Brian T - Posted - 07/11/2020:  20:16:59

Flutz fer Fluffer
See if this copies OK. My recipe not less that 30 years old.
I recommend 2 batches for a family dinner, one for the meat, one for the veg.


4.16 FAJITA SEASONING MIX
For some reason, this was hard to track down. The expectation seems to be to buy the mix in a “brand war.” Anyway, the original was (cheap at the time) skirt steak, which is the diaphragm muscle of a cow.
- 1 tbs chili powder
- 1.5 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp salt and
- 0.5 tsp each paprika, black pepper, oregano, garlic & onion powders
- options: zest of 1 lime, maybe 1 tsp lime juice
- 1C each thinly sliced onions, peppers, some celery, etc.

Brian T - Posted - 07/12/2020:  12:04:38

Need a hot supper tonight. Potato skins, maybe?
Sure as Hello, snowed up top again above the tree line in the night.
Just cold rain down here in town. Expect to wear a winter coat outdoors today.

Enough rain that crap in the debris avalanche floods (4) is still coming down today.
10' deep on the existing road so they graded a sort of new one, 4x4 only.
One guy got whacked in a rock fall on Friday. Hospital condition unknown.

STUD - Posted - 07/12/2020:  13:45:10

Dawg day humid heat here...
Kinda nasty... everbody gots ah case of the azz.... :0/

Tuna Mackeroni salid....n Develed eggs....
Not much cookin with heat involved... ;0)

STUD - Posted - 07/12/2020:  15:17:43

Macaroni tuna salad and deviled eggs.

steve davis - Posted - 07/12/2020:  16:51:20

I think I'll have a green salad w/an avocado half and a fistful of Wheat Thins.
Wal-Mart apple pie under a Klondike Bar for desert.

bubbalouie - Posted - 07/12/2020:  18:03:47

We're having chicken thighs, broccoli & brown basmati rice.

I have to climb up & find my mason jars. We have a hankering for spicy pickled eggs & cheap beer.

I'll keep you posted.

Don't even get me started on deviled eggs! Fresh dill , smoked paprika. I don't know whether to eat them or rub them on!  So good your tongue will slap your brains out! 

Edited by - bubbalouie on 07/12/2020 18:16:13

Brian T - Posted - 07/12/2020:  20:15:03

I got a very useful deviled egg recipe from the nice people at Tabasco.
I prefer the taste from the Jalapeno over the heat of original.
I even got their cook book so long ago it wasn't on line!

I've got a good bar egg recipe now.

Mom's idea was to save the juice in a jar of garlic dill pickles.
Fill it with peeled HB eggs. Fill the head space with fresh vinegar.
Two fine slice garlic cloves and 1 tbsp ordinary table salt.
30 days in the fridge, write it on the calendar.

Potato skins tonight. Salami, grated cheeses, fine dice onions, S&P and a good glug of Worcestershire (Lea & Perrins is easier to spell.)

Wet Spaniel - Posted - 07/13/2020:  02:22:11

Lasagna last night, after a very pleasant afternoon in the garden with friends and a few bottles.

 

Wet Spaniel - Posted - 07/13/2020:  11:32:36

Duck and chips on the menu tonight

 

Wet Spaniel - Posted - 07/13/2020:  17:20:24

Confit duck we bought in France last year - we were celebrating our next trip which we’ve had to cancel til next year. I’ve never had diner type food in Canada, I’ve loved the meals I’ve ha d in the states, but whenever I’m in France, if it’s on the menu, confit du canard et pomme frittes wins every time.

 

STUD - Posted - 07/13/2020:  17:41:46

Liz cheated tanight....

Prefab porkchops...

An ..upgrade from...
Hospital food... :0/

STUD - Posted - 07/13/2020:  17:57:13

And now, brownies!
Liz

bubbalouie - Posted - 07/13/2020:  19:41:55

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Originally posted by Wet Spaniel

Confit duck we bought in France last year - we were celebrating our next trip which we’ve had to cancel til next year. I’ve never had diner type food in Canada, I’ve loved the meals I’ve ha d in the states, but whenever I’m in France, if it’s on the menu, confit du canard et pomme frittes wins every time.

