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Had car trouble Monday, so I didn't get home until late*, then dropped off into post-adrenaline coma until midnight. Thankfully Dad was content to eat leftover chili from Saturday for dinner.

Tonight we're having a 2-1/4 lb Boston butt pork roast braised with potatoes & onions and a batch of fresh cheddar biscuits. I considered trying a beer braise, but my brain stopped wanting to cobble together different beer-braised pork recipes after about 5 minutes. So, went with the old (tasty) known-quantity/quality recipe.

(* Nearly 3-1/2 hours until a tow truck can be dispatched?! And then a second tow truck arrives while the first is hooking up for the tow? Thanks a whole bunch, triple-same letter roadside assistance.)

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Sorry to hear about the car trouble. And also about Triple Same Letter being so late. I usually have had good luck with them, but it may depend a lot on region. Plus who knows with hiring shortages everywhere how many drivers they had on duty.

Mmmm, Boston butt. The only butt I like to eat.

What?


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Sorry to hear about the car trouble. And also about Triple Same Letter being so late. I usually have had good luck with them, but it may depend a lot on region. Plus who knows with hiring shortages everywhere how many drivers they had on duty.

Mmmm, Boston butt. The only butt I like to eat.

What?

consoles Brooklyn butt


Ambrosia Slaad wrote:

Had car trouble Monday, so I didn't get home until late*, then dropped off into post-adrenaline coma until midnight. Thankfully Dad was content to eat leftover chili from Saturday for dinner.

Tonight we're having a 2-1/4 lb Boston butt pork roast braised with potatoes & onions and a batch of fresh cheddar biscuits. I considered trying a beer braise, but my brain stopped wanting to cobble together different beer-braised pork recipes after about 5 minutes. So, went with the old (tasty) known-quantity/quality recipe.

(* Nearly 3-1/2 hours until a tow truck can be dispatched?! And then a second tow truck arrives while the first is hooking up for the tow? Thanks a whole bunch, triple-same letter roadside assistance.)

I am so sorry you had an awful experience. If possible, I would have pulled your car home for some pulled pork.

But not Boston-based pulled pork. That would cause me internal damage.


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This is not the thread I thought it was.

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Freehold DM wrote:
DeathQuaker wrote:

Sorry to hear about the car trouble. And also about Triple Same Letter being so late. I usually have had good luck with them, but it may depend a lot on region. Plus who knows with hiring shortages everywhere how many drivers they had on duty.

Mmmm, Boston butt. The only butt I like to eat.

What?

consoles Brooklyn butt

What part of the pig is that?


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If possible, I would have pulled your car home for some pulled pork.

Nah, it wasn't pulled/shredded; it was fall-apart tender with deep porky-mushroomy-oniony seasoning. It would've made good pulled pork though with some bbq rub & sauce.

Car (well, SUV) was fixed, did 7AM pet checkup/breakfast, then went grocery shopping at a few stores. Tired now, so we'll have grilled hot dogs, corn on cob, and chips for dinner.


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So over the weekend my girls said they were both going to be around for Sunday dinner. I thawed a whole chicken, dried it out in the fridge overnight, brushed it with butter and seasonings, and then lovingly roasted it for an hour and a half with lemon and fresh rosemary inside the cavity. I also made mashed potatoes, homemade gravy, and had brownies-from-a-box with vanilla ice cream ready for dessert.

Neither showed.

So last night I took some of the leftover chicken, improvised an enchilada sauce with a can of Rotelle tomatoes and made a chicken enchilada bake. Wouldn't you know it but the elder daughter, the one that can't do ANY amount of spice, shows up for THAT meal.

Me, her and her boyfriend ended up sitting around the dining room table laughing, me with a plate of enchiladas and those 2 with bowls of roast chicken, potatoes, gravy, canned corn and biscuits-from-a-tube. :)


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Nice, I made enchiladas as well. Just the canned El Paso sauce, so not great, but I ate the whole small pan worth.


Those enchilladas sound good. :)

I can rarely find fresh tomatillos, so I usually use the canned enchilada sauce too, along with premade tortillas. I enjoy it just the same, only down side it isn't a fav of Dad's, so I rarely fix it.

