Saturday 27th December Aftermath eating!

[In A Pickle]

What do you eat in the days following the feast?

Here there’s always a hankering for something a bit fresher tasting.
If I said “for lunch you’re gonna eat a load of raw stuff, a whole gem lettuce, at least a quarter of a cucumber and pile of radish n red onion each” they would have replied “on your bike”
But put half a duck and a little jug of hoisin sauce with that and WOOSH it’s gone

Smoked duck lettuce boats.

Next stop on the ‘I’m stuffed but still need something to eat’ train is left over smoked duck and pea puree soup

 

[pacanis]

I was just looking at those BT thermometers this morning.

 

[In A Pickle]

I was just looking at those BT thermometers this morning.

They can be rather hit n miss, which is one of the reasons I have three!
There were also two wired inkbird probes in the birds this time that I’d already removed.
My first one the ‘Meater’ is ok but doesn’t have the same strength of connection compared with the ‘Thermopro Tempsike’.
The one above is the Ninja one. It’s the only wireless one that goes up to a really high temps (700f), it’s good but IMO not quite as good on the connectivity score as the Tempspike.
And you still need an instant read to know for sure it’s done.

Sticking a joint in the smoker outside and being able to check its progress while doing other things is very handy.

 

[dragnlaw]

Sticking a joint in the smoker outside

Well, until I read the above I had absolutely no idea of what you two were talking about! I am now going to assume you are talking specifically about thermometers for grills/smokers. If I'm not correct, care to explain?

Incredibly I slept until 9:30 this morning! I can't remember ever sleeping in like that. Yes, I woke at 2:30, 4:00 and 6:30 as well but went back to sleep then until 9:30 - AMAZING!!

All that to say I was hungry this morning so I filled a little bowl with a bunch of chunks of lamb, a couple of spoons of gravy - zapped it in the micro. It was delicious!
I have something else later, of course, but it certainly hit the spot for now.

 

[pictonguy]

Not eating until tonight, and not sure what yet. Let you know later.

 

[In A Pickle]

Well, until I read the above I had absolutely no idea of what you two were talking about! I am now going to assume you are talking specifically about thermometers for grills/smokers. If I'm not correct, care to explain?

Incredibly I slept until 9:30 this morning! I can't remember ever sleeping in like that. Yes, I woke at 2:30, 4:00 and 6:30 as well but went back to sleep then until 9:30 - AMAZING!!

All that to say I was hungry this morning so I filled a little bowl with a bunch of chunks of lamb, a couple of spoons of gravy - zapped it in the micro. It was delicious!
I have something else later, of course, but it certainly hit the spot for now.

Correct it is the thermometer!
‘BT’ meaning Bluetooth.
They’re not specifically for smokers, they are for any application where you’d like wireless monitoring.
I’m a fan because you can put your food on to cook and set the temperature on the app and it will alert you when the internal temperature of the meat has reached your desired level.
It free’s you up to do other things and means you can get the meat out when it’s cooked exactly how you like it rather than just cooking for a set time

 

[In A Pickle]

Not eating until tonight, and not sure what yet. Let you know later.

How’s your other half doing now?

 

[pictonguy]

How’s your other half doing now?

She's feeling better, thanks for asking. Made her 2 soft boiled eggs with soldiers, one of her favorite breakfasts.

 

[In A Pickle]

She's feeling better, thanks for asking. Made her 2 soft boiled eggs with soldiers, one of her favorite breakfasts.

Got a bit of Brit blood in her?

 

[pictonguy]

Got a bit of Brit blood in her?

Yes she does, both English and Scottish. I also have some Welsh and Scottish and French.

 

[msmofet]

Brunch linguine and green olive sauce. Topped with ground red pepper flakes, Parmesan Reggiano, and Pecorino Romano.

 

[pictonguy]

So, I took out some coho from the freezer and will make some Asian fish cakes with some kimchi later tonight.

 

[In A Pickle]

I don’t think I’ve ever (knowingly) had coho.
It sounds good on paper. A step away from the flabby farmed stuff?

 

[dragnlaw]

chinook coho chum sockeye and pink, it's all salmon to me. Unless it was a complete side by side and other than colour, I personally would never be able to tell a difference.

 

[pacanis]

They can be rather hit n miss, which is one of the reasons I have three!

I noticed one on Amazon for 39, then they took a rather large jump.
I don't really need the BT, but it would be nice to go wireless.
Seeing as how you say hit and miss, which I can certainly understand. It seems digital thermometers are all hit or miss. I can wait a year for the technology to jump and the price to fall, lol.

Pretty cool though.

No idea for supper yet. I just ate most of a good pizza from a nearby shop.

 

[pictonguy]

I don’t think I’ve ever (knowingly) had coho.
It sounds good on paper. A step away from the flabby farmed stuff?

Not as tasty as chinook but pretty close and not surprised you've never had it being from GB. Nothing wrong with farmed Atlantic if from the right sources and it's a consistent product 12 months of the year where coho is really only seasonal and in the fall basically and the reason most restaurants use farmed Atlantic.

 

[pictonguy]

chinook coho chum sockeye and pink, it's all salmon to me. Unless it was a complete side by side and other than colour, I personally would never be able to tell a difference.

Well I'd be very surprised if you couldn't, it's pretty obvious.

 

[In A Pickle]

I noticed one on Amazon for 39, then they took a rather large jump.
I don't really need the BT, but it would be nice to go wireless.
Seeing as how you say hit and miss, which I can certainly understand. It seems digital thermometers are all hit or miss. I can wait a year for the technology to jump and the price to fall, lol.

Pretty cool though.

No idea for supper yet. I just ate most of a good pizza from a nearby shop.

True the tech could do with taking a jump up and the price down, at the moment they’re mostly a bit of a luxury toy.
If I had to choose two thermometers it would be an instant read and a wired inkbird.

 

[dragnlaw]

Other than colour - if it is cooked - it's cooked! as I say, in a side by side with the exact same cooking technique perhaps then I could taste a difference - but otherwise, nope highly doubt it.

 

[dragnlaw]

it's pretty obvious.

LOL which part is the obvious? I'm talking a finished food - not the look of the individual fish.

Maybe sockeye - with it's colour and does taste more 'salmony'. But that is liable to put me off as I'm not really partial to fish tastes.
Very mild? yes, I like. Strong? nope, I'll pass.