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[Jackson]

Steak, roasted asparagus, maple acorn squash. Was a semi romantic dinner with my wife since our kids were at her parents' for the evening.View attachment 117093

Nice grill lines!

 

[fishingguy12345]

Nice grill lines!

Thank you! I will admit that I've practiced, more than I should have, to get the grill lines to be consistent.

 

[swmalone]

Have you tried the Carolina Reaper Blue Diamond Almonds? They have a good kick to them.

Those things are awesome. I was doing some consulting for a company that worked with Blue Diamond and they had a bunch of the almonds as samples. The Carolina Reaper were the most divisive. The most universally liked were the Habanero BBQ.

 

[scatman]

Snowy here in SLC. I shoveled three times yesterday, and once this morning. It is the wet heavy stuff, not the light, fluffy, ski friendly type.



Anyway, after shoveling this morning, it was time to make some more buckwheat pancakes which you've seen here before. @kwc was supposed to bring me some pure maple syrup from New England ways this past September, but alas he must have hoarded it for his breakfasts on Straight Creek. Well, nothing like a stack of buckwheat pancakes to get you through a snowy couple of days.


Cast iron skillet is a must.


Buckwheat pancake mix - 1 cup


1 tbs. of vegetable oil, and 1 egg


Add 3/4 cup of water and mix



Dole them out 1/4 cup at time until all the flapjacks are done


Butter them up to your liking


Pour as much syrup as you like and enjoy.

 

[kwc]

I had forgotten all about the maple syrup! We ended up trading it for some real Alaskan honey. If you’re planning another September adventure for this year and I can make it, then I’ll bring you some of both.

 

[Rockskipper]

Seeing the cans, for a minute I thought you were making some kind of hearty winter chili pancakes.

 

[Jackson]

Seeing the cans, for a minute I thought you were making some kind of hearty winter chili pancakes.

Those had me worried about what was going to go in next!

 

[scatman]

Seeing the cans, for a minute I thought you were making some kind of hearty winter chili pancakes.

Haha! I'm going to make chili tonight, which I've put on here before too, except this time, I'm using a McCormick Hot Chili Mix instead of just the regular mix.

 

[kwc]

First thing I saw was the M&M dispenser next to the stove. We have one just like it (but not next to the stove).

 

[Bob]

I eat them to fast to have a dispenser.

 

[Rockskipper]

Dinner, inspired by @scatman

 

[scatman]

Looks yummy @Rockskipper.

 

[scatman]

Tonight I combined two recipes for Loaded Potato Soup. This is the first time that I have made this.


Cut up five pounds of red potatoes - the recipe called for Russet, Idaho or Yukon, but I love red potatoes, so I went with them
instead


Bring to a boil in a stock pot and cook for 15 minutes until tender


1 Tbs. of olive oil and 1/2 stick of butter - the recipe called for 2 sticks of butter, but I cut back the butter and substituted olive oil


While potatoes are cooking, chop up some green onions for later



Chop up one yellow onion and mince 2 cloves of garlic


Cook the onions for 5 minutes then add the garlic and cook for 1 additional minute


Add 2 and 1/2 cups of whole milk, 1/4 cup of flour, and 2 and 1/2 cups of chicken broth - I used 2 cups of whole milk, 1/2 cup of
skim milk, and whole wheat flour


Add the potatoes, then add 3/4 cup of sour cream, and 1 cup of sharp cheddar cheese - I used low fat sour cream, and the recipe
called for mild cheddar



Stir in one package of bacon crumbles and one package of cubed ham and bring back to a boil


Once it begins to boil, turn off the heat. The image above is the final product.


Dish out into a bowl


Garnish with the previously cutup green onions and enjoy.

This recipe makes a lot of soup - seven or eight hearty bowls, great for a winter's night meal.

It turned out excellent, and I'll be adding this to my rotation.

 

[TheMountainRabbit]

Tonight I combined two recipes for Loaded Potato Soup.

It turned out excellent, and I'll be adding this to my rotation.

This is basically what I eat in the backcountry most nights. My potatoes come in flake form - yours look more appetizing. Same bacon though.

 

[Rockskipper]

I love potato soup. This took a LOT of work, but I finally cooked up a batch of circus peanuts. They turned out pretty good for my first try.

 

[scatman]

This is basically what I eat in the backcountry most nights. My potatoes come in flake form - yours look more appetizing. Same bacon though.

One of the recipes called for the crumble while the other wanted you to fry up some bacon in the Dutch oven. I'm afraid I chose the lazy route tonight and went with the crumbles.

 

[scatman]

I love potato soup. This took a LOT of work, but I finally cooked up a batch of circus peanuts. They turned out pretty good for my first try.

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Are you going to melt those down into some kind of peanut sauce?

 

[Rockskipper]

Are you going to melt those down into some kind of peanut sauce?

No, I'll add some butter and make peanut butter.

 

[kwc]

Looks like this would also work for a clam chowder, substituting clams for the cubed ham.

 

[scatman]

Looks like this would also work for a clam chowder, substituting clams for the cubed ham.

Good idea.