CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Headstall]

22 minutes ago, clochette said:

I've screw a lot this afternoon, my right hand ache  but now my back won't hurt any more when working out.

 

In the greenhouse cause I built a garden/planting table you pervs!  

 

How did you know what I was thinking?    

[Headstall]

22 minutes ago, Thorn Wilde said:

Not telling.  

The correct author response is   ... it's okay... you can use it.  

[Headstall]

18 minutes ago, Thorn Wilde said:

Morning, Gary!  How are you today?

I'm good, thanks. Frustrated, though. I'm hoping I can do some writing today... shoulder pain keeps interfering... short circuits my focus.  

[Headstall]

11 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

 

[Headstall]

9 minutes ago, Randy Wade said:

hello everyone!

Hi, Randy.  

[Thorn Wilde]

9 minutes ago, Randy Wade said:

hello everyone!

Hi, Randy!  

 

6 minutes ago, Headstall said:

I know that feeling... walking helps...

Meh. Too dark and miserable out there, lol

[Albert1434]

Aloha Randy 

[Albert1434]

Hope things are going well with you Randy 

[Page Scrawler]

4 hours ago, dughlas said:

G'day y'all. A chilly dreary day here.

Afternoon, Dugh, Mum, and Thistle.   *scratches Thistle behind the ears*

 

4 hours ago, Thorn Wilde said:

Oh, the marsupiality! 

Hey, Thorn. 

 

3 hours ago, clochette said:

But... But... I'm always good!

And if I'm bad I'm so good at it

 

Hey, Clo. 

 

3 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Oh good one Dughlas hope your well today 

Hey, Albert.   

[Page Scrawler]

2 hours ago, Timothy M. said:

 

So, is creme fraiche the same in Norway ?

Hey, Tim. 

[Page Scrawler]

45 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Sunny and chilly here.  

Hey, Gary. 

[Page Scrawler]

35 minutes ago, Randy Wade said:

hello everyone!

Hey, Randy!   

[dughlas]

4 hours ago, Thorn Wilde said:

Hey, Dugh.  How's the head today?

Better, thank you.

[Thorn Wilde]

9 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

Hey, Thorn. 

 

Hi, Page! Hope you're well.  

[Thorn Wilde]

1 minute ago, dughlas said:

Better, thank you.

Glad to hear it!  

[Thorn Wilde]

Time to make some dinner and watch more Expanse. Talk to you lot later!  

[Page Scrawler]

4 minutes ago, Thorn Wilde said:

Hi, Page! Hope you're well.  

Yup. We had grilled cheese sandwiches and fried pickle chips for lunch. Mickey came over to spend the day with us. 

[dughlas]

3 hours ago, Timothy M. said:

Here you go @Thorn Wilde  and @Albert1434

 

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Enebærgryde (Juniper & Rosemary Stew)
1 kilo (2,2 pounds) of pork, chicken or turkey cut in stripes or chunks
6-8 dried juniper berries and 1/2-1 teaspoon dried rosemary ground to powder with a mortar and pestle
5 dl  = 1 pint of cream (the kind you make whipped cream from)
5 dl = 1 pint of creme fraiche = sour cream (the recipe says 38%, but I always use 18% - you may want to check out what the exact equivalent of Danish creme fraiche is)
1 teaspoon salt
pepper
Maizena or other means of thickening sauce

 

Lightly sear the meat on a hot pan until all sides are light brown. Put into deep saucepan. Add a little water to frying pan and pour over meat. Add cream and sour cream (original recipe says 0.5 pints of each, but I always double the amount, cause the sauce is the best part).

Grind juniper berries and rosemary as finely as possible and add to sauce together with salt and freshly ground pepper. Leave to simmer for 1 hour if pork and 1/2 hour if chicken or turkey.

In Denmark we have this special food color to make sauces brown and I add a little of this to make the sauce light brown. I also thicken the sauce with maize flour or ordinary flour stirred with water.

The original recipe from Arla says serve with baked mashed potatoes, but I always serve with rice. If I have time I also make a green salad and a salad from sliced tomatoes and chopped onions with an oil-and-vinegar dressing.

 

Original recipe in Danish: https://www.arla.dk/opskrifter/enebargryde-med-bagt-kartoffelmos/
I found a picture on Pinterest, and I think there is a recipe in English too. It's with mashed potatoes, but rice is so much better IMO.

That sounds very tasty. Years ago I had a recipe for curing vension roasts that used juniper berries. It was rather involved and required marinating and compressing the roast for 7-10 days. The final product was very tasty but it was too much effort to do regularly.

[dughlas]

3 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

I thought this looks like a cool site https://nordicfoodliving.com/

I liked the recipe for red cabbage. I use one that is very similiar but uses apple cider vinegar and apple cider instead of the berry juice.

[Albert1434]

I wish Randy I could taste your cooking sigh I bet its good

[Timothy M.]

11 minutes ago, Randy Wade said:

Greeks have some recipes like that way to much effort for one meal

 

The booklet with the juniper recipe also has one with 'Greek' meat loaf - another favorite of mine. My mum makes it often, including home made tzatziki, but I rarely have the time.

PS - I'm not sure a Greek cook would recognize the meal, apart from the feta and the tzatziki.  

Edited February 17, 2019 by Timothy M.

[dughlas]

6 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

I wish Randy I could taste your cooking sigh I bet its good

Hop a plane to to Philly and an Uber to Manayunk.

[Albert1434]

Wow so nice of you Dughlas to pay for my ticket 

[dughlas]

10 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Wow so nice of you Dughlas to pay for my ticket 

You're booked on Trump Shuttle flight #9255.

[dughlas]

7 minutes ago, Randy Wade said:

Greek dishes can be complex. Best one my Grandmom used to make was a greek version of fried tomatoes. I never was able to reproduce that.

I don't try to match my either of my grandmothers. I will tweak their recipes to make them my own though.

Edited February 17, 2019 by dughlas