rinemb - Posted - 01/29/2022:  19:03:58

We “came home” for dinner tonight. Pork chops, noodles, peas, and gravy. Mom would be proud!
Brad

STUD - Posted - 01/30/2022:  04:30:34

I like the looks of that dinner brad.....
ooooooo...n ah cocktail....!

rinemb - Posted - 01/30/2022:  04:59:52

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Originally posted by figmo59

I like the looks of that dinner brad.....

ooooooo...n ah cocktail....!

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Our cocktail was a bit of a culinary oxymoron for that dinner.  We had a Compari Cocktail aperitif earlier: with Compari, vodka, orange bitters, and a lemon peel.  Ice tea with the dinner a nice change, eh.  Brad

rinemb - Posted - 01/30/2022:  12:19:53

Wife’s birthday today, started a typical weekend late breakfast. Tonight a daughter is preparing an Asian dinner. A story here. My wife grew up in small towns in Kansas. “Chinese” restaurants were a rarity back then in rural Midwest small towns. Her mother, via Germany, was raised in NYC. She always made my wife Chinese food for her Lunar Birthday. It was very deal! And that has continued all these decades.



Breakfast in pics:

Edited by - rinemb on 01/30/2022 12:22:06

csrat - Posted - 01/30/2022:  17:39:25

Leftover smoked pork shoulder, sweet corn, bag o' Caesar Salad, made some ez biscuits because there was the most beautiful hunk of fat on the meat, with a nice, thick bark on it from the smoker! Grabbed my Italian coffee maker, whipped up some Red Eye Gravy!



Let's review:

Pork fat

Salt

Sugar

Caffeine



OK. Cholesterol, sodium, carbs. Good thing there was some caffeine to keep me from lapsing into a food coma. A dietary disaster, but since I'm gonna go ahead and eat it, I'm goin' all in.



Cocktail with dinner? Don't mind if I do, Fig.



Dark & Stormy: (x2)

3 oz of a quality ginger beer

2 oz of a quality dark rum

Generous splash of lime Juice



Dessert: (1 serving, w/xtra scoop)

Black Raspberry Ice Cream w/little bits of dark chocolate.



Post supper:



Retreat into the parlor with an 18 year old scotch and a nice, full-bodied Nicaraguan cigar.

Tonight's movie, one of those Fast and Furious flicks. It's the one with the cool cars and Vin Diesel beats up some guys and lots of stuff 'splodes. (I hear it's a good one)



"If the hurricane is about to come ashore, and it's too late to evacuate, I say throw a party! "~csrat



Best meal of leftovers, canned goods and prepackaged produce I ever had.

Almost forgot:

Happy Birthday to Brad's wife!

I gotta stop reading this thread! You fellas and your good eatin' are a bad influence!!

Edited by - csrat on 01/30/2022 17:44:31

Wet Spaniel - Posted - 01/30/2022:  20:28:19

It’s a family tradition here that we always celebrate rinemb’s wife’s birthday with some BBQ - happy birthday Mrs R!

Beef skirt steak, chicken thighs (w/dirty bird rub fig) along with bbq tofu and veggie sausages for the significant vegetarian in my life. All served up with baked potatoes and a cucumber free salad …. We to pick the cucumber out of the bottom of the fridge and my thumb disappeared right through it!!

 

rinemb - Posted - 01/31/2022:  04:42:50

Now that you all know my wife so well, I guess I should personalize her a bit. Wife of 49.5 years, her name is Marilyn. Pic isMarilyn and her “Chinese” dinner, that is actually Korean-ish stuff. She would whack me for including her in the pic, but I am too lazy to crop.

Edited by - rinemb on 01/31/2022 04:43:47

 

STUD - Posted - 01/31/2022:  06:52:41

Beautifull Lady....

STUD - Posted - 01/31/2022:  07:02:12

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Originally posted by csrat

Leftover smoked pork shoulder, sweet corn, bag o' Caesar Salad, made some ez biscuits because there was the most beautiful hunk of fat on the meat, with a nice, thick bark on it from the smoker! Grabbed my Italian coffee maker, whipped up some Red Eye Gravy!



