Ribs

These are the second set of smoked ribs I did this summer. These were dry rubbed the night before then smoked for 2-3 hours over cherry and mesquite.  Then wrapped an put back in the smoker for 1 hour.  Last they were unwrapped and baked in the oven for an hour or until they reached 175 meat temp.  The classic smoker is 3-2-1 but these baby back ribs don't need as long  in fact they would be dried out if smoked too long. 

Fresh jerk seasoning

Here is a quick recipe I make of a wonderful seasoning.  It can be very hot depending on how many and what kind of peppers you use.  I smoked some chicken breasts, but it can be used on fish and pork too.



 
 

Salmon cakes and potatoes au gratin

I made these salmon cakes yesterday.  Turned out pretty good.  The amount of corn seemed excessive and looked like it to, but it tasted good.  On a food eating note, I've kept my weight at 213 well 212 on a good day.  I would like to lose 10 more pounds, but working out is causing me to ache more than usual.  I'm sticking to every other day to minimize the discomfort.  I haven't injured anything specific, but it seems like it doesn't take much for me to over-do it these days. That said I'm going to try and cut out desserts.  I watch what I eat; however, I do like my cookies at lunch. No more starting today. I figure that couple hunderd calories per day is going to make some difference ATBE (all things being equal, is that a valid acronym?) .  We'll see.  Oh I dont know if I mentioned I'm trying to learn spanish.  Started with memrise now I'm doing duolingo .  Duolingo is more traditional (grammar and mechanics) than memrise in that memrise was more vocabulary.

Chili's Spicy Garlic and Lime Shrimp Recipe - Food.com

http://www.food.com/recipe/chilis-spicy-garlic-lime-shrimp-76470

Made this last week and it was great.  Got everything from the new Harris Teeter in McHenry Row off Key Highway.  Nice store.  They have dry aged beef and a liquor store attached.  They also had a lot of flies, but besides biting my legs they weren't so bad.

I pretty much followed the recipe except I put all the ingredients together and let the shrimp marinate for a half hour or so before sauteing.