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Food Thread: Texas! And Low Country Boil And Other Good Things...Obviously my subtle efforts to introduce Sous Vide cooking to The Horde have borne fruit, because this was the wonderful door prize I received at the world famous Texas Moron Meet-up! It's a total hoot, as many people have already mentioned, but damn...the food was good too! But before I describe it I have to mention Ben Had's friend "Bryon," who cooked Friday's and Saturday's main courses. He used one of these, which as you can see is designed specifically for roasting whole pigs. But he managed to cook marinated pork loin for one night and pork shoulder for the next night without skipping a beat. Very different than cooking a whole pig, but he managed it with aplomb, seemingly without a care in the world, even when his temperature probe gave up the ghost halfway through the first cook. And worst of all he had some loudmouth from the East coast who fancied himself a good cook, chirping in his ear about temperature and time and oh no...it's not going to work. Luckily Bryon was smarter than the jabbering bounder and ignored him, because the end result was excellent. Ben Had made a very nice, very subtle chile and crema dipping sauce that went perfectly with the loin, and the pork shoulder was served with a soffritto that went wonderfully! There were also some sides that stood out, in particular an eggplant dish made by Stephen Price Blair that is in a very famous cookbook! There was also a hominy dish made by some unknown master of the culinary arts that was simple and delicious. Oh...Posole! I can't forget the posole made by Jack Sucio. But he is a dastardly rascal who promised to send me the recipe but hasn't, so please hector him until he does, because it was also pretty damned fine eating. Good friends, good food, good guns, and good weather. It's hard not like Texas when you have all of those things under one roof! From "Inspector Cussword" comes the recipe for a really, really tasty dish that he was kind enough to bring to the Texas Meet-up, and best of all was thoughtful enough to save some for me because I was pursuing chicken fried steak and was late for lunch! Ok, here’s my recipe. It’s not actually carne adovada – that’s braised. I twice roast it (3 times if I’m fancy) but don’t braise it really unless you count the last part as braise instead of partially oven-fried. I guess you could call it carne dos veces asada, but that’s a lot of words. Or Carne de Profanidad (meat of profanity) might work since I’m Inspector Cussword. And because it takes a lot of work. I used to do all of the below except for the meat prep – I’d just slow cook it and shred it but my youngest can’t eat shredded meat so I made this to give it a lot more toothiness. (If this is too much work, just put the shoulder in a slow cooker with some broth for about 4 hours and shred it, then dump in the chile sauce/paste) Take a 10 lb pork shoulder. Debone it. What the hell is "falernum?" A cordial made from an infusion of citrus, spices, nuts and sugar, falernum adds an irreplaceable zing to classics like the Rum Swizzle, Royal Bermuda Yacht Club and Navy Grog, and while a few commercial versions are available on the market, it's surprisingly simple to whip up at home.I don't drink any of those things, and I have no particular desire to start, but I guess it might be an interesting ingredient to play around with...but I'm not making my own, that's for damned sure. [Hat Tip: redc1c4] Commenter "Bitter Clinger" fancies himself a Gulf-State Southerner, and while his bona fides may be suspect, that does look like it would be quite tasty. We had our traveling missionary in town for her stateside tour to update the congregations on the work she was doing in the mission field. My local fishmonger had some grouper that looked fantastic...I couldn't resist. But way too many of the recipes I found drowned it in spices, which is a shame for such a nice fish. So I winged it...my favorite sort of cooking. I had some grape tomatoes of various colors, garlic, basil, and butter. Lots and lots of butter. I did the simplest thing I could imagine; I rough-chopped the tomatoes and threw them into a pan with tons of butter. After a few minutes added some minced garlic, and then when that was fragrant a bit of fresh chopped basil. As for the fish? Sautéed in a hot pan with even more butter, then into a 350 degree oven to finish. Topped with the tomato stuff and it was a great dish, simple to cook, and almost foolproof. Bluebell sent me a great and easy recipe for pork belly. I have mentioned it before, and probably included a photo or two, but I just made it again because I saw nice looking pork belly at a local market. As most of you know, that's often how I cook...whatever looks good rather than what I decide upon before I go shopping. Anyway, it's easy. In fact the only remotely difficult step is cutting the grid into the skin. You will need a sharp knife!
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