What did you cook/eat today (July 2017)?

[Yorky]

There was an horrendous storm yesterday afternoon just as I'd finished cooking my dinner. I was stuck with very subdued daylight and fluorescent tubes so the image lacks decent lighting.

Pan fried gammon steak, roast potatoes, peas, poached eggs and English mustard.

 

[Lynne Guinne]

I took advantage of local sales and made chicken fajitas. Chicken seasoned and seared in my cast iron pan while I cooked up the onions and bell peppers in my largest non-stick pan. Introduced them all in the cast iron and married the flavors. Simple add-ins of sour cream, salsa, and cheddar cheese when they were assembled in a warm flour tortilla flat.

Currently, I'm snacking on fresh cherries and stale pistachio nuts. Will chase them all down with my nightly glass of wine.

 

[Lynne Guinne]

You ain't missing much. Skeeters are taking over this year...

Apparently those little blood suckers don't need a passport. We have an abundance of the pests ourselves. Add in ticks and the fear of Lyme disease and one feels like barricading oneself in one's home.

 

[Yorky]

Pizza (bacon and black olives):

Cooked.

• Yorky
• 2 Jul 2017

Served.

• Yorky
• 2 Jul 2017

[Edit: No skimping on the toppings!]

 

[epicuric]

That multigrain bread looks very good..was served warm?

No, only the battered elements were warm, but the bread was lovely and fresh.

 

[epicuric]

Lunch at home yesterday:

Red prawns, scallops and cockles (supposed to be clams, but I got the apprentice fishmonger). Cooked down a finely chopped shallot, white wine, fish stock. Threw in the prawns and cockles to poach, scallops seared in another pan first then added. Double cream to thicken, generous squeeze of lemon, seasoned and fresh parsley on top. Served with rustic French bread and plenty of beurre d'Isigny. And wine - a nice chilled Gavi.

 

[Morning Glory]

Lunch at home yesterday:.

Looks lovely. What is a Gavi?

 

[Cinisajoy]

Apparently those little blood suckers don't need a passport. We have an abundance of the pests ourselves. Add in ticks and the fear of Lyme disease and one feels like barricading oneself in one's home.

I've got a bloodsucker in my bathroom. It played possum last night when I hit it and then dropped it in the toilet. A few minutes later, it flew back out.

 

[Morning Glory]

I've got a bloodsucker in my bathroom. It played possum last night when I hit it and then dropped it in the toilet. A few minutes later, it flew back out.

 

[epicuric]

Looks lovely. What is a Gavi?

A crisp, dry Italian wine from the Piedmont region (via Tesco's). It goes well with the rich creamy sauce, and with Tesco's current 20% off 6 bottles or more it comes in at about £5 a bottle.

 

[epicuric]

How to ruin a perfectly good rib of beef:

Well overcooked. Next time, inspired by @Yorky I think I will just use a blowtorch. Tasted OK though:

 

[TooSweetForMe]

Fixing rib eye steaks, baked potatoes, pickled cucumbers & cherry tomatoes for lunch. Not sure what will be for dessert yet.

 

[Morning Glory]

How to ruin a perfectly good rib of beef:

Oh dear! Nice looking Yorkshire Pudding though.

 

[Kake Lover]

I thought of @SatNavSaysStraightOn today when I was sat in the cafe eating her favourite chips! - at the Jodrell Bank visitors centre ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodrell_Bank_Observatory).

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I thought of @SatNavSaysStraightOn today when I was sat in the cafe eating her favourite chips! - at the Jodrell Bank visitors centre ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodrell_Bank_Observatory).

thank you. I do hope you had them as a chip butty with mayo! Or at the very least with mayo and saved me one!

I shall wait to see what turns up in the post.