What's on the table tonight?

[corkybstewart]

In the same vein as the "What are you drinking right now" thread, what's for dinner and what are you drinking with it.
I just finished a plate of spaghetti with meat sauce, with a Chimay Red. I used a pound of ground buffalo(the store was out of their super lean ground beef), mixed with sauteed celery,bell pepper, yellow squash, onion and fresh mushrooms. The sauce was made from scratch, using some tomatoes from the garden along with thyme, oregano and basil from the garden. 6 months ago my wife would not have eaten anything with that pile of fresh herbs, but lately she's loving fresh herbs in everything.
The Chimay did very well with the strength of the sauce. I may have to go get another one to drink while I do the dishes.

[DecoJuicer]

Chicken stir fry.

A friend is bringing me some (very) fresh elk steaks tomorrow. My wife won't eat them, so I am going to grill them and enjoy with a few cold beers while she is at work.

Since bow season starts for deer tomorrow, I am hoping to have some venison in my freezer soon.

mmmmm...backstrap!!!!!

[steveh]

My home made chili and a Spaten Okto.

S.

[Mill Rat]

Homemade beef shank & vegetable soup and coffee (I'm at work on lunch break). Last night it was Wurst Kitchen brats and home brew schwarzbier.

[chazwicke]

Mussells with Vermicelli curry and a duck and watercress pizza is what I consumed last evening at the Michael Jackson Tribute at Rustico. Beers were Bells Pale on cask, Hofbrau Okto vom foss, and Stone Ruination as the tribute that all of us drank.

[corysdad]

I had a salad from a bag with a tasteless roma tomatoe and a leftover pork chop. Ice water.

[corkybstewart]

Leftovers with a homebrewed dopplebock. But the leftovers are finished, tomorrow I get to cook again.
At lunch I took the last of a smoked chicken and made quesadillas with some of this year's green chile crop.

[hertha fever]

last night i had a berliner speciality:

currywurst.
the story is, a german pow returning home after the war, raved about the spare ribs he had in america. his wife tried to imitate them by frying a bratwurst, and covering it in ketchup added black peppper and lots of curry powder. today it´s widely available throughout germany, but it started here. typically served with a side of fries (or potato salad) and a bun.

anyways, i had that with a berliner pilsner.

[corkybstewart]

Originally posted by hertha fever
last night i had a berliner speciality:

currywurst.
the story is, a german pow returning home after the war, raved about the spare ribs he had in america. his wife tried to imitate them by frying a bratwurst, and covering it in ketchup added black peppper and lots of curry powder. today it´s widely available throughout germany, but it started here. typically served with a side of fries (or potato salad) and a bun.

anyways, i had that with a berliner pilsner.
Well, at least the Berliner pilsner sounds good.

[corysdad]

My wife baked a ham today, along with some yams, smashed potatoes, steamed vegetables and pale ale. Chocolate chip cookies for desert.

[chazwicke]

Hard Times Chili - Texas 5 way.

[skahtboi]

Shrimp scampi, served over rice with a salad and a Tap Room 21 American Pale Ale.

[corkybstewart]

T-bones are on sale so I got a nice one with a big filet for Brigitte,, grilled it with a side dish of sliced grilled squash, zukes and bell peppers with garden herbs and olive oil. I have a grilling pan I use to sir fry veggies over charcoal. I had a Meantime Scotch Ale with dinner, and a homebrewed dopplebock to do the dishes with.
Life is good, but I ain't getting any skinnier.
Shrimp scampi is one of my all time favorite meals BTW.

[skahtboi]

Originally posted by corkybstewart
T-bones are on sale so I got a nice one with a big filet for Brigitte,, grilled it with a side dish of sliced grilled squash, zukes and bell peppers with garden herbs and olive oil. I have a grilling pan I use to sir fry veggies over charcoal. I had a Meantime Scotch Ale with dinner, and a homebrewed dopplebock to do the dishes with.
Life is good, but I ain't getting any skinnier.
Shrimp scampi is one of my all time favorite meals BTW.


And I spend many an hour in front of the grill, and have a bunch of different gadgets to use with it, including a grill wok, a grill pan, and fish basket(which can be used for a lot of things). I bought some corn at the store yesterday with thoughts of grilling one of the next couple of days.

[chazwicke]

I've been eating fresh sweet corn on the cob for most of the summer. I can make a meal of just that.

[hooky]

Dry rubbed ribs and a Pils last night.

[corkybstewart]

Those ribs do look good. I may have to throw some on the smoker when I go home for lunch.

[Airborneguy]

I cooked some skirt steaks, baked sweet potatoes, and sauteed string beans with garlic for me and my girlfriend last night before work. We had that with a 1.5l bottle of Ommegang Abbey Ale, which went just great with it.

By the way, I only had one Ommegang glass, so I poured mine into a Duvel glass I had. I think the Duvel glass spread the flavors out too much; it became overpowering. I tried it out of the correct glass (which my girlfriend had), and the beer was much better and smoother. This is the first time I have actually noticed a BIG difference in a beer depending on the glass it was served in. Plus, her glass kept the head much better than mine.

