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On 3/23/2018 at 4:20 PM, Smita Nordwall said:

I cooked it in the IP for 75 minutes. Could have done 10 less. The flavor is outstanding... I used to love store bought but I found the flavors in home made much cleaner. I also mixed my own pickling spice.  

Glad to hear it turned out well! 55 minutes to delicious corned beef! 

Would you mind sharing your brining process / recipe? Also, how large was your corned beef & did you use natural or quick release?

On 3/21/2018 at 11:44 AM, Smita Nordwall said:

How did it turn out? Mine goes in today. I am corning my own and got a late start.... 

 

Funny you should ask... I decided to sous vide the corned beef at 60C for 57 hours. Turned out great but I still don't know how it would have cooked up in the Instant Pot. I think it that would also be very good and I need to give it a try. Sorry I can't report back on this yet.

Cool that you corned your own! I'm curious how you think it compares to store bought corned beef. Good luck, I'm sure it will be great however you decide to cook it.

Picked up a corn beef brisket at Wegmans and I'm planning to cook it in the Instant Pot. I usually cook it on the stove top -- we'll see how it goes -- I'm aiming for sliceable corn beef. The IP recipes for corn beef have quite a bit of variation; I may cook to the minimum time, check on it and see if it needs more cooking. Has anyone cooked corn beef in the IP?

The Restaurant at Patowmack Farm has been on my list of places to try for quite awhile. I enjoyed Tarver King's cooking at the Ashby Inn and enjoyed it even more at Patowmack Farm. What a beautiful location, great service, wonderful flavor combinations! Currently they have three RDV wines available, by the glass. My group enjoyed the RDV Friends & Family and Rendezvous (sorry, but I do not recall the vintages). Per one of the waitresses, this is for a limited time only, and is because they will be having an RDV dinner 22 March. I inquired and there are still reservations available for the RDV dinner. I definitely want to return and try their Sunday Suppers and brunch.

The outline of last night's menu, as borrowed from their website, with the details that I can recall (maybe I should take notes!). The first two courses were good but it was the last seven courses that impressed me.

Snacks
   seed bread & cashew butter
   burdock root and a few other items

Trading With The Piscataway Tribe

“Cream of Mushroom Soup”
   this soup was delicious as was the croissant that came along with it

Sea Scallop
   wonderful combination of textures and flavors

“Bait Fish”
   included a small piece of fish on a skewer

Sunflower
   this course contained lamb (from a solar powered farm), sunchokes, sunflower seeds, and a few other components

Digestif
   lemon posset, Fernet-Branca gelée, sorrel

Cheddar and Apples
   butter cake, quark, ice cream, dehydrated apple chip, pickled apple

and finish with Sweet Little Bites
   caramel, lemon(?) & fennel pâte de fruit, mini cake, toffee with chocolate ganache

100 Degree Chinese has closed. I think they closed late 2017.

If you have the time, I would recommend a braised brisket recipe from Molly Steven's "All About Braising" cookbook.

Haven't had a chance to try making sous vide brisket (it is on my list). I have made a tasty InstantPot brisket using this recipe -- https://thisoldgal.com/pressure-cooker-friday-night-shabbos-brisket/

Would be great if you could cut your brisket in half, try both methods, and report back.

The three websites that I refer to the most for InstantPot recipes are:

• https://www.hippressurecooking.com/
• https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/
• https://www.dadcooksdinner.com/  this site also has sous vide recipes

I like this recipe (https://www.hippressurecooking.com/pressure-cooker-oatmeal-how-to/) for pot-in-pot cooking of steel cut oats. It allows you to cook a single serving of oatmeal in your serving bowl (so no need to clean the instant pot liner).

I have not made yogurt but I have made ricotta cheese. 

In South Florida there is Jacksons Ice Cream Parlor and in San Francisco Ghirardelli has an ice cream shop with seating.

Last time I went to Attmans I got a potato knish to go. Heated it at home and had it with a side of Gulden's mustard. It was one of the best knishes I have had in a long while. Kat, I am curious to hear your opinion of their knish (and other items).

22 hours ago, Rhone1998 said:

That’s interesting, I hadn’t thought about the cookware at all. But it was actually an enamel coated cast iron pot...

