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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2020 9:32:01 GMT
Stewed collard greens, summer squash, tomoatoes, and brown rice with a small side salad and zucchini bread ... all from the summer garden and/or CSA.
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Post by Forrest on Jun 19, 2020 19:07:17 GMT
Leek and red leicester omelette, cucumber and greek yoghurt salad with lots of dill. G&B 85% dark chocolate.
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Post by 49thand8th on Jun 20, 2020 6:10:49 GMT
Monkfish with broccolini, garlic, and mixed grains. Amazing!
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jun 20, 2020 7:41:04 GMT
Monkfish with broccolini, garlic, and mixed grains. Amazing! Had to google broccolini. We have tender stem broccoli. I much prefer broccolini. |
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Post by 49thand8th on Jun 21, 2020 15:41:35 GMT
Same here! I like broccoli, but broccolini has a more vibrant flavor.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2020 10:36:42 GMT
Mr Brain's Faggots.
Absolutely everything about Mr Brain's Faggots says "nope": the name of the product, the name of the brand, and the fact that the box always seems to be slightly moist and bears a mysterious stain that appears to have come from nowhere. But damn, they're delicious.
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Post by Marwood on Jun 27, 2020 14:25:28 GMT
Fried chicken bao and a Taiwan Gold Medal beer from the Bao in Borough a Market today: I was going to stay indoors all weekend but I thought I’d go out and face the world rather than sit at home watching tv all day (I have finally got to the very end of Mad Men and have only two episodes left to watch but after taking so long to get to the end I don’t want to rush things)
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Post by Forrest on Jun 28, 2020 18:27:25 GMT
Lunch was really an odd crossover between lunch and dinner, because it's Sunday and time moves slower: Quorn-based sort of bolognese, whole wheat fusilli and a ton of grated cheese on top.
(Dinner will be ice cream: B&J Moophoria salted caramel brownie. To create the illusion that I am back at Bridge theatre for A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2020 12:25:45 GMT
My lunch is usually tragic, but due to having friends round for dinner on Sat eve I have just chowed down leftover fish pie and strawberry cheesecake. Feel extremely fat and in need of a doze.
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Post by sf on Jul 8, 2020 17:39:47 GMT
About to start cooking dinner.
Salmon glazed with yuzu and mustard, with a soba noodle/spring onion/broccoli/toasted sesame salad in a yuzu and green pepper dressing.
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Post by Forrest on Jul 8, 2020 18:21:29 GMT
I had an eggplant, no time to cook, and no clue what to do with it, so lunch was an oven-roasted eggplant, chickpeas and feta cheese salad. It turned out pretty decent.
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Post by sfsusan on Jul 9, 2020 22:17:01 GMT
Fried chicken bao and a Taiwan Gold Medal beer from the Bao in Borough a Market today Out of curiosity, how busy was the market? It might be worth risking an outing if it's not cheek-by-jowl. |
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Post by Marwood on Jul 10, 2020 14:46:04 GMT
Fried chicken bao and a Taiwan Gold Medal beer from the Bao in Borough a Market today Out of curiosity, how busy was the market? It might be worth risking an outing if it's not cheek-by-jowl. I don’t know about how busy it will be at the moment as pubs have started to reopen since my previous post but it was nowhere near as busy as it used to be, you could walk about at your leisure without being queued up behind someone rubbernecking while eating a sandwich and pushing a buggy. A couple of the traders (the beer shop for example) were only letting a couple of people in at a time. |
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Post by sfsusan on Jul 14, 2020 16:57:31 GMT
you could walk about at your leisure without being queued up behind someone rubbernecking while eating a sandwich and pushing a buggy. That's exactly what I was hoping! Also presumably fewer people photographing the food from every conceivable angle before walking off without buying anything... |
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Post by sfsusan on Jul 14, 2020 17:01:56 GMT
Lunch today was.... at a restaurant!!! Outdoors in a large garden, with a good 10 feet between each table and only 1/2 to 2/3 of the tables occupied. Hot French fries (skinny French ones, not chips) and a Greek salad. I wore a mask except when eating, used hand sanitizer before, during and after, so fingers crossed I won't pay for my indulgence.
