• Dinner 03-feb-2024

    From Cindy Hamilton@21:1/5 to All on Sat Feb 3 21:54:04 2024
    Let's leave aside the fact that I ate dinner at about 1:45 in the
    afternoon and proceed to what it was:

    Beef with brandy-garlic sauce and pasta with butter, basil, and garlic.
    I didn't use the tenderloin specified in the recipe. I had a New York
    strip in the freezer, which I trimmed up and cut in half. I made the
    full recipe of sauce, though. Pronounced delicious by my husband,
    who'd requested the dish (which we haven't had in a long time).

    This is a good "pantry" recipe, because I almost always have the
    ingredients on hand.

    That was my beef dish for this week (and my meat dish for the day).
    Maybe next week some time we'll go to the pub and I'll have a burger.

    Beef Tenderloin with Garlic and Brandy

    Four 6- to 7-ounce beef tenderloin steaks (each about 1 inch thick)
    1 tablespoon olive oil
    3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
    3 large garlic cloves, chopped
    2/3 cup beef broth
    2 tablespoons brandy

    Sprinkle steaks with salt and pepper. Heat oil in large skillet
    over medium-high heat. Add steaks; cook to desired doneness,
    about 5 minutes per side for medium-rare. Transfer steaks to
    platter. Add 2 tablespoons parsley and garlic to skillet; stir
    30 seconds. Add brandy, then broth. Boil until juices are reduced
    to a glaze, about 6 minutes. Spoon glaze over steaks. Sprinkle with
    remaining 1 tablespoon parsley.

    --
    Cindy Hamilton

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  • From Leonard Blaisdell@21:1/5 to Cindy Hamilton on Sat Feb 3 22:51:41 2024
    On 2024-02-03, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com> wrote:

    Beef Tenderloin with Garlic and Brandy

    Sprinkle steaks with salt and pepper. Heat oil in large skillet
    over medium-high heat. Add steaks; cook to desired doneness,
    about 5 minutes per side for medium-rare. Transfer steaks to
    platter. Add 2 tablespoons parsley and garlic to skillet; stir
    30 seconds. Add brandy, then broth. Boil until juices are reduced
    to a glaze, about 6 minutes. Spoon glaze over steaks. Sprinkle with
    remaining 1 tablespoon parsley.


    I really ought to sauce my steaks. It ain't hard to do, but I get lazy.

    We're having leftover ham roll-ups, day old pigs-in-a-blanket reheated
    and some sort of salad using romaine instead of iceberg. We rarely have
    romaine lettuce, but the iceberg heads were light, limp and unappealing
    when I went shopping.

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  • From Cindy Hamilton@21:1/5 to Leonard Blaisdell on Sat Feb 3 22:57:50 2024
    On 2024-02-03, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
    On 2024-02-03, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com> wrote:

    Beef Tenderloin with Garlic and Brandy

    Sprinkle steaks with salt and pepper. Heat oil in large skillet
    over medium-high heat. Add steaks; cook to desired doneness,
    about 5 minutes per side for medium-rare. Transfer steaks to
    platter. Add 2 tablespoons parsley and garlic to skillet; stir
    30 seconds. Add brandy, then broth. Boil until juices are reduced
    to a glaze, about 6 minutes. Spoon glaze over steaks. Sprinkle with
    remaining 1 tablespoon parsley.


    I really ought to sauce my steaks. It ain't hard to do, but I get lazy.

    We're having leftover ham roll-ups, day old pigs-in-a-blanket reheated
    and some sort of salad using romaine instead of iceberg. We rarely have romaine lettuce, but the iceberg heads were light, limp and unappealing
    when I went shopping.

    We usually have both in the fridge. Romaine for me; iceberg for him.
    Iceberg was pretty bad for a few weeks, but it's been better lately.

    --
    Cindy Hamilton

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  • From Dave Smith@21:1/5 to Cindy Hamilton on Sat Feb 3 18:03:05 2024
    On 2024-02-03 4:54 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    Let's leave aside the fact that I ate dinner at about 1:45 in the
    afternoon and proceed to what it was:

    Beef with brandy-garlic sauce and pasta with butter, basil, and garlic.
    I didn't use the tenderloin specified in the recipe. I had a New York
    strip in the freezer, which I trimmed up and cut in half. I made the
    full recipe of sauce, though. Pronounced delicious by my husband,
    who'd requested the dish (which we haven't had in a long time).

