What's for dinner ( or lunch )

No, although I do make ghee and keep a jar around (just used some tonight.)

Unsalted butter
1#​
1/2#​
Onion, chopped
1/2+​
1/4+​
Garlic, crushed
4 cloves​
2 cloves​
Ginger root, 1/4-inch slices
8 pcs​
4 pcs​
Cardamom pods (overpowering. Just use 1/2 or 1/4 tsp grnd)
2​
1​
Cinnamon stick, short
4​
2​
Whole cloves
6​
4​
Fenugreek seeds
1 tsp​
1/2 tsp​
Turmeric
1/2 tsp​
1/4 tsp​

Place the butter in a small saucepan and melt over low heat. Add the remaining ingredients and simmer on the lowest possible heat for about 1 hour.

Strain through cheese cloth into a jar.
Store in the refrigerator or freezer and use as needed.

The recipe says put on meat, veggies, popcorn, eggs, lentils. I put it on all green veggies. It is great on corn on the cob.

Notes:
1-Don’t worry if not all the spices are available. Quantities and ingredients for this are all over the place in online recipes. It's one of those "This is how we made it at my home" things. This version has a nice mellow-sweet flavor to it, so I've stuck with it.

2-Note the substitute for the cardamom pods. The pods are strong enough to ruin it unless you use only 1/2 the amount or less. I bought some and don't use them. It's too strong for my taste. I just use ground.
Thank you for giving me the flavorings! I won't use the cinnamon and will reduce the cloves, but everything else sound great! I haven't had coffee with cardamom pod in ages, so I may order from https://www.myspicesage.com/ I like cardamom
 
I've posted this before I believe, but they're so daggone pretty...

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Ethiopian Clarified Butter on left/Ghee in middle/Clarified Garlic Butter on the right.

I buy Amish butter (1 kilo pak) and generally do these all at the same time.
Wow, They look great. I'm inspired....hope it lasts. I do like to play with food still.
 

Thank you for giving me the flavorings! I won't use the cinnamon and will reduce the cloves, but everything else sound great! I haven't had coffee with cardamom pod in ages, so I may order from https://www.myspicesage.com/ I like cardamom
You're very welcome. I like cardamom in addition to/instead of cinnamon in some baking.

So what is cardamom coffee? I have the white pods and the black pods. I got the white ones at Kroeger, and the black ones on line.
 
So what is cardamom coffee? I have the white pods and the black pods. I got the white ones at Kroeger, and the black ones on line.
With Turkish coffee, they sometimes put a white or light greenish cardamom pod in it. Served in a demitasse cup.
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I've never made it myself but was served it many times as a guest. I had to put a bit of extra sugar in it.

https://www.thespruceeats.com/turkish-coffee-recipe-2355497
 
I made a chicken taco casserole

2 sm chicken breasts, cooked and shredded
Mexican spice blend, smoked paprika, cumin
sauteed chopped green pepper w/some onion
can of Mexican tomato sauce with green chiles'
half can drained black beans
some water
sour cream in blobs
shredded cheddar
corn tortillas.

2 layers, end with cheese
bake 350 for 25 min covered and 15 min uncovered.

It was good.
 
Yesterday was a Gianelli hot sausage sandwich with peppers and onions.

Why is it that they never taste as good when you make them at home?

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This morning I made a little bowl of potato salad to have later with a Hofmann hot dog on a roll.

Every time I make my little two potato salad I think back to the days of peeling five or ten pounds of hot potatoes with the perspiration dripping down my nose. The things you do for the people you love! :)
 
I had cheddar and broccoli soup with oyster crackers and plain no fat yogurt Greek with walnuts and then a knockwurst and sauerkraut and asparagus dinner. Had a large dinner.
Man, now I want a knockwurst and sauerkraut. I always keep kraut on hand.

Back in the 70s I had a job running service calls in downtown DC.
There was a place called "Best of the Wurst." Man, it was soooo good.

(Just added "knockwurst" to my grocery list.)
 
I've never eaten knockwurst.
I've eaten knockwurst made at eateries, and have cooked super market bratwurst at home (boil in spices then grill.)

If you put the two in front of me, I could not tell you which was which, and the web seems to describe a distinction without a difference. I've been disappointed with the brats I've made at home because they shrink so much.

I'll make a trip into The City this week and buy myself a quality one. Since all of this sheltering, I've not been spending money, so I've been buying higher quality supermarket food (nice cheeses, fresh seafood, etc.)
 

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