All Day Recipe Goodness

[arakboss]

I woke up to 60 degree fridge this morning. I had to empty it out to access iced up portion, defrosted it and waiting to see if it cools down sufficiently.

After having to toss a bunch of leftovers and find ice chest space for the rest, I decided, no more meal prep.

I have been dealing with way too many plastic food storage containers anyways. I've been running the dishwasher almost daily.

Cooking more frequent meals will mean more pan washing but that should be offset by reduced storage container washing.

Fingers are crossed that the fridge can give us some more months or years of service.

 

[VinnieBoomBah]

I woke up to 60 degree fridge this morning.

If it's a French door LG they build the compressor out of parts they scrounge from Yugo's and they replace them with ones built from AMC Pacer parts

 

[arakboss]

If it's a French door LG they build the compressor out of parts they scrounge from Yugo's and they replace them with ones built from AMC Pacer parts

It's top freezer, bottom fridge unit. Somebody didn't get the freezer door shut tight (again) and this is the result. It happened months ago under the same circumstances. The compressor seems to be operating OK, but we'll see in an hour or so. It was down to 49 degrees when I left for a walk.

 

[arakboss]

It's top freezer, bottom fridge unit. Somebody didn't get the freezer door shut tight (again) and this is the result. It happened months ago under the same circumstances. The compressor seems to be operating OK, but we'll see in an hour or so. It was down to 49 degrees when I left for a walk.

Just got back from 45 min walk and it's at 38 degrees. I am going to give it another 30 minutes to see if it drops lower.

 

[arakboss]

Just got back from 45 min walk and it's at 38 degrees. I am going to give it another 30 minutes to see if it drops lower.

It got down to 35 degrees so the wife is loading it back up.

 

[arakboss]

Looks like good timing to incorporate more legumes into our recipes.

Lentils, garbanzo beans and everything in between: A peak at a farmer’s harvest as USA Pulses aims to double production and consumption of legumes - East Idaho News

SPOKANE, WASHINGTON (Spokesman-Review) — The dust stirred from the combine harvesting chickpea fields, charging forward like an auburn tsunami barreling across the scenic fields of the Palouse. On a Saturday morning in late August, farmer Ian Clark shifted his gaze back and forth along the...

www.eastidahonews.com

 

[arakboss]

Looks like good timing to incorporate more legumes into our recipes.

Lentils, garbanzo beans and everything in between: A peak at a farmer’s harvest as USA Pulses aims to double production and consumption of legumes - East Idaho News

SPOKANE, WASHINGTON (Spokesman-Review) — The dust stirred from the combine harvesting chickpea fields, charging forward like an auburn tsunami barreling across the scenic fields of the Palouse. On a Saturday morning in late August, farmer Ian Clark shifted his gaze back and forth along the...

www.eastidahonews.com

Corn Falls Ahead of U.S. Crop Estimate; Wheat and Soybeans Firm

Chicago corn futures fell on Monday as traders awaited U.S. government harvest estimates later this week, with a record U.S. crop expected.

www.agriculture.com

 

[P7M13]

I am moving towards a Mediterranean style of eating, minus the Gucci foods.

So do you pronounce Resers as "Ree-zaires"?
Gosh, I wrack my brain for what can be considered "Gucci" food from the Mediterranean region. What comes to mind is three scraps of food and a sprig of parsley, where anyone from the region would think you're on a diet or already starving.
You *could*:

1. Pull some dandelions from the front yard and make a bed of greens;
2. Harvest some green beans and tiny potatoes from your garden. Lightly steam them.
3. I dunno what's biting right now, but grab the latest fish you caught from the Willamette, fillet and pan fry it.
4. Boil a few eggs from your chickens out back. Peel them and cut in half.
5. Grab some cherry tomatoes, dill, rosemary and basil, also growing in your garden.
6. Arrange the items 2 through 5 over the bed of greens
7. Mix some EVOO, vinegar and spices to taste, lightly jigger the mix over the plate of food.

You have made a salade niçoise ala Arakboss.
Gucci can go f' himself and continue making cheap tee shirts and useless hand bags.

I'll bet your Mac salad and stir fry were good and filling.

 

[arakboss]

So do you pronounce Resers as "Ree-zaires"?
Gosh, I wrack my brain for what can be considered "Gucci" food from the Mediterranean region. What comes to mind is three scraps of food and a sprig of parsley, where anyone from the region would think you're on a diet or already starving.
You *could*:

1. Pull some dandelions from the front yard and make a bed of greens;
2. Harvest some green beans and tiny potatoes from your garden. Lightly steam them.
3. I dunno what's biting right now, but grab the latest fish you caught from the Willamette, fillet and pan fry it.
4. Boil a few eggs from your chickens out back. Peel them and cut in half.
5. Grab some cherry tomatoes, dill, rosemary and basil, also growing in your garden.
6. Arrange the items 2 through 5 over the bed of greens
7. Mix some EVOO, vinegar and spices to taste, lightly jigger the mix over the plate of food.

