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[CreamyGoodness]

Kind of a new take on artichokes with hollandaise... well played...

 

[cheezydemon3]

Kind of a new take on artichokes with hollandaise... well played...

gets my kids to eat a vegetable and spicy! a win/win!

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Ive got a new contender.

1 dozen FRESH sardines, cleaned but heads still on

Dredging powder

AP flour
1/4 teaspoon cayenne
1 packet Sazon Goya
kosher salt and ground black pepper to taste

Dredge your sardines in the powder (no egg needed) and deep fry in a pot of vegetable oil. Remove to paper towel when super crispy. Salt with a little more kosher salt.

Serve by mounding up on a plate. Provide a fork to wussies. Serve with a quadruple slice of fresh bread and a large mug of beer of your choice.


~Note: The heads just taste like crunchy salt and spices. Eat these to freak out those around you, SWMBO in particular.

 

[cheezydemon3]

I would pile them on the bread with some mayo and lotsa tabasco!!

 

[Subsailor]

Ive got a new contender.

1 dozen FRESH sardines, cleaned but heads still on

Dredging powder

AP flour
1/4 teaspoon cayenne
1 packet Sazon Goya
kosher salt and ground black pepper to taste

Dredge your sardines in the powder (no egg needed) and deep fry in a pot of vegetable oil. Remove to paper towel when super crispy. Salt with a little more kosher salt.

Serve by mounding up on a plate. Provide a fork to wussies. Serve with a quadruple slice of fresh bread and a large mug of beer of your choice.


~Note: The heads just taste like crunchy salt and spices. Eat these to freak out those around you, SWMBO in particular.

That's what we would do with Smelt when I was growing up in Michigan. We do that with Hooligan here in Alaska.

 

[cheezydemon3]

I have the feeling I shouldn't eat goya. Am I mis-informed?

 

[Punity]

Ive got a new contender.

1 dozen FRESH sardines, cleaned but heads still on

Dredging powder

AP flour
1/4 teaspoon cayenne
1 packet Sazon Goya
kosher salt and ground black pepper to taste

Dredge your sardines in the powder (no egg needed) and deep fry in a pot of vegetable oil. Remove to paper towel when super crispy. Salt with a little more kosher salt.

Serve by mounding up on a plate. Provide a fork to wussies. Serve with a quadruple slice of fresh bread and a large mug of beer of your choice.

~Note: The heads just taste like crunchy salt and spices. Eat these to freak out those around you, SWMBO in particular.

Doing this tonight thanks.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Doing this tonight thanks.

Didja? How did it go?

 

[Punity]

Good I had to eat it all the wife was not having it haha which is fine More for me.

Almost like popcorn

 

[cheezydemon3]

home made taco shells, fresh ground beef, fresh avocado, black olives, sour cream, sharp cheddar.
(toaster oven rack makes a great taco holder!)

 

[45_70sharps]

Tacos, Pho, oysters..... I might have to re think tonight's dinner.
If the store at the cannery is open I might have to see what's fresh. Sturgeon, halibut or cod sound good tonight.
Some fresh fry's, maybe some coleslaw.
Mmmm......

 

[Airplanedoc]

41 Posts and no one has said BACON! Whats wrong with you people?

 

[Tex]

I like to take a thick tenderloin steak and slice a pocket into it, fill that pocket with diced habaneros, blue and Swiss cheese and grill. Goes great with some grilled asparagus, sautéed mushrooms, rice pilaf or mashed potatoes and corn. Remove some of the habanero seeds to decrease the hotness.

 

[huntingohio]

Ok so im going to show my redneck side here.
Venison steak butterfly and stuff with a pinch ground juiniper and bround bacon, braise in homemade pyment at 300, serven on top of smashed red potatoes with butter, a touch of milk, sourcream, and chives. Make a gravy out of the pyment and drippings. Serve with a nice robust porter

Or rabbit and squirrel stew fortified with bacon drippins and redwine. Onions celery carrots and cooked lentils for a base of the stew

 

[cheezydemon3]

I like to take a thick tenderloin steak and slice a pocket into it, fill that pocket with diced habaneros, blue and Swiss cheese and grill. Goes great with some grilled asparagus, sautéed mushrooms, rice pilaf or mashed potatoes and corn. Remove some of the habanero seeds to decrease the hotness.

