Cooking and Dining

[columbia]

Championship Saturday Chili ® is on the stove.

[tifosi77]

Cool. When I make a chicken dish and have an extra breast filet, it will be cooked then placed in a different flavor and bagged and sealed. Thanks,

Forgot to mention, if you're using any marinade that's maybe leftover from use on raw meat, be sure to bring it to a quick boil before dousing it on the cooked food. Or, you could just reserve some of the marinade before going onto the raw food. You want to make sure you aren't cross-contaminating stuff.

[mac5155]

Can someone post a good sous vide limoncello process? TIA

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

Solid weekend of food in the kangaroo household. Make shredded chicken in the crockpot; made a hash with brussles sprouts, kale, egg, and a bit o’ bacon (just to keep it unhealthy); and for the first time, a successful attempt to make Zuppa Toscana soup from Olive Garden. for those that dont know, Olive Garden is where legit Italians go when their mothers or grandmothers aren’t cooking.

[skullman80]

I make crockpot Zuppa Toscana quite a bit at home. It's really good and I think better than OG's version. I am one who does not hate Olive Garden though in general for being what they are.. a chain Italian restaurant.

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

I like all their soups. And Zuppa is easy enough that a Luddite like me can make it at home

[shafnutz05]

I made the Alton Brown baked macaroni and cheese recipe for our Friendsmas deal this weekend. It's definitely a different kind of flavor...for starters, some of the ingredients include half an onion (diced), 1 TBSP of mustard powder, paprika, and panko breadcrumbs and butter for the topping. Temper an egg in there too. I love it, but I can see where some people would be kind of put off by it.

[robbiestoupe]

Can someone post a good sous vide limoncello process? TIA

I did this in the summer and it turned out amazing. I used this recipe as a guideline: http://www.dadcooksdinner.com/sous-vide-limoncello/

I didn't zest the lemons as shown in the pic. I just peeled them very carefully. That way I didn't have to strain the solution after the sous vide. I also used 150 proof Everclear, which was potent enough.

[Viva la Ben]

I made the Alton Brown baked macaroni and cheese recipe for our Friendsmas deal this weekend. It's definitely a different kind of flavor...for starters, some of the ingredients include half an onion (diced), 1 TBSP of mustard powder, paprika, and panko breadcrumbs and butter for the topping. Temper an egg in there too. I love it, but I can see where some people would be kind of put off by it.

Did you make them take their shoes off?

[shafnutz05]

I made the Alton Brown baked macaroni and cheese recipe for our Friendsmas deal this weekend. It's definitely a different kind of flavor...for starters, some of the ingredients include half an onion (diced), 1 TBSP of mustard powder, paprika, and panko breadcrumbs and butter for the topping. Temper an egg in there too. I love it, but I can see where some people would be kind of put off by it.

Did you make them take their shoes off?

Not a chance...and we have carpet in all of our rooms except the kitchen and spare bathroom. I can't imagine hosting an event with 10+ people and making everyone stop and take their shoes off at the door.

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

Sounds like an emergency situation

[Viva la Ben]

[columbia]

What is that, you ask.

A $249 heat mixing bowl attachment for Kitchen Aid mixers.

[columbia]

[mac5155]

Can someone post a good sous vide limoncello process? TIA

I did this in the summer and it turned out amazing. I used this recipe as a guideline: http://www.dadcooksdinner.com/sous-vide-limoncello/

I didn't zest the lemons as shown in the pic. I just peeled them very carefully. That way I didn't have to strain the solution after the sous vide. I also used 150 proof Everclear, which was potent enough.

Many thanks!! This has a neat-o calculator for different proofs of alcohol. Although I am pretty sure Everclear 190 is now illegal in PA... is that true? Damn.

[columbia]

This place makes beef bacon out of short ribs....

https://porterroad.com/collections/beef ... beef-bacon

[Miami Vice]

what is the best brand of ham to buy for christmas dinner? having a ham and a rib roast. most of her family won't eat pink beef, so I'm getting a ham and making them all sit at the kids table.

[blackjack68]

what is the best brand of ham to buy for christmas dinner? having a ham and a rib roast. most of her family won't eat pink beef, so I'm getting a ham and making them all sit at the kids table.

So, pink ham instead of pink beef.

I usually end up with a Cook's Ham. I've done their spiral sliced ham with or without glaze (I prefer without).

I've also done their shank and butt half. All have been good. Just look at the face of the ham and make sure it doesn't look too fatty.

My mother used to try every ham under the sun and they were always dry. Tried to explain to her, it wasn't the ham, but that just made her cry on the holidays. So now they come to my house. And they enjoy a moist ham.

I triple wrap the ham in foil and place it face down in a roasting pan for a few hours at 250 degrees.

[Dickie Dunn]

most of her family won't eat pink beef

You married into a family of heathens.

[Miami Vice]

i guess to be fair my mother is coming too, and we never ate anything other than well done in our house

"if im pink in the middle im cooked too little"

i think we even had a kitchen magnet that said that

[Dickie Dunn]

You are also a heathen.

[Shyster]

Serve them a sous-vide roast, cooked at least 24 hours. When they question the color, just tell them you boiled it for a full day, so it must be cooked.

[DigitalGypsy66]

Ordering a beef tenderloin tomorrow for Christmas Day. It will not be boiled.

[columbia]

Ordering a beef tenderloin tomorrow for Christmas Day. It will not be boiled.

I boiled one last year and then seared it for Christmas dinner. Rare; it was unbelievably good.

[DigitalGypsy66]

Seared after? Interesting. I figured it wouldn't work the other way around.