[corkybstewart]

Hooky's rib pictures punched me in the gut so we had dry rubbed ribs with a white bean/sauage/tomato dish my wife makes. Had a bottle of Fraziskaner(sp) with dinner and a Spaten Pils for cleanup.
Gotta come up with somethingt o eat with those beans tonight, there weren't any ribs left.

[skahtboi]

Tonight was "wet" ribs grilled over hickory with grilled corn and potato salad. Beer: Sam Adams Hefeweizen.

[hooky]

Corky, maybe some chicken with those beans?

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Or some pork shoulder?

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[corkybstewart]

I just added more sausage to the beans to make it more a main dish. I really didn't have time to cook tonight, I was mowing lawn until dark-thirty, and my wife got stuck at work until very late. Since the kids moved away it takes more creativity to cook for 2 than it ever did for 4.
BTW for our Oktoberfest I smoked 5 pork shoulders, my son took a gallon zip-lock bag, and that was all that was left.

[skahtboi]

Originally posted by corkybstewart
I just added more sausage to the beans to make it more a main dish. I really didn't have time to cook tonight, I was mowing lawn until dark-thirty.

That's because dark-thirty is coming way too early these days.

[chazwicke]

Hooky, you are torturing us. I look at the photos during the day at work and get hungry. Yum!

[hooky]

A fishing buddy and I have been taking pictures of stuff coming out of our smokers and torturing each other with them. I just happen to have a bunch of pics and thought it was good content for this thread. :D

I did the same thing for our Labor Day get together, corky. Everyone loves pulled pork, don't they?

The smoker and grill go year round here, as I assume they do most places. I've got a pic somewhere on a CD of me on the deck in a snowstorm with gloves on, covered with a dusting of snow, drinking a beer and turning steaks. Fire and meat. The only way it gets better is with good beer.

[Mill Rat]

Two butt-end cuts off of a smoked pork loin (kassler rippchen auf deutsch) simmered in a cast iron dutch oven in a pile of wein kraut, with some Tilsit cheese on the side.

Edit: corrected the name of that cheese. Wow. Excellent strong Deutsch brick-type cheese, like a creamier medium brick.

[corkybstewart]

Friday fish and chips with a couple of bottles of English ales I saw in the kegerator last night.

[BignJames]

White chili w/ Titan IPA.

[SoxyinMO]

Originally posted by corkybstewart
Friday fish and chips with a couple of bottles of English ales I saw in the kegerator last night.

Oh man, you're killing me here!

My other half is making Tuna patties, oven fried potatoes and lima beans with Leinenkugel dark lager to drink.

[Mill Rat]

Originally posted by Mill Rat
Two butt-end cuts off of a smoked pork loin (kassler rippchen auf deutsch) simmered in a cast iron dutch oven in a pile of wein kraut, with some Tilsit cheese on the side. More of the same, with a draft Anchor Steam clone. With all that kraut, SWMBO and I will have a "duet" going tonight. Still, excellent eats. The cheese is gone, but I'll have to get more of that. If you like German cheese that comes wrapped in foil, Tilsit is really good stuff. As one of our neighbors observed when he walked into the kitchen as his wife was slicing up some Limburger, "That's an outdoor cheese!"

[corkybstewart]

Friday fish and chips got postponed due to excessive allergies after weed-whacking. Actually I had 2 Benadryls and a large glass of water for dinner last night.
Now we've got the F & C going. And instead of English ales I found another bottle of Chimay Blue at the grocery store this morning.

[skahtboi]

Chicken Albanes with angel hair pasta, a salad, garlic bread and a Peroni. (I know, a pretty pedestrian beer, however I had a no Moretti and these two just really seem to go with Italian food to me.)

[skahtboi]

Originally posted by corkybstewart
Actually I had 2 Benadryls and a large glass of water for dinner last night.


We have a winner for the best dish award!!! :D

[wortchillergoal]

Grilled chicken a la wort

Chicken breasts sliced in half

grill the breasts using marinade of your choice. our family likes a teriyaki .

place tomato slices and sauteed mixture of onions and peppers on breasts.

cover with swiss cheese, melt cheese and serve

mashed sweet potato

beverage tonight with dinner was saranac pommegrante wheat

[hertha fever]

tonight.....

kielbasa with peppers and onions and pierogies.
probably going to wash it down with bitburger pils, although an okto wouldn´t be bad with it either....... hmmmmmmmmm........

[skahtboi]

Tonight's fare was grilled Greek Ribeye, with garlic mashed potatoes, and a salad. While I was grilling I drank a Victory Prima Pils, then with dinner I had a Murphy's Irish Stout(for me, dry stouts like Murphy's, Guinness et al really go well with a steak), and then for dessert I had a Santa Fe Pale Ale.

[corkybstewart]

I really like the Santa Fe Nut Brown, never tried the pale ale. Brigitte made green chile chicken enchiladas, oh so damn good. I drank a dopplebock, she had some red wine from her village.

