(If the Player Won't Start... Hit your Refresh Button) ~ All That Cookin' ~ ~ A Page about Culinary Experimentation ~
~ And Dedicated to Glenn Crawford... Who's Idea it Was ~

Well, I certainly don't claim to be an accomplished cook by any means, I just like to cook and to experiment and see how it comes out... I am sure the ladies in the Kitchen Chat room can outdo me in any category Maybe not in the smoker... I like to smoke things... Pork ribs, pork shoulder, beef brisket, turkey legs, chicken whole or in parts... ham... Whatever I can chase down and catch that will fit in the smoker... and make Mexican stuff... and... and... whatever comes up that sounds good... And most of the time it is at least edible...

~ Well to start... You Have to have some Spices ~
~ Then Some Ingredients from the Price Chopper ~ The Home Garden ~ And the Farmer's Market ~

~ And Some Barbecue Sauce and Dry Rub for the Smoking Projects ~

~ For Cooking... Start with Appetizers ~ Deviled Eggs ~
~ Next the Salad Course ~ With My Cherry Tomatoes ~ Next Potato Salad ~ Cucumber, Radish, Eggs. Parmesano ~

~ Tomatoes and Green Peppers ~ With Home Grown Tomatoes ~ With My Mariachi Peppers

~ Salsa... Salad or Relish? ~ First Salsa Fresca ~ Next Salsa to Be ~ Then Pico De Gallo ~

~ Actually Pico de Gallo (Beak of the Rooster) is also Salsa Fresca~

~ Salsa Preparada (cooked) ~ Salsa with My Poblano Peppers ~ More Salsa Preparada ~

~ Next the Soup Course ~ Ham and Bean Soup ~ Chili con Carne ~ More Ham and Bean ~ ~

~ Beef Noodle Soup ~ Beef Noodle and Vegetable ~ More Vegetable Soup ~

~ Well Now Stew is just Thick Soup ~ Beef Stew ~ Gumbo with Shrimp ~ Guisado (Mexican Beef and Potato Stew ~

~ Pork Hash with Potatoes, Peppers and Onions ~ Ratatouille (Vegetable Stew) ~ Sweet and Sour Pork ~

~ Some Meat on the Table ~ Oven Roasted Chicken ~ Corned Beef for St. Pat's Day ~ Chuck Roast ~

~ Smoked Ham ~ Good Old Meatloaf ~ Roasted Herbed Pork Loin ~

~ Roasted T-Day Turkey ~ Slicing some Smoked Ham ~ Pot Roast and Vegetables ~


Now for Some of My Mexican Specialties

~ Enchiladas ~ Enchiladas ~ and Enchiladas ~

~ Tamales ~ Tamales ~ And More Tamales ~

~ Carnitas ~ Makings for Fajitas ~ Fajitas ~

~ Burrito and Tamales ~ Enchilada with Chili ~ Burrito with Salsa ~

~ My Original Mexican Dish ~ Tejada de Carne de Cerdo con Salsa Picante ~ (Pork Steak in Spicy Sauce) ~
I won Honorable Mention in a Cooking Contest with this One

~ Arroz con Pollo ~ More Chili ~ More Arroz con Pollo ~

~ Home Grown Jalapeno Peppers ~ More Chili in New Hot Pot ~ Salsa for the Freezer ~


~ Now some Italian ~ Just a Small Sample Here ~
~ Spaghetti with Meat Sauce ~ Spaghetti Sauce for tthe Freezer ~ Spaghetti with Sausage ~


~ Now What Else is in the Kitchen? ~
~ Green Beans with Tomato and Onion ~ Beef and Noodles ~ Roasted Eggplant with Panko Crust ~

~ Beet Greens ~ Pickled Beets ~ More Greens with Ham - Do not Remember what Kind - Mustard, Collard or Turnip ~

~ Saint Pat's Dinner Makings ~ Corned Beef in the Crock Pot ~ Corned Beef and Cabbage on the Plate ~


~ OK ~ What's for Thankgiving? ~
~ Turkey in the Brine ~ Turkey Out of the Oven ~ Turkey, Dressing, Sweet Potatoes on the Plate ~

~ Sauce from Fresh Cranberries ~ Herbed Dressing ~ Candied Sweet Potatoes ~

~ Pumpkin from the Nature Sanctuary ~ Pumpkin Pie ~ And with Cool Whip ~


~ Now ~ What's for Christmas? ~
~ Well, the Same Thing as Thanksgiving ~ Plus Eggnog ~ Fruitcake ~ And Mincemeat Pie ~


~ And That Should be Enough Good Eats for Now ~

~ "Man Cannot Live by Bread Alone"... Yeah, Well I Surely Do Not! ~


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