Whats for Dinner Tonight?

[Eupher]

Roasted turkey breast, mashed potatoes, and homemade gravy.

The turkey breast came with a bag of gravy inside.  I'm going to try making my own instead.

Little bit of practice for T-giving, eh?

[Chris_]

Little bit of practice for T-giving, eh?

Sort of.  I had a bone-in breast floating around the freezer and wanted to give it a shot.

I braised it in the dutch oven with chicken stock and mirepoix.  325º for 3-1/2 hours... it came out perfectly tender.  My gravy was pretty bland.  I'm going to have to water it down with some bullion.

[Big Dog]

Since it's suppertime somewhere in the world...

Sunday morning vittles:
Bacon
Homemade corned beef hash (leftover corned beef and skin-on mashed potatoes, chopped onions, fried in bacon fat)
Soft-cooked eggs
Toast
Coffee

[Big Dog]

Sort of.  I had a bone-in breast floating around the freezer and wanted to give it a shot.

I braised it in the dutch oven with chicken stock and mirepoix.  325º for 3-1/2 hours... it came out perfectly tender.  My gravy was pretty bland.  I'm going to have to water it down with some bullion.

Have you tried Better Than Bouillon? It's great for braising, and for adding flavor to gravy.

[Fourwinds]

It's getting a little chilly out this way. So I'm going to throw a cabbage in the pot with potatoes, onions, salt, pepper, paprika, and see what happens.

[Chris_]

Have you tried Better Than Bouillon? It's great for braising, and for adding flavor to gravy.

I have not.  I'll see if I can find some.

[Chris_]

Oh, its base.  I use this stuff when I make soup.  I haven't made soup in a while, but I do have some beef base in the refrigerator.

[Chris_]

Oh my.  I prepared the gravy that came with the turkey using the instructions on the bag.  Is it possible for something to have negative flavor?  It's beyond no flavor, it's actually sucking the nerve endings out of my tongue.  Is that possible?

[Big Dog]

Oh my.  I prepared the gravy that came with the turkey using the instructions on the bag.  Is it possible for something to have negative flavor?  It's beyond no flavor, it's actually sucking the nerve endings out of my tongue.  Is that possible?

Yes, it's possible.  When someone says that food "tastes like ass", what has happened is that the food has sucked the taste all the way up the consumer's digestive tract to the back of the mouth.

 

[vesta111]

It's getting a little chilly out this way. So I'm going to throw a cabbage in the pot with potatoes, onions, salt, pepper, paprika, and see what happens.

Sounds like Polish Stew.

Cook the cabbage in chicken broth, add a carrot, onion, rotabaga, a turnip and a couple sliced radishes. one dollop of vodka.

Allow to cook down to a couple inches of juice, add more chicken stock then let simmer for an hour or so.  mean while boil up whole potatoes ------Place the potatoes in bowls and pour the mess with juice on top.      Serve with the darkest bread you can find with lots of unsalted butter.

Much better then Ducks Blood soup.

[Dori]

Oh my.  I prepared the gravy that came with the turkey using the instructions on the bag.  Is it possible for something to have negative flavor?  It's beyond no flavor, it's actually sucking the nerve endings out of my tongue.  Is that possible?

I have NEVER found a prepared gravy that tastes good.  Gravy is easy to make as long as you have the drippings/juices left from cooking the meat. (Called "fond").

In fact, I save those even if I don't use them for that particular meal.  They can be frozen for later when you do want to make a gravy. 

[Eupher]

I'm rather fond of fond. 

[Mr Mannn]

I'm cooking pork chops in the crock pot right now. 4 chops
just salt, pepper, garlic powder, dried onion shavings, and creme of mushroom soup.

I plan to serve it on a bed of rice.

I got the chops from the butcher and another four are in the freezer. Not sure what I'm gonna do with those.

[Mr Mannn]

just checked on it after two hours. The chops were all soft when I put them in, now they are rather firm. It was set on high, so I'm leaving it on high for another hour to check on it.
they should have been falling apart.

edit to add:
3 hours on high did the trick, it was OK if somewhat bland. Next time I'm going to add gravy mix and a bit more water.

[Chris_]

Shrimp scampi with pasta alfredo carbonara (bacon).

[Big Dog]

Shrimp scampi with pasta alfredo carbonara (bacon).

[Chris_]

Out of bacon.  Looks like it's going to be green bean and chicken casserole for a couple of days.

[Big Dog]

Out of bacon. 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I ran into the same thing today. We went to the VFW at 10 this morning for an "all you can eat" breakfast fundraiser. They were out of bacon!

[Chris_]

At the rate the price of bacon is headed, I may just try making it myself.

[Big Dog]

Tonight I made a pot roast, roasted potatoes and vegetables, and crusty bread. The beef turned out like buttah!

[Eupher]

Yesterday I made two pots of stuff to last us a week or so:

1.  A rump roast, done in a crock pot. I did the potatoes and vegetables in a separate pot to keep them from getting too damned mushy. I threw in a package of short ribs too, just because. 

2.  A meat sauce that forms the basis for a one-pot meal.

[obumazombie]

I have heard it said (by anti Americans) that Americans don't miss many meals.
I missed dinner last night.
I could singlehandedly make liars out of those anti Americans.
And I might just do that...after dinner tonight.

[Crazy Horse]

At the rate the price of bacon is headed, I may just try making it myself.

Good luck on finding bellies at a good price.

[Chris_]

Good luck on finding bellies at a good price.

Sadly.

My brother has a business license and access to a wholesale commissary.  I might see what's on the menu.

[Fourwinds]

I'm at the local steak and shake chowing on a burger and fries.  Figured I'd stop in after holiday shopping for myself