Dinner 2019

[Okanagancook]

Wednesday night we had bbq'd Jerk chicken.  Leftover potatoes browned in the air fryer.  Kebab veggies smothered in the last of the 'green sauce'...from up thread.

[HungryChris]

When I see the perfect sized clams, all tightly closed, at a good price, I am hard pressed to resist. Linguini, with white clam sauce.

HC

[kayb]

There was once a small neighborhood Italian restaurant in Memphis called Little Italy, with red checked tablecloths and Chianti in water glasses. It's where I learned to love linguine in white clam sauce. It's just not the same anywhere else.

 

[scubadoo97]

@shain  the lima beans look delicious but those potatoes look amazing.  

[weinoo]

 

Greek salad.  Cheapo pork chop, brined and pan fried. Wasn't bad. Local corn, too.

[Shelby]

More fish from Ronnie's trip.  This time it's Red Fish.  Our friend recommended his method for cooking it on the grill.  They leave the skin (scales?) on the back for this reason I'm guessing?

 

To with--all from the garden--fried okra,  new potatoes, tomatoes and Jaymes' squash

We obviously loved the fish

[Smithy]

13 minutes ago, Shelby said:

They leave the skin (scales?) on the back for this reason I'm guessing?

 

Were the other fish fully fileted? In Minnesota we have to leave a small patch of skin on when transporting the fish, so the species can be identified.

[rotuts]

@Shelby

 

Im missing a few things 

 

as usual

 

how did the fish get back from the trip

 

"" fresh ""

 

and re: the scales :  on the fish you grilled ?

 

is so, did you enjoy grilled scales ?

 

just asking

[suzilightning]

a cob of "white corn " and one of bicolor......

[robirdstx]

40 minutes ago, Shelby said:

More fish from Ronnie's trip.  This time it's Red Fish...

We obviously loved the fish

 

I love Redfish!

[suzilightning]

38 minutes ago, Shelby said:

More fish from Ronnie's trip.  This time it's Red Fish.  Our friend recommended his method for cooking it on the grill.  They leave the skin (scales?) on the back for this reason I'm guessing?

 

 

Is it red drum or red snapper?

Probably descaled it but the skin was left on, like we do with flounder....

[Shelby]

39 minutes ago, Smithy said:

 

Were the other fish fully fileted? In Minnesota we have to leave a small patch of skin on when transporting the fish, so the species can be identified.

Yes, others fully filleted.  Interesting that you have to leave skin on!  We don't have to do that here.

30 minutes ago, rotuts said:

@Shelby

 

Im missing a few things 

 

as usual

 

how did the fish get back from the trip

 

"" fresh ""

 

and re: the scales :  on the fish you grilled ?

 

is so, did you enjoy grilled scales ?

 

just asking

Our friend brought a soft sided Yeti cooler that he let us borrow to bring the fish home.  They airline made Ronnie check it and amazingly, after changing planes, it still arrived with his last flight just fine.

12 minutes ago, suzilightning said:

Is it red drum or red snapper?

Probably descaled it but the skin was left on, like we do with flounder....

Red Drum--after a google search.

 

I dunno, it was pretty hard like scales.  I love fish skin.  Couldn't have eaten this.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

16 minutes ago, robirdstx said:

 

I love Redfish!

 

I love bluefish!  Leftovers tonight or tomorrow.

 

[Shelby]

1 minute ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

I love bluefish!  Leftovers tonight or tomorrow.

 

Don't make me break out into Dr. Seuss

[Norm Matthews]

My son is having friends over tomorrow. His birthday was yesterday but friends are coming tomorrow. I smoked a brisket today, at least i started it and will finish it tomorrow along with some ribs and hamburgers.  The brisket flat was smoked to 195 and needs finishing tomorrow.  The point went to 204 and was done nicely. I cut it off and will finish it as burnt ends.  The strangest thing happened with my thermometer. After three hours, it read 193. There was no way that could be accurate. I switched probes and it still read 193.  I switched to another thermometer and it read 130.  I figured it was time to toss the first one and get a new one but when I took it inside and tested it again, it worked just fine.  Both thermometers are in the picture. The faulty one is the round one.The pictures are of the brisket about half way  through. I forgot to take one of it later. I cut some of the flat for our dinner tonight and it needs some more time in the smoker. I will put it back in tomorrow with the ribs. 

