Sue_CT wrote: ↑Sat Oct 07, 2023 9:40 pm Found out today the combination of spiced pumkin and chocolate is not for everyone. Makes a lot of cookies. You might want to cut the recipe in half and see how you like it before making it in large quantities.

I have no idea if I would like it or not.
I probably would.

On a side note has anyone considered Chinese five spice powder for an ingredient in a pumpkin or apple pie?
It sounds wonderful to me.
The ingredients in mine are..
Anise.
Ginger.
Cinnamon.
Fennel.
Black pepper.
One might consider allspice as well.
Back many years ago they used black pepper in desserts like muffins and such.

Sue_CT wrote: ↑Sat Oct 07, 2023 9:40 pm Found out today the combination of spiced pumkin and chocolate is not for everyone. Makes a lot of cookies. You might want to cut the recipe in half and see how you like it before making it in large quantities.

I wouldn't think it would be the pumpkin that would be that noticeable with the chocolate, but more the spices, and I've made a number of "chocolate spice" cookies and brownies before, and I can't remember anyone not wanting more! And I'm thinking of experimenting with some butternut flour, which would be like pumpkin, in those habanero gingersnaps I make, in place of some of the flour.

Some people just don't get it when it comes to super hot peppers.
They think all in or nothing at all
The super hots allow you to put a little sting in the background without dumping a pile of peppers in the recipe.
I used to make a peanut butter honey and cayenne pepper mix that people thought was crazy until they tried it.
One guys kids feel in love with it.

Fool proof fried chicken tenders.
Moist too.
Since the whole baked chicken was pulled at such a low temperature this works out great.
I deboned the cold breast and sliced and cut it up in chunks.
Pulled the skin too.
Got peanut oil up to a good frying temperature up into the 350F range maybe more.
The ice cold beast chunks were dredged in flour.
Into the egg wash which was a splash of water and three eggs.
Then off to the panko bread crumbs and into the hot oil.
It takes only a few seconds maybe 60 to turn the panko golden brown and out of the oil.
This also heats up the meat without drying it out.
Put on paper towel and dusted with Knorr chicken bullion powder for salt and flavor.
I've been wanting to try this for a long time and finally had the opportunity.
And it worked out marvelously.
I'll dust them with pecorino romano when ready to eat.
No dressing in the house.

One person said before even trying them, "I just don't get the pumpkin and chocolate thing" and my mother ate it all but said "not her favorite". Of course she doesn't like chocolate and peanut butter together, and who ever heard of that, lol. I just heard from another person who said she thought they were delicious and her huband did too, so you might love them.

Sue_CT wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 5:34 pm One person said before even trying them, "I just don't get the pumpkin and chocolate thing" and my mother ate it all but said "not her favorite". Of course she doesn't like chocolate and peanut butter together, and who ever heard of that, lol. I just heard from another person who said she thought they were delicious and her huband did too, so you might love them.

I licked my screen. Now there's that..

This should have been probably posted on the cheap eaten, because it is simple and cheap (except maybe the home grown tomatoes, which are not cheap ). We did not have time to roast sausages on open fire during our trip to the countryside, so I had to use them now. I cut slits on the sausages and pushed cheese slices and tomato wedges into the slits. Roasted them in the oven and served with mashed potatoes for lunch.

Usually I do that with a bit thicker rope sausage and if I have leftover mashed potatoes that goes in the middle of the pan and sausage on the sides while roasting in the oven. Any type of smoked and cooked sausage should be good for this as longs the thickness is enough to stuff with cheese and tomatoes. If there is no fresh tomatoes, ketchup could be used as substitute. Sausages are not the healthiest choice of food and we do not eat it often, but sometimes I crave such simple food.

Baked chicken thighs and buttered spaghetti with garlic and Mexican oregano.

No cooking today (so far), this was just a snack - another batch of guacamole, with everything from the garden, as usual, except for the avocados. I used one of those datil peppers, and it was very good, but would be too hot for most. The Hanoi Market is still my favorite for this. Probably the next to the last batch of the season, though I'll have more frozen tomatoes and peppers, to make it in the off-season, but it's not quite as good.

We did fish tacos, mostly redfish(red drum) along with a couple of pieces of Atlantic Croaker. This time, beer battered with a recipe that uses some rice flour to keep things extra crispy. Sauce was chipotle in adobo sauce, the liquid strained off from the can, along with mayo, a little bulgarian yogurt, some fresh lime juice, and paprika.

First time I had fished since last winter. Delicious fresh fish tacos help motivate me to fish more.

Took the leftover fish today at lunch and warmed it up at 360°in the air fryer. Crispy like right from the hot oil.

What's a vegetable?

I've got 6 chicken thighs in the salted water cooking.
The other days Pico de Gallo is in the skillet cooking in the leftover drippings from last night's baked chicken.
Why waste the good flavors?
This will all end up back in the chicken pot after the chicken is removed to be skinned and the bones removed.
There is also a small amount of frozen peas with no homemade.
And some avocado that is about to go south.
Two small boiled leftover Yukon Gold potatoes.
It will eventually become Mexican chicken noodle soup of some sort.

The not so conventional chicken noodle soup.

Eggplant Parmigiana tonight. Picked 4 black beauty eggplant and thawing out about 5 pounds of tomatoes.

tomato jam in the water bath canner, tomato sauce simmering to pressure can later and I am taking a bit of a break before I chop up more green tomatoes for another batch of salsa...

Meat patty pichania fries and Texas toast made with ghee.

Just put a cup of barley in a zipper bag with water and Knorr beef bullion powder to soak while I'm at work.
I'm in the mood for beef barley soup.
The soaking in the beef broth is an experiment.

Not a darn thing if I don't get up.
It took me three hours to get home after traffic stopping at the store and then talking to my neighbor until 7:00.
I got off work at 2:45.
Over 2 hours in traffic normally 1 hour.
But the punishment was rewarded in a super huge way.
Unbelievable what I scored at the store.
I felt like a shop lifter or a common thief.
Going through the check out I felt like a drug smuggler at the airport security.
Sweating bullets and looking around for the cops to come swarming in.
Maybe they have sniffing dogs I don't know about.
My heart didn't stop pounding until I was across the parking lot boarder into free territory.
Right now I have the shades down and peaking out to see if the HEB secret police or outside.
I see a strange van down the street that I've never seen before.
Is that HEB on the license plate?
I can't tell from here.
My phone line just went dead.
Been nice knowing you guys if you don't hear from me again.
Gotta go.

Some more braunschweiger sandwiches, with that potato rye. I really didn't do any cooking today, but this weekend I'll be in the whole day, given the weather.

3.3 pounds of boneless chuck roast that took forever to brown in 4 batches.
Onions garlic 1 of each Morita jalapeno and Serrano peppers chopped up and browned in stages.
The soaked barley was added along with the broth.
A shot of dark soy sauce and a drizzle of my homemade thick soy sauce made with low sodium soy sauce molasses and brown sugar cooked down.
Half handful of cumin seeds.
Black pepper.
No salt except for the bullion powder used to soak barley and the soy sauce.
Lid on fire down low.
Using the Lodge cast iron deep fry skillet.
I've been up since 3:45 this morning cooking

It also needed water so what better way to get it than mushrooms.
A lot of mushrooms.