Dinner thread?

[Pixie Z]

A nice and basic one… cheese & bacon omelette. Bacon homemade from a wild pig I got in the Hawke’s Bay.

[Moa Hunter]

Ruahine Red back steak turned into a Wellington. Just a fancy pie really

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How did you get that so perfect without being able to 'press' or feel the meat ?

[Marty Henry]

A nice and basic one… cheese & bacon omelette. Bacon homemade from a wild pig I got in the Hawke’s Bay.
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Looks like it was done with a proper dry cure. Im betting that it tastes as good as it looks.
I would make a bacon and egg pie with that, just pastry, bacon, whole eggs, and pepper.

[bunji]

@Pixie Z Nothing wrong with basic when it is delicious & wholesome food like that. You have the Bacon down to a fine art ,that is just how l like it .

[Hewie]

How did you get that so perfect without being able to 'press' or feel the meat ?

I did use a cheap non-digital meat thermometer I was given by the kids at Christmas to help. Oh and the meat was taken straight from the fridge, seared, then back into fridge to chill before wrapping in pastry. Gives the pastry time to cook properly without overcooking the meat inside

[bunji]

Last week there was a post about watching Blazing Saddles again & it stirred up a few chuckles remembering it, between me & the missus as we both have the same warped sense of humor & we agreed we would watch it again ourselves .

Then l had a idea ,one of the local farms was hit bad during the floods & wind storm we had a while back & they had their roof damaged .They are a young big family with EIGHT kids ,so we put 6 of the youngest kids up in the spare rooms at our farm during the floods & they stayed a couple of nights while we got the place water proof, they are good kids but the family is obviously not on easy street.

The kids have been calling in to see the dogs & l suspect get a feed since,which the missus & dogs enjoy ,so the missus agreed we are going to have the family over again & watch Blazing Saddles as they would never have seen anything like it before .So l did a bit of a cook up along the cowboy lines of a "Texas Smoked BBQ" since our freezers are now crammed full after finally getting away for a few hunting trips .

So to keep it simple feeding the tribe l did a "Texas Smoked BBQ" roast wild pork for pulled pork & roast rump of Venison & coleslaw rolls .

"Texas Smoked Pork "







Kids had a ball & laughed their little hearts out & ate the lot . Let the Fart Jokes begin at their place for the next few months

[Marty Henry]

Looks very nice but you seem to be missing the beans (-:

[Moa Hunter]

I did use a cheap non-digital meat thermometer I was given by the kids at Christmas to help. Oh and the meat was taken straight from the fridge, seared, then back into fridge to chill before wrapping in pastry. Gives the pastry time to cook properly without overcooking the meat inside

Ah Ha ! I am pleased I asked, wouldn't have thought of searing it first.

[bunji]

Looks very nice but you seem to be missing the beans (-:

Yeh the kids managed to talk the missus in having all 4 dogs inside & the hounds were doing enough farting with the sneaked bits the kids were giving them ,so glad l did not push the luck with beans .

[Beaker]

Mrs cleaned out one of the freezers, and discovered (what I thought was hidden.... ) a pound of whitebait, she mentioned it to the boy, and he whipped it out and had it defrosting in seconds. 45mins later he says I know what we're having for dinner...

So bait and lamb ribs for dinner.


A great end, to a shit week.

[Lucky]

Lockdown sucks but we still have Venny backsteak for dinner

[Beaker]

Beef short ribs, mushrooms cooked with white speck, mashed spud with nz butter (lots) and some green stuff.



Inspired from a gordan ramsey Google search recipe.

Rather nice (bloody good) and first time cooking beef ribs

https://www-gordonramsay-com.cdn.amp...-short-ribs%2F

[JessicaChen]

Got a whole pile of rabbits sunday night. Just in time for lockdown. Yesterday had roast saddles topped with bacon, and mustard sauce on the side. Tonight making an Italian rabbit stew based on this https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/re...ciatore-recipe
Still have more rabbit meat and kidneys leftover for the rest of the week.

[Beaker]

So lock in has hit the kitchen.... Home made Bread, apple and custard bread and the daughter on sashimi...

[JessicaChen]

That bread looks perfect.
Been trying to get some bread for toast the last couple of days but can't find any.