What Are You Chef-ing Tonight, Dr?

Foghorn

lousubcap said:

I would expect nothing less given how you and your wife carry yourselves at least thru here and I am quite confident that is the norm.  Great eats.
Safe travels to the mainland and suffer thru your relegation here for the next couple of months.   

So THAT is what relegation means.  Thanks for using it in a sentence like that.  

@CPFC1905, @Eoin

nolaegghead

Carbonara the wife cooked half the day.  

jadams03

Teriyaki chicken tenders and charred broccolini on my new plancha

GrateEggspectations

Approaching the home stretch on some jerky. 

Also popped mother-in-law’s shepherd’s pie into the oven for dinner. Very, very kind of her. Delicious too. 

SamIAm2

@GrateEggspectations - Shepherd's pie gets my attention every time and that looks wonderful.

Ozzie_Isaac

Some steaks.

JohnInCarolina

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Some steaks.

How are you liking your new manbearcooking spot, now that you have a chance to appreciate it?

lousubcap

@jadams03 - welcome aboard and enjoy the journey.  Above all, have fun.
Great intro right there.  Keep the cooks coming.

Ozzie_Isaac

JohnInCarolina said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Some steaks.

How are you liking your new manbearcooking spot, now that you have a chance to appreciate it?

I am loving it.  Need to get all the drawers and cabinets figured out, but really enjoy cooking on it.  Still in honeymoon phase.  Even using some extra tiles as landing spots for utensils and stuff.  Don't want to get the grout dirty.

Burgers and fries tonight (steaks were last night).

ColbyLang

@Ozzie_Isaac, curious as to why you guys went with cement tile and grout instead of solid surface like granite, quartzite or even concrete countertops. BTW, your setup is killer. Even your Roman Bath! 

fishlessman

pandemic sub.  keilbasa from the first hoarding raid of 2020

Ozzie_Isaac

ColbyLang said:

@Ozzie_Isaac, curious as to why you guys went with cement tile and grout instead of solid surface like granite, quartzite or even concrete countertops. BTW, your setup is killer. Even your Roman Bath! 

Granite and Quartz were really expensive.  There are about 150 sq.ft of counter.  The length of the counters would also have had a couple of seams.  Plus, I like the look of tile.  It is also very tough stuff, so aside from grout being stained I do not have to worry about it.  Pretty much zero maintenance.

I almost went concrete counters, but their recommended concrete guy was months out.

MasterC

London broil and beans

johnmitchell

Steak,Asparagus,bottled shrooms and eggplant. It was tasty!

kl8ton

MediumRarely said:

Invited our friend who insures Persuasion is well taken care of and exercised while we are off island - Master Captain 200T Vessels - for a bon voyage snack.

Marinated Rib-eyes

Some home-made tomato soup with onion crème and smoky green salsa brown rice.

Full circled with my wife's crepes with mango, yogurt and Crème Chantilly.

Another beautiful evening in Solitude.

Looking forward to our time away, but...

I can be a friend that exercises persuasion!  You also probably need a human body stirring the air in your residence.  . . 

Acn

Kenji’s beef & broccoli.  Baking soda and beating up the flank steak while marinating made for the most tender stir fry we’ve done.  SWMBO Jr. had thirds.

Canugghead

johnmitchell said:

Steak,Asparagus,bottled shrooms and eggplant. It was tasty!

Three of our favourite veg. One of our kids used to eat the button mushroom raw!

saluki2007

kl8ton said:

MediumRarely said:

Invited our friend who insures Persuasion is well taken care of and exercised while we are off island - Master Captain 200T Vessels - for a bon voyage snack.

Marinated Rib-eyes

Some home-made tomato soup with onion crème and smoky green salsa brown rice.

Full circled with my wife's crepes with mango, yogurt and Crème Chantilly.

Another beautiful evening in Solitude.

Looking forward to our time away, but...

I can be a friend that exercises persuasion!  You also probably need a human body stirring the air in your residence.  . . 

Don’t forget get about exercising the toilet gaskets

Ozzie_Isaac

MediumRarely said:

Invited our friend who insures Persuasion is well taken care of and exercised while we are off island - Master Captain 200T Vessels - for a bon voyage snack.

Marinated Rib-eyes

Some home-made tomato soup with onion crème and smoky green salsa brown rice.

Full circled with my wife's crepes with mango, yogurt and Crème Chantilly.

Another beautiful evening in Solitude.

Looking forward to our time away, but...

That looks amazing.  Is beef hard to get on the island?

Those crepes with mango.  Yum!!

MediumRarely

kl8ton said:

MediumRarely said:

Invited our friend who insures Persuasion is well taken care of and exercised while we are off island - Master Captain 200T Vessels - for a bon voyage snack.

