Thread: just wanted to share tonight's dinner with you guys..

Originally Posted by 32t

This is what I have always thought pressed duck was.

CANTONESE PRESSED DUCK recipe | Epicurious.com

Chinese Pressed Duck Recipe

Sounds like cultural differences about what 'Pressed Duck' is. French vs Chinese

Originally Posted by Nightblade

Thanks to you,I was at a local restaurant last night eating pork belly and duck confit street tacos......heavenly !

Good stuff right?

Originally Posted by 32t

This is what I have always thought pressed duck was.

CANTONESE PRESSED DUCK recipe | Epicurious.com

Chinese Pressed Duck Recipe

This device is very French. The concept of squeezing every bit of flavor from an ingredient making the dish taste more of itself is very French. It sounds obvious enough that something would taste like itself but it isn't always so. Nothing gets kicked in the teeth harder than chicken these days. But give this a watch. Here is a guy (thomas Keller) showing Jimmy Kimmel the painstaking process of making a carrot for the Bocuse D'Or and all that they went through to make a carrot taste as good as a carrot could.

Watch Chef Thomas Keller on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

Good stuff right?

Si Bueno ! Too good , I could get way too used to it haha !

Went to the store for pork shoulder and chuck to make meatballs this weekend and saw that they had good pork shoulder and belly for sausage. So since the grinder was coming out, I made just under ten pounds of Italian sausage too. The freezer is going to be full.

Whoa! Can I come over? haha

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

Went to the store for pork shoulder and chuck to make meatballs this weekend and saw that they had good pork shoulder and belly for sausage. So since the grinder was coming out, I made just under ten pounds of Italian sausage too. The freezer is going to be full.

Did someone say sausage ??!!

Many years ago I had two guys in from out of town that I'd worked with many times out on the road, One was Bob and he's a Big Boy, probably about 6' 6"+ and around 280, the other guy was about my size, 5' 8" 165. My kids were small and they called Bob 'Big Bob'.

Anyway when the guys that I worked with out on the road were in town I'd always ask them over for supper on a Wednesday. This Wednesday I fixed homemade Italian Sausage; it was right about 3-3.5 lbs worth. I'd stuffed it the big hog casings and had left it in a roll for presentation. It barely fit in my large cast iron skillet but I browned it and then added a bit of water and steamed it until it was done.

The rest of the meal was red sauce with pasta, a green salad, garlic bread and some home made cake for dessert.

Those two Gut Hungry Basteards ate 100% of that sausage. My wife couldn't believe it. I told her; 'Well I guess they liked it".

Originally Posted by cudarunner

Many years ago I had two guys in from out of town that I'd worked with many times out on the road, One was Bob and he's a Big Boy, probably about 6' 6"+ and around 280, the other guy was about my size, 5' 8" 165. My kids were small and they called Bob 'Big Bob'.

Anyway when the guys that I worked with out on the road were in town I'd always ask them over for supper on a Wednesday. This Wednesday I fixed homemade Italian Sausage; it was right about 3-3.5 lbs worth. I'd stuffed it the big hog casings and had left it in a roll for presentation. It barely fit in my large cast iron skillet but I browned it and then added a bit of water and steamed it until it was done.

The rest of the meal was red sauce with pasta, a green salad, garlic bread and some home made cake for dessert.

Those two Gut Hungry Basteards ate 100% of that sausage. My wife couldn't believe it. I told her; 'Well I guess they liked it".

I had to order a new grinder today. As I was working with the grinder attachment for a KA mixer this weekend, I noticed that it was cracked and the meat and juices were coming through the crack. I ordered one of these LEM Might Bite 8 grinders. I didn't want to get another attachment grinder because it ties me to the KA mixer. And that mixer is giving off that smell of a motor burning out. So I don't want a grinder attached to a motor that has a limited shelf life. I had some Amazon points to soften the blow. But the next time I need to grind, it should be a snap.

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

I had to order a new grinder today. As I was working with the grinder attachment for a KA mixer this weekend, I noticed that it was cracked and the meat and juices were coming through the crack. I ordered one of these LEM Might Bite 8 grinders. I didn't want to get another attachment grinder because it ties me to the KA mixer. And that mixer is giving off that smell of a motor burning out. So I don't want a grinder attached to a motor that has a limited shelf life. I had some Amazon points to soften the blow. But the next time I need to grind, it should be a snap.

I've never used my Kitchen Aid Grinder Attachment much. Usually just for very small jobs and a lot of the time with cooked meats, boiled eggs, chopped onions etc to make sandwich spreads and such.

For big jobs I've used the Chop Rite #22 for over 35 years. However my shoulder was telling me that it was time to move further into the future and my nephew worked for Cabelas so I asked him to use his employee discount to purchase me an electric grinder.

I love it! As long as it out lasts me I'll be happy. It accepts all of my dies and cutters from the Chop Rite.

Here's the link to it.

Cabela's Carnivore Commercial-Grade 1hp Grinder : Cabela's

OH! With his discount it was $280 delivered to my front door.