[DecoJuicer]

I was just informed that I will be having some crockpot chicken monstrosity. Oh well, smile and say "mmm dear, I love it."

I really should start taking over all cooking and shopping around here.

[corkybstewart]

Originally posted by DecoJuicer
I was just informed that I will be having some crockpot chicken monstrosity. Oh well, smile and say "mmm dear, I love it."

I really should start taking over all cooking and shopping around here.
Around here the person doing the cooking gets to decide what's for dinner, and that's usually me, though the wife has been cooking more lately. Dinner is just way too important to leave to a disinterested person.

[n0rmann]

I honestly can't cook at all. If something isn't frozen and prepackaged, I'd be a fire hazard. I set a grilled cheese sandwich on fire once.

[skahtboi]

Originally posted by corkybstewart
Around here the person doing the cooking gets to decide what's for dinner, and that's usually me, though the wife has been cooking more lately. Dinner is just way too important to leave to a disinterested person.

That's the way we do it around here as well.

[corkybstewart]

Ate too much enchiladas at lunch so I decided to have a light dinner-2 "slices of monk's bread". Or what some people call a 750 of Chimay Red.

[chazwicke]

Hard Times Texas Chili that my son brought home. My wife is in hospital recovering from surgery so we're on our own for awhile. I used to be a cook in restaurants but that was long ago. I told my wife I've forgotten how.

[corkybstewart]

Give your wife my best. I hope it's nothing serious. At least you live in an area with restaurants.

[DecoJuicer]

Hope your wife feels better Chaz.

I think that I'm going to marinate some chicken breasts and grill them tonight. Maybe a little corn on the cob cooked on the grill also. A nice loaf of french bread too

[corkybstewart]

Tonight I marinated some lamb chops in a rosemary/garlic/pepper corn olive oil sauce, grilled them over mesquite, and the wife steamed some green beans, sauteed them in garlic/parsley butter. Ohhh we be talking some very fine vittles.
Also had sliced garden tomatoes with Brigitte's homemade vinagrette.
We split a bottle of Chimay Red and even with the vinagrette the beer tasted excellent. I dared her to try that with her French wine, she knows better.

[DecoJuicer]

Pot Roast cooked with Sleeman's Porter. Some potatoes, onions, and carrots. I'll use the juice to make some gravy, and for dessert, I'm taking my wife to get ice cream for her birthday.

[corkybstewart]

Curried lamb is on the menu tonight. Anybody got a suggestion for a widely available beer to go with it?

[chazwicke]

You guys have my mouth watering. You not only drink well but eat well. Great food, like beer, can be almost orgasmic. My wife came home from the hospital yesterday and a neighbor brought a nice salad - Romaine lettuce, Mandarin orance slices, pinapple, pecans and balsamic vinegrette to complement her homemade lasagna and cookies. Also warmed homemade rolls. We have great neighbors. But I'm looking forward to my wife healing. My inlaws will be here tomorrow for a week or so and my MIL is German and an excellent cook. She makes the finest lamb roast and prime rib that I have ever tasted. Not to mention many German specialties. Plus my house will be spotless :) .

[corkybstewart]

[i] My inlaws will be here tomorrow for a week or so and my MIL is German and an excellent cook. She makes the finest lamb roast and prime rib that I have ever tasted. Not to mention many German specialties. Plus my house will be spotless :) . [/B]
People always ask me how I can stand having my French inlaws here for a month. It's easy, it's vacation time for me. The BILs keep the yard spotless and work on vehicles, the SIL's cook and clean though I really do most of the cooking. AT lunch there's food on the table and I don't have to do any cleanup.
The only drawback is after they leave it takes me a while to find all my stuff and get it back to where it should be.

I hope the healing goes well, it's hard to be helpless to do anything for them.

[corkybstewart]

Reading about pizza in the other thread has inspired me to make pizza for dinner. I make a whole wheat crust, medium thickness, homemade sauce with homegrown tomatoes and herbs. I used to make 2 big ones but since the kids are gone I'll make it half green chile/garlic chicken and half red chile/garlic shrimp. Damn good eats.

[skahtboi]

Tonight's fare was smothered chicken. I used an Avery White Rascal instead of wine for my sauce, and wow, it really made a great difference.

[chazwicke]

Kobe Beef Rib Eye, Oysters Rockefeller, Creamed Spinach, Chopped Salad.

[corkybstewart]

I love the oyster rockefeller. The one thing I miss about not living near the coast is getting fresh seafood.

[corkybstewart]

We've decided that since Friday is often fish and chips, Thursday is bloody red meat night so last night we had rib-eyes cooked over mesquite. I had a Unibroue Terrible with mine, she had a wine from her village.
Tonight I had a Black Sheep Ale with my F & C, she had a dopplebock.

[chazwicke]

Hoping to have spaghetti with clam sauce tonight. White clam, not red. I am told that champagne is the secret ingredient in my S-I-L's recipe.

I love clams.

I love oysters and mussells too.

