Food from Friends

bgebrent

Foghorn said:

JRWhitee said:

Foghorn said:

Am I the only one who is surprised to find that Brent has friends?

(Of course with food like that a bunch of strangers would join you and claim to be your friends for life)

Don't forget, Brent is married to Nicole....

It's getting clearer. A guy with no redeeming qualities has done a good job (overcompensated really) of surrounding himself with things - great food, lake house, Nicole - to distract people from his inadequacies. 

Strong work Brent. 

I don't think it could be summed up much better brother Foghead .  Not strong....genius.

bgebrent

tarheelmatt said:

Jeremiah said:

JRWhitee said:

Kit and I had a fantastic time. Still waiting for the romper pics!

Jim those pig shots were outstanding by the way.

Best pig shot I've ever had too, Jeremiah.  

He showed me the package of sausage, I want to get some of that from Costco, but forgot to get a picture of it.  Could you post @JRWhitee?  

I'll post a picture of them later.  Pix are on Nichole's phone.  They were amazing.

Eggcelsior

Where is this here lake again? I might have to road trip this one.

bgebrent

bgebrent

Eggcelsior said:

Where is this here lake again? I might have to road trip this one.

North GA brother.

JRWhitee

bgebrent said:

Foghorn said:

JRWhitee said:

Foghorn said:

Am I the only one who is surprised to find that Brent has friends?

(Of course with food like that a bunch of strangers would join you and claim to be your friends for life)

Don't forget, Brent is married to Nicole....

It's getting clearer. A guy with no redeeming qualities has done a good job (overcompensated really) of surrounding himself with things - great food, lake house, Nicole - to distract people from his inadequacies. 

Strong work Brent. 

I don't think it could be summed up much better brother Foghead .  Not strong....genius.

"Foghead" Classic!

northGAcock

Foghorn said:

JRWhitee said:

Foghorn said:

Am I the only one who is surprised to find that Brent has friends?

(Of course with food like that a bunch of strangers would join you and claim to be your friends for life)

Don't forget, Brent is married to Nicole....

It's getting clearer. A guy with no redeeming qualities has done a good job (overcompensated really) of surrounding himself with things - great food, lake house, Nicole - to distract people from his inadequacies. 

Strong work Brent. 

He also has a Blackstone and can cook a right mean farm fresh egg. He is a little careless with them....but we all overlooked that.
 

bgebrent

northGAcock said:

Foghorn said:

JRWhitee said:

Foghorn said:

Am I the only one who is surprised to find that Brent has friends?

(Of course with food like that a bunch of strangers would join you and claim to be your friends for life)

Don't forget, Brent is married to Nicole....

It's getting clearer. A guy with no redeeming qualities has done a good job (overcompensated really) of surrounding himself with things - great food, lake house, Nicole - to distract people from his inadequacies. 

Strong work Brent. 

He also has a Blackstone and can cook a right mean farm fresh egg. He is a little careless with them....but we all overlooked that.
 

Could the Bloody Mary there you made me anything to do with it?

northGAcock

Don't know about others.....but swear I must have been using bacon toothpaste all weekend.

Foghorn

JRWhitee said:

bgebrent said:

Foghorn said:

JRWhitee said:

Foghorn said:

Am I the only one who is surprised to find that Brent has friends?

(Of course with food like that a bunch of strangers would join you and claim to be your friends for life)

Don't forget, Brent is married to Nicole....

It's getting clearer. A guy with no redeeming qualities has done a good job (overcompensated really) of surrounding himself with things - great food, lake house, Nicole - to distract people from his inadequacies. 

Strong work Brent. 

I don't think it could be summed up much better brother Foghead .  Not strong....genius.

"Foghead" Classic!

I thought it was a moment of clarity 

bgebrent

northGAcock said:

Don't know about others.....but swear I must have been using bacon toothpaste all weekend.

10# of bacon were used on Saturdays dishes.  It was baconpalooza, outstanding.

bgebrent

Foghorn said:

JRWhitee said:

bgebrent said:

Foghorn said:

JRWhitee said:

Foghorn said:

Am I the only one who is surprised to find that Brent has friends?

(Of course with food like that a bunch of strangers would join you and claim to be your friends for life)

Don't forget, Brent is married to Nicole....

It's getting clearer. A guy with no redeeming qualities has done a good job (overcompensated really) of surrounding himself with things - great food, lake house, Nicole - to distract people from his inadequacies. 

Strong work Brent. 

I don't think it could be summed up much better brother Foghead .  Not strong....genius.

"Foghead" Classic!

I thought it was a moment of clarity 

Yep, it wasn't spellcheck.

pgprescott

Looks like a great time with an all star cast of characters. Bravo!

bgebrent

pgprescott said:

Looks like a great time with an all star cast of characters. Bravo!

Thanks Pete!  The all-stars were all the guests chipping in to lighten our load at every turn.  From dishes, to laundry to trash removal and clean up.  Can't single out anyone because everyone really helped us keep up.  Kudos to our awesome guests.

DoubleEgger

Shrooming 

DoubleEgger

A man and his sausage 

tarheelmatt

You were certainly doing the best at documenting the cooks and other shenanigans.  

northGAcock

bgebrent said:

northGAcock said:

Foghorn said:

JRWhitee said:

Foghorn said:

Am I the only one who is surprised to find that Brent has friends?

