I'm still cooking and stuff

Hello again.

I've still been cooking, but I've been neglecting taking pictures.

So, here is a picture of some mashed potatoes and steak.

The fillet mignon was given to me by my parents. I seared it in my newish cast iron skillet and then threw it in the oven for a few minutes. There may, or may not, have been bacon fat involved.

It was pretty decent.

My parents also got me a 10 pound bag of potatoes. I haven't been eating them as frequently as I should. Oh well. But on this particular night, I whipped up a batch of mashed potatoes for myself. Once again, they were pretty decent.


If anyone wants to discuss making steak without a grill of any sort, just let me know. I have plenty of theories.


In other news, I've been spending time on a project that is way too dense for Joe Cooks Dinner and Stuff. If I manage to keep up with it for more than a week, I'll probably unveil it to the public. Later duders.

Pig Parts or Potpourri

Since I haven't been a particularly prolific blogger in the first two weeks or so here, I have some random photos that I need to unload.

My mother and father brought some great cherry tomatoes from their home garden when they visited for my birthday. We had some mozzarella around from when we made pizza so I tossed it all together with some olive oil, salt and pepper for a nice little snack. It was scrum-didly-decious.
Also courtesy of my mother and father were some sorta prepared meals that they bought at various stores. The chicken scarpariello that they brought from the italian place in their town was amazing for being frozen. My dad asked if I split it with Mandy because there was a lot to eat. I just devoured the whole thing in about 5 minutes. I'll have to try making some on my own soon.

They also brought some meals/meats from Stew Leonard's. The flank steak stuffed with cheddar cheese and bacon looked phenomenal while uncooked, but looked pretty average after I seared it and threw it in the oven for a bit. It tasted pretty decent, but I wouldn't go out of my way to make it or even buy it again.
And finally some more stuff courtesy of dear mom and dad. They brought some Hatfield ham along with the bacon from the previous breakfast post. They'd been sitting in the fridge a bit longer than they probably should've, so I fried them up along with some eggs and had a quite good breakfast at 3pm the other day. The bacon was still phenomenal even though one piece didn't really want to stay together anymore. Also making guest appearances are some cheddar cheese and a plum tomato.