Meal No. 29: Teriyaki Steak Skewers

Thanks to a good recipe shared with me by my brother-in-law Tom, the Sunday night meal here at the end of August was grilled teriyaki steak skewers, and they are so very good.

This preceded Movie Night No. 7: The Matrix. What a fantastic movie!

[Editor's Note: There is a pretty good stretch of Roediger House meals in the early days of the new kitchen for which there are no pictures and no blog entries. I still wanted them to be recorded, as long as the blog serves that purpose so well, so I made some efforts both in 2011 and in early 2016 to at least post what those meals were on the proper dates.]

Meal No. 28: Dinner with the Jens

My normal excellent calendar note-taking falls short for making this entry. Dear Roediger House friends Jen and Jen were here for dinner but I have no idea what I fixed them, since I'm composing this blog post in January 2016 with my 2009 calendar open in front of me.

[Editor's Note: There is a pretty good stretch of Roediger House meals in the early days of the new kitchen for which there are no pictures and no blog entries. I still wanted them to be recorded, as long as the blog serves that purpose so well, so I made some efforts both in 2011 and in early 2016 to at least post what those meals were on the proper dates.]

Meal No. 27: Asian Pork Tenderloin

It's quite a shame I haven't developed the habit of photographing meals each night, because this one was quite a feast: Asian pork tenderloin, with southern style green beans, company mashed potatoes, and even buttermilk biscuits. Quite a lot of food with only three of us around the table, but I don't think we minded. I can do without the Chinese Five-Spice addition to the BBQ sauce, which I'll make a point of fixing when and if I make this again.

[Editor's Note: There is a pretty good stretch of Roediger House meals in the early days of the new kitchen for which there are no pictures and no blog entries. I still wanted them to be recorded, as long as the blog serves that purpose so well, so I made some efforts both in 2011 and in early 2016 to at least post what those meals were on the proper dates.]

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"Asian Pork Tenderloin," from Cuisine at Home, Issue 60 [recipe clipping].

"Southern Style Green Beans," by April Moon. The Flying Biscuit Cafe Cookbook. Atlanta: Longstreet (1998), p. 47.

"Company Mashed Potatoes," a Jones family favorite.

Meal No. 26: Seared Salmon with Tarragon Mushroom Sauce

With just three of us around the table on this Thursday evening, I tried out seared salmon topped with a creamy tarragon and mushroom sauce, along with steamed spinach and basmati rice.

[Editor's Note: There is a pretty good stretch of Roediger House meals in the early days of the new kitchen for which there are no pictures and no blog entries. I still wanted them to be recorded, as long as the blog serves that purpose so well, so I made some efforts both in 2011 and in early 2016 to at least post what those meals were on the proper dates.]

Meal No. 25: Standing Rib Roast

For a small boys' night dinner gathering on this fine summer Sunday, I made a standing rib roast and served it up as a remarkably early dinner.

[Editor's Note: There is a pretty good stretch of Roediger House meals in the early days of the new kitchen for which there are no pictures and no blog entries. I still wanted them to be recorded, as long as the blog serves that purpose so well, so I made some efforts both in 2011 and in early 2016 to at least post what those meals were on the proper dates.]

Meal No. 24: Beef Stroganoff

There has been way too much traveling this month (a few days in Wyoming in the middle of a lot of time in Virginia), and that's put a hurting on my meals in the Roediger House kitchen. Tonight I got back into the mode and made beef stroganoff for the first time. It was pretty good but I thought the sauce was just too thin. I'll give it another go sometime and see if I can't get it closer to fine.

Saturday Night Bath Fever

The time finally came to inaugurate the grand new soaking tub in the Master Bathroom. It was a casual day yesterday, trying to catch up after having been out of town all week and knowing that I'm leaving again (on a jetplane) early Monday morning. The time just seemed right, and the occasion begged for all the pomp and circumstance of setting it up as the right mood.

I'll also admit: it was freakin' hot. So a nice relaxing soak for a while, but then a cooling cleansing shower followed. Not sure how much I'll take advantage of this great tub, but it's nice to have it, no doubt.

Meal No. 23: Margherita Grilled Pork Tenderloin

My college roommate from the University of North Carolina, Jimmy Randolph, made his roughly-annual pilgrimage to the Roediger House. For dinner, I made a grilled pork tenderloin recipe that's got some heat and some great flavor. We enjoyed ourselves and talked up a storm.