Who's Cooking?

[punkin]

I was gonna say something, but then i thought 'fuck him', he'll find out

Just thought i'd condense it down a bit for ya

[HookLine]

He he.

[blanikdog]

blanik

[punkin]

Been out in the yard picking Pecans before the Sulphur Crests get too em, pretty good season too for my small immature tree, i've got a bucketfull of nuts with another half a bucket not open yet i reckon.
Thought i'd share my favourite pecan recipe.

Not mine, but i stole it from the net a few years ago.


Bourbon Candied Pecans

Juice of half a lemon
1 cup Pecan halves
4 oz Bourbon
2 oz brown sugar
8 oz cane sugar

Reduce the pecans in bourbon with brown sugar until a light caramelisation takes place. Cool for a few minutes. Toss in cane sugar until completely coated.

There is a source here so i better attribute it to James Gerhardt, Selbach Hilton Louisville KY.

Have made this a fair few times and it goes down a treat for an after dinner nibble and good with ice cream, or just on a snack platter with pretzels and chips ect and a few beers.





PrettyGoodLegOpenerTooPunkin

[HookLine]

Pecan pie. Mmmmmmmm.

[woftam]

i have cooked most of my life (51) cook most meals at home for me and wife yesterday i done 6 chocolat muffins hot baked jam roll
and a sultana cake but im not a big sweet eater

my freind is making a somker fo me so i can make jerky

[punkin]

You'll love the jerky mate, i'm in the process of making a specialist jerky cabinet so i don't have to use my smoker for the jerky.

I have a big ol glass fronted computer/electronics cabinet that's about 3' each side. i plan on putting an electric element and controller in there and running a computer fan as well to give it air movement. Smoke will just be coals in a small cast iron pan, you don't need much smoke for jerky, an hour or so does it ok. With a sliding rack system (should fit about 6 trays) and some vents up the top, i think i should be able to turn over ten or twelve kilos of meat in about the same time (10 - 12 hours) as i used to do 5 kilos in my smoker.

Sing out if you need any help either with the construction or the drying process.

I cooked for 8 last night. Home made pasta with sauce made from my own chicken stock, home grown heritage tomatoes and herbs, home cured bacon and some choriso with smoked chicken and pine nuts. Served with a big Qld Blue (pumpkin) chopped up and roasted with sea salt and balsamic/honey glaze

I don't cook sweets, the Pecans were an exception this arvo just cause they're fresh picked today

[woftam]

thanks i would like any thing on the drying process or anything on jerky

thank u vince

[Ftero]

Yeah, like most of you, I do my fair share of cooking. An old, cast-iron frying pan is my most treasured tool. Cost a whole $3 at a garage sale too if I'm not mistaken. Probably replaced by some modern, super-duper-non-stick-wonder-pan I'll bet!

Today, it's another recipe from my wife's country; Empanada Gallega. Man we adore this stuff!

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[Dutchmancreek]

Just smoked a 14 pound turkey on the Weber Smokey Mountain (in my opinion the best small smoker you can buy) and it was terrific. Usually I deep fry turkeys, but was low on peanut oil and didn't want to drive into town.

Later this week I would like to do a pork shoulder or maybe baby back ribs and some stuffed jalapeños, if the weather cooperates. Is anyone interested in my dry rub recipe?

Since this is a distilling forum, I'm on a seventh generation of UJSM and am setting up the column to run out some (sugar wash) neutral to make strawberry panty dropper.

[wineo]

Just made some homemade italian bread to go with the stew im cooking for dinner.There proofing now.Yeast is our friend!

[punkin]

thanks i would like any thing on the drying process or anything on jerky

thank u vince

Just PM me with your questions, Vince.

[big worm]

Been out in the yard picking Pecans before the Sulphur Crests get too em, pretty good season too for my small immature tree, i've got a bucketfull of nuts with another half a bucket not open yet i reckon.
Thought i'd share my favourite pecan recipe.

Not mine, but i stole it from the net a few years ago.


Bourbon Candied Pecans

Juice of half a lemon
1 cup Pecan halves
4 oz Bourbon
2 oz brown sugar
8 oz cane sugar

Reduce the pecans in bourbon with brown sugar until a light caramelisation takes place. Cool for a few minutes. Toss in cane sugar until completely coated.

There is a source here so i better attribute it to James Gerhardt, Selbach Hilton Louisville KY.

Have made this a fair few times and it goes down a treat for an after dinner nibble and good with ice cream, or just on a snack platter with pretzels and chips ect and a few beers.





PrettyGoodLegOpenerTooPunkin

we toast them with butter and spices here. so the etho just flashes from the pecans and sugar leaving the flavor huh? somthing about loosing something i werked so had to get just seems so wrong im gonna give this one a whirl with ujssm. as always thanks punkin

[punkin]

Sure, it boils slowly away. We still got a jar here from last seasons crop that we shelled a month or two ago and cooked. The season is developing pods atm. Can't believe how much my little pecan tree has grown this year after a good season at last. Not gunna reach the nuts at the top with a stepladder this year. Dunno what i'm gunna do to beat the Cockies .

[big worm]

we got 21- 90+ year old trees they are 70' tall i bet. my place is a 150 year old plantation ,we bought the old home stead that sits behind our house with 2 acres last spring. if i am lucky enough to add 2 more adjoining lots with the two i now hold it will only total about 14-15 acres. my dream is to put it back together as best that i can. god only knows how many acres it was back then.....the court house was burned to the ground during the civil war and all records before the war are lost. my little slice of the south