Mike G wrote:Were you being wheeled on a gurney into Vie's kitchen?

Pork, stat!

LOL! That would definitely be my kind of ER.

=R=

Broke down a Costco Prime strip loin into 4 - 3" steaks (roasts really) and a couple of 1.5" steaks.
Trimmed up two for a dinner party tonight and made a "burger" with the picked over trimmings.
Very tasty snack. Now What's for lunch?

made some dark roux for shrimp etouffee tonight.

Corned Beef Sous Vide

Strawberry macaron experiment #1. Tried adding organic strawberry powder (ground from freeze-dried berries) to the batter. While they DEFINITELY had nice strawberry flavor, I thought they'd be...well..more PINK. Oh, well. Guess that's why they invented powdered food color. For the record, piping the heart shapes (even with a template was not as simple as I thought and most of them ended up looking like actual human hearts, instead of "Valentines." Finally, tossed in the towel and make regular round ones and made little pink heart patterns on those. Filled with 70% cocoa Callebaut chocolate ganache, for that "inside-out chocolate covered strawberry" vibe.

Pretty obvious, im a sucker for smoked pork close-ups.

jimswside wrote:Pretty obvious, im a sucker for smoked pork close-ups.

That's some fine-lookin' pork there, Jim!

tgoddess wrote:

jimswside wrote:Pretty obvious, im a sucker for smoked pork close-ups.

That's some fine-lookin' pork there, Jim!

Indeed. For Valentines Day, I'll take some pulled pork and some of those fantastic looking macarons for dessert. Do you two deliver?

Kennyz wrote:
That's some fine-lookin' pork there, Jim!

Indeed. For Valentines Day, I'll take some pulled pork and some of those fantastic looking macarons for dessert. Do you two deliver? [/quote]


thanks kenny, sorry no delivery available.

and I agree, tgoddess does some impressive work.

Taco Bell Cheesy Double Beef Burrito stuffed sausage log wrapped in bacon.

Blown Z wrote:

Taco Bell Cheesy Double Beef Burrito stuffed sausage log wrapped in bacon.

no way...

never seen a a "fattie" like that before.

Good for Taco Bell. I admire crappy chains that mock the phony movement toward "healthful" fast food way more than crappy chains that half-heartedly cowtow to said movement.

Blown Z wrote:

Taco Bell Cheesy Double Beef Burrito stuffed sausage log wrapped in bacon.

Tell me you posted that here

Blown Z wrote:

Taco Bell Cheesy Double Beef Burrito stuffed sausage log wrapped in bacon.

Heavens to betsy.

I would marry whomever came up with this.

Kennyz wrote:

tgoddess wrote:

jimswside wrote:Pretty obvious, im a sucker for smoked pork close-ups.

That's some fine-lookin' pork there, Jim!

Indeed. For Valentines Day, I'll take some pulled pork and some of those fantastic looking macarons for dessert. Do you two deliver?

Actually, I'm trying to figure out HOW to mail macarons without them being completely crushed in transit by the post office. Am running an experiment of shipping them to Boston in an egg carton this weekend. We'll see how that goes.

jesteinf wrote:

Blown Z wrote:

Taco Bell Cheesy Double Beef Burrito stuffed sausage log wrapped in bacon.

Tell me you posted that here

Nope, I got it in an email although it's something I'd like to try lol!

It looks disgusting to me.

tgoddess wrote:

Actually, I'm trying to figure out HOW to mail macarons without them being completely crushed in transit by the post office. Am running an experiment of shipping them to Boston in an egg carton this weekend. We'll see how that goes.

How are you gonna avoid them getting soggy/too dried out?

bnowell724 wrote:

tgoddess wrote:

Actually, I'm trying to figure out HOW to mail macarons without them being completely crushed in transit by the post office. Am running an experiment of shipping them to Boston in an egg carton this weekend. We'll see how that goes.

How are you gonna avoid them getting soggy/too dried out?

I was planning on wrapping the carton in a MOSTLY airtight canister and shipping it "next-day." I've not had problems with macs getting too bad 1 or 2 days later. As I said, it's an experiment, which could mean "epic FAIL."

Mardi Gras macarons:

Purple: Lavender with orange mousse
Yellow: Saffron with vanilla buttercream
Green: Matcha tea with pistachio pastry cream

Cultured Cream Cheese - Draining Out Excess Moisture

Wow, I got waaay far behind on this thread, am now very hungry.

Tgoddess, do you have a source for inexpensive matcha powder, or did you just pay full-price? Did you have to food-color the green tea? I'm kind of sad the powdered fruit didn't work out the way we'd surmised it would, but they all look delicious.

Now, off to find pork products...

Mhays wrote:Wow, I got waaay far behind on this thread, am now very hungry.

Tgoddess, do you have a source for inexpensive matcha powder, or did you just pay full-price? Did you have to food-color the green tea? I'm kind of sad the powdered fruit didn't work out the way we'd surmised it would, but they all look delicious.

Now, off to find pork products...

I ended up getting it at Whole Foods. They actually carry a brand that comes in little single-serving packets (they also had another version but it had sugar and other stuff added to it). I think it was around $6 or $7. I used one whole single serving packet and didn't have to food-color those at all.

I did have to had a little bit of color to the saffron ones. They were yellow...just a bit too pale for mardi gras color, though. The natural yellow would be lovely on its own, if I were doing "spring/easter" ones, though. I definitely had to add some violet coloring to the lavender ones.

I'm not giving up on the powdered fruit ones, however. Just have to work on the right balance of fruit powder to powdered sugar.

Salmon @ Tal Bagels, Manhattan

My , $5.99 8-Way lunch special today at Pita Kabab, on the corner of Lincoln and California.

I find myself coming back to this picture, dry shiny skin and dense firm fish flesh scream Eat Me. Did you try the salmon, good as it looks?

aschie30 wrote:Salmon @ Tal Bagels, Manhattan

From the Auto Show last week. That's my definition of value— a medium Connie's pizza for a mere $25. Plus $168 for eight guys to bring it to your table.

Mike G wrote:Plus $168 for eight guys to bring it to your table.

For that price it should be 8 of the car show models!

stuck in a rut...
more goat cheese and caramelized onion pizza

I really like this pick, thought Id share it.