Tonight I made English/Irish breakfast with Irish bangers from Trader Joe’s:
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Nice! Did you trim your own hanger steak? I have 4 lbs (2 2lb steaks) in the freezer and am a bit intimidated.
Love me a good poached egg! Those are beauties. Mine usually end up kind of ugly but tasty. We should probably start a discussion “Today I put an egg on top of …”
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I’ll call this Asparagus Gratin even though there’s no butter and cream. More like just an excuse to consume copious amounts of bread crumbs, Pecorino, and garlic. A side dish to a rotisserie chicken (thank you Costco 
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And because I didn’t have to do much work, I assembled some compound butters to keep on hand: a repeat of my Cajun Butter from the other night (brown sugar, garlic powder, cracked pepper, paprika, chili powder, and cayenne pepper) which was amazing. I used it in mashed sweet potatoes tonight. And then we have a simple “Everything” Butter, which literally just has everything bagel seasoning in it. How about a dollop of that on a steak?
We devoured ample amounts of both with a multigrain baguette whilst enjoying our pre-dinner cocktails.
To drink: How about a Pickle-tini? Surprisingly pleasant! Next time will use Dolin Blanc instead of dry vermouth which will better complement the slight sweetness of the cornichons and brine. Give it a try! One of my more successful experiments.
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i love all of this!
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Thanks! I didn’t trim it myself, just got it from the butcher, it was about 8oz. Chef John has a video that shows how to trim a whole hanger steak that may be helpful.
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I’ve had a pickle-tini. There’s an Italian lady on IG that puts pickles in her martinis so I thought I would give it a try. I liked it. I had forgotten about it, thanks for the reminder.
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No photo unfortunately, but yesterday’s dinner was a bit of an ode to spring. At least on the veg front. We had a grilled and marinated eggplant and mint salad. Brussel sprouts with maple and bacon. And burgers.
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I’m thinking that’s the one I watched that intimidated me!
Not so much the video, but the idea that I have 4 pounds for one or two people. I’m going to have to figure out what to do with 4 pounds, frozen.
I would like/need to figure out how to defrost it just enough to cut and trim portions and then refreeze.
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It’s been a week. Work-wise and even more so, worldwide. I decided last night I needed something that was familiar, and in a sense, comforting.
So I went with a “usual” Friday night meal: steak tips, baked tater with TPSTOB and sour cream, and steamed green beans.
There was copious amounts of wine.
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Looks fantastic!
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Roasted pork tenderloin that had been marinated in teriyaki and gochujang. Stir fried veg, snap peas, baby bells, mushrooms, onions and garlic. Pickled daikon. I made Heath bar blondies today, they will be dessert, probably with a scoop of Tillamook caramel toffee crunch ice cream.
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Work has made it impossible to do much cooking been living on mediocre take out, time for a home cooked meal.
Shrimp scampi!! ((look ma!! No meat on Friday in lent!! I’m a good boy now!!))
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Linguine with crab meat, spinach, arugula, lemon zest and juice, olive oil, sauteed garlic and chili for some heat
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Pizza with potato, shiitakes, pancetta, garlic, and a mini sweet pepper. Creme fraiche thinned with water is the drizzle.
Potato pizza, you say? This is a riff on the potato pizza from Smitten Kitchen, which is turn is a riff on Jim Lahey’s potato pizza. Works fine with store-bought dough if that’s what you happen to have and I did.
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SIgara Boregi - Filo dough filled with a mixture of parsley, feta, and mozzarella. There are probably as many variations of these savory Turkish pastries (as well as for the spelling of filo) as there are cooks. I used the recipe from Ozlem’s Turkish Table (an always reliable source)and added fresh dill because I like it. Roasted plum tomatoes on the side.
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If you have leftovers, I’ll be right over to clean them up for you. 
Gorgeous meal.
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No more tomatoes but I do have sigaras left. You are more than welcome to come over. Actually, I think I’ll be somewhat in your area Easter weekend if you’d like me to bring some!
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