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Smoked Shotgun Shells
8/18/2024
1 lb Johnson sausage links; casing removed
1 lb or less ground dark chicken, 8% fat; Jennie?
1 cup farmstyle, lowfat shredded mozzarella
manicotti shells, cooked for 5 minutes – 11 out of the 14 wrapped with bacon
Johnson’s thin-sliced bacon, 11 slices in a pkg – maybe not a pound
  • The non-bacon ones were too tough to cut without a bacon wrapper, even though we pre-cooked the shell and assembled the night before. Don’t do again.
  • Hard to fill pre-cooked. Try another method?
  • Had enough leftover meat to make 4 sausage patties.
  • Smoked for just under 2 hours. Turned halfway through. Aimed for 250 degrees / 160 temperature of meat at the end. Cheese and grease messy. Foil on the grate would block the smoke?
  • Put a little of the garlic Parmesan butter base on after cooking, but not sure it added much. To soften then shells that weren’t covered? Also tried some bacon jelly, which added some sweetness. Didn’t try the spaghetti sauce.
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Valentine’s Day 2024

It wouldn’t be Valentine’s Day without a menu of yummy carrot dishes.

Carrot Salad

3 T sesame oil
3 clove garlic, minced and sautéed
3 T rice wine vinegar
juice of one lime
zest of that lime
1 T soy sauce
1/2 T sugar
2 cups carrots, peeled into long curls using a peeler

from ncfieldfamily.org

Pasta with bacon and creamy carrot sauce

1 lb bacon
1 lb carrots
16 oz pkg orecchiette pasta or other funny-looking pasta
Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
1/4 c. dill

 

 

Cook bacon
To make carrot puree: peel carrots, slice, and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes. Drain, then use hand/wand blender, using some of the cooking water if necessary

Mix everything together.

savoryonline.com April 2023 p.55

Carrot Pie

Carrot Pie

3/4 container whipped dessert topping
3/4 c. carrot puree
8 oz cream cheese
1/2 c. brown sugar
1 t. maple syrup
graham cracker pie shell

Make carrots into puree, let cool.
Meanwhile, mix cream cheese, sugar, and syrup. Fold in puree, pour into pie shell, and freeze.

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Life is sweet at the Delaware Beach

Our first ice cream stop on the way the the Broadkill Beach, DE : Vandwerwende Farm, Greenwood, DE. It came recommended, and it didn’t disappoint. Monday afternoon was a great time, before the evening crowds. Maple walnut, butter pecan. I bought a bottle of blueberry balsamic dressing, and I left it on the window ledge.

Then, we also tried:

Hopkins Farm Creamery. Milton, DE. You can see the cows, and there’s a nice picnic area / playground. Strawberry cheesecake, which was bright pink with cream-cheese and graham cracker chunks. I didn’t get what I ordered, but the coconut and chocolate banana was a good choice – even if it was Jeanne’s pick, and not mine.

Marigold Creamery. Lewes, DE. Also recommended, by Annie this time. Cute, food-truck like venue along the bike path. Sunny picnic tables so you can wave to the bikers.  Banana Honey Oat (WWT), Counter Culture Coffee Toffee Almond Crunch (AT), Lemon Frozen Yogurt with Bennett’s Blueberry Swirl (MT). Wooden spoons.

King’s Homemade Ice Cream, Lewes, DE.  Homemade ice cream since 1972. Also a shop in Milton, DE. Fresh butterfat milk from a local dairy is poured into two 10 gallon batch freezers.  Flavors enjoyed: Butter Brickle, Coconut.

Before the trip:

Dolcezza is a gelato & coffee shop. Dupont Circle. Washington, DC. After a family dinner at  Bistrot Du Coin, a French restaurant that’s been there for 20+ years. Gelato was perfect after seafood, steak and pommes frites. Locally sourced ingredients. Great gelato texture. Coffee was better at Bustrot Du Coin, however – but it is a an ice cream shop.

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Make Roumy for Cheese

We visited Aladdin Market on Main Street in Laurel, MD today, and we tried what they called Roomy Cheese. Roumy (also known as Romy or Romi or Turkish cheese) is made from cow’s and water buffalo milk.

