What's that you're eating?

[trevitrace]

I thought by eating beans and sausage all the time that you already were?

 

[bluemax_1]

I thought by eating beans and sausage all the time that you already were?

Beans, beans, the musical fruit,
Now, he's actually free to toot

 

[Grasshopperglock]

I thought by eating beans and sausage all the time that you already were?

I'm German Texan. Beer and sausage is a stable.

Black eyed peas are cultural.


And the woman is real picky about what she eats. It took me 8 years to burn her out so I can cook things spicy.

Because if you're thinking I'm eating her bland, Yankee inspired, 'white chili'.

Nah.

 

[KentuckyBlackBird]

The beginnings of Red Bean and Rice Soup.View attachment 2484757

 

[Hammer67]

 

[NWFRS]

The wife’s been experimenting with powdered egg lately. She decided she wanted a cake for lunch yesterday. A little crumbly, but delicious. Middle layer was cooked-down dates, walnuts, bourbon, and brown sugar. Topped with orange cream cheese frosting.







Yesterday lunch was two small pepperoni pizza that she made from two-day-old dough. She made cast-iron steak just now with wine, butter, and rosemary. My only contribution was fries.

 

[Grasshopperglock]

I'm going to steam some hard boiled eggs.


I should've done it sooner. But I'm not seeing anyone around me with a timer.



A big pour of vinegar in the steam water. Ice bath after 11minutes steam (if they're cold out the fridge)

 

[Grasshopperglock]

Once the water and vinegar boils. The eggs in steamer get sat on the pot.

That's when the timer starts. Perfectly hard boiled eggs using steam.

If they were room temperature. ~8 minutes.

 

[Grasshopperglock]

11minutes. Then plunged in ice water.

They're still cooking. The ice slows it down.

Now, 30minutes in the fridge. Texture wise.

 

[Grasshopperglock]

Here's what a 5 minute cool looks like. I'm hungry, it's perfect for some salt and tobacco. Perfect for tonight.

I'll save what's leftover for breakfast. With a pork chop.

You gotta plan these things out.

 

[Lorien]

 

[Grasshopperglock]

Cooking just for yourself, can suck. It's more enjoyable cooking for someone else.

But I still refuse to eat slop just because I'm by myself.

Fried chicken wings. Ranch style beans and sweet peas. The wings have been in a brine since this morning.

 

[Grasshopperglock]

Salisbury steak and steamed yellow potatoes.

I've never made Salisbury steak before. Looking through the recipe, it's meat loaf patties simmered in a beef brown sauce.

 

[clinton1]

BBQ chicken sliders. Baked potatoes and baked beans.View attachment 2488560

 

[NWFRS]

Wife had the day off today and made us fresh cream with cast-iron bacon and pancakes for breakfast.

 

[clinton1]

View attachment 2489346

 

[Pàdruig]

Salisbury steak and steamed yellow potatoes.

I've never made Salisbury steak before. Looking through the recipe, it's meat loaf patties simmered in a beef brown sauce.

Growing up, my dad made some sort of dish that he (incorrectly) called Salisbury steak that consisted of some sort of overcooked, gristly grey matter covered with some kind of tomato based sauce.

It was horrid and I hated it.

My wife offered to make Salisbury steak the other night and I promptly told her no. She was perplexed until I told her what I thought it was and then she had a good long laugh at my expense. After she told me what it actually is, I felt like an idiot. The Salisbury steak dish with mashed potatoes that she then proceeded to make was really quite excellent.

 

[Grasshopperglock]

Growing up, my dad made some sort of dish that he (incorrectly) called Salisbury steak that consisted of some sort of overcooked, gristly grey matter covered with some kind of tomato based sauce.

It was horrid and I hated it.

My wife offered to make Salisbury steak the other night and I promptly told her no. She was perplexed until I told her what I thought it was and then she had a good long laugh at my expense. After she told me what it actually is, I felt like an idiot. The Salisbury steak dish with mashed potatoes that she then proceeded to make was really quite excellent.

I remember it from school and TV dinners. Making it yourself is totally different and it has that same beef flavor you remember. A flavor that hangs with you. I had the leftovers for breakfast. I've been tasting it all day.


Now it's getting placed in the dinner rotation. It's one of the better receipts for ground beef.

 

[Grasshopperglock]

Here's the receipt I used. One pound ground beef, not one and a half. 15 crackers instead of 20. Two cups beef broth, not one cup beef, one cup water. I made my own onion soup mix. The ground beef chub I used, was the low fat, so I added butter when frying the patties.

 

[oldmanwilly]

Growing up, my dad made some sort of dish that he (incorrectly) called Salisbury steak that consisted of some sort of overcooked, gristly grey matter covered with some kind of tomato based sauce.

It was horrid and I hated it.

My wife offered to make Salisbury steak the other night and I promptly told her no. She was perplexed until I told her what I thought it was and then she had a good long laugh at my expense. After she told me what it actually is, I felt like an idiot. The Salisbury steak dish with mashed potatoes that she then proceeded to make was really quite excellent.

Same. I only ever had "Salisbury steak" at places like scout camp where it was served up as some rounded rectangle of grey matter, nominally resembling breakfast sausage and covered in unnaturally brown, thick, and salty "gravy." I was accustomed to grinding my own sausage at home and knew which pieces of fleisch to discard to avoid gristly, rubbery mincemeat. So, even though I didn't know what kind of carcass was used to make it, I had a pretty good idea which pieces of said carcass were used to make the rubber steak dinners. I refused to eat them every time.