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[Peep_Show]

What is on the dinner table around the globe tonight?

In San Francsico at a business convention. Tonight will be wine and lots of hors d'oeuvres at some stuffy reception. Tomorrow pal-ing up with some old school chums to hit Kuleto's, a local restaurant here that features charcuterie. (That's home cured meats, salumi, etc)

DH -- meanwhile, back at the ranch -- is missing my cooking (and me)

 

[vehve]

Quote: Kuleto's sounds lovely.

Tell him to learn to cook, like a real man

Men should be kept between the fist and the stove, that's my spot at least.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I think the price is very reasonable. Here you would pay a lot more for just the euthanasia. Getting the autopsy for that price too is pretty amazing. It's possible that the food health authority would pick up the bill for something like that here though.

But the results are probably a relief.

The results are definitely a relief. Nothing contagious.

Kuleto's sounds lovely.

Tell him to learn to cook, like a real man

Men should be kept between the fist and the stove, that's my spot at least.

I always cooked for my girlfriends and eventually my fiancé (fiancé should be plural but that's another story).

I didn't even know my wife could cook till after we were married and it turned out she's a very good cook. We are two completely two different types of cooks though. She does everything from a recipe and everything by the book. She's constantly researching recipes.
I, on the other hand, never use a recipe. I just gather some ingredients, sometimes just what's on hand, a pinch of this, a dash of that, eye on the proper sear and it's a masterpiece.

 

[ozexpat]

Oz, you should bite the bullet every once in a while and make a huge batch of something you can freeze. Mac&beef, cabbage&beef casserole, lasagne, ragu, tuna pasta casserole, and meatballs are good examples of stuff that's easy to make in large batches that can then be eaten at a later date from the freezer. Or the Finnish läskisoosi (a good translation would be blubbergravy, made with pork belly strips, onion and a bit of rye flour to thicken it, eaten usually with mashed potatoeS

No need to bite the bullet. My fridge has all sorts of curries and caseroles in the freezer. I cook three dishes on a Sunday but not the same dishes so I do have food.

Its just that when I am alone, I will let time get away from me. A simple soup is better at 9pm that a lamb vindaloo.

 

[vehve]

Quote: I'm that way too. Sometimes we've had gettogethers with Karin's friends, where the idea is that everyone cooks together. I get really annoyed at the fact that every dish (and the whole menu) is taken from some sort of magazine, and the recipe is followed with military precision. I like looking at cookbooks, and may borrow some inspiration from them, but I like to make my own recipes, and I don't follow measurements either.

 

[Lacy Blues]

ChickenCanoe, I had a hen with cancer as well. I didn't get a necropsy done but I did take pictures of what I found and someone else, who is a nurse for humans (also has chickens) told and showed me it was cancer. She posted some pictures on my article that proved it.

If you are interested in seeing the photos, it's a short article (3 pages I believe) and is part of my signature. "Necropsy - if you're squeamish don't look" or something like that, is the title.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I've done my own cursory necropsies without microscope work and have usually figured it out but I'm not sure I would have known what this was and it was too important to know exactly what was up.

 

[drumstick diva]

Chicken Canoe, I would like to read your wife's critique of your cooking

 

[vehve]

Quote: We usually eat dinner at 8-9pm due to Karin working evenings pretty often. Sometimes it's closer to 10pm before we start eating. (Normally Finns eat very early though. Maybe 6pm. Leads to cranky and hungry tourists when a Finn is travelling abroad.)

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Chicken Canoe, I would like to read your wife's critique of your cooking

I bet you would. And it would be quite critical.