miscellaneous updates involving food
Feb. 20th, 2007 01:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pantryslut1. Dinner with my mother was nice. She was tired from a very long travel day the day before, and said that she'd only gotten about 3 1/2 hours' sleep. But apparently, tired makes my mother relaxed. She showed me her slides for her presentation. We took her to a Guatemalan restaurant (Restaurant San Miguel in the Mission), which was a treat. Mom grew up in Guatemala, you see. She was excited to order the chile rellenos, which is an entirely different type of dish than the Mexican equivalent. Me, I had a big chunk of pork, G. had chicken in sour cream, and Steven had citrus-marinated beef. We also ate a lot of yummy refried black beans, super-soft corn tortillas, and the hottest salsa ever.
2. I finally ate up the package of quail that's been hiding in the freezer. Because G. wasn't sure he'd ever actually had quail before, I cooked it simply, sauteed in a pan with salt and pepper, and a little drizzle of balsamic vinegar to finish. I served them over a big mixed green salad with grapes. Next time I will saute the grapes too; they were delicious warm. P.S.: I really, really like quail.
3. I went to the Grand Lake farmer's market on Saturday, unsupervised, and managed to keep myself within very reasonable limits. In fact, except for the oranges, and the small chicken I stashed in the freezer, I have eaten up everything that I bought already -- just greens for the salad described above, plus supplemental broccoli for beef with oyster sauce, one of Steven's specialties. (ETA: OK, I haven't eaten the avocadoes and limes I bought yet, either. Still, restrained!)
4. I hope that goat haunch is still available. I think maybe this weekend I need to make up the spareribs in order to make room in the freezer for goat.
5. I wonder what I will eat for dinner on Wednesday. I will be coming home late. (At least I will be home, unlike just about every other night this week.)
2. I finally ate up the package of quail that's been hiding in the freezer. Because G. wasn't sure he'd ever actually had quail before, I cooked it simply, sauteed in a pan with salt and pepper, and a little drizzle of balsamic vinegar to finish. I served them over a big mixed green salad with grapes. Next time I will saute the grapes too; they were delicious warm. P.S.: I really, really like quail.
3. I went to the Grand Lake farmer's market on Saturday, unsupervised, and managed to keep myself within very reasonable limits. In fact, except for the oranges, and the small chicken I stashed in the freezer, I have eaten up everything that I bought already -- just greens for the salad described above, plus supplemental broccoli for beef with oyster sauce, one of Steven's specialties. (ETA: OK, I haven't eaten the avocadoes and limes I bought yet, either. Still, restrained!)
4. I hope that goat haunch is still available. I think maybe this weekend I need to make up the spareribs in order to make room in the freezer for goat.
5. I wonder what I will eat for dinner on Wednesday. I will be coming home late. (At least I will be home, unlike just about every other night this week.)
