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From: Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: Thursday Night Dinner 5/1/25
Date: Fri, 2 May 2025 10:34:15 -0400
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On 5/1/2025 9:10 PM, Graham wrote:
> On 2025-05-01 5:36 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
>> Ribeye steak, cooked medium rare, fries and lima beans.
>>
>> https://i.postimg.cc/tTcHtKm1/steak-chips-limas.jpg
>>
>> The steak was approximately 4 oz. left from a larger raw ribeye I'd 
>> cut in half and frozen a few months ago.  I seasoned the steak with 
>> salt and let it set, then seasoned it with pepper and garlic powder.  
>> Cooked it in hot cast iron skillet in butter to get a nice Maillard 
>> browning reaction on the outside yet still very nicely red and juicy 
>> inside.
>>
>> The fries were from frozen, cooked in the oven, sprinkled liberally 
>> with salt and then drizzled with a little malt vinegar.  The limas 
>> were frozen baby limas zapped in the microwave.  I would have 
>> preferred the larger Fordhook limas but I already had this bag of lima 
>> beans open in the freezer.
>>
>> All in all, quite a nice dinner!  What's for dinner at your house 
>> tonight?  Leftovers? Eating out? Anything cooking?
>>
>> Jill
> A few weeks ago I posted a NYT recipe for shrimp and bean stew. I made
> it again tonight but substituted a bag of scallops instead. They were
> past their BB date and were showing some freezer burn so this seemed
> to be a good way of using them.
> Delicious!

I think I missed that post, Graham.  Then again, I was offline for over 
a week.  I have a hard time imagining shrimp and bean stew.

Jill