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Smoked Low Country Boil Meatloaf and Loaded Potato Salad.
Started with a pile of ingredients.
Chopped Shrimp, Crawfish Tails, Andouille Sausage, Lump Crab Meat, Shredded Shrimp and Fine Crab Meat.
All the things in the pool.
Added, Egg, Milk and Breadcrumbs as a binder.
Formed into a loaf pan and put into the freezer for 90 minutes.
All the ingredients for the Loaded Potato Salad.
All mixed together
Into the pellet smoker at 350F
50 minutes later its 160F IT...
Hey all, as some of you know I recently got a new to me Weber Performer. Life as with most of us has been busy lately… so after having it for a few weeks… finally got to do my Maiden Voyage with it. The bottom grate was able to save… the top one was trashed. So ordered a new cast iron one.
Had some friends with a PR they were not going to be able to use and needed used up. So, they sent it home with us. I owe them a dinner when life slows down for them. And yes, it will be a good...
Two small pork bellies smoked this morning. Ended with a IT of 135 F.
Odena (local grocery store) in Kakabeka Falls has had small pork bellies at a pretty good price lately so I bought two and cured them over the last 15 days. Smoked pretty much for 6 hours in the bradley smoker. Dang thing is 14 years old and still going 😋
Back in the fridge over night to set & mellow over night and then slice it up tomorrow sometime.
Nothing better then homemade bacon.
It was a little rushed for time, so I ran the temps up to 285*.
Our local store had beef short ribs on sale for $5.00 a pound, and chicken thighs for but one pk get the next for free. I started to short ribs first, with S&P, ran them at 285* for about 4.5 hrs . Then added the thighs seasoned with Heath Rile's Peach Jalapeno & a little Garlic Jalapeno. Ran the thighs for 50 minutes at 285* then bumped the temps up to 400* to crisp up the skin a bit before saucing with Kinders Chipotle...
I'm smoking a couple of pork shoulders I still had in the freezer from the end of last year. Got a base layer of rub on yesterday and let them rest in the fridge over night. Then lightly dusted with a sweeter run before I got them on the smoker a little before 6am this morning.
The early morning beauty shot. 📸
We were at the market last week and turkey legs were $3.99 a pound. About a buck more than last year. The legs were big! We bought three legs at $21 and change. About 1 1/2 - 1 3/4 pounds each?
Made up a batch of Pop's brine. Cut the tendons, into the brine, and into the refrigerator for 5 days.
Pulled the legs out of brine, put in the refrigerator overnight to dry.
It's 100 degrees outside to today. Pushing 85 inside without AC. A great day to keep the cooking outside.
Into the...
My son wanted to smoke a brisket while he was over. Used Holy Cow to season. He trimmed it. Still needs improvement but he supplied the meat.
I cooked up a breakfast scramble while we fed the fire. 5 pounds of beef bacon is what we used Grandson likes fries so I used them for the scramble
The brisket was wrapped in pink butcher paper at 165. And removed when probe tender.
The brisket was delicious. Tender and juicy.
So I had Friday planned as a honey do list day and Mrs C says why don’t we break out the boat……so out it came…..
So after a made scramble to get the the gear cleaned up and installed new batteries (10 years on the old ones….not more trust) got up to the lake after lunch and set 10 pots along the honey hole……they went in at 3 so this will be a short soak…..also trying 2 different tilapia as bait…..
Bing 3 hours later scored 17 nice crawlers! The water is still cold and interesting enough...
I must have been under a living under a rock for awhile, because I just recently learned about the vortex. Being cheap, an not really knowing if it would fit my need, I went the diy route. By cutting the bottom out of a large dog bowl.
The main reason for teying this was for chicken wings an trying to get that crispy skin.
Can't really say for sure if it was the result of the"vortex" clone. But I will be using this technique a lot more in the near future
My wife was in the mood for pizza and I don't think I've ever said no to that! She makes a great poolish dough that cooks up perfectly in our pizza oven.
I also picked up a new (to me) camera yesterday, so gave it a test run during the cook today. Appreciate you putting up with the photos (some teething issues on focus).
There was a thread yesterday about launching pies. If you look closely onto some of the launch photos you can see the corn starch which helps prevent it from sticking...
Make Your Own Pastrami + Reubens with Homemade Russian Dressing (recipes included)
SMF is like having your own personal pool of outdoor cooking experts and knowledge right at your fingertips. Literally the best resource on top of a community of a lot of lovely people.
All the St. Paddy’s Day...
Deviled Eggs
Ingredients:
6 eggs
1/4 c Mayonnaise
1 tsp mustard
1/2 tsp honey
1/2 tsp smoked paprika
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp brown sugar
1/4 tsp salt
2 slices bacon, fried crisp and crumbled
Instructions:
Add 6 eggs to a pot of boiling water, and boil for 10 minutes. Remove and rinse...
Perfect Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients:
5 lbs Yukon (any waxy) potato, washed/scrubbed, roughly peeled, and quartered
2 sticks butter, melted
1/2 c sour cream
1 cup heavy whipping cream or half and half
1 Tbs coarse black pepper
1 tsp fine or sea salt
Place potatoes in a large stockpot filled...
Pop's Brine
1 gallon water
1/2 cup kosher salt
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 TBLS cure one
1 tsp lemon or orange extract
Inject the turkey with as much brine as it will hold and soak overnight. Drain , rinse and pat dry. Place the turkey back into the fridge for an hour or so...
How To Make @jcam222's Keto-Friendly Baked Beans
Ingredients:
1 Tbs of @jcam222's sweet heat sugar-free rub (RECIPE), or to taste
6 cups of black soy beans, canned or pre-cooked
2 lbs bacon, fried and chopped
2 large onions, diced
2.5 lbs ground beef, cooked and crumbled
2 bottles of G Hughes...
How To Spatchcock (Butterfly) a Turkey
Materials needed:
Large cutting board
Sharp kitchen shears
Meat cleaver or large chef’s knife
Thawed Turkey (remove neck and giblets from inside the turkey; discard the pop-up thermometer and any trussings)
1. Place the thawed uncooked turkey on a large...
Recipe by @BrianGSDTexoma
Ingredients:
40 oz frozen corn kernels, thawed
2 cups heavy cream
2 tsp salt
4 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp pepper
4 tbsp butter
2 cups whole milk
4 tbsp all-purpose flour
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
How To:
In a large skillet, combine the corn, cream, salt, sugar, pepper...
Recipe shared by @BrianGSDTexoma.
My favorite restaurant Abuelo's in Plano Tx had my favorite shrimp cocktail. That place is amazing from their chips and salsa's to the Sea Bass and oh my the Flan! Everything is so good! During Covid they took it off the menu. The Bartender has worked there...
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