Cookin again

[Zardnaar]

Way I do fries from scratch is coat them in oil and seasoning then bake or air fry.

Haven't done it for a while. Air fryer and one of our favorite brands can make pretty good fries.

 

[Aeson]

One of these days I have to get an air fryer. I keep hearing about them. Always rave reviews. What's ouk?

 

[Zardnaar]

One of these days I have to get an air fryer. I keep hearing about them. Always rave reviews. What's ouk?

It's a typo for oil.

 

[Aeson]

I suspected that, but also was hoping it was some ancient Chinese secret.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I finally made the Pork, Shrimp & Chicken gumbo. Tomorrow, I’ll be delivering it to my Mom’s physical therapy team for lunch.

Process shots:

Spoiler

The finished product

This was a slight departure for me, culinarily. I usually use a smoked beef sausage and an all beef hot sausage from an old family recipe in my gumbo, but this batch was being made as a gift for someone who cannot eat beef. So I had to use commercial pork products to flesh out my gumbo.

Because of availability issues, I had to use a mix of 3 different andouille sausages. The hocks brought the smoky flavor.

I also usually put crab in my gumbos, but this batch is intended for a place of business. Might be too messy for people to want to deal with.

It came out very good. It smells different enough to notice, but the flavor was surprisingly similar to my usual gumbo. If I had to articulate the difference, I’d have to say its flavor was lighter.

 

[Zardnaar]

Be Gamenight now dine out night no D&D. Covid seems to be spreading up north so figure we'll be in lockdown soon.

Make hay while sun shines.



Porterhouse steak, egg, chips with peppcorn sauce. Bloody good meal.


Starter can't recall the name but think it's pan fried, cheese, bacon and stuff with bbq sauce. Was damn good. Washed down with a couple of Mango and apricot IPAs.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

For a late night snack tonight, I had a PB&J sandwich. But the ”J” in this case was a lavender peach preserve I picked up at the Farmers’ Market. I’ve bought other stuff from this vendor before, and amost all of it has been very good to excellent. (Her pickles have been the line exception.)

So expectations were high…and met! The lavender gives the normally sweet peach preserves a floral/herbal note, toning it down while simultaneously elevating it.

I’m gong to try it on crackers with brie, soon.

 

[Zardnaar]

For a late night snack tonight, I had a PB&J sandwich. But the ”J” in this case was a lavender peach preserve I picked up at the Farmers’ Market. I’ve bought other stuff from this vendor before, and amost all of it has been very good to excellent. (Her pickles have been the line exception.)

So expectations were high…and met! The lavender gives the normally sweet peach preserves a floral/herbal note, toning it down while simultaneously elevating it.

I’m gong to try it on crackers with brie, soon.

Different but would try.

 

[Zardnaar]

Haven't been to one in months but fish and chip shop. This one does Malaysia meals as well.

NZ Donut aka jam wrap



Deep fried, Suger coating filed with raspberry jam.



Malaysia dish menu just said beef black pepper. Was really good for F&C shop type meal.

 

[Zardnaar]

Out in the wop wops. Someone built a "castle", restaurant and gardens.





Menus not that exciting. There's some daily specials mostly fish related but there's beef pie.

Crumbed Gunard for the fish and chips.

Small world went to school with the head chef