What did I cook this weekend.....

[vanishingpint]

Got back from a trip to Fort Peck Lake in eastern Mt. about a week ago.We fished up at the dam the last day there . Wow.Great salmon fishing that day. Now I have ten lbs of chinook fillets .Lox and smoked salmon spread in my near future !:rockin:

 

[slym2none]

Made some hamburgers tonight, 80/20 mix of ground beef. I had one regular burger (one 4-oz patty) and one "double with cheese", consisting of two 2-oz patties with one slice of cheese in the middle. It was so much better than any regular single-patty cheeseburger, even though it was the same amount of meat.

That extra burger's worth of char was what did it. No, the hamburgers don't stay medium rare, but on a somewhat sloppy burger, it doesn't matter much. Heck, the cheese alone is enough moisture to make up for whatever was lost in cooking.

 

[Staestc]

We actually have a Carl's Jr near here. I will have to give it a try!

 

[Temptd2]

We actually have a Carl's Jr near here. I will have to give it a try!

OK, but be forewarned - you too may suffer from El Diablo fixation after trying it.

If you like a good spicy burger, it does the trick. Jalapenos, pepper cheese, spicy sauce, and pepper poppers. Yum.

 

[Melana]

Potato pancakes

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[Temptd2]

Just finishing up 10 quarts of homemade BBQ potato chips.

Dinner is gonna be easy - Frito pie. Homebrewed beer.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Bacon wrapped rotisserie chicken breast.

 

[passedpawn]

Couple of sirloins tonight. The missus and I having steak and salads while watching SEC football. Sorry, no plated pics, but I can assure you mine was demolished in dog time. BTW, in the foggy foreground is a homebrew smokebeer.

 

[schematix]

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Prime sirloin, potatoes and brocc. Simple but really good. Cow was outstanding.

 

[ChefRex]

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Prime sirloin, potatoes and brocc. Simple but really good. Cow was outstanding.

No shame in simple:rockin:

 

[Staestc]

OK, but be forewarned - you too may suffer from El Diablo fixation after trying it.

If you like a good spicy burger, it does the trick. Jalapenos, pepper cheese, spicy sauce, and pepper poppers. Yum.

Sounds right up my alley!

 

[Staestc]

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Prime sirloin, potatoes and brocc. Simple but really good. Cow was outstanding.

"Simple" ly awesome

 

[slym2none]

Gonna be grilling a chicken this afternoon for dinner. Glaze is made up of orange juice, tomato paste, and some other stuff I can't recall right now. Still deciding on whether or not to clean up the charcoal grill, or just use the gas... either way, I'll try to remember to take pics.

 

[unionrdr]

My wife marinaded a bunch of huge, roaster-size chicken drumsticks in this Filipino-style sauce my son makes at his other job. Dark, sweet & savory after marinating all day in the fridge. Roasted in the oven, since it rained all afternoon while I brewed & she cooked. Some mixed veggies & an IPA...:rockin: Even the skin was tasty...

 

[jschein]

I love Filipino food, lumpia is the bomb

 

[jschein]

Just cookin up some gumbo, took a cooking class in NOLA. We seem to make it monthly now.

 

[Kiichi]

Did not really cook anything exiting, but had some beer and fancy cheese pairing. Oh my, was it ever glorious. It was at this student thing where everyone just eats and drinks junk, and me and two mates said let´s go against the grain. Did not manage to capture it properly on camera though.
However, it was glorious delicious fun to see how the cheeses and beers interacted. In there were some local IPAs (including Amager´s Wookiee IPA), up to Great Divides Yeti. Among the cheeses were Spanish blue cheese, 3y old Parmigiano-Reggiano, Gran Pecurino, French Goatcheese with truffles, apple-wood smoked cheddar, and more. And good sourdough with it all.

Parmigiano-Reggiano with barley wine was a true winner, just as it paired bloody well with the extremely fresh dill heavy Wookiee IPA. Everyone loved the apple-wood smoked cheddar, and the spanish blue was especially fantastic with Yeti though also awesome with IPA.

Generally there were a lot of orgasm faces around for an hour. I just want to eat cheese all day every day. I´d never get tired of the variety.

