food S.I.P./Quarantine Cooking

[salsalady]

We have a good butcher at Hanks Market and they have been very accomodating for cuts in the past. I have not seen these thin cut ribs there before. I will definitely ask for this cut if it works out for cooking.

Freezing the cuts in marinade totally makes sense. We talk about how freezing peppers breaks the cells, so the same thing should apply to freezing meats in a marinade.


I avoid driving over the pass as much as possible. Some things...like renewing a CCP have to be done in person. Plus side is finding all the wierd at this IGA market.

I chose not to go to the bigger Safeway store....which had premium steaks at $19/# when there a couple weeks ago. Yikes! Got New York steaks at the market today for $10/#...

The butcher asked if i wanted to pick the steaks, i said, You pick 'em....

 

[Ashen]

It is just short ribs , cross-sliced thin on the band saw. It always gives me the creeps watching a butcher use the band saw to do it though. They get their fingers so close. Ackk.

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Take the bones out and make cheeseteaks. I bet they would be killer. 

 

[Ashen]

No dinner pictures were taken , but this after dinner treat while sitting on the back deck was pretty awesome .

My last bottle,so I anticipate a winery run in my near future.

 

[texas blues]

Fortified wine?
 
As a fishing guide in Alaska.
 
We'd fortify red wine with vodka.
 
Because we couldn't get Port.
 
But we weren't drunks.
 
We were alcohol enthusiasts.
 
 
Fortify the one you're with.

 

[Ashen]

If this was from Douro valley in Portugal it would probably cost 5 x as much. A very intense dark fruit forward version inspired by a ruby port. At 18% it really isn't meant to be drunk by the large wineglass full , but at family gatherings my sister and I will kill one of these 500ml bottles with a glass each .

I guess we are alcohol enthusiasts as well. :Rofl:

 

[The_NorthEast_ChileMan]

TB, I've never quoted you. I'd like to change my siggy to:

Fortified wine?
 
As a fishing guide in Alaska.
 
We'd fortify red wine with vodka.
 
Because we couldn't get Port.
 
But we weren't drunks.
 
We were alcohol enthusiasts.
 
 
Fortify the one you're with.

 
We weren't drunks.- We were alcohol enthusiasts.

 

[salsalady]

you guys crack me up!

 

[salsalady]

Kalbi beef ribs-
 
'Aight... yesterday, the ribs were put in the marinade overnight.\
tamari, garlic, sugar, sesame oil and fire sesame oil, scallions

 
Our LP gas bottle is almost empty, so it can only fuel one burner.  Not enough pressure for more than that.  We tried one piece to make sure it was even worth cooking the rest of it.

 

 
The taste was pretty good, but all the pieces were gristly.  I cooked down the LO marinade for sauce over the rice.  I'll keep this one in the recipe options, hopefully another section of ribs won't be as chewy.  But, hey, the dog liked the scrap bits!. 
 

 
Thanks for the suggestion, TB... 

 

[bob65]

Pork belly burnt ends
 

 

 

[Elpicante]

On my way to making some chimichangas tonight. Starting with the sauce.

We just got a Cardenas here in Tucson. It's awesome. Very clean! They carry my green plantains which double awesomeness!

 

[Ashen]

Starting to get into second wave , no official lockdown yet but we are going to hibernate until things turn around again.

Sunday morning brunch .

Soft scrambled eggs benedict, home cured bacon on brown toast. 2 min Lemony hollandaise. Hit of red brain strain powder .

 

[salsalady]

Edit-
 
 
Today was 'one of those days...'   Yesterday I spent 8 hours working on taxes.  Yea, I'm one of those last minute filers.  That alone is enough to put me in a bad mood.  OK, whatever, today is a new day!
 
We are out of bread.  Not gonna drive 10 miles to the store for a loaf of bread, let's just make some!
 
Looking for yeast, I couldn't find any in the usual drawer.  I did find this 20-ish year old packet of stuff for making bread machine sourdough.  Hmm, well, let's give it a try.  Yea, NO!  It didn't smell good at all!

 
OH! I remembered I have some yeast packets in a small freezer along with a lot of product used for sauces and stuff out in the garage!  !!!
 
I opened the freezer and...wtf???  everything was HOT!  as in, not at ambient air temperature, but really warm to the touch, and soft, and moldy, and....ruined!   probably 150 pounds of peppers, smoked peppers, ginger, garlic, roasted garlic, and other expensive and not readily available stuff.   And no yeast....
 
Add that to the 10 gallons of pickled pepper medley I lost a couple weeks ago when the refer went out...

 
Then John reminded me we have some yeast in our brewing supplies! 

https://gatherforbread.com/easy-perfect-yeast-bread/

MUCH BETTER!

 
I'm still not done with taxes, but at least spirits have been raised.  

 
(get it?    ) 

 

[The Hot Pepper]

That October extension deadline is approaching same boat!
 
Funny how we put it off even with extensions, lol.

 

[salsalady]

yea, the extension...we did make a big deposit in January, but not sure if it's enough.  I wish I were a worse business person, then maybe I could also pay $750 in taxes....
 
 
I do have a really yummy smelling soup on the stove right now to go with that fresh baked bread.  It's smelling sooo good right now!  Pics soon~

 

[salsalady]

Ground beef that was defrosted yesterday and was supposed to be in yesterday's spaghetti sauce.  We just went with noodles and sauce, so today was Hamburger Soup!
 
Pound of beef, carrots, celery, dry onion and dry garlic, beef soup base, baby tri-color potatoes, Bay Leaves!, other stuff.....

 
 
and fresh baked bread!

 
 
I know, soup looks pretty bad on the interwheb posts, but Man, it tastes Good!!!!
 
 
 

 

[dragonsfire]

Blast from the past, used to have this in the seventies

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Hey SL can we troll TB and post that in the chili thread?
 
#realtexaschili

 

[salsalady]

Sure!!! :Lol:

 

[salsalady]

Well, it looks like we are headed backwards in the covid-19 fight.  Our state just went back to Phase 2 status, and there's talk of going back to lockdown. 
 
We have been living like we are in Phase 1-2 for this whole time.  I can't remember the last time John went to town.  I stop at the grocery store on the way home from work once a week...maybe twice3 if I need to re-wine.
 
It's been a while since any posting, so I thought I'd share some of the recent hits...and misses...with y'all.
 
First up a couple random picture.
Seen recently at semi-local grocery store...

 
In July, I was bit on the hand by a feral stray cat (trying to rescue it out of a tree) which damaged a tendon.  My long finger...(as the docs and therapist call it)... was locked in this position after surgery.  I didn't get any therapy or instructions after the surgery.  Luckily, ac ouple weeks ago, I found a local hand therapy specialist and there is good progress.  Even so, when trying to grip a knife the propery way, I can't get a tight hold on the knife, so I have to put the pointer finger out.  (Don't even think about bringing your red sharpie near me, Chef Anne Burrell!!!)

 
SNACKS!