Show Us What You're Cooking! (SUWYC) - Volume 31, Autumn/Fall 2023

[jfmorris]

Well, we had a group of 6 college students coming to the house tonight for a community group, and I was in charge of grilling some dogs. I also dug out a pack of brats to give them each one as an option. I was racing a storm front, and fighting the darkness, so decided to fire up the Genesis on all burners... with my Ryobi work light!

And before you say something about drifts of leaves... this is the "hidden" grilling area at the end of the house. I was going to blow leaves on my lunch hour, but decided that 50mph winds rolling in overnight meant more were coming, so skipped it.




A glamour shot of the brats....



And the Nathan's.... to be honest, I think this is the first or second thing ever cooked directly on those cast iron grates that came with the grill in 2019. I didn't feel like swapping out those for the Grillgrate panels under the grill. I keep the cast iron on there for use with my dutch oven or skillet.



I know you are ALL impressed with my grilling skills, and I feel this puts me right up there with Troutman and Attjack and some of the other gourmet cooks of the Pit with mad photography skills. I am thinking of starting a new series called "The Weenie Chronicles"...

[hoovarmin]

texastweeter 😂

[texastweeter]

hoovarmin I wondered if anyone would get that, lol.

[hoovarmin]

texastweeter never forget Anthony

[tamidw]

Homemade Chinese takeout tonight: Chicken and broccoli and fried rice. Kiddo says this is the best. Gotta love that he loves my cooking so much and his veggies! Loosely followed Woks of Life beef and broccoli recipe.

[hoovarmin]

Great looking meal! Tell me about these spatulas.

[jfmorris]

hoovarmin looks like these, except maybe not as wide. I'm gonna speculate its an old Blackstone set.

https://blackstoneproducts.com/products/signature-series-wide-spatula-2-pack

[tamidw]

hoovarmin they are an older set of Blackstone spatulas. I really like them because they fit nice in my hand and a little bit of heft to them to be able to handle pretty much anything I put on the griddle. Maybe similar to this?

https://www.amazon.com/Blackstone-5195-Signature-Heavy-Duty-Stainless/dp/B09R534VKC/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?hvadid=598808976882&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9032905&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=7945798239535828618&hvtargid=kwd-194021707693&hydadcr=23387_13531668&keywords=blackstone+spatula&qid=

[gboss]

Steak salad, bourbon pan sauce.

[Johnny Booth]

Yummy 🤤

[gboss]

Thank you for the kind words. Jim White the new look is non-Newtonian (like Ketchup )

[Jim White]

Thixotropic!

[Potkettleblack]

Forkish field blend #1. Got a late start on it yesterday, so the shaping was only one pass, skipping the pre-shaping. Then, F’ed up the oven, pre-heating at 475, then somehow bumping it down to 375 for the first 30 minutes of the bake. Looked fine, probably due to the heat loading of the cast iron, so I took the lid off, bumped the oven back to 475, and gave it the full 20 minutes. Stuck it with my thermopen just to be sure it was done, temped over 209, so figured it’s fine. Sounds like a drum, so we’ll see. got good oven spring, looks open sounds open.

in other news, the turkey is in its brine, I accidentally shipped two items I need for T-day prep to work, cranberry is made, stuffing prep and enhancing some stock for the eventual gravy are on the list for today.

[DTro]

Thai yellow curry with chicken and potatoes - I have gotten tired of my local grocery store's offering of Thai curry paste. So, using my artificial intelligence, I googled and bought some online. The brand is Mae Ploy and it was damned delicious.

[fzxdoc]

Maesri is the brand I most often hear recommended for Thai curry pastes. I just bought some to try. I'll see if I can find Mae Ploy brand on your recommendation. Thanks!

Your dinner looks delicious. Was it super spicy?

Kathryn

[DTro]

hoovarmin. Thanks for the tip on non-homogenized coconut milk. I’ll try it when my current Costco stock runs out.

