Food Thread - Inforoo Is Full Of Crab

Fair. But it’s worth a trip to the Mecca of Texas BBQ.

All of Black’s, Smitty’s and Kreuz Market rule. We typically hit all of them on a given day and just stock up on different shit each may have. I’ve been there 8 or 9 times over the years on a recommendation of someone in Austin who said him and his dad growing up would just drive to all the different bbq places in Hill Country. Kreuz smoked prime rib is a favorite of mine when they have it.

www.mobkitchen.co.uk/recipes/creamy-sausage-and-squash-gnocchi

Dinner last night, was absolutely incredible.

I used sage sausage, which killed it with the earthy tones of the rest of the dish

used all of the leftover junk from my pound cake to make milk bar compost cookies. they are as indulgent and ridiculous as the cake.

Making pineapple-ghost pepper chili sauce. And garlic jamaican red hot sauce at the same time.

House is a tear gas factory

let's not get too wild. It's not that good.

I'm just trying some recipes with some half-ripe ones I got out of the garden before frost.

I got a lot of frozen ones. I'll let you know when I get good at it.

Serving counter for some rice/quinoa bowls we had tonight in Florida.  I grilled this past weekend and ended up with some shitty pork chops that looked good in the package and some shitty beef which also looked good in the packet.  But I was mostly grilling hamburgers so I said fuck it, I'll pound these motherfuckers out and marinate them in ginger, soy, ponzu, garlic and honey and figure out something to do with them and just stuck them in the freezer.  We ended up deciding to keep the Asian theme but do it a bit alternative - like a cross between rice bowls and poke.  So this is jasmine rice, quinoa and spring mix as the beds, umami mushrooms which were sauteed with garlic and soy and some Iron Chef (c) garlic and sesame dressing, the grilled pork chops also drizzled with some of the Iron Chef dressing sauce and sesame seeds, tomato, avocado, roasted corn, roasted red bell pepper and jalapenos, fresh pineapple, cucumber and garbanzo beans/chickpeas.  We finished our bowls off with sambal, sesame oil, sesame seeds and soy.

Fairly healthy and this was pretty damn good.  Unfortunately I didn't have any butter at the crib because I had to dump everything out of the refrigerator after Hurricane Sandy, and this was the first time I've been back.  So the rice and quinoa could have used a little pat of butter each to fluff them and add flavor.  Otherwise, I'm always liking good and healthy shit.  But I'm a motherfucker that would sit down and eat a 2 pound steak.  And since I'm getting too old for that, it's probably better to just eat a couple ounces of meat with all the other shit that's better for you.  

That’s pretty beebee.

Made babkallah again yesterday. Gave half away and kept the other half. It’s already gone.

Making some good ol’ whoopie pies this weekend.

Haha. That’s lame. I think I ate Cracker Barrel maybe twice. I never hated it or anything but that was like 20 or 30 years ago. But if they’re going to do takeout, would it maybe be more thanksgiving to order prepared turkey/protein and dishes from HEB, Randall’s or Whole Foods Fresh Market or whatever.

I told my sister I was boycotting Thanksgiving, so we will probably rotisserie up some shit and cook sides back at the crib.

Oh yeah, and Chinese food on Christmas sometimes.

It might not be Cracker Barrel, but that was the name I heard. I can probably steer it toward something good, because they probably care less than I do.

Cracker Barrel is kind of OK food-wise, I guess. I just don't like the kitschiness of it, which I don't suppose matters if it's takeout. I did go there with my grandparents last year and got blackened catfish and felt good about eating relatively healthy there, because so much stuff is fried and starchy.

Pecan (pronounced "puh-cahn") > Pumpkin (second "p" silent)

Pumpkin is alright, though. And pecan requires ice cream. Pumpkin not so much.