    This is a good "pantry" recipe, because I almost always have the
    ingredients on hand.

    That was my beef dish for this week (and my meat dish for the day).
    Maybe next week some time we'll go to the pub and I'll have a burger.

    Beef Tenderloin with Garlic and Brandy

    Four 6- to 7-ounce beef tenderloin steaks (each about 1 inch thick)
    1 tablespoon olive oil
    3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
    3 large garlic cloves, chopped
    2/3 cup beef broth
    2 tablespoons brandy

    Sprinkle steaks with salt and pepper. Heat oil in large skillet
    over medium-high heat. Add steaks; cook to desired doneness,
    about 5 minutes per side for medium-rare. Transfer steaks to
    platter. Add 2 tablespoons parsley and garlic to skillet; stir
    30 seconds. Add brandy, then broth. Boil until juices are reduced
    to a glaze, about 6 minutes. Spoon glaze over steaks. Sprinkle with
    remaining 1 tablespoon parsley.


    That looks interesting. I have two tenderloins for our Sunday night
    dinner. Tonight is pizza night, our regular Saturday night vegetarian
    pizza. I am just waiting for the oven to heat up so I can throw it in
    to cook.

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net on Sun Feb 4 12:42:54 2024
    On Sat, 3 Feb 2024 16:34:00 -0800 (PST), "itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net" <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net> wrote:

    On Saturday, February 3, 2024 at 3:54:10 PM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

    Let's leave aside the fact that I ate dinner at about 1:45 in the
    afternoon and proceed to what it was:

    Beef with brandy-garlic sauce and pasta with butter, basil, and garlic.

    Cindy Hamilton

    It's going to be a large, tossed salad here as soon as I head to the kitchen >to put it together.

    No dead animal? I'm starting to worry about you.

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net on Sun Feb 4 16:40:43 2024
    On Sat, 3 Feb 2024 20:03:32 -0800 (PST), "itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net" <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net> wrote:

    On Saturday, February 3, 2024 at 7:43:04 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:

    On Sat, 3 Feb 2024 16:34:00 -0800 (PST), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
    <itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:

    It's going to be a large, tossed salad here as soon as I head to the kitchen
    to put it together.

    No dead animal? I'm starting to worry about you.

    There were real bacon bits in the salad, so it was not strictly vegetarian.

    Oh, good :)

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  • From Cindy Hamilton@21:1/5 to itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net on Sun Feb 4 10:56:16 2024
    On 2024-02-04, itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net> wrote:
    On Saturday, February 3, 2024 at 3:54:10 PM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

    Let's leave aside the fact that I ate dinner at about 1:45 in the
    afternoon and proceed to what it was:

    Beef with brandy-garlic sauce and pasta with butter, basil, and garlic.

    Cindy Hamilton

    It's going to be a large, tossed salad here as soon as I head to the kitchen to put it together.

    That's what I had for supper, to make amends for lunch.

    --
    Cindy Hamilton

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  • From jmcquown@21:1/5 to itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net on Sun Feb 4 13:09:05 2024
    On 2/3/2024 11:03 PM, itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net wrote:
    On Saturday, February 3, 2024 at 7:43:04 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:

    On Sat, 3 Feb 2024 16:34:00 -0800 (PST), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
    <itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:

    It's going to be a large, tossed salad here as soon as I head to the kitchen
    to put it together.

    No dead animal? I'm starting to worry about you.

    There were real bacon bits in the salad, so it was not strictly vegetarian.

    Despite what Bruce believes, omnivores eating occasional vegetarian
    meals is not uncommon. Fortunately you added bacon bits to your salad
    to balance things out ;)

    Jill

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  • From cshenk@21:1/5 to Cindy Hamilton on Sun Feb 4 23:43:41 2024
    Cindy Hamilton wrote:

    Let's leave aside the fact that I ate dinner at about 1:45 in the
    afternoon and proceed to what it was:

    Beef with brandy-garlic sauce and pasta with butter, basil, and
    garlic. I didn't use the tenderloin specified in the recipe. I had
    a New York strip in the freezer, which I trimmed up and cut in half.
    I made the full recipe of sauce, though. Pronounced delicious by my
    husband, who'd requested the dish (which we haven't had in a long
    time).

