What's Cooking? (New Jersey)

NotJrvedivici · September 8, 2019, 8:22pm

{{Sigh}} cleaned out the beach club cabana this weekend, my son went back to school on Tuesday and football season is upon us. This all means it’s the “unofficial” end of summer here at the Jersey shore area…it also means it’s the start of Sunday pots of gravy!!!

My son came home to watch the Giants game with his old man and I’m sending him back with a feast for the young men of TKE.

Pot of gravy, meatballs (60), sausage (5lbs), lasagna (3 trays), chicken parm (2 dozen) - all with 3lbs of rigatoni’s!!

LET’S GO GIANTS!!!

Metsfan86 · September 8, 2019, 8:41pm

oh man. That looks amazing. Lucky young man you have there. Beats my college game day treat of Wawa Sub. Beef/Pork/Veal for the MB?
What kind of tomatoes do you use?
Surprised I can’t smell that outside my door yet!!!

NY 7- Dal 0!!!

corvette_johnny · September 8, 2019, 9:19pm

Man, the boys are going to be chowing down. I wonder if any food will make it until tomorrows game?

So what kind of sausage?

NotJrvedivici · September 8, 2019, 10:09pm

Yes beef, pork and veal. San marazano whole peeled.

@corvette_johnny I honestly like Shop Rite brand sausage, I only use hot and theirs are good.

Metsfan86 · September 8, 2019, 11:12pm

what brand tomatoes if you don’t mind me asking? I used to used the san Marzano too but they were a bit bitter to me last few time so I switched to ground peeled -scalfani if I can find them around here (tad sweet the other way for me but does the job).

NotJrvedivici · September 9, 2019, 12:01am

No brand loyalty here I let price decide when I’m making a pot.

gracieggg · September 9, 2019, 12:18am

Wow! I can just imagine how jazzed those guys were! Looks amazing.

BossaNova · September 9, 2019, 1:03am

The food looks great. The Giants not so much.

jetermacaw · September 9, 2019, 5:18pm

I use Nina’s DOB for Sunday Gravy, every day tomato I use Pastene or Kitchen Magic, both are crushed and ready to use from California.

seal · September 10, 2019, 8:01am

Who needs takeout? Special tofu Hunan style, just before I added the crunchy peanut topping.

BossaNova · September 23, 2019, 1:22am

A few grilled wings for the Giant game

NotJrvedivici · September 23, 2019, 1:34am

Finally a game that deserves a feast!

paryzer · October 2, 2019, 11:17pm

Mrs. P made pan seared quail breast salad. Pictures are in the main WFD thread below.

paryzer · October 4, 2019, 11:42pm

We started off Mrs. P’s birthday weekend with an excellent lobster dinner takeout from Don Pepe ll.
Details and pictures are in the link below.

Metsfan86 · October 5, 2019, 12:35am

Looks great. Happy birthday to mrs P Too.
Just curious how they pack that up to go?never find seafood to keep well for takeout.

paryzer · October 5, 2019, 12:46am

Thanks Mr. Met!
They pack the lobster in a big rectangular tin foil pan with a tin foil cover. The other items like the Spanish chips are also packed in round tin foil pans with covers.

Barca · October 5, 2019, 11:45am

Looks Delicious !!

What did your brine / marinade overnight include ?

paryzer · October 5, 2019, 3:06pm

Thanks @Barca! Mrs. P uses a simple brine consisting of 1 gallon of water, 1/2 cup of kosher salt, 2/3 cup of sugar, 1/2 cup of soy sauce, and 1/4 cup of olive oil.

Barca · October 5, 2019, 10:25pm

Thank you very much for the simple brine récipe.

seal · October 6, 2019, 8:11pm

Three great tastes that taste great together?

bbq baby back ribs, turkey sausage jambalaya, and cia gio with an empty bowl of sweet chili dipping sauce. It’s what’s for dinner.