Saturday was a perfect day for
 

Paella.

-spence

WOW..Does that look yummy

Paella
 

No peas. please!

Damn! I'm hungry.:drool:

Any day is a good day for paella

man-o-man spence, that looks good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey, it's either peas or beans and all I had in the freezer was da peas :bo:

With the cost of lobster right now, the fresh Gulf shrimp and natural chicken this dish cost a small fortune to make. But it was so fine.

-spence

that looks great. any leftovers?

No, it was consumed completely by the 5 of us. That's a lot of paella per person...

-spence

yum... one of my favorites by far. Im planning on jigging up aboat load of squid in the next few weeks and was planning on doing a squid/shrimp/clam version. screw the bugs...

if u do i have a ton of home made shrimp stock...and i know where u can get white shrimp for $2 a pound whole:bl:

looks like heaven spence

Now that looks good! Looks like a dish that I had at Spain in Narragansett.

At 13 bucks a pound I would have skipped the bugs as well, but my father in law was paying :hee:

-spence

well if pops is paying, break out the bugs and the stone crabs :hihi:

I was going for a Spanish paella so I used Valencia to be autentik. I've never used Arborio, but I have made them with Caranoli.

And never a side of pasta :smash:

-spence

spence i think i just popped a %$%$%$%$ seeing that dish

wow what time is dinner next weekend?

Scott, I believe Spence cooks for pluggage. :D

I love rapini, just made some the other day with fresh sausage and orecchiette. A classic dish...

The grappa is a killer, I love the stuff. I'll never forget the time I bought a bottle over when I was dating my now wife and we just sat down and killed it.

The hallucinations were amazing :bl:

-spence

Sssshhhh...I still owe him a plug :faga:

-spence

Sat, Sun,Mon, Tue, Wed, Thurs, Fri What isn't a good day for that meal! I never had it, but unless that red sauce is ketchup, I think I'd like it. :cheers:

ps - I hope you didn't get any on your sweater. :tooth:

NOW ya owe me that recipe too :rotf2:

Where'd you get gulf shrimp...I'll got buy some after work.
Looks good!
Rick

They've had them at Clements in Portsmouth...expensive but worth it.

-spence

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/16/us...rssnyt&emc=rss
lobster economics from today's NewYork Times

This could be the start of a whole new forum Spence. All idding side about the peas, it look great.

Jenn makes that once or twice a year, my favorite meal.

Was a variation of this recipe...

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/reci...ml?rsrc=search

-spence

Spence, have you jigged for squid before? I'll take you if you wish. yummy yummy yummy.. half for dinner, half for fluke bait :D

What kind of wine?
 

That looks like a fantastic meal, very nice presentation.
What kind of wine did you serve?

Looking for gulf shrimp? go to http://www.crabplace.com/.
I have ordered shrimp, oysters, crabs and king crab legs. The quality is excellent, service is superlative.

Don't remember exactly, but I'd usually pair a mild spanish red with something like this.

-spence

How did I miss this. That looks absolutely delicious! Unfortunately I only get a good Paella once a year on my bacashon in Santo Domingo.
Yours looks even better though.
Ever make Sancocho ?,thats absol delish , esp after a night of partying.