Diesels Cooking Thread

[ZeRo_C0oL]

This thread is uhhhhh-mazing!

[nobbyv]

I have SO many cucumbers from the garden I'm trying to use, but am running out of recipes. This looks like a great idea for a salad. Homemade vinagrette? Recipe?

[dieselraver]

I have SO many cucumbers from the garden I'm trying to use, but am running out of recipes. This looks like a great idea for a salad. Homemade vinagrette? Recipe?

absolutely!

olive oil
you can use plain vinegar (white) or any type of vinegar (even balsalmic)
1 tablespoon of whole grain mustard
1 large pinch of sea salt
fresh cracked pepper
1 tsp of honey! (trust me!)


for the oil and vinegar i try to use a 1:3 ratio blend really well and serve.

that vinaigrette in the picture is....

white vinegar
olive oil
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp corriander
black pepper
maldon sea salt

gives it a fantastic middle eastern flair to it! (you can also add optional fresh parsley or cilantro)

enjoy!

[dieselraver]

enjoy the pics!

[aceclimber722]

Those ribeyes look amazing!

[dieselraver]

Those ribeyes look amazing!

thanks for the nice comments!

decided to make some lobster rolls for tomorrow bought some lobsters dirt cheap! $3.99/lb today, boiled them, then shelled.

enjoy the pictures!

[dieselraver]

made some lobster rolls for lunch today. took a hot dog bun (a nice quality one from Arnolds) a nice big slab of butter, and heated it up in a shallow frying pan.


enjoy the pics!

[Ryan D]

Looks delicious as always.

[reddfoxx]

Ohh, those look good! I've been thinking about seafood a lot lately.

[dieselraver]

I apologize for not updating lately! I will post a few of my turkey I made on thanksgiving Facebook had a picture of a similar turkey so I decided to do it myself. enjoy!

picked up my turkey, dropped off some donations to the local church, my neighborhood was severely hit by Hurricane Sandy, we're pretty much coastal albeit just far enough inland. 5 minutes south, people were not so lucky.






getting ready to Brine



my brine.


if you want the ingredients post a comment!







3 day brine







My turkey with its bacon coat



Fresh Herb blend








mid roast






with a 30# turkey you can expect leftovers, so what to do? Turkey Pot Pie!






made some homemade waffles. if you want the recipe.... (you know what to do!)






a couple days ago I bought some pork bellies and decided to salt cure some bacon myself




marinated and ready to be pressed and stuck in the fridge for 7-10 days






also made some home made chicken soup with Matzo Balls!





thanks for looking!

[Syndicate]

...I've been watching this thread in awe for a minute now. Everything looks great, even the lobster (and I don't eat lobster). If I could get the recipes for your turkey brine, turkey pot pie, waffles, and chicken soup. Thanks man

[dieselraver]

...I've been watching this thread in awe for a minute now. Everything looks great, even the lobster (and I don't eat lobster). If I could get the recipes for your turkey brine, turkey pot pie, waffles, and chicken soup. Thanks man

absolutely! turkey Brine first i'll post the next ones later!
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup kosher salt
1 cup apple cider vinegar
3 sprigs fresh rosemary
1 head garlic
4 sprigs of fresh Thyme
3 Sprigs of fresh Chervil
1 halved lemon
4 bay leaves
1 handful peppercorns
1 vidalia onion
3 sprigs of fresh sage
about 1-3 gallons of water

combine all ingredients (except for all the water just use enough to fill a sauce pan) and bring to a simmer, allow to slightly bubble and remove from heat, fill a large pot with ice cubes and pour hot liquid over it so you can use the brine immediately. then fill giant zip loc bag (like the one pictured) until turkey is submerged.

brine 1-4 days but be sure to rinse turkey and pat dry when done brining bring turkey to room temp as well for about 1-2 hours before roasting, this will help the turkey to
1. dry out
2. come up in temp (much like a steak)

[Syndicate]

...cool, thanks man.

[dieselraver]

...cool, thanks man.

i know, i owe you the rest. i'll post em up soon! haven't had time to write them out! (Finals!)

[dieselraver]

did some stir fried noodles for lunch today.






went out for some dim sum and had some baby octopus a few days ago. fantastic!






last night made dinner. cooked a ham, brussel sprouts, fresh cranberry sauce, sauteed mushrooms, and made my own apple pie

enjoy the pics!

[dieselraver]

wanted to make a lattice apple pie today, try a different style of doing the filling. turned out pretty damn good!





also decided to make some Gnocchi for dinner.

[dieselraver]

decided to make homemade fish and chips for lunch today... I am so full

[dieselraver]

This morning was a new IHOP style recipe for pancakes. they turned out AMAZING. I never eat pancakes (hate em) today I had two.

[dieselraver]

Been practicing my bacon making skills, I've been wanting to do it for some time but never had the time to do it, so finally these last few weeks I got my curing salt and got to work, been curing with a simple mixture of brown sugar, kosher salt, curing salt, and maple syrup then finishing with some great mesquite wood chunks for 5-8 hour smokes.

here is the first batch, it was way too salty even after soaking for an hour in fresh water to rinse out the salt, I can post the process if anyone is interested.





this is after about 2 hours





this was after about 6 hours of smoke






the first batch came out too salty, it will be used for cooking, such as split pea soups, other things that call for bacon or salted pork, i'll use it for cooking moreso than breakfast meat.

the second batch was brined for substantially less time (about 1 1/2 days versus 5) and also a lot less salt was used and more maple/brown sugar was used instead. this bacon came out flavorful, smoky, with a strong taste of maple syrup. it's perfect!

