What's For Dinner #40 - 12/2018 - The Hearth and Home Edition

[naf]

Thanks.

@PHREDDY

What kind of wurst is that on the side of the plate?

Merguez, spicy beef and mutton sausages.

[PHREDDY]

Please put some in the freezer and then warm it up in about a month and re-post to inspire me to make that when we are in a frozen mess, here in NYC…

[naf]

Can’t, we finished nearly everything. Will remake it again!

[ChristinaM (Hungry in Asheville, NC)]

I brought my last bottle to a playdate yesterday and feel slightly bereft LOL

[Rooster]

https://www.ste-michelle.com/wine-and-food/recipes/french-tarbais-bean-soup

Giving this bean soup a try for dinner, simmering now. I added 1/4 cup chopped canned tomatoes to use up and amp up the base. Added diced celery instead of leeks, again to use what I had. Soaked RG tarbais beans overnight. I might sink some cod in the finished soup later. Baked country bread and vino.

Happy Monday all,
Rooster

[gracieggg]

@ChristinaM

bereft

Excellent word choice, but I am very sad you are out of wine!

[LindaWhit]

@Ttrockwood

You are so brave to shop stores on the weekend so close to christmas! Not sure what you had in mind but plenty of options online (check amazon) could get to you by friday.

It was surprisingly quiet at this mall. But other strip malls were crazy - and so was I for going to those strip malls. LOL

And I’ve picked out a couple of things from my closet that will suffice if I can’t find anything tonight. For “party clothes” I’d rather find it in person.

[Saregama]

Excellent word choice and excellent bring-along to a play date.

My brain is still processing “last bottle.”

[LindaWhit]

@Saregama

Excellent word choice and excellent bring-along to a play date.

My brain is still processing “last bottle.”

What you said in that second sentence, @Saregama! I had THREE bottles left and made sure I stopped at Wegmans on the way home from Mom’s on Saturday (at 5pm, no less!) to pick up a half dozen more. LOL

[bbqboy]

There’s a big tarbais beans thread here somewhere. I’ve never had them so following…

[ChristinaM (Hungry in Asheville, NC)]

@Saregama

My brain is still processing “last bottle.”

They don’t last long here anymore

[Rooster]

Decided to go w/out cod.

[Rooster]

Couldnt find it…

[meatn3 (equal opportunity eater in the NC Triangle)]

There was a bit of discussion here:

Mexican Beans

Well, really Mexican Heirloom Beans. This thread would probably attract more traffic had I put that “Heirloom” thing in the title but I wanted to reward the intrepid. This article from The New Yorker caught my eye because I know someone who knows someone who is into this subject in a big way and lo and behold, the article is about him! I’m a big fan of the humble frijole in all of its many permutations, and hopefully our own @Jaymes will be by shortly to add her insights into her friend Steve …

[escaped]

i hear you…i’m so terminally bored of all the delivery options near my work, and that’s even without the additional constraints you’ve got. hang in there…

[ccj]

just sent you D’artagnan’s duck confit recipe using tarbais beans
As I mentioned, I would never pay $19.99 for a pound of tarbais beans ( from D’artagnan or Amazon) as 3 lbs is required for that recipe
I always used white Cannelloni beans
Well, when I found them at $6.99 from Rancho Gordo, I ordered 9 pounds, made the duck confit using 3 lbs and was disappointed bec it was too heavy. So, my suggestion is using 2 lbs instead

[Rooster]

Appreciate it!

[Rooster]

Very creamy bean, cooks up in 25 mins once soaked overnight.

[RedJim (Jimmy)]

A riff on a Jet Tila Fried Rice recipe from 101 Asian Dishes You Have To Cook Before You Die:

T’was delicious!

[Ttrockwood]

So “in the real world” I’m actually a fashion designer (womens ready to wear) and my party go to is black on black with excessive jewelry and bright lipstick of course great shoes help but depends how sober i am and how long I’ll be standing…!