What's For Dinner #95 - the Hot Fun in the Summertime Edition - July 2023

Beef with crimini mushrooms

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Scallop ceviche with aguachile.

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Clams.

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Chanterelles, aka the reason I think I might not have a palm print anymore. Because I grabbed hold of the pan handle after it had been in the oven. #slowlearner

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Oh No! I hate when that happens! Feel better

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Thanks! No permanent damage. 90:00 of icing and I’m mostly fine. Palm is disturbingly smooth, though.

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The older kid , who doesn’t have the most kitchen experience, is gaining some by making a weekly dinner. Today was bahn mi. Other than the bread wasn’t quite right, he knocked it out of the park.

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Yay!

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Oh owee! Get better soon!

Chicken Adobo .Kenji style . With rice and salad. Cheers .

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Thanks! I’m fine, now. But man, that did not feel good at all!

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That’s asparagus for me. My ditch fills up every year, and I eat myself sick. I love it raw or cooked, so I just gorge on 'em.

I adore tomatoes from the garden. That’s why BLT is also something I’ll eat myself sick on. Once the garden tomatoes are gone, I eat very few BLTs.

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This entire meal sounds heavenly and looks amazing!

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BTDT. Hate the constant throbbing, even after icing.

Hope it feels better soon!

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Have you called any local rescue groups (or checked their Facebook pages) to see if they are fostering any cats that might make suitable partners for Finn? I know the ones near me are overrun with fur babies of all ages right now, and foster parents will have a better sense of a cat’s personality/interactions with other cats than a shelter probably would. Just a thought - I hope you find Finn the perfect sibling soon! :heart:

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I reached in to straighten the electric) oven’s liner yesterday, forgetting I had just turned the oven on. Right under forearm now bares a big sickle shaped burn. Owee indeed! What was I thinking?

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Glad to hear. I have a bad habit of resting my arm on the edge of pots and ending up with weird burn marks on my forearm.

Thank you! Everything was outstanding.

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I have. Went to see a cat that the foster Mom said he was cuddly with her. Yeah, ONLY her. A feral who had only bonded with her and wanted nothing to do with me. All of her foster cats definitely needed a lot more additional human socialization. So I’ve scratched that one off my list.

I follow various local FB rescue groups and check Petfinder regularly as well as individual rescue websites on a regular basis. Finn was a lucky get when the earlier applicant didn’t get their current cat’s vet checkup status to the humane society, and I was 2nd applicant who had gotten Alfie’s vet checkup to them, so I have no problem being a 2nd applicant in the hopes it works out for me.

Lots and lots of kittens right now, as it’s ā€œkitten seasonā€. I’m looking for a 2-8yo. So I will just keep on checking.

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Yes, I’m seeing tons of kittens around here too. Fingers crossed you find the ā€œoneā€ very soon!

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Dinner tonight is Grey Sole with Toasted Almonds, Capers, Sherry, and Thyme. I was inspired by the description of a Dover sole dish on Le Bernardin’s current menu. I rounded out the plate with some basmati rice and pea pilaf. For a light fish, this ate very rich!

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Gah! One of the first lessons we learn out of the womb is ā€œdon’t touch hot stuff.ā€ And yet we keep forgetting,

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