What's for dinner tonight ?

[IronNoggin]

 

[IronNoggin]

 

[IronNoggin]

 

[WHO DAT]

Found a last years Coho in the freezer, smoked the fillets (Maple Syrup glaze) and carcass. Carcass is for Pasta sauce, Dip and Cream cheese spread mmmm.

 

[IronNoggin]

Couple of stuffed Quail, stuffing of course, a great acorn squash and a fine Merlot:

 

[IronNoggin]

 

[IronNoggin]

 

[IronNoggin]

 

[dradons]

So this isn't a dinner per se. But we made a new batch of chilli oil combining a couple/few recipes together to make a really a good finishing oil, gyoza/dumpling sauce umami bomb.

Has shallots, ginger, thai chillies and garlic that are all fried in hot oil until they start turning colour/get a bit of crisp/texture, these are then filtered out and set aside. Oil cranked back up and then poured over a mix of dried mushroom, crushed peanuts, miso paste, everything bagel/sesame seeds and a few star anise. Once that cools the set aside ingretients are put back in and a healthy couple of tablespoons of MSG added.

This is going to be the mainstay chilli oil in our house.

 

[Fresh coast life]

Dungeness crab stuffed Chinook salmon. Aka salmon Neptune. Cream cheese , crab , cappers , dill , garlic and a bit of jerk spice seasoning.. hella good!

 

[WHO DAT]

Had a deep fried whole chicken, brined 2 hrs coarse sea salt, (amazes me how much residual blood is drawn out) patted and air dried for a bit then deep fried @ 350/ 30mins super moist mmmm.

 

[scott craven]

Yorkshires just out of the oven

 

[Corey_lax]

Splurged on ikea meatballs tonight. Heard so much about them and finally tried them after like 20 years of hearing about them. Not good. Not worth the hype. What can I expect for an $8 meal

 

[Doug]

Yesterday we went to $5 Fridays at Safeway in the US. Picked up 8 pieces of deep-fried chicken $5 reg price $12 and there was a lineup that took 4 minutes to get our order, but it was piping hot. Sushi rolls were also $5 each, so picked up spice tuna, California, and crunchy rolls $15, reg price $28.

Had a great sushi lunch and only ate 4 of the chicken. What a deal, all for $20 with leftovers.

Ate all the sushi before I could get a photo but got a photo of my wife’s two chicken pieces.

I wish we had $5 Fridays in Canada.

 

[ship happens]

Yesterday we went to $5 Fridays at Safeway in the US. Picked up 8 pieces of deep-fried chicken $5 reg price $12 and there was a lineup that took 4 minutes to get our order, but it was piping hot. Sushi rolls were also $5 each, so picked up spice tuna, California, and crunchy rolls $15, reg price $28.

Had a great sushi lunch and only ate 4 of the chicken. What a deal, all for $20 with leftovers.

Ate all the sushi before I could get a photo but got a photo of my wife’s two chicken pieces.

I wish we had $5 Fridays in Canada.

Nope, we get the shaft with grocers now at record breaking profits in history.

 

[Doug]

Those items were on super sale and regular items are super expensive. We bring the a lot of stuff with us in our suit case and here are a few example.
-dry soup package $1.25 in Canada, here $4 c
-a pint of 50/50 cream $3 in Canada, here $6.50c I didn't bring it.
- and the killer is Stove top stuffing $.97 in Canada and $5 c on sale here
-Crown Royal 26oz $25 in Canada and now $33c here on sale

I'm in Oahu and these prices are from Safeway and not in the core of the city.
Prices have really gone up here too and if you shop in the core of the city things are 25% more.

 

[Alex_c]

Nope, we get the shaft with grocers now at record breaking profits in history.

I’m glad that in Vancouver and other parts of the lower mainland that there are actual independent grocery stores (not the Loblaw’s BS) that have high quality produce for cheap. Shopping at some of those places can really make a difference. For example, we get local honeycrisp apples at Donald’s Market for $1.30/lb vs $3.99/lb at the usual suspects. Costco for bulk staples helps too. Between that and growing a decent amount in the summer in our small front yard, we’ve been able to keep the grocery bill manageable, without forking over too much of our scratch to pricks like Uncle Jimmy and Galen. I’ve spent some time working in Calgary, and their grocery situation blows - pretty much dominated by over-priced chains.

 

[scott craven]

Burger night !

 

[dradons]

Smoked a pork shoulder all day low and slow. Non traditional side....

 

[IronNoggin]