Food Thread

[GregManning]

Kinda pasta, made this a few days ago and it was gooood. Highly recommend, very easy and not much active prep time.

I went light on the parm and butter, had with boneless beef short rib ragu.

Rachel Roddy's recipe for semolina gnocchi with butter, parmesan and sage | A kitchen in Rome

In Rome, before potatoes (as late as the 1850s), gnocchi were made with semolina flour, mixed with cheese and egg, and baked in butter. Sounds stodgy? You’ll be surprised.

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that looks really good !

 

[climbingmonkey24]

Yes.
See Post #966, etc

P.S. I love potatoes. I never met a spud I didn't like !

fried, mashed, baked, boiled, stuffed, ............
I have even used very thin slices to make a "ravioli". (egg wash around edges to seal the pocket)

Have you ever tried sweet potato home fries / tator tots? So good.

 

[Reach]

Homemade home fries sautéed in olive oil. Sometimes I’ll add in bell pepper, onion, and mushrooms to sauté in with the olive oil but didn’t end up today. Topped with paprika, garlic powder, black pepper, and basil.

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Pasta with grass fed ground beef and organic tomato and basil pasta sauce. Sometimes I’ll top with some cayenne pepper to give it a hotter / spicy flavor.

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Wow, that looks great! Much better than the penne with meatballs I picked up at Wawa for dinner tonight...

 

[GregManning]

Yes.
See Post #966, etc

P.S. I love potatoes. I never met a spud I didn't like !

fried, mashed, baked, boiled, stuffed, ............
I have even used very thin slices to make a "ravioli". (egg wash around edges to seal the pocket)

Potatoes - fried in peanut oil
Smoked pork belly – pan seared & then baked
Stubb’s, Smokey Mesquite – BB sauce for dipping

 

[Reach]

Potatoes - fried in peanut oil
Smoked pork belly – pan seared & then baked
Stubb’s, Smokey Mesquite – BB sauce for dipping
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Potatoes carved into mushroom shapes? Looks good, but I’m curious about the potatoes.

 

[GregManning]

Potatoes carved into mushroom shapes? Looks good, but I’m curious about the potatoes.

You win the cookie. I wasn't sure how many would even notice.
I started making these 30+ years ago. I thought that I "invented" the idea.
However, since then, I've seen it done by professional chefs.

Idaho Russet potato - large
Mellon baller
Cork borer, brass - old lab equipment

 

[VenasNursery]

You win the cookie. I wasn't sure how many would even notice.
I started making these 30+ years ago. I thought that I "invented" the idea.
However, since then, I've seen it done by professional chefs.

Idaho Russet potato - large
Mellon baller
Cork borer, brass - old lab equipment
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How funny
I normally consider myself very observant

 

[Reach]

You win the cookie. I wasn't sure how many would even notice.
I started making these 30+ years ago. I thought that I "invented" the idea.
However, since then, I've seen it done by professional chefs.

Idaho Russet potato - large
Mellon baller
Cork borer, brass - old lab equipment
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That’s creative. I would have never thought to do that, nor could I figure out how you did it. Fascinating!

 

[GregManning]

That’s creative. I would have never thought to do that, nor could I figure out how you did it. Fascinating!

Normally, I might peel the potato, then I would pan saute the "mushrooms" in butter until the top or edges were brown.

Since I wasn't serving this to anyone, I fried all of the potato:
mushrooms
"dounuts"
even the leftover carcass (like very bad french fries !)

 

[GregManning]

How funny
I normally consider myself very observant

That's OK . . . . . . . .
The company that I used to work for, held a "Goodie Day" around Xmas / New Years.
Everyone brought something for a "heavy" lunch.

One year I smoked a turkey.
I comletely deboned it, and then put it back together in the shape of a turkey.

The only response I got was: "this is pretty good meat".

 

[VenasNursery]

That's OK . . . . . . . .
The company that I used to work for, held a "Goodie Day" around Xmas / New Years.
Everyone brought something for a "heavy" lunch.

One year I smoked a turkey.
I comletely deboned it, and then put it back together in the shape of a turkey.

The only response I got was: "this is pretty good meat".

Funny
Yeah that’s how it goes

 

[Reach]

Oven roasted pork loin this evening. Coated olive oil, then rubbed with thyme, freeze dried garlic, and seasoned salt. Cooked to 140 internal, rested ten minutes before slicing. Perfectly tender and juicy, with a nice thin crust on top. Probably the best I’ve made yet, it even impressed me.

 

[VenasNursery]

Oven roasted pork loin this evening. Coated olive oil, then rubbed with thyme, freeze dried garlic, and seasoned salt. Cooked to 140 internal, rested ten minutes before slicing. Perfectly tender and juicy, with a nice thin crust on top. Probably the best I’ve made yet, it even impressed me.

Looks great

 

[JD3000]

Sweet chili teriyaki grilled salmon over stir fried broccoli and cauliflower

 

[Reach]

Sweet chili teriyaki grilled salmon over stir fried broccoli and cauliflowerView attachment 73272

That looks amazing!

 

[AdkEric]

Well marbled porterhouse, liberally salted, black pepper. Seared on the grill about a minute and a half per side over hot heat, then 4 mins per side over medium low heat. Tented for 5 mins. Came out about medium rare. Baked beans from a can.

 

[JD3000]

After-Christmas bargain buy ham

Cauliflower, mushroom, and asparagus risotto with uber garlic and lotsa lotsa cheese and cream

 

[Reach]

Well marbled porterhouse, liberally salted, black pepper. Seared on the grill about a minute and a half per side over hot heat, then 4 mins per side over medium low heat. Tented for 5 mins. Came out about medium rare. Baked beans from a can.
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That steak sounds great! And I love some baked beans too!

 

[Reach]

pancakes mixed with strawberry protein powder, organic pure maple syrup / eggs cooked with ham topped with cayenne pepper, Tabasco sauce and organic ketchup

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Sounds like a great breakfast! Little too much heat for my liking, but that’s just me. I do like ham and eggs though, and ketchup always makes a scrambled egg taste good.

 

[Reach]

After-Christmas bargain buy ham
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Cauliflower, mushroom, and asparagus risotto with uber garlic and lotsa lotsa cheese and creamView attachment 73299

That looks good. What kind of ham is that, and what did you put on it?

The cauliflower risotto looks good too, how does the riced cauliflower compare to real rice? I’ve seen it a lot of places recently but haven’t tried it yet.