Cooking and Dining

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 8:04 am

Yins do Salt or butter or both?
Growing up, we had a stick of butter that was devoted to rolling corn on it during the summer months. I'd then coat mine with pepper and a touch of salt.

a good American with a good choice in corn on the cobb

Postby **count2infinity** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 8:07 am

My wife views butter-stick-rollers as incels.

Well it was my mom who started it, so.....

Postby **count2infinity** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 8:08 am

Also, there is nothing better than corn that was picked, husked, and eaten within an hour of harvest. When I moved away, I was taken aback when trying corn that was picked the day before. It's just not the same.

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 8:19 am

This is the first year corn has graced my garden. Can't wait for pickin' time.

Postby **Kane** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 8:21 am

Dillner Farm in West Deer supposedly almost has their corn ready.

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 8:28 am

Dillner Farm in West Deer supposedly almost has their corn ready.

Thanks for the heads up

Postby **mac5155** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:42 am

Several places around me have the early stuff. Smaller ears, smaller kernels, not as full.. But still damn tasty.

Windy Heights in Ruffs Dale is tops IMO.

Postby **tifosi77** » Mon Jul 08, 2019 12:18 pm

20 years ago today, Good Eats premiered on Food Network.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Mon Jul 08, 2019 8:11 pm

So my wife is interested (all of sudden) in air fryers. Any recommendations? @dodint did you end up getting one?

Postby **dodint** » Mon Jul 08, 2019 8:13 pm

No, sorry. Just no room for another counter top appliance.

As an aside, 'air fryer' is on the list of things my brother in law looted from my MILs place while she was passing away.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Mon Jul 08, 2019 9:38 pm

So my wife is interested (all of sudden) in air fryers. Any recommendations? @dodint did you end up getting one?

I got a crazy good deal (self checkout price error) on an Oster all in one convection oven/air fryer. I was skeptical but it is fantastic, and eliminates the need to find room for an extra appliance.

Postby **mac5155** » Mon Jul 08, 2019 10:08 pm

My MIL has a ninja air fryer and it makes great food.

We have convection on our oven and it works jusy as good imo

Postby **Shyster** » Mon Jul 08, 2019 11:03 pm

A beauty shot for the pork shoulder I made over the holiday weekend.

Rubbed with sweet paprika, smoked paprika, brown sugar, black pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder. I had to go salt-free because I was serving family members with dietary restrictions. Smoked in my cheapo Oster smoker oven for ~8 hours at around 225° with a blend of hickory and pecan chips.

Postby **dodint** » Tue Jul 09, 2019 12:11 am

Why didn't you soak it in a bag at just above room temperature?

Cretin.

Postby **tifosi77** » Tue Jul 09, 2019 12:53 am

If I had to guess, probably because he doesn't have a vessel or bags large enough to contain a whole shoulder to cook it SV.

Postby **dodint** » Tue Jul 09, 2019 1:10 am

Trashbag and bathtub'll do. Nothing adding more time won't cure.

Postby **shoeshine boy** » Tue Jul 09, 2019 7:53 am

we learned the hard way last night that when roasting eggplant, despite the lack of instructions in the recipe, you need to poke holes in it. on the bright side, the oven is clean now......

Postby **Kane** » Tue Jul 09, 2019 8:03 am

Postby **tifosi77** » Sun Jul 14, 2019 3:17 pm

If I were asked to name the ingredients of the artichoke and jalapeño dip from Trader Joe's, beyond obviously artichokes and jalapeños, my first guess would be pulverized unicorn bones.

Postby **tifosi77** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 3:06 pm

Attn Joulers and Cook With Joulers: Chris Young just posted some really great news about ChefSteps in the Facebook group. They and Joule are joining the Breville family of products.

He didn't go into detail about what that will look like (will ChefSteps still exist as a brand? etc), but the future of the company and the product is now pretty solid. Well, at least as solid as Breville is.

Postby **mac5155** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 10:42 pm

Seen that. Good news for sure.

So hey FAF. Wife's planning lil mac's bday party and the theme is jungle related.

What can big Mac smoke on the smoker that's jungle related?

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 10:55 pm

A gorilla.

Postby **Shyster** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 11:00 pm

Jungle says "pork" to me. Or maybe something like jerk chicken.

Grilled plantains also seem jungle-like.

Maybe smoke a pineapple like this?
https://www.traegergrills.com/recipes/b ... -pineapple

Postby **AuthorTony** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 11:07 pm

Long pig.

Postby **tifosi77** » Wed Jul 17, 2019 12:15 am

'Jungle' + 'food' to me conjures thoughts of southeast Asia. But thoughts of southeast Asian food do not conjure associated thoughts of smoked stuff. Grilled, yes. Smoked, only inasmuch as grilling inherently imparts some smoke flavor.

(And I'll add a second to Shyster's suggestion of jerked this-or-that, which goes back to more of a grilled approach.)