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46 minutes ago, ness said:

They're not restricted to using just beef down there.  

Trust me I know and I love it.  Whatever it was it was way better than the American stores made.  My wife watched me down a few street meat tacos in Tijuana once.  They were slicing the meat off the spit like they cook shawarma.  She said you know that's probably not beef.  I said yeah, give me another 50 cent corona. 

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46 minutes ago, ness said:

Got a little hole-in-the-wall just a few blocks from my new office that has always done a great burger. Gonna be quicker and easier to get to it now. 

Hard to find those spots anymore.

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Two or three years ago, our high school built a green house and began an agricultural program based uponn a grant. We got lucky and the man hired as the teacher, Jason McAfee, is a winner. Nancy and I buy the produce he and the kids produce. Look at this salad!

 

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I wanted a red sauce tonight. I found two partial boxes of pasta in the pantry. Rigatoni and rotini. What you see is mixed breed pasta with a semi Puttanesca sauce.

 

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Stir fry last night. Chicken marinated in sesame oil, ginger, garlic, teriyaki sauce. Snow peas, broccoli, onions, celery, water chestnuts. Sauce of sherry, soy sauce, rice vinegar, brown sugar and corn starch. 

[Flysmallie]

21 hours ago, ness said:

Stir fry last night. Chicken marinated in sesame oil, ginger, garlic, teriyaki sauce. Snow peas, broccoli, onions, celery, water chestnuts. Sauce of sherry, soy sauce, rice vinegar, brown sugar and corn starch. 

That looks good. I need to be better at that. 

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43 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

That looks good. I need to be better at that. 

Thanks.

If you care -- I just use a regular skillet on pretty high heat and do stuff in batches before combining it all back together. Had a nice steel wok but it just didn't work as well with its small bottom.

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17 minutes ago, ness said:

Thanks.

If you care -- I just use a regular skillet on pretty high heat and do stuff in batches before combining it all back together. Had a nice steel wok but it just didn't work as well with its small bottom.

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I do care. I've been doing a little of it lately since my wife likes it. But I really need to get into and make her something nice like that. She hates onions and water chestnuts but the rest of that she would love. 

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Somewhat bored today so am expiramenting.  Went through fridge to see what was there, hmm, sliced venison loin from last night, some rice, roasted cauliflower, OK.  Chopped and diced it all up and into a big bowl, hmm now what, garlic, green onions, cavenders seasoning, eggs, crushed crackers, eggs and cheese, why not.  Think maybe the rice was a bad choice as it doesn't really want to hold together, but made some patties and have them sizzling in a cast iron skillet, smells good, hoping they will bind together and have a hillbilly version of has patties, if not will be a skillet of hash like stuff.

Well it wasn't bad, not something I would have been happy to serve, well unless it was on a creek bank and there you just get what's served.  It was a bit dry and under seasoned, definitely could have used some bolder seasoning, but it I had broke out the slap yo mama, then mom couldn't have eaten it.  They did hold together and the cast iron skillet gave them a wonderful crust.  Yard dog is now enjoying the extra parts.

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On 4/24/2019 at 12:29 PM, MOPanfisher said:

Somewhat bored today so am expiramenting.  Went through fridge to see what was there, hmm, sliced venison loin from last night, some rice, roasted cauliflower, OK.  Chopped and diced it all up and into a big bowl, hmm now what, garlic, green onions, cavenders seasoning, eggs, crushed crackers, eggs and cheese, why not.  Think maybe the rice was a bad choice as it doesn't really want to hold together, but made some patties and have them sizzling in a cast iron skillet, smells good, hoping they will bind together and have a hillbilly version of has patties, if not will be a skillet of hash like stuff.

Well it wasn't bad, not something I would have been happy to serve, well unless it was on a creek bank and there you just get what's served.  It was a bit dry and under seasoned, definitely could have used some bolder seasoning, but it I had broke out the slap yo mama, then mom couldn't have eaten it.  They did hold together and the cast iron skillet gave them a wonderful crust.  Yard dog is now enjoying the extra parts.

Welp, experimenting with leftovers  is a good thing. Even if it’s a bust you’ve learned something. 

Pretty much repeats at my house the last week or so. No pictures. earlier in the week it was baked cod with dill, S&P and panko, sautéed yellow squash and onions,  boxed rice pilaf with added...wait for it...peas. Last night Manwich and tots. 

When I was in IA a few weeks back I asked the guy at the B&B how they got their roasted potatoes so perfect and crispy on all sides. He said they always use convection on their oven. Heck, I’ve got convection but never use it. So I used in for the tots last night and there was a noticeable difference. Seems obvious to me now, just never thought to do it.