Cheese Latkes

Also good the second time around.

Smoked Turkey Brats

I am guessing that Foxhollow had a couple of extra leftover turkeys, and decided to do a bit with it.  So the smoked brats were pretty good, even if they were turkey.  It has a nice smokey flavor, they should have these more regularly.

Smoked Turkey breast Sandwiches

Good taste, nice sandwiches, I still have some left, and it was good.

Grandma B's World Famous Enchiladas

I added more to this then the recipe called for.  I added some onion, garlic, a bit of dried jalapeno pepper.  It turned out well, though I should've heated up the tortillas a bit to make them, say, not break while I was rolling them up.  It still worked out well and tasted pretty good.  It was a great use of the Enchilada sauce.

Spicy Carrot Sandwiches

nom nom nom.  I used Grinnell Heritage Farms carrots, which have had the best carrots I have ever eaten (2 seasons ago, I think, so good I remember and still talk about then :) ).  It worked well with the sandwiches, I still wish there was a better sourdough bread around.  I really should look for one.

Bucatini all'Amatriciana (p115 Food & Wine September 2012) (cook pancetta first, take out and let rest and put in at the end)

Ok, so you change the order, and it goes from meh, to splendid.  So you cook the pancetta first until crisp, set it aside on paper towels, augment the rendered fat with some olive oil and continue the recipe as planned (minus the parts about Pancetta.

I used Pancetta Tesa from La Quercia and Pecorino Reserva.  I also got bucatini (thick long noodle with a whole in the middle).  The way this ended up working I got nice crisp salty pancetta, good cheese flavor and the tomato covered noodles.  Good stuffs, this way.