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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,003 Member
    Starter of salad with blue cheese and candied nuts. Main of gai yang drusticks, braised pak choi, roast potatoes.
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  • janicemlove
    janicemlove Posts: 469 Member
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    Roasted Brussels sprouts over rice and topped with two over easy eggs.
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,003 Member
    Leftover steelcut oatmeal "risotto" from two nights ago with some sauteed spinach.
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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,003 Member
    SafariGalNYC wrote: »
    acpgee wrote: »
    @SafariGalNYC
    Are peonies in season? I must get to the flower market next weekend. Yours are beautiful.

    Thank @acpgee ! Yes, they are! They are my favorites. ;)

    We used to live in the Netherlands and consume cut flowers the thrifty Dutch way. In Holland people never buy expensive mixed bouquets (unless for presentation as a gift), but often have a vase of single variety blooms that are cheap and in season. So that means daffodils in January and February, tulips in March and April, roses in June and gladiolas in July and August. In Amsterdam we used have a flower stall next to our local vegetable market, but in London we buy $5 single variety bunches at the supermarket. I thought I would need to get to the weekend flower market for peonies (my favourite) but they had a bunch at the supermarket! Not open yet.
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  • SafariGalNYC
    SafariGalNYC Posts: 1,586 Member
    acpgee wrote: »
    SafariGalNYC wrote: »
    acpgee wrote: »
    @SafariGalNYC
    Are peonies in season? I must get to the flower market next weekend. Yours are beautiful.

    Thank @acpgee ! Yes, they are! They are my favorites. ;)

    We used to live in the Netherlands and consume cut flowers the thrifty Dutch way. In Holland people never buy expensive mixed bouquets (unless for presentation as a gift), but often have a vase of single variety blooms that are cheap and in season. So that means daffodils in January and February, tulips in March and April, roses in June and gladiolas in July and August. In Amsterdam we used have a flower stall next to our local vegetable market, but in London we buy $5 single variety bunches at the supermarket. I thought I would need to get to the weekend flower market for peonies (my favourite) but they had a bunch at the supermarket! Not open yet.
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    Those are lovely! 💐
  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,389 Member
    I have way too many peonies at my house. I used to dig them up from time to time and think them out and move the tubers to more places. Now there's just too many. There's one in a place I don't want. I have dug it up three years in a row (and given the tubers away) and it keeps coming back.

    I bring them in for a while, but at some point they just don't hold their petals long enough to bring them in. Just a mess a day after they're cut. But they are gorgeous.

    I've got some iris blooming now too. Soon a bunch more things. I'll probably miss the first blossoms on the Scarlet Bee Balm while I'm rafting the Rogue.

    I actually cut some of my artichokes and use them as decorative cut flowers. Yeah. I'm weird.
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,003 Member
    @mtaratoot
    I am jealous of your apparent artichoke glut. I love them and must look for them at the green grocer now that they are in season.
    Speaking of vegetables, I find onion blooms very pretty but never see them for sale. Do they not last as cut flowers?
  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,389 Member
    I am several weeks away from having artichokes to harvest. They survived the weeding and are doing well though. There are some bare areas in the patch; some must have succumbed to the harsh winter this year. I think the ants kill some too. The patch had become too thick, so I don't mind. I might dig some up and rearrange this fall.

    I have seen Allium flowers for sale in flower shops. Not technically onions per se, although onions are in the genus Allium. Onions are harvested after they form bulbs. If you don't harvest the onions, they will flower the following year. There are several ways to grow onions, but if you grow onions to eat, you won't see them flower unless you neglect to harvest some.
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,003 Member
    Day 2 for the bunch of supermarket peonies and a couple are starting to open. They are going to be glorious.
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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,003 Member
    Dinner was a bit of a fail due to my poor labelling of freezer contents. I thought I pulled out a pork loin but it was a loin shape chunk of pork mince. I marinated and cooked it like char sui including 8 hours in the sous vide before realizing my mistake. I went to town producing a variety of Korean banshan. The batch will serve as vegetable sides for another two nights this week.
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  • janicemlove
    janicemlove Posts: 469 Member
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    Made a great salad for lunch the other day. Chicken with chipotle/adobo sauce, cucumbers, Greek yogurt, cilantro, pickled onions and other bits. So good!
  • Adventurista
    Adventurista Posts: 2,129 Member
    edited May 17
    acpgee wrote: »
    Dinner was a bit of a fail due to my poor labelling of freezer contents. I thought I pulled out a pork loin but it was a loin shape chunk of pork mince. I marinated and cooked it like char sui including 8 hours in the sous vide before realizing my mistake. I went to town producing a variety of Korean banshan. The batch will serve as vegetable sides for another two nights this week.
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    @acpgee ~ how did you prepare the sprouts?
    --everything always looks delish! Thank you for the shares :)

