What's cookin' boys?

[RCW]

We both decided tacos sounded good. Just had them a couple weeks ago.

Typically do 2# shrimp and 2# ground beef.

Shrimp ready to go. (I dislike peeling shrimp….too much practice)

Garlic, fresh cilantro, chili powder, cumin, S&P, and some EVOO. Finish in the sauté pan with some lime juice if I remember…

 

[Magicman]

Pulling a couple of smoked Boston Butts for tomorrow. Got hot dogs for the kiddos, tater salad, baked beans, mac & cheese, slaw, lemon cake, & strawberry pie.

Hopefully the rain will be gone so we can eat outside.

 

[RCW]

We both decided tacos sounded good. Just had them a couple weeks ago.

Typically do 2# shrimp and 2# ground beef.

Shrimp ready to go. (I dislike peeling shrimp….too much practice)

Garlic, fresh cilantro, chili powder, cumin, S&P, and some EVOO. Finish in the sauté pan with some lime juice if I remember…

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Done.

 

[BBFarmer]

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Pulling a couple of smoked Boston Butts for tomorrow. Got hot dogs for the kiddos, tater salad, baked beans, mac & cheese, slaw, lemon cake, & strawberry pie.

Hopefully the rain will be gone so we can eat outside.

I can almost smell that from here!

I don't think its stopped raining since late friday. A non stop drizzle over here.

 

[BBFarmer]

Done.

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Boy do I love some shrimp tacos!

 

[BBFarmer]

This weekend started off with getting a quick lava cake batter together for this evening. 6 ingredients (7 shown but i dont use vanilla in this recipe, not even sure why I got it out lol), comes together quickly, and can sit in the fridge for hours until you're ready.

Then later in the day it was time to start making chips because its NACHO TIME BOYS!!!! Kids have been begging for it for a few weeks now. Its a loaded bbq chicken nacho plate that will put a hurtin on ya! LOL

I often wonder how chefs and such calculate portions or just in general plan to feed large amounts of people.

I'm programmed to cook for 5. And my portions easily handle 7 to 8. And is why I have no problems feeding the inlaws or my pops and his wife when they come. Plus, the wife loves leftovers to have through the week anyways.

But this reminded me of the recipe (think it was biscuits or something) @RCW posted a while back that had like SIXTY SIX cups of flour in it. Crazy thinking about that in relation to running a business, feeding everybody, profit, waste, etc. How did y'all even manage all that along with making things taste good?

With that said, I have declared a GOOD loaded nacho plate should consist of atleast 50-60 chips. So for the 5 us, I do 320 (because the kids will eat several) chips. 4 10 packs, 80 chips per pack. 40 chips per fry, 2-3 minutes. Usually done in just over a half hour. And man what difference in taste.



Time to get all the fixins ready. Its kinda like a nacho bar LOL. We got shredded chicken from the crock pot, red & white onion, tomatoes, jalapenos, bacon, chives, & 4 cheeses.

Final product

Then followed up with lava cakes. Had some egg whites left over so made a quick chocolate whipped cream. My 9 year old wanted to do hers herself LOL

Yesterday, the ole lady requested chili for mothers day. Nothing special. A bunch of cans thrown together, onions, red peppers, garlic. Minimum 3lbs beef. Sometimes kroger special. Sometimes a good angus. Got angus yesterday plus an imitation ground waygu. Several weeks ago I ground up a couple ribeyes, that worked out pretty good.


Several hours later

Then it was time to make a couple bread puddings. Got dinner at the pastor's house tonight (southern comfort food themed) and I claimed dessert. Ill make a sauce for it right before we leave tonight.

And then its chili time!

 

[Sidekick]

Just some tenderloins on the grill. Finally warm enough to cook outside. A little over done for me but that's how my wife likes it. My favorite meat.

 

[RCW]

Just some tenderloins on the grill. Finally warm enough to cook outside. A little over done for me but that's how my wife likes it. My favorite meat.
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That looks super!

What’s the green stuff…. ?

Pork tenderloins are one of our favorites as well.

 

[Sidekick]

That looks super!

What’s the green stuff…. ?

Pork tenderloins are one of our favorites as well.

We usually use cilantro in the marinade but too early for it in the garden. The parsley is a foot high now so we substituted that and last years softness garlic.

 

[BBFarmer]

Just some tenderloins on the grill. Finally warm enough to cook outside. A little over done for me but that's how my wife likes it. My favorite meat.
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That sir is picture perfect right there. Its breakfast time but i'd devour that RIGHT now!

But learn me something ole feller, what in the world is softness garlic? I must know!

Im my house we've been know to serve garlic cloves as a freakin side dish LOL, roasted of course.

