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

A family favourite: Pasta alla carbonara.
We were out of "real" bacon, so we used back bacon. Pretty good, I admit.

Originally Posted by cosperryan

Heres an old picture of the roast acorn squash thingy I posted earlier.

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Boy, that looks really good. It reminds me of an acorn squash dish I haven't made for several years.

Halve & clean the squash, bake upside down at 350 in a baking dish with half an inch of water for about 25 minutes, dump the water, turn over and smear each one with a tablespoon of butter and two tablespoonsfull of sweet orange marmalade. Sprinkle with a few grains of salt and bake another 15 minutes.

Yum! The center is filled with a nice orange butter sauce to dredge each bite through. It's like a vegetable turned into a desert, in fact, it's how we got our kids to eat squash. Now they like it any which way.

Thanks for the reminder, now I'm off to the store to buy some acorn squash!


rs,
Tack

Originally Posted by Lolita1x2

A family favourite: Pasta alla carbonara.
We were out of "real" bacon, so we used back bacon. Pretty good, I admit.

And Lolita reminds me of how much I love any pasta with a good carbonara sauce.. better buy some bacon too!


rs,
Tack

You know folks,BAcon Freezes very well for many Mos.running out of bacon is like running out of toilet paper,Not a good thing

Originally Posted by Tack

Boy, that looks really good. It reminds me of an acorn squash dish I haven't made for several years.

Halve & clean the squash, bake upside down at 350 in a baking dish with half an inch of water for about 25 minutes, dump the water, turn over and smear each one with a tablespoon of butter and two tablespoonsfull of sweet orange marmalade. Sprinkle with a few grains of salt and bake another 15 minutes.

Yum! The center is filled with a nice orange butter sauce to dredge each bite through. It's like a vegetable turned into a desert, in fact, it's how we got our kids to eat squash. Now they like it any which way.

Thanks for the reminder, now I'm off to the store to buy some acorn squash!


rs,
Tack

Don't forget, we like pictures.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

You know folks,BAcon Freezes very well for many Mos.running out of bacon is like running out of toilet paper,Not a good thing

Agreed. Bacon does freeze very well.

There's a bit of background to tonight's bacon switcharoo.
Tonight, I found out bacon doesn't thaw quickly enough for a carbonara on-demand.
And when the missus comes home and says "Carbonara now," she means now.
Luckily, I had been playing around with these breakfast egg muffins, which required back bacon. The switch was approved by SWMBO, and voila.
Another quasi carbonara.

Currently we have vappu aka Walpurgis night celebrations going on. So our daughter, grandson and wannabe-son-in-law came here for the dinner made by mrs Sailor.

Pork, potatoes, bataat, green things with goat cheese.



And for dessert ice cream, meringue, cream and strawberries.

Originally Posted by Lolita1x2

Don't forget, we like pictures.

I said that I was off to buy some squash!



Finished it under the broiler for a few minutes to caramelize the marmalade a little. It was amazing!


rs,
Tack

Originally Posted by Sailor

Currently we have vappu aka Walpurgis night celebrations going on. So our daughter, grandson and wannabe-son-in-law came here for the dinner made by mrs Sailor.

Pork, potatoes, bataat, green things with goat cheese.



And for dessert ice cream, meringue, cream and strawberries.

I got fatter looking at all that ha ha. What is Bataat ?? Squash ??

Originally Posted by Nightblade

I got fatter looking at all that ha ha. What is Bataat ?? Squash ??

I guess bataat is 'sweet potato' in English.