The Hampton Smoker

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

A Long Time Gone: holiday catchup

Here're some pics from the holidays that I've been meaning to get posted....Not much to say today, and pictures say thousands of words, no?

Red Velvet Snowman Cake

Our brand new Kitchen Aid Mixer (thanks, dad!) making the cake

Brisket and Potato Pancakes from Chanukah dinner w/ my folks

My new, delicious niece, Gwen, cavorting w/ Granny

My mom on the last night of Chanukah

Labels: Brisket, Chanukah, Holidays

A Fox in the Henhouse: New Year Cooking

Happy new year, my friends. I hope that you had a nice holiday season and have emerged rejuvenated and well. Let's hope the best days of 2006 are the worst of 2007.

Here's a look at some of the cooking we did over the New Year's weekend. We kept it a bit more simple-- a couple of chickens, a brisket flat, a piece of beef shoulder that we cooked and shredded, a pork loin cut in sections, 2 sausage fatties (bulk sausage rolls), a few pounds of cold-smoked white cheddar and a bunch of pizzas. The shoulder and the brisket were actually cooked for 24 full hours(!). The last 6 or so were in the oven at a low temperature. They were moist and tender, like you wouldn't believe. The brisket was probably overcooked by competition standards, but I don't care. It was amazing.

Beef Shoulder