Manitoulin Unravelled

[Shelby]

A couple of my two favorite toys   Chicken looks excellent.

[Anna N]

On the way

 

Potatoes browned in duck fat, stabbed to break skin, 1/2 cup stock added and then 5 minutes high pressure, quick release.

 

 

Beans and tomatoes tumbled into a "blossom" steamer and placed on top of potatoes. High pressure for 1 minute with quick release.

 

 

Chicken, just under 4 lbs. would not fit on rack in pan!  Steam bake 450 F X 20 mins, switch front to back, foil shield, cook 20 mins more.  

Edited August 1, 2016 by Anna N (log)

[Anna N]

 

 

And for dessert. 

 

[FrogPrincesse]

1 hour ago, Kerry Beal said:

Dinner via CSO and IP.

I know IP as intellectual property. Is it equivalent to PC (pressure cooker) in your case? Thanks!

[Kerry Beal]

4 minutes ago, FrogPrincesse said:

I know IP as intellectual property. Is it equivalent to PC (pressure cooker) in your case? Thanks!

Yup - Instant Pot - one of the 2 current abbreviations that are driving people on eG crazy! Just rubbing salt - don't mind me.

[FrogPrincesse]

@Kerry BealHaha. Thanks Kerry!

[pastrygirl]

5 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

Was just working on my submission for a workshop for the NorthWest Chocolate Festival and lost track of time. 

 

Oh boy!  Have you been before?  I might have to actually pry myself away from my booth this year if you're presenting. This'll be my third year as a vendor, haven't been as a visitor in quite a while. Oh yeah, better get my fee paid soon 

[blue_dolphin]

8 hours ago, Anna N said:

There is only so much we can store/eat in the last week.

 

LAST WEEK!!!  

Awwww, so soon - !  I look forward to this last week and thank both of you for taking us along once again!

[Kerry Beal]

9 minutes ago, pastrygirl said:

 

Oh boy!  Have you been before?  I might have to actually pry myself away from my booth this year if you're presenting. This'll be my third year as a vendor, haven't been as a visitor in quite a while. Oh yeah, better get my fee paid soon 

My first time - didn't find out about it until too late last year. I'm hoping they'll let me do a demo to the professionals on tempering - my proposed subject "what to do until the Selmi arrives"!

[pastrygirl]

28 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

my proposed subject "what to do until the Selmi arrives"!

 

Buy an EZtemper, of course!  

 

Sadly, dropping my name won't get you anywhere, they are more focused on bean to bar than chocolatiers, but it is a large and fun event. We Seattle-ites do love our chocolate. Hope to see you there. 

[Anna N]

Good morning. We watched the fireworks from the balcony last night until the mosquitoes drove us indoors. Breakfast is all home made -- Kerry's soda bread and Kerry's jam made using her own apple pectin. 

 

x

 

 

[Kerry Beal]

 

Shrimp Rolls - mine with Miracle Whip, Anna's with Hellmans, and green pea coconut soup.

[Kerry Beal]

 

Rainbow sour

[ElainaA]

1 minute ago, Kerry Beal said:

 

Rainbow sour

 I'm not much of a cocktail drinker  (Wine, now, that's another story.) - I'm more interested in the chocolates in the background.

[Kerry Beal]

Sorry - just correcting the inadequacy of the sour in the sour - somehow I translated 3/4 ounce lemon to 1/4 ounce - and our sour wasn't very sour. I was going to post about the chocolate before I was taken off for the very important task of squeezing another lemon and rectifying our cocktails.

 

 

Second batch of black garlic caramel - first batch as you may recall I forgot the butter! Took the side rails off this am and after we returned from the Flee Market I discovered it had slumped.

 

 

So threw it back in the saucepan, melted it out and reboiled to 123º C. Original recipe called for 118.3º C.

 

After it had firmed up and I removed the sides and determined it didn't slump - I put a back on it, cut it into pieces and dipped them in a mixture of milk and dark chocolate.

 

 

With my leftover chocolate I added some cut up dried strawberries and made some bark.

 

 

 

[ElainaA]

I would choose the chocolates over the cocktail.

[Anna N]

7 minutes ago, ElainaA said:

I would choose the chocolates over the cocktail.

Might be a tie for me. Chocolate covered black garlic caramel is surprisingly good. But so is the cocktail. 

[Kerry Beal]

 

Last of the lamb chops. Mash done in IP, peas started in CSO - finished in nuke.

[sartoric]

2 hours ago, Anna N said:

Might be a tie for me. Chocolate covered black garlic caramel is surprisingly good. But so is the cocktail. 

I'll take both

[Okanagancook]

Kerrybeal, those chops look fantastic.  Nice and thick so one can get a good crust without over doing the meat...GBE no doubt.

[Kerry Beal]

27 minutes ago, Okanagancook said:

Kerrybeal, those chops look fantastic.  Nice and thick so one can get a good crust without over doing the meat...GBE no doubt.

Anova then mini BGE.

[Kerry Beal]

 

Rounds

 

 

ER

 

 

Have been sitting on the dining room table for a week and needed dealing with

[suzilightning]

On ‎7‎/‎29‎/‎2016 at 0:01 PM, Anna N said:

She has a very adequate vocabulary. Not used often but.....

As my grandmother used to say

 

"sometimes you have the lyrics....sometimes you have the tune

BUT

sometimes the lyrics and tune come together"

 

(explaining why she did NOT approve of "bad language" unless in exceptional situations - like the time a police officer pulled her over at  1130 pm in 1952 when she "ran" a red light after sitting at it for over 5 minutes with absolutely NO traffic either way in Southampton NY....my grandfather just sat there and somehow didn't laugh)

[Kerry Beal]

Leftover mash fried up with onions and cheese.

 

[Anna N]

So for days I have been trying to fit in some poached eggs on toast. How difficult can that be you ask. Well one day we were low on eggs.  One day there was no suitable bread.  Many days I was tempted instead by Kerry's baking in the early morning but today it all came together. 

 

Poached eggs seasoned with with lots of pepper and some Maldon salt (not because one must but because one can).