What’s on the menu????

[flahute]

14 minutes ago, MM818 said:

We are getting the remnants of @flahute’s bomb cyclone tonight. Then another atmospheric river behind that. We will be wet until Tuesday or Wednesday. So comfort food comes out. Sauté some vegetables. Four pounds of chicken thighs and a couple cups of lentils. Tumeric and cumin provide the spice. Chicken stock and some tomato paste to tie everything together. 

lol! Love it when SoCal gets a little taste of

our medicine!

[Kepler]

On 11/1/2024 at 7:52 PM, mbroo5880i said:

I had a Culver's Double Cheeseburger for dinner.  I forgot to take a picture.  But those who know, know. 

 

Wow, blast from the past!  Now I need to seek one out because it's been years since I have been to one. 

[Kepler]

51 minutes ago, MM818 said:

We are getting the remnants of @flahute’s bomb cyclone tonight. Then another atmospheric river behind that. We will be wet until Tuesday or Wednesday. So comfort food comes out. Sauté some vegetables. Four pounds of chicken thighs and a couple cups of lentils. Tumeric and cumin provide the spice. Chicken stock and some tomato paste to tie everything together. 

 

That does look delicious!

 

[Richnimrod]

8 hours ago, MM818 said:

We are getting the remnants of @flahute’s bomb cyclone tonight. Then another atmospheric river behind that. We will be wet until Tuesday or Wednesday. So comfort food comes out. Sauté some vegetables. Four pounds of chicken thighs and a couple cups of lentils. Tumeric and cumin provide the spice. Chicken stock and some tomato paste to tie everything together. 

 

Ooooooh!  That smells wonderful, MM818!   Thanx for posting!

[flahute]

13 hours ago, MM818 said:

We are getting the remnants of @flahute’s bomb cyclone tonight. Then another atmospheric river behind that. We will be wet until Tuesday or Wednesday. So comfort food comes out. Sauté some vegetables. Four pounds of chicken thighs and a couple cups of lentils. Tumeric and cumin provide the spice. Chicken stock and some tomato paste to tie everything together. 

That looks pretty incredible by the way. What beer did you pair it with?

[MM818]

26 minutes ago, flahute said:

That looks pretty incredible by the way. What beer did you pair it with?

I would have gone with a Skyduster Dry Lager because of the spices I used. However, I haven’t had a beer in two weeks! 
 

I went to Austin to catch the Horns Gators game. I go to Austin annually to Texan! Tex Mex, BBQ, music, football, childhood friends. I drank so much beer over those three days I just have no desire to pop one. On game day I’m at a tailgate at 8am pounding crappy IPAs.

 

Here’s some pics from Terry Black’s on Saturday night. 

[Phil T]

So, a couple days ago I'm looking through my news feed. There is article about Pittsburgh chipped ham bbq. Intrigued, I read through it. Holy shit,  my mom made this! I had forgotten all about it for some reason, but there it was. I have been through her recipe box and her main cookbook and nary a mention of this. Anyway,  I made it tonight.  It was just as good as I remembered. I'm super glad that I discovered this.

Prost!!  Phil

[Richnimrod]

2 hours ago, Phil T said:

So, a couple days ago I'm looking through my news feed. There is article about Pittsburgh chipped ham bbq. Intrigued, I read through it. Holy shit,  my mom made this! I had forgotten all about it for some reason, but there it was. I have been through her recipe box and her main cookbook and nary a mention of this. Anyway,  I made it tonight.  It was just as good as I remembered. I'm super glad that I discovered this.

