Bear Down Wildcats

Costco has a great brand and wife is vegetarian so it’s become our go to.

Really really tasty

Manchego cheese and carmelized onions

Homemade buns

Hand cut homemade fries.

CalStateTempe wrote:Costco has a great brand and wife is vegetarian so it’s become our go to.

Really really tasty

Manchego cheese and carmelized onions

Homemade buns

Hand cut homemade fries.

How do make the buns?

https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/40- ... rger-buns/" target="_blank

Ordered a treasure trove of yeast from modern pantry in Maine so my bread making is back in business

CalStateTempe wrote:Ordered a treasure trove of yeast from modern pantry in Maine so my bread making is back in business

I've had the same quart of yeast in my freezer for years.

Primo: Marcella Hazan's spaghetti with smothered onions sauce

Secondo: Roast leg of lamb

Contorno: Roasted asparagus with olive oil and lemon

Dolce: Chocolate crap stolen from my daughter's Easter basket

Damn, I got good and drunk cooking today. Off a bottle of Italian white

Homemade bread; hard crust, soft inside, boule

Lamb shoulder chops with ground mustard lemon rosemary marinade

Spanish tortilla de patata

Salad/greens from the garden.

Strawberry shortcake cups with homemade creme fraiche whipped cream

Stew and flaky biscuits.

A lintel soup made of pot roast, broccoli, carrots, onions, garlic and porcini.

Made a couple meals as the wife will be at the hospital the next 3 or 4 days.

Ham and white bean soup

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Potato, spinach, and goat cheese quiche

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Chicken enchiladas

Spaghetti alla carbonara. The guanciale from Rincon Market (closed) is dwindling).

Slow cooked a pork shoulder. Carnitas tonight. Cuban sandwiches using the ham from Easter tomorrow.

Crab cakes, asparagus, and garlic bread

Egg salad sandwiches with fruit

Penne with lamb, garlic, onion, oregano, olives, capers, cherry tomatoes, olive oil, and fish sauce. Spectacular!

Church's.

Merkin wrote:Last night I made the barbacoa style taco meat from a chuck roast in my oven. As a former beef elitist, I would never buy chuck roast. Now I can't get enough. To bad it's not 88c a pound any more.

Looks amazing.

Gato Salvaje wrote:

Longhorned wrote:Verdict:

Eh. I mean, what's the point? They look good, but honestly, my slab of ribs isn't as good as a real pit master's with real knowledge and a real smokehouse. I can phone in a full slab of ribs to Black Dog and pick them up 40 minutes later, for a total cost of $20. These ribs alone cost me $18, not including fuel, and my dry rub and sauce ingredients, not to mention focusing my entire 4th of July on them. And they're simply not as good as the real thing. I'm not Arthur Bryant. Time to move on.

ooof....those look awesome!

btw.
Who's running the hotel down in quitter-land now?

j/k longhorned. But you're looking at this all wrong. what the hell else are you going to do with your 4th if you aren't babysitting ribs? It's the only chore that allows you to drink all day without getting the stink-eye from the wifey. I think I'd pay double what you paid for that freedom.

BTW. My local carniceria started carrying a new adobo-style marinade to make Sonora style flanken cut beef ribs. Tried it yesterday. Let's put it this way, my cousin that hasn't eaten meat in 4 months broke down and had one they looked/smelled so good. I have to find a way to get you some to try it out!

I need to find this carniceria.

Merkin wrote:Sunday night I tried to make carne seca from the recipe above, although I used pablanos instead of green chilies, and used a ball tip roast since that's what I had in my freezer.

I'm still intrigued by this, too.

I smoked ribs again. I've been doing it at least once a week since the lockdown started. I think I have it down.

Damn that's one thing I haven't done is smoke more. I'm making chile colorado this weekend though with a plethora of about to get too old dried anchos, chile negros, and guajillos.

scumdevils86 wrote:Damn that's one thing I haven't done is smoke more. I'm making chile colorado this weekend though with a plethora of about to get too old dried anchos, chile negros, and guajillos.

Doesn’t Kenji say a touch of orange juice fixes not-so-fresh chili peppers?

Yea he does. I don't have oranges but a shit load of mandarins that I could juice.

Chicat wrote:Slow cooked a pork shoulder. Carnitas tonight. Cuban sandwiches using the ham from Easter tomorrow.

