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

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

Your daughter is a very bright young girl.

Indeed. Sometimes it's a challenge 😂

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No more Morels this year so I made one. A little chewy.

It was a 'Foil Wrapped Supper' tonight. I had left over BBQ'd cured chicken thigh and some local asparagus and some nice California grown sweet corn. It's really warmed up so I decided to cook all on the BBQ. I wasn't in the mood for grilled asparagus and I hate corn cooked in the leaves as it gives it a flavor I do not like so it was aluminum foil to the rescue.

Before:



And After:



The base of that asparagus was the size of my thumb/I prefer larger asparagus as the 'thread' to 'meat' ration is better.

Thanks for looking.

Well it's not for supper but it's going to be for eating so I decided to post here.

There was a sale on boneless skinless chicken thighs at a near by store ($1.69 per pound) and I'd cured and frozen one batch and was curing the other when I got a hankering to try making Chicken Jerky. So I pulled the thighs out of the brine and reserved the brine. Then I mixed up my usual seasoning mixture that I use for Beef, Deer or Elk jerky but I was out of the low sodium soy sauce that I usually use so I cut down the amount and used a dark soy instead. Once I had the thighs coated, I added some of the brine and let it set for a few hours and then I cut slices and got them ready for the smoker.

Ready for smoking, then slow drying:



Slow smoked at 120 degs with two pans of chips then dried at 110 degs.The dark Is Not Burned--it's just from the dark soy sauce.

I just removed the thinest pieces and the others will probably be done in a few hours.

The pieces I've sampled are a little salty but not too bad. Next time I'll skip the brine and use plain water to thin the seasoning down.

Damn, those are looking good Roy. Nice work.

..Finally got me some Fiddle Heads...sooo good !

Thanks To Roy, I decided our pork chops would have some fried/baked apples on them tonight



The flavor was spot on and I will be doing this again for sure

Fusilli with ricotta and a bit of prosciutto.
My serving had a healthy dose of black pepper. My daughter's not so much

Went for a rare out to dinner with my wife and ordered some Oxtail spaghetti.

It tasted alright but not spectacular but when I started getting some bones I mentioned it to the waitress. Tails have a lot of bones in them but I don't expect to worry about chewing spaghetti.

No broken teeth or anything exiting but they didn't charge me for the spaghetti. Even then it was about 45 USD for the rest.

That's why I don't go out to eat very often!

A bit on the dry side, but still delicious, and perfect with a side of cold milk. I will have to try again.
Strawberry-jam brownies.