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Confit! Duck fat Rules! It's better for you than butter. Duck braised in duck fat. So good.

Boil some small potatoes & then smush them on a sheet pan. Add herbs & duck fat & crisp them up.

Browse around in my Media cache if you if you want to see what we have for Canadian Supper here!

Wet Spaniel - Posted - 07/14/2020:  07:21:25

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Originally posted by bubbalouie

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Originally posted by Wet Spaniel

Confit duck we bought in France last year - we were celebrating our next trip which we’ve had to cancel til next year. I’ve never had diner type food in Canada, I’ve loved the meals I’ve ha d in the states, but whenever I’m in France, if it’s on the menu, confit du canard et pomme frittes wins every time.

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Confit! Duck fat Rules! It's better for you than butter. Duck braised in duck fat. So good.

Boil some small potatoes & then smush them on a sheet pan. Add herbs & duck fat & crisp them up.

Browse around in my Media cache if you if you want to see what we have for Canadian Supper here!

 

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I'll take a look Bob, I use the fat for roasted potatoes too - delicious!

Wet Spaniel - Posted - 07/14/2020:  10:11:39

They won’t be dinner tonight as I was cooking that at the time I spotted these two enjoying the clover in the fresh cut hay meadow next to my house. Wood pigeon is my all time favourite wild meat, it’s also my daughter’s favourite so I may have a fight on my hands. Cooked quickly and rare like fillet steak they are absolutely delicious.

Brian T - Posted - 07/14/2020:  10:59:47

Well done, Jonty! If it flies, it dies.
Several grouse species here and lots of migratory waterfowl.
No pheasant or turkey this far north.

STUD - Posted - 07/14/2020:  11:39:15

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Originally posted by figmo59

And now, brownies!

Liz

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They were burnt.. n went ovah the wall...New ovin learnin curve... ;0)

... :0/

STUD - Posted - 07/14/2020:  11:41:50

Nice job Jonty...!

Shootin N the cleanin..! ;0)

Brian T - Posted - 07/14/2020:  11:45:13

The best way to kill an oven thermometer is to use it in the oven.
Learned that when I replaced the bottom oven element.
I figure that brownies have a 5 minute window of success. Everything else is easier.

Wet Spaniel - Posted - 07/14/2020:  12:13:54

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Originally posted by figmo59

Nice job Jonty...!



Shootin N the cleanin..! ;0)

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Thanks Fig, I cheated with these - 22lr

on the cleaning, there's a trick that would work with your doves I reckon.  I'll email you a link to a video as I don't think it's everyone's viewing cup of tea.  At harvest time wood pigeon commit to decoys beautifully and a bag of 50-100 in an afternoon is quite normal, 300 is not unheard of.......you need a quick technique to get the breasts off when faced with a pile like that.

Brian T - Posted - 07/14/2020:  12:22:30

Looks like how we "field-dress" the grouse we shoot. Stand on the wings, pull the legs and
the breast comes free and clean with the wings. Chilled meats are the best.
One wing must be attached until we get home for ID purposes if stopped by a warden (10 of each species/day).

STUD - Posted - 07/14/2020:  15:15:11

For shame Jonty....

You should use a pellet rifle... ;0)

22 caliber... :0)

I gots ah 177 beaman that shoots 1100fps...
Deadly strait shooter too..!

Wet Spaniel - Posted - 07/14/2020:  16:49:49

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Originally posted by Brian T

Looks like how we "field-dress" the grouse we shoot. Stand on the wings, pull the legs and

the breast comes free and clean with the wings. Chilled meats are the best.

One wing must be attached until we get home for ID purposes if stopped by a warden (10 of each species/day).

