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Spent all afternoon in the kitchen, but man was it worth it.

I did a big Greek meal tonight.
First up was some zucchini fritters. Grated zucchini, eggs, flour dill, onions, garlic powder, salt, pepper all fried in a bit of oil. A bit of horseradish sauce made these puppies delicious. I've got most of the "batter" in the fridge to be fried tomorrow when they get taken to the inlaws.

Next, there's a big batch of spanakopita. One batch is going to the inlaws, the other will probably be devoured in the next day or two. The fillo dough was filled with spinach, dill, feta, olive oil, salt and pepper.

Lastly I made a pretty good attempt at gyro meat. Two pounds of ground lamb went into a blender (to intentionally overwork the meat and combine the ingredients better) with onion, garlic, oregano, salt, and black pepper. From there it went into a loaf pan for a half hour before being dumped out and roasted for another half hour.
There's also some tzatziki with homemade Greek yogurt and some pita pockets (still trying to figure out how to get them to puff up properly, as these turned out more like tortillas).

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No pics but I made one of my favorite guilty pleasure meals today, chili dogs. I grill Nathans hot dogs and cover with Tony Packo's hot dog sauce, onion, cheddar, mustard and yes Heinz ketchup. I ate 3 dogs with Kraft mac & cheese and homebrewed IPA. My soul is at peace.


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Last night bachelor dinner. what you dont see is the Bacon, mushrooms, brown sugar, garlic and french fried onions in the meat... YUMMMM!!!

Cooked on the BBQ at 325 for 60 min! Simply amazing!

Cheers
Jay

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Umm....they were chili cheese fries, lol. Gone in 60 seconds

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I love how the one on the right is sitting there, all calm & ladylike with a bit of a smirk; when 30 seconds before that I get the impression that they were both like a couple of lions feeding on a zebra, reveling in the carnage...
I LOL'd.
Regards, GF.
 
I find it interesting that almost every culture on the planet has some form of dough wrapped food. Pierogi, ravioli, various dumplings, empanada, pirozhki, even calzone qualifies. It works well in most, if not all cuisines.
Regards, GF.
 
No pics, but tonight I made the best roast chicken of my life. The perfect roast chicken is something of a holy grail for me. Someday I'll eat Jonathan Waxman's.
 
Made another batch of homemade soft pretzels for a birthday party. They were gone in under a half hour, nobody could believe they were homemade. I think they're going to become one of my staple party foods. Who doesn't like a nice pretzel with their beer?
 
Yesterday smoked ribs. Turned out a little bit salty, but still ate ok. I tried using a mop sauce as a marinade this time. Not sure I would do it again, or maybe would try a different one.
 
On a healthy kick lately so whipped up a pot of "asopao de garbanzos" - Puerto Rican-style chickpea rice stew.

Cooked a pound of garbanzos, added veggies (onions, peppers, celery, carrots, garlic), spices (sazon, thyme, oregano, bay leaves, salt and pepper), some rice, a couple tbsps of tomato sauce and three scotch bonnet peppers for a little kick.

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Rich, hearty and delicious. Four hours on the stove but enough to last all week. Was planning on freezing half but it's too good to save for later

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Little foil msg-based seasoning packets that turn food yellow. Usually Goya brand. Can sub achiote or saffron if you increase the salt but sazon does add a hard to describe depth/umami/something



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Do you use it primarily to change the color or for the sodium? If you're looking for yellow, and something a little healthier than MSG, I'd recommend turmeric!
 
Do you use it primarily to change the color or for the sodium? If you're looking for yellow, and something a little healthier than MSG, I'd recommend turmeric!


It is a blend of spices - stuff like garlic, cumin, culantro, achiote, onion etc. Using turmeric to make yellow rice sounds like a fun experiment but typically saffron is the authentic way to get that yellow hue - in the Caribbean achiote was subbed for saffron since it used to be kind of rare. The msg/salt content of sazon is really low actually - you almost always need to add salt or adobo as well


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Every growing season you always overlook that one vegetable growing in your garden.
For me it was a zucchini.
I picked one today that weighed 1 1/2lbs. and 11" long. Not the largest I've grown but perfect size for stuffing or making zucchini bread. I decided to make the latter. Crunchy outside and moist but not greasy inside.




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Little foil msg-based seasoning packets that turn food yellow. Usually Goya brand. Can sub achiote or saffron if you increase the salt but sazon does add a hard to describe depth/umami/something



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WHATS IT GOT IN ITS PACKETS precious...sorry, you get the idea!

Gumbo! Gollum
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I spent yesterday processing 30lbs of black cherries. By the time I was done, my kitchen looked like a crime scene, red & purple spatters & flecks everywhere, often with sticky little chunks. It made think of the car cleaning in Pulp Fiction. After that I made a shrimp ceviche. No pics, I just wanted to get things done & cleaned up quickly.
Regards, GF.
 
Pics or it didn't happen.

Oh sorry. That's for when you say you got picked up by the Swedish woman's vollyball team bus and hung out with them at a nude beach.


No, that's not why you can't say it. You would be fine saying it if a damned MOD wouldn't keep posting about things he cooked with NO photographic capabilities....ahem....or evidence.
 
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