Purloined Menu for Fall, 2008
Posted by James Sherrett on Monday, December 8th, 2008Tags for this Article: cooking, Fall 2008, fantasy, homemade, menu, Purloined, restaurant
Author’s Note
Purloined is a fictional restaurant based on my home cooking and whimsy. If I did have a restaurant, this would be the menu. Though I couldn’t stand cooking the same dishes night after night.
All of these items, or at least the ideas for them, have been stolen from elsewhere. Cookbooks, newspapers, TV shows, restaurants. In this grazed world, everything is fair game as a source to be purloined.
We’re taking reservations in the Comments.
Starters
Crostini platter • basket of French bread crostinis • herb butter • pan relish spread • seasonal charcuterie • select cheeses • mixed olives
Grilled mixed vegetables • peppers, gourds and roots • savoury humous • chilled tzatziki • select flatbreads
Raw vegetables and dip • seasonal cut veggies • daily dips
Ants on a log • celery sticks • peanut butter • Sun Maid raisins
Kettle-popped popcorn • salted and drizzled melted butter
Bowls of Cheezies • Hawkins’ Cheezies • 3 blue bowls
Chips and dip • Old Dutch Rip-L chips • onion dip
Salads
(all salads served with crostini)
Stripped Ceasar • romaine lettuce • extra-virgin olive oil • aged parmesan • rosemary croutons • lime-juice vinegrette
Candied Salmon • candied chum salmon • baby spinach • grilled red peppers • smoked gouda • red-wine vinegrette
Brisket Bits • savoury-herb crusted brisket • fall salad greens • shallots • celery stalks and fronds • seasonal herbs
Lights
Sesame-Seed Bagel Gala • toasted sesame seed bagel • softened brie • maple butter • gala apple slices • served open-face
Grilled Cheese and Onion Sandwich • melted emmenthal • melted swiss • wine-softened Walla Walla onions • thick-sliced rye bread • served open-face
Back Bacon Sandwich • basil pesto • aged white cheddar • thin-sliced tomatoes • romaine lettuce • toasted multigrain bread
Roasted Chilies Beef Chili • roasted ancho peppers • roasted bell peppers • beef chuck • chorizo sausage • sour cream • chives • thick-sliced rye toast
Mains
Bus-Driver’s Baked Eggs • daily fresh ingredients • breadcrumb-herb crust • Yukon Gold pan fries • thick-sliced rye toast • strawberry-rhubard jam
Pan-Seared Ling Cod • dried mushroom crust • bed of citrus salts • Yukon Gold pan fries • mashed yams • crostinis
Leg of Pork • roasted carrots • wine-glazed shallots • porter-jus reduction • herb mashed potatoes • a pig this good, you don’t eat him all at once
Wet-Roasted Beef Brisket • savoury-herb crust • shallot-leek pan relish • baked Yukon Gold potato • fall salad greens
Roast Turkey • breadcrumb stuffing • pan gravy • mashed potatoes • steamed broccoli • fall salad greens
Finish
Hot Daily Crisp • fresh seasonal berries • cinnamon-granola crust • French vanilla ice cream
Pa’s Special • French vanilla ice cream • fresh seasonal berries • warmed maple syrup
Peach-Vanilla Milkshake • Okanagan peaches • Mexican vanilla extract • vanilla-bean ice cream • spearmint garnish