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Letsee what I can remember:

Saturday, I made a pumpkin pie, nothing fancy, just the standard recipe on the label of the canned pureed pumpkin. Figured I'd get one in now before Thanksgiving, and Dad is a real sweet-tooth.

Saturday dinner, I fried tilapia (dredged in Old Bay + flour, dipped in beaten egg, then dredged in panko) and baked a potato for Dad. I fixed a box of Caesar pasta salad (BOGOF), only using mayo instead of just the olive oil. I chopped up a smallish tomato (had to save the other for Monday), a 6oz can of drained California black olives (2 cans down, 2 to go), 1/4 cup sundried tomatoes in oil, and 1/2 cup (jarred) roasted red bell peppers. Mixed in a couple 5oz cans of chicken breast (drained), a tsp of garlic powder, and a little grated parm & romano. I dumped the olive liquid into the water for boiling the pasta, but it didn't seem to have any effect on the flavor. It was fine, but nothing exciting.

(I dumped the canned chicken liquid over a slice & a half of torn up white bread slices, and served half to the grey stray tabby as an after dinner treat. He got the other half Monday morning. Not nutritious, but he enjoys the heck out of it, and it doesn't go to waste.)

Sunday dinner was cheeseburgers on the grill and chips.

Monday, I had another pet breakfast/check-in and running around to stores, so we had a frozen supreme pizza. Pretty darn good, especially that I got it on sale for $5.99.

Tonight I'm trying teriyaki braised pork chops with a side of canned carrots (+ butter + salt & pepper + honey). Probably a second side, but I can't settle on one, maybe hashbrown patties?

Tomorrow is another early cat breakfast run. The plan is I'll pick up some fresh tomatoes, and make a salad to go with lasagna and garlic toast for dinner. The lasagna was previously made/assembled in a bread loaf pan, then frozen, so all I need to do is bake it.

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Mark, your girls missed out on a great original meal.

Man, y'all have been going gangbusters. The fanciest thing I made this week so far was canned black beans sauteed with tomato paste, garlic powder, cumin, and smoked paprika. Tasty though.


DeathQuaker wrote:

Mark, your girls missed out on a great original meal.

Man, y'all have been going gangbusters. The fanciest thing I made this week so far was canned black beans sauteed with tomato paste, garlic powder, cumin, and smoked paprika. Tasty though.

I need to send you some sofrito.

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IDK what is in the seasoning packets but homemade sofritos usually contain bell pepper (along with finely chopped onion, garlic, and spices; varies depending on cuisine), which for some reason my stomach does not get along with. This said I once made a chili starting with an onion-garlic-poblano sofrito once and it was delicious. My digestive system wasn't the happiest but it was delicious.


Last night I made burgers. I mixed minced up spinach in the meat, finely shredded some onion and put those into an electric skillet first, with butter and minced garlic. I cooked the burgers on the bed of garlic-onions, splashing them with butter. When melting cheese onto them at the end I did what the lunchroom chef at our old office used to do; I added a little water and threw the skillet lid on.

I don't know if that made a difference or not. I didn't have any buns but I've got some thick sourdough loaf so I toasted 2 slices per burger (I ate 2) in the leftover butter and fat in the skillet. It was not healthy.

The burgers were really the only thing I cooked. Otherwise there were chips and a pickle, some coleslaw my daughter wasn't going to eat from a fried chicken diner she and her boyfriend had, and 12 oz of Summit IPA. They were pretty tasty, a little garlicy for me but still not bad. Ooh, I should've thrown Worcestershire sauce in the meat! I'll try that next time.


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I need to send you some sofrito.

Store-bought? Unless pressed for time, sofrito looks really easy to make.

Saturday night, I made a pot of beans for Dad. (Oh no, Freehold's right: I am the green bean slaad!) I think I made ramen-in-a-cup for me, but I don't remember now.

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Sunday night, Dad and my sister went to my cousin's house for her Halloween party. They're both full vaxxed, and Dad has just gotten his flu shot, but still I wish they wouldn't risk it. I had $7.24 left on a gift card and I they had online coupons, so I ordered a couple of hand-tossed pizzas large (14") pizzas. Gorged myself on pizza, my stomach and guts were definitely not happy for the next day or so.

