Tomorrow's snacks: smoked cheese, smoked eggs, smoked bacon-wrapped cheese-filled jalapenos, and smoked candied bacon. Why, yes, there is a theme here. :-) It is all to lead up to the smoked prime...
Prime Rib with Rub. I had Creole Seasoning (it started life as Emeril's but my bam is a bit more than his: it's peppy and zesty and quite lively), a rub that started life as Bobby Flay's (but I liked...
The eggs (hard steamed, some halved, some quartered) and cheese (half inch cubes, half of it Colby Jack, half of it aged white cheddar) have left the building (because they're in the smoker and that...
Eggs came out perfectly: steamed to control doneness better, not have the yolk darker colored around the edge, not have the dent of the air bubble, and, with ice chilling and peeling under running...
Prepping the eggs for smoking. Steaming them hard boiled, then ice chilling them, before peeling under cold running water. If all's well they should come out round, without dents from the air pocket...
Today's the day to cold smoke some eggs and some cheese, then ramp up the heat and hot smoke some smoked candied bacon. And do some prep for tomorrow: the dressing for the roasted cauliflower, the...
I packed the non-meat part of the food for Thursday and Friday away. It did fit in the fridges. Well, after putting the Martinelli's (several of the kids and teens love it), beer, and champagne - NOT...
I am hungry. I am thinking about tomorrow's breakfast. I am considering a hash of Yukon Gold potatoes, par-boiled and crisped up separately in bacon grease, Chorizo sausage, diced and fried up in...
The menus are set, all ingredients ordered, cooking plans made and dry run through: Christmas Day: Cream of mushroom soup
Extra-crispy salt and herb crusted roasted potatoes
Roasted cauliflower...