Great! Glad you enjoyed it.
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Today, I thought.
I thought I wanted to cook.
I thought I wanted to get up early enough and do errands for both my workplace and home in a reasonable time frame.
I thought the teeny, tiny tweak of my lower back this morning wouldn’t slow me down.
I thought wrong. 
Errands finally done at about 4pm.
A bit of a rest, then thinking about dinner.
Because the boyz demanded theirs at 6p.m. 
I went with what I had originally planned for Friday night before I stopped thinking then: pan-seared D’Artagnan duck breast, heavily pre-peppered and with a light sprinkle of salt and into the oven to finish, with a sauce of Irish orange marmalade, a heaping couple of tsp of freshly grated ginger, a Tbsp or so of orange juice, a sploosh of brandy, all reduced, and finished with a tab of cold butter whisked in at the end.
Sides were toasted Israeli couscous with dried onion, s/p, dried orange peel, and dried thyme, and convection oven-roasted Brussels sprouts with olive oil and s/p only. (I love the crispy bits of the leaves that fall away as the sprouts roast.)
Wine.
And a heating pad for my lower back tonight.
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I’d kill for this bowl.
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A couple of pink tomatoes at the market this morning sang to me → ersatz fried green tomatoes. Filling out the plate, why not fried kosher dills? Never had them before but they sounded reasonable. Grilled yogurt marinated chicken tenders. Remolade. Really good, but the fried dills were spectacular!
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To celebrate this glorious 70 degree day I grilled a cheeseburger. Burger was served on a telara bun, sharp cheddar and as I didn’t have a slicing tomato I made a tomato, onion, ketchup relish and there were a few leaves of red butter lettuce. Potato salad and chips. Cocktails were gin, orange/cran juices and a splash of pink grapefruit Sparkling Ice
@LindaWhit, you are not alone, there will be a heating pad for my neck while I watch the 49ers.
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After an endless array of Asian and Indian dishes, tonight was American-ish. I think. Whatever, it’s an old favorite with a baked sweet potatoes and TPSTOB with a sprinkling of brown sugar. We’ve been frying too much and while the air fryer has made it healthier for us, some things just cannot be air-fried.
To drink was a Rob Roy with Monkey Shoulder Scotch. Oh, who am I kidding. More than one.
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We enjoyed another excellent dinner at James on Main in Hackettstown, NJ, including roasted duck breast with delicata squash, long stem cauliflower, fermented chili oil; Heritage hog pork spare ribs with shrimp spring roll, black bean paste, and bok choi; cured salmon carpaccio with pickled beets, shaved fennel, and creme fraiche; mushroom bisque with winter black truffles and herbed goat cheese; wood fired U8 Gulf shrimp with chili releno, lump crab, and guajillo sauce; hand cut fries. For dessert we enjoyed a light as a feather chocolate mousse cake with pecan brittle, beet curd, and cardamom creme anglaise. It all went great with an excellent Chateauneuf Du Pape and cabernet.
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Poor Man’s Schnitzel - Breaded Leberkaese (literally translates to “liver cheese” even though it doesn’t contain any liver or cheese but is a very finely minced German-style meatloaf/roast available freshly made at good German butchers (at least here in California) with a German-style cucumber salad (cream-cider vinegar dressing) and fries
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I tried making some kaiser rolls using this recipe:
They came out looking a bit un-kaiser-roll-like but tasted pretty good. Used one to make a bacon, egg, and cheese.
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I’ve used that recipe. I don’t have a Kaiser roll stamp (in fact, I learned that such a thing existed from that recipe), so I knotted the rolls.
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Winter walk late on a Saturday afternoon, followed by an aperitivo at home. Husband makes a beguiling Negroni, which we sipped while nibbling on smoked salmon spread and crackers.
While he did his mixology thing, I prepped ingredients for shrimp scampi studded with peppery arugula and cherry tomatoes.
Cake slices purchased earlier from a local cafe for dessert. Had our treats by the fireplace while watching Ted Lasso (yup, we’re late to that party). Taking time to enjoy.
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Oh, my! I lived for a while in the capital of Leberkäse, Linz, Austria. Where do you live that you have access to this?
That sounds and looks heavenly!
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So, do you speak German?
Last night was locally-made sweet Italian sausages fried with peppers, onions, and shallots. Sides of marinara pasta (for the kiddo), Italian loaf (same), leftover broccoli, and a big green salad with @LindaWhit’s maple balsamic dressing (not pictured).
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Badly.
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Keine Sorge!
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And you? Are you German?
I was born in the US, but have lived in Switzerland for hundreds of years.
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what a perfect evening…
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