healthy cooking

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

tonites heart healthy special smoked chicken and corn chowder

1 pound of thick sliced bacon diced small cook in stock pot till crispy DO NOT DRAIN GREASE

add one pound butter when melted add in 3 fine diced onions and 6 similarly diced stalks of celery.
cook till onions are translucent.
reduce heat add flour to make a fairly tight roux.
add chicken stock and water till you get desired volume couple gallons more or less
bring to a boil and cook in roux till you get desired consistency
add in 5 small diced potatoes
TURN OFF HEAT
taters will cook on residual heat and still retain texture
add in previously smoked chicken breast (3 large fine diced)
also add in smoked corn cut from cob 5 ears
soup base is now ready. when you heat for serving cream it with non dairy creamer (creamora) or real cream or milk if you are on a diet the palm oil in the creamora takes it off the cholesterol chart
i add in some leeks or chives some times along with fine shredded carrot as a garnish
season to taste with white pepper you can forgo salt this time and maybe a touch of thyme
a bay leaf in the base doesn't hurt either
bon appetit
and call your cardiologist in the morning
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[vaskidmark]

I'm trying to cut down on the processed foods.  Can I substitute rendered ham fat for the butter?  (I'm saving the duck fat for cassoulet and french fries.)

And just how much booze do I need to give the roux before it gets tight?  (Are we talking tipsy/stumbling tight or fall on your face tight?)

stay safe.

[RoadKingLarry]

That sounds good, would go great with cornbread.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

Damn you larry!  now i gotta make cornbread

damn phone

[lupinus]

Here we go...

[RoadKingLarry]

Damn you larry!  now i gotta make cornbread

damn phone

To do it right you need to start like I do, with whole corn. Meal made from whole corn is so much better than the store bought crap.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

No time serving 30 after work today.

damn phone

[Marnoot]

To do it right you need to start like I do, with whole corn. Meal made from whole corn is so much better than the store bought crap.

Agreed. We have a small stock of dent corn in the house. Whenever we need to make something that requires corn meal we just toss a cup or two of it in the flour mill, set to coarse, and get some good fresh-ground cornmeal out of it.

More nutritious than store-bought, too, as part of the germ is removed from store-bought cornmeal in order to extend its shelf life. For that reason (whole germ intact), home-ground cornmeal ought to be put in the fridge if there's any left over, but will keep for a month or two in there, I believe.

[RoadKingLarry]

I keep my corn and any ground meal in the freezer, Same for my wheat and flour. It makes me plan ahead a little with the corn. It's hard to grind when it's still frozen, so is the wheat but not quite so bad.
Milling it is also a bit of a work out.
I have one of these, I didn't quite that much for mine though-

http://www.grainmaker.com/model-099/

[Marnoot]

I think they (in the "they" sense, not sure about that specific company) sell a kit to motorize that type of flour mill via belt/pulley/motor. Might be worth looking into.

We have one manual mill (this one) in case of needing flour when the power's out as part of our emergency preparedness. We use an electric one like this most of the time, though.

Edit: Actually looked on that same site and on the accessories page they have both a motor kit and a kit to drive the mill via bicycle. No prices listed there, though.

[RoadKingLarry]

I'll only mill up enough at one time for a batch or two of bread or cornbread, it isn't all that hard to do.
I do keep my eye out for a suitable motor on the cheap but it just isn't a priority.

[Tallpine]

I'll only mill up enough at one time for a batch or two of bread or cornbread, it isn't all that hard to do.
I do keep my eye out for a suitable motor on the cheap but it just isn't a priority.

PTO off your M715   

[RoadKingLarry]

The M715 doesn't have the PTO option, Both of the tractors do though.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

The M715 doesn't have the PTO option, Both of the tractors do though.

How bout 18 volt drill? Faie amount of torque

damn phone

[Tallpine]

How bout 18 volt drill? Faie amount of torque

damn phone

Ha!  Many years ago my friend and I and a couple of his cowboy buddies decided to expedite the ice cream making process with a big old half-inch drill, rather than turning a crank.

As I recall the gears in the ice cream maker did not take kindly to the idea.  I don't think his wife did either but she was probably used to that sort of thing by then.