Let's talk about cooking

[BellaBellucci]

looks like homemade gnocchi and meatballs to me (using ground veal maybe?)...the meat's hidden by the parmesan so I'm guessing.

You got it! Home made gnocchi and TURKEY meatballs (but you were close in identifying them as non-beef)! I try to cook on the healthy side.

A Question for both Bella and Wendy:

Do you drink wine with meals? I can understand why some people like beer, and there are now enough 'real ale' producers to make this a more interesting substitute for wine than it might have been in the past. I also am led to understand this is as big in the US as it is in the UK.

Nevertheless, I am curious to know if you get good Italian wine in the US, from personal experience and from friends' comments the wine in Italy is superior to most of its exports; and there are, after all, some really fine California wines these days.

PPS -Wendy, if you did toast those seeds, why on earth did you store them in the fridge?!! What sort of pests are you scared of??!!

I drink California and Washington state wines, mostly due to cost and convenience. My favorite white is Riesling. My favorite red is Cabernet Savignon.

~BB~

[nysprod]

You got it! Home made gnocchi and TURKEY meatballs (but you were close in identifying them as non-beef)! I try to cook on the healthy side. ~BB~

Idk, they look more like pnocchi than gnocchi...lolollol

[fivekatz]

Baked chicken thighs, cornbread dressing with onions and mushrooms and a spinach salad with grated cheese, greek olives and an oil and vinegar salad.

[bat1]

How about Tacobell?

[Rusty Eldora]

Wendy - that stir fry looks great Bella - I can smell that amazing Italian from here.

I've been cooking since I was 10, I'm Anglo but I've been a chef in a Chinese restaurant during HS, frat house, and a number of homes. Big on grilling - I love sirloin steak rare. But I've learned Chinese cooking from my girlfriend in Hawaii and am learning Japanese cooking from my Japanese daughter in law.

I love nigari sushi with lots of wasabi, latin food, italian, american, and what is called NW cusine. Each year at the beach the neighborhood gets together for sake and sushi dinner party. I make unique tacos that people like.

My favorite is Dungeness Crab, we caught over 130 this summer. Clean them before cooking and use seawater for boiling for 15 min, then rinse in tap water and chill. With seawater they are very sweet, no need for butter or anything. Serve with a european greens salad. Also get Oysters, Clams, and Cold Water Shrimp, The shrimp season is on 4 days, 4 hours each day - what a circus. There were 75 boats at the boat launch last year.

Speaking of wines - we get good wines from New Zealand, Australia, Europe, Washington, BC, Oregon, and California. I think all locations can produce good to great wine.

[luv4Tgirls]

Can and would cook you just about anything that strikes your fancy, when should I come and cook for you

[Stavros]

I drink California and Washington state wines, mostly due to cost and convenience. My favorite white is Riesling. My favorite red is Cabernet Savignon.

~BB~

I had no idea they make wine in Washington state, I doubt we have it here but I will try and find some. I don't think we get the best California wines in the UK either, outside specialist shops, its mostly Zinfandel and the Gallo Brothers...

[Jdeere562]

Today's lunch, had the kid's over to visit. Chicken fried steaks. Egg wash with seasonings first and a shake in flour. Then another egg wash and into the coarse cracker crumbs. Fried an a cast iron skillet with canola oil.

Homemade mashed potatoes. Made gravy with some sauteed onions and buttermilk.

Steamed some frozen corn, added salt, pepper and butter. Heated up some store bought rolls. Daughter brought a pan of brownies for dessert.

Nothing fancy, just soul food, but OH SO GOOD!

[Jimmy W]

Keith Floyd! Thats is a name I haven't heard in decades! What a character. I used to love watching his show on PBS. Thanks for the memory.

[Jimmy W]

If youre like me and cant cook anything but chicken, I usually rely on any GOYA product but the Moppin' Sauce and Hot Spice (more flavor than heat) from Sylvias of Harlem make even me a gourmet. These products are easy to find in New York obviously but you wont go wrong if you order anything from Sylvia on line.