Husband taking me to commemorate my 18th birthday with an Andechs Bie
Husband taking me to commemorate my 18th birthday with an Andechs Bier dinner!
Category: Food
We made our flight. Sometimes you get lucky
We made our flight. Sometimes you get lucky. The flight being delayed got it another gate. We arrived at E18. The connection was at E17. There was time to buy a bottle of Scotch.
Strut and Spring make good hot water bottles and pillows
Strut and Spring make good hot water bottles and pillows.
Spring resting up after eating breakfast so she will be sufficientl
Spring resting up after eating breakfast so she will be sufficiently rested to sleep all day.
Tonight’s dinner. Chicken fried steak with a mushroom grav
Tonight's dinner. Chicken fried steak with a mushroom gravy (technically made as a mushroom veloute sauce), fried potatoes (Yukon golds, cooked, bruised, tossed with butter, salt, and garlic then...
Today’s brunch. Sautéed spinach and cheese (Gouda
Today's brunch. Sautéed spinach and cheese (Gouda: the young Gouda is just a phenomenal melting cheese to cook with) omelette, with herbs blended into the batter. Served with thick cut bacon bits,...
In other, food related news…
In other, food related news, I may never be able to cook store bought pasta again. Even locally fresh made, or top notch dry pasta, doesn't hold a candle to what I can throw together in an hour and a...
Best fettuccine alfredo I ever had
Best fettuccine alfredo I ever had. Freshly made fettuccine, an alfredo sauce where I substituted egg, cornstarch in white wine, olive oil, and some of the starchy water I cooked the pasta in, for...
Freshly made fettuccine…
Freshly made fettuccine, waiting for the alfredo sauce and chicken fried steak strips.
I justed started sous vide cooking thick cut (quarter inch or so
I justed started sous vide cooking thick cut (quarter inch or so) skin-on bacon (home made, dry cured with curing salt and my spice rub, then cold smoked for 2, 3 hours over apple wood). I'm going to...