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DemoTex

(25,397 posts)
Tue Apr 28, 2015, 12:17 AM Apr 2015

Lookout Cookout #1 for 2015

The day after the Blizzard of '15! Cooking out! Took these photos with my iPad. Not bad. My patent-pending charcoaling method. Each photo has a caption.
@ Lemmon Rock Fire Lookout
4.27.2015 (Our 41st wedding anniversary! Wish Dr. DemoTex. were here!)


Start with a 30,000 BTU propane cooker, a cast iron skillet, and a lump of charcoal. Heat on high until the charcoal is smoking, and the skillet is very hot. Leather gloves a must.


I cut a small filet in two to make them thinner for a fast cook (1.5 minute/side for these for medium rare). A press is helpful. Notice the wok on the chair to the left. I had already cooked my home-made chips in that on the cooker.


Ummmm! Fast and smoky. Best done outside. I use this cooker and this technique at the DogStar Lodge on Caesar's Head Mountain, SC, all the time.


Home fries, spinach salad, and a filet mignon. Ellegantly set table, too. This is where one eats in the fire lookout.
BTW: One part of the split steak is for breakfast tomorrow, as are some of the potatoes - if they don't get too soggy. Or even if they do. The Presbyterian motto rings true in the fire lookout: "Waste Not; Want Not." I try to waste nothing up here.


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Lookout Cookout #1 for 2015 (Original Post) DemoTex Apr 2015 OP
Beautiful pictures, my I-pad pictures for some reason always come out a bit blurry, yours are AuntPatsy Apr 2015 #1
I run everything through PhotoShop DemoTex Apr 2015 #4
Thank you for the tips I'll try tomorrow ;) AuntPatsy Apr 2015 #7
I should not be so flippant DemoTex Apr 2015 #5
Great photos, my dear DemoTex! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2015 #2
Thanks, Peggy! DemoTex Apr 2015 #3
A happy R&K. Always happy to see your posts. nt longship Apr 2015 #6
Why the lump of charcoal in the skillet? Suich Apr 2015 #8
Smoke DemoTex Apr 2015 #9
Looks good. pinto Apr 2015 #10
Yum! Thanks for inviting us over! Hekate Apr 2015 #11
Congratulations on your anniversary! nt No Vested Interest Apr 2015 #12
omg, I can almost smell the deliciousness tomm2thumbs Apr 2015 #13
Really Tex? A1!? Lochloosa Apr 2015 #14
Yeah, I know. DemoTex Apr 2015 #15
LOL...i'm sure the caramelized onion is a bit of a stretch on top of the hill. Lochloosa Apr 2015 #16
I really like your camp burner. What brand is that. Lochloosa Apr 2015 #17

AuntPatsy

(9,904 posts)
1. Beautiful pictures, my I-pad pictures for some reason always come out a bit blurry, yours are
Tue Apr 28, 2015, 12:21 AM
Apr 2015

So clear, lucky you u dear beautiful skies and fresh air...

DemoTex

(25,397 posts)
5. I should not be so flippant
Tue Apr 28, 2015, 12:39 AM
Apr 2015

Basic info:
1. Shoot smart (time of day, etc)

2. Crop the photo, either as you shoot (move in on the subject!), or with software (some comes with most digital cameras)

3. Enhance light & sharpen (again, software), if you did not shoot smart (#1)

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,616 posts)
2. Great photos, my dear DemoTex!
Tue Apr 28, 2015, 12:22 AM
Apr 2015

I think your wife is very lucky, having a man who knows his way around a kitchen......!

tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)
13. omg, I can almost smell the deliciousness
Tue Apr 28, 2015, 03:18 AM
Apr 2015

Gonna have to go eat now. hahahaha

Great stuff! thanks for posting.

DemoTex

(25,397 posts)
15. Yeah, I know.
Tue Apr 28, 2015, 02:34 PM
Apr 2015

Pretty lame. I usually do a caramelized onion/sherry vinegar/demiglaze reduction. At least I doctored the A-1 with some sherry vinegar.

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