What did I cook this weekend.....

[applescrap]

I was just going to add the obvious, one can cook what is defrosting during an extended power outage! LOL In my home we have gas for the hot water and the stove, we are fed and not stinky in a power outage. The cost of electric is pretty high here as well.

Good points. Does power go out that often? Dang. It hardly ever goes out here. We have gas water and heater, but never really considered outages. As electricity prices go up switching to gas financially is very relevant. The gas inserts in my house are crazy warm. We dont save money because we keep it warm, but we could if we left it cooler like before. Wow, thats a good looking snow storm. My bil in tahoe got stupid snow last year. The dog was going over the fence by walking. Florida here I come

The answer is simple, I want gas, electric, induction, griddle, and grill. Is that to friggin much to ask, I mean people are in outer space.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

There are hurricanes and winter storms that can potentially cause outages. If equiptment is old and worn the utility doesn't replace it until it absolutely cannot be repaired. (I'm in a good cycle now due to all the work after Sandy, but in 7 years it will be outages wherever the wind blows) The winter outages are the worst... No heat, so the gas oven working is helpful. If I had solar or a wind turbine I'd still keep the stove.

 

[passedpawn]

House is empty now. Dire straits is on, little echo in the house. Having some of this smoked edam cheese I made. I made the cheese, then sliced it into steaks and smoked it over applewood. Made the octoberfest too. Autumn snacks! Anyone with cheezy interest, more here on this forum: Edam Cheese, smoked

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Steak night, with warm German potato salad.

 

[Temptd2]

Thanks for all the discussion about gas vs. electric! I dislike coil electric stoves. My current stove is gas cooktop over electric convection oven. It works well.

We have a gas furnace and we also have radiant heat in the downstairs floors. It is fueled by a gas-driven water heater exclusively for the floor. Problem with those gas items is that they all have electric controllers so when the power goes off - buh-bye heat!

We also have a gas fireplace with an electric blower.

We do have our big Weber gas grill (propane) on the upper balcony just outside the kitchen but yeah, when there is snow out there - brrrr! Our generator is also propane driven so at least if the power goes out, we can keep the freezer/fridge running enough to keep the food from spoiling.

Somebody makes this modular cooktop - you can get gas modules, induction modules, grill modules, fryer modules! I forget who it is now but I have the info saved off someplace. THAT might be a big consideration when it actually comes time to redo the kitchen. We shall see!

Tonight I made a big Instant Pot full of broccoli/cheddar/ham soup. It will be better tomorrow but it was still dang tasty tonight anyway! Also had Cheddar Bay low-carb biscuits. Yum.

 

[Hanglow]

Made some mixed spice rolls last night/this morning, topped with lemon icing

slightly modified this recipe by using mixed spice instead of cinammon and added sultanas and icing
https://www.ploetzblog.de/2015/07/18/alm-rezepte-zimtschnecken/

 

[user 211287]

I have a simplified Polla a La Brasa in the oven atm. Its a Peruvian style chicken dish seasoned with aji panca and aji amairllo peppers. Normally its a rotisserie style but i just laid some panca and amarillo marinated chicken thighs on a bed of onions and mild peppers.

 

[passedpawn]

View attachment 593561 True much of the time, yet there are times and places it is just too cold to cook outside. Kudos to you for sharing the information.

Wife and I are coming your way next weekend. Bringing son up for a college interview, then having fun midtown manhattan. Didn't realize winter hit already!

 

[user 211287]

 

[paulthenurse]

Wife and I are coming your way next weekend. Bringing son up for a college interview, then having fun midtown manhattan. Didn't realize winter hit already!

The kid wants to go to college in NY?

When Boston is only four hours away?

What’s wrong with him?

 

[passedpawn]

The kid wants to go to college in NY?

When Boston is only four hours away?

What’s wrong with him?

Believe me, he'd love to go to school there. It's medical school.

 

[Staestc]

That just looks amazing! Mouthwatering!

 

[paulthenurse]

Believe me, he'd love to go to school there. It's medical school.

We have those here too. Just sayin’

 

[user 211287]

That just looks amazing! Mouthwatering!

This is very easy but 2 items are a pain to fine. You can get them on Amazon or markets that cater to Peruvian cooking. I grew the panca peppers and bought organic amarillo paste off of Amazon.

