Food and Recipes while under Coronavirus quarantine #8

[Gemmie]

Yum! Splash of malt vinegar on the filet, that's what I've heard. I've done it, but I never get any noticeable difference (maybe I don't give a big enough splash, not sure).

Been amusing myself with a bag of drumsticks over the past few days. Did Colombian, then a BBQ with easy Martha Stewart sauce (little adjustments), then just bare bones super plain broiled with horseradish sauce.

Colombian was the best. Did this recipe:

Zesty Colombian chicken drumsticks

In this Colombian chicken drumsticks recipe, chicken legs are marinated in a mixture of Colombian style spices and baked to a crispy perfection.

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Had to get them cooking forever at high heat to get them all blistered and charry.

One word. YUM!

 

[PayrollNerd]

Cleared out the sweet potato bed. Dumped all the vines in the compost corner. I think I may have gotten 10lbs, the most I’ve ever harvested. My friend uses the not so great ones for her homemade dog treats.

She might bring Neeko (husky) and the 2 Great Danes over to play back there today before the rain comes. She lives with her 2 adult daughters in a townhouse with their menagerie of animals.

I wish I had the strength to turn my massive compost pile. I need one of those little chain saws to cut up the oak tree limbs. I still have debris tossed in there from last year’s hurricane disaster. Of course it FL, it’s piled against the chain link fence to the wetland, likely lots of slithery, furry critters chilling in there.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

One of the excursions available on my cruise was a salmon fishing trip. You could go out with a fisherman guide to catch your own salmon, then it was delivered to the ship’s kitchen. The chef would prepare it for you and serve it to you in the dining room.

We didn’t go on that one though, we were on a whale watching excursion that day.

I did enjoy Alaskan salmon in the main dining room several times.

I don't recall a salmon fishing trip, but there was a "salmon bake" excursion offered in one of the ports on our Alaskan cruise. We've done "foodie" excursions but usually those involved actually cooking or watching a chef prepare a meal in a private kitchen. We learned from passengers who had gone on the salmon bake trip that it was fabulous with plenty of fresh Alaskan salmon and Alaskan king crab legs with a good selection of sides and desserts. Beer, wine, and soft drinks were also included in the cost of the excursion. Like you said, fresh Alaskan salmon was served in the main dining rooms almost every night of the cruise and Alaskan king crab legs a couple of times. I'm not crazy about those, but they got high marks from other passengers. Reindeer chili in the dining rooms was nowhere as good as the bowls that we enjoyed shoreside.

A few years after our Alaskan cruise, my sister and her roommate took a six-night Alaskan cruise on Holland America. We wanted to gift them with a shore excursion and asked them to peruse them and let us know which one they would like to do. They chose a foodie excursion that included some sightseeing along with a massive spread of fresh-caught salmon, king crab legs, corn on the cob, roasted potatoes, and desserts. Alcoholic beverages and soda were also included. They absolutely loved the event, and we were so happy to have done this for them. We hope to cruise in Alaska again and would definitely choose some type of food excursion