Photo of your dinner (Vol 3)

[CharlesdeGaulle]

BrabusMog said:

Does it taste similar to any other type of seafood?

It certainly doesn't taste fishy.

[2 GKC]

It looks awful

[21TonyK]

I don;t think it does. I've eaten octopus several times on hols and visiting family in the Med. but not cooked at home.

It's on my list in the next few weeks. Planning braised then deep fried octopus with pork, seen it before somewhere and it sounded amazing.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

My rule to self when eating out is never to pay for something I can do myself. That rule is partly in place to allow chips.

I also try and be reasonably adventurous and eat local specialties. The octopus really was very good. I know it looked like an alien but it was delicious.

[illmonkey]

Not so appetising Mr hankie’s. Couldn’t finish it, was some minted beef mince thing wrapped in tortilla.

[carinatauk]

BrabusMog said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

I've just eaten this. I didn't cook it, but I did eat it. Well, half of it.

Does it taste similar to any other type of seafood?

Superb, I love Octopus but so expensive in the UK. Becomes addictive when I'm in Spain, along with Squid and other fish. Oh and beer, lots of it!

[craigjm]

Jailhouse Chilli but with beans to please the audience

[Martin350]

HM-2 said:

I did roast duck and rice with pak choi and spring onions.

I am definitely going to try and replicate that!


Indian spiced BBQ marinated chicken (grilled), salad with honey & mustard dressing, homemade garlic & coriander naans and cucumber raita.




Edit: I've just noticed the 'lady's face' in the middle of the raita!

Edit again!: And a 'dog's face' to the right of her!!

Here they are zoomed in on.



Followed by vanilla Haagen Dazs with homemade butterscotch sauce and Lotus (well, this is PH) biscuits.



A nice dinner to eat al fresco on such a very warm evening!

Edited by Martin350 on Sunday 9th August 00:21

[RC1807]

illmonkey said:

Not so appetising Mr hankie’s. Couldn’t finish it, was some minted beef mince thing wrapped in tortilla.

Lovely South Park reference there,didn't go unnoticed!

[Cotty]

illmonkey said:

Curried cottage pie, was lovely. Mash is sweet potato and potato.

I used to do something similar with curried mince. For the mash I just used potatoes, butter, milk, chopped fresh coriander, turmeric and black mustard seeds. It ends up bright yellow because of the turmeric

[Cotty]

[Melman Giraffe]

[DoubleSix]

HM-2 said:

Second run at doing Peking Duck. Marinaded overnight then blanched and slow roasted for 9 hours.



I'll do the rest tomorrow with pancakes, but today I did roast duck and rice with pak choi and spring onions.

Do you have a link for the marinade you used?

Were you happy with the results?

[Tickle]

Nothing special about this at all from appearance, souvlaki (lamb).

Got the method off from a taverna in Corfu.

Anyway, the jist was long marinade - fast cook.

In the fridge they had lamb, cut into smallish pieces for 24hrs in the following; chopped garlic, oil, lots of lemon juice, salt, pepper, sliced onions, oregano and thyme. The idea was to have nothing except the herbs and liquid on the lamb when on the heat. Garlic would go bitter if crushed and on the flames. The smaller pieces cook quick and have a bigger surface area for the coating too.

Not teaching anyone to suck eggs on these, but it's simple stuff with a tried and tested method.

Pic from last night, nothing to look at but good!

[HM-2]

DoubleSix said:

Do you have a link for the marinade you used?

I used this recipe as the base - https://www.thespruceeats.com/cantonese-roast-duck... but with honey as I didn't have any maltose syrup.
However I cooked it according to this one - https://omnivorescookbook.com/slow-roast-duck/. Except I didn't score the breasts as I wanted to retain some of the fat.

DoubleSix said:

Were you happy with the results?

Very much so, yes!

-Edit

Home-made satay tonight with cocoanut rice and mango salad.

Edited by HM-2 on Sunday 9th August 21:30

[DoubleSix]

HM-2 said:

DoubleSix said:

Do you have a link for the marinade you used?

I used this recipe as the base - https://www.thespruceeats.com/cantonese-roast-duck... but with honey as I didn't have any maltose syrup.
However I cooked it according to this one - https://omnivorescookbook.com/slow-roast-duck/. Except I didn't score the breasts as I wanted to retain some of the fat.

DoubleSix said:

Were you happy with the results?

Very much so, yes!

Nice, thx!

Yeah, the cooking time is curiously short in the first recipe. I do a lot of ‘low n slow’ cooking so will give this a go.

Any trouble with the sugar burning? I normally glaze my hams near the end of the roast or the honey has a tendency to burn.

[HM-2]

DoubleSix said:

Any trouble with the sugar burning? I normally glaze my hams near the end of the roast or the honey has a tendency to burn.

First time it burned a little, second time it was fine. I didn't do a high temperature period at the end the second time around so it was all done at around Gas Mark 1 which I think helped draw out a lot of the moisture without burning it.

[Matt Harper]

Hoisin Chicken Fried Rice.

[HM-2]

Homemade bacon cheeseburger...



Had fries too but they weren't ready in time for the photo.

[Melman Giraffe]

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