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    our grocery has sweet onion and bell peppers on good sale this week. Will cook some stovetop (think mire poix and sofrito), bag up and freeze for future cooking. Will cut some in strips to marinate and smoke/grill to use as topping next week. Some just onion/peppers. Some cremini/button mushrooms, and a batch of onion/pepper/mushrooms. I use an Italian oil style home marinade, blackening seasoning and torn cilantro to spice. We will also smoke a turkey for an hour and finish in the oven, then use bones for stock. I have saved other bones to use as well, and altogether, it makes at least a gallon+ that I will freeze to use for stoups/sauces.
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,003 Member
    @Adventurista
    I did this for spinach, beansprouts, daikon, potatoes and cucumber
    https://www.koreanbapsang.com/15-korean-vegetable-side-dishes/
    I used a Japanese recipe for the green beans
    https://www.justonecookbook.com/green-bean-gomaae/


  • Adventurista
    Adventurista Posts: 2,129 Member
    ty @acpgee
    -- my next door neighbor is SK, and temporarily living away while a replacement home is built. Will explore the recipes for a welcome home meal :)
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,003 Member
    @Adventurista
    Some roasted meat and a bunch of Korean banchan/namul in tupperware boxes is a good gift meal for someone who might want to pull out leftovers later in the week because the Korean sides are meant to be served at room temperature, and leftover roasts are good at room temperature too.
    My tips for producing a large selection of banchan:
    1. Prep all the grated/pressed/minced garlic and finely chopped scallion in one go. These are the common ingredients called for in several recipes.
    2. Use the food processor and spiralizer. I used the food processor both for making thin disks of cucumber, and for daikon where I later sliced stacked disks into julienne. Consider using a spiralizer or grater instead of julienne, depending on how much hassle it is to clean the spiralizer/grater versus cutting stacked thin disks into julienne by hand.
    3. Use a salad spinner. I blanched veg by pouring hot water from the kettle over vegetables in the salad spinner, draining, and then cooling by running with cold water. The salad spinner spared me from having to squeeze out excess water by hand.
    4. Buy some ready made kimchi. There are some other store bought asian pickles you can use to stretch a selection of banchan/namul. I am fond of Chinese pickled mustard greens. Japanese pickled daikon is nice too and can be bought ready sliced.
    5. If a recipe calls for crushing sesame seeds into a paste with a pestle and mortar, consider using Chinese sesame paste (made from roasted seeds), tahini (made from unroasted) or even a teaspoon of peanut butter instead.

    Another gift meal I regularly do is my standard offering for new parents. I will cook a huge batch of something braised such as bolognaise sauce or coq au vin to fill up the freezer with small portioned boxes.

    What does SK mean?
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,003 Member
    Friday nights we usually eat out because the hubby is convinced it makes the weekend feel longer. The Sicilian near us recently changed chefs and were soft launching at 50% off.
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  • Adventurista
    Adventurista Posts: 2,129 Member
    Wow, ty for the tips @acpgee
    -- SK is South Korean. She tends a large variety of vegetables, and prepared us a number of dishes when we were moving into our home, so appreciated. Unfortunately, the construction has displaced much of her planting this year, so i thought to reciprocate and appreciated the links :)
  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,389 Member
    I cut off most of my peonies today. Some were already falling apart. The rest will be before I get back from the river. I also chopped off a whole lot of roses.

    I took a bunch of these out to a local establishment and made a nice flower arrangement. The rest went into the green waste cart. There will be more roses when I get back; the peonies will all be gone. They are so lovely but short-lived.
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,003 Member
    I made the dinner I planned for on Thursday when I mistook a hunk of frozen pork mince for a pork tenderloin. There is leftover banchan for at least one more night.
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  • SafariGalNYC
    SafariGalNYC Posts: 1,586 Member
    edited May 21
    Breakfast : Straggisto with fruit

    🍽️ Dinner Squid w purèed greens, herbed rice
    Halloumi with tomato and balsamic


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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,003 Member
    Blue cheese souffle and watermelon/feta/mint salad. Some toast on the side with olive oil.
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  • SafariGalNYC
    SafariGalNYC Posts: 1,586 Member
    edited May 24
    🍽️ Lobster, eggplant, fava bean purée, seafood salad and tzatziki.


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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,003 Member
    Our Friday night dinner out because Hubby is convinced it makes the weekend feel longer. We went to a soft launch that was pretty good.
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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,003 Member
    Sous vide char sui pulled out of the freezer and finished in the air fryer. Cold bean sprout namul and overcooked stir fried choi sum with brown rice. Tried a new brand of rice and struggled with the timing.
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