What did everyone cook today?
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I made ‘potsticker’ brats this morning…all the goods you might find in a potsticker stuffed into a casing.
I used pork, cabbage, green onion, red onion, carrots, ginger, garlic, crushed red pepper, sesame sees, mushroom soy sauce and Chinese five spice.
I ran the pork through the grinder once before adding all of the produce and dry ingredients and running a second time followed by an addition of water and soy.
The mix works well as stand alone brat or removed from the casing and used as a pot sticker filling.
Joe Hell those look and sound awesome.
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The smoked coffee experiment two didn’t work out either. Little to no smoke flavor in the coffee. I can barely pick it out, coffee is such an assertive flavor it easily overpowers the smoke since it is roasted as well. The next experiment with smoking coffee may be roasting the coffee on the smoker. It will require a whole lot more attention for that process as anyone who roasts their own coffee knows. I use a fluid bed roaster here at home, so it’s basically pour the coffee in the roaster, set what roasting time I want and push the button and just keep an on it it near the end for my color. Open roasting over a heat source is a whole lot different story, got to keep things moving, listen to the product and watch for the color, then move it off the heat and cool as fast as possible when done.
johnsbrewhouse
Ah man. Seemed like it may have had potential to be good. Thanks for the experiment. -
zbigjeff Just going to run the one last experiment by roasting the beans on the smoker completely, Going to wait to do this, since it will rely on me tending to the beans instead of the roaster.
johnsbrewhouse Crossing the “T’s” and dotting the “I’s” is a good thing. Wish you the luck of the Irish.
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The smoked coffee experiment two didn’t work out either. Little to no smoke flavor in the coffee. I can barely pick it out, coffee is such an assertive flavor it easily overpowers the smoke since it is roasted as well. The next experiment with smoking coffee may be roasting the coffee on the smoker. It will require a whole lot more attention for that process as anyone who roasts their own coffee knows. I use a fluid bed roaster here at home, so it’s basically pour the coffee in the roaster, set what roasting time I want and push the button and just keep an on it it near the end for my color. Open roasting over a heat source is a whole lot different story, got to keep things moving, listen to the product and watch for the color, then move it off the heat and cool as fast as possible when done.
johnsbrewhouse zbigjeff
I must say you guys have peaked my interest in roasting my own beans. Going to do some research and see what all is involved. -
YooperDog lkrfletcher keto is a life change, once you do it you can never go back and expect to stay with the weight loss. You may be able to cheat a little more but really once you make the change you don’t really miss and crave the old foods anymore. Not eating and drinking the carbs, sugars and portion control is the key. It was very successful for me, notice how I said “was”. Yes I need to do it again and stay on it. It’s hard since neither my wife or I enjoy to cook. As well as heat up the house in the summer time such as now. 90* we don’t feel like doing nothing.
twilliams thanks. We do have a Papa Murphy’s, but about an hour away. We have been implementing changes slowly. Many of the things I really didn’t eat much at all. But it is sort of like lent, it’s when you can’t have something that you want it.
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zbigjeff Just going to run the one last experiment by roasting the beans on the smoker completely, Going to wait to do this, since it will rely on me tending to the beans instead of the roaster.
johnsbrewhouse Good luck with that. Will the smoker get the beans hot enough to roast? Never roasted coffee beans.
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depending on what type of grill and smoker you have at your disposal you might want to roast them on the grill with smoke for enough temp to roast them Mabey in a vegetable basket with a screen then you just need to shake it occasionally till done
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johnsbrewhouse zbigjeff
I must say you guys have peaked my interest in roasting my own beans. Going to do some research and see what all is involved.Surg Go to Burmans Coffee Traders, they are a pretty good source of information and product. I get my Kona beans direct from Hawaii from a person I have been dealing with for a number of years. he rest I usually get from Burmans. Good people.
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depending on what type of grill and smoker you have at your disposal you might want to roast them on the grill with smoke for enough temp to roast them Mabey in a vegetable basket with a screen then you just need to shake it occasionally till done
craigrice I have a Traeger, I’ll pan smoke them. It’s just a matter of keeping them moving depending on the batch size. You just have to watch them when they start to hit temp because they change quick within a matter of minutes from light to dark roast which affects flavor profiles.
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johnsbrewhouse Good luck with that. Will the smoker get the beans hot enough to roast? Never roasted coffee beans.
YooperDog 370-500 degrees. The Treager is capable of hitting that especially if you take the heat defuser out from under the tray. You can get direct heat right above the pellet bowl that’s super heated. It’s like when the pellets overload the bowl and light off.
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lkrfletcher Zoodles are great! I bought an attachment for my kitchen aid that will cut whole zucchini into sheets. It works great for a lower carb lasagna!
Joe Hell awesome. I’ll be looking for one of those.
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Oklahoma onion burger with a french onion special sauce.
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Joseph 0 it’s a PK360 with Grill Grates, just have the flat side up, Walton’s sells both products. It’s little brother is this month’s giveaway prize.
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I made ‘potsticker’ brats this morning…all the goods you might find in a potsticker stuffed into a casing.
I used pork, cabbage, green onion, red onion, carrots, ginger, garlic, crushed red pepper, sesame sees, mushroom soy sauce and Chinese five spice.
I ran the pork through the grinder once before adding all of the produce and dry ingredients and running a second time followed by an addition of water and soy.
The mix works well as stand alone brat or removed from the casing and used as a pot sticker filling.
Joe Hell
Amazing stuff. Very creative. -
Marinated and grilled chicken wings tonight.
Paul
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Marinated and grilled chicken wings tonight.
processhead Those look good. I am still stuck in the office tonight & all weekend. Have one for me, I can just taste them.
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Marinated and grilled chicken wings tonight.
processhead Simple but tasty looking morsels. Keep up that Keto train.
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processhead Those look good. I am still stuck in the office tonight & all weekend. Have one for me, I can just taste them.
calldoctoday I remember days/weeks like you’re having. Never pleasant. But, the bills must be paid.
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Joe Hell that looks great. Did you put your veggies in fresh or did you have to saute them or something?
cdavis I’ve made that brat with fresh and cooked ingredients. I’ve found that partially cooking the cabbage and carrot shreds seems to help with the texture. The sliced carrots came from a can of pickled jalapeños that I used on a sausage (merguez) that only needed the peppers. There was a decent amount of red onion and a small amount of purple cabbage that I chose to leave raw because cooking removes the color. It’s all about the presentation! I wish I could give specifics on amounts but so often when I come up with a brat it’s simply by eye. The first batch sold out so quick so I had to make another! The photo shows the cabbage that was sautéed in bacon grease (because bacon grease) and finished with a splash of mushroom soy sauce, green and red onion and purple cabbage. I started with 33 lbs of pork and the final weight for the batch was 46-ish. Be sure to mix until you just start to see signs of binding/protein extraction and everything should come together fine.
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