What did everyone cook today?
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Here is a little South American Chicken Split Breasts, brined in my Home Made South American Brine, dusted nicely with South American Style spices, then smoked for about an hour & a half, maybe a little more with Pecan & Hickory. Served up with some of Margaret’s baked Apples & Pecans, a bowl of Barracho Beans, & some steamed garden vegetables.
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Used the outdoor griddle today for some marinated tilapia with mushrooms, onions, garlic and asparagus from the garden. Ill miss the asparagus when it stops.
GWG8541 Love Tilapia
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Worked all day on meat projects. Put 3 1/2 lbs. of Colorado jerky on the smoker first thing, then went to grinding the 9 lbs. of pork sirloin roasts for my sausage making. Made 5 lbs. of Landjaeger about 2.5 lbs. in 16 mm brown collagen casing and the rest in 28-30 mm hog casing. Made a 5 lb. batch a Cheddar Brats from my own recipe and a 5 lb. batch of Kielbasa as well. My butts dragging and I smell like I’ve been smoked, but the Brats were good and the wife was happy with them. Happy wife, better life!
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Processed my Landjeagers today. Started them in the convection oven at 140 degrees to start the drying and firm them up, then sent them to the cold chamber on my Traeger for several hours. They went back to the oven for further drying and to bring them up to temperature. The sticks dried faster than the logs, which still can dry even further. The tang is a bit heavy even though I used half as much Encapsulated Citric Acid. It not bad, but not true to character either. Next time I’ll drop it in half again. Here is the picture, the sticks vacuum packed and logs drying and cooling.
(update on the tang. The bigger logs seem to have less tang than the sticks. I sampled one last night after they cooled. They are just where I want them. I have an idea that the 16 mm sticks just intensify the tang,)johnsbrewhouse
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Processed my Landjeagers today. Started them in the convection oven at 140 degrees to start the drying and firm them up, then sent them to the cold chamber on my Traeger for several hours. They went back to the oven for further drying and to bring them up to temperature. The sticks dried faster than the logs, which still can dry even further. The tang is a bit heavy even though I used half as much Encapsulated Citric Acid. It not bad, but not true to character either. Next time I’ll drop it in half again. Here is the picture, the sticks vacuum packed and logs drying and cooling.
(update on the tang. The bigger logs seem to have less tang than the sticks. I sampled one last night after they cooled. They are just where I want them. I have an idea that the 16 mm sticks just intensify the tang,)johnsbrewhouse said in What did everyone cook today?:
Processed my Landjeagers today. Started them in the convection oven at 140 degrees to start the drying and firm them up, then sent them to the cold chamber on my Traeger for several hours. They went back to the oven for further drying and to bring them up to temperature. The sticks dried faster than the logs, which still can dry even further. The tang is a bit heavy even though I used half as much Encapsulated Citric Acid. It not bad, but not true to character either. Next time I’ll drop it in half again. Here is the picture, the sticks vacuum packed and logs drying and cooling.
(update on the tang. The bigger logs seem to have less tang than the sticks. I sampled one last night after they cooled. They are just where I want them. I have an idea that the 16 mm sticks just intensify the tang,)If the cooking time for the logs and the sticks is the same, the sticks will usually dry more which will intensify all the flavors including the tang.
I would think air drying the logs in the frig would tend to equalize the flavor between the two.
Paul
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johnsbrewhouse said in What did everyone cook today?:
Processed my Landjeagers today. Started them in the convection oven at 140 degrees to start the drying and firm them up, then sent them to the cold chamber on my Traeger for several hours. They went back to the oven for further drying and to bring them up to temperature. The sticks dried faster than the logs, which still can dry even further. The tang is a bit heavy even though I used half as much Encapsulated Citric Acid. It not bad, but not true to character either. Next time I’ll drop it in half again. Here is the picture, the sticks vacuum packed and logs drying and cooling.
(update on the tang. The bigger logs seem to have less tang than the sticks. I sampled one last night after they cooled. They are just where I want them. I have an idea that the 16 mm sticks just intensify the tang,)If the cooking time for the logs and the sticks is the same, the sticks will usually dry more which will intensify all the flavors including the tang.
I would think air drying the logs in the frig would tend to equalize the flavor between the two.
processhead Those look real nice, heck, they look perfect. I sure would like to try some of those down this way, so enjoy a few for us.
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Processed my Landjeagers today. Started them in the convection oven at 140 degrees to start the drying and firm them up, then sent them to the cold chamber on my Traeger for several hours. They went back to the oven for further drying and to bring them up to temperature. The sticks dried faster than the logs, which still can dry even further. The tang is a bit heavy even though I used half as much Encapsulated Citric Acid. It not bad, but not true to character either. Next time I’ll drop it in half again. Here is the picture, the sticks vacuum packed and logs drying and cooling.