Last night, Dad had more leftover beans. I baked a couple large-ish frozen chicken strips and sauce (Duke's mayo + Sweet Baby Ray bbq + garlic powder + pinch cayenne, mix, chill for 10+ minutes)


Trying a new recipe experiment tonight for salisbury steak. The goal was to make something a little different and try to keep the number of ingredients mostly on-hand and manageable; a meal that'd someone could throw together before an RPG session, family meal, or whatever. The patty mixture is a bit more tender than I'd prefer, so it might break apart in a slow cooker especially toward the end of the cooking time. I've got 3 patties chilling in the fridge, so maybe they'll still setup firmer than they were. At least I know the recipe is tasty (fried off a bit to sample), and I got 9 ⅓ lb patties (precooked weight, yay! for having a digital scale) total out of 2¼ lb 80/20 ground chuck after the panko crumbs and other ingredients. I froze 6 of them for easy future meals, and I'll make 3 tonight with gravy & mashed potatoes and frozen peas or some other simple veg side.


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I AM FULL OF RIBWICH


Freehold DM wrote:
I AM FULL OF RIBWICH

I saw those were back at McDonalds. Was it as good as you remember?


Ambrosia Slaad wrote:
Freehold DM wrote:
I AM FULL OF RIBWICH
I saw those were back at McDonalds. Was it as good as you remember?

It's like you. And DQ. But a sandwich.


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Simple is good. Last night I took a package of chicken drumsticks and roasted them crispy with butter and seasonings. On the side I boiled up some fettucine, made a cream sauce and dumped in a whole mess of shredded parmesan and ground black pepper, along with a hint of dried basil and some salt. Finally in a bowl I warmed up some canned corn and green beans with a little butter.

I'd been eating out a bit too much lately. Even with some of that coming from cans, it felt so good to just eat real food. I've got the extra chicken picked/shredded off the bones for use in a salad tonight alongside the leftover noodles.


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We're doing a simple breakfast for dinner meal tonight. Sausage, hashbrowns, eggs, toast...


Breakfast for dinner is delicious and underated.

Freehold DM wrote:
Ambrosia Slaad wrote:
Freehold DM wrote:
I AM FULL OF RIBWICH
I saw those were back at McDonalds. Was it as good as you remember?
It's like you. And DQ. But a sandwich.

I have no problems with innuendo, but I have no idea what to do with compliments. And I'm probably much closer to a hákarl or braised rat sandwich than a McRib.


Wednesday dinner was bbq chicken:

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I cut a couple BIG (1+ lb. each!) boneless skinless chicken breasts in half so they were thinner filet-ish shapes, rubbed them on both sides with a dry "smokehouse maple" seasoning blend, and plonked them on a olive oiled, foil-lined baking sheet. Covered that in foil tightly to keep in most of the steam and baked them low and slow for an 1-1/4 hours, then gently unwrapped, flipped the chicken over, tightly rewrapped, and baked them another 1-1/4 hours. They were done at that point, but I removed the foil, flipped the chicken again, brushed the top with storebought bbq sauce, and baked at 375F uncovered for 15 minutes.

While the chicken was baking, I made up a box of cornbread mix and dumped in a shallow pie plate. After the 15 minutes, I took the chicken out, flipped them over one last time, brushed the unsauced side with BBQ sauce, and stuck them back in. Along side them, I slide in the cornbread and baked them both another 15 minutes. Took the chicken out to rest (recovering with the foil from earlier), moved the cornbread to the center, and raised the temp to 400F to bake another 7 minutes.

While the cornbread was baking, I tried to make frozen peas in a sauce again on the stovetop, but I accidentally added a whole tablespoon of cornstarch to the sauce which quickly turned it into an aerogel-like literal London fog. It didn't affect the taste, but the consistency was weird. BBQ chicken and cornbread were perfect though. It would have been better to use chicken thighs, but they haven't been on sale lately, and Dad only eats white meat chicken anyway.

Thursday was leftover BBQ chicken and cornbread.

Friday I was going to make fried spam & baked beans for dinner, but Dad opened the spam for lunch. So I made tilapia baked in parchment for him and minced fishsticks for me, along with a baked potato for each of us.