Either aji panca powder or paste
Aji amarillo paste

Marinate 6 boneless skinless chicken thighs in
Olive oil
1 tbs amarillo paste
2-3 tbs of panca paste or about 3 dried pods worth of powder
1 tbs lime juice
1 tbs soy sauce
1 tbs minced garlic
1 tsp ground cumin and black pepper
Annatto powder for color (optional) i didnt use any

To make it really authentic you need huacatay paste too but i didnt have any. This recipe is normally applied to whole or split chickens and cooked on a wood fired rotisserie. Heat level is really low.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Wife and I are coming your way next weekend. Bringing son up for a college interview, then having fun midtown manhattan. Didn't realize winter hit already!

Yes, bring your coat, the windchill is making it feel like February. Enjoy!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Breakfast before brewery visits.

 

[schematix]

It’s back!

 

[Staestc]

This is very easy but 2 items are a pain to fine. You can get them on Amazon or markets that cater to Peruvian cooking. I grew the panca peppers and bought organic amarillo paste off of Amazon.

Either aji panca powder or paste
Aji amarillo paste

Marinate 6 boneless skinless chicken thighs in
Olive oil
1 tbs amarillo paste
2-3 tbs of panca paste or about 3 dried pods worth of powder
1 tbs lime juice
1 tbs soy sauce
1 tbs minced garlic
1 tsp ground cumin and black pepper
Annatto powder for color (optional) i didnt use any

To make it really authentic you need huacatay paste too but i didnt have any. This recipe is normally applied to whole or split chickens and cooked on a wood fired rotisserie. Heat level is really low.

Thank you!

 

[Staestc]

Chili base for pork and beef I already browned. Love my Instant Pot!

 

[Staestc]

Forgot picture! Lol

 

[Staestc]

Everybody’s in the pool. Time for pressure magic!!

 

[LakesideBrewing]

Schweinshaxe. Braised and roasted pork shank. With vinegar potatoes.

 

[passedpawn]

We have those here too. Just sayin’

Tell them to invite him to interview. Med school is by invite only unfortunately.

 

[passedpawn]

Dayum the foodies are gettin bizzy. Making me hungry. I'm making my own magic tonite, if I take pictures I'll contribute.

 

[Staestc]

Schweinshaxe. Braised and roasted pork shank. With vinegar potatoes.

Your food is consistently awesome, as are your presentation and photographs.

 

[Temptd2]

Travis, I love my IP too - the longer I own it and use it the more I love it!

Made some pork machaca yesterday out of leftover carnitas from a local Mex joint we tried. Will NEVER eat in there again, it was SO LOUD you couldn't hear yourself think. KOTC was not pleased with the chile verde plate he ordered - called it "regurgitated" and wouldn't eat it, hardly anything that man won't eat but that was it!

I ordered the carnitas plate, they had the carnitas chopped up/shredded so fine it was hard to tell WHAT it was but it did have good flavor. Brought home most of it and fried up some onions in a skillet, added the leftover carnitas, cooked til warmed through; added some beaten eggs to it and stirred til they were nicely scrambled, then added a good handful of extra-sharp shredded cheddar. Green sauce on top. Didn't think to take a picture, sorry!

This morning I had the leftovers in two corn tortillas, rolled up. Yum.

 

[BongoYodeler]

New IP owner here. Had my wife’s homemade chili yesterday, which doesn’t really wow me usually, (shhh). But done in the IP was really good.

 

[Oldskewl]

This is very easy but 2 items are a pain to fine. You can get them on Amazon or markets that cater to Peruvian cooking. I grew the panca peppers and bought organic amarillo paste off of Amazon.

Either aji panca powder or paste
Aji amarillo paste

Marinate 6 boneless skinless chicken thighs in
Olive oil
1 tbs amarillo paste
2-3 tbs of panca paste or about 3 dried pods worth of powder
1 tbs lime juice
1 tbs soy sauce
1 tbs minced garlic
1 tsp ground cumin and black pepper
Annatto powder for color (optional) i didnt use any

To make it really authentic you need huacatay paste too but i didnt have any. This recipe is normally applied to whole or split chickens and cooked on a wood fired rotisserie. Heat level is really low.

You make some mean dishes Evilgrin. I'll be over for diner! LOL!

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Here's one of my fav Indian IP recipes. So easy. I usually use chicken breast, shred it after it's done and bring it quickly back up to pressure to infuse flavor and reduce with saute

https://pipingpotcurry.com/chicken-saag-pressure-cooker/

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Discovered 15lbs of Hen of the Woods in my front yard. So there's gonna be a lot of mushroom everything this winter.

First off: Maitake Soup. Recipe interested me in order to polish off the cognac bottle that's just been sitting there