The food thread

We have our grandkids staying overnight so I made another run at pizza using sourdough discard. Not bad at all in my book, but I'm not done quite yet. The trials will continue.
I was pleased to see my grandson eat 3 large pieces and then ask if he could have more later. He's thin as a rail and eats like a bird so I took that as a compliment.
For tomorrow my wife has requested sourdough ciabatta, corn on the cob, asparagus, mashed potatoes and BBQ chicken. I'm looking forward to it...
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Daughter is a show off.... I don't know if it's a heart or a garlic. SHe can make more, but this is my wife's 1PM weekend coffee... just one shot.

Daughter makes lates, etc... I only make double shots of Dark In The Dark or Americano and cappuccino. I have two styles of cappuccinos:
  • Mt. Fuji
  • A snowy morning in Kobe.
Mt. Fuji is obvious. The city of Kobe is flat, so if I froth the milk a little bit more "wet"... then it flows into a flat layer of foam on top. Hence the name.

Either way, we both add the sweetener into the milk before frothing... the makes the foam sweet.... awesome -if you're into that foo foo stuff.... I just go for half an inch of crema on top of my cafe!

No pictures from me.... daughter... same cup, two different ways of looking at it.

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So, wife got some squid ink... "tinta de sepia" from the Spanish store. She also go some frozen baby octopus and squid from the Korean store.

For Saturday we're gonna use some skirt steak to make soft tacos... but for tomorrow...

I could make a "black" seafood paella.... or fry the octopus/squid on a sofrito and the ink... and put it on top of white rice or pasta...

It's good we had a good brunch, or I'd be starving.

Not much action lately here... what, everybody just eating sliders at White Castle?
 
Actually since I am laid up, we are doing a lot of clean the freezer type things. Tonight, my favourite Mrs. Is making fajitas. The chicken was brined and Word has it, there will be assorted peppers, red, yellow, green and perhaps even the onions, yellow and red. The tortillas will be whole wheat as usual and I am unsure of the sauce or seasoning. If I can get my sexy butt off the easy chair, I will take pics.
 
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Squid ink:
Something you pay $200 kg for and offers little in the way of flavour, it discolours your food and makes you brush your teeth twice that night.
Mmmm… count me in Tony.

Actually, it does have good taste to it... a touch of bitterness. Goes great with squid, octopus, garlic and lots of good red wine. Hmm... just about everything goes great with red wine and garlic... but I, sort of usual, eh, I do it all the time... digress.

My wife bought a small paellera pan the other day... Other old pan is like 18 inches accoss, make a paella for a lot of people and I can only use it on the outdoor propane burners. So the new one will git nicely inside, and I can use it for more than just "plain" paella.... she wants me to make a black seafood paella tomorrow... so I'll give it a try.

Meanwhile, I prep'd the flank state for carne asada... but we got so many good leftovers in the fridge ( paella from last week, roasted salmon, chicken soup...) that we might just do left overs tonite. and do the beef tacos sometimes next week.

You laid up? I hope you're OK man.

@Mark Johnson Yes, Ube is quite good too, so is Okinawan purple potato ( Beni Imo )... Make them into "french" fries. Amazing taste. My wife bought a pack this week. I wonder how she plans on using them.

 
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^ Take care...

BTW, so wife got creative last night.

We had left over paella from last weekend and a new, smaller paellera. So she reinvented the Left Over Paella.

She microwaved the old paella to warm it up.

Fried some yellow onion and chorizos of chistorra, then added the green beans.... when the beans were nicely done, she took them out. Added the warmed up paella and fried it all together. Then topped it off with the green beans.

It was really good.

So, no cuttle ink tonight.... I think we'll just go with the carne asada soft tacos.
 

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