How many different ways can you use leftover ham?

Tortellini with ham and spinach in a Parmesan cream sauce.

Pan-seared ribeye steaks with guacamole and tortilla chips

This is probably the final week of meat eating in our house.

This pandemic is awesome for the environment. Instead of being assholes and buying up all the meat for our freezer, we'll take part in this world event and go vegetarian like everyone else.

I'll still be an asshole, but mostly in my insistence that the students read the Discourses of Epictetus and the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.

Then when the semester's over, I'm coming after you all to read the Ennead of Plotinus.

Chicat wrote:

Chicat wrote:Slow cooked a pork shoulder. Carnitas tonight. Cuban sandwiches using the ham from Easter tomorrow.

How many different ways can you use leftover ham?

Tortellini with ham and spinach in a Parmesan cream sauce.

Delicious.

That's an old plate. I think I ate off it or its cabinet cousin. Give my love to S. I forgot her Goazcats handle. Holy shit.

I can't believe I forgot the handle of Chicat's wife who never posted but was legendary anyway.

Whole wheat spaghetti with a Parmesan sauce.

azgreg wrote:Whole wheat spaghetti with a Parmesan sauce.

Well look who joined the meatless club first.

Longhorned wrote:

Chicat wrote:

Chicat wrote:Slow cooked a pork shoulder. Carnitas tonight. Cuban sandwiches using the ham from Easter tomorrow.

How many different ways can you use leftover ham?

Tortellini with ham and spinach in a Parmesan cream sauce.

Delicious.

That's an old plate. I think I ate off it or its cabinet cousin. Give my love to S. I forgot her Goazcats handle. Holy shit.

I can't believe I forgot the handle of Chicat's wife who never posted but was legendary anyway.

Femcat.

And you’re right. You did eat off that plate. Or it’s cabinet cousin. Had them at our house in Chicago. Only drunkenly broken a few.

Longhorned wrote:

azgreg wrote:Whole wheat spaghetti with a Parmesan sauce.

Well look who joined the meatless club first.

My youngest son is dating a vegetarian.

azgreg wrote:

Longhorned wrote:

azgreg wrote:Whole wheat spaghetti with a Parmesan sauce.

Well look who joined the meatless club first.

My youngest son is dating a vegetarian.

I didn't know anyone was dating anymore. Gives me hope.

Didn’t know there were any vegetarians anymore—thought everybody went straight to vegan. I could do vegetarian for stretches, but I don’t think I can ever go vegan even temporarily.

ByJoveByJingle wrote:Didn’t know there were any vegetarians anymore—thought everybody went straight to vegan. I could do vegetarian for stretches, but I don’t think I can ever go vegan even temporarily.

I take great satisfaction in cooking vegan meals. But then my wife points out, "It's not vegan if it has butter."

"No?" I say.

"And all this cream, and parmesan cheese."

"Well, okay," I say. "Then it's just strict vegetarian."

"It's not strict vegetarian because the pasta is made with an egg," she says.

"Okay," I say. "It's ovo-vegetarian!"

"But mostly it's the ham," she points out.

"Yeah but I like ham," I remind her.

Longhorned wrote:

ByJoveByJingle wrote:Didn’t know there were any vegetarians anymore—thought everybody went straight to vegan. I could do vegetarian for stretches, but I don’t think I can ever go vegan even temporarily.

I take great satisfaction in cooking vegan meals. But then my wife points out, "It's not vegan if it has butter."

"No?" I say.

"And all this cream, and parmesan cheese."

"Well, okay," I say. "Then it's just strict vegetarian."

"It's not strict vegetarian because the pasta is made with an egg," she says.

"Okay," I say. "It's ovo-vegetarian!"

"But mostly it's the ham," she points out.

"Yeah but I like ham," I remind her.

Is the side of cheeseburger a deal-breaker?

Chicat wrote:

Longhorned wrote:

ByJoveByJingle wrote:Didn’t know there were any vegetarians anymore—thought everybody went straight to vegan. I could do vegetarian for stretches, but I don’t think I can ever go vegan even temporarily.

I take great satisfaction in cooking vegan meals. But then my wife points out, "It's not vegan if it has butter."

"No?" I say.

"And all this cream, and parmesan cheese."

