Grilling hamburgers and hot dogs tonight— But mine are much better than at the ballpark— The longnecks are ice cold— Life is good in Gator Nation!
I freshly grind chuck when I make burgers. I add a few things as well. That makes a huge difference. I wish that I could get Vienna Beef hot dogs from Chicago locally, but Hebrew National hot dogs are really good and can get them at Publix. I think that they make their dogs with slaughterhouse sweepings at the ball park.
Chicken tagine tonight (pretty much this recipe: Chicken Tagine with Fennel and Olives) and smoking ribs tomorrow.
Tonight I’ve got boneless country cut ribs seasoned with coarse black pepper and Everglades seasoning. Grilling them indirect over applewood smoke, Pat’s Homade on the last two turns—also choice of baked sweet or regular potatoes on the grill. Fresh steamed green cabbage and fresh steamed yellow squash & vidalia onions to go with. The longnecks are as always ice cold and compliment the afternoon/evening. Life is good in Gator Nation!
Last night was pot roast. Seasoned (your typical kosher salt and black pepper with the secret ingredient black garlic) and seared in a cast iron skillet then put on a bed of sliced onions in the crock pot and cooked until you can shred it. Add the carrots about 45 minutes and mushrooms about 20 minutes before serving. Served with mashed potatoes and corn. Tonight since I bought the roast at Sams and forgot to re-freeze the other half I cubed it up into 2x2 chunks, seared them in a cast iron skillet (it was raining or I would have grilled them) and then finished them in the oven. Slightly tough because of the cut and thickness but you can still make a roast taste as good as a good steak. That didn't last until dinner so it was more like an appetizer lol.
Im going to need a stimulus check to feed these boys if this lasts much longer. LOL. Whats cooking? EVERYTHING!!!! I had no idea there were 10 meals a day. Breakfast - second breakfast - brunch - lunch - second lunch - third lunch - pre dinner - dinner - second dinner - after 11PM free for all. I need sports back in my life ASAP. I recorded the 20 inning game between UGA and Clemson yesterday to watch last night since I didnt get to see it live. Thats the sad state of affairs we are living in around here. LOL In all seriousness - I hope everyone is staying healthy and taking care of themselves. While I think its a bit of an over-reaction - I also understand that quick action could keep this from being a real problem long term.
A full rack is thin on one side an thick on the other. I cut it in half so that I could pull the skinny side early.
Watched the 1978 “tie breaker” game between Yankees and Red Sox today on MLB Network— Grilling BBQ Chicken halves with Pat’s Ho-made on the last two turns. Fresh steamed yellow squash and vidalia onions and fresh field peas with snaps, and white rice topped with Rotel tomatoes. Good little rain storm blowing through right now, still the ice cold longnecks are mighty good. Life is good in Gator Nation!
BTW, I kept them all on for the same time. The thin ones were chewy but good and the thick ones were juicy and good. No complaints.
Had my second attempt at the homemade crawfish boil yesterday. I did a little post cooking soak. 2 minutes boiling. Then put in frozen ears of corn and let it sit for 3 minutes with the gas turned off. The meat was more moist. Worked pretty well. Really upped the volume of crawfish, 26 lbs vs my previous attempt at 7. I didn’t scale the spices right. They weren’t very spicy this time. Some more improvements possible. Also had deer sausage and deer boudin grilled as a side. The deer came from a friend’s hunt here in Texas. Bambi died well... All washed down with a case of Shiner.
What does crawfish taste like? Keep in mind, to me, frog legs don't "taste like chicken". I'm not a very adventurous eater when it comes to stuff like that but I would like to try them once because a crawfish boil sounds like something that would be fun to do.
0607— First off I’d say crawfish tails are noticeably thinner than shrimp—after that they taste to me kinda like Cajun crab boil small shrimp.
I dont eat seafood of any kind. Ive tried it all and the "fishy taste" is something I just cant get around. I can even tell if fish has been fried in the same grease as my fries at a restaurant. I guess its just something my taste buds are sensitive to. I liken it to people not being able to get around the "gamey" taste of venison even though I dont taste it at all. My point in all that was my granny used to do big boils on Sundays after church for all the families and we would all hang out. She would make a small special batch just for me with alligator tail instead of the seafood ingredients - but with all the other ones that make it so great. Potatoes, corn, hot venison sausage, etc. Great memories.
Grouper is amazing and doesn't taste fishy like mackerel. Flounder and sole are also very clean tasting. If you know somebody that caught one, trigger fish is really good. My wife hates salmon and being a bit oily it does have a fishy but distinctive taste. Same with swordfish. Tuna is somewhat fishy, but I like the better grades. Sushi grade is divine. Bad tuna is cat food. Halibut is really good, but the price is quite dear in Florida. And for fresh water fish there is nothing better than cold water walleye with the possible exception of a pail of swimming brook trout fried up for breakfast.
Not cooking tonight. I spent much of the day cleaning my MIL's gutters with the added thing of the elbows under the eaves and the elbow under her sidewalks to the pop up being clogged. The hardest thing was that she buried the pop up under mulch and we could not find it. It took me hours, but I found it. The gutters and downspouts are now clean as a whistle. I did make a new batch of pickle slices using the juice I made for the last batch. And my MIL is buying us dinner for take out from our favorite Thai place. We want to give them business. I am sure that they are hurting like all small businesses.
5 adults plus 4 kids but they didn’t do any damage. I wanted 20 lbs but the guy didn’t want to break a bag. Hence the 26.
