There are so many good restaurants here and it's hard to cook and eat at home. Many restaurants have keto meals but if I'm going out to eat, I want the good Louisiana foods I remember, cooked the way I remember them so . . we're finding balance between eating out and cooking at home. Tonight I fixed my old standby . . green bean bundles. And take a look at that Corning dish! I also ...
Cooking
Chad’s Smokers
There are so many different types of smokers. We mostly use Cookshack smokers. We started out with the Cookshack Smokette SM-009 in about 2004 and we have used the heck out of that smoker. In the past few years, we've added a larger one with some upgraded bells and whistles. We smoke briskets, pork butts, chicken, bacon, tasso, beans, salmon and we really do use our smokers a lot. We also have ...
Dinner Tomorrow Night
I'm not saying much about it here because Vince is talking about it on his PFTR post on Sunday but he has agreed to diet with me. Most every time I go home from Missouri, I get home dead tired and, because there's nothing thawed and I'm tired, and I think we just want to sit and talk, we end up going out to eat. I usually don't even remember what I ate .. just get through it and go home and go to ...
Chad’s Recipes
Chad never uses a recipe. I gave him the recipe for the tasso seasoning but he looked at the spice list and said "I'll make my own". He did and it's delicious. In fact, I told him .. I want some of that to bring home! Several have asked for his recipes for smoking meat and I'm afraid I can't be very helpful but here's what Chad told me. Below, I'll just say "he smoked it". In a later post, I'll ...
Homemade Tasso
Chad has been wanting to make homemade tasso. I did a blog post about it here. That page is super slow to load. I think it's because the photos are stored on a photo storage site that's slow but if you want to make it, here are the ingredients for the spices: If you want details, you can click on the link and wait for the page to load but here's the quick version: Start with a pork butt ...
Chad’s Pork Tenderloin
Since I couldn't post pictures last night, and now I can, this is worth sharing. The tenderloin itself is wrapped in a layer of thinly sliced (almost shaved) apples, then onions, then bacon. Probably not terribly healthy, though the fat did drain off, but it was delicious. For tonight, he's smoking a prime rib. Chad said they're worth buying just to watch Addie's reaction. She calls it ...