Prost!!  Phil

 

Well, then!    Ain't it an unexpected pleasure to rediscover something like that from your distant past.   Especially since it seemed inexplicably missing from Mom's notes.    I could name a few favorite meals my Mom made that I've missed for about 60-years.   ...Also absent from Mom's notes.   She made some common-but-delicious magic from basically nothing on a near-weekly basis some years, when Dad was laid off and the paychecks weren't forthcoming.   She made these from memory and probably not always the exact same ingredients, I suppose.   She made one-pot meals in the oven out of a can of tuna, a can of peas, some macaroni, a cut-up onion, and a rib or two of celery cut in small pieces.   Not sure what the 'juice' was; but, it was semi-thick and the damned stuff was super tasty, if not always identical.   Or her "hamburg gravy", made in a skillet on top the stove, which was hamburger, onions, celery, sometimes with noodles, sometimes over toast, sometimes just in a bowl.   Loved this in spite of the greasy/fatty/texture.  No notes on this one either.   I imagine into these she added some herbs and spices when she had 'em; but, no idea what exactly.   Or her meatloaf: Deeeelish!

I've tried to make these three, guessing about what and how much of each ingredient to use, as well as the cooking times/temps.   Results have never been worth repeating the effort, sadly.   Missing Mom's magic, maybe.

[StarSurfer55]

Had some brisket slices in the freezer that I had left over from a full packer that I had smoked in August.  I decided to make chili using the brisket this weekend.  First time but it was great!.  I also add a some Andouille to my chili.  SInce Andouille has some chlii powder in it, it tends to blend well into Chili.

 

With that thought, what do you like on/in your bowl of Red.

 

I tend to like beef as the primary meat. 

 

I dress a bowl with CHeese, Sour Cream, and some diced onion as well as a squeeze of lIme.  

 

NO beans, my wife likes hers with pinto but not kidneys.

 

Being originally from Louisiana, We would occasionally add cooked rice to our chili.

 

I am aware of the aberration known as CIncinnatti chili but frankly, I don’t want cinnamon or spaghetti in my chili)

 

Don’t get me started on Turkey Sweet Potato chili (its a stew with chili powder but it is not CHili)

 

Chili is like a religion (and in certain parts of Texas it is a religion, just go to Meat Church).

[smokinjoe]

I am a disciple too, of freezing some portions of sliced brisket for later use in soups, stews, and particularly chili.  Made a pot of chili with some brisket along with the ground meat last week, as a matter of fact.  Not a big hard bean fan, but Mrssmokinjoe likes a can of Bush’s baked been in our chili, and it works well.  We also dump a can of yellow corn in.  I really like that.  We use a couple cans of whole tomatoes, which I keep whole until I ladle out.  Then I quarter them to eat.  I like lots of tomatoes in there.  
Shredded cheddar and sour cream dolloped on, too.   

[fishnbowljoe]

It’s that time of the year. My wife has been making holiday goodies. The good news is that I’m the taste tester. The bad news is that I’m the taste tester.

 

[Phil T]

On 11/25/2024 at 11:15 AM, StarSurfer55 said:

 

I am aware of the aberration known as CIncinnatti chili but frankly, I don’t want cinnamon or spaghetti in my chili)

 

 

Have you ever had it?

[MM818]

There used to be this little chili joint on the ground floor in the Pike Place Market. It was in my regular lunch rotation for almost a decade. Total character ran the place. Once his credit card machine was down and I was just short of cash. So he took a spoonful out of my meal.
 

Anyway, I got used to ordering the cincy over seashell pasta. That was a long way from my Texas roots. 

 

https://onehandspeaks.com/working-at-world-class-chili-in-seattles-pike-place-market/

[MM818]

Pre Thanksgiving meal. Family gets the sheet pan. Easy to put together, easy to clean. Gnocchi, sausage, broccoli, red onion, garlic and olive oil. Half pan got some Parmesan cheese and red pepper flakes. 

[Clueby]

Big ol pot of turkey soup simmering on the stove.  Used my my mom's handwritten recipe. She's been gone since 1995. Part of the recipe even says to save some for my also deceased brother in law because he liked it so much. No added sodium..only what cooked out of the turkey parts I used.

[Richnimrod]

13 hours ago, Clueby said:

Big ol pot of turkey soup simmering on the stove.  Used my my mom's handwritten recipe. She's been gone since 1995. Part of the recipe even says to save some for my also deceased brother in law because he liked it so much. No added sodium..only what cooked out of the turkey parts I used.

