What are you MAKING today?

Tossing a ham in the oven

 

5lbs of slowwwwww cook Cardiff Crack.

 

Well, this was supposed to be mushroom ragout but when it was simmering, the mushrooms cooked down into nothing and none of the liquid evaporated...

 

So... mushroom flavored broth?

 

Pretty much.

Next time I'll try making a single batch (instead of double) and see if it works.

 

Make some creamy Tuscan chicken today

 

Making $2,326,453 today from a sale I made.






No wait...that was a dream.

 

Easter dinner! Spaghetti squash, chicken for me and tofurkey for my wife with cheese buns (pyrizhky) my brother made and saskatoon moonshine.

 

Taco Tuesday!

 

Taco Tuesday !

 

Sean's pimiento cheese @Pudge

 

Smoked a 10 lb pork butt this morning. Mustard slather, S&P rub. I have no patience so it was on the RecTeq at 6am at 270 for 3 hours, spritzed with apple cider vinegar every hour on the hour after that until the fat cap cracked around 1:30. Spritzed and wrapped in aluminum foil. Probed it, turned the temp up to 295 and waited for it to hit 205 degrees. It rested for an hour and we ate at 5pm. Soooooooo good. Topped it with Salt Lick BBQ Sauce.
Have some brisket flat jerky on the smoker right now.

 

Jerky is done - I've been using Prime Brisket Flat and cutting it about 1/4 inch thick. I cut this batch into smaller pieces and had it marinating since Wednesday (I forgot about it). I like it with some moisture and a little chewy. This batch came out perfect - it's been a good day for smoking. Not for taking pics though. Just realized it's blurry. Damn.

 

I need you to ship a sample since it’s hard to judge from a blurry picture...

 

If I could figure out how to ship it cheap, I'd hook you up.

 

Ribs. 5.5hr on the pit boss.

 

Pasta Bolognese...

 

Beef stew...from scratch and filled with chunky goodness.

 

How would stew that's not from scratch be made?

 

Dinty Moore?...from a can?

 

Never had any desire to try something like that and I wouldn't post it here if I did.

 

Don't like beef stew, eh?

You should try it (it was delicious btw). Beef stew sticks to your ribs...especially in ass-numbing climates. How do you feel about Ciopinno? That's my favorite, I'll post a pic of that next time I make it.

 

I meant I wouldn't try it from a can. I love the good stuff made from scratch.

Pro tip for all you young guys out there: learn from my mistake and don't marry a vegetarian. I'm missing out on most of the good things in life.

 

Vegetarians can eat fish, right?

Cioppino is an Italian fish stew from San Francisco. I use a simplified-from-classic recipe suitable for seafood-challenged inland Texas. I load it up with double portions of cod tenderloins, jumbo shrimp, minced clams, in a tomato base with green peppers, onions, garlic, parsley, and a cup of white wine.

My wife loves it when I cook.

 

No, my wife doesn't eat fish.

That sounds good but even Texas gets better seafood than we do, I'm sure.

 

Dinty Moore is serviceable when dosed liberally with black pepper. If you don't have access to the real thing.

Cioppino is the real deal. Being fortunate enough to be bordered by the Chesapeake bay, Atlantic ocean and albermarle sound, the sky's the limit. Oysters, scallops, shrimp, clams, flounder, tuna, mahi, redfish. Not to mention the abundance of freshwater fish. We make it 4 or 5 times a year, mostly in the winter. Yum.

 

Does she eat any meat?
My niece is a vegetarian, but she will eat limited amounts of fish, turkey and chicken. Her fiance is a dedicated carnivore. But neither one of them cooks, so their compromise is to eat out a lot.
When we have family gatherings, we try to accommodate her and a couple of other people's dietary preferences. But one nephew is a strict vegan. So screw him, he's on his own.

 

@Cpl_Punishment For the love of God, please tell me she at least eats cheese!!

 

No, she's a true vegetarian. No meat of any kind, though she does eat dairy and eggs (i.e. not a vegan). So no worries there, @TaquitoBandito

One of my friends has two daughters. One is vegan and the other is gluten intolerant (actually, not on this anti-bread fad) so when they both come home for Thanksgiving or Christmas, there aren't a lot of dishes they can both eat.

 

Good, I was going to talk to @Azblue about changing our Canadian invasion into a rescue mission.