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

Uncle Jimmy wrote:My dad always loved the leg. Mom would fix his dish and always make sure that he had the leg.
He would eat that leg like a King. LOL...

Barbara101 wrote:Tina went to the deli

you know we don't have deli.We don't have any ethnic grocery stores.We have a store here & there that sells fresh seafood??? Then it shuts down. We have bakery's or bagels.  that open up, then close up.Some within weeks.

No butcher shop......No spice store.oh wait there is one downtown for the wall to wall tourists.
If you want fresh fish you have to go over to the Creek & get it off the shrimp boats.

Downtown has a farmers market.NO PARKING!!!!!! Lots of traffic.I wouldn't go.

I let my card run out at costco$70 to renew makes me mad.It is almost 1hr away anyway.

so I do without deli meats & fresh great breads.man that is what I miss about living in Baltimore.Fresh made Italian pastas & breads & walking in that market to just stand there & smell it.lol and of course being a big jewish community loads & loads of great delis.

This is no small backwoods town either.But sorely lacking in what I would like.

Barbara101 wrote:

ok I posted my burger in the wrong place  

Imelda HL wrote:we live in a small town too.. we have 3 supermarkets... Walmart Supercenter, Safeway's and a hometown proud IGA ( owned by our mayor ).. they have small delis in the stores.. we can't find everything in them.. we have to drive at least 30 miles to a bigger city with more choices to buy.. Asian store is 45 miles away..  

today my kitchen was screaming Asian.. I would not say Chinese because this dish is very popular and common in Indonesia too, a daily meal for some people there.. just like rice... so many ways to cook it, depends on the regions or islands... I made dumplings with ground pork, chicken and shrimps, added chopped green onion, a bit of cornstarch, salt and black pepper.. for the noodles.. I used homemade chicken broth, added a bit of ginger and fish sauce.. I added napa cabbage for the green and topped with fried garlic

both of us ate a big bowl of it..  

Imelda wrote:today my kitchen was screaming Asian.. I would not say Chinese because this dish is very popular and common in Indonesia too, a daily meal for some people there.. just like rice... so many ways to cook it, depends on the regions or islands... I made dumplings with ground pork, chicken and shrimps, added chopped green onion, a bit of cornstarch, salt and black pepper.. for the noodles.. I used homemade chicken broth, added a bit of ginger and fish sauce.. I added napa cabbage for the green and topped with fried garlic

both of us ate a big bowl of it..

Barbara101 wrote:

Ok I had to try it.I saw purple potatoes. Got 2.I do not like blue food or purple food.And these do taste like a mashed up they are just to weird for me lol

grilled chicken breast..

Bethk wrote:We are going out to eat yet again tonight. We've been out since noon getting our Florida resident information and auto registration taken care of....it might be a split value meal at McDonald's considering how much money we dropped between the auto insurance bill and registration and drivers' licenses, but, hey, it's only money.

Crybaby wrote:I know this is Off Topic, Beth, but I was curious if the auto insurance in Florida was a lot more than what it was where you were living.  It's very expensive down here but that's because everyone drives very aggressively, it's the sue capital of the world, and every nutcase on the road is talking on the phone or, even worse, texting (they're always looking down and going out of their lanes so it's not difficult to tell).  Brian and I are lucky, as we're over 50 and haven't had any accidents in more than 15 years, so ours is not too bad.  But it's really expensive for most people and I was curious.  

Sorry if this OT message annoyed anyone... 

Crybaby wrote:We had grilled pork tenderloin, on which Brian used Mad Hunkey rub prior to grilling.  We had dirty rice and -- drum roll! -- fresh brussel sprouts, which I'd never had before (the fresh kind).  

As you might remember, I eat just about any vegetable, whether or not I'm crazy about it.  That includes brussel sprouts.  Well, these were the fresh ones Brian picked up for Thanksgiving.  Since it was just the two of us for the holiday, we passed up making them (and candied yams) for TG since we had so much to eat.

Last night, I cleaned them, cut them off the stem and then halved them.  I put them in a bowl (there was about 1-1/2 to 2 lbs. of them), added two large, sliced shallots, and about 2 tablespoons of olive oil.  To that I added fresh ground black pepper and some salt.  Then I put them on a foil-covered baking sheet, and turned all of the brussel sprouts cut side down, making sure I put most of the shallots and on top.  I chopped up four slices of bacon and sprinkled that on top.  Cooked them at 425 for about 25 minutes -- I didn't stir them, as I wanted most of them to get really brown on the cut side so Brian would maybe try them.  

They smelled really good while cooking -- even Brian admitted that -- and looked divine when done -- nice and brown on the cut side.  I served him a big serving spoon full on his plate, thinking I'd be eating those later along with the ones I served myself.  He tasted them (I was still serving myself) and said, "Interesting," which, of course, is usually synonomous with "I hate this dish."  I tasted them from the stove and I loved them.  By the time I sat down, he was saying nice things about them.  I smiled and he said, "Look at my plate, Mi.  I haven't even touched the pork yet."  Bottom line:  He LOVED them and finished the entire big portion I'd given him.  I loved them, too, and am just thrilled that I have another vegetable Brian will eat.  We were talking about how we wouldn't make them in the summer due to the high oven heat but then we both grilled and figured we'd do them on the grill next time, where they'd probably taste even better.  

After we were in bed last night, Brian cracked me up when he said, "I can't believe I ate brussel sprouts and loved them!"  A good ending to the story...