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Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Pellet Grills and Smokers => Topic started by: Smokin Don on September 03, 2013, 01:37:57 AM
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Sept 02 2013
Well the Labor Day week-end is over and it was not very exciting around here! I am just getting over a bout of stomach flu and have been eating pretty bland. Looking at all your cooks has had me drooling tonight! If I missed any ones I am sorry.
I did manage to get a fire going in my Chimenea for doing smores Sunday evening. The kids and grandson, and two of his neighbor girl friends came over and ate some smores. I didn’t have any, just enjoyed watching all have fun. It is funny seeing my 8 yr. old grandson get about one step more mature when there are girls around! They had a good time swinging on my rope swing. Both dogs wanted some smores but I had to get them their own treat.
I was setting up by the house and a treat for me was to have a hummingbird suddenly appear about 1 foot in front of my face and take a look then back off and go have some sugar water close by.
Tonight it was just me & Mama for supper. I thought a fish sandwich and some pasta would be good and easy on my stomach. I had some frozen Gorton’s sandwich filets and some pretzel buns. I had never done breaded fish on my Traeger so wanted to try them. The directions said 20 minutes in a 400 deg. oven and turning half way thru. It said to leave frozen but I did have mine setting out about 15 minutes before going on the grill.
I heated the Smoker to 350 deg. with the grill grates, back side up. I planned on 30 minutes total. In the mean while I got the thin spaghetti on cooking. I turned the fish at 14 minutes and they were plenty brown so in another 10 minutes I added the buns to heat up a couple of minutes. Total cook was about 26 minutes.
I finished the pasta with white truffle oil, butter and about a half cup parmesan. It all tasted pretty good; the fish were plenty done and very crispy, I would say as crispy as deep fried. I had mustard and mayo on mne.
Not an exciting post but it shows you can do frozen pre breaded food on a pellet smoker and get good results. Now I know if I need a quick easy meal I can have some fish sandwiches done pretty quickly.
Fish Filets
(http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/a474/deains/Traeger%20Food%202013/_9029996_zps1d765dd4.jpg)
I didn't get a shot on the smoker but this shows they browned well
(http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/a474/deains/Traeger%20Food%202013/_9029997_zps53ac21dc.jpg)
My Sandwich and Pasta
(http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/a474/deains/Traeger%20Food%202013/_9020001_zps4e2e19d2.jpg)
Smokin Don
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Looks tasty, Don!
Sorry to hear about the stomach flu - those bugs can get you down really quick, and sometimes for an extended time.
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Nice looking sandwich.
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Nice Don, hope you're feeling better today.
I like the pasta side too, great idea!
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Sorry to hear you were under the weather Don. Hope your back to your good ol' self sir! That meal looks very nice. I love fish, (although, crappie filets woulda been nice too) and pasta! Glad to see you're back!
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You just took simple boxed fish filets to a whole new level baking them in the smoker, Don.
I am going to have to give that a try.
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Glad you are feeling better and I am going to try this real soon.
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Hope your feeling better Don. Fish sammie looks great!
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I hope you are feeling better, Don. I like the idea of taking simple things and adding a new twist or touch. Nice cook!
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Feel better Don!
Sandwich looks much better than any from a fast food place.