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My most recent video (St Louis slingers) is breakfast adjacent (eggs, hamburger patty, and chili over hash browns). I hope that helps!

That do make a mighty fine chicken noodle soup. Thanks for watching!

@ thank you for sharing. I like your pit. What is heating the pot. The fire was on the side.

@@Jean-w5o There are just s few coals underneath the pot. Just enough for a simmer.

@@paulplayswithfire okay. Nice

Good luck! Let me know how it turns out.

@@paulplayswithfire It turned out awesome! I wish I could post a photo. I added to much ancho so I had to counter it with a little sugar.

Great! I'm not so sure about too much acne, but I would imagine a sppon full of sugar would help. Stick around! We have more good stuff coming up. I'm taking a break right now while I heal up from an injury, but we should be back soon. Hope to see you around.

Ancho. lol😂 stupid spellcheck!

I really tried to figure that one out. Ancho makes so much more sense. One of my favorite dried peppers.

Thanks! Glad you liked it. Smiling isn't isn't my default rest state, but I'm working on it. Thanks for watching!

Traditional stuffed peppers used to be my favorite dish this time of you. Now I make stuffed pepper soup instead. It is so good, and freezes will too. Thanks for watching!

Thanks so much. It is a delicious soup, and one of the family favorites. And this time of year, when you can find yourself with an arm load of extra peppers, it is a great way to use up a bunch of peppers. This soup also freezes very well. And thanks so much for subscribing! Hope to talk to you again soon.

@paulplayswithfire good to now it freezes well. I was hoping to can it, but I do not think the peppers would hold up well.

Like chili, this is a soup that gets better after a day, and also does well with freezing. Good luck!

It was very tasty. Even now, almost two years later, Stuffed Pepper Soup is the soup that I get asked to make the most. The family loves it. Thanks for stopping by to say hello, and thanks for watching!

Steeped corn has been a favorite of mine for a while. Sous vide corn is also good, but a little overkill for a few ears of corn. Thanks for stopping by again! It has been a minute. More good stuff coming up soon. Hope to see you here again!

Thanks! It was pretty darn tasty! That shirt it one of my favorites. I was a little nervous about using it, for fear for a giant chili stain. I guess got away with it. Thanks again for sticking with me, and for taking the time to say nice things. I does make a difference.

Thanks so much Dave! I do enjoy making different, and lesser known foods, especially if they are from the Midwest, and especially if they have an interesting history. I still have a pretty good stack of ideas in that category. I also appreciate you taking time out of your day to make a comment. Knowing that there are people like you watching and enjoying what they see makes me very happy, and helps keep me going. Talk to you next time!

Well, we have been eating pretty good around here lately. And this Slinger was really in a whole other league. It was that good. The Slinger and the Hash Brown Omelette are probably the two things that no one will ever ask me to make for them, because they are both for someone with a big appetite. A really big appetite. Thanks for your continued support, and thanks for watching!

Thanks James! The Slinger was seriously was one of the best combinations of ingredients I have ever had from the griddle. It does require a little griddle management, but the end result is so worth it! Glad to see you are still sticking around while I work through my “quiet” period. Give it time. I'll come around. With Pizza!

I can't eat like this every day, but every once in a while . . . So glad you liked my take on a Slinger, and that it has the Lou stamp of approval. Thanks for taking the time to say hello, and thanks for watching!

Thanks! That sounds like a great idea. These days I normally do add a little sugar to the yeast water. For this dough, adding malt would be a perfect alternative. Thanks for the tip, and thanks for watching!

Thanks Dave! If was good to be away for a while, and now it's good to be back. I feel rested an refreshed. I've never been too much of a pancake fan, but this recipe has changed my mind. These are really, really good, and soooo fluffy. Thanks for sticking with me all this time. I really does mean to much to me.

Thanks! I'm glad you got something out of it. I know I I learned a bunch making this video. I have a few other sweet corn videos from this sweet corn season, which just wrapped up last week. If you are interested, I put them in a sweet corn playlist ruclips.net/p/PLDy4q0z2cihsTu9Yfsy3vgMdCwV03A7D8 Thanks for taking the time to say hello. It is always nice to hear that someone got something out of a video. It helps me in so many ways. Stop in again some time, and thanks for watching!

