food The Drunken Chef

[grantmichaels]

scorpress77 ... give her all the shit you like ... she made her account purely for trash talkin' ...

often i'll do the prep (to save time) ... and then she'll cook it all out while i work and talk to ya'll ...

TB, of course Mrs. JayT drank the shots how else was I gonna get in there? I did drink a few along with her. Also, those shrimp look amazing. I am salivating and am gonna have to make me some shrimps now.

Where da schrimpz?

 

[JoynersHotPeppers]

Almost time to put together the shrimp fra diavlo!

 

[JayT]

Oh damn PUNK is out now? Gotta get me some. Grant. I think I am going to make my fatalii shrimps. Not tonight though, maybe tomorrow. Mmmm gonna be good. The TB can tesitfy.

 

[grantmichaels]

Oh damn PUNK is out now? Gotta get me some. Grant. I think I am going to make my fatalii shrimps. Not tonight though, maybe tomorrow. Mmmm gonna be good. The TB can tesitfy.

I'll look forward to checking it out tomorrow ... I'll probably drop something else tomorrow, holiday weekend and all ...

first ever experience with preserved lemons ...

the rind is going into the tagine w/ the chicken et al, the pulp is going into the basmati by way of Zoji ...

since this is THP, we're going to cut the lids off a 3-pack of aji limon from Tweak S. and let them cook in the tagine whole w/ the gang - which includes some rings o some fancified green olives ...

a quick duck fart to get ready to brown up ...

pre-caramelized onions and garlic and ginger and lemon grass pastes ...

make the bed ...

boom, fits like it was meant to be ...

 

[JoynersHotPeppers]

Back in the bath the shrimp went, plating post soon...already ate everything but watching Bridesmade and getting my Punk on!

 

[grantmichaels]

JHP - nice ...

I suspect we'll see food stuffs from THP, SD/CJ, and FD/Sum tonight ...

Shaping up to be a good food night, DC style ...

*** UPDATE ***

Feel like I should cue up some Ladysmith Black Mambazo and sheeeeet ... Lissie, Damien Rice, Muse, Arcade Fire, and Blue October will have to do ...

Almost time to put together the shrimp fra diavlo!

speaking of ale ... The whitehouse released the recipe finally ...

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/09/01/ale-chief-white-house-beer-recipe

*** UPDATE ***

less than an hour to go, so it's time to turn these parts and get the lemon rice rockin' the casbah ...

got to soak the basmati long time ...

go, go gadget ... fuzzy logic is pure rice making win ... set it and forget it ...

the part where danielle's stirring the onion and they aren't breaking down ... frustrating (for her) ...

when i get burnt by the melted plastic of the spice container because she's got the back burner on and not the front ... hilarious (for her) ...

and i'm still f**king working, but at least Danielle's fixed a little treat ...

lemon rice process soon ... can't wait to eat, 45-60 ...

 

[JoynersHotPeppers]

Crappy final shot but I was hungry and drunk!

 

[grantmichaels]

time to wrap this up ... man, for a first crack, it was excellent ... chicken comes out of the tagine similar to how tandoor chicken is served at most Indian rest's ... white, cooked through w/ a dry texture, and yet moist and tasty ... yum ...

Danielle rocked out some lemon rice ...

that stuff is pretty tasty ...

look at D rockin' socks and sandals =) ...

plated up and ready to get our grub on ...

2nd's ...

dressed the leftover basmati w/ what's left ...

totally cool, totally good ....

next time ... cook 2 hours and not 2.5. ... we'll hold the cloves, hold the cinnamon, double down on the lemon, add more spicy peppers - super's, and serve w/ some raw slices of scallion and some fresh cilantro (wasn't avail today) ...

i'll look forward to it starting now ...

PS - the cleanup of the tagine is quick and simple and it all cooks in the pot ... just how i like it ...

also, this ...

until i learn how to make my own ...

THE END.

 

[grantmichaels]

dénouement

#truestory

3:53am and finally done w/ work ... did enough that I can take the rest of the holiday off and stay up late monday night and go in late tuesday ... look for DC/SOTM debauchery ...

might have to stay up a little bit longer to celebrate ...

 

[JayT]

Looks like your horny dog is looking for scraps but the floor is clean. Was D down there cleaning up a mess again earlier?

 

[grantmichaels]

not tonight ... killer food tonight, though ...

... and now I'm quittin' ...

 

[texas blues]

That tangiers, I mean tangerine, crap, tanquray, whatever, chingadera cooks a mean chicken.

I liked the cocaine covered strawberries the best.

 

[JayT]

I like the duckfarts the best. What happened to the rest of the oven ribs y'all said you were making?

 

[grantmichaels]

I'm going to take a stab at Mexican, at over ribs, and at a Po Boy in the upcoming posts ... not necessarily during this weekend though, I'm beat.

 

[texas blues]

I like the duckfarts the best. What happened to the rest of the oven ribs y'all said you were making?

I FAILED.

 

[frydad4]

Oh yea...

My store hasn't stocked good beef ribs in a few weeks. Maybe today's the day...

 

[Scovie]

Wowow JP, that's some killer lookin shrimps dinner! Keep the bread comin!!!

I like to be liking tangerine schickenz Grant. bgok!

I'm still drunk. Going to fall over in 3

2. 1...

 

[megamoo]

nice tagine

 

[grantmichaels]

nice tagine

thanks! had never eaten that style of dish before (and it was awesome) ...

 

[frydad4]

Well, as they say, you can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning!

Picked up some real beauts at the store. Gonna rock out some oven-q in honor of labor day (a day early).

I like to season mine simply, with just a sprinkling of sea salt.
They go in the oven at 246, where' they'll be barbequed all day.
Later, I'm gonna dress up some man-gravy, maybe with some honey or brown sugar, baste, and then broil the tops so they are perfectly crispy.

I'll be back.