SnF's Feastival!

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Last night I made some poppers.  
 

 
8oz brick cream cheese, softened
1 lb jalas
2 slices cooked bacon, chopped
4 oz shredded cheese
4 oz fire roasted salsa (home made)
 
Slice the jalas lengthwise and gut them.  Keep stem on, it serves as a handle.
 
 
 
all hollowed out and ready to stuff!
 
 
 
Mix the softened cream cheese with the bacon, shredded cheese and salsa.  Stir well to combine.
 
 
 
Get a spoon and make with the stuffing!!  Here they are ready to go topped with a bit of smoked jala powder:
 
 
 
And now to the grill we go!
 
 
 
Gently remove the poppers about 20-30 minutes later and plate.
 
 
 
Thanks for looking!

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Wow!

 

[SmokenFire]

Spatchcock BBQ Chicken, Maui Purple Potato Salad & Garlic Butter Glazed Grilled Broccoli
 
Super cool GIP sent me some dried maui purple pods a ways back and I continue to love the sharp, bright heat they bring. Been crushing and sprinkling them on most of my food for the last month or so - they're kinda like restaurant pizza flake save they're actually hot and great tasting. 
 
We picked up a chicken from our farmer last week.  I gave it a 24 hour brine, then we spatchcocked it and put it in the smoker with some apple chunks.  Maui purple flakes added to my normal chicken rub, then I added about 2 tsp to our normal potato salad recipe.  It was a great meal.  Much obliged GIP. 
 

 
Plated:
 

 

[Guatemalan Insanity Pepper]

DRUle
 
   
 
Thats a fantastic lookin' Meal right there SnF 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I'm glad your enjoying them pods.
It's a pretty interesting plant too.  Beautiful purple and white flowers with green foliage occasionally blushed with purple anthocyanins when in direct sunlight for most the day, pods that ripen from purple to red.
The plant grows kinda spindly but puts out so many pods

 
 
 
now i gotta figure out what to make for lunch because Dang...
I'm hungry after lookin at that chicken 
 
 
 
 

 

[dragonsfire]

Oooooooooooooo, nice chicken

 

[SmokenFire]

Grilled bone in chop, roasted cauliflower & a new grain (for me) called freekeh.  Kinda like quinoa but better.  Some sauteed shrooms & onions on the side.
 

 

[SmokenFire]

Roast chicken with chick peas and sauteed kale over cous cous.  
 

 

[hogleg]

Nice! Diggin' on the flat bread for the au jus. Just had some lightly toasted naan and hummus for breaky.

 

[SmokenFire]

Ravioli Bolognese, salad, garlic bread.  I put too many dried nardellos in the sauce!
 

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Romaine!

 

[Guatemalan Insanity Pepper]

Ravioli Bolognese, salad, garlic bread.  I put too many dried nardellos in the sauce!
 

is there such a thing as too many dried Nardellos in  pasta sauce ?
i dunno man i was like, whoa    lookin' at the pic, but when i read Nardellos in sauce, thats when i started to salivate 
          rock that pasta sauce with Nardellos man 
i've been diggin dried Nardellos lately myself 
 
nom nom nom 
 
 

 

[texas blues]

wild caught walleye. pan fried w homemade coleslaw, tots and spicy tartar
 

 
Sing it with me dumas y caballeros....
 
"This is how we doooooooo it!"
 
I'd call that a Minnesota Plate Lunch.
 
Looking at that fried walleye porn.
 
If I was a woman.
 
I'd be wetter than a shampooed water buffalo!

 

[The Hot Pepper]

That one's almost perfect for me. I'll take crinkle cut fries over tots, and ketchup. Yessir ketchup. Haters gonna hate!

 

[texas blues]

Wait.
 
Correction.
 
Put all that shit on a taco!!!!
 
Wetter than a herd of shampooed water buffalo goodness.

 

[texas blues]

That one's almost perfect for me. I'll take crinkle cut fries over tots, and ketchup. Yessir ketchup. Haters gonna hate!

 
I'm a tot over crinkle cuts guy.
 
And a string fry over steak fry ever time.
 
And a whore for crispy curly/spiral frys.
 
Ketchup?
 
Si senor.
 
Ketchup and fries is American AF!
 
mrs. blues mixes equal parts of mayo and ketchup for her dipping.
 
She even puts mayo and ketchup on a hot dog.
 
I should divorce her for that but...
 
I love her so got dang much!
 
But lets be clear about one 'thang.
 
mrs. blues can't cook for shit.
 
But she makes a killer chicken tortilla cheese casserole.
 
And mac and cheese.
 
And breakfast.
 
And....
 
And thats about it.

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Not my fave fry but a comfort/nostalgia thing with fried fish and slaw.

 

[texas blues]

Not my fave fry but a comfort/nostalgia thing with fried fish and slaw.

 
 
It might not be your fave.
 
But if I was on death row.
 
And that was my last meal...
 
Wait.
 
An epiphany!
 
How do we know that Jesus didn't eat that at The Last Supper?
 
The pic is only missing dates and olives.
 
And some wine.
 
Because this.
 
Nowhere in the New Testament Bible does anyone quote Jesus.
 
After rising from the dead.
 
And says...
 
"Geez..I shoulda' gone for a pizza or a bigass steak instead last friday...."
 
Dude most likely had his mom's lamb fajitas.
 
Because.
 
Jesus.
 
And Jewish Mexicans.

 

[SmokenFire]

Grillin & Chillin.  Friends over, cold beers, potato salad, squirt guns, chili dogs, roasted corn, burgers.  Good stuff.
 

 

 

[The Hot Pepper]

fun times!

 

[Jubnat]

This dude likes his red onion, that's a full slice!

 

[skullbiker]

This dude likes his red onion, that's a full slice!

Two slices would be better yet, and maybe a little thicker.