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

And my grocery store deli has smoked turkey already sliced for sandwiches. Good idea! And I can make some stuffing, too.

Did the usual. Except I cooked the smallest T-bird for me, ever - 10.5# Free-range, tough drumstick.

Tried something new with the mashed 'taters which turned out really well: 2/3 red pots + 1/3 parsnip

I usually do celery root puree with white truffle oil in lieu of mashed pots - tired of doing celery root puree - way, way, too much effort - the red pot/parsnip was way easier.

Sounds like turkey purgatory to me. I wont turn my nose up at it but I'm not really a fan of turkey and find the thought of eating it for a week to be very unappetizing.
Any poultry is good right out of the oven, but once it cools it's dogfood around here.

The next project when Mrs Schlack is away - Lamb Bacon

oh yes

Went out for an India meal with some friends last night and had something amazing.

Chicken Kolhapuri:

Tandoori marinated chicken pieces cooked with tamarind & cashew nuts in a tomato based gravy to give a slight sweet & sour flavour.

i did have a few beers on me, and that always improves food no end, but this stuff was great. I dont think i will even try to recreate it myself.

I think you got us on the Lamb Bacon. Pork belly is damn hard to find and I think lamb belly would be impossible.

Some years back I got to be a fair Indian cook. The seasonings are completely different from what we're used to and are used in amounts that are mind boggling to Westerners.

Then I was trained to cook Thai food, a whole different set of spices and techniques. I never went back to Indian cuisine. Tandoors are prohibitively expensive and without one you'll never achieve real authenticity. Woks, on the other hand, are dirt cheap.

There is an Indian/Pakistani restaurant near by, and they make a coconut chicken curry that is to die for! I have it with basmati rice and some pineapple cooked with the rice. Just add some garlic naan and that cucumber yogurt sauce and you are all set! Plus, some golab jamb for dessert!

Just had a lovely salad with a mixture of iceberg, dandelion, leaf spinach and fresh kale and tomatoes followed by a mess of Beef Lumpias, which are Filipino style egg rolls, definitely a light dinner, followed by Miss Karen's delightful pecan pie, which is not light in any sense of the word, but sinfully rich and toothsome.

Tomorrow is Piroghi night. I'm sure the kids will "Ewwwww" and turn up their noses. Good...ore for me and Miss Karen!

More salad next to those Eastern European goodies.
We're on a salad kick right now :-)

Of course I could have just been a smartass and said:

Check my new sig line, it's what's for dinner!
(Say it in the Ralphie Wiggum voice for max effect)

I like Lumpia, but I really love fried wonton. I'll be having lots of that on Christmas Eve!

Seriously Scout. That sounds just wrong.

Can you enlighten us?