What's For Dinner?

[Subduction Zone]

Last night fish and chips with cod. I do deep fry, though the approach is the same. The same batter, just fried and flipped. Very well received.

Tonight a rack of lamb, for me, the others are getting sirloin steak. I am the only lamb lover.

Update. Housemates had sirloin steak and <shudder> Beef Rice a Roni. And yes, there steak was dead, dead, dead.

Meanwhile with my rack of ribs I made garlic mashed potatoes. The lamb was on the other end of the spectrum. It was not dead, dead, dead,. In fact a couple of paddles and good zap of electricity and we might have had a lamb again. Okay, I double checked and it takes a bit more than that. Seriously I will crank my oven at least another ten degrees, and probably twenty five for the next time. Oven thermostats are often off a a bit and my rack could have used a bit more of a sear on the outside. But it was still delicious.

 

[ChristineM]

Goats cheese salad with honey/mustard/balsamic dressing.

Black forest gateau

 

[Rival]

I had a rump steak.

 

[SalixIncendium]

Masoor dal curry and basmati rice.

 

[JustGeorge]

We're driving to the city an hour away for a grocery trip today.

I want to go to the Vietnamese grocer. They sell vegetarian stuff we can't get here.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Carne asada is the plan for tonight.

 

[Rival]

Carne asada is the plan for tonight.

This looks very nice.

 

[JustGeorge]

Little Caeser's.

We don't have one locally anymore, and the kids wanted to stop while we were traveling.

 

[Stonetree]

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[ChristineM]

Shredded pork and stir-fry veg
Shredded seitan for our resident veggi

Forest fruits crumble and ice-cream

 

[Rival]

Do Americans eat fishcakes?

 

[Spice]

Do Americans eat fishcakes?

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Yes! The most widely known would be salmon patties and crab cakes, but I also occasionally make patties with canned tuna, and grew up eating mackerel cakes. Having a can of mackerel in my cabinet when a lonesome stray started hunting under my birdfeeders is what made me the proud momma of my feline fur-baby, Mackie. An appropriate name, especially since he is now too spoiled to eat such! LOL

 

[JustGeorge]

Do Americans eat fishcakes?

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I know they're an East Coast thing... not sure on other regions.

They're not a Midwestern thing.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Do Americans eat fishcakes?

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What flavor of frosting do you put on them? Chocolate or vanilla?

 

[Spice]

What flavor of frosting do you put on them? Chocolate or vanilla?

Maple -- seriously, I grew up in a home where you eat what's put on the table. Two things, that I love as an adult, that I had to drown in syrup to eat as a child, were collards and mackerel cakes.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Maple -- seriously, I grew up in a home where you eat what's put on the table. Two things, that I love as an adult, that I had to drown in syrup to eat as a child, were collards and mackerel cakes.

Mackerel can be very very fishy. It was the on fish in sushi that I would sometimes think was too much.

And now a serious question. My local Safeway had lamb shanks at the incredible price of only two bucks a pound. The problem? I am the only lamb lover in the house. Perhaps they would be good in a salad?

 

[ChristineM]

... I am the only lamb lover in the house. Perhaps they would be good in a salad?

They'll freeze.

Shred the meat off the bone, I'd have it with salad.

 

[Subduction Zone]

They'll freeze.

Shred the meat off the bone, I'd have it with salad.

That is true. I think that the store can see that summer is coming and there are rules on how they can sell meat. I do not think that the store can sell them. I love a slow braised lamb shank but my housemate won't even try them. She will eat lamb loin chops if smothered in a bearnaise sauce (don't tell @Wu Wei). I have found a Greek styled version cooked in a tomato sauce served over orzo that looks promising. For myself I would like to try an Indian version.

 

[JustGeorge]

I had a recipe picked out... but I'll probably have ramen.

Running on 0%,

 

[ChristineM]

That is true. I think that the store can see that summer is coming and there are rules on how they can sell meat. I do not think that the store can sell them. I love a slow braised lamb shank but my housemate won't even try them. She will eat lamb loin chops if smothered in a bearnaise sauce (don't tell @Wu Wei). I have found a Greek styled version cooked in a tomato sauce served over orzo that looks promising. For myself I would like to try an Indian version.

Very nice in tomato sauce, I've not done an Indian version myself but in the UK I often frequented an Indian take away that did an awesome lamb korai.