Let's review:

Pork fat

Salt

Sugar

Caffeine



OK. Cholesterol, sodium, carbs. Good thing there was some caffeine to keep me from lapsing into a food coma. A dietary disaster, but since I'm gonna go ahead and eat it, I'm goin' all in.



Cocktail with dinner? Don't mind if I do, Fig.



Dark & Stormy: (x2)

3 oz of a quality ginger beer

2 oz of a quality dark rum

Generous splash of lime Juice



Dessert: (1 serving, w/xtra scoop)

Black Raspberry Ice Cream w/little bits of dark chocolate.



Post supper:



Retreat into the parlor with an 18 year old scotch and a nice, full-bodied Nicaraguan cigar.

Tonight's movie, one of those Fast and Furious flicks. It's the one with the cool cars and Vin Diesel beats up some guys and lots of stuff 'splodes. (I hear it's a good one)



"If the hurricane is about to come ashore, and it's too late to evacuate, I say throw a party! "~csrat



Best meal of leftovers, canned goods and prepackaged produce I ever had.

 

Almost forgot:

Happy Birthday to Brad's wife!

I gotta stop reading this thread! You fellas and your good eatin' are a bad influence!!

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Ha!

I'm not so sure ..we.... are the bad influence here.... ;0)

Sounds wonderful tho....

slammer - Posted - 01/31/2022:  07:16:44

Ya done good Brad !!! Lovely lady to go with the lovely place setting!!!
Happy belated birthday to her!!!
Slammer!!!

slammer - Posted - 01/31/2022:  07:26:03

Csrat, sorry we’re being a bad influence, but I think you were probably doing ok before you crossed this Motley Crew, and BTW, I love your review : pork fat, salt, sugar , caffeine!!! Why , it’s the 4 food groups!!! I’ll eat leftovers at your house anytime!!!
Ya had me at red eye gravy!!!
Slammer!!!

Remsleep - Posted - 02/03/2022:  09:25:46

On Tuesday, I made chicken noodle soup that resulted in half a chicken's-worth of leftover meat. Somewhere a voice whispered, "enchiladas", and so I did. There were no tortillas in the larder, so I went to the grocery and bought the stipulated 8-pack. Imagine my surprise when rolling them up that the bag only contained six. Stealth price hike or honest mistake? Who knows, but they still tasted good.

rinemb - Posted - 02/03/2022:  11:32:56

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Originally posted by Remsleep

On Tuesday, I made chicken noodle soup that resulted in half a chicken's-worth of leftover meat. Somewhere a voice whispered, "enchiladas", and so I did. There were no tortillas in the larder, so I went to the grocery and bought the stipulated 8-pack. Imagine my surprise when rolling them up that the bag only contained six. Stealth price hike or honest mistake? Who knows, but they still tasted good.

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Good use of extra chicken!  I will roll up about anything into tortillas hanging around.  Or just get some spotty browning on both sides in a hot dry CI skillet, then smear it with butter and eat them. Best to fold up the back end before biting into.  Brad

Brian T - Posted - 02/03/2022:  13:06:52

I are a pig. I confess.

Made up egg salad sandwich filling last night. 4 HB eggs plus the fixin's.
Poured a BIG glass of a cheap crisp Chardonnay.
Sat at the kitchen counter with a bag of tortilla corn rounds and ate and drank it all.
Slept very comfortably all night long (except for the cat killing toys out in the hall.)

Might finally get to pasta (spaghettini) with citrus/Parmesan sauce.
Need some meaty thing to go with it. "Eat the freezer."

With schools that were closed, Canadian dairy producers dumped some 10 million liters
(2.2+ million gallons) of perfectly good milk.
What do us consumers get?
Price of dairy in the stores will be15% higher than last week.

STUD - Posted - 02/03/2022:  15:55:43

Last night, we shared a cowboy steak and mashed potatoes. Tonight: calzones made with hot Italian sausage, broccoli, onions, and cheese in puff pastry.

bubbalouie - Posted - 02/05/2022:  19:32:59

You can't go wrong with that puff pastry! yum!

