Labor Day Weekend Tasty Treats

[Jim Almquist]

Wife picked up some BB ribs and they will go on the Weber tomorrow. Tonight will either be deep fry night or ribeye night. Deep fry will be shrimp, Chicken fritters, tater tots and breaded mushrooms and maybe even a few motzzie sticks but for us lactose intolerant who cares.

 

Anybody else cooking up anything fun ?

[Mike89]

home made pork and crab egg rolls and crab stuffed mushrooms

[Cooperman]

4 hours ago, Jim Almquist said:

Wife picked up some BB ribs and they will go on the Weber tomorrow. Tonight will either be deep fry night or ribeye night. Deep fry will be shrimp, Chicken fritters, tater tots and breaded mushrooms and maybe even a few motzzie sticks but for us lactose intolerant who cares.

 

Anybody else cooking up anything fun ?

Same here, baby backs on the Weber Performer. Homemade potato salad, and beans (from  a can).

[RebelSS]

24 minutes ago, Cooperman said:

Same here, baby backs on the Weber Performer. Homemade potato salad, and beans (from  a can).

Exactly what I'm havin' here, Coop!  

[delcecchi]

6 hours ago, Jim Almquist said:

Wife picked up some BB ribs and they will go on the Weber tomorrow. Tonight will either be deep fry night or ribeye night. Deep fry will be shrimp, Chicken fritters, tater tots and breaded mushrooms and maybe even a few motzzie sticks but for us lactose intolerant who cares.

 

Anybody else cooking up anything fun ?

I thought Mozzarella was reasonably low in Lactose.  Mozzie sticks with a lactaid chaser? 

[RebelSS]

ERMIGAWD!!!! These are the half-rack baby-backs my butcher buddy cut and wrapped for me...I never saw them until today. He said "I think you'll like them"......cripes!!!! The meat was 2" thick! And that's a QUARTER rack on the plate!!! Whatta feast!!! *urp* 

[bobberineyes]

Yowser reb!!! Those baby's look awesome! Kinda windy but I made it work. 2 chuck eyes,  a t-bone and 2 no namers grandma and grandpa brought.

[delcecchi]

I always thought it was somewhat strange or maybe even ironic that the bones off the pork loin sell for more per pound than the boneless meat does.....

Aren't baby backs just the bones that get removed to make boneless pork loin?  The boneless loin is like 1.89 and the bones are 2.99+, so the more meat left on the bone the more profit, if I have it figured right...

Maybe I should get some meat glue and layer more meat on the ribs...

Real name is Transglutaminase

Edited September 3, 2016 by delcecchi

[bobberineyes]

As far as pork and chicken goes, it has to be bone in for me , just turns out juicier. Marbled beef it doesn't matter. 

[RebelSS]

KIll it, cook, sear it!!!   *GULP* 

[Jim Almquist]

15 hours ago, delcecchi said:

I thought Mozzarella was reasonably low in Lactose.  Mozzie sticks with a lactaid chaser? 

Rather not take a chance this time. For the most part I can have a few poppers and a few motzzie sticks as long as I have other things right along with them. Every now and then I will do a pizza just because I love it but do I pay for it. I can take 4 Lactaid fast acting tablets and still feel the effects the next day. It is worth it 

[delcecchi]

12 minutes ago, Jim Almquist said:

Rather not take a chance this time. For the most part I can have a few poppers and a few motzzie sticks as long as I have other things right along with them. Every now and then I will do a pizza just because I love it but do I pay for it. I can take 4 Lactaid fast acting tablets and still feel the effects the next day. It is worth it 

That's too bad.  Hate to see a man suffer for what he loves.

[eyeguy 54]

went to the fair yesturday so I am full for a few days... LOL  walleye balls were my favorite!

[Mike89]

the egg rolls and mushrooms were great!

[bobberineyes]

With no pics we'll havta take your word for it, that does sound good though.  Great idea fellas,  ribs and cabbage casserole tomorrow  ( I'm probably sleeping on the couch, but it's worth it) with perhaps some fried green tomatoes....dang i like those things.

[delcecchi]

Had some chunks of steak mapped in bacon from HiVee (neener neener reb ). Salted, sous vide, sear.  Serve with mashed potatoes.

[Jim Almquist]

Del is the sous verde thing reading in Celsius ? or is it still warming up ? 

[LindellProStaf]

Ya Del, so you just get them to 135 or so?  And then hit them on the grill for a little sear?

[delcecchi]

It is reading in farenheit.  I started out at 135 for wife's steak.  She likes hers a little more done.  Make that a lot more done...

Yes, you put the meat in the water bath, sealed in plastic, set at the temperature for the doneness you want.  It can stay there for a considerable time.   Like medium is 130 to 135.    Leave it in at least an hour, up to several hours.  

Then when you want to eat, you take it out, pat it dry and either throw it on a screaming hot grill or in a screaming hot pan to get a sear on it without cooking it more.   Makes it easy to get the meat cooked exactly right.  What I do, since we like ours different, is put hers in at 135 or 140 and then after a time lower the temp to 125 or 130 and put mine in.  

I also did a cooks illustrated trick they used for roast beef that the meat is supposed to get tenderer if you hold it at like 115 for a while.  Something about enzymes... So I did 115 for an hour, then went ahead.  It seems to have helped because that sirloin can be a little tough and this was better. 

Edited September 5, 2016 by delcecchi

[bobberineyes]

That's pretty slick del. You ever try doing a small ham or pork loins that way? I wonder how Cornish game hens or even packaged whole chickens would turn out, if the skin would crispen up like cooking in a bag in the oven..hmmm. 

[Jim Almquist]

It is a interesting way to cook that's for sure !

[delcecchi]

Since they are totally sealed in and cooking at low temperature, skin or anything else doesn't get crisp.  Ham is said to work great and doesn't dry out like it can if overcooked in oven.  Pork loin would also be excellent.  It is great on stuff that you need to be careful about overcooking like white meat chicken, ham, pork loin etc. 

Typically either you have to glaze or sear at the end, or serve with a sauce or something due the fact there is no browning going on.  

There is a pot roast type recipe that involves cooking for like 24 hours at a low temp to achieve the tenderness associated with the conventional braising.   Sort of like crock pot only more precise in this case.   I think I will give that a try once it cools off and I have time.  

[roony]

Needs cucumbers.

[delcecchi]

Nah, green beans. 

I have the costco stir fry stuff.  That will have to do. 

And some pickles... And some artisan romaine. 

[smurfy]

On 9/4/2016 at 7:16 PM, delcecchi said:

Had some chunks of steak mapped in bacon from HiVee (neener neener reb ). Salted, sous vide, sear.  Serve with mashed potatoes.

??? Boiled meat??

 

 

Reb that's enough for both you and the NL!!!

Had chicky on the charcoal grill.