As someone said on the How Was Your Day? topic, it felt great to be doing something normal!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2020 17:32:11 GMT
I'm planning my first meal out since March for later this week. Would it be weird to take my own cutlery? I think it would be weird, but I can't quite convince myself not to.
It's strange, actually. The infection rates are now similar to those in mid-March but somehow it seems scarier than it did then.
Meanwhile, I had cod and hash browns today.
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Post by dontdreamit on Jul 14, 2020 17:37:05 GMT
I'm planning my first meal out since March for later this week. Would it be weird to take my own cutlery? I think it would be weird, but I can't quite convince myself not to. It's strange, actually. The infection rates are now similar to those in mid-March but somehow it seems scarier than it did then. Meanwhile, I had cod and hash browns today. When I go back to my place of work, I will be taking my own cutlery as I have seen how the other staff wash up and I think i it’ll just make me feel more comfortable 😀 |
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Post by clair on Jul 15, 2020 8:49:03 GMT
I have always had my own crockery and cutlery at work! I would say that right now nothing's too weird if it makes you feel more comfortable, take it with you - if it feels too much when you're there who else would know it's in your pocket anyway? Enjoy that first meal out your way
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Post by sfsusan on Jul 15, 2020 15:34:28 GMT
The infection rates are now similar to those in mid-March but somehow it seems scarier than it did then. That's because we now know how bad it can get... ignorance (at the time) was bliss. The people that I find annoying are the ones who act like it's all over. As you say, infection rates are the same as mid-March, when people were willing to shelter-in-place. It's no safer now than then, but (especially in the US, my home) people are all "let us be free!" Governmental responses aside, there are still substantial numbers of people getting ill, and I don't consider that my personal risk has really changed much. We know more about what's safer [masks] and what's not [indoor dining], but that's about the only change. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2020 15:48:44 GMT
Homemade pureed carrot soup, mixed veggies saute over brown rice, dish of sorbet.
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Post by Forrest on Jul 15, 2020 16:39:52 GMT
Homemade pureed carrot soup, mixed veggies saute over brown rice, dish of sorbet. If you say the sorbet was mango, I'm inviting myself over for lunch next time. That sounds delicious! My lunch was a quick stir-fry (paprika, zucchini, noodles + spices) followed by a coffee and the newest sweet addiction: Digestives Thins with dark chocolate. @thematthew , strange times call for strange measures: if it would make you feel more comfortable, I see no reason not to take your own cutlery. Statistically, the risk of catching the virus by using restaurant cutlery is probably not high, but if that's what it takes to get you to enjoy eating out, go for it! Just look at how many things we thought were strange just a few months ago are fully normal now, it's just a matter of perspective. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2020 13:35:23 GMT
I went out for lunch today for the first time since early March. Liver and bacon, with lemon meringue tart for dessert.
The pub has removed some of its tables to space things out a bit. There's a perspex screen in front of the till and the waitress was wearing a visor while the chef had a face mask. Paper menus instead of the old plastic ones, and cutlery provided as you order instead of being set ready on the table in advance. There was also a new vacant/occupied sign on the outer doors of the toilets, effectively turning the male and female toilets into two very large single cubicles.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 16, 2020 19:22:30 GMT
(This was actually dinner rather than lunch but there's not a dinner thread.) My mother made Shepherd's pie but acidentally with half mince & half stew. There are clearly food labelling issues in our freezer!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 16, 2020 21:00:14 GMT
(This was actually dinner rather than lunch but there's not a dinner thread.) My mother made Shepherd's pie but acidentally with half mince & half stew. There are clearly food labelling issues in our freezer! But was it nice? |
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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 16, 2020 21:04:55 GMT
I preferred the mince parts to the stew parts. I'm not a big stew fan in general & especially not in summer, as I feel it's a winter food.
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