pastameshugana

I would personally prefer door #2) the thicker / curry-like consistency. That'll give you a little more adhesion to your meat.

This looks spectacular.

Mrs. Meshugana marinated some good looking tri-tip today, but it slipped my mind until late in the game. I wanted a long, slow cook but only had an hour. So, one hour in a 170f oven, then a quick sear on the grill: Turned out MUCH better than I was expecting. My lovely wife made corn and mash, and daughter #1 made an arugula salad with walnuts, blueberries, feta, dill and some other things. She's a bit of a virtuoso in all things salad - and it always works way better than it should.

This looks amazing - is that your own recipe or ??

I baked my first sourdough today using 'Reinhard', my new pet starter. It's an organic rye and water, I've been feeding for about a week. The flavor of the bread was great, but it was a little more dense than I'd prefer. I think it's because I ended up with too much dough and tried to force it into three baguettes, rather than holding some back - so I didn't get enough stretch on my shaping and ended up with HEAVY loaves. Mr's M made a breakfast hash with veggies and sausage, egg and avocado on top. This certainly hit the spot! Paper plates when all the kids are home. It might not be environmentally friendly, but it's certainly clean up friendly.

This is something worth breaking a diet for.

We installed this off brand one I got at amazon five years ago. Not a blip or a glitch. The high fan setting is noticeable but not obnoxious, and it’s powerful enough to conquer frying bacon or searing steaks.

Lol. I've got a 90yo widowed grandfather, and when any home nurses come around we all secretly cringe/pray/hope he behaves.

In February I had to make a quick business trip to Ho Chi Minh City (got out just before Covid shut everything down). In the airline lounge in Seoul, this was better than anything they were cooking: Then I made a stop at the grocery store to fill up the empty space in my suitcase with: Why buy souvenirs when you can buy cheap noodles? One of my favorites was this one: I’ve noticed that Costco has started carrying a cup noodle type Pho variant that is actually made in Vietnam. Of course nothing like Pho, but it’s a nice quick bite. My kids love it.

An absolutely beautiful scone! What recipe do you use?

Too funny.

My family and I lived in India, and our favorite pastime was buying masses of books at the western mall. They were dirt cheap, so we bought literally hundreds. Somehow I got onto a roll reading about food, and Stevens book Turning the Tables ended up in the pile. The bit about learning to dice an onion captured me, and I’ve been here since.

There’s a hotel in San Luis RC, Mexico that features green chile beef tongue stew in their breakfast buffet, and it is probably the only thing worth recommending the hotel for.

Hear, hear!

It's amazing how profoundly nostalgic food can be. And ah @Fat Guy... I discovered eGullet because of "Turning the Tables". I read it while living in India with our three oldest kids. I still remember his posts, and for some reason the one that often comes to mind is when he was exploring 'composed salads' and PJ's response to them.

@Ann_T I am still so envious of your bread, looks amazing. Over in the dinner thread I smoked another pork butt and made my first attempt at rolls tasted so good. I don't normally eat breakfast unless there are compelling leftovers: Heated some of the pulled pork and toasted the roll in the grease, then fried an egg and topped with Tapatio. I had to eat in the kitchen it was so messy, and I would pay money for this sandwich any day.

Lol - yes big buns for the win. The 'pork butt' weighed 9lbs give or take. The other one...less than it did last year!

I smoked another pork butt (why do we call it that?), 24hr marinade and 10hr cook time. Mrs M made the marinade (pineapple juice, apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, red chili flake, salt/pepper, mustard & a few others I'm forgetting). The marinade got reduced into the basting liquid for the smoke, and then treated again with the pan drippings from the smoker to make the sauce for the sandwiches. She also made the coleslaw for the topping and some amazing homemade baked beans that I managed to not get a picture of... I baked the rolls/buns - my first attempt at these. I used a recipe for Vienna rolls from Secrets of a Jewish Baker, I love the addition of malt syrup. My only gripe is that my portioning was wonky, so I had big and small rolls, which cooked slightly different. The smaller ones are slightly over, the big ones are just right. Sandwiches turned out great!

Good catch on the protein variation, thank you!

Just curious if anyone has had any experience good or bad with the bulk AP flour you can get at Costco, link here. Just doing enough baking that buying little bags isn’t going to cut it any longer, and this is easily accessible. Primarily baking various breads at this point, working through recipes and practicing.

How do you know Bob? Looks delicious btw.

Certainly a foolish bit of self-deception...

Sounds great!

@shain I love the egg salad. Going to have to try that. Ham and cheddar on my bread (that I am shamelessly inserting into every thread and real life conversation):

Your bread always looks so incredible and tasty. What is this one? The crust looks amazing! I'm a bit of a neophyte, but I baked bread last night over in the dinner thread, and as I don't usually eat much for breakfast, just a slice (or three) toasted in butter this morning...