=[ grantmichaels' skunkworx thread ]=

This is my thread. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

My thread is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.

My thread, without me, is useless. Without my thread, I am useless. I must fire my grill true. I must shoot my dishes straighter than my enemy who are trying to outshoot me. I must shoot food before it shoots me. I will...

My thread and myself know that what counts in this war is not the dishes we fix, the noise or pots clanging, or the smoke we make. We know that it is the hit dishes that count. We will hit...

My thread is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its photos, its visitos and its banter. I will keep my thread clean and ready, even as I am clean dirty and ready. We will become part of each other. We will...

Before God, I swear this creed. My thread and myself are the defenders of my cuisine. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.

So be it, until victory is America's and there is no enemy, but peace!​

So as not to have to endure people's interpretations of the rules, I'm squatting in this hole, where there are no rules whatsoever. Feel free to share in this thread, there are no rules here. Be free.

 

[grantmichaels]

GM... picklese is not canned. No heat necessary because of how much vinegar is used. Make some. RM is right... it's all you need.

The scotch bonnet's I bought from Hirt's in the beginning grew to be C. Annuum Mushroom-Type's, but maybe I'll sub in Mustard Habanero's ... I've got lots of those ...

Sounds like all of FL is into the pickelse, so it's going to have to happen!

 

[Booma]

I wanna see a sous vide pizza.......

 

[sicman]

I wanna see a sous vide pizza.......

lol,,that would be something else!

 

[grantmichaels]

I wanna see a sous vide pizza.......

i reheated pizza a couple of times ...

 

[sicman]

i reheated pizza a couple of times ...

no! we want frsh made!

 

[grantmichaels]

no! we want frsh made!

well ... i know how to deal w/ the cheese ... you add sodium citrate and that'll make normal cheese melt like american at low temp ...

it's not how i would normally desire crust, but possible ...

i could do it easily w/ a boboli, and i've done bao in it that i used w/ salt pork ...

it's do-able ...

 

[sicman]

i would eat it.

 

[grantmichaels]

Had a couple of Dong Shots (Rumple Minze and Bailey's) ... and someone said pizza ...

Thing is, after getting started, we realized we were light on moz ...

No worries ... this is buzz food ... we'll make up the diff in ...

w/ a couple of aribibi gusano ... hot little bastards ...

550F

and some funky blood orange bubbly I bought just to get the bottle ...

And he begins his thread with a True Blue Pure Classic!!!!!!!

I like your stripes GM!
But those fries look photoshopped!!!!!
(as in Perfect!)

it was the only picture i had that wouldn't be a double post

 

[grantmichaels]

A massive grocery event just transpired ...

Then I was cleaning my inbox out here, and I found a PM from Sum describing a Mexican dinner that I admittedly lost track of before I got a chance to make it ...

That's going to have to happen next weekend, I think ...

 

[grantmichaels]

you might think we have company over because of this ...

but it's just because UF lost ... double slammage ...

destroyed another bird, paleo style ... and by that, i mean, that we ate it in 5 minutes w/ the forks on the ends of our arms ...

the status of the ribs, after about 24 hrs ...

D's going to make the makhani i used to make while i write some code in anger ...

and then there will have to be some more PB ice cream, since she scarfed mine last night #truestory

 

[JoynersHotPeppers]

You cook too much, go fuel the economy. :

 

[grantmichaels]

that makhani curry turned out good ...

you really can't go wrong w/ butter chicken, but at damn near midnight, small portions were in order ...

we kept on rolling yesterday, and cake shots were a flowin' ...

beef ribs were eatin' ...

and meatloaf was made ...

it was epic, over 4lb ...

and it made a nice melt w/ some pepper-jack in a fold-it ...

peanut butter ice cream made w/ half and half instead of heavy cream - to see if there was much difference (since the price diff is huge) ...

in case you are wondering, it's good, but not AS good ...

 

[grantmichaels]

last night we made beef madras curry w/ potatoes ... and a pair of 7-pot's from the garden ...

it was good again tonight ...

looking forward to comfort food upcoming ... el paso mexican dinner in the next few days ... takes me back ...

 

[Chewi]

Meatloaf melt...trying to think of what kind of 'fusion' cuisine that is..kind of kick ass Ohio meets Florida?? Hell I'd eat two!

 

[grantmichaels]

For the home pizza makers out there tuned in ...

http://seattlefoodgeek.com/2012/07/no-yeast-no-rise-champagne-pizza-dough/

 

[Chile Juju]

Intriguing....but I got lost at "microencapsulated"....too many syllables for a pizza dough....IMHO!!!!!!

Your beef curry sure looked yummy tho!

Cheers to Fall Comfort Foods!!!!!!!

 

[grantmichaels]

comfort indeed!

need to think of something inspired to do, have a small load of tiny hot pods and some 7 pots etc ...

those fold-it's come in a pretzel bread variety, which is interesting ... it wasn't perfect for a pepperjack meatloaf melt, but i can envision something that pairs well w/ mustard working quite nicely in that meat-handle ...

which is why i went back to the rosemary one for the follow up, this time w/ white amerikuhn scheeze ... and BBQ sauce ...

just ordered a 5lb CO2 tank and a regulator and some connectivity stuff for making soda at home ... that project will be worth photodoc'ing ...

 

[grantmichaels]

ripened maters from a planter here ...

had to cook 4 lbs of beef, but only had one packet of el paso ...

1 + 1 = 3

booya.

 

[JoynersHotPeppers]

Sweet baby Rays....

 

[grantmichaels]

Sweet baby Rays....

Sweet baby Rays....

i like, and it's my std, but i threw some sticky fingers in the basket today on a whim ...