Sunday Feb, 15th Din-dins.

[High Cheese]

I'm binging on barbeque.

I started the day with a bottle of water but it's been all downhill from there. I fired up the smoker with applewood and threw on a rack of babybacks. Lunch was smoked brats with a few Coronas. The DW is going to the store for wings that I'll turn into BBQ wings and smoked hot wings. Who knows what else I'll put on there.

For the ribs I tried smothering with dijon and made a rub. The mop is homemade tea, cider vinegar and honey.

[lilylove]

Well..... we were going out for Italian but Paul woke up with a tummy ache so... our heart day dinner may be put on hold... sigh.

[High Cheese]

A nice heaping bowl of pasta will do wonders for that belly. LOL

[lilylove]

lol... I'll try to convince him of that this afternoon!

[Love2"Q"]

baby back ribs here also ... with apple and hickory ..
green beans, mac and cheese ..
probably a few other things ...

[JoeV]

Last night I fondled a fresh picnic ham and massaged it with a mix of spices, herbs and smokey paprika that I found at the West Side market. I popped it in the oven and let if cook at 200 F for 10 hours. This morning I shredded it and bathed it in some Sweet Baby Ray's joy juice and popped it in the fridge before heading of to work. DW made some sweet cole slaw this morning and we'll be having pulled pork sammies topped with slaw for din-din. I might bake something for dessert...either cookies of maybe some nasty fattening cinnamon rolls.

[joec]

Well last nights crab cakes, roasted baby gold potatoes and asparagus was great but tonight we are just going to do a steak, baked potato and some fresh cole slaw. We are still kind of full from last night since we ate a few crab cakes each.

[Miniman]

roast beef and all that goes with it

[lilylove]

Gravy and taters??

[High Cheese]

A roll, swiss, mayo salt and pepper?

lol

[chowhound]

Either leftover DO sausage and veggies or grilled wings. I'm leaning towards the wings.

[buzzard767]

I ate and drank so much last night my body needs a break so maybe just a steamed veggie or something.

[VeraBlue]

Spaghetti rigati with meatballs and sausage. Big salad, garlic bread, fig fritters.

[homecook]

I'm hoping to convince dh to go out tonight. I don't feel like cooking. And I've been a good girl today!

Barb

[sattie]

I got some chicken parts brining, but not sure what I'm doing with them yet. Thinkin about them scalloped taters or twice baked taters to go with... we will see.

[suziquzie]

Leftover spaghetti and a salad.

[Maverick2272]

We are doing a Chinese stir fry, honey sesame chicken. Only problem is it wants corn starch. I am hoping I can sub flour to thicken it up.

[babe]

left over rib eye steak, left over white beans, creamed spinach,maybe, and a green salad. still have bday cake for dessert.

[Keltin]

I'm hoping to convince dh to go out tonight. I don't feel like cooking. And I've been a good girl today!

Barb


Is he gonna take you with him????? :yum:

[Keltin]

We are doing a Chinese stir fry, honey sesame chicken. Only problem is it wants corn starch. I am hoping I can sub flour to thicken it up.

I'd say a flour slurry should be fine for that.

[chowhound]

I did some potato wedges on the grill, too. The wings were sauced with a hot blue cheese sauce after they had cooked.

[homecook]

Is he gonna take you with him????? :yum:

I was actually thinking of going by myself! :yum:

I ended up staying home and making omelets..........real exciting!

Barb

[Keltin]

Whoo! Pass me some of those wings ChowHound! Fantastic!

Have a beer on me homecook, and actually, omelets can be exciting! :lol:

[Maverick2272]

I'd say a flour slurry should be fine for that.


It did work, I was very happy with the results!

Nice wings Fred!!!

[homecook]

Have a beer on me homecook, and actually, omelets can be exciting! :lol:

These werent' because I wasn't in the mood for cooking. Only green pepper, mushrooms, onions and cheese.
I'll take you up on the beer though!