 

[Sidekick]

That sir is picture perfect right there. Its breakfast time but i'd devour that RIGHT now!

But learn me something ole feller, what in the world is softness garlic? I must know!

Im my house we've been know to serve garlic cloves as a freakin side dish LOL, roasted of course.

Auto correct got me. It's supposed to be soft neck. We grow both. The hard neck only stores for about 6 months and we use that first. The soft neck stores for a year until the next crop so that gets used last. It is a mild almost nutty taste German garlic. Soon we will have fresh garlic scapes that are also very good.

 

[BBFarmer]

Auto correct got me. It's supposed to be soft neck. We grow both. The hard neck only stores for about 6 months and we use that first. The soft neck stores for a year until the next crop so that gets used last. It is a mild almost nutty taste German garlic. Soon we will have fresh garlic scapes that are also very good.

Gonna have to keep that in mind. Garlic and onions are BY FAR the most used in our kitchen. And for reasons unknown, i've never tried to grow any.

 

[Sidekick]

Gonna have to keep that in mind. Garlic and onions are BY FAR the most used in our kitchen. And for reasons unknown, i've never tried to grow any.

Up here I plant it in the late fall and it's very easy to grow. This years batch.

One bed hard neck and one bed of soft neck lasts us a year. Another easy to grow item we plant every year are shallots. With shallots and garlic you only buy bulbs once. You save some of the harvest to plant the following year.

 

[RCW]

I used to grow garlic but got away from doing it.

@Sidekick - cilantro or parsley would be great on your tenderloins. If fresh parsley is at the ready, great use for it.

 

[BBFarmer]

Up here I plant it in the late fall and it's very easy to grow. This years batch.
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One bed hard neck and one bed of soft neck lasts us a year. Another easy to grow item we plant every year are shallots. With shallots and garlic you only buy bulbs once. You save some of the harvest to plant the following year.
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Oh I love shallots too!

So is raised bed y'alls thing up there?

I did raised beds last year for our herbs, turned out great! I had massive basil bushes.

Hoping for the same this year

 

[RCW]

Oh I love shallots too!

So is raised bed y'alls thing up there?

I did raised beds last year for our herbs, turned out great! I had massive basil bushes.

Hoping for the same this year

We used to have a small regular garden, but as our trees have grown over 30+ years there’s limited sunlight.

Years ago we went to raised beds for herbs. Last year this time. Closest is oregano and thyme. Next has chives and gets basil. Furthest is parsley.

We can get frosts still. We usually plant annuals closer to Memorial Day.

 

[Sidekick]

I used to grow garlic but got away from doing it.

@Sidekick - cilantro or parsley would be great on your tenderloins. If fresh parsley is at the ready, great use for it.

Parsley is what we used. It's up and ready

Parsley is a biannual so the second year it comes up early. New seeds will give us late parsley when this has all gone to seed.

 

[Sidekick]

Oh I love shallots too!

So is raised bed y'alls thing up there?

I did raised beds last year for our herbs, turned out great! I had massive basil bushes.

Hoping for the same this year

I switched from a giant garden to raised beds about 12 years ago and would never go back to one big garden. Have about 35 beds now and they are soo easy to take care of.

 

[BBFarmer]

We used to have a small regular garden, but as our trees have grown over 30+ years there’s limited sunlight.

Years ago we went to raised beds for herbs. Last year this time. Closest is oregano and thyme. Next has chives and gets basil. Furthest is parsley.

We can get frosts still. We usually plant annuals closer to Memorial Day.
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Raised bed have definitely suited us better. This will be our second year to do it.

It just got a little too out of hand for us after using a 6+ foot tiller i was borrowing from the boss. Year before last we went absolutley crazy.

100 tomato plants (75 romas & 25 some other dudes) cause I thought I was gonna try to make and bottle sauce. And then just bits of everything. Various sweet peppers, cucumbers, zuchini, squash, several herbs, strawberries, pole beans, okra, did a separate section with 12 rows of sweet corn. Even grew ONE cantalope that i eventually mowed over LOL.

Then I felt like I spent every moment i had in the garden pulling grass and other crap. We went WAY too big for our means. I mean we put up SO much food, and had like 2 years worth of pickles LOL. But the grass just really burned us out. It will grow every single place you'd never want it, yet I catch hell trying to keep my front yard from patching up.

We're off to a pretty late start this year after getting behind pruning and cleaning the berry bushes but with our climate we can grow stuff pretty late in season. But its going to be mostly herbs again like last year.

 

[BBFarmer]

I switched from a giant garden to raised beds about 12 years ago and would never go back to one big garden. Have about 35 beds now and they are soo easy to take care of.

I have started to learn this.