This is actually not really my favorite cast iron pan. It's got a great seasoning to it, but it was given to me 20 plus years ago new, and it has a wooden handle. I have to wrap the handle in foil to go to the oven with it.

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Amazing black bean and chorizo chili. Really nice heat in it. Also got some of their cookies, which I will share later. Chocolate chip nut, chocolate chocolate chip and chocolate peanut butter.

Also got an SD card for my real camera, finally. No more poverty pics.

http://i.imgur.com/rA221cc.jpg

Not a fan of chili with corn, but this looks good.

I usually use leftover meat and many times leftover pasta in my chili. It just depends on what's in the fridge. I rarely make chili with all fresh ingredients. The chili seasoning makes everything taste like chili. I will add a can of black beans with juice for a texture contrast.

you probably could have gone to a local steel fabricator and got the same thing without the fancy etched logo for about $25.

LMAO

I keep meaning to do it myself. Maybe next time I'm dropping something off I'll ask.

If I knew a local steel fabricator I might have done that. And in fact, I did look around.

As it is, I don't mind paying for good stuff.

Looks good man. Recipe?

Dunno. Got it at this place. They have a different chili every day this month.

http://www.theclassiccookie.com/

Well, now I know why you wanted chocolate in my Christmas spread. You're a chocoholic. Chocolate is for Easter. Anyways, nice pic. Nicely lit. Shows the food well and it looks delicious.

Yeah. I take chicks to a chocolat haus on first dates. I'm sure they think I'm trying to take advantage of it's aphrodisiac qualities.

Ha. You wolf!

No pics, but that pizza turned out great! Excellent browning, thin, crispy crust that was more tender than my previous attempts.

I love sourdough, but hate Alex Smith. Irony?

I ate at On The Boarder. I ate a lot, it was food, life goes on...

Crusty Bread for Buehler445.

This one happens to be a 7 Grain Italian. I'm serving it tommorrow for lunch with my sister here, with cheeses and cold cuts and the rest of my Minestrone soup.

Going to a Basque place tomorrow night for dinner. Love me some pickled tongue. Do you guys have Basque in KC?

Looks a lot like this one.

http://www.familyfreshmeals.com/2014...en-recipe.html

I'm doing this sometime this weekend, with a couple modifications. I think I'm going to roast the peppers, leave out the cilantro (no soap in my Thai, thankyouverymuch).

it's too bad you have that affliction, cilantro is tasty.

Not taking any sides here, but I don't understand why cilantro would be added in the first place. I wouldn't use it in any other cuisines other than Mexican.

Cilantro (and coriander) are very commom in asian and latin dishes.

Really? Did not know that. I don't eat much Latin dishes, I do Asian but don't notice or see it


:-/

Grilled ham and swiss for me.

I can't figure out why anyone eats it on anything, but it may be me.

Cilantro is amazing. Salsa, guacamole, chile verde, carne asada tacos. Basically anything Mexican it should be added lol.

You have a gene that makes it taste that way just like me. Very soapy. Supposed to make coriander taste bad as well but I have never had problems with coriander.

I was in the mood to cook tonight:

I know. I don't have a problem with coriander as much, but it's certainly not one of my favorites.

Dinner tonight is a huge plate full of catfish nuggets, potato salad and slaw from the most popular joint in town for that kind of fare... fish friday, a pretty cool tradition, even if you're not Catholic.

LJS4TW

LMAO oh Heavens no, they're not even in the same galaxy as the ladies that run the kitchen in this place I ordered from... I actually had some LJS two weeks ago, and regretted it the rest of the day and into the next day.

Meatloaf, Ashlie's potatoes (that's what all our friends call them) green beans with bacon, dinner rolls

Salad! Just ****ing salad!

**** that looks delicious. I love stew over mashed potatoes.

First time I put stew on mashed potatoes, but will do again. I used both my iron skillet and the pressure cooker on this one and was able to generate great flavors and tender meat in less than 90 minutes. Only thing I would change is to season the meat more before browning it.

Reminds me of my mother's mince and tatties. I usually only eat it when she visits or I'm visting her though, because it's very calorie-dense.

ROFL I love the fact that you say what I think so consistently in this thread.

Mince?
Bristo granules?
Can I use Dijon instead of Coleman's?
How much is a good knob?

Mince is just ground beef.

Bisto: http://www.amazon.com/Bisto-Favourit.../dp/B000EZWJP0 (although my mother never used it)

Not sure on the mustard or the butter. Here is a more specific recipe:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/food-d...ies.2013025435

Honestly it isn't real complicated. The key ingredients are the beef, onion and carrot. I think my mom also used bits of turnip in hers. I'm going to e-mail her.

Pro tip: if you brown onions and then cook them for 15 minutes in a pressure cooker, they essentially dissolve leaving all the flavor without any texture.

Speaking of pressure cookers, another thing my mom used to make that I miss is split pea and ham soup. I always liked hearing the "steam engine" sound the pressure cooker used to make. Just like this:

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Ah, the old metal pressure cooker. Good times, good times...

I just season with salt and pepper, dredge in flour and sear in a cast iron.

Isn't coriander just dried cilantro?