Barb

[PanchoHambre]

hmm today was not a good day my cooking project (a tex-mex specialty) for the weekend was completely derailed.. I got as far as the Brisket... which was excellent but today went to hell... Burger King for breakfast, Cold left over Pizza for lunch, Beer for dinner. Spent all day painting... interrupted by the phone call from my Brother I knew was coming soon enough. I may have a full house again soon.

[Fisher's Mom]

I made cheese blintzes for the first time tonight and they were soooo good. The crepes turned out perfectly - and they were even round! I will need to double the crepe recipe (that I had already doubled) because the crepes seemed to disappear as I was making them.

I served them with a little powdered sugar and topped with fresh pureed strawberries. I swear, I feel like Julia Child!

[homecook]

Good for you FM!!!! That sounds good.

Barb

[PieSusan]

I made cheese blintzes for the first time tonight and they were soooo good. The crepes turned out perfectly - and they were even round! I will need to double the crepe recipe (that I had already doubled) because the crepes seemed to disappear as I was making them.

I served them with a little powdered sugar and topped with fresh pureed strawberries. I swear, I feel like Julia Child!

Did you use my mom's recipe? How do your fingers feel from all that flipping? What did you serve with them? Yum! I love cheese blintzes.

[PanchoHambre]

. I swear, I feel like Julia Child!

well chug down your Wine and fiercely wield a Sabatier! Channel your inner Julia.

Sounds good

[Keltin]

I made cheese blintzes for the first time tonight and they were soooo good. The crepes turned out perfectly - and they were even round! I will need to double the crepe recipe (that I had already doubled) because the crepes seemed to disappear as I was making them.

I served them with a little powdered sugar and topped with fresh pureed strawberries. I swear, I feel like Julia Child!


Woo-Hoo!! Excellent job! Post a recipe already!!! :lol:

[PieSusan]

^The sauce won't be as clear as one would be if made with cornstarch and if you don't cook the flour long enough it will taste really bad.

[Keltin]

Honey Sesame Chicken is a medium colored, thick sauce, so clarity isn’t a problem. Make your slurry right, and bring the sauce back to a boil (as you should with all slurries), and it should be fine. You don’t need to add a lot of flour to this, so impact on flavor is minimal. You can also season your slurry if you’re worried.

[Fisher's Mom]

Woo-Hoo!! Excellent job! Post a recipe already!!! :lol:I used PieSusan's recipe that she posted here.
http://netcookingtalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1851
I changed it a little in that I heated the filled blintzes all together in a buttered baking pan rather than browning them individually in a pan - I was making too many to do them one at a time.

[buzzard767]

DW, queen of all salad makers, provided a largish simple garden salad and that was all we could handle tonight.

[Maverick2272]

Honey Sesame Chicken is a medium colored, thick sauce, so clarity isn’t a problem. Make your slurry right, and bring the sauce back to a boil (as you should with all slurries), and it should be fine. You don’t need to add a lot of flour to this, so impact on flavor is minimal. You can also season your slurry if you’re worried.

OK, ya'll missed my first post on this, LOL. I did use the flour slurry, and it came out great! The package showed it with a kinda red color, and mine was more brown color, but either way it wasn't supposed to be clear.
It did disappear fast, though!! LOL.

[chowhound]

Thanks Mav and Keltin.

That sounds good, FM. And I don't even know what a blintze is (lol).

[buckytom]

i made my mom's pot roast in the crock pot, with a few changes. dw made mashed spuds and biscuits to go with it.

in the morning, i seasoned a 5 pound rump roast with kosher salt, freshly cracked black pepper, thyme, and savory. i let it sit for a while, then browned it well on all sides. into the crok pot it went with a few halved onions, roughly chopped carrots, and a quartered bulb of fennel. i deglazed the browning pan wiith a can of beef stock, and added it too with some water.

5 hours later, i plated the meat and veggies, then added some butter and a corn starch slurry to the remaining liquid to make gravy.

it was so good that there's only a little left from a big roast.