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Did a rack of lamb tonight. A recipe I haven’t used in awhile.

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Back when Outback Steakhouse first opened around here in the 90’s, they had rack of lamb on the menu. It was fantastic, although expensive. I worked up a close enough recipe at home in the early 2000’s, and several times we ordered takeout and tried it and my version side-by-side. Mine was close, but not quite there. The mushroom gravy especially wasn’t quite right.

They stopped serving it not long after, and the first time I ordered it and got the news they no longer had it, the chef at our local restaurant came out to apologize. After a short conversation, he gave me a few tips and a couple of their “secrets”, and it got my recipe pretty darn close. (The main thing I was missing was they put some sherry in their red wine mushroom sauce.)

Anyway, yum!!!
 
SpyderPhreak said:
Did a rack of lamb tonight. A recipe I haven’t used in awhile.

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Back when Outback Steakhouse first opened around here in the 90’s, they had rack of lamb on the menu. It was fantastic, although expensive. I worked up a close enough recipe at home in the early 2000’s, and several times we ordered takeout and tried it and my version side-by-side. Mine was close, but not quite there. The mushroom gravy especially wasn’t quite right.

They stopped serving it not long after, and the first time I ordered it and got the news they no longer had it, the chef at our local restaurant came out to apologize. After a short conversation, he gave me a few tips and a couple of their “secrets”, and it got my recipe pretty darn close. (The main thing I was missing was they put some sherry in their red wine mushroom sauce.)

Anyway, yum!!!
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WOW!
 
15# brisket flat on the smoker today. Wasn’t the best cut, but is was free. Started around midnight last night.

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Bark was really nice on this one!

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Pulled it around 3pm. Strangely, this one never stalled, just a brief pause for about 30 minutes this morning at ~165º, so I never pulled it off the smoker to wrap it.

After about 3 hours of rest, time to slice.

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This is for yoko yoko the beer we had with it. 🤤

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Wasn’t expecting a cork under the cap. LOL.

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It was an AMAZING meal!!! Brisket, Ranch Beans, fresh spinach, cornbread, and an amazing beer.

Even better, fresh, homemade Palisade peach cobbler for dessert (pics soon…).
 
Haven't posted any food pics since my sushi lunch binge earlier this month . . . so here are a few more seafood related meal pics taken since then:

A dozen raw oysters & an IPA:

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Followed by some chicken wings & an IPA:

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Followed by (from top to bottom) a bowl of clam chowder, a crab dip & a pear & blue cheese salad:

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Also had a martini with this meal, obviously not in the pic. 🤷‍♂️

Followed by a homemade Labor Day brunch of broiled Pacific oysters with LOTS of butter, a slice of cantaloupe, corn on the cob, some toasted bread & a glass of sauv blanc:

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Neglected to show a pic of the dozen Pacific oysters that I bought at Safeway but these are the tools that I used to open them:

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The gloves protect my hands, the oyster knife is over 70 years old & belonged to my father & the hammer is sometimes needed for stubborn shells.

Also had the same "brunch" the day before. Yum!!! 😍
 
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Lunch today . . .

2 pan grilled hot dogs on toasted buttered buns topped w/yellow mustard, sweet relish, sauerkraut with a glass of sauv blanc & a bowl of Campbell's chicken noodle soup with some freshly roasted chicken breats cubes added & a slice of cantaloupe (not pictured:

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