho (noodle soup) with tofu in in....tonight, I'm not sure yet. hopefully something yummy :x

Mr Martini

Just a simple cheese pizza from my favorite family owned Italian Restaurant.

thesecretagent

Chinese takeaway tonight. As long as the snow holds off the delivery man should get through...

Pendragon

going for Tapas and drinks with my mother after my hair appointment (shocker! Pen's acting like a girl!) at this kinda Spanish, kinda Mediterranean place later this after noon. should be fun. And will also count as dinner

thesecretagent

Sirloin steak, baked potatoes with garlic, cream cheese and chives and corn on the cob with loads of butter.

Bought the christmas beer yesterday - it's not going to last...

Pendragon

Tofu Pad Thai from Pei Wei (owned by P.F. Chang's) was lunch...wasn't hungry enough for dinner

thesecretagent

Left over turkey and duck...

Pendragon

pesto pizza with artichoke hearts :x

Mr_Ice

It's Saturday so, whole roasted chicken stuffed with onions and garlic, rubbed with Spanish paprika, herbs, sea salt and black pepper. Roasted with carrots and taters. 90 minute Pale ale to go with, and a home-made Limoncello after.
hmm, I think I have room for a vodka tonic!
-{ Cheers everyone, and Happy New Year.

Pendragon

yogurt :P

yes, I'm back at school and poor again 8-)

R. Sterling

Small dish of callops with champagne.

Smoked salmon on toast.

Pangasius fillet and French potato croquettes.

I'm eying the 2006 White Californian I just opened a little suspiciously still.

-{

DangerMouse

I had scampi, chips and peas with tartare sauce down at the Weatherspoons in Romford this lunchtime. Tasted so nice, I feel like eating it again when I'm in Ipswich tomorrow.

Pendragon

a slightly charred grilled cheese sandwich with extra sharp cheddar and tomato on it. Habenero hot sauce went on top :v

Mr Martini

Pendragon wrote:

a slightly charred grilled cheese sandwich with extra sharp cheddar and tomato on it. Habenero hot sauce went on top :v

No bacon?

Pendragon

Mr Martini wrote:

Pendragon wrote:

a slightly charred grilled cheese sandwich with extra sharp cheddar and tomato on it. Habenero hot sauce went on top :v

No bacon?

not on a grilled cheese...also, I can't afford bacon :P

thesecretagent

Don't worry Pen, I ate some nice bacon last night and thought of you... )