=[ 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.

 

[salsalady]

you had me until sweet baby rays...... :sigh: ...



That's OK, we still love you....






Keep Cooking!

 

[Adamrb]

^yup bbq should be from scratch

 

[grantmichaels]

you'd whip up bbq from scratch for a single leftover meatloaf melt on a weeknight?

 

[JoynersHotPeppers]

you'd whip up bbq from scratch for a single leftover meatloaf melt on a weeknight?

Exactly, SBR is perfect for those lazy moments! Haters can hate but that stuff is all over the market now and most certainly reached the tipping point.

 

[grantmichaels]

i'm categorically in favor of 'from scratch' but i still keep condiments on the door at all times for quickies ... SBR is pretty good. too.

 

[Chewi]

SBR and Budweiser are two of the best store bought.

 

[Chile Juju]

Mebby I should post this in the "I admit it" thread...but I'm kind of partial to Cattleman's.....

It has an old-school basic flavor, but is a ton of fun to "play" flavors with! It's how I got my feet wet with superhots, and it was a BLAST!!!!!

I love that some of you Foodies keep some of the basics in your fridge door shelves....for emergencies, and inspiration when needed!!!!!!

My heroes.....

 

[grantmichaels]

cattleman's ? ... is that one w/ horns on the logo ?

 

[HigherThisHeat]

I have never made from scratch bbq sauce in my life... I am ashamed, but not really.

 

[Adamrb]

you'd whip up bbq from scratch for a single leftover meatloaf melt on a weeknight?

I don't eat a ton of bbq sauce but if I did I would have it in a trusty squirt bottle

 

[Chile Juju]

cattleman's ? ... is that one w/ horns on the logo ?

yup!

 

[grantmichaels]

I haven't been drankin' enough for DC ...

made mexican beef and skipped the shells ... we had 4 lb of beef, but only one packet ... so we made seasoning ourselves and it was good.

i had a nice salad ...

and then another the following night ...

as for the 2 lbs of gruyere that was supposed to be used for some TD action ... the first lb was consumed largely like so ...

hold the bread, sir ...

what else? ...

boston butt ... pressure cooked w/ 2 cups of water for 90 minutes (on purpose) ...

60 was shorter than we liked, 90 was longer, we'll go for 75 next time and try to hit the sweet spot ...

regardless, all forked up ...

bing ...

bam ...

boom ...

that was good stuff ...

making some more ice cream tonight, and pizza ... nothing too exciting, really ...

can't start my homemade soda exploration yet because the CO2 regulator came damaged and I have to wait for a replacement 60 psi gauge to get here ... herp derp.

 

[Scovie]

I am friggen HUNGRY.

Thanks for that!

 

[grantmichaels]

longing for an adult beverage ... i think tonight's the night, finally ... two more kitchens and we'll see ...

the northerner's are here and are starting their winter remodels ...

 

[grantmichaels]

last weekend's hungover chef was catered ...

The lemon pepper thighs and drums w/ a pair of TS's was HOT ...

Tagine is the best treatment for chicken imho ... Tandoor might be better, actually, but I don't have that rig at home (yet) ... I've seen some terracotta pot rigs, I think ... maybe even here, actually? ...

have started to make soda at home ...

After finding ground turkey ok when blended 50/50 w/ beef for meatloaf, and at full-strength for lasagna, we tried it for Mexican ...

and leftovers ...

But since it wasn't good in Mexican, the following night I had to rock a Pepperide Farm 5-Cheese garlic bread in the 'bot w/ a half dozen slices of gruyere on some meatloaf ...

Which was as awesome as one would expect ...

There was also 7-pot beef madras and some yukon gold ...

And the dogs, as special as ever ...

THE END.

 

[HigherThisHeat]

Them are some patriotic dogs...That ground turkey sandiwch melt is the shit! Makes me wanna have at a ground beef sandwich. Like a loose meat sandwich, yeahhhh.

Makin soda huh? Brewin beer next?

 

[grantmichaels]

one of these days i'll have to see what's involved in making an imperial or milk stout ... for now though, it's about the soda ...

we've already had a couple of turkey dinners this month, including last night ...

and i'm still looking forward to thursday's meal nonetheless!

i got caught at work w/o food today, so i rocked a dominoes sandwich ... these things are ridiculously better than their pizza ...

but i wouldn't have bothered to post save for the dogs the other night ...

all beef, salad cubes, purple onion, and hot pepper jelly (my new favorite condiment) ...

and then I went all purist and obsessive ...

so now I have to figure out how to make that stuff

cheers!

 

[grantmichaels]

munchies cafe chicken philly w/ the works + ghost pepper extract ... and some of their dankalicious chicken nugs ...

killer good ...

work ordered Five Guys for lunch today, at least I resisted the fries ... which is hard to do, because their fries are sickeningly good ...

and since I left work early, there was time for some eggnog cocktail fun ...

and D made some rockin' eggs and bacon (applewood smoked goodness) ...

this binge ends w/ Friday's Thanksgiving leftovers, I guess ...

 

[JayT]

I have been out of the loop for a bit, and sad to say that this is the first time I have checked in on this thread for a while. Damn fine looking eats GM. You and I seem to have similar tastes in food. I did notice though that there is a lot less boozey pics in here than the drunken chef... You didn't quit drinking did you?

 

[grantmichaels]

I agree, pretty much all of your food looks appealing to me ...

We haven't been drinking as much, that's a #truestory ... no real reason, though, other than being unusually slammed at work and rough mornings just put me in a hole from the start when it's like this ...

I should drop some pork rib debauchery this weekend, and i've got some other stuff i'm plotting for the near future ...

Cheers!