OT: Whatcha Eatin?

[Finnish Jerk Train]

need incubation to write a cookbook pls

 

[Incubajerks]

i have no more than 6/7 first dishes i can cook, really got problems with second dishes, and i can't really cook desserts. I am more into picking the right wine to match what i am eating.

 

[raynman]

Incubation's posts in this thread remind me of The Sopranos when Tony, Chris, and Pauly went over to Italy and Pauly wanted to know where the macaroni and gravy was at dinner.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Ate at Sullivan's for the first time tonight. I had entirely too much food. I hate myself but I'm also v happy.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Tried a different recipe for marinara and meatballs last night. My kids said they prefer my marinara recipe better, but like this meatball recipe better. Of course, this meatball recipe is a mix of ground beef, ground veal, and ground pork and I usually don't use veal as it's too expensive so I'm sure that's part of it. I cooked some of the meatballs in garlic infused olive oil in a frying pan which put a nice crust on them and baked some in the oven. I think next time I'll try a combination, Cook them in oil for a short period then finish them in the oven.

Served with homemade whole wheat pasta, some fresh basil and a bit of grated romano.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

i am so hungry

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

I had ramen tonite. Why all y'all gotta be so fancy?

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I had ramen tonite. Why all y'all gotta be so fancy?

Because we have taste buds.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

i had teriyakin' so i am better now

 

[Wolfpuck]

I was hungry, but I ate Arby's, and now I'm full of sadness.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Got a gift card for The Butcher's Market for Christmas and I just now got around to using it. Got a three pound chuck roast and I'm making a recipe that a buddy sent me. I've never had it before but he raved about it.

And the recipe.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Got a gift card for The Butcher's Market for Christmas and I just now got around to using it. Got a three pound chuck roast and I'm making a recipe that a buddy sent me. I've never had it before but he raved about it.

And the recipe.

I make my pot roast in a very similar fashion, including the pepperoncini's. Comes out great the the peppers are fantastic after cooking all day. I'm sure you'll like it.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Making some cast iron pan pizza tonight. Super easy and tastes great.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

I make my pot roast in a very similar fashion, including the pepperoncini's. Comes out great the the peppers are fantastic after cooking all day. I'm sure you'll like it.

Yeah this is pretty delicious. Best part is I should have enough left over to take for lunch into work for the rest of the week.

 

[raynman]

Yeah this is pretty delicious. Best part is I should have enough left over to take for lunch into work for the rest of the week.

That does look tasty and I bet it'd be good with noodles or rice. Never had cooked pepperoncinis before, I am intrigued.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Going to try something different and hopefully it turns out. Was wanting pulled pork for dinner tonight, but don't have the time this morning / today for the 12-13 hour smoke/slow cook on the smoker. Thought about doing it in a crockpot, but while I like cooking some meats in a crockpot (like raynman's picture above), it does give it a "crockpot" taste that I don't like with pork (can't explain it, but it's always there). A friend of mine told me about a method he uses. He cuts the pork shoulder into 2-3 in chunks, adds rub, smokes them for about an hour, then tosses them into a pressure cooker for 45min-1 hour. Says he can't tell the difference so we'll see.

If it's a disaster, I may be sending my son out to a restaurant to buy some.

 

[Brock Ness Monster]

I unfortunately don't have a smoker so i threw my butt in the oven at 250 earlier.

Also low temp "fried" some wings yesterday to high temp fry later today. It's supposed to make them way crispier, so we'll see.

 

[raynman]

I cook pork butts or country style ribs in a crock pot quite often. After the meat is done in the crock pot I'll throw it in the oven on broil for about 10 minutes. I usually just cook the pork with onions so I can add different seasonings/sauces later depending on what I'm in the mood for. I really want to get a smoker next though to do some experimentation.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

chicken soup.

lots and lots of chicken damn soup.

 

[Oogie Boogie]

Going to try and put myself in a coma tonight by consuming a **** ton of pizza and wings RIP me

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I cook pork butts or country style ribs in a crock pot quite often. After the meat is done in the crock pot I'll throw it in the oven on broil for about 10 minutes. I usually just cook the pork with onions so I can add different seasonings/sauces later depending on what I'm in the mood for. I really want to get a smoker next though to do some experimentation.

A good, and very cheap smoker that I built for when I need it to be portable is made from clay flower pots. It's basically this one, although I made a couple of modifications.

I've done brisket and a few pork shoulders on it and they come out great. Frankly, every bit as good as when I do them on the Big Green Egg.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I'm also making a shrimp scampi over linguini with some homemade crusty bread tonight since my wife doesn't eat pork.

 

[Oogie Boogie]

I'm also making a shrimp scampi over linguini with some homemade crusty bread tonight since my wife doesn't eat pork.

I'm hungry now

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

So the I did the pork butt using the pressure cooker for 1 hour after smoking for 1 hour. Flavor wise, it really wasn't any different than if I had done it on the smoker for 12-13 hours. I cooked it a little too long in the pressure cooker though which made it a little less juicy. I added some of the drippings back which solved that issue, but I think 45 minutes in the pressure cooker would have been better.

I'll still use the traditional 12-13 hour smoke method in the future, but when crunched for time, I'll definitely be using this technique again as it gives you good, smoked pulled pork in just a couple hours.

Pork cut up with rub:

After 1 hour in the smoker, and put into the pressure cooker:

After 1 hour in the pressure cooker ready to be shredded:

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

The shrimp scampi came out even better.