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[snagged in outlet 3]

Haven’t had cottage cheese in this house for sure and we’ve been here 16 years.  Not sure if it was ever the old house either. Can’t stand the stuff. 

[Johnsfolly]

1 hour ago, Chief Grey Bear said:

   I grew up on a cottage cheese mozz mixture in lasagna.  I make it that way today. 

I mix ricotta, sweet dried basil, dried oregano, and mozzarella into my lasagna mixtures.

In Ireland they top lasagna with a bechamel sauce. I definitely do not like that.

[Gavin]

Well you won't like lasagna from the Hill John (Italian Neighborhood in STL). Learned at the Pasta House Company owned by some of my dads buddies (Sicilians) from the Hill. Cottage Cheese, Provel, & Parm on every layer. Topped with bechamel and  provel. Cannelloni & manicotti get the same bechamel & provel topping over the meat sauce.

[MOPanfisher]

We don't need the barbershop poll.  Simply each of you make a pan of lasagna, freeze a nice big piece, wrap it up it lots of newspaper and priority mail it to me.  I will eat every one of them and thwm give the verdict.  Don't know if I have ever had one with ricotta in it so maybe 2 pieces of that one.

[ness]

Provel in lasagna is a new one to me. You St. Louis guys put that on everything!

[rps]

I have made a bechamel version of lasagna. I bit heavy for my taste. However, if I make moussaka, I do use a bechmel topping to even out the very strong flavoring to the meat.

I no longer do lasagna anyway. This recipe is lighter and more tasty and never turns runny.

http://www.ozarkrevenge.com/2017/01/cannelloni-florentine-with-puttanesca.html?m=1

 

[Johnsfolly]

Wednesday night's dinner. No I did not catch or grow any of the items for this dish. Sliced garlic and cooked  that in with the French style green beans (yes they are canned). Cooked the Mahi with just a bit of salt and pepper in a little olive oil. Once it was nearly done carmelized some teriyaki glaze on the fish.

[Johnsfolly]

Last night was pan seared ribeye steak with montreal seasoning with sauted maitake mushrooms. The last of the sweet corn with salt&pepper and old bay (really like that combo lately). Salad with olive variety (Kalamata, Spanish green with pimentos, and chili spiced green olives), and the remainder of the heirloom tomato. Balsamic vinaigrette. No photos (spent nearly two hours cutting grass so too tiered to get the phone). So it must not have happened. The perfect diet dish - no calories !

[rps]

Burst cherry tomato sauce with roast garlic, goat cheese, shrimp and basil. Salad of snow peas and radish with a homemade green goddess dressing.

[MOPanfisher]

No pics, but making a garlic chicken Alfredo for supper.  Marinated the thighs in coca cola and a lot of garlic then grilled them.  Sliced thin and into the Alfredo sauce with some more garlic.  Now the real point of this post, while at the local store to get some Alfredo sauce I spotted a big ole smoked jowl for like $5, so of course I bought it.  But what exactly am I gonna do with it, am.considering big thick slices and grill them to make sammichs.  Sort of a JLT.