[robirdstx]

 

Steelhead Trout with Broccoli Fettuccine Alfredo

 

 

[suzilightning]

20 minutes ago, Norm Matthews said:

My son is having friends over tomorrow. His birthday was yesterday but friends are coming tomorrow. I smoked a brisket today, at least i started it and will finish it tomorrow along with some ribs and hamburgers.  The brisket flat was smoked to 195 and needs finishing tomorrow.  The point went to 204 and was done nicely. I cut it off and will finish it as burnt ends.  The strangest thing happened with my thermometer. After three hours, it read 193. There was no way that could be accurate. I switched probes and it still read 193.  I switched to another thermometer and it read 130.  I figured it was time to toss the first one and get a new one but when I took it inside and tested it again, it worked just fine.  Both thermometers are in the picture. The faulty one is the round one.The pictures are of the brisket about half way  through. I forgot to take one of it later. I cut some of the flat for our dinner tonight and it needs some more time in the smoker. I will put it back in tomorrow with the ribs. 

Wishing your son, Charlie, a wonderful day with friends and his dad BUT more importantly a healthy and peaceful next year....

[JoNorvelleWalker]

30 minutes ago, Norm Matthews said:

My son is having friends over tomorrow. His birthday was yesterday but friends are coming tomorrow. I smoked a brisket today, at least i started it and will finish it tomorrow along with some ribs and hamburgers.  The brisket flat was smoked to 195 and needs finishing tomorrow.  The point went to 204 and was done nicely. I cut it off and will finish it as burnt ends.  The strangest thing happened with my thermometer. After three hours, it read 193. There was no way that could be accurate. I switched probes and it still read 193.  I switched to another thermometer and it read 130.  I figured it was time to toss the first one and get a new one but when I took it inside and tested it again, it worked just fine.  Both thermometers are in the picture. The faulty one is the round one.The pictures are of the brisket about half way  through. I forgot to take one of it later. I cut some of the flat for our dinner tonight and it needs some more time in the smoker. I will put it back in tomorrow with the ribs. 

 

If you have only two thermometers how do you ever know what time it is?

 

[Shelby]

41 minutes ago, suzilightning said:

Wishing your son, Charlie, a wonderful day with friends and his dad BUT more importantly a healthy and peaceful next year....

Ditto.

 

You are an excellent father

 

[Dante]

On 7/29/2019 at 9:44 PM, Shelby said:

I've known many people that love eating raw potatoes.   Peeled of course.  With salt.  

 

I've always loved raw potatoes, since I was a small child. To this day if I'm slicing or dicing potatoes I'll grab a piece and eat it raw. 

[Okanagancook]

Must be issues with the probe/wire.

[Norm Matthews]

1 hour ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

If you have only two thermometers how do you ever know what time it is?

 

I have more that two.  I'd have to go count how many but it's at least two more.

 

[Smithy]

I FINALLY (finally!) got the shrimp, the corn and the time to make Maggie's Shrimp & Corn w/ Basil, blog post courtesy of @Kim Shook, with credit to @Maggie the Cat and Epicurious.

 

Well.  It took more time to type the sentence above than to pull together this bit of summer delight. I'm not a big fan of corn on the cob (heresy, I know) but good sweet corn OFF the cob is another story. I've never thought to pair basil and sweet corn before, but I won't forget it again. I thought those ingredients and the scallions and butter complimented the shrimp beautifully. My darling thought the shrimp got lost in the shuffle, but he thought the vegetables and seasonings played very well together. 

 

 

Thanks for pointing to that recipe again, Kim, some 5 or 10 pages back...and thanks for keeping it around on your blog!

 

[Norm Matthews]

1 hour ago, Okanagancook said:

Must be issues with the probe/wire.

 

I switched to a brand new probe and is still read wrong both in the meat and out.  Out of the meat with a previously unused probe,  it read the outside ambient temperature  as 120. Today was in the mid 70's. Ten minutes later with the old probe it started reading correctly. 

[Kim Shook]

1 hour ago, Smithy said:

I FINALLY (finally!) got the shrimp, the corn and the time to make Maggie's Shrimp & Corn w/ Basil, blog post courtesy of @Kim Shook, with credit to @Maggie the Cat and Epicurious.

 

Well.  It took more time to type the sentence above than to pull together this bit of summer delight. I'm not a big fan of corn on the cob (heresy, I know) but good sweet corn OFF the cob is another story. I've never thought to pair basil and sweet corn before, but I won't forget it again. I thought those ingredients and the scallions and butter complimented the shrimp beautifully. My darling thought the shrimp got lost in the shuffle, but he thought the vegetables and seasonings played very well together. 

 

 

Thanks for pointing to that recipe again, Kim, some 5 or 10 pages back...and thanks for keeping it around on your blog!

 

So glad that you enjoyed it!  It really is our official summer dish!