What are you having for dinner? (wanna share your recipe?)

[nursenurse]

Where I work in the north, food is expensive and variety is poor. I bought a 3 pound ham on the weekend, because there was no chicken or beef or anything else that was fresh. Ham chunk for breakfast. Ham sandwich for lunch. Ham for dinner as a hash, as a slice, as whatever. Every day. Tonight there was a pot luck at the charge nurse’s place. Chicken! Hallelujah, says I. I inhaled the scent of...smokiness as I entered, and much to my chagrin....it was ham....

 

[Friday]

smokiness as I entered, and much to my chagrin....it was ham....

:facepalm:
Isn’t that always the way?!?

I once did a month of nothing but bacon & eggs (plus whatever dry goods or canned whazzit was in the pantry). The goal (IE how I kept myself from sobbing on the floor, or chewing the furniture, but all I had was $50 that month, and a half gal of milk cost $5 & diapers $20) was to not repeat the same dish, once. It was like BubbaGump -boiled shrimp, baked shrimp, shrimp étouffée , shrimp cocktail, shrimp’n’grits, shrimp po’boy- (f*ck me I’d have killed for a shrimp by the end of the month) up in our house. Bacon’n’eggs, toad in a hole, quiche, pasta carbonara, armadillo egg, turnip cake, deviled eggs, egg salad, bacon cups with egg... it was a long time before I could look at a strip of bacon with anything but loathing.

On the upside? Ham at least has a song ;)

Ham ham ham ham, hammity ham...

(I couldn’t get the clip with just the Vikings singing it)

 

[The Albatross]

Still doing the chickpea frittata I put up yesterday but adding a turkey burger with shredded zucchini .

 

[nursenurse]

@Friday , exactly what I thought, lol!

 

[The Albatross]

Baby back bbq ribs with cole slaw and jalepeno buttermilk cornbread

 

[The Albatross]

Hey, for tomorrow... Miso glazed radishes. Basically prep radishes (clean, cut in half or quarters), Oven at 400, coat with coconut oil (I never use olive oil for oven or stove temps) Roast to browning. Mix 2 tablespoons white miso (red if you want stronger flavor) with 2 tablespoons softened butter and whip together while roasting radishes. When roasting complete, combine together, adding in the radish greens... and finish off with sesame seeds.

 

[nursenurse]

I thought I would have ham for a change. Something different from the usual ham.

 

[Friday]

Had -essentially- this >>> The Original OLD BAY® Shrimp Boil Shrimp Fest minus the sausage

Came daaaaayum close to making Frogmore Stew, instead (contrary to what OldBay says, a shrimp boil is NOT frogmore... frogmore has smoked sausage, and celery, and onions, peppers if you’re Acadian, a head of garlic cut in half for luck, sometimes a tomato or six quartered, served with the broth in a bowl & crusty bread for soaking it up... it’s essentially Carolina Cioppino. Wicked good eating, Frogmore, especially with a cold beer on a hot day.)

But. I. Just. Couldn’t. Be. Arsed.

That and the pots were full of shrimp this morning, not veggies & bread. :whistling:

 

[Friday]

@nursenurse ... Okay Ham Mission (on a shoestring) Time :p Aside from the usual soups/Sammie’s/eggs/etc. here’s a few hammy things to not go completely mad

Spoiler: Unless you’re sick of even thinking about it

(almost) Yakisoba - if you have spaghetti (or any thin wheat noodle; capellini, anglehair, whatever, or hell... even soba noodles, I just almost never do & sub thin spaghetti) + chopped cabbage + teriyaki sauce? (Or ginger+garlic+soy+sugar or a tin of pineapple... or, quite frankly, just about any Asian sauce known to man + a dash of sweetness)

Boil the spaghetti, fry the cabbage and ham, dollup in the teriyaki, swirl in the noodles to coat. It’s almost the definition of Japanese bowling alley food, but it’s awesome.

((And, yes... they -the bowling alley grills- play fast and loose with the sauce, also. I’ve seen them look at the empty bottle, look furtively around, and then sprinkle over a ramen packet & grab a sugar packet from the coffee stand on more than one occasion. Its not a super sweet dish by any means, it just sorta makes the ham blend in. No idea why. I suspect wwii food relief gave them tinned ham, and this is what they came up with.))

(Almost) Hum Bao

Chopped ham, any BBQ sauce (including a packet from McDonalds!), soy sauce packet/tsp of soy sauce, brown sugar (or sugar sugar), rice vinegar (optional, just add a dash of water if you don’t have it) + WONDER BREAD. (Or any worthess white bread).

Let the chopped ham soak in the saucy awesomeness for a little while, then zap it in the microwave for about 30 seconds. Use a spoon to dollup into the center of a piece of bread, then fold over and “crimp” the edges shut. For an extra “fluffy” bun/bao use 2 slices of bread instead of 1.

Lowbrow Cockatil Party

Is this a slice of ham wrapped around mashed potatoes?
Yes. Yes it is.

Seriously... I have no idea why it’s so good (ham + potato, clearly, but no idea why the roll ups feel different in every way than ham and potatoes on a plate. Shrug.). You can fancy it up with any kind of flavoring, or instant flavored potatoes, I usually don’t because I’m lazy. But I’ll sometimes add hot sauce. Because, you know, hot sauce.

But.... If you want to feel your ass get bigger??? :woot: (something I often do, unlike flavored potatoes) dip these suckers in cream gravy. OMFG.

 

[The Albatross]

With the leftover corn bread, Yellow Squash Casserole. Super easy. (reduce stock for a pan smaller than 9X13)
sauté onions & celery well, add about a half cup of veg stock or chicken broth and throw in sliced yellow squash. Simmer low and slow til liquid is pretty near gone. Grease the pan and preheat oven to 400. Hopefully you made your cornbread ahead (I use buttermilk and drizzle with honey right when it comes out of the oven). As an option you could also use stove top stuffing with chicken broth but trend it to be drier rather than too wet. Crumble corn bread (about 2 cups) and mix with about 2 cups of shredded cheese.

Transfer the squash/celery/onions to the greased pan.
Top it with the cheese/crumbled corn bread mixture.
Drizzle about 3-4 tablespoons of melted butter.
Slap it in the oven til the top is golden brown.

I added lemon thyme fresh from the garden. Onion to squash ratio is 2/3rds to 1. Carnalized if you care to for sweetness.

Dinner is actually seared ahi with nori/shitake/miso soup and eggrolls.

 

[nursenurse]

@Friday, thanks! While I can buy some stuff here, like brown sugar, I would have to pay with my first born. Prices are nuts up here. That being said, I have the ingredients at home, and there is nothing to prevent me from putting together a few flavour packets (really love the yakisoba idea) to take along on the next contract. We have plenty of useless white bread up here too, I think I can adapt almost any meat....but geez, I haven’t had ham in such a long time...PS arse seems to be widening daily....

 

[The Albatross]

Okay so making chili today for tomorrow & lunches... and Artichoke/spinach/mushroom pasta (using egg noodles) casserole for supper with a side salad vegetarian today.... chilitos (chili cheese burritos) tomorrow.