Thread: What's for dinner tonight?

Originally Posted by chazoe60

I think I cracked the code for the perfect grilled cheese sandwich. It's gonna sound crazy but trust me. This needs to be cooked on a griddle or a cast iron pan.
The ingredients are
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I can only eat a half of one so I use 2 ritz with cream cheese while a whole sandwich would require 4 Ritz and cream cheese.

I just tried it on a lark and holy shit is it yummy. Also, one key is to put a sauce pan over the first slice of bread while just the cheddar is laid in top, this traps the heat in assuring you get a good melt on the cheese without burning the bread. Just a tip from your local gourmet

Interesting…… hmmm

And I do the pan cover on the first side too…. Works like a charm!

Kids bought us a smoker for Christmas. We've used it a couple times, but the wife is busy at work (late nights) so I just picked up some Papa Murphy's pizza.

$10 Tuesdays FTW on any large pizza!

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

Kids bought us a smoker for Christmas. We've used it a couple times, but the wife is busy at work (late nights) so I just picked up some Papa Murphy's pizza.

$10 Tuesdays FTW on any large pizza!

Joe, you can use the smoker without Mrs. BJ's supervision.

Originally Posted by NightTrainLayne

Joe, you can use the smoker without Mrs. BJ's supervision.

You sure about that?

Originally Posted by NightTrainLayne

Joe, you can use the smoker without Mrs. BJ's supervision.

Originally Posted by dogfish

You sure about that?

Yep. Ended up burning the damn pies. I'm at my best in the kitchen/cooking cleaning up.

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

Kids bought us a smoker for Christmas. We've used it a couple times, but the wife is busy at work (late nights) so I just picked up some Papa Murphy's pizza.

$10 Tuesdays FTW on any large pizza!

Wife was in there the other day and commented on how the kids working there were so nice and I was like yeah of course they were, they know how easy they have it since they don't even have to cook the damn pizzas.

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

Yep. Ended up burning the damn pies. I'm at my best in the kitchen/cooking cleaning up.

Oh wow. What a disaster.

Originally Posted by NightTrainLayne

Oh wow. What a disaster.

Growing up with a cooking mom and 4 sisters (total of 7 kids) didn't help my cooking skills, other than cleaning up the table and doing the dishes.

In all fairness though, our smoker has static temperatures. The pizza's were supposed to be cooked at 425, but I only had 400 or 450. After putting them on the smoker, it was only showing 407, so I left it at 450 (dumb). 15 minutes later (instructions said 18-20), they were "crispy". Also, the Mediterranean chicken one was basically on a tortilla.

Beyond burger, and carrot fries with ranch. I gotta say, the carrot fries are my freakin' jam right now. I love these damn things. So good.

Your boy had some chicken tenders.

Originally Posted by Buff

First sentence I was in! Second sentence chased me away - that is like the holy trinity of overpowering ingredients that can ruin a dish for me. Only missing Saffron.

Not overpowering?

Missed this! Not overpowering at all. It was like vague notes you had to discern. I used one cinnamon stick and removed it. Same with cloves. It just made it savory. Backup vocals. Had to think about it to notice it.

I'll reach for the saffron next time.

I'm a fan of the cinnamon/clove/coriander stock so far. I used it again in another dish.

I whipped up a Shrimp Diablo pasta this evening. It was pretty amazing.

Originally Posted by NightTrainLayne

I whipped up a Shrimp Diablo pasta this evening. It was pretty amazing.

Diablo pasta on Ash Wednesday?