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

Originally Posted by evnpar

I don't know why I click on this thread, as the dinners always look so much better than my dinners. I often want to eat at Roy's house.

You click on this thread because like you said the food is good looking and besides maybe you'll learn a trick or two like the rest of us,

Oh and also you click on this because like the rest of us it's like a train wreck where you can't look away and you subconsciously like the sheer tortuous agony of drooling over food that is on a computer and not in your belly MMMMmmmmmmm !!!!!! That's m'story and ahm stickin toit !

First and Foremost--I did clean my cooktop--



Secondly I've never ever had any luck with trying to keep a 1/2 of an avocado from turning black. I've tried the 'keep the seed in the 1/2' and wrapped tightly in plastic wrap but the next day it's started going to hell and the taste had gone down hill.

So when I made my Pork Verde with a side of guacamole I had a 1/2 of an avocado left over so I decided to play a bit.

While my vacuum sealer came with the hose and attachment to suck the air out of jars it's never worked worth a tinker's damn. However I do have a decent vacuum set up for my scales and such so-------------

I put the 1/2 inside of a clean jar and put the lid on and tightened the ring on finger tight and put it in the chamber then drew a full pull and left it there for about 30 seconds.

Here's the 1/2 out of the fridge 2 days later--





The lid was sucked down just as tight as when I pressure can things AND Absolutely NO Browning and it tasted just as fresh as it''s other half did.

Now to play with leftover guacamole

I hope this is of some help to someone.

You throw some stabilizer in there for good measure? Looks like you just cut it!

What I served on the weekend.

18.5 lb beef brisket, smoked for 16 hrs. Sorry, no after pics, had a party goin on!

And tonight, to celebrate my newly discovered part ethnicity.

Potato latkes.
Happy Chanukah all.

Thanks so much for not torturing my BBQ-starved belly any further with an "after" shot, Mike. That brisket looks too good for words...the latkes too!

We need a drooling smiley at times like this, but this will work ...

+1 on the drooling smiley.

Originally Posted by jfk742

You throw some stabilizer in there for good measure? Looks like you just cut it!

'Stabilizer'

NOPE! Not even any lemon or lime juice on the flesh. I just cut it, immediately put in the jar, pulled a full vacuum for 30 seconds or so and then put it in the frig and continued making my guacamole.

But YUP! It was just as fresh as if I'd just cut it when I took it out of the frig. That's why I'm so impressed. While I'm frugal, the next time avo's are on sale I think I'll cut a couple and repeat the vacuum thing then see how they are after longer storage. I'll also see about using the vacuum on left over guacamole.

Originally Posted by Speedster

Thanks so much for not torturing my BBQ-starved belly any further with an "after" shot, Mike. That brisket looks too good for words...the latkes too!

We need a drooling smiley at times like this, but this will work ...

Hirlau would be good for things like emojis .........Miss that guy

Awesome Roy !!!!

Well, I’m not a Chef but since I’ll be traveling for Christmas it was time to check out the traditional Christmas food for western Norway:
Lambribs, sauerkraut, sausage from the local butcher, Christmas beer, etc.