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Food/Cooking

Cold rainy weather and friends from out of town meant that it was time for some beef stew in the crockpot.

Top round browned in skillet... then into the pot along with potato, tomato, green beans, lima beans, carrot, celery, peas, white onion, yellow corn, barley, parsley, dill, garlic cloves, bay leaves, beef broth, and some additional seasonings. Served with hot buttered cheesy garlic bread on the side. Absolutely delicious.

 
Beef Wellington and tomato pie good stuff
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Homemade beef jerky on the new smoker:
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It came out a little on the tough side, but still tasty. Next time I'll take an hour or two off the dehydration time.
 
Been having fun trying new things..the wife got me watching the Great British Baking Show (she's in love with Paul Hollywood) and it looks like fun. I'm thinking "I can do this!" So I thought I'd try out some ideas.

Made this for my daughter's 10'th B-day party. Triple layer chocolate espresso cake with peanut butter buttercream, PB ganache, and chocolate/PB chips on the outside. First time I ever baked anything in 43 years! Came out pretty good for a first timer.
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And since I'm still at home with the kids, they occaisionally come home to a treat. How about some peanut butter and jelly cookies? Gotta say, these were f'n amazing! We like PB in my house... lol.
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Cool thing about baking is it looks as good as you want. Fried meat always looks like fried meat, no matter how good or bad it tastes. Cakes and cookies and what not can be decorated... it's quite fun.
 
I don't normally necro-bump but wanted to share and I'm not gonna start a new thread just for this.

Back when I lived in Galveston TX, there was this hole in the wall place that made the best comfort food... patty-melts, shrimp po-boys, etc. One of my favorites was their original recipe Muffaletta sandwich.

For those not familiar, the Muffaletta originated in New Orleans' French Quarter. It's essentially a 10-12" round French bread loaf with toasted sesame seeds... filled with Capicola ham, Mortadella ( pork), Genoa salami, mozzarella, provolone, Swiss, and the main ingredient... olive salad. If you don't like olives then you won't like it... end of story.

But when my olive-hating wife tried it, she fell in love with it. I think it's the culmination of flavors and at least for my wife I think it became an acquired taste. It's just so damned good and this place in Galveston is famous for theirs.

So a couple months ago we took a little day trip down to the island and while we were there we stopped by and brought one back. Just for perspective, these sandwiches weigh approx 3.25 lbs each. They aint small lol.

And since I was still craving more after we finished off the one we bought, I decided to try making my own. I figured it would be tough to replicate the one that I fell in love with but I gave it a shot. I tried to source the bread locally but between two groceries and three bakery's... came up short. So I improvised and by the time it was all said and done, I had one that was even better than the original imo.

Anyway... I've made probably 5-6 at this point ( much smaller than the original)... mostly for my wife to take to work but so far neither of us have burned out on them. They're just so damned good and it's really cool that I can now make em at home.

My version:

Herb & garlic french loaf
Toasted sesame seeds
Boars Head Genoa salami
Boars Head pistachio mortadella
Boars Head Black Forest ham
Deli smoked mozzarella
Deli baby-Swiss
Sargento smoked provolone
Central Grocery Olive Salad

* Toasted in the oven ( open-face) at 350* for 10 minutes ( then folded together after a few mins of cooling.

 
I kind of envy you guys that can make good food. I don't have the desire. Cooking is a lot of freaking work. Preparing, doing, cleaning up all the freaking dishes, etc! I live by getting takeout and going out to eat. Thankfully I have a bunch of aunts in my life that can cook and bake and also a girlfriend that cooks. She doesn't bake though.

This is about the extent of my cooking. The Chef Boyardee Pizza Kit was one of my childhood favorites and it is one of those rare things that still tastes good as an adult. I will make one of these ever couple of months. I'm not sure where they get off calling it a pizza kit any longer because they don't include friggin' cheese!?! So you have to supply your own. I used grated shaker cheese because that's what used to be included in these pizza kits.

This is what I consider a lot of work for food.

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Nothin wrong with that, Jato although I sure do think I'd spring for some shredded cheese lol.

There used to be one called Appian Way that isn't around anymore. It was crap I'm sure but it was a childhood memory for me. Used to visit my dad on weekends and we'd make one. We'd also add pepperoni, green pepper and mushroom as I remember.

Food isn't about "this is good and that sucks". It's about what you loved as a kid and still remember ( and crave). Hell, I still like cinnamon toast lol.
 
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