Food Porn

a reply to: Rodinus

Looks great my friend. Reposting your finished product:

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

man, that does look good.

Ive never tried snails. So have no idea how it tastes. But when it comes to visually appealing.....that plate has it.

a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan

Yeah, Rodinus did a great job with them and they look better than the ones at our local bistro. If you have never had them they are similar to scungili or octopus in texture but the sauce makes them insanely good. Make sure to order extra baguettes.

Still waiting on your pics, don't leave us hanging.

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

i hope to cook this weekend. We are doing budget talks and I have been putting in some fairly long days.

originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

man, that does look good.

Ive never tried snails. So have no idea how it tastes. But when it comes to visually appealing.....that plate has it.

As I have said to so many of our respected members here...

You are welcome to come on over and visit... Just give me a shout via U2U

Kindest respects

Rodinus

originally posted by: Rodinus
As I have said to so many of our respected members here...
You are welcome to come on over and visit... Just give me a shout via U2U

We have a Tuscany trip planned for next summer which is only a couple hour train ride from Marseille.

U2U me I am not far..,

Kindest respect

Rodonus

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

a reply to: Rodinus

Your escargot thread put me in a French frame of mind so I made some moules meunière last night and grabbed a six pack of my favorite French beer, Kronnenbourg.

As promised, i took some of my recreation time this weekend to cook something for the family. They appreciated it...its been a few weeks since we had something that I actually put thought/effort into.

On the menu today:

- Grilled chicken breast with a mesquite honey/lime/chile de arbo glaze, served with crumbled queso fresco and pico de gallo
- LIme/cilantro and shrimp risotto cake with a chipotle/lime crema
- Fried Mexican corn (sweet corn fried in bacon grease, with onion and jalapeno)
- standard guacamole (lime and some pico de gallo mixed in)
- homemade tortilla
- Some Stella Artois. There were no bottles of Modelo Negro, which was the original plan.

It was mentioned that a southwestern dish was desired for this posting....so I made up something southwest inspired. The risotto cake...i still used arboro rice, but substituted cotija cheese for the parmesan cheese. As you can see, lime was the "central theme" of the meal, being fit into every single element of the dish (in true TexMex fashion).

Now for the picture:




No, i don't serve courses. Altough I have some homemade brownies that I am about to whip up for us to have while watching The Walkng Dead.

a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan

Looks fantastic. I'm really intrigued by the risotto cake and crema, great combination.

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

Im on #5 out of 6 on the Stella.....

....i never drink more than 2 beers in an evening.

Folks and fellow respected members... I NEED you help please?

www.abovetopsecret.com...

BigFat... are you in near vicinity... I will even book the hotel my friend?

Kindest respects

Rod

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

This is actually a Belgium recipie Aug....

Normally should be served with a decent helping of French fries...?

Where did they go?

Kindet respects

Rod

a reply to: Rodinus

I didn't feel like breaking out the fryer that evening although I love pommes frite and whipping up some dipping condiments for them.

a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan

Hah. I ended up doing 4 1/2 of the 6 Kronnenbourgs since my wife couldn't finish hers.

a reply to: Rodinus

I sent you a U2U. I may be able to hook up with you in Baltimore.

a reply to: Rodinus

I am a scant 26 hour drive from that area. LOL

If ever you come to Texas or New Mexico, we are in driving range. Beyond that....the US is a rather large land area.

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
a reply to: Rodinus

I sent you a U2U. I may be able to hook up with you in Baltimore.

Thanks mate, I saw your U2U.

Will catch up with you when I have more news about the dates.

Kindest respects

Rodinus

originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: Rodinus

I am a scant 26 hour drive from that area. LOL

If ever you come to Texas or New Mexico, we are in driving range. Beyond that....the US is a rather large land area.

Ahhhhhh, so you can pick me up as well as my 3 charming *coughs* female Swiss clients??

I will keep you up on the offer of Texas and New Mexico though

Kindest respects

Rod

ill probably be sharing another meal this evening. I found some lobster tails at a great price. Nothing fancy...just steamed lobster tails. But itll be good!!!