Whats for dinner???

[ozo]

Damn Joe.....
I don't know what to say.....and me speechless is.....rare at best.
I did not expect you to go to such length......and I can not convey
how much I appreciate it.
I am no baker.....but I have been baking dough for many decades...
and not afraid to experiment either.....
I am a 'from scratch' kinda guy....I would not know how to use a
bread machine with a bag of pre-mix.....or whatever it is....
my Grandmother would surely emerge from the grave.....
and beat my ass with a corn straw broom until I bled.....
for even 'thinking' of such a thing !!!
That being said, and please remember I am overwhelmed with your reply.....
I pretty much adhere to all you have so graciously offered......winter wheat,
bread flour grind, [margarine?????What's that !!!] butter, dough rest,...etc.
BUT, and you are gonna smack me for this.......
I have two dockers.....one with individual plastic[nylon?] wheels and one
with stainless fingers......EEK !
They are always in the way in the drawer......I have to move them constantly
to get to my daily stuff......pastry brushes, spatulas, whisks,...etc............
and NEVER use them on my Thins........
How have I missed that ???? Funny, maybe, but possibly a sin !
No wonder my thins are never right. I use them on my other 'flat' breads.....
DUH !!
Joe.....again...thank you.

[JoeV]

TWO DOCKERS??? I'm floored. Most people come back with the "deer in the headlights" response when i mention dockers, and I've finally found someone with more than I have (and I have a lot of "stuff). Back on point ,if you don't dock the dough you end up with pita pockets that have a tissue paper thin top cap, which nobody likes...except for maybe someone in a third world country. From what you describe, you probably created those already.

I'll reiterate that any good bread dough recipe can be used to make thins. I love the rye ones for corned beef and ham sandwiches. Try one or two of my recipes and let me know what you think of them. Oh, and be sure to post some pics of your first successful sandwich thins.

I noticed where you're from, and it reminded me of a trout fishing trip I made back in Feb '09 to Tullahoma. My most significant accomplishment was feeding a dozen crazy hunters/fisherman with some Yankee baking. they still talk about the great Italian bread I made for them.



Oh, I also caught a nap in the sunshine on the Duck river. Something I never expected to do in FEBRUARY in Tennessee.





Happy Thanksgiving.

[Silencer]

Thanksgiving Day Appetizers and Meal.

[cycloneman]

Tonight fried oysters

Picked up 1/2 gal and a loaf of french bread.

[cycloneman]

Originally Posted by Silencer

Thanksgiving Day Appetizers and Meal.

Looks purdy neat. What is that egg stuffed with?

[Silencer]

Originally Posted by cycloneman

Looks purdy neat. What is that egg stuffed with?

It's just a hard boiled egg wrapped in Farmer John breakfast sausage with chopped jalapeno. Smoked for about two hours. Smokey, salty, fatty, spicy, creamy-eggy goodness!!! It's called a Smoked Jalapeno Scotch Egg.

[JoeV]

My wife has been with our daughter for the past week helping with the new baby, so I spent yesterday playing in the kitchen. I made a dozen Italian sandwich thins, a loaf of Italian twist bread, 5 dozen 4-cheese raviolis and 5 quarts of marinara sauce. I even had enough ravioli dough left over to make enough pasta for a little dinner for myself.

[BlackEagle]

Originally Posted by JoeV

My wife has been with our daughter for the past week helping with the new baby, so I spent yesterday playing in the kitchen. I made a dozen Italian sandwich thins, a loaf of Italian twist bread, 5 dozen 4-cheese raviolis and 5 quarts of marinara sauce. I even had enough ravioli dough left over to make enough pasta for a little dinner for myself.

Congratulations on the new grandchild.

Nice looking food, too.

[JoeV]

Thanks, Black Eagle.

Tonight was another beef & vegetable stir fry with vegetable fried rice and a tossed salad of Romain hearts and a bunch of salad fixins.

[Silencer]

Just had a late dinner. I had a turkey salad. Baby lettuces (baby green romaine lettuce and red romaine lettuce, tango lettuce, baby green oak lettuce and red oak lettuce, lolla rosa, baby green leaf lettuce and red leaf lettuce, baby green butter lettuce and red butter lettuce), baby greens (red swiss chard, mizuna, tatsoi, baby leaf spinach, arugula), frisee and raddichio with red beans, garbanzo beans, HBE x 2, smoked turkey breast, bacon, homemade pickled jalapenos and 1,000 island dressing along side a large piece of corn bread which was from Thanksgiving Day. It was either eat it, or give it to the dog.

[cpttango30]

Tonight is homemade Swedish meatballs...

[cycloneman]

Marie Chandlers frozen delight. eh

[JoeV]

Sure been going through the bread lately. Santa told me to double the recipe for thins and loaves, so I did what she said.

[JoeV]

Tonight we had grilled chicken breast that was marinated in Wishbone Italian dressing. Sides were baked spaghetti squash with butter & brown sugar, sweet coleslaw and Spanish rice made with mild salsa and turkey stock made from the Thanksgiving turkey carcass. Kind of an eclectic mix, but it was really good





This is how good it was...

[JoeV]

Shredded beef au jus, skin-on mashed potatoes and broccoli-cauliflower medley. Comfort food dinner.

[woolleyworm]

Evening Joe, just wanted to give ya the heads up...... if ya don't do some cooking at the next TFF meet, ya may just disappoint ALOT of folks !!

Looks great Sir !

[streetbob]

Tonight we will be having fried chicken wings dipped in Jack Daniels Honey Smokehouse BBQ sauce, Coleslaw, and fries with a big ole glass of sweet tea!

[JoeV]

Originally Posted by woolleyworm

Evening Joe, just wanted to give ya the heads up...... if ya don't do some cooking at the next TFF meet, ya may just disappoint ALOT of folks !!

Looks great Sir !

Well now, if I get an invite, I'll be sure to contribute if I'm able. Are there any meet-n-greet's in Ohio? I like to fly fish, so a Michigan meet would also work...when it warms up. LOL

[jedwil]

King Ranch chicken casserole with guacamole and chips tonight.

[JoeV]

Baked riblets in BBQ sauce, macaroni salad and sweet potato fries with homemade sour cream, brown sugar & cinnamon dipping sauce.

[Silencer]

Hickory Smoked BBQ Boston Butt


Pulled Pork Sandwich with Homemade Cole Slaw, Sweet Potato Wedges and a piece of Pork Bark.

[JoeV]

I had half a container of ricotta cheese and half a container of sour cream, and wondered what to make for dinner to use it up. Soooooo, I decided to make Polichinka...pancake rollups. The filling was ricotta cheese and raspberry preserves. Also cooked up some sausage patties to go with them, but they turned out like hockey pucks when I got distracted.

[Roadkil]

Made tacos Sunday using the neck and backbone along with a half pack of venison breakfast sausage I made the day before from my most recent harvest.

Some of the pictures may not be that great on quality, but the food was.

Served it up with re-fried beans, sour cream sliced avacados, salsa and cheese.

[JoeV]

Italian beef au jus with twice baked taters with spinach, garlic & Parmesan filling & cheddar topping.

[cycloneman]

No pics

We had baon wrapped filets slow cooked on the bbq. My son in law used a sauce on the vegies they use at Dons restraunt. Oh Man.