Saturday was a frozen pizza:

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I prefer the store's premade take-&-bake refrigerated pizza over their brand of frozen ones; their frozen versions crust and sauce taste a little weird, not bad, but not how I prefer it. So I buy the take-&-bake pizzas and then freeze them at home, and as long as they are baked within a couple months, they don't get frostbitten. So for dinner, I popped out the meat lover's-style pizza and per SOP, I remove all the toppings down to the mozzarella cheese. I sprinkle Italian seasoning blend on top of the cheese, then very lightly drizzle with olive oil. I shred up about 3 oz of chunked mozzarella cheese and scattered it evenly over the pizza. I then put the pepperoni slices back on, but in a ring right along the edge of the pizza; this keeps the cheese on the outer edge from getting too done and ensures the pepperoni cooks into little grease-filled cups. The remaining 2-4 slices of pepperoni go in the center, followed by the rest of the other meats evenly scattered. Then it goes into the oven to bake directly on the rack for the recommended time, except I bump the temp up +25 degrees because the crust is still frozen. Bam! Perfect frozen pizza.


Tonight Dad and I are having braised turkey breast (Youtube link), mashed potatoes & gravy, hawaiian rolls stuffing (from boxed), and chilled cranberry sauce (canned). The supermarket finally got the frozen turkey breasts in stock, and we hadn't had turkey in a while. But most importantly...

TMI:
...I know I'm not going to want to cook anything as involved as Thanksgiving dinner that close to the 2nd anniversary of Mom's passing, especially not one of her traditional holiday meals using many of the techniques I learned watching her.


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We celebrated my wife's birthday, last night, but we're still in a pandemic, so we still staying away from restaurants. My wife requested that my mom make her homemade lasagna, which was delicious.

So delicious.

It's a recipe that she got out of a McCalls cookbook before I was born. She uses store bought pasta, but she made the tomato sauce from scratch.

My sister made roasted brussels sprouts and roasted cauliflower. And she supplied the wine.

I ordered a tiramisu (my wife's favorite dessert) from a bakery. And I did all the dishes. :)


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O M G ! Homemade lasagna, roasted veggies, a good wine, and tiramisu? That sounds like Heaven. Belated Happy Birthday, Lady Andostre!

I never make my own pasta from scratch either, but homemade sauce (and marinara) is hard to beat.

Ambrosia Slaad wrote:
Tonight Dad and I are having braised turkey breast (Youtube link), mashed potatoes & gravy, hawaiian rolls stuffing (from boxed), and chilled cranberry sauce (canned). The supermarket finally got the frozen turkey breasts in stock, and we hadn't had turkey in a while. But most importantly... ** spoiler omitted **

Turkey and everything else turned out almost perfect. The turkey and gravy could've used a bit more salt, and I could've taken the lid off the dutch oven for the last 20-30 minutes & raised the temp to brown/crisp up the skin. Otherwise, pretty good. I'd forgotten just how much liquid cooks out though: I had enough turkey "juice" to make the stuffing (1-1/2 cups) plus almost 3 cups of gravy.

Edit: Also, the new salisbury steak recipe from Tuesday was a bang-on hit. I may need to start a recipe/cooking blog and start posting this stuff there.


Ambrosia Slaad wrote:

Breakfast for dinner is delicious and underated.

Freehold DM wrote:
Ambrosia Slaad wrote:
Freehold DM wrote:
I AM FULL OF RIBWICH
I saw those were back at McDonalds. Was it as good as you remember?
It's like you. And DQ. But a sandwich.
I have no problems with innuendo, but I have no idea what to do with compliments. And I'm probably much closer to a hákarl or braised rat sandwich than a McRib.

Nonsense. You are savory and saucy and come with onions and are fun to be around and, presumably, eat.

I also made short rib burgers for dinner tonight using my granitestone burger cooker griddle thing. I chopped up a lot of onions and put them to brown with virgin olive oil(I am just realizing I forgot to put in black garlic! DOH!), then put the burgers on top of them with bacon I cooked on the side. I browned everything and then put it in the oven and served it with some of the bread I get from panera toasted super dark with fresh mozzarella cheese on top.

Got the itis immediately after finishing it and fell asleep. Just did dishes and put away laundry a few minutes ago.

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Freehold DM wrote:
Ambrosia Slaad wrote:

Breakfast for dinner is delicious and underated.

