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Scepticalscribe said:
Damned cold, agreed.

Bin day, (oh, be still, my beating heart).

Prepared a tasty (and spicy) nasi goreng for dinner (with roasted vegetables).
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What’s a nasi goreng?

Had chicken with rice, swede, sprouts and pepper here. Washing up is done and dishwasher is loaded. Time for another tea.
 
Coffee break after putting away groceries... mostly salad fixings and some pitas and bread. I wasn't going to re-up again until maybe 2nd week of March but now there's a storm headed this way that might leave driveways a mess for awhile.

There are a lot of things I like about winter, and a fresh coat of snow will make everything look new again, so I'll like that fine, but running low on produce or bread because of a snow dump doesn't rank high on my list of favorite memories. Glad my order was shopped out fast and is all stashed away now, :D
 
Apple fanboy said:
What’s a nasi goreng?

Had chicken with rice, swede, sprouts and pepper here. Washing up is done and dishwasher is loaded. Time for another tea.
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A (somewhat spicy) Malaysian rice dish (my version is based on Gordon Ramsay's recipe, except that garlic and shallots/onions make an appearance in mine as well as the rest of the ingredients); a terrific, and tasty way to use up day old rice.
 
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Just ordered vegetables and fruit (to be delivered) from a local (well, twenty or so miles away) well regarded farm that has an excellent stall in the farmers' market.

Better to be well stocked than not, with gales, sleet, hail and snow showers forecast.
 
Scepticalscribe said:
Just ordered vegetables and fruit (to be delivered) from a local (well, twenty or so miles away) well regarded farm that has an excellent stall in the farmers' market.

Better to be well stocked than not, with gales, sleet, hail and snow showers forecast.
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You all across the pond are certainly getting a hefty share of the weather gods' winter menu for this season, wow. News on some of the storms over there have been making it into the papers over here!
 
lizkat said:
You all across the pond are certainly getting a hefty share of the weather gods' winter menu for this season, wow. News on some of the storms over there have been making it into the papers over here!
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Well, if the weather on Saturday permits, I may still venture into the farmers' market, for the organic meat stall beckons. As does a visit to the French bakery.

And - by placing an order for delivery - I can rest assured that whatever the weather, I will be amply supplied with fruit and vegetables.

Today's order included: Oranges, blood oranges, lemons, limes, pink grapefruit, blueberries, pears, cooking apples, golden kiwis, and a mango...that is the fruit; oh, and strawberries, yes, imported, and I don't care. These are days in deepest, darkest, dreariest winter when air miles be damned.

And the Vegetables included onions, garlic, French onions, celery, celariac, tomatoes, aubergines, courgettes, peppers, chilli peppers, potatoes, (which I haven't ordered in an age - rice and pasta have done starch duty instead); carrots and parsnips and shallots I already have in ample quantities. And herbs: Coriander, parsley, basil, and rosemary. No thyme, alas.

These days, I eat little meat, but, in winter - and - even though the days are lengthening, and the quality of light clearly improving (during daylight) - it is still winter, just not the "deepest, darkest" bit of winter but still dreary, dismal and quite dark, and, with such cold, gales, wind, rain, sleet, hailstones, snow etc, this is the time of year I find that I think of meat.

Cheese and fruit (and indeed, vegetables) are all fine in summer (and spring and autumn), but winter calls for something more.......robust.

So, chicken thighs, perhaps pork belly (I'll see if I can order some) and shin of beef are what I have in mind; mind you, gourmet sausages would exert considerable appeal, also.
 
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ericwn said:
Thumbs up for any Nasi (you’ll never guess what autocorrect made out of it…) and Bami Goreng cooks!
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Now, if you have any (really) good bami goreng recipes, I am, as they say, all ears.

That is another dish I absolutely adore, but, while I have mastered Nasi Goreng (yes, the autocorrect needs to be taught some manners), I have yet to come across a really good Bami Goreng recipe.
 
Scepticalscribe said:
Now, if you have any (really) good bami goreng recipes, I am, as they say, all ears.

That is another dish I absolutely adore, but, while I have mastered Nasi Goreng (yes, the autocorrect needs to be taught some manners), I have yet to come across a really good Bami Goreng recipe.
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Unfortunately I never tried any recipes for that dish and haven’t really eaten it in ages, probably 15 or so years ago before I moved from Germany to Ireland (and then to Canada). I should look into this stuff…

Also while on topic, have you ever tried the Dutch snack Bamischijf? Loved it as kids!

Also, for these border- area dishes you could browse the German site Chefkoch.de and then if needed parse the recipe through a translation site. They have some good content.
 
I’m getting ready to pack up the kitchen. No point in pretending that I’m going to cook anything for the next week.
 
Clix Pix said:
I had to look it up, and it is an Indonesian dish:

"Nasi goreng is a Southeast Asian fried rice dish, usually cooked with pieces of meat and vegetables."
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It is time consuming to prepare - and requires specific ingredients (sambal oelek (a chilli spice), day old rice, rendang, and kecap manis, (the sweet Indonesian soy sauce), eggs, (scrambled), chopped chillies, (galangal, grated, if you have it), I also use garlic and shallots/scallions, and vegetables and meat (cooked) if you have those.

Gordon Ramsay took less than ten minutes to preapre this dish (and still prepped everything); he is a professional chef, I'm not. It takes me around half an hour, - or more, if I am relaxed - but is a lovely tasty dish, one that goes really well with everything.

Personally, I prefer to serve my salads (or roasted vegetables) separately - the rice is already sufficiently flavoured.
 
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