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[six-point socket II]

Let's start with the dish that only works with tinned salmon. It's the salmon, hard boiled eggs (halved) and a cheese sauce. Served either with mashed potatoes as pictured - or if you want to make it look really nice, you can use a flat tray, put the salmon and halved eggs in the middle, and then use a piping bag to pipe the mashed potatoes like duchess potatoes around them. Then fill up with the sauce and bake.

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Amaretti were baked. It's that time of year again.

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Then it was time for a coffee w/ gingerbread made by one of the best German manufacturers in Nuremberg.

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Then vanilla-flavored crescent cookies were baked.

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Yesterday we made these for today's breakfast, it's a yeast dough like you'd make for a currant loaf.

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Kind regards,
Oliver

 

[six-point socket II]

Yesterday's dinner. Broccoli soup. Pickled herrings & potato fritters.

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Then more baking. Gingerbread men.

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Kind regards,
Oliver

 

[GoingMyWay]

Do you have a recipe for the broccoli soup?

Is that homemade pickled herring?  Every once in a while I'll buy a jar of pickled herring in sour cream or wine sauce.

 

[six-point socket II]

Sure, I'll translate & send it by personal message as soon as I get a chance.

The pickled herrings we get directly from the fishmonger, not in a jar or tin, they are pure fish aged in oak barrels, saltwater & fish enzymes. No additions.

Kind regards,
Oliver

 

[GoingMyWay]

Thanks Oliver!  No rush.

Those pickled herrings must taste amazing.

 

[six-point socket II]

Trying a new "Elisen" gingerbread recipe.

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Decorating/frosting the gingerbread men we want to give to neighbors & friends.

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Gingerbread cookies.

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Baking light "white bread" for tomorrows breakfast.

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(Pouring hot water into a high-temp stone pot to create steam in absence of an oven that can steam.)

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Kind regards,
Oliver

 

[Cheese]

I've been pretty time consumed with this new garage project but still, eating well & enjoying food will not be relegated to the garbage pits of hell in my lifetime.  [big grin]

So for New Years, I paired fresh king crab legs with sweet potato fries. I know it's a weird combo but the similarities of finger food for both items suggested I give it a try. It was great...king crab legs with clarified butter and then sweet potato fries with a cumin/mayo/sour cream aioli...it was a hit. Just spritz the crab with a bit of fresh lemon juice & you're in heaven.

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[GoingMyWay]

I'm way behind uploading food pictures.  For Christmas we made a pork Crown Rib Roast.  I've been wanting to make one of these for a very long time.  We bought the prepared Crown Rib Roast at Whole Foods.  My wife made the little "hats" to go on the frenched bones.  We also made deviled eggs for Christmas.

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Made a lasagna soup.  I didn't really like it at first, but I thought the leftovers were better the next day.

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I made a clone of a Sausage McMuffin (again using mostly Walmart ingredients) along with some hashbrowns.  This was really good.  I liked it better than the version that uses Canadian Bacon.

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[GoingMyWay]

I found a good use for the UV light on my Olight Arkfeld Pro.  It can be used to find shell in crab meat.

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My wife made some crab fried rice with the crab meat.

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I made a clone of a "California Chicken Salad" that I used to get from J. Chow's Chicken, Ribs, & Salads in Montgomery Mall in Bethesda, Maryland.  Sadly J. Chow's closed on Christmas Eve 2023, but someone posted a copycat recipe of the salad on Facebook.  The overall taste is very close to how I remember the original.

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On Sunday we made broccoli soup.  Thanks again for the recipe [member=61712]six-point socket II[/member]!  I think I might have added a bit too much potato and I probably shouldn't have used the immersion blender to mix in the cream as the overall soup became rather thick.  It still tasted great though!

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[six-point socket II]

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Kind regards,
Oliver

 

[GoingMyWay]

On Sunday I made a chicken pot pie using store bought puff pastry.  I used Martha Stewart's recipe.

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[six-point socket II]

Chicken ragout with grilled carrots & rice.

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Veal chops.

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Last night: Bœuf bourguignon.

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Kind regards,
Oliver

 

[GoingMyWay]

All 3 dishes look so good Oliver!