Freehold DM wrote:
Ambrosia Slaad wrote:
Freehold DM wrote:
I AM FULL OF RIBWICH
I saw those were back at McDonalds. Was it as good as you remember?
It's like you. And DQ. But a sandwich.
I have no problems with innuendo, but I have no idea what to do with compliments. And I'm probably much closer to a hákarl or braised rat sandwich than a McRib.
Nonsense. You are savory and saucy and come with onions and are fun to be around and, presumably, eat.

Oh good. For a minute I was worried that the Ribwich was actually made of sometimes-grumpy queer ladies who like superheroes.

Anyway, I think the best thing is to say thanks, Freehold. :)

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I also made short rib burgers for dinner tonight using my granitestone burger cooker griddle thing. I chopped up a lot of onions and put them to brown with virgin olive oil(I am just realizing I forgot to put in black garlic! DOH!), then put the burgers on top of them with bacon I cooked on the side. I browned everything and then put it in the oven and served it with some of the bread I get from panera toasted super dark with fresh mozzarella cheese on top.

Got the itis immediately after finishing it and fell asleep. Just did dishes and put away laundry a few minutes ago.

Sounds yummy.

Sunday afternoon's cooking project was beef stew. Nothing exotic, though the beef was overpriced stew cubes from the "artisanal butcher" up the street that I could have probably saved money on if I had bought elsewhere. I will say it was really tasty beef, though. Browned those, simmered with mirepoix, red wine, beefstock, and mushrooms. Oh, also a tomato I just needed to use. I put in too much stock so it was more broth than I wanted, but otherwise super tasty.

Served over garlic mashed potatoes.

One of things I love about stews and braises is you get them going and then you can take a nap while things work. And naps and a good meal is a good Sunday.


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We had a humble pot roast yesterday with a side of potatoes and baby carrots that were cooked with the roast and a modest brown gravy to go with.

We hadn't a roast for nearly seven months -- we all kind of missed it.


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I just realized I haven't had a pot roast since before the pandemic.

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If you find yourself in a smaller household and want something akin to a pot roast but worry a pot roast is too big... braising lamb shanks (more expensive than chuck beef but cheaper than other cuts of lamb) or beef shanks (osso buco) are a good alternative. It's easier to portion out (you can do just one for 1-2 people).

This said I've made pot roast for my household of one and certainly happily eaten the leftovers through the week but sometimes I don't want to be eating that much beef through the week.

There used to be a place at the farmer's market that sold bison and a bison pot roast is really tasty (and slightly healthier than beef) but that farm closed and prices of bison skyrocketed since I last had it so I haven't had it for a long time.


I don't think I've ever had bison either. Nothing against, been wanting to try it, but it's like lamb and always priced outside my budget.

I know Mom used to like osso buco but beef shanks at the grocery stores here hasn't been a cheap option for years. I can't rationalize getting beef shanks or tail for the same price per pound as a chuck roast. And if I keep wine in the house, I'll drink it before I can use it in cooking.

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Shanks should be cheaper than chuck, but meat prices have been rising lately (and as I discovered visiting my sister in the midwest, can vary tremendously depending on the region you live in), and sometimes hipsters drive up prices of what should be cheap cuts of meat as they exoticize "peasant food." Still, part of the suggestion is for small households... these cuts tend to be sold in smaller portions, so even if both are the same per pound, a half a pound of it is cheaper than a whole pound or more (and more economical from the standpoint that you will have fewer leftovers you could potentially end up just throwing away). I also saw pork shanks for sale somewhere, I do not know if they would be cheaper. All suggestions should be taken with the grain of salt that I do not know everyone's budgets nor what costs are in a given area. My aim was more about how to get a smaller portion and still have a tasty braised something. Of course if one can get beef chuck for a reasonable price and it feels like a better deal, another option is to cut the chuck into smaller pieces and make a mini pot roast. My tactic with meat purchasing, since I only feed myself, is I buy more expensive stuff (I prefer to get organic/free range/local) but infrequently, and try to eat a lot of meatless meals (or the one thing of meat I buy can create boatloads of leftovers). I recognize that is not going to work for everyone for a variety of reasons, from budgeting to who else needs to be fed on said budget.

For vegetarians and flexitarians, I once had at a restaurant what the chef called a "vegetarian osso buco" -- an eggplant steak with a chunk of heart of palm through the middle to resemble a marrow bone, served over a mushroom ragu. It tasted nothing like osso buco, but it was freakin' delicious. Just a slow cooked mushroom ragu could have a very nice rich flavor and be good over rice or barley or noodles.

