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What Are You Going to Have for Dinner Tonight?
I have no idea what's for dinner. That's a bad thing, because dinner for the family is my responsibility.
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Fantastico!Nice to see you, Gail. Haven't bumped into you here in a while. Hope all is well.
Hey Jonathan good to see you here too. I've just been snowed under with a few things...at work and home.
Where did everyone learn their knife skills?
I can slice and dice, but it's not a pretty sight.
I like the way Mike Colemeco holds a knife, with his fingers on the tang. I've tried it, and it does give me better control. Likewise, I've tried the curled finger technique for slicing, but I don't have the dexterity to pull it off. OK, maybe for one carrot, but not consistently.
Did you learn by doing, did someone teach you? Book? Video?
I can slice and dice, but it's not a pretty sight.
I like the way Mike Colemeco holds a knife, with his fingers on the tang. I've tried it, and it does give me better control. Likewise, I've tried the curled finger technique for slicing, but I don't have the dexterity to pull it off. OK, maybe for one carrot, but not consistently.
Did you learn by doing, did someone teach you? Book? Video?
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In prison.
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I had a Caesar salad last night also. For the dressing: olive oil, vinegar, salt, pepper, Grana Padano, garlic, and shallot. For the shallot I make a paste. I slice and dice the shallot, then turn the knife up-side down (blade up), pinch the point with my left hand, then use the tang of the knife to pulverize the shallot. I've tried the method where you use the knife like a putty knife, but don't like it.
I feel confident using any tool in the house, hammer, mulcher, Skil saw, etc. but when it comes to the knife I'm like a cat on a mirror.
I feel confident using any tool in the house, hammer, mulcher, Skil saw, etc. but when it comes to the knife I'm like a cat on a mirror.
Cjl wrote: "Where did everyone learn their knife skills?I can slice and dice, but it's not a pretty sight.
I like the way Mike Colemeco holds a knife, with his fingers on the tang. I've tried it, and it doe..."
I live with a chef. That said, I'm afraid of knives and overly respectful of them. I'm mediocre at best. We have really really sharp knives.
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I picked up my knife skills on the street.
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Speaking of dinner, though, last night I dined at Guy Fieri's restaurant (Johnny Garlic's) in Roseville, CA. As sick as I was, I just had to go there. I had some roasted garlic soup that was outrageously good. I didn't have enough of an appetite to finish much of my entree (bison meat loaf) -- but was very tasty, too, with bourbon barbecue sauce on it. Nice, relaxed atmosphere. Great service. I would recommend it.
Thanks for the tip. I haven't been to California in years. I would love to get out there sometime.
About 10 miles east of Sacramento on I-80.
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Using a Paula Deen recipe for fried shrimp tonight!
Britomart wrote: "Using a Paula Deen recipe for fried shrimp tonight!"Yum.
Okay, still frying the shrimp, but not Paula Deen style. Time for some adventures in deveining!
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Last night I got to eat my first ripe tomato of the season from my garden. An Early Girl. It weighed about twice as much as it looked like it should, and was the most beautiful color, and smelled like garden.
I cut it up and tossed it with some bread, fresh mozzerella from an Italian grocery, basil from my garden, and a little bit of salt and pepper.
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good.
Taking the easy route tonight. An alfredo pasta, tossed with shrimp and somewhat heavily seasoned with garlic pepper. This is so easy, but very tasty. Not sure what (if anything) we'll have on the side.
Britomart wrote: ""You and I, Britt, would have a difficult time agreeing on a menu if we ate together.
Pulled Pork that has been slow cooking since 7 AM! With cole slaw on a potato bun with a side of pasta salad.
Phil wrote: "Britomart wrote: ""You and I, Britt, would have a difficult time agreeing on a menu if we ate together."
Why?
tonight is a hungry night. Planned a big meal, burritos, rice, salad. But in the gap between prepping and eating I polished off 3 oreo double stuff cookies, a handful of gummi fish and a piece of brie. So I'm pretty much done with dinner now.
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Britomart wrote: "Phil wrote: "Britomart wrote: ""You and I, Britt, would have a difficult time agreeing on a menu if we ate together."
Why?"
Your dinner is probably totally yummy, but it didn't interest me at all. If I ate it, I would feel logy (is that how logy is spelled?) for a day or two.
At the same time, my dinner of fish, steamed broccoli, (oxford comma!) and a bit of brown rice may not be to your liking.
That's a pretty patronizing post.If I was having your dinner, I wouldn't be like, "FUCK YES! FISH AND BROWN RICE! OM NOM NOM" because that sounds pretty boring to me. But if you had posted a picture of it, I wouldn't be all, "Yeah, that's totally boring." So I really don't see the point you're trying to make. This is the What Are You Having For Dinner thread, so I posted a picture of what I was having dinner. Forgive me for not exciting you. My family gobbled my meal up, so...whatever.
Holy shit, you took that sideways. My original post said we had dissimilar tastes, and somehow that's an insult?Go figure.
Sorry. Learning how to accept criticism. If I had thought about that for 10 more minutes, I probably wouldn't have posted that, but what I read was "Your food looks shitty, and I'm trying to be nice about it." I know that's not what you said! But that's what I read.
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That leaves me sandwich for dinner, I do believe, but it'll be a nice sandwich with spicy hummous and local bread and lettuce from my garden and good cheese.