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[buggs]

@buggs, what is your best Rusty Nail recipe? My old Da' used to love this drink.

Honestly it's just Drambuie and JW Black. I happen to think JW Red is terrible whisky, very rough, lacking character of the Black. Green is my favorite JW blend for the price, but would be wasted in the Nail. The older Gold (15 y/o) was very good, but then they made it NAS before bringing back an age statement at a substantially increased price point, but I digress (all I ever do it seems).

With respect to the Nail, tweak the proportion of the two depending on your taste. I rarely drink them now as I find the Drambuie far too sweet. When I do have them, I tend to "rinse" the glass with lemon (sadly it's mostly Real Lemon since I seldom have fresh lemons in the house, an unrealized luxury when working in a bar) first, then pour it out. I mix it at probably 3/5 JW black to 2/5 Drambuie to get more of the whisky flavor. Mostly I just drink whisky though these days.

FWIW when drinking Scotch it's mostly single malt for me. Depending on who I'm pouring for at home, they're welcome to what I'm having if I know they'll appreciate it. If they are not inclined (or sometimes someone I don't have fondness for), they'll get JW Black. It's still a nice enough whisky though I really only keep it myself for Nails.

Rusty Nails hold a special place for me. In grade 10 Canadian Club was my downfall one October Friday night. Stole it from my dad, brought it to a party but didn't have any mix. Some folks headed out to 7-11 to buy some coke as mix. They came back two hours later. In the interim, trying to be school but instead just being really stupid, me and a buddy consumed most of the 26 straight. I rapidly progressed from being giddy to silly to badly impaired to being on the front steps puking my brains out in the rain. My older sister showed up later to find me passed out, couldn't get me to come around and ended up calling my dad to pick me up around 2:00 A.M. To suggest he was unimpressed would be a magnificent understatement.

Go forward about 5 years from that and I'm bartending (when I started I drank only beer and Vodka; when I left only thing I didn't enjoy was Campari and we tried hard there) and guys are trying to get me into whisky. Just the smell of rye screamed "Grade 10!!" deep within my brain and though I was trying I just couldn't get there. Another bartender suggested a Rusty Nail to try and he poured it heavier on the Drambuie side. Now I have enough whisky on hand to last me 20 years.

Finally since I'm damn opinionated on liquor, I hate the new Drambuie bottle. The previous iteration was, to me, iconic. The new bottle blends in with so many other things and lacks the distinctive cap. Fortunately for me I happened to purchase a bottle at duty free shortly before the change (Denver's duty free sucks worse than most for single malts, but then Duty Free sucks in general) so I've just retained and keep using my 1L Drambuie bottle with it's characteristic shape and definitive red cap.

 

[kanadalainen]

Honestly it's just Drambuie and JW Black. I happen to think JW Red is terrible whisky, very rough, lacking character of the Black. Green is my favorite JW blend for the price, but would be wasted in the Nail. The older Gold (15 y/o) was very good, but then they made it NAS before bringing back an age statement at a substantially increased price point, but I digress (all I ever do it seems).

With respect to the Nail, tweak the proportion of the two depending on your taste. I rarely drink them now as I find the Drambuie far too sweet. When I do have them, I tend to "rinse" the glass with lemon (sadly it's mostly Real Lemon since I seldom have fresh lemons in the house, an unrealized luxury when working in a bar) first, then pour it out. I mix it at probably 3/5 JW black to 2/5 Drambuie to get more of the whisky flavor. Mostly I just drink whisky though these days.

Rusty Nails hold a special place for me. In grade 10 Canadian Club was my downfall one October Friday night. Stole it from my dad, brought it to a party but didn't have any mix. Some folks headed out to 7-11 to buy some coke as mix. They came back two hours later. In the interim, trying to be school but instead just being really stupid, me and a buddy consumed most of the 26 straight. I rapidly progressed from being giddy to silly to badly impaired to being on the front steps puking my brains out in the rain. My older sister showed up later to find me passed out, couldn't get me to come around and ended up calling my dad to pick me up around 2:00 A.M. To suggest he was unimpressed would be a magnificent understatement.