It’s an Egyptian cheese in the Parmesan family. The cheese we bought was salty, with  complex flavor.  It seems to be slightly aged, but still soft and crumbly.

Roumy was yummy.

One site said Roumy cheese is sold in some markets un-aged in slices and  ready-to-use packages. It is a staple in Egyptian breakfast.

Aladdin Market let us try it before buying, and they also said it sometimes comes with black pepper.

We also visited the Prince George’s County Memorial Library Laurel Branch so I could renew my Library cart. Pretty place, and only 6 years old.

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Ice Cream from DC to Ohio

Toms Ice Cream Bowl - Restaurant

Tom’s Ice Cream Bowl– Zanesville, OH. Also candy and nuts.

GRAETER’S BEAVERCREEK ice cream – Made in Ohio / Paris pot style with high butterfat. Started in Cincinnati, but many Ohio locations.

Stoner’s Ice Cream Parlor, 100 N Detroit St West Liberty, OH. Serves Perry’s Ice Cream from Akron, NY. Near the Urbana aviation museum. Also has 3 thrift shops on main street. Candy store we didn’t make.

FRANCIS FAMILY RESTAURANT and Ice Cream Parlour. Cambridge, Ohio, the home of Hopalong Cassidy actor, William Lawrence Boyd. Velvet Ice Cream: Tastes so good, it’s gotta be Velvet – Utica, OH

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weather plugin

Howdy.  Here is the recently-installed weather plugin:

[location-weather id=”1217″]
However, that one was stupid.  Here is a different one:
[noaa-weather noaa_code=”KGAI”]
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Valentine’s Day 2023

Spiced Carrot Dip

1 1/2 Ib carrots. cut into 1″ pieces
2 tsp olive oil
1 Tbsp ground mustard
1 1/2 tsp curry powder
3/4 tsp cumin
1 c 2% Greek-style yogurt
1/2 c reduced-fat sour cream
1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice

* Cook carrots until tender, about 20 minutes. Blend with hand blender.
* Add remaining ingredients and pulse until smooth.
(original recipe said to toast mustard seeds instead of using ground)
adapted from prevention.com

Carrot Bacon

5 medium carrots
4 tbsps maple syrup
1/2 tablespoon soy sauce
¼ teaspoon liquid smoke
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ teaspoon onion powder
¼ teaspoon smoked paprika
⅛ teaspoon black pepper

Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C) if using a regular oven. If using an air-fryer set it to 380°F (190°C).

Wash carrots and peel thinly lengthwise with a vegetable peeler or mandolin slicer.

In a shallow dish, mix together the remainder of the ingredients.

Marinate the carrot strips in the sauce for at least 5 minutes. Work in batches if needed so that the carrots are fully covered.

Place carrots on a lined baking sheet evenly spread out. Place in the oven for 10-15 minutes (or in an air-fryer for 5 minutes), flipping halfway through. When they are wavy they are ready. Don’t worry if they’re not crunchy yet, they will harden more as they cool. Sprinkle with salt if you want them to dry out faster and become crispier.

from healthmylifestyle

Russian Carrot Salad (Korean-style)

1 pound carrots, peeled and julienned (preferably with a mandoline)
3 cloves garlic, minced
¼ cup vinegar
1 tablespoon white sugar
2 ½ teaspoons salt
⅓ cup vegetable oil
½ onion, minced
1 teaspoon ground coriander
½ teaspoon cayenne pepper

Place carrots in a large bowl. Sprinkle garlic over carrots.
Mix vinegar, sugar, and salt together in a small bowl.
Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion in hot oil until soft and translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir coriander and cayenne pepper into the onion; add to carrot mixture and toss. Pour vinegar dr
essing over carrot mixture; toss to coat.
Transfer carrot salad to a dish with a tight-fitting lid, cover, and refrigerate 4 to 24 hours, tossing salad several times while it marinates.

from allrecipes

Grits & Carrots & Shrimp

Ingredients:

grits
carrots
shrimp

Directions:

cook
eat

all together