I like to use beer/ale to braise a lot of meats, and if I don't want to pay for a whole six pack, I'll go to a liquor store where they sell singles; usually a bottle is all that's needed.

Bison is delicious (similar to beef but very slightly sweeter/gamier, but not as heavily gamey as something like venison) but it basically HAS to be farmed free range because the critters are half-wild and haven't been bred to withstand what we put cows and pigs through--good for them, us, and for the environment, but it means supply vs demand pushes prices waaaay up because supply cannot be increased. There used to be a couple local farms around here where they were so eager to get people to try it and buy, it could be bought for a reasonable price, but when demand went up (because it tasted good and is leaner than beef so healthier), they pushed their prices very high since they could not increase supply. Unfortunately I think they pushed so high people stopped buying and they went out of business. Probably really hard to find that balance between meeting demand and continuing to handle overhead, etc. Every once in a while if I see ground bison for lower than it usually costs I get it; it makes great chili and burgers (and of course chili you can make it stretch).

Of course I say this and threw away $12 worth of meat the other day (which would have been several meals) because I accidentally left it out overnight instead of put it the fridge right away. *sigh*

I should have you over, Amby (as though we can cross barriers of space with but a thought). I drink wine but I'm not a big drinker, and I mainly use wine to cook with. I seem to never be able to finish it up before it starts tasting off (I really should find some vinegar mother and just turn it into proper vinegar). I usually use the little single-serve-bottle four packs when I can find them and use them for cooking so I don't have leftover stuff in the fridge that dies a slow death.


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Shanks should be cheaper than chuck, but meat prices have been rising lately (and as I discovered visiting my sister in the midwest, can vary tremendously depending on the region you live in), and sometimes hipsters drive up prices of what should be cheap cuts of meat as they exoticize "peasant food." Still, part of the suggestion is for small households... these cuts tend to be sold in smaller portions, so even if both are the same per pound, a half a pound of it is cheaper than a whole pound or more (and more economical from the standpoint that you will have fewer leftovers you could potentially end up just throwing away). I also saw pork shanks for sale somewhere, I do not know if they would be cheaper. All suggestions should be taken with the grain of salt that I do not know everyone's budgets nor what costs are in a given area. My aim was more about how to get a smaller portion and still have a tasty braised something. Of course if one can get beef chuck for a reasonable price and it feels like a better deal, another option is to cut the chuck into smaller pieces and make a mini pot roast. My tactic with meat purchasing, since I only feed myself, is I buy more expensive stuff (I prefer to get organic/free range/local) but infrequently, and try to eat a lot of meatless meals (or the one thing of meat I buy can create boatloads of leftovers). I recognize that is not going to work for everyone for a variety of reasons, from budgeting to who else needs to be fed on said budget.

For vegetarians and flexitarians, I once had at a restaurant what the chef called a "vegetarian osso buco" -- an eggplant steak with a chunk of heart of palm through the middle to resemble a marrow bone, served over a mushroom ragu. It tasted nothing like osso buco, but it was freakin' delicious. Just a slow cooked mushroom ragu could have a very nice rich flavor and be good over rice or barley or noodles.

I like to use beer/ale to braise a lot of meats, and if I don't want to pay for a whole six pack, I'll go to a liquor...

This is the longest food related post I have ever seen.

Also, what has been done to cow foot, pig tail, and pig foot prices is abominable.


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TMI, but I start having G.I. issues if eat too much red meat. This is a fairly recent development. So I've been eating more poultry, fish, and vegetarian meals. This comes at just the right time for climate change awareness, apparently.

My wife and I also enjoy wine, but we're not frequent drinkers. We normally don't buy bottles of wine for just the two of us because like DQ, we don't finish it before it starts to go bad. I have recently discovered a few brands I like that sell half bottles of wine, though, which is a nice option.

I just ordered our groceries for pick-up, so I haven't yet forgotten the menu for this week!

