Kicking back in Manitoulin

[Kerry Beal]

43 minutes ago, Anna N said:

 

A divided CSO baking tray. 

 

 

 

Some times I forget to engage all thrusters. Today was one of those days. I wanted some char on the peppers so turned them over so the filling was down. DUH!  So I did my best to scrape up all that lovely cheese and spoon it back into the peppers. SInce Kerry knows about cheddar Smokies I will let her comment on what she thought of them being sous vided.  I suspect she would have preferred finished the Little Green Egg. 

Nothing wrong with sous vided - they were cooked very nicely - a little char on the Little Green Egg would have been an addition bonus I suppose.

 

[ElsieD]

At what temperature and for how long were the sausages  cooked?

[Okanagancook]

http://www.seriouseats.com/2016/02/the-food-lab-guide-sous-vide-sausage.html

 

here is the link provided for sous viding  sausages

[Tri2Cook]

3 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

shit hawks escaping me 

All you needed was half a sandwich or a small bag of chips or something that you were trying to eat and instead of escaping they would have been circling and diving while you hoped they didn't live up to their nickname. 

[lindag]

29 minutes ago, Tri2Cook said:

All you needed was half a sandwich or a small bag of chips or something that you were trying to eat and instead of escaping they would have been circling and diving while you hoped they didn't live up to their nickname. 

 

SHITHAWKS???

Good grief, I've never heard of such a thing, and I can only imagine!!!!   EEEWWWW!!!!

[gfweb]

Shit hawks and flying rats (pigeons). Vermin mostly.

 

[Anna N]

10 hours ago, ElsieD said:

At what temperature and for how long were the sausages  cooked?

65°C for give or take two hours. 

[Anna N]

10 hours ago, Okanagancook said:

http://www.seriouseats.com/2016/02/the-food-lab-guide-sous-vide-sausage.html

 

here is the link provided for sous viding  sausages

I have to say for my part that they required far less attention than sausages usually do.  Certainly would be my choice of preparation going forward. 

[Kerry Beal]

A perfectly respectable breakfast!

 

[Anna N]

Good morning. A beautiful morning in Little Current. Looks like a rainy weekend coming up, though. 

 

 

Not really an egg McMuffin as I opted to put the cheese on the broccoli. 

 

 

 

[Anna N]

 

 

 I will insist that the idea had merit. The execution had not so much.

 

 Kerry bought some rolls yesterday with a view to using them with the cheddar Smokies.  That did not come about but I was inspired by them to think of a lobster roll.   Obviously lobster is not  something one generally has hanging about in the kitchen but there was still some of that chicken rescued from my attempt at stock. Why not a chicken roll I asked? Well because these rolls are just not suitable!   They are lacking any sense of decency to stay in one piece.  But it was a tasty lunch anyway.  Mayo, onion and chicken on one side, tomato and mayo on the other side and a healthy dusting of salt and pepper on both.   A bib was not optional. 

 

[chromedome]

19 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

 

...shit hawks escaping me...

 

To me and my fellow "base brats," growing up, they were referred to as the Newfoundland Air Force GU-11.

Yesterday as we were coming out of my local No Frills with my GF's wee granddaughter (age 2) in the basket of the cart, she laughed at the birds orbiting the parking lot and began chanting "It's not a eeeeaagull, it's a seeeeagull..."

[suzilightning]

23 minutes ago, chromedome said:

To me and my fellow "base brats," growing up, they were referred to as the Newfoundland Air Force GU-11.

Yesterday as we were coming out of my local No Frills with my GF's wee granddaughter (age 2) in the basket of the cart, she laughed at the birds orbiting the parking lot and began chanting "It's not a eeeeaagull, it's a seeeeagull..."

actually there is NO SUCH THING AS A SEAGULL  according to himself.  I grew up calling them that but according to AOU (American Ornithology Union) they don't exist.

Love...love...love Kerry's breakfast.

Maybe more of a chicken salad and leave the rolls hinged, Anna?

Sooooooo enjoying this as usual.

[Kerry Beal]

Bib not optional lunch for me - a bastardized Hopin' John - it used up one of the leftover chicken thighs with shallots, some green onion, bit of red pepper, dressed with MW, sriracha and cucumbers. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[FauxPas]

On 7/20/2017 at 10:12 AM, Anna N said:

 I will throw it in the freezer and see if we use it before we leave.  At the very least I made some room in the refrigerator. 

 

 

How much freezer space do you have over there? Do you have an auxiliary freezer as well as the one in the fridge? 

[Anna N]

31 minutes ago, suzilightning said:

leave the rolls hinged, Anna?

 I thought I did well to keep them from turning into instant breadcrumbs.  

[Anna N]

26 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

a bastardized Hopin' Joh

 Suspect that Kerry meant "roti John" as  we made them another time up here?  

Edited July 21, 2017 by Anna N (log)

[Anna N]

16 minutes ago, FauxPas said:

 

How much freezer space do you have over there? Do you have an auxiliary freezer as well as the one in the fridge? 

 Just the over the fridge freezer.  Fridge space seems to become much more critical than freezer space up here.  Cocktails seem to take precedence over food since one crisper drawer is filled with lemons and limes leaving very little room for vegetables.

[Anna N]

 As you may have guessed not much is happening here today. I have done some housekeeping chores and I'm currently defrosting some shrimp. No formal, and I use that word loosely,  evening meal is planned.  The shrimp will make a fast and satisfying refueling stop for Kerry if she gets too tied up in emerg. I have had breakfast and lunch so probably won't want very much this evening.  Sometimes it's nice to have a down day.

[suzilightning]

24 minutes ago, Anna N said:

 Just the over the fridge freezer.  Fridge space seems to become much more critical than freezer space up here.  Cocktails seem to take precedence over food since one crisper drawer is filled with lemons and limes leaving very little room for vegetables.

As well as it should be for you folk........

[Anna N]

Some people claim the universe is held together by duct tape. I say a kitchen without a roll of masking tape is a poor excuse for a workspace. Somebody appears to have absconded with our roll of masking tape.  I have added same to my shopping list.  How is one supposed to temporarily label things without a roll of  masking tape I ask? And how can one possibly emulate Thomas Keller without a similar means of labeling things? OK I know he insists on blue  painters' tape but we don't all have his bank account. 

[MelissaH]

10 hours ago, Anna N said:

I have to say for my part that they required far less attention than sausages usually do.  Certainly would be my choice of preparation going forward. 

We will sometimes do brats sous vide, in beer of course. Because of the beer, this is probably the one thing (other than eggs, which come pre-packaged) that we use a ziplock bag for rather than vacuum sealing.

[Tri2Cook]

2 hours ago, Anna N said:

Sometimes it's nice to have a down day.

Yes it is.

[Anna N]

Kerry usually makes our cocktails but she can't drink tonight being on call and stuff. But that shouldn't stop me now should it?  I could, if pressed, put together a negroni. But I took the lazy route and poured myself some more of our "aged" cocktail. 

[lindag]

1 hour ago, MelissaH said:

We will sometimes do brats sous vide, in beer of course. Because of the beer, this is probably the one thing (other than eggs, which come pre-packaged) that we use a ziplock bag for rather than vacuum sealing.

 

I think about your sophisticated cocktails while I'm drinking my boring old Gin & Tonics.