Roast Beast

I had such a good day yesterday, I absolutely have to share.

First, the meat. I had dry-aged a prime rib roast for a week. Now, when I say dry-aged, I mean nothing more than that I wrapped a hunk of beef in cheesecloth and stuck it in the hubs beer fridge and forgot about it for a week. It really is just that simple. The end:

And the process:

Lay out a double layer of cheesecloth (reusable my FOOT) flip over, sprinkle underside with kosher salt and coarse black pepper

Flip back over, more salt, more pepper

Fold it all up, put it on top of a baking rack on top of a cookie sheet, put it in the (beer) fridge

 So the big day came and it was finally time to roast this bad boy. I brought it out of the fridge an hour and a half before roast time, because I wanted it at room temp, then did a very slow roast at 250 degrees for just under five hours. I usually get all fancy with the seasonings, but I wanted the taste of the meat to be the point, so I just threw some fresh rosemary and garlic in the pan for the gravy. BTW, I totally ate some of that garlic. All by itself. Oh yeah, may sound disgusting, but it was DELICIOUS. All of this was based on what Captain Awesome does, and he certainly earned his name again with this one.

Done!

And the centerfold shot again

Mini Banana Nut Chocolate Chip Muffins: SHV

I had three bananas aboot to take a turn for the worse and since my wee hooligans are taking snacks to school / preschool these days, I thought I would make something small enough for them to pack. Also, since I'm a buzz kill, I thought I would make them as healthily as possible. Yay!

You will need:

Tzatziki: What Not To Do!

Just like the nuggets and freedom fries, have you ever wanted some tzatziki and thought instead of running to a store, you would just spend several hours making it? Awesome! I love tzatziki. I like it with crackers, I like it on donairs (which are apparently called gyros elsewhere), I especially like it on spanakopita. I use it in place on mayo on pitas, it is such a good low-fat substitute. It only has a few general ingredients, what could go wrong?

Now, I've only made it once and it was a bit of a disaster, but somehow I STILL thought it was a good idea to make this without a recipe, just sort of making it up as I went along. Oh yeah. It went about that well.

So this is not just a recipe, it's a cautionary tale.