What?s Cookin?

[Terri Yaki]

It looks good, but salmon is not my thing.

My wife and I stopped at an Applebees while traveling. They had a triple entree, one of the samples being  salmon of some sort.Now I have been eating all types of salmon prepared different ways and smoked different ways over the years.
It had been a long time since I had tried it so I ordered. My wife said "you don't like salmon". I told her it's been a long time,maybe my tastes have changed.
Lo and behold the meal comes. The first thing to try is the salmon. I immediately ate all the salmon. She was surprised,and said "did you change your mind about it?"
I looked up from the plate and told her no. I just wanted it off my plate so I could enjoy the rest of my meal!
True story!

I think that we who eat even food that we don't like because it's bought and paid for are in the minority. Most would have left it go into the trash. Food has to be pretty bad before I won't eat it. I might not order it again but I'll usually eat it.

[buzzbee]

I actually wanted the smell of fresh cooked salmon gone so I could enjoy it.

[.30WCF]

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[Terri Yaki]

Either someone forgot to cook your food or you're at a hipot Asian bbq.

[.30WCF]

Maybe I can get a pic of the leftovers tomorrow, but I made a loaded potato soup tonight with sweet Italian sausage mixed in. Topped with bacon, sour cream, cheddar and chives for the win.

The sausage gave it a deeper warm winter Irish Pub vibe.


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[buzzbee]

With 81 pages, this thread almost deserves it's own category so we don't have to look for it to post.

Does anybody else spice up their coffee? We've been buying whole bean coffee and grinding it each pot for quite a few years now.
The first time I was at a Trader Joes years ago it was around Christmas time and I saw they had a coffee I believe was called winter warmer. I looked at ingredients and they had spiced with red and green peppercorns, sweet cinnamon, and fresh clove.
I have  just added black peppercorns and a little cinnamon on top to my own ground coffee and it makes a nice change from regular ground coffee. One thing I noticed is the pot life of the coffee seems to last longer if we don't drink it all right away.
One take away on this ,if the coffee is ground too fine and too much cinnamon,it can plug the filter and get a bit of overflow.

[Terri Yaki]

Nah, I'm not into coffee that much. Just put in the Folger's and fire it up.

[.30WCF]

I tried smoking the beans before. I remember think it was nice and warm feeling. That has been a long time ago though.


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[.30WCF]

Since 15 likes eggs on a burger so much I thought Id share this one. It?s my new favorite salad dressing. Two runny eggs. I like it on a salmon or grilled chicken salad, but sardine steaks will suffice for the meat as well.

It gives the creamy, fatty and salty thing you want without all the artificial and processed stuff.










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[Terri Yaki]

Eggs on a salad? Who would have thunk it? I used to steal my father's sardines when I was a kid but for some reason, I have no interest in them these days.

[.30WCF]

Eggs on a salad? Who would have thunk it? I used to steal my father's sardines when I was a kid but for some reason, I have no interest in them these days.

The presentation is what?s new to me. I?m used to a boiled egg halved or quartered on a salad. I like to pickle boiled eggs in beet juice, and eat them plain or on a salad, but you still want the dressing for the creamy topping.

The other week I decided to try a runny egg to see if it would satisfy the requirement for the dressing. It did it famously. I have since ordered it at Cracker Barrel a couple times with the grilled chicken salad, and another restaurant. The sardine steak was at home, but I?ve had a couple with the flavored tuna packets at home too, topped with egg.

As for the sardines, I prefer the plain now over the hot sauce or mustard, which is different than I used to. Kipper steaks are larger and smokey. I like them over the sardines, but cost about twice as much.

Leftover hamburger steak, taco meat, roast, chicken, pork loin or chops all work well on a salad.


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[The15thMember]

That's an interesting idea.  I can see the yolk making a good salad dressing, and then the white is basically like if you just have hard-boiled egg in the salad.  My mom likes to use kraut juice instead of salad dressing sometimes.  I do prefer some dressing myself, and do sometimes homemake some, but I really should do it more often. 

[animal]

thinking about having a fancy meal tonight

[buzzbee]

thinking about having a fancy meal tonight

Now we're talking!

[The15thMember]

We're trying to work through some stuff in the freezer to make room for our next butchering day.  Here's some goat bones getting turned into delicious, nutritious bone broth. 

[The15thMember]

We had chef salads last night.  I made mine up with mixed greens, a little bit of iceberg, ham, turkey, havarti cheese, cherry tomatoes, sweet onion, dry-roasted sunflower seeds, croutons, fermented carrots, and ranch mixed up from a packet, not from a bottle.

[.30WCF]

Mojarra de el Diablo

[Terri Yaki]

It looks like they forgot to clean your fish first.