THE TOTALLY UNOFFICIAL AAPK COOKBOOK

[Mumbleypeg]

Journeyed into town to get a haircut, afterwards went to a little “farm to table” lunch spot. Their feature sandwich was a little unusual sounding but I tried it, and man was it good! Can’t recall what they called it but I asked about the ingredients, and to my surprise they showed me how to make it. If you can find the ingredients! This is all house-made on the premises there but I suspect with a little research could be found.

Two slices of jalapeño cheese sourdough bread
A slice of smoked ham
Sliced smoked cheddar
Jalapeño peach jelly

Assemble the sandwich, lightly butter the exterior and toast it in a skillet until cheese is melted (like you would a grilled cheese sandwich).

Believe it or not despite the jalapeños it’s not real spicy. The peach jelly (I think pear would be good also -JMO) was the ingredient that made it taste great.

Ken

[cudgee]

Journeyed into town to get a haircut, afterwards went to a little “farm to table” lunch spot. Their feature sandwich was a little unusual sounding but I tried it, and man was it good! Can’t recall what they called it but I asked about the ingredients, and to my surprise they showed me how to make it. If you can find the ingredients! This is all house-made on the premises there but I suspect with a little research could be found.

Two slices of jalapeño cheese sourdough bread
A slice of smoked ham
Sliced smoked cheddar
Jalapeño peach jelly

Assemble the sandwich, lightly butter the exterior and toast it in a skillet until cheese is melted (like you would a grilled cheese sandwich).

Believe it or not despite the jalapeños it’s not real spicy. The peach jelly (I think pear would be good also -JMO) was the ingredient that made it taste great.

Ken

Sounds good.

[OSCAR]

Hey Ray. Hope you and your bride are well!

I have spoke with a few Texans and former Texans. I understand uncooked brisket at the store to be relatively inexpensive at 1 or 2 bucks a pound (before the Biden slow moving train wreck). It is $4.99 per pound here for high grade meat. What is cost at the local butcher per pound?

The price you stated is way ridiculous and I would have walked as well.
Sounds like alot of meat in the trash based on overpriced.
My butcher had filet mignon at 38 bucks a pound during the Covid meat price spike. That meat just rotted since even someone whom could easily afford it was not going to.

Take care. Jerry

One would think that beef would be cheaper in Texas as they are major producers. It’s ridiculously high priced in other states as well.
Cheapest cuts of steak here are about $12/lb.
It can develop maggots on the shelf before I pay these prices. Actually, it’s cheaper to get steak at some restaurants than a grocery or butchers.

[OSCAR]

Mike, the boiled ones are somewhere between soft or a very slight crunch. They are a messy thing, to open a boiled peanut you simply mash it between the thumb and forefinger, it will then reveal the natural seam and then finish by opening it. Sometimes they squirt water when you squeeze them. Therin lies the messy part; it runs down your forearms, plenty of napkins should be available. They can be served hot right out of the salted water or cold. The shell/hull is discarded. The pups in the picture will eat the boiled peanuts and they will eat the empty shells. We don't feed them a lot, but they seem to enjoy them.
A big get-together with boiled peanuts is usually held in the back yard using a big pot and a fish cooker, turkey fryer size and up, to do a large amount. The finished product is then ladled into a Styrofoam cup and eaten while visiting with the other attendees.
Sometimes the boiled peanuts are seasoned with various seasonings other than straight salt, Cajun flavored, those cooked with a piece of salt pork, etc. we only do the salted type. There are usually roadside stands selling boiled peanuts during the harvest time.
There is a Five Guys Burger joint on 23rd Street in Panama City, been there but don't recall anything about peanuts. Could have been but being old is one of my excuses for not remembering.
Treefarmer

Five Guys has barrels of roasted peanuts. All you can eat. I’m not a big fan of their burgers though. Most of their franchises serve greasy burgers and greasy fries. I find that they are overpriced as well.

[OSCAR]

Oscar asked a question the other morning in the 1st Cup Diner about boiled peanuts. I suppose boiled peanuts are more of a regional thing, mostly in the states producing the ground nuts. We bought a bag today from a local producer, 30 pounds of washed raw peanuts, ready for boiling. Boiled peanuts are a big deal at the local high school football games. Usually, the FFA chapter will boil them on Fridays as a class project, as a fund raiser to sell at the game.
A few pictures of our peanut boiling today. We'll continue working on them tomorrow, about 3 quarts at a time, boiling for a couple of hours.

I always liked boiled peanuts but never made them….. until now. Thanks for the information Treefarmer! I didn’t make 30 pounds just 5. But it’s a start. They turned out great.

[treefarmer]

Treefarmer

[zp4ja]

Sounds great Ken.

Have to try the boiled peanuts.

I cooked this one fat up at 180 all night. Wrapping now. 16 hour in now.

[OSCAR]

Got creative. My own creation.
Fixed some macaroni and cheese, but mozzarella not cheddar. Added diced tomatoes, Italian seasoning, some crushed garlic and pepperoni. Put in a Pyrex dish, covered top with bread crumbs. Baked until golden brown. Came out way better than I expected.

[313 Mike]

Journeyed into town to get a haircut, afterwards went to a little “farm to table” lunch spot. Their feature sandwich was a little unusual sounding but I tried it, and man was it good! Can’t recall what they called it but I asked about the ingredients, and to my surprise they showed me how to make it. If you can find the ingredients! This is all house-made on the premises there but I suspect with a little research could be found.

