Bad Start But Tasty Ending to the Day.

[MacKenzie]

Planned for a dinner at noon but when I went out to the ODK there were hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of those Asian Beetles, aka as Stink Bugs.

They were all over everything including me.  They are a recent addition to the wild life around here.

I had to wait until the temp. dropped and the sun went down to do this cook. In the meantime I decided to make some sourdough bread with toasted pumpkin and sunflower seeds.

This dough is ready for bed

and now for a nap.

Baked.

Sliced.

Now for the squash. Clean out the seeds, etc. and a little butter and maple syrup. Cover with foil back at 425F for an hour or until the pulp is soft.

Baked.

Cured this large pork chop for 24 hours then washed it out for a few hours, dried it off and left it uncovered in the fridge overnight. Sprinkled with a little granulated garlic, pepper and paprika.

On the KK until the internal temp. was 146F

Did a quick sear.

Done.

Plated with twice baked potato, squash and pickled beets.

The interior has that pink colour of cured meat. Tastes more like ham than a pork chop.

 

 

 

 

Edited October 10, 2017 by MacKenzie

[5698k]

Mac, my guess is that if you cooked some of those bugs they’d be great!


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

[BIGSHEP]

Nice cook it looks great. 

[MacKenzie]

Thanks, but I am not going to chance it.

[Shuley]

Fabulous looking meal. I'd love to try any of it but your bread looks especially amazing. I am just dabbling in sourdough bread cooking and am definitely a novice but I hope some day to be turning out "Mac-worthy" loaves. 

[MacKenzie]

Thanks, Shuley and I have no doubt you will be making fabulous SD bread before long.  

[Aussie Ora]

Fantastic cook Mac .looks like a bit of an infestation you have going on there bugger when you said recent addition have they been introduced

Outback kamado Bar and Grill

[MacKenzie]

I should have mentioned that if you click on the two flaming shots you will see the real fire.:) 

[Tyrus]

We had those bugs around here but, not in those numbers. Nice looking cook and pickled beets, yes.

[tony b]

I was outside on my deck Sunday and the beetles were flying around. Only a dozen or so, no where near what you had, MacKenzie. But, they were the first ones that I'd seen this fall. 

As a kid, "cured" pork chops were one of my favorite foods - still love them now, just don't buy them much anymore (might have to consider making my own though )