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Anyone else into cooking?

SaltyMonkey said:
I cooked up a crock pot of chili yesterday. We ate on it yesterday and today. Tomorrow we are cooking a ham to eat over Christmas. Leftovers will be put in a pot of black eye peas on Jan 1.
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when all our kids were young, the wife always made more than we could ever eat at one sitting.

so leftovers were always available...unless, some of our kids had friends over, then sometimes, there was "just enough" to feed everyone 1 serving.

if i came home, off the road, i'd eat a PBJ sammich, so that the others could eat......the wife would cook up another meal later, which was appreciated.

now that everyone is grown up, wife (or i) cook up just enough for us to have 1 plate each.

funny too, seems like none of the grandkids, like left overs..they think all left overs are more of a waste, than a savings to extend to another meal.

they must have money to burn........if only they knew how things were back in our youth
 
Well, tomorrow I'll begin marinating a boneless prime rib (also to be injected into said prime rib).
Wednesday morning I'll pull it out of the marinate, and dry season it for its trip into the oven.
Also going to be making a breakfast casserole Christmas morning. I'll be prepping the eggs, and sausage tomorrow evening, so there won't be as much labor involved Christmas morning.
Tonight I'm having left over lasagna, my Mom cooked up a feast of it last night.
 
USMC6094 said:
Well, tomorrow I'll begin marinating a boneless prime rib (also to be injected into said prime rib).
Wednesday morning I'll pull it out of the marinate, and dry season it for its trip into the oven.
Also going to be making a breakfast casserole Christmas morning. I'll be prepping the eggs, and sausage tomorrow evening, so there won't be as much labor involved Christmas morning.
Tonight I'm having left over lasagna, my Mom cooked up a feast of it last night.
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Sounds fantastic !
 
tomorrow (christmas day), i will be making a lasagna, the wife will be baking a custard and apple pie, and taking it to our daughters house for a pot luck christmas dinner..

we all "chip in" to help the person hosting the dinner, cuz as anyone knows, its daunting to host, and do everything, from cleaning, setting up, cooking, etc.

wife and i bought all the ingredients a couple of weeks ago, when we could walk freely in the markets, and the shelves were stocked.
 
Scrambled 15 eggs, with a half cup of milk, and light black pepper for the breakfast casserole tomorrow morning.
And put the prime rib in to marinate, also injected it into the roast in about eight places.
Tomorrow it'll be removed from the marinate, dried off, and dry seasoned before its trip to the oven.
I might even mix up a concoction just inject to add to the internal seasoning, but, we'll see....
 
Crawfish étouffée last night.
Got 2 pots of gumbo on for Christmas Day.
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My mother's side of the family was Italian. Boy the meals they used to make when I was young, especially during the holidays. Always had great memories of the holidays. All that changed when I joined the military. Now it isn't such a big deal anymore. Meals are not really fancy here with the wife and I. I sure do miss all the food and pastries.
 
Old_Me said:
when all our kids were young, the wife always made more than we could ever eat at one sitting.

so leftovers were always available...unless, some of our kids had friends over, then sometimes, there was "just enough" to feed everyone 1 serving.

if i came home, off the road, i'd eat a PBJ sammich, so that the others could eat......the wife would cook up another meal later, which was appreciated.

now that everyone is grown up, wife (or i) cook up just enough for us to have 1 plate each.

funny too, seems like none of the grandkids, like left overs..they think all left overs are more of a waste, than a savings to extend to another meal.

they must have money to burn........if only they knew how things were back in our youth
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People used to ride a horse to work too. My mom is all the time saving crap and then she just ends up pitching it later. Like some leftover salad. No one is going to eat that. On Thursdays we go up and have dinner with my folks. My mom always makes sure there’s enough of whatever it is so I can take it for lunch the next day. I take it. It makes her feel good. Or else she wants to go to some restaurant because she’s got $5 in bonus points or something. I have to remind her we’re not in the old country anymore. 🤣🤣
 
Bassbob said:
People used to ride a horse to work too. My mom is all the time saving crap and then she just ends up pitching it later. Like some leftover salad. No one is going to eat that. On Thursdays we go up and have dinner with my folks. My mom always makes sure there’s enough of whatever it is so I can take it for lunch the next day. I take it. It makes her feel good. Or else she wants to go to some restaurant because she’s got $5 in bonus points or something. I have to remind her we’re not in the old country anymore. 🤣🤣
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people used to ride a horse to work..??

my god, the inhumanities of that..

why i had no horse, so getting to work i had to walk 42 miles up several hills, in the heat, and humidity of summer, and the blizzard conditions of winter.

we had left over salads nearly every day, tell you what, nothing says good eating like wilted salad leafs.

when i was single, and dating my soon to be wife, she would invite me to her house for dinner....

after walking 86 miles, i looked forward to those left overs.

whaddya mean we ain't in the old country no more...???

if'n it wasn't fer us pioneers back in the days........you'd have no microwave nuclear reacting device to cook yer foods, nor have any modern conveyance vehicle......such as a horse and buggy...all you young'ns take for granted nowadays...!!
 
Old_Me said:
people used to ride a horse to work..??

my god, the inhumanities of that..

why i had no horse, so getting to work i had to walk 42 miles up several hills, in the heat, and humidity of summer, and the blizzard conditions of winter.

we had left over salads nearly every day, tell you what, nothing says good eating like wilted salad leafs.

when i was single, and dating my soon to be wife, she would invite me to her house for dinner....

after walking 86 miles, i looked forward to those left overs.

whaddya mean we ain't in the old country no more...???

if'n it wasn't fer us pioneers back in the days........you'd have no microwave nuclear reacting device to cook yer foods, nor have any modern conveyance vehicle......such as a horse and buggy...all you young'ns take for granted nowadays...!!
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I picked up some really nice sirloin, and sirloin filets at they're near sell-by dates (yesterday).

So tonight they're going to get dry seasoned first, then splashed with Worcestershire sauce, wrapped in aluminum foil, and cooked in the oven as the potato I'll be putting in shortly nears it finishing point.

I'll have for dinner tonight, and the rest will be sliced for use in a batch of vegetable beef soup I plan on making Sunday.
 
Well, today's soup got put off.

My cooking pot holds 16 quarts, which makes me short on potatoes (need at least three more diced), short of beef stock (two quarts short), diced celery, and chopped cabbage.

So, near four gallons of soup, will be made later this week, for eating, giving away to family & friends, and for putting up.
 
Tonight, a dinner truly fit for a King.....

Homemade Sloppy Joes.......

Two and half pounds of lean ground beef, a cup each of diced white onion & green bell pepper, seasoned with garlic powder, and season salt. Then browned till it crumbles.

Drain most of the liquid, then add ketchup, mix it in, and let it simmer. After the ketchup has leveled, then add yellow mustard, and mix in to taste.

Simmer until the mustard has disappeared into the sauce you just made and heat uncovered to steep.

Then have over an open faced hamburger bun, or as "burger" itself.
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Tonight it's as a burger, with chips, and a Clausen Dill pickle.......
 
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