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Topic: CFB 51 Cookbook, equipment discussion, techniques

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utee94

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Re: CFB 51 Cookbook, equipment discussion, techniques
« Reply #1792 on: December 05, 2025, 01:45:07 PM »


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« Reply #1793 on: December 05, 2025, 03:33:01 PM »
These are good. Rick Bayless. They no longer sell the mole, but I thought it was really good.

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« Reply #1794 on: December 05, 2025, 11:29:51 PM »
those are good Badge.   i need to pop in to his places again.

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« Reply #1795 on: December 15, 2025, 04:33:23 PM »
I'm kind of a (re) newbie here, so my pork-off I prepared yesterday may have been something similar to a previous post, but just in case...

For lunch yesterday, jalapeno poppers, cream cheese and shredded sharp cheddar (from the block, don't buy pre-shredded stuff, it's coated in essentially saw dust as an anti-caking agent). Cut the peppers in the center, lengthwise and de-seed with a spoon.  Wrapped in half a piece of thick cut bacon and black peppered, on a sheet pan with parchment and on the Traeger.  Did not flip, but brought in and finished under the broiler.  You get to save the grease thataway.

Pork Loin, simply a dry rub with Meat Church BBQ Rub.  Did not see the banished ingredient "sugar" on the label.

After those were on, I diced up a 7 lb pork butt and put it next to the others in cast iron with a little season salt and chili powder, to get some smoke for 4 hours before bringing it in and putting it in the crockpot for another 4 hrs on high.  Chat GPT "Chili Colorado" for the rest that went with it.  Substituted cilantro for the coriander seeds.  I know that dish calls for beef, but I can't afford that delicacy.  The pork butt was $11 on sale, and a beef roast would have been $56+.  

To go with that, did a head of cauliflower in the instant pot, and stirred in the leftover cream and cheddar cheese mixture.

We sure are suffering hard on this Keto thing, I'll tell ya.

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« Reply #1796 on: December 15, 2025, 04:37:10 PM »
That sounds delicious :72:

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« Reply #1797 on: December 15, 2025, 05:51:09 PM »
I wouldn't be that healthy, I'd omit the cauliflower
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Re: CFB 51 Cookbook, equipment discussion, techniques
« Reply #1798 on: December 15, 2025, 06:05:23 PM »
I wouldn't be that healthy, I'd omit the cauliflower
Mashed cauliflower is a damn good substitute for mashed potatoes, I have discovered.  Doesn't even make you think it's "healthy."  

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« Reply #1799 on: December 15, 2025, 06:19:13 PM »
I suppose if'n ya soak 'em in gravy............
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« Reply #1800 on: December 15, 2025, 06:21:56 PM »
Mashed cauliflower is a damn good substitute for mashed potatoes, I have discovered.  Doesn't even make you think it's "healthy." 
B/C nobody eats mashed potatoes for the potato. They eat it for the butter and cream and seasoning. 

Potatoes are merely a vessel for other flavor. Cauliflower can also adequately serve as that vessel.

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Re: CFB 51 Cookbook, equipment discussion, techniques
« Reply #1801 on: December 16, 2025, 12:14:58 AM »
Cauliflower has a distinctive flavor of its own that is offputting to some.

I'm okay with it, I don't love it.  But some folks hate it.

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« Reply #1802 on: December 16, 2025, 03:28:43 PM »
I would agree with the "vessel" part that veggies play, the vessel to get the fat and flavor into your mouth.  

Another good one is brussels sprouts.  Halve them and coat them in bacon grease and/or avocado oil, on that sheet pan in the Traeger, and cover with copious amounts of shredded parmesan about halfway done.  If I'm below carb count for the day, give them a few splashes of balsamic vinegar is a nice but not necessary addition.

I bet I spent more on the dried chilis than I did the pork butt for that meal.   It was $28 for a 4 pack of different kinds off Amazon, since my newer locale does not have the Hispanic population to support having them on the shelves, apparently, and I used half of one bag.  Kind of a time-consuming process, that dish.

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Re: CFB 51 Cookbook, equipment discussion, techniques
« Reply #1803 on: December 16, 2025, 09:30:25 PM »
Holy cow.  Man, dried chile peppers like that are basically free down here.  They hand 'em to you from the side of the road when you stop at a streetlight.

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Re: CFB 51 Cookbook, equipment discussion, techniques
« Reply #1804 on: December 16, 2025, 09:33:15 PM »
and you have much less expensive brisket

little wonder folks are moving there in droves

despite the loss of folks kidneys
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Re: CFB 51 Cookbook, equipment discussion, techniques
« Reply #1805 on: December 16, 2025, 10:39:45 PM »
and you have much less expensive brisket

Do we?  Is it less expensive here in Texico than in beef-industry-leading Iowa?  If so, I wonder why? 

 

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