Virtual Banquet Thread

[MinnBobber]

Flourless chocolate cake......
Is it the hash of the cake world???

I've never had it until today as I'm more of a pie guy.
Very dark chocolatey and melt in your mouth goodness.

Checkin' out a few online recipes including a recipe for "Flourless Chocolate Cake" from "King Arthur Flour Company

Any favorite recipes?

@grokit --
I found the Johnson-Wales Culinary recipe. It makes a nice little 31 pound cake....
I might try it at 10% of every ingredient

 

[grokit]

@MinnBobber I had one from a johnson-wales grad that was outstanding, better than any restaurant's I've tried (not that many). I don't have the recipe, but I can certainly recommend looking for that one!

 

[momofthegoons]

Checkin' out a few online recipes including a recipe for "Flourless Chocolate Cake" from "King Arthur Flour Company

I've actually heard from several people now that the gluten free King Arthur chocolate cake mix is the closest thing they've had to a flourless chocolate cake made here at a very good bakery.

Let us know if you try it.

 

[Nooky72]

Washed down with a can of....

 

[arf777]

Good to know there's a market for my ear juice.

 

[arf777]

Brutal weather = an excuse to make extremely rich food.
Pork loin rubbed with sage then braised in madeira, garlic, shallots, mushroom stock, and bacon stock.
Sauce is braising fluid finished with cream, sage, and butter.
Spinach is in cream, a tangy French feta, parmesan, fresh asiago, garlic, butter, and lots of black pepper.

 

[Harmoniousliving]

Cream this ,cream that, butter butter butter....
So much animal fat

 

[arf777]

Well, yes. Animal fat are some of life's great pleasures. And dairy fats ain't even actual animal fat- they are chemically distinct. Rendered duck fat, bacon fat, and beef fat, that is some tasty shit.

 

[FlyingLow]

Had an amazing meal in LA at the Bizarre in the SLS Hotel... 18 courses of molecular goodness
(too busy eating to take pics)

And SUGARFISH was simply amazing! Cant wait to go back for more sushi!

 

[momofthegoons]

This is what happens when you stop at the Italian bakery on the way home from meeting your caregiver, then wake and bake....

 

[MinnBobber]

I just made a 3 1/2 inch cut pork porterhouse steak/roast via sous vide.
5 hours at 135 F and then a quicky 25 second flash sear in some coconut oil at high temp.
Yummy yummy ---juicy and tender and tastey
Garlic mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli complimented it perfectly

Picture before diving into it.

 

[crawdad]

 

[arf777]

That hurts my Yiddishkeit.

Meanwhile, made some non-kosher for Shabbat dinner last night. Two batches of escargot- one in cups with garlic, shallots, ham, white wine, butter. The other not in cups, in the same stuff but with aged gruyere added.
Didn't get a pic of the rest (all vaped up) but also made a lasagna with fresh pasta, spinach, French feta, aged gruyere, bacon stock, tomatoes, garlic, and mushrooms, and monkfish in a sauvignon blanc and lemon cream with dill.

Got pics of escargot, but we had already torn into them.

 

[momofthegoons]

This is not mine.... but I had to share. It's an egg separator.

 

[momofthegoons]

Hubby and I had our Valentine's date last night at our favorite restaurant. God... so much good food and drink!

Started out with the best Cosmo on earth.....

Moved on to Oysters Rockefeller....

Peel and eat shrimp and portobello mushrooms stuffed with crab.......

A little clam chowder....

And ended with fish tacos.....

 

[phattpiggie]

Both Mrs. PP and I love food. As we get older pounds are easier to gain than shed. Been having my Asian influenced soup twice a week for a good while now as a low calorie meal. It's my only low calorie meal. Started out with shrimp and craw fish. Leftover pork or chicken work well. I marinade the leftover meat in a cornstarch, soy sauce, rice wine and sesame oil slurry. Fry then add to the hot soup. Tried various noodles.

 

[arf777]

Herb roasted pork loin in a sherry, mushroom and horseradish sauce. Trying to leave out the cream.

Pork rubbed with salt, pepper, sage, and lavender. Sauce is mushrooms, mushroom broth, sherry, garlic, shallot, olive oil, and horseradish.

 

[MinnBobber]

OK you Steel Cut Oat lovers, here's some virtual "Oat porn".

Family size Cream of Wheat next to my Steel Cut Oat stash....
I literally had to meet my grain dealer in a parking lot on the other side of town to feed my addiction but it's a good addiction.

 

[FlyingLow]

Pics to come later... Champy's Foul and 40s.
DAYUM

 

[arf777]

OK you Steel Cut Oat lovers, here's some virtual "Oat porn".

Family size Cream of Wheat next to my Steel Cut Oat stash....
I literally had to meet my grain dealer in a parking lot on the other side of town to feed my addiction but it's a good addiction.

Damn homes. That is a serious oat stash.

 

[MinnBobber]

Damn homes. That is a serious oat stash.

....................................................................................
50 pounds of golden goodness from my "pusher man". Fresh from the mill and awesome for breakfast.
And I really did have to meet him in a parking lot---it felt like a dope deal of old LOL

 

[arf777]

Food related- yesterday while at Central PA ComicCon, I was officially installed as Head Chef of the Imperial Klingon Forces (2nd largest Klingon group in the world).
This is the Chancellor dubbing me such with my tactical chicken.
Putting together Klingon type recipes (lots of uncooked proteins, Japanese style twitching seafood, and weird looking veggies).

 

[arf777]

Sweet Italian sausage in a spicy Madeira sauce. Madeira, orange bell pepper, onion, garlic, tomato, extra virgin, sriracha, fennel seed, black pepper

Modnote:

 

[momofthegoons]

This pic doesn't show you the real deliciousness of this breakfast sandwich.... a fried egg, black beans, guacamole, tomato, lettuce and a special salsa on whole grain bread. Too damn tasty!

 

[FlyingLow]

Sammys Roumanian Steakhouse in NYC.
Get Schmaltz'ed!

And home of NYC's least expensive bottles... $100 Frozen blocks with bottles of Kettle1.
There is a party here every night, be prepared to Get pulled up out of your seat to dance the Hora.