What are you cooking?

[gwand]

I steam the clams in white wine and olive oil and then add the clams and broth all to the pasta. I added sautéed minced garlic and butter. If you want you can let the clams cool and remove them from their shells but then you have to re-heat the broth. I guess you never travelled in Italy.

 

[jaylach]

Isn't this like an unnecessary step with the shells on and can't you just serve the meat alone? I never cooked them so I am genuinely asking because this kindof looks like a three arm job to me )

When serving clams with pasta it is pretty much tradition to leave them in the shells. It is sort of like oysters (which I won't touch) on the half shell or done Oysters Rockefeller; just would not be the same without the shell. Presentation is important as we eat first with our eyes. Take two plates that taste exactly the same but one is ugly and the other pretty. Most people will think the pretty plate tastes better even though both taste exactly the same. It is like the ugly plate isn't what we expected to see so is automatically expected to not be good. It is like scallops which I LOVE. Take two plates with one having real scallops and the other fake. If the real scallops are not hard seared for color and texture and the fakes are you will probably think the fakes taste better as they are what you expected to see. The appearance of a meal really DOES affect how we conceive taste.

When I lived in Ohio different bars would rotate weekends in the fall and do clam bakes. If you don't know clam bakes they are awesome. You have a really large tall pot with a spigot at the bottom then layer in order bags of small clams at the bottom then sweet taters followed up with corn on the cob and chicken halves. The pot serves as a big steamer. You draw broth from the spigot and pour back over everything often. When done you toss the chicken halves on a grill until seared and and the skin is crispy. It is to die for and usually done outside with the pot over flame. When I lived in Texas I actually took a tall spaghetti cooker and drilled a hole to mount a spigot and had a stove top clam bake steamer that would do for a couple people. BTW, you have to have a grate inside the pot to keep the clams above the steaming liquid as you want to steam the clams, not boil. I guess such clam bakes are a bit regional as when I lived in Texas then Florida and now Wyoming hardly anyone knows what I mean when I say clam bake.

 

[jaylach]

Finally got around to placing my grocery order and it arrived a short while ago. YEA! I now have onion rolls and tonight will be a ground rib eye steak burger on a roll with Swiss Cheese sauteed shrooms and onions with fried taters on the side. Last minute decision will be if I put a runny yolk egg on the burger. A few months ago was the first time I tried putting an egg on a burger but I REALLY like it. Again, I think this is a regional thing but I find it very good with the egg.

Odd thing with Omaha Steak's burgers... Your choice if you want ground Filet Mignon, Top Sirloin, Rib Eye, Brisket or just scrap ground beef; yet a 4-pack is the same price for all. Of course I'm gonna take the rib eye.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Cultural note: Mountain oysters are always served without the shell.

But anyway. Tonight we're doing some French bread pizzas. One of my favorite meals: Relatively easy, fun to make as a family, and absolutely delicious. I like mine with tomato paste doctored with oregano, garlic, basil, and a splash of red wine; slices of ham, kalamata olives, and a mix of mozzarella and goat cheese. Yum.

 

[MaloK]

Tomorrow I'm going to make a beef Roll.

Prepare a stuffing of you choice.. Really...

choose a combination from bread, mash potatoes, ground pork, sausage, veal, onions, bell pepper, garlic, mushroom and many more.

Season to your taste. Bind and moisturize with any or more of the following. Butter, beef broth, milk, eggs.

You take a French Roast beef And slice it on the length. You want to "unroll" it like a Yule log cake.

Fill with the stuffing and roll it back as thick as possible. Wrap it with a couple slice of bacon and tie the roast with cooking twine.

Continue as a standard French roast, browned onions de-glazed with red wine, beef broth.

Cook in oven covered at start under 300°F. 290-280... That helps a lot preventing the meat to harden. and remove cover mid time.

Serve with the classic or improvised company you want, and a couple of your favorites marinades.

 

[fishorama]

I'm with Beastije, no seafood shells for looks or serving. Maybe if you told me tastes better cooked that way, but I would still think lazy presentation. I want to dive into my food & eat it, not dissect it bite by bite, lol.

 

[MaloK]

If you do the Garlic Oysters A la Rockefeller or A la Mornay,

You end up recovering the best shells after meals and clean them, so the next time You have better display, loll.

My mom made me open oysters by the crate. Sometimes until my arms goes weak. loll.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

French bread pizzas! A good reward for me and the family after a good day’s work.

 

[MaloK]

Exhibition item #1.

Your honor, this samurai cooking sword exposed on this piece of evidence already killed one victim, From the disposition of the scene, the remains scattered and the eloquent traces of the violence used on the shear blade itself.

This Proof captures the whole horror of the moment, with a terrified poor "French bread pizza" at the hand of a hungry recidivist.

What's a French bread pizza ? From the pic I would call that a submarine. Just missing a thick layer of thin cut iceberg salad sliced tomatoes and a good dressing.

 

[Cisco_Ray]

Chicken Pie, Chicken strips, veg and gravy for lunch today.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Exhibition item #1.

Your honor, this samurai cooking sword exposed on this piece of evidence already killed one victim, From the disposition of the scene, the remains scattered and the eloquent traces of the violence used on the shear blade itself.

This Proof captures the whole horror of the moment, with a terrified poor "French bread pizza" at the hand of a hungry recidivist.

What's a French bread pizza ? From the pic I would call that a submarine. Just missing a thick layer of thin cut iceberg salad sliced tomatoes and a good dressing.

Yes, the carnage was appalling.

French bread pizza is just like normal pizza, except one uses a loaf of French bread, split lengthwise, in place of pizza crust. I smear it with a tomato paste/red wine/olive oil mixture, spice it with basil, oregano, and garlic, smother it with cheese, ham, olives, and whatever else looks good, and put the whole works in a 450F oven for about 20-25 minutes. Yum.

 

[Beastije]

Yes, the carnage was appalling.

French bread pizza is just like normal pizza, except one uses a loaf of French bread, split lengthwise, in place of pizza crust. I smear it with a tomato paste/red wine/olive oil mixture, spice it with basil, oregano, and garlic, smother it with cheese, ham, olives, and whatever else looks good, and put the whole works in a 450F oven for about 20-25 minutes. Yum.

I think polish call it zapiekanka since it is a baguette with tomato spices topping with cheese baked in the oven?
It was in every stand when I visited Poland and I was not a fan ) I prefer a tortilla pizza, where you smear the tortilla with tomato base and spice it and put all the usual toppings except those that need to be premade

I am refusing to turn on the oven anymore so I premade a zucchini soup for lunch tomorrow and stirfy for dinner, but I make the frozen cauliflower and broccoli in an air fryer since the pan is too crowded with zucchini and snap peas. With black sesame seeds

 

[jaylach]

Probably not for tonight as I like to cook tomato based stuff twice but I have a batch of meatballs going that will grow up to be meatball subs and calzone.

 

[fishorama]

I'm thawing frozen black bean chili, maybe with crackers. I forgot to buy corn muffin mix last time I went to Walmart. No green veg, we're having a less healthy option but not too bad. But we've had salad or peas the last few nights. It'll taste good & that's all I want tonight.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

I'm thawing frozen black bean chili, maybe with crackers. I forgot to buy corn muffin mix last time I went to Walmart. No green veg, we're having a less healthy option but not too bad. But we've had salad or peas the last few nights. It'll taste good & that's all I want tonight.

Black beans are good for you.