What's that you're eating?

[trevitrace]

Nice cook on that.

 

[oldmanwilly]

Light dinner today: Roasted Venison backstrap, homemade bread, avocado salad and a bit of hot sauce. My dining companion is having chicken breast smashed into some sweet potatoes along with a slice of cheddar.

 

[Retired UPS Driver]

Light dinner today: Roasted Venison backstrap, homemade bread, avocado salad and a bit of hot sauce. My dining companion is having chicken breast smashed into some sweet potatoes along with a slice of cheddar.

View attachment 3049936

Just awesome

 

[oldmanwilly]

Just awesome

Thanks bud, it sure hit the spot. It also helped reinforce that my method for freezing meat works: wrap it tightly in saran wrap, squeezing out as much air as possible, then wrapping tightly in freezer paper. This meat is a year old and didn't have a whiff of that awful, freezer burnt flavor. It was still perfect and tender.

 

[Retired UPS Driver]

Thanks bud, it sure hit the spot. It also helped reinforce that my method for freezing meat works: wrap it tightly in saran wrap, squeezing out as much air as possible, then wrapping tightly in freezer paper. This meat is a year old and didn't have a whiff of that awful, freezer burnt flavor. It was still perfect and tender.

That’s exactly the way my mom and grandma did it. Tastes as delicious as the day it’s butchered or bought.

Something to be said about the old ways of doing things.

And here I vacuum pack it for the same results, yet the bags cost more, go figure lol

 

[DaveHS]

Forgot to post over the weekend: part of our extraordinary barbecue dinner feast in Austin on Friday night. Leroy & Lewis was named #2 on the Top 50 best BBQ joints in the state by Texas Monthly magazine this year. Two kinds of house made sausage. The sliced chunks with heavy bark next to the brisket is confit smoked beef cheeks. Whole hog. So good!

 

[Retired UPS Driver]

Forgot to post over the weekend: part of our extraordinary barbecue dinner feast in Austin on Friday night. Leroy & Lewis was named #2 on the Top 50 best BBQ joints in the state by Texas Monthly magazine this year. Two kinds of house made sausage. The sliced chunks with heavy bark next to the brisket is confit smoked beef cheeks. Whole hog. So good! View attachment 3051537

OMG, that looks delicious!!

 

[DaveHS]

OMG, that looks delicious!!

Worth a special trip to Austin to chow! Look at this menu:

 

[bluemax_1]

Thanks bud, it sure hit the spot. It also helped reinforce that my method for freezing meat works: wrap it tightly in saran wrap, squeezing out as much air as possible, then wrapping tightly in freezer paper. This meat is a year old and didn't have a whiff of that awful, freezer burnt flavor. It was still perfect and tender.

That’s exactly the way my mom and grandma did it. Tastes as delicious as the day it’s butchered or bought.

Something to be said about the old ways of doing things.

And here I vacuum pack it for the same results, yet the bags cost more, go figure lol

I agree. It’s pretty great when my meat is wrapped and squeezed. And having something that can be noisy, but is awesome at sucking, is pretty great, too!



*** Hey, I was talking about all the same things . Now do 5 Hail Mary’s, 2 Our Father’s, and keep your minds out of the gutter, or you’ll be getting a lump of coal for Christmas.

 

[Retired UPS Driver]

Worth a special trip to Austin to chow! Look at this menu: View attachment 3051539

Nowhere around here do we have such delicacies, I’m totally envious bro

 

[Retired UPS Driver]

I agree. It’s pretty great when my meat is wrapped and squeezed. And having something that can be noisy, but is awesome at sucking, is pretty great, too!



*** Hey, I was talking about all the same things . Now do 5 Hail Mary’s, 2 Our Father’s, and keep your minds out of the gutter, or you’ll be getting a lump of coal for Christmas.

For Mason Jars the Vacuum works great, the bags are a juicy mess one way or another. Maybe 1/5 turns out just ok.

 

[oldmanwilly]

I agree. It’s pretty great when my meat is wrapped and squeezed. And having something that can be noisy, but is awesome at sucking, is pretty great, too!



*** Hey, I was talking about all the same things . Now do 5 Hail Mary’s, 2 Our Father’s, and keep your minds out of the gutter, or you’ll be getting a lump of coal for Christmas.

For Mason Jars the Vacuum works great, the bags are a juicy mess one way or another. Maybe 1/5 turns out just ok.

I would like to convert to vacuum bags at some point once I start butchering a bit more. It would make thawing more convenient and make it easier to check quality without having to unwrap everything first. Some day.

 

[yoko]

Forgot to post over the weekend: part of our extraordinary barbecue dinner feast in Austin on Friday night. Leroy & Lewis was named #2 on the Top 50 best BBQ joints in the state by Texas Monthly magazine this year. Two kinds of house made sausage. The sliced chunks with heavy bark next to the brisket is confit smoked beef cheeks. Whole hog. So good! View attachment 3051537

Fantastic!!!!!

This place is on my bucket list!!!!

 

[Retired UPS Driver]

I would like to convert to vacuum bags at some point once I start butchering a bit more. It would make thawing more convenient and make it easier to check quality without having to unwrap everything first. Some day.

Best way I have found out is 3/4 frozen.
ahead of time especially fish. This includes marinated too. It takes fitness for sure, and a juicy mess to follow.

Grandma and moms was the best, hands down

I remember my Grandma freezing whole pieces meat/fish in those wax paper milk containers. Completely submerged. Not a speck of freezer burn whatsoever.

Lucky she had a small store that would accommodate a block like that.

 

[Hammer67]

Baked sockeye, fried polenta cakes, braised brussels.

 

[DaveHS]

Light dinner today: Roasted Venison backstrap, homemade bread, avocado salad and a bit of hot sauce. My dining companion is having chicken breast smashed into some sweet potatoes along with a slice of cheddar.

View attachment 3049936

That venison looks spectacular

 

[oldmanwilly]

That venison looks spectacular

Thank you! It turned out particularly well this time. I can't take all the credit, the deer put in most of the work finding good acorns and pecans.

 

[Ellis Wyatt]

Steak skewer and creamed potatoes. It was excellent. Steak cooked perfectly and the potatoes, which kind of resembled a soup, were delicious.

 

[DaveHS]

Goff’s #2 (Hickory Smoke sauce)

 

[DaveHS]

Ellis Wyatt Retired UPS Driver oldmanwilly yoko Hammer67 and co we had a backyard sausage fest with some banging Bordeaux bottle pops while watching football in a friend’s backyard.