Let's Cooking: TNL!

[Dunlap]

I did the turkey this year, too. Didn't have a meat thermometer, so I could it longer than I probably needed to to be safe. I brined it the day before though and it turned out pretty great!

[Tones]

My roommate walks in the door last night with a giant grin on his face, "Mitchell, do we (meaning him and his brother) have a surprise for you!" I'm not one used to surprises, so I gave him a squinty-eyed look. I look in his truck, and it turns out he brought a monster 8' x 2.5' workbench from his dad's garage. For our kitchen. I was very skeptical that it would fit, but it does, and I am quite impresed with his determination to get it in the garage, since he had to take it apart to fit it in the doorway.

Check out our counter space:

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[Hot Like Wasabi]

My grandma was in town from FL and hooked up me up with a couple cast iron skillets as well as a dutch oven. Tried my hand at the dutch oven the other night by making pot roast, didn't turn out bad but it could of cooked longer to get the meat a little more tender.

[icarusfall]

If you want to make pot roast, I HIGHLY recommend the pressure cooker as the vessel of choice.

Done in under an hour from cutting veg to eating.

[Hot Like Wasabi]

If you want to make pot roast, I HIGHLY recommend the pressure cooker as the vessel of choice.

Done in under an hour from cutting veg to eating.

Thanks for the suggestion, I will see what Amazon has and put it on my wish list!

[Tones]

I just made the best batch of biscuits and gravy that I have ever had. I made the biscuits from scratch, from memory, and they turned out excellently. I added milk until the dough "felt" right, and I think that was the key.

[Nomi]

Tones, I'm super jealous of that workbench. We're trying to get something like that going in our kitchen, the countertop space is grossly inadequate for the amount of cooking and baking going on. Might just use a sturdy folding table for the time being until something better comes along.

[FirstBlood]

I got a pressure cooker for christmas, tried it out tonight with some creole pork & beans.

Shit was SCARY at first (i had the little rubber pressure nub in the wrong way and it was just steaming all over the goddamn place) but i got it working just fine and GOD DAMN this shit is magical. Tender pork (I used butt and a bit of belly) and perfect beans in less than an hour.

[Chux]

lol butts

[icarusfall]

Pressure cooker is my favorite piece of kitchen gadgetry.