First BBQ of the season!!!

Hurray! It is spring! And we are so excited! We lit up the BBQ! And barbecued sausage! And then we put it into a pasta dish! Yum-o!!!!

Dutch fare

In honor of the Dutch visitor to our department from our alma mater, we made Dutch food today. We did not invite the visitor though...

O/t: We put Gete up for adoption

http://ithaca.craigslist.org/car/617912300.html

Sunday Offal day

Mmmm, we are wondering what kind of offal we'll be eating on Sunday Offal day, when we live in Beijing next year?

Food

Quintessential food: meat and 2 veg.

Snack

We love Brötchen (we have made it a habit to have brunch there on Saturdays), but they reheat their Apfelstrudel in a microwave, thereby destroying all crustiness. So we made our own apple snack today, viola.

Tap that ass

Tap that chicken ass. Tight!

Mango et al.

Sunday Offal Day: Mini Rijsttafel

Who knew chicken livers could be part of a rijsttafel? We certainly didn't, but it worked out WONDERFULLY (as a certain Harvard Law scholar to whom we sold our bookcases today would say).

Dadar Hati Ayam


Dadar Hati Ayam, Babi Kecap and Acar Timun.

Also, Lonny Gerungan's recipe for Babi Kecap is really wonderful, wonderful.

Moules Frites

Pretending to be Belgian today.

From the land of Daniel

We bought a 25 pound bag of rice and are planning to finish it in the next two months or so. In other words, it'll just be Asian food from now on...

Before and after...

... the killing of small defenseless animals. In our defense, they were really small, not like a cow or something. Also, they were boiled in wine, which doesn't seem the worst way to go (I think cows usually get an iron stick up their arse, and get electrocuted --- we seem civilized in comparison, I would dare say).

Ellen's birthday partay

We are hoping Ellen will send us her photos soon... (no pressure, Ellen :).

Update
Here they are!

Inspiration

We went to Brötchen for lunch today, and were inspired by the salmon with parsley mashed potatoes on their menu.

By the way, everybody should go to Brötchen for lunch. Also, we discovered their cakes are great, and their breads are amazing: we had a chocolate cherry bread that the owner recommended for breakfast, but we enjoyed with gorgonzola and a glass of wine... Yum-o.

Chicken

Freedom Fries War

A Dutch treat: Patatje Oorlog (literal translation: "Fries War"). It is the traditional food I eat when Anke is gone: meatz, friez and green leavez. The latter was spinach this time, sauteed very shortly in butter, and then steamed in its own (and the butter's) steam --- really tasty. The meatz was, of course, opossum steak.

Not a rabbit

Here's the garbage-loving animal Frans wrote about a few posts ago. If you know what this is, or how to prepare it, please leave recipes in the comments...

Kaaspannekoek

In honor of Ellen's birthday, another old favorite from the Van Zuylen/Timmer household: kaaspannekoek. Frans has been making fun of the name forever, but never tried it until yesterday.
Next time we visit, we will have to have Adrie show us how it's really done, because we didn't get it quite right, although the second try was pretty tasty.

Rijsttafel -- once more, with feeling

You can keep rijsttafel in the freezer for quite a while, and it will still taste pretty good!