Things we’ve never made/eaten before…

bowhnter · Jun 22, 2021

Until now. I was always a pretty picky eater, and didn’t/don’t step out of the box too far, but I’m getting better at it.

Neither my wife or I have had or made Hot Water Cornbread (alway made the regular) or onion casserole.

Both were delicious. I probably could have left the cornbread in another minute or two. The Mrs made the onion casserole..
Another first will be tomorrow.

What have you recently made for your first time and will add as a regular?

ModelMaker · Jun 23, 2021

I made cheezy shrimp grits, loved it! Made it again the following week.
Ed

TwoWheeler · Jun 23, 2021

Buldak

Huge hit in my house! I’ve actually taken to making the sauce up in bulk and canning it and always have some chicken thighs in the freezer.

bowhnter · Jun 23, 2021

ModelMaker said:
I made cheezy shrimp grits, loved it! Made it again the following week.
Ed

Sounds good

TwoWheeler said:
Buldak

Huge hit in my house! I’ve actually taken to making the sauce up in bulk and canning it and always have some chicken thighs in the freezer.

I would probably like that

Music Junkie · Jun 23, 2021

Just did pork belly burnt ends on Sunday and they were a hit. They will go into the rotation for future get-togethers for sure.

TwoWheeler · Jun 23, 2021

bowhnter said:
I would probably like that

It’s in regular rotation for “Friday Night Junk Food Night”. We joke that we have no idea how it is reheated…

A couple of years ago, my son was taking advantage of all the online meal things, like Blue Apron - he’d take the intro offer and then tell them to get lost - so for Christmas, I made him up three different meals , all pre-measured and such. When he made one, he’d text me and tell me what he thought. When he made the Buldak, I got “I’m moving to Korea….”:grin:

bowhnter · Jun 23, 2021

It is pretty unbelievable to me that I just today smoked my first chub of bologna ever.

And a couple weeks ago, my first from scratch buttermilk biscuits. I’m gonna blame it on work and now I have more free time.

TwoWheeler · Jun 23, 2021

bowhnter said:
And a weeks ago, my first from scratch buttermilk biscuits. I’m gonna blame it on work and now I have more free time.

Same here. Strawberries were in, so I decided on shortcake. I made them from this book. I don’t know what it is about her stuff, but I have an extremely high failure rate. These were no different.:mmph:

Grain Belt · Jun 23, 2021

This is a cool OP and is refreshing to me. It has the “ I want to learn more about cooking” vibe. So many times on many forums people develop a “I know everything about everything” persona.

Being a lifelong Midwesterner, I was not exposed to American Southwestern cooking much. I am enjoying trying and learning more about green chiles.

bowhnter · Jun 23, 2021

Grain Belt said:
Being a lifelong Midwesterner, .

I was too (Illinois). I was 39 when we moved to TX, 23 yrs ago.
I hardly cooked inside at all and sure didn’t own any type of smoker until moving.
I’ll need to tell my very first brinkman smoke (turkey) sometime.

My wife and I worked a lot, say what you will about Rachel Ray and 30 minute meals, but it got us started. That and finding the BBQ forums.

Rocky Branch BBQ · Jun 23, 2021

OK, I've had corn bread; in a skillet with bacon grease, jalapenos, corn kernels, crackling, bell pepper, cheese etc..... Please tell me about hot water corn bread.

bowhnter · Jun 23, 2021

I just typed the whole thing out, and poof lost it all. :tape::mmph: There needs to be a save draft feature!

Google Johnny cakes, hoe cakes, etc.

My wife started following Cookin with Brenda Gannt, link below is what I followed and had to make my own self rising cornbread.

https://www.facebook.com/cookingwithbrendagantt/videos/605911243603666/

DarkStar11 · Jun 23, 2021

TwoWheeler said:
Same here. Strawberries were in, so I decided on shortcake. I made them from this book. I don’t know what it is about her stuff, but I have an extremely high failure rate. These were no different.:mmph:

I've had poor luck with several of her recipes as well, figured it was just me.

DarkStar11 · Jun 23, 2021

Probably the most recent addition to the regular rotation here is ShadowDriver's grandmother's blue cheese potatoes. They are pretty incredible.

bowhnter · Jun 24, 2021

My wife would love those potatoes, and we have some blue cheese. Going to do that tonight

bowhnter · Jun 24, 2021

DarkStar11 said:
Probably the most recent addition to the regular rotation here is ShadowDriver's grandmother's blue cheese potatoes. They are pretty incredible.

bowhnter said:
My wife would love those potatoes, and we have some blue cheese. Going to do that tonight

These potatoes were left over from yesterday’s smoked chuck roast meal. The smoky potatoes and blue cheese were a hit, I coulda used more blue cheese.

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