In the Kitchen with the Old Salty Dog
Pull up a chair and enjoy the eats.
When I first started doing blogs about ten years ago I swore up and down that I’d never carry advertisements on my blogs. For most of those years I kept that vow and categorically refused to add advertisements to my content. Things change. The financial pressures I feel have intensified and for that reason I …
I make this all the time even thought my wife cannot eat it. She used to but now has to avoid high iron content food like spinach. This recipe is my adaptation to the stuff I had while visiting Korea in 1981. It is a simple dish that can be made ahead of time. I …
While I put this post in the category of a recipe it is more of a technique tutorial. I love leftovers because I can do so much with them. Weather I am just reheating them for lunch is or repurposing leftovers for a meal leftovers rock. One of the vehicles that allow me to repurpose …
I much prefer to make my own chicken stock and this stock will come out with a fairly deep dark and rich color with a lot of flavor if you do it right. Care must be taken during the roasting of the bones to not burn them but brown them thoroughly to produce those qualities …
This recipe is a perennial dish that shows up either at home or when I go to other people’s cookouts. The original recipe I started off with called out for canned corn but when I can I will use fresh corn from a farm stand and cut the kernels off myself. Someday I’m going to …
On Quora a number of questions have been asked with regard to making grits. I am not sure why it is such a mystery but I’ll go ahead and answer that question once and for all on my blog and later on just link to it from Quora when the question is asked again. I …
Rice is a staple in many cultures including Asian cultures, Cuban, Puerto Rican and many other cultures. It is said, and I’m sure this is just legend, that a Cajun can look at rice growing in a rice paddy in Louisiana and tell you to the teaspoon how much gravy needs to be made to …
With the holidays upon us my thoughts turn to what can I make for dinner that will be special. I used to traditionally make a standing rib roast which was my present to myself every Christmas dinner. When the price of doing so exceeded what I could personally justify for one meal my mind went …
This recipe is my adaptation of a classic leg of lamb preparation. You’ll need a charcoal grill for this recipe and you’ll need to start prep of this the day before you plan to cook and serve the recipe. If you have a friendly butcher that will be willing to bone out the leg of …
One night my family and I were wandering around Red Bank NJ when we happened upon a diner on Monmouth Street and decided to have supper. I am quite apt to decide to have breakfast for supper and that was one of those nights I got a hankering for pancakes. Perusing the menu I came …