The Food Thread

DK, 

I need a cookie, please. 

I am presently on round 2 of Mother's Day apple breads. Had both out of the pans, needed to flip one over and drizzle homemade caramel on it and...the hot Pyrex loaf pan slid out of my mitted hand, breaking both pans and glass flew everywhere. One was far enough out of the way, but the other?

I yelled FUCK! K asked if I was okay. M came out from the bedroom yelling, "Clean-up on aisle 5!"

"Now is not the time."

He helped to clean it up and now- another batch. Hoping this one turns out. 🤞

dankind said:

rgambs said:

dankind said:

Been making a lot of smoothies since staying at home. 

^^^ (orange juice, Greek yogurt, pineapple, banana, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries)

Edit: Ooh, and it looks like the wife baked some cookies!

What the fuck man?  You gonna go and post those cookies on us like it's no big deal?  Now how are we supposed to go about our days?

I haven’t even had one. Not really a chocolate chip person. Oatmeal raisin or peanut butter or a certain someone’s crack cookies, and those shits would be ate. 

rgambs said:

Whoa! What you got there?

rgambs said:

Fifthelement said:

Supper tonight is salmon wellington mad with fresh sockeye, and garlic roasted asparagus all served on a bed of rice..  the starter was a nice sherry casked glenmorangie single malt.

Well done, sir!
I don't think I would like my salmon in a pastry crust like that, but there's no question that you nailed it!

Ma’am, but thank you.  I usually like my salmon unembellished as well, but a friend made wellingtons for me last year and converted me. It’s very rich so I don’t make it often.  Definitely worth it when I do though.

Trying to keep the menu interesting, when take-out 3-4 times per week is no longer an option, has been time consuming to say the least.  General meal planning now has to be thought of weeks in advance in perpetration the grocery shop.

eddiec said:

Okay. Dinner time here in Ireland. It's a surprisingly warm, sunny day, so went down to my fishmonger. Grilled John Dory, steamed mussels and grilled garlic bread. And a nice bottle of Marlborough.

This looks so good.  “Mmmm, mussels”   *in my best Homer Simpson impression*

Sorry your delivery plans didn’t work out F me.  I just learned this week about how broken the food supply chain has become in the US.  It’s scary.  Covid-19 has affected employees at a few different processing plants in Canada as well.  Haven’t really felt the knock-on effects too much yet, but that’s all subject to change.

its devastating to see all the waste that goes along with these breakdowns.  Milk being spilled, fruit and veg being buried, and animals being slaughtered as wastage.  Meanwhile people are going hungry.

rgambs said:

That is some fine craft you have there, sir!

rgambs said:

That right there is culinary art. Well done 👏👏👏

Cliffy6745 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

They took the order.  Gave me a delivery date a week out, which was yesterday.
Shopped yesterday, updated all of the weights/charges but never showed up 
I reached out q bunch of times and when I have them a deadline this morning to respond or I would report the charge as fraudulent and refuse any attempt at delivery a day late they emailed and told me the courier cancelled.
(After buying the meats/cheeses and updating the weights to reflect what they picked?)
Very fishy 
Had fun sending them a pretty nasty email.  
Oh well, I guess there is a certain amount of this to be expected.  If they don't clear the charge today I will report it so the only thing lost was the anticipation of those steaks and some great cheeses/other meats.

Will find another spot to order from.

Was this Mercato? I have ordered about a half a dozen times and it has been perfect each time.  Have a friend who had issues too though with delivery times and get got charged extra/twice or something 

Yessir!

And there is some great looking stuff out there, folks!

Sorry about your mishap, Miss A.  
Crack cookies would be amazing right about now!  Ate so many that one night....

Thanks! 

Batch 2 looks and smells good. It's going as a gift regardless. See, my MIL is relatively difficult to please, but she will appreciate the bread. My mom always has a critical "well next time" comment with baking. She is not like that with anything else though. 

And the taco soup was fabulous. I threw in a lil too much last minute spice, but it's all good. Tasty! 

Crack cookies. One of my favorites. (Craisin Apple Cinnamon Chip Oatmeal to those who don't know.) 

hedonist said:

deadendp said:

Thanks! 

Batch 2 looks and smells good. It's going as a gift regardless. See, my MIL is relatively difficult to please, but she will appreciate the bread. My mom always has a critical "well next time" comment with baking. She is not like that with anything else though. 

And the taco soup was fabulous. I threw in a lil too much last minute spice, but it's all good. Tasty! 

Crack cookies. One of my favorites. (Craisin Apple Cinnamon Chip Oatmeal to those who don't know.) 

Oh, to be your neighbor (no pop-ins, I promise!)

Speaking of neighbors, for Mother's Day, the boys set out a tray of vanilla filled cupcakes with cream cheese buttercream frosting for me. I got a text to come get them from the driveway. I didn't hesitate.

dankind said:

OK, now I think I’ll have one of those cookies. 

I’m guessing someone is a-buzzing.