Quarantine vittles: what’s cooking?

[dsgrey]

Smoked a half-shank on Sunday. Roast today with taters and carrots.

 

[mroper]

SQLGeek; All,

FYI, AUTHENTIC Army SOS is always beef/pork sausage or a mixture of beef & bulk sausage.

CHIPPED BEEF (made with DRIED beef) on toast is the NAVY/USMC recipe & sometimes includes minced onions.

yours, satx

My dad was a marine and he always made it with ground beef. He made it when we went camping so it might have been all we had. I have never been able to duplicate the taste I will try your recipe I would not doubt a splash of beer went into his as well

 

[baboon]

As a kid I ate it everytime dad was in charge of cooking for us kids. His was 80% ground beef, salt, pepper flours & milk over toast. I still like it, the wife won't eat it. Funny how the wife will eat sausage gravy over toast.

 

[satx78247]

My dad was a marine and he always made it with ground beef. He made it when we went camping so it might have been all we had. I have never been able to duplicate the taste I will try your recipe I would not doubt a splash of beer went into his as well

mroper,

I don't think that I said that EVERY Marine made SOS with chipped beef. Nonetheless, the official Master Menu plan for the USN/USMC used dried chipped beef.
(As a "living history docent" who cooks, I've tried to tell everyone, who is interested, what the ORIGINAL recipes were.)

yours, satx

 

[deemus]

Chicken fried backstrap. Roasted sweet potatoes.

 

[Axxe55]

Dayem Deemus! That looks awesome!

We had chicken, beef and cheese enchiladas tonight. With guacamole, queso and chips.

Sure was good !

 

[vmax]

I’m going to eat up today. I’ve lost 2.2 lbs since last Friday morning.
Here is what’s on my list for today.

Breakfast: quick oats cooked in almond milk with 1 scoop of Redcon 1 Banana Nut Bread protein powder

Mid morning snack. Large Orange and protein shake.

Lunch: Grilled Chicken Sandwich and Sweet Potato Fries from Blue Sky Cafe.

Afternoon snack: Apple, peanut butter shake with 2 scoops of peanut butter protein powder and a chunk of dark chocolate

Dinner: Wood fire grilled center cut pork chops, Original Bushes Baked beans and steamed broccoli

Late snack, popcorn

 

[oldag]

Jalapenos, stuffed with good cheddar and wrapped in bacon.

Good for what ails ya.

 

[baboon]

I had 2 Excedrin, a Musinex & a Promethazine for my late breakfast. Today is grocery day so there really aint anything I currently want in the house to eat. Might have to have some take out for lunch!

 

[baboon]

Smoked a half-shank on Sunday. Roast today with taters and carrots.

The butt is the better half of a ham.

 

[deemus]

The butt is the better half of a ham.

Thought the butt came off the shoulder.

 

[deemus]

Sweet potatoes hash.

Sausage ham peppers. Sweet potatoes. Eggs.

 

[baboon]

Thought the butt came off the shoulder.

Pork Boston Butts are shoulders, the bone in them is the shoulder blade. Bone in hams have the Butt Portion (rounded on one end) & the Shank Portion (cone shaped).

The Butt has the larger end of the muscle groups that make up the ham. The Shank tapers to where the muscle would attach @ the knee. More tendons in the Shank portion of a ham. Shanks generally are .10-.20 cents a pound cheaper.

 

[vmax]

Sweet potatoes hash.

Sausage ham peppers. Sweet potatoes. Eggs.


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Extra points for the iron skillet

 

[Axxe55]

Extra points for the iron skillet

Cast iron skillets are the best thing for cooking.

 

[satx78247]

Cast iron skillets are the best thing for cooking.

Axxe55,

I agree EXCEPT when you have to "pack in" your cast iron when hunting.
(I once, LONG AGO, was "nuts enough" to travel with a 14" cast iron Dutch oven, that I cooked in in camp most every day. = I finally decided that it was "too much of a good thing" to pack into camp.)

NOTE: In those days of my misspent youth, I had a 36" tall pack-frame, made of oak strips with heavy duty shoulder straps & waist belt, that you could "carry half of the kitchen" in upon.

yours, satx

 

[baboon]

Axxe55,

I agree EXCEPT when you have to "pack in" your cast iron when hunting.
(I once, LONG AGO, was "nuts enough" to travel with a 14" cast iron Dutch oven, that I cooked in in camp most every day. = I finally decided that it was "too much of a good thing" to pack into camp.)

NOTE: In those days of my misspent youth, I had a 36" tall pack-frame, made of oak strips with heavy duty shoulder straps & waist belt, that you could "carry half of the kitchen" in upon.

yours, satx

Everyone knows a cast iron dutch oven (aka Mandela microwave) is best worn on your head .vs stowed away in a pack.

 

[satx78247]

Everyone knows a cast iron dutch oven (aka Mandela microwave) is best worn on your head .vs stowed away in a pack.

baboon,

WHY would I be surprised that a baboon thinks that a Dutch oven is suitable for a hat? = RotflmRao.

yours, satx

 

[Axxe55]

Axxe55,

I agree EXCEPT when you have to "pack in" your cast iron when hunting.
(I once, LONG AGO, was "nuts enough" to travel with a 14" cast iron Dutch oven, that I cooked in in camp most every day. = I finally decided that it was "too much of a good thing" to pack into camp.)

NOTE: In those days of my misspent youth, I had a 36" tall pack-frame, made of oak strips with heavy duty shoulder straps & waist belt, that you could "carry half of the kitchen" in upon.

yours, satx

Yes, if backpacking, cast iron cookware is very heavy. We drove to our campsites, so the weight wasn't an issue for us.

 

[Charlie]

Boiled eggs, although not enough meal, are great when one is out in the sticks. Come in their own case, waterproof, don't have to be kept cool, will last for days, etc.