What did you cook today?

[Certificate of Excellence]

This morning I did a take on strata - think Denver omelet crashed into strata using cubed toasted English muffins.

This was quite tasty although the EMs were “sourdough”. I did not care for this characteristic in this dish. Next time Id go with regular EMs.

A couple days sgo I picked up a clearance $3.60 boneless pork shoulder roast that I had to get through so I made some
red chile pork & potato carne adovada.

Fork tender 40 minutes in the instapot. This dish traditionally is a multi-hour braise in a low n slow oven but if time is not on your side, a pressure cooker can churn out a very good version in a third of the time.

Happy eating, everyone.

 

[Trash80toG4]

DROOOOOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I finished my fourth meal out of the Pasta Vat today with just enough left over for a snack tonight. Threw in the remains of a jar of sun-dried and the oil it was packed in. Parmesan, a can of ripe olives (whole) and a whole lotta da garlique powder and some black pepper. Very nice!

Time to replace the barely used jar of minced garlic in the fridge, it's marked as opened 7/4 . . .
. . . not quite sure what year though.

 

[Certificate of Excellence]

With the remainder of the pork carne adovada, I made a New Mexican red chile pork and potato enchilada casserole for dinner last night.

It was delicious.

Today I am playing around with my bread formula subbing in some cake flour for bread flour in an attempt to get a softer, more tender & pillowy burger bun ( @JDW ’s burger epic inspired & got me hungry for some homemade burger buns ).

Here’s the dough. It has about an hour of rise the fabrication and another 30-45 minutes of 2nd rise, then bake. I’ll let yall know if they are what I was going for.

 

[Certificate of Excellence]

Ok they look pretty good. I’m letting them cool down so the crumb will set, then I’ll cut into one and see how we did.

 

[JDW]

Homemade buns are the best.

The only downside is they come out taller than a regular burger bun at McDonald's, etc. But if you don't mind the extra bread, they're great and healthier too, in my opinion.

 

[Trash80toG4]

m-a-k-e-b-u-r-g-e-r-b-i-g-g-e-r-e-r

 

[Trash80toG4]

If buns too tall, slice twice . . . doubledeck-biggerer-burgerers 8-b . . . . . . .