What did I cook this weekend.....

podz said:

Barely could fit the steak on the Weber grill... Oh my god, the taste was so amazng.

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I hate you... now I have to mop up the drool off of my floor.

podz said:

Barely could fit the steak on the Weber grill... Oh my god, the taste was so amazng.

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Holy crap that is(was) a massive tomahawk

BUCKNUTS said:

Holy crap that is(was) a massive tomahawk

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It was. Granted, my Weber is only 18", but still that was one huge steak.

slym2none said:

I hate you... now I have to mop up the drool off of my floor.

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Don't hate me, man! For most of my life, when I wanted a ribeye I needed to make an excuse to my boss to let me travel to Germany. This week was the first time that I've ever seen ribeyes in Finnish supermarkets. The reason is that 99% of the cows raised here are milk cows, so the rib muscles are so small that they normally chop them up and sell it as soup meat (I know, it's still a crime, but they do it). Apparently, somebody here has started raising Hereford bulls now. Never thought I would live to see that day.

Extra crispy, super juicy, fried chicken.

Flatbread pizzas after watching fireworks last night. One was margharita and the other was a bacon and blue cheese with some sauteed onions and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar. Holy crap was that one good.

Got back into town yesterday afternoon, so I had pizza last night, too - a frozen one.

Ok podz, i'm afraid i am going to have to nominate you for the next season of "grillikuume"

ps. for you non-finnish, "grill-fever" is what fins decided "the great brittish bake-off" should have been by including grills and meat...

vanishingpint said:

Claussens are the best in my book,but only Tony Packo's Pickles and Peppers for my peanut butter sammiches.

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Yes, only Tony Packo's Pickles an Peppers are suitable,will do,are good enough to put on the slice of bread ,spread with peanut butter and topped with another slice of bread which I like to call a sandwich. I like peanut butter and pickle sandwiches.Next time I'll type slower so you can keep up. I do have a goatee ,and I did wear glasses with heavy black plastic frames,but they were 1970 army issue so I could be a hipster except when I started eating said sandwiches there were no hipsters.Or hippies.They were called beatniks then.Of course I am a monster.

I have no pictures. I made pot stickers, cocktail meatballs, scallion pancakes, crab cakes, and pasta with white clam sauce.

Kharnynb said:

Ok podz, i'm afraid i am going to have to nominate you for the next season of "grillikuume"

ps. for you non-finnish, "grill-fever" is what fins decided "the great brittish bake-off" should have been by including grills and meat...

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Two of my friends were competitors in the series this season. One of them came in second place. I don't cook to compete; I cook to eat!

Melana said:

I have no pictures. I made pot stickers, cocktail meatballs, scallion pancakes, crab cakes, and pasta with white clam sauce.

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Sounds tasty! I'm curious about these scallion pancakes, I've seen some Asian recipes for similar things; was this an Asian style?
Regards, GF.

Wife grilled some chicken breasts last night. Nothign unusual except she used some "Belgian White" seasoning from McCormick. Supposed to be like the seasonings you'd have in a Witbier.

It was actually REALLY good!

I'm not sure it would go well on anything but fowl, though.

Smoked a duck and 12# of brisket on the 4th. Last night, I took leftover brisket and naan and made flatbread brisket pizza with smoked peppers.

gratus fermentatio said:

Sounds tasty! I'm curious about these scallion pancakes, I've seen some Asian recipes for similar things; was this an Asian style?
Regards, GF.

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http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/04/extra-flaky-scallion-pancakes-recipe.html

This was the recipe and it is super easy. You can even grill them if you'd like!

Dry brined and smoked a chicken, grilled corn and black bean salad, German potato salad, leeks and kale from my neglected garden fat and happyView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1436232582.111364.jpg

This past weekend I tried a new (well, new to me) recipe; Bourbon brined, hickory smoked, double thick pork chops. I started with Steven Raichlen's recipe:
http://www.primalgrill.org/recipe_details.asp?RecipeID=209&EpisodeID=25
I ended up tweaking it a wee bit out of necessity & it turned out quite tasty. I also grilled up some corn on the cob, zucchini and portobello mushrooms. It was my 1st time grilling zucchini & I followed Raichlen's instructions, apparently my fire was a bit too hot. Sorry about the lighting on some of these pics, by the time I shot them, the number of beers consumed had crossed over to the term "many." Here are shots of each on the grill & the plated food; and one of the beers DrunkleJon sent me, thanks again Jon!
Regards, GF.

