I will never be able to give up eating winter dishes all year round. There is just something therapeutic about a pot of soup boiling or some beef ribs braising on the stove. Plus the way it makes the house smell beats any fragrance that Febreeze can ever make. However, if they could somehow manage […]
Lately I have been in this mode of have to throw together this spice blend, I have a bunch of bottles of POM how can I use them, and all around surprisingly creative. However, I feel this need to get back to basics every now to remind myself that there are time proven recipes that […]
Coffee is another one of those underutilized ingredients that loves red meat but never really gets a good chance to show that love. I have already done it as a dry rub in a steak so why not dump some leftover joe from the morning into a braise dish at the night time (waste not […]
The joy of losing power for 4 days is that everything in your refrigerator/freezer has to be replaced. Thankfully I have two freezers in the garage that I use for meat so the freezer inside the house did not have much. The items I did not want to lose (stocks and sauces) I was able […]
At the butcher shop since it was in Amishville I had to pick up egg noodles. I know you can buy them at the grocery store but something about getting them where they are made makes them taste 100x better. One of these days I swear I will invest time and energy into making my own […]
Every person needs to have a good chili recipe in their back pocket because nothing screams for a good bowl of chili like a chilly fall night, poker night, cookout, or just trying to judge the pain tolerance of a date (and my parents wonder why I am still single). Pair it with a slice […]
Compound butters are the perfect way to add a lot of flavor and most importantly heart clogging goodness to any dish. Plus there are millions of ways to make them and adapt to damn near anything from beef, lamb, salmon, and vegetables. For example, if you are a corn on the cob fan mix some butter […]
Another one of those I have lemongrass, ginger, garlic (duh), and a bunch of other random shit so hmmm…ohhh….marinated steak sounds awesome. I wanted to use flank steak but since I can’t read I grabbed flat iron out of the freezer on accident. No harm no foul since both cuts love smoking hot heat and on […]
Last Saturday my dad and I made a trip up to one of my favorite meat markets. It is a little Amish shop called Yoder’s Meat Market in Shipshewana, Indiana. It is one of those types of places that will bring a good tear to your eye when you walk in well heck even on […]
Ok I have to admit I have been a horrendous slacker lately in the cooking department. It is springtime here and I have been spending nights outside working and by the time I am done it is 8ish and I have zero desire to cook.
Friday I was staring at the freezers trying to figure out what […]