In fact I guess I love all seafood pretty much;)

[Mill Rat]

Went out to a local Thai restaurant (Thai Spice on Route 31 in Aurora, IL) and had Pad Ped catfish, extra spicy. Got that nice spritz of scalp sweat and didn't have to reach for the hot sauce once. Saw a couple of the cooks look out to see who the white guy was that enjoyed that level of heat.

[barleyburps]

drinking some homebrew and have some homemade focaccia bread in the oven where I subsituted 1 cup of water for 1/4 cup of water and 3/4 cup of dark lager.

I didn't rise as fast as usual, and is topped with sweet peppers, onions, spices, beef and cheese.

should be good.

[chazwicke]

Originally posted by chazwicke
Hoping to have spaghetti with clam sauce tonight. White clam, not red. I am told that champagne is the secret ingredient in my S-I-L's recipe.

I love clams.

I love oysters and mussells too.

In fact I guess I love all seafood pretty much;)

Well it actually ended up being fresh mussels in a light tomato and capers based sauce. She also made fresh Brussel sprouts which I love.

[corkybstewart]

That sounds damn good Chaz. Last year in France we ate steamed mussels and fries until we were sick of it.
My wife boils brussels sprouts until they're just cooked and then sautees them in garlic/fresh parsley butter. We usually have them with grilled brats and mashed potatoes.

[chazwicke]

There are a couple of new Belgian cafes / restaurants in D.C. One supposedly has some of the best mussels and many of the beer geeks in this area say it's better than those they've had in Belgium. I have not been yet but will soon. Rustico a great restaurant with a great beer list also has mussels that are yummy. Baltimore has some places that serve mussels the most famous being Bertha's in Fells Point. So there are a fair number of places that serve them but last night ours were cooked at home and were delish. The Brussells sprouts were cooked as your wife cooks them. And they were delish.

We are invited to the B-I-Ls house tonight for Chinese food which will be delivered. It's crap so I've managed to get out of it myself and will see what we have left at home.
I'm finding that more and more of the Chinese restaurants are reverting to the gross greasy sauce cooking that was prevalent here in the 70s. We only have a couple of decent places and the one that they will be ordering from tonight is not one of them.
Thai or Vietnamese food suits me much better as does Japanese.

[Mill Rat]

As requested in the "what are you drinkning right now" thread, Last night roasted a Canada Goose (8 lbs dressed weight) that I shot that morning. Just plucked it, cleaned it, and roasted for a total of 3 hours, flipping it over halfway through. Two of my kids are kind of leery about trying it (the third one's a vegetarian so she doesn't count), but we'll keep working on them. [Vegetarian: Native American word for "poor hunter"] Next year I want to get a nice compound bow and stock the freezer with venison. It's tough to test out a bow when you're left-handed and left-eyed, and I don't drop several hundred dollars without trying something like that out.

[garym]

a nice beer can chicken!!! (with all the fixin!)
with a bottle of chocolate stout soon after!!!

[rhino777]

Veggie pizza from Ale Asylum (http://www.aleasylum.com) and their disPorterly Conduct English Porter.

[hooky]

Bone-in ribeye, salmon and broccoli with some leftover crab alfredo.

[skahtboi]

Still working on those turkey day leftovers. We cooked way too much in our house. I must say, though, that the PU was a great beer to accompany the T-giving Day meal.

[DecoJuicer]

Right now, it's venison tenderloin, cooked with maple smoked bacon, paper thin sliced onions, and garlic. Smells great, I better go check it!!

[corkybstewart]

Yesterday we were invited to eat roast duck with a friend of ours. When we got there it turned out he had a can of roasted duck from France. It was OK but not the duck I was hoping for. Anyway, we ate it and drank several bottles of his wine so the day wasn't a total loss.

[DecoJuicer]

Tonights dinner is going to be bbq country ribs with roasted garlic mashed potatoes, most likely with a side of venison tenderloin wrapped in maple smoked bacon(I've got to get rid of this pack of bacon) and cooked on the charcoal grill.

I've decided that from now on, propane will only be for making beer or family bbq's where I cook cheap hamburgers and hot dogs.

[corkybstewart]

Originally posted by DecoJuicer

I've decided that from now on, propane will only be for making beer or family bbq's where I cook cheap hamburgers and hot dogs.
I've been grilling for 35 years now and I've burnt 2 meals on my brother's gas grill. My propane is strictly used for brewing, I was weaned on charcoal and I'll go to my grave cooking with charcoal. And no lighter fluid either. I use a Kingsford chimney and 2 sheets of newspaper.
I also keep a variety of woods on hand for smoking-right now I have small amounts of apricot, peach and apple, and a bunch of pecan, oak and mesquite, all of these are local.

[DecoJuicer]

I used to only use propane. It's easier, quicker, and generally more convienent. However, once I started cooking with charcoal, I decided that I liked it much better, and I am willing to sacrifice some convienence for taste.

[chazwicke]

Good choice Deco. I'm in total agreement with Corky - Charcoal is superior tasting so I never use propane. If I want to cook on gas I'll cook on the stove inside. Gas grilling is nowhere near as good tasting as good old fashioned charcoal. The only thing that might make propane appealing is that it is convenient. But it lacks in flavor compared to charcoal grilling.

