TwistedGray
El Jefe Brewing Company
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What did I cook this weekend.....
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Michelada, tacos al pastor, pico de gallo, guacamole (Alton Brown recipe; check it out. You'll be glad you did.), esquites, the very Mexican bacon wrapped jalapeno poppers stuffed with cotija and cream cheese.
bacon wrapped jalapeno poppers stuffed with cotija and cream cheese.
We made big taco salads last night for Cinco de Mayo and had a shot of Centenario Añejo tequila to celebrate. No pics, sorry! 
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I prepared some tacos at home after 5/5, since the brewery food truck wasn’t offering Mexican 
when I was there on Sunday
Utilizing some small amounts of leftover proteins hubby had tacos 3 ways. Chicken, shrimp and carnitas with refried beans. My plate is pictured.
when I was there on Sunday
Utilizing some small amounts of leftover proteins hubby had tacos 3 ways. Chicken, shrimp and carnitas with refried beans. My plate is pictured.
You got me lickin' my chops there, Merry! Looks delicious.
Lamb chops, mash and mixed veggies.
i need to find me a source for lamb chops. I love my pork chops but i imagine the flavor of lamb doesn't even compare.
Muffuletta. I used the oven to melt the cheese. Does that count as cooking?
Very tasty!
Very tasty!
TwistedGray
El Jefe Brewing Company
Birria de res, I made the tortillas (and beer)
Grilled sausages and chicken last night with the neighbors/family. Finished the meal with a great Bordeaux and cheese.
The sausages are chipolatas, merguez(spicy lamb), and
The sausages are chipolatas, merguez(spicy lamb), and
Not sure where you live but if you have either Costco or Sam's Club nearby, I've bought beautiful thick lamb chops from both of them.
I have one or two online sources too, if you don't have a local place to pick them up. I can post links if you need them!
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Not the most exciting pix but more mushrooms. This time from someone I use to buy from just down the street. She grew them in her yard and now she's huge and moved to a warehouse. She's in stores and restaurants.
May have to fire up the dehydrator to save all these things
May have to fire up the dehydrator to save all these things
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Pork spiedies, fresh, mid-summer-tasting tomatoes, and not pictured, a big bowl of strawberries just picked this morning.
Living in the very upper midwest sheep was never a livestock raised in abundance. I have recently seen some ranches with sheep so I will be putting out some feelers on the book of faces to see if there is a farm to table option. Locally grocers and walmart may carry frozen lamb and not many options, I never have seen any fresh because the market for it is very small.
My mom raises grass fed cattle, I get a whole hog raised 30 miles away, catch my own fish, hunt for venison. only missing some lamb. well maybe some prairie chickens I need to buy a shotgun.
My lovely wife's favorite Mother's Day meal: shrimp and grits and grilled asparagus.
Yeah, cattle ranchers are not generally very fond of sheep!
I love the stuff though. We have a nice source of grassfed beef grown just down the road from us here; I also buy Piedmontese beef (grass-fed/finished) online. I can get non-soy-fed chickens and we've bought half a pig in the past. But it's hard to get good lamb around here too except at Sam's or Costco. It's New Zealand raised but it's damn good eating!@BongoYodeler I have not thought of spiedies in decades. Those look good.
@TheDudeLebowski - I'd knock ya down and fight you for those oyster mushrooms!
We get boneless leg of lamb here at Sam's for a pretty decent price and it's delicious when herbed, seasoned well and served medium rare. Winn Dixie has chops but they're pricey.
since Mondays are technically my day off it is still the weekend.
A light supper tonight.
The fish are much prettier when alive before a bleed them on ice.
A light supper tonight.
The fish are much prettier when alive before a bleed them on ice.
Shrimp salad on ciabatta
Chopped salad, summer menu even though it’s been kind of cool.
Made a quick Pasta Fagioli for an early dinner today.
Tacos and a beer
Oklahoma onion smash burgers! Can't get enough of these....
Not this weekend and not next weekend but one not far down the road it's going to be dry aged ribeyes.
Just learned a restaurant up the road sells their in-house dry aged beef in raw form for takeout, so to speak.
USDA prime grade, 30-45 day dry aged, two 16oz ribeyes for $36. Dunno about y'all but that seems pretty reasonable to me if the meat ends up being anything like it should be.
The huge dry aged prime tomahawks they'll sell for $75 each. The picture doesn't really do them justice. The racks reminded me of The Flintstones when the bronto ribs tip over Fred's car.
Just learned a restaurant up the road sells their in-house dry aged beef in raw form for takeout, so to speak.
USDA prime grade, 30-45 day dry aged, two 16oz ribeyes for $36. Dunno about y'all but that seems pretty reasonable to me if the meat ends up being anything like it should be.
The huge dry aged prime tomahawks they'll sell for $75 each. The picture doesn't really do them justice. The racks reminded me of The Flintstones when the bronto ribs tip over Fred's car.
Cool. Haven’t done any dry age myself. Looks great.
Clever and Blanton's. What could go wrong 
I gave up on tomahawks after the first couple - you end up paying so much for all that heavy bone! Just a regular bone-in rib steak, or a ribeye, are my preference and dry-aged when I can get them! Been buying grassfed/grass-finished Piedmontese beef when I can get it. So delicious and SO tender!
Enjoy your steaks, @whoaru99 u99! I'm drooling!
Enjoy your steaks, @whoaru99 u99! I'm drooling!
