A Ham and Cheese Baguette, eaten in stages, chased by a curry beef bun. Now, I’m off to the grocery store to buy some fruit. 
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I made the NYT Lemony Shrimp and Bean Stew that has been much discussed here:
My changes:
- I made my own beans (yellow eye), so I used 2 cups of cooked beans and 2 cups of bean liquor (in place of the broth called for).
- I added a crushed chile de arbol with the sweet paprika, along with a heaped teaspoon of dried thyme.
- I used olive oil in place of the butter.
- I added the garlic, sliced, to the pan after the leeks were just about done.
- I did not marinate the shrimp, but instead added them to the stew in the last 5 minutes.
- I added the lemon zest and juice (increased from 1 t. to about 2 T.) to the finished stew.
- I garnished with thinly sliced scallions instead of parsley.
We had this over shells (tossed with more olive oil). BF loved it! I thought it was pretty good. I think it would be even better with calamari.
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I created a few separate folders for my NYT recipe box (while getting rid of quite a few recipes I saved on a whim, but that I’m unlikely to make for various reasons) to have it a bit more organized, including a favorite folder. The lemony bean & shrimp stew is in that one, along with other repeat recipes over the last few years, and I agree that it’s versatile. I think cod might work in it well, too.
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To answer the age-old question: Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
In my house today, 'twas the egg that won out as a late morning breakfast over my last piece of Tuscan Pane bread, lightly toasted.
The 5.5 lb. whole chicken was air-dried all day in the fridge, and then roasted with a lemon-herb butter (lemon zest, s/p, and minced rosemary and thyme blended with softened butter) tucked under the skin until internal temp reached 162°. Pulled to rest before slicing.
Gravy was made with drippings and some chicken stock, and a flour, dried thyme, paprika and lemon zest slurry.
Potatoes were boiled and mashed with TPSTOB&SC and heavy cream and s/p.
Carrots were diced and sauteed with defrosted peas and corn off the cob, and diced red bell peppers with Penzeys Mural of Flavor (with s/p added, since it’s salt-free).
There was wine.
A good end to a very snowy day. Got a foot in my area.
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Turkey pozole from the freezer plus a piece of toast with a slice of cheddar. The guys got tomato soup (Campbell’s, doctored) and grilled cheese
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I repurposed the last of the red-wine braised beef and vegetables into a papardelle with ragu for Sunday dinner.
Very glad to have had this option after about 24 hours of wet snow in our part of Massachusetts. We spent the day digging ourselves out and freeing up tree limbs so they would not tear from the very heavy snow.
Beautiful but hazardous for the trees.
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Beautiful egg on toast. Also the chicken. Im not snow envy. Im going to get hit Wednesday.
Which inspired me to make a chicken cacciatore with deer sausage from my hunter friend. local dried morels and other from the pantry.
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Homemade pork and scallion pot-stickers from the freezer. Leftover char siu fried rice. Sweet soy dipping sauce with ginger, garlic, rice vinegar and scallions.
I had planned on having leftover grilled hot wings to go with, but we got hungry this afternoon and ate them.
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One of my most beloved recipes, Ian Knauer’s meatloaf.
Served with buttered carrots and a nice green salad.
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We enjoyed an excellent dinner at La Lupa, in Manalapan, NJ, including Diavola pizza with provolone, fior di latte, pomodoro, salami napolitana, mint and lamb shank with pumpkin risotto. It all went great with an excellent zinfandel and cabernet.
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I was going to have short ribs for dinner but I didn’t get them into the crock pot soon enough, so it was freezer to the rescue. The last of the beef and black bean enchiladas, red sauce, sharp cheddar, sour cream, cilantro. Rice, avocado and radishes. And a good excuse for a Margarita.
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Tonight I had some nibblies in front of the TV since the Golden Globes were on. Basically a reddux of NYE: dolmades to start then onto cheese, patė, kalamata olives, half an avocado with an evoo balsamic dressing and crusty bread.
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Sausage and Leek Pizza - used the Jim Lahey dough and cooked in the oven at 500F for 7 minutes. Topped with béchamel sauce, parmesan, mozzarella, blanched leeks, fresh pork sausage, panko bread crumbs and chili flakes
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Thank you! My ventilation is abysmal too, but I’m not very good at cooking within any restrictions like that. If things get smoky or anything I just open all the windows and hope for the best. Though I think my partner wishes I knew my limits better in terms of space and equipment 
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My 2nd full day here in Penang and I finally got into Georgetown. My hotel is 2 km from Penang Airport as I have an early morning departure on January 10th. Thankfully it’s a pleasant 50 minute one way bus trip costing only RM 2.70/USD $0.58 !
I had lunch (sorry to post my lunch, not dinner) in the Little India part of Georgetown at an Indian-Chinese fusion place called “Kafe Jayam”. Besides curry, I’ve not eaten all that much Indian food and I quickly called a friend who lived in Chennai for a few years to confer with her what I should order. We determined it should be Chicken Biryani (other items I wanted were only available at breakfast or dinner…grrr…)
The chicken biryani was served with a curry sauce and a yogurt sauce with shallots in it. As you can see, there was a hard boiled egg as well. The biryani was prepared in a stoneware pot leaving lots of crispy rice bits! It was all so incredibly yummy! I preferred it with the curry sauce rather than the yogurt sauce, but I did eat the yogurt sauce after to cool my palate. Unbelievable, but this cost just RM 13.50/USD $2.90 ! Though the restaurant does have both Indian and Chinese dishes on the menu, I only saw one table with Chinese people…all the other patrons besides me were either from the Indian subcontinent or had ancestry from there. Not only was the food great, the service was exemplary!
Since I normally only eat breakfast and dinner without lunch at all, I brought home a char siu pastry and an egg tart from Innland Bakery for a light dinner in my hotel room. I didn’t expect to eat pork in Malaysia (though I do know it is sometimes available), but it was an excellent pastry and the type of dim sum I crave as it’s basically unavailable in Japan. The char siu pastry was RM 7/USD $1.50 and the yummy egg tart was RM 3/USD $0.65.
Tomorrow is my last day here in Malaysia and I hope to eat some Hainanese chicken rice…Malaysian style!
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