What's for dinner tonight ?

[scott craven]

Pics or didn't happen..

Bone in rib eye, fettuccine again, and steamed broccoli..

You definitely like your meat Dan....

 

[spring fever]

Gave a sausage making course yesterday to 10 can/ us friends. Made bratwurst , French Canadian (thanks Striper Sniper) and Sweet hot Italian sausage. The making was fun and the dinner party and wine guzzling after was great!!!

 

[IronNoggin]

... Made bratwurst , French Canadian (thanks Striper Sniper) and Sweet hot Italian sausage.

Care to share the "French Canadian" sausage recipe?
Although we've run through the vast majority (300+ pounds) of our "fresh" type of sausages (smoked products yet to go) I am always interested in learning of new recipes. Have not heard of that one, so it caught my eye...

Will try to remember to take a snapshot of the moose T-Bones tonight to keep this on track...

Cheers,
Nog

 

[spring fever]

Sure thing Nog - For 10 lbs-French Canadian or Quebecois sausage-original base recipe from Striper Sniper- This is using pork with about 12 to 14% fat
Up to 1 cup red wine to moisten the mix
21/2 tbsp. salt
1 Cup soy protein for binder
1 whole white or yellow onion finely diced
1 whole garlic (bulb) finely minced
11/2 TBsp ground cinnamon
2TBsp course ground pepper
1TBsp Poultry seasoning or any combination of thyme ,savory, sage
11/2 TSP of Allspice
Place in 32 to 35mm casings
If using moose or other game you will have to adjust the amount of added fat or added pork to get the right fat content you prefer.

 

[IronNoggin]

Thanks for that. Appreciated! Looks Yummy! May well have to give it a try!

Cheers!
Nog

 

[Gear'n'beer!]

Here is my arbutus smoked pork shoulder fresh out of the smoker


Forgot the serranos so they are in there now


Was hoping for some more snow to happen while I was smoking but that's VI. here is a pic where you can kinda see the snow


Or not!

 

[spring fever]

So GB is arbutus a good wood to put on the smoke list? What do you think of it in relation to other woods you've tried?

 

[Gear'n'beer!]

SF, your sausage party looks awesome (get your head out of the gutter!)
I will let you know once I pull it, if it sucks I may cry. I did sneak some alder in.

 

[Dennis.t]

Alantic Lobster tonight! Yum yum

 

[Gear'n'beer!]

Lobster sux!
SF the best I can describe the arbutus smoke is as very mellow. it makes a very mild smoke, has a nice flavour, definitely not like hickory, cherry or mesquite. I asked the gf for her imput and she thinks fish would be different, but with a pork shoulder I'm making a few different sauces so it is less important. I will try arbutus with salmon and dorado but need to clear out some smoked salmon first. Will report when that happens, until then I give arbutus a thumbs up.

Cheers,
Darin

 

[Lipripper]

Lobster sux!

That is not lobster... I think that is a pic of Dennis wanting to fight for some shoulder.....

 

[Dennis.t]

Nah, that hunk of pork butt looks burnt. Lol

 

[Lipripper]

Nah, that hunk of pork butt looks smoked

Fixed that for ya......

 

[Dennis.t]

Fixed that for ya......

Smoked? More like charred! Mmmmmm. Go back to eating my Lobster sux. Lol

 

[Gear'n'beer!]

I'll gladly trade some smoked shoulder for some lobster

 

[IronNoggin]

Moose T-Bones in Marinade:

And Fresh Off The Barbee with Mushroom Potatoes and mixed Green Beans / Asparagus. YUMMY!

Cheers,
Nog

 

[Derby]

Mushroom Potatoes ..how do you do those up? look good...

 

[IronNoggin]

Mushroom Potatoes ..how do you do those up? look good...

Layer in a baking (casserole) dish (after greasing the bottom with butter):
- Several layers of sliced Potatoes
- A layer of chopped Onion
- A layer of sliced Celery
- Final layer of sliced Mushrooms.

In a separate bowl, toss in about 1/3 a brick of Philadelphia Cream Cheese & nuke until soft (~ 30 seconds)
Whip in a can of mushroom soup.
Then whip in 1/4 cup of Sour Cream.

Pour the mix over-top the layers potatoes etc, and cover with a lid.
Bake at 350 for about an hour or so.

Downright Fattening and Damn YUMMY!

Cheers,
Nog

 

[Derby]

love that comfort food. thank U

 

[Dennis.t]

Steak night! Medium rare rib eye.