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Making the tortillas. Using the press... To smash 'em flat: And then cook 'em: Cook the steak after marinating in the mojo. No grill shot because it was dark out: Plated, and topped with some Pico de Gallo: Butter Kuchen for dessert, just to mash up cultures:

Inspired by the current blizzard warning I thought I'd better get that grill working. The only thing I'll be working for the next few days is the snowblower. I had a piece of round steak in the fridge freezer and this morning I decided it was time to get rid of it. Next question how? Decided to grind it with an onion and make burgers. Dress it up with some Provolone cheese, onions, relish and Burger Bomb Sriracha from Williams and Sonoma. The sauce was a gift and my first experience. I loved it. Plated.

Beautiful snow shots.. I do miss the snow. Drove up the mountain this weekend to a retreat with Sai.. The rice valley views never get old. It's rainy season here so it's a bit green!

We got some snow in the last series of storms a week ago. Now we are back to normal.

The title of this thread made me think it was about another topic......

Pan seared some crab cakes (Phillip's Crab House) in my homemade ghee last night. Definitely gave them a nice buttery crust. Dang they were good.

I'm pretty sure this is an all-time daily record for the forum for any month.. 822 Unique IP visits one day! Even more impressive because it's mid-winter not June. Thanks all.. This is the StatCounter screen shot from this last week. 7 day average 600 per day This is the StatCounter screen shot from this last week Last Year. 7 day average 372 per day I'd say we are killing it! Can't wait to see this spring and summer..

We're staying on a working cattle and sheep ranch. The owner came by the other day dropped off some racks of lamb. I must say these are the most trimmed and cared for chops I have ever seen. They were vacuumed packaged in sets of four. This is my first experience with American lamb, I normally buy lamb from down under. I must say it was pretty darn good. So they looked like this Seasoned with S&P, onion and garlic powder. And I really like rosemary on lamb. I like to put rosemary on the grill and cook/smoke the meat over it. While the lamb rest the veggies go on. After the rest. I forgot to get a plated shot but, here's one mid-meal. That little sumpin in the background might have something to do with the missing platted shot! Thanks for looking.

Well, a big thanks to Aussie Ora for the care package that arrived yesterday. More fun from Down Under! Gonna try a couple tonight on some roasted cauliflower and a hasselback potato. Can't wait to try the Bush Lamb and the Lemon Myrtle Coconut Chili sauce.

@cschaaf & @Aussie Ora - can't resist poking the bear?

Seen their recipes on the their site some look interesting I dare say it would be a beginner class with some of those recipes .I seen down here someone charging $250 for basic kamado classes .I don't think I could help myself and would be butting in lol try it this way lol Outback Kamado Bar and Grill

Aussie, here is a new mug for you.

This forum is going to hell. First posts about smoking pot and now Mexican coke! I had to double check and make sure I was at the correct site.

Quite possibly the best line in that video is "I am right handed, but I pound left handed".......

You would not believe it it's been raining and cold all day down here need a winter meal lol I mixed up some sumac,cumin and flourgave the shanks a light coating of oilput my dutch oven on the stove with some oil dipped the shanks in the flour mixture and gave them a quick braise took them out and added some spring and normal onion gave them a quick cookI then added some chicken stock and red wine with some rosemary, thyme and Tasmanian pepper saltthen some plum jam gave it a good stirand put the shanks inlet it come to the boil and simmer for ten minutesand on it goes at a temp of 315 stay tuned lol Outback Kamado Bar and Grill

Thought I would try a vegemite chook there are heaps of recipes for it so I cleaned up my chook and let it drain on my kj beer can .this is the only good thing for it these days lolcut it up I then mixed some vegemite with some butter Gave it a good mixand rubbed it under the skin legs and breastthen the topand gave it a nice coating of thisI par boiled some veggies and gave them some pepper salt and duck fatand on it goesstay tuned lol Outback Kamado Bar and Grill

KK Instagram hits 9,000 followers Thanks for all your help Bosco/Ryan..

