What did you cook, eat or drink today (August 2018)?

[medtran49]

Homemade pitas with Greek lamb and beef meatballs with tzatziki, plus spanikopita with homemade phyllo dough. That was interesting.

We were supposed to have dolmades and saganaki as well, but while I was in the middle of making dinner got a nasty little surprise. Our water was turned off because of a broken pipe in the neighborhood. So, I wasn't able to soak the grape leaves to get rid of brine/vinegar flavor, nor did I really want to basically start a fire in the house with the water off. BTW, water is still off almost 3 hours later when they told me 2 hours tops when I called.

 

[Morning Glory]

Beef please *hands over plate*

Hard to tell the difference from the photos - to eat, I actually preferred the vegan one. I think I worked harder on the flavourings.

 

[Morning Glory]

BTW, water is still off almost 3 hours later when they told me 2 hours tops when I called.

Oh blimey! I hope it gets sorted.

home phyllo dough

You are indeed a brave person - and I want to know/see more about this. I have thought about trying it but felt that I could never, ever achieve that transparently thin dough. New thread perhaps?

 

[epicuric]

Are they 'home-smoked'? Well they must be I think as I've never seen such a thing in the shops! Fascinating...



There is no 'possibly' about it!

Yes, I am getting more experimental with smoking

 

[Duck59]

Blackberries are abundant round here and we have a jar of jam made. The next batch will go into some kind of baking thing.

 

[Yorky]

A little left over mashed spuds and shallots pan fried with peas and two very large poached duck eggs.

 

[Wyshiepoo]

Left overs from the freezer.

Italian Veal.

 

[MypinchofItaly]

 

[epicuric]

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A mighty fine sight! Don't leave that beer in the sun too long.

 

[Lullabelle]

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That looks like my kind of afternoon

 

[MypinchofItaly]

A mighty fine sight! Don't leave that beer in the sun too long.

It was already empty

 

[Lullabelle]

It was already empty

 

[medtran49]

The rest of the Greek meatballs, some more fresh pita, saganaki, and dolmades. Didn't take plate picture, but will take 1 of the dolmades in the pan. They came out much better than the ones we've bought out. I soaked the grape leaves 4 times, 2 in nearly boiling water, 2 in cold water so they didn't have that vinegary/citric acid taste.

 

[buckytom]

Yes, I am getting more experimental with smoking

Duuuude.

 

[epicuric]

Last night my wife cooked a vegetarian chilli. It was awesome!