Let's Talk BBQ
Other Cooking Equipment => Other cooking Eqipment => Other cookers => Topic started by: Smokin Don on January 01, 2014, 12:46:06 PM
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Dec 31 2013
It’s now the first day of the New Year and I am a little sluggish. Maybe I over did the bourbon! I have my pork and kraut on for today’s good luck meal. I am glad I had the ribs already smoked.
I usually try to have a good supper to ring out the Old Year, steak, shrimp, lobster or a combination. I had some beef tenderloin steaks from Sam’s Club that had some nice marbling so I knew they would be good. I had about a pound of shrimp left to use; a baked potato and a green salad would top it off.
I baked some of Walmart’s garlic knots early and would warm them in the oven to serve. We like our baked potatoes with a potato rod inserted, baked at 350 deg. for 1 ½ hours. You end up with a very crispy potato skin to eat after eating the inside.
I got the potatoes in baking and the last half hour I did the steaks and shrimp. I rubbed a small dab of olive oil on each side of the steaks then seasoned them with a little dried garlic flakes, grey sea salt and fresh ground pepper. I seared them in a hot skillet for 3 minutes on each side and then in the 350 deg. oven for 10 minutes topped with a pat of gorgonzola chive butter.
I seasoned the shrimp with a little sea salt and Penzey’s Cajun seasoning and sautéed in butter and olive oil about 5 minutes. I popped the garlic knots in the oven for the last 5 minutes, and served it all. The steaks were just right for my wife and a little rarer than our daughter and I like, but they sure were good! My wife said the best I have done.
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Smokin Don
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one of your best meals yet. love everything about this cook. :)
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Looks great. I was wondering if the potatoes were going to stay on the skewer like a potato-sicle. ;D
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Approval from wife, Priceless ;D
Awesome looking plate
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Very nice Don, perfect in fact!
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Wow Don! I have to concur with Sparky!
Simply outstanding!!!
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I am with my brochachos on this one...your best looking cook.............so far ;)
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Approval from wife, Priceless ;D
Awesome looking plate
Don, I can't say it any better than CDN! Happy New Year buddy!
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Approval from wife, Priceless ;D
Awesome looking plate
Don, I can't say it any better than CDN! Happy New Year buddy!
X3
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x4
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This cook and menu is just awesome. All looks beautiful.
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Great start to. The new year.
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Absolutely fantastic Don!
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Don you hit it out of the ballpark buddy.
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Man all of that looks great.
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Man, that looks good!
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Oh man, this was a bad day to forget my lunch!! Don, that looks exquisite!! Beautifully done!
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Another perfect cook, Don - perfect execution!!
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I'm coming to your place next year for New Years Eve... man thats a good looking meal!