Cooking thread

With reference to a type of cookbook, what does the phrase Hail Mary mean?

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What do you think would go better with fritos, 1) tomato sauce, 2) creamy mushroom sauce?

I make my chili with a tomato sauce base and I put Frito's in the chili when I eat it.

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With reference to a type of cookbook, what does the phrase Hail Mary mean?

I have no idea, but I'm going to guess that it is recipes that could be made in the time it takes to say a Hail Mary? (Hyperbolically speaking, of course.)

The best thing about March 18th is that corned beef is usually half price.

Take a 3-4 lb corned beef brisket and soak it in cold water for a couple-three days, changing the water every 12 hours.

Make a rub of

4 tablespoons coarsely and freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons ground coriander
1 teaspoon mustard powder
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon paprika
2 teaspoons garlic powder
2 teaspoons onion powder

Femove the corned beef from the water, pat it dry, and coat it with the rub.

Prepare a grill for 2 zone cooking, and heat it to a steady 250*. Add a few wood chunks, enough to smoke for about 2 hours. Put the meat on the low heat side of your cooker and leave it there until it hits about 205* internal. This could be anywhere from 8-16 hours, depending on lots of things.

When it hits temp, remove it from the grill, wrap it in foil, then in a clean towel, than put it in a cooler for at least an hour.

Remove it from the cooler, towel and foil, then slice the best pastrami you have ever eaten in your life.

Quote: Mosca

Remove it from the cooler, towel and foil, then slice the best pastrami you have ever eaten in your life.

Or just go to the deli in the store
and buy a pound for $8.99 and
save yourself 5 hours of work.

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Or just go to the deli in the store
and buy a pound for $8.99 and
save yourself 5 hours of work.

There's a difference. $8.99/lb pastrami is crap compared to this. This is something that you have to walk away from to keep from eating it all.

Quote: Mosca

There's a difference. $8.99/lb pastrami is crap compared to this. This is something that you have to walk away from to keep from eating it all.

My time is worth more than that.
The most I'll do to meat is brine
it because all I have to do it stick
it in a bag of salt water for 24
hours and throw it in the pressure
cooker.

Quote: Evenbob

My time is worth more than that.
The most I'll do to meat is brine
it because all I have to do it stick
it in a bag of salt water for 24
hours and throw it in the pressure
cooker.

Same reason I don't learn to count cards, I guess. I love making smoked meats. There's as much joy in the process as there is in the finished product.

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Same reason I don't learn to count cards, I guess. I love making smoked meats. There's as much joy in the process as there is in the finished product.

I enjoy making my own beef jerky but yet I rarely do.

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I enjoy making my own beef jerky but yet I rarely do.

Once a year for the pastrami, when corned beef is cheap. Otherwise I’m smoking the usual stuff like briskets, pork butts, ribs, chicken, etc.