Saturday, August 27, 2011

Saturday Dinner

Haunted by a migraine (etc.) all day, it finally wore off -- ibuprofen didn't cut it -- and I was pretty hungry when it turned supper time. Tam was amenable to steaks a la Bobbi: grilled over hardwood charcoal with a dab of Irish butter -- plus skin-on mashed tatties and a nice herb salad with radish, carrot and green pepper.

It turned out goooood. I threw a teaspoon of curry powder in the potato water, to see what would happen. The water's discarded but a hint of the flavor remained. Didn't have any fresh milk handy but powdered milk (and some of that butter) worked a treat. The steak came out melt-in-your mouth (it's the charcoal, the covered grill and the butter, plus a dash of sumac. Helps to start with very good beef, which we did.). The salad was good, too.

And there will be mashed-potato cakes for brekky tomorrow!

Trivia: There is no frog -- not even a hint of it! -- in Frogmore Stew. What a relief.

11 comments:

Keads said...

Excellent!

I traveled to my parents domicile today and was treated to very old school cooking! Some is now in my fridge waiting on the late night snack! I thought we were the only ones that made potato cakes!

Carl-Bear said...

Of course you don't put the frogs in Frogmore Stew. You dip 'em in batter and deep fry 'em.

(Yes, I am a southern boy. Why do you ask?)

BGMiller said...

Wait....
So you're laidout by a migraine all day AND you have to make dinner?

Is Tam's cooking that bad?


BGM


WV:bosto - Use to read Boston but Irene blew away the n.

Loki1776 said...

Sounds delish.

More trivia: there's also no frog in frog eye salad.

Brian in Florida said...

Thanks, I pulled out my time table on "Easy Southern Boil" looks so close to this I may rename it,, well ok I will not I do add one or two more items but darn close. And i realy mean thanks, it reminded me I have not made this in a while. Good eats coming up next week.

Tam said...

"Is Tam's cooking that bad?"

She looked to be perking up by the time I got home from the Fun Show. She offered to cook dinner if I went out and fetched the fixins. I thought that sounded like a splendid deal, and so I took it.

(It's not that my cooking is bad, it's that my repertoire is kinda limited.)

Roberta X said...

...Whereas I am a pretty fair short-order cook. Also I hadn't done a darned thing all day but keep quiet and nap a lot, or try to

BGMiller said...

Ahhhhhhhh....gotcha.

Well, heck yeah....if the offer was made I'd have jumped on that too.

BGM

greg said...

That all sounds very good...but I think if I make frogmore stew, I'll stick with the pork-based sausage. You also made me go research mashed potato cakes...

Sport Pilot said...

Ask your doctor about a new daily medication taken to prevent migrains. I don't know it's brand name but have been hearing good thing's from people who've beenswitched over to it.

Matthew said...

That would be "Frog-less Stew" then.