Yup. Just not worth whipping the egg whites. The recipe is really pretty simple. Just use fresh baking powder, fresh baking soda, and fresh buttermilk. I also left out Kenji's sour cream. It never seemed right, and those things were bricks that were more like custard. Nobody wants that. Let me know how it works out. Thanks for your support, and thanks for watching!

Thanks James. It was good to spend some time away. I had several other projects that had piled up, and now seemed like a good time to clean them up. It is amazing how productive I can be when I don’t have parts of the video production process hanging over my head. I don’t know how Neal and Amy do it, what with doing 2+ videos a week, plus Tik Tok, Instagram, and Facebook. 

It was also kind of fun to watch the views continue to come in on my older videos, without me actually doing anything. I knew about the milk+vinegar trick, but wanted to use the real stuff for this. I also expect that buttermilk biscuits will be in my near future. What a coincidence, I’ve eaten at Emeril’s in New Orleans. We went there for Jazz Fest in 2015, and tried to hit as many places as we could. Such a fun place, and so much good food. Proper browning of the pancakes is something I still struggle with, so thanks for the tips. When we were watching the final cut yesterday before posting, I said to Christy, “I should trying using butter mixed with avocado oil to get an easier brown”. I think I did that when I was working on the recipe. But there were so many moving parts at the time, it got forgotten. Avocado oil is nice because of the high smoke point, but sometime that smoke point is too high. 

Thanks again for sharing your knowledge, and for continuing to hang with me. It helps more than you know.

In your neck of the woods you will be eating fresh sweet corn in a few months. Up here, our season run just about six weeks. So sweet, but so short. Out mail carrier/sweet corn connect says that they are done until next year. We run from just after the 4th of July, until just before Labor Day. I have a sweet corn video from last year that gets a few views. I've learned that looking at which states are watching "FIVE Ways to Cook Sweet Corn on a Pellet Smoker", will also tell me where the fresh sweet corn it located. Funny stuff. I also know a guy that also has sweet corn is his freezer, if you ever get this far north.

I did too!. Thanks for watching!

I learn about using cured dough from watching Kenji Lopez-Alt, but it is really a Chicago tavern thing. It is my favorite pizza style. I have heard from a friend that lives is a drier climate, that the dough will cure much quicker in that environment, so take that into account. The instructions that come with the Blackstone pizza oven say to never use the door when the oven in lit. It even says that on the door. I also answered your question about the door on my New York Pizza video, just so others can see the answer. Thanks for asking questions, and thanks for watching!

The instructions that come with the Blackstone pizza oven say to never use the door when the oven in lit. It even says that on the door. Thanks for asking, and thanks for watching.

Yeah, sorry. I was still pretty ham handed with my dough stretching back then. If you have any tips, please let me know!

Now is the time to do it. I doesn't really take that much time if you are organized about it. And it is sooo tasty in January! Let me know if you have questions, and thanks for all of your support!

Hey Bob! I'm using regular Russet potatoes. Nothing special. I have evolved a bit on oil since I did this video. Now I mainly use avocado oil, because it is perfect for griddle cooking. It in nearly flavorless, has a 500 degree smoke point, and has become more reasonable priced (I buy mine at Sam's Club). When cooking potatoes now I'll use Avocado oil, and then supplement with butter along the way to help with the browning. My very first Blackstone griddle video (I now have 27 Blackstone griddle videos) was the one I referred to in this video. In that video I seasoned my new Blackstone Griddle, and then cooked my first bacon, eggs, and potatoes with it. The potatoes I used were parboiled with a little vinegar. ruclips.net/video/qtFXgx8j0Js/видео.html When you say you've tried several time, with great results only one, what happened the other times? It is probably a correctable problem if you tell me what is happening. I've also evolved a little on my favorite style of potatoes. Although I still make home fries, I also make hash browns using dehydrated potatoes. I made a playlist of videos with home fries and hash browns. ruclips.net/p/PLDy4q0z2cihtl4Ojtp6Ev1guWzp11LTPS Thanks for asking questions! I enjoy helping people figure this stuff out. I hope you'll stick around!

