What's For Dinner #118 - the Pollen Is Covering Everything! Edition - May 2025

Tonight’s dinner was a simple meat & potatoes meal. Breaded beef liver, mashed potatoes with gravy and peas.

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The breading looks pretty perfect

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Thank you…

Last night, I grazed.

Forgot I had marinated chicken thighs for malai kabab, so I cooked that and then had a kathi roll using it — the last ww tortilla, egg coating, zhoug for green chutney, quick pickled red onions, and the chicken malai kabab, rolled up and griddled to finish.

A bit later, I had some rice, the last of the dal fry from a few days ago, and salmon bharta inspired by @Amandarama a few days ago.

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Tonight, I picked up dinner for friends from one of New York’s Chinatowns. Mix and match of things I thought they’d like and would make a proper dinner.

We had:
— Roast pork cheung fun / rice rolls
— Pork and chive dumplings
— Flat noodles in peanut sauce

— Stewed duck Chaozhou / Teochow style
— Mixed vegetables with vermicelli
— Double sautéed pork belly with cabbage and peppers
— Fried rice

— Japanese-style cheesecake

It was good that it was a long evening, so we could snack on the apps before we started a movie (made by one of my cousins, side excitement), then took an intermission to eat dinner properly at the table, and nibbled on dessert as we finished the movie.

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No photo of the cheesecake? I love that stuff!

I know right! We were ready to get back into the movie and I forgot.

It was a slim rectangle, different shape than I’ve seen before. Very light, just sweet enough. I’ll get some again next week and post a pic!

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I much prefer Japanese Cheesecake and Basque Cheesecake.

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Basque is kind of the opposite — dense, rich.

I enjoy a little bite of most cheesecakes, each in their place. More than a bite or two and it’s overkill for me.

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NY style pizza with sausage and olives

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I want to eat all of that!

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Looks great

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I like most cheesecakes, too.
7 11 in Japan has Basque Cheesecakes that are personal sized, smaller than an cupcake. I like that size

Junior’s has a mini cheesecake roughly that size which I sometimes get after a Broadway show.

There’s also a Pablo Japanese cheese tart here in Toronto that has a small size. Do you have Pablo in NYC? It’s pretty good.

https://pablocanada.com/

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Quick stew with chicken breast, ham, kielbasa, shrimp, bell peppers, celery, onion, garlic, jalapeno, pineapple, tomatoes and ground cloves. Served over rice

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Yes!! I might ass a dab of horseradish. :joy:then again, it’s perfect as is!!

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thanks for moving this for me!

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gorgeous! i’ll have to look that one up, its sounds delicious.

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That sounds supremely uncomfortable :grin:

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Did it again. Typing on an iPad screen is almost as bad as typing on an iPhone screen. And dictation is surprisingly bad, too. Oh well.

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We lived in the Eifel Mountains, such a lovely area of Germany. I have not had spargel, nor seen it offered in any supermarket since returned to the States.

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I used to ride horses in the Eifel, as I grew up in the Rhineland. Beautiful area, great wines.