[DecoJuicer]

I would really like to get a decent smoker, but it always seems that when they have the end of the season sales, I am short on funds. Maybe next year I will put some aside just for the purpose of buying a smoker.

[corkybstewart]

Originally posted by DecoJuicer
and I am willing to sacrifice some convienence for taste.
Of course you're willing to sacrifice convience, you're a homebrewer.
I have a Brinkman smoker grill with a firebox on one end for smoking. I've gotten to where I can keep it at 200-225 for hours when I smoke something, and I can grill 10 decent sized T'bones on the grill.

[Mill Rat]

I still like the convenience of a natural-gas fired grill. With my work schedule, there are only so many things that can take the quality-over-time approach. The great things about the natural gas grill is that unlike propane, the tank never runs out, and it keeps going even in the coldest weather. I've grilled when it's been -10 F. When I tried doing that with an old propane unit, the though crossed my mind to put the tank up on the grate to get it warmed back up. Then sanity returned and I got a bucket of hot water instead.

[metelhed420]

chilli I love a big bowl of chilli with a big mug of beer.

[DecoJuicer]

We're having chili also, but not the good Corky Chili. Tonight we are having Carroll Shelby chili(yes, the guy that made the really cool cars).

Tomorrow night will be venison tacos!!! When it comes to tacos, I am a minimalist. Just meat, cheese, sour cream, and hot sauce.

[DecoJuicer]

Guess what??

Venison again!! Bacon, onions, mushrooms, garlic, and venison. I'll be enjoying it with a Bell's Two Hearted Ale.

By the way, my venison jerky has started curing. I started the regular this morning and this afternoon, I'll start the cracked pepper and garlic. Should be ready to cook by tomorrow. I can't wait.

[corkybstewart]

Sounds good Deco. I have no idea what's for dinner here tonight, put with 75F weather I see something on the grill, probably BBQ chicken.

[hooky]

I miss this thread so here's another picture. We took andvantage of the warm weather two weekends ago and smoked some spare ribs.

[SoxyinMO]

Eggplant Parmesan on Angel Hair pasta with a salad and Italian bread. :cool:

[corkybstewart]

Dining alone this evening so I'm just eating leftovers-smoked chicken and a big bowl of salad.
My son has moved back in with us while he trains for a new job so leftovers are a rare treat around here.
For instance Monday my wife cooked a delicious green chile pork stew with posole. When I went to bed there was enough for my son's dinner and my lunch the next day. When I came home for lunch I found that my son had eaten all of the stew plus 3 tamales so I got to eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

[chazwicke]

I got to eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
I feel for you. My wife left for Germany tonight so I had to visit 2 brewpubs to fill growlers. I had fish and chips which was soggy and my son had ploughmans dinner which had a disturbing tang. We were both disappointed with the food.

I'll be eating out a lot for the next week or so until she returns.

[corkybstewart]

Actually it was very nice to not have to cook anything for a change. And I got to sit in my recliner, eating and sipping my oatmeal stout watching the History Channel.
Tonight is fish and chips Friday at the house. I'll batter some chunks of cod and fry them out in the garage while my wife makes real "French" fries. BTW in Europe they're called Belgian fries. I've made an adapter for my 3 tiered brewing stand so I can put my deep fry pan on the middle burner and keep that lovely aroma of fried fish out of the house. Plus it's only 10 steps to the kegerator!!

[chazwicke]

And I got to sit in my recliner, eating and sipping my oatmeal stout watching the History Channel.

Yeah that does sound good. It sounds like me on most evenings. Sitting in my chair, Brew in hand, and either watching History, History International or MSNBC political shows on the telly. My wife usually brings me a prepared plate. I miss her already.

[dparsons]

Hawaiin Barbeque Chicken Pizza. Has a sweet BBQ sauce, chicken, sausage, pineapple, and onion. Goes very well with a nice, hoppy Hazed and Infuzed by Boulder Beer.

[DecoJuicer]

I have been cooking for the last few nights, so we have been eating well. Thursday it was beef stew and rice, Friday was fajitas, and tonight is going to be a roast with Yorkshire Pudding. My grandma used to make it for us all the time when I was growing up, and I haven't had it in years. I found her recipe today, so I thought that I would try it.

[Mustang Brewing]

Beer and Brats of course!... Oh and beer too.;)

[hooky]

Shrimp Cocktail (homemade cocktail sauce), Ribeye, Sesame seared tuna, green beans and a crooked tree IPA.

[corkybstewart]

Barbeque chicken and potato salad. Half the chicken with my world famous barbeque sauce, half with my dry rub. FWIW my sauce ius world famous because I make it for my in-laws in France and friends from Germany.

[beerking]

tonight is going to be a roast with Yorkshire Pudding. My grandma used to make it for us all the time when I was growing up, and I haven't had it in years. I found her recipe today, so I thought that I would try it.

