The Blokes' Cookery Thread

[Dillinger]

They like to call it import tax

[SKkin]

They like to call it import tax

Best I can tell you seem to get better deals on meats there. Like those rib eye steaks HW posted the other day. Those would cost me a small fortune here. I'd rather have that...fuk the pickles.

[Dillinger]

Apart from that Hellaboy stuff
Which is for milkshakes aint it?

[bsnub]

But if I'm grilling them I don't usually want to mess around with frying up bacon too so I just skip it.

Roger that I do understand he was pan frying so that is different. On the grill all you need it a nice bit of tinfoil folded on the edges to contain the grease. Super easy. Actually it is easier than doing it in the house.

[bsnub]

Yes indeed plain old water gets boring real fast if you're drinking a lot of it.

Doesn't to me as long as it is icy cold. I keep several big bottles of cold water in the fridge as well as a bowl of ice in the freezer that is stocked daily from my ice trays. Always got the icy cold at my place.

[Headworx]

Doesn't to me as long as it is icy cold. I keep several big bottles of cold water in the fridge as well as a bowl of ice in the freezer that is stocked daily from my ice trays. Always got the icy cold at my place.

Yeah nah, I'll file cold water in the same folder as white rice. It's ok if there's no choice, but.....

[Dillinger]

Have you been living next door to Jeff all this time??

Yeah I've seen those in Villa and all the expat.shops but never a Thai squash and sold in 7/11

[Topper]

Bacon on burgers is good. But if I'm grilling them I don't usually want to mess around with frying up bacon too so I just skip it. Keep em pretty simple. Mayo, mustard, slice of tomato and lettuce. Truth be told, usually cheese like Dillinger's. It's easy.

When I'm doing burgers on or off the grill, I cook the bacon in the oven.

[SKkin]

I cook the bacon in the oven.

I'll have to work on that. Show more initiative next time.

I nearly picked up a jar of sliced gherkins but they were about 7 bucks

By the way...

$2.88




Two of these, $100.00...20 ounce steaks



4 - 12 ounce ribeyes, $115.00



Granted that's from Omaha Steaks, but prices aren't much better at Kroger or other grocery stores. I won't buy WMT steaks. Pics may look better than what actually arrives on your doorstep.

Headworx if you see this, what do you reckon those nice ribeyes you had the other day cost you in US $? I can't remember what baht price you said you had paid.

[Headworx]

4 - 12 ounce ribeyes, $115.00

Headworx if you see this, what do you reckon those nice ribeyes you had the other day cost you in US $? I can't remember what baht price you said you had paid.

They were about 540 Baht (USD $17) per Key, and I couldn't be arsed finding a conversion site to bring that into obsolete forms of weight measurement. USDA Black Angus ribeye costs around 3,000 Baht (USD $95) a Key here, I've bought it before and it's simply not worth it.

[Neverna]

They were about 540 Baht (USD $17) per Key, and I couldn't be arsed finding a conversion site to bring that into obsolete forms of weight measurement.
USDA Black Angus ribeye costs around 3,000 Baht (USD $95) a Key here

Do you mean 'keet/keed'? (ขีด). One keet = 100g.

[Cujo]

115 American dollars ????
For ONE steak???
In the U.S.??
If so that says a lot about what's wrong with the U. S.

[SKkin]

That's $115 for 4 12 ounce ribeyes. Still bad enough IMO.

[bsnub]

115 American dollars ????
For ONE steak???
In the U.S.??
If so that says a lot about what's wrong with the U. S.

Those are rip off prices. $9.98 a pound at my local butcher for grass fed rib eye.

Grass-Fed, Grain-Finished Beef Cuts | Double DD Meats

[bsnub]

USDA Black Angus ribeye costs around 3,000 Baht (USD $95) a Key here

For that price no way but for the price I posted above equates out to about $20 a kilo which is a typical price here in the US even cheaper when a sale is on.

[Luigi]

^^ I'd guess Key=Kilogram.

Drug dealer language.

USDA Black Angus ribeye costs around 3,000 Baht (USD $95) a Key here

And I doubt it's 3,000thb per 100g / 30,000thb per Kg.

[Neverna]

I doubt it's 3,000thb per 100g / 30,000thb per Kg.

Apparently it is, bud. Better not deep fry it at that price.

[Dillinger]

And Nev calls Dave fick

[Neverna]

It's the posters who can't even type kilogram or kilo, FFS.

Key? Who speaks like that?

Oh, I forgot. Fookin' Aussie convicts.

[Headworx]

It's the posters who can't even type kilogram or kilo, FFS.

Key? Who speaks like that?

Oh, I forgot. Fookin' Aussie convicts.

WTF are you on about?. By Key I obviously meant keet/keed'? (ขีด) which is a common weight measure for meat all around the world so you're actually quite clever and the people saying you're not are just being mean.

[SKkin]

Those are rip off prices. $9.98 a pound at my local butcher for grass fed rib eye.

Yes they are rip off prices and why I no longer order from OS. I think a big part of the high beef prices here in my area is that 99.5% of local farming operations are grain producing('beans and corn). No livestock/beef growers. The rest of them are doing produce and veggies. Like the farm stand I buy from. And since I'm not from this area originally I don't know people who know people, if you get my drift. There may be a damn fine butcher shop somewhere around here within 50 miles, but I haven't found it yet.

They were about 540 Baht (USD $17) per Key

Thanks, sounds more reasonable than prices around here. I think you said it was beef from Oz?? That would work...I don't need it to be Angus or Wagyu. Hell I grew up eating "steaks" from old used up dairy cows. Bottom line, those rib eyes you had looked very good.

edit: if my maff is correct that's a little under $9 per pound.

[Neverna]

^ Thanks, HW, my new best mate.

Bloody newbie Luigi and Dodgy Fookin' Fick Dill stirring it again. Jail them both, Nev.

[Luigi]

Not that I now have me Otto.

[SKkin]

Wife got home from work out of sorts, tired and didn't feel like cooking. So I had to come up with something quick for myself and the two teenage grandsons. Lets see...plenty of taters and onions on hand. Plus one measly pkg. of Kielbasa style link sausage. Cut up about nine potatoes and an onion. Sliced up the kielbasa thin like, hoping to make it look like more than there was. Sprinkled in some basil and garlic pepper seasoning. Fried it all up and then put some chopped chives and grated cheddar over it when done and let it melt down into all the crooks and crannies. Skillet pic before cheese added. Done and eating in 45 minutes.



My plate with some Louisiana hot sauce added.



Think I need to borrow Dillinger's wallet. Those boys can eat and the cupboards are getting bare. Dropped over $300 on groceries a week ago and they're disappearing fast. Looks like it's time to load up on beans and rice.


Life on the other side of the tracks.

[NamPikToot]

Wife got home from work out of sorts, tired and didn't feel like cooking. So I had to come up with something quick

Life on the other side of the tracks.

That looks great SKkin, comfort food...just can't be beat