What's for dinner ( or lunch )

Lakeland living said:
Tonight, fresh ground beef made into burgers. Some prime rib stuff that was in the freezer as steak. Some slaw, a nice ice cold shot of vodka would have been nice for a change. Some wine later maybe.
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I have a stand mixer with the meat grinding attachment and have ground my own chuck roast for burgers. As you know, it's like anything else you make fresh...it tastes just so much better. I forget what I added to get the fat content up.

Regarding that cold shot of vodka, when I was drinking, I used to keep a bottle of Seagram's gin in the freezer. "For Emergency Use Only." Every day was a crisis ;)
 
In The Sticks said:
I have a stand mixer with the meat grinding attachment and have ground my own chuck roast for burgers. As you know, it's like anything else you make fresh...it tastes just so much better. I forget what I added to get the fat content up.

Regarding that cold shot of vodka, when I was drinking, I used to keep a bottle of Seagram's gin in the freezer. "For Emergency Use Only." Every day was a crisis ;)
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I don't drink a lot, an ounce of Vodka or Crown Royal helps the digestion and helps the system. Both are in the fridge or freezer depending on the openings lol
Have you tried the chicken breast burgers? I just did some turkey meat that was incredible.
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Lakeland living said:
I don't drink a lot, an ounce of Vodka or Crown Royal helps the digestion and helps the system. Both are in the fridge or freezer depending on the openings lol
Have you tried the chicken breast burgers? I just did some turkey meat that was incredible.
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Never tried the chicken or turkey burgers. I'll have to give it a shot. I've got some boneless breasts in the freezer. It seems that whenever I do chicken parts for dinner, it's always thighs, so the breast meat just lingers.

I keep telling myself I gotta change my diet, but then I see grass-fed beef being marked way down and next thing I know I've grilled another batch of burgers. I don't eat a lot of red meat (maybe 1-2 burgers a week and 1 steak a month), but every little bit helps.

Regarding Crown Royal: I used to have my own collection of those purple cloth bags. I wish I could stop at one.
 
Lakeland living said:
Working on slowing down the red meat here too. Those sales are really hard to ignore. Today I was splitting wood so a nice treat. As a matter of fact, I have a glass of Crown at my elbow right now. Life is good, even these days. Last week a rib steak, no need for a knife.
Yes I admit it, I am a carnivore.....lol:love:
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I tell you what I discovered last year...Cowboy Cut Ribeye steak, about 1 1/2" thick. I salt it and let it sit overnight uncovered in the fridge on a cake cooling rack to "dry age." I forget what the grilling process is, with the thing being frequently turned so the heat radiates inward from both sides. Man, is it good!

When I made my latest batch of grass-fed burgers the other day, I had one for dinner with sauteed mushrooms, grilled onions and blue cheese on it with a side of pan-fried potatoes (and a salad.) Just so, so good.
 
In The Sticks said:
I tell you what I discovered last year...Cowboy Cut Ribeye steak, about 1 1/2" thick. I salt it and let it sit overnight uncovered in the fridge on a cake cooling rack to "dry age." I forget what the grilling process is, with the thing being frequently turned so the heat radiates inward from both sides. Man, is it good!

When I made my latest batch of grass-fed burgers the other day, I had one for dinner with sauteed mushrooms, grilled onions and blue cheese on it with a side of pan-fried potatoes (and a salad.) Just so, so good.
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Sauteed onions and mushrooms are added to whatever I am cooking most of the time. Interesting way to prepare a steak, might try that one day.
 
JaniceM said:
I tried it once, not long ago. Reminded me of something I'd use to clean the windows. 🤢
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I discovered Mountain Dew when we moved to Virginia in 1963 and would vacation at a campground outside of Ocean City MD. They had it in a vending machine there. I drank tons of it because the water was so darned soft I refused to drink it. All that Mountain Dew couldn't have been good for me. I got kidney stones in my adult years, I'm surprised they didn't look like jade.
 
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Breville Oven Update

So I dropped the damaged over off at the UPS Store yesterday and got my replacement via UPS today. Everything seems to be OK with this one. I've already done the inaugural "burn off the newness" drill.

Now I have to wade through the manual!!! This is killing me. Last year, I bought a new car with the computerized entertainment/navigation/communication system and that manual is 701 pages long!!! I've yet to read the entire thing. This one's manual is shorter, but the oven has 8 rack positions, 13 different settings, and 9 knobs & buttons on it!!! (This is why I kept that cheap Black & Decker for so long and used an external kitchen timer to tell me when to turn the thing off.)

The only "bad" thing I've noticed is that I have this on the top shelf of a stand so that the LCD Screen is just above eye level. At that angle, the display is not readable. I have to stand off to the side or slightly on tip-toes in order to look at it straight-on. It's not that big off a deal, and there's not much I can do about it. For safety's sake, this needs to be on the top shelf with nothing above it.
 
hollydolly said:
Tonight I had Lasagne ... I was going to have Lamb chops but I couldn't be bothered to cook after a day working in the garden . Easier to just put a Lasgane into the oven from the freezer..
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I bought some lamb chops on sale a while ago and really enjoyed the change of pace. I've made them maybe 3-4 times since then, and also tried veal for the first time. They both make a nice change from the routine. You just gotta remember to leave enough time to marinate them properly.
 
I made that crack-slaw stuff but with chicken. Would have been darn good, but I put too much salt in it, forgetting the soy sauce is salty. I didn't really need sesame seeds as my sesame oil was from toasted.

This is so versatile. Next time I'll add some chopped broccoli florets or even cauliflower.
 
In The Sticks said:
I bought some lamb chops on sale a while ago and really enjoyed the change of pace. I've made them maybe 3-4 times since then, and also tried veal for the first time. They both make a nice change from the routine. You just gotta remember to leave enough time to marinate them properly.
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I've never marinated center cut lamb chops. Just broiled them; they are so tender.
I've only eaten veal in restaurants, but no longer.
 
In The Sticks said:
Breville Oven Update

So I dropped the damaged over off at the UPS Store yesterday and got my replacement via UPS today. Everything seems to be OK with this one. I've already done the inaugural "burn off the newness" drill.

Now I have to wade through the manual!!! This is killing me. Last year, I bought a new car with the computerized entertainment/navigation/communication system and that manual is 701 pages long!!! I've yet to read the entire thing. This one's manual is shorter, but the oven has 8 rack positions, 13 different settings, and 9 knobs & buttons on it!!! (This is why I kept that cheap Black & Decker for so long and used an external kitchen timer to tell me when to turn the thing off.)

The only "bad" thing I've noticed is that I have this on the top shelf of a stand so that the LCD Screen is just above eye level. At that angle, the display is not readable. I have to stand off to the side or slightly on tip-toes in order to look at it straight-on. It's not that big off a deal, and there's not much I can do about it. For safety's sake, this needs to be on the top shelf with nothing above it.
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Hmmm, I've seen this story elsewhere. 🤔
 

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