Buy things that have cheeseburgers on them!

Buy things that have cheeseburgers on them!

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Post Thanksgiving Food Porn

A Bit 'O Good 'Ol Food Pr0n: Please enjoy.

Before Thanksgiving, I made a crock-pot beef chuck roast with carrots, pearl onions, celery, crushed tomatoes, small potatoes, and some seasonings.

Here, it is served on a few sourdough roll "trenchers" to soak up the gravy.

Leftover beef gravy from this dish was later added along with some red wine to some caramelized onions and mushrooms that I reduced down to make a "french onion soup" style filling/jam for a thanksgiving appetizer. (not pictured). I will post photos when I make a followup batch that's prettier than the ones I made.

Below, my Super Sage Stuffing, now a family favorite!
Make it at home! http://edheller.com/superstuffing.htm

Dark Chocolate Pecan Pie with Citrus Vodka Crust.
Search google or food.com for a vodka pie dough recipe, but use citrus vodka.
I used a vodka which I had been soaking mandarin and lime zest in for a few months.
The citrus vodka dough would probably work even better in a lemon merengue or key lime pie.

Use your favorite pecan pie recipe,
but put dark chocolate chips in the bottom before you cover the bottom with pecans,
then pour in the pie filling and bake. If your pie hasn't set after 50 minutes (it can still be wobbly in the middle),
cover the pie loosely with foil and continue baking for another 10-15 minutes.

UPDATE: 11-30-2011 - This French Onion Filling/Jam I made is turning out to be pretty versatile.

Above - French onion jam on a wedge of corn bread with mozzarella and provolone.
Below - French onion jam hot dog with yellow mustard and sriracha hot sauce,
served on a provolone and cheddar toasted poppy seed bun
with a side of taco-flavored corn chips.

Dear NBA Players and Owners (rant)

Dear NBA players and owners:
F*** YOU!
Thousands and thousands of people that your industry would have directly or indirectly employed are left suffering, while you fight over the billions of dollars that you wouldn't be making if it weren't for us.
Don't bother coming back. We're over you.
We've got hockey and football and baseball.
We don't need you any more.
Besides, you'll never top Michael Jordan's years with the Chicago Bulls.

p.s. - Suck it , Lebron.

Long Overdue Food Porn

Hot Doug's GAME OF THE WEEK - top left
(Apple, Pear and Port Elk Sausage with Cherry-Fig Mustard and Caramelized Onion Marmalade Cheddar Cheese) ,
French fries (non-duckfat version),
and a Char-grilled Thuringer (aka The Norm Crosby - formerly the Marty Allen and the Don Rickles)
with mustard and sport peppers - bottom right.

 Kuma's Corner Green Flash Double Stout Black Ale, above;
below, an insanely good, brief revival of the Dark Throne burger
(Chipotle Peppers, Goat Cheese, Fresh Pico de Gallo) and a very welcome pile of fresh hand-cut french fries!
The Dark Throne was a weekend special, which I truly hope they bring back to the menu full-time.
If you're familiar with the burgers at Kuma's, in heat level, it falls somewhere below Plague Bringer, but at the same level or above the Pantera Burger (Roasted Poblano Pepper, Bacon, Chedder and Monterey Jack, House made Ranchero Sauce, Tortilla Strips, not pictured).

Speaking of the Plague Bringer...
(Roasted Garlic Mayo, Tortilla Strips, House Made Hot Sauce, Fresh Garlic, Pepper Jack, Sliced Jalapenos)

Square Bar in Chicago has a respectable burger and some tasty beer-battered onion rings.

The Big Square burger with fries (sweet potato fries are also an option)
(grilled onions, bacon, cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato and chili garlic sauce)

beer-battered onion rings with a side of chili-garlic sauce

Most of my deep dish pizza food porn will be published at my new site, RealDeepDish.com,
but I figured, as long as I'm posting food porn...


Spinach and Garlic with Italian Sausage.


Sorpressata, Pepperoni, and Italian Sausage.