Hello Great Smoked Cookies and Happy Thursday to YOU!!!!!
I designed another funky "Surf Board" piece of furniture in the house (for those who followed the wine cooler-surf board desk creation last time) that being a table, and a "SURF & TURF" table to be specific!
This time, I got an old surf board and had it affixed to an old beer cooler of mine..
And then also had two deer that my husband shot affixed onto it - one on each end - hence the "Surf & Turf" table...
As seen above, the whole thing can open still, like a piano or trunk, in the event I do wish to fill the cooler with ice and beer (I love Estrella Damm's "Daura" Gluten-Free beer and so perhaps I'll stock up)!
This was my idea and design, and then my husband's assembly, and so a team project I suppose...(and his deer)...
So I had some frozen venison medallions...
and many pistachio shells, used as smoking chips thus...
and then some Spanish mackerel that I gutted and mopped through grapeseed oil...
and these went inside, on the lower rack of my little gas smoker, at about 250 degrees for 35 minutes...
And I had some local asparagus and put them on the top rack, for 6 minutes just...
Meanwhile, I ate an entire bag of radishes. (I LOVE radishes)!
And the venison pieces went in grapeseed oil and then onto grill grates on the top rack after the asparagus came off and for just five minutes...
This proved to be WAY WAY WAY too cooked for me! They were tasty, but I really need my meat COLD in the middle, and not just rare or medium rare by any stretch.
Nonetheless, the smoky taste was really in everything today - asparagus especially - and a curly "garlic scape" went on top, brown rice and some tomato went around, and then olive oil, blue Persian salt and some cayenne actually, as I was just craving cayenne!
The skin of the mackerel was the best part! The garlic scape was lovely too, and the venison was tasty albeit too cooked for my liking. Next time, I'll just wave it by some heat!
Nonetheless, a healthful and simple meal, and with some chopped dried parsley scattered too, made for a fun "SURF & TURF" salute to my new table!
Thanks very much for sharing in my Surfing & Turfing today! Happy Thursday to all!!!!!
Cheers! - Leah
I designed another funky "Surf Board" piece of furniture in the house (for those who followed the wine cooler-surf board desk creation last time) that being a table, and a "SURF & TURF" table to be specific!
This time, I got an old surf board and had it affixed to an old beer cooler of mine..
And then also had two deer that my husband shot affixed onto it - one on each end - hence the "Surf & Turf" table...
As seen above, the whole thing can open still, like a piano or trunk, in the event I do wish to fill the cooler with ice and beer (I love Estrella Damm's "Daura" Gluten-Free beer and so perhaps I'll stock up)!
This was my idea and design, and then my husband's assembly, and so a team project I suppose...(and his deer)...
So I had some frozen venison medallions...
and many pistachio shells, used as smoking chips thus...
and then some Spanish mackerel that I gutted and mopped through grapeseed oil...
and these went inside, on the lower rack of my little gas smoker, at about 250 degrees for 35 minutes...
And I had some local asparagus and put them on the top rack, for 6 minutes just...
Meanwhile, I ate an entire bag of radishes. (I LOVE radishes)!
And the venison pieces went in grapeseed oil and then onto grill grates on the top rack after the asparagus came off and for just five minutes...
This proved to be WAY WAY WAY too cooked for me! They were tasty, but I really need my meat COLD in the middle, and not just rare or medium rare by any stretch.
Nonetheless, the smoky taste was really in everything today - asparagus especially - and a curly "garlic scape" went on top, brown rice and some tomato went around, and then olive oil, blue Persian salt and some cayenne actually, as I was just craving cayenne!
The skin of the mackerel was the best part! The garlic scape was lovely too, and the venison was tasty albeit too cooked for my liking. Next time, I'll just wave it by some heat!
Nonetheless, a healthful and simple meal, and with some chopped dried parsley scattered too, made for a fun "SURF & TURF" salute to my new table!
Thanks very much for sharing in my Surfing & Turfing today! Happy Thursday to all!!!!!
Cheers! - Leah