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  • I decided to make another pizza tonight for dinner…and lunch tomorrow, maybe dinner or lunch again after that🙂
    Scratch made Italian herb crust, generic “Signature” mushroom pasta sauce (I like a thinner sauce, hence pasta rather than pizza sauce) Mozzarella cheese, Carolina Reaper/Jalapeño/Habanero-Monterey Jack cheese, “Italian Style” 6 cheese-Mozzarella/Provolone with smoke flavor/Asiago/Parmesan/Romano & Fontina cheeses.  Next, a generous sprinkling of red pepper flakes, then some butter sautéed mushrooms, half a fresh chopped green pepper, a fresh roasted & chopped jalapeño, a fresh roasted & chopped Serrano, a generous layer of Canadian bacon, and a generous layer of thick cut pepperoni, after I removed it from the oven, a generous sprinkle of Kraft Parmesan (what can I say, I like it).  I like adding it right after the pie exits the oven to “soak” up the pepperoni oil.  Also, notice, I like my pizza well done, although I was a bit worried about that one pepperoni on the bottom left (no worries, it was great too!).😋

  • Was warm enough (25) to grill steaks last night, with a nice martini to sip while cooking.
  • @mapletop i think you may have dropped your salad into your drink! 😬
  • Tonight: 
    Louisiana creamy shrimp and tasso bow tie pasta.




    ...and a little Voodoo ranger juicy Haze 😋
  • @mapletop
    From the look of those steaks, you like them rare, really rare😬.  I think you forgot to start the grill😬.
    That looks like my type of appetizer….unless it’s a vodka cocktail.  It’s only a martini if it’s gin🙂.  I may be opinionated🙂
    Now I want to switch out my Irish Poitín this evening for a martini with an antipasto tray in it🙂
  • @Londy3
    That pasta looks great😋….you can keep the IPA😖🙂
  • @mapletop now that's a martini 🍸
  • @RockyMountainBriar   Yes it was gin, and I agree whit you about only using gin.
    As for the vegetable salad, its just an enhancement, as martinis tend to be monolithic in taste.

  • motie2motie2 Master
    edited April 5
    First time I have ever found a vegetable threatening….

  • edited April 6
    @motie2
    Yep, kinda creepy...what the hell is it, baby cauliflower, baby broccoli, weird-assed corn?
    I wouldn't want to meet that veggi in a dark alley.

  • motie2motie2 Master
    @RockyMountainBriar

    It came in a Blue Apron meal box. The documentation says it’s a ROMANESCO. 

    <<Romanesco, also known as fractal broccoli or Roman cauliflower, is a Brassica oleracea vegetable, a type of cauliflower, known for its unique, spiraling, fractal-like appearance and a slightly nutty, earthy flavor. >>

    I’ll let y’all know when we cook it.
  • @motie2
    ”Slightly Nutty” flavor sounds interesting for brocciflower/caulibrocc🤔

    Romanesco-Learn something new everyday🙂
  • motie2motie2 Master
    @RockyMountainBriar

    Actually quite tasty, roasted in oven.



    I’d buy it again, given the chance. I’ve never seen one in the grocery.

  • edited April 7
    @motie2
    I wasn’t expecting roasted, I was thinking steamed….roasted sounds even better, especially if the “nutty” descriptor is correct.  The roasting should bring that aspect out👍🏻
    It looks less “menacing” now too😬
    I have never seen it in any of the grocery stores I frequent either, then again, I don’t generally roam the produce section.
  • I made some spicy BBQ grilled pork chops and seasoned mashed potatoes, this evening for dinner.  I have a boilermaker to pair.
  • Making some shrimp boil and having a boilermaker with MGD and a generous pour of “The Duke” Bourbon.

    It win’t be Louisiana, but it will be ok “up here”🙂

  • edited May 17
    I decided to try out my Optimus No.45 (the one fitted with the silent burner) to have a little outdoor cook.
    I have some Curly Dock in my yard🤔, let’s sauté it🙂.

    Curly Dock-rough chopped
    Yellow Onion-chopped
    Andouille Sausage

    Salt & Pepper
    “Alpine Touch” spice blend
    Celery Salt
    Red Pepper Flakes

    Sauté in bacon grease

    A splash of Soy Sauce at the finish.

    I have a Miller Lite with about 2 oz. of Yellowstone Bourbon to pair.

    I’m deciding on my evening smoke.🤔

    P.S.  The Optimus No.45 worked perfectly.






  • edited September 2
    I’m sorry, I only have the pitiful looking corn-less cobs left from my dinner corn on the cob’s.  I didn’t want to waste time taking pictures while they were still hot.  A generous grind of black pepper, a generous slathering of butter and a light grind of pink salt, tasty.😋 
    My vintage corn holders made by Kirsten tobacco pipe
    company are awesome.👍🏻
    Who would have thought a pipe manufacturer would make corn holders?  Someone there must have really liked corn on the cob😀

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