It's MAY 2021...What's cooking?

bethk wrote:

Cookin Lore wrote:I am obviously very forgetful.  Who is the handsome Josh????

Joshua is our elder daughter's son.  He's going to be a senior at Perdue University in Indiana next year.....majoring in engineering (of what, I'm not sure) and Japanese.

I've not understood any of what Josh studied since he was in grade school.....

But it's so wonderful to see him!  The last time we saw him was just before the pandemic started in January when he and Andrea were at Disneyworld and we drove down to Downtown Disney to meet them for lunch.  

Cookin Lore wrote:Sounds like a great visit.  I picked up two Indian dishes from a local restaurant.  One a vegetarian vegetable dish done with yogurt that was really nice.  But a little mild for me.  The other is a lamb "Karahi" really good. Nice and spicy.   There's enough for leftovers tomorrow.  I think when I've been cooking, I made things the dishes too dry.  Getting things from an Indian restaurant gives me a better Idea of what the dishes should be.  

Fishing son called.................. he's got fresh perch today, and I really can't cook right now. That's OK.  He's got a freezer.

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:We are "shrugging shoulders" to Pizza delivery...
We'll see when DD gets home from work. huh!

bethk wrote:Boy, Imelda, don't you just love it when a meal comes out tender and tasty and everyone enjoys it?  The Instant Pot is a nice kitchen tool!

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We picked Lyn up this morning and we went to the furniture store to finally order a couple chairs I've wanted to order since we remodeled ~ I just couldn't decide on the fabric choices.  But I'm tired of having the empty spaces and made up my mind that TODAY WAS THE DAY I would order something.  I think I'm going to like the fabrics I chose with the help of Lyn & Andrea ~ ~ Josh didn't have an opinion....LOL

Then we went to Wolfgang Puck's for lunch.  All our meals were very tasty, with the exception of my salad being over dressed.  But it wasn't so much that I couldn't eat it so I'll just keep that in mind for the next time and be sure to order it with the dressing on the side.

I had an Asian Chicken Salad




Lyn had a Gorgonzola Salad





Andrea had a Pork Schnitzel with Austrian Potato Salad





And Josh enjoyed Grouper on Forbidden Rice with Pea Shoots





I love the fact that EVERYONE knows to not start eating until I take a picture of their meal....Hahahahahaha!

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:

Or what ??    They get hit with the whip ??

bethk wrote:Andrea & Josh will be flying home tomorrow so today we're having Josh's favorite meal:  Grilled steaks.  Andrea & I went to Sam's Club and picked up these two prime ribeye steaks.  They're a good 1-1/2" thick.  Earlier I salted liberally and sprinkled with a bit of baking soda and let them sit uncovered in the refrigerator.  I saw something on one of the cooking shows ~ don't remember which one, maybe America Test Kitchen ~ about the baking soda changing the ph of the beef and allowing the salt to draw out the moisture from the meat but then the baking soda allows the salt/moisture to be pulled back into the meat for flavorful, moist steaks.

I've tried it a couple times and thought it worked so I continue doing it.  I no longer pepper my meat because it seems to get a 'burned' taste from the hot charcoal fire.....but that could just be my imagination.  Doesn't matter.  Anyone who wants pepper can do it at the table.....   LOL

Anyway, I'll let the steaks sit on the counter a good 2 hours to come to room temperature before searing them, edges first, over the coals.  I'm going to shoot for a solid 123° and then resting time because Josh likes his steaks rarer than medium rare.  I don't want to disappoint him!

MY my, steak looks so good.. love the marble, delicious.. I bet all your grandchildren love to visit you, you "spoil" them pretty good

I baked a pan of Lasagna, I used the oven ready lasagna, browned some meat with onion, yellow and green  bellpepper ( homegrown ), added a jar of ready sauce, 1 can of diced tomato, same basil from the yard, bunch of cheese ( mozzarella, ricotta and mixed shredded chesse ), it was so good, I had second serving, no bread, but I split 1 croissant for the 3 of us ) and some salad

Cookin Lore wrote:  Made some angel hair pasta in my thermos.  I either saw this on tv or on the net a while ago.  put your pasta in a thermos, add boiling water and it's done in about 10 minutes.  Worked great!

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:The feast....