As my oven is now acting better (thank you internet for reset tips and tricks) D and I are in full baking/cooking mode! I love LOVE love it! I absolutely love watching him cook (or grill) and most of the time don't even mind cleaning up the disaster he creates in the kitchen when he does! This year, as always, he will be smoking the turkey for his parents house, and I get to roast (bake, whatever you want to call it) the turkey for mom's house. I did this for the first time last year, and it worked out pretty good so doing it again. Makes me so happy to actually be able to help mom with Thanksgiving dinner!
D and I really love to cook and bake stuff. Over the years I have realized some things that aren't my friend (crescent rolls, or trying to roll them and cut them cute)...as well as homemade cookies. Alot of people mention to D that he should have learned how to make homemade biscuits from his Dad, and I'm sure it has to hit a nerve. He probably thought he had more time to, and so I have been trying to get written down all of the things that my mom makes that I can't find recipes for, or she makes a different way...stuff like that. I have about 4 of 20 right now.
We love watching Food Network. Love it. We watch something, want to make it, and it normally falls between the 2 of us. Either we know that's for D or me, as we are better at different things. When it comes right down to it, we haven't tried alot of them just for money reasons...but still making a list is still fun!
Some of my favorites are Triple D (Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives) and any live shows. I am absolutely a fan of Restaurant Impossible, and Iron Chef when I can catch it. D and I both love Good Eats. Sometimes they show it on Food, but alot of the episodes we can record are on Cooking.
In my quest for recipes to try and file away for better money days, I was watching Triple D and they had the Memphis BBQ tour (focused more on where locals go) and I was super excited! Watched it, and in it was featured Cozy Corner... now I have not personally ever been there, and cannot say it is on my list anytime soon (being broke and all) BUT this little lady of fire was cooking and saying something about the chicken.. I had to rewind. She told Guy, you cook it til it's done. Now when I watch these shows they always tend to give a round about time. Not this feisty lady. And I mean that in the best terms possible. She sounded JUST LIKE MY MOM!!! If I'm trying to get a recipe, ANY RECIPE, from my mom it always ends with cook until it's done!!!!! This is too funny to me, because if I'm cooking it for the first time...I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN IT'S DONE!!! I had to rewind that about 3 times, I was laughing so hard and to the point of tears!!!
I honestly thought before watching this...only my mom...then she said it...anybody else's mom do this?!?!
Well, time for me to get back to chores and baking. This year, the furbabies in my life are getting homemade doggie treats! Got about 12 recipes off the internet, tried 2, one came out fantastic! Owen and Cj are super happy about them, and the other...kinda flopped. Time to try out some others! Happy Monday everyone!
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