Sunday - Salmon, rolls, and some "green bean fries" recipe the kids came across that involves breading, baking, and then dipping them in ranch dressing. *shrug*
Monday - Egg tacos for the kids, and a scramble for my wife and I involving any vegetables that need to get eaten.
Tuesday - This is always mac and cheese for the kids and take-out for me and my wife.
Wednesday - Probably the leftover salmon.
Thursday - Roasting italian sausage, broccoli, and baby potatoes in a sheet pan.
Friday - This is almost always take-out or pizza delivery and movie night.
Saturday - This is always decided at the last minute. Sometimes I'll cook something simple, sometimes it's take-out, and sometimes we're out with another family and we decide based on everyone's wants at the time.

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Bjørn Røyrvik wrote:
*Especially if you are on a farm with properly sized carrots, not the bloated monsters you mostly find in stores these days, and eat them straight from the ground.

[tangent] With so many fruits and vegetables, it's like they have the exact same amount of flavor, no matter how darn big they make them with whatever process they use, so you eat the big fat supermarket avocados and they are bland as heck, while the smaller wrinklier ones you get more flavor per bite, cause it's all packed in to a smaller space. [/tangent]

TLDR; Bigger is Blander.

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Freehold DM wrote:
This is the longest food related post I have ever seen.

I'm sorry, it won't happen again. :(


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DeathQuaker wrote:
Freehold DM wrote:
This is the longest food related post I have ever seen.
I'm sorry, it won't happen again. :(

But I loved it...


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DeathQuaker wrote:
Freehold DM wrote:
This is the longest food related post I have ever seen.
I'm sorry, it won't happen again. :(

Your posts are always informative and welcome, so post at length as frequently as you'd like. :)

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Tuesday I made a pot roast with potatoes cooked around it in the juice, a basic salad, and a no-frills cherry pie for Dad. Wednesday dinner was leftovers.

Tonight was just beef hot dogs on the grill, pork & beans from a can, and cool ranch doritos.

Didn't get much done today outside of running around for errands, but did manage to break down the family pack of ground chuck. Got 7 hamburger patties (1/3 lb) & 3 meatloaves out of it, and stuck them in the deep freezer. Probably have meatloaf tomorrow (with mashed potatoes, gravy, heat-up rolls, and maybe fresh coleslaw).

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Freehold DM wrote:
DeathQuaker wrote:
Freehold DM wrote:
This is the longest food related post I have ever seen.
I'm sorry, it won't happen again. :(
But I loved it...

I've needed to reduce coffee intake and am on a new medication (for asthma, but may be mood altering) so I appreciate any and all patience with both rambling and moodiness.

Ambrosia Slaad wrote:
Your posts are always informative and welcome, so post at length as frequently as you'd like. :)

You are too kind. :)

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Tuesday I made a pot roast with potatoes cooked around it in the juice, a basic salad, and a no-frills cherry pie for Dad. Wednesday dinner was leftovers.

Tonight was just beef hot dogs on the grill, pork & beans from a can, and cool ranch doritos.

All ssounds yum.

Cool Ranch Doritos are the best Doritos IMO. All sounds yummy.

I'm never "just" about a hot dog dinner. My Dad's side of the family was from a farm in Maine, and Saturday was always bean and bread-baking day. Saturday night supper was then the beans that had been baking all day, plus the fresh bread, and some hot dogs and for some reason coffee was also necessary. When I get together with my dad we often do "Saturday supper" sans the actual all-day-baking part but with canned B&M beans. Simple good times.

I usually eat out/get takeout on a Friday night, but tonight I decided since I had eaten at least one meal from "out" almost every day this week, I needed to cook something at home but wasn't sure what. Then I spotted the red potatoes I needed to cook before they got eyey, and remembered I had a couple sausages I needed to cook up from a pack I opened earlier this week. So I made bangers and mash. Some garlic and scallions went into the mash for something champ-esque, and sauteed some onions with the sausage and made an onion gravy with some of the beer I decided to drink with dinner (Troegenator by Troegs in PA). Turned out super yummy and much cheaper than eating out!

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Didn't get much done today outside of running around for errands, but did manage to break down the family pack of ground chuck. Got 7 hamburger patties (1/3 lb) & 3 meatloaves out of it, and stuck them in the deep freezer. Probably have meatloaf tomorrow (with mashed potatoes, gravy, heat-up rolls, and maybe fresh coleslaw).

