What did I cook this weekend.....

[Hanglow]

Smoked a couple of boned pork shoulders, a small ham few rashers of bacon that needed using up and a few sausages at the weekend

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Steelhead with crispy skin, salad and mash.

 

[TwistedGray]

Found some pasta in the woods

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Pan roasted Brussels, sweet potato and pork roast.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Duck braised in beer, (unfortunately no crispy skin) carrots and mash with pan gravy.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Cavatelli, mushrooms, and broccoli with LOTS of garlic, and a bit of Pecorino Romano.

*Actually not Cavatelli but Casarecce, couldn't find cavatelli. These are very close though.

 

[Brewsmith]

Homemade Chile Colorado from scratch with rice and beans

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

German bread dumplings, beer braised duck leftovers and decent red cabbage from Aldi.

 

[TwistedGray]

Cauliflower mushroom (pasta substitute) with a chanterelle meat sauce

 

[Temptd2]

Oh yum, TwistedGray - right up my keto alley!

 

[AzOr]

Cauliflower mushroom (pasta substitute) with a chanterelle meat sauce

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Chanties are my favorite! Here in the NW it was a horrible season this year.

 

[TwistedGray]

Chanties are my favorite! Here in the NW it was a horrible season this year.

Wife found some chanterelles this year...at Costco

 

[Temptd2]

Seriously, Costco had them? The one in Sand City?? If so that would be the first thing I've really missed since we moved out of CA!

 

[AzOr]

Wife found some chanterelles this year...at Costco

WTF? Probably much cheaper too after fuel, time etc. But man is it fun to hunt those things. Gives me an excuse to play in the woods. Most years I can go out for two hours and have a bucket full. Oh well.

 

[TwistedGray]

Seriously, Costco had them? The one in Sand City?? If so that would be the first thing I've really missed since we moved out of CA!

Salinas, but I've seen multiple people getting them throughout the state (in FB mushroom groups)

WTF? Probably much cheaper too after fuel, time etc. But man is it fun to hunt those things. Gives me an excuse to play in the woods. Most years I can go out for two hours and have a bucket full. Oh well.

Cheaper than the FB sellers, too, but if course I prefer to find my own. BUT they don't pop up where I go, and as you know, with shrooming it's all who you know (and where).

 

[aharri1]

I'm smoking a brisket for the first time. I've smoke plenty of other meats, but never a brisket. I got this American wagyu from Snake River farms. After watching multiple trimming videos I did my trim. Then, rubbed it down with a 50/50 salt pepper mix. I have my inkbird Wi-Fi controller with four probe inputs so I will be good to go tomorrow! Believe it or not, Orlando will have a low of 30 tomorrow! All the trimmed parts are going into an aluminum drip tray that will go underneath the brisket to render into smoked lard for cooking!

 

[Staestc]

Well, we were down to 11 yesterday morning here outside of Dallas, so I cooked outside! We had half or our family over and I finally cooked a whole beef tenderloin for the first time. Did it on the pellet grill and finished on the propane sear grill when it was still 20 degrees outside, and it turned out fantastic! Also did Strip House potatoes for a side, and my daughter did sauteed green beans and roasted carrots to round it all out. Other half of the family will be over tomorrow for a brunch thing, so I will be cooking again tomorrow morning.

Potatoes Ready to Bake (again)

Potatoes Baked

Whole tenderloin

Trimmed, bound, cut in half (cause my sear grill is small) and in marinade with rub

Smoked then seared

Rested and sliced

Plated!

 

[BongoYodeler]

Well, we were down to 11 yesterday morning here outside of Dallas, so I cooked outside! We had half or our family over and I finally cooked a whole beef tenderloin for the first time. Did it on the pellet grill and finished on the propane sear grill when it was still 20 degrees outside, and it turned out fantastic! Also did Strip House potatoes for a side, and my daughter did sauteed green beans and roasted carrots to round it all out. Other half of the family will be over tomorrow for a brunch thing, so I will be cooking again tomorrow morning.

Potatoes Ready to Bake (again)
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Potatoes Baked
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Whole tenderloin
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Trimmed, bound, cut in half (cause my sear grill is small) and in marinade with rub
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Smoked then seared
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Rested and sliced
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Plated!
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Oooooh my!!

 

[bracconiere]

WTF? Probably much cheaper too after fuel, time etc. But man is it fun to hunt those things. Gives me an excuse to play in the woods. Most years I can go out for two hours and have a bucket full. Oh well.

you should clone them, and plant them in your yard!

