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Ok, considering the Bradley and adding a PID, where do I look for directions/etc for doing this right?
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If you Post your location, I'm sure someone can come up with a good local butcher for some Prime beef, dry aged or not.
The cost of Overnight shipping will equal the cost of your product but I have had good experience with Lobel's.-Dick
Bud, we're in Hobbs, NM.
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heidih - that pasta (and those shrimp!) looks wonderful!
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Free form... and fast enough to keep the eats hot.
My grandfather (also a minister) is known to interrupt particularly long-winded prayers with "Amen!" and digging in.
And - to the question: free form for our family. It's entertaining to see what the kids come up with, sometimes.
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Of course. And our kids take turns doing it, the three older ones each have an 'assigned' meal (breakfast/lunch/dinner) so they don't fight over it (the irony!). I don't know what we'll do now that #4 is getting older and #5 is on the way. I guess we'll just have to eat more meals.
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Sylvia - I need a vendor that will ship the meat, as I'm in the Southwest US.
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I've been to the (one) local butcher, and there's some decent stuff, but I'm looking to buy something special.
Where would you recommend I go online for a reliably excellent pair of steaks to be shipped to me? I just need enough for two people, and I'm not picky about the cut, as long as it's truly excellent.
Any recommendations of vendors you've had a good experience with? Any specific products?
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...he eats very little that's green, very little fruit. I sneak in V-8 Fusion, and tomatos in sauce, which he loves (just don't ask him to eat a ripe one), and spinach and artichoke dip.
We have a friend whose kids are veeery picky, and we have to pull tricks like that when they come over. A few weeks back we had some adults over that refused to eat vegetables. I ended up wrapping asparagus in bacon to get them to eat it! -
Thanks for all the hard work this week! I know what it's like to juggle kids, cooking, and working from home...
BTW I'm making your veggie soup (the first one, with the cream, not the one you just posted although that looks good too) tomorrow night for dinner.
Cheers!
My pleasure, that soup is a great one to make and freeze in the chest freezer for quick meals.
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pastameshugana, nice food with interesting global influences?
How long were you in Banglore?
Pukka actually means "ripe" but typically is used in a context similar to how "right on" or "spot on" would be used in the West.
I have never had chicken curry pizza, though I love it on my dosa.
Percyn, We were there 2.5 years. It was a lot of fun!
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Intrigued by the discada. Had to do some research. This will be something new to try this summer!
I'm hoping to do some deep-frying in mine outside this summer, have fun experimenting!
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Wow! 5 kids! You're brave...I go crazy with three...do they help you out in the kitchen? Do you cook separately for them or do they pretty much eat what you do?
The three older ones are really wanting to help, so we've been finding them jobs to do. The 10 year old was slicing strawberries for breakfast the other day, which gave me heartburn, but I guess that's why they invented emergency rooms, right?
The kids were all raised to eat what we eat, but they have their picky moments. For instance, in the veggie pasta above, the 5 year old (the two older ones are at a friends house, Bhuwhahahahaa!) decided today she wanted no veggies at all. We told her she could take one of the ingredients out, her choice. She picked out the mushrooms.
On occasion, if we're going to eat something 'out there' we'll make something else, usually just a version of the dish. With pasta they will very often want it plain, with no sauce/etc. In those cases they have to have one helping with sauce, and then as much as they want without. We've been very blessed to have good (albeit very active!) kids.
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Ok, I hate to say it, but I'm going to have to wrap up the blog with one final meal. I've been balancing 15hrs/day at my 'real' job (thankfully I work at home), plus an annual project while cooking this week.
I must say I've had a blast, and have really enjoyed having you along for the ride! I've been a bit of a lurker here, and I'm glad to be able to 'give back' a little bit.
Here is last night's dinner that got postponed to today's lunch: Steamed Veggie Pasta. This is really one of my absolute favorite dishes, it taste's so much better than you can imagine by reading the ingredients or looking at the pictures.
Veggies chopped up (onion, zucchini, tomato, portobello, serrano and red jalapeno):
The little ramekins hold the secret ingredients: Coconut milk with about 7 cloves of diced garlic & black pepper in one, long serrano slices in the other. These heat up while steaming and are the sauce when it's done. Trust me, this dish demands coconut milk. I made it once with regular milk and I almost cried it was so sad.
