Thank you… It was so nice and fluffy.
We really missed having the occasional quiche.
I mentioned in another thread that I think , I’ve finally figured out how to make a crust. This particular crust only had one small patch, which was a first for me.
I could tell Sunshine was really enjoying her dinner, which made me quite happy!!
British Airways - and they have in general good food on plane or in their lounges (their duck entree was very nice and also the full english breakfast at the end of the flight before touching down in Heathrow. In our experience, you can get good food on transatlantic flights as long as you avoid US airlines
BA is one of the airlines I’m considering for my next transatlantic flight(once I’ve accrued enough points), the other is Virgin Airlines.
We booked SAS and it was terrible.
Don’t have a photo of the finished dish because we wolfed it down: king scallops seared in butter, seasoned with just salt and pepper. Served over fettuccine which was cooked and then swirled in the scallop pan in the remnants of the butter, fresh lemon juice added.
Photo of scallops before cooking: All of these gigantic scallops were just £8.20 (on sale) at the Waitrose fish counter.
SAS is the one European airline we had bad experience before and wouldn’t recommend to anybody (far beyond just the food) but we had very good experiences with BA, Air France, Lufthansa, Condor and KLM on multiple occasions
If you have a little bit flexibility with the exact date and can plan longer ahead (often 6-8 months) you should check their webpage multiple times daily as they have at random times a few times a year (often for just 2-3 hours) sales where you can great deals on business class close to regular prices of economy
We braved wind gusts of 60mph to gather fixins for tonight’s long anticipated meal & made it home before the ish hit the fan. The storm cooled things down nicely to the perfect temp for a decadent pasta dinner. Picked up 200g of my beloved chanterelles at the fancy indoor market in our hood, a lil bacon & a lil cream, and local strawberries for dessert.
Antipasto was another caprese with bufflo mozz & Sicilian tomatoes.
The main event was fresh pappardelle with chanterelles 
Rendered chopped up bacon in butter, added half a finely diced red shallot, 2 crushed garlic cloves, the shrooms, s&p, then covered the pan to let those mofos release their delicious liquor.
Added a splash of rosé, a touch of cream, a teaspoon of Calabrian chilies, and finally a bunch of fresh parsley. Dare I say it was fantastic 
No wonder we rarely go out for pasta here, despite an abundance of very good Italian restaurants in Berlin. The last dredges of a very light Sicilian Pecorino rosé to drank with
until my PIC remembered the juicy, jammy, delicious Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo in the fridge, which was a much better pairing for the pasta.
A pan-Italian dinner if you will: buffalo mozzarella di Campania, wines from Sicily & Abruzzo, fresh pappardelle from Puglia, and parmigiano reggiano.
If we have any room left later, we’ll have a few of the (non-Italian) strawberries.
Finally, I hope our HOs on the east coast are finding ways to stay cool in this abysmal heat!
Flexibility is not a problem as I’m retired, but I do like to try to travel in the “shoulder seasons” especially to Europe. I probably won’t be doing any long haul flights till 2027, so I’ll have enough points for a biz class to the continent and I’ll have my pick of the litter, so to say.
Thank you
Last night was hanger steak in an Asian marinade. Always enjoyed this cut (and price point). Felt like I haven’t seen it at the grocery store in forever.
I foraged Chanterelles on Saturday and used them in a stir-fry of mushrooms and asparagus with a light oyster sauce. Served over brown rice with Fuchsia Dunlop’s fish-fragrant eggplant and zucchini and cukes in black vinegar and sweet soy. Tasty.
Foraging those mushrooms is next-level! Perfect dish to use them in too.
American-style Greek salad. Tasty but if I had found the Vidalia onion I was pretty sure I had and made the sourdough anchovy croutons I thought about, it would have been better. Maybe tomorrow night.
Heat wave finally caught up with us here, so I decided on a no-cook dinner using rotisserie chicken from the supermarket. This Vietnamese chicken salad (gỏi gà) comes together easily if you don’t mind chopping.
I used Italian basil and CSA lettuce because I had both, instead of the cabbage and herbs called for and the salad was still tasty. Not shown is the dressing and the chopped peanut topping that really make the dish.
Revisited the Lemony Shrimp and Bean Stew from NYT Cooking. Also made a Harvest Grains bread (King Arthur Flour recipe). Running the AC and ignoring that it hit 97F today…
Thanks! 
Driving in late from out of town last night there wasn’t much open. Then I remembered Dominos ads on TV for their new stuffed crust pizza. So he called one in and got a robot. She said it would be $22 for a medium sausage and cheese stuffed crust. I thought what the heck and then he said how can we get it cheaper? She came back with $8 off for a total of $13. Never would have occurred to me to ask a robot for a discount. It was ok last night. Hot Italian sausage, peppers, onions tonight. He had his usual garlic bread and tomato, mozzarella, basil salad. BUT, I crisped up a piece of pizza in the oven tonight and I have to tell you Dominos stuffed crust pizza is out of sight crisped up the next night. Wish I could make dough like that. No offense to the pizza people here.
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In two days our county will be closed to open fires for the summer. Last chance this summer for grilling over flame!
Apple-wood and rosemary smoked lamb kebabs. Homemade pita, raita, and hummus. There was supposed to be Greek salad on the side, but I forgot the cukes! Huh??? Instead, chopped scallions and tomatoes in a Greek-ish vinaigrette.
On the upside, I made plenty of kebabs for leftovers in a couple of days. Will attempt the Greek salad again.