Go forward about 5 years from that and I'm bartending (when I started I drank only beer and Vodka; when I left only thing I didn't enjoy was Campari and we tried hard there) and guys are trying to get me into whisky. Just the smell of rye screamed "Grade 10!!" deep within my brain and though I was trying I just couldn't get there. Another bartender suggested a Rusty Nail to try and he poured it heavier on the Drambuie side. Now I have enough whisky on hand to last me 20 years.

Thanks! I'm surprised you still drink scotch! We've all been there perhaps.

I've got a tonne of single malt at home from various gifts, so I'll give some of those a go. No one drinks Scotch in our fam except myself.

 

[10Ducky10]

1 and 1/3 lbs. of cheese in my spaghetti sauce.
I took some of the last of the tomatoes from last year out of the freezer.
Lotsa garlic.

 

[Incubajerks]

1 and 1/3 lbs. of cheese in my spaghetti sauce.
I took some of the last of the tomatoes from last year out of the freezer.
Lotsa garlic.

What you did there?

 

[10Ducky10]

What you did there?

?

 

[Channelcat]

Set up me fryer outside and made us some Nashville Hot Chicken sarnies...View attachment 689888View attachment 689889

Omg....sign me up.

 

[Royale With Cheese]

I'm going to make a Jambalaya for the weekend Jets tilt, and will report back on the relative success of this one.

Jambalaya

An authentic Creole Jambalaya recipe! A delicious one-pot meal coming to you from New Orleans is pure comfort food, filled to the brim!

cafedelites.com

How was it?

 

[kanadalainen]

How was it?

Very good, I swapped out the farmer/garlic sausage for hot italian sausage. My family loved it and so have added it to my armament of go to weaponry for weekends.

 

[surixon]

I made a nice One Pot Italian Chicken and Rice last night.

Its *easy* and awesome, and you can sub in a bottle of Pezzatta for chopped tomatoes if you like.

I double the recipe when the children are present.

One Pot Italian Chicken and Rice

One-Pot Italian chicken and rice meal is ready in 45 minutes. So easy to prepare you won't believe it when it's done! And all in one pan!

cafedelites.com

I'm going to make a Jambalaya for the weekend Jets tilt, and will report back on the relative success of this one.

Jambalaya

An authentic Creole Jambalaya recipe! A delicious one-pot meal coming to you from New Orleans is pure comfort food, filled to the brim!

cafedelites.com

This is the Gumbo I make. I cut the amount Cajun in half and use kobasa instead of the sausage it calls for.

New Orleans Shrimp Sausage Gumbo

This approachable New Orleans Shrimp sausage Gumbo recipe is broken down into steps & is easy to follow. Shrimp, sausage, okra & packed with flavor!

myfoodstory.com

 

[kanadalainen]

This is the Gumbo I make. I cut the amount Cajun in half and use kobasa instead of the sausage it calls for.

New Orleans Shrimp Sausage Gumbo

This approachable New Orleans Shrimp sausage Gumbo recipe is broken down into steps & is easy to follow. Shrimp, sausage, okra & packed with flavor!

myfoodstory.com

This one looks great. The author's description of the preparation of the roux is as detailed as I've seen for any French-style chicken and dumplings.

 

[Channelcat]

You Jets-hf are some creative MFs.

 

[surixon]

Mac and cheese:



Cheese sauce:
1/4 cub of flour
1/4 butter
2 cups of milk
2 cups or assorted cheese (I use a combination of Cheddar, Jack, and parm)

Cook macaroni and leave standing in pot

Cheese sauce:
Melt butter and then cook in flour to make a roux. Add in milk and cheese and cook until creamy.

De-skin Italian sausage and cook until done

Combine sausage, macaroni, and sauce and then cook in a casserole dish at 350 for 1/2 an hour.

 

[Royale With Cheese]

Set up me fryer outside and made us some Nashville Hot Chicken sarnies...View attachment 689888View attachment 689889

Do you have a recipe for this?

 

[Incubajerks]

I made a nice One Pot Italian Chicken and Rice last night.
Its *easy* and awesome, and you can sub in a bottle of Pezzatta for chopped tomatoes if you like.
I double the recipe when the children are present.