(update on the tang. The bigger logs seem to have less tang than the sticks. I sampled one last night after they cooled. They are just where I want them. I have an idea that the 16 mm sticks just intensify the tang,)johnsbrewhouse Those look real nice, heck, they look perfect. I sure would like to try some of those down this way, so enjoy a few for us.
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johnsbrewhouse said in What did everyone cook today?:
Processed my Landjeagers today. Started them in the convection oven at 140 degrees to start the drying and firm them up, then sent them to the cold chamber on my Traeger for several hours. They went back to the oven for further drying and to bring them up to temperature. The sticks dried faster than the logs, which still can dry even further. The tang is a bit heavy even though I used half as much Encapsulated Citric Acid. It not bad, but not true to character either. Next time I’ll drop it in half again. Here is the picture, the sticks vacuum packed and logs drying and cooling.
(update on the tang. The bigger logs seem to have less tang than the sticks. I sampled one last night after they cooled. They are just where I want them. I have an idea that the 16 mm sticks just intensify the tang,)If the cooking time for the logs and the sticks is the same, the sticks will usually dry more which will intensify all the flavors including the tang.
I would think air drying the logs in the frig would tend to equalize the flavor between the two.
processhead Different cooking times, the sticks came to temp faster by nature and dried faster being 16 mm, but they were not as dry as the logs. My kid like them like snack sticks, Bavarian Meats up here makes them in snack stick size which he buys all the time. I told him we could make them a whole lot cheaper than Costco sells them for. The logs stayed in the oven which with the convection is just like a dehydrator for almost 10 hours in order to get the weight loss down since they are not naturally air dried like the originals would be.
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processhead Different cooking times, the sticks came to temp faster by nature and dried faster being 16 mm, but they were not as dry as the logs. My kid like them like snack sticks, Bavarian Meats up here makes them in snack stick size which he buys all the time. I told him we could make them a whole lot cheaper than Costco sells them for. The logs stayed in the oven which with the convection is just like a dehydrator for almost 10 hours in order to get the weight loss down since they are not naturally air dried like the originals would be.
KETO PIZZA
Man did it come out great.
Life is a Garden - Dig it.
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KETO PIZZA
Man did it come out great. -
KETO PIZZA
Man did it come out great.lkrfletcher Nice presentation!
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Used the outdoor griddle today for some marinated tilapia with mushrooms, onions, garlic and asparagus from the garden. Ill miss the asparagus when it stops.
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KETO PIZZA
Man did it come out great.lkrfletcher Man, you have got it down pat!
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GWG8541 Nice looking plate. That’s quite the grill, I’m starting to want an upgrade.
Steve Winscot I was really skeptical about how much I would use it, but I use it a lot. That is a Members Mark or Sam’s Club brand name. I looked it over pretty good before buying one and was ready to buy a Blackstone before seeing this and the price difference. Based on the design, am pretty sure it is made by them. So far I really like it. It came with a soft cover, but I wish it had a hard cover. Apparently Sams has one with a hard cover now and doors on the front selves. Im still happy with this unit and will most likely fabricate a hard cover some day. Camp Chef makes a nice sturdy looking unit and the cooking surface is noticeably thicker. Im not sure what size the cooking surfaces are on them. If you are a Sams shopper, hopefully your store has a display model.
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Gravlox finished curing.
“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.”
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Surg looks delicious
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lkrfletcher is that calaflower crust
gus4416 no. I ground a pound of chicken mixed with 1/2 cup of mozzarella and 1/4 cup Parmesan and an egg. Mix it up, roll it out on parchment paper and cook at 450 for 15 minutes…
Pull, cool, then put on toppings and broil til melted.
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Surg always wanted to try making that
Life is a Garden - Dig it.
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Surg always wanted to try making that
lkrfletcher
You should definitely do it it’s super easy. I usually buy a large piece and cook most of it for dinner but save a piece do this with it.
This is the recipe I use:
GRAVLOXOne 2-pound salmon filet (skin-on) I USED SKIN OFF
3 tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons granulated white sugar
1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
1 bunch fresh dill (chopped) I USED 1Tbsp dried dill from jar.
Cake over fish
Seal in vac bag for three days turning each day
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Surg Absolutely beautiful! Do you keep it after the cure or does it get eaten up pretty quick? If you store it after the cure, have you found that freezing it has any ill impact on it? Full of questions today, that stuff looks good!
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