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    • GilesG
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      Bloody hell Chap, I'm moving to Austria…..

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      • ChapC
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        @Giles:

        Bloody hell Chap, I'm moving to Austria…..

        You know, there is always a chair for you at our table  😉

        God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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          The craquelage on the blue Plate is amazing @Chap great ensmble with the raw-ish table, wabi sabi greatness.

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          • ChapC
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            @Steffen:

            The craquelage on the blue Plate is amazing @Chap great ensmble with the raw-ish table, wabi sabi greatness.

            Thanks @Steffen

            God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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            • seawolfS
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              Crab cakes, fennel and orange slaw, classic remoulade.

              “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

              @zeebeeleather

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              • mclaincauseyM
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                Dayum! Was that a Valentine's Day meal? Here is ours, surf and turn and turf, strip au poivre with cognac pan sauce, scallops, morel risotto.

                But not until an appropriate start to the evening:

                Think it, be it.

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                • seawolfS
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                  It happened to be our dinner last night, but only because that's all we could throw together with what we had in the house. I've been sick for a week and a half, and yesterday was the first time I've felt like cooking in a while.

                  That dinner looks awesome! I love oysters and I also love Veuve!

                  That steak looks phenomenal, as does the sauce. Are you covering up a mistake with that sauce?

                  “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

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                  • mclaincauseyM
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                    Thanks!

                    No, the steak was perfectly seared to medium rare. It had a rub of salt, coarse pepper, and a little garlic, seared in cast iron on avocado oil outside on the grill for smoke management, then I deglazed the pan with ghee, shallot, cognac, cashewgurt (in lieu of heavy cream), and red wine. The sauce unfortunately is covering up a nice crust, I probably should have served the steak on top of the sauce.

                    The scallops were the best I've made yet. They have such a short window of perfection between under- and over- cooked and I finally hit it perfectly this time. I really hate a rubbery scallop. There's a touch of balsamic reduction finishing these along with lemon.

                    The oysters were my first time shucking my own, and I did it with a shop towel and a paring knife. The lesson here is to get heavy gloves and a proper shucking knife, as what I did was pretty dangerous. Luckily it was successful. I chose a very mild west coast oyster, as this was Brandi's first raw oyster. She liked it!

                    Not pictured is a butter lettuce salad with a lemon vinaigrette that was a perfect foil for such a heavy meal.

                    Brandi handled the risotto, and that was her first effort. It was great.

                    We used also cashewgurt in lieu of dairy for the risotto. Ideally I would have thrown some pecorino on mine 🙂

                    Think it, be it.

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                    • seawolfS
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                      @mclaincausey:

                      The sauce unfortunately is covering up a nice crust, I probably should have served the steak on top of the sauce.

                      Bingo! Sauce goes underneath unless you're trying to cover something up. A spoonful of sauce covers 1,000 mistakes.

                      Everything sounds great! I shoot for medium rare with scallops for that very reason. They're so good when they're cooked properly.

                      A proper shucking knife is so essential. I was an oyster shucker about 20 years ago, and there's no replacement for the proper tools.

                      “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

                      @zeebeeleather

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                      • neph93N
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                        Continuing to explore the possibilities of vegan curry… mushroom and potato masala(ish) using coconut milk. Bloody nice it was too.

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                        We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                        • ChrisC
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                          Damm, that looks great.

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                          • neph93N
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                            @Chris:

                            Damm, that looks great.

                            It came up better than I thought even if I do say so. The potatoes are fried first and taste brilliant and the aubergines and mushrooms just soak up all the flavour. Great recipe.

                            «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                            We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                            • ChapC
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                              Schnitzel and homemade Fries

                              God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                              • JDelageJ
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                                Crispy skn chicken thighs, some of the highest taste-return-on-effort-invested food one can make…

                                https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/perfect-pan-roasted-chicken-thighs

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                                • mclaincauseyM
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                                  Drooooool

                                  Think it, be it.

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                                  • GilesG
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                                    Paula and I were recently in the Maldives.  I fell in love with a number of curries they served, so our waiter gave me some of the recipes.  Cooking the potato curry today, the Pidgin English needs a little interpretation, I may need to refine the recipe, once eaten….

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                    • ChapC
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                                      Trieste is just a 2 and a half hour drive from here and has a fantastic fish market… Been there yesterday and brought along some sand clams an this beautiful guy. A Racasse I think Scorpion Fish in english

                                      God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                                      • GilesG
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                                        Yep, that is a Scorpion Fish….

                                        I'll take photos later, but at the moment I am cooking Potato and Celeriac Gratin - yes to go with my potato curry!  I also have some chicken and lentil curry that Paula made (and made the recipe up too).  Paula is away today, visiting her mum (I had a subsequent engagement  :)), so I'm playing in the kitchen....

                                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                        • ChapC
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                                          @Giles:

                                          Yep, that is a Scorpion Fish….

                                          I'll take photos later, but at the moment I am cooking Potato and Celeriac Gratin - yes to go with my potato curry!  I also have some chicken and lentil curry that Paula made (and made the recipe up too).  Paula is away today, visiting her mum (I had a subsequent engagement  :)), so I'm playing in the kitchen....

                                          😀😀😀 love those playing in the kitchen evenings… the new kitchen yet your playground?

                                          La Rouille:

                                          God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                                          • GilesG
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                                            Nope, new kitchen not yet my playground.  When we originally rebuilt this house, we put a self-contained flat in the basement for Alex when he lived with us, now for guests, I am using the kitchen in that at the moment, and boy am I looking forward to getting upstairs… 🙂

                                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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