Thanks Dave! That is a wrap for the corn episodes this corn season. Freezing corn was pretty easy to film and edit, so that helped. It was also the first time in a long time where I finished hungry! I never ate any corn! Go figure. Thanks for all of your support, and thanks for watching!

I don't think removing the husk accelerate ripening, but the ears will lose moisture quicker when shucked. The husk also acts as a protective layer. It is pretty easy to ding up the kernels, especially when dealing with bushel quantities. The most important thing you can do to preserve freshness is to refrigerate the ears, unless they are to be eaten that day. And that is surprising words coming out of my mouth, refrigerate unless the corn is to be eaten that day. Until very recently, I would not have considered eating fresh sweet corn, unless it was picked that day. Sweet corn genetics have come a long way in preserving freshness. Last week I found a few ears tucked in the bottom of the fridge. They had been there 8 days. What did I do? Put some water on to boil, and see how they fared. They were still pretty good. Not fresh by any means, but still very tasty. I would not hesitate to fridge store fresh corn for 2-3 days, and still proudly serve it to guests. If the corn is refrigerated, be sure to account for that temperature starting point difference when calculating cooking times, or allow time for the ears to come up to room temp. I've seen it in real time on the infrared thermometer, and had to adjust on the fly. I'm about corned out for this season It has been fun! Thanks for the many paragraphs of corn talk, and thanks again for your support!

@@paulplayswithfire appreciate the advice, till the next one. Thanks

That does sound good right now. So good on a taco! Enjoy your time in Mexico, and thanks for watching!

Back in the day I never really gave the venerable Club Sandwich a second look. I was always more of a burger or BPT kind of guy. My time in Mexico has open my eyes to the wonders of the Club Sandwich. There are many moving parts, but in the end it is worth it. Maybe that is my niche. Making things that people would never make on their own. How many times have you walked in to someone's home, and they announced, "Hey, we're having Club Sandwiches today". Not bloody likely. If you make Club Sandwiches, and I hope you do, serve them with period correct cocktail from 1890's New York City. Perhaps a Manhattan?

Sometimes when you are holding a hammer, everything looks like a nail. A Blackstone Griddle is like that. But this is also about finding ways to cook a meal that isn't in the kitchen, removing the need to turn on the oven. I should also mention that the flat top griddle has historically been used to create sandwiches of this sort for the last 100 years or so. I do appreciate the suggestion. I really do. And any kind of melt sandwich in the oven is a good idea. But what we are trying to do here is show the thing that can be done on an outdoor-ish flat top griddle. I appreciate your taking the time to leave a comment. I do hope you will stick around. Thanks for watching!

Thanks Dave! It was also a great tasting sandwich. @MrsPaulPlaysWithFire is usually just off camera, keeping me from screwing up. It is nearly a full time job! Thanks for your support, and thanks for sticking around!

@@paulplayswithfire o know I’ve said it before. You are my favorite RUclipsr. Love watching your new episodes.

Thanks Dave! That means so much.

I would love to know your source, as I usually include a history segment in older sandwiches like this one. I didn’t do that this time because technical difficulties chewed up all of my extra time. Since we didn’t address the sandwich's history in the show, we’ll talk about it now. 

 The research that I did indicated that, like many of the sandwiches of this era, the club sandwich’s origin story is a little murky. The most reliable story seems to be that the club sandwich originated in the Union Club of New York City around 1898. Around that time the sandwich received quite a bit of press in various publications.

 These are documented in this article: esnpc.blogspot.com/2015/03/poultry-and-pork-on-toast-history-of.html Notice the frequent mention of “turkey or chicken”, or “poultry”. Also remember that food production and distribution is much different than it was back in the day. Ingredients might have depended on availability that day. This is especially true with more perishable ingredients like poultry. With ham, not so much. 

 Those are my thoughts. Again, If you have other sources, please share them! Thanks for taking the time to make a comment, and thanks for watching!

Thanks so much. It was delicious.

