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Zardnaar

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I bet that garlic aoli is similar to the lebanese garlic spread I either buy or occasionally make myself. It’s essentially an emulsion of raw garlic in vegetable (not olive) oil, with a bit of salt and pepper added by some.

A local family sells a variant on that at the Farmers’ Market- they include pureed basil in it. It looks a bit like guacamole or wasabi.

The original and their variant are both great on sandwiches that are heavy on things like salami or ham.

And I like the original with all kinds of beef, lamb or chicken dishes.

Lebanese food is very good and that sauce is similar to the sauce we can get here in Turkish Kebabs.

Actually had Lebanese before Turkish. Local Arabic place is Lebanese/Syrian and it's so so good.
 

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Dannyalcatraz

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Dinner Salad:

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Baby spinach & radish sprouts
Sliced chicken & shredded ham
Mesquite smoked EVOO & white balsamic vinegar
Carrots, pickled tomatoes, castelvetrano olives, artichoke hearts
Scamorza cheese (a kind of smoked hard mozzarella)
Black pepper & chives
 

Zardnaar

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Dinner Salad:

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Baby spinach & radish sprouts
Sliced chicken & shredded ham
Mesquite smoked EVOO & white balsamic vinegar
Carrots, pickled tomatoes, castelvetrano olives, artichoke hearts
Scamorza cheese (a kind of smoked hard mozzarella)
Black pepper & chives

Wife thought that looked pretty good. I would him that.
 

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About half of all that came from the Farmers’ Market, the rest from a local Kroger grocery store.

The only thing I’d change is add more of the Scamorza. That’s from a new vendor at the FM. I’ve tried a few of their cheeses so far, and most are pretty decent, Their best is so far is the goat feta I used on that sandwich I posted in my other food thread. Some of the best damn feta I’ve ever had. (And likewise, I didn’t use enough.)
 


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Mom wants comfort food; mom gets comfort food: hot dog casserole

Rotini pasta, Nathan’s hot dogs, chili, onions, smoked cheddar, mozzarella, catsup, mustard and Bloody Mary mix.

Post-dinner review:
Unanimous verdict- good, but needed more chili and cheese.
 

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Lots of pix in this process post for making turnip greens with smoked turkey:
Unfortunately, those 24 bunches of greens became 11lbs of failure. We packaged up 7 1.5lb bags of greens to freeze up, reserving a half pound for us to eat immediately.

And despite all my efforts to clean them- I washed them in the sink for quite a while, and they left a freaking sandbar behind- there was still just enough dirt left in the greens to make them noticeably gritty.

Can‘t give THAT away.

So we’ll have to start the process over...probably a couple weeks from now.
 
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Zardnaar

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Tonight's effort.

Indian/Mexican fusion sorta.

Hot and spicy butter chicken with beans, corn, capsicum added with tortilla. Plus rice.

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2 degrees with snow, hail, slush today.

Just used random stuff from lockdown stockpile.

15kg of rice to use.
 

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I have to say, I have enjoyed the Indian-Mexican fusion meals I’ve had so far. The cuisines are like an example of culinary parallel evolution: the spiciness, the use of sauces, the preference for flatbreads...

So getting things like paneer street tacos with a garnish of cilantro and tomatill sauce, or getting your barbacoa served in naan with a hint of mint just seems to flat-out work most of the time.
 

Zardnaar

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I have to say, I have enjoyed the Indian-Mexican fusion meals I’ve had so far. The cuisines are like an example of culinary parallel evolution: the spiciness, the use of sauces, the preference for flatbreads...

So getting things like paneer street tacos with a garnish of cilantro and tomatill sauce, or getting your barbacoa served in naan with a hint of mint just seems to flat-out work most of the time.

More or less what I'm finding. Naan, pita, tortilla doesn't matter to much.

You can mix and match the spices as well.

Mixing a bit of Turkish in doesn't hurt either. Vegetarian tacos with falafel.
 

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