"Well, okay," I say. "Then it's just strict vegetarian."

"It's not strict vegetarian because the pasta is made with an egg," she says.

"Okay," I say. "It's ovo-vegetarian!"

"But mostly it's the ham," she points out.

"Yeah but I like ham," I remind her.

Is the side of cheeseburger a deal-breaker?

I think green chile makes it vegetarian!!

Longhorned wrote:

ByJoveByJingle wrote:Didn’t know there were any vegetarians anymore—thought everybody went straight to vegan. I could do vegetarian for stretches, but I don’t think I can ever go vegan even temporarily.

I take great satisfaction in cooking vegan meals. But then my wife points out, "It's not vegan if it has butter."

"No?" I say.

"And all this cream, and parmesan cheese."

"Well, okay," I say. "Then it's just strict vegetarian."

"It's not strict vegetarian because the pasta is made with an egg," she says.

"Okay," I say. "It's ovo-vegetarian!"

"But mostly it's the ham," she points out.

"Yeah but I like ham," I remind her.

Almost a word for word transcript of a recent conversation with my wife haha.

ByJoveByJingle wrote:Didn’t know there were any vegetarians anymore—thought everybody went straight to vegan. I could do vegetarian for stretches, but I don’t think I can ever go vegan even temporarily.

A few years ago I was at a touristy farmers market in Queensland somewhere, probably outside Noosa. There was a T-Shirt stall with some pretty good designs, and I picked up a couple. When my wife came back from doing whatever she was doing at another stall, probably tasting different olive oils or something, I asked her to help me decide between two similar designs I was really liking.

One had a picture of a cow with the phrase "My Dinner Shits On Your Dinner". The other said "My Dinner Eats Your Dinner For Lunch". After reminding me that I have a niece (and her husband) and our best friends daughter all Vegans, she made me settle for "It Was A Sad Day When I Realized That My Universal Remote Control Did Not, In Fact, Control The Universe - Not Even Remotely".

Last night was oven "fried" chicken wings and tonight is chile colorado.

Called in a take-out order from the Lost Taco Shop, which the Sonoran Brunch Company becomes at 4 pm during this time of isolation and closures.

The tacos are spectacular. The night menu also has the burros and tortas and "Sonoran grinders" of pre-2 pm.

I picked up my order and teared up a little on the drive home. I love Tucson and I miss it.

Chile colorado was superb. Rivals some restaurants I've had surprisingly.

Chile colorado looks amazeballs!

I killed it tonight (forgot to shoot a pic). Here are the Rancho Gordo yellow eye beans I cooked with:



Ingredients:

Cooked Rancho Gordo yellow eye beans
Grated a lemon zest on a microplane
Grape tomatoes sliced in half
Olive oil
Chicken thighs
Shallots, finely diced
Kale
Salt and pepper

Sauteed kale in olive oil, set aside

Cooked chicken thighs in olive oil, set aside

Sauteed shallots in the pan

Deglazed the pan with the shallots and lemon juice and bean liquid

Added the yellow eye beans

Added back the kale

Added the tomatoes and lemon zest

Turned off heat and added fish sauce

Plated it with the chicken thighs on top

Bacon cheeseburgers hot off the grill.

azgreg wrote:Bacon cheeseburgers hot off the grill.

That's cheating.

Ground turkey meatball marinara on galic olive oil sammich with sauce down to the elbows. Eat your heart out Eegee's

dovecanyoncat wrote:Ground turkey meatball marinara on galic olive oil sammich with sauce down to the elbows. Eat your heart out Eegee's

No provolone? My wife orders hers from Eegee's without provolone. I can't understand it.

NY strip steaks, mashed taters, and calabacitas.

Longhorned wrote:

dovecanyoncat wrote:Ground turkey meatball marinara on galic olive oil sammich with sauce down to the elbows. Eat your heart out Eegee's

No provolone? My wife orders hers from Eegee's without provolone. I can't understand it.

That's just wrong.

Longhorned wrote:

dovecanyoncat wrote:Ground turkey meatball marinara on galic olive oil sammich with sauce down to the elbows. Eat your heart out Eegee's

No provolone? My wife orders hers from Eegee's without provolone. I can't understand it.

Extra sharp Vermont cheddar. Behold!

Made frijoles charros with pinto beans and bacon