Outside the Brown Bag - Taking my Kitchen Toys to Work

[pastrygirl]

On 11/25/2018 at 8:25 AM, Kerry Beal said:

found a suitable vessel (don't worry it's brand new, never used)

 

Half the fun is guessing what you've appropriated ...  sharps disposal box?

[suzilightning]

11 minutes ago, pastrygirl said:

 

Half the fun is guessing what you've appropriated ...  sharps disposal box?

Looks like one to me...

[Kerry Beal]

3 hours ago, pastrygirl said:

 

Half the fun is guessing what you've appropriated ...  sharps disposal box?

 

3 hours ago, suzilightning said:

Looks like one to me...

Indeed it is!

[Kerry Beal]

 

Had the butcher at the Asian market in Hamilton cut me a couple of nice pork chops on Friday. Sous ve'd them and browned one of them yesterday for my dinner. That's peach and red pepper jam to go with.

[Kerry Beal]

First order of the day - cheese biscuits for the staff

 

[suzilightning]

3 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

First order of the day - cheese biscuits for the staff

 

Now John would take a spoon and scrape EVERY LAST BIT OF BURN off the biscuit as it "causes cancer".

[Kerry Beal]

17 minutes ago, suzilightning said:

Now John would take a spoon and scrape EVERY LAST BIT OF BURN off the biscuit as it "causes cancer".

Funny - the gang here just snarfed them down with nary a concern about carcinogenesis.

 

 

[suzilightning]

2 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

Funny - the gang here just snarfed them down with nary a concern about carcinogenesis.

 

 

Kerry,

 

He is psychotic about it. Course for many years he would NOT eat bacon as he read it caused raised cholesterol.  My mom challenged him to get his cholesterol checked...it was less than his weight (which at that time was 115lb for a 5'9" male of 34 years old).  He gets these bees in his bonnet and it is hard to shake them out.

[Kerry Beal]

13 minutes ago, suzilightning said:

Kerry,

 

He is psychotic about it. Course for many years he would NOT eat bacon as he read it caused raised cholesterol.  My mom challenged him to get his cholesterol checked...it was less than his weight (which at that time was 115lb for a 5'9" male of 34 years old).  He gets these bees in his bonnet and it is hard to shake them out.

You can tell a man - but you can't tell them much!

[suzilightning]

12 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

You can tell a man - but you can't tell them much!

NOOOOO...….

Actually my mom taught me to sing, at age 4 or 5, her favorite song...

 

You can tell the girls from Fredonia State

You can tell them by their walk.

You can tell the girls from Fredonia State

You can tell them by their talk.

You can tell them by their manners, their attitude and such.

You can tell the girls from Fredonia State

But you can not tell them MUCH!!

 

Mom was class of 1947, I am class 0f 1976.

Which is how I  the two kinds of beef on 'weck, sponge candy  and what Anchor Bar wings are as well as spiedies from Binghampton - halfway between Fredonia and Shelter Island are.

[Tri2Cook]

On ‎12‎/‎1‎/‎2018 at 2:28 PM, Kerry Beal said:

Another batch of Paul Young brownies. PB & J version.

And once again, thanks to Kerry, off to google I go... 

[Vapre]

On ‎12‎/‎2‎/‎2018 at 2:39 PM, Kerry Beal said:

 

Indeed it is!

 

Too funny, I laughed when I saw that pic. We have them in the lab, too.

Edit: Sharps containers, not Nanos.

Edited December 17, 2018 by Vapre (log)

[Kerry Beal]

Started the morning with some Kicked Up Cornbread for the staff

 

[Kerry Beal]

 

Blade roasts on sale at Sobeys this am - 1 hour in the Instant Pot - a bit of gravy with the juices on the induction cook top - lunch!

[rotuts]

@Kerry Beal

 

Blade Roasts are outstanding

 

there is a central membrane  , but  @work  ??

 

At first I thought I saw an Oyster shell or two

 

before I read the post.

 

would be nice on Mashed Potatoes 

 

just saying

 

not so much the Oyster Shells

[Kerry Beal]

Mashed spuds would have been nice 

[heidih]

Possiby the scariest post I've ever seen!  I had NO idea of origin before I read text. You make many happy

[Kerry Beal]

10 hours ago, heidih said:

Possiby the scariest post I've ever seen!  I had NO idea of origin before I read text. You make many happy

Not quite sure to which of my scary photos you are referring?

[JoNorvelleWalker]

4 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

Not quite sure to which of my scary photos you are referring?

 

My guess the sous vide setup.

 

[Kerry Beal]

 

making steamed cranberry pudding for Christmas dinner in IP - decided work might like one

[Tri2Cook]

52 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

making steamed cranberry pudding for Christmas dinner in IP - decided work might like one

I've never made or even eaten a steamed pudding. Are they as moist and dense as it sounds like they would be? I should be clear that moist and dense would not be considered a down-side for me. I greatly prefer most cakes and cake-like items I eat to have those characteristics. 

[Porthos]

7 minutes ago, Tri2Cook said:

Are they as moist and dense as it sounds like they would be?

 

... and wonderful.

 

My MIL used to make a steamed plum pudding, flamed with brandy, and served with hard sauce. She has long since passed away and several years ago I started making them, especially for my FIL, but it just didn't happen this year. I have taken possession of the mold. There will be more in the future.

[Kerry Beal]

20 minutes ago, Tri2Cook said:

I've never made or even eaten a steamed pudding. Are they as moist and dense as it sounds like they would be? I should be clear that moist and dense would not be considered a down-side for me. I greatly prefer most cakes and cake-like items I eat to have those characteristics. 

Dense indeed - fairly moist but still need the gobs of sauce. 

[Kerry Beal]

 

CSO on steam bake did an excellent job of taking a frozen tortiere given to me by @Alleguede and browning it into this lovely thing. Served to the nurses with turkey gravy.

 

 

This evening I managed to throw together this steamed pudding - sort of self saucing with lemon juice and golden syrup in the bowl first with a batter behind. Looks much better in the pictures. 

 

 

[Kerry Beal]

 

 

 

Galette de rois - made by @Alleguede - given to me frozen - steam baked for 35 minutes at 400 in CSO. Is it cheating when someone sees the feve in the next piece and plucks it out? Have they stolen someone else's luck?