What did you eat last night for dinner?

[ghulkhan]

hagan daaz vanilla with lotsa rainbow sprinkles

 

[Fabienne]

Originally Posted by California Dreamer

Pan-seared kangaroo fillets with roast root vegetables and steamed broccoli. Finished off the merlot.

I must admit to being a little curious about the taste and texture of kangaroo fillets...

Last night: Rosemary chicken, gravy made with the juices, pasta, and some unidentified green leafy vegetable bought at a Chinese market.

 

[California Dreamer]

Originally Posted by Fabienne

I must admit to being a little curious about the taste and texture of kangaroo fillets...

Last night: Rosemary chicken, gravy made with the juices, pasta, and some unidentified green leafy vegetable bought at a Chinese market.
Kangaroo is a game meat, so it's fairly strong in flavour. It's fantastically good for you, high in iron and only 1% fat. Like a lot of game, it goes great with pinot noir or grenache, but merlot is good at a pinch. It goes tough quite easily, so you have to cook it rare. What I do is sear it in a frypan either side, then wrap it in foil and stick it in the oven on 180 for 5 minutes. Then let stand in the foil for 10 minutes before serving. Some say Australians are weird for eating their national emblem. At least there's plenty of them.

 

[carlhuber]

My birthday was on Tuesday, so I hit up my favorite dive restaurant with some buddies. It's not remotely gourmet, but when you're in the mood for a big greasy burger it's perfect. I had something I never ordered there before...called a "combo combo" - three spare ribs, three breaded butterfly shrimp, half a dozen hot wings, and sweet potato fries. And for an appetizer I ordered a special platter that my coworkers and I "invented" there - it's a plate of nachos (melted cheese, jalapenos, olives, sour cream, salsa, etc) but instead of being on nacho chips it's on a plate full of their hot chips, which are fresh made potato chips with some secret seasoning on them. It was fantastic. I ate way too much, but heck, that's what birthdays are for, right?

 

[Fabienne]

Originally Posted by California Dreamer

Kangaroo is a game meat, so it's fairly strong in flavour. It's fantastically good for you, high in iron and only 1% fat. Like a lot of game, it goes great with pinot noir or grenache, but merlot is good at a pinch.

It goes tough quite easily, so you have to cook it rare. What I do is sear it in a frypan either side, then wrap it in foil and stick it in the oven on 180 for 5 minutes. Then let stand in the foil for 10 minutes before serving.

Some say Australians are weird for eating their national emblem. At least there's plenty of them.

Thank you for the notes. I would think to prepare it with red wine, marinated, that's what first comes to mind after your explanations.

Last night, steak and mushroom pies:

 

[ratboycom]

I got off work late last night and had to do homework so dinner was simple. Threw a turkey burger on the grill, put normal toppings on it and JDM Mayo/Tonkatsu sauce (no ketchup so I had to do something). Quite good.

 

[Lucky Strike]

On Saturday, had the first helping of lutefisk this winter:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk It's a sort of nationally sacrosanct food here in Norway, although it's apparently more popular among Americans of Norwegian descent. It's an acquired taste:

Lutefisk is made from air-dried whitefish (normally cod, but ling is also used), prepared with lye, in a sequence of particular treatments. The first treatment is to soak the stockfish in cold water for five to six days (changed daily). The saturated stockfish is then soaked in an unchanged solution of cold water and lye for an additional two days. The fish will swell during this soaking, regaining a size even bigger than the original (undried) fish, but the protein content paradoxically decreases by more than 50 percent, causing its famous jelly-like consistency. When this treatment is finished, the fish (saturated with lye) has a pH value of 11-12, and is therefore caustic. To make the fish edible, a final treatment of yet another four to six days (and nights) of soaking in cold water (also changed daily) is needed. Eventually, the lutefisk is ready to be cooked.

Quote from Garrison Keillor's book Lake Wobegon Days: "Every Advent we entered the purgatory of lutefisk, a repulsive gelatinous fishlike dish that tasted of soap and gave off an odor that would gag a goat. We did this in honor of Norwegian ancestors, much as if survivors of a famine might celebrate their deliverance by feasting on elm bark. I always felt the cold creeps as Advent approached, knowing that this dread delicacy would be put before me and I'd be told, "Just have a little." Eating a little was like vomiting a little, just as bad as a lot."

I actually like it.

 

[RJman]

Cat restaurant --
chanterelle and scallop fricasee
Wild boar with thyme and mash
Pot de creme a la lavande
Meringue
Decaf

A young but decent red.

 

[vanity]

A protein shake and a giant bowl of spinach leaves.

Topped it off with some peanuts and a diet root beer.

 

[Nantucket Red]

Originally Posted by vanity

A protein shake and a giant bowl of spinach leaves.

Topped it off with some peanuts and a diet root beer.

Is this a typically high-brow repast for you, or were you slumming it?

 

[vanity]

Originally Posted by Nantucket Red

Is this a typically high-brow repast for you, or were you slumming it?

I quit working out for like 2 months and did nothing but play computer games, drink beer, and eat whatever I wanted.

Sooooooo....I'm back on the wagon hardcore now. I wanna be one of the few in-shape people on NYE!

 

[Fabienne]

Originally Posted by Nantucket Red

Is this a typically high-brow repast for you, or were you slumming it?

His girlfriend's on strike 'cause he won't marry her. Wrong approach, in my opinion.

 

[Fabienne]

Day before yesterday:

Rogan Josh with goat meat instead of lamb (found a good Pakistani butcher)
Mushrooms in coconut milk, coriander, hot peppers, etc. sauce
Basmati rice
Homemade Naan.

Yesterday:

Veal frankfurters
Braised red cabbage
Potatoes in their field dress.

 

[vanity]

Originally Posted by Fabienne

His girlfriend's on strike 'cause he won't marry her. Wrong approach, in my opinion.

it's usually her threatening me that if I don't cook her food, she's gonna get taco bell and eat ice cream all night.

 

[GQgeek]

Originally Posted by vanity

it's usually her threatening me that if I don't cook her food, she's gonna get taco bell and eat ice cream all night.

Ouch, I feel for you ;p

I've been eating a mixture of oh henry! bars and fettucine alfredo from a local pasta shop. The damned gas company hasn't hooked me up yet. I wasted today waiting for them to show-up and they never did. Meanwhile, the filet mignon in my fridge is going bad since I took it out a couple days ago before realizing the gas wasn't on.