Thread: just wanted to share tonight's dinner with you guys..

I apologize in advance for no "after" pictures.

For many years we have been steaming our
corned beef and cabbage, using a two level steamer pan and it comes out tasty and easy to cut with a fork.
We use the brisket end cut when we can find that cut and the meat slowly steams over a large can of Fosters lager. The potatoes, cabbage, carrots go end toward the end of the cooking in a separate level pan with the beef moved over it to add flavor as the potatoes and veggies finish.
The pot likker is amazing. And we add a couple of tablespoons of a good balsamica to our plates.

Breakfast for dinner was the theme for today.
I'd already been sent to the dog house for forgetting bacon once before this week.
So bacon, real bacon, was definitely going to be in.
Then, once I looked in the fridge for some farm-fresh eggs I saw a brick of firm tofu that was about to reach its expiry date.
A (defective?) light bulb went on in my head: "What if, instead of an Irish breakfast, where I cook eggs in the bacon's fat, I were to cook the tofu in it?"
It is a source of protein.
SWMBO just gave me "that" smile and exited the kitchen.
Well, I give you an action shot and the final product.
Not bad, not bad at all.
With some ketchup and hot sauce, it tastes pretty good.
I should also mention, I don't mind tofu at all, but it is the first time I've cooked it this way.
So, to you, was this a momentary lapse of judgement, or something new and exciting that will catch on? You know, like the cronut and Windows Vista?

Breakfast for dinner! Yeah baby!

Anything tastes better with bacon. Even Tofu!

Originally Posted by Lolita1x2

Breakfast for dinner was the theme for today.

Looks good to me, and tofu will take up almost any flavor.. You tell us if it's something we should try

Your cooking theme brought back the memories of Lou Reed :
"wine in the morning
and some breakfast at night
I'm beginning to sie the light"

Well...Most you guys that know me know how much I hate sausage yeah ? Yep...just can't freaking stand'em Yuck ! So without any further.....
Braised Parsnips,sausages,golden beets and leeks: They were just turrible I tell ya ....ha.

Originally Posted by str8fencer

Looks good to me, and tofu will take up almost any flavor.. You tell us if it's something we should try

Your cooking theme brought back the memories of Lou Reed :
"wine in the morning
and some breakfast at night
I'm beginning to sie the light"

I did indeed take a walk on the wild side, last night.
If I had to pick between a success and a failure, last night's dinner was a success.
The intention was to substitute the tofu for the eggs. I typically add a dollop of ketchup and a few drops of Chollula over my eggs. I did the same for the tofu, and it was quite lovely.
I admit that, although I enjoyed the immediate crispiness of the tofu, it only picked up very little of the bacon fat's flavour.
Overall, a success.
SWMBO still is not interested, and wants eggs.

If (any of) you decide to try it, be sure to eat the tofu fresh off the pan, after patting it down dry. It will still be crispy. After about 20 minutes, it went a little softer, verging on rubbery.

Any suggestions for improvement are welcome!

Originally Posted by Lolita1x2

After about 20 minutes, it went a little softer, verging on rubbery. Any suggestions for improvement are welcome!

I wonder, did you toss the tofu in corn starch or similar before frying? Usually, it should stay crisp longer than that. The coating also helps retain crispness, and gives more surface for the bacon flavor to hang on to. Without dusting it is pretty hard to get anything to stick to it. Just a though, it was hard to see from your picture.

Monday dinner:
Pork & sauce made of cream, blue cheese and black chanterelles. Baked potatoes. Tar bread with strong edamer. Elder flower juice.

This is the wife's (Shannon Kathleen need I say more) favorite time of year to cook, and I get fed like an Irish King

Her Family's recipe for Shepard's Pie
OMG I ate way to much






And a Weeeee bit O' the Irish Before during and after dinner




Tuesday will be Corned Beef and Cabbage with her Homemade Soda Bread I love this week hehehe