Capitol Hill Blue Forums Misc. Topics Food, Drink and Cooking Wonder what the poor folks are eatin' tonight?

Ah yes, but she is away for a night in a couple of weeks, might try the beef ribs.

The whole reason for cooking osso buco was to perfect the beef rib recipe.

Its definitely winter food time!

Trying the lamb shanks this evening - as per your recipie, going to have it with crusty bread made with garlic and rosemary infused olive oil (ive waited 3 weeks to use it since I prepped the oil)

Currently have a 4 chicken carcass stock simmering for soups later in the week.

Tomorrow going to make a giant batch of Beef and Guiness stew for the freezer.

Also just bought some lovely calabrese picante and hazelnut salami for Election night Pizza.

I just looked a lamb shanks in the grocery. Kinda pricey but I think i'm gonna make it happen next month.

Oh hey! I just came up with a really easy way to get steam in the oven for more crusty bread. I have one of those porous ceramic pizza stones that pretty much lives on the bottom rack of my oven. I took it out and soaked it until it absorbed as much water as possible then put it back in when I put the bread in. I've done this a few times now and it works best when I put the loaf on a perforated pizza pan. I've got a perforated Baguette pan but I need to get a French bread pan for full size loaves.

I'll bet Mr. Scout is a very good cook!

You cook in other people's homes?!? Who does the dishes?

Only if you like scrambled eggs, bacon or sausage, frozen dinners, frozen pizza, BBQ, microwaved anything and spaghetti. Oh, he can heat up a can of anything, run through the drive-thru or order over the phone, too!

I do most of the real cooking, although because of my kidney disease, it's hard to stand for more than 10 minutes at a time. So I sit in a chair with a book, while I watch over the cooking. Unless I'm baking-then I wait for the timer.

When it is a family gathering, I always help to cook and do dishes. That's the way my family was raised. Everyone helps, everyone eats. Only babies, toddlers and really old people are exempt. This only applies to family gatherings and holidays. If I am a guest in a friend's home, I follow what their traditions and practices are. If I have a non-family member, it depends on how long I've been friends with them as to what happens. It works out.

Ask Mr. Scout to help you.

Oh, he does, sometimes. But that is hard to do when he is refereeing at night. I mostly try and cook to have dinner by 6:30-7:00 pm, since that is the latest I want to eat. I save a plate for Mr. Scoutgal to warm up in the microwave on game nights. On days he has no games to ref, then he usually gets home around dinner time.