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Similar Brian, I've done pheasants that method.  I do like to pluck and dress a pheasant to do it the justice it deserves but sometimes if they have been high birds and fallen a long way then your method is perfect.

Wet Spaniel - Posted - 07/14/2020:  17:04:21

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Originally posted by figmo59

For shame Jonty....



You should use a pellet rifle... ;0)



22 caliber... :0)



I gots ah 177 beaman that shoots 1100fps...

Deadly strait shooter too..!

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That's quick for a pellet gun. Anything over 12ftlbs gets the same legislation and regulation as a firearm here so I've never really bothered.  The two pigeons in my freezer weren't too bothered that the 40gn fo;;owed a trajectory akin to a 6 year old's drawing of a rainbow 

Brian T - Posted - 07/14/2020:  17:16:59

Those pigeons ought to cook up very well. So lean, it will be quick.
Ever do them up with some curry and garam masala?
Prefab Chicken Kiev from frozen here for supper.

STUD - Posted - 07/14/2020:  17:43:48

Well, it appears all has been forgiven for the brownie disaster:

STUD - Posted - 07/14/2020:  20:40:16

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Originally posted by figmo59

Well, it appears all has been forgiven for the brownie disaster:

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Redemption is ..good..! :0)

Wet Spaniel - Posted - 07/15/2020:  01:50:39

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Originally posted by Brian T

Those pigeons ought to cook up very well. So lean, it will be quick.

Ever do them up with some curry and garam masala?

Prefab Chicken Kiev from frozen here for supper.

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Brian, for me, they taste too good as they are for me to add any strong flavours to the meat.  Less than half a minute each side in a hot pan then left to rest for a while and they are like the fine quality steak.  If I'm feeling fancy, they sit really well on some salad leaves with warm black pudding and chorizo .

STUD - Posted - 07/15/2020:  05:36:50

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Originally posted by figmo59

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Originally posted by figmo59

Well, it appears all has been forgiven for the brownie disaster:

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Redemption is ..good..! :0)

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youtu.be/wDe-dI3c5d0

steve davis - Posted - 07/16/2020:  08:01:39

The rest of last night's Keag Combo Pizza.

Wet Spaniel - Posted - 07/17/2020:  14:18:29

Albeit slightly blurred - chicken tikka masala and a couple of naans

 

Brian T - Posted - 07/17/2020:  16:51:25

Pub: Halibut & Chips and a pint of dark ale.
I will take some salts:
1. Something that I don't have to grind up like Salish alder smoked.
Iceland volcanic salt.
2. Apple-wood smoked.
3. Cedar-wood smoked.

Artisan salt-making looks uncommon in South America.
Maybe I have not looked hard enough. Peru & Argentina.

STUD - Posted - 07/17/2020:  17:39:02

Duck...
Salid...
N...
Mochachip icecream with hot fudge...

Wet Spaniel - Posted - 07/17/2020:  19:27:28

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Originally posted by figmo59

Duck...

Salid...

N...

Mochachip icecream with hot fudge...

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You had me at duck. I love lean wild duck or fatty farmed duck, both have their own characteristics based around a basically same flavour - just need to adjust your cooking methods to suit.

a few years back I was heading to look at putting in some outside plant cables at a bed factory in a beautiful rural spot.  On the drive over, two ducks flew across the road and hit my windshield. I stopped my car to make sure they weren't suffering, one was the other was dead so I did (to me) the right thing and took care of the other one.  It would have been a shame to leave them by the side of the road so I took then with me with a view to cleaning/preparing then when I got home.  Turned up on site and the customer had some cable routes for me to measure so I excused myself to go get my measuring wheel out of the boot if my car, where it was sat next to two dead ducks........ long story short he came with me and after a while of me trying not to open the car boot fully I just had to 'fess up..... it's hard to put don in text, but it was a very funny scene....... I'll never forget having to say the words ''Jim, I have to confess - I've got two dead ducks in the boot'' 

STUD - Posted - 07/17/2020:  22:32:38

This was store bought duck..

