Cheesy Dirty Rice Beer Bread

Poutine ~ My Way

Hand cut homemade steak fries, topped with chunks of roasted pork loin, cheese curds, and smothered with caramelized onion pan gravy.

Poutine = the unofficial national dish of Canada ~ lots of versions/different toppings, but it's always started with a plate of fries, cheese curds, toppings of choice, and ends with brown gravy.

The ooey gooey good factor is off the chart on this one, yeh.

Lil' Orphan Annie ~ James Whitcomb Riley

My Grandpa used to read me this poem every Halloween ~ scared the bejesus out of me. Here's my version ... Happy Halloween.

Lil' Orphan Annie

Roast Pork & Dirty Rice

Smothered in caramelized onion pan gravy

That right there is a plate full of cajun love, ah garrontee

Sliced roasted pork loin atop cajun dirty rice

Roasted, rested & sliced ~ melt in yer mouth tender

Roast Pork Loin & Dirty Rice

This is the *dirty* part of the dirty rice: ground beef, pulled pork, the holy trinity and some cajun herbs and spices

Rice cooked in beef stock, with the dirty stuff folded in

Pork loin roast ~ seasoned with cajun spices & roasted with onions & beer

Del McCoury ~ Nashville Cats

Big Al's Butt Bomb

Think Frito Pie on steroids ~ Fritos Scoops smothered with Fat Bottom Mary's Moosehead Chili

Then topped with shredded cheddar, dollop of sour cream, diced onions & splashed wit a lil' hot sauce

Fat Bottom Mary's Moosehead Chili ~ 3 Alarm

There's so many good things in this chili, I don't even know where to start with the gestalt ... but suffice to say, the addition of smoked pulled pork din't hurt it none, no.

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OK, I been getting requests for this chili recipe all day ... Homie don't do recipes, but I'll list ingredients & you gonna hafta wing it from there:

5# fresh ground chuck
1# smoked/pulled pork, chopped
quart of whole tomatoes
2 cans french onion soup (undiluted)
1/2 can chipotles in adobo
1 lg onion, diced
2 poblanos, diced
3 anaheims, diced
fresh garlic, chopped
1# beans, soaked
1 bottle moosehead beer
#5 can tomato juice
beef base
williams chili seasoning
smoked ancho powder (penzeys)
cumin (penzeys)
mexican oregano (penzeys)
salt & pepper
honey

Pulled Pork

Smoked pulled pork is a beautiful thing...

Especially if you got the right sauce for it

Sunday Breakfast On Da Bayou

Layered breakfast strada, bottom layer caramelized onions & japs - top layer ham & cheese ... stacked like a short stack with shredded Tillamook cheddar in the middle

Topped with a lil' more ham & cheese, a few japs and a dollop homemade salsa - sided with roasted new 'taters Lyonnaise and a homemade peach cinnamon roll

Roasted new potatoes

Homemade Peach Cinnamon Rolls

Now, don't that just make you wanna slap yer mama?

Hot out the oven, glazed with a peach buttercream frosting

Rolled up & ready for the second proof before baking ~ filled with a buttery, brown sugar, peach schmear

Mais ... I'm kinda gettin' the hang of this baking thing

Texas Hill Country Jalapeno Sausage

60/40 pork to beef ~ used Missy's homemade jalapenos

The Black Lillies ~ Little Darlin'

Happy Birthday, Lil' Buckaroo

Today is my favorite niece's birthday ~ Happy 24th, Caitie

Chicken Soup On Steroids

Weather turned cold & dreary ~ time to open the soup kitchen ... I set some chicken to berlin' & this is what resulted: nice chunky chicken soup wit 2 kinds of hominy, lotsa fresh veggies, fire roasted t'maters, penne pasta, herbage ... kicked up wit some dat good Cajun Power.

Brats & Warm Creole Tater Salad

Warm bacon dressing for the tater salad ~ made with bacon, vinegar, sugar, dollop homemade creole mustard, fresh garlic & onions, etc

Sliced warm cooked taters with the warm dressing poured over ~ then tossed with some sliced hard boiled eggs

Brats, warm creole tater salad, homemade mustard, cheese toast, cold beer ... supper

David Bromberg ~ Fool For You

Homemade Creole/Jalapeno Mustard

Made with beer/vinegar/brown sugar reduction, 3 kinds of mustard seeds, dry mustard, egg yolk, grated garlic & onion, some herbs & homemade pickled japs

Got brats?

Chicken Cacciatore ala Puttanesca

Crisp romaine heart salad wit Maytag bleu cheese crumbles

Cheesy Western Grits Casserole

Sunday breakfast ~ grits is good groceries

Sunday Jesus Rap

Rory Block ~ Silver Wings

Smoked Pork Loin Rouladen

Rolled up with Ementhaller cheese & dill pickle ~ smothered in
caramelized onion/whole grain mustard/red currant sauce

Sided with potato cakes & homemade swt/sour red cabbage

Who sez ol' Kansas plowboys cain't cook German food, eh?

Eggs Ackley

Fried cornmeal mush, gussied up wit a lil' butter & some dat good Steen's Cane Syrup

Topped with an over easy egg & some Burgers Smokehouse bacon = breakfast for supper

Fluffy hash brown & caramelized onion fritatta topped wit some Lil' Missy's homemade pickled japs, sided wit a cheese quesadilla & a red beer = breakfast for lunch