What's Cooking?

This is exactly why I do the grocey shopping. My wife gets to have input on the list, but that's it.

 

What's cooking? IDK what the wife is preparing but it sure does smell good from here.

 

What, you don’t have the huevos to ask her?

 

Nick's not here, wifey is photo shy and I'll shoot Rusty if he touches it but I must say it turned out pretty frikk'n good. Could use a little more dry rub next time. Smoke at 225 degrees till 165 internal temp then wrap tightly in foil with 2 small dollops of butter and toss back on till 205 IT. It took about 4-1/2 hours or so(or roughly 3/4 gallons of Pacifico)...

 

I just drooled a lot.

Want something different? Sounds nuts but try adding a dollop of Gulden's Spicy Brown mustard when you wrap it in foil....

Take my word for it.

 

Nice bark!

 

I'm so confused. Isn't meat usually red in the middle and charred on the edges? No wonder your name is Voodoo. Pure sorcery!

 

Wifey & kido are out of town this evening so I'm watching Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives and gonna eat good.

 

Nice. That is like a $50 cut in Biden's economy.

 

I have a tri-tip thats been soaking in a special tub-o-seasoning for a few days. Going to cook it up on the grill tomorrow afternoon. No pictures while cooking, that's when I have my beers.

 

Who’s your butcher?

Mine is Orthopedist Dr. Mo Baumgarten.

 

I Smoked some wild caught Alaskan salmon, blistered some shishito peppers and potatoes Poupon.
Served it up with a well chilled, unoaked Chardonnay/Sav Blanc from Valle de Guadalupe. Dined al fresco in the back yard.
I also had some fro-yo at lunch with cap n’ crunch sprinkled in.
Ho Mama, that’s a good Monday!

 

Nothing yummy to show for now but I wanted to remind everyone to learn your favorite dishes from your parents while they are around and can still remember how to cook. Once they are gone or their mind is gone, you'll never that that exact way they made that dish. Write it down, make a video of them cooking. It will make a nice memory. Many people just cook and don't measure and add a bit of this or a bunch of that. That's why you need to watch them cook and make notes or a video.

When parents get older, some don't remember how to cook, let alone your childhood favorite meals. They may forget their own favorites and eventually not know how to eat or know what hunger is.

Make a family favorite cookbook PDF so you can share with family cooks. Add photos and notes. It doesn't need to be fancy. A Word document with photos works. Just make a record of your family history in the kitchen.

Now back to food....

 

Oven roasted tri-tip.....yummm

 

Really good advice. I've been living in fear of never having my mom's Mole or homemade enchiladas, I should really just ask her to teach me.

 

Bison chili.

 

Well.. my mom was a horrible cook / chef, but she had to feed nine of us, so she gets a pass. She has moved on to the next life, and there were no recipes worth handing down, other than her mother's sugar cookies. Got that.

Dad was great at preparing prime rib and home-made chocolate sauce (not served together). Got the chocolate sauce recipe before he passed on. I go out for prime rib.

That's about it for my parents, but your advice is solid for those with good family recipes.

 

There's been quite a bit of Mahi Mahi prepared here in the Foothills at multiple locations this past week.

 

Where are the pics?

 

IDK, I didnt have any of it!

 

I'm having Mahi Mahi tacos for dinner. Costco has really good frozen filets....yum! But still not as good as those I had on Maui, location may have something to do with it.

 

I had charcoal grilled filet mignon (on my barbeque, not someone else's) and baked taters with the requisite sour cream, butter & chives on Sunday. They were so good I forgot to take pictures.

 

Still awaiting my invitation...

 

It doesn’t suck to be me right now.

 

Homemade paella. Heaven!!

 

Pork butt burnt ends, Wife and kid didn't care for em. Sucks to be them...

 

Chicken pot pie. . .

 

Grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup. The best meal after a rain soaked ride.