Nice! I like good Tequila. The gulp of Mexico!

All of that is awesome. You're going to love it.

As usual...knocked it out of the park! Great looking burger. So the Burger Bomb Sriracha didn't turn it into a Belly Bomb?

Saw this mentioned in the new issue of Milk Street Magazine. Looks like a spiffy idea, especially for those of us with large numbers of cookbooks. Going to try the free membership. https://www.eatyourbooks.com/

HalfSmoke I'm thinking about changing my name.

Wow! Better up my game on my cooks. People are watching!

Saw the knife first thing in the picture, weird huh? I'd be drooling all over this one, but a new Mexican restaurant opened here a little over a week ago and they are making their own masa from scratch - CRAZY! Been twice already. Food is just killer! Bar list has a full page of Mezcals and Tequilas.

About 45 minutes if not during rush hour.. Sometimes you look out the window and the light is just right and you have stop get out to take your 45th thousand shot of a favorite vista..

I come from a land down under-lol

You outdid yourself with that cook Aussie - fantastic.

Do you speak my language he just smiled and gave her a vegemite sandwich lol Outback Kamado Bar and Grill

The only vegemite I want is the words from that 80's song-lol No good looking chicken and I would have tried some for sure!! Garvin

I'm Goin to bite the bullet in the next month and get the KK smoker .I love the pot but can see so many possibilities with the smoker .wondering if I can cut up fruit wood in small cubes if it would work. Outback Kamado Bar and Grill

the colour looks great buddy! I hope you and the fam enjoyed it!

Nothing wrong with that meal. Looks great.

Mrs skreef was watching that video so I ended up wasting more of my life watching it again. He said he was going to pound the dough with his left hand. I thought he was going to break out a kitchen mallet and pound the dough. Or at the least throw it back and fourth between his hands. No pounding just stretching. A self described "foodie". As a "foodie" if that's the best you can do with pizza ..........

@Garvinque - THIS is Butter Kuchen.

No snow at my place. But we have received lots of rain. The pictures are of Clearlake CA. It is roughly 68 square miles in size. Here is a picture of our marina from 1/19/2017 And here is one 4 days later on 1/23/2017

Looks really good!

Ghee is Indian Vegemite...... well kinda......

Mate, did you blend up the chook meat and spread it on some toast?

Hey Aussie next time you cook that please invite me over for dinner lol

Was just about to push the "buy" button when I realized I'll be arriving home late the night before after a grueling week of work on the road. I'll likely be begging the fam to spoon feed me something with Vegemite that day. Will have to keep an eye on their class schedule for another opportunity.

I'm not even going to read it. I have a smoke pot and use it on occasion. When it gets heated up properly it works good. I still want to get a cold smoker and try that.

Looks good even if it doesn't sound good - LOL

it all looks goidand platedyou don't tate the vegemite bit like soy but helps crisp the skin tasted so good Outback Kamado Bar and Grill

Yup! Like @tony b said^^^^. If this was a young engineer on one of my project teams doing such shoddy work, they'd at least be "counseled" (in White House speak), if not drummed out of the corp. That it's John propagating this nonsense on his own site...it just validates my earlier post about forums and terrorist cells being related.

Well 2 hours in took them offtook the lamb shanks outmixed up a bit of corn flour with the sauce and thickened it up and put the shanks back in to simmerand plated with spring onion chick pea mashed potatoe drizzled with some sauce tate bloody awesome the plum jam takes this to another level Outback Kamado Bar and Grill

One hour in just gave them a stir and bastegive them another hour and they will be ready going to take the shanks out and cook the sauce a bit more to thicken up then serve with mashed potatoe with chick peas and spring onion mixed in and drizzled with the sauce can't wait lol Outback Kamado Bar and Grill

Sliced and plated. With roasted beats and cauliflower mash.

Broke down and got the full sized sampler pack of the Lane's rubs. They added their latest one - QNami, to the mix. Highly recommend it!