Two slices of jalapeño cheese sourdough bread
A slice of smoked ham
Sliced smoked cheddar
Jalapeño peach jelly

Assemble the sandwich, lightly butter the exterior and toast it in a skillet until cheese is melted (like you would a grilled cheese sandwich).

Believe it or not despite the jalapeños it’s not real spicy. The peach jelly (I think pear would be good also -JMO) was the ingredient that made it taste great.

Ken

That sandwich sounds really good. I make my own pepper jellies and jams, and the sweet heat is especially good with pork. Makes sense that it was good on a grilled ham and cheese sandwich.

[Eustace]

There is a children's song in Bulgaria:
"He who does not eat vegetables will not grow big"
Marinated vegetables for the winter - cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, celery and peppers of a sweet Bulgarian variety.The vegetables are poured with a hot marinade of vinegar, water, sugar, salt, black pepper and allspice
Onion pie
Bean and mushroom burger with cheese and tomato salad

[zp4ja]

Looks phenomenal Eustace!

All dishes look very enticing. Drawn to onion pie as I have never had it.

Jerry

[Eustace]

Drawn to onion pie as I have never had it.

The recipe is from Jamie Oliver.
Put about 50 grams of butter, two tablespoons of brown sugar, 4 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar, a few sprigs of thyme and a bay leaf or two into a heated pan. Then, arrange the onion cut in two with the flat side down in the pan. Add about 100 ml of white wine, salt and pepper and cover the pan with a lid and let it simmer for about 10 minutes on low heat until the sauce thickens a little.
Remove the pan from the heat and cover the top with a sheet of puff pastry, trying to cover the onion well on the sides. (Be careful with your fingers, the sauce is boiling!)
Then the pan goes into the oven heated to 220°C/430℉ for 35 minutes. Turn the pie over on a flat plate and you're done.
Да ти е сладко!

[woodwalker]

There is a children's song in Bulgaria:
"He who does not eat vegetables will not grow big"
Marinated vegetables for the winter - cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, celery and peppers of a sweet Bulgarian variety.The vegetables are poured with a hot marinade of vinegar, water, sugar, salt, black pepper and allspice
Onion pie
Bean and mushroom burger with cheese and tomato salad

Looks good Eustace. My mom's friend used to put up homemade kimchee that was really good. A Korean lady she was.

[Eustace]

Butcher sarma. Fried pieces of pork, mushrooms and onions, wrapped in sour cabbage leaves and cooked in a clay pot.
and
Eggplants with tomato sauce, mozzarella and cheddar.

[313 Mike]

Good looking stuff guys!
This is seared venison tenderloin medallions with caramelized onions and shallots....melt in your mouth tender.
Cooked the vennie on a hot charcoal grill, then dropped them in the skillet with the caramelized onions and shallots to finish. So good.

[treefarmer]

That does look and sound delicious, Mike. We’ve got several vacuumed packs of tenderloins laid back in the freezer. We generally wrap them with bacon and broil till the bacon is done, such a special little piece of venison!
Treefarmer

[OSCAR]

Butcher sarma. Fried pieces of pork, mushrooms and onions, wrapped in sour cabbage leaves and cooked in a clay pot.
and
Eggplants with tomato sauce, mozzarella and cheddar.

My favorite dish. Sarma is the Slavic name. Sarmale is how it’s called in Romania. I prefer it with fermented cabbage. Some use grape leaves, also good but cabbage is my favorite.

[OSCAR]

There is a children's song in Bulgaria:
"He who does not eat vegetables will not grow big"
Marinated vegetables for the winter - cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, celery and peppers of a sweet Bulgarian variety.The vegetables are poured with a hot marinade of vinegar, water, sugar, salt, black pepper and allspice
Onion pie
Bean and mushroom burger with cheese and tomato salad

Looks great. I’m getting hungry just from the photos.

[Eustace]

My favorite dish. Sarma is the Slavic name. Sarmale is how it’s called in Romania. I prefer it with fermented cabbage. Some use grape leaves, also good but cabbage is my favorite.

In fact, the name comes from Turkish. Sarma dolma literally means wrapped stuffing. The dish is a classic in the national cuisines of the Balkan, Black Sea and Caucasian countries. Fermented cabbage, grape leaves or blanched cabbage leaves are used (in Russia and Ukraine). The stuffing is usually rice and minced meat.

[Eustace]

Arabian style eggs - shakshuka

[OSCAR]

My favorite dish. Sarma is the Slavic name. Sarmale is how it’s called in Romania. I prefer it with fermented cabbage. Some use grape leaves, also good but cabbage is my favorite.

In fact, the name comes from Turkish. Sarma dolma literally means wrapped stuffing. The dish is a classic in the national cuisines of the Balkan, Black Sea and Caucasian countries. Fermented cabbage, grape leaves or blanched cabbage leaves are used (in Russia and Ukraine). The stuffing is usually rice and minced meat.

I buy some ready made at a Polish bakery. I’ve made the dish once but it’s time consuming. Too much for every day.

[OSCAR]

Arabian style eggs - shakshuka

That looks delicious !!! I get hungry just looking at the photo !

[Eustace]

Arabian style eggs - shakshuka

That looks delicious !!! I get hungry just looking at the photo !

The clip is in Bulgarian, but everything is clear. The spices are black pepper and cumin.

[OSCAR]

Arabian style eggs - shakshuka

That looks delicious !!! I get hungry just looking at the photo !

The clip is in Bulgarian, but everything is clear. The spices are black pepper and cumin.

Thanks for posting this Eustace. I’m going to try it soon.

[Eustace]

Meatball soup.
It is eaten seasoned with vinegar, crushed garlic and chili peppers.