OT - What are you doing right now?

Eoin

Fully defrosted / smoked / part cooked in the Egg now. Into the IP with some spices, chilli, onions, garlic, carrots and passata.

Hans61

Smoking a couple butts and a brisket for my FIL’s birthday party. He requested, closest thing to a compliment from that guy lol :-)

TTC

Thanks all for the kind words. 

And lest I came off as one of those parents who think their kids s&$t smells of lavender and roses......I feel compelled to say that at least daily his mother and I want to perform the Darth Vader force choke on his teenage arse.

Someone raised him to be a viscous smart ass, wish I knew who that guy was

He also gave me this graduation present Thursday 

lousubcap

@TTC - hope no one was injured.  
I have two grown sons (29 and 33 yrs old) who within about 2 weeks of each other accounting for the 4 year age difference had their first wreck.  BTW each also got a speeding ticket early in the licensed driving game.
I checked those boxes in my youth as well.  Must be a genes thing.  

TTC

Thankful all were unharmed, and he hit a pickup so it was not damaged much. 

It was an excellent learning experience, his 15.5 year old brother was in the car - they both got the full airbag experience and were definitely rattled (in a good way 

CPFC1905

Digesting this,  well a small proportion of.    First deployment of Eggspander, with half-moon plancha.   

Botch

lkapigian said:

Prep Day....10 heads of garlic in the dehydrator for Granulated Garlic ( stop buying that stuff in the store, trust me )

Very intrigued.  Do you crush/chop the cloves before or after drying, and with what?  

Canugghead

CPFC1905 said:

Digesting this,  well a small proportion of.    First deployment of Eggspander, with half-moon plancha.   

Nice but you’re doing it wrong, supposed to leave the zip tie on for extra flavour 😀

GATraveller

CPFC1905 said:

Digesting this,  well a small proportion of.    First deployment of Eggspander, with half-moon plancha.   

I'm having a hard time coming up with a scenario that would make me voluntarily leave an egging spot like that (food included). Cheers. 

Acn

Fixed a Manhattan to enjoy while organizing/packing for a camping roadtrip.

ColtsFan

Enjoying the thunderstorms even if they did cut my grass mowing short.

lkapigian

Botch said:

lkapigian said:

Prep Day....10 heads of garlic in the dehydrator for Granulated Garlic ( stop buying that stuff in the store, trust me )

Very intrigued.  Do you crush/chop the cloves before or after drying, and with what?  

@Botch I pulse in food processor before , after put it in a bullet or like processor , blend to desired consistancy , I go for Granulated ....do it once and you'll Gag at the store bought when you compare, same with onion.....

First couple times I just sliced the garlic, too forever, pulsing in a processor first then dring at 120 takes 6-8 hours ....sliced a full day

lkapigian

TTC said:

Headed to dinner to celebrate my oldest sons HS graduation. 

He goes to the #3 ranked public HS in the country, Merrol Hyde Magnet School in Hendersonville, TN 

His class has an average ACT of 30.8, with six perfect 36 scores, one US Presidential Scholar, and one appointment to West Point. 

He is going to the Honors College at Purdue Polytechnic to study Computer Science / Computer Graphics Technology on a 5 year plan to get bachelors and masters. 

Best part is that he is a grinder. He is smart but he has to work hard. 

And yes I’m bragging like hell. I get really weary when people complain about kids today. I’m my experience they get it a lot more than their elders

Awesome and congratulations 

Cornholio

Doing some smash burgers on the Blackstone for dinner. The appetizer is on the egg now before I put the corn on it.

thetrim

Reheated 

lkapigian

thetrim said:

Reheated 

Looks amazing

TEXASBGE2018

lkapigian said:

Prep Day....10 heads of garlic in the dehydrator for Granulated Garlic ( stop buying that stuff in the store, trust me )

That’s a lot of garlic to remove the paper skin on. Do you just smash it all to remove the paper first then chop?

HeavyG

TEXASBGE2018 said:

lkapigian said:

Prep Day....10 heads of garlic in the dehydrator for Granulated Garlic ( stop buying that stuff in the store, trust me )

That’s a lot of garlic to remove the paper skin on. Do you just smash it all to remove the paper first then chop?

First step in the process - buy the big bag of pre-peeled garlic.

JohnEggGio

Just doing a little gardening...

lkapigian

TEXASBGE2018 said:

lkapigian said:

Prep Day....10 heads of garlic in the dehydrator for Granulated Garlic ( stop buying that stuff in the store, trust me )

That’s a lot of garlic to remove the paper skin on. Do you just smash it all to remove the paper first then chop?

@TEXASBGE2018 I just put it in a jar and shake it up, 10 heads took about 15 -20 minutes start to finish from bulbs to ready to dehydrate 

CTMike

Waiting for a loaf of pepper jack, onion, and garlic bread to cool enough to slice.

CTMike

It’s a little heavy as expected with all of the cheese, but has great flavor. 

GATraveller

Acn said:

Fixed a Manhattan to enjoy while organizing/packing for a camping roadtrip.

That sounds like fun. Where ya headed? 

YukonRon

Being brought back from a food coma...I think I ate my weight in banana pudding. Easy.

dbCooper

Beef short ribs, RW and sugar maple chunks, spicy DP, dry brined overnight in fridge with only salt.  Angie added collard greens w/garlic, cooked on stovetop in EVO.  Forgot to do a plated pic.

SciAggie

Nixtamilizing some corn from Masienda. Will make hominy and green chilies tomorrow.
@SGH Doing it the old fashioned way.  

Ozzie_Isaac

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GATraveller said:

Tacos! Pastor in the back and adobado up front. 

I suck at Al Pastor but I love it so much. I need to get back on the horse. If you like this one do you mind posting the recipe?

I wish I could but I stopped at the Supermercado on the way home since it was a last minute call. But it's honestly head and shoulders better than any I've made from scratch and it's my favorite taco by far! 

so pre marinated?

Yes! I'm sure you could find it in your area at a carniceria. It's $3.69/lb here. 

There's a good doc series on Netflix called Taco Chronicles. Episode 1 or 2 is dedicated to Al Pastor. It's a good watch

AL Pastor is my favorite ... I like Hawaiian pizza too.

thetrim

@tarheelmatt did some great Tacos Al Pastor a Butt Blast or two ago. 

Ozzie_Isaac

Teaching a baby how to just stand tied up.  She is digging a hole and trying to destroy my trailer.  We are at a barrel race, but she gets hauled everywhere and learning how to behave in public.

keener75

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Teaching a baby how to just stand tied up.  She is digging a hole and trying to destroy my trailer.  We are at a barrel race, but she gets hauled everywhere and learning how to behave in public.

That is a Beautiful horse!