Busy Cooking at the Ranch

Spring Chicken

We didn't go anywhere except Sam's Club, Lowe's and Target all weekend. So that gave us some time to heat some stuff on the Egg.

Yesterday we started out with Chicken Fricassee in a Dutch Oven. Two hours and as soon as it was finished I added 17# of Butts and cooked them for 21 hours. As soon as I took them off and placed in the box I threw on some Mar-a-Lago Turkey Burgers (Donald Trump's chef's recipe).

Chicken Fricassee


Butts


Mar-a-Lago Turkey Burger


This should keep us in food for a while.

Spring "Lump Burner" Chicken
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"Sparky"

Wow,you've been busy Leroy.Looks great man :woohoo: If your still hungry,I'll save you some chicken :woohoo:

BamaFan

Busy weekends are the best kind. I love all the cook pics. The butts look like they had a good bark on them.

Unknown

Sir! I think I've started to go native! I'm being assimilated into the population of humans here in Outpost Massachusetts.

Is there a directive to deal with this condition?

Ciao. (See Sir, they all do that sort of thing here when they leave.)

Spring Chicken

Just go with the Flow...

(you did good)

Spring "Parts Is Parts" Chicken

Car Wash Mike

And Chubby is Where? I'm starting to lose faith in your babysitting skills. :( :ohmy:

Mike

Spring Chicken

They did. Mostly John Henry Pecan but with some Bad Byron's Butt Rub and a light touch of Dizzy Pig something or other.

After I pulled it I also added a bit of salt and some more Bad Byron's to enhance the flavor. And I added some John Henry Honey BBQ Sauce to a couple of batches just for variety.

But the bark was nice.

Spring "Bow Wow Is Not Real Bark" Chicken

FlaPoolman

Are you stocking up for a reason?? Maybe I should ask Second Lt. Bob. Is there something your not telling us Leroy??. It all looks great and best wishes for your future contribution to your Doctors retirement. Hope all goes well. Wendy sends her best (wait thats me )

Spring Chicken

I think he took some more of his disappearing pills. He sure has got that act down pat.

Spring "Always Right Here" Chicken

Spring Chicken

Thanks. Chicken is the main ingredient around here.

Spring "Chicken Here Chicken There Chicken Everywhere" Chicken

Spring Chicken

Yep... Stocking up for when I'm laid up from surgery, whenever that is. I'm beginning to think maybe Medicare has decided I'm not worth it. But I'm running out of my usual patience.

Spring "Patience Is NOT A Virtue When It's You" Chicken

Crimsongator

Chicken, pork and turkey.....hmmmm

Did you get put on a red meat restriction?

Big'un

Looks like some great cooks. It sounds like you are getting ready for another project, from all of the shopping.

Spring Chicken

No. Should I be?

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Spring Chicken

That's probably it for a few days. One of the Butts was for my neighbor who just returned from a driving trip to the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas. There were 8 of them in the rental van. Yea, I know...

But I thought they may need some home cooking when they arrived back here.

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Crimsongator

No, but when I cook three meats, beef is almost always 1 or 2 of the 3.

Spring Chicken

Oh! I thought maybe you were wondering because of a medical condition. Wheeeee! Had me worried a bit.

Given the reports of tainted meat lately I'm beginning to think any kind of meat is questionable at best. But I'm reminded that our evolution was from eat'n bushes to eat'n meat. I certainly would not want to upset Mother Nature's game plan.

Spring "With Enough Butter and Seasoning Even Bushes Can Taste Like Meat" Chicken

BENTE

hey leroy:

i understand that i may not post enough to you mainly because you are up checking plumbing, lights, and how rodney is doing. and i am very happy to know that all is well in at the rannch.

OTOH i am very happy to see that you still use those eggs :woohoo:

it is good to see you and the hen using those things to their potential {sp} and i am very happy to ask you a question.......

what is the story on

Mar-a-Lago Turkey Burgers (Donald Trump's chef's recipe).

i mean you did not eloborate!!! and i know you have alot to say.... so spill it :P

Stanley

Did the Mar-a Lago Turkey Burgers on my Egg a few weeks ago (followed the recipe as provided by Oprah, so you know it had to be right ). They turned out tasty, but a little dry. How about your's?

Big'un

Nice gesture. I'm sure they appreciated it. Yall are great neighbors!

Spring Chicken

We were watching Oprah Wenfrey one day when it was just too hot to be outside. I was about half napping but she said something about a Turkey Burger and it kinda got my attention. You know, diet and all...

I started paying attention and it sounded like something that just might be good. So we downloaded the recipe and tried it.

