Too hot to cook inside or outside.
Tonight, Thai food.
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Grilled cevapcici using ground buffalo, organic pork shoulder, komorac (fennel), garden-fresh oregano and marjoram leaves, garlic and shallots. A salad made with the same mesclun leaves that just keep going and going, only now my first grape tomato berries are on and will be a welcome addition. Boudin Bakery sourdough, Moonstruck Baby Blue cheese and grilled mixed vegetables and fruits. Blasted Church 2006 Merlot, Baron-Fuente NV Brut champagne and Hangar One martinis and cocktails. Summer is good... 
quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
Too hot to cook inside or outside.
Tonight, Thai food.
How hot is it?
It's 64 and cloudy here. Think I'll throw a couple burgers on the grill anyway.
quote:Originally posted by mneeley490:
How hot is it?
It's 64 and cloudy here. Think I'll throw a couple burgers on the grill anyway.
It was 105 at the nearest airport to my house, which is 9 degrees above normal for today.
Now that said, I must admit, I think I will take hot over cloudy any day. I'm just not a fan of cloudy.
poached sole and veggies. very nice.
Baseball themed dinner while watching the Giants sweep!!!
Nachos with jalapeno rings and then various sausages. Brats and Bockwurst steamed in beer. Chicken/apple sausages grilled, Bockwurst grilled, and Alpine Meats beef frankfurters (Giants stadium dogs) grilled. Various mustards, sauerkruat, and sauteed onions. Green salad. Mostly beer, but then a 2009 Etude Rose.
Nachos with jalapeno rings and then various sausages. Brats and Bockwurst steamed in beer. Chicken/apple sausages grilled, Bockwurst grilled, and Alpine Meats beef frankfurters (Giants stadium dogs) grilled. Various mustards, sauerkruat, and sauteed onions. Green salad. Mostly beer, but then a 2009 Etude Rose.
At a friend's home...she is French born.
Chicken salad with tarragon. Fresh tomatoes, cucumber salad, some grain salad. The tomatoes were from their garden as were the cucumbers and they were phenomenal. A delicious light summer meal.
Served a 2007 CDP "Tradition" from Bosquet de Papes. It's a 90 pointer, for sure.
Chicken salad with tarragon. Fresh tomatoes, cucumber salad, some grain salad. The tomatoes were from their garden as were the cucumbers and they were phenomenal. A delicious light summer meal.
Served a 2007 CDP "Tradition" from Bosquet de Papes. It's a 90 pointer, for sure.
tonight: crappy banquet food at a meeting, with no wine (which I maintain is better than Yellow Tail).
Tomorrow: anything that is not crappy banquet food.
Tomorrow: anything that is not crappy banquet food.
quote:Originally posted by Dom'n'Vin'sDad:
Nachos with jalapeno rings and then various sausages. Brats and Bockwurst steamed in beer. Chicken/apple sausages grilled, Bockwurst grilled, and Alpine Meats beef frankfurters (Giants stadium dogs) grilled. Various mustards, sauerkruat, and sauteed onions. Green salad. Mostly beer, but then a 2009 Etude Rose.
Sounds great. Would you please pass the Tums?
Chicken Ceasar Salad and Green Tea.
quote:Originally posted by gigabit:
Sounds great. Would you please pass the Tums?
The rose took care of my tummy!!!
Tonight at home:
Cheese burgers
Cheese burgers
Cooking up a batch of Veal Ragu alla Bolognese with part of the left over 2005 Monbousquet from last night 
Did my first ever "beer can chicken" on the grill. Really moist and paired with a '04 KB syrah and a '04 B-C Cargassachi pinot.
Grilled rib eye, some roasted red potatoes leftover from the other night, sauteed baby carrots. Had a glass of 2009 Sbragia Family Sauvignon Blanc Home Ranch before dinner and had
2006 Sbragia Family Cabernet Sauvignon Andolsen Vineyard with dinner.
2006 Sbragia Family Cabernet Sauvignon Andolsen Vineyard with dinner.
Seared Sea Scallops with Cannellini Beans, Shaved Fennel & Chorizo
This was recommended with be paired with a Godello and I would say it worked very well.
This was recommended with be paired with a Godello and I would say it worked very well.
Last night, rodizio at the Sable Restaurant and brought along a 2001 Castelgiocondo Frescobaldi BdM.
Will do chicken and veggie stir fry tonight, with fresh basil and jalapenos added in. Planning on pairing with a 2008 Dr. L. Mosel Riesling.
I'm home this week, so I'm smoking some pork babybacks as I type. I put a good rub on them, and will probably do a good 4 hours or more over cherry wood. Probably pop a zin to go with.
Just offshore from my residence caught a 4 lb. black rockfish (BC Seabass) and 5 2-3 lb. kelp greenlings. The heads and fins are destined for Friday's fish stock while some of the butterflied fillets will be grilled carefully tonight. Oyster Bay 2008 Sauvignon Blanc and Bitburger beer. Grape tomatoes and a salad from my mesclun greens; dressing yet to be determined. Costco rustic baguettes, toasted and spread with soft fresh goat chevre and white truffle oil.
