Food Thread

[billchao]

3 minutes ago, ChetlovesMer said:

Dude, that looks pretty damned yummy. 

Yea I was joking. It was damn good. One of the few meals in my life I have cooked that I was 100% satisfied with.

[boogielicious]

1 hour ago, billchao said:

I’m not a closet Italian, I’m an adopted son. My uncle is Italian, he and my aunt are the ones to sponsored us to come to the USA, and my stepfather is Italian. We went to Sunday dinner at his mother’s house (“grandma’s”) for years.

So I guess we could be cousins!

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Dinner in Seville Spain this evening. Calamari, steak, fried anchovies, ox tail, etc. Christopher Columbus is in the building behind us. Not alive of course. 

Edited October 7, 2023 by snapfade

[StuM]

Making green tomato relish.  This is 2 batches and should be @ 16 pints. We way over bought ingredients so I guess they will holiday gifts this year.  I think we will have close to 80 pints when done.

 

[StuM]

6 hours ago, StuM said:

Making green tomato relish.  This is 2 batches and should be @ 16 pints. We way over bought ingredients so I guess they will holiday gifts this year.  I think we will have close to 80 pints when done.

 

Round 1 done, got 43 pints today.  Another round tomorrow.

 

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Start a contest here and give some away as prizes.

[StuM]

1 hour ago, snapfade said:

Start a contest here and give some away as prizes.

I’ll think about that, any ideas?

[snapfade]

On 10/8/2023 at 4:52 PM, StuM said:

I’ll think about that, any ideas?

Best meme

Post a pic of your dog, ugliest one wins. Can substitute dog for car, cat, etc.

Who has the most number of golf clubs in the garage.

Funniest YouTube/ Tic Tok video.

You are of course the judge. 

 

[StuM]

I am not a huge Salmon lover but this was pretty good.

Edited October 11, 2023 by StuM

[saevel25]

Trying my hand at some Detroit style pizza.

[dennyjones]

32 minutes ago, saevel25 said:

Trying my hand at some Detroit style pizza.

We just bought the same oven.   Love it so far but still learning about all it can do.

[iacas]

1 hour ago, dennyjones said:

Love it so far but still learning about all it can do.

Doesn't seem like a ton… Looks pretty small, with very little headroom.

[saevel25]

1 hour ago, dennyjones said:

We just bought the same oven. 

The Breville? If so, then I've had that for like 9 years. It's a pretty decent toaster oven. 

 

[Darkfrog]

2 hours ago, saevel25 said:

Trying my hand at some Detroit style pizza.

Detroit pizza is awesome IMO.

Breville toaster ovens (or countertop ovens, as they like to market them) are great appliances if you have the counter space for one - they have a large footprint.

My wife and I got the original one as a wedding gift in 2009 and had it close to 10 years, and then I got a demo unit of the Breville Joule smart oven+air fryer for beta testing (I'm a member of Breville's research kitchen so I participate in focus groups and trials for new products). These multi-purpose ovens are surprisingly versatile, the new ones have 2 levels of convection, and have a large enough volume so they can handle things like a roast chicken no problem.

The only things I don't like about it is that (1) it is a PITA to clean, and (2) it makes toast really slow compared to a traditional toaster, like 4-6 minutes or longer depending on how toasted you like toast.

 

[billchao]

Thanksgiving dinner for 5. I’m going to be eating a lot of turkey for the next couple of days.

[StuM]

24 minutes ago, billchao said:

Thanksgiving dinner for 5. I’m going to be eating a lot of turkey for the next couple of days.

Is that a deep fried Turkey?

[billchao]

Just now, StuM said:

Is that a deep fried Turkey?

Nope. Herb butter under the skin in a convection oven, dry brined for 24 hours. Makes for very crispy skin. It cracked when I carved it.

I love eating turkey skin. It’s the main reason I cooked it in the oven this year after smoking it for the last three years in a row.

[StuM]

4 minutes ago, billchao said:

dry brined for 24 hours.

I’ve never tried a dry brine.