One Pot Italian Chicken and Rice

One-Pot Italian chicken and rice meal is ready in 45 minutes. So easy to prepare you won't believe it when it's done! And all in one pan!

cafedelites.com

I'm going to make a Jambalaya for the weekend Jets tilt, and will report back on the relative success of this one.

Jambalaya

An authentic Creole Jambalaya recipe! A delicious one-pot meal coming to you from New Orleans is pure comfort food, filled to the brim!

cafedelites.com

 

[SUX2BU]

Rye and coke

Pour 2 fingers of rye in a glass
Put 2 ice cubes in (see post 4 on how to make them)
Top up with coke


Now we’re cooking ………….

 

[imec]

Do you have a recipe for this?

I use this recipe but this time I used dill pickle juice in place of the kimchee juice as I didn't have any. Honestly, it's better with the kimchee juice - great either way though. If you google, you'll find some simpler recipes - I'm a big fan however of Kenji Lopez Alt.

Crispy, Crunchy Kimchi-Brined Chicken Sandwiches. That's It, That's the Tweet.

A kimchi-and-buttermilk brine tenderizes and seasons chicken thighs, which are fried until they're super crisp and stacked on tender toasted buns or homemade biscuits.

www.seriouseats.com

 

[imec]

Rye and coke

Pour 2 fingers of rye in a glass
Put 2 ice cubes in (see post 4 on how to make them)
Top up with coke


Now we’re cooking ………….

"Tried this recipe. Substituted vodka for the rye cuz I don't like whiskey and orange juice for the coke cuz I didn't have any. Tasted more like a Screwdriver to me. I rate this recipe one star out of five"

(you'll only get this if you read the typical comments on online recipes)

 

[Hunter368]

Saturday I'm planning on cooking up two big turkey legs, my decision is do them are the barbecue (pending weather) or in the Dutch oven?

Baby potatoes or rice?

Thoughts?

Season is done, have to start thinking focusing on cooking more haha.

 

[buggs]

Saturday I'm planning on cooking up two big turkey legs, my decision is do them are the barbecue (pending weather) or in the Dutch oven?

Baby potatoes or rice?

Thoughts?

Season is done, have to start thinking focusing on cooking more haha.

BBQ if you can, weather dependent.

Potatoes always over rice with Turkey.

 

[Channelcat]

Rye and coke

Pour 2 fingers of rye in a glass
Put 2 ice cubes in (see post 4 on how to make them)
Top up with coke


Now we’re cooking ………….

Rye and coke is underrated, in my opinion. Plus it's got sentimental appeal, having been a staple of the club scene in 80s, 90s

 

[imec]

Homemade Ricotta Gnocchi with Italian Chicken Sausage, Cauliflower and Orange. (adapted from a dish served at Bar LaGrassa in Minneapolis)

 

[TheDeuce]

For those special occasions: Chateaubriand in a red wine tarragon sauce with scalloped potatoes and steamed garlic spinach. A nice glass of Masi Amarone pairs very well with it! Or, as you can see, a nice glass of 1% milk for the kids.

Normally I prep this dinner with roasted chateau potatoes but we were short on time on this particular evening.

Recipe:

Cook the Perfect Chateaubriand in 5 Easy Steps

Chateaubriand and wine sauce is a classic of the French kitchen. Delicious and decadent, use this staple on steaks, burgers, and more.

www.thespruceeats.com

For a Classic Gourmet Side Dish, Try These Roasted Chateau Potatoes

Chateau potatoes date back to the Napoleon Bonaparte era and were the accompaniment to chateaubriand. These buttery potatoes are sautéed and roasted.

www.thespruceeats.com

I've found a lot of great recipes at Spruce Eats. One of the few benefits of the whole Covid situation was the opportunity it gave me to try out a lot of new home cooked meals.




m.

 

[surixon]

Made rice pudding last night. Turned out quite nice but I'd go a bit easier on the cinnamon next time.

 

[nobody imp0rtant]

Made rice pudding last night. Turned out quite nice but I'd go a bit easier on the cinnamon next time.

Can never have too much cinnaminnamum. Yum.

 

[Incubajerks]

Made rice pudding last night. Turned out quite nice but I'd go a bit easier on the cinnamon next time.

One of the driest risotto i have ever seen