 

[passedpawn]

Atomic Buffalo Turds (lil smokie / cream cheese / jalapeno / wrapped in bacon / BBQ sauced). Smoked them over a little apple wood. I had them ready for the Federer/Joker match, but it got rained out, so I et them while watching the TB Bucs get schooled by the QB they should have drafted. Ugh.

 

[slym2none]

Gonna be grilling a chicken this afternoon for dinner. Glaze is made up of orange juice, tomato paste, and some other stuff I can't recall right now. Still deciding on whether or not to clean up the charcoal grill, or just use the gas... either way, I'll try to remember to take pics.

OK, pics for proof:

I left it in the pan a little too long, everything ended up cooked right (breast meat at 155, dark meat at 165) but the skin on the thighs never did brown up or crisp any. I had a beautiful platter set up of the chicken all broken down, but I forgot to snap a shot of it. Still have half the chicken left for later.

The sauce was nothing more than 1/2 cup each of tomato paste, orange juice, and red wine vinegar, with a teaspoon of cayenne. I would substitute 1/4 C ketchup for half the tomato paste, and add salt & pepper. Maybe a little more orange juice to thin it out.

It was pretty tasty! Took 1-1/2 hours at 300° on my gas grill.

 

[mattmmille]

Not much creative cookery at my house today...just managed to make a quick guacamole. Two small avocados, salt, pepper, a spritz of lime juice, a tablespoon of sour cream (to lighten it up a bit).

 

[Staestc]

Atomic Buffalo Turds (lil smokie / cream cheese / jalapeno / wrapped in bacon / BBQ sauced). Smoked them over a little apple wood. I had them ready for the Federer/Joker match, but it got rained out, so I et them while watching the TB Bucs get schooled by the QB they should have drafted. Ugh.

Those look great!

 

[Staestc]

Step son's wedding is over. Everything went great. House guests and my youngest daughter and her husband were here afterwards for a late dinner. Filet mignon, grilled asparagus, and Strip House Potatoes.
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[Hoppy2bmerry]

White veggie lasagna.

 

[BGBC]

Veggie korma
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[Melana]

I managed to make an apple danish with home made pastry (super easy and tasty), fajitas, and 36 jars of peach preserves - half straight peach and half ginger peach.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Had a theory. Went with the theory.

Browned a small pork loin and put it in the crock pot. Added some fresh tomatillos and jalepenos that I had roasted and a chopped onion. Added a little adobo, a boullion cube and some water.

Cleaned the entire apartment and did all the laundry.

Made some steamed white rice and made a little rice bed on the plate, and wound up literally using a ladle to spoon the pork over the rice.

Not too bad for a change, but could use a little sprucing up I think...

 

[mattmmille]

Had a theory. Went with the theory.

Browned a small pork loin and put it in the crock pot. Added some fresh tomatillos and jalepenos that I had roasted and a chopped onion. Added a little adobo, a boullion cube and some water.

Cleaned the entire apartment and did all the laundry.

Made some steamed white rice and made a little rice bed on the plate, and wound up literally using a ladle to spoon the pork over the rice.

Not too bad for a change, but could use a little sprucing up I think...

Sounds delish! If I were sprucing, I would probably add cumin and swap out loin for country style ribs (which actually are from the pork shoulder). Loin is very lean, and I think the shoulder cuts would be juicier...but you would definitely have to skim some fat.

 

[PJoyce85]

Potato pancakes

Oooooooh did they come with a side of apple sauce?

 

[Melana]

Oooooooh did they come with a side of apple sauce?

No. I do not like apple sauce with my potato pancakes.

 

[JonM]

Grocery store had a big sale on whole beef tenderloins so, at SWMBO's urging, I picked one up. I cut off the skinny end, and we'll use that for steak sandwiches tomorrow.

I grilled the fat end last night and it was beautiful. Eventually.

I thought it would be like a pork tenderloin where it's one solid piece. When I was trimming it I thought "maybe I should tie this like a roast" but decided against it. It was the most unwieldy thing I have ever placed on the grill. It was such a pain in the ass that I pulled it off the grill and tied it. Thankfully I can tie a roast fast. It was much easier to handle after that. Learned something.