Yes, a true classic of a sandwich. I didn't even get into the history of the sandwich. I could have blathered on about the New York social clubs that all claim to have invented the club sandwich. I did add salt and pepper to the tomatoes as I was adding them to the sandwich at 13:16. Did you mean season them ahead of time and let them sit a bit? I love salt and pepper on a tomato. So simple, yet it adds so much flavor. I'm going to do a large scale corn cook (2 dozen ears) and prep for freezing next. Using beer coolers for the blanch and the cool down. Should be fun, and the corn is the best it has been for a while. Talk to you soon.

@@paulplayswithfire My bad, yes you did season the maters. Looking forward to the corn cook, I have a huge freezer and would love to freeze some.

I have a email into my local extension office. I'm hoping they can provide me some guidance regarding using the "steeping" method of cooking corn as a replacement for the typical blanching that you see when preparing corn for freezing. I'd also like to do it on a larger scale, in a beer cooler. I know the purpose of blanching it to stop the ripening enzymes. I just don't what temperature I need to do that, and where on the corn kernel need that temperature. Any help here would be appreciated.

@@paulplayswithfire The local extension office has been a great resource for me in the past and you should always follow their advice. They are the scientists. I have steeped corn in the past but only for personal use. In a commercial setting I would need a HAACP plan (Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Point) which is a ton of red tape and expensive. My process was using a huge YETI cooler and filling halfway with corn, room temp, husk and silk removed. Added boiling water, 199F at my elevation, to nearly the top of cooler. After an hour kernel temp was 142f, very close to the “danger zone”. Drained and added a lot of ice and some iced water and kept ice and corn moving. Temp was down to 70f within 30 minutes. I have a commercial vac sealer that packed up everything quickly and into the freezer. Don’t pack the freezer tightly, rule is 1 pound of product per cubic foot of freezer space. Corn was perfect for 9 months at 0F. Please keep me updated on the what the extension office tells you, am very interested.

I heard back from the Extension Office: "Our guidance on freezing corn (and stopping enzyme activity) comes from the National Center for Home Food Preservation, which advises the corn on the cob be submerged in boiling water for 4 minutes (blanching) followed by an ice bath for the same amount of time before the corn is cut off the cob and frozen. For additional information on how they conducted this research, I would recommend reaching out to the National Center for Home Food Preservation." Kind of what I expected. The process you described is sort of what I was thinking about, but food safety is a big concern. This even more important since I am disseminating information to the public. Sure I can control my own environment and stay of the the danger zone, but I can't count on that with others. I suppose that is why blanching in boiling water is recommend. It is pretty foolproof, and you don't even need a thermometer to do it. I still learned things by asking, even if I didn't get the answer I wanted.

It is a long, long story. Technical difficulties preventing me from using Duke's in this episode. I'm sorry.

Glad you liked it. I also have a couple of more recent sweet corn videos from this season if you are interested. ruclips.net/video/mKsgFOkT9dk/видео.html Be sure to check them out. Thanks for watching!

Thanks Dawn! It turns into a bit of a production, but the flavors go together really well, and it it a nice way to dress up corn. I'm pretty serious about doing a par-cooking and freezing video. You may also know my par cooking method as "Cooler Corn", followed by corn in an icy cooler to stop the cooking. The rest is just cutting and freezer bagging. Thanks for your continued support, and thanks for watching!

Thank you for the suggestion! I have heard others talk about Duke's, so I am excited to try it. I've added a jar to my shopping cart. I'm making "Club Sandwiches" next, and mayo will play a role in that sandwich I'll be using Duke's, because you suggested it. Thanks again for taking the time to make a suggestion, and thanks for watching!

@paulplayswithfire Good deal. It has a little higher ratio of yolks to whites than most store bought, makes it slightly richer and also doesn't separate with heat quite as easily.

That sounds like a mayo that is right in my wheelhouse! I will definitely be checking it out. Thanks for the suggestion!

Eager to hear the Dukes review!

