SHOW OFF YOUR YUM! Food Photography Thread

[Akrnaf2]

Sea bream with lemon herbs and local spices, a totally Mediterranean dish!

 

[Hybridchucks]

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

@Blooie I just read your signature line. Funny! I have some recipes from my grandma where she has oleo listed.

 

[mlm Mike]

I just re-read the first post in the thread. Hmmm, I see you'd like to see regional dishes. I don't have anything worldly at my fingertips, but how about some good old Eastern South Dakota pig cheeks? We spent 26 years in the Navy, moving all over the place. When we'd go home on leave, Ma wouldn't even have to ask if there was something special we'd like for dinner - she knew and the pig cheeks were ready to go!

There's a knack to serving pig cheeks to the - ahem- discriminating diner. They must be served with whole kernel corn. preferably corn grown in the garden, prepped, packaged and frozen. Those must be served with tons of real butter. (I make my own) There must be fresh mashed taters. And there MUST be milk gravy.

These are something my whole family loves. We've been living in Wyoming for over 20 years now, but when we go back to Sioux Falls we take a big, extra, empty cooler with us. We head for Hy-Vee, buy a block of dry ice and as many packages of pig cheeks as we can cram into the cooler! Then when we get back here, we divide them up...daughter gets some, son and daughter-in-law get some, and I greedily take the rest. If we come home without them for some reason, I'm gonna hear about it from one irate family!

I ain't gonna get brownie points for fancy preparation or brownie points for fancy name of the dish. I ain't gonna get brownie points for presentation. I ain't gonna get brownie points for exotic ingredients. But are there brownie points for meals that make your heart feel comforted and your taste buds sing?

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Pig cheeks = yummy! Looks delicious.

 

[mlm Mike]

How do you make your carnitas? I make some chicken carnita in the slow cooker. It's pretty good, but yours looks mouthwatering.

It was pork shoulder/boston butt in the slow cooker. It was seasoned with cumin, salt, cayenne. Squeezed an orange in there, and a diced onion, cooked on low for about 9-10 hours. Pork cooked in own juices is yummy. After I pulled it, I threw it in a bowl and and added some of it's own juices. It was the first time I ever made it, I don't use a slow cooker very often.

 

[mlm Mike]

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I had a little over a pound of pork stew meat. I used this recipe
http://www.lordbyronskitchen.com/honey-garlic-baked-pork-bites/

I substituted avocado oil as it performs well and imparts no taste. I only used half an onion sliced, easily the suggested amount of garlic and 1/8 t cayenne pwd with just under 1/2 c honey. Cooked for the amount of time in the recipe.
Served on jasmine rice with roasted asparagus. Simple prep, simple flavors.

Looks yummy!

 

[mlm Mike]

A big ole ribeye and some 'shrooms and onions. The skillet is a #10 Wagner over 100 years old. It's my favorite frying pan.
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Yummy, but it's not fair showing grilling to some of us that live where that is not currently possible.

 

[mlm Mike]

Nope, and I don't like chocolate either. Um, am I banned now?

I'm not a big fan of rice, but not liking chocolate . I was brought up with chocolate being one of the basic food groups.

 

[mlm Mike]

So no chocolate covered rice for you. Got it. Lol

 

[mlm Mike]

Sea bream with lemon herbs and local spices, a totally Mediterranean dish!
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Yum!