Photo of your dinner (Vol 3)

[Brother D]

I stopped for a bite on the way home at a new place and ordered a steak baguette - They cut it vertically, and put the steak in between. Made it impossible to eat. Conflicted as to whether to be annoyed or impressed with the idea to produce a vertical sandwich.

Also not in their favour was realizing after sitting down that the entire bar rotates once an hour so got slightly sea-sick.

https://chicago.eater.com/2019/7/26/8931706/franco...

[Adenauer]

Dizeee said:

Thank you, and glad you took it as it was intended

[Dizeee]

Not really understanding that baguette - looks difficult to manage!

I have been sorting out my food for my three 12 hour nightshifts starting tonight... none of them will upload via PH as each file is too big which I don't understand, so I tried that Imgur site...

[anonymous-user]

Brother D said:

I stopped for a bite on the way home at a new place and ordered a steak baguette - They cut it vertically, and put the steak in between. Made it impossible to eat. Conflicted as to whether to be annoyed or impressed with the idea to produce a vertical sandwich.

Also not in their favour was realizing after sitting down that the entire bar rotates once an hour so got slightly sea-sick.

https://chicago.eater.com/2019/7/26/8931706/franco...

So not recommended then? I was going to try that next time I'm in town as it's so close to my office (on corner of Randolph and Wacker).

[Dizeee]

[Brother D]

had ham said:

Brother D said:

I stopped for a bite on the way home at a new place and ordered a steak baguette - They cut it vertically, and put the steak in between. Made it impossible to eat. Conflicted as to whether to be annoyed or impressed with the idea to produce a vertical sandwich.

Also not in their favour was realizing after sitting down that the entire bar rotates once an hour so got slightly sea-sick.

https://chicago.eater.com/2019/7/26/8931706/franco...

So not recommended then? I was going to try that next time I'm in town as it's so close to my office (on corner of Randolph and Wacker).

Did you get caught up in the fire yesterday? I think every fire appliance including the boat was in attendance.

No give it a bash - the food honestly was pretty good and nice surroundings, just impossible to actually eat it as a sandwich!

[illmonkey]

Friday night treat!

I’ve taken measurements for the guiness book of records to confirm the words smallest burgers.

[Dizeee]

Quality not quantity.Hmmmm, Jalapenos.....

[Cotty]

Cotty said:

Tickle said:

Just thin cut and arranged so there is a bit of space. Salt, pepper and smeared with butter. Baked until gold/crisped.

...then more salt.

I am going to have a go at at this at the weekend but with different veg. Time to crack out the mandolin
https://www.pyrexuk.com/blogs/recipes/vegetables-t...

Well that was fun. Just whacked it into the oven along with some harissa marinated chicken legs

[ambuletz]

Cotty said:

Cotty said:

Tickle said:

Just thin cut and arranged so there is a bit of space. Salt, pepper and smeared with butter. Baked until gold/crisped.

...then more salt.

I am going to have a go at at this at the weekend but with different veg. Time to crack out the mandolin
https://www.pyrexuk.com/blogs/recipes/vegetables-t...

Well that was fun. Just whacked it into the oven along with some harissa marinated chicken legs

Did you drop the food on the floor for 1 hour like the instructions suggest?

[Cotty]

ambuletz said:

Did you drop the food on the floor for 1 hour like the instructions suggest?

I just assumed the drop it comment was "drop it into the oven for an hour"

[Cotty]

I think the steam screwed up the focus

[Dizeee]

Nice bit of Nandos sauce on the side of that, and some coleslaw - job jobbed.... were the potatoes a bit mushy?

[Cotty]

The potatoes were crispy on the top and cooked though on the bottom. I used plain white potatoes and they still held their shape and were not mushy. I didn't use any butter, but I brushed the tops with olive oil, the veg gave out enough liquid to keep it all moist and create a bit of a sauce.

Edited by Cotty on Monday 14th October 09:22

[illmonkey]

Slow cooked chicken, wasn’t impressed.

[BrabusMog]

illmonkey said:

Slow cooked chicken, wasn’t impressed.

That looks depressing!

[illmonkey]

BrabusMog said:

illmonkey said:

Slow cooked chicken, wasn’t impressed.

That looks depressing!

I can’t stand skin, so it looks crap. Drier than a really dry thing on a summers day too.

[21TonyK]

As a general rule of thumb you cannot "slow cook" anything lean so forget chicken.

It's the collagen and fats that keep meat moist when its cooked (not the sauce or braising liquid as many assume).

/mum (bless her!)

it cant be chewy its got lots of sauce with it!

/mum

[illmonkey]

21TonyK said:

As a general rule of thumb you cannot "slow cook" anything lean so forget chicken.

It's the collagen and fats that keep meat moist when its cooked (not the sauce or braising liquid as many assume).

Fair enough! We’d seen it so thought to give it ago. It’ll be pork belly or something next time.

[21TonyK]

A half decent bit of belly seamed out, rolled, braised then fast roasted is an amazing meal. I used to do this as part of a "modern cassoulet" with duck etc