 

IMHO, one of the most favored uses of the 'leftover' turkey (& maybe etc.) is a "Big ol pot of turkey soup".    It is simply ideal for warming up and 'nutrifying' (my word... sorry) after any ventures into the late November/early December outdoors.   ...Particularly this year, in my neck of the woods.   'Round here, the last several days, and next many, will not exceed the 30's for highs, and have expected lows at night in the low/mid twenties, or colder . . . with wind-chills in the mid-teens, even in the afternoons!   

Winter Be Here, Folx!   That turkey soup will be counted upon for a few more days, until it runs out.

[Mattk]

Today was the big wind and very cold day that marks the beginning of winter here to me in maryland. So it's time for a stovetop chili. My daughter demands all chili is eaten as chili chips and cheese around here. So I'll be serving it that way, with a spoonful of sour cream and a garnish of green onions.

[fishnbowljoe]

2 hours ago, Mattk said:

Today was the big wind and very cold day that marks the beginning of winter here to me in maryland. So it's time for a stovetop chili. My daughter demands all chili is eaten as chili chips and cheese around here. So I'll be serving it that way, with a spoonful of sour cream and a garnish of green onions.

 

I just bought the fixins to make my chili. Maybe Saturday if things fall in to place. Pic is from a past batch.

 

 

[Special Reserve]

13 hours ago, fishnbowljoe said:

I just bought the fixins to make my chili. Maybe Saturday if things fall in to place. Pic is from a past batch.

 

 

I'm pleased to see that I'm not the only one who likes elbow pasta in his chili.

[Richnimrod]

3 hours ago, Special Reserve said:

I'm pleased to see that I'm not the only one who likes elbow pasta in his chili.

I had a friend growing up whose father (and maybe mother) referred to a frequently-made 'supper special' consisting of loose burger, tomatoes, some seasonings and elbow macaroni as "Crap and Noodles".   It was quite tasty.   Whenever I ate over at his place and it was served, enjoyed it.    In spite of its name... or maybe because of that... HA!   

Coincidentally, my bride made something similar from a recipe she saw somewhere a couple days ago.   When I called it 'Crap & Noodles' she was taken aback.   I explained, and I think, she understood.

[Special Reserve]

41 minutes ago, Richnimrod said:

I had a friend growing up whose father (and maybe mother) referred to a frequently-made 'supper special' consisting of loose burger, tomatoes, some seasonings and elbow macaroni as "Crap and Noodles".   It was quite tasty.   Whenever I ate over at his place and it was served, enjoyed it.    In spite of its name... or maybe because of that... HA!   

Coincidentally, my bride made something similar from a recipe she saw somewhere a couple days ago.   When I called it 'Crap & Noodles' she was taken aback.   I explained, and I think, she understood.

That could get anyone in trouble at home.

[Richnimrod]

15 hours ago, Special Reserve said:

That could get anyone in trouble at home.

Well, most of us maybe.   But, my long-suffering bride has heard so much 'crap' from me over these many, many years, that I think she may no longer be as shocked as once she was.   (I hope.)  HA!

[Phil T]

I made this cheesecake to take to my work's carry in. The recipe was my ex-wife's mother's. Anyway,  I ended up not getting it out of the fridge at work because there was already too many deserts. I took it to the family Thanksgiving and it was a huge hit. Many said it was the best cheesecake they had ever had. That was very satisfying in that I had never made it before and my ex-mother in law was a lovely lady who would have been proud that I made her recipe. 

Prost!!  Phil 

[Mattk]

Mega cheeseburger, nothing else to say.

[fishnbowljoe]

Fish fry at the Legion tonight. The lady that runs the fish fry has a son named Andrew. Andrew has a friend named Meghan. They both bowl in the special needs/autism program I help with. Both of them also help with the fish fry. It’s always great to see them whether at bowling or the Legion. They both truly are special.