    This is a good "pantry" recipe, because I almost always have the
    ingredients on hand.

    That was my beef dish for this week (and my meat dish for the day).
    Maybe next week some time we'll go to the pub and I'll have a burger.

    Beef Tenderloin with Garlic and Brandy

    Four 6- to 7-ounce beef tenderloin steaks (each about 1 inch thick)
    1 tablespoon olive oil
    3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
    3 large garlic cloves, chopped
    2/3 cup beef broth
    2 tablespoons brandy

    Sprinkle steaks with salt and pepper. Heat oil in large skillet
    over medium-high heat. Add steaks; cook to desired doneness,
    about 5 minutes per side for medium-rare. Transfer steaks to
    platter. Add 2 tablespoons parsley and garlic to skillet; stir
    30 seconds. Add brandy, then broth. Boil until juices are reduced
    to a glaze, about 6 minutes. Spoon glaze over steaks. Sprinkle with
    remaining 1 tablespoon parsley.

    Sounds lovely Cindy!

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 5 12:15:26 2024
    On Sun, 4 Feb 2024 13:09:05 -0500, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
    wrote:

    On 2/3/2024 11:03 PM, itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net wrote:
    On Saturday, February 3, 2024 at 7:43:04 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:

    On Sat, 3 Feb 2024 16:34:00 -0800 (PST), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
    <itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:

    It's going to be a large, tossed salad here as soon as I head to the kitchen
    to put it together.

    No dead animal? I'm starting to worry about you.

    There were real bacon bits in the salad, so it was not strictly vegetarian.

    Despite what Bruce believes, omnivores eating occasional vegetarian
    meals is not uncommon.

    I know that.

    Fortunately you added bacon bits to your salad
    to balance things out ;)

    But Joan's the type of omnivore who HAS to have her dead animal. So I
    was a bit worried when she said "salad". The bacon bits reassured me.

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  • From jmcquown@21:1/5 to Cindy Hamilton on Sun Feb 4 20:38:28 2024
    On 2/3/2024 4:54 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    Let's leave aside the fact that I ate dinner at about 1:45 in the
    afternoon and proceed to what it was:

    Beef with brandy-garlic sauce and pasta with butter, basil, and garlic.
    I didn't use the tenderloin specified in the recipe. I had a New York
    strip in the freezer, which I trimmed up and cut in half. I made the
    full recipe of sauce, though. Pronounced delicious by my husband,
    who'd requested the dish (which we haven't had in a long time).

    This is a good "pantry" recipe, because I almost always have the
    ingredients on hand.

    That was my beef dish for this week (and my meat dish for the day).
    Maybe next week some time we'll go to the pub and I'll have a burger.

    Beef Tenderloin with Garlic and Brandy

    Four 6- to 7-ounce beef tenderloin steaks (each about 1 inch thick)
    1 tablespoon olive oil
    3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
    3 large garlic cloves, chopped
    2/3 cup beef broth
    2 tablespoons brandy

    Sprinkle steaks with salt and pepper. Heat oil in large skillet
    over medium-high heat. Add steaks; cook to desired doneness,
    about 5 minutes per side for medium-rare. Transfer steaks to
    platter. Add 2 tablespoons parsley and garlic to skillet; stir
    30 seconds. Add brandy, then broth. Boil until juices are reduced
    to a glaze, about 6 minutes. Spoon glaze over steaks. Sprinkle with
    remaining 1 tablespoon parsley.

    Late to the table, that sounds wonderful, Cindy!

    Jill

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net on Mon Feb 5 16:38:04 2024
    On Sun, 4 Feb 2024 20:34:19 -0800 (PST), "itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net" <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net> wrote:

    On Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 7:15:36 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:

    On Sun, 4 Feb 2024 13:09:05 -0500, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
    wrote:

    Despite what Bruce believes, omnivores eating occasional vegetarian
    meals is not uncommon.

    I know that.

    Fortunately you added bacon bits to your salad
    to balance things out ;)

    But Joan's the type of omnivore who HAS to have her dead animal. So I
    was a bit worried when she said "salad". The bacon bits reassured me.

    You'll be even more reassured Monday when I post my dinner plan.

    Are you going to consume an entire being on Monday?

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