Gravy's Cooking Thread

Aldarion

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12lb turkey just wife and me, 1 day brine, i'd say 10% saltier than i'd want it (cuz i ran out of kosher salt and tried to make iodized salt)

i mean it was still juicy and yummy, same as always followed alton brown recipe w/ tin foil boob protector

this time i changed it up a bit, i started with 500 boob side down, cuz i really wanted to sear and roast the skin, i didn't do vegs on bottom and used a rack. then turned it over for the boob side up browning. of course i knew there would be marks and indentations from the wire rack transferred to the boob, but that faded away after a while.

i was contemplating injecting the bird or not, decided not to, probably for the best.

then just lumpy mashed and corn bread pudding.

i have no idea why you white ppl love your cranberry sauce tho, jesus christ, and i've only ever had good green bean cassarole once and that was cuz a short super fat white lady brought it in, so i knew that was gonna be good at least.
WTF, cranberry sauce is awesome. Even foreigners who don't know Thanksgiving food have loved it IME. Why do you hate sweet tangy deliciousness?
 

moonarchia

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Turkey is great. I eat it year round. Good to mix it up and not do chicken once in a while.
 
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lurkingdirk

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I've never had a turkey where I thought it was better than a chicken. It's a bigger, harder to cook/handle, less tasty chicken.

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Lanx

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gonna do a few meals for a worker that has renal cancer (you just sign up and deliver a few meals to the family), so far he just put down organic food (per doc orders) hamburgers, chicken, broccoli, mac & cheese dislikes seafood.

da fuq am i gonna do with this?

figure i'll be doing a roast chicken steamed broc and get box of organic annies mac n cheese.

any other ideas? i mean i know whatever i cook him will be healthier than the shit he's been eating, i just have to look like i'm trying.

do white ppl eat this type of this dessert?
 

TJT

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Tried Beyond Beef at home out of curiosity today. On sale it was still 2x the cost of lean ground beef. It smelled funny when it was raw and cooking it was interesting. Except when it tried to stick to the pan.

With some cheese it was okay. I will not be repeating this experiment.
 
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BrutulTM

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Tried Beyond Beef at home out of curiosity today. On sale it was still 2x the cost of lean ground beef. It smelled funny when it was raw and cooking it was interesting. Except when it tried to stick to the pan.

With some cheese it was okay. I will not be repeating this experiment.

We'll see but I think it's just going to be the next veggie burger. I had an impossible Whopper and it was "okay" but considering the higher price, the fact that it's highly processed, and arguably less healthy with some dubious environmental claims, I think a lot of people went to BK to try it but I don't think that many people are going to keep buying it once their curiously is satisfied.
 

chaos

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I just don't have any desire to get any of these things. if I wanted to eat something that tasted like meat, I'd eat meat.

I am curious about the lab grown meat though. If it really is the same, I can see shifting to that exclusively.
 

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Braised short rib rigatoni in about 6 hours.

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I make this every few months and its amazing. The place we used to get it at went out of business and the wife loves it. Pretty easy 2-3 days of food plus the house smells great. It nornally looks like this but I mix everything together and go a bit creamy.

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Khane

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Short Ribs are so easy and so delicious if you just have the patience to not pull them out of the oven when they start smelling incredible. Just gotta make sure the butcher doesn't try to pull one over on you and give you the leftover scraps that have almost no meat and are all bone.
 

TJT

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Spicy Korean pork belly. Not really sure how they end up with a nice looking redness to them like all the photos I saw did. Forgot the green onion garnish tho. Tasted good.

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Lanx

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Spicy Korean pork belly. Not really sure how they end up with a nice looking redness to them like all the photos I saw did. Forgot the green onion garnish tho. Tasted good.View attachment 237834
the answer is always mo gojuchang and red pepper(korean) flakes, like that amount woulda required 1tbsp of flakes and 2tbsp of gojuchang.
 

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Made this today


Obviously not fancy. I didn't drain the bacon grease and instead cooked the chicken in it all in my cast iron skillet. Was a big hit, everyone loved it
 
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AngryGerbil

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My brother in law and his wife and their daughter visited from Boston this week and stayed at our place for 4 days. We also hosted Christmas dinner on the 25th. Each time we cooked I also had various grandparents and cousins over.

I cook for my wife and myself often but cooking for 10+ is intimidating and I've never done it on my own before. I've helped various aunts uncles and grandmas but never been the main cook on such a large meal.

I made chicken tacos for 11 and they seemed to love it. I dry rub the chicken and then sautee it and then finish it in the oven and then cut it into small cubes. One of my 3 pans of sautee got away from me on the heat and the dry rub burned a little bit but I caught it pretty fast and ultimately the chicken itself cooked properly and in the end no one seemed to notice or care. People were going back for seconds and thirds. It was my first experience ever cooking solo for that many people and it was fun to see them all devour it. This was on the 22nd.

On the 25th I made an 8 pound top-round roast with mashed potatoes and green beans and home made gravy. Again, it's not that hard when you make it for 2-4 but for 16 people it's a lot of work. I was so nervous because my mother in law has ruined this exact dish for like the last 3 years running. I finally was given the reigns to take over and I knew I had to nail it. She does this ridiculous thing where she puts the roast in the oven at 500 degrees for 15 minutes and then TURNS THE OVEN OFF and lets it sit in there for another hour. She never once checks the temperature of the meat. She has served us raw beef for 3 years in a row. My wife and I finally convinced her to let us do it and this time I did the 500 for 15 thing same as her, but then I turned it down to 325 and let it cook for an hour.

My mother in law was shitting her pants when I told her I was going to cook it at 325 for an hour but to her credit, she let it go and let me do it. Last year, she made the same 8 pound top round and we had maybe 4-5 pounds of leftovers that went into the trash. This year, they cleaned us out. They ate every last bite. I know I'm tooting my own horn a bit for something that is relatively simple but I was so happy about how it all went that I just had to tell the story and so here I am.

I've tried making chicken wings (as a side dish) for that many people before once but I under-did them slightly (not terribly) and it was a sinking feeling. This Christmas was my own personal water-mark triumph of cooking and it felt really good to pull it off. Watching 15 other people devour your meal and heap praise on you for how good it tastes is really a great feeling.
 
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Mrs. Gravy

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By the ancient power of evil, I summon Mrs. Gravy Mrs. Gravy the Ever Cooking! Cause we haven't heard from her in a while, and I want more food porn.
Hi. Will work on the food porn.
Found my new go-to pie crust recipe...uses both butter and shortening but the best part is the use of vodka in addition to ice water. The crust is flipping perfect...easily worked, beautiful bake, holds well and is tender and flaky.
I have used vinegar before with the same chemistry in mind, but the vodka results are better.
Plus...pie baking cocktails happen.
 
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Mrs. Gravy

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Well, Mrs. Gravy! A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you! Nice to see you.
Right back at you, Dirkofthelirk.
I have been here a few times but unable to post. My user settings were jacked but admin fixed for me, et voila!
I have been cooking a lot on weekends with Steady. It is a fave thing for us. He is a great cook and I am not too shabby either.
 
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