Fallen in love with cooking

Holden_C04 · 02-22-08, 08:00

Never been much of a cook, other than a little bit of pasta every once in a while or a steak on the barbeque. But I just made some mashed potatoes and they are just the most wonderful things in the world.

Yeah, I've been cooking a lot more of late. We'll see where this take us.

Holden_C04 · 02-22-08, 08:04

Oh, I've been baking bread a little bit, too. Here's a picture of a white loaf I baked, as well as a load of Banana bread. Oh, the entire house was filled with the aroma of banana bread when it was baking - a full hour.

BigJimZ28 · 02-22-08, 08:15

did you do anything special to the poatoes or did you just get lucky?

today I smoked 2 rack of spare ribs(that sat in my spice rub for 24 hrs) over red oak chips for an hour then cherry wood for 5 hours then grilled with my homemake spicy BBQ sauce to finish them off and since I had the grill going I made cornbread from scratch in a castiron pan
and served it all with a side steamed broccoli

last nite I made a large pot of Jambalaya

so we will be eating good this weekend.. lots of leftovers

Holden_C04 · 02-22-08, 08:23

For the mashed potatoes, I just got lucky. I used a very simple recipe, no measurements: milk (1-2 cups), butter (1-2 tbsp), salt (1 tbsp), and pepper (1 tsp). It was just plain delicious - especially considering I've been eating a lot of KD lately (Kraft Dinner for non-Canadian folks).

Sounds like you've got the cooking bug, too. How did you smoke those spare ribs?

BigJimZ28 · 02-22-08, 08:34

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Originally Posted by Holden_C04

How did you smoke those spare ribs?

old smokey
Old Smokey Electric Smokers

Holden_C04 · 02-22-08, 08:52

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Originally Posted by BigJimZ28

old smokey
Old Smokey Electric Smokers

Been reading up on it. That's a very nice unit. It sounds like it's a pretty durable product and I like reliability.

hockeyplaya13 · 02-22-08, 08:55

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Originally Posted by BigJimZ28

did you do anything special to the poatoes or did you just get lucky?

today I smoked 2 rack of spare ribs(that sat in my spice rub for 24 hrs) over red oak chips for an hour then cherry wood for 5 hours then grilled with my homemake spicy BBQ sauce to finish them off and since I had the grill going I made cornbread from scratch in a castiron pan
and served it all with a side steamed broccoli

last nite I made a large pot of Jambalaya

so we will be eating good this weekend.. lots of leftovers

Oh yea, jumbalaya is where it's at! But when I make mine, I have to make a separate batch for the fam, cuz mine is SO spicy. I know it's not supposed to be, but I love it like that. I'm not much of a cook either, but I can do a few things. It's pretty fun.

kh765 · 02-22-08, 09:54

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Originally Posted by BigJimZ28

last nite I made a large pot of Jambalaya

Just made myself some for the first time tonight and it was delicious!

wytstang · 02-22-08, 11:15

I love to grill (no the George Foreman did not cook that lol pure charcoal for me)

Life can not get any better then grilling. I absolutely love to grill out, heck I'm going to do it this weekend if weather permits.

salty · 02-23-08, 01:27

man that looks good, counting the days until i can sit outside and watch it cook, with a beer of course.

itb76 · 02-23-08, 08:55

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Originally Posted by wytstang

I love to grill ....Life can not get any better then grilling. I absolutely love to grill out, heck I'm going to do it this weekend if weather permits.

I grill over charcoal every weekend. Torrential rain is the only weather that is not suited for grilling IMO (snow is OK). Today was turkey, last weekend spareribs on Saturday and Black Angus beef roast marinated in whisky, molasses, & Worcestershire sauce on Sunday.

Brace1 · 02-24-08, 05:51

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...Black Angus beef roast marinated in whisky, molasses, & Worcestershire sauce on Sunday.

OK, now I'm droolin'

I love grilling too, but chose the convenience of gas (I know, I know). My wife thought I was nuts spending $1k on a grill until she saw it: 304 grade stainless, brass burners, side burner, rotisserie, rotisserie burner, smoke box with dedicated burner.