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@tekobo after going through all 3 books yesterday I found that I liked the most recipes from Francis Malmans book, then Lennox Hastie and Sean Brocks 3rd, however this morning I forgot I had a great southern book Jubilee that I hadn’t gotten into and I spent time diving into that book. It has by far the most recipes I’ll be trying out in the future. If you haven’t heard of it I would recommend checking it out

@Tyrus you see the world through a very interesting set of spectacles my friend and I always appreciate your contributions on threads I’m involved in. Thank you kind sir

Great looking meat...is that a flat top griddle? Didn’t know you had one

@jonj @Braai-Q totally agree! Who takes their kids to Hooters when they are 10? My brother was 6. My wife and I talk about this stuff, she’s amazed how I tuned out given my upbringing. I remember going to Marbella when I was 17 with my parents and my Dad complaining the whole time and wanting to eat at McDonalds all the time

@tekobo I was catching up on your funky old cow thread and are your pics of your books it made me chuckle. This is my countertop this morning. My mission is to research done creative dishes particularly side dishes to go with my upcoming butcher box I told my wife it’s gonna be 5 days of great food and I’m gonna try some new things 🤞

@Braai-Q one of my buddies who lives in the Southeastern US posted this on Facebook from a BBQ group he’s in. I don’t know anything about gator, we don’t get that kind of meat where I live. Sharks are about as fearsome as we get @Basher I’ve tried alligator before at a Hooters in Florida when I was in 5th grade on a Disneyworld trip with my family and to this at I still remember telling my Dad it tasted like chicken strips. Im pretty sure that nobody ate gator skin photo is definitely altered, but good for a laugh nonetheless

In case you were ever wondering what a bacon wrapped alligator with a chicken in it's mouth looked like, now you know. 🐊 Would you give this a go? Anything is better with bacon, right?🥓 Photo credited to Alixmcalpine

@tekoboand I thought I was fancy! Beautiful looking pizza!

Tried to step up my pizza game tonight. Started off by brushing the dough with olive oil and sprinkling with sea salt prior to adding toppings. Can’t believe I haven’t been doing this for 9 months, it makes such a big difference in the quality of the crust then moved on to some more adventurous pizzas. First up was a arugula, prosciutto, Parmesan & burrata pizza finished with a balsamic glaze drizzle......WOW. Really great pizza. Tossed the arugula in olive oil and lemon before topping to give it some acid next up my favorite pizza of all the time that the bar by my house in downtown San Diego was famous for. Mashed potato & bacon. I made some garlic, Parmesan & chive mashed potatoes and simply topped it with crispy bacon. I know it sounds gross but 100% of the people I’ve ever seen eat this combo love it. Try it out. Impress your friends! 😀

@Braai-Qthat looks absolutely amazing!

@Basher what an awesome spread! Happy birthday to the Mrs.

Perfect tri tip @Adam Ag 98. I’m a big fan of tri tip & horseradish

Looks like a nice score!

So shutdowns have commenced in San Diego this week. No more outdoor dining, take out only. The nicest steak restaurant in the City is selling these butcher packs to clear generate revenue so I ordered this bad boy to pick up next Friday

Had a bunch of leftover pork butt and also happened to stumble upon the chili thread this morning when I was up before the rest of my house so I made some chili today recipe included ground beef, dark red kidney beans, black beans, corn, green & red bell peppers, sweet onion, garlic, chili powder, cumin, salt, pepper, beef bone broth, Worcester sauce, jalapeño & a chipotle Chile in adobo sauce Made some homemade cornbread with my secret ingredient (sour cream) to keep them moist and creamy simmered over low heat for 6 hours

@Tyrus I’m a fan of the Bavette cut . Looks like you cooked it about perfectly

@RokDokalways been a fan of Lonely Planet country guides https://www.lonelyplanet.com/mexico they do a good job of providing historical info as well as budget, moderate abs high Eve accommodations and dining for all places. I used this extensively on my RTW trip and I still purchase an updated Lonely Planet book to this day if I’m going on a big international trip. It’s a excellent starting point and resource i don’t know how you survive that couch fabric experience that would drive me nuts

