Chinese New Year 2025

Canugghead

Did our family get together on the weekend. Pretty pedestrian dishes.


Asian wings, smoked low and slow in Traeger for an hour, finished in 400F oven with honey glaze. Everyone loved the smoke profile.


Learned a lesson...found out last minute that the long steamer is not induction compatibility, ended up chopping whole trout filets into pieces to fit round steamer.


Kids favourite... fruit caramel tart from WF.


SWMBO's black sesame filled rice balls in ginger syrup, traditional new year dessert symbolic of family togetherness.

lousubcap

JFC - congrats across the board for that incredible banquet.  I would pedestrian my way through all those without guilt and smiling as I loaded up.  Magnificent as always!

lkapigian

Bombdiggity!

keener75

Holy Mackinaw!

Botch

Your "pedestrian" would be my "super-highway".   Helluva spread!  

caliking

The first pic says it all… family, love, fun, togetherness. Just wonderful. 

This popped up in my newsfeed today. Brought back some memories. 

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/chinese-in-city-celebrate-new-year-with-traditional-splendour/articleshow/117696185.cms#

GrateEggspectations

Really nice feast. Nothing pedestrian about that table at all! I would tuck into all of those dishes. I count about half a dozen or so items for which you have not provided descriptions. 

Happy New Year!

johnmitchell

Great looking spread!!

dbCooper

Very nice.

Buckwoody Egger

superb example of why the forum is great— thanks for sharing

shtgunal3

Pedestrian my àss

Canugghead

Thank you all.
For the records my dear wife did most of the cooking, I was just the helper and dish washer. I took it for granted that the regulars here already know that 

@lousubcap @johnmitchell @dbCooper We're getting old and slowing down, pedestrian means dishes with fewer ingredients and steps. Every meal we can cook is a blessing.

@lkapigian Thanks for the bombdiggity seal of approval.

@Botch @shtgunal3 We hedged our bet with extra dishes so there's something for everyone, haha. 

@keener75 Not a big hockey fan but Holy Mackinaw! sounds familiar. Thought it was Grapes but google says Bowen

@caliking Thanks, you summed it up better than I can. Also thanks for sharing the TOI article, I miss Kolkata.

@Buckwoody Egger This place is like family, I learn/get more than what I can share occasionally.

@GrateEggspectations Other dishes are boring or posted before. Anyway, here they are...

Shrimp tofu egg drop soup, made with juice from previously steamed dry brined chicken...

IP ribs with sundried salty mustard green (made by my late mother), in homemade sushi rice...

Each vegetable got nuked separately till al dente, before partying in the wok...

IP braised ribs with shitake mushroom and rehydrated bean curd sticks that suck up homemade sushi rice like sponge.

Dark soy sauce molasses noodles.

S&P fried shrimp.

Steamed Lap Yuk (Chinese pork belly) cured in my DIY Biltong box.

Florida Grillin Girl

Gary, Happy New Year. That all looks fabulous and not in the least pedestrian.

Canugghead

Hi Faith @Florida Grillin Girl Thank you! Good to see you around once in a while, hope all is well with you.

GrateEggspectations

Your wife’s balls look delectable. You are a lucky man!

lousubcap

You could have phrased that much better.  ^^^^

paqman

GrateEggspectations said:

Your wife’s balls look delectable. You are a lucky man!

I was going to say something like 👆 but now that i’ve read it written by someone else I’m not sure anymore!!!  The black sesame rice balls in ginger syrup are definitely looking tasty!