Your Favorite Recipes!

this is a post for you to list your favorite recipes. they can be with wild game if you so desire, or just something you enjoy cooking and how you do it. cooking is something i have enjoyed doing for many years, as i havve spent more of my adult years single, rather than married.

my favorite item to cook is chili! next to that, i enjoy smoking meat on my homemade BBQ pit. every Thangsgiving i usually smoke at least 2-3 turkeys for the family.

 

that's good! that's where i keep my super secret chili recipe at! even the wife doesn't know my recipe. i can send her to the store with my list, but the preparation is what makes the difference.

 

i enjoy slow and low for smoking and hot and fast for grilling. my BBQ pit is an indirect heat type and uses the smoke to cook and i usually keep it around 250-300 degrees when cooking. when i do briskets and turkeys on my smoker, i usually cook from about 10-14 hours cooking time. fruitwoods will usually leave a lighter smoke flavoring than most hardwoods.

i learned how to make biscuits from scratch from my grandmother and they are really so simple to make and way much better than the store bought ones in the can. the secret is to use lard! makes them much better.

 

i too haave done this. the vinegar helps tenderize the meat and the seasonings give a great flavor to the meat. it works good on chicken to grille for fajitas.

 

i prefer my sweet potatoes in a pie! just like my granny used to make for Thanksgiving.

 

yesterday i went into town and went to this very small mom and pop grocery store, that has one of those old time butchers shop in the back, where they will cut meat to order, then wrap it up in the white butcher's paper. well i picked up three large t-bone steaks, about 1 1/2" thick. brought them home, seasoned them with just a little salt and pepper and grilled them on the homemade grille outside. my father came over and ate dinner with us and we did a little shooting afterwards. it was about 65 degrees outside and the sun was shining, it was a really great day.

 

sometimes it can be and we need to enjoy them when the times are right!

my father lives about 1/2 mile from me, and the wife and i have him over at least once a month for dinner. sometimes my brother and his family joins us.