Shelby

I'll give more details in the morning, I promise Thanks for asking.

Those jalapeños are hot. And yes, cheddar cheese cubes. I like biting into a gooey gob of it

We have a success. Phew. I'm almost scared to start on breakfast burritos and dinner....... I have to show my newish little candy cane plates And this was dinner last night as the FIRST pot of ham and beans was cooking. French dip sandwiches The guys have loaded up and departed for the shooting house. Just to scout around and prep for in the morning. I'm off to do the first round of dishes and figure out breakfast, appetizers and dinner. I feel a glass of wine coming on.

Maybe with the force of EG behind me this will turn out ok lol. I don't want to see a bean or a ham for a loooooong time after this.

These are the ham and beans from hell I tell ya. Been pressure cooking for an hour. Beans aren't done. We will go another 30 mins and if they are still hard I'm throwing the whole damn thing in the river lol.

I think I know what you're asking, but I'm a ditz sometimes lol. I pressure cooked it for an hour and then I released the pressure to see if the beans were sufficiently done. They were, so I put it on the keep warm setting. I truly think the keep warm on this bigger pot is a lot less warm than my smaller IP's. Ohhhhhh trust me. I wanted to tell Ronnie to just take him to lunch somewhere, but our guest never wants to do that...he always wants to just come here. I am ever so grateful to have a lot of Rancho Gordo beans lol. And a husband that went to get another ham. And that the said ham wasn't frozen.

My IP is different than that....it defaults to low and 17 hours of keep warm. Low on my smaller IP's is just perfect. This one must default to a lot lower. I can change the setting between High Low and Custom (custom you can set your own temp which is what I'll be doing this next time ) Oh yes, it could have been worse and in the big picture it's not a big deal.....that's what I get for trying to get ahead of the game lol. And on the plus side, I have more ham to freeze.

Hello everyone! I made my ham and beans yesterday. Homemade broth, my canned tomatoes, Rancho Gordo beans...the whole shebang. It smelled wonderful. I left it in my huge Instant Pot over night on the keep warm function-- as I've done a million times before. Got up this morning, opened the lid to give it a stir. IT SPOILED. OMG it wasn't even warm. I guess the keep warm function was set at waaaay too low of a temperature. So, I'm doing it again. 🙃 This better be the best freaking ham and beans ever lol. Ronnie is in town getting me another ham. Our friend's flight is delayed a bit due to the bad storms over there.......sooooooo....that's my morning 😬. I'll be back with cornbread after while. Let's all say a prayer that I don't screw that up too lol.

YUM for sure! I do the same thing. They don't last long around here either.

Yeah there was no shortage of Cream of Mushroom for sure 🤣 Deer season opens on the 1st (Thursday) so they will deer hunt in the mornings and evenings and probably goose and duck hunt in-between.

I'm baaaaaaaaaaack. Let the disorganization begin 🤣. Our friend gets here tomorrow around 10:30 as usual. It's currently 33F and flurrying (is that a word?). Going to be cold the whole trip except for Friday. Better to be cold than hot for sure. Ankle still not right....but it's better than it was last time we were here so there's that. I might just have a permanent limp. Things could be worse and I now have a really good weather predictor 'cause it ramps up when it's cold lol. Got some Christmas put out. It feels cozy with all of the lights on at night. We just returned from going to the grocery store and Sam's. I was stupidly surprised at finding some shortages again! Sam's had no veg. oil or cream. Dillon's had no flour (well, they had the expensive King Arthur brand but not their Kroger brand) and no large containers veg. oil. A fellow shopper mentioned to me that she's fearing shortages again....I told her I'm thinking the same thing. Got to clean the fridge out and put groceries away. Then I'm going to make a huge pot of ham and beans. Things are up in the air so I want to be prepared. If they come home for lunch tomorrow then I'll heat the beans up and make a batch of cornbread. If they don't then I'll do the same thing, except for dinner .

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OH! I'm sorry! *settling back in my seat*

Thank you for the wonderful trip!

I've been craving ham. I love your broccoli cheese too

Uh yeah. This looks delicious.

I've been craving cabbage rolls for weeks. Yours look amazing! I'd definitely make soup. Uses up a lot.

After the Thanksgiving cook-a-thon I didn't want to do much on Friday. My frozen sauce with a leftover slice of green bean, blue cheese mushroom tart and a shrimp salad to use up the leftover shrimp. And last night, the real reason for making turkey. Sandwiches. Don't worry. I had my usual 4 fries after the picture.

After your roast, do a pork loin.

We would love to ...but keep in mind ours are wild....not as fatty and "good" as domestic. Also... it's tough this season. I'm sure you've noticed I'm not doing near as many geese or ducks right now. Soooooo dry..... maybe it will get better soon.

@Kim Shook Did you survive the turkey? We're worried about you lol.

I hope everyone had a good day yesterday! I started messing around in the kitchen around 11:30 yesterday morning--while watching soccer Got half a turkey breast ready to SV Also seasoned up a turkey quarter to roast, which I guess I didn't get a picture of. Deviled eggs and shrimp cocktail that I put out around 4 to snack on. Cranberry sauce--I really like this. Dump 3/4 bag of cranberries in a pot. Add a cup of sugar and the juice from a can of mandarin oranges. Bring to a simmer. Mush the berries until it thickens a bit. Add the rest of the bag of cranberries. Stir until they pop. Remove from heat. Stir in oranges. Green bean, blue cheese and mushroom tart I made THE green bean casserole. I used a lot more of those crunchy onion things than the recipe said. It was pretty good for me not really liking it lol. Ronnie was happy. Gravy Stewed tomatoes The turkey. Gosh it was good. Both cuts. SV'd at 142.5F for 6 1/2 hours. Roasted at 350F for about 40 mins until internal temp of 160. My plate When I took my bread to my sister in law she sent me home with her pumpkin rolls! She knows I love them So those and bourbon pecan pie for dessert

Can you speed it up in the Instant Pot? Similar to how you can speed up beans?

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I've put the turkey back in the fridge. I'll be there in about 14 hours.