Couples Cooking...the Cataract Surgery Episode
Now, it has been a while since I wrote of the efforts to blend two different cooking methods. One method, A's, is a timed function. B's is to look at whatever food is cooking. (Please note: B is the one who had the surgery and lo, and behold, can now actually SEE.)This has led to many lively discussions between A and B whilst cooking, especially grilling.
So, in order to keep B's eyes from getting smoked, A took the 4th place batter for the clean up position.
Now, A hasn't taken the lead on grilling for over a year, just sat back, lent moral support to B, and hoped for the best, expected the worst. In fact, A learned to LOVE sitting in a chair, sipping cold beer, telling B "what a great job you are doing" sort of stuff.
Well, tonight, A stepped up to the plate. Flipped by timer, and did something B would NEVER consider: set the steaks off heat to cook more thoroughly after putting the grill marks on both sides. And timed it.
VOILA! The rib eyes were perfect.
B had to admit to perfection, but did not concede to A's method. I suppose B thought those steaks could undergo any goober heavy handed raw meat to fire method.
Anyway, it distracted A and B from wars, ecocide, politics, and pandemic.
And the point of posting this was to distract you readers from the horrors we all see coming.
A is so happy B can see, and cook by sight, and A has made the executive decision that B will do lots and lots of cooking by sight.
After all, seeing is believing.
Comments
Lol
I cook by timer, earthling2 cooks by braille.
She does crockpot, I do dutch oven.
She, teflon. Me cast iron.
Don't know how, but we eat well.
Thanks for letting us know we are not alone.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
It is very crazy fun.
Tasks are broken down by sous chef and chef lines. Whoever is the sous, they insist that they get at least 120% of the credit for the perfect meal.
Those tomatoes were perfectly sliced. The rub on those pork chops was perfect. The touch of cayenne is what set off the stew. And so on.
I suppose when you live in the country where good restaurants and good entertainment venues are very far away, you make up for it by entertaining yourselves.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Cooking is a great activity...
...and like all arts is a personal skill.
Like the old saying goes - the proof is in the pudding, or in this case the steak.
Bet the meal was enjoyed by all! Happy cooking (and distraction)!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
It was wonderful.
As I say in the comment above, we are an hour or more from a quality restaurant. Over an hour to a concert venue. We have taken the COVID stay-away-from-people seriously, and made the cooking fun.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Kale Redux
I removed every stem, chopped the kale and steamed it for longer than I would steam anything else.
Tonight it goes into a jerk chicken recipe made yesterday and the kale addition, plus the other veggies already cooked and with the chicken and spices, will create kind of a stew.
How bad can it be? Actually, I am optimistic.
NYCVG
Did you cook by timer or sight?
I hope you develop a taste for kale. It is highly praised as an antioxidant.
A is prone to Southern dishes, such as turnip greens and cornbread. B turns up the nose
We wholeheartedly agree we must eat Tex-Mex food once a week!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Cooking by feel
tonight it was chopping up leftover pork loin and red onion, heated in oil with a cast iron pot on the grill (too hot to cook inside). Then spooned in a bunch of pre-cooked red beans, some chicken bone broth, pared roasted sweet corn and a heaping helping of home grown tomatoes, chopped.
Served with hot sauce, shredded sharp cheddar and tortilla chips. Yumm! Who needs restaurants anyway?
question everything
Sounds delicious!
How did you roast the corn?
And what hot sauce? Was it a hot Mexican type?
A got hooked on sweet yellow onions developed by Texas A&M years ago, 409's, and use them, or similar sweet yellow,exclusively. B is hooked on them now.
Did you do the grill alone, or with a sous chef? Was anyone there to give you encouragement and moral support? LOL!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981