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Looks good. Mucho fartus producus. 😆 Book mark for me… 😎
Sitting, browsing and reloading the wood stove has taken up way too much of the day. Did get up and string a rope from the doorframe by my chair as I type this to the beam in the middle of the room and put up a blanket to keep some of the coldest air from the qhut from wafting past me. Not enough to be a breeze but more than enough cold air moving by my feet and legs to chill me to the bone in short order. Am MUCH better now! 😎
Cooked up some deer steaks for lunch. Had been run through a tenderizer so I soaked them in milk for a while and then dredged them in bisqik, salt and pepper. Put oil in a frying pan and cooked them on one side till blood was running out the other, then turned them over and cooked till the juices were clear. Moved them to a dutch oven with gravy, onions and bell peppers cooking in it and simmered while I put the next batch in the pan. Took out the two tenderest, via fork anyway, and served on rice with a potato, onion, carrot, celery bake on the side. What we ate was tough, so put the rest in the dutch oven with the gravy and cooked it (lid on) on low for 3-3.5 hours, stirring and turning often. Was falling apart when we were ready for supper. Again served over rice this time with a side of lima beans. I got seconds and wanted thirds but restrained myself. 😯 🙄 Good stuff!
As the rest of the day seems to have had a food theme guess I can recount the breakfast dish this am too. Was in the mood for a stick to the ribs and warm me up kind of meal so decide on oatmeal. I don’t do the wimpy instant oatmeal but rather a off brand cook 20 minutes rolled oat meal.
Cut up an apple after peeling and coring into chunks half an inch or smaller in any direction. Added it to the 1 3/4 cups of water heating on the stove. Put in a bit of salt and brought to a boil with lid on. Cooked that way for 5 minutes or so, just till the apples were about half translucent then added the cup of oats. Brought back to a boil and cooked till the apples were almost all translucent then turned to a simmer. Added a bit of cinnamon and a couple of heaping spoonfuls of brown sugar and cooked on low for about 20 minutes.
Good stuff and good for you… 😉
20.8 °F here at 7:11 pm cdt. That temp is taken on the north side of the building under the canopy over the new front door. Probe is duct taped to one of the conduit roof supports. 20 inches or so from anything but the conduit.
Angel community is currently reporting 27.3 °F and Weaver is reporting 25.3 °F so we are much colder than other places within a few miles both north and south.
20.5 °F at 7:19 pm so it’s dropping quite fast and I am typing and thinking slow… 🙄 😉
Think I am gonna check the feeds and email and reload and poke the fire and read a bit so will close this disjointed missive for the nonce… 😎
This is a cornbread recipe taken from a post on a private forum that I frequent. For my reference.
1 cup of flour
1 cup yellow corn grits
5 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 and 3/4 cup chopped onion
1/8 cup of diced garlic
Optional: Chopped ham; grated cheese; grated jalapeño cheese
In a bowl: 1 egg, 1 cup milk, 1/4 cup of corn oil
Mix dry ingredients together, beat the stuff in the bowl. Add the stuff in the bowl to the dry ingredients, stir. When it’s mixed up, put it in a #5 cast iron skillet (he says it’s about 5″ at the bottom and 6″ at the top) that has been sprayed with nonstick stuff. Put in oven, bake for about 25 minutes at 425°F.
Easy? So where is the recipe? Don’t tease us and not follow through there, Steve! 😉
CAMP OVEN COOKING IN AUSTRALIA (COCIA) — WITH ‘THE CAMP OVEN COOK’ – DEREK BULLOCK
Below is Dave’s (my) modification of Derek’s Pumpkin Fruit Muffins (which can be found at the link above) to work with sweet potatoes instead. There are also a LOT more Dutch oven recipes at that link. Good stuff!
SWEET POTATO MUFFINS – Makes 18 standard sized muffins.
INGREDIENTS
3 cups self raising flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon Pumpkin Pie spice – Nutmeg and Allspice will work also.
1 cup sugar
1 cup raisins
2 eggs
1/2 cup oil
1 1/2 cups cooked mashed sweet potato
1 cup milk
METHOD
Mix together the flour, salt, spice, raisins and sugar in a bowl. In another bowl beat together the egg, milk, sweet potato and oil. Combine all the ingredients but don’t over mix. Place paper muffin cups in the muffin pans and divide the mixture evenly between them (about 2 large spoonfuls per cup).
