What did you have for dinner II?

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walkenvol said:
I’ve honestly never seen cornbread cooked in anything except an iron skillet?
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I will share my perfect cornbread recipe with my VN friends. It must be baked in a cast iron skillet. I use a 9” skillet for the 2 of us as it leaves a piece left over to be enjoyed the next day. Put enough olive oil (apx 1 tble spoon) in your seasoned (look that up if you don’t already know) skillet to coat the bottom and lower half of the sides by tilting the pan around and 1 tble spoon of butter. Put skillet in preheated oven at 350 degrees to heat skillet and melt the butter.

Mix equal parts corn meal and whole buttermilk (a little under a cup for a 9” skillet but you adjust volume as needed) and 1 heaping tble spoon of self rising flour. Pull the heated skillet out of the oven and stir 3/4ths of the heated oil/butter into the batter then put the batter in the skillet. Bake for 30-40 minutes to your desired crustyness. Don’t let it set in hot skillet after removing from oven to avoid overcooking. Butter to your taste. Comes out perfect every time!
 
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Threw a spiral ham in the Instant Pot for 12 minutes. Amazing what those things can do to meats in a short time. Topped it with a pineapple & brown sugar mix and finished off in oven about 20 minutes. Added field peas and canned garden squash to the plate.
 
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GVF said:
Threw a spiral ham in the Instant Pot for 12 minutes. Amazing what those things can do to meats in a short time. Topped it with a pineapple & brown sugar mix and finished off in oven about 20 minutes. Added field peas and canned garden squash to the plate.
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I like to put a precooked spiral ham on the Primo for a few hours at 225. Really like how it adds a bit of smoke and changes the texture of the meat. It’s about time to do another!
 
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walkenvol said:
I like to put a precooked spiral ham on the Primo for a few hours at 225. Really like how it adds a bit of smoke and changes the texture of the meat. It’s about time to do another!
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I've taken a liking to the Instant Pot. Threw in some frozen wings. Pressure cooked them to perfection. Put under broiler to crisp them up. Sauced them. So easy and fall off hte bone. No dried out meats yet. Soups...just dump everything in and switch it on. It breaks down beef to just melt in your mouth.
 
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walkenvol said:
I will share my perfect cornbread recipe with my VN friends. It must be baked in a cast iron skillet. I use a 9” skillet for the 2 of us as it leaves a piece left over to be enjoyed the next day. Put enough olive oil (apx 1 tble spoon) in your seasoned (look that up if you don’t already know) skillet to coat the bottom and lower half of the sides by tilting the pan around and 1 tble spoon of butter. Put skillet in preheated oven at 350 degrees to heat skillet and melt the butter.

Mix equal parts corn meal and whole buttermilk (a little under a cup for a 9” skillet but you adjust volume as needed) and 1 heaping tble spoon of self rising flour. Pull the heated skillet out of the oven and stir 3/4ths of the heated oil/butter into the batter then put the batter in the skillet. Bake for 30-40 minutes to your desired crustyness. Don’t let it set in hot skillet after removing from oven to avoid overcooking. Butter to your taste. Comes out perfect every time!
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This is very similar to what I did, but I used lard, not butter and oil. I also did not use any flour, and I mixed the buttermilk with 2 eggs.
 
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