What's For Dinner #120 - the Grilling Edition - July 2025

Sending all the good vibes to the boy - and to his human companions.

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I always need a vacation from my vacation. :smiley:

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I don’t think I have ever seen that fish and I am in Philadelphia, so in the middle of its range! I’ll keep an eye out for it.

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It is also marketed as blackfish, so you might see it under that name. It’s really great, if you find it!

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Hoping for comfort for Chonk and you.

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Smokies. I promise there is meat in mine. I just like them cut in half lengthwise. I prefer toppings to meat. More potato salad. Broccoli slaw.

Cooler tomorrow thankfully.

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Steak on the new grill I’m still getting used to. Salad of mixed chicories, sugar snaps and radishes with vinaigrette.

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Too hot to use the grill, so I roasted a 1 lb. cod loin in the oven and we had it in tacos with a corn and jalapeño salsa (kinda inspired by esquites), radish, and lime.

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We’re donating our ancient Prius to the local PBS station & needed to have our signatures for the title notarized. My PIC had tried to do so yesterday at some local outfit, waited in line forever
 only to find out that I needed to be there as well :roll_eyes:

Today we called AAA to see if they provide this service, and they do! No line, $15 charge, and we would’ve been in and out in under 5 if it hadn’t been for the massive thunderstorm coming through just as we wanted to leave, dumping TPSTOR on the valley & turning the sidewalk into a river.

We stopped at Aldi to redeem a gift card from our house/cat sitter, who works at the university library and has a side gig at Aldi. 3 bags of black tiger shrimp & one bag of the 2 lbs. Fulton market EZ peel jumbo shrimp, and we only owed $0.96 — except we kept misunderstanding the cashier who said “you still have $0.96 on your balance,” to which I initially and sarcastically replied “Awesome! What will I spend that on?” when she meant to tell us that we owed that amount. She probably thought we were total idiots :crazy_face: #jetlagbrainz

Since my dude is still dealing with his GI issues, we just picked up a little sushi to share: salmon & salmon belly nigiri, a yellowtail scallion maki, and white tuna & yellowtail sashimi.

The fish quality was outstanding.

The best news of the day, however: our monkey boy was tempted by @beefeaterrocks suggestion to give him some chicken broth — he’s never been interested in people food & initially only had a couple of sips, but when we got back from our sushi pickup trip he came into the kitchen crying for food again, and I put down more broth between his water bowl and his dry food. He had a little bit of the broth & the food, and a LOT of water :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:. Halle-frickin-lujah, and thank you so much again, @beefeaterrocks :pray:t2:

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Oh yay!! Our cats also enjoy the water from canned tuna. I make them “cereal” with their kibbles.

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So glad your kitty has some appetite! Hope your PIC feels better soon. Sushi looks great!

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Yay! :tada:

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New England style chowder with a nice BC halibut, bacon, scallions, celery, spuds, bay, and thyme. A splash of cream, and a dash of tabasco for good measure. Herbaceous buttermilk cat-head biscuits to go with.

Green onions, potatoes, bay, tarragon, and chives from the garden.

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That’s fantastic, I hope he keeps it up. :crossed_fingers:

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Chicken Caesar, chopped sauteed chicken thigh, garlic croutons and dressing were homemade.

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Have you tried offering him chicken baby food?

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Steamed Alaskan halibut chinese style, sautéed eggplant with shoyu, rice.
Simple weeknight dinner.

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Fritto misto again, halibut cheeks, zucchini, haricots.

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I bring the cheeks and collars back from fishing in Sitka. Gotta be my favorite part of the fish.

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I get salmon collars at the farmers market, if I get there early enough. The tempura-fried halibut cheeks were crisp and juicy.

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