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Cucumber is better than lettuce on a BLT.

Cost per person, $5.10 8 oz of bacon per person.

I was pretty sure the manufacturer they were clueless when I saw them priced at $1.49 at the most expensive tiny grocery store in town.

I can’t answer that. That’s between you and your therapist or prompt designer.

This is the first time ever making beef cheeks. I don’t even remember if I’ve had it before, but it was amaaaaazing. Just falls apart and so melty. You’d think it was marbled with fat to make it that way, but I think it’s all of the connective tissues (collagen?) in the cheeks that just melt when you cook it for hours.

At hour 7, I rolled the cheeks over in the juice, and the fork was like a hot knife to butter 🤤

I don’t know how my butcher got such big cheeks (lol..) but they were over 450g raw.. So I slow cooked them on high for 9 hours. Worth it.

My plating was no bueno, but you can zoom in and see how luscious the meat is. My stick blender also carked it part way through, so I ended up with bits of unblended carrot, onion, and celery in the gravy. Mashed red potatoes and green beans on the side.

Going to bed happy tonight.

https://www.recipetineats.com/slow-cooker-red-wine-beef-cheeks/

I’ve decided that cheeks are one of my favourite cuts! I also love the tail, but the prices here have really gone up for those. What used to be a “poor man’s” cut is now right up there in cost. :(

Like what FauxPseudo said (I don’t know how to tag people :( ), I feel like so many things can be slow cooked and turn out amazing. It’s just finding the right flavours to suit your tastes!

And thank you. :)

Yah, if I didn’t raise them, I wouldn’t be enjoying steak very often. I just about fell down when I saw the price in the store. We’re doing well on price for live shipped cattle these days, but I can see why we had a lot of “family” looking for butchered halves this year. But not a lot of people want to chew off $3500 for a full half in one purchase.

Bechamel sauce made with mild cheddar.

Cost per person $1.86

I think not technically bechamel, but when I make it like that I love adding some extra pepper

There is a fair amount of fresh cracked black pepper and a little bit of red pepper flakes in the mix.

Drives me mad, as a brit living in America, that need shepherds pie over here is usually beef.

This week’s episode of Tasting History immediately reminded me of this comment, ha.

This week’s episode of Tasting History immediately reminded me of this comment, ha.

https://startrek.website/pictrs/image/faf98a3b-4d51-4bde-b942-e6f47578dafc.jpeg

And I made my sauce too

Ok the sauce was improvising.

Take a can of peeled whole tomatoes, I take san marzano tomatoes

Squash them with your hands.

Cook some chop onions (¹⁄₂ is enough) maybe 2-3 minutes so the onion don’t burn, add 3 garlic cloves and ¹⁄₂ tablespoons of crushed red pepper (less if you want something less hot). Cook a 2min at mid-low heat

Add the tomatoes, add some basil leaf (I used 4 or 5). Let simmer at low for 15 to 20 min (even less). Taste and adjust.

Blend everything to the preferred consistency

Looks AMAZING!!!

I would do more cheese though, but that’s because I have issues and am addicted to cheese lol

I have a hangover. I bought these little single slices of spam in a CVS on a trip to the US recently. You also need to get Pam imported from the states as you can’t buy it here. There were also frozen hashbrown triangles baking in the oven at the time of this photo, and a slice of sourdough bread in the toaster.

🥓

so its called a non-stick cooking spray.

the egg on the can is just to indicate what a lot of people use it to keep from sticking.

its basically a fine vegetable oil under compression in an aresol can like a spray paint pan.

psshh you spray it on your frying pan and it creates a fine layer of oil so food doesnt stick

She wanted salad with pizza. I wanted pizza with salad.

I wanted to use up the last of the anchovies from the anchovy butter. She hates anchovies.

Total cost is $11 but there is a price per person asymmetry so it’s not $5.50 per person.

Putting veggies in a caesar salad would get you a spanking

It looks like Cole slaw without the mayo. Weight watchers Cole slaw

Thanks ;)

Thank you for the context. I genuinely thought OP was having a stroke

Or imaginary bacon if you use the right axis.

You rock!

I heard some people do it by the sound the squash makes when knocked

I’ll ‘knock your squash,’ and the night won’t even hear it! :D

Nothing goes over my head, i have very good reflexes