AC is on the fritz so this
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“what’s in the box?!?!?!?!?!”
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Looks like there’s more one 
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Good forensics!
Yum!
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Me too! I grew up “upstate” and can’t think of many local specialities. But of course my definition of upstate may be different. I’m guessing that @linguafood’s relatives are really from what I would western NY.
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Keralan-style haddock, basmati, dahl from a can.
SOUTH INDIAN - Summer 2024 (Jul-Sept) Cuisine of the Quarter
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I was just thinking, I want pizza for dinner tomorrow night 
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I want pizza for dinner every night … but I pace myself. 
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BF made meatless chili, nice and spicy, but just a bit sweet for my taste. And sadly, he used a different recipe for cornbread and it turned out a little dry. Of course, neither of us put butter on it (fools!) so there was no real help for it. i also would have liked a little diced onion/scallions, maybe some crema on the chili, but you know… cholesterol… i’m not a big fan of chili anyway. The sauteed squash was delicious, however.
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I decided to take this dearth of fish dumplings in Manhattan thing into my own hands. And make fish (and bok choy) dumplings. The filling:
The assembly:
The finished product:
Also caprese salad, because it’s the law.
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Fusili with ‘Nduja and Vegetables - you cook the pasta and blanch asparagus and sugar snap peas. In parallel, you make the sauce by briefly frying pearl onions and ‘nduja and cooking it with some heavy cream. Mix with pasta, vegetables and some pasta water and finish with some tarragon.
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Utica.
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Got to our BIL & SIL’s house yesterday late afternoon after an uneventful drive. I’d hoped to do at least a couple of hours of driving when we left, but we had to switch just 15 min in 
We admired their newly built house (on their grandma’s lot & right next door to my SIL, whom we are unlikely to see – she’s a hermit and prefers to spend her time at home with her dog) and their new toy poodle Walter, who is getting the same attention I imagine their grandkids got when they were still young and around 
Went to dinner at a hugely popular Greek place that’s been around almost as long as I’ve been alive, and the first place my PIC’s fam ever took me when we first visited in 2001, back when my FIL was still around 
The souvlakia are always perfectly cooked & juicy, the pilaf almost as buttery as my late MIL’s,
NOT a Greek salad but with a delish, oregano-heavy dressing.
the tzatziki good (but not as good as mine),
very good dolmades
and an interesting version of melitsanosalata with an abundance of red peppers & TPSTOG.
Tasty, but I prefer it without peppers, and I’ll never feel bad about too many seeds in mine ever again 
I also convinced the table to share an order of the baklava ice cream with chocolate shell: when in Rome (or near Rome, NY) n ‘at….
I was not allowed access to the crayons this time, so I couldn’t leave another multicolor masterpiece of one of my favorite motifs on the paper tablecloth 
. Why, lousy!
Spent a couple hours on their beautiful deck overlooking the woods and the stunning full(ish) moon, then went to sleep.
Everyone seems confused about today’s schedule for the reunion, especially with regard to when we should be showing up with food, but I’ll let the fam figure it out. We’re just guests here, after all 
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Impressive! How were the dumplings?
Pretty close to perfect. I made a few minor adjustments to this recipe: sub bok choy for chives, sub mirin for shaoxing, reduce amount of sesame oil. My shaping needs a little work, but hey, they didn’t fall apart, so I win.
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Your shaping looks perfect to me.
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