June 6, 20215 yr 15 minutes ago, jillar said: Very impressive @reciprocity. I had heat and eat sausage links and baked beans. 😂 Had beans, fired eggs and toast the other night - tasted great! Simple is just fine in my books
June 6, 20215 yr I discovered frozen peppers and onions and tried adding them to scrambled eggs....OMG top with ketchup and its freaking yum!😂
June 6, 20215 yr 2 minutes ago, jillar said: top with ketchup Really? Ketchup? I’ll take your word for it. HaHa I would have just topped it off with shredded cheese. Ohhh. Some spinach and mushroom too! Ohhh man! I don’t know how I’m supposed to get to sleep now.
June 6, 20215 yr 36 minutes ago, Cbdave said: G’day Great looking bird. Not a duck lover myself but my eldest loves his duck. Never thought of using a bullet smoker for duck. So any other hints are appreciated. Did notice you you slashed the skin to let out that excess fat. Regards Chris Got lucky as today the weather was very hot and it was windy so that helps get the temp. up. I stayed even at 300 for 2 hours which is unusual. I'm normally smoking ribs at 225F - 250F with water in the pan to keep temps down. Had a few cups of water in the pan to keep things moist and cooked it on the lower rack where temps will be a little higher than the upper rack. Yes, I slashed the skin/fat layer but not the meat itself. Gotta render that duck fat during the cook or the meat goes greasy. You can just prick the skin with a metal pick or the tip of a knife if you prefer long as there's an escape route for the liquified fat. Rub was just salt pepper and some orange zest from the orange I stuffed into the cavity of the bird. I dry brined the duck night before. 1/2 cup of Kosher salt all over the bird and in the cavity; let stand in the fridge overnight. The glaze I used was Honey/Orange/Maple syrup with balsamic Vinegar, dried thyme, honey, maple syrup and orange juice. There's other glaze recipes you could use. The interweb is full of them. Stuff the cavity with whatever you have on hand. Apples, oranges celery, onions, any spices you like. Helps to keep the breast from collapsing while cooking. Most will say to pull the bird when the breast temp is 160F. I was going for 145F because I heard 160 would be a little too well done. I pulled it at 150-155F internal. That seemed to be about right. Med/rare but a little more on the medium side. Not dried out though & that's key The Raspberry sauce was a huge pain in the as*!! Took an hour and a half to get the seeds out after cooking. Pushing all that mush through a fine sieve (strainer) was brutal!! The liquid gold that resulted was very worthwhile though. Paired perfectly with the roasted duck Yum! And yes, I agree. Duck, even cooked well, is dense almost to the point of being chewy. Add dryness from over cooking or a bunch of duck fat because the fat wasn't rendered properly during cooking and you have a disaster 😞 It's not something I would cook often but I wanted to give it a try at least once
June 6, 20215 yr 26 minutes ago, jillar said: I discovered frozen peppers and onions and tried adding them to scrambled eggs....OMG top with ketchup and its freaking yum!😂 There's so many great things to discover with food recipes. Some we just stumble across through experimentation. I read one the other day about mixing some cream cheese in with mashed potatoes. Think I'm gonna try that one sometime. Sounded interesting.
June 6, 20215 yr 15 hours ago, reciprocity said: There's so many great things to discover with food recipes. Some we just stumble across through experimentation. I read one the other day about mixing some cream cheese in with mashed potatoes. Think I'm gonna try that one sometime. Sounded interesting. Lovely with some wholegrain mustard.
June 6, 20215 yr How did I miss that duck ???? I'm very impressed ....my taste buds are on over drive .... Im thinking it's just be nice to have a guy that can cook ....my hub never went past toast ... Im for mustard in mash too..😁
June 6, 20215 yr having to look on the blood healthier side of things now and I was looking at cauliflower whipped with cream cheese as a sub for potatoes. Any body give this a go ? looking at some bacon bits and colby jack cheese on top, figure you can make Glue taste good with enough seasoning should be the same with cauliflower.
June 6, 20215 yr @PeachFuzz will be trying that for sure. I like honey and mustard dressing poured over those bacon bits you get in the jar. It's not real bacon but yummy
June 6, 20215 yr 1 hour ago, PeachFuzz said: Your wife is a very lucky lady! She had to do the clean up 😆
June 7, 20215 yr I just figured out how to post gifs again. This makes me happier than a monkey driving a boat...
June 7, 20215 yr 3 hours ago, Boo said: I just figured out how to post gifs again. This makes me happier than a monkey driving a boat... Gif avalanche coming our way 😂🤣
June 8, 20215 yr Eating cold Pizza off of a Roach coach that comes to the DC. Needed some comfort food, seems everyone on the normal shifts smoked too much crack on the weekend. Running around like chickens with their head cut off, screwing things up that didn't need fixen.. So happy that iit is my Friday ! Edited June 8, 20215 yr by Opah
June 8, 20215 yr Getting the camper ready for next trip....heading to a 3 day Bluegrass festival in Cherokee, NC on Thursday...my second one...and it is on the Cherokee Indian reservation! There is quite a line-up of big name acts that will be appearing...according to my BF, I am new to this Bluegrass genre! 😉
June 8, 20215 yr 6 hours ago, Rozuki said: Getting the camper ready for next trip....heading to a 3 day Bluegrass festival in Cherokee, NC on Thursday...my second one...and it is on the Cherokee Indian reservation! There is quite a line-up of big name acts that will be appearing...according to my BF, I am new to this Bluegrass genre! 😉 Sounds great ...Jealous .!!!!.😁
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