September 22Sep 22 Popular Post Fall getting close and a decently not-sweaty weekend so….old school red sauce simmered four hours with short ribs, pork, and sausage with a parm rind and chunks of carrots to off-set the acid. Served, as God intended, with a simple green salad, white bread and garlic butter, and red table wine.
September 22Sep 22 5 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: That's a lot of butter. A lot of GARLIC butter, totally different thing that’s good for you.
September 22Sep 22 14 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: That's a lot of butter. As a chef once said, I’m your cook not your doctor.
September 22Sep 22 18 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said: A lot of GARLIC butter, totally different thing that’s good for you.
September 22Sep 22 On 9/20/2025 at 8:18 PM, Brisketexan said: Wife’s outta town, so I’m cooking stuff she won’t eat. Tonight, sweetbreads (mollejas). A man after my own. My wife refers to braising as “wet meat” and won’t eat it. So I cook tons of wet meat on her girl trips.
September 23Sep 23 Had 5 Pemaquids left from last night’s oyster feast. Had them with seared halibut with a lemon brown butter shallot sauce and whole sautéed okra (just kosher salt, fresh pepper, and olive oil).
September 23Sep 23 12 hours ago, Bert Orange said: A man after my own. My wife refers to braising as “wet meat” and won’t eat it. So I cook tons of wet meat on her girl trips. So does she.
September 27Sep 27 Popular Post Mrs. Brat is baking her delicious little pecan pie tarts for her church bake sale tomorrow. Batch #1 fresh hot out of the oven.
September 28Sep 28 Some dog-turd looking pretzels, which are delicious, beer cheese, and beer brats. The onions cooked down in the tall boy of Coors Banquet beer are the chef's kiss.
September 29Sep 29 Had some really good peaches that were almost overripe. And had some goodies we picked up at Central Market’s “taste of Germany” - meats and cheeses and whatnot. Made a cold peach soup with fresh mint and put out a little spread.
September 29Sep 29 Peaches approved by The Presidents of the United States of America because they are nature's candy in a hand or can or a pie.......or soup.
October 6Oct 6 On 9/21/2025 at 7:06 PM, 956 Worldwide said: Fall getting close and a decently not-sweaty weekend so….old school red sauce simmered four hours with short ribs, pork, and sausage with a parm rind and chunks of carrots to off-set the acid. Served, as God intended, with a simple green salad, white bread and garlic butter, and red table wine. That Sunday gravy looks awesome, though I prefer it with spaghetti. I have several buddies in New Jersey who have sent me their nonna’s recipes. The differences are quite subtle but significant. Mainly due to where they came from in Italy, or from which neighborhood in nyc, or family preferences. all use USA red gold tomatoes. The differences are in use of sugar, how much basil, amount of garlic and onions, and assortments of meats. Always sausage, most whole links some peeled and cooked as loose meat. Spare ribs. Then the pork varies between shoulder, neck, and cheeks. One has trotters for the gelatin. I am fascinated with these my/nj Italian foodways and how they created a cuisine the world sees as Italian food from these starving peasants. Like various types of Mexican food
October 6Oct 6 18 hours ago, speed817 said: First time making Picadillo.....yea I know I used one too many potatoes You did. Just eyeball it. If you diced too much potato, save the extra taters and fry them up as a side dish for something. I do love a good picadillo. Good S. Texas po folk "stretch your dollar" meal.
October 6Oct 6 2 minutes ago, Brisketexan said: You did. Just eyeball it. If you diced too much potato, save the extra taters and fry them up as a side dish for something. I do love a good picadillo. Good S. Texas po folk "stretch your dollar" meal. Sheeeeet. What would you know about South Texas po folk food???? 😊
October 6Oct 6 13 minutes ago, Brisketexan said: You did. Just eyeball it. If you diced too much potato, save the extra taters and fry them up as a side dish for something. I do love a good picadillo. Good S. Texas po folk "stretch your dollar" meal. That sounds better than my idea of just getting rid of the last potato in the pantry. Would go well with some runny eggs I was thinking about adding tonight....
October 13Oct 13 Popular Post Fajitas and chicken with a red carneceria marinade. Homemade guacamole and chipotle salsa, charro beans not shown.
October 15Oct 15 I had to make “chili” been and beef stew to please the wife. That said, I refuse to use chili powder so I made it the same way I’d make real Texas chili, then added beans. I’m not giving up the war, just the battle. On 10/13/2025 at 2:28 PM, 956 Worldwide said: Fajitas and chicken with a red carneceria marinade. Homemade guacamole and chipotle salsa, charro beans not shown. Fuck to the yes
October 15Oct 15 29 minutes ago, Bert Orange said: I had to make “chili” been and beef stew to please the wife. That said, I refuse to use chili powder so I made it the same way I’d make real Texas chili, then added beans. I’m not giving up the war, just the battle. Fuck to the yes My usual fajita marinade is super basic- neutral oil, lime juice, salt, pepper, garlic, comino. This one was fantastic and it’s going in the regular rotation.
