What are you Cooking the Week of June 26, 2022?

[Joan Simpson]

Mike my son is a great smoker of meats and he told me if your smoke chips burn out not to worry all your flavor of the smoke wood will be in the first 30 min to an hour, no need to add more smoke wood.

I love anything smoked. Sounds like you'll be enjoying some brisket soon!

We had Stew beef with carrots, potatoes and onion over corn bread.

[Mike Nolan]

The brisket came out way too salty, I'm guessing I didn't get it washed off enough after the cure, because there's no salt in the rub. We ate it anyway, but I'm looking into ways to lessen the salt impact after something is smoked, warming it in a pot of unsalted beef stock or water seem to be the most common suggestions. If your son has other suggestions, Joan, post them here.

Hard to judge the flavor with it being so heavy on the salt, but I don't think it's very close to Montreal Smoked Meat. (Of course, I've only had it twice.)

[Joan Simpson]

Tonight we had chargrilled chicken,fresh stewed squash, cucumbers in vinegar with a little sugar salt and pepper, and leftover butter beans.

[Mike Nolan]

Looks like putting the brisket in a pan of hot water for a couple of hours is going to leach out a lot of the salt but leave the other flavors pretty much intact.

[Mike Nolan]

Now it tastes like a good pastrami with a peppery aftertaste. I can also taste the mustard and coriander. Still salty but now it is within reasonable limits, not something you choke on.

I've got a lot of it left, probably around 7 pounds, more than half of the flat and all of the point/deckle, so I plan to slice it tonight, then use the vacuum sealer to put it into half-pound (or so) bags. That way I can defrost one overnight then pop it in boiling water for five minutes before serving it.

[RiversideLen]

Last night I made salmon patties (canned salmon). Had it with some noodles and a big salad.

[Mike Nolan]

We had BLT's.

[chocomouse]

We had shish-kebobs with chicken, sweet red pepper and onions, and leftover potato salad.

[BakerAunt]

I made yogurt on Friday.

For Friday’s lunch, I used leftover brown rice to make a combination dish. I sauteed onion and celery, mushrooms, and garlic in olive oil. I added a can of diced tomatoes with hatch chilis, along with 1/2 tsp. Penzey's Tuscan Seasoning, a few shakes of chili powder, and freshly ground pepper. I added a can of chicken and the leftover brown rice. My older stepson had the rest of it for dinner tonight, while my husband and I finished up the black-eyed peas and ham. That clears out all the leftovers.

[Joan Simpson]

We had sausage,leftover rice and tomato gravy, lima beans and buttermilk biscuits.All our leftovers are gone too.

[RiversideLen]

I made chicken breast and a large salad.

[Joan Simpson]

We had cheese burgers and fries tonight.

[Mike Nolan]

I'm planning KC Strip Steaks (bone in) on the grill. Plus some corn on the cob.

[BakerAunt]

For Saturday night dinner, we had salmon and couscous with Penzey's Greek Seasoning and microwaved fresh broccoli.

[chocomouse]

Dinner was sausages and blueberry pancakes. Soon, we'll have fresh instead of frozen berries!

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