Weekend Cooking & Drinking Thread: Hot February Edition

[BeastMan]

Crazy busy so nothing concrete as far as plans. This weather is killing me though. I've never wanted to fish in February more but have no time.

[SpeckleDawg]

Grilled snapper topped with crab meat and crawfish etouffe on the side at Mary Mahoney's. Planning on some crawfish tomorrow.

[WeWillScrewItUp]

I'm at a family reunion this weekend. Cock of the walk on the reservoir last night, trace grill for lunch today and ordering some pizza tonight. The wife and I closed on our first house this past Wednesday and I plan on firing up the grill tomorrow at some point. Don't have a clue what yet.

[Uncle Ruckus]

Grilled snapper topped with crab meat and crawfish etouffe on the side at Mary Mahoney's. Planning on some crawfish tomorrow.
Where are you getting them and what price? I had to go to LA for good size two weeks ago.

[Uncle Ruckus]

I'm at a family reunion this weekend. Cock of the walk on the reservoir last night, trace grill for lunch today and ordering some pizza tonight. The wife and I closed on our first house this past Wednesday and I plan on firing up the grill tomorrow at some point. Don't have a clue what yet.
Cock of the walk is my favorite restaurant on this planet. Lots of memories going there with my grandpaw and family as a child. Took my coastie wife there for the first time in January

[BeastMan]

I'm at a family reunion this weekend. Cock of the walk on the reservoir last night, trace grill for lunch today and ordering some pizza tonight. The wife and I closed on our first house this past Wednesday and I plan on firing up the grill tomorrow at some point. Don't have a clue what yet.

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Congrats on the house. Every man needs his own castle.

[BeastMan]

Cock of the walk is my favorite restaurant on this planet. Lots of memories going there with my grandpaw and family as a child. Took my coastie wife there for the first time in January

Great place. I can fill up on the greens, pickled onions, and cornbread before the fish gets to the table

[WeWillScrewItUp]

The last weekend of February every year we get together and this has become our go to schedule for eats. Both places are great.

[tesa8034]

Tonight I'm frying crappie with fries and my wife is making her homemade jalape?o hush puppies! My absolute favorite. In the morning I'm going to start a big pot of Brunswick stew with roast beef and chicken for supper with a pan of corn bread.

[SpeckleDawg]

I will just get some cooked somewhere. I'm not much of a crawfish boiler. Now shrimp on the other hand...

[SpeckleDawg]

Agreed on cock of the walk. I could eat my weight in those greens alone.

[BeastMan]

Was just informed it's red beans and rice night at the inlaws. Cool with me

[BeastMan]

Tonight I'm frying crappie with fries and my wife is making her homemade jalape?o hush puppies! My absolute favorite. In the morning I'm going to start a big pot of Brunswick stew with roast beef and chicken for supper with a pan of corn bread.

Homemade hush puppies? Sounds awesome

[SpeckleDawg]

Drove up to pick up some crawfish and saw a line out in the street. Steaks it is!

[tesa8034]

Homemade hush puppies? Sounds awesome

We have been eating crappie at least one time a week for couple years now and it took my wife several months to get the hush puppies just right but now I'd rather have them than the crappie if that tells how good they are. I like mine a little spicy so she makes me my own batch! Did I mention I have a wonderful wife!

[SpeckleDawg]

Stone Delicious IPA. Delicious is a pretty accurate description here. Solid IPA.

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[BeardoMSU]

I made steaks, oysters, and string beans for the lady tonight. Bought some steaks last week, and did a fridge "dry-age" I got off a youtube video. Decided to cook them tonight. So they've been in the fridge aging for about 10 days. While cooking I drank a few Singha beers. Now after eating, I've moved to Bourbon (Weller Antique).

Here they are. The marbling is really pronounced and they smell like dry-aged beef should (a little funky, lol...).
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Here they are cooked. Perfect medium-rare, obviously.
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I then tossed them with their resting juices, fresh lime juice, some fresh chili and garlic I turned into a paste, and some chopped cilantro. Delicious.
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I've done N.O. style broiled oysters before (broiled with with garlic-chili-butter), but this time I used some Wellfleets I got down the street.
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Green beans, cooked with some shallots, garlic, white wine, and butter. Simple.
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[SpeckleDawg]

Wow Beardo. Solid all the way around. Makes my "bought today" steaks seem rather boring. I also apppreciate the Singha and weller.


Back to the GOAT for me.

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[BeardoMSU]

Wow Beardo. Solid all the way around. Makes my "bought today" steaks seem rather boring. I also apppreciate the Singha and weller.

Thanks, Speck. All I did was dry the steaks off with paper towels, then wrap them with fresh paper towels, and place them on a wired tray. Place the tray at the bottom of your fridge (ideally should be both the coldest and driest part). Then just change the paper towels every day. Leave them in there as long as you want really. Give it try. I've done it 3 times, and I can definitely see the difference in both tenderness and flavor.

[Liverpooldawg]

Salmon, pork chops, and asparagus (with panchetta and Colman's English Mustard) on the grill. Vardaman sweet potatoes, white potatoes, and salad. Crawfish and sharp white cheddar with crackers for an app. Acrobat Pinot Noir with dinner. Beer before hand: Old Rasputin and an Oaked Maple IPA. A fantastic Tawney Port after dinner, probably a fantastic Islay scotch too. I haven't got there yet.

[BeardoMSU]

probably a fantastic Islay scotch too. I haven't got there yet.

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[BeastMan]

Those steaks are money Beardo. Job well done

[Liverpooldawg]

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Caol Isla tonight. Got there. After this past summer in the
Hebrides that one is MY favorite. We are doing another small boat cruise in the Hebrides this coming summer. This one IS going to Islay. From what I can tell there will be at least one port call on Islay where we can do a distillery tour. I don't know if it will be at Port Ellen or on the Sound of Islay. I'm pulling for the sound, but I can't wait, no matter what part of Islay it will be. Even then I will be a bit disappointed that we won't have time to go inland and see the former seat of the Lords of the Isles on an island in a freshwater loch. I'm descended from the Lords of the Isles.

[SpeckleDawg]

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[lamont]

I made my Grandfather's seafood gumbo- best on the planet. Titos is a family relative for me- but I welcomed some Strawberry Abita in for the weekend

[BeastMan]

I made my Grandfather's seafood gumbo- best on the planet. Titos is a family relative for me- but I welcomed some Strawberry Abita in for the weekend

Tito's vodka brought back the LA Saltwater Series so they're great in my book