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[Johnsfolly]

Looks great Chief! Drooling a bit.

[BilletHead]

           Sun-Dried tomato bisque soup with green chili grilled cheese sandwiches ,

  Oh tomatoes not sun dried but our sliced tomatoes dehydrated by me. Maybe kind of sun dried because dehydrator had some sun on it by the window? .  Had to use two dried cups of maters and then put into boiling water to rehydrate. When rehydrated looked like a bunch! Also used rosemary, oregano and basil I had dried. Then some garlic, diced onion, vegetable broth, tomato paste and a can of diced tomatoes. Cooked up before blending,

  Then blended and added some half and half to cook more. Plated up and consumed. We will do this dish all winter and into the spring thinking of fresh summer tomatoes next season,

BilletHead 

 

[BilletHead]

             My Cajun friend is up to teal hunt and open up his Missouri duck camp. I know he was up so drove up for a quick visit yesterday. He disappeared and as I was visiting with his son I seen him put a bag in the front of my truck. So when I got ready to leave he said I put some frozen fish and a package of wild pig sausage in your truck. So the thought of the wild pig sausage peaked my interest thinking what should I do with it. Not sure how it was seasoned and could not tell by opening and smelling. Squash was on sale and Pat brought home three butternut and two acorns yesterday. Acorn, yes  would do something with them. So I cooked up the sausage. It had some red pepper flakes in it. So it had a small bite of that spice and it had been salted . Pretty good. So I split the acorns and gutted them. Some olive oil and pepper. Face down on foil lined cookie sheet and into a hot 400 degree oven to bake and soften up. While they were baking I diced up an onion and browned it then added some garlic. Tossed in sausage in to that.

Acorns soft and out,

 Filled with the sausage mixture and covered with grated asiago cheese. 

This went in the oven again this time under the broiler to melt and brown cheese,

   Hot dang pretty good. Thought I could eat another half but no way,   When Mrs. BilletHead gets home from work I will warm one up for her.

    I will earn brownie points,

    BilletHead

[ness]

Ready to transition to fall/winter food. Kinda tired of maters and squash and zucchini and cantaloupe and watermelon...

Decided to do Shepherd’s Pie although no one else was going to be here. Figgered I’d have plenty of leftovers. Got that in the oven and the phone rang. ness 2.3 made something in the shop and wanted to bring it by to show me on the way to a friend’s house. I said I had Shepherd’s Pie in the oven and he said, ‘You made #%^*+ Shepherd’s Pie without me???’ It’s rewarding that my kids love the cooking and the food, even though they’re too busy for the old man most of the time. The seed is planted, and they’ll come around more as they get older. So:

And, the cutting board he made for our friends:

Maybe someday he’ll make one for the ol’ warden 😄 (I’ve been watching Leave it to Beaver lately and Eddie Haskell calls parents that). 

Anyhoo, it was a good meal and a better Friday night than I expected. 

[Johnsfolly]

2 hours ago, BilletHead said:

             My Cajun friend is up to teal hunt and open up his Missouri duck camp. I know he was up so drove up for a quick visit yesterday. He disappeared and as I was visiting with his son I seen him put a bag in the front of my truck. So when I got ready to leave he said I put some frozen fish and a package of wild pig sausage in your truck. So the thought of the wild pig sausage peaked my interest thinking what should I do with it. Not sure how it was seasoned and could not tell by opening and smelling. Squash was on sale and Pat brought home three butternut and two acorns yesterday. Acorn, yes  would do something with them. So I cooked up the sausage. It had some red pepper flakes in it. So it had a small bite of that spice and it had been salted . Pretty good. So I split the acorns and gutted them. Some olive oil and pepper. Face down on foil lined cookie sheet and into a hot 400 degree oven to bake and soften up. While they were baking I diced up an onion and browned it then added some garlic. Tossed in sausage in to that.

Acorns soft and out,

 Filled with the sausage mixture and covered with grated asiago cheese. 

This went in the oven again this time under the broiler to melt and brown cheese,

   Hot dang pretty good. Thought I could eat another half but no way,   When Mrs. BilletHead gets home from work I will warm one up for her.

    I will earn brownie points,

    BilletHead

Too bad you didn't grow the squash😜. Looked great. We love winter squash and especially stuffing them like those. When we moved our chest freezer filled with my venison not sure things would stay frozen. It was all good. Now I'm thinking grinding and mixing up some sausage. Then need to get some acorns here at the Folly house East.

[Johnsfolly]

1 hour ago, ness said:

Ready to transition to fall/winter food. Kinda tired of maters and squash and zucchini and cantaloupe and watermelon...

Decided to do Shepherd’s Pie although no one else was going to be here. Figgered I’d have plenty of leftovers. Got that in the oven and the phone rang. ness 2.3 made something in the shop and wanted to bring it by to show me on the way to a friend’s house. I said I had Shepherd’s Pie in the oven and he said, ‘You made #%^*+ Shepherd’s Pie without me???’ It’s rewarding that my kids love the cooking and the food, even though they’re too busy for the old man most of the time. The seed is planted, and they’ll come around more as they get older. So:

And, the cutting board he made for our friends:

Maybe someday he’ll make one for the ol’ warden 😄 (I’ve been watching Leave it to Beaver lately and Eddie Haskell calls parents that). 

Anyhoo, it was a good meal and a better Friday night than I expected. 

Shepard's pie sounds great. Top that off with time spent with family really made for a great night!

[ness]

10 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said:

Shepard's pie sounds great. Top that off with time spent with family really made for a great night!

Yep. It doesn’t come as often as I’d like, so I appreciate it all the more. 

[Johnsfolly]

24 minutes ago, ness said:

Yep. It doesn’t come as often as I’d like, so I appreciate it all the more. 

Five or so years away until our youngest is out of the house. Still a bit of time with her.

[BilletHead]

10 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

Five or so years away until our youngest is out of the house. Still a bit of time with her.

            Livie will be home for visits John as long as you stay the guide and keep buying the bait!

BilletHead

[rps]

Fresh basil and a bit of smoked turkey underneath, cheese, mushroom and fresh tomato, garnish cheese.