Joint Chiefs of YeOlde MadHill

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:02 am

What's up man?

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:07 am

Not me yet...still sippin my bowl of coffeh!

Light week going on...sitting home doing some remote work in NYC...gotta remote down to Brazil in a few. Gonna be wicked slammed next month though...3 server projects..yeesh..and short months coming up, holiday season. Good though...it'll pay for XMas.

Saw your post in the auto forum about Jeep...how's it running?

Made some good chicken adobo last week. //licks chops

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:34 am

Not much, Pat. I just finished my omlet and am catching up on The Daily Show.

Thanks for asking.

How's things in your part of the world?

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:04 am

Nice switch! lol

Things are well dull here. Wife's been gone in the Philippines for the last week...10...wait 11 days till her return. I gotta come up with lunch and dinner plans for 1. Time to dust off (literally) the crock pot me thinks. Got any food recipes? You know the kind when women aren't around.

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:08 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Not me yet...still sippin my bowl of coffeh!

Light week going on...sitting home doing some remote work in NYC...gotta remote down to Brazil in a few. Gonna be wicked slammed next month though...3 server projects..yeesh..and short months coming up, holiday season. Good though...it'll pay for XMas.

Saw your post in the auto forum about Jeep...how's it running?

Made some good chicken adobo last week. //licks chops

You hiring yet?

With all the work you won't have time to buy X-Mas gifts.

Jeep is most excellent just a pesty intermittent check engine light. Code is reading O2 sensor (4 wire just before cat converter).

I still have some adobo in the fridge. Wifey made me tons of food before she left but that's nearly gone. lol

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:09 am

Crock pot?

Beef stew is uber simple. I would suggest ham and beans but I'd bet a ham bone is in short supply where you are.

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:12 am

downhill wrote:Crock pot?

Beef stew is uber simple. I would suggest ham and beans but I'd bet a ham bone is in short supply where you are.

I get my fill of pork/ham from the PX brother!

What irks the hell out of me is they sell the dacari mixes but no booze. lol

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:14 am

ack that would suck! LOL

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:15 am

downhill wrote:ack that would suck! LOL

I was thinking of a chicken casserole of sorts. My mom used to make one when I was younger every so often. Those were the times she didn't have to call me twice for dinner.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:33 am

Crock pots rule. Brew coffee....make breakfast, prepare crockpot..put on 8 or 10 hour low cook..go to work..come home..dinner ready!

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:34 am

I love crock pot cooking. There are tons of recipes on the web. Find one that looks good and go for it. Food for a week to be sure!

My fav is plain old pot roast. Never use an expensive cut for this. The cheap cuts just taste better.

One beef roast. A couple of potatoes peeled and diced. A very large sliced onion. A couple of carrots peeled and sliced. A bit of beef rub..

Rub the roast down, and toss in the pot. Toss in the potatoes, the carrots and the onions slices and fill with water. Drool all day long as you smell this cooking.

Besides making a couple of good dinners, that beef makes killer sandwiches with a slice of onion.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:37 am

I used to add water (broth actually). The wife actually got me to stop using water. We season the beef..toss in, toss in the veggies...I like using taters, carrots, onions, garlic, and often sliced mushrooms. She used to toss in a packet of dried onion soup mix, I like doing the spices individually.
Another option...toss in a can of cream of mushroom soup.

When you come home from work..there's enough water in all the ingredients which comes out...to have a few inches of super thick gravy on the bottom.

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:39 am

Oh yeah....I forgot about the onion soup mix. Yummy.

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:01 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Crock pots rule. Brew coffee

More like StonedCat

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:03 am

downhill wrote:I love crock pot cooking. There are tons of recipes on the web. Find one that looks good and go for it. Food for a week to be sure!

My fav is plain old pot roast. Never use an expensive cut for this. The cheap cuts just taste better.

One beef roast. A couple of potatoes peeled and diced. A very large sliced onion. A couple of carrots peeled and sliced. A bit of beef rub..

Rub the roast down, and toss in the pot. Toss in the potatoes, the carrots and the onions slices and fill with water. Drool all day long as you smell this cooking.

Besides making a couple of good dinners, that beef makes killer sandwiches with a slice of onion.

