Better Dead Than Red ✓

[image] My take on a birria pizza: Parbaked an oiled crust, with a sprinkling of garlic powder and birria dry seasonings. Topped with margherita sauce, mozzarella & raclette cheese, birria, and peperoncinis. Baked for 10 min, then garlic butter brushed, and baked 5 more. Hi Japan 👋

[video] Finally cooled enough for BEEF STEW! 🥳 Mrs. DBR pulled some of her rich, though stubby, homegrown carrots, chopped up a beef shoulder, and got to browning this morning. Tossed in some prime rib bones/trimmings. I added some seasonings, and this evening, crazy tender stew ❤️

[image] I just made a ton of birria. Like 10 lbs of beef. I gotta eat so many tacos and burritos now. Don't tell our Japanese friends, they may not be able to handle knowing about this. 😁

[image] I took those buns, and made Reuben burgers. Reubergers, if you will. With emmental cheese, Mrs. DBR's homemade fermented sauerkraut, a local Montana rancher's beef patties, and of course, thousand island dressing. These really hit the spot!

[image] Al pastor pork burritos for dinner, with an absolute ton of @HabaneroHarman's smoked red fresno hot sauce in there. That sauce took an ok, rote kind of dinner and made it punch way above its weight class. Strong recommend. I need to get some more of @ClaudesBBQ's sauces, too 😓

[image] Smash burgers with ripe tomato, hydroponic lettuces from our indoors garden, smoked Gouda, provolone, and thousand island, on Mrs. DBR's fresh baked buns. Happy America's Birthday: part 2!

[image] I'm really enjoying cooking with the stainless pan. Cleanup isn't as trivial as some, but it's not hard. Filet mignon for dinner, with a side of fresh baked cheesy soda bread, & spinach with home fermented farmer cheese, both made by Mrs. DBR. I put up new lights, too 😎

[image] Chili-lime chicken sandwiches for dinner, with bacon-jalapeno cheddar, avocado, and Mrs. DBR's raw milk fermented sour cream (mixed with lime). Almost through this loaf of bread. Gonna miss it. Until the next one. 😉

[image] Had some leftover prime rib, so for dinner: prime rib sandwiches, ripe tomatoes, provolone, and a horseradish sauce Mrs. DBR made with her freshly fermented unpasteurized sour cream. All on butter grilled homemade bread.

[image] Prime grade steak trimming "stew beef" burritos. Holy smokes this is a bargain. Going to pack the freezer this weekend. Cheese, sour cream, and peach salsa. After searing, seasoned the beef with some dry birria blend, steamed and thickened, and it was absolutely on point.

[image] Gochujang marinated pork over fried-garlic seasoned steamed rice, with Mrs. DBR's fermented cabbage, a homestead-fresh hardboiled egg, and cucumber. A little soy sauce drizzled on the egg, because we can. Served in festive America bowls to continue celebrating 250 years 🥳🇺🇸🦅

[image] I made some chicken over rice, topped with asparagus for dinner. Black pepper BBQ chicken, garlic and white wine asparagus, white rice with furikake. Light and healthy 👌

[image] I just made black pepper/garlic/soy sauce marinated chicken thigh burritos, with homemade kimchi, and peach-pineapple-chipotle salsa. Absolute bangers

[image] We had a branch of tomatoes break off this morning, so I made steak with sauteed green tomatoes for lunch. Nice bright and herbal touch on top of the rich and earthy beef, really paired nicely.

[image] Dinner tonight: ribeyes topped with green tomato, shishito, and garlic sauce Mrs. DBR made from our (her) garden, and a big side of pear gorgonzola salad.

[image] Dinner tonight: gyro seasoned marinated lamb stuffed pita, with Mrs. DBR's homegrown Market Miracle tomatoes, and a sour cream sauce I whipped up, with garlic, dill, olive oil, lemon juice, a little oregano, and sumac. Unbelievably delicious, despite the lack of cucumber 😄

[image] Made some Korean BBQ chicken, kimchi, zucchini, and carrot stir fry for dinner. A little sauce + gochujang. Mrs. DBR fermented the kimchi, chopped up (& salted) the enormous zucchini, and grew the carrots ❤️ Yes, it was _that_ zucchini. Was sweet and tender, not fibrous at all!

[image] Dungeness Crab Benedict for brunch today! Mine on English muffins, Mrs. DBR's on her keto bread. She was kind enough to whip up some hollandaise while I prepared the bread, eggs, and seasoned/warmed the crab. Still got another 4+ lbs of crab, so expect more crab stuff 😎

[image] Creamy mushroom chredded chicken, with 3 types of Japanese mushrooms, garlic, and chardonnay, served over riced cauliflower. Rich and creamy 👌

[image] Dinner: Yogurt and Lebanese spice marinated chicken, cucumber, home-grown tomatoes, feta, and a quick lemon-garlic sour cream sauce, on pita. Kinda a shawarma, kinda a gyro, kinda neither. Really tasty.

[image] Dinner tonight: Korean BBQ pork, with julienned zucchini, and Mrs. DBR's homemade cabbage and cucumber kimchis. You really need to be fermenting your own veggies. It'll make your life better, and tastier.

[image] Lemon & garlic marinated chicken thighs, over air-fried Greek herb seasoned mixed veggies. The healthy meals continue, unabated!

[image] Had some leftover ground beef from a day ago, so I made a little stir fry for dinner. Some rice vinegar, a little haku sakura soy sauce, a dash of ponzu, a dash of mirin, a bit of oyster sauce, and a secret bit of heinz ketchup. Finished with Thai fish sauce. Nicely balanced.

[image] Blistered fresh shishito peppers Mrs. DBR grew, and mixed up some spinach, leftover pulled pork and beef, chopped shishito, and some American cheese, then made little sliders. Seasoned with Everglades. Damn tasty Friday meal.

[image] Dinner tonight: red snapper with parmesan crusted asparagus, drizzled with @HabaneroHarman Smoked Red Fresno, @Half_A_Pond Blackberry Skirmish, & a little street corn style crema. Mine on a bollilo roll, hers keto-friendly. Next time I'll do @ClaudesBBQ Private Stock w/o crema.

[image] Pork adobo! Made some modifications to the recipe - inclusion of coconut sugar, for instance, but overall stayed pretty close. Oh, and a marrowbone. Gonna try some, then I'll report back.

[image] Cajun seasoned Argentine shrimp and bacon with home-grown tomatoes, bell pepper, and shishito peppers, over top not-home-grown riced cauliflower. Low carb, huge flavor, and incredible quality produce 😎

[image] Working on redeeming myself tonight, like a Google Play gift card. Dungeness crab stuffed portobello mushrooms, with parmesan, lemon, old bay, and herbs. Oh, and pork panko. These were delicious. Like a mushroom stuffed with a crab cake. Absolute winners.

[image] Korean beef burritos for lunch, with Mrs. DBR's home fermented kimchi, some crumbled nori, and a splash of the superb Private Stock hot sauce from the good man @ClaudesBBQ Excellent pairing all around.

[image] Once again, our incredible neighbors have doordashed us home cooked (and raised - the chicken) food, way out here in the woods. We love these fine people, and they appear to feel similarly in return. I plan to return the favor with pork adobo tomorrow 😎

[text] Here's how I smoke pork. Feel free to do it differently, but this always works for me. 😎