Made a care package of pulled pork sandwiches for the 11 teachers at my kids preschool. Each bag had a bottle of BBQ sauce, bag of cole slaw, bag of pulled pork and bag of Hawaiian rolls. cooked 3 bone in pork butts on my 32 KK. Took a lot longer than normal and had double drip pan on lower grate. Started at 215 for 6 hours, then took it up to 245 for 7 hours, then wrapped and finished at 275 for two hours. Finished in broiler for extra crispyness

@tekobo that is an excellent idea. You can fly from Tijuana to just about any place in Mexico, Central & South America. In fact many smart travelers in Souther CA fly internationally out of Tijuana because it is so much cheaper than flying out of LAX. They actually have a parking garage/escalator that takes you straight from San Diego to the Tijuana international gate, perhaps a sojourn down to Tulum, over to the Caribbean then back home to the UK? Lots of possibilities there. From TJ to Carribean there a lot of possibilities and it’s relatively cheap (or at least was). When you start planning I’d love to help. The best thing to do in CA is drive the CA 1 from SF to Santa Barbara. I’m sure there’s direct London to SF, drive down the coast to San Diego, head to Valle de Guadalupe, down to Tulum, over to the Caribbean, then back to UK. Geez! You got my travel bug juices flowing again!

@Braai-Q yes the number is irrelevant and highly subjective, anything on the list is great. But yes it was Central & Maido. And I was planning on taking a Peruvian cooking class, but all those things will happen in time. The real fear is restaurants closing. Here in the US they are not getting any Federal support abs now with another wave of closure many of the great independent restaurants that have lasted this long are closing. I drive around San Diego the other day to parts of the City I used to live in but haven’t been too in awhile and was shocked at how many of my favorite craft beer bars and restaurants had closed down.

@RokDok the food is nice looking but it’s not a setting like fancy restaurants. It’s more outdoor, more communal but still high quality. That’s what I like about it abs truth he told if I go to a nice dinner with my wife in San Diego I’m spending $100 with food abs wine. For a little bit more abs a drive south I can have a mini vacation and dine world class @Braai-Q I also believe that travel will be restrictive when things open up. People will have to show vaccination cards etc potentially. My wife is Peruvian and we had a trip schedule for March 26 of this year to go to Peru and we were gonna get married there civilly so I could get a Peruvian passport, but that got cancelled (airline still hasn’t give me my money back either) and I had reservations at the worlds number 5 & 10 restaurants in Lima that also got cancelled Central https://www.centralrestaurante.com.pe Maido https://maido.pe https://www.theworlds50best.com/list/1-50 https://www.theworlds50best.com/latinamerica/en/list/1-50

@tony b I thought you’d be happy to have something to sink your teeth into, a good distraction from this crazy world we’re in right now the Anthony bourdain episode is worth watching. I looked for it on YouTube and couldn’t find it but it’s on the Apple store for $2.99. Worth investing in that episode prior to planning a cross country or international trip

@tony b flat iron is one of my favorite cuts. They say it’s second most tender after filet. Looks great as always

Here some more reading material https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/foodies-can-find-mexican-culinary-oasis-just-south-border-n788116 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/travel/travel-mexico-baja-california-wine-country.html and Anthony Bourdain visited in 2012 https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/anthony-bourdain/episodes/baja

Here are the last two itineraries I made for our trip in 2018 and for my 40th in 2019. My wife likes to know where we are going so she can look up the places on her phone to see the pictures of the food so I started making these the last two trips. These couple pages represent many hours of research so please enjoy. You literally cannot go wrong if you utilize these Valle de Guadelupe 2018.docx Troy’s 40th Itinerary_2019.docx