That sounds awesome! I prefer to grill my habanero alongside the steak, put bleu chz on top after the steak is flipped (side 2 still grilling) I eat my steaks so rare that the cheeze and hab would still be cold inside (nothing wrong with that, but I prefer the hab and cheese warm).

*No PROPS for my homemade taco shells??????? You guys are clueless!*

 

[JonM]

Smoked pork butt. Sliced, pulled, chunks, whatever, with or without BBQ sauce, it's awesome no matter what you do to it.

 

[sweetcell]

41 Posts and no one has said BACON! Whats wrong with you people?

seriously. i came to this thread EXPECTING it to be about bacon.

you have all failed (except Airplanedoc).

 

[cheezydemon3]

Smoked pork butt. Sliced, pulled, chunks, whatever, with or without BBQ sauce, it's awesome no matter what you do to it.

Had some really good the other day Against the Grain local brew pub. Awesome view of their tanks 3 stories up.

Pulled pork had a decent bit of "front row seatage" ie; BLACK bits, but what made it awesome, were the 5 custom sauces.

Ghost chili suauce = WIN!!!!!!! Waitress warned me it was too hot. Had to ask for more of it and her eyes almost fell out.

 

[mcspanner]

Why did I stumble on this AFTER I had started cooking dinner.

Although I'm going to throw in my favourite autumn ( or fall if you prefer) soup.

I roast off a pumpkin or butternut squash with some sweet potatoes, add in a diced habanero, 1/2 a can of flageolet beans and then purée with some milk, paprika, oregano and cumin.

Return to heat and add a couple of diced chorizo sausages ( the soft kind) as well as the other 1/2 can of beans then serve with dried chilli flakes sprinkled on top.

Soup that actually counts as real food....

 

[cheezydemon3]

Why did I stumble on this AFTER I had started cooking dinner.

Although I'm going to throw in my favourite autumn ( or fall if you prefer) soup.

I roast off a pumpkin or butternut squash with some sweet potatoes, add in a diced habanero, 1/2 a can of flageolet beans and then purée with some milk, paprika, oregano and cumin.

Return to heat and add a couple of diced chorizo sausages ( the soft kind) as well as the other 1/2 can of beans then serve with dried chilli flakes sprinkled on top.

Soup that actually counts as real food....

WOW. Awesome.

 

[mcspanner]

WOW. Awesome.

Cheers! High praise from the creator of those righteous looking tacos. I'll try the trick with the oven rack.

 

[cheezydemon3]

Cheers! High praise from the creator of those righteous looking tacos. I'll try the trick with the oven rack.

The trick is getting a taco shell shape from a fried tortilla.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

The trick is getting a taco shell shape from a fried tortilla.

Easy to do, just keep your hands submerged in the oil and hold in place during frying!

 

[mcspanner]

Easy to do, just keep your hands submerged in the oil and hold in place during frying!

Don't tell me stuff like that, I have a history of touching welds to see how smooth they are whilst still glowing!

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Ok, suggestion retracted.

 

[cheezydemon3]

LOL!!!

After I got through laughing at Creamy's suggestion, mcspanner made me spit my beer!

Awesome.


In truth I use chop sticks to hold the tortilla this way and that. I usually get 1 useless one for every 4 "good" ones. The flavor is AMAZING when you fry them yourself.

They are just fine heated up in a toaster or skillet but still soft though, probably better for you.

 

[unionrdr]

I like making fry bread to use for tacos & the like. Great flavor.

 

[mcspanner]

LOL!!!

After I got through laughing at Creamy's suggestion, mcspanner made me spit my beer!

Lol I hope you didn't waste too much beer as a result!

Just out of curiosity, do you have a recipe for the tortillas you'd like to share? One of the very few breads I haven't got round to trying out.

 

[TNGabe]

Two words: Pork Belly. Bacon is but one of the countless delights you can create with Pork Belly, the greatest of all foods.

 

[cheezydemon3]

I like making fry bread to use for tacos & the like. Great flavor.

Details my good man....DETAILS!!!

Lol I hope you didn't waste too much beer as a result!

Just out of curiosity, do you have a recipe for the tortillas you'd like to share? One of the very few breads I haven't got round to trying out.

Corn meal and water!

I have to admit that I just buy the soft corn tortillas in a big log from the grocery. I'd like to get a tortilla press but haven't gotten around to it.