Sausage Pizza
 

Been a great year here for the Golden Chanterelle also the Black Trumpet ( Black Chanterelle ) and the Cinnibar Chanterelle ( redish orange and smaller). They are good in soups, pastas, rice, grits, and meats. I find them simple and easy to use and delicious.

http://www.foodsubs.com/Mushroom.html

http://www.mssf.org/cookbook/chanterelle.html

Disclaimer: It is important to positively identify the correct mushroom and eating small amounts at first is good practice, that having been said there are a few varieties that are easy to identify and with experience you will know when and where to look for them.

Images: Cooking with sm.Green Egg
Golden Chanterelle
Cinnibar Chanterelle
Chanterelle on the ground...in one situation.

Speaking of flank steak, this is a recipe I'll try this weekend. Found in the Chicago Trib food section, typing the ingredients as written. As usual I'll "mess" with it a bit. :D

1 1/2 lb flank steak
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp pepper
2 tblsp chopped cilantro
1 tblsp olive oil
2 poblano chilies, seeded and cut into strips
1 red onion, sliced thin


Combine cumin, salt, paprika, pepper and cilantro and rub over flank steak. Grill until desired doneness and let rest.

Heat olive oil in skillet, add poblano chilies and red onion, stirring over high heat until crisp tender.

Slice flank steak thinly against the grain, plate with poblano chilies, onions and extra cilantro to serve.

Return of the Son of MR2's Peaches
 

Did some brats with a cool relish on the side. These peaches are an awesome way to serve a simple treat that also gets rid of the feeling that you just had anything 'heavy' preceding it.

We keep our own cinnamon sugar in a shaker and the only other logistics issue was I couldn't find the parchment paper right away, must've mumbled something aloud, which brought HH6 into hover mode.

She concurs with the hat tip to MR2. "We're eatin' these up before the kids come over on Monday."
:D

Hot from the oven, two loaves of crusty, artisan bread. I made a single loaf the other day and we liked it so well, and inhaled it so fast, that I decided to make a double batch today. Imagine a slice of still-warm bread with butter and homemade highbush cranberry jelly. Mmmmmm!

S.

I'm drooling. :D

Recipe?

Recipe is simple, but don't be in a hurry. Proofing the dough takes about 12 hours (overnight is great). Just throw in the ingredients, mix, and let it sit on the kitchen counter over night. Next day pop it in the oven. No kneading, no second rises, etc.
That's it. After making it several times, I've decided to let the dough rest on parchment paper, rather than a floured surface. Handling the dough after it has rested releases some of those wonderful bubbles and yields a less-airy loaf. Just pop the whole thing - dough and parchment - into the pot.

Someone on the website mentioned adding 1 Tbsp of sugar to the dough for a higher rise. Makes sense as it gives the yeast something to work with. I'm going to try it next time.

Variations are endless! Roasted garlic and parm, orange-cranberry, rosemary, cheddar-jalapeno...

Enjoy!

That is one easy recipe, thank you!

You're welcome. :)

I made the bread again and experimented with a few alterations. I would not add the sugar again, as I didn't see any difference. Using parchment paper made handling the very sticky dough easier, but again, I'm not sure it really made a difference in the size of the loaf or the airiness of it.

S.

Whole Pork Loin
 

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Cherry smoked.

Damn, that looks delicious ! Nice job !!

:lifter

Smoked Turkey
 

Apple brined and smoked 12 # turkey, first effort practicing for the big day which will be here soon.
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Looks Good, just make sur you turn down the heat and baste with butter periodically.

Low and slow....(as the Chef mod Penn would say).

Good luck! And happy cooking!

Holly

That bread is awesome, fresh or dry yeast?
And the turkey is off the charts!
I want that bread with EVO, some truffle butter, and the turkey thigh sliced with some chives on it; do you deliver?

Jello Brain: GK's Halloween Party
 

The little ones like it, in the spirit of stuffed Spanish olives as eyeballs if you're blindfolded. (and it's like the easy button)

3 regular boxes Watermelon Jell-O
1 12oz can condensed milk

- Whip the above all into a nice mushed mess.
No current cabinet members or agency-heads stopped through town, so had to use a store-bought mold. Drat!

- Pour into the mold (which is, of course, upside down from how you see it presented here).

Chill well, just like any other gelled brain-like substance you'd make.
The condensed milk will still tend to settle resulting in the 2-tone effect.