It's a Sunny, Chilly Friday.....

[Steve in Mass]

Only to about 50 today, same tomorrow and windy, then warmer on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, near 60 or 65.

So, whatchya making?

Tonight is take out Chinese.

For tomorrow, I guess I twisted Donna's arm hard enough, as yesterday I bought a top loin pork roast at Stop and Shop ($1.99/lb) that will get heavily garliced and roasted. Will pair it with pan fried local apple slices and onions with cumin and curry powder, and roasted butternut squash halves from my garden.

Sunday, I have no idea.....perhaps London Broil on the grill.....short of that, don't know, as there isn't much on sale.

Monday is solo, and will make a Cuban sandwich using the leftover pork roast.

Tuesday, maybe Buffalo wings, (nah, scratch that, will most likely have wings later in the week, and also will be making some fried chicken to bring on the trip), so whatever else Donna suggests.

Wednesday most likely will be take-out again (sub sandwiches), as I will be busy packing the Volvo for the fishing trip to NJ. I may decide to make a real dinner if I have time, since after that it will be mostly junk food the next week, but I don't know what, perhaps pasta of some sort.

Then, it is off to Seaside Park to fish, and will be eating sub-sandwiches from Ryans, pizza, whatever Bum's has on the Happy Hour menu, sausage pepper and onion sub from Steaks Unlimited, Pork Roll Egg and Cheese, etc for a week.

What are YOU making?

[John O']

Hoping to go out tonight or get take-out, maybe Thai. If not I have a boneless breast of chicken and a bunch of broccoli, so either chicken, ziti and broccoli, or chicken and broccoli Chinese style.

Working tomorrow night. Sunday I'm going to try a recipe I found for eggplant rollups; eggplant rectangles that have been brushed with olive oil and salt and pepper, then baked until soft, cooled, and rolled/stuffed with ricotta and various spices and cheeses, and baked in a pyrex dish with spaghetti sauce ladled on top and covered in various Italian cheeses, I can hardly wait.

SIM, hope this thread does better'n last week's.

[DerrickT]

Parents are leaving today for Jamacia for 2 weeks so I got the kitchen to myself. Gonna start tonight with a fresh game bird in the dutch oven


We'll see what tommorrow brings and what I'm in the mood for. Maybe some crab soup.

[Reed422]

Tonight I'm havin a chick over and making her a faux fish and chips with monkfish and sweet potato fries. Was going to do veal parm but I figured I would be in such a food comma after I wouldn't make the most of the night.

[Steve in Mass]

Originally Posted by John O'

If not I have a boneless breast of chicken and a bunch of broccoli, so either chicken, ziti and broccoli, or chicken and broccoli Chinese style.

John - just a thought, but you could grab some mushrooms, some onions, some garlic, some breadcrumbs, maybe some frozen baby peas, and some cream to make chicken tettrazini and serve that over the ziti, or over some angel hair. When I saw the chicken and broccoli, it just seemed to be screaming for that.....

[Kings over Queens]

Originally Posted by John O'

eggplant rollups; eggplant rectangles that have been brushed with olive oil and salt and pepper, then baked until soft, cooled, and rolled/stuffed with ricotta and various spices and cheeses, and

One of the few times I ever use a mandoline, is to cut eggplant for parm or what not. If you've got one, it's worth the trouble of digging it out.

[Kings over Queens]

Pizza's tonight, this time entertaining a family from around the block who's son is friendly with my oldest. He's got few friends (my son) so this is going to be nice.

Tomorrow is our cook around/gourmet club, and we're hosting. The theme this time is "Foods of Love." The dishes must be known to have aphoristic qualities, or the ingredients must be rumored to have aphoristic qualities. I've made a pomegranate lemoncello that will be mixed with cream d' cacao for a quasi martini, and my main course will be salmon steaks in a rosemary infused brown butter with scallops wrapped in bacon.

I'm also preparing little breakfast in bed care packages with some gin sing tea, some of the pomegranate lemoncello and homemade bagels.

No idea what I'm doing on Sunday yet.

[John O']

Originally Posted by Kings over Queens

One of the few times I ever use a mandoline, is to cut eggplant for parm or what not. If you've got one, it's worth the trouble of digging it out.

No mandoline, but I do have a violin and ukulele though.

Sorry.

The recipe calls for cutting the ends off and then make four slices trimming it so it resembles a brick shape, and then cut the slices the long way.

KoQ, how thick do you recommend making the slices? I was thinking about a quarter inch.

[VicIII]

Friday Almond boneless chicken ....

Sat - T-Bone while I watch the fights...

Sunday.. family pizza night. Making dough with heavy amber beer...

[Kings over Queens]

Originally Posted by John O'

KoQ, how thick do you recommend making the slices? I was thinking about a quarter inch.

Squaring it up like you mentioned will keep the pieces uniform. I use a 7ml wedge on my mandoline when I cut eggplant for parm. That's about a 1/4, no? <looks at ruler>

[Gloucester2]

Originally Posted by John O'

KoQ, how thick do you recommend making the slices? I was thinking about a quarter inch.

I would think they needed to be thinner than that to rollem

[Steve in Mass]

Originally Posted by Kings over Queens

Squaring it up like you mentioned will keep the pieces uniform. I use a 7ml wedge on my mandoline when I cut eggplant for parm. That's about a 1/4, no? <looks at ruler>

That would be mm, and there are 25.4 mm in an inch, so yes, 7 mm = ~1/4" (a tad less)

[Steve in Mass]

Originally Posted by Gloucester2

I would think they needed to be thinner than that to rollem

If I read correctly, I think they get cooked before rolling, so they should be pliable enough at 1/4" without them breaking thru......

[Kings over Queens]

7m...7mm...what ever it takes.

OK, just in case anyone was wondering, I rock at pizza. Seriously.

[VicIII]

Originally Posted by VicIII

Friday Almond boneless chicken ....

Sat - T-Bone while I watch the fights...

Sunday.. family pizza night. Making dough with heavy amber beer...

Cab reduction rules... try it...