What do you have on the food menu?

[ColSanders]

Duo of Grilled Filet with Red Wine Reduction and Seared Seabass with Gremoulata atop Gorgonzola Potatoes Au Gratin and Roasted Baby Vegetables...

Yeah... being a cook, it's rough

[orange_barnet]

Beetroot and goats' cheese risotto. Sublime

[orange_barnet]

Beetroot and goats' cheese risotto. Sublime

PS that was last night... I was just reminiscing how wonderful it was while trying to decide what to cook for dinner later on this evening!

[The Third Dram]

Roast prime rib of beef with rosemary seasoned gravy
Tuscan bread stuffing (with olive oil, lemon zest and juice, sage, thyme, garlic, chantarelle mushrooms, vidalia onion, crumbled cashews and brandy)
Sweet potato (coated with ginger and cane sugar)
Multi-colour carrots (with apples and organic goji berries)
Green beans (with a honey, vinegar and mint glaze)
Freshly baked apple pie with whipped cream

Meal wines: 2006 Medalla Cabernet Sauvignon (Mendoza, Argentina) and 2008 Santa Carolina Reserva de Familia Carmenère (Valle del Rapel, Chile)

[Pudge72]

Roast prime rib of beef with rosemary seasoned gravy
Tuscan bread stuffing (with olive oil, lemon zest and juice, sage, thyme, garlic, chantarelle mushrooms, vidalia onion, crumbled cashews and brandy)
Sweet potato (coated with ginger and cane sugar)
Multi-colour carrots (with apples and organic goji berries)
Green beans (with a honey, vinegar and mint glaze)
Freshly baked apple pie with whipped cream

Meal wines: 2006 Medalla Cabernet Sauvignon (Mendoza, Argentina) and 2008 Santa Carolina Reserva de Familia Carmenère (Valle del Rapel, Chile)

Happy Thanksgiving, TTD!!

[The Third Dram]

Happy Thanksgiving, TTD!!

Likewise P72.

And a Happy Thanksgiving to everyone else here celebrating this holiday weekend.

[The Third Dram]

Sunday just past:

Fresh salmon filet (maple syrup, balsamic and olive oil glaze, seasoned with cracked pepper and Salish smoked sea salt)
Basmati rice (lemon juice and rind, crumbled cashews, tumeric, cayenne)
Puréed sweet potato and turnip (shredded fresh ginger, cane sugar and sesame oil)
Brussel sprouts (sea salt, cracked pepper and olive oil)

Freshly baked pumpkin pie with whipped cream

Wines... Château du Meursault 2009 (white Burgundy), Royal Tokaji Furmint 2009 (Hungary)

Digestif... Schenley Order of Merit Canadian Whisky (distilled 1952 & bottled 1967)

[andyt]

Potted heid on hot buttered toast

[Mr Tattie Heid]

I don't even want to know what potted heid is. Actually, I think I woke up with it this morning.

[les taylor]

Freshly naked pumpkin pie with whipped cream

Sounds interesting.

[The Third Dram]

Duly noted!

A very pretty pie it was, all told.

[Malt-Teaser]

Freshly naked pumpkin pie with whipped cream

Sounds interesting.

Damn, he's editied the original, just when I was going to say "be careful not to burn your delicate bits"

[Mr Tattie Heid]

I was wondering exactly where the whipped cream was applied, but didn't want to ask.

[Malt-Teaser]

I'd also be a little concerned about the whipping

[The Third Dram]

Unfortunately, I had nothing to do with 'whipping the cream up'.

[The Third Dram]

Roast loin of pork with a 'Southern-style' sauce (spicy) enhanced with rum and banana
Oven-roasted potatos with thyme and cracked pepper
Braised carrots and celery with mint
Butternut squash glazed with ginger and maple syrup

Wine: Viña Chocalan Gran Reserva Blend 2007 (Cabernet Franc, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Carmenère, Petit Verdot)

Freshly baked apple pie with whipped cream for dessert ( )

[Malt-Teaser]

Don't get me wrong, I love the excellent food here in Bayern, but I've been over in N.Wales for the last few days and had some excellent food. A variety of country Inns have produced excellent fayre and yesterday evening was a kind of crowning glory when my selection included home-made steak and mushroom pie followed by sticky toffee pudding served with fresh cream!

Real chips with carrots, leak, green cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower accmpanied (the main dish, not the sticky toffee pudding!)

[The Third Dram]

Baked ham with an apple, pineapple, cranberry, candied ginger, sweet and chilli pepper glaze
Scalloped potato and turnip with Vidalia onions, garlic, thyme and grated cheddar
Asparagus and celery with extra virdin olive oil

Wine: Montes 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon / Carmenère

For dessert... Freshly baked apple pie with whipped cream

[Pete Smoke]

A hearty veg broth made with soya beans, lentils, kale, onion, courgette, tomatoes, mushrooms, and celery. With herbs and simple spice. It was delicious.

[malt_boy]

Last night: Butternut-squash pie
Tonight: Oat-covered herring fillets with some sort of spicy salami pasta, not entirely sure yet...

[MacDeffe]

Just had some really marvelous marinated czech "Camembert" (Hermelin) with peppers and cranberry jam

Thats awesomely delicious

Steffen

[The Third Dram]

Roast rack of pork Italian style (olive oil, balsamic, thyme, rosemary, garlic, cracked black pepper, sea salt, lemon) with a Chantarelle mushroom, sundried tomato and brandy gravy

Braised red cabbage (vinegar, cane sugar, LBV Port) with apple, cranberry and ginger

Abruzzo penne (olive oil, carrot, zucchini, sweet pepper, onion)

Accompanying wine: Marchesi di Barolo 2004 Barolo

Dessert: Pear-caramel cake

[Pete Smoke]

Nothing fancy, a rustic veg stew with a fat slab of 'still warm' homemade spelt bread with plenty of butter.

[Mr Tattie Heid]

Tourtière, a meat pie purchased from the local grocery but produced in Québec by actual Franco-Canuckistanis (or so I presume). Good stuff. For authenticity, I put a wee drop of maple syrup on it.

[Mr Tattie Heid]

Christmas dinner was leg of New Zealand lamb, which the chef (c'est moi) left in the oven a wee bit too long...a little dry, but tasty. Roast potatoes, peas, and haggis--a canned haggis I found in a shop in New York City. It was actually quite good. The same shop provided a Christmas pudding, but we were too stuffed to bother with it--maybe tonight. Dinner complemented by an inexpensive Columbia valley (Washington state) merlot, and followed by Aberlour hand-filled ex-sherry, and some Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale.

We breakfasted on bagels topped with Copper River (Alaska) smoked salmon, sent along by the illustrious Mr Ron Thomson, washed down with coffee from Stumptown Roasters (Portland, Oregon), provided by my niece. My brother brought her, her husband Andrew, and her sister (aka my other niece) for a visit with me and me dear old mum on Friday. The subject of legendary photos of college-age Mr Tattie Heid and his brother with Santa Claus came up; a box was found, inside a trove of old family photos, enough to embarrass everyone present except Andrew. A splendid time was had by all.

Other niece's husband (also Andrew) spent yesterday in the hospital after a kidney stone attack. Merry Christmas!

My mother's cleaning lady reported today that she brought her father home from the nursing home for Christmas dinner yesterday. His appetite had not been good, so everyone was pleasantly surprised when he chowed down. Dessert was his favorite, cherry pie, and he ate two pieces. They took him back to the nursing home, and a few hours later, he died. I suppose he didn't do himself any good by stuffing himself, but damn...two pieces of pie, and out. Well done, old man.