Yes, I love this season for the corn! I'm not sure what a "Rock Ban" is, but yes, corn, or maize, is a member of the Zea genus of flowering plants in the grass family. About 10,000 years ago, give or take a few years, the people in what is now southern Mexico cross bred the wild grass teosinte, to grow a plant that produced more and bigger ears. Both the Mayan and Aztec civilizations worshiped a corn god, and believed that humankind was created from corn. If you are interested in more sweet corn facts, I have a couple of other videos that filled with corn stuff. ruclips.net/video/mKsgFOkT9dk/видео.html ruclips.net/video/xP0Rxxp_s6Y/видео.html Thanks for taking the time to join in the conversation, and thanks for watching!

@@paulplayswithfire hahaha Korn Love them.

LOL - I've listened to Korn and in the past, and it still didn't click with me. Thanks for giving me a belly laugh at myself.

@@paulplayswithfire hahaha that's point hahah.

@@paulplayswithfire that's was the point 5 bud's on a Sunday.

It was delicious! A little messy to eat, but delicious. Thanks for watching!

Thanks James! Glad you liked it. I've used crema frequently, and it is pretty widely available around here. I was surprised to find Cotija cheese in my local grocery store, and the Tajin came from WalMart! "Mexican Street Corn" is the way I see it listed around here at fairs and festivals, and one of our Mexican restaurants has it on their menu, but as a desert item? I know corn is sweet tasting, but is that common? We are frequent travelers to Cozumel, Mexico. Because of this we have tried to learn the language. It has also helped us to develop a deep appreciation for the Mexican people, culture, and food. I wanted to use the Spanish names because I think it is important for folks to know the background and the history of the dish. By putting an Americanized name in it, we lose some of that. And if my using the Spanish names for the dish puts some people off, I have news for them. Corn came from Mexico! Thanks again for hanging with me, and providing your perspective. It really makes a difference.

@@paulplayswithfire I’ve been to many Mexican restaurants here in the states and in Mexico and have never seen esquites on a menu, a bit odd for a desert too. It’s traditionally street food. If I were to choose a Mexican inspired corn desert I would go with Pastel de Elote, a fresh yellow sweet corn cake. A dish originally from Jalisco, IMO the area has some of the best Mexican food I’ve had. Also home of Birria which is so popular now in the states. I admire you using the true name of dishes, I’m the same way. I once went to a French restaurant where a menu item was named French pepper steak, AKA Steak au Poivre. Would it be that hard to use the proper name and give a brief description underneath the title. Don’t even get me started on Italian food. lol. I also would like to thank you for creating these videos, I thought about creating a RUclips channel and did some research on it. You aren’t just cooking, you are researching, developing recipes, making the dishes before your on camera, audio and camera person, producer and must spend some time on editing. Spending money on cost of goods. Etc etc etc. and the whole algorithm thing is beyond me. All that for little to no compensation. I admire your passion otherwise you would disappear as many have, cheers.

Mmmm. Birria. We have several places in town that serve birria and quesabirria. I’m a big fan. But my Gaelic tongue has a hard time pronouncing it correctly! May give that one a try anyway. 

 I hear you on the menu translations. A few extra words to go with the literal translation goes a long way. I took my siblings to Cozumel a while back, and we took them to all of our favorite restaurants. Most places have some type of chile relleno on the menu. At one place, in the english version of the menu, the chile relleno was listed as the literal translation “stuffed pepper”. My sister ordered one, fully expecting to get a bell pepper stuffed with ground beef, rice, and tomatoes, Midwest style. Funny stuff. 

 Thank you for the kind words. RUclips has been a fun journey, and i’ve learned so much! If I knew today how much work RUclips was going to be I may not have done it. I’m fortunate in that I’m retired, so I have the time to give. I try to keep it under 20 hours a week, like a part time job, but sometimes I go over that. When you have a passion for something, it is so much easier to keep it going. Surprisingly, one of the things that I've come to enjoy is responding to commenters such as yourself. Surprising because I’m an introvert. Go figure. 

 Editing has been the most time consuming portion of my video work flow. With some work with the process, I’ve been able to cut my editing time in half. I average about an hour to produce two minutes of video. So a 20 minutes video takes 10 hours to complete the editing process. I kind of do it to myself by using 3 or 4 cameras, but it is worth it for the visual interest. I have tried to keep it a one person show, but, like with most of my hobbies over the years, Christy is along for the ride. She’s a trooper. She's shopping for club sandwich ingredients now, as club sandwiches are up next. 

