[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Dinner Pic (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 2/19/2005 10:54:32 PM EDT
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Disclaimer: no gun pr0n, formal dinner..sorry guys. Well in celebration of my mother's birthday Gabby and I made a dinner for my mom, sister, roommate and us. The menu: Spring Mix with sweet balsamic vinaigrette and cherry tomatoes. Tortilla soup with grilled chicken, avocado and tortilla garnish. Roasted dry-rub pork loin with sauteed spinach, glazed carrots and roasted potatoes. Chocolate fondant with coffee and vanilla gelatto, mixed berry coilis and blueberries. Now on for the pics:  GabbasaurusRex plating the salads  The finished salad.  GabbasaurusRex  Me blending the soup.  The finished soup.  Plating the entree.  The finished entree, and that pork was cooked to perfection and very juicy.  Mixing the fondant batter.  Cooking the fondants.  The finished dessert, lightly coated with powdered sugar. Since this was a formal sit-down dinner the firearms, extra magazines, stapler, measuring device, [Crockodile Dundee] knife [/Crockodile Dundee], ammo, beers (though a nice chianti was present), etc. had to stay put away. The apron was utilized because my chef coats were being cleaned. So what say ARFCOM? |
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Out of frame were about 10 Wusthof knives at the ready, and about 10 feet away was a shotgun on a rack on the wall. |
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Nice dinner pics... but not enough guns, or ammo, or BFKs (Big Freaking Knives). What was the sauce you used there?
Oh my god... she couldn't be a day over 24! I thought she was in her mid-late 30s! 
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I knew she was young. I think she's 19 or 20. |
20 
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Might be able to work something out then, but damn if food in this area hasn't gone up. Everything tonight was from fresh ingredients and cost over $110 for 5 (large) portions with some leftovers. |
Also try On Cooking I'll try to find out the authors name. Very good "basics" book |
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Leelaw.. Looks good, but no sauce for the entree course?(-3) The grill looks like it could have been a little hotter (poor marking of the pork), also you need a wood fired grill(-2) You call those roasted potatoes? They look steamed to me, no color..(-2) Good looking wife/ g/f.. (+4) all in all I give it a 6 
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Really now? I recall him describing the pork as "tender, juicy, cooked to perfection"... ...I cooked the pork, not him. Thanks. 
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It's a good thing leelaw's wife/girlfriend/significant other/better half doesn't post here. Oh wait, that's me! |
.........either way, you deserve respect .  |
| Nice job, a yummy feast!.. It's always nice to know that there are still some REAL MEN who love to help in the kitchen. Tell your significant other she's a LUCKY GAL. h.gif |
Um.. er.. uh... I was in the kitchen manning the stove and oven at the time.. uh.. yea..
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The pork doesn't have any markings as presented because we marked the entire roast then finished in the oven, then cut the portions. The presentation faces have no grilling and it was dry rub marinated for several hours and didn't need any sauce (though A1 and other sauces were available but nobody used them) Wood fire grill... I'm working on a college budget and the grill was a present. Potatoes, diced, put in foil with butter and garlic, wrapped and put over the grill. So technically I guess it's a combo cooking method, roast/steam. |
... Still, that doesn't make it right
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formal? by formal do you mean formal in the way that you can't throw food, ice and various other assorted objects at ProfessorEvil from across the table? do you mean formal in that bringing in an ice chest full of beer would be frowned upon as opposed to encouraged? do you mean formal in that you'd have to use utensils/napkin/plates, keep your voice down, not discuss TRGs projectile mushroom shits and use manners? nope, not sure i could handle that kind of meal. im glad i ate at the salt lick in driftwood last night.......... 
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Yea, something like that... Gotta plan for my next informal dinner party soon. Drat PE left. 
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