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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!)

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!

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.

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

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.

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

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

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).

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

Oyster wrote: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.