What's cookin? Wed. 1/31/18

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Kayelle

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I was going thru some old "Club Cookbooks" and found one of my contributed recipes I made back in the day called Company Crab Bake. It's made in individual casseroles and now I remember why I called it "company" because it's a lot of work. Anyway, we'll have two of them tonight and I'll freeze two. I hope it's as good as I remember. My notes in 1972 said to "serve it with a small bunch of grapes, and a spinach salad" so that will happen.

What's going on at your abode?:chef:
 
Tonight's dinner was personal tortilla pizzas. SO's was cheese and I had this beauty below.
 

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Oven baked fish and chips. The recipe called for giving the fish an egg wash and a panko crumb coating and baking it at 425F, but I realized that it needed a few minutes under the broiler at the end to give it a nice crunch. Not as tasty as the fried stuff, but a whole lot healthier.
 
Great looking dinners Andy and Roch!

I was going thru some old "Club Cookbooks" and found one of my contributed recipes I made back in the day called Company Crab Bake. It's made in individual casseroles and now I remember why I called it "company" because it's a lot of work. Anyway, we'll have two of them tonight and I'll freeze two. I hope it's as good as I remember. My notes in 1972 said to "serve it with a small bunch of grapes, and a spinach salad" so that will happen.

What's going on at your abode?:chef:

The recipe was as good as I remembered and it was fun using my pretty new Polish Pottery individual casseroles I found for a song at Tuesday Morning.
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Great looking dinners Andy and Roch!

The recipe was as good as I remembered and it was fun using my pretty new Polish Pottery individual casseroles I found for a song at Tuesday Morning.

That looks good. I love crab cakes, well, the real ones, not the crab-substitute ones I often find around here. That crab bake looks like something I would like.

Also nice to find another Tuesday Morning fan. I only find something I want maybe one-out-of-five times I go there, but when I do, it's generally a steal.

CD
 
I didn't get to cook what I had planned to cook tonight, because I finished working too late to do the marinading of the meat. But, I did make the marinade, and put it in the fridge for tomorrow. I'll mix the meat in tomorrow morning.

So, I cooked a hot dog the way I did it a few days ago, with a nuke par cook, and a sear with the Searzall. Topped with kraut and mustard. No chips tonight. Cherry tomatoes with fresh mozzarella on toothpicks, and some jalepeño stuffed olives for sides/grazing.

CD
 
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That looks good. I love crab cakes, well, the real ones, not the crab-substitute ones I often find around here. That crab bake looks like something I would like.

Also nice to find another Tuesday Morning fan. I only find something I want maybe one-out-of-five times I go there, but when I do, it's generally a steal.

CD

Yep, I don't do fake crab either, but it would be good with shrimp too.

Thankfully my sons lust after my Polish Pottery collection but this find at Tuesday Morning was exciting for me, although I'm easily excited. ;)
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Good looking dinners. Lovely little dishes too, Kayelle. I have only one piece of Polish Pottery, bought on the cheap at a Christmas Tree Shop up here. Bakes things up like a charm, cleans up like a dream. No nearby Tuesday Mornings, but CTS is sorta like one on steriods.

Tonight's dinner was personal tortilla pizzas. SO's was cheese and I had this beauty below.
That looks so good! Good enough to make me hungry at this late hour. I have a CI pan, tortilla flats, sauce...


I did a small grocery run today. The plan was to come home, then run out again to Aldi, which is in a completely different direction from store one. Aldi was going to include a "Cook's Night Off" dinner out. By the time I was done with round one and got home, I decided to fuggetaboutit. Ended up making patty melts, served up with homemade dill pickles and giadiniera. Wish we had potato chips in the house tonight...
 
We had Mexican rice casserole, it was bit stodge but every one loved it. We were supposed to have something else but my daughter got it at daycare ( yes, they get a free meal) so we went for the rice instead.

We will do this again, but with me less in pain because the stodge party only happened cause I kept forgetting what I was doing.
 
We had Mexican rice casserole, it was bit stodge but every one loved it. We were supposed to have something else but my daughter got it at daycare ( yes, they get a free meal) so we went for the rice instead.

We will do this again, but with me less in pain because the stodge party only happened cause I kept forgetting what I was doing.

What is "stodge?"

And, I have to wonder what Swedish "Mexican" food is like. What's in that casserole?

CD
 
Stodgy, sorry I forgot my Queens English and went for local scots instead. Thick, heavy porridge like.

Yes I am still a wee bit too much in pain.

I used an American recipe, because I got the suggestion from here.
https://twohealthykitchens.com/one-pot-mexican-rice-skillet-dinner/

That is a pretty decent looking recipe. I wouldn't suggest ground turkey. That would not be Mexican at all. Corn is definitely Mexican, and doesn't get used enough in Gringo Mexican food, IMO. Good frozen corn works fine, IMO.

I'm not sure about brown rice. I know it isn't used in Tex-Mex here in Texas.

The other thing I wouldn't use is is cheddar cheese. It may be impossible to get a crumbly Mexican cheese like Queso Fresco in Sweden, but you can substitute Feta. It is very similar.

I don't know what taco seasonings you can get in Sweden, but I make my own. It is based on simple things like ground comino (cumin), dried oregano (rub it between your hands to release the oils), chili powder or hot paprika (depending on what you can get) and a little salt. You can add other things, but those are the basics.

My plan is to make fajitas on Thursday. A Mexican vaquero (cowboy) food popular in Texas. I'll try to get more detailed than usual on how I make them.

CD
 
Ground turkey cost so much, I cant afford it, I use beef/pork mix, because that is common and fairly cheep.

I also dont use cheddar, the cheddar we get is either English/ Scottish or Swedish and it has different texture, melting, look and flavour then American ( yes, a American friend keeps complaining about and even brought over some American cheddar for us to try).
I use a mix called Tex Mex, it is more like stringy and has lovely fresh flavour. I had no time to go to Brödernas and get a Arabic cheese that taste like and act like quesa fresca ( yes I have tasted that) .

Feta, I get is Greek , 100% sheep milk as it should and yes work for Burritos but not with this. The Arabic cheese is made with Cow milk or a mix of cow and goat and it is milder then Feta and not as salty.

I actually do my own taco spice my self, just cumin, thyme, oregano, paprika, garlic powder, black pepper and ground to smooth powder. No chili because my daughter dont like the taste of powdered chilli , she will eat whole chils made into paste and put into food.

I will be honest when it comes to burritos, well just a tortilla stuffed with something left over most often and some veggies and that is it. I havent done a lot of authentic Mexican food for a while. I used too. Hrm maybe I should dig up som José's old recipes and cook them again. It perfect weather for Atole and churros. If I could just find the recipe for Wedding beans ( that what he has written in Swedish Bön Bröllop), then I be happy.
 
Oh Just realised I didnt use my brown basmati rice, I did measure it up and then used my white Pakistani Basmati rice...
 
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