Marinated Rib-eyes

Some home-made tomato soup with onion crème and smoky green salsa brown rice.

Full circled with my wife's crepes with mango, yogurt and Crème Chantilly.

Another beautiful evening in Solitude.

Looking forward to our time away, but...

I can be a friend that exercises persuasion!  You also probably need a human body stirring the air in your residence.  . . 

If you ever come to St. Croix and we are here, we would love to meet up with you. Lets be clear, if my wife likes you - anything is possible. If I like you (or not) - it just doesn't matter so much. We do love it down here. Blessed for the most part.

Legume

Green Chile shredded chicken tacos in old El Paso nacho cheese shells. An abomination for sure, but if this is wrong, I don’t want to be right.

caliking

Legume said:

Green Chile shredded chicken tacos in old El Paso nacho cheese shells. An abomination for sure, but if this is wrong, I don’t want to be right.

Is that like a Doritos-type shell? I'd hit that.

MediumRarely

Ozzie_Isaac said:

MediumRarely said:

Invited our friend who insures Persuasion is well taken care of and exercised while we are off island - Master Captain 200T Vessels - for a bon voyage snack.

Marinated Rib-eyes

Some home-made tomato soup with onion crème and smoky green salsa brown rice.

Full circled with my wife's crepes with mango, yogurt and Crème Chantilly.

Another beautiful evening in Solitude.

Looking forward to our time away, but...

That looks amazing.  Is beef hard to get on the island?

Those crepes with mango.  Yum!!

Thanks so much. In the "old days" getting good quality groceries was a bit challenging (and still can be on occasion). We have had our vacation home here since 2013, and now typically have everything we need. We do have an abundance of refrigeration and freezer space. This can be necessary to bridge the times when "the ship doesn't come in". Most beef down here is choice (and select), but prime can be obtained once you learn the system. But everything is shipped in weekly, so you get what you get and planning ahead is key.

We are fortunate in that we travel to our home in Florida about once a month or so. We freeze an ice chest full of goodies every return trip -  checked luggage. This, plus local grocery stores and lots of freezer space - we want for very little, and it works for us. Lots of really nice local produce/fruit/etc. and I catch more fish that we can eat.

Regarding crepes and mango - my wife grew up at her mother's side on the family farm in Normandy. Hard to describe her ability to prepare some rather exquisite... Plus mango may be her favorite food group!

Although it's a bit late to make a long story short, on the surface easily acquiring good quality groceries including beef in the USVI can be less than optimal.  A little motivation and planning goes a long way. However we are not in Kansas. While spending time down here continues to be great - challenges do abound. No matter where we are, my wife and I focus on what we have - not what we don't. We are blessed, but...

Leopoldstoch

I attempted Josh weissman “but better” series with the cheesy Gordita crunch. Turned out really tasty!

Legume

caliking said:

Legume said:

Green Chile shredded chicken tacos in old El Paso nacho cheese shells. An abomination for sure, but if this is wrong, I don’t want to be right.

Is that like a Doritos-type shell? I'd hit that.

Yep, exactly.  Next time I’ll definitely have some queso made up as well, gotta go full trashy.

JohnInCarolina

Legume said:

caliking said:

Legume said:

Green Chile shredded chicken tacos in old El Paso nacho cheese shells. An abomination for sure, but if this is wrong, I don’t want to be right.

Is that like a Doritos-type shell? I'd hit that.

Yep, exactly.  Next time I’ll definitely have some queso made up as well, gotta go full trashy.

If you really wanted to go trashy you could throw in some tater tots…

MasterC

Yeah, bacon cheeseburger with mustard potato salad and Dr pepper on ice, I could eat one every day.


" I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today "
                                                                                            J. Wellington Wimpy 

Buckwoody Egger

Stone crab claws, dipping sauce for them is 3 or 4 parts mayo to one part Dijon mustard, one part lime juice.  So good. Pre-crack with one mallet hit per section if you set it up right.  Playlist this evening has been Texas-leaning with Lyle, JJW, etc.  

EGGjlmh

saluki2007 said:

kl8ton said:

MediumRarely said:

Invited our friend who insures Persuasion is well taken care of and exercised while we are off island - Master Captain 200T Vessels - for a bon voyage snack.

Marinated Rib-eyes

Some home-made tomato soup with onion crème and smoky green salsa brown rice.

Full circled with my wife's crepes with mango, yogurt and Crème Chantilly.

Another beautiful evening in Solitude.

Looking forward to our time away, but...

I can be a friend that exercises persuasion!  You also probably need a human body stirring the air in your residence.  . . 

Don’t forget get about exercising the toilet gaskets

Don't tap on the glass...

bubbajack

Wings!