Just to make my friends crazy....

Rumors of my demise by Ohiotuber are completely false. I really don't get much time to fish, but I don't sit idle either. Here are a few of the projects that occupy my time...

Homemade Cavatelli with my new Cavatelli maker.

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Fettuccine Alfredo with pan seared chicken breast and broccoli, made with homemade pasta and homemade Alfredo sauce.

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Honey whole wheat bread (made almost weekly) and a new addition to the bread line, honey whole wheat sandwich thins, just for Mama.

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Chicken, pineapple and vegetable stir fry on a bed of vegetable fried brown rice

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marinated chicken kebobs with sourdough no-knead bread, fried rice and a killer salad made by Mama.

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I have many more, but I don't want anyone to require therapy from over indulging. It's very possible that one or two of these meals may turn up in the campground at the Michigan Fish-In in a couple of weeks.

Well now you done it Joe. I salivated all over my keyboard. Real pretty food. I'll bet it was delicious. Jim

Ok, Ok already. I'll put a few more up here just to satisfy the hunger in some of you folks.

I've been making my own pasta sauce for awhile, but when freezer space became scars I started to bottle it and just keep it in the pantry. I bottle in two sizes for when it's just me and Mama for dinner.

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Anyone care for good old comfort food? I don't know anyone who doesn't like it, especially during the colder months in the Island Nation of Ohio. Here are a couple of slow cooked roasts in pork and beef that warmed us all to way to our toes.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...nner041211.jpg Roast pork shoulder

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...nner033111.jpg Slow cooked chuck roast with roasted veggies.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...11-3Dinner.jpg Beef tips over homemade noodles in a wine gravy.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...nner021511.jpg lastly, stuffed cabbages are our friends.

Joe,Gained 4 1/2 pounds looking at your post.You sure know how to plate something.Ray

I've been on a 1,000 calorie per day diet for the past 3 weeks trying to lose weight....Joe I don't know you, but now I think I hate you! LOL :)


That first picture and the bread just look absolutely delicious!

Steve

impressive
all of it looks excellent!!!

MMM....MMM....MMM....couldn't take my eyes of the kabobs.

Thanks to all for the compliments. Steve, lots of people love to hate me for my food. I'm used to it. LOL

Our daughter from Orlando is in town for the weekend, so we celebrated with a little picnic food for dinner, all at her request. The ribs were tender and all of the bones slipped right out of the meat before finishing them on the grill.

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Excellent to hear Joe! that is the part about your family and good eats... :)

Hmmm, didn't see a single fish dish there. ;)

Joe,

Your demise may not have come at the hands of Ohiotuber but something has indeed happened to Mikey. I was looking forward to seeing him at the Ohio Warmwater Conclave and he was a no-show!!! Something dastardly must have happened to Mikey. If anybody knows the whereabouts of the tuber please let us all know. But, if he just played hookey and went fishing then I think some form of penance is in order. What say ye? Come to think of it, I didn't see Joe Valencic there either.

The food looks great Joe. Me being on a low-fat, low-salt, and low-potassium (and no taste) diet I can feel my arteries plugging up just looking at the pictures. You had better be careful that the food cops don't catch up with you.

You can hide out in Indiana.

fishbum

This was a rare time when all 3 of our kids were home. Our daughter from Orlando came in for the weekend, so we everyone here for dinner and playing with our 5 month old grand daughter. No clue where Mikey is, but I just talked to him a couple of nights ago, amd I don't remember if he said he was going to the conclave or not.

Joe,

You need to warn us when you are posting food porn.

I'm stuffed just looking at all those wonderful culinary delights you whipped up.

The cullinary delights aside, the presentation ain't too shabby either. And, after all, that too is part of the dining "experience".

Mark

Everyone should know that eating Joe's cooking can be hazardous. I almost starved to death after leaving the Michigan fish-in where I camped near Joe. I just couldn't find any appetite for the fast food places I stopped at on my way home. It was just as well as I was starting to have problems with my jeans having shrunk that week anyway.

