What's for supper, again

[Lloyd Smale]

meat loaf and mashed potatoes tonight

[Bob Riebe]

    Last night, Curry vegetable soup, lettuce salad with shredded roast chicken and Pastrmi sandwich with lettuce, tomato and onion.

[Mule 11]

Loaf of pizza bread and meatballs w lots of sauce for dipping

[Bob Riebe]

                                                   It appears we be a travelin down to Jimmy's Pour House for a wee bit oh Irish Corned Beef.
                                                    Bíodh lá maith agat, agus , Bain taitneamh as do bhéile. !

[Bob Riebe]

     
     Monday, I was finally going to grill some Porterhouse steaks on the OLD gas grill; well after 35 years the old girl gave up the ghost.
It was from Sears and for years, I would/could roll on over to Sears for new parts, BUT,    Sears is gone , so now the old grill is in the coof-off in the sky.

      It was the old Lava Rock style grill, and in the U.S. they seem to no longer exist.
SO:
      For now, all grilling will be done with charcoal or wood, although, I had used the gas grill mostly for pork chops for years nowl

      I did pull out one of my small wood grills and cooked the steak over Honeysuckle Bush wood.  -- MMM GOOD.
      I had bought 4 Porter House Steaks from Meijer's in Hillsdale Michigan when I was there for a wedding for 13 dollars a pound on sale.
I should have bought more but the cooler was Full. 


     

[Bob Riebe]

     We had one huge T-bone and one, for me, huge Porterhouse steak for supper.

     I had to go into the Twin Cities to get my glasses frame soldered (Lenses were very expensive and there are still people out there who can fix very old style glasses frames) but last time it took one hour, this time I had to kill 6 hours. (It was sixty miles from Mall of America to home)
     
     SO I had to find places to go to (it is HARD, to just kill 6 hours) and there was a butcher shop in the Twin Cities a friend said I had to visit some day, and this was the day.
     I went to Hackenmueller Butcher Shop.

                                                        Twin Cities Best Butcher shop Since 1938
                                                             

      I bought the above steaks for -- 24 dollars a pound -- $77.
      They were huge 2 inch thick steaks, and I actually think he gave e a break on the price because lifting them , they weighed  more than 3 and one quarter pounds.

       I generally try to avoid real thick steaks, but I was there, they looked REAL good , so I gave it a shot.
       Being that thick I stood them up on cross bone of the T, and cooked them over a Hot fire for awhile.  The fat gave me a flaming fire (this was mostly over wood, with charcoal as a heat extender).
        I was not sure how long or hard to cook them without burning the outside and having a truly bloody middle, so I said - Jesus help me not screw these up.

        Well in the end, her T-bone was Perfect , just the way she prefers them.  Mine was pink > reddish as one got closer to the bone, but was perfectly cooked and still juicy.
         I do not really intend to spend that much for Two steaks again but -  I was not sad I spent that much for these two. 

[Bob Riebe]

    I get a hankering for pork ribs slow cooked in sauerkraut at least once a year.
       It hit me last week and i cooked up 6 country ribs, in a jar of genuine Polish Sauerkraut.
       I added a little Tumeric and Cummin plus onion.

       Normally I eat it with mashed potatoes but Dad always preferred sliced potatoes in with the sauerkraut
  and as I had not had it that way in  long, long time , I did it Dad's way.
       Took me/us three days to finish it off. Sadly the other half finds sour food undesirable now;
  that started about three years ago.

      After the first day. it greatly loses it sauerness,  So so I added a little,white wine vinegar. It was till far, far from as sauer
 as it is from the get go, and the Polish Sauerkraut is not near as sauer as most store bought products.

        I think now I will buy a chicken at the market and make me/us some home made chicken soup.

[Bob Riebe]

           Went to the grocery store to get a money order but decided to see if they had
any frozen pizzas on sale; I bought one Lotzza Motzza Hawaiian Pizza which we had last night
and a Brew Pub Pilly Cheese Steak Style Pizza which we will have tonight - just under 8 bucks each.

           Excellent pizza but I put them on a pizza pan which has circular holes in it and crank the heat up by 20-30 degrees.

[Mule 11]

I put them on the rack now, not in the past and my kids the food critics like them better that way, I also usually if not feeling lazy will put extra toppings. Digiornos  as of late, rising crust.

[Bob Riebe]

           Last night I had a smoked pork chop with sweet lettuce salad in heavy cream over mashed potatoes.
      My brother and I love that type of salad but his wife does not cook or make such things.   This time I used several types of lettuce
      including Arugula with chopped green onions out of the garden, black pepper, heavy cream reduced with a little milk and Rice vinegar.
      It is a sweet salad and rice vinegar is slightly sweet so that worked real well.
            My other half is diabetic so she had greatly changed the way she eats but even she said it was good.

[Mule 11]

I am substituting monk fruit for sugar though not all. Went to nu salt mostly and getting used to it. My son is on a health plan and I am a willing participant as I actually feel better which makes it worthwhile

[Bob Riebe]

I am substituting monk fruit for sugar though not all. Went to nu salt mostly and getting used to it. My son is on a health plan and I am a willing participant as I actually feel better which makes it worthwhile

         That is mostly Potassium Salt.  I have a jar of a similar salt substitute.
          Used to use it fairly often Fifty years ago because the Doc told Dad to use it
          but it seems it is not a easy to find as it was back then.  It works great for most
          things but has its limits.

[Mule 11]

I tell ya what Bob. Difference between it and table or sea salt in taste butt I am getting used to it. Hardest for me is cutting back on the treats. Nu- Salt is potassium chloride only and actually helps your body to remove salt. Per my #1 Son.