Cookery on call

[desperance]

Yesterday's veggies arrived just in time; apparently I'm cooking dinner tomorrow, for a couple of friends. I'm thinking smoked black halibut with a fennel-and-wet-garlic risotto for starters, then perhaps braised lamb shanks with shallots, if I've got any shanks in the freezer. They're almost impossible to shop for in this city; the restaurant trade just takes them all. If I see 'em at the farmers' market, I grab 'em and freeze 'em; whether I have any at the moment is in the lap of the ice-gods. If not, well, other content providers are available. The big question is, do I put the other head of fennel in with the lamb? It would be yummy, slowly stewed, but fennel twice might be over-egging the pudding. As it were.

I have no idea what to do for pudding. I shall go downstairs and poke about the books a bit, while avoiding the hoovering. That's the downside of people coming: I have to clean. Barry and I are not the fussy kind of bachelors who keep their homes immaculate; we're the other kind.

Comments

[devonellington.livejournal.com]

That is why your home is always a joy - it's lived in and the food, drink, and company are exquisite.

[wishus.livejournal.com]

I wish I could sort out a veg box delivery... for me to do it would involve some very complicated arrangement with my mother who lives miles away, as all the companies I know of deliver at silly times like Tuesday afternoons.

[(Anonymous)]

Dessert ideas >>> http://www.scranit.com/recipes/6

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

Smoked black halibut sounds fabulous: is it something you can buy, or do you buy the ordinary sort ("ordinary" halibut? hah!) and smoke - and, indeed, blacken - it?

[desperance.livejournal.com]

It's for sale, fresh and smoked. This will be an experiment, if I do it; I've been eyeing it askance for a little while now. The black halibut is considered an inferior variety, and the smoked fillets are dyed, damn it. Even so, I am curious, and tempted to take out my curiosity on my friends...