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[MOPanfisher]

Kids came down so I put the Blackstone to work and wife put the cast iron to work.  The pic doesn't show the shrimps that got added as soon as I had the salmon and steaks off.

[rps]

On 5/12/2023 at 10:23 AM, ness said:

Thanks. I'm not familiar with 7 spice but just looked it up. This all sounds pretty darn good. The cooking process is similar to the grape leaves we do here occasionally. 

Very similar to dolmas.  Because my father was accepted within the Lebanese/Greek Orthodox community, I grew up eating their foods. When I say Mediterranean foods are my favorit, the food center is Lebanon/Syria. 

[ness]

5 hours ago, rps said:

Very similar to dolmas.  Because my father was accepted within the Lebanese/Greek Orthodox community, I grew up eating their foods. When I say Mediterranean foods are my favorit, the food center is Lebanon/Syria. 

My maternal grandparents were born in Lebanon and immigrated to PA. My mom never cooked anything Lebanese. I’m not sure why. But my aunts made ‘grape leaves’ and labneh. Labneh was plain yogurt that was put into cheesecloth, suspended over a bowl and allowed to drain. Essentially what we call Greek yogurt. 
 

I’ve had dolmas from many places but the best I’ve had are at a Greek restaurant in KC called Tasso’s. They’re served with a delicious lemony avgolemono sauce. 

[rps]

5 hours ago, ness said:

My maternal grandparents were born in Lebanon and immigrated to PA. My mom never cooked anything Lebanese. I’m not sure why. But my aunts made ‘grape leaves’ and labneh. Labneh was plain yogurt that was put into cheesecloth, suspended over a bowl and allowed to drain. Essentially what we call Greek yogurt. 
 

I’ve had dolmas from many places but the best I’ve had are at a Greek restaurant in KC called Tasso’s. They’re served with a delicious lemony avgolemono sauce. 

The best I have  had are during the annual Greek Orthodox church festival. I go there every year and gorge on the varieties of food there.

[BilletHead]

          Still eating lettuce and I feel like a rabbit, A carnivorous rabbit. 

 Prepared a wild turkey breast by thinning it up by filleting it.  Made a marinade of balsamic vinegar, olive oil some rosemary Dijion mustard seasoning and S&P. Bagged up the turkey and marinade, let it get happy on the counter and started the charcoal. Charcoal white I put on it some pear wood I acquired from a dead tree. Meat in a basket and on the grill,

       I was amazed how moist it stayed. 

        Pat built a big salad for each of us. Yes, there is a bunch of lettuce under here it got compressed by the meat. Skillet toasted some roasted garlic sourdough bread. We are full and happy,

[rps]

Duck breasts are in the sous vide. Just picked the sugar snaps for tonight. I will roast potatoes in duck fat to go with the meal. Bottle of bubbles is chilled. Mother's Day for the beautiful wife.

At her request I upped the internal temp to 133.5. My preference is 130, but today was for her.

[rps]

Short cut chicken biryani.

 

[MOPanfisher]

My wife is gone fir a few days so the dogs and I have fallen way back, past the days of making good looking foods.  Last night was Mac and cheese with extra Velveeta, then dumped a can of Mexican corn into it and finally cut up most of a polska kielbasa that I had grilled.  Shook in some seasonings and poof supper.  It was pretty tasty, dirtier a bare minimum of dishes (I did use a bowl I am no longer a complete hillbilly) and plenty left over for lunch today.  Tonight I am again channeling my past, I have placed a call to the local gas station for a meat lovers pizza.  Which I will eat off of a paper plate placed on top of a real plate, keeps the real plate clean and I gotta clean up my mess before wife come home.  I don't mind washing dishes but for some reason I hate putting them away.

[MOPanfisher]

Had to work a little more for dessert.  Not a good year for my berry patch and I didn't last long picking but they sure look, smell . .   . And yep taste good.

[rps]

5 hours ago, MOPanfisher said:

My wife is gone fir a few days so the dogs and I have fallen way back, past the days of making good looking foods.  Last night was Mac and cheese with extra Velveeta, then dumped a can of Mexican corn into it and finally cut up most of a polska kielbasa that I had grilled.  Shook in some seasonings and poof supper.  It was pretty tasty, dirtier a bare minimum of dishes (I did use a bowl I am no longer a complete hillbilly) and plenty left over for lunch today.  Tonight I am again channeling my past, I have placed a call to the local gas station for a meat lovers pizza.  Which I will eat off of a paper plate placed on top of a real plate, keeps the real plate clean and I gotta clean up my mess before wife come home.  I don't mind washing dishes but for some reason I hate putting them away.

If you are cooking for yourself, I say let her buck!