What did you cook or eat today? (October 2025)

[MypinchofItaly]

As Mr SSOAP was within metres of the hardware shop the door was locked, the shutters down and the person scuttled away for his siesta at quite a speed!
Fortunately the Chinese folk who own the mini supermarket nearby are not at all integrated into Spanish culture so stay open all hours and sell all sorts of unusual things in a tiny space including a mallet and a large chisel next to the baguettes!
The Monkey Men engaged gorilla mode and a mere couple of taps later Mr Rusty Padlock was no longer standing between us and carne.

I had the smallest hot stone steak they offer, the others had over a pound of fillet each!
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I also had a jacket potato which it the best jacket potato I’ve had in a very long time
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Spanish hospitality here as usual was excellent, even a free glass of rather excellent bubbly at the end.
Imagine our irritation when we discovered we couldn’t add a tip to the bill and no-one brought any cash!
They don’t expect tips here at all, they consider they’re just doing their job but I’m not thrilled so we’ll wander back down to the seafront later for beach sunset and leave a tip.

That steak looks absolutely delicious!
Enjoy Spain, olè

 

[MypinchofItaly]

Made mixed flavours biscuits.
There is pumpkin and apple, red currant, almonds, candied fruit and lemon zest

 

[Barriehie]

I picked up an 8pc fried chicken at the store while getting my redskins.
It was so-so. They changed the breading. It was not as good as it usually is.
But it was still pressure fried chicken, so I managed to eat the usual five pieces with enough left over for some chicken salad, or maybe Cajun pasta.

Kinda bummed though. I might say something next time I go there.

Used to be a place in 'Vegas called Farm Basket and all they sold was fried chicken and turkey. I'd go by there on the way home and you could get 7 pieces of dark meat for $7.99 with a biscuit and a side. Miss that place!

Looks like they've changed...
https://farmbasket.restaurant/

 

[TastyReuben]

One thing about the nearest eating establishment to us…they give you enough fries - that burger is resting on more fries underneath.

 

[Barriehie]

A boatload of dirty rice for the Groomer Girls. I used brown, red, and black rice.

Now I need to fix me something...

 

[medtran49]

Dirty French burger with leek and gruyere potato cakes.

 

[JAS_OH1]

Just boiled some shrimp for a shrimp cocktail and some crab to top off the chowder. We picked up grouper and some more of that amazing tuna. That will keep us for the weekend, then we fly home Monday.

 

[Barriehie]

Just boiled some shrimp for a shrimp cocktail and some crab to top off the chowder. We picked up grouper and some more of that amazing tuna. That will keep us for the weekend, then we fly home Monday.

FedEx isn't that bad to GA...

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

Kimm Cheese???

In Hawaii, it's Kim Chee where as elsewhere it's kimchi

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

Used to be a place in 'Vegas called Farm Basket and all they sold was fried chicken and turkey. I'd go by there on the way home and you could get 7 pieces of dark meat for $7.99 with a biscuit and a side. Miss that place!

Looks like they've changed...
https://farmbasket.restaurant/

Copy & Paste!!!
When we go to Vegas, we always stay at Red Rock - right around the corner!!!
I've been bugging DH that we need to take a road trip up there and restock our Asian Pantry.
Only three places I can get my stash, and that's California (visit with Nieces), Phoenix (hate that place) and Vegas (way far off the Strip and Downtown please).

 

[PAcanis]

I had this

But really my view looked like this

 

[karadekoolaid]

Wife had cataract surgery yesterday. 7.45am , we went to the docs again this morning to remove the dressing and...
Power cut. Instead of 10 minutes, we were there for over an hour and a half.
Eventually got seen to, but it was son's swimming class today at 10, so I took him there, zoomed down to town to do a quick chore, picked up the wife, picked up son, took him to the gym, took the wife back home.
The doc said she shouldn't bend down, cook or do anything strenuous, so ...
Half an hour later, back to the gym to pick up son, stopped at the supermarket for pizza ingredients (and beer), came home, cooked some artichokes for the pizza ( and for wife's dinner), made a Mediterranean quiche thingy with aubergines, courgettes, onions, bit of fennel left over and some tomato, plus a bit of puff pastry hanging around in the fridge. Made a tomato pasta sauce ( which served for pizza).
Served dinner for the wife, pizza for me and sonny Jim, and am now relaxing with a nice glass of Carmenére . Mr Porky is accompanying me to see if anything edible falls off the table.

 

[rascal]

Fridge challenge to use what I got.
1/2 cauli some cream and grated cheese. Roast potatoes carrots pumpkin and beetroot out of the garden. Chicken kiev and then I made gravy.
Im.chokka.
Resting then load the dishwasher.
G and ts then.

Russ

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

My son’s idea for deconstructed sushi last night. We had a really nice time together preparing it.
A few of the stacks people built -

It all worked so well, will definitely be doing it again.
We put bowls of prepared ingredients on the table and everyone stacked their nori however they fancied.

Had different accompaniments out - sushi ginger, wasabi, different types of roe, a chilli dipping sauce (made with chilli crunch/crisp, gochuchang, mirin), a heavily watered down sushi sauce (it’s too gloopy and sweet otherwise), whatever these bright red ‘herring pearls’ are (they were nice and very popular with everyone) and soy sauce.

It was good for people having enough to eat because unlike fully prepared sushi where I’d make a set amount they could just keep building and eating until they were full and all the fresh raw veg went down a storm.

It’s perfect for that communal eating feeling where everyone gets stuck in and will be really good for preparing ahead on busy days when we still want something that feels a bit special. I can see myself wheeling this one out over Christmas for sure!