Been using the crap outta the air fryer. It's awesome for wings, panko crusted shrimp, chicken nuggets and tenders, fish sticks, etc.

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Seriously considering an air fryer.

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Just don't keep one at your desk, especially if you've got a Rogers Park Karen in your office.

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I once got busy in a Sur la Table bathroom

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No I mean I've been freezing leftovers or using them in other dishes. Blackened bananas are now used to make bread/muffins. We had a small piece of chicken left from Saturday, so I cut that up and put into a can of soup for lunch.

Had some assorted bites of burger, chicken, pork that I had been throwing into the same container in the freezer, thawed it and dumped into a turkey chili I made about ten days ago.

A vacuum sealer would actually make sense as I could grill a fuckton of food and then heat up individual plates whenever, but with what is going on right now we are really trying to not spend any $ on anything we don't eat or drink just in case one of us loses work in the near future.

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for the next message board eating contest we need to replace Mcnuggets with the assorted bites of food Frank keeps frozen in a tupperware.

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They are not really bites. But like half a burger, or 2/3 of a porkchop. Not enough for a meal, but too much to throw away.

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Is Frank taking up an apprenticeship with hnd? Could make for some good cooking threads...

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Yeah, that does not happen in our house. My wife hates leftovers as a general rule.

Much of it goes down the disposal.






By disposal, I mean down the throats of our 3 150lb dogs.

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shit, i've been doing the opposite- i think i got carry out 4 times last week.

I usually make brick red roux. It's a two beer process on relatively moderate heat in a solid bottomed pot with a wood paddle. Never leaving it alone and focusing on the smell. You want nutty. Stirring virtually the entire time. Scorch it and you gotta start over completely.

It's a 25-30 minute process, but I only make it for gumbo.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

So, is it like half a burger you cut with a knife, or half a burger you were eating?

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I don't remember half the time if I'm hiding or I'm lost

Anything saved was un-eaten and cut with untensils.

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Frank is probably one of those people who take a donut at work and cut it in half

And you've seen me before, Bagels. Much like RPB and his medium coffee, I've never had half a donut in my life.

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Did a really simple dinner, including a fantastic gravy.

Picked up a rotisserie chicken from Costco. The last time I bought one, I dumped out all the liquid in the bottom of the plastic bottom...while doing that, I kinda had an epiphany. Use the drippings for a sauce.

Today I dumped the liquids into a pan, added about an equal amount of chicken bone broth(also from costco) and some water.

I added about half a stick of butter and started heating it.

As it simmered, I sprinkled and stirred Wondra into it.

Let it reduce, salted and peppered to taste.

At the same time I boiled about 12 baby potatoes (costco).

When the potatoes were done I plated them, smashed them with a fork, smeared some Irish butter on them, salt and pepper to taste...then poured some gravy on them.

Rotisserie chicken also got a pour of the gravy.

Total cost, probably less than $2 per plate.

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I'm doing this tonight and saving til tomorrow.

Homemade Onion Dip.

No Lipton soup.

I'm substituting Greek yogurt for the sour cream and mayo.

My wife turned me on to that trick...and it's virtually indistinguishable from my standard sour cream dip.


https://youtu.be/IKnTtTyuFts

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Bolognese and steamed artichokes with lemon butter tonight. Artichokes kill my colon but willing to sacrifice for my wife

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I'm going to be experimenting with that next week when I get some plain yogurt from Aldi. I may use non Greek plain though as i want to use it for vegetables and dont mind it being thinner.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

You know, I bought the non Greek, plain yogurt. So that's what I'm using too.

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Ok, I made it. It's very labor intensive, stirring those onions.

I used plain, white vinegar and a splash of wine. 2% plain yogurt.

Otherwise, I used the same ingredients.

The onions were still a little stringy, so I put them in a Ninja smoothie cup and pureed them.

Consensus: AMAZING!

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https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/25601 ... gie-salad/

Made that yesterday -- it was pretty good -- I didn't serve on lettuce, just ate the veggies as they were. One pan cleanup is nice too.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Virtual Sedar last night with 17 relatives on ZOOM. I didn't cook anything, but it was cool to see all the different improv Sedar plates. Lots of dog bones being used to replace the lamb shank. My parents used a toy chicken drumstick. A buddy of mine sent me a pic of his, he used a stinky bud from his kid's stash as the bitter herb.

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trying to get rid of some of the beans we have around here I made a Mexican bean dip. essentially just dump salsa, can of beans, cream cheese and cheddar cheese in a pot and cook for an hour or so. I mashed it up and added some water b/c it was pretty thick. the salsa was HOT and the whole concoction did a number on my lower GI.

2/4 stars.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Ribs tonight in the smoker.

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Made a great teriyaki sauce from a video I saw on Youtube:

1 cup soy sauce
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup pineapple juice
4 garlic cloves, chopped finely
About the same amount of ginger, chopped finely
1 tablespoon of chili-garlic sauce (same brand as the rooster sriracha)

Marinated some chicken thighs with most of the sauce and reduced the rest in a small pan to make a glaze. Put the chicken on skewers and grilled.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz_d4z68lCQ

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I made some amazing baked beans the other day. Bush's, about 1.5lbs thick cut bacon, 3 or 4 kirkland beef hotdogs sliced. Brown sugar, bbq sauce, mustard, molasses, magic dust rub.

Bake it all for about 4 hours.

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Made this last night, just threw it together from shit I had in freezer and pantry, and the kids loved it:

Bootleg Chicken Pot Pie

I took a glass oven pan (about 10 inches suare) and oiled it u with olive oil
I took one chicken breast per person, cut it into 1 inch pieces.
Dropped a box of scalloped potatoes in it, put the chicken on that, and sprinkled in teh scalloped potatoe mix on top of that
Dumped a bunch of frozen green beans, carrots, and peas on top of that
Added in chopped garlic, dried onion, some onion poweder, some garlic poweder, and pepepr
Took a can of campbell's cream of chicken soup (plus one can of water) and dumped that over the top.
Topped off everything with a thick (maybe 1/8 inch) layer of italian-seasoned breadcrumbs

Cook at 350 for 45 minutes if thawed, 80 minutes if frozen.

Boom. Kids absolutely loved it!

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We Now Know That JOE BIDEN has been COMPROMISED by CHINA! (let that sink in)

Election 2020-The Largest Fraud in the History of Mankind.

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