DECEMBER 2013;"What's Cooking In The Kitchen?"

bethk wrote:Believe it or not, that pile came from one small Yukon potato - sliced thin, stacked & cut into julienne.  Then soaked in cold water to remove some starch & dried really well before cooking in 375° oil ~ no need to double fry when it's a small amount and the potatoes are room temp & dry.

I cooked the shrimps in the oil at about 335° and then kept them warm in the toaster oven while the potatoes were frying.

Barbara101 wrote:

as far as I got. No potatoes.

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:
So uhhh...how many shrimps became test samples before the real meal?

Seriously, looks lushious! (sp?)

Had two big bun cheeseburgers with chili sauce Tina brought me from a diner in PA on her shopping travels.

Breakfast was a egg and cheese with soft rubber snappy bacon. Love it that way. I chewed very very slowly and carefully.

Dessert tonight was candy because I was watching the food stories on how candies were made.

Imelda HL wrote:Love your shrimps Beth..  and sauce.. that was smart to combine mayo, mustard and sweet chili sauce.. I would do it without capers   

my pot roast.. with rice.. I thought about boiling some pasta like Barbara had.. but I was too lazy to turn on my oven again, I have some leftover rice..

my DH's supper


today I cooked fish belly for me.. salmon fish belly.. (most Asian stores here sell fish belly )..  Dirk said.. no I'm good.. you go ahead eat it all    mmh.. lucky me   .. fish belly...my most favorite part of the fish.. I fried it with a bit oil, then added some chili sauce, sweet soy sauce and a bit of lemon juice, then I baked it for 10 minutes, just to make sure they are cooked properly.. oh so good   

Imelda HL wrote:Love your shrimps Beth..  and sauce.. that was smart to combine mayo, mustard and sweet chili sauce.. I would do it without capers   

my pot roast.. with rice.. I thought about boiling some pasta like Barbara had.. but I was too lazy to turn on my oven again, I have some leftover rice..

my DH's supper



today I cooked fish belly for me.. salmon fish belly.. (most Asian stores here sell fish belly )..  Dirk said.. no I'm good.. you go ahead eat it all    mmh.. lucky me   .. fish belly...my most favorite part of the fish.. I fried it with a bit oil, then added some chili sauce, sweet soy sauce and a bit of lemon juice, then I baked it for 10 minutes, just to make sure they are cooked properly.. oh so good   

Bugster2 wrote:We did something unusual for dinner - we went out. My dh's birthday was the 18th and my houseguest's is the 22nd. We went to a restaurant that sits high up on top of a hill with a beautiful city lights view. They both had filet mignon with lobster tails. I just watched them eat. I didn't order anything because I can't eat more than a couple of bites so it would have been a total waste of money. I sampled my husband's steak and lobster, salad, soup and cheese bread. It was good. The filet melted in your mouth and the lobster was sweet and tender. I think it has been 20 years since we have had the two together. The waitress took pictures of us with my guest's cell phone. I took one look and wanted to put a paper bag over my head and hide in a hole. I didn't realize I looked that bad. My houseguest said I looked good. If that was good then I can't imagine what was bad. Gad! I won't allow my picture to be taken again.

bethk wrote:Oh, man....I AM AN IDIOT !!!!!

Boy, don't you just hate it when you do something really stupid and have no one to blame but yourself?

Yesterday afternoon I had a beautiful butternut squash I decided to roast so I could make it into about 4 small casseroles to put in the freezer.  I just love that squash.  And the one I had was nice and ripe, very dark orange and thick with that sweet flesh.

I just remembered it.

From yesterday.

I checked it for doneness and it was just right ~ so I turned off the oven, thinking I'd take it out after it finished steaming and cooling down just a bit.

Dummy.

Oh well, my trash bin will smell lovely.  Crap.

Bugster2 wrote:Jimmy, Thank you for the happy B'day greetings. My DH got one of those musical cards. It burped the Happy Birthday song. Lord! Who comes up with these ideas? I had to laugh though.