I've got to remember to do that with ground meat more often. I have to be careful as if I buy too much meat ahead of time, some of it will die freezerburn death before I get around to using it, but it's a good way to save money and make sure you've got a head start on future meals.

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You're posts are always a treat.


Today's commute was long and sucked (more car trouble compounded by complications getting towed). At least I gave the tow truck guy a "You're never gonna believe what this idiot did..." story to tell when he got back to the dispatch yard. Didn't get home until almost 6:30PM, so no time to cook tonight. Dad had some leftover pot roast & potatoes, I'll make meatloaf or chicken some way tomorrow.


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We're going camping this weekend! We'll be making foil-packet nachos one night. Toss together shredded chicken, beans, and enchilada sauce; arrange tortilla chips on a sheet of foil; put the chicken et al. onto the chips and top with shredded cheese; fold the foil into packets; and toss the packets onto the grill for 15 minutes.

Then, sit back and burn your fingers and tongue in the dark!

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DeathQuaker wrote:
I'm never "just" about a hot dog dinner. My Dad's side of the family was from a farm in Maine, and Saturday was always bean and bread-baking day. Saturday night supper was then the beans that had been baking all day, plus the fresh bread, and some hot dogs and for some reason coffee was also necessary. When I get together with my dad we often do "Saturday supper" sans the actual all-day-baking part but with canned B&M beans. Simple good times.

Hot dogs and (sweet molasses) baked beans are the only way to eat hot dogs other than slathered in chili and cheese!

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Bummer about the car issues Amby!

Set, I am pleased at your taste in baked beans.


Yeah, I liked baked beans too, but they're almost a dollar more a can than the can of pork & beans. And Dad's an equal opportunity bean eater.

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I still felt like crap today, so meatloaf postponed yet again. I really didn't feel up to boiling & mashing potatoes and also making the milk gravy from scratch.

The last time I made chicken alfredo, I still had a third of it leftover after the first dinner and leftover dinner, so I froze it up. Tonight I popped that into a baking dish and heated it at 250F to thaw it & warm it through, then removed the foil and baked at 350F to re-crisp up the seasoned panko topping. As it was finishing re-baking, I slid in next to it the slices of garlic toast on the foil cover removed earlier. We had that with the fresh coleslaw, and it went well. Dad even went back for seconds of the alfredo and finished it off.

Maybe meatloaf tomorrow? Or maybe pork chops some way?

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I'm going to try to make a fancy-schmancy bread pudding for thanksgiving. Everyone's got the traditional bases covered, and for many years I've been wanting to make a savory bread pudding stuffed inside a pumpkin.

Depending on consistency, the pumpkin becomes either a serving dish (you scoop out the bread pudding and pumpkin flesh), or it gets splayed out like a flower in sections with the pudding nestled inside. Normally it's a heavily dairy dish, but some people are vegan, so I have to find replacements for the cheese... and possibly make two, cause I like stuff with sausage in it.


Ambrosia Slaad wrote:
Today's commute was long and sucked (more car trouble compounded by complications getting towed). At least I gave the tow truck guy a "You're never gonna believe what this idiot did..." story to tell when he got back to the dispatch yard. Didn't get home until almost 6:30PM, so no time to cook tonight. Dad had some leftover pot roast & potatoes, I'll make meatloaf or chicken some way tomorrow.

Now I want you to get a simple rickshaw, a complicated harness system, and get around FL by Freehold pulling you as he chases a fully cooked Slaadian meal he can never seem to catch.


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Yeah, I liked baked beans too, but they're almost a dollar more a can than the can of pork & beans. And Dad's an equal opportunity bean eater.

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I still felt like crap today, so meatloaf postponed yet again. I really didn't feel up to boiling & mashing potatoes and also making the milk gravy from scratch.

The last time I made chicken alfredo, I still had a third of it leftover after the first dinner and leftover dinner, so I froze it up. Tonight I popped that into a baking dish and heated it at 250F to thaw it & warm it through, then removed the foil and baked at 350F to re-crisp up the seasoned panko topping. As it was finishing re-baking, I slid in next to it the slices of garlic toast on the foil cover removed earlier. We had that with the fresh coleslaw, and it went well. Dad even went back for seconds of the alfredo and finished it off.

Maybe meatloaf tomorrow? Or maybe pork chops some way?

If you have to get to work early tomorrow I suggest the pork chops.

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