What are you cooking?

[gimme301]

I have a beautiful thor's hammer in the smoker I'm making for a little get together tonight. I need the red meat after trying sushi for the first time yesterday, I can still taste that nasty stuff. They called it something else but it was still raw fish so I call it sushi. Disgusting.

 

[fishorama 10]

Oh no! No raw fish, seafood or meat. Whatever it might be called, just NO! My sister made me go for sushi once. She said eel is always cooked. It was almost ok but I ate carefully, lol

What is a Marvel meat AKA thor's hammer? I neither know Marvel comics or any other cut it might be, But smoked, I'd be game to try it!

We had hard shell black bean & beef tacos.

 

[gimme301]

That's what I've always thought about it as well....who the heck wants to eat raw meat? I remember when the news was filled with stories of people getting sick eating it. Blech. I don't know what possessed me to finally try it but I wish I hadn't. And it wasn't just the flavor, the texture was slimy all the way through. SO gross!

Thor's hammer is just a bone-in beef shank where the bone sticks out of the top of the meat making it look like a hammer. They're usually big cuts too, the one I made was 12lbs.
Took 16hrs in the smoker to cook to perfection, and my piggy friends devoured the whole thing in less than 20 minutes. The only cut I like better is filet mignon but it can be tricky to get it just right and an expensive mistake when you don't.

 

[jaylach2 137]

A LOT of sushi is actually cooked. Any with shell fish, such as shrimp, is always cooked.

 

[fishorama 10]

Raw oysters? No slimy way, sounds like chunky snot or something equally gross I wonder who decided it was an aphrodisiac? Sounds more like a culinary dare to me lol

Tonight we're having "butter" chickpea/veggie curry from a pouch with extra chickpeas on brown rice. & a piece of frozen garlic naan bread to share. So healthy & so easy!

 

[gimme301]

sounds like chunky snot or something equally gross

The Campbells soup label came to mind when I read that. Mmm mmm good!

Speaking of oysters, anyone had the Rocky Mtn version? I'll admit that I have, but I was lied to and tricked into it.

 

[jaylach2 137]

Tonight is going to be simple but good. Grilled cheese and tomato/sweet basil bisque.

 

[Fishmanic21 137]

BBQing on sunday….two 2 inch thick prime strip steaks with real mashed potatoes and broccoli. Spice cake with buttercream frosting for dessert.

 

[jaylach2 137]

Just dawned on me that I have everything I need for a good beef stew as of my morning grocery delivery. I got taters, carrots, green beans, onion, diced basil/garlic/oregano diced tomatoes, slow cooker McCormick's slow cooker spice blend and 2 pounds of sirloin tips. Not today but I think I see a beef stew in the near future. When I do I'll use a LOT of carrots. For me the carrots in a beef stew or pot roast are the best part. The sirloin tips are one of my few gripes with Omaha Steaks as they are not consistent as to size so I'll have to dig through and cut the larger tips.

LOL! @fishorama , Yes, there WILL be red wine in the stew.

I also now have good, soft, hoagie rolls and 2-8 ounce packs of thin sliced raw rib eye and can see either, or both, a Philly cheese steak and French dip.

I LOVE how much money I save getting groceries delivered! Just two examples but I got a 365 count bottle of allergy tabs for $30.00 (no, 365 is NOT a typo). Also got a 4-pack of 15.5 ounce Marie Callender's Chicken Pot Pies for $12.99 which I like a LOT. Neither of these deals were available in store. And I don't have to bother going to the store.

 

[jaylach2 137]

Just something to think about especially if you have a vacuum bag system; my vacuum setup is manual with a hand pump.

As to veggies I use either fresh or frozen. Corn is OK in a can but not much else. I buy 2 pound bags of frozen corn, peas, broccoli and green beans. I then portion out these to my vacuum bags and toss in my chest freezer Even with the cost of the bags, which can be used several times, it saves money as the large bags in a store cost less than smaller bags per ounce.

This also works well for many cheeses. I just finished splitting up a 6 cheese Italian blend that I got yesterday in a 2 pound bag. I end up with 2 bags of cheese in my freezer with plenty for sketti sauce and other stuff in my fridge.

Thing is that buying larger amounts usually tends to be cheaper by the ounce than smaller bags. This is how "dollar stores" make a profit. While there are actually some good deals in such stores you are more paying more per ounce for the product than you would at your grocery in most cases. Take some baked beans. In a Dollar Store you get a can for a dollar but it likely to be a can that has 2-3 ounces. In your local grocery they won't even sell the item but you can get a 16 ounce can of the same thing for $4.00. The 16 ounce can in your grocery costs you $0.25 per ounce. A 2 ounce at at your dollar store costs $$0.50 per ounce.which, per ounce, is twice the price.

Jut something to think about...

 

[fishorama 10]

There are a couple things I get at the dollar, now $1.25, store. Brown rice, toothpaste, flimsy aluminum foil come to mind. Also got a big plastic colander & Heinz 57 sauce (good on pork). The sauce was a find half the size bottles but the regular grocery price was $11 (eek!)

We watched baseball & hockey playoffs so had a late dinner. My husband made "deluxe" salad with romaine, chickpeas, carrot, cheese & tomato. He's getting good at that!

 

[Rusty_Shackleford21 136]

Tonight will be a pork chop, asparagus and fried peaches.

Yesterday was chicken apple sausage on the grill amd I grilled Apple slices to go with it.

Today is French Onion Meatloaf.
Best French Onion Meatloaf Recipe – Simple, Savory & Cheesy https://share.google/88c9yu17s3cT69zI7

 

[fishorama 10]

Rusty, I can't even look at your meatloaf recipe. I know my husband would love it, has cheese! I often think if any food has cheese, he'd try it & probably like it, even foods he hates, lol

IDK what we're having for dinner, something from the freezer...spaghetti, frozen pizza, burgers?

 

[jaylach2 137]

Another easy, quick dinner tonight as I just haven't felt like cooking much. Egg salad sandwiches, here we come.

 

[jaylach2 137]

Hey, sorry to double up posts but I have a question.

I like tarragon vinegar but it isn't normally available except in a specialty store. My local grocery also does not sell fresh tarragon. Making tarragon vinegar is simple as putting distilled white vinegar in a jar with fresh tarragon sprigs and letting steep for a a month. Do you think that it would work the same with dried tarragon done like a tea bag to steep? I DO have some tea bags that I don't care for that I could empty and fill with dried tarragon.

I especially like tarragon vinegar on such things as taters and boiled cabbage such as corned beef and cabbage.