Recent Delights, Vol. 9. I shot my lunch.

Posted by Michael on May 28, 2010 in Recipes | 2 comments

I got home at noon one day and had no idea what to have for lunch. I whipped together a little bread-type dough then got to the idea to top it with some stuff I had in the fridge. Initially I thought of deep-frying the concoction but in the end, I just baked it in the oven. I haven’t come up with a name for it yet, but I’m pretty proud of what I’ve invented.

BEANS AND WIENERS!!!  I had made a batch of baked beans one day, then remembered I had a pack of hot dog wieners in the fridge (we had bought some to barbecue one day but they were not the right kind for grilling).  A match made in heaven.  Or in a small pot, one of the two.

An egg that had been cooked in smoked tomato sauce and topped with parmesan cheese, along with two slices of bacon.  Simple, satisfying light breakfast.  That smoked tomato sauce would later be an inspiration for the flat bread-with-toppings thing that I invented above.

Chicken and potaters. Heat oven to 400 F. Put chicken and two potaters in a cast iron pan. Season with salt, pepper and a pinch of thyme. Cook for an hour and a bit. Ram into face. Keep it Simple Sally.

A ham sandwich with mustard, mayo and a local mix of various sprouts that I bought at the Kingston Market. Nice healthy mix and a great addition for a sandwich. I dressed it simply with some pepper and extra virgin olive oil.  No one wants to see your naked sprout.  Dress it for heaven’s sake.

Pork souvlaki barbecued over charcoal.  Yes, it was as good as it looks.

A burger and a cob of corn.  The burger was topped with bacon, cheese, pickles, mustard and ketchup.  For once, I didn’t make the bun myself ( I know, I know, what kind of monster…yadda yadda).  This one came from the new Cookie Crumb bakery in the Fairvale Mall in Rothesay.   Nice bun and good alternative to a home-baked bun, for those of you who have long wondered what a store-bought hamburger bun tastes like.  The corn, although from Florida, was surprisingly good.  Nice and sweet and fresh-tasting.  They were $2.99 per half dozen at Cochrane’s Market in Rothesay.

Slow-roasted charcoal chicken. I bumped up some barbecue sauce with white wine vinegar, garlic powder, chili powder, cumin, thyme, oregano and pepper. I grilled the chicken with just salt and pepper for a bit to crisp up the skin then began applying the sauce about every 15 minutes while the chicken cooked in the covered charcoal barbecue. Drop. Dead. Awesome.

Two “Italian Bratwurst” and a Hot Italian sausage over charcoal. Served up with NB sauerkraut. So good.

A seafood chowder I made at my parents place in Smith’s Cove, Nova Scotia.  Thick enough to stand a spoon up in ‘er wah!  That’s Nova Scotia talk for “thick enough to stand a spoon up in ‘er eh?”

A stack of pitas fresh from the oven.   Cheap and couldn’t be more fresh.  Alexandra got a kick out of them puffing to a big round ball in the oven too.   Mere pennies worth of ingredients.  Even if you factor in the electricity for the oven at NB Power rates, they still only cost about six dollars. [/political food joke].