The Brisket is History

And of course, with all the hubbub of company, there is no picture to post.  BUT....how about this sweet little thing sprinkling Big Steve's cheek with some sugar....

Your Mom -- Brisket

Haha - If you're in my family, you will know how awesome it is that I said "YourMom".  At any rate, we're having brisket today.  Not fast food, for sure, but gluten free and awesome!!! 

Just take a nice brisket - at least four pounds.  Then make a mess of this:

• 2 T chili powder
• 1 T garlic powder
• 1 T onion powder
• 1 T kosher salt
• 1 T ground black pepper
• 1 T sugar
• 1 T McCormack's Season All (because it doesn't have MSG)

Rub it onto the brisket in the pan.  Leave the top off and bake at 350 for one hour.

Then, you put some beef stock in the bottom of the pan (at least 1 1/2 cup) and put the whole mess back into the oven at 300 for another 3 hours.  Shut the oven off and in 1/2 hour, you've got  yourself some serious comfort food!!!  And gluten free-to boot.

Right now, we can smell the brisket in the first stages of cooking.  I'll try and take a picture and post it when the table is set.

Now, back to set the rest of the house straight!!!  (And peel potatoes, and other really important stuff).

And It's Friday

Tonight, we had "Death Dogs".  Of course, they weren't death dogs when they were conceived.  I don't even know who conceived them.  But they are awesomely tasty and wonderful.  And if you eat them regularly, they are "DEATH DOGS".

So, first you get your wieners, and I'm thinking those wieners on a string are a safe bet.  They're not on a string for nothing, you know.

So you cook your wieners and then stuff them into hot dog buns lined up in a pan.  A flat pan.  Then you take some soft butter and rub it down either side of the bunned weiners.  Yummmmmmmm....

Now, you put a slice of cheese atop each, followed by a slice of bacon.  So, actually, YES!!!  You've got a hotdog nestled in white bread, topped with butter, cheese and bacon.

Take the whole mess in the pan, and put it under your broiler.  You know...that's when only the top light is lit in your oven.  (Sorry if you're way more savvy than this, but I have been asked lately to be more specific.  And scrumptious food is worth both the asking, as well as the answer!!!)

So anyway, watch them carefully.  And if they cook, and don't burn, you have nirvana on your table tonight.  I'm just sayin'. 

Nothing for everyday eatin'.  But surely, for an end of a (stupid) week treat, you can't beat it!!!

Pleeeeeeeeeeeezzzeee Mom!!!

Tonight's dinner was pot roast of beef, mashed potatoes and gravy and butternut squash.  The "kids" were certainly enchanted!!  Long story short, they were enclosed to the "dog cave" (aka, my bedroom).  Their dear faces say it all!!

Snowstorm Picnic

Bless all of our hearts, it's snowing like crazy -- we're expecting at least a foot -- and so I'm not sure what anyone else does in a winter storm, but we had a picnic tonight.  We had hotdogs by the string, onions in tomato sauce, homemade potato salad (you'll have to pry me for my recipe -- the fellows were very appreciative!!!) and homemade pickles (bread & butter & dill) from the garden (again, the recipes are secret Haney Place Stuff).  What else does one do when the weather outside is frightful!!!???!!!

It's just too bad we couldn't find any watermelon, but such is life.  I guess we'll suffer through somehow.

Our First Ever Haney Place Giveaway!

This is fun!!!  This is our first ever Haney Place giveaway.  All you need to do is answer the following question in your comments:

What is your favorite food ever -- if you add a recipe, you will get five entries instead of one!

That's it -- because we're trying to think of new menu entries here at the Haney Place.

The prize is a set of four Summer Sun Coasters:

The pattern can be found here:

http://www.jpfun.com/patterns/paid/coasters/p108033summersun.shtml

Thanks, all!!!  The winner will be posted on March 1, 2010.

Gluten Free Lasagne ... and Noodle Kugel

It has been a long, wearying week.  And a long weekend day.  And I am weary.  And yet -- there is something about fixing a meal that energizes me.  I'm not sure about anyone else.

So -- tonight we're having a recipe that I could not resist...gluten free lasagne.  You will find it here.  We haven't tried it yet, but it smells SCRUMPTIOUS!!!

http://glutenfreemommy.com/lasagna/

Her entire website is enticing, and we went to multiple stores tonight to find the anchovy paste.

That is the present -- now to the past.  I remember making lasagne for years for my family.  And always having noodles left over.  And so, we made noodle kugel.  It's not rocket science, it's actually no more than bread pudding.  But it's sooooooooooooooooooooooooo good, if you can eat the noodles.

So here's something like:

leftover lasagne (or other noodles) at least half a pound

Combine in greased pot: 1 c. sugar 1/2 c. raisins 1/2 c. cinnamon (or, to taste) 1/2 to 1 cube butter

Mix gently, but thoroughly. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Serve hot.

Comfort food to the ultimate degree!!!  Not diet friendly, not celiac friendly, but if you don't care, neither do I!!!  God bless us everyone!!!

Kyle's Favorite Breakfast

There exists the ubiquitous breakfast casserole.  This one happens to be gluten free.  I made my own hash browns during the last OAMC session.  If you don't have them, just line your casserole with pre-made hash browns.  Whatever you choose to do, this is scrumptious, and this is Kyle's Favorite Breakfast.  James told Kyle that he really likes it, too!

Take a 9 x 13" pan and grease it, one way or the other.  Bacon grease, PAM, butter, whatever you like.  Then line the bottom with either your home cut and pre-cooked potatoes (as I have done this time), or those nice little hash brown patties you can buy anywhere.

Now...on top of that you need some meat.  Bacon, ham, sausage -- whatever you have.  Tonight we have leftover ham from dinner the other night.  Oy, do we have leftover ham!!!  So we cut up about 3 cups of leftover ham and sprinkled it over the potatoes.  You could do sausage, bacon, whatever you like.  3 cups is a guide -- you could use more or less.

Now -- sprinkle about 3 cups of shredded cheddar cheese on top of that.  Don't skimp on the cheese -- I have tried to in the past, and it's not worth the result.  So really lay that cheese on top!!

Finally, take a bowl and break 8 or 10 or 12 eggs into it -- depending on how many you're feeding.  Add 1 cup of milk, some salt and some pepper.  And then the mustard.  I use dry, powdered mustard, but you could use prepared mustard.  Whatever you have.  Whisk it all together in the bowl, and then pour over everything else in the pan.

Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees until done and slightly brown.  About an hour, I have found.

And friends, is this wonderful!!!  You need an extra walk around the block after this breakfast, unless you have a field to plow or animals to feed.  It's not low fat, not low calorie.  But it is gluten free!  And  yummy!  And of course, Kyle's favorite!