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

[detroitdad]

elk chili and sausage

 

[medtran49]

Chicken, fennel, orange tagine over couscous.

 

[buckytom]

Today was media day for my son's high school football team, so after team and individual pictures, aerial shots, and punt/pass/kick competitions, we dug into a pot-luck buffet that was about 30 meters long. All of the team families really went all out and brought delicious dishes.

My favourites were penne in vodka sauce, sausage and peppers, Buffalo wings, and the best bbq'd whole hog that I've ever had in my life. One of the families has a farm nearby, so they slaughtered one of their hogs yesterday, then q'd it overnight on their converted 500 gallon oil tank grill. They use a specIal steamer insert on which the dressed hog lays in the center so the smoke and heat act like a convection oven while it steams from underneath.
it was extremely tender and juicy, and the skin as crisp as cracker.

I need to find an old oil tank, and a welding torch.

 

[Morning Glory]

One of the families has a farm nearby, so they slaughtered one of their hogs yesterday, then q'd it overnight on their converted 500 gallon oil tank grill. They use a specIal steamer insert on which the dressed hog lays in the center so the smoke and heat act like a convection oven while it steams from underneath.

Blimey - never got anything like that at any school festivity I ever attended. Come to that, I've never had that anywhere.

 

[Morning Glory]

elk chili and sausage

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Elk chilli!

 

[buckytom]

Blimey - never got anything like that at any school festivity I ever attended. Come to that, I've never had that anywhere.

A pic of just one of the dozen or more tents of food (looks like a mix of Italian American and Latin American food)

'mericans love their football. The team:

 

[Yorky]

A rather large portion of cauliflower cheese with a few short chips.

 

[Karen W]

Too hot to cook here. Antipasto (charcuterie) platter. Mixed greens, olives, artichoke hearts, fresh mozzarella, prosciutto, cherry tomatoes, sliced baguette.

Bolognese sauce started on the stove top and transferred to the slow cooker to thicken up. Served over cheese ravioli. Cannoli from the bakery for dessert.

 

[Kake Lover]

We're on holiday in Cornwall at the moment and we went out for a rather lovely Sunday lunch.
In honour of the recipe challenge, I had Roast Hake served on a fennel salad.
I have to say that I've never been keen on fennel but this was amazing. I was trying to work out what was in the dressing. There was definitely a lemony flavour.

 

[Morning Glory]

In honour of the recipe challenge. I had Roast Hake served on a fennel salad.

Bravo! It does look very good. Hake is a lovely fish.

 

[Morning Glory]

Vegetables en papiotte with wine, herbs and lemon (note the fennel!).

Before:

After:

 

[medtran49]

Homemade spinach/garlic pasta with a sauce of leeks, guanciale, cream, butter, and Parm R.

 

[epicuric]

Lunch out. A fusion of Japanese, Cantonese and Vietnamese, the centerpiece was this lovely chicken with pineapple.

 

[Yorky]

Lunch out. A fusion of Japanese, Cantonese and Vietnamese, the centerpiece was this lovely chicken with pineapple.

By coincidence, there are a number of mobile stalls selling pineapples on the main road out of town. I don't know why we didn't stop and get one. Bht 20.00 each currently (45 pence).

 

[Yorky]

The last of this pack of Virginia ham.