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

Originally Posted by xiaotuzi

I know, I know... It look like more beef at the store, then started slicing up the veggies and well, there were more veggies than anything!! Or the beef all sank to the bottom, yeah that's it.

Still looks good and I would be humbled to eat at your table.

Originally Posted by nessmuck

Slim Pickens in the Pantry tonight...
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Again.....I would be humbled at your feast as well....looks wicked good to me Ness .

+1 to night blade, they both look tasty. I m a simple kind of guy. And more often than not, those can be some of the best meals.

Originally Posted by outback

+1 to night blade, they both look tasty. I m a simple kind of guy. And more often than not, those can be some of the best meals.

When I was younger and wanted to be a chef I learned how to cook a lot of fancy foods but as I get older I agree...simpler is better. My cooking school had a philosophy of more than five ingredients and things start getting a little muddy.

Got this in the mail yeasterday. Spanish saffron. It will go in my rouille and paella soon.

Didn't go shopping at all this weekend. But we had what we needed on hand to make what would otherwise be takeout. Beef with oyster sauce.

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

Got this in the mail yeasterday. Spanish saffron. It will go in my rouille and paella soon.

I'm presuming that the tin contains the Stamen from a particular Crocus Plant??

Originally Posted by cudarunner

I'm presuming that the tin contains the Stamen from a particular Crocus Plant??

It does. And it's a fairly generous amount.

Well tonight's supper was some 'finger food' Oxtails simmered in a sauce and steamed asparagus. There was also some garlic bread on the side but I failed to take pics of that before it was consumed.



I hope that this pic shows that even with the long slow simmering that the meat was still very moist, tender and had color to it.



If you've never had properly prepared Oxtails, you don't know what you are missing! When people ask me "How can you eat a cow's tail"? I tell them: "Well you start cutting steaks along the spine and you keep cutting until your out of spine".

All of my children Love Oxtails. When they were very little they got the 'end' of the tail and would chew on them until it looked like the ants had been at them for a week!

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

Got this in the mail yeasterday. Spanish saffron. It will go in my rouille and paella soon.

Maybe it's the camera angle but, that looks like a healthy size box O Saffron ??