I do the ramekins first to let the garlic & chili macerate it.
Put the 'hard' veggies in the bottom tray, salt & pepper, soft ones in the top, salt & pepper again.
Now, the 'romantic' way is to use the bamboo steamers and steam the veggies on the pot you're boiling the pasta in, and it works, it's just a pain b/c the pot has a tendency to boil over this way. You're also limited in the quantity you can make. I would recommend just getting a steamer for the veggies.
When the pasta is ready, strain it and toss the veggies with the 'sauce' and grated Parmesan in the noodles, and you're golden! Super healthy, colorful, really tasty. What more could you ask for?
I've made this with spaghetti, angel hair, bowties and penne - they're all wonderful.
Thanks so much again for reading.
Till next time,
Jonathan
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Are you looking to adopt, by any chance? Because I could easily be available.
It would be a full house, for sure. There's already 4 mini-meshugana's running around, with another 'in the oven'. It's a big happy family at our house. -
We went out and stumbled on an outdoor concert and stayed too long. Now I'm out if time to cook the pasta dish I've already prepped for. The good news is tomorrow's lunch is ready to go!
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When we were still in India and could buy it fresh and cheap: 5 teaspoons each darjeeling and assam black, steeped 5 minutes. Into 1 gallon of water with 1/2 cup sugar, 1tsp local honey and a dash of salt. It was the best I've ever had.
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Walnuts. I know I said almonds, but it's walnuts we've got. That feta combo sounds nice - I'll see what we can drum up!
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Today has started out crazy - so Mrs M did breakfast - French toast strips all around.
We've eaten so much pork this week, maybe something light tonight. Looking at steamed veggie pasta, and we've got some pears & almonds we'd love to make a salad out of. Any ideas?
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FOOD.. not FOOOd
No. Food is just...food. But Foood is something special.
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Beautiful - now we need one for the iPad for the kitchen.
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Pork wrapped pork! Yay! I think what that meal needs is some pork on the side.
It must be a theme for tonights dinner, over on my eG foodblog here I just posted the rest of this meal: Bacon, chorizo and pork discada:
Kim Shook - beautiful all American meal!
SobaAddict - that's a fabulous looking pasta dish.
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Well, we polished off the majority of the discada, and here's the (lengthy) tale:
Lard melted and 1lb bacon in (Bar-S, my childhood sweetheart):
After a few minutes, 1 can of Coke added to make a simmering sauce (most recipes call for beer):
Somehow I missed photographing the step where I pushed the bacon to the edge and added the chorizo to the liquid.
After that, push the chorizo out and add the pork tenderloin, plus the 'hard' stuff (chile & garlic):
Closeup beauty shot:
Long shot showing corn going onto the grill in the background (and Mrs Meshugana's ankle - woo hoo!):
Closeup of the corn:
Last step - adding the onions and tossing:
Yum! (bad pic, sorry, but I was preoccupied with stuffing my face at the moment:
The black is from (I believe) the coke carmelizing (burning?) onto the disco and being scraped off while tossing. It actually was an extremely tasty, salty sweet and porky crunchy substance that I intentionally scooped from the bottom of the serving bowl onto my tortilla. (Doesn't 'Salty Sweet and Porky Crunchy' sound like the name of a punk band's debut album?)
We used flour tortillas in the past, this time we had flour and corn. I must say, this meal calls for corn tortillas. Lightly fried in oil - that's the bomb.
Stuff a tortilla with the filling, cheese, crema mexicana (a cultured sour cream (not in the "pinky in the air while sipping tea" meaning of cultured, the "this milk has gone slightly off" meaning of cultured)), and a dash of El Pato.
Oi vey. I'm going to have to roll down the hall tonight.
Sweet dreams!
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I picked up some El Pato yesterday at the new El Super in Tucson. Made a quick salsa with one little can for a quick snack with chips.
Mmm. Me and the kids (the two youngest) actually dip potato chips in plain El Pato, which is a very tasty treat.
The joy of a still-warm hard-cooked egg
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Haven't hard-cooked an egg in years, but now I'm going to have to try just so I can try to 'blow' the egg out of the shell!