September 2025

Late summer wind-down: cottage pie nailed (steamed potatoes, a simple 1:1:1:1 beef seasoning) alongside beef and chicken sandwich patties tested, a breakfast sausage recipe rebuilt by comparing three sources (landing closer to sage and marjoram), and a no-knead pizza bianca that needs more time in the oven next round.

Friday, September 19th

Breakfast sausage

3 recipes to use as a base, to update my breakfast sausage recipe (scaling recipe) → Breakfast sausage

BBQ (1)

• 2% salt
• .6% sage (dried)
• .4% black pepper
• .3% dry parsley
• .3% dry thyme
• .3% coriander
• .3% garlic (fresh)
• .2% red pepper flakes
• .2% ground fennel
• .2% MSG
• 4% milk powder
• 158 g water @ 10%

Homemade (1)

• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons dried sage
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• ¼ teaspoon dried marjoram
• ⅛ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 pinch ground cloves
• 2 pounds ground pork

Chef (1, 2)

• 1 pound de-boned pork shoulder or pre-ground pork
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh sage
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme
• 1 ½ teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 ½ teaspoons ground paprika
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 3 finely grated garlic cloves
• 1 ½ teaspoons packed light brown sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons coarse salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil

The bolded items differ somewhat from my recipe, so I’ve adjusted to lean more towards sage/marjoram.

Foods we’ve talked about

• Chez/hurb biscuits and scones
• Simple karaage chicken
• Stir fry
• Goulash (1, 2, American style) → Goulash
• Borsch (1, 2, 3)
• Bolognese (a nona-recipe)
• beef Jamaican things (or any related culture)

Summer is almost done

• Chicken sandwich patties (brined chicken, either for breading or not)

Friday, September 12th

Later later later summer

• Chicken sandwich patties (brined chicken, either for breading or not)
  • pickle juice vs. self-brewed
  • meh, not enough texture for me
• beef patties
  • these were good, perfect shapes using a stainless tray in the freezer (faster freezing, flat base)
• pasta
• breakfast taters (left over mashed potatoes, baked, cheese, egg)
  • this was good + simple
  • should have added cabbage

Wednesday, September 10th

Late late late summer

• Cottage pie
• Chicken sandwiches
  • Blackened / unbreaded
• Steaming potatoes (Yukon or similar) is amazing
  • 25-30 minutes, until fork easily goes through
  • steamer
  • water
  • heat
  • duh
  • butter, cream, salt, pepper
• Cottage pie was 👍👍👍 → Cottage pie
  • wide pan
  • 1 container of freezer beef mince
  • beef seasoning (1:1:1:1, salt, pepper, coriander, rosemary, thyme)
  • granulated garlic, MSG
  • flour or corn starch
  • simmer until thickened (add more thickener if needed)
  • teaspoon of BtB and browning sauce (and chicken stock powder if you have it)
  • mixed frozen veg
  • and steam potatoes, cheese, butter, etc.

Friday, September 5th

Late summer

• no-knead pizza bianca (similar to focaccia)
  • good recipe, but I didn’t quite cook it through (need to play with cook times)
• baked potatoes (I should add a recipe here)