What's for Dinner?

[winemaker81]

@geek and @sour_grapes, thanks! Tuesday is our 30th!!!

@Kraffty, sorry to hear about the elder relatives. Been through it recently myself, so I appreciate what you're dealing with. I wish you perseverance!!!

 

[geek]

Humbly but good seasoning

 

[ibglowin]

Ribs turned out well.......... Lets just say they did not suck!



Pulled pork pulled like budder.........

 

[Boatboy24]

This will be dinner in a few weeks. Nice Angus Chuck Roast that I rubbed down with a mixture of Dizzy Pig's "Peruvian-ish" and oregano, kosher salt, chili powder and cumin. I've got it going low-n-slow over Kingsford Pro and some pecan. I'll shred it later, vac seal and freeze for use in enchiladas.

 

[Boatboy24]

3.5 hours in, I wrapped in HD foil and will let it roll for another couple hours.

 

[Yooper🍷]

Not for dinner but to have late eve snacks with friends. 6 hr brine, rinsed and dry for an hour, 3 hours on smoker w/ apple and maple wood

 

[sour_grapes]

Some catchup from the holiday weekend:

Grilled shrimp (from @jamesngalveston 's old company) with preserved lemon, butter, and garlic. Grilled corn-off-the-cob, snap peas, yellow squash, and garlic scapes. Sauteed spinach and garlic. Honestly, it was underwhelming...

 

[Boatboy24]

Enchilada filling prep, part deux. This episode filmed on the Performer.

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[sour_grapes]

More catchup:

Big, meaty artichokes, boiled, then finished on the grill. Sweet potatoes slow-grilled on indirect heat. Eggplant slices, wet-brined, then grilled, with home-grown oregano. A nice rack of ribs with a ho-made dry-rub, slow-grilled on indirect. Dessert was grilled peaches swimming in heavy cream. Washed down, as you see, with a Seven Deadly Zins.

 

[heatherd]

Dry-rubbed an 8# brisket for smoking tomorrow. Used 2 parts Penzeys Quebec Beef (salt, black pepper, white pepper, garlic, coriander, sugar), 1 part each of Penzeys Pacific sea salt, Roasted Garlic, and Mignonette pepper. I'm going to use a process from Meat Church: Brisket – Meat Church but did my own rub recipe.



Here's the cook photos and the finished product. My family liked the smoked chuck roast better than the brisket, but I was pleased that the brisket turned out really juicy (compared to what I get at Mission BBQ). 7.5 hour cook between 275 and 300 over hickory and mesquite. Wrapped in pink paper at 175 degrees. Served with a corn & black bean salad. Washed down with some 2019 Malvasia Blanca.

 

[cmason1957]

This was dinner tonight, Cedar planked steelhead trout with garlic and rosemary herbs, grilled yellow (green) beans, grilled asparagus. Served with our recently bottled Bella Bianca white wine. Absolutely wonderful.

 

[sour_grapes]

Lentils (parsley, garlic); roasted fennel; roasted asparagus (Grana Padano); baked Pacific cod with a salsa verde (cilantro, basil, garlic, lemon, salt, pepper); sauteed/braised turnip greens (onions, herbes de Provence).

 

[winemaker81]

I spent a chunk of yesterday out in the heat (90+ F), and at dinner time didn't feel like doing much. So I stopped at Aldi's and picked up most of dinner:



I haven't had tater tots in quite a while ... figured that would go fine with a ribeye, mushrooms, and cauliflower. The "after" of the steak, cooked on a griddler (wasn't going back into the heat):



I overcooked the steak -- it was medium instead of medium-rare ... so I consoled myself with Cabernet ...

 

[Kraffty]

country style pork ribs, mac and cheese and broccoli. Found my last bottle of a 2015 Super Tuscan kit I blended with some Cab, was originally over oaked and too tanic but very mellow now, saved enough for one final glass with dinner tonight.

 

[Merrywine]

Salmon, Brussels with bacon, and potato wedges.

 

[sour_grapes]

Found these Laotian-style snausages at a local Asian grocery store, and these nice red onions at the Farmer's Market. Grilled the sausage, and served with rice vermicelli (soy, sesame oil, sesame seeds, ginger); sauteed/braised beet greens (also from the Farmer's Market) with the red onions; artichokes (parboiled, finished on grill, served with a basil-infused butter/lemon dipping sauce); a few grilled garlic scapes; and side salads prepared by Mrs. Sour_Grapes with cherries, grapes, blueberries, and goat brie.

The sausages had an herby flavor (kind of like fennel in Italian sausage) that I had trouble identifying. I considered lemongrass, but then I exclaimed definitively that it was Thai basil. Of course, the package shows that it was lemongrass!

 

[sour_grapes]

Found these Laotian-style snausages at a local Asian grocery store, and these nice red onions at the Farmer's Market. Grilled the sausage, and served with rice vermicelli (soy, sesame oil, sesame seeds, ginger); sauteed/braised beet greens (also from the Farmer's Market) with the red onions; artichokes (parboiled, finished on grill, served with a basil-infused butter/lemon dipping sauce); a few grilled garlic scapes; and side salads prepared by Mrs. Sour_Grapes with cherries, grapes, blueberries, and goat brie.

The sausages had an herby flavor (kind of like fennel in Italian sausage) that I had trouble identifying. I considered lemongrass, but then I exclaimed definitively that it was Thai basil. Of course, the package shows that it was lemongrass!


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Update: Mrs. Sour_Grapes wishes me to let you all know that the salad she made also featured basil and slivered almonds, and that she made a vinaigrette for herself with chocolate vinegar, but she knew I wouldn't like that and so she made me a standard vinaigrette. Duly noted, dear!

 

[Merrywine]

Spaghetti alla carbonara.

 

[bstnh1]

From a few nights ago. Simple and easy .... Ham steak, scalloped potatoes and sautéed collard greens.

 

[sour_grapes]

Here is some chuck steak that is pretending to be flank steak (marinated in soy/honey/lemon/garlic/oregano, then grilled), served with a cilantro/basil chimichurri and a mound of sauteed mushrooms with a reduction sauce; leftover roasted eggplant and leftover rice vermicelli; grilled zuchini (za'atar); sauteed kale and that red onion shown yesterday; side salad (arugula, green leaf, red leaf).