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Gravy's Cooking Thread
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Mrs. Gravy
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I don't usually look at the recipes on FB; most of them look meh. I have you guys for recipes...and a gazillion cookbooks so I'm pretty much set.
Lleauaric
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They aint in yet bro.
Come mid July if you can make to Cheshire I'll give you all the tomatoes you want. And Eggplant, Zucchini, Peppers, herbs, Basil..ect.
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So all this talk of flank, I picked up 2 huge ones from costco last night, yeah I was right $7.99/lb. Both cost me like $30. They are in the fridge marinating themselves to perfection. Going to grill them up tonight. I did lemon juice, some italian dressing, sambal oelek, garlic, soy sauce, dehydrated onion.
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So, no pictures because 1. I didn't think of it and 2. I left the camera at the cottage and we ate down at the beach. However, to report back - the pork was...good. It wasn't blow you away good, but at least equal to pork cooked more conventionally. It was a really fun experience, and I might do it again just because it's a fun thing to do with a group of friends, but I wouldn't do it for the flavour.
Rezz
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Yeah, that style cooking is luau party stuff, not so much technical maximization of the flavor. I've had some shark done in a similar manner (it's robust enough texture wise to not dry out hardcore like lighter/flakier fish) and it was pretty good, but not as good as I could work with in a kitchen for the most part. It also wasn't in the ground nearly as long, but the concept was similar. Like you said, good with a group of friends having beers on a beach.
Edit - Picked up 5lbs of Skirt for 6.99 a lb at a local butcher(cali waaaaaat) along with a side purchase of some alaskan king crab that I'm going to steam tomorrow for my little brother (he's the only "father" in the family atm) so I've got a few people to cook for. Will report how well it turns out as I'm going to grill at high flame. His wife always tends to want her shit medium-medium well at a minimum, but I think starting with some at rare-med/rare will go over swimmingly with most. Normally when I do "events" with people I end up spending a shitload of time playing with meat waaaay longer than average because everyone has random temperatures that they like and I am not enough of an asshole to just tell them to eat what I cook and be happy. Family though? One 8oz piece stays on 1.5x as long as the rest, and nobody ever complains or asks for different stuff. EZmode.
Edit - Picked up 5lbs of Skirt for 6.99 a lb at a local butcher(cali waaaaaat) along with a side purchase of some alaskan king crab that I'm going to steam tomorrow for my little brother (he's the only "father" in the family atm) so I've got a few people to cook for. Will report how well it turns out as I'm going to grill at high flame. His wife always tends to want her shit medium-medium well at a minimum, but I think starting with some at rare-med/rare will go over swimmingly with most. Normally when I do "events" with people I end up spending a shitload of time playing with meat waaaay longer than average because everyone has random temperatures that they like and I am not enough of an asshole to just tell them to eat what I cook and be happy. Family though? One 8oz piece stays on 1.5x as long as the rest, and nobody ever complains or asks for different stuff. EZmode.
Lleauaric
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Khane,
I cant believe you don't like Meadow. Ive gotten great meats over the years from there. Everything from huge Prime Rib Roasts to 100lb whole pigs. Maybe its because I only use them for speciality stuff.
Middletown has some good stuff... The Fruitry(?) still open? Used to get some really good produce there. And godlike sandwiches from Public Market.
I cant believe you don't like Meadow. Ive gotten great meats over the years from there. Everything from huge Prime Rib Roasts to 100lb whole pigs. Maybe its because I only use them for speciality stuff.
Middletown has some good stuff... The Fruitry(?) still open? Used to get some really good produce there. And godlike sandwiches from Public Market.
Khane
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The Fruitery is gonzo. Public Market is still there but I've never eaten there.
Khane
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Had to go to Whole Foods today because I needed some good produce and it's the only place around here that has decent produce. God I hate shopping at that place. Everyone in there is completely oblivious to their surroundings.
Beef short ribs are 8.99/lb there. That's criminal pricing. Short ribs are 3.99/lb at BJs
Beef short ribs are 8.99/lb there. That's criminal pricing. Short ribs are 3.99/lb at BJs
Burren
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If i really need something, i'll pop into my whole foods (cuz it's across the street from me). Lately i've just been ranking my stores on a sliding scale of price v. tail.
Whole foods has the highest price, nicest yoga tail
Trader Joes has better pricing, milf'ier tail (sometimes they bring their 16yr old daughters, holy shit cannot stay there)
Shop rite has low prices, avg tail
Acme has best meat prices, dreadful tail
Farmers Market best prices, old spanish lady tail
Burren
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May I adopt your rating table for my own grocery shopping locale? Thank you good sir.
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With meat I go for sales. I have 2 big chains around here, Kroger and Busch's and local places that sometimes beat the big retailers. Oh and there is always costco, not the best prices but they are always good meat treats. I always pay attention to the mailers and see what they have on sale that week.
For produce we have some local produce places like Joes produce which is overpriced but good fresh shit. My huge ass new Kroger has fresh shit but it highly seasonal and only carries certain things. And finally we have Randazzos market, which is a wholesale produce place, has the best prices, bar none, on produce. Has pretty much everything at cheap discount prices. You walk in there with $30-$40 and walk out with a whole shopping cart full of produce,fruit, etc. not kidding. Example, bell peppers, $.99/lb where at the local kroger they are $.99/ea. Apples of all varieties $.69/lb plus all the seasonal stuff like berries in the early summer, peaches and plums, late summer.
My wife always yells at me because I come home from Randazzos with grocery bags filled with shit and not enough room in the fridge for all of it, so you have to be conservative, lol.
For produce we have some local produce places like Joes produce which is overpriced but good fresh shit. My huge ass new Kroger has fresh shit but it highly seasonal and only carries certain things. And finally we have Randazzos market, which is a wholesale produce place, has the best prices, bar none, on produce. Has pretty much everything at cheap discount prices. You walk in there with $30-$40 and walk out with a whole shopping cart full of produce,fruit, etc. not kidding. Example, bell peppers, $.99/lb where at the local kroger they are $.99/ea. Apples of all varieties $.69/lb plus all the seasonal stuff like berries in the early summer, peaches and plums, late summer.
My wife always yells at me because I come home from Randazzos with grocery bags filled with shit and not enough room in the fridge for all of it, so you have to be conservative, lol.
Khane
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Made that mothership tomato salad as a side for some short rib grilled cheese's the other night and it was great. Been making open face grilled cheeses with thick slabs of a 12 grain bread I got putting the tomato salad on top of it since and it's even better than the short ribs grilled cheese's were.