What did I cook this weekend.....

[Staestc]

Just found this thread...thought I would drop some of my food pictures. Stuffed pork chops, rack of lamb, nachos, and mediterranean style chicken.

All looks great. Nachos look super!

 

[TexasDroughtBrewery]

All looks great. Nachos look super!

Thanks man, it was left over fajitas that turned into a great lunch the next day.

 

[Temptd2]

Wow, we're at 1000 pages! :rockin:

 

[bob1852]

Grilled basil & citrus marinated shrimp, watermelon slice with basil oil and feta, and grilled asparagus.

 

[unionrdr]

Wife made pork steaks with tomato soup/sauce with chopped onions again last evening. Some mashed potatoes to go with. Gotta get a pic one of these nights. So tender, a knife almost wasn't necessary.

 

[mattmmille]

Just found this thread...thought I would drop some of my food pictures. Stuffed pork chops, rack of lamb, nachos, and mediterranean style chicken.

Nice looking stuff...always welcome new sources for food porn! On those top two plates, I would have worked in some good feta cheese...but that's just me.

 

[mattmmille]

Grilled basil & citrus marinated shrimp, watermelon slice with basil oil and feta, and grilled asparagus.

There's some feta! Interesting use of watermelon...did that ever touch the grill? Nice work!

 

[headbanger]

There's some feta! Interesting use of watermelon...did that ever touch the grill? Nice work!

My wife makes a watermelon, feta and mint salad that is awesome.

 

[TexasDroughtBrewery]

Nice looking stuff...always welcome new sources for food porn! On those top two plates, I would have worked in some good feta cheese...but that's just me.

I am not a picky by any means but Feta for whatever reason I don't care for it. Otherwise it would compliment very well for sure.

 

[bob1852]

There's some feta! Interesting use of watermelon...did that ever touch the grill? Nice work!

I was at a brewery in Portland that served it like this. Stole the idea from them.

I was going to grill it, but it was overripe and would've fallen apart on the grill.

 

[Staestc]

I love feta! I'm not cooking tonight, but I did put together a Jacob's ladder with a 15,000 volt neon sign transformer! Lol

 

[passedpawn]

I love feta! I'm not cooking tonight, but I did put together a Jacob's ladder with a 15,000 volt neon sign transformer! Lol

link please. In a former life, I traveled with a show that had a large jabob's ladder. Pretty cool.

 

[Homercidal]

Made Champagne Chicken last night, but put a twist on it. I cooked the chicken in a pan, as usual, then removed and made the sauce in the pan, and then diced the chicken and added back to make a sauce to pour over linguini.

Fried some Zhucchini in a pan with olive oil and butter. Haven't fried zucchini in a long time. No eggs, so I had to simply dredge in flour.

 

[TexasDroughtBrewery]

We had a local brew pub do a bacon and beer paring for Brunch. It was chicken fried bacon, regular bacon, duck bacon, and lamb bacon. I cant remember all of the beers :-x

 

[Staestc]

link please. In a former life, I traveled with a show that had a large jabob's ladder. Pretty cool.

Link to what? No problem, but don't know what you want.

 

[Staestc]

We had a local brew pub do a bacon and beer paring for Brunch. It was chicken fried bacon, regular bacon, duck bacon, and lamb bacon. I cant remember all of the beers :-x

That's just cool. Everything is better with bacon! It has to be true for beer too!

 

[TexasDroughtBrewery]

That's just cool. Everything is better with bacon! It has to be true for beer too!

It was paired up really nice. Full disclosure this was my first time to try a sour beer. I think I only liked it because the vinegar sour like flavor actually did balance the fatty salty bacons. But I could never see myself just enjoying one alone.

 

[unionrdr]

I did something different with a medium-size bowl of left over mashed & (box kind) potatoes yesterday. Wife made her fried chicken again, & I took the bowl of mash & added about 1 1/2? cups of milk, 1C yellow corn grits, 3 thinly sliced green onions, about 1TBS Zaterain's creole seasoning, fresh ground black pepper, 1C hot pepper cheese, shredded, & 3 eggs. Stirred & folded to combine. Let sit for grits to absorb any extra liquid while greasing 2 corn bread pans. oven @ 425F. Split between both pans & leveled off, baking for 20 minutes. Or until top light golden brown & only slightly gives to the touch.
Comes out smoother & richer than just cheesy grits. Slices easily when warm. Could still taste the corn a little, but mixed with potato & cheese flavors. I'll give a more standardized recipe next time, as this was some of this & a little of that this time. I can eyeball it pretty close anyway...

 

[Remmy]

Body fat went from 10% to 53%. I love bacon.

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[Staestc]

Body fat went from 10% to 53%. I love bacon.

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I too! And I love that post!

 

[applescrap]

In Denver I could have swore I saw a bacon beer festival. They were selling tickets for like $60. Anybody heard of this? Anyways interesting dish unionrdr.

 

[Stillraining]

Well somebody has to catch them so It might as well continue to be us.. They go great with my Hefeweizen.

 

[Staestc]

If any of y'all have dark sky's, the Perseids meteor shower is supposed to be peaking tonight. 200 per hour I have seen one.

 

[mattmmille]

Fermented pickles...mmm, crunchy!

 

[gratus fermentatio]

In Denver I could have swore I saw a bacon beer festival. They were selling tickets for like $60. Anybody heard of this? Anyways interesting dish unionrdr.

Not sure about Denver, but we've had an annual "Bacon & Brewfest" in Missoula for several years now, put on by a local radio station & a few other sponsors. Not too fancy, but lots of bacony goodness & some tasty brews. Only $5 to get in, but you have to pay for all your food & drink. I've been to a few of them.
Regards, GF.

 

[unionrdr]

In Denver I could have swore I saw a bacon beer festival. They were selling tickets for like $60. Anybody heard of this? Anyways interesting dish unionrdr.

The addition of the chilled mashed potatoes makes the cheesy grits richer & a bit smoother I think? Gonna standardize the recipe next time I make it. Makes 2 cornbread pans worth. Would also be good with sawmill gravy or a marinara poured over it!

If any of y'all have dark sky's, the Perseids meteor shower is supposed to be peaking tonight. 200 per hour I have seen one.

I wanted to take my wife & I outside of town to get to a darker place for pics, since we now both have a DSLR. But rained & cloudy with thunderboomers all day & into the night. Dang...

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

We had a local brew pub do a bacon and beer paring for Brunch. It was chicken fried bacon, regular bacon, duck bacon, and lamb bacon. I cant remember all of the beers :-x

Mmmmm, BACON! Did the beer and bacon pair well?

 

[Staestc]

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I wanted to take my wife & I outside of town to get to a darker place for pics, since we now both have a DSLR. But rained & cloudy with thunderboomers all day & into the night. Dang...

We had clear but light polluted skies, with half a moon to make things worse. I saw 1 meteor! lol

 

[unionrdr]

We have way too much light pollution around here too. Would have to go way out of town for pics...

 

[Homercidal]

We have way too much light pollution around here too. Would have to go way out of town for pics...

Camping this weekend. Supposed to rain this afternoon and possible storms tonight and tomorrow.

I don't get the excitement for these things anyway. I mean, you know what causes them, and after you've seen a few, what's the big deal?