How'd it turn out, Deco? I grew up on Yorkshire Pudding, and my wife uses the recipe my mother got from her MIL (my grandmother). I recently made some tweaks to the recipe based on the recipe in the best cookbook in our pantry (we have DOZENS), "Steaks, Chops, Roasts & Ribs" by Editors of Cook's Illustrated Magazine.
One tip was to pierce the pudding with a toothpick as soon as you take it out of the oven so it does not fall (the steam condenses inside the pudding and makes it fall during cooling).

[SoxyinMO]

Eggplant again. This time stuffed with, er, eggplant, rice, onions, garlic, feta and avocado. With flat bread and Greek yoghurt.

[dparsons]

Beef Stroganoff.

[corkybstewart]

I cooked a pot roast for 6 hours, then shredded it and made tacos with my homemade salsa, fresh avocado slices, and a mixture of several shredded cheeses. Brigitte drank Wife Beer, I had the Helles Bock.

[DecoJuicer]

The Yorkshire Pudding came out pretty good. I think that I used too much of the drippings from the roast though. Next time I will change it a bit.

Tonight I'm making Chicken Shawarma and Fresh Hummus, maybe a nice Fatoosh salad.

[beerking]

The Yorkshire Pudding came out pretty good. I think that I used too much of the drippings from the roast though. Next time I will change it a bit.

Tonight I'm making Chicken Shawarma and Fresh Hummus, maybe a nice Fatoosh salad.

When we make Yorkshire, we use a stick of butter in the pan instead of roast drippings.

The Shawarma sounds good. During my year in Kuwait, that was my favorite "local" food. I had to get some from the street with all the sidewalk vendors in Bahrain everytime I went there. We call the street Shawarma Alley.

[DecoJuicer]

I will try the butter next time.

I actually prefer lamb shawarma, but my wife will not touch lamb with a 10' pole. She just won't eat it, no matter how it's prepared. So chicken is a good compromise. Hmmm, venison shawarma??? I might have to try that.

[SoxyinMO]

Huevos Rancheros! Olé!

[chazwicke]

Last night was Mongolian Barbaque and not very good either

[DecoJuicer]

Tonight was roasted garlic chicken with cilantro and lime, green beans and homemade garlic cheese bread.

[corkybstewart]

Frenchy's cooking some of my homemade sausage with bell peppers and stuff over noodles-smells good, dinner's in 5 minutes.

[DecoJuicer]

This is soooooo sweet. My wife built a little fire pit in the backyard, and I have been cooking over it at least twice a week since she built it. In about 10 minutes, it will be down to coals and I will start cooking.

Tonights meal is the last of my venison over a wood fire, green beans, and some rice.

Our chives have started coming in, and the kids asked if they could put some chives on their dinner and eat outside. I said, why not.

[corkybstewart]

Reading this is killing me. I've been eating canned food at work since Thursday. Tonight I have to cook something good, maybe a burnt offering on the backyard altar.

[SoxyinMO]

I DON'T KNOW!!!! :eek: My daughter is cooking and it smells amazing!

[DecoJuicer]

A couple of nights ago we had pizza night and it was really cool. The kids loved seeing me spin dough like I used to do back when I worked in a pizza joint. Each kid got to make their own individual pizza and they all had a blast. WHat great family time.

Tonight is brisket and salad. mmmmm

[corkybstewart]

We love homemade pizza, but I've never learned to throw the dough. I end up stretching it across the pizza pan. Our favorite toppings are spicy boiled shrimp with bell peppers and onions, and garlic chicken and green chile(with bell peppers and onions). Tons of homegrown thyme, basil and oregano now that my wife suddenly loves fresh herbs.
I'm hoping for some bloody meat tonight with roasted potatoes(covered in olive oil and garlic).

[chazwicke]

I had dinner at Z Pizza. Curry, pears, yams, cilantro and chicken on one and the other was Mediterranean

[corkybstewart]

Brigitte's making green chile chicken enchiladas for 40 people at her school tomorrow so that's what we're having for dinner. Bloody meat will have to wait.

[beerking]

I got up at 5:30 this AM and started smoking a pork shoulder that I had been brining in a porter based brine since Tuesday. Smoked it with MEsquite charcoal, chestnut wood, soaked apple chunks, soaked cherry chunks and smoked pecan chunks in order. 10.5 hours after the meat went on, it was ready to wrap in foil for 30 minutes, then pull it and serve with a homemade sauce using Red MacGregor Scottish ale. Served with the wife's homemade potato salad, white corn and a white bean dish using Old Chub. Desert was homemade pie from my wife (cherry and blueberry), one of her specialties.
The pork, sauce and beans were made to recipes from Beer Advocate, all great, but the sauce needed quite a bit of doctoring. Came out WAY too tomato-y. Added some molasses, chipotle, cumin, paprika, garlic and brown sugar, which took care of it. :D

[Trashman]

Making Faranaci (Risotto with chicken and mushrooms) using the homemade chicken stock recipe that I put in the beer-can chicken thread. I also just made some spent-grain crackers that I brushed with olive oil and sprinkled with garlic and cracked black pepper.

