Maggie’s THE "NOM NOM NOM" THREAD

Piece of America's southern heritage.

Wife had bought 2 pkg's of huge chicken brests. Had a full pack of 4 and a single very large breast left.

Can't lie I like breast.

Anyway she carefully split one and then pounded them out thinner with the flat side of a mallet.

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Flour, egg / milk wash then flour again, a few spices in there.
Into a very hot cast iron skillet with crisco. You can see by the bubbles no screwing around on low heat.

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Fresh made mash potatoes and a
Country style gravey.
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You would be better off if you had some buttermilk to use but it's flooding streets and some people's little shit boxes stall and hard to drive around all of them so milk works.

If you don't use a cast iron skillet we need your address and please fill out the deportation paperwork so we don't send your ass to the wrong communist country.

My wife is a badass.

Or, after the flour, another dipping an egg followed by Italian bread crumbs!
 
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Leftover chicken Piccata sammich

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Good, but not the mind-blowing experience I was expecting. It has all the stuff I love:

Fresh baguette - check
Creamy, sharp goat cheese - check
Delicious chicken so tender you can cut it with a fork - check
Garlic, capers and lemon in a buttery sauce - check

…but I think it was just too many strong flavors competing with each other. Still awesome, but not what I was expecting.
 
Sounds good, I'm not much on capers.

Just finished a fried chicken sandwich. Warmed up in the oven a nice large fried patty from the nite before. I was going to dress it up but tomatoes went south.

So went total retro.
Plain buttered bread, chicken and a sprinkle of salt.
 
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Forgive me for not having some tasty nom to post but have a question instead….

I’m needing another vacuum sealer. Have had 2 Food Saver brand over the last 25yrs but want to know if there’s better to be had. Don’t want to put out the money for one of the chamber types if I can avoid it.
 
You barbarian.

Here is a tip. Right before you put that wasabi in your soy sauce , you point your finger accross the room and say "look at that" loudly.

If your quick you can also maybe slip in some lime you asked the waitress for extra.

You know the guy on the other side of the counter has a big knife right.
 
In Japan, people would laugh. Wasabi is added on top of the fish, not in the soy sauce.

They also eat sushi with their fingers (not sashimi, though).
I know, and if in Japan I would do it their way. “When in Rome…” is part of the cultural experience anyway.
When I was eating at real Japanese run restaurants in Detroit with Japanese vendors or clients, I followed suit. It’s a good thing.
 
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You barbarian.

Here is a tip. Right before you put that wasabi in your soy sauce , you point your finger accross the room and say "look at that" loudly.

If your quick you can also maybe slip in some lime you asked the waitress for extra.

You know the guy on the other side of the counter has a big knife right.

LMFAO
 
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In Japan, people would laugh. Wasabi is added on top of the fish, not in the soy sauce.

They also eat sushi with their fingers (not sashimi, though).

In the 6 years living in Japan, 3 stationed and 3 working in Tokyo, one of them flying in Blue Fin and Big Eye, NOBODY laughed at Larry mixing his Wasabi and Soy together. Factoid.
 
Well I have been told the sushi chef may be offended.

Kind of like the time I was working at the Jever Fligerhorst and went to the canteena for Brotchen.

The woman on the register saw me put the contents of a couple Brotchen onto one.

Cost me a large flower bouquet to get back in good graces.
 
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From the old country.

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A good traditional way to serve bratwurst.

Cooking brats without catching them on fire:

Poke some small holes in the skin.
Put them in a shallow pan with beer and slowly simmer them till they are close to cooked through. They wont look good.

Then grill them , no grease fire.
 
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From the old country.

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A good traditional way to serve bratwurst.

Cooking brats without catching them on fire:

Poke some small holes in the skin.
Put them in a shallow pan with beer and slowly simmer them till they are close to cooked through. They wont look good.

Then grill them , no fire.
Yummmmmmy....
My brother in-law suggested the opposite order, grill raw brats quickly to caramelize the skins, then simmer in good beer until cooked through. Serve directly from the beer. Preserves the beer flavor more.
I've tried both directions and can't decide which I like best.
 
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A couple of revolations.

My wife has threatened to cut off my cheff Rick Bayless Mexican cooking shows because she is tired of going to the store for more ingredients.

So winter, dead grass and leaves need taken care of around smoker.
Water pipes thouraly covered hopefully and another batch of sub freezing temperatures rolling in.
My wood is way in the back.

Don't want a fire problem and hard to deal with yard and wood.

I have 2 thawed racks of baby back ribs that the wife is threatening to stick in a slow cooker.

The horror. The horror.
 
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Awaiting hip surgery, these cold fronts suck.

So if anyone has a good oven rib recipe I'd like to here it.

My take on grilling brats strait up is it's a team sport. If you think for one instant you can run inside to grab a beer or bathroom break, go ahead and call the fire department first.

Hello fire dispatch, what is the nature of your problem.

You turned your back on what?

Hey guys we got another one. Lol
 
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Awaiting hip surgery, these cold fronts suck.

So if anyone has a good oven rib recipe I'd like to here it.

My take on grilling brats strait up is it's a team sport. If you think for one instant you can run inside to grab a beer or bathroom break, go ahead and call the fire department first.

Hello fire dispatch, what is the nature of your problem.

You turned your back on what?

Hey guys we got another one. Lol
Just a dry rub, wrap in foil and let go at 350 for 35-40 minutes has always been ok for me? Nothing fancy, but haven’t had very many complaints
 
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Horror avoided.
Had been avoiding using the words ribs and oven in the same sentence.

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Stubs BBQ sauce and sweet chili sauce 50 / 50 layered in the end with no cover.

You have to uncover and dry out the surface of the ribs first to get it to stick. Really more of an Asian American style thing than BBQ but were good.

Kind of got lucky on the indoor choice, outdoors ended up basically in red flag conditions before they were done.

The fire department appreciates cooperation.
 
From the old country.

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A good traditional way to serve bratwurst.

Cooking brats without catching them on fire:

Poke some small holes in the skin.
Put them in a shallow pan with beer and slowly simmer them till they are close to cooked through. They wont look good.

Then grill them , no grease fire.

We did this exact same pre-tailgate!
 
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Beef stew simmering away in the pot. Had ice and “snow” last night with temps in the teens. Figured stew was the way to go
Chili and chicken pozole to choose from here. 22 currently with 17mph winds, gonna be 9 in the AM. Spring can't come fast enough.
 
We were talking about my wife’s family back in Germany this morning, and that put me in the mood for a traditional German late breakfast today… baguette instead of a brötchen, but tasty:

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Fresh roll cut in half, toasted and then buttered, with one side covered with layered cheese and meats; havarti, copa, mortadella, and salami in my case. The other side slathered with some jam or preserves to have while sippin’ your coffee.

Very satisfying.
 
We were talking about my wife’s family back in Germany this morning, and that put me in the mood for a traditional German late breakfast today… baguette instead of a brötchen, but tasty:

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Fresh roll cut in half, toasted and then buttered, with one side covered with layered cheese and meats; havarti, copa, mortadella, and salami in my case. The other side slathered with some jam or preserves to have while sippin’ your coffee.

Very satisfying.

6 am is when we ate brotchen and normally only one thing besides butter. Cheese or meat.
With a lagger for breakfast.

9 - 10 AM was for coffee and sweet rolls ect.
 
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