Prog Chefs Unite!!!

^^This was obviously foreshadowing because I have it in a low oven for the next 3 hours. 

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I hardly ever cook pork, which is a pity... I should do something about that!

As you know, on Sundays I usually make pancakes for breakfast. Today, however, I wanted to make something different, so I baked a clafoutis - basically a French-style oven pancake, a very simple batter of flour, sugar, eggs and milk poured over fresh fruit. I had blackberries and strawberries in the fridge, so I used them, and some mint leaves (it was a real French recipe). Micky LOVED it!

NaturalScience wrote: This sounds epic, Eric.  Can't wait to hear how it turns out.

Really turned out great, Pat. I served it with some sautéed asparagus and a fruit salad I made with kiwi, strawberries, bananas, oranges and blueberries and sweetened it with some organic agave nectar. Very good supper.

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someday I'm gonna have to develop the skills to make a good philly cheese, I've tried once or twice but it's surprisingly hard to get right.. the meat and how it's cut is crucial-- I like it well-marbled, very thin and pulled apart on the griddle so it's easy to eat, a nice soft roll thats been warming next to the meat, some good white American cheese melted somewhat into the meat with the grilled onions, and maybe some hot&sweet cherry peppers on top.  It's based on a little place I've been going for years, the flavor and texture is sublime but I doubt I'll ever quite get it like theirs.

Atavachron wrote: someday I'm gonna have to develop the skills to make a good philly cheese, I've tried once or twice but it's surprisingly hard to get right.. the meat and how it's cut is crucial-- I like it well-marbled, very thin and pulled apart on the griddle so it's easy to eat, a nice soft roll thats been warming next to the meat, some good white American cheese melted somewhat into the meat with the grilled onions, and maybe some hot&sweet cherry peppers on top.  It's based on a little place I've been going for years, the flavor and texture is sublime but I doubt I'll ever quite get it like theirs.

it's easier just to live in philly

made a screamin chili tonight with a honking hunk of pork shoulder, some ground beef, onion (both fresh and dried), garlic and my special blend of chipotle, cumin, paprika, oregano, brown sugar, tobasco, Worcestershire, salt&pepper and tomato sauce of course.. only thing missing was the beer but I think it'll taste fine

 

Haven't cooked anything special lately (too stressed over the interview), though yesterday evening I made a mean Caesar dressing for salad using a hard-boiled egg yolk and two anchovy fillets. Anyway, I recently bought a huge book of Indian recipes, and I've been exploring it - much to Micky's delight. We have an Indian grocery just across the street from our complex, so any exotic ingredients are not off-limits for us. 

I make a mean risotto - promised Micky I'd make asparagus risotto one of these evenings, and I will. He'll love it to bits, I'm sure!

It's freezing here so a nice big gauge of leek and potato soup is shortly to be made.

About to make our traditional Sunday-morning pancakes! I found out I'd almost run out of white flour, so I added some yellow cornmeal instead (which we both love), plus a handful of a wonderful cereal called Banana Nut Crunch. They should come out very tasty indeed!