Food thread - All things food-related

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Paupiettes de Sole a la Vapeur au Pommes de terre tournées.
This is a favorite of mine and really not that hard to do. The tournée or turned potato takes some skill and is optional.

Cut the sole in half lengthwise. Yu want to season and place stuffing on skin side as it naturally curls when cooked. I generally use pre-sautéed spinach or leeks. Roll up starting from the head and secure with a toothpick. Three per person is typical.

To cook, sauté small dice shallots in butter then add enough white wine, fish stock or water to cover the bottom then add the paupiettes and cover on medium heat. Fish is done when it turns opaque.

When done, plate the fish and on higher heat add either knobs of butter or cream and reduce. If you use butter you need to keep it moving so it doesn’t break. In this dish I added saffron and cream and reduced until it coats the back of spoon (achieving nappe). Be careful not to over thicken the cream.

I prefer to steam the potatoes but can be simmered in water.
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ardilla secreta wrote: Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:14 am Paupiettes de Sole a la Vapeur au Pommes de terre tournées.
This is a favorite of mine and really not that hard to do. The tournée or turned potato takes some skill and is optional.

Cut the sole in half lengthwise. Yu want to season and place stuffing on skin side as it naturally curls when cooked. I generally use pre-sautéed spinach or leeks. Roll up starting from the head and secure with a toothpick. Three per person is typical.

To cook, sauté small dice shallots in butter then add enough white wine, fish stock or water to cover the bottom then add the paupiettes and cover on medium heat. Fish is done when it turns opaque.

When done, plate the fish and on higher heat add either knobs of butter or cream and reduce. If you use butter you need to keep it moving so it doesn’t break. In this dish I added saffron and cream and reduced until it coats the back of spoon (achieving nappe). Be careful not to over thicken the cream.

I prefer to steam the potatoes but can be simmered in water.

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That looks and sounds awesome but no way I don’t destroy it in preparation.
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ardilla secreta wrote: Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:14 am Paupiettes de Sole a la Vapeur au Pommes de terre tournées.
This is a favorite of mine and really not that hard to do. The tournée or turned potato takes some skill and is optional.

Cut the sole in half lengthwise. Yu want to season and place stuffing on skin side as it naturally curls when cooked. I generally use pre-sautéed spinach or leeks. Roll up starting from the head and secure with a toothpick. Three per person is typical.

To cook, sauté small dice shallots in butter then add enough white wine, fish stock or water to cover the bottom then add the paupiettes and cover on medium heat. Fish is done when it turns opaque.

When done, plate the fish and on higher heat add either knobs of butter or cream and reduce. If you use butter you need to keep it moving so it doesn’t break. In this dish I added saffron and cream and reduced until it coats the back of spoon (achieving nappe). Be careful not to over thicken the cream.

I prefer to steam the potatoes but can be simmered in water.

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Damn, that looks good, a s, mighty fancy with a nice presentation too.
Bet that sauce is good, gotta have a nice piece of bread with that.
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youthathletics wrote: Tue Feb 28, 2023 4:11 pm
Farfromgeneva wrote: Tue Feb 28, 2023 3:43 pm My daughter is a Girl Scout. Important information below. (Haven’t tried them but this sounds like a good Ike if not better than the best which is inarguably Samoa’s-I won’t tolerate any arguments on this topic, even from thin mint fans):
NO argument here.....I will say thin mints go incredibly well with a dram or 2 of bourbon. NOt to mention the tag-a-longs.

Secret for everyone - Aldi has Samoas all year long: https://www.delish.com/food-news/a22737 ... t-cookies/
Went to Aldi this morning and, well...
Just hoping they're not all gone by this evening,
wouldn't put a lot of money on that though.
(I was already in on the secret.)
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Haven’t been to Aldi in awhile. They always do have good cookies and chocolates. I’ll have to stop.

Just had lunch at Hayes Seafood House in Clarence, NY.
Struck gold with fried halibut sandwich.
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DMac wrote: Wed Mar 01, 2023 12:30 pm
youthathletics wrote: Tue Feb 28, 2023 4:11 pm
Farfromgeneva wrote: Tue Feb 28, 2023 3:43 pm My daughter is a Girl Scout. Important information below. (Haven’t tried them but this sounds like a good Ike if not better than the best which is inarguably Samoa’s-I won’t tolerate any arguments on this topic, even from thin mint fans):
NO argument here.....I will say thin mints go incredibly well with a dram or 2 of bourbon. NOt to mention the tag-a-longs.

