This first time ever to cook in new oven was a reverse sear of a Choice T-bone Steak. Put the cold steak seasoned with cracked black pepper into the small oven preheated to 250 convection bake with the oven’s probe … Continue reading
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8/18/2018 – This was an impromptu cook as we had been packing all day getting ready for the move to the farm and our next trip next week. I made the second trip to Home Depot and stopped by Hong … Continue reading
8/15/2018 – This second effort at a Mexican flavored meatloaf included our first try at Chaurice; the Creole version of Chorizo. With 3.5 lbs of ground meat, this was a very large loaf of meat. We needed to use the frozen … Continue reading
8/12/2018 — Baby Limas with Ham inspired by the recipe at Camellia Brand. We liked the simple lima bean style that is heavy on the ham. The recipe below is kicked up a lot from the one at Camellia byway … Continue reading
Inspired by Treebeards and Mary’s Crawfish Etouffee. 1 cup butter – 2 sticks 2-2/3 cups chopped celery (1/2-inch pieces) 2 medium onions, chopped into 1/2-inch pieces 2 small bell peppers, chopped into 1/2-inch pieces 1-1/4 teaspoons salt 1/8 rounded teaspoon … Continue reading
Trimmed fat from the almost 10 lb. butt and ended up with a large loose flat and the point. Rubbed it with 5POGS. Put it into the 250-degree preheated MES with the ChefMasters pellets smoking in the Amazen tray. Corn on the … Continue reading
7/29/2018 – This was a great meal that provided equally great leftovers for many meals. It was inspired by the Shrimp Etouffee recipe in our copy of Treebeard’s cookbook on page 208. The idea is to prepare the blackened catfish … Continue reading
7/8/2018 – Inspired by Marcela Valladolid here. The loaf turned out a bit spicy for Mary but fine for Tom. Good flavor and the chunky texture of the chorizo made for a nice chewy entree. … Continue reading
7/7/2018 – Our first BBQ’ed Shrimp attempt turned out great. It was inspired by Mr. B’s Bistro at http://www.mrbsbistro.com/recipes_shrimp.php Mary loved it insisting I take the photo as it was so good. I thought it needed more kick but that was maybe … Continue reading
7/7/2018 – Boiled heads from 7 lbs. of mixed shrimp from Kemah and added spices inspired by Kit Whol’s recipe on page 83 of our copy of her book titled New Orleans Classic Seafood. Ingredients Heads from 7 lbs of … Continue reading