Whats on the menu tonight?

Oregon Viking · Jun 19, 2015

Tamales.

A friend of mine is from Mexico. Every couple of months, he takes orders and his family makes a couple of hundred tamales.
$15.00 a dozen. They come wrapped in foil and in a paper bag. My order had my name on the bag and a "Q"
Ahhhhhhh...Queso! (cheese) and jalapeño!! A dozen chicken tamales also. Sour cream and Tapatío is a must. Sweat develops on the back of my neck... :laughing7:

How can something so simple be so good? :icon_thumright:

I'm only having one right now....could not wait till dinner time!

gunsil · Jul 15, 2015

Jumbo (sold as "colossal") shrimp on the barbie!! Huge 1&1/2 lbs were nine shrimps marinated for 4-5 hours. Marinade was juice of six fresh limes, one bottle Stella Artois beer, tablespoon tamari soy sauce, tablespoon Pickapeppa sauce, couple pinches of taragon, finely diced fresh onion, I guess a quarter cup, TSP Thai chili sauce, and a TSP Cholula chipotle sauce or maybe a little less. Oh yeah, a few pinches of garlic powder. Sounds kinda funny but it works really well on shrimp, and I use basically the same for marinade for veal or filet mignon shish-kebabs. Last two pics you can see the onion and taragon since I baste them with the marinade after turning them over.

Oregon Viking · Apr 26, 2016

Chicken Enchilada Casserole.
Cream of chicken, cream of mushroom, diced onions, diced green green chilies, boiled chicken, broth reserved.
Layered tortillas, with cheese and baked.

Oregon Viking · Sep 15, 2016

Pork shoulder roast in the crock pot.....For 8 hours with the usual suspects.
Mushroom broth....DAMN!!!! :headbang:

Proof of pork.... :tongue3:

Oregon Viking · Feb 25, 2017

Today I go to my friends house to pick up a dozen tamales. He and his wife make a couple hundred ans sell them. Authentic as they are from Mexico. As I leave for home his wife hands me a plate full of food! As I'am holding the plate Jamie (pronounced high-me) adds meat from the grill, covers the plate in foil and I head home. Excellent!! The upper right of the pic... I don't know what it even is.....
I will ask him later. Everything made from scratch.
WOW!!