Wet Spaniel - Posted - 02/06/2022:  06:54:12

We are having Indian food tonight. My son wanted Saag Paneer so we thought we’d have a go at making the paneer cheese - great fun to do with the kids. Hopefully the final dish later tonight will do it justice.

 

slammer - Posted - 02/06/2022:  10:20:40

Jonty, I love that your kids have an interest in food and how it’s prepared. Good life skills to have, not to mention mom and dad don’t have to do all the cooking and get a night off once in a while !!! Want to see pics of the end results please!!!
Slammer!!!

slammer - Posted - 02/06/2022:  10:31:58

Mrs. Slammer is out of town for a few days so Ol Slammer gets to eat whatever he wants!!! Didn’t feel like Bacon and eggs late this morning but wanted something warm and hearty before I go outside and plow the yard and a few of the neighbors driveways.
Didn’t feel like going to the store or going out so I made one of my ol favs !!!
SHi# on a shingle, aka chipped beef on toast. How can a few simple ingredients taste so damn good??? I had a late uncle who was a U.S. Marine that loved SOS so much in the service he would eat anyones that didn’t like it. He taught me how to make it and it was his favorite meal right up to his end !!! One of mine too and I think of him every time I make it !!! BTW, my first plate of it was almost as good as the 2nd !!!

 

Sheenjack - Posted - 02/06/2022:  14:25:26

Ground Turkey, spinach, parmesan meat balls and baked it myself 100% Whole Wheat bread.

STUD - Posted - 02/06/2022:  14:46:14

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Originally posted by slammer

Mrs. Slammer is out of town for a few days so Ol Slammer gets to eat whatever he wants!!! Didn’t feel like Bacon and eggs late this morning but wanted something warm and hearty before I go outside and plow the yard and a few of the neighbors driveways.

Didn’t feel like going to the store or going out so I made one of my ol favs !!!

SHi# on a shingle, aka chipped beef on toast. How can a few simple ingredients taste so damn good??? I had a late uncle who was a U.S. Marine that loved SOS so much in the service he would eat anyones that didn’t like it. He taught me how to make it and it was his favorite meal right up to his end !!! One of mine too and I think of him every time I make it !!! BTW, my first plate of it was almost as good as the 2nd !!!

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Slammer....

I am secure enuff...

In me headero-sexual male body....

Ta tell ya....

I LOVE YOU....! ;0)

Wet Spaniel - Posted - 02/06/2022:  14:50:13

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Originally posted by slammer

Mrs. Slammer is out of town for a few days so Ol Slammer gets to eat whatever he wants!!! Didn’t feel like Bacon and eggs late this morning but wanted something warm and hearty before I go outside and plow the yard and a few of the neighbors driveways.

Didn’t feel like going to the store or going out so I made one of my ol favs !!!

SHi# on a shingle, aka chipped beef on toast. How can a few simple ingredients taste so damn good??? I had a late uncle who was a U.S. Marine that loved SOS so much in the service he would eat anyones that didn’t like it. He taught me how to make it and it was his favorite meal right up to his end !!! One of mine too and I think of him every time I make it !!! BTW, my first plate of it was almost as good as the 2nd !!!

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1st plate nearly as good as the second !! You greedy bugger   I'd be the same!

Wet Spaniel - Posted - 02/06/2022:  14:53:58

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Originally posted by slammer

Jonty, I love that your kids have an interest in food and how it’s prepared. Good life skills to have, not to mention mom and dad don’t have to do all the cooking and get a night off once in a while !!! Want to see pics of the end results please!!!

Slammer!!!

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Your wish is my command.  Daal, lamb keema, Saag paneer, beef koftas and tandoori broccoli.

slammer - Posted - 02/06/2022:  15:19:19

Christ on Snowshoes!!! Jonty, you guys outdid yourself!!! I would slide my arse across frozen Lake Michigan to feast on that meal , and probably want to slide my arse back on the ice afterwards!!! LOL. That is food porn right there!!! Very impressive.

Oh, and Fig………..I love you too !!!

Slammer!!!

