Does she know you call her Mrs F?
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I had never heard of cioppino before. Did a quick search and it seems a lot like a bouillabaisse. And it sounds delicious.
It’s similar to a bouillabaisse but I think it’s easier to prepare. I use this recipe as the base:
And usually try to make the base a day in advance so it has a longer time to blend. Otherwise I make it 5 or 6 hours beforehand and just let it simmer on the stove all that time.
Nobody in my house eats fish except me which means we never eat fish so I never get a chance to make a fish stock so I end up using about half chicken broth and half clam juice instead of fish stock. Once the base is made you can pretty much just throw in whatever seafood you want. The fresher the better, obviously, but beyond that you can use anything. There’s a grocery store near me that does a daily cioppino and it’s always a lottery ticket on what might be in there. Cod? Salmon? Rockfish? who knows, it’s all good.
I used this recipe for the crab cakes and they were fantastic, but there’s not much filler in there so it takes a lot of crab:
My wife and I have decided to try to be more social this year (our friends think we’re nuts because supposedly we’re already super social) so we’ve decided to host monthly themed higher end potlock dinners beginning next month. There’s 4 couples and kids involved so we’ll see how that works out.
Most of our friends are the parents of my 7-year old daughter’s school mates. We’ve had most of them over for dinner at least once, and have been invited out to dinner at somebody else’s house exactly 1 time over the last 3 years. I’ve asked the other parents what’s up with that and supposedly we’re the only ones that really have people over for dinner. Maybe dinner parties are a relic of the past? Or, the one couple that invited us over for dinner said that the meal we cooked for them (Persian food) was so good that it took them a long time to figure out something to have us over for that would compare. So we might be setting the bar pretty high.
I’ve written a book here, but an anecdote I found funny is that one couple that came over for cioppino has two boys. Our parties are obviously always kid friendly, but they said that grandma was coming over to watch the kids and they’d be kid free. Well, grandma gets sick so I assumed they’d just bring the kids over since it’s kid friendly and my daughter is a pretty good host for other kids, but they ended up paying for a sitter so they wouldn’t have to deal with them. I guess raising boys is way different than raising a girl.
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Boneless chicken wings are just nuggets that they can sell at a higher price.
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And they are delicious!
Buffalo wings are still fried, they just aren’t breaded.
Nuggets are just a sauce delivery mechanism. Bone-in wings are a full tactile experience.
Wings look tasty to me, f the haters.
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Pan pizza based on Pizza Hut’s version. Sauce is diced tomatoes, garlic, and evoo. I microwave the pepperoni between paper towels for 30 seconds to reduce the grease factor. It’s definitely better than the Hut and my kids love it. America’s Test Kitchen strikes again.
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How deep is the cheese? From the angles presented, it looks more focaccia with pizza toppings instead of pan pizza.
Or is that a valid description of pan pizza?
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No more than a normal pizza. The crust is really light and slightly crispy and a little sweet tasting.
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Seared swordfish steak with a really awesome rosemary lime buerre blanc sauce. Chunk in the back is for babykins, and she loved it.
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How much protein are you trying to get daily? I try to eat 180-200 grams and I would dread doing that without meat, I’m sure it’s possible but I feel like it would require me to eat a ton of food.
zz wins this steak battle.
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Really nice steak to start with, too. Local butcher?
No, it’s from these crazy deals a supermarket chain here does every year around Christmas. They sell strip and rib roasts for like $7 or $8 per lb which I happily snag a few of to cut into steaks and freeze. They’re always nicely marbled and could easily pass for prime even though they’re labeled choice. They’ve gotta lose a fortune on these things, but they have them every year.