[DTro]

fzxdoc Yellow curry is a bit less spicy and I actually held back on adding spice for this dinner but it still had a nice kick. I went by this review before ordering:

https://hot-thai-kitchen.com/curry-paste-review/

I have used Maesri kaeng par (jungle curry) before. Good stuff but it is the true definition of Thai spicy! It’s so hot it’s amazing it doesn’t eat through the can😀

https://www.amazon.com/Maesri-Thai-kaeng-jungle-curry/dp/B000EUTMQY

[gboss]

Pork Tenderloin, veggies gratin, sweet potato.

Red wine pan sauce.

[smokenoob]

looks like how I like it! Perfect pink!

[hoovarmin]

Helluva plate of food G

[Old Glory]

My lovely wife made Gnocchi Shrimp Scampi was very good!

[barelfly]

Love me some gnocchi!

[hoovarmin]

You married the right gal

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

Wife cooked dinner tonight...

We churn through frozen pies here, this isn't the worst one shes bought. Doesn't really taste like the in store pizza which IMO is one of the better chain pizzas out there (not counting chains in pizza states so calm down New York and Chicago folks)

[hoovarmin]

Looks like your butthole is feeling better if you are eating this.

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

hoovarmin my only restriction is spicy, but I only had 2 small slices

[Jfrosty27]

Hey we’re not ashamed to admit we have a frozen Za now and then. Sometimes it just fits the schedule, motivation, etc.

[58limited]

Getting ready for turkey day. I'm driving to a friend's ranch about 2 1/2 hours away. I'm brining a smoked turkey. ginger gems for breakfast, summer sausage with cheese and crackers, and smoked queso makings in case we run out of other munchies. Hope to do a little deer and hog hunting too: taking the Savage 99 and the Sharps big 50.

Ginger Gems:



KBQ turkey. A bit darker than I intended but I think it will be OK. Temperatures were perfect: thigh stayed 20 degrees hotter than the breast, pulled when the thigh was 175^o and the breast was at 155^o. Apple cider brine and I smeared some Kerry Gold butter under the skin before smoking. Red oak, applewood, and hickory. The cook took exactly 3 hours.

[58limited]

Jfrosty27 Won't carve and eat until tomorrow.

[texastweeter]

That is an awesome and often neglected caliber. In the 99 it is perfect! Man that is a sweet gun for just about everything in North America except for the biggest grizzly and browns! I'd love to hunt with one.

[58limited]

Jfrosty27 The turkey turned out perfect! Juicy and flavorful. The only dry parts were the wings. I'm making King Ranch Casserole with the leftovers today.

[barelfly]

We had some friends over for dinner tonight. I think this is my absolute favorite cook. To see Paella come together from prep to service….it’s something that just brings me peace!

[Andrrr]

I get hungry every time I see you post this. Someday!

[Richard Chrz]

Beautiful

[troymeister]

Just Beautiful!

[58limited]

Turkey is done so dinner tonight is a bison ribeye:

[SheilaAnn]

58limited I think our avatars are brother and sister!

[hoovarmin]

Looking good big D.

[Spinaker]

So I originally posted in the wrong spot.

We made some lamb and barria tacos last night down at the sauna. We had some of the exchange students from Argentina and Brazil helping out with the lamb. Man was this a great night of fellowship.

[smokenoob]

lamb tacos, noice! gotta try that!

[SammyJ]

Spatched Cock our turkey, used the back bone (and meat) to make 6 pinks turkey broth

[Panhead John]

Spatched Cock?…..that’s gotta hurt 😳

[SammyJ]

Watch tomorrow

[SammyJ]

Beef Chuck roll, Sous Vide this time 5 hours, quick sear on kettle and grill grates

This is NOT Ribeye, and served better Sous vide

[RhodeHog]

Thanksgiving at a family house in Perdido Beach, AL. Most of the kids and a BiL here so I grilled some pork chops and pork steaks. A daughter and I caught a blue crab and she insisted on cooking it so we boiled it with some Cajun seasoning. We had roasted Brussels and corn.

[smokenoob]

great feast! Lotsa good crab in the area restaurants if ya want more!