Wet Spaniel - Posted - 02/06/2022:  15:46:45

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Originally posted by slammer

Christ on Snowshoes!!! Jonty, you guys outdid yourself!!! I would slide my arse across frozen Lake Michigan to feast on that meal , and probably want to slide my arse back on the ice afterwards!!! LOL. That is food porn right there!!! Very impressive.



Oh, and Fig………..I love you too !!!



Slammer!!!

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Well, bring your favourite deer gun and some trout flies with you.

STUD - Posted - 02/06/2022:  17:14:32

Shells n sauce.....hot Italian sauage...

rinemb - Posted - 02/06/2022:  18:07:26

You folks are cookin BIG this weekend. We went simple, but good. Pork tenderloin with a fresh mix of spices, with pan juices and beef stock and apple cider vinegar. Seared then baked. Roast basalmic carrots, mashed taters from needed to be cooked potatoes. And a Boule of bread and butter. Brad

 

Wet Spaniel - Posted - 02/06/2022:  18:14:06

Oh boy, a slice of that pork melting the butter on that bread… pull another plate out Brad - that looks fantastic.

Bill Rogers - Posted - 02/06/2022:  20:40:56

Commercial organic herb salad with added NY steak, tomatoes, cannellini beans, red bell pepper and asparagus.

csrat - Posted - 02/06/2022:  22:03:13

Chicken Fried Steak on a crispy, corn waffle.

Sometimes I forget that making CFS isn't hard at all. Diced up some jalapenos for the waffles and when I realized I had some leftover, I shoved some cheddar and some cream cheese in them and battered them up and they fried up nicely.

Nice comfort food, crispy waffle, right out of the iron, CFS on top, ladle on the gravy. I ate too much, I think. (I know)

Getting into the pantry for the Jiffy Mix, I found a Tempranillo (Spanish red wine/dry, but with plum & notes of blk cherry) in my pantry I'd forgotten about. Must say it paired pretty well, and red wine is good for digestion.

rinemb - Posted - 02/07/2022:  04:33:33

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Originally posted by csrat

Chicken Fried Steak on a crispy, corn waffle.



Sometimes I forget that making CFS isn't hard at all. Diced up some jalapenos for the waffles and when I realized I had some leftover, I shoved some cheddar and some cream cheese in them and battered them up and they fried up nicely.



Nice comfort food, crispy waffle, right out of the iron, CFS on top, ladle on the gravy. I ate too much, I think. (I know)



Getting into the pantry for the Jiffy Mix, I found a Tempranillo (Spanish red wine/dry, but with plum & notes of blk cherry) in my pantry I'd forgotten about. Must say it paired pretty well, and red wine is good for digestion.

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Red wine for digestion..,of course it is! 

Edited by - rinemb on 02/07/2022 04:35:34

rinemb - Posted - 02/07/2022:  04:39:26

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Originally posted by Wet Spaniel

Oh boy, a slice of that pork melting the butter on that bread… pull another plate out Brad - that looks fantastic.

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We cooked the package of two tenderloins,  plenty for leftovers.  We usually reinvent our leftovers, so any ideas welcome. The tenderloin was well seasoned with a throw together basic spice combo. Seared then baked.  A lot of directions we should be able to go, eh.

csrat - Posted - 02/07/2022:  07:03:23

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Originally posted by rinemb

quote:

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Originally posted by csrat

Chicken Fried Steak on a crispy, corn waffle.



Sometimes I forget that making CFS isn't hard at all. Diced up some jalapenos for the waffles and when I realized I had some leftover, I shoved some cheddar and some cream cheese in them and battered them up and they fried up nicely.



Nice comfort food, crispy waffle, right out of the iron, CFS on top, ladle on the gravy. I ate too much, I think. (I know)



Getting into the pantry for the Jiffy Mix, I found a Tempranillo (Spanish red wine/dry, but with plum & notes of blk cherry) in my pantry I'd forgotten about. Must say it paired pretty well, and red wine is good for digestion.

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Red wine for digestion..,of course it is! 

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OK, fine! I needed SOME excuse for drinking the bottle myself!

No one around here is into wine, so  if I come across a good bottle I pretty much have to crawl in to it myself.