Frickin' hungry now. Just made up my grocery list on my PDA. Got lots of New Zealand beer here at the markets.

Problem, everytime I use potatoes/onions in the crock pot everything seems too watery.

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:05 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:I used to add water (broth actually). The wife actually got me to stop using water. We season the beef..toss in, toss in the veggies...I like using taters, carrots, onions, garlic, and often sliced mushrooms. She used to toss in a packet of dried onion soup mix, I like doing the spices individually.
Another option...toss in a can of cream of mushroom soup.

When you come home from work..there's enough water in all the ingredients which comes out...to have a few inches of super thick gravy on the bottom.

I actually have 10 packets of Lipton Soup mix I ordered from Netgrocer.com last year. I love gravey and anything soupy.

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:32 am

The crock pot has been on for 5 hours...smells divine in the flat. Thanks for the tip about the lipton onion mix.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:33 am

Joint Chiefs of Staff wrote:The crock pot has been on for 5 hours...smells divine in the flat. Thanks for the tip about the lipton onion mix.

Please send care package to my address!

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:37 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Please send care package to my address!

It'll take a week or so to ship meanwhile you could have made 7-10 days of crock pot goodies from your end. I'll post a pic later.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:38 am

Joint Chiefs of Staff wrote:It'll take a week or so to ship meanwhile you could have made 7-10 days of crock pot goodies from your end. I'll post a pic later.

Freeze 'n pack 'n ship in frozen box!

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:41 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Freeze 'n pack 'n ship in frozen box!

Thought you don't do frozen meat, just fresh meat.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:42 am

Joint Chiefs of Staff wrote:Thought you don't do frozen meat, just fresh meat.

True..but ya cooked it already! I gotta taste the local stuff. Must add checkmarks to my stomach (much like the kills of an Ace pilot are marked below their canopy) to keep track of "foods from around the globe".

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:42 am

Get in muh belly!

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:46 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:True..but ya cooked it already! I gotta taste the local stuff. Must add checkmarks to my stomach (much like the kills of an Ace pilot are marked below their canopy) to keep track of "foods from around the globe".

New Zealand beef cooked in Kuwait and shipped to New England. Homeland security will be over over you and I.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:58 am

Joint Chiefs of Staff wrote:New Zealand beef cooked in Kuwait and shipped to New England. Homeland security will be over over you and I.

New Zealand?

Send me some lamb...yeah...lamb....comon....send me some lamb!!!

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Sat Oct 25, 2008 9:02 am

Gonna make some stuffing and peas tonight for side dishes. Tomorrow some nice beef sandwiches.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 9:04 am

Put the lid back on...you're losing moisture!

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Sat Oct 25, 2008 9:06 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Put the lid back on...you're losing moisture!

Just for a quick snap shot. What do you think almost done? 5 hours now on high.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:22 am

Joint Chiefs of Staff wrote:Just for a quick snap shot. What do you think almost done? 5 hours now on high.

Turn that puppy down.

Loooow...sloooooowww....that's the key to succulent meat that falls apart with a fork. 8-10 hours on low.

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:36 am

Yep, 8 hours at least on low.

You won't burn it....

Besides, that smell lingers longer. Ahhhh...

The only cooking smell that's better than beef and onions is baking bread. Both go hand in hand. I can gain weight with just thinking of the aromas mixing together.

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:47 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Loooow...sloooooowww....that's the key to succulent meat.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:00 am

MadDoctor wrote:

I had a feeling one of these posts would bring you out from lurking....

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:28 pm

Joint Chiefs of Staff wrote:What's up man?

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:36 pm

Lmao!

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:39 pm

MadDoctor wrote:

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:40 pm

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Well..his head is in the right spot.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:44 pm

YeOldeStonecat wrote:
Made some good chicken adobo last week. //licks chops

Chicken Adobo again tonight! Yum! Got the vinegar kick going full bore this week.

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:27 pm

Joint Chiefs of Staff wrote:....Joint Chiefs of YeOlde MadHill....

Holy thread morph batman!

Debbie · Post by **Debbie** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:47 pm

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Get in muh belly!

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:26 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Chicken Adobo again tonight! Yum! Got the vinegar kick going full bore this week.

Post your receipe already!