(Of course with food like that a bunch of strangers would join you and claim to be your friends for life)

Don't forget, Brent is married to Nicole....

It's getting clearer. A guy with no redeeming qualities has done a good job (overcompensated really) of surrounding himself with things - great food, lake house, Nicole - to distract people from his inadequacies. 

Strong work Brent. 

He also has a Blackstone and can cook a right mean farm fresh egg. He is a little careless with them....but we all overlooked that.
 

Could the Bloody Mary there you made me anything to do with it?

Brother you were on a roll. Bloody' could not have gotten in the way of that awesome breakfast. Embarrassed I didn't get a picture of all that bacon working it's majic. 

YukonRon

@tarheelmatt
Do you have a recipe for that red pepper sauce? I enjoyed that dish, tremendously. I would put that on my wheaties.

tarheelmatt

YukonRon said:

@tarheelmatt
Do you have a recipe for that red pepper sauce? I enjoyed that dish, tremendously. I would put that on my wheaties.

@YukonRon

Thank you sir!  I will do my best to outline what the process and ingredients.  

Ingredients: 

4 Red bell pepper
1 Small onion
1-2 Cloves garlic
Vegetable stock
Salt 
Pepper
Red pepper flake
Butter

Steps: 

1 - Roast peppers.  Set Egg to direct, and low.  Throw the peppers and onions and to roast.  The peppers you'll want a good char on the outside to blister the skin for removal later.  Onions, just let them caramelize and get some grill flavor.  I also took my two cloves of garlic, unpeeled, drizzled with canola oil, wrapped in foil, and added to the Egg to roast.  Give another dimension to the dish (I feel). Watch these closely, as you don't want to burn the garlic, but want them soft.   

2 - After a good blister on the peppers and roast on the onion, and garlic to a ziplock gallon bag and close to stem for a while (I went around 30 min).  

3 - Remove peppers and peel the chard skin.  A paper towel helps.  Do not run water over it, you'll kill the flavor.  

4 - Pull the top from the pepper,and remove seeds with a towel.  Chop coarsely.  Chop the onion coarsely.  

5 - Get a saute pan over medium heat with some EVOO and butter.  Add the onion and peppers that you roughly chopped.  

6 - Add salt, pepper, and red pepper flake.  

7 - Add your roasted garlic near the end so it will not burn.  Cook around 3-5 more minutes.  

8 - Add mixture to a blender.  Add roughly 1/4 cup vegetable stock.  Blend until smooth.  Taste at this point and adjust salt, pepper, and heat and add accordingly.  

9 - Add back to the saute pan, and simmer for another 5-10 mins.  I added another pat of butter at the end, because it's butter, and it's good.  Adjust at this point for thickness desirability, add more stock to loosen up and simmer longer for thicken.  

10 - If doing pasta, and addition of fresh basil will help.  

Serve and enjoy!  

YukonRon

@tarheelmatt Thank you the recipe. I will have this in my cereal in the morning. That was awesome, does it freeze well, or should I just can it?

tarheelmatt

YukonRon said:

@tarheelmatt Thank you the recipe. I will have this in my cereal in the morning. That was awesome, does it freeze well, or should I just can it?

I would think it would freeze very well. Never tried really, but probably should. 

saluki2007

That sauce sounds fantastic Matt.  What did you serve it over?

YukonRon

Going in a food saver labeled "Matt's Red Pepper Sauce." We will see how well it does when frozen. I am going to use it with blackened grilled shrimp and linguine. The basil will be added.
Thanks Matt, I appreciate it, very much. 

tarheelmatt

saluki2007 said:

That sauce sounds fantastic Matt.  What did you serve it over?

I used this as a base for some fried potato balls.  This was a test I done about two weeks ago.  @bgebrent I think took a picture of what I fixed at his place.  

It was topped with a dill, ranch sauce.  

tarheelmatt

YukonRon said:

Going in a food saver labeled "Matt's Red Pepper Sauce." We will see how well it does when frozen. I am going to use it with blackened grilled shrimp and linguine. The basil will be added.
Thanks Matt, I appreciate it, very much. 

I'm honored my friend!  Honored!  

Foghorn

YukonRon said:

Going in a food saver labeled "Matt's Red Pepper Sauce." We will see how well it does when frozen. I am going to use it with blackened grilled shrimp and linguine. The basil will be added.
Thanks Matt, I appreciate it, very much. 

I think I'd move to Louisville if you'd promise to feed me that once a week. 

YukonRon

@Foghorn
Come on up. you have always have an open invitation here brother.

tarheelmatt

YukonRon said:

Going in a food saver labeled "Matt's Red Pepper Sauce." We will see how well it does when frozen. I am going to use it with blackened grilled shrimp and linguine. The basil will be added.
Thanks Matt, I appreciate it, very much. 

@YukonRon, I'm thinking it would make a heck of a soup too.  Nice on a chilly night with some crusty bread or grilled cheese!  

YukonRon

tarheelmatt said:

YukonRon said:

Going in a food saver labeled "Matt's Red Pepper Sauce." We will see how well it does when frozen. I am going to use it with blackened grilled shrimp and linguine. The basil will be added.
Thanks Matt, I appreciate it, very much. 

@YukonRon, I'm thinking it would make a heck of a soup too.  Nice on a chilly night with some crusty bread or grilled cheese!  


My Beautiful Wife mentioned the same thing. Add some Parmesan crisps, and you have a meal fit for kings. It is extremely versatile.