that duck looks succulent! i must make duck confit someday soon, i’ve been putting it off for years…
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Chicken sandwiches today. These are popular in Pakistan as a tea snack and during Ramadan. I never understood the appeal of overcooking chicken and then dousing it in mayonnaise. But the family wanted it for nostalgia, I guess, so I obliged.
The bread is Kindred’s Milk Bread.
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Veg wraps. The tortillas are supposed to be “corn” (listed as third ingredient but name on packaging is “corn”). The puree (bottom right) is chestnut puree mixed with minced beetroot. I actually put this thing on bread at weekends but it’s good to spread on anything, really. In the pan are fried onions, portabella mushrooms and shredded beetroots (uncooked).
It was getting very dark I managed to grab a couple of quick shots and sat down to eat straight away.
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Decisions on the half bath remodel have been made…I think. LOL
Spent about 2 hours (split between morning and afternoon) on work Emails. :-/
Thankfully, dinner was pre-planned: a Cheeseboigah on a toasted Wegmans brioche bun with ketchup and some of my Romaine lettuce on top. I went with Martha’s double-fried homemade French fries with Maldon sea salt on top.
Yep. There was wine.
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Yup, definitely same thing! I’ve only bought it a few times because for some reason it’s more expensive than zucchini. The insides were like a creamy color, flavor similar to zucchini. I don’t recall any spicy flavor at all but it seemed like the seeds were either smaller or the flesh was more firm than zucchini.
Just so similar to zucchini I don’t feel it’s worth the $1/lb or so more.
Too funny. I bought it because it because it was 1/3 less than the zucchini and summer squash! They are all so similar that I’ll go with the less expensive assuming they are in similar condition.
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I made little potato pancakes out of leftover mashed potatoes. I was quite proud of my thrift and ingenuity. 
(Flour, eggs, Parmesan, and parley.)
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Niblets and wine from the 65th floor with a darling friend!
Add a few more glasses of
!!I was exactly buzzed enough a sharp knife was a bad idea once home…
So pretend there’s a picture of tofu with soy sauce and scallions and a bag of pumpernickle pretzels.
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Spring rolls today. Filling was shredded chicken, cabbage, carrots, red bell pepper, mushrooms, black pepper, and soy sauce. I cook the veggies 75% and add cornstarch. As the veggies release more moisture during frying, the cornstarch turns it into a sauce. No dipping sauce needed.
Also made biryani in the pressure cooker. I think I used too much water because it came out mushy. The flavor was great and I’ll attempt to fix it. Also, the recipe I followed on YouTube introduced me to a new spice (marathi moggu) so it was fun.
As iftar (breaking fast) approaches, our cravings start to go crazy. There’s mango milkshake, an egg salad sandwich, and let’s throw a glass of orange juice in there for good measure…
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Very professional looking spring rolls there! Not sure mango milkshake is the first thing i would think of with egg salad but you do you!
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Those look PERFECT!
Last day of “vacation” - such as it was with the time I spent online dealing with Emails and requests. Such is life. ::
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Personal appointments and some antiquing (which didn’t pan out, but that’s OK - i don’t need anything else!) and then a quick stop at Market Basket at 4:30 p.m. on the Friday before a holiday. Thought I was nuts for doing so, but I got in and out pretty quickly.
Dinner was seasoned and sauteed thin-sliced flap steak, combined with slices of provolone and caramelized thyme shallots, all piled into two buttered slices of sourdough bread with a few leaves of fresh basil in between and grilled on the grill pan, and served with some Utz potato chips. The first of a probable 4 days of various iterations of potatoes…because, well, POTATOES.
There was Australian Bundaberg Blood Orange soda (a World Market on-a-whim purchase) with Tito’s vodka and lime juice as the pre-dinner drink, and a glass of wine with.
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That looks delicious! I just tried flap steak/meat for the first time, and loved it. I used a dry rub of Santa Maria barbecue seasoning, grilled it, and served it with the first corn of the season. Will definitely make it again.
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Flap Steak is oe of my favorite cut
Unfortunately, I cannot find it locally
Was at Gaithersburg Costco yesterday, they have the loin flap steak, $7.99/lb
They are cheap as a big ( family pack at normal grocery store ) is under $40.00
Makes a lot of strip steak
The butcher told me many years ago that the restaurants buy it to make their fajita and I had been a fan since.
I like to marinade it and either grill or pan sear it o a cast iron pan under high heat, then slice it thin to serve with caramelized onions, peppers, etc.
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I’d brought back boudin from Cochon Butcher in NOLA, and we had it last night. Neither BF nor I had ever cooked any nor had any, so we were surprised - not unpleasantly - by the texture, and also that they fell apart in the pan immediately! next time I’d steam or bake them, but they were still quite delicious - as awful as this picture is. The skin was nice and crispy, and the meat was super tender inside. The texture was kind of like corned beef hash, but with rice instead of potatoes. BF made really good sauteed chard with bacon and Cochon tasso ham, too, which was great. Poor dude, his fries never crisped up (he’s usually a master at fries!) but they were still fried potatoes, so a-ok by me.
leftover boudin and egg over a corn tortilla for bfast for me. definitely going to buy more when I go back to Nola this November.
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Stopped at my local butcher yesterday for some steak tips; one was marinated today in a combo of 1/2 cup apple cider, some apple cider vinegar, a garlic-herb mixture, additional dried parsley and thyme, and a smidge of honey. Grilled, then finished in the oven to rare/medium-rare.
Baked tater (Long Weekend Potato Day #2) with butter, salt, pepper, and the proverbial shit-ton of sour cream. A quick salad of my romaine, and some sliced cukes and chopped tomatoes with Green Goddess dressing.
Yep. Wine.
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Went to a Ramadan party at a restaurant yesterday. Surprisingly, the food was mostly good. I haven’t had good Pakistani restaurant food in my area for a long time. Our southwest suburban area of Baltimore is basically Little Pakistan.
The picture shows just what was for breaking fast, before sunset prayers. Dinner was served after prayers and I forgot to take pictures.
In the pic, from furthest to closest: dates, fruit, fried chicken, chana/samosa chaat, pakora, fried chicken again (it was really good), and dry masala beef.
Dinner was butter chicken, pulao rice, karahi chicken, goat korma, cholay (chickpeas), kari (dumplings in yogurt sauce), naan, and chutney. Dessert was kheer and another type of pudding I could not identify. And there was chai, of course.
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My local Costcos carry flap steaks regularly, but usually pre-cut into thin pieces - they’re great for kebabs or fajitas, but not so much if you want to cook it as a steak. If you have a Restaurant Depot nearby, you can get whole flap there and cut it yourself into whatever shape you prefer. I usually cut a few steaks and then use the scraps/uneven bits for kebabs and to grind. Flap makes GREAT burgers!
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no restaurant depot nearby
happy with the flap steak at my Costco.
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