maybe u guys should change ur names to CHEF BOYARDEE....LOL

Getting close to my favorite time of year.....sap season
Anybody else make maple syrup?

[M]BOAZ wrote: Getting close to my favorite time of year.....sap season
Anybody else make maple syrup?

Man this brings back memories! My Grandma used to make Maple Syrup, loved staying the weekend with the Grandparents when I was a kid. First thing I would ask when I got there was, " Can I have pancakes for Breakfast?"

Here's one to try.
Take 6 pork chops, Brown them in a skillet.
Pour 1 can of Apple pie filling in a glass baking pan.
Add the pork chops
Cover the top with pork stuffing.
Bake at 350 for about 25-30 minutes or until the stuffing starts to get crispy.
Mashed potatoes make a great side for this.
Grab a plate and enjoy!

wow! no i never tried making syrup before. it looks like hard but fun work. i think everything could be better with that stuff on top of it.



ripper- that recipe sounds nice, i like the apples touch. i do something similar with pork chops. i cover them with creamed corn, then put crushed crackers and parmesan cheese on top and bake in oven. yum!

dognamitt sent me this photo of a breakfast he made. looks awesome!

I'm thinking of doing a giveaway for some of my syrup. I'm not sure if it will be a random drawing or some kind of contest. What do you think? But unfortunately it will probably have to be for US based players only because I probably can't ship homemade food overseas.

[M]BOAZ wrote: I'm thinking of doing a giveaway for some of my syrup. I'm not sure if it will be a random drawing or some kind of contest. What do you think? But unfortunately it will probably have to be for US based players only because I probably can't ship homemade food overseas.

Really!! Whoa!! throw my name into the hat for that prize or contest or whatever you decide!! Yummmmmmm!!

Thanks hb was delish garlic fried bread (german rye)roasted cherry tomatoes Italian sausage / egg and a sauteed bell pepper and scallions

Trees are tapped and dripping away. I should have enough to start boiling next weekend.

Bacon, egg and cheese loaf

The original recipe that I found for this had them as muffins, but I like doing it in a bread pan so that you can choose how big of a slice you are in the mood for, AND you can heat it up by tossing it in a skillet which crisps up the sides real nice and adds some dimension to it. It also called for adding some maple syrup to the bacon as you cook it, but we’re more into the savories than the sweets, so I omitted that. The onion was added in later since we all felt that the bread was a bit on the dry side. I think adding peppers would also be a good choice. It’s a good recipe to play around with.

*Bacon- six slices. Cut them up however you would want to eat them. The original recipe called for putting a chunk in each muffin. I usually cut them up into 3/8” pieces.
*Eggs- six large
*Onion- diced 1/4 cup
*salt and pepper to taste
*All purpose flour- 1 cup. Although I normally use bread flour since that’s what we normally have around.
*Yellow cornmeal- ½ cup
*Sugar- 2 tbsp
*Baking powder- 2 ½ tsp
*Salt- ½ tsp
*Milk- 1 cup
*Vegetable oil- ¼ cup
*Cheddar cheese- ½ cup. I usually do just a bit more than that.

- Preheat oven to 400F
- Cook the bacon until it just starts to crisp. Remove the bacon and drain on paper towels. I like to use the drippings for my grease in the pan and for cooking the eggs, but only if my wife isn’t around to watch me do something so unhealthy.
- Cook up your onions until clear. I like them in the bacon grease, but see above comment.
- Beat 4 of the eggs in a small bowl with 2 tbsp of water. Cook in a hot skillet until just set around the edges. My daughter keeps requesting “More eggs, less bread.” I haven’t tried that yet since I’m a little afraid of the whole thing falling apart, but I think it could probably take one more egg without becoming a mess.
- Grease up your pan with your favorite greasing medium.
- Stir together flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
- In a separate bowl, combine the milk, vegetable oil and the remaining two eggs. Beat together well. Stir this into the flour mixture until just combined. Use a rubber spatula to fold in the eggs, onion and bacon (Unless you’re doing muffins and like the idea of putting a chunk of bacon into each muffin.)
- Pour the mixture into your tin.
- Bake for 15-17 minutes. It will get browned on top and always do your toothpick test to make sure it’s cooked all the way through.