I recently purchased this slicer from Amazon.  I tried slicing cabbage and onion on it, but honestly the manual mandoline slicer does a better job with both.  It did, however do a fantastic job shaving the beef!  The only downside is it is a pain to clean.

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This past weekend I made something like a North Shore Beef.  I couldn't find any onion rolls so I used kaiser rolls instead and also used cheddar cheese instead of white american.  I did make sure to get James River BBQ sauce.

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[six-point socket II]

You're probably going to hate me after this. When I buy fresh slices of cold cuts on the farmers market, they have a flywheel slicer from Berkel ... ->https://www.theberkelworld.com/en/slicers/flywheel-slicers.html

And the Hotel where we sometimes get brunch, has one of them as well on the restaurant floor ...

I've never seen anything produce thinner slices.

That said, your rolls look fantastic. Mouth watering!

Kind regards,
Oliver

 

[GoingMyWay]

Wow.  So those flywheel slicers are all hand powered?  They don't plug into an electrical outlet?  That's incredible!

The slicer I got was only $240 on Amazon.  That was more than $100 cheaper than other similar style slicers so I thought it was quite the deal.

 

[Brian Livingstone]

Hi All,

I only recently developed an interest in cooking.  Neither my wife nor I love to cook; however, I started to buy Le Creuset cookware as an impetus to expand my repertoire and lo and behold I am really enjoying cooking.  Coincidentally this occurred at the same time I gave up alcohol.  I am now much more patient and focused.

I have made: lasagna, beef short ribs, homemade pizza, fajitas, chicken Parmesan, smash burgers, crepes, to name a few dishes.

Would you all indulge me and share with me some of your favourite meals that you like to make.  Ideally for a beginner cook.

Thank you.

 

[rvieceli]

Oliver love those Berkels.

My wife and I were sitting in a bar in Venice watching a young guy trying to impress a couple attractive young French women with his prowess using the Berkel and prosciutto. Quite the show and they did seem rather impressed.  [big grin]

Ron

 

[GoingMyWay]

Hi All,

I only recently developed an interest in cooking.  Neither my wife nor I love to cook; however, I started to buy Le Creuset cookware as an impetus to expand my repertoire and lo and behold I am really enjoying cooking.  Coincidentally this occurred at the same time I gave up alcohol.  I am now much more patient and focused.

I have made: lasagna, beef short ribs, homemade pizza, fajitas, chicken Parmesan, smash burgers, crepes, to name a few dishes.

Would you all indulge me and share with me some of your favourite meals that you like to make.  Ideally for a beginner cook.

Thank you.

Hi Brian,

Cooking can be a real pleasure.

These are some of my favorite things that I've made.  The dishes towards the top have been made multiple times:

Chili
Chicken and Dumplings
French Onion Soup
American Goulash
Chicken and Rice
Zuppa Toscano
Chicken Jardiniere
Kimchi Jigae
Japanese Curry
Fish en Papillote
Jambalaya
Chicken a la King
Lamb Vindaloo
Chicken Cordon Bleu
Italian Sausage Cacciatore
Mustard Glazed Split Chicken
Life Saving Dahl
Clam Chowder
House Special Chicken
Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
Greek Potato and Chicken Bowl
Roasted Chicken Thighs and Potatoes
Lemon Pepper Chicken Quarters
Turkey Tetrazzini
Chicken Pot Pie

I'm happy to share the recipe if you're interested in any of the dishes.  Several of the dishes require premade ingredients/components so it's not quite scratch made cooking.

 

[GoingMyWay]

I've been getting good use out of the slicer.  Sliced some pork belly and some frozen ribeye for cheesesteaks.

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I finally made some good hashbrowns and corned beef hash.  I bought a jug of Whirl and the real secret seems to be using a weight on top of the hashbrowns and corned beef hash.

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Last weekend I found these sausages at the grocery store and made bangers and mash with an onion Guinness gravy.

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I've been watching a lot Spudman videos on Facebook so I made a jacket potato with butter, cheese, and beans for lunch today.  It was really good!

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[six-point socket II]

All "usual suspects"

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Kind regards,
Oliver