I don't like mushy food.

In the vernacular of Johnny Numbers: "It didn't suck".

 

 

Threw some NZ lamb shoulder in the vizzler last night with a bit of tomato chili, coconut gravy. Now to check on the rice

Me no likey mushy meat either. I haven't had anything from the MC at Home book turn out poorly though, so I am curious...

every meat i've ever eaten that has had a prolonged sous vide bath has been mushy.  i don't like mushy meat.  even pork belly should have spring and texture to it, despite being soft.  i'm really glad that there has been a push back against mushy at restaurants, lately.

I had some mush issues when I first starting sous-viding. IMO one of the things over looked to get good texture is getting a nice tight vacuum seal on the bag.

Rainy and cold here so we did Kansas City Steak Soup:

Looks great!  

 

We're having prime ribeye on the grill - it is nice and warm here again.  

Attempting my first Beef Wellington. Will report back.

Wellington.

looks like possible goodness inside...

On the plate:

nice - looks like it should to me...

Jacob means business.

 

Fuck yeah, motherfucker.

We did Thomas Keller's fried chicken and the Modernist Cuisine take on Mac and Cheese (hurray for sodium citrate!) for Christmas dinner. Baking the cheese/sodium citrate/tapioca starch cracker to make the topping turned out to be more time-consuming than making the actual casserole. Oh, and we did biscuits. And there were pies involved.

 

None of it survived, and I don't think I took any pix. WTF is wrong with me?

Sounds great ... I'd love to seen pics! I guess it never happened ...

Some ribs and brisket:

Fried pickles:

We did Thomas Keller's fried chicken and the Modernist Cuisine take on Mac and Cheese (hurray for sodium citrate!) for Christmas dinner. Baking the cheese/sodium citrate/tapioca starch cracker to make the topping turned out to be more time-consuming than making the actual casserole. Oh, and we did biscuits. And there were pies involved.

 

None of it survived, and I don't think I took any pix. WTF is wrong with me?

Yum.  My Sodium Citrate should arrive tomorrow.

 

Mike, looks great.  Did JP come over and eat it all?

An excellent flank steak

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yum

Sheez, Mike, that is a damn feast.

if those ribs are anything like the ones I have had they rival Fette Sau

28 degrees outside. Grilling a filet for Debbie and a porterhouse for me. For the side, it's garlic Hasselback potatoes with herbed sour cream. Happy New Year Casers!

Just finished 4 lobsters at a friends house. Next stop B. B. King.