That’s about it. After cooking I pull it out of the tin and let it cool, then I wrap it up tightly in stretch wrap and put it in the fridge. It usually doesn’t stay around very long, but I imagine that it could last for up to a week before going bad. *DISCLAIMER* I am not a nutritionist and will not be held responsible if you leave it in your fridge too long and it goes bad and/or the resulting bowel infractions that this may incur! Like I said, ours is usually gone in about three days.

Play around with the recipe and let me know your results!

i've never taken pictures of any of my work cooking. i usually post up my at home experiments. i thought this plate looked pretty nice so i snapped a photo of it. you can tell i am at work because of the huge stainless steel counter the plate is on.

so we've got a nice glazed meatloaf, roasted baby potatoes and scalloped corn. yum! looks like a good cold night meal.

Wow HB, that looks fantastic! I never would have thought of glazed potatoes,with meatloaf! Can you send some in an email!lol

looks delish HB !! can i rent you for a day to cook dinner for me and dog ! ? lol

in my recent college cooking endeavors i decided to try my hand at different pasta recipes (if you have one gimme!!) and so far ive made your classic pasta and meatballs (nothing special there) an nice alfredo (sadly no picture but it tasted really good) and tonight i made a damn good chicken parmagean (i can never spell that right) ziti bake...but im having technological difficulties (isnt that funny...and 18 year old having issues wit technology) and will get the damn photo on here eventually

flush, it sounds like you are ready to mess around with some pesto. you can make your own or buy it in a jar. i usually cheat and buy it in a jar. it takes a ton of basil to make your own pesto.

boil your pasta of choice. when using the pesto i like to go for a wider noodle like linguine or fettuccine. add a spoonful or two of the pesto with some butter to the drained pasta. stir it up and enjoy!

this is the jar i usually get, but anything works really...you're in college after all.

Pesto is awesome! It's the best thing since sushi!although I don't know how to make the pesto just right?

|111th| =Anubis= wrote: in my recent college cooking endeavors i decided to try my hand at different pasta recipes (if you have one gimme!!) and so far ive made your classic pasta and meatballs (nothing special there) an nice alfredo (sadly no picture but it tasted really good) and tonight i made a damn good chicken parmagean (i can never spell that right) ziti bake...but im having technological difficulties (isnt that funny...and 18 year old having issues wit technology) and will get the damn photo on here eventually

dang flush that looks good!

this is nothing i made but it sure looks delicious! i took this photo a local beer hall.

beats a can of beans for sure!!

Made an easy desert:

Melt caster sugar in a pan to caramelize it,
Pour in some sirup of a jar of canned pineapple pieces (don't flood the pan)
Pour in some booze ( like Gran Marnier),
Flambé,
Let it cook to infuse,





Put the pineapple pieces in bowls,
Vanilla ice cream,
Whipped cream,
Sirup on top.

awesome work rudolph looks good! we need some more desserts on this thread.

What do you do with last year's syrup? Make maple sugar
Tomorrow I will post pics of homemade maple glazed donuts

i see you are taking the call for desserts seriously boaz! looks great bud!

Oh cmon! Youre making all the fancy food! It all looks awesome! I had to settle with polska keilbasa last night,and i forgot to take a pic. i want 100 orders of all the food on the page delivered real soon! Lol

this is a blast from the past, but it's a good example of what can be done with kielbasa. i love kielbasa!!

Here is some work cooking again. Sauerkraut and pork loin!

so i got a paper bag full of mushrooms from a friend yesterday and was glad i was able to identify at least one of them. turned out they were oyster and shiitake. we did a nice sautee with onion, garlic and bell pepper. the idea for the left overs is to turn them into some type of soup. we'll see how that goes. enjoy!

Here is Blackened salmon with a asian stirfry consisting of carrots baby bok choy shallots ginger mushrooms cooked in a honey and lemon juice marinade

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