I made a 3 lb tri-tip last night in the air fryer. Could have cooked it a little longer for my taste. Came out rare but I like medium rare. I hit the steak button which is 12 minutes and bumped it up to 16. Will try 20 next time. My son must have liked it because he stuffed himself.
I splurge on NY Strip when it’s <$10/lb but generally try to stay under $6-7/lb which doesn’t leave many cuts and no steak cuts. I have the coffee pot roast recipe open in a tab.
Freezing this morning, high up near the mid 40s with gusts to 22 so I’ll be doing housework today. That and a grocery store run which makes me cringe due to the cost.
Store has bottom round rump roast $5.28/lb and ground chuck for $3.98/lb so it looks like pot roast. No Dutch Oven so I’ll use the instant pot for the pot roast. The pressure will be better for the leaner cut.
The ground chuck is also $3.68 in 10lb tube so the $3.98 is probably the same, just repackaged, else they would have chuck roast on sale too.
The ground chuck will be for further work on our taco recipe. I regrind the beef with a fine plate. I’ve been buying the 12 pack of tacos from Taco Bell every couple of weeks but $20 is a bit much so we’re going to start making our own.
Chicken thighs $1.49/lb so those will be on the menu twice this week. Air fryer does them well and is an easy button meal for work nights.(literally push two buttons) We like the air fryer wings even better but they’re hardly ever a good deal.
The old lettuce seeds I broadcast all sprouted but aren’t really growing much nor are the Bok Choy. Should have started the bok choy indoors and got them to 4-6” for the head start and then transplanted them. Started way too late anyway and didn’t expect much results. That’s why I only did a few of each and am saving the rest of the seeds for Spring.
Never could get a reading out of the rocketbombplane wind sensor for wind speed. I had my doubts that a multimeter would work. I tried my oscilloscope but it’s old and I’m no expert at using one so who knows. I may have to buy a part for it but I won’t know for sure until I get the $400 controller that it will be connected to in the end. I need that regardless, no matter what wind speed sensor is used. I can get a refurbished 3 cup anemometer that’s a good brand name for $30 to get by with if the rocketbombplane doesn’t work and then fix that whenever. The wind vane/direction works on it.
Gonna pick up another load of firewood tomorrow and then I can transform my truck back into a crane for lifting high tunnel trusses to set them. I’m ready to set #3. Thurs and Fri look decent(as of now) for working on holes for #4 and maybe getting it set.
Maybe this should be the weekly gardening/cooking thread most of the year and transform into the weekly cooking/gardening thread by Winter. LOL
“Maybe this should be the weekly gardening/cooking thread most of the year and transform into the weekly cooking/gardening thread by Winter. LOL”
I’ve actually thought about doing that. I want to have an ‘Eating from the Garden’ Challenge this winter.
A friend that lives in north central Illinois is a great gardener. She actually keeps track of how many days a year that she eats at least ONE thing from her garden. She does it like 300+ days a year between eating fresh in season, Spring through Fall, and then whatever she’s canned or frozen from her garden in the Winter months.
I am making it a GOAL to do this starting 1-1-24, and I hope I can stick with it this year!
I guess part of it is that I ‘take it for granted’ that I’m eating SOMETHING from my own hands (or from Beau’s hunting/fishing skills) but it would be fun to track what we eat each day from either the garden or hunting or fishing.
This would also easily tie-in with the Survival Skills thread of Cottonball’s.