Secret for everyone - Aldi has Samoas all year long: https://www.delish.com/food-news/a22737 ... t-cookies/
Went to Aldi this morning and, well...
Just hoping they're not all gone by this evening,
wouldn't put a lot of money on that though.
(I was already in on the secret.)
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Made my day seeing this.....enjoy every morsel.
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youthathletics wrote: Wed Mar 01, 2023 2:07 pm
DMac wrote: Wed Mar 01, 2023 12:30 pm
youthathletics wrote: Tue Feb 28, 2023 4:11 pm Secret for everyone - Aldi has Samoas all year long: https://www.delish.com/food-news/a22737 ... t-cookies/
Went to Aldi this morning and, well...
Just hoping they're not all gone by this evening,
wouldn't put a lot of money on that though.
(I was already in on the secret.)
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Made my day seeing this.....enjoy every morsel.
We have a relatively new Aldi's down the street. This is good to know!
STILL somewhere back in the day....

...and waiting/hoping for a tinfoil hat emoji......
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DMac wrote: Wed Mar 01, 2023 12:30 pm
youthathletics wrote: Tue Feb 28, 2023 4:11 pm
Farfromgeneva wrote: Tue Feb 28, 2023 3:43 pm My daughter is a Girl Scout. Important information below. (Haven’t tried them but this sounds like a good Ike if not better than the best which is inarguably Samoa’s-I won’t tolerate any arguments on this topic, even from thin mint fans):
NO argument here.....I will say thin mints go incredibly well with a dram or 2 of bourbon. NOt to mention the tag-a-longs.

Secret for everyone - Aldi has Samoas all year long: https://www.delish.com/food-news/a22737 ... t-cookies/
Went to Aldi this morning and, well...
Just hoping they're not all gone by this evening,
wouldn't put a lot of money on that though.
(I was already in on the secret.)
Image
Stopped there today and got two boxes of their coconut caramel fudge stripe cookie. Absolutely delicious and you don’t have to take a beat down from a Girl Scout.
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Happy to have helped.
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ardilla secreta wrote: Wed Mar 01, 2023 1:12 pm Haven’t been to Aldi in awhile. They always do have good cookies and chocolates. I’ll have to stop.

Just had lunch at Hayes Seafood House in Clarence, NY.
Struck gold with fried halibut sandwich.

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Halibut!! Incredible find.
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For Saturday night’s dinner had whole Bronzino stuffed with shallots, lemon and thyme sprigs then roasted. I then deboned the fish (had a cigarette afterwards) and plated over a mix of roasted peppers, olives and lemon zest, served with roasted baby Yukons and Roma tomatoes and braised fennel. The wine was a vivacious Ve-ve Vinho Verde, the quintessential seafood wine from Portugal.
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Nice, looks really good.
Know nothing about Bronzino, nice looking fish though.
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DMac wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2023 3:55 pm Nice, looks really good.
Know nothing about Bronzino, nice looking fish though.
AKA European sea bass. Very big in Italy.
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This looks amazing....anyone ever tried it?

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ardilla secreta wrote: Wed Mar 01, 2023 4:06 pm
DMac wrote: Wed Mar 01, 2023 12:30 pm
youthathletics wrote: Tue Feb 28, 2023 4:11 pm
Farfromgeneva wrote: Tue Feb 28, 2023 3:43 pm My daughter is a Girl Scout. Important information below. (Haven’t tried them but this sounds like a good Ike if not better than the best which is inarguably Samoa’s-I won’t tolerate any arguments on this topic, even from thin mint fans):
NO argument here.....I will say thin mints go incredibly well with a dram or 2 of bourbon. NOt to mention the tag-a-longs.

Secret for everyone - Aldi has Samoas all year long: https://www.delish.com/food-news/a22737 ... t-cookies/
Went to Aldi this morning and, well...
Just hoping they're not all gone by this evening,
wouldn't put a lot of money on that though.
(I was already in on the secret.)
Image
Stopped there today and got two boxes of their coconut caramel fudge stripe cookie. Absolutely delicious and you don’t have to take a beat down from a Girl Scout.
Sold-Out Girl Scout Cookie Flavor Hits the Resale Market

"ingle boxes of the Raspberry Rally cookies, which cost from $4 to $7, are selling for as much as five times the usual price. Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., which notes that cookie sales fund troop activities, expressed dismay."
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8-) This is food related...no? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P2S4juKoEmk
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youthathletics wrote: Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:28 pm 8-) This is food related...no? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P2S4juKoEmk

Confession: it never ceases to amaze me how often female cooks present cleavage in their shows both on YT and on the Food network. When they go on PBS they have to re-tape the show in order to avoid such revelations. :lol:
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Am watching the NCAA RO16s and having a banana-cocoa-peach jam-mocha. Yum.

Sorry, no pic. :D
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Boston Dad prays for a New England heretic's coffee salvation. :lol:
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Philippe the Original. Old photo I took of an American classic. Alleged home of the French dip sandwich that’s been around since 1908 and sits on the edge of downtown Los Angeles near Union Station.

Been awhile, but it’s not only a very good sandwich but a unique place where the communal tables could be shared by the down and out and business elite. Coffee is only .46 cents, iced tea .80 cents. They also offer some higher end wines by the glass.
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