Foodies BS Thread.

One of the very few up sides to living on America's Wang. There's fresh produce available pretty much all year 'round that's very local.

That, and the seafood.

 

Just smoke your own bacon, I just saw a huge slab of fat and thought about smoking it and having some homemade bacon!!! SOOOO good

 

Quick and dirty, sorry for the bad pic.

Chicken Marsala for dinner.



Ingredients
1 tsp minced garlic
1 tsp marjoram leaves
1 tsp minced onions
1/2 to 1 tsp black pepper (to taste)
1 tsp basil leaves
up to 1 tsp parsley, to garnish
1 tsp salt
1/3 cup AP flour
around 1.5ish pounds chicken breasts
3 tbsp butter
2 tbsp olive oil
8oz fresh sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup chicken broth
3/4 cup marsala wine

Method

1. Mix flour, garlic, marjoram, onions, salt and pepper in a shallow dish, like a paper plate. Reserve 1 tbsp for later use.

2. Heat 2 tbsp butter and the olive oil in as big a non-stick as you have over medium-high heat. Use flour to coat chicken. I cut the chicken into smallish medallions...they cook faster, and more browning = more flavor. Cook until the juices run clear, however you cut the chicken. My small pieces was about 3 minutes per side to start browning nicely. Keep pieces warm until you've cooked them all up.

3. Add fresh mushrooms to the pan once the chicken is all out. Cook them until they're VERY brown and tasty, about 6 mins with flipping frequently.

4. Mix the reserved flour and spice mixture into the broth. Add to the pan along with the wine. Stir in the basil and the remaining 1 tbsp butter. Reduce for about 2-3 minutes or until the sauce just starts to thicken.

5. Plate. Spoon sauce over chicken, add lots of mushrooms. Garnish with the parsley if you like.

Note: I'm going to try with a couple different kinds of broth to make the pan sauce in the next couple tries, just for ha-has. Overall, fairly quick and easy to make, and REALLY darn tasty.

 

some good ol' fried rice... lots of chicken and beef!

 

At a wedding, this is the grooms cake!


Moose Drool

 

I have already made the soup, which consists of tomatoes, olive oil, sherry, and apple cider vinegar. There has been no additional seasoning other then smoked paprika. The recipe actually asks for smoked olive oil which I did not find yet. I tasted it and it is a cold soup almost gazphaco but it is ran through a food processor. Hope it tastes good tomorrow.

I am 4 hours into smoking a 6 lb pork shoulder. There is 2 hours to go and then I will pull it, depending on how it looks I will finish it off in the morning. I love smoking meat through the night.

 

Nice - night smokes are really fun on the weekends. Party sounds like it's coming together nicely!

 

This is a good night, beer,smoking, and zero dark thirty!!!! Can't beat it!!! I am sure that tere is going to be some good food tomorrow.

 

I am waiting for 1 smoky pic to download......

 

Here is a bad pic of the pork that I am smoking to pull tomorrow, sorry for the bad pic!!!!

 

Grilled Salmon and grilled cauliflower/broccolli mix.



The orange slices did a great job in keeping the fish from sticking to the grill basket, and also helped to keep the fish moist.

 

^^^That looks really good, good job!!!!

 

I am excited on how this food is coming out!!! I am waiting for the pics of the smoked pork to get to my email, man it is delicious!!!!

 

Tasty looking salmon, here's a small ribeye and baked potato i put on the old charcoal grill yesterday, and the grilled taste was great.

 

Farmer's market extravaganza!

 

Here is some pics

Pork shoulder smoked for 8 hours

 

Smoked flat steak



Smoked ribs

 

Nice Tough!! ^^^

 

Thanks, everything was good. I didnt take pics of all that I made which stinks