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[Dr.Bubbles]

Father's Day 2019​

I grabbed 4 more of the USDA Prime NY Strips from BJs, and made dinner for my folks. Amazing steaks for about $11-12 bucks each. We did some outstanding russet potatoes in the oven @ 410°F and they get a light mop of some olive oil when they are cooking. Hooked those up with sour cream and chives, and I grabbed some corn on the cob. Set up a steamer rig for those and let em go for about 11 mins. The corn was the first I've had this year and I need more. It was a solid 8/10...which is about as good as it gets if it's not local, and I wish I had another right now.

For the steaks, I did a salt, pepper and olive oil spritz while the grill was heating up. Put the steaks on at room temp to help with the crust. Yanked em at 135° on the dot this time.

These thick steaks are tough to tell exactly where they're at without a little help from the instant read. Use em...that's why they exist. Even the most decorated chefs at the most exclusive restaurants will use one... especially cooking something real thick.

I went to the liquor store and scored a bottle of dry Cabernet/Merlot blend and made a full blown demi-glace with mushrooms, onions, garlic and veal stock reduction. Shiny and sexy and my all time favorite 'steak sauce' along with Hotel Butter.

Lastly I made a chocolate lovers cake. Just super dark, deep, and dank. With some pecan frosting...because I can. This cake is black...and my goodness is it the way all chocolate cakes should be. It passes the 'fork test' with flying colors. Accompanied by some mediocre coffee that is nothing like Greeny makes, but is good in its own right...lol.

In case anyone is keeping score, that's my ripe starter and homemade course breadcrumbs from sourdough in the background. Can't wait to use those on/in something.

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

Ok time to make you all jealous, my wife and I went to Monterey and Carmel for a little R&R yesterday. We had dinner at Grasing's Coastal Cuisine To celebrate my wife's birthday. The place is too high class to take pictures of our food (it was art on a plate) or even bring your cell phone out of your pocket. We had the Dungeness Crab Cakes appetizer and the Red Abalone Appetizer, My wife had the Maple Leaf Duck and I had the Seared Diver Scallops for the entree. Then we shared a Chocolate Espresso Walnut Cake for dessert. The food was at least 4 star. The wine list was a book that weighed more than War and Peace with 1250 wines with prices up to $5000.00 a bottle. Wifey had a Martini and I was abstaining since I was driving. The meal was $200. with the tip and worth every penny. We also ate at Louie Linguini's today on Cannery Row in Monterey. It was ok but just standard fare.

 

[Bigg Al]

Hey all,

Turning 55 today!! So wifie took me the sushi place today for lunch!!

1st up is the seaweed salad

Crab meat, seaweed and panco breading

Next up is the lunch special sushi and sashimi

And wifie plate

 

[SparkyRU12]

Tonite’s awesome meal! Tinfoil poached salmon w/ salt,pepper,garlic and ginger the a splash of kikkomans butter and onions. Grilled Zucchini and baked potatoe with butter and SC. Frickin tasty

 

[SparkyRU12]

Hey all,

Turning 55 today!! So wifie took me the sushi place today for lunch!!

1st up is the seaweed salad

Crab meat, seaweed and panco breading

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Next up is the lunch special sushi and sashimi

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And wifie plate View attachment 1073312

Happy B-Day @Bigg Al love the Sushi!!

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

What I planted all old fashioned corn Non GMO:

Ok the first corn is ready. It was either the True Gold or Golden Cross Bantam. I had two problems in my corn plot Too small so pollination was spotty even though I did hand pollinate a few times and they grew at the same pace when they were supposed to be two weeks apart. I likely have some cross pollination going on. I gotta tell ya it did not hurt the flavor of the first ears.

Pick after the salted water is already boiling, husk and drop in the pot turn off the heat cover for 10 minutes and eat with copious amounts of butter and a sprinkle of salt. Eat! The first two ears were filled out better but we were in too much of a hurry to get pictures.

Old fashioned flavor you cannot buy anywhere!

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

Happy Birthday @Bigg Al mine is tomorrow.

 

[Bigg Al]

Happy Birthday @Bigg Al mine is tomorrow.

Thanks
Same to you buddy!

 

[Dr.Bubbles]

4th of July fun.

Our temporary house guest (Nurse B's little sis) bought all this grub. Two sirloin steaks and 3 nice pork chops, and some micro shrimp, along with all the sides. Here goes:

- Coffee rub sirloin
- Salt n pepper sirloin
- Italian marinade pork chops
- Beer, lemon, hot pepper and brown sugar grilled shrimp skewers
- Yukon and bacon potato salad
- Tomato, onion, red pepper and feta salad
- Baby Bella, pepper and onion skewers
- Deviled Eggs

We ate outside on the back patio with the tunes cranking, the beer flowing and the candles burning. It was a crazy dinner for a half dozen people. Definitely could of fed 3 more easy. Everybody got 2 full skrimps skewers and a nice hunk of all three meats. I cleaned my grill whistle clean with my BR600 Stihl backpack blower and my shop vac....even used a toothpick on the gas jets. I got the thermometer wrapped down pointing at almost 6 o'clock which would be about 600°F. The steaks only cooked for about 5-6m total but I got some great marks and perfect temp. I even cooked em separate and let the grill recover between em. It was all rare-mid rare.

Little sis bought the exact same steak two days prior and cooked it for herself without me helping....I wandered outside following the smell of denk weed and steak to find her using the Web gas grill with the top down and the temp on low. NO!!! I told her you want that shit glowing red almost. Let it heat. And keep the top up, the steaks are thin and the weather is pushing 80°...I think she wanted to throw down and put me to the test on the same cut which was fairly thin. I won...lol.

For the incredible fourth of July event, she made the salads and I did the protein, prep, and grilling. The pic was after a few people ate...and the plate pics was the plate I made for Nurse B, who was sick all day. [emoji855]

Check out the specials at that place. HOLY FUCK. First time going there. I grabbed 6 racks of baby backs for tomorrow for $35.... best price I've ever seen. And the $2.49 bacon...I was expecting that garbage end cut throw away crap. Not even close. I HAD to grab 4.

Bacon: [emoji818]
RyBz: [emoji818]

(Pics tomorrow HOPEFULLY... AFN, looking right at you...I got a new smoker kinda)

THEY'RE called KAAAAHBS Joe's dad's stuff

 

[Dr.Bubbles]

Happy b-day boys. Big Al and Greenie!! It's my dad's birthday on the 12th, as well as my super man crush, the one and only John Petrucci (the guitar player for Dream Theater). One of the best guitar players on the planet.

Check out False Awakening Suite for a <3min roller coaster ride into what Dream Theater is all about. Craziest 3 min song ever. Epic. I have that logo tattooed on my right forearm for the world to see, I'm obsessed.

THEY'RE called KAAAAHBS Joe's dad's stuff