September, 2022 ~ Who else is looking forward to the temperatures cooling a bit?

From Lore:



"Dinner Tonight. Lamb shank with chickpeas. Soooo good, and so much meat in that shank."

Not a clue for todays meal ..... Dentist day for Tina this morning ..... I'm sure it will be something soft to eat.

Got a rainbow trout fillet out of the freezer for tonight. Not sure yet what will go with it.

Good friend is in Florida right now. His daughter wanted to give her dad a trip down memory lane for his 85th b-day yesterday. Harry and his late wife, my best friend Karin, went to the Tampa area every fall for 35 + years. This was maybe not the best time of year to go.
Stay safe everyone in the path of IAN!

OOOPs, double post.

From Lore:


"Dinner Rainbow trout fillet and potatoes done with really neat tool I found (Wolfgang puck) which makes these really neat curly “fries’. Wasteful in that it basically uses only a pert of the potato. But they look nice on the plate. Simple corn and peas to go along. Yumm!"

[quote="bethk"]From Lore:


"Dinner Rainbow trout fillet and potatoes done with really neat tool I found (Wolfgang puck) which makes these really neat curly “fries’. Wasteful in that it basically uses only a pert of the potato. But they look nice on the plate. Simple corn and peas to go along. Yumm!"



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Didn't spend much money on it at all. It is in a case of 12 Wolfgang puck kitchen gadgets that were on sale at the thrift shop. Some unusual items, mostly items that I already have, but I bought the whole thing to send to my "pretend granddaughter" My sister's granddaughter. She just moved, is basically learning to cook, and these items are a quality that she would never buy on her own. Cost for all of them was $20.00 for me. Most of the twelve, in a kitchen store would probably in the 5$ range.

Will send two separate pictures, one of the gadget, and the other of the directions of using. It's really neat. Very good quality, and works well once I figured it out!

From Lore:

"Thing to make interesting curly fries. I did two regular potatoes and a portion of a sweet. It would not work on a squash like a butternut in the part where there are no seeds. Fun to do occasionally. If I find it on its own somewhere, I will buy it, but this is going to Chrissy. All of these items are in a zippered case."

I made a pot roast dinner with bread today.The weird lines in the gravy are a reflection of new lights Charlie put in over the dinning table.

NormM wrote:I made a pot roast dinner with bread today.The weird lines in the gravy are a reflection of new lights Charlie put in over the dinning table.

Yes, absolutely a great fall dinner. I am particularly interested in the bread. Recipe, please??????

Cookin Lore wrote:

NormM wrote:I made a pot roast dinner with bread today.The weird lines in the gravy are a reflection of new lights Charlie put in over the dinning table.

Yes, absolutely a great fall dinner.  I am particularly interested in the bread.  Recipe, please??????

The recipe is 2 1/2 cups of water, 1 Tablespoon each sugar, salt and 2 to 3 tsp.yeast. Mix all the ingredients except yeast if using instant yeast. Add the yeast to a cup of flour and mix it into the liquid. Keep adding flour until it comes together to make a soft dough, maybe 5 Cups?. Knead, form into a ball and let rise in a greased bowl until doubled, shape, rise again and bake 425. Recipe says for 25 to 30 minutes but I use a thermometer probe and cook it to 190 and it usually is done sooner.

While we were eating dinner yesterday, Charlie asked if I could make this bread with garlic and cheese. It sounded like he was describing focaccia so that is what I made. I must have had it or made it before but I can't remember for sure so I don't know if I made it as intended. I am pretty sure I used a lot more cheese.