[Ryan D]

I love this thread.

[Syndicate]

...homemade bacon, good stuff man

[dieselraver]

...homemade bacon, good stuff man

thank you sir!

made home made waffles and bacon for breakfast!

[dieselraver]

...I've been watching this thread in awe for a minute now. Everything looks great, even the lobster (and I don't eat lobster). If I could get the recipes for your turkey brine, turkey pot pie, waffles, and chicken soup. Thanks man

i just realized i owe you more recipes!!

try the waffle recipe first

3/4 cup flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup light weight oil (I use grapeseed)
1 pinch salt
1 tsp sugar
2 tbs maple syrup
1 egg seperated, whites beaten to stiff peaks
1 tsp vanilla
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp powder
1 cup buttermilk

sift dry ingredients together, beat whites in separate bowl to stiff peaks, (you will be folding this in later)

add wet ingredients and combine thoroughly, then FOLD in the egg whites.

put a liberal amount in waffle iron and enjoy!!


I promise you, this will be the last waffle recipe you will ever need. yield: about 20-24 waffles, (18 including quality control taste testing)

[Uber Dook]

How you like your brinkman smoker? I've got one as well and haven't used it yet. I got it to do butts/sausage/ect while I do ribs/brisket on my big boy smoker.

[dieselraver]

How you like your brinkman smoker? I've got one as well and haven't used it yet. I got it to do butts/sausage/ect while I do ribs/brisket on my big boy smoker.

considering i live in NYC with no back yard, use a propane BBQ b/c i have no where to put charcoal ashes, I LOVE IT. the brinkman is fantastic for smoking on concrete and takes up a small foot print. the smoker doesn't over heat which is what I worried about, (cooking the food instead of smoking it) I use a charcoal chimney to start up my natural wood charcoal and then add mesquite wood chunks to smoke away. I'd eventually like a larger drum style smoker with an offset fire box but that will have to wait until I get a larger house or move somewhere rural where i can throw away the ashes.

[noznab]

Just realized its been over a year and a half and I still look forward to new posts in this thread. Good stuff as always!

[dieselraver]

Just realized its been over a year and a half and I still look forward to new posts in this thread. Good stuff as always!

Appreciate the kind words!!! Sometimes I wonder if people actually follow or read this thread so it's nice to see people commenting (be it good or bad!)

[dieselraver]

Bought an entire slab of a pig, decided to make bacon for the family, they have been asking me forever to make them some so they can have it. enjoy the pics!






also, tonight was a beer night

[Syndicate]

i just realized i owe you more recipes!!

try the waffle recipe first

3/4 cup flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup light weight oil (I use grapeseed)
1 pinch salt
1 tsp sugar
2 tbs maple syrup
1 egg seperated, whites beaten to stiff peaks
1 tsp vanilla
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp powder
1 cup buttermilk

sift dry ingredients together, beat whites in separate bowl to stiff peaks, (you will be folding this in later)

add wet ingredients and combine thoroughly, then FOLD in the egg whites.

put a liberal amount in waffle iron and enjoy!!


I promise you, this will be the last waffle recipe you will ever need. yield: about 20-24 waffles, (18 including quality control taste testing)

...nice, thanks man. I'll give this a recipe a go this weekend.

[dieselraver]

It's my wife's birthday, so I made her breakfast in bed!

[Cooper]

You signed up on a barbeque web site to give the long-time barbeque people, many them with a commercial business, advice on how to barbeque?

"Yep! first time poster here ... I just want to share this little bit of advice to anyone who is interested in smoking ..."

[dieselraver]

You signed up on a barbeque web site to give the long-time barbeque people, many them with a commercial business, advice on how to barbeque?

"Yep! first time poster here ... I just want to share this little bit of advice to anyone who is interested in smoking ..."

lol not at all, that was in the welcome noobs thread, to the new people venturing out into the world of smoking, it was advice for first time smokers, not the old timers

[dieselraver]

made an entire side (of pig) of bacon. enjoy the pictures!

[ager_silvestris]

Bacon!

I am very interested in your process/recipe for the maple bacon. Looks amazing.

[dieselraver]

:eek: Bacon!

I am very interested in your process/recipe for the maple bacon. Looks amazing.

ahh very easy!

ingredients for cure

brown sugar
salt
molasses or maple syrup
seasonings (crushed bay leaf, peppercorns, etc)
pink salt (sodium Nitrate)

mix your cure and sprinkle liberally over pork bellies, place cure and meat in zip top bags leave in fridge for 3-7 days. i find the longer you leave it, the saltier the meat becomes. liquid will begin to accumulate after a day, flip the meat daily to allow cure to work itself into all the crevices of the meat. on last day, remove from liquid, soak in fresh water for 1-2 hours, remove from fresh water, allow to dry another day-2 days, this will form the pellicle. after this process, begin smoking for 1-8 hours. thats it!