What Are You Doing Right Now? (non OT version)

thetrim

@sgh in that first pic, it looked like you stuffed a bunch of sausage in the belly of that pig????

thetrim

@alaskanassasin nice work on that pork butt. 

Acn

IP puttanesca 

thetrim

Made some Franklin beans.  they came out very nice as intended by the recipe.  I tend to add less salt and chili powder than the recipe calls for, but the flavor profile is solid.  My son and wife don't care for the beans.  I add 1/4 - 1/2 cup of ketchup and brown sugar to the beans, and they're in love.  SMDH

GrateEggspectations

Shout out to @caliking for inspiring this cook. Garlicky noodles, complete with the Parmesan. Recipe from https://thewoksoflife.com/garlic-noodles/ Made a few tweaks, of course. 

And predictably, a good 20 minutes of clean up following the meal...

SGH

SGH

As promised, rectum is on the menu. 

Gulfcoastguy

Did you grow them out at the house or slaughter a whole family in the Leaf River management area?

northGAcock

SGH said:

I guess number Five went wee wee wee all the way home. 

Canugghead

@GrateEggspectations Love it, how old is your little one? We attended an infant and child CPR Zoom class today. Our first grandkid is almost one. Learned a few things, e.g. don't give young ones whole grapes; latex balloon is the #1 choking hazard when it's bitten on and explodes; objects small enough to pass through an empty toilet paper roll tube is a choking hazard. 

alaskanassasin

Good flag placement on @Canugghead!?

GrateEggspectations

Canugghead said:

@GrateEggspectations Love it, how old is your little one? We attended an infant and child CPR Zoom class today. Our first grandkid is almost one. Learned a few things, e.g. don't give young ones whole grapes; latex balloon is the #1 choking hazard when it's bitten on and explodes; objects small enough to pass through an empty toilet paper roll tube is a choking hazard. 

Sounds like a course well worth taking. Knew about the grapes and always intuitively kept balloons away from the kids for that very reason. Remind me now... is the one year old your first grandchild? Hard time to have grandkids, to be sure. I feel for my parents and in-laws, as current restrictions and distancing measures mean a very different kind of exposure to their grandchildren. My son is 18 months, though I also have a 6 year old daughter, so this is technically my second rodeo - I am however but the rodeo clown. 😂

Funny story that served a good friend very well as of late. I’ll tell it again now in case it can be of service to others.... My daughter, maybe two at the time, began crying inconsolably and seemingly without reason while we were at home one day. We couldn’t figure out what was the matter, but she reeked of garlic. My wife was borderline hysterical. In that moment, I remembered a story my father had told me years earlier involving a wad of gum and armed only with suspicions as to what had occurred, forcefully blew air into my daughter’s mouth. From deep within her nasal cavity, a mighty clove of garlic emerged and was thrust into the stratosphere. I can only assume she had found it on the ground from the previous night’s cook and shoved it in there. My daughter and I now laugh about that moment. The technique saved us some prolonged discomfort as well as a trip to the hospital, as it did for my friend with his son in the last few months. This anecdote is not to be construed as medical advice; I am not a doctor and nor have I played one on tv. 

Canugghead

@GrateEggspectations Great story, thanks for sharing, have to remember that. Yes the soon to be one year old is our first, we've been in a tight pod with them since August when things opened up after the first wave. Stayed away from them from Mar to Aug. It's working well since the parents both work from home and baby is not in daycare or school yet.

Foghorn

1) We had some extra ribeyes.  

2) Daughter wanted to make birria sauce. 

3) I wanted to use my new skewers.  

Voila. Not sure if we hit the mark but they were the best tacos we’ve ever had.  

SGH

Gulfcoastguy said:

Did you grow them out at the house or slaughter a whole family in the Leaf River management area?

A little of both. The cleaned hog was captured
and castrated many months ago and fed out in a pen. The ones we kill on sight usually get ground with venison or given to someone. 

bucky925

The local news guy said we weren't going to be able to celebrate New Year's Eve the way we use to.    I don't know how I'm going to break it to my wife that we can't go to bed at 11:30 and watch TV.  

caliking

@GrateEggspectations :

Very nicely done! Seems like your little guy enjoyed it!  

It’s one of those things that you can tweak all kinds of ways, and end up with a win. 

And if you amped up the garlic, it seems like him and me would get along just fine. 

Legume

Damn @Foghorn, just damn.

Foghorn

Thanks @Legume.  As I've pointed out on here before, any time food looks that good at my house it means that my daughter is home.

dbCooper

@SGH When did you switch from Green to Orange tractors?   😊

northGAcock

Foghorn said:

1) We had some extra ribeyes.  

2) Daughter wanted to make birria sauce. 

3) I wanted to use my new skewers.  

Voila. Not sure if we hit the mark but they were the best tacos we’ve ever had.  

Nothing like having the stars align. HNY to you and family. 

SciAggie

Ok - the search engine is letting me down. Can someone share Mickey’s coffee rub? Either link or recipe?

Wolfpack

Here it is, he said in another thread he usually starts with 1/2 cup of coffee.

Equal part: Instant Expresso Ground coffee

Equal part: Brown Sugar

½ part: Black Pepper

½ part: Kosher Salt

½ part: Garlic Powder

¾ part: Ancho Chili Powder

lkapigian

SciAggie said:

Ok - the search engine is letting me down. Can someone share Mickey’s coffee rub? Either link or recipe?

Mickey Posts: 19,482

December 2015

Coffee Rub (turkey, chicken, beef & pork)

Equal part: Instant Expresso Ground coffee..

Equal part: Brown Sugar..

½ part: Black Pepper..

½ part: Kosher Salt..

½ part: Garlic Powder..

¾ part: Ancho Chili Powder..

  Don't worry on exact, just close on measurement. I used to use turbinado sugar but we like with brown better. This is pulled from MollyShark, Hungry Man, & Richard In Fl then tweaked. I find the ancho chili powder is far less expensive in the bulk spice area than the bottled area ( have used both light or dark version). I make it starting with a half cup Instant Expresso Ground coffee and work from there as it seems to store well if sealed.

gmanrva

Appetizer for tomorrow night

Foghorn

northGAcock said:

Foghorn said:

1) We had some extra ribeyes.  

2) Daughter wanted to make birria sauce. 

3) I wanted to use my new skewers.  

Voila. Not sure if we hit the mark but they were the best tacos we’ve ever had.  

Nothing like having the stars align. HNY to you and family. 

Thanks @northGAcock.  Same to you and yours.

TTC

JohnInCarolina

http://twitter.com/yeathosambo/status/1344157081641881601?s=20

lousubcap

@Foghorn - gotta admit that when I saw ribeyes and tacos I was a bit concerned.  But you and your daughter did 'em proud.  Killer tacos right there.  Congrats.

lousubcap

@gmanrva - What a treat.  No pressure to nail that steak.   Great eats await.  Enjoy.