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The day after the Blizzard of '15! Cooking out! Took these photos with my iPad. Not bad. My patent-pending charcoaling method. Each photo has a caption.
@ Lemmon Rock Fire Lookout
4.27.2015 (Our 41st wedding anniversary! Wish Dr. DemoTex. were here!)
Start with a 30,000 BTU propane cooker, a cast iron skillet, and a lump of charcoal. Heat on high until the charcoal is smoking, and the skillet is very hot. Leather gloves a must.
I cut a small filet in two to make them thinner for a fast cook (1.5 minute/side for these for medium rare). A press is helpful. Notice the wok on the chair to the left. I had already cooked my home-made chips in that on the cooker.
Ummmm! Fast and smoky. Best done outside. I use this cooker and this technique at the DogStar Lodge on Caesar's Head Mountain, SC, all the time.
Home fries, spinach salad, and a filet mignon. Ellegantly set table, too. This is where one eats in the fire lookout.
BTW: One part of the split steak is for breakfast tomorrow, as are some of the potatoes - if they don't get too soggy. Or even if they do. The Presbyterian motto rings true in the fire lookout: "Waste Not; Want Not." I try to waste nothing up here.
AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)So clear, lucky you u dear beautiful skies and fresh air...
DemoTex
(25,397 posts)Tweak it
AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)DemoTex
(25,397 posts)Basic info:
1. Shoot smart (time of day, etc)
2. Crop the photo, either as you shoot (move in on the subject!), or with software (some comes with most digital cameras)
3. Enhance light & sharpen (again, software), if you did not shoot smart (#1)
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,620 posts)I think your wife is very lucky, having a man who knows his way around a kitchen......!
DemoTex
(25,397 posts)She is. 41 years, and she still can't boil water. But that is OK!
longship
(40,416 posts)Suich
(10,642 posts)Nice pics!
Gives the flavor of cooking over charcoal.
pinto
(106,886 posts)Thanks for the pics.
Hekate
(90,686 posts)No Vested Interest
(5,166 posts)tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)Gonna have to go eat now. hahahaha
Great stuff! thanks for posting.
Lochloosa
(16,064 posts)DemoTex
(25,397 posts)Pretty lame. I usually do a caramelized onion/sherry vinegar/demiglaze reduction. At least I doctored the A-1 with some sherry vinegar.