Foodies BS Thread.

Look at all of these girls in here, I know that we have brought it up before but now there is a lot more of their presence.

 

That looks really good, cool shish kabob what did you use some kind of bendable rod???

 

Those cupcakes sound good. Do you actually make your own candy? That is super cool. I tried to make candy once for a cake topper but it ended up getting burnt but when I drizzled it into the inside of the greased stainless steel bowl it came out perfect.

 

Made Beef Wellington last night.

Here is one of the filets after searing in the pot



Here it is with the duxelle on it, ready to be wrapped.



Here it is cooked.... so good.

 

The duxelle if anyone was wondering is a mushroom,onions,shallots and garlic mix that I threw in the pot after searing the meat with a little red wine.

 

With the extra duxelle I made a quick soup with some beef stock and ditalini pasta. It was good just very strong mushroom flavor. The duxelle was button,baby bellas, crimini and another mushroom I can't remember now. The cremini s were dry so I added the water I used to reconstitute in the duxelle itself. Hopefully that clarifies things.

 

made up and froze 12 hamburger patties yesterday. (4 pounds) mixed some webber brand chicago steak in them, and worcestershire sauce as well. makes for a great hamburger. i’ll try and remember next time i make some up and to measure out how much chicago steak and worcestershire i use and post.


edit:does anyone els add stuff to hamburger?

 

It depends on what I am doing with hamburger. I usually dont buy frozen patties. I even go as far to grind my own meat. That is usually the best for me.

 

yeah. i don’t buy them frozen. i get the 1 pound round (93% 7%) and i add what i want than freeze them. i LOVE hamburgers. and eat them a few times a week. so it’s easiest to make a bunch up and freeze them.

 

While you are in the foodies thread area check out the cheeseburger thread. There are some good ones in there.

 

oh i have been looking at that thread. i love cheeseburgers as well.

fave so far is a bacon cheeseburger at five guys. i need to try and make my self a bacon cheeseburger at home.

 

Way better at home over a real fire seasoned with lawry's and pepper on a toasted bun, lettuce, tomatoe and onion

 

hmm. may have to try and make one tomorrow.

 

Definitely

 

All the time. It depends on the mood.

I will take a couple pounds of beef, add an egg, salt and pepper, some BBQ sauce or catsup, worcestershire or however the hell you spell it, soy sauce, parmesan cheese, bread crumbs, whatever strikes my fancy. Sometimes all of the above (just not a lot of each so you don't go crazy).

I'll post the next time I make some. I'll measure out 4-5 oz per patty and top w/ fresh sliced cheese just as they come off the grill.

 

ohh. nice. some of that sounds really good. also i found out that if you put to much the burger will fall apart.

 

so your essentially making meatloaf burgers. That sounds good.

 

Close, but not quite.

They're definitely burgers, but just a little bit of a binder (egg, parm, bread crumbs, whichever) really helps not just hold it together but balance out the liquid factor from other ingredients. If you add worcestershire or soy sauce, the meat is too wet and falls apart easily when you try to cook/flip. Thus, just enough binder to hold it in shape.

Two pounds of meat, I'll use one egg and maybe a tablespoon or two of parm and bread crumbs. You can barely taste them, but the binding is as important as the taste.

YMMV, of course

 

I really like the idea. I may have to try it when we get a warm day.