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Originally posted by HRK:
A SF staple, BLT with Publix thick bacon on Sara Lee Artisan Bread toasted, Mayo from Dukes.



Different Dinner last night, Cincinnati 4 way Chili ala Skyline style, yes it has beans, no I'm not apologizing to the TX folks for them! Only thing missing was fresh cut white onion.

Both are some of my favorites, the Cincinnati chili I've had never had beans or maybe it's been too long? I always remember it being almost the consistency of Taco Bell meat (but tastier) with a cinnamon/sweet/spicy flavor.

Chickens from my buddy's farm. Salt water brine for 4 hours, smoked with oak and apple. Kept a steady 275 on these birds for about 4 hours. Turned out great!

Made a soup/stew called Solyanka for the first time (loosely following this recipe: Solyanka; I've never tried it before so I don't know if I made it correctly but I probably should have used more pickles. I ended up putting bacon, sausage and sirloin beef into it, along with 3 different types of mushrooms. Garnished with a dab of sour-cream, dill and a few slices of fresh jalapeño for that added kick.

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
Both are some of my favorites, the Cincinnati chili I've had never had beans or maybe it's been too long? I always remember it being almost the consistency of Taco Bell meat (but tastier) with a cinnamon/sweet/spicy flavor.

Cincinnati Chili isn't made with beans, they are added as requested, as in a 4-way or 5-way at Skyline. It does have a cinnamon flavor, the Chili is a meat sauce, over beans, spaghetti, onions, and cheese...

A 3 way has no beans included. for the dishes with them they are added to the dish, not cooked into the meat sauce.

One of the Lambrinides family (Skyline founders) lived in our subdivision, nice people, passed several years back...

Pierogies with mushroom gravy and borscht. Traditional Christmas Eve dinner in my family.

Pan seared orange roughy, shrimp. Fried potatoes, mixed vegetables. Nothing fancy.

ARman

Prime rib roast.

We put two cast iron pots on the grill -- one with baby carrots, honey, and butter, and another with "spudling" potatoes, garlic, and butter.

The Lovely Girlfriend made macaroni and cheese to go with it, and we opened up a nice Sangiovese to go with it.

That's all followed by a slice of Mom's rum cake and some vanilla ice cream.

In the words of my great friend WP: "Happy belly."

Caldo de Res. (Mexican Beef Soup). So good and so healthy.

SOS on toast!

Ribeye steak and crab legs. Kind of traditional

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SOS on toast!

I grew up eating that and love it. My wife would never eat it. It is funny that when my wife is out of town, I make all the meals I like and she doesn’t.

Meatloaf on the grill.







Used a little bit of pecan wood chips. Perfectly smokey without overpowering the food.

Standing rib roast, roasted carrots and Kluski egg noodles. Sorry, no pics.

I got up early (for me) and did my rub on a big, pretty 12 lbs. pork Boston Butt roast. Into the smoker by 8:30 A.M. with hickory wood and two pieces of charcoal. Temp probe in place and temp at 225F. It will take most of the day to reach 165-170F internal temp, and then a rest before supper. It will be joined with scalloped potatoes with grated Mexican 4 cheese, and bacon crumbles. Creamed spinach with blue cheese dressing and pita bread. For dessert, a piece of pecan pie!! That should get the job done.

Tomorrow I will process the remainder of the pork into small servings in vacuum sealed bags, and into the freezer for 2025!!

Merry Christmas everyone.

P.S. Likely to have a Christmas totty or two before supper.

Christmas dinner today wife, daughter, son in law and myself having some Chinese Buffet!

Place is crowded.

Baby back ribs are currently on the smoker at 275 with oak lump and cherry chunks. Should be done in 30ish minutes.

Sweet n sour coleslaw chilling in the fridge

Zucchini slices with parmesan and pepper going in the oven in 7 minutes.

I packed up my Pit Barrel and smoked a Ribeye loin for our surf and turf Christmas dinner. Smoked with charcoal, hickory/cherry/mesquite chips. I pulled this at 122. The in-laws did the king crab and shrimp.

Slapped some 2x4's together to secure the PBC.

Whole beef tenderloin with white wine cream sauce, mushrooms, crispy baked potatoes, and roasted carrots.

Roasts are both looking perfect!

Tonight was potato soup with garlic bread. I will do my fancy Christmas dinner this Saturday.