 

[AzOr]

you should clone them, and plant them in your yard!

A. I don't think chanterelles can be grown.
B. If I grew them in my yard, I wouldn't have an excuse to wander the woods for a half day. Don't take that away from me.

 

[bracconiere]

A. I don't think chanterelles can be grown.

i'm not sure either, but i had luck cloning & planting shaggy manes in my yard....just burried the blocks....

edit: grown, maybe not...but planted in the wild in a climate they grow in? why not!

Don't take that away from me.

i won't, just keep it away from my table! when i realized how much time it took, is when i decided to learn to clone em! if i find em once, i want it to be a permenant relashopnship!

 

[Brewsmith]

This just went on the grill

 

[Brewsmith]

And here it is 4 hours later as I pull it off the grill.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Six o’clock- beef Wellington, creamed boiling onions, roasted veggies, garlic dill potatoes roasted in duck fat, and a popover. Sadly the beef got over cooked during the resting period while the popovers were baking, but it was still tasty. This will get a ”do over” so that I can do better. Merry Christmas all.

 

[TwistedGray]

@Hoppy2bmerry same boat unfortunately...I didn't take a plated photo though - texture was fine but overcooked while I was reducing a sauce for it and finishing up some roasted potatoes. Otherwise, I can't complain.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

@Hoppy2bmerry same boat unfortunately...I didn't take a plated photo though - texture was fine but overcooked while I was reducing a sauce for it and finishing up some roasted potatoes. Otherwise, I can't complain.

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Needless to say I was going for medium rare, but I didn’t want it too rare, well actually I didn’t want to hear my husband complain that it was too rare! LOL

 

[Temptd2]

Merry, that is a thing of beauty, regardless of the slightly-overdone end result. I'm with you, more rare = more better but I bet it was delicious none-the-less!

All these photos are making my mouth water. Nice work, everyone!

 

[TwistedGray]

Needless to say I was going for medium rare, but I didn’t want it too rare, well actually I didn’t want to hear my husband complain that it was too rare! LOL

Yeah I was aiming for a medium and go medium well (no red but still flavorful and not overcooked). I should have staggered them and would have had I realized we were not going to eat both.

 

[Staestc]

So for Christmas Day I did two quiches along with ham, garlic cheese grits, and this.

That starbread has seedless blackberry jam in it. We picked up that jam from a little store outside of Gatlinburg when we were there over thanksgiving and it is just super tasty!

No pictures of anything else cause I got lazy! Lol

 

[NSMikeD]

So for Christmas Day I did two quiches along with ham, garlic cheese grits, and this.
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That starbread has seedless blackberry jam in it. We picked up that jam from a little store outside of Gatlinburg when we were there over thanksgiving and it is just super tasty!

No pictures of anything else cause I got lazy! Lol

Is making quiche a misdemeanor in Dallas?

Starrbread looks great

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

So for Christmas Day I did two quiches along with ham, garlic cheese grits, and this.
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That starbread has seedless blackberry jam in it. We picked up that jam from a little store outside of Gatlinburg when we were there over thanksgiving and it is just super tasty!

No pictures of anything else cause I got lazy! Lol

That is gorgeous. Hubby and I just finished dinner a cup of homemade cream of potato soup and a salad with snow crab legs. On the healthy side yes, but not so much after we have more praline pumpkin pie for dessert, LOL.

 

[TwistedGray]

Here's the inside, tonight's leftovers

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Here's the inside, tonight's leftovers

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Wellington bug bit you! With wild mushrooms?

 

[TwistedGray]

Wellington bug bit you! With wild mushrooms?

I made both of those on Christmas, but we only ate one then.

Yah, porcinis

 

[TwistedGray]

Wife bought me an air fryer for Christmas so I'm doing what I imagine everyone does when they first get one - chips

 

[Brewsmith]

It’s New Year’s Eve. Can you guess the song? It going to be a delicious evening.

 

[beermanpete]

Jambalaya? It looks yummy.
We made Basque style oxtail stew and sheepherder's bread.

 

[Temptd2]

Travis, that loaf is a work of art and I bet tastes as good as it looks!

TG, I have both types of air fryer, the one like you got with the wire basket and the drawer-style Instant Vortex. Love them both. I cubed up my cooked carnitas and put them, not touching each other, in there for 13 minutes at 400* and it turned out the best little crispy cubes of porky goodness! I will do it that way from now on!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Strawberry walnut babka from Christmas became French toast served with a little filet and sausage. Happy New Year!

 

[beermanpete]

Shakshuka for brunch.