Dinner Plans? (4 Viewers)

[detroitdad]

I did a Moroccan themed dinner yesterday (food challenge on the cooking forum that I hang out at).

Grilled Moroccan Chicken served with roasted garlic/carrots and a saffron rice pilaf with veggies. The chicken was fantastic. Honestly, the carrots stole the show.

 

[Mojo1312]

Looks really good!

 

[Payback]

Survived the first week of school with the students. Therefore steak, potatoes, a Scotch (Laphroaig 18) on the agenda for today.

 

[detroitdad]

 

[Darson]

My wife’s away and I’m sick of my cooking so dinner:

 

[Poker Zombie]

Guinness: a beer you can chew!

 

[Mrs Poker Zombie]

Took a trip to Evansville. Finished up a couple hundred. Visited Whole Foods to spend said winnings on King Crab.

 

[jja412]

Took a trip to Evansville. Finished up a couple hundred. Visited Whole Foods to spend said winnings on King Crab.
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You're gonna need a bigger pot!

 

[Beakertwang]

Carnitas! The secret is a stick of cinnamon. SOOOOO good!!!

 

[RocAFella1]

Carnitas! The secret is a stick of cinnamon. SOOOOO good!!!

BIG tacos!

 

[Beakertwang]

BIG tacos!

Oh, yeah!

 

[K ALL IN 9]

Wife is visiting family for the next 3 weeks so I'm cooking for one. Last night was reverse seared filet topped with gorgonzola with sautéed squash

Tonight was spicy peanut-teriyaki chicken with kale, carrots, and brussel sprouts topped with Chopped peanuts

 

[Beakertwang]

Wife is visiting family for the next 3 weeks so I'm cooking for one. Last night was reverse seared filet topped with gorgonzola with sautéed squash

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Tonight was spicy peanut-teriyaki chicken with kale, carrots, and brussel sprouts topped with Chopped peanuts

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Holy cow, those look delicious!

I cook when my wife is gone, but it usually involves pizza rolls!

 

[RocAFella1]

Wow that looks like it's at a restaurant or in a cooking magazine.

 

[Mrs Poker Zombie]

You're gonna need a bigger pot!

Yep. PZ cooked them on the grill in a large disposable sheet pan.

They were DELICIOUS!

 

[Mrs Poker Zombie]

Football season!

 

[detroitdad]

 

[SWEATER]

 

[detroitdad]

 

[SWEATER]

 

[pltrgyst]

The wreckage of supper at Btoo, a Belgian brasserie in DC. Where the last of the fries are, was previously a waffle grilled cheese sandwich. Yum!
They also have a Josper grill/oven, which left a nice bit of smoky flavor on the toast.

 

[pltrgyst]

Oysters at Pearl Dive Oyster Bar, DC. Supposedly in order from mildest to fullest flavor, top to bottom, but the Malpeques deserve to be much further down on the list. Sunberrys are excellent. And as my wife has noted before, Old Black Salts, despite being from Virginia, are amazing!

Along with -- of course -- a Muscadet to wash them down:

 

[Poker Zombie]

Oysters at Pearl Dive Oyster Bar, DC. Supposedly in order from mildest to fullest flavor, top to bottom, but the Malpeques deserve to be much further down on the list. Sunberrys are excellent. And as my wife has noted before, Old Black Salts, despite being from Virginia, are amazing!

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Along with -- of course -- a Muscadet to wash them down:
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A baffling oyster selection. Not bad, but baffling. The oyster bars I've been to usually focused on radically different regions, and you have mostly northeast, with just 2 west coast (and both those are Washington)

 

[pltrgyst]

A baffling oyster selection. Not bad, but baffling. The oyster bars I've been to usually focused on radically different regions, and you have mostly northeast, with just 2 west coast (and both those are Washington)

Well, for one thing, it is August, a no "R" month, so availability might be an issue.

I'm not an oyster lover, but my wife is. She finds flabby Gulf oysters disgusting, and west coast oysters without exception lacking in flavor and brininess. And she generally doesn't care for anything from the east coast south of MA, which is why the Old Black Salts are such a revelation. So that leaves her New England and points north, plus French oysters, to enjoy.

Are there specific west coast oysters that you'd recommend?

 

[Poker Zombie]

None that I would recommend, but while I like the occasional oyster, I am not a aficionado. Clearly, your wife is, and she already knows what she likes. I typically need to run the gamut of regions all over again because I will have forgotten which ones I like be the next time I have them again.

I certainly don't take issue with their method (mildest to strongest flavors), but it was unusual. I didn't consider the seasonality though either.

Go to a chip forum, learn a little more about oysters. I love this place.

 

[pltrgyst]

....Go to a chip forum, learn a little more about oysters. I love this place.

I dunno -- pretty dull around here lately. Not one person questioned "Tilt Juice".

 

[Poker Zombie]

I saw the tile juice, but the oyster location already had me tilted.

 

[detroitdad]

 

[pltrgyst]

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Good lord -- I haven't eaten that much in the last week.

 

[detroitdad]

I made a pretty damn good jambalaya with leftovers from yesterday's grilling.