I have no regrets! (about wine, that is)

Wet Spaniel - Posted - 02/07/2022:  07:41:24

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Originally posted by csrat

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OK, fine! I needed SOME excuse for drinking the bottle myself!

No one around here is into wine, so  if I come across a good bottle I pretty much have to crawl in to it myself.

I have no regrets! (about wine, that is)

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I'm lucky, my wife likes white, I prefer red.  that said, i like you option of no one else liking wine - means you only have to buy one bottle to my two

STUD - Posted - 02/08/2022:  06:19:57

Crispy chicken thighs with Buffalo sauce on the side, baby carrots and bleu cheese dip. No pictures.

STUD - Posted - 02/08/2022:  06:24:37

Brad, you may have inspired a meal for this week! That pork looks great.
Liz

rinemb - Posted - 02/08/2022:  06:38:03

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Originally posted by figmo59

Brad, you may have inspired a meal for this week! That pork looks great.

Liz

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Since these little tenderloins usually come in a 2-pack, I cooked them both.  I will leave town on a job, so my wife with get to enjoy the leftovers.  She will get several more meals out of the 1-1/2 loins leftover.  Meanwhile, I will eat like cr@p for a week.  

I am wondering if one could sear them more, by continuously rolling them in the hot skillet for a longer time and eat them a bit more rare in center, instead of any baking?  Brad

STUD - Posted - 02/08/2022:  10:25:02

Brad....
cook them every so slightly frozen in the center....

rinemb - Posted - 02/08/2022:  13:23:01

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Originally posted by figmo59

Brad....

cook them every so slightly frozen in the center....

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Good idea.  Brad

rinemb - Posted - 02/08/2022:  13:26:13

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Originally posted by Bill Rogers

Commercial organic herb salad with added NY steak, tomatoes, cannellini beans, red bell pepper and asparagus.

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We need to get back to that salad with a protein on top more often.  We would vary salad a bit, then top with slices of steak or chicken or salmon.. All good!  Brad

RonR - Posted - 02/08/2022:  17:37:46

I had smoked salmon and leftover vegetable soup. I dropped 65 lbs by switching to a healthy diet and feel a lot better.

STUD - Posted - 02/08/2022:  18:39:59

Tonight: crispy turkey cutlets breaded with cornstarch, panko crumbs, and Hot Dirty Bird. Red beans and rice from an Aldi mix, and peas on the side:

 

STUD - Posted - 02/09/2022:  19:14:47

We made sandwiches with the leftover turkey cutlets. Al had a conventional one on a bun with lettuce, tomato, and mayo, and I had a quasi-gyro on naan with tzatziki sauce, tomato and onions. Leftover fries from lunch, all washed down with an alcohol-free stout from a local microbrewery, courtesy of my sister.

 

STUD - Posted - 02/10/2022:  19:02:26

Enchiladas tonight!
Vegetarian! ( shh...don't let Al know...he'll go ballistic! Fireworks in the White demesne, and not the good kind, heh heh)
Liz

 

STUD - Posted - 02/11/2022:  05:26:32

WHERE'S THE...BEEF..,!,! :0[

Edited by - STUD on 02/11/2022 05:29:15

STUD - Posted - 02/11/2022:  16:30:59

We kinda sorta tried to duplicate Brad's dinner from a few days ago: pork tenderloin seared and then baked with beef broth and apple cider vinegar. Baby carrots roasted with brown sugar and balsamic vinegar. Pretty not too bad!

STUD - Posted - 02/11/2022:  16:38:35

Where's the...Peas....... :0//

Michigan Lefty - Posted - 02/12/2022:  15:45:23

Fried northern pike fillets and "bagel bread."
Pike caught through the ice.
Bagel bread made with high gluten bagel flour with Trader Joe's everything bagel seasoning mixed in.

 

csrat - Posted - 02/12/2022:  16:09:21

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Originally posted by Michigan Lefty

Fried northern pike fillets and "bagel bread."

Pike caught through the ice.

Bagel bread made with high gluten bagel flour with Trader Joe's everything bagel seasoning mixed in.

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Oh yeah! That looks Great!