What's Cooking? (New Jersey)

jetermacaw · September 9, 2019, 5:18pm

I use Nina’s DOB for Sunday Gravy, every day tomato I use Pastene or Kitchen Magic, both are crushed and ready to use from California.

seal · September 10, 2019, 8:01am

Who needs takeout? Special tofu Hunan style, just before I added the crunchy peanut topping.

BossaNova · September 23, 2019, 1:22am

A few grilled wings for the Giant game

NotJrvedivici · September 23, 2019, 1:34am

Finally a game that deserves a feast!

paryzer · October 2, 2019, 11:17pm

Mrs. P made pan seared quail breast salad. Pictures are in the main WFD thread below.

paryzer · October 4, 2019, 11:42pm

We started off Mrs. P’s birthday weekend with an excellent lobster dinner takeout from Don Pepe ll.
Details and pictures are in the link below.

Metsfan86 · October 5, 2019, 12:35am

Looks great. Happy birthday to mrs P Too.
Just curious how they pack that up to go?never find seafood to keep well for takeout.

paryzer · October 5, 2019, 12:46am

Thanks Mr. Met!
They pack the lobster in a big rectangular tin foil pan with a tin foil cover. The other items like the Spanish chips are also packed in round tin foil pans with covers.

Barca · October 5, 2019, 11:45am

Looks Delicious !!

What did your brine / marinade overnight include ?

paryzer · October 5, 2019, 3:06pm

Thanks @Barca! Mrs. P uses a simple brine consisting of 1 gallon of water, 1/2 cup of kosher salt, 2/3 cup of sugar, 1/2 cup of soy sauce, and 1/4 cup of olive oil.

Barca · October 5, 2019, 10:25pm

Thank you very much for the simple brine récipe.

seal · October 6, 2019, 8:11pm

Three great tastes that taste great together?

bbq baby back ribs, turkey sausage jambalaya, and cia gio with an empty bowl of sweet chili dipping sauce. It’s what’s for dinner.

paryzer · October 10, 2019, 1:45am

Mrs. P made a pork chop for dinner. Pictures are in the link below.

paryzer · October 11, 2019, 11:59pm

We had smoked country ribs for dinner. Details and pictures are in the below link.

paryzer · October 14, 2019, 5:29am

Our friend in Staten Island invited us over for an awesome belated birthday dinner for Mrs. P. Below is a link to the details and mouth watering pictures.

afoodobsession · October 14, 2019, 2:41pm

a favorite version of Fried Rice for me is Lap Cheong Fried Rice…made with that delicious funky and sweet-ish Chinese Sausage. David’s Mai Lai Wah in Philadelphia’s Chinatown makes a killer one. I’ve made it at home too using leftover chinese white rice (we always order too much), diced vegetables, diced lap cheong, soy sauce, chili garlic sauce, a fried egg scrambled with soy sauce and chopped…lots of green onion…

and because you can’t ever have too many eggs, (lol) i topped it with a regular fried egg…the runny yolk and the fried rice are amazing together.

seal · October 19, 2019, 4:16pm

What do you get when you combine a baguette from Antionette in Red Bank, thin sliced Japanese A5 wagyu ribeye from ShopRite, good American cheddar, and fried onion and peppers?

Why, the world’s best cheesesteak, of course:

NotJrvedivici · October 19, 2019, 4:33pm

Nice!!! Enjoy!!

gracieggg · October 19, 2019, 4:51pm

Wow! Looks awesome!!!

NotJrvedivici · October 20, 2019, 1:57pm

Every year our local community college turns the theater over to the drama students to create a haunted house. We use to take our children when younger but now it’s turned into an adult “themed” Halloween party night. (adult “themed” means a bunch of adults get drunk and goes to a haunted house)

Each year themed food takes precedence over gourmet food, here were some of the offerings from last nights event:

Big Foot loaf
Puking Pumpkin Guacamole
Monster Pie
Frankenstein Pie
Jack-O-Lantern Quesadilla
Jack-O-Lantern stuffed peppers

(Non pictured mini-mummy heads and severed toes and dragon balls)