: 8 :  an amuse bouche pour les yeux​ 
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                                             pictures of meals I ate. [ eat 8 eaten ]

I like to eat. I like to cook. Good thing, I cook a lot.
I enjoy to take tasty pictures on the way. 
Below, pictures of food plus words about food.
About only food, none about photogravy.
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Notes:
When I say "salt," it's always Diamond kosher, unless otherwise noted.
I like garlic. I believe you can never have too much. Not everybody agrees.
​A recipe is only a suggestion, a framework.
​I scoff when a recipe says ingredient X is "optional." The entire recipe is optional. 
I like heat, different kinds. But I have my limits and nothing to prove.
I like to break a sweat and wince, perhaps seek dairy relief.
I also want to taste my food.
 TJ's = Trader Joes

Leftover turkey, mayo, hot curry powder, scallions, shredded sweetened coconut. Plate scoops over lettuce leaves, to with  home-made from frozen cranberry sauce. 

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Roasted zucchini halves (one has chx skin on it - before & after), red cabbage, chx thighs w/ chopped onion, garlic, mushroom - steamed potatoes.

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Sauce for pan-seared, chili powder-dusted scallops >

3-types of pears fried in a little butter with minced ginger first,
​then braised in apple cider with fresh dill.

08.22.2019 [live version next file]

Chx Reshmi. Thighs my preference, multiple incisions to the bone, mind your digits.

In a bowl, kosher salt, lemon and/or lime juice, white pepper, use your hands and work it into cuts and under the skin, let set 30 minutes or so, massaging a couple of times. Pour off accumulated juices.

Whiz full-fat plain Greek yogurt (TJ's) with cilantro chutney,* with a stick blender or bullet.   

*I like Deeps, or similar, tasty and convenient. But I can chop up a bunch of cilantro and jalapeños if I have to.. 
More PT for the thighs, massage the marinade into stints and stuff under skin.

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