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[ness]

Chicken, zucchini, onion, mushroom stir fry with teriyaki sauce. 

[Johnsfolly]

On ‎2‎/‎3‎/‎2019 at 3:06 PM, BilletHead said:

          Lime Crinkle cookies,

  Supposed to be Key lime but not in season so big limes were used. 

  Something tells me these to sheets are not going to last long,

     BilletHead

I love key limes! Used to get them fresh when living in southern Florida. Also used to get fresh lychee fruit and star fruits. Those cookies look great!

[Johnsfolly]

The best thing about the Superbowl yesterday was the food. I am patting my own back, but was satisfied with every dish. I started on Saturday. I had rabbit and a squirrel from Missouri in the freezer. I tried Hank Shaw's green chile rabbit figuring that once pulled off the bone it could be served on a flour tortilla. I have to say that I do love now cooking with gas. I got a good char on poblano peppers and a jalapeno that I picked up from a local Mexican market. I also picked up Mexican oregano, tomatillos, and espazote as well. I also broiled the tomatillos, onions, and garlic. I blended up the tomatillos, onion, garlic, some of the roasted poblanos and jalapeno in a blender along with fresh cilantro, Mexican oregano, and the espazote and blended into a sauce.

I browned the meat in goose fat (via @BilletHead ). Removed the meat and browned half of an onion, then meat added back into the dutch oven along with about 3/4 of the sauce. Simmered the meat for about 90 minutes. Once done the meat and sauce went into the fridge. Yesterday I pulled the meat from the bone and put into a crock pot along with the sauce to serve it warm. Served it with lettuce, cilantro, sour cream, and scallions drizzled with fresh lime juice. Our friend that came over had never had small game and he had a couple of tortillas !

The only reason that he might not have had more was the other snacks that I prepared. I made fresh jalapeno poppers. Half got cream cheese, Colby jack cheese, and panko crumbs. The other half got a modified crab imperial that I considered as Chesapeake poppers. The crab consisted of lump crab meat folded into a mixture of 1/4 cup mayo mixed with 1/2 cup of softened cream cheese, tsp Old Bay, tsp of fresh lemon juice, one beaten egg, and chopped parsley. Topped the stuffed peppers with panko.

Then there were the chicken wings. I made teriyaki sauce following a Tyler Florence recipe. Glazed the fried wings with the teriyaki by coating the wings then into the oven to set the glaze put in a bowl and added toasted sesame seeds. Served them with wasabi ranch dressing that we prepared with wasabi paste and ranch dressing. The other batch got my own buffalo sauce recipe - Hot sauce, butter, hickory BBQ sauce, and brown sugar. Also set the glaze in the oven before serving with blue cheese dressing.

The game sucked and the commercials were blah!

[BilletHead]

2 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

I love key limes! Used to get them fresh when living in southern Florida. Also used to get fresh lychee fruit and star fruits. Those cookies look great!

         I can see so many variations that can be made with these cookies.  Orange, lemon and maybe even some other fruit.

1 hour ago, Johnsfolly said:

The best thing about the Superbowl yesterday was the food. I am patting my own back, but was satisfied with every dish. I started on Saturday. I had rabbit and a squirrel from Missouri in the freezer. I tried Hank Shaw's green chile rabbit figuring that once pulled off the bone it could be served on a flour tortilla. I have to say that I do love now cooking with gas. I got a good char on poblano peppers and a jalapeno that I picked up from a local Mexican market. I also picked up Mexican oregano, tomatillos, and espazote as well. I also broiled the tomatillos, onions, and garlic. I blended up the tomatillos, onion, garlic, some of the roasted poblanos and jalapeno in a blender along with fresh cilantro, Mexican oregano, and the espazote and blended into a sauce.

I browned the meat in goose fat (via @BilletHead ). Removed the meat and browned half of an onion, then meat added back into the dutch oven along with about 3/4 of the sauce. Simmered the meat for about 90 minutes. Once done the meat and sauce went into the fridge. Yesterday I pulled the meat from the bone and put into a crock pot along with the sauce to serve it warm. Served it with lettuce, cilantro, sour cream, and scallions drizzled with fresh lime juice. Our friend that came over had never had small game and he had a couple of tortillas !

The only reason that he might not have had more was the other snacks that I prepared. I made fresh jalapeno poppers. Half got cream cheese, Colby jack cheese, and panko crumbs. The other half got a modified crab imperial that I considered as Chesapeake poppers. The crab consisted of lump crab meat folded into a mixture of 1/4 cup mayo mixed with 1/2 cup of softened cream cheese, tsp Old Bay, tsp of fresh lemon juice, one beaten egg, and chopped parsley. Topped the stuffed peppers with panko.

Then there were the chicken wings. I made teriyaki sauce following a Tyler Florence recipe. Glazed the fried wings with the teriyaki by coating the wings then into the oven to set the glaze put in a bowl and added toasted sesame seeds. Served them with wasabi ranch dressing that we prepared with wasabi paste and ranch dressing. The other batch got my own buffalo sauce recipe - Hot sauce, butter, hickory BBQ sauce, and brown sugar. Also set the glaze in the oven before serving with blue cheese dressing.

The game sucked and the commercials were blah!

             That all sounds good John!

BilletHead

[Johnsfolly]

Tonight we made a squash and brussel sprout dish. Sliced the butternut squash into noodle like ribbons. Salt and pepper and baked for 20 mins. Crisped up some applewood smoked bacon pieces. Pulled the bacon. Then sauted thinly sliced brussel sprouts until tender also with salt and pepper. Added in the cooked squashand the bacon then a third cup of chicken broth. Added some chinese 5 spice. Served with a roasted chicken thigh.

 

[MOPanfisher]

OK fellers you all seem to know a thing or three about cooking so . . . I am gonna replace my gas grill.  Thinking maybe I want a pellet grill, not gonna spring for a Traeger, but looking at the Pitboss 700, talk to me gentlemen, good bad, etc.

[rps]

I have found SeriousEats very reliable. This is what they say.

https://www.seriouseats.com/roundups/best-pellet-smokers

The article also references here.

https://amazingribs.com/ratings-reviews-and-buying-guides

Hope these help.

[MOPanfisher]

Hmmm, the write up says consider them an indirect heat source smoker and not a grill.  I have an electric smoker and just want a grill, now I am in a connundrum.

[ness]

4 hours ago, MOPanfisher said:

Hmmm, the write up says consider them an indirect heat source smoker and not a grill.  I have an electric smoker and just want a grill, now I am in a connundrum.

Ever consider one of these?

Weber Performer

Used to have an old three-legged Weber kettle, a Weber bullet and still have a Weber Silver gas grill. Kettle gave up the ghost a few years ago and I didn't replace it, so I ended up using the gas grill more. Convenient to start but, as you know, you give up on flavor. Bullet gave up the ghost and I didn't replace that either -- just didn't use it enough, plus I thought I might eventually go a different direction for smoking. Bought the Weber Performer above and I use it for both smoking and grilling. Not the perfect smoker, but I've learned to use it and have only gotten one complaint about the results. Of course, it's excellent at grilling. I haven't used my gas grill the last two summers. 

[MOPanfisher]

As much as I loved charcoal grills, at this point in my life, I just don't have the time for one.  I was just going to get a brand new Charbroil 2 burner infrared, have had 2 so far and they worked great until they rust out in 4 years or so.  If a pellet grill doesn't get hot enough to sear I don't think I will like one.  ?