[corkybstewart]

Making Faranaci (Risotto with chicken and mushrooms) using the homemade chicken stock recipe that I put in the beer-can chicken thread. I also just made some spent-grain crackers that I brushed with olive oil and sprinkled with garlic and cracked black pepper.
That faranaci sounds pretty good. Last night we did a mini-Oktoberfest dinner for some friends of my wife who couldn't get here last weekend. I grilled homemade brats, and my wife made some pretty tasty chicken schnitzels with sauerkraut and onions and roasted taters.
My son's in town so I guess we need to cook something tonight for him and his GF. Grilled leg of lamb sounds like a good idea, if I can find any lamb here this time of year, or maybe some pork tenderloins over mesquite.

[Trashman]

That faranaci sounds pretty good. Last night we did a mini-Oktoberfest dinner for some friends of my wife who couldn't get here last weekend. I grilled homemade brats, and my wife made some pretty tasty chicken schnitzels with sauerkraut and onions and roasted taters.
My son's in town so I guess we need to cook something tonight for him and his GF. Grilled leg of lamb sounds like a good idea, if I can find any lamb here this time of year, or maybe some pork tenderloins over mesquite.
Can you adopt me?

[corkybstewart]

Can you adopt me?
With 2 kids and 45 employees who act like kids I'm sorry that I can't take on another. But OTHO you seem to know how to cook so that might work in your favor.;)

[Trashman]

With 2 kids and 45 employees who act like kids I'm sorry that I can't take on another. But OTHO you seem to know how to cook so that might work in your favor.;)
Yeah, I guess. I do enjoy cooking and I really need to knock the dust off the grill, it's been far too long since I've fired it up. That and I was lucky enough to marry someone who also loves to cook and is also one hell of a baker so we make a good pair.

[corkybstewart]

I found some beef tenderloin chunks in the freezer this afternoon so I made a marinade and cooked kabobs. For the marinade I used 1/2 cup vegetable oil, 1 finely chopped clove of garlic and a big shallot, salt, fresh ground pepper and 1/2 cup of my Orvalled saison. I let it sit 2 hours,s started the charcoal and then I made the skewers. I usually put the meat on separate skewers so I can keep it rare while the bell peppers, red onion and baby portabellos cook until they're done. And the roma tomatoes also get a separate skewer so they don't get overcooked. Served over rice and a glass of oatmeal stout. Life is good again.

[hooky]

Goomba stew. Marinara, parmigiano, peppers, sausage, onions, garlic, basil, oregano, fennel and such.

[corkybstewart]

So what's cooking for Christmas? We've only got my son and his GF coming so we'll probably do a fairly simple rib roast with some sort of taters and a veggie side dish to be determined later. I figure a couple of bottles of Maredsous 8 will go well with this, or maybe a Chimay Blue. My daughter just came back from France with wine from my wife's village so my wife and son will drink that, the GF and I will drink the beer.

[steveh]

Another 6 inches of snow on top of the 12 inches we got last Friday -- took me twice as long to get home as usual -- wife is on the road now.

About to make some Schweinerschnitzel -- the wife taught me the basics, I've been honing the technique. Maybe a nice Optimator or Berghoff Weizen on the side!

S.

[steveh]

Goomba stew. Marinara, parmigiano, peppers, sausage, onions, garlic, basil, oregano, fennel and such.

Hmm? Is there a true recipe for this, or do you just wing it? Sounds good. Reggiano on the top at serving, or does it get mixed in?

S.

(I have an Italian and Greek stomach in my German-Irish frame!)

[corkybstewart]

Another 6 inches of snow on top of the 12 inches we got last Friday -- took me twice as long to get home as usual -- wife is on the road now.

About to make some Schweinerschnitzel -- the wife taught me the basics, I've been honing the technique. Maybe a nice Optimator or Berghoff Weizen on the side!

S.
That does sound good, especially the Optimator part.
It was 25 when I went to work this morning. At lunch it was 70F and the wind was blowing 40-60 mph. I've got chile con carne on the stove, hopefully the temp will drop 30 degrees by dinner time.

[hooky]

Hmm? Is there a true recipe for this, or do you just wing it? Sounds good. Reggiano on the top at serving, or does it get mixed in?

S.

(I have an Italian and Greek stomach in my German-Irish frame!)

I just wing it each time. Essentially, it's a bastardized ragu with plenty of Reggiano on top when the plate is put in front of you.

Tonight is roasted pork loin, mashed potatos and fried cabbage.

Christmas meal will be similar to corky's. Rib roast, garlic mashed potatos, some sort of green vegetable TBD and lots of sweets after the meal.

[corysdad]

Another 6 inches of snow on top of the 12 inches we got last Friday -- took me twice as long to get home as usual -- wife is on the road now.


S.

Yep, us too, snow and ice packed roads,
I-80 is slicker than snot. My son and I
came with in a whisker of T-boning a big
buck that was walking across the road.

Whew, glad to be back home.

