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Dinner Plans? (7 Viewers)

The good life!
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Temp was in the 50's in Michigan yesterday. I took full advantage of it and grilled a turkey breast.

Brined it for 24 hours

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Cooked it over indirect heat. This is one hour in.

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My buddy brought over Hopslam and Stone Ripper

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While the Turkey was resting I cooked up some sweet potato wedges. Light oil, light kosher salt, squeezed a fresh lime over them when they were ready to serve.


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@Poker Zombie , thanks for the temp text concerning the Turkey. I took your advice and it worked out very well.

@slisk250 , if I can get off a half day in MAR I might just cook this up when your in town :)
 
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... and while I speak of rustic cooking, @Mrs Poker Zombie 's birthday is just 3 days away. This means the biggest at home food festival is about to get underway. Presenting the 2017 menu:
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I present her with the menu well in advance because some items are difficult to come by. For example, the snails for the escargot took forever to get here, despite ordering them 3 weeks ago. Talk about arriving at a snail's pace... Yes, I went there.

The starred items are her selections for the year.
 
I'm at work today, so there will be a short break (previous post was from yesterday, but I forgot to hit the "Post" button at the time).

The Demi-Glace is only about 25% done, and I will fire it back up at 6:30 in the morning. Then I'll be out to the market to pick up fresh... well everything, except the Filets (10 oz monsters) dry aged 14 days (picked them up yesterday), the snails which I had shipped and the truffles (also shipped).
 
Poker Zombie said:
Color me intrigued. If you have guidelines to this meal, please post them...

I have a hankering for some true rustic cooking...
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Off the top of my head:

Carrots
Celery
Onion
Shallot
Leek
Garlic
Pearl barley
Dried mushrooms, reconstituted (1 Cup of liquid saved, strained, and added later)
Fresh mushrooms
Beef broth (I used a combo of beef and mushroom broth)

I think that's it. Nothing too extraordinary. Just sweat the first 6 ingredients in a little oil and butter for a bit, add the the barley and mushrooms and let it cook for a short while, bring to broth and mushroom liquid to a boil, and then simmer until the barley is tender (40 minutes?). We think some wild rice would be a good addition for next time.
 
links_slayer said:
Off the top of my head:

Carrots
Celery
Onion
Shallot
Leek
Garlic
Pearl barley
Dried mushrooms, reconstituted (1 Cup of liquid saved, strained, and added later)
Fresh mushrooms
Beef broth (I used a combo of beef and mushroom broth)

I think that's it. Nothing too extraordinary. Just sweat the first 6 ingredients in a little oil and butter for a bit, add the the barley and mushrooms and let it cook for a short while, bring to broth and mushroom liquid to a boil, and then simmer until the barley is tender (40 minutes?). We think some wild rice would be a good addition for next time.
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I'm not into mushrooms. My wife is maybe I'll surprise her with this one night.

Thanks
 
Poker Zombie said:
I'm at work today, so there will be a short break (previous post was from yesterday, but I forgot to hit the "Post" button at the time).

The Demi-Glace is only about 25% done, and I will fire it back up at 6:30 in the morning. Then I'll be out to the market to pick up fresh... well everything, except the Filets (10 oz monsters) dry aged 14 days (picked them up yesterday), the snails which I had shipped and the truffles (also shipped).
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My birthday is next month BTW
 
Shopping completed. Not counting the demi-glace ingredients already on the stove, we have Arugula, Potted Parsley, Celery, Carrots, Slivered Almonds, golden potatoes, Kalamata olives, Green Beans, Garlic, a baguette, Bosc pears, creme fresh, fresh mozzarella (unlike prior years, I am not making the cheese at home this year), Gruyere cheese, a pound and a half of butter (yes, this isn't a meal you show your cardiologist), Crimini mushrooms, 20 oz of 14-day dry-aged beef tenderloin.
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Not shown: Truffles, Truffle juice, escargot (snails).

More to come as the day wears on. Final meal likely to be posted tomorrow, because I'm not interrupting the meal to log onto PCF. :unsure:
 

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