Usually, cilantro is the leaf, coriander is the seed.

Guess mom's recipe is a little different. I think the garlic would be a key difference.

Also you can tell my mom is awesome just reading this.

This.

I went mushroom hunting (through grocery stores) today for the mushroom risotto.

Picked up some king oyster, enochi, and bunashimeji mushrooms from the Chinese market, and grabbed some shitakes and porcinis from Publix. Gonna saute those with butter and leek for the risotto.

It's almost morel season. I hate mushrooms but morels? :drool:

I know where to find them but I ain't telling! Lol

I have enough brought to me I don't even have to look.

Made low carb ricotta bake.

Tastes just like lasagna.

I like your friends better than mine. Lol

Got the smoker rolling today.

I'm a dumbass and didn't grab pictures of it, but I cooked up 2 cornish game hens for the wife and I for lunch with baked beans on the smoker. It was glorious.

For supper, I have some ribs. I know I'm going to get blasted it, but I overcooked the ribs. On purpose. I ****ing love them that way. I'd get ****ing crushed in a competition, but I can't seem to get them very tender cooking them properly. So this is what I ate. And it was like eating pure orgasm. :D

http://img15.imagefra.me/i31h/buehle..._afa_ueeph.jpgUploaded at ImageFra.me

I have a pork butt I'm going to shred up still on the smoker.

I over cook the shit out of my ribs too. I'm not ashamed. Lol whatever it takes to make them tender.

You have to cook ribs in a low heat oven for several hours ( like to do 4 at 250° but it's worked with less time too) first to get them tender. Then you toss them on the grill. You can then burn them to your heart's content even. That's how I get them tender. I don't have a smoker so I don't know much about that method.

It was 6 hours at 225. No grill. I had a bunch of glorious rub on them, so grilling them wouldn't have done much good for me.

Ya' know I can never find shitakes or many of the others—mostly button or baby bellas. But I found this wonderful produce market with a lot of strange lookin' produce with names I've never even heard of. The great thing about it was, they had all kinds of mushrooms. The oyster mushrooms were still together in a large clump. Place was awesome! Nice discovery.

Pnly time I have ever seen fresh shitakes at Publix was part of a mix of shrooms in a package.

Wifey and I had a gift card to Manny's on the Boulevard. Had Chicken Enchiladas, rice, guac and two Modelo Dark Beers. I'm full, and a happy happy guy.

Mine don't come out as dark as yours but I like a little more crust on them than probably most so I'd probably like yours. I think it's preference.

We had gift card to Cheesecake Factory so went there tonight. I had their Cajun Jambalaya and it was actually really good.

To me Jambalaya should be made with rice and not noodles. I actually found BJ's Brewhouse to have some damn good Jambalaya. I was very impressed.

I definitely agree with the rice normally, as I prefer it that way too. But the creamy sauce they used worked very well with the noodles as rice would have soaked up too much of it.

We have a BJs Brewhouse near us but haven't tried it yet.

My little Master Chef Junior did the Brats things (like they did on MCJ!!). He did a super job...

Yeah, if your jambalaya is a creamy Alfredo-based sauce, it's a pasta dish. CF, Bobby's in StL and Copelands in OP [latter 2 RIP] each had excellent examples.

Well that could be delicious, but it sure the hell isn't Jambalaya.

I ****ing love that show! Watch it every week.

I'm a huge fan of jambalaya pasta. I'd love a recipe. I've took several shots at it and it wasn't good.

Yeah, and my little MCJ did the boil-them-first thing, then finished them in the same pan (with some butter). And man they were awesome! Pan seared red and green peppers, and onions were perfect. And I showed him my "chips" process (crinkle sliced potato, olive oil, seasoning and parm cheese.

Wow... Just wow!

Didn't feel like making dinner last night, although I did make the roasted red pepper hummus. Pumpernickel pretzel sticks w/ hummus, ftw.

chick peas
tahini
roasted red pepper
garlic
salt
lemon juice
cayenne
oil

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Smoked ham, egg and cheese w/ siracha breakfast sandwich this morns.

http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/...ps01a421db.jpg

Salad. Just ****ing salad! At least it was Taco salad...

I normally don't wake up hungry but I instantly had a huge stomach growl when I saw that. Now I'm considering ribeye and eggs for breakfast...

Looks good.
I had the same this morning only minus the siracha and from CrackDonalds.

I used to be the same way. I had to force myself to eat before I went to work as it helped me from destroying everything in sight later in the day.

Regarding that breakfast sandwich, I'll make 4-5 at a time, wrap them in foil and store in the fridge. I'll wake up, pop one in the oven, take a shower and it's ready to eat before I hit the door. Decent breakfast if you don't have a bunch of time in the morning.

Nice. Yeah I was forcing myself to eat breakfast for the same reason. Think I'll go back to that because I'm eating too much at night. Thanks for the reminder.

Heh, I think reading the weird siracha is what triggered the growling tummy. I love that stuff.

I eat oatmeal for breakfast. ****ing OATMEAL!!!

I add nuts, raisins, and dried black cherries JUST TO MAKE SURE I FART MORE AND MAKE EVERYBODY LIVE THIS ****ING HEALTHY LIFESTYLE!