Christmas dinner, I was just told, will be a
pork roast, baked chicken and misc. veg
and potato dishes. Deserts and beers are
undecided as of now.

[hooky]

Decided to try something different last night. Had an email sent to me about a hamburger that had grilled cheese sandwiches for buns.

I made mine with whole wheat, sharp cheddar and pieces of habanero white cheddar in the "buns". mayo, ketchup, mustard, dill pickle chips, raw onion slices, tomato and bacon. Took the pic before the fries hit the plate.

My wife made her's with cracked pepper sourdough, sharp cheddar and blue cheese crumbles in the "buns". Mayo, grilled onions, tomato and bacon.

Fries made from red potatoes and a pint of my wheat wine rounded it out.

YUM!!!

[beerking]

The weather was so nice today, ~55F and sunny. I smoked a standing rib roast with pecan wood.
Took longer than I expected, but it was worth the wait! My wife made Yorkshire Pudding to go with it, and a new carrot dish that had brown sugar and orange peel in it. Both were delicious.

[corysdad]

Decided to try something different last night. Had an email sent to me about a hamburger that had grilled cheese sandwiches for buns.

I made mine with whole wheat, sharp cheddar and pieces of habanero white cheddar in the "buns". mayo, ketchup, mustard, dill pickle chips, raw onion slices, tomato and bacon. Took the pic before the fries hit the plate.

My wife made her's with cracked pepper sourdough, sharp cheddar and blue cheese crumbles in the "buns". Mayo, grilled onions, tomato and bacon.

Fries made from red potatoes and a pint of my wheat wine rounded it out.

YUM!!!

Thats a heck of a cheeseburger.

Haven't grilled anything for a
while. Maybe tomorrow as the
outside temp may rise into the
upper thirty's we'll fire up the
grill.

[beerking]

I never let temperature keep me from grilling/smoking. Rain will keep me indoors, but never temp. I have grilled in the snow on many occasions as well.

[chazwicke]

Xmas ever - German Rouladen (sp) Dumplings, scalloped Potatos, Brussell Sprouts at my inlaws. Xmas day Prime Rib, Ham, Brussell Sprouts, Squash, and lots of deserts at both places.

[corkybstewart]

I never let temperature keep me from grilling/smoking. Rain will keep me indoors, but never temp. I have grilled in the snow on many occasions as well.
I never understood why people will stand over a hot grill for hours when it's 100F but they scurry indoors when the temps drop. I've had to shovel snow to get to my grill. Your beer stays cold, there aren't any bugs, winter is perfect for grilling.:D

[corysdad]

We cook outdoors all year round,
not as much in the winter though.

[Robo]

Venison braised with mushrooms, apples, onions, and raisins; spaetzle and red cabbage (German-style) on the side. I'll be drinking a Samichlaus with it.

[Trashman]

Venison braised with mushrooms, apples, onions, and raisins; spaetzle and red cabbage (German-style) on the side. I'll be drinking a Samichlaus with it.

Do you have a recipe for the red cabbage? I miss those German side dishes, (spaetzle, knodel, and red cabbage)

[Robo]

It's an unwritten recipe from my wife's German mother and grandmother. You put a little chopped bacon in a saucepan and saute for a few minutes, then you add chopped red cabbage, a little salt, and a little sugar if you like (we skip the sugar). The cabbage cooks down. You can eat it as soon as it's soft if you're in a hurry or you can wait until it is very wilted.

[DecoJuicer]

A variation of Corky's Chile recipe. I'm using venison, and I had to play with the peppers to adjust for what I could get.

[hooky]

It's an unwritten recipe from my wife's German mother and grandmother. You put a little chopped bacon in a saucepan and saute for a few minutes, then you add chopped red cabbage, a little salt, and a little sugar if you like (we skip the sugar). The cabbage cooks down. You can eat it as soon as it's soft if you're in a hurry or you can wait until it is very wilted.

I so something very simliar with green cabbage. My great grandma's recipe, but using bacon grease in the pan instead of bacon.

[ontap78]

Xmas ever - German Rouladen (sp) Dumplings, scalloped Potatos, Brussell Sprouts at my inlaws. Xmas day Prime Rib, Ham, Brussell Sprouts, Squash, and lots of deserts at both places. Are you sure you're not from Minnesota?

[chazwicke]

Are you sure you're not from Minnesota?

My mother in law is German and my own mother was from Western Wisconsin. Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls area. I'm half Norwegian from her side.

The Brussel Sprouts are one of my favs. As is the red cabbage some have spoken about above.



Last night home made lumpia

[ontap78]

I'm a bigtime sprout eater. Unfortunatly, the only one in my household. Sometimes I'll steam up a pound just for myself and eat nothing but sprouts for supper.....butter...salt.....tasty meal.

[DecoJuicer]

I just polished off a huge plate of Buffalo Wings and some homemade fries. I feel like I am about to slip into a food coma.

If I'm going to keep eating like this, I should really think about becoming Bulemic.

[nelstrodomus]

Tonight was homemade beef stew and over the weekend it was leftover home made perogi...gotta love it.h