Weekly Cooking Thread ~ February 26, 2011

FreeRepublic Cooks | February 26, 2011 | libertarian27

[libertarian27]

Welcome to the 12th installment of the FR Weekly Cooking Thread.

Looking for something new to make or made something new that came out great?

Please share a 'tried-and-true' recipe or two for fellow FReepers to add to their 'go-to' recipe stack of Family favorites?

Here's the place to share and explore your next favorite recipe.

[TomGuy]

Prices are skyrocketing in my grocery store.

At my Save-a-lot this week,

Celery jumped to $1.99.
Roma Tomatoes to $1.49, but the selection was very poor. (They have been much higher sometimes in the past).

Bagged salad (12 oz) remained at $1.18.

Bananas at $0.57 (the price always varies).

Generally, so far, it seems only a few select items had sizeable price jumps.

[bgill]

Is that the link sausage like Eckrich? Here's an easy one dish comfort meal:

Sausage and Cabbage

1 (12 to 16 oz) pkg. sausage link, sliced
1 small head cabbage, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 can ro-tel style tomatoes
1 can diced tomatoes

In a large skillet, brown the sliced sausage. Add in the remaining ingredients and cover. Heat on med-high until cabbage has wilted to your taste. Stir occasionally.

[bgill]

Brown thin sliced sausage and serve with breakfast.

Same idea with bologna. Cut a piece of bologna into quarters and brown in a skillet.

[mylife]

Celery is $2.50 here.
I was like what the carp!!?

Roma tomatos $2.99

[Circle_Hook]

I am making these tonight and everyone just LOVES them!

Baby back or regular pork ribs

I cut each slab in half, cover each piece generously in cayenne pepper, garlic powder and onion powder. Place them in a foil covered pan and place in the oven at 195 degrees. Cook for 6-7 hrs. No need to check them until done.

Fire up the grill approx. 30 min. Prior to pulling the ribs from the oven.

The baste for the rives is what makes them delicious. In a bowl add cup and a half od honey. Add a quarter cup or more of soy sauce to the honey and mix well. Set aside.

When ribs are done in oven, add moist hickory chips to your fire on the grill. Place ribs on cool side of grill and basted liberally with honey/soy sauce mix. Close lid and let smoke. Turn and baste ribs every 10 min. Smoke on grill about an hour

These will be some of the best and juicy ribs you have ever eaten! Enjoy, I know I will tonight!

[Gabz]

Prices are skyrocketing in my grocery store.

It's not just your store, believe me. I think it is everywhere.

[libertarian27]

If you like Sauerkraut...in my area many people bring Sauerkraut and Egg Noodle dishes to pot luck meals - most add Kielbasa (Smoked Sausage)-Yummy - Lots of different recipes online.
(this is a basic starting point recipe)
http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,178,159167-245204,00.html
Fry Kielbasa chunks and incorporate into dish (for the overnight wait) before baking in casserole to warm the next day- can be served room temperature, which is great for pot lucks.
-Also called Lazy Pierogis-

[mylife]

I found some supposedly “vine ripe” *yeah, right* from mexico last week for 99c lb.

They were awful!! they weren’t properly ripe, they were hollow inside with virtually no caviar.

They had to have been picked green.

[ladyvet]

Lettuce-3.39
one green pepper-2.00
*sigh*

[libertarian27]

Same idea with bologna. Cut a piece of bologna into quarters and brown in a skillet.

There are few things better in this world than a fried Bologna and cheese sandwich :>)
- OK, maybe a Bacon and Peanut butter sandwich - lol...

[Kakaze]

Prices are skyrocketing in my grocery store.

Same here, in NM. This weekend we are starting tomatoes and peppers from seed indoors, heck I'm tempted to try and start spinach and lettuce in the window sill.

[bgill]

"Many meat departments, instead of reducing the packages of fresh meats getting close to code (or if they have too much at once hitting a date)- will open and pre-season the meat to cover the ‘getting close to funkiness’ smell. Same with fish departments." Yeah, you do have to be careful. These, though, are one of their regular packaged products. Schools used to do the same with old milk by making chocolate milk.

[mylife]

Here is a traditional shopping cart

Now they look like this and people are still having sticker shock at the checkout. *$350?!!!!*

[libertarian27]

Oh, the pre-pack seasoned are OK, yes. I was talking about those fresh re-packs you sometimes will see.

Oh no! They did that to chocolate milk?!! That’s the only milk I would drink in school....well, unless they had Coffee Milk - love that stuff!

[mylife]

Holy carp!

[libertarian27]

You’re Added to the Ping List

Happy Cooking.

[bgill]

Ribs! Perfect timing. I was on this thread just to find a recipe for ribs tonight. Off to get them in the oven. Thanks.

[mylife]

peanut butter and dill pickle! LoL

Sounds gross, but it works!

[lysie]

Thanks and good morning.

Oh boy, I will try your OREO TRUFFLES recipe. Yum!!

[libertarian27]

Peanut butter and Pickle does sound gross - I bet if you added Bacon it would be better - LOL

My husband - for years - would cringe every time I made peanut butter and bacon on toast (English Muffins-better)for myself.

One day - probably around 10 years into our marriage - I stuck one in his face and said “Just Eat It!” - he asked for seconds!

We OD’ed on those sandwiches for the next 6 months - every Saturday morning he begged “Make PB & Bacon sandwiches - Please!” lol