October 20Oct 20 I didn’t take a pic, but last night, I made a shortcut chicken sauce picquant, and holy shit it was great.Our Randall’s, for some reason, recently decided to add a whole shelf section of various Cajun goodies. So I decided to try a jar of this:Had some leftover roast chicken. Also had some fresh breast that I diced and browned. Sautéed trinity and garlic. Added sauce and simmered. Served over rice, topped with fresh green onion and parsley. Gotdamn. I ate way more than I should have, and it tasted like an all-day recipe…that I made in 30 mins.A shortcut that I highly recommend. I love to cook, but I usually work late, so don’t have time to cook anything that takes longer than 30 mins. This will make my rotation.
October 20Oct 20 ain't nothing wrong with a quality shortcut! random end of summer/last of market stuff, emptying fridge before traveling... my 'Texas Poutine' from SS thread...leftover bison chili cheese fries the last haul grilled tritip this was planned as roasted bone-in thighs with orzo and delicata squash but i accidentally thawed boneless/skinless thighs and what i thought was a boc of orzo turned out to be acini de pepe. improvisation! potato leek soup with chicken roast, veg, stewed okra skillet fried corn with lots of peppers 🌶 with baked cod and homemade slaw some version of pork green chili from my head. yes i added a potato. baked chicken with the last of every vegetable in the fridge!
October 20Oct 20 Damn, and we just got back from Denver, too. Should have eaten at your place instead of the Thompson.
October 24Oct 24 In the theme of stuff my mid century mom taught me to cook, I present thee . . . Hamburger Chili Rice. It's solid!
October 24Oct 24 12 hours ago, dcbc said: In the theme of stuff my mid century mom taught me to cook, I present thee . . . Hamburger Chili Rice. It's solid! Whatever you do, don’t substitute pasta for the rice. That’s a forbidden starch anytime the term “chili” is even loosely referenced.
October 24Oct 24 1 hour ago, WhatTheBuck said: Whatever you do, don’t substitute pasta for the rice. That’s a forbidden starch anytime the term “chili” is even loosely referenced. The delicious po folk meal of chili mac frowns on your shenanigans.
October 24Oct 24 17 minutes ago, Brisketexan said: The delicious po folk meal of chili mac frowns on your shenanigans. You’re goddam right (pic below of chili mac I made earlier this year, which included some doubanjiang for an Asian twist – don’t hate me, bro).
October 24Oct 24 44 minutes ago, Brisketexan said: The delicious po folk meal of chili mac frowns on your shenanigans. I almost shit myself just reading that. And now that that feeling has subsided, I desperately want some chili mac. Edited October 24Oct 24 by dcbc
October 24Oct 24 2 minutes ago, dcbc said: I almost shit myself just reading that. And now that that feeling has subsided, I desperately want some chili mac. Give this a try. It's what I made in the above pic, and it turned out awesome. https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/ba-syn-mapo-chili-mac
October 24Oct 24 3 minutes ago, South Austin said: Give this a try. It's what I made in the above pic, and it turned out awesome. https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/ba-syn-mapo-chili-mac Thanks, I'll definitely give it a go soon. But for now, I need time and distance from Hamburger Chili Rice first.
October 24Oct 24 Just now, dcbc said: Thanks, I'll definitely give it a go soon. But for now, I need time and distance from Hamburger Chili Rice first. Fair. Your wife will appreciate that.
October 24Oct 24 2 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said: Whatever you do, don’t substitute pasta for the rice. That’s a forbidden starch anytime the term “chili” is even loosely referenced. I don't know. I do love a scoop of chili and a scoop of homemade mac and cheese. Sometimes a bowl of chili mac hits the spot.
October 25Oct 25 9 hours ago, Brisketexan said: The delicious po folk meal of chili mac frowns on your shenanigans. Man, now I’m craving some goulash.
October 26Oct 26 Wife has been getting over a nagging virus, it’s made her stomach and appetite iffy. But she needed something simple and hearty.Say no more. Picadillo and tortillas.
October 26Oct 26 Man, now I’m craving some goulash. They served a really solid veal goulash on my Lufthansa flight last week… hit the spot!
October 26Oct 26 On 10/19/2025 at 7:39 PM, Brisketexan said: I didn’t take a pic, but last night, I made a shortcut chicken sauce picquant, and holy shit it was great. Our Randall’s, for some reason, recently decided to add a whole shelf section of various Cajun goodies. So I decided to try a jar of this: Had some leftover roast chicken. Also had some fresh breast that I diced and browned. Sautéed trinity and garlic. Added sauce and simmered. Served over rice, topped with fresh green onion and parsley. Gotdamn. I ate way more than I should have, and it tasted like an all-day recipe…that I made in 30 mins. A shortcut that I highly recommend. I love to cook, but I usually work late, so don’t have time to cook anything that takes longer than 30 mins. This will make my rotation. You kids know I compliment Brisket about as often as a UT QB thread on here is level-headed, but this shit was really fucking good. $6 at Tom Thumb in FW.
October 27Oct 27 Chicken sauce piquant. I’ve usually preferred, and cooked, Cajun over Creole. But this was damn tasty and really easy.
November 1Nov 1 Saturday situation: grilled lamb shoulder chop with a horseradish-anchovy marinade, crispy roast taters, cucumber yogurt salad, and horseradish cream sauce.
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