Another very nice dinner Captain!
Last night I grilled sockeye fillets and served it with brown/wild rice and a simple tomato salad. 2008 Santa Barbara Wine Company Pinot Noir North Canyon Vineyard.
Last night I grilled sockeye fillets and served it with brown/wild rice and a simple tomato salad. 2008 Santa Barbara Wine Company Pinot Noir North Canyon Vineyard.
Chicken and lamb spiedies tonight.
Last night: Started with a caprese salad with heirloom tomatoes and then moved onto a simple farfalle pasta tossed with grilled chicken and a fresh walnut pesto. Nice little Italian night.
Yaprak, made with bison, Angus beef, pork sirloin and chicken breast meat, long-grain white rice, beef and chicken broth, lo-sodium V-8 juice, whole canned Roma tomatoes, chopped shallots and garlic, herbs and spices. Wrapper leaves included young grape leaves from my Muscadine and Zinfandel vines, jumbo collard greens, large rainbow chard. Quartered early Yukon Gold potatoes, whole shallots, a buckwheat sausage, smoked pork jowl and a prosciutto bone were all baked with the yaprak in a turkey roaster. Great for freezing, this batch will cover my needs for a month or so.
My first attempt at roast duck tonight with pontalba potatoes and braised red cabbage.
Grilled wild coho salmon, wild and brown rice, caprese salad. Beecher's Flagship and d'Affinois after dinner. 2006 Etude Pinot Noir Heirloom.
Flank steak in a marinade of red wine(last night's PN), teriyaki and ginger. Black beans and rice to round things out.
Tagliata di Manzo
Risotto di Funghi
Oh so good
Risotto di Funghi
Oh so good
Local halibut filet with an heirloom tomato and corn salsa.
Grilled Halibut with an avocado salsa, rice pilaf and summer squash
Tonight I baked some fresh Florida lobster tails and made linguine with a creamy garlic sauce
Friends had us over for dinner. Sockeye salmon tacos and sirloin tacos. Mango and avocado salad, and rice. A beer or two and a margarita.
Roasted pork with roasted raspberry chipotle sauce, and grilled asparagus.
Assorted cheeses, bread, crackers, and dipping oils
Makizushi
Caprese salad with heirloom tomatoes, orange slices, and spinach
Halibut cheeks
Green beans with butter and garlic
Grilled tri-tip
Vanilla mousse with chocolate shavings
The food was outstanding and complemented the wines very well. It helped to have a chef cooking in the kitchen and Mountainman working his magic at the grill. Mrs. Mountainman made the dessert, which was also excellent.
Makizushi
Caprese salad with heirloom tomatoes, orange slices, and spinach
Halibut cheeks
Green beans with butter and garlic
Grilled tri-tip
Vanilla mousse with chocolate shavings
The food was outstanding and complemented the wines very well. It helped to have a chef cooking in the kitchen and Mountainman working his magic at the grill. Mrs. Mountainman made the dessert, which was also excellent.
quote:Grilled tri-tip
I had never heard of tri-tip until I met my wife and her family. Having grown up in the midwest and now living in Atlanta for 10+ years it still amazes me how this cut can be so popular out west, yet is essentially unknown in large portions of the US. I've only had it a couple of times and never a properly prepared one.
quote:Originally posted by snipes:quote:Grilled tri-tip
I had never heard of tri-tip until I met my wife and her family. Having grown up in the midwest and now living in Atlanta for 10+ years it still amazes me how this cut can be so popular out west, yet is essentially unknown in large portions of the US. I've only had it a couple of times and never a properly prepared one.
When done properly, it is an excellent beef course.
And leftovers today is tasting really good right now!
quote:Originally posted by snipes:quote:Grilled tri-tip
Having grown up in the midwest and now living in Atlanta for 10+ years it still amazes me how this cut can be so popular out west, yet is essentially unknown in large portions of the US.
Why the West?
Both dinners at the Temple Orange restaraunt at the Ritz in Palm Beach. Not recommended. Both evenings they brought our entre out while we were still eating our appetizer.
Sat - Brasied duck ravioli in white cream sauce with peas. This was excellent.
Fri - Veal Ossobuco braised with a Barolo. Not very good. The meat was tender and cooked well but the Barolo sauce was cooked so far down it was like a licorice stew.
Sat - Brasied duck ravioli in white cream sauce with peas. This was excellent.
Fri - Veal Ossobuco braised with a Barolo. Not very good. The meat was tender and cooked well but the Barolo sauce was cooked so far down it was like a licorice stew.
quote:Originally posted by wine+art:quote:Originally posted by snipes:quote:Grilled tri-tip
Having grown up in the midwest and now living in Atlanta for 10+ years it still amazes me how this cut can be so popular out west, yet is essentially unknown in large portions of the US.
Why the West?
My wife's extended family lives there and that is where I first heard about it. Since then it seems most every time tri-tip is mentioned there is a west coast connection.
Can I assume it's also popular in your neck of the woods?