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Shonali’s Indian Food Dinner

Shonali made an Indian feast, trying out her parents’ recipes for the first time. I love her parents cooking and Shonali did an amazing job. The food was so good. I ate two and a half plates.

Got to meet Joachim and Liesl’s new baby. And Shonali also got Ike a birthday cake.

…and then he got really wired up.

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Shonali’s Parents Made Indian Food (Nashville, Tennessee)

Day 8 of the Shonali tour: Made it into Nashville and Shonali’s parents made all this food for us. Probably the best food I had on tour. It got me afterwards though.

Family portrait…

After our meal, Shonali’s dad came out of his office and starting singing “Ching Ching Chu”. We thought he was directing it at me. I asked him to sing it again to the camera.

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Wes’ Fish Fry (Savannah, Georgia)

I’ve posted snippets from the road, but now I’m ready to share our full-on adventures and photos from our Shonali Bhowmik 100 Oak’s Revival tour down South…

Day 5: We got the day off in Savannah and cooled off in the neighborhood pool.

This is Scott & Tracy’s little kid…

Even better in slow motion with the audio turned up!

Then came back to Wes’ place where he threw an awesome fish fry and traded ghost stories. Looking at the last couple of pics, Matt and I had a little too much to drink.

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I Cooked This Porterhouse Steak

I asked Mario from Mario & Sons to cut me a Porterhouse Steak 1″ thick. It was probably closer to 2″, but I trust him more about meat than anyone else. So all was good.

I preheated the oven to 350 degrees, while I prepped the meat with olive oil, salt and pepper. You’re supposed to have had let the meat sit out to room temperature. Then I put it in a hot pan with the hood fan going and fried each side for about 3 minutes each. I put it in the oven for about 5 mins. Pull it out and let it rest for another 5. Came out medium. Still very tasty. I think next time, I’m going to skip the oven and go little more pink and bloody.

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Easy Beef Rump Roast Recipe

This was easiest rump roast recipe I did today…

1) Brown the rump roast in a pan on all sides –salt, pepper, Adobo seasoning (optional)

2) Place in crock pot with a bottom layer of sliced onions.

3) Pour a bottle of Lawry’s steak sauce marinade over it. (I bet it’ll be good with other steak sauces too)

4) Cook 4 hours on high and 3 hours on low …probably would be ready in less time.

Super tender and tasty!

 

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Chicken Log

Jon made this amazing Chicken Log for Jody’s birthday. I’ve never seen anything like it. He cooked chicken thighs, pounded the meat down and then rolled it up with chanterelle mushrooms and broccoli rabe. Wrapped the whole log up with the chicken skin. It’s all cooked, but threw it on the grill to crisp it up. Awesome.

Rusty brought his rat for more good pranks.

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Crack an Egg on a Frozen Pizza

I think it was my friend Sam Zide that gave me the idea to crack an egg on a frozen pizza before putting it in the oven. I used my favorite frozen pizza –Jeno’s Supreme Pizza. The crust comes out so good and it’s so cheap. Splash on some Tobasco and dang, it’s awesome. The easiest brunch I’ve ever made.

 

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Rusty Stuffed Pork Chops

Thanks to Charles’ idea for stuffing pork chops with apples and thanks to Sam Murakami for The Expendables on Blu Ray, it was a good Crusty night dinner. Seared the pork chops and then slit them open to stuff them with jalapeño peppers, garlic and peppers and threw them in the oven to bake. Not bad. The apples gave it a bit of tartness, but it wasn’t overpowering.