You have made a salade niçoise ala Arakboss.
Gucci can go f' himself and continue making cheap tee shirts and useless hand bags.

I'll bet your Mac salad and stir fry were good and filling.

Nai.

As for Gucci, there won't be any $50 bottles of Olive oil in my fridge. Kirkland brand will be just fine.

Edit: other Gucci foods items I won't buy are, grass fed animal meats, dairy products from gf animals, organic produce, pasture raised poultry or eggs from them, fish & other seafood unless it is cheap and in a can, wine.....

 

[P7M13]

Nai.

As for Gucci, there won't be any $50 bottles of Olive oil in my fridge. Kirkland brand will be just fine.

I bought a dozen bottles of Spanish "virgin" OO from a local Chinese market for $8/750ml. It's my cooking oil. Yeah, it doesn't taste or look as good as the $24 500ml bottle of Italian EVOO, so I don't serve it for dipping with bread, but it will do for a vinaigrette. Growing up, mom used Bertoli OO out of the 101oz can, nothing "virgin" about it, while most of my neighbors used Wesson, Crisco or lard for their cooking.
Spanish, Italian, Greek, Turkish and Lebanese olives, to me, all taste different - but they're all olives.

 

[Mikej]

All day recipe.....

When I was young, one of my uncle's was a butcher with his own shop in The Salt Lake Valley. At some point he followed a dream and opened his own restaurant called "The Red Flame". He had a 12 hour recipe for prime rib that made his eatery very popular for many years. I don't do it wit prime rib, I use a big old Chuck Roast in the 4-5lb range. Take that chuck and oil it up good. Coat it liberally with Montreal Steak Seasoning*. Line a glass baking dish big enough to hold that roast, with some extra room, with enough tin foil to wrap up and over the roast. Close the foil up and over the top of the roast loosely. Not air tight. Cook that at 170 degrees for 12 hours.
I haven't made one of these for a long time. $9.00/$10.00 lb is more than I'm willing to pay.

Uncle Jack Brimhall didn't use Montreal Steak Seasoning. He had his own blend of a bunch of spices.

 

[arakboss]

Winco has a 10lb bag of pancake mix for just under $9. I am not a huge pancake fan but the price per calorie is great. I am thinking it might make a good batter for onion rings, dumplings, drop biscuits?

These onions are cheap too:

JUMBO RED ONIONS - US Foods CHEF'STORE

JUMBO RED ONIONS | Purchase Option: Unit (25 lb) | Select a Store to Add to Cart

www.chefstore.com

What other recipes have you made with pancake mix?

 

[arakboss]

Winco has a 10lb bag of pancake mix for just under $9. I am not a huge pancake fan but the price per calorie is great. I am thinking it might make a good batter for onion rings, dumplings, drop biscuits?

These onions are cheap too:

JUMBO RED ONIONS - US Foods CHEF'STORE

JUMBO RED ONIONS | Purchase Option: Unit (25 lb) | Select a Store to Add to Cart

www.chefstore.com

What other recipes have you made with pancake mix?

How's about a pancake omelet. Instead of eggs mix all your other omelet fixings into pancake batter and fry it up. Maybe a stuffed pancake would be a better term.

Edit: pancake mix is definitely going on December's menu.

View: https://youtu.be/Twha4T06dz4?si=oidfxHgxRjnQsUgL

 

[arakboss]

This will be interesting. Probably should have got the 15 pounder instead of 20.

 

[Knobgoblin]

This will be interesting. Probably should have got the 15 pounder instead of 20.

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Break it down, mongolito!

 

[arakboss]

I made 72 ounces of prepared food for less than a $1.50. I will be adding some meat as I use it, to up the protein.




Nutri facts according to myfitnesspal. Each serving also has about 10 grams of fiber.

 

[P7M13]

What other recipes have you made with pancake mix?

Scones.
Basically pancake mix with 1/2 the liquid. (I use cream, mom used 2%)
Don't dump in tons of sugar like most bakeries do.
To liven them up, fold in chopped cranberries, currants or golden raisins. Add lemon or orange zest to complement.
Serve with bacon, sunny-side-up eggs and coffee.

Oops, that blows your budget. Nevermind.

 

[arakboss]

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Scones.
Basically pancake mix with 1/2 the liquid. (I use cream, mom used 2%)
Don't dump in tons of sugar like most bakeries do.
To liven them up, fold in chopped cranberries, currants or golden raisins. Add lemon or orange zest to complement.
Serve with bacon, sunny-side-up eggs and coffee.

Oops, that blows your budget. Nevermind.

I will keep the scone recipe in mind for after our seven figure class action P320 judgements come through.

 

[P7M13]

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I will keep the scone recipe in mind for after our seven figure class action P320 judgements come through.

Think you might get a hundo out of it?