You can read about it here:

http://www.oprah.com/foodhome/food/recipes/200805/food_20080516_burger.jhtml

It's certainly different but Spring Hen and a neighbor liked it. I suppose I could kick it up a notch or two and like it but I tried to stay with the recipe, except I cooked ours on the Egg. They used a gas grill on stage.

I could probably do without it from now on but you just never know where the next really great recipe is going to turn up.

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Spring Chicken

Mine were a little dry too in spite of the pear infusion. Kinda surprised. I gave up trying to enjoy it the way it was intended so I added extra mayo which helped some. Then I added some special mustard we ordered from Chicago. Definitely gave it a nice touch. Sort of a Dejon type mustard.

I'm also thinking it would cook better in a pan with some olive oil.

The Chutney added a unique flavor making me think this was way too far away from being a "hamburger." The name "burger" implies that it will be good. Maybe if it was called "patty" it would imply a different expectation. I'm also of the opinion that ground chicken would taste better than ground turkey.

Got three more "patties" to eat.

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BENTE

yea leah is on weight watchers now so i gotta try to find "better" things to eat......

i keep trying but can't quit "doing my thing" on the egg so this is something we could proabably all eat


BTW.. here is what it looks like to my computer.. if anyone cares.....


Turkey, Burger, Mar-a-Lago, Oprah

Oprah found a new favorite food when she tried this turkey burger at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump's private club in Palm Beach. "I believe [it] may be the best turkey burger in the entire world," she says. The Mar-a-Lago Turkey Burger will be permanently available at the Trump Bar and Grille in Trump Tower in New York City, open to the public for lunch and dinner. It will also be served during lunch in Chicago at Sixteen, the Trump International Hotel restaurant.


1/4 cup scallions, thinly sliced
1/2 cup celery, finely chopped
3 Granny Smith apples, peeled and diced
1/8 cup canola oil
4 lbs ground turkey breast
2 Tbs salt
1 Tbs black pepper
2 tsp chipotle Tabasco™
1 lemon, juice and grated zest
1/2 bunch parsley, finely chopped
1/4 cup Major Grey's Chutney, pureed



1 Sauté the scallions, celery and apples in the canola oil until tender. Let cool.
2 Place the ground turkey in a large mixing bowl. Add sautéed items and the remaining ingredients. Shape into eight 8-ounce burgers. Refrigerate for 2 hours.
3 Season the turkey burgers with salt and pepper. Place on a preheated, lightly oiled grill. Grill each side for 7 minutes until meat is thoroughly cooked. Let sit for 5 minutes.
4 Serve with a side of Mar-a-Lago Pear Chutney and your favorite toasted bread, pita or hamburger roll.


Servings: 6

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Recipe Source
Author: Jeff O'Neill

Source: From the show Oprah's Top Picks for Summer

Crimsongator

Well, after meeting you in Ocala and reading about the med stuff here, I thought maybe you had taken a sabatical on the carne asada.

Spring Chicken

The way I understand the rules is that if you live big you need to eat big. Of course, you die big too but who's count'n?

So far, I haven't been able to ween myself off regular food. But I'm trying. Drink Coke Zero with my rum and only have two sausages or bacon with breakfast. Even then the bacon is turkey and sometime the sausage is.

No doubt some of my medical problems would be less if I was less. Know what I mean?

Only problem is "living" is different than "existing." I like "living."

Spring "Fattening Up For The Kill" Chicken

Crimsongator

ah, but food is also for the soul!

I like the movie quote in "A walk in the clouds" the grandfather lover salt and chocolate and starts into a diatribe about how a doctor doesn't know what the soul of a man needs! My sould needs BBQ, now my waistline needs salad, but that is another story.

Beanie-Bean

Nice cooks, SC. We did some cajun stuff this weekend, too, as my sister and her family were in for a visit from Louisiana. Chicken and sausage gumbo, to be exact, but there was also plenty of cracklin and boudin as well. May have to try out the turkey burger recipe you did there.

Still working on getting out to the shack in October. Gotta figure out how to transport the SBGE out there without turning it into powder inside the car.

Have a good forum check!

Spring Chicken

Don't worry too much about transporting your Egg here unless you really want to. We'll have quite a bit of stuff already cooked. That way I will have my large, small and mini Eggs for anyone wishing to cook something they found to be a real crowd pleaser.

Your weekend sounds interesting. Gumbo is always a great way to spend a weekend.

Try the Turkey Burger. You might like it.

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Pork Butt Mike

Looking good there Leroy, I like the way those Turkey Burgers look. It was great talking to you last week, you take care.