Place muffin tray on a trivet in a preheated 12″ dutch oven and cook for around twenty minutes per pan. I was able to cook all 3 pans with one firing of charcoal briquet’s.
New cast iron/camping cooking forum. Not much there yet but it’s just getting started. There are some tips on seasoning and cooking in dutch ovens that are quite good.
Gonna have to get/build a metal table that I can use to cook on when on the road/not around a campfire. Just not up to spending $140 + for one of the Lodge ready mades…
Coffee Bean Goddess: I Think I “Get” It
Traditional Yorkshire Pudding, what it is and how to make it. Tis an eatable bowl of sorts. Gonna have to make one and try it out. Sounds quite good.
CAMP OVEN COOKING IN AUSTRALIA (COCIA) — WITH ‘THE CAMP OVEN COOK’ – DEREK BULLOCK
Interesting site (other than the irritating java critters crawling on the screen) about Dutch Ovens and cooking with them Australian style. Gonna have to try some of the Dampers as well as some of the other recipes soon…
The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century › Your Gordon Ramsay Fix
The scrambled eggs look good. Am gonna have to try to do some this way soon!
Afternoon Tea Recipes, High Tea Recipes, English/American High Tea, Tea party
Several here that I want to try. Several of the scones look quite good.
BurningBeach
: playa recipes
Food for the Playa! Only complaint I have with the site is that the recipes are in .doc format. Some of them look good, others not so, but all seem to be eatable.
Really good chocolate pudding cake – Home Cooking – Chowhound
Tried making this for desert tonight. Difference was no milk (used water instead as we were almost out of milk), no nuts, as we were out of brown sugar used regular sugar, and added an egg. Next time will add just a touch more salt and try it with milk. Over all very good.
mix:
1 cup flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp cocoa
stir in:
1/2 cup milk
2 tbsp melted butter
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Spread in 9″ square pan.
mix and sprinkle on top:
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup cocoa
pour over:
1-3/4 cups boiling water
Bake at 350 for 45 minutes. Let cool 15 minutes before serving.
Traditional Seville Orange Marmalade from Delia Online
Sounds so good! Gonna have to try making some though will probably use cheap oranges. 😉
The MacScouter — Scouting Resources Online
Backpacking/camping cookbooks/meal planning. Lot of the recipes are also great for use at home. Good Stuff!
Start with enough peeled, sliced pototoes to fill the bottom of the pan an inch or so deep.
Cut up enough carrots to make a layer and about the same with onions.
Pour a bit of oil (of your choice) over this mix.
Add a couple of spoon fulls of curshed/chopped garlic.
Sprinkle with salt, pepper, oregano, parsley, rubbed sage, thyme, basil and crushed chilli peppers and mix till everything is coated well.
Add salt, pepper, oregano and thyme to the skinned chicken and lay on top of the veggie mix.
Lay strips of thick cut bacon on top of the chicken with an inch or less between strips.
Cover with aluminum foil or a tight fitting lid.
Bake for an hour at 450 F then cut back to 375 F for another 30 minutes and check. Usually another 30 to 45 minutes will see it well done.
Remove from oven and let cool for 30 minutes or so still covered, serve and eat.
Be careful when removing foil to check or serve, the steam can cause severe burns.
You may want to add between a half a cup and a cup of (your choice) wine to this before mixing the veggies. The pan I have cooking now got about a cup of White Zinfandel. I’ve also used a cup or so of beer instead. Nothing is critical/sacred here. It’s all good!
Enjoy!
I Forge Iron – VG0001Cornmeal Cookies
Interesting sounding recipe. Will have to try it soon. May make some changes but the cornmeal sounds like a good idea. Bet they stay softer than straight flour sugar butter cookies.
Real Cajun Recipes : : Beef and Macaroni Goulash
This sounds good! Gonna try it tomorrow. Or Cat is. 😉
Won’t say it’s the best I ever used but not bad. The batch I made for the family Christmas dinner used chopped dill pickles with a bit of the juice and no horseradish. Reproduced here to get rid of all the damn ads.
Mix until well-combined.
Pipe or spoon into egg white halves. Garnish with paprika, olives, chives, parsley, and/or pimento. Chill before serving.
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
Once a Month Cooking / Frozen Assets / OAMC
Don’t know about the book but the info on the site is well worth the visit and bookmark. Good stuff for a busy life!
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