What I Ate Today

Made sandwiches of chicken parmesan and dip the sandwich in the sauce.

Thought I had a brainstorm last night when I considered mashing turnips
and cooked cabbage then I found out I was a thousand years too late
. It's been a dish in Ireland forever called Irish concannon. It's the two most
common foods in Ireland, potatoes and cabbage mashed together. It
typically has bacon in it but I don't eat bacon because of the calories so
I used smoked Herring instead and it was just as good. Lots of spices in
the mash and I made a beef gravy.

I had a Cuban sandwich for lunch today. Surprisingly, Cuban sandwiches are much better in Florida than in Las Vegas.

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I had a Cuban sandwich for lunch today. Surprisingly, Cuban sandwiches are much better in Florida than in Las Vegas.

There are so many Cubans living in Florida that it's practically Cuba. Why would that be surprising that the sandwiches are better

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There are so many Cubans living in Florida that it's practically Cuba. Why would that be surprising that the sandwiches are better

We had a Cuban guy in Vegas, his name was Juan or Jesus, or Bob.

Homemade cream of chicken soup and a turkey tomato onion pickle jalapeno sandwich. Cooked the soup for 45 minutes add heavy cream and stick blended it till it was smooth and silky and put the chicken back in. Just what was needed on what could be called a blustery day in December. Cold and windy was ice pellets in the air.

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Thought I had a brainstorm last night when I considered mashing turnips
and cooked cabbage then I found out I was a thousand years too late
. It's been a dish in Ireland forever called Irish concannon. It's the two most
common foods in Ireland, potatoes and cabbage mashed together. It
typically has bacon in it but I don't eat bacon because of the calories so
I used smoked Herring instead and it was just as good. Lots of spices in
the mash and I made a beef gravy.

It's ;colcammon' and looks nothing like yours.
https://www.kerrygoldusa.com/recipes/traditional-irish-colcannon/

The English equivalent is Bubble and Squeak which is refried leftover potatoes and vegetables from traditional Sunday lunch.
https://www.thespruceeats.com/traditional-bubble-and-squeak-recipe-435202

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and looks nothing like yours.

According to the recipes I read you can puree it, which I did. No two recipes I looked at looked the same.
Every recipe I read called it Irish colcannon. Here's a picture of it pureed.

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According to the recipes I read you can puree it, which I did. No two recipes I looked at looked the same.
Every recipe I read called it Irish colcannon.

You'd spelled it a bit wrong.
There are indeed many versions. The nature of colcannon or champ or bubble and squeak is that they may well be made from leftovers. The pureed one seems to lack the green cabbage. Some varieties use chopped scallions (Champ) Pureeing it is NOT traditional. Normally just a potato masher used to retain some texture.
What made yours so different in looks was the gravy and mushrooms. I love mushrooms, but they were a bit of a strange adjunct to this, as was the gravy.
Bubble and squeak or colcannon might look or seem a bit gross, but you and i know different. Packed with vitamins, fibre and flavour. Doesn't need meat, but takes a sprinkle of bacon lardons very well.

Pan-fried for a few minutes some breaded canned oysters and
used the rest of the can to make an oyster omelette. Made a
sandwich, an oyster sandwich with fried oysters an oyster
omelette pickled red pepper onion tomato. Took the cream
of chicken soup mixed it with the leftover cabbage and turnip
mash and pureed them and got a super thick super tasty soup.
Great meal on a really bad weather day.