What did I cook this weekend.....

[Homercidal]

Blue cheese is delicious. Lemme guess. Homer does not like limburger either?

Homer hasn't had Limburger since he was a kid and thought it smelled like cat poop.

Ooops, sorry that was Braunshweiger. No, I've never had Limburger.

 

[ChefRex]

Blue cheese is awesome! I'm particularly fond of valdeon.

 

[BUCKNUTS]

Cheese of any kind on a lovely medium rare steak is blasphemy. If you must put anything on a steak other than salt and pepper have it off to the side. I occasionally like sauteed mushroooms/onions on the side.


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[mcbaumannerb]

I agree bucknuts - let the grilled meat speak for itself. Blue cheese in a salad though, especially along with something sweet like an asian pear, that's pure heaven.

And Home, I thought I was the only one forced to try Braunshweiger as a kid; by my dad - who eats any/every thing (except, apparently, scrapple)

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Cheese of any kind on a lovely medium rare steak is blasphemy. If you must put anything on a steak other than salt and pepper have it off to the side. I occasionally like sauteed mushroooms/onions on the side.


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In this case I blaspheme religiously.

 

[JonM]

Cheese of any kind on a lovely medium rare steak is blasphemy. If you must put anything on a steak other than salt and pepper have it off to the side. I occasionally like sauteed mushroooms/onions on the side.


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If one would have asked me on Tuesday about putting cheese on a steak, I would have said the exact same thing. The bleu cheese on a steak thing was a very nice surprise on Wedensday.

 

[mattmmille]

Just about any cheese...yum. Especially bleu cheese of any kind. (But not on a steak.) Braunschweiger, also yum! My Mom liked it and I was always an adventurous eater. Also like Neese's Liver Pudding, Souse and various pate's...but I do not like liver! Go figure.

Making steak, potatoes and LeSeur peas for dinner...needed something else for the vegetarian SWMBO, so I made up a Southwestern style ranch dressing to go on some Romaine lettuce, dropped that in a corn tortilla, oven baked shell with a black-eyed pea, roasted corn and black olive mix and topped with a home canned peach and jalapeno salsa. Wee doggies, ya'll!!!

 

[BUCKNUTS]

Braunschweiger, also yum! My Mom liked it and I was always an adventurous eater. Also like Neese's Liver Pudding, Souse and various pate's...but I do not like liver! Go figure.

Same here Mom loved that kind of stuff and I developed a love for it as well. I will eat braunschweiger like it's my job love it. Not even my Mom who was an amazing cook and baker could make liver and onions edible. My children were spared that horror because my wife and I both dislike it.


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[troy2000]

I love liver and onions, if they're properly done - and they almost never are, unless I do it myself. Usually people overcook the liver, undercook the onions, or both.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

i love liver and onions, if they're properly done - and they almost never are, unless i do it myself. Usually people overcook the liver, undercook the onions, or both.

^^this!!!

 

[ChefRex]

Never been a fan of liver but I can eat good chopped liver till I drop dead of a heart attack!

 

[passedpawn]

Failed at yogurt yesterday. Stayed mostly runny, not much curds. I think the plain yogurt I used to inoculate did not have a good live culture. I need to go to whole foods and get some good local hippy stuff.

aha!

Made yogurt successfully, then used a neat strainer I got off Amazon to thicken it and make Greek yogurt. Strainer is great, glad I bought.

Tsatsiki sauce tomorrow. Will be grinding and roasting lamb. Gryos! Woot. Just in time, my big eater is home from college, gonna be a food fest this weekend. I'll probably be uploading pics

 

[ChefRex]

aha!

Made yogurt successfully, then used a neat strainer I got off Amazon to thicken it and make Greek yogurt. Strainer is great, glad I bought.

Tsatsiki sauce tomorrow. Will be grinding and roasting lamb. Gryos! Woot. Just in time, my big eater is home from college, gonna be a food fest this weekend. I'll probably be uploading pics

Interested in how you are doing the lamb, please post!

 

[BUCKNUTS]

aha!

Made yogurt successfully, then used a neat strainer I got off Amazon to thicken it and make Greek yogurt. Strainer is great, glad I bought.

Tsatsiki sauce tomorrow. Will be grinding and roasting lamb. Gryos! Woot. Just in time, my big eater is home from college, gonna be a food fest this weekend. I'll probably be uploading pics

Probably? That actually sounds amazing. Tomorrow I will be eating cold cuts out of a cooler as I drive to Charleston South Carolina. I plan to blow the vacation budget on beer not distributed here in Ohio.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I suppose I'm a bit late to the party, but count me firmly in the camp that supports bleu cheese and/or butter on the top of a steak.