I have only shot duck on salt waste marsh grounds...

Too fishy tasting fer me..
As with salt water geese..
I have not ever shot or cooked inland fresh water duck..

It might be like venison tho..
Where the shore deer eat lots of evergree... n taste gamey...
But inland deer eat in the corn fields...much finer meat.. :0)

STUD - Posted - 07/18/2020:  09:13:38

Ah day on the Island...
Dinner starts at noon.. n goes..all night :0)

STUD - Posted - 07/18/2020:  09:16:35

Oops...

 

STUD - Posted - 07/18/2020:  09:17:37

:0)

Edited by - STUD on 07/18/2020 09:19:01

 

steve davis - Posted - 07/18/2020:  14:13:53

Roast Beef Italian with an order of onion rings.
Well worth the 24 mile trip.

conniel - Posted - 07/18/2020:  14:32:37

1 hot dog

steve davis - Posted - 07/18/2020:  16:04:18

Thet weren't doing fried onion rings,today.
The sandwich stands well on its own.

Remsleep - Posted - 07/19/2020:  08:54:43

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Originally posted by steve davis

Roast Beef Italian with an order of onion rings.

Well worth the 24 mile trip.

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I love me some onion rings, but 24 miles is a long way to go! The best onion rings I ever had were at a pub in Manchester, MA, where they fried them in the same oil as the clams. Mmm, good.

steve davis - Posted - 07/19/2020:  09:46:14

The other half of last night's roast beef italian.

Wet Spaniel - Posted - 07/19/2020:  10:19:17

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Originally posted by figmo59

This was store bought duck..



I have only shot duck on salt waste marsh grounds...



Too fishy tasting fer me..

As with salt water geese..

I have not ever shot or cooked inland fresh water duck..



It might be like venison tho..

Where the shore deer eat lots of evergree... n taste gamey...

But inland deer eat in the corn fields...much finer meat.. :0)

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They are good Al, not fishy at all - I know exactly what you mean about coastal ducks.

some parts of the uk have salt marsh lamb, they are raised on the estuary flats and they have a unique flavour due to what they graze on - really good meat.

the place i hunt  deer is coastal, after a big blow the deer will head to the beach to eat the seaweed that's been washed up, but it doesn't affect the flavour of the meat.

Brian T - Posted - 07/19/2020:  11:41:38

The upper Fraser River valley, this the Robson Valley district, is a minor flyway for migratory waterfowl. They pig out in the pea and barley fields. The Canada geese are the small race, they rarely go 18 lbs live.

The local forest edges are so mixed with deciduous species and ranch crops that the moose, elk, white-tail deer, mule deer and bears don't eat the conifer trees or the salmon runs.

Having done all that, I still believe that a whole day of grouse hunting is the best medicine for my head. But if a local deer had an accident on my front door step, I would be the last to complain.

steve davis - Posted - 07/20/2020:  11:53:38

I feel a seafood basket coming on.
Shrimp,scallops,clams and haddock with a great homemade coleslaw.

I get two meals out of these.

Brian T - Posted - 07/20/2020:  13:10:15

The older I get, the more I think that it's really about the 'slaw.
That's what makes or breaks the meal.

Local pub serves beer-battered halibut and fries. I always ask for double 'slaw. I need it.
I can get DF haddock and yam/sweet potato fries in another joint. Same. Double 'slaw.

I used to share 71-90 shrimp with the cat until she discovered tuna.
Now I feed myself 16-20 prawns in several good home recipes that I like to make.

STUD - Posted - 07/20/2020:  17:03:20

Grilled pork tenderloin and cheese on rye...Liz had the low carb version, pork with leftover mango salsa from the island adventure. Marinated veg on the side:

 

STUD - Posted - 07/20/2020:  17:10:36

Swiss n pepper jack cheeze...! :0)