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Seared some pulled pork in a cast iron pan in bacon fat till crispy and then put two over easy eggs on top served with half an English muffin for breakfast.

Adding the juice I made after pulling pork made this so juicy.

A friend gave me a pile of xtra-lrg Jalapenos(about 20), so I made up some "Cowboy Candy"(candied Jalapenos).

My DIL made me a batch a couple of years ago, and they were MMMMMMMMMMM MMMMM Good!!! Great on everything.Tuna, scrambled eggs, pulled pork....I love these things.

Easy to make, Sliced Jalapenos, Cider vinegar, Sugar, garlic, cayenne, celery seed, Boil everything but peppers for 5 minutes, then add peppers and simmer for 4 minutes, remove peppers and lightly boil liquid for 5 minutes.....remove from heat and let cool.....put in Tupperware and refrigerate...they say these get better in a week or two, I'll let you know

recently made some pickled green tomatoes from the drops in the garden.
real simple brine I found on-line and they came out great. tossed in a few green beans from the garden and some slices of red onion...
have eaten supermarket bottles of these all my life though not too often, and with the occasional sammy at the deli, but these are better.

also made a small batch of tomato sauce (better call it gravy before I get a beatin'), also from a simple quick recipe and it was also delicious.
5 lbs yielded a bit over 3 cups, so when all the 'maters have been picked, I'll freeze a few baggies worth for the winter.

Just put 3 marinated black angus rib eye steaks on the grill. Will also be grilling up some veggies.

Grilled a small rib eye, medium rare last night.
Grilled asparagus.
Grilled kabobs of Zucchini, yellow bell pepper, tomato, and Cucumbers.
2 glasses Domaine Drouhin Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills Pinot Noir 2016, 96 point review from either The Advocate or Vinous, I forget which, and it was that good.
2 fingers of Delord Baas Armanjac, 40 years old. Simply ethereal.
Since I won't be drinking as much as previously, I will now only drink world class wine and hard liqueur.
Finished with a small bowl of fresh strawberries and blueberries.

1853 calories for the day
36g carbs
138 g protien
102 g fat

Up to 40 g of carbs a day.
Down to 210lb. Now looking for 2.5 lb loss per week.

Fat-shaming your swordfish! You bastid!

Three ribeyes, a strip steak, ribs and corn on the cob over hardwood lump charcoal with mesquite.
My fuel for the week...

Three of last four times that my wife and I had grilled strip steaks, one was awesome and the other had so much gristle that it couldn't be eaten.

At least two of them...maybe all three...the steaks came packed together.

Is there a way to tell by looking at them in the grocery store whether a steak is going to be all gristle? I can't say that I was able to discern any difference in any of them while raw.

strip steak is also known as New York steak, and that cut always has a strip of gristle between the layer of fat along the outer edge and the lean portion...when buying the steaks, look closely at the thickness of the translucent gristle between the lean and the fat...choose steaks that have the thinnest layer....

or go with ribeyes, which have a lot less gristle...

Just put 3 lbs. of sausage ( sweet & hot) on the grill with peppers onions next to them. Will throw on some corn on the cob in about a half hour.

I'll take a hot sausage, please!

Carrabba's Italian Grill in Columbus, Georgia!!

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The wife and i just enjoyed lunch the the other day. Pretty darn good! Not in GA but MD. We are looking into moving to mid SC to mid GA, as a
matter of fact.

Smoked a couple of chickens for my dinners this morning.

Beer brats in the cast iron skillet and baked potatoes.

Tom Kai and Pad Thai.