Those look great! I am doing chops tonight. No recipe really, just a standard marinade I do which is never the same twice. Baking some taters and have asparagus marinating to grill and go with the chips.
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The old Weber they are sitting on is my grill table. Lol

Was going to do corn too, but Walmart had zero sweet corn in produce. Surprised me, but maybe it's later in the season than I thought. Chops coming off.
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I am thinking that this weekend might be high time for some smoked goose breasts!

Wanting to get back into the cooking game this weekend too. Kabobs tomorrow and Dak Galbi on Sunday, assuming I can find what I need at the oriental market.

Well, the pork chops last night were just great, but what really blew me away was the asparagus! I grill it all them time, but never this much at once and whatever I did last night it just turned out just perfect. This veggie has gone from hated in my youth to my favorite side for steaks and chops!!

Staestc said:

Well, the pork chops last night were just great, but what really blew me away was the asparagus! I grill it all them time, but never this much at once and whatever I did last night it just turned out just perfect. This veggie has gone from hated in my youth to my favorite side for steaks and chops!!

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Looks great.

Olive oil and bacon bits (or diced prosciutto) on mine. My family will eat ANY quantity of asparagus I grill like that.

Staestc said:

Well, the pork chops last night were just great, but what really blew me away was the asparagus! I grill it all them time, but never this much at once and whatever I did last night it just turned out just perfect. This veggie has gone from hated in my youth to my favorite side for steaks and chops!!

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Looks like you lost an asparagus. Pour little guy will not make your pee stink. RIP

Yeah, I had several that got away. It's tough to turn that many at once! I need a bigger grillin skillet thing

DisturbdChemist said:

Looks like you lost an asparagus. Pour little guy will not make your pee stink. RIP

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Only about 25% of people have the gene that allows them to smell it, anyway.

podz said:

Only about 25% of people have the gene that allows them to smell it, anyway.

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That explains that...

Nothing on schedule this weekend, but a friend of mine called me to ask what kind of meat I smoked for pulled pork, what rub, etc.

They are having visitors and want to make Pulled Pork in the crock pot.

So I guess I'm cooking by proxy, kind of.

Homercidal said:

That explains that...

Nothing on schedule this weekend, but a friend of mine called me to ask what kind of meat I smoked for pulled pork, what rub, etc.

They are having visitors and want to make Pulled Pork in the crock pot.

So I guess I'm cooking by proxy, kind of.

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I vote pork.

Well I just foraged about five lbs. of chanterelles and black trumpets.I guess something good came out of forty days and forty nights of rain.Going to do do fettuccine ,with black trumpets ,cream,shallots and parmesan. Tomorrow gotta go back out because there are a metric $hit ton of them out there .Gonna get all I can.

Tried out the new stove top smoker with some country style pork ribs, serving with rice&soy, fresh green beans, a some honeydew melon. Yum!

I made Tacos de Carne Asada. Black bean puree, Guacamole, Chipotle/lime marinated Flank steak and Salsa Mexicana served on corn tortillas of course. I could only eat 6 before lapsing in to a food coma on the couch.

BUCKNUTS said:

I made Tacos de Carne Asada. Black bean puree, Guacamole, Chipotle/lime marinated Flank steak and Salsa Mexicana served on corn tortillas of course. I could only eat 6 before lapsing in to a food coma on the couch.
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Only six? Amateur.

Looks awesome.

Right now, I'm making a low carb/sugar-free/gluten-free zucchini cake with yard-grown zucchini; later, gonna use the other three that are in the crisper drawer to make a zuke/pepperjack/sausage casserole. Gotta stay ahead of the little buggers if I can!

Also gonna make some bread & butter fresh pickles with yard-grown cukes.

Made panko breaded eggplant cutlets and served with marinara over rigatoni. Also, I made my Dad's yeast roll recipefor the first time! He hasn't made them in decades (he's 88). This was a big hunk of nostalgia for me.

Goose breasts smoked with apple wood. Made a topping sauce with some marmalade and honey.

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Leftover yeast roll dough equaled cinnamon buns this morning.

Grilling some swordfish and veggies. Simple olive oil, lemon, basil sauce on the fish.
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Shrimp, chicken, and chorizo paella.

Fun weekend diving in the ice cold waters of Nee England. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1436815452.898708.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1436815504.848556.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1436815540.853378.jpg
My dad is one seriously happy guy.