Well, there goes my theory. Looks like Al Dente's theory may explain your color shifting clams. Weird!

What kind of cookware did you use? If it wasn't stainless steel or enamel coated cast iron, it is possible that the pot reacted with the lemon juice (and the wine -- depending how acidic it is).

Last year Harris Teeter had muscadine. Haven't checked there this year. Thanks for the reminder!

Hamburgers on the gas grill, corn on the cob, and homemade yellow cake with chocolate frosting.

@TrelayneNYC that galette looks delicious. If you don't mind sharing, where did you find the figs?

19 hours ago, MarkS said:

I'll take one for the team and check out the Old Stein.  Seems to be popular among folks in Annapolis area.

I have been to the Old Stein a few times and it is very good (discussed at least one of my meals there on this site). Please visit and let us know what you think. If the weather is nice, try to sit outside.

Went to Heartland Orchard in Markham Virginia yesterday for pick your own tart cherries. The orchard was full of ripe and almost ripe cherries. No need for a ladder yesterday -- if you go later this week, you may want to bring a stepstool or ladder. Harvest may last through next weekend. No admission fee & cherries are $2 per pound.

There are a couple of farms and orchards that are run by the same family: Hartland Orchards, Hartland Farm & Orchards, and Green Truck Farm. I have had good experiences at all of their locations.

I'm heading to Vegas next week for a conference and I'll be staying off strip. I'll have a rental car, so no need to keep me within any particular neighborhood. Already planning to go to Lotus of Siam, Eat, and Bouchon Bistro. Any other restaurant recommendations (would prefer off strip)? Looking for good food but no fine dining this trip. Thank you!

A quick write up... was hoping to jog my memory by looking at the lunch menu on Trummer's website but sadly it does not reflect most of their current offerings.

My friend and I had a nice lunch this past Saturday but there was no need for the reservations that we had made. We were the only two people in the dining room for at least twenty minutes and by the time we left, there were only 4 or 5 other groups of diners having lunch. The atrium/green house room is a beautiful space, even on a cloudy day. Our waiter was pretty good - mostly there when you needed him and never hovering.

We shared a very tasty roasted brussel sprouts appetizer. The sprouts were perfectly cooked & came with a dipping sauce. The dipping sauce lacked much flavor and I think would have been improved with some lemon juice (or another acid). I had fish (think it was rockfish) with forbidden black rice, bok choy, and some tasty sauce schmear on the plate (really wanted more of that sauce). The fish was cooked well but the promised crispy fish skin was not crisp. My friend had a burger with pimento cheese and a fried egg along with a side of fries. It looked like a tasty burger & no complaints were heard.

For dessert I had the brie topped with raspberry jam and baked in phyllo - the best example of baked brie en croute that I have had but I would have had the sorbet sampler that a nearby table got if only the waiter had mentioned it as a dessert option. My friend had a deconstructed carrot cake that looked beautiful & apparently tasted wonderful too.

The waiter mentioned that the new chef, Jon Cropf, had brought along the pastry chef from his previous restaurant (unfortunately I don't remember the new pastry chef's name & can not find it via some quick googling).

If I'm in the area, I would definitely go to Trummer's again.

ScotteeM thank you for the information! Will report back if I wind up at Trummers this weekend. Did not realize that they had discontinued the Sunday dinner... I went to that a few times and really enjoyed it.

Any recent experiences at Trummers? Will be in the area this weekend.

Every time I have been to Sushi Sono, I have had a great meal. It has been a few months since my last visit but they have always been consistent... very fresh and well prepared sushi.

Also in Columbia, a Clyde's restaurant, nothing new or exciting but a solid choice.

For some good homestyle cooking, try Shannon's in Ellicott City.

The Old Stein Inn in Edgewater has sauerbraten. I haven't tried it but their schnitzel and spätzle are delicious.

11 hours ago, saf said:

If there is not a dot or a star, there is no new content.

That is not my experience. I have topics with new content & without dots or circles.

33 minutes ago, Rieux said:

Click on the little dot or star next to the topic name

Thank you. Unfortunately not every topic that I can see has a dot or star next to the topic name. Where I do have a dot or star, it looks like it takes me to the last unread post. I am hoping there is a setting that can be tweaked so that all topics keep track of the last unread post.