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2019 - Week 22 Cooking Results

Hamburgers

Beef from Lucky George, Cooked with a mix of salt and pepper, served on little buns. I had some gorgonzola one one and another cheese on another. Good things.

Hot Dogs

All pork, good things.

Channa Masala

Flat Bread with this, made for a good dinner. It did take a bit, to get this done, but after it was, it was quite tasty.

Baked Macaroni with Mortadella and Mozzarella

There was Mozzarella…well suspected mozzarella. As it stands I made a second visit for the week, No mozzarella so after giving a little crap, I bought a tome style of cheese and called it good. I think I should’ve added a bit more herbs and spices, but even so, it was pretty good.

Jammy Eggs, Bacon on Toast

Eggs go into container, Anova Sous Vide goes in, about 45 minutes later, jammy eggs, La Mie Multi-Grain Wheat, and some sliced turkey. Good Stuff. The bacon was a bit fuzzy, so I switched it out for so I switched it out for some turkey.

Smoky and Spicy Yogurt Marinated Chicken Kebabs Recipe

So I didn’t put this on the grill, or really kabob them, but I did cook them up nice in the oven. Then I served the on some flatbread with some arugula. Good stuff. It did take a bit to put it all together.

2019 - Week 22 Cooking

I took some time on Friday to call the office of Rep Chip Roy (R TX), for his grandstanding. I did have a nice conversation with one of his people, where we agreed to disagree, but the take away is Intent only matters to the degree of wrongness, its still wrong. However when trying to express that in this thread, including my compliment to his staffer, he chooses to retweet that, not the fact that his intent doesn’t matter when it’s harm that is being caused. Anyways, it was interesting to be included in a number of retweets of Texans. Anyways, if you want to complain about process, do so on something that actually brings harm to your constituents, rather then others, otherwise the gesture is at best grandstanding, but probably meaningless.

Anyways.

2019 - Week 21 Cooking Results

Salad w/ Chicken

Pile of arugula, some cheese, bread crumbs and some boneless chicken thighs. Easy meal for a warm day.

All Pork Hot Dogs

Mmm…pork.

Brats

Mmm… Pork. I couldn’t find the beer that went with these, Confluence Royal Roots, but they were still good.

Taco Salad

Chorizo…I did forget to add beans to it, but even so. Good stuff. I did add some of that Goya Sazon, since I’ve got so much of it left.

Egg and Merguez Wraps

Once again using some D’Artagnan Merguez. I had the day off on Friday (getting close to my bank max) so I made the hard boiled eggs earlier in the day between running around and doing chores. It came together pretty easily. I ended up using some leftover onions (from the taco salad). I added a bit of cheese to the mix. I forget ho much I like hard boiled eggs. We both really enjoyed it.

Ramp and Chorizo Quesadillas Recipe

This was quite good. Chorizo, ramps, cheese. Good things. It does look as if ramp season is over (unless something else pops up).

2019 - Week 20 Cooking Results

Tomato, ramps, sweet Italian sausage pasta

This did not quite work out like I thought in my head. I was ok, but not the profile that my brain thought it might be.

French Melt

I’m going to push this on the side. I apparently sprained my foot at some point this week, so the idea of standing around for 45 minutes to caramelized onions doesn’t seem like fun right now. I used the cheese and some of the Prosciutto to make grilled cheese.

Sous Vide Flank Steak with Garlic Butter with Roasted Asparagus Wrapped in Prosciutto

We ended up making tiny little steak sandwiches, as I think I intended to use the buns for the goat burgers, but forgot. I had some extra (I had more and had it for lunch today too)

Spicy Merguez Scramble

I did not end up making the bread, not that I ever had planned to, but it was good on just normal flatbread. I was hoping to use Lucky George’s Merguez, but I think I’m one of the few that buy it, strangely enough, my local grocery store had a stash from D’Artagnan…I actually did a double take.

Lucky George Grey’s Lake Nessie Brats

Beer and brats, it’s the combination that is a good thing. I did pick up some Grey’s Lake Nessie to match with the brats (had to make a second stop), but it was a nice pairing.

Goat Burgers

I added a bit of harissa, salt and pepper and cooked them low and slow. Good things.

I did end up having a couple of gin + sparkling water + the honey rhubarb shrub, it was pretty good.

2019 - Week 19 Cooking Results

Franny’s Rice and Beans (Milk Bar Life, p 102)

I was running a bit late, and decided that I wanted to do this, it did take a bit of time, but not to much, but it was a quite delicious meal to have. I’m not quite sure what the Sazon Goya added, but I do have a lot of it now (bulk on amazon, woo). I had it as leftovers the next couple of days, and it was good then too.

Tacos

Made with grass fed ground beef. My brain was playing the forgetful game and I forgot: sour cream, fresh onion, green onions. I made do, and toss the last of Franny’s rice and some other leftover rice that I had in there to. Still turned out pretty good.

Brats

Back to Lucky George and remembering to buy the beer with the brats, I clearly didn’t remember. But I wrote it down this time.

Ramp and Sausage Risotto

This is always one of those times of the year where you love what the early market brings you and you will miss it when it’s gone, but are glad for the cycles so you are fond of the season. This is good as always, and made for a lovely meal. I did have a minor WTF moment when I struggled to find the vermouth (I did, it was buried at the back of the liquor cabinet).

Mongolian Beef

So uh…this involves frying things…I don’t particularly like frying things, so skipped.

Pasta with Chicken, Tomatoes, and Feta

We tried the still in development Farmstead Feta from Lost Lake Farm. And while it was a bit salty by itself, it was nice mixed with the other things. Good dish.

Pinto Bean and Corn Dip with Cilantro

Relatively easy to put together, I may have added a bit more spice then needed, so it was a bit hotter then I suspect the recipe intends, but even so, it was pretty good. Maybe I’ll make it for a party or something. This was made for Shannon’s work thing, but there were leftovers

I also took the time make a honey rhubarb shrub. I have not tried it yet

2019 - Week 18 Cooking Results

Citrus Cookies (Milk Bar Life, p 62)

This had a lot of zest. Like a whole lot. Like the kind of amount that I would expect to see a couple of cooks in a kitchen to do it. That being said, these turned out amazing. They are not an easy make, something to pull off at a short notice, but quite good. For me, it allowed me to work off a bit of frustration with my experience with Enterprise. I will state that it wasn’t fair for me to be frustrated and not watch Game of Thrones, but I was not in the best of moods, and it was better to just concentrate at the task at hand. I do still have the juice…

Franny’s Rice and Beans (Milk Bar Life, p 102)

Delayed!

Orecchiette with Sausage and Fennel

A little easy, I may have overcooked the fennel a bit, and let the water evaporate a bit too much. That being said, it generally came out ok. I tossed a bit of Parmigiano Reggiano in there too to top it off.

Chickpea and Chorizo Tostadas

Meh, it was fine, it was quick.

Mutton Burgers

Always good.

Ham Salad

My ham may be a bit dryer than the ham they were expecting so I think I should have added a bit more mayor something. That being said it was pretty good.