Both complement the flavor of the meat, not replace it.

 

[g2rnewton]

Yum...


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[banesong]

Same here Mom loved that kind of stuff and I developed a love for it as well. I will eat braunschweiger like it's my job love it. Not even my Mom who was an amazing cook and baker could make liver and onions edible. My children were spared that horror because my wife and I both dislike it.


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I have a fond place in my heart for Braunschweiger. Grew up eating that with cheap yellow mustard in sandwiches. Often with slices of raw onion.

As to liver and onions, my Panamanian Au Pair cooked that all the time; spiced in a Latin style, it was quite tasty. Stank the whole house up, but tasty.

 

[paulthenurse]

Paella

A couple of times a year I dig deep and pay the price. Steep but worth it. Ohhhhh so worth it...

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Onions, garlic and tomatoes with olive oil...

Chicken thighs and cut up sausage.



Rice. I should have used more, it was a little too moist.

 

[paulthenurse]

Saffron.

Shrimps and cherrystones.


Calamari and some of that fake crab. (Had to try to save a few bucks)

 

[paulthenurse]

Red pepper, corn, peas and chicken stock.



Add some crusty bread, a few bottles of wine and some friends and you've got a great night.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

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Red pepper, corn, peas and chicken stock.

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Add some crusty bread, a few bottles of wine and some friends and you've got a great night.

I'm not upset... I'm sure my invitation just got lost in the mail...

 

[Beernik]

Tried cooking potato wedges on the grill last night. I need to learn how to slice more consistent sizes. Some cooked well. Some underdone.

The bottle it bought for spraying beer onto my brats while they grill worked awesome though. Made for a sweet, crunchy skin on the brat.

 

[paulthenurse]

I'm not upset... I'm sure my invitation just got lost in the mail...

An invitation is a given. If you're ever around stop by.

 

[cheezydemon3]

I suppose I'm a bit late to the party, but count me firmly in the camp that supports bleu cheese and/or butter on the top of a steak.

Both complement the flavor of the meat, not replace it.

Never too late. That sentiment (no blue chez) is akin to "NEVER sauce ribs" as far as I am concerned.

Also, if you only have steak twice a year, then sure, simply enjoy the meat. Twice a month or more, then variety is natural!

Same with burgers. Gonna tell me bacon and blue cheese is blasphemy on a burger?

Guess you don't like beans in chili either!

Purists are good to a reasonable point, and effing annoying beyond that.

 

[headbanger]

Two big pork butts on the smoker this rainy day.

 

[mattmmille]

Never too late. That sentiment (no blue chez) is akin to "NEVER sauce ribs" as far as I am concerned.

Also, if you only have steak twice a year, then sure, simply enjoy the meat. Twice a month or more, then variety is natural!

Same with burgers. Gonna tell me bacon and blue cheese is blasphemy on a burger?

Guess you don't like beans in chili either!

Purists are good to a reasonable point, and effing annoying beyond that.

Love bleu cheese...not on my steak. Yes, I'm effing annoying, when it comes to food. The people I love to annoy the most are the people that tell me not to put ketchup on a hotdog! *Insert maniacal laughter* I do like krauterbutter on a steak sometimes, though. And Beans in my chili (but not my hotdog chili...totally different). Once you know the pure form, branch out and see what you like! Personally, I like to eat bleu cheese by itself...but not on a steak.

 

[bob1852]

In a charity chili cook off today. Mix of beef, elk, & pork for the meat.

 

[Hop_Head_from_Connecticut]

Sounds great, how long did you cook the chili for?

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

I don't follow the chili forum but does everyone cook it the day of? I've made some good chili but the greatest by far ones are the ones the day after. I have one that's atomic the day you cook it. Tons of chilis and powders. You're eyes will tear as you're cooking it. The day of it's just atomic. The day after it all melts together to an incredible good heat of flavor.

 

[banesong]

I don't follow the chili forum but does everyone cook it the day of? I've made some good chili but the greatest by far ones are the ones the day after. I have one that's atomic the day you cook it. Tons of chilis and powders. You're eyes will tear as you're cooking it. The day of it's just atomic. The day after it all melts together to an incredible good heat of flavor.

We do both. Eat it day of, but then make enough to eat for a week and a half. Yum, primarily cold(er) weather food.