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Post Thanksgiving Food Porn

A Bit ‘O Good ‘Ol Food Pr0n: Please enjoy.

Before Thanksgiving, I made a crock-pot beef chuck roast with carrots, pearl onions, celery, crushed tomatoes, small potatoes, and some seasonings.

Here, it is served on a few sourdough roll “trenchers” to soak up the gravy.


Leftover beef gravy from this dish was later added along with some red wine to some caramelized onions and mushrooms that I reduced down to make a “french onion soup” style filling/jam for a thanksgiving appetizer. (not pictured). I will post photos when I make a followup batch that’s prettier than the ones I made.

Below, my Super Sage Stuffing, now a family favorite!
Make it at home! http://edheller.com/superstuffing.htm



Dark Chocolate Pecan Pie with Citrus Vodka Crust.
Search google or food.com for a vodka pie dough recipe, but use citrus vodka.
I used a vodka which I had been soaking mandarin and lime zest in for a few months.
The citrus vodka dough would probably work even better in a lemon merengue or key lime pie.

Use your favorite pecan pie recipe,
but put dark chocolate chips in the bottom before you cover the bottom with pecans,
then pour in the pie filling and bake. If your pie hasn’t set after 50 minutes (it can still be wobbly in the middle),
cover the pie loosely with foil and continue baking for another 10-15 minutes.


UPDATE: 11-30-2011 – This French Onion Filling/Jam I made is turning out to be pretty versatile.

Above – French onion jam on a wedge of corn bread with mozzarella and provolone.
Below – French onion jam hot dog with yellow mustard and sriracha hot sauce,
served on a provolone and cheddar toasted poppy seed bun
with a side of taco-flavored corn chips.
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Long Overdue Food Porn

Hot Doug’s GAME OF THE WEEK – top left
(Apple, Pear and Port Elk Sausage with Cherry-Fig Mustard and Caramelized Onion Marmalade Cheddar Cheese) ,
French fries (non-duckfat version),
and a Char-grilled Thuringer (aka The Norm Crosby – formerly the Marty Allen and the Don Rickles)
with mustard and sport peppers – bottom right.
 Kuma’s Corner Green Flash Double Stout Black Ale, above;
below, an insanely good, brief revival of the Dark Throne burger
(Chipotle Peppers, Goat Cheese, Fresh Pico de Gallo) and a very welcome pile of fresh hand-cut french fries!
The Dark Throne was a weekend special, which I truly hope they bring back to the menu full-time.
If you’re familiar with the burgers at Kuma’s, in heat level, it falls somewhere below Plague Bringer, but at the same level or above the Pantera Burger (Roasted Poblano Pepper, Bacon, Chedder and Monterey Jack, House made Ranchero Sauce, Tortilla Strips, not pictured).

Speaking of the Plague Bringer...
(Roasted Garlic Mayo, Tortilla Strips, House Made Hot Sauce, Fresh Garlic, Pepper Jack, Sliced Jalapenos)


Square Bar in Chicago has a respectable burger and some tasty beer-battered onion rings.

The Big Square burger with fries (sweet potato fries are also an option)
(grilled onions, bacon, cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato and chili garlic sauce)



beer-battered onion rings with a side of chili-garlic sauce

Most of my deep dish pizza food porn will be published at my new site, RealDeepDish.com,
but I figured, as long as I’m posting food porn…


Spinach and Garlic with Italian Sausage.


Sorpressata, Pepperoni, and Italian Sausage.

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The Evolution Of Bacon

The Evolution Of Bacon
 
Billions of nanoseconds pass while primitive slices of cured pork belly
evolve into crispy, chewy, salty modern bacon before your eyes,
transformed in a heated carbon coated cast iron skillet.
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Twitpic'n with my Offset Smoker – BBQ!

What do you get when you combine my crappy phone camera and my intermediate BBQ skills?
Food Pr0n for a Virtual Cheeseburger blog post!
(Now updated with additional digital camera Food Pr0n!)

If you can’t see the story feed, there should be a link to it below:
http://storify.com/vcburger/twitpiccin-with-my-offset-smoker

Here’s some slightly better digital camera photos of the final result:
Beef back ribs are tasty, but they don’t have a lot of meat on them.
I think next time I will try to make brisket again instead.
St. Louis spare ribs came out great, even after applying my Cocoa-Chili Dry Rub only moments before smoking.
Usually, I apply the rub the night before, but it doesn’t seem to make a lot of difference.
Smoked Italian sausages tasted great the next day when chopped up and fried in an omelet (not pictured)!
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Real Deep Dish – Smoked Italian Sausage Food Pr0n

A successful first attempt at merging bbq and deep dish –
6-hour-smoked italian sausage (and pepperoni)
with provolone and mozzarella.

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