Joe, if I ever win the lottery, I'm going to drag you off for a very long fishing trip. How does "the US and Canada" sound?

Ed

Hey Joe, great looking food, wish I could sample. :) what's the recipe on the stir fry? I've been hinting for a wok for father's day. :)

thanks,
hNt

Joe,
What time is dinner? *G*


Z

Joe. I love what you've offered up. Not sure what some of it is, but I am sure I'd eat it all. Now if I can just learn how to prepare dishes like that from a Dutch Oven in camp.

Beautiful presentation! Looks like it was prepared and served in a little bistro I had dinner at in Decorah, IA last weekend. Beautiful presentation, exceptional taste.

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Joe. I love what you've offered up. Not sure what some of it is, but I am sure I'd eat it all. Now if I can just learn how to prepare dishes like that from a Dutch Oven in camp.

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How about a griddle?

Blintz's

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Eggs Benedict eaten by Sir Jack

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We made everything on a camp stove with a griddle top, including homemade English Muffins

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Did you say dutch oven? How about a double stack?

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Hey Joe,
Perhaps for the safety of children that may be be lurking, you should have entered a WARNING before posting a pic of "sir" Jack. The other stuff needed no such warnings.

Mark

Man you are killing me!

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In that case, die a happy man with a nice strip steak (it was so big that we split it), baked potato and steamed veggies. He, he, he, he, he....

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Is there not a law about this cruel stuff you are doing? Is this what they were doing in G Bay LOL?????

Seriously these are really something else!

You know there is something strange about a man who can take time to photograph that food before he eats it.

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True, very true. I guess that makes Joe one of them there preverts...
;)

Ed

I heard they had a Wanted Poster up for him at the American Heart Association, next to Spinner.

...."Just to make my friends crazy"...

It doesn't sound like you're going to have any friends left by the end of your posts. Lol.

TT.

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...."Just to make my friends crazy"...

It doesn't sound like you're going to have any friends left by the end of your posts. Lol.

TT.

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I'm not so sure about that. Seems that I have quite a few friends following this thread. I'm sure there will be a couple FAOL'ers hanging around my campsite as well at the Michigan Fish-In in a couple of weeks. I'll try to post some camp fare since Gates Lodge has free WiFi.

No pictures tonight. I worked out in teh 90F+ heat all day, and came home with no appetite. Maybe a sandwich later when I cool down and get re-hydrated.

Oh, and who sez I'm going to stop posting?????? Maybe I'll try to make this the longest running thread on FAOL. LOL

Funny you mention camping Joe_ everyone here seems to want to take crap like eggs and sausages on a camp trip, tastes like garbage and makes you feel rubbish too.

Easiest thing to take and to cook on a camp IMHO is vegetables, they keep, handle the heat, taste good, easy to cook in a pot with some water or just roasted... dunno why more people don't do it. The other thing we do is take one of those Cobb cookers and buy a few roasts before we go. It makes things so easy. We come back to camp generally about midday and have a sandwich and coffee etc etc, take a snooze, light the Cobb and chuck a roast in. By the time you come back from the evening rise you have a sensational roast dinner all ready done and cooked.

The smell of it will be driving any neighbours totally crazy too, so while they are sitting and trying to cook crap sausages in the dark you are finishing off a sensational roast and ready for whatever comes after.

Anyway make it a long thread Joe, I enjoy your food.

Lol, Joe...I know if I was joining you guys for the MIFI that I'd be your friend if you didn't have any...I'd even share some of my flies with you.
I grilled up a some elk steaks a few days ago from a young cow elk I shot last fall, with some garlic sautee'd green beans, and a baked potato with all the fixin's. A meal fit for heaven. Just goes to show that it doesn't have to be fancy to be amazing.

One of my favorite recipe's is venison back strap with a red wine reduction sauce, mushrooms sautee'd in butter and red wine, with some rice pilaf and steamed veggies. That's about as good as it can get.

TT.