What's for Dinner, Sun., June 26, 2022

[NJCher]

Cold breaded pork cutlet with cold applesauce.

Scalloped potatoes with leeks. Again, cold.

Cucumber salad with Asian dressing.

Pomegranate kombucha.

For dessert: sliced apples and various cheeses.

But later tonight, an ice cream cone. I bought this new kind of ice cream called Milk Bar and the flavor I bought was "pie." I had one before but another flavor--something like "crust."

on edit: I took out the recycling and found the package. The name of the flavor was "cereal milk."

I know it sounds weird but this company is a little different. Anyway, I bought sugar cones, something I hadn't bought in a long time. I think it might have been hippywife who got me thinking about ice cream ones. Regardless, I will blame her!

https://milkbarstore.com

[Emile]

1. Pork steak, green beans,

and coleslaw.

[lkinwi]

2. Egg sandwich with sweet potato fries.

[chowmama]

3. Pork in green sauce

I'm braising pork chunks in tomatillo sauce, which I have in the pantry. (I make biggish batches of sauce and pressure-can what I don't need at that time.) I'll also add a lot of sliced onions, garlic and cilantro.

Sides will be fried plantains (not the really sweet ones, since I couldn't find any, but at least a little blackened) and flour tortillas. I want to also make some kind of salad out of sliced tomatoes, raw onion and avocado.

Later in the week, I'll mash up the leftovers and have tacos. Sunday dinner always goes for at least 2 meals, and if there's more than that, I preserve it for a later week or just eat it for breakfast. The breakfast thing horrifies my husband, who believes that breakfast should only have breakfast-type food. I'm just as happy with leftover kung pao or a sausage and cheese plate. But since he's still in bed at that point and I'm about to head out to work, what he doesn't have to watch won't hurt him.

[elleng]

9. Sounds good!

Welcome!

[MissMillie]

4. I had Sunday dinner w/ Dad

"Sunday dinner" for us has traditionally been a mid-afternoon meal.

Cooked most of it on the grill.

Bone-in strip steaks
"pouch" potatoes
steamed broccoli and yellow squash


I'll make a pizza for Al later on. Bacon, onion, yellow peppers and extra cheese. (I'll probably end up having a slice.)

[Retrograde]

5. Leftover Chinese takeout

from yesterday. Dessert will be peach crepes (nectarines, actually, but nectarines are just peaches with a mutation for smooth skin) since I made some jam last night to make and freeze turnovers and there's a lot left over. (Why bother making jam? A local produce store was giving away a bag of nectarines with a $30 purchase, and Mr. Retrograde picked up a box on sale at Trader Joe's so I have to do something with them before they go bad. And my sour cherry is putting out a huge crop this year, so I'm inundated with fruit - and I picked the last of the blood oranges yesterday to give away)

[AllaN01Bear]

6. campbells lo sodum vegtable soup. yougart. milk and meds .

[Demsrule86]

15. Feel Better. I caught Covid again myself...not a bad case.

[AllaN01Bear]

16. yeppers , that was so last january. thanks for asking.:):):):)

[Demsrule86]

19. Time passes...

[AllaN01Bear]

20. i also just had my 4 vaxx a few weeks ago, and if u think about it , with covid that makes me 5 tmes

vaxxed. :
have a grand day.

[hippywife]

7. Blame away for tis true!

I did buy sugar cones. Next week will be cake cones. I have this weird need for crunch and it's really difficult to overcome. I like ice cream with nuts and chips in it, but it's hard to stop eating it, always looking for that crunchy gratification. I think it's an anxiety thing? Enjoy yours!

I'm getting ready to make saute pollock filets in butter, garlic and capers, maybe a little wine. Husband isn't in the mood for potatoes (he's saving room for dessert), so he'll have fresh corn cut from the cob and peas. I'm not hungry, as usual.

Our 25th anniversary is coming up in a little over a week. It will be too hot to do it then, so today I baked his favorite dessert, Basque cheesecake, since we got a really nice break in the unbearable hot temps.

P.S. Have you seen some of the really bizarre ice cream flavors now available in the groceries? Like Grey Poupon or Mac n Cheese, to name a couple?

[elleng]

10. Happy Anniversary!

How does BASQUE cheesecake differ from others?

[hippywife]

11. Thanks, Elllen!

For one thing, it has no crust and for another it's baked until nicely caramelized which gives it an amazing flavor without adding any toppings. It's also more custardy (6 eggs) than a regular cheesecake. It bakes like more like a souffle, rising in the oven, but then collapses as it cools.

This is the recipe I always use:

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/basque-burnt-cheesecake

Here's the video:

(I stopped following BA after the revelations of discrimination in their org, but I'd already been making this several times before all that happened, so it's the only recipe I can confidently recommend.)

A couple of things:

A high sided springform pan (at least 3 in.) is required. However, I only have a 9" round springform, rather than a 10". So I bake it a little longer and keep an eye on the approximate amount of jiggle advised. Try not to over bake, or actually burn it. It should be a rich brown color, but not beyond that.

BA recommends serving at room temp, but we like it nice and chilled. That way you get the best of both worlds: the tasty caramelization and a rich, dense texture. It's absolutely delicious.

It also helps to bear in mind that BA has pro food stylists, so once the parchment paper is removed, it's never going to look as perfect as theirs does.

[elleng]

12. Thanks; sounds good, but I rarely bake.

DID visit the Basque country, so always interested in their food.

[hippywife]

13. It's worth doing for a special occasion

for a couple of reasons: it's drop dead easy, one bowl, one pan, but it tastes so amazing, people will think you slaved over it.

[AllaN01Bear]

17. happy anniversery.

[hippywife]

18. Thank you! nt

[Jilly_in_VA]

8. I grilled last night, enough for much of the week

chicken breasts and thighs and flatiron steaks, all seasoned differently.

Tonight we are having fajitas made with the flatiron steaks. I'll slice them up extra thin and throw them in with some sauteed green peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Accompanied by refried black beans. Dessert of choice--mine will probably be salted caramel ice cream.

[hippywife]

14. All sounds really good.

I often cook extra like this while I'm already at it and have enough of the heavier prep done so I don't have to do much cooking again for at least a few days, especially when it's so hot.

Enjoy!