Easter Dinner: What Did You Cook?

[Low-N-Slow]

I did braised lamb shanks. The house smelled wonderful the entire afternoon. (Still does.) And what a result-- unbelievably tender, melt in your mouth lamb, and it made it's own hearty and rustic red gravy, cooking for over two and a half hours in a braising liquid based upon a vegetable puree of carrot, celery, onion and garlic, with a reduction of red wine, tomato paste, rosemary and thyme. And I have a quart of red lamb gravy I can't decide what to do with next to show for it. (All I had to do to serve it with the meal was put some in a fat separator while the meat rested!)

[Schuarta]

After the leg of lamb idea bombed, see

http://www.nolaeats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1579

we went with the two nice steaks I bought, topped with mushrooms in sauce, and served with fresh asparagus and canned red beets. Tasty and satisfying, but no great aromas wafting through house.

Wife did unusual creative desert. Took a left-over chocolate covered donut from this morning, cut it to have two round half donuts, placed chocolate down/inside up, drizzled with Tuaca. Covered with fresh sliced strawberries in their juice. Cover that with strawberry yogurt. Add a cherry and then - SUPER SPECIAL SHORTCAKE!

[praline]

Baked ham, smothered green beans with shallot and bacon, gratin Dauphinoise, homemade carrot cake. Carved a watermelon in a basket for my daughter and filled it with fresh fruit. I think that's all she ate all day, LOL.

[cstoehr]

Baked ham glazed with cumquats and pineapple, spinach Madeline and scalloped potatoes.

[edible complex]

grilled hawaiian bread w/hot monkey love butter, caribe salad, papaya jerk pork tenderloins, saffron rice w/coconut and pineapple, louisiana strawberries and too much wine and champagne.

[Plano Rose]

Pork tenderloin. green bean and asparagus casserole, grilled fresh pineapple, and new potatoes.

[suep]

Grillades and grits, garlic bread pudding (recipe in Thurs. TP, just OK, won't make again), and a strawberry shortcake trifle. All good.

[Oyster]

Mimosas, Ribeye Steaks, Steamed Asparagas, Boiled mini-potatoes in Zat's, Baked mini-potatoes in olive oil and Bayou Bang (boohoo! Looks like BBang history), Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Jalapeno's (green onion sausage stuffing).

[yum]

Red fish meuniere, rack of lamb, key lime pie.........at the Rib Room....delicious

[Isabella Maja]

Mimosas, Ribeye Steaks, Steamed Asparagas, Boiled mini-potatoes in Zat's, Baked mini-potatoes in olive oil and Bayou Bang (boohoo! Looks like BBang history), Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Jalapeno's (green onion sausage stuffing).

Whaddya mean BBang history? Say it ain't so.