What's for Dinner - #81 - the Planting Month - May 2022

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Yo I am from Philly too. Been a crazy spring. Making cheesesteaks for dinner tonight

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I also posted last night on the old thread, so we were in good company. :wink:

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My good friend brought us dinner tonight. I could get used to this :wink:

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Your good friends are probably amazing! I’m imagining what they brought?, and from the fortune cookies my fantasy includes something Chinese.

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Mrs. P made crispy soft shell crab, using self rising flour, and a side of roasted mini and shishito peppers. It was topped with a delicious sauce of fresh herbs, capers, and white vermouth. We started off with homemade guacamole and chips. It all went great with an excellent Spanish red blend.




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You forgot to remove the lids before taking photos! Ha! :laughing: All we see are ’ water condensation’!! :rofl:

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Each picture is better than the last. And your feline is scrumptious

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Thank you :blush:

Stunning! And I love the greens/capers visual effect – looks like sea greens.

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Last night for Cinco de Mayo, we had Birria tacos for the 1st time. They were interesting and good, but not sure we’ll repeat; think when craving those flavors will make Chile Colorado to scratch that particular itch. No fun drinks of any kind either! The day kind of sneaked up, unfortunately.

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@Sasha - how did your hot and sour soup turn out? Just love it, and our PNW weather lately makes it welcome still.

@retrospek - the hot n sour I make varies a lot, depending what I have on hand. Usually always have tofu, some kind of chicken or pork, mushrooms, and will use frozen veg too - peas, edamame, etc. It goes together pretty fast when using boxed broth, and some frozen veg at least. I don’t typically have all the fab goodies at the same time, at least since Covid.

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Thank you @jiaozi :pray:

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Kurobuta tomahawk pork chops with sour cherry sauce. Roasted asparagus.

Cherries from our tree (from frozen) and asparagus from the garden.

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BF defrosted my carnitas “mother” (leftover from a few different carnitas makings) and braised chunks of pork shoulder in it for a few hours. Hot sauce was something I picked up from a restaurant where one of the bus boys served it to me, said it was his own. I asked if he could sell me some and he said sure! Really good - kind of fruity, smokey, nice and creamy. I’m going to have to ask his secret next time. Or just keep buying it from him.

carnitas bowls 3

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You cast your bread upon the waters.

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oh goodness i LURVVVE birria tacos! i’ve only made them once and ruined them by accidentally putting too much clove in, but I’m going to make them again. But there are a ton of places near me that make them really well… What didn’t you love about them?

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Rigatoni alla carbonara

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Yum :100:

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BF made us breakfast for dinner. Pancakes with an awesome cinnamon apple topping. Side of Amylu chicken breakfast sausage.

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I made cheesey hash browns in the wok because there weren’t enough carbs. :rofl: We shared this.

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