 Thanks again for sticking around It is so valuable to me to have pro to chat with.

LOL @dave-tries you crack me up! Corn-oisseur! I'll take it, but don't make me pronounce it. I'm giving it all I got to get three videos out in a month. I had a string there where I did one a week for a few months, but it was draining. I keep trying to come up with shorter, easier to produce videos. This was supposed to be one of them, and it came in at over 20 minutes. I guess I talk too much! That being said, I do appreciate your continued new ideas and support. I means so much to me to know that folks like you are looking forward to the next video. That is such a motivator for me. Thanks for the encouragement, and thanks for watching!

@@paulplayswithfire no worries. I appreciate you putting the effort that you do. I enjoy the length of your videos. Always learning something and having good recipes. Keep up the good work. And a big hello to Mrs Paul Plays With Fire.

Thanks Dave! I'm trying to walk a fine line between burning out, and fading away. It is important to rest just as hard as you work. I'll tell Christy you said hello.

Thanks for taking the time stop by and say nice things! RUclips (and the world) needs more of that. I love sweet corn, and all kinds of cooking. It is easy to be passionate about something you love. I just made a new sweet corn video last week ago, and have an elotes and esquites (Mexican street corn) video coming up next week. Be sure to check those out. Thanks for watching!

Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a suggestion! I really appreciate it, and the new ideas do help. I had intended to include a fire roasted or charcoal roasted ear for this video. But I just had too much on my plate (literally) with the five methods I was trying to include. I did try soaking an ear when I did the "FIVE Ways to Cook Sweet Corn on a Pellet Smoker!" video (ruclips.net/video/xP0Rxxp_s6Y/видео.html) last year. Compared to an unsoaked, still in the husk ear, the only difference I could tell was that it took about 10 minutes longer to finish cooking. Of course, I was only cooking them at a very slow, gentle 300 degrees in the pellet smoker. Maybe for a future video I'll do some fire roasted corn. How long do you leave them on for when you put them on the coal or on the grill? I've not been a big fan of fire roasted corn, because it is so easy to overcook (and most folks seem to do just that). But I've been experimenting with gently roasting it on the griddle. So far the results have been good. I've also been thinking about making Mexican street corn, AKA elote (roasted corn on the cob with crema , cheese, and spices) and esquites (same as elote but off the cob as a side dish or desert, usually served in a cup). I will certainly put some kind of a roast on that corn. Thanks for taking the time to say hello. I hope you'll stick around.

Thank James! I'm guessing we'll see the whiteboard again. It is very handy when explaining some concepts. I remember you mentioned Olathe sweet corn in the sweet corn video last year. We're just getting started with our corn here. We only have the early varieties. The best is yet to come. I have elotes, esquites, and something called corn ribs scheduled to this corn season. Then we'll start morphing into state fair season. I also have a pretty good list of new-ish state fair foods I'm gong to try to make on the show. It should be fun! Thanks so much for all of your advice and counsel over the last year. It means so much to me, and helps me in so many ways.

@@paulplayswithfire Wow, really looking forward to future content, all sounds great!

LOL on this show being dangerous. Dangerous to my waistline maybe, GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) is real though. I meant to say something about using the steeping method in a cooler to feed large numbers. Same concepts as regular steeping, except scaled up. Maybe I'll cover that in a future video before the corn season is over. Sous vide for corn is really good, but it does take extra time. FWIW, I ate two ears tonight with supper, and I used the steeping method. Because it is so SIMPLE! Go get some corn! Thanks for checking in, and thanks for your support!

Thanks @dave-tries ! do try to sneak in a little learning when I can. And corn is something I've been around my whole life, so I've picked up a thing or two. I do want to thank you for all of your support. It really makes a difference.

This soup tastes just like you are eating a stuffed pepper. I've had other suggest adding cabbage, or adding cream cheese crema at the end. I haven't tried those things but they sound good. Good luck with your soup, and thanks for watching!

Thanks! I'll try that next time I am there. Thanks for watching!