Let's Cooking: TNL!

[Hubbitron]

I love where this is going.



On collards: i've tried every ham cut but hocks are the only cut that truly work

[YellerDog]

Hocks are the way to go, anything with the bone in it for the marrow is going to be that little extra that puts it over the top.

[Tones]

Smoked hocks work great for collards. I have also found that smoked turkey works really well, especially neckbones and sliced drumsticks, and they provide a lot more meat. Are these pretty easy to find outside of the south? I work at a grocery store in a predominately black neighborhood, so we have a huge section of smoked and raw neckbones, pig tails, chitterlings, hocks, turkey necks, turkey wings, etc. etc. I once bought a ham hock at the grocery store for middle class white people, and the cashier asked if planned to feed it to my dog.

[icarusfall]

I have a whole 17 lb leg of country prosciutto on my counter.

I've been saving all the fat cap we cut off for later culinary adventures.

[Fe 26]

What you need to make is a southern pizza: Deep dish cornbread for the crust (use a cast iron skillet and preheat that motherfucker for a good crust), with a spicy chunky tomato sauce, a layer of turnip greens, gouda cheese, and topped with chopped turkey wing meat and chopped white onions. I would try it.

I've thought about doing that, a BBQ pizza (both a sweet deep south version and a vinegar based version) and a fried catfish version.


I had some luck with a curry pizza using an India derivative bread, but I can't find the f'ing recipe for the crust now =/

[Fe 26]

I once bought a ham hock at the grocery store for middle class white people, and the cashier asked if planned to feed it to my dog.

did you call him a racist and stomp out while not paying?

[Tones]

Nah, she was probably just a harmless isolated youth who interacted only with her own kind.

[Tones]

In other news, I bought some sketchy reduced beef from work for a reduced price ($1/lb for London broil). It is now being made into beef stew. If it kills me, I hope that it at least tastes good.

[icarusfall]

Ehh, the worst you'll get is the shits.

Think about all the fermented/rotting meat people eat round the world.

Your stomach's just not used to it.

[Tones]

I'm not too worried. Fun anecdote: In the restaurants I went to in backcountry Peru, the restrooms were commonly adjacent to the kitchen. Because there was no A/C, the top 2 feet below the ceiling was open for maximum airflow. Those were the worse shits that I have ever had, and I don't regret anything I ate (which was just about everything).