A Prepper Cook-Off Challenge!!!! I'm making Smoked Oysters in Rice with Sweet Potato!
The story continues here:
...This house left us a nice little bag of rice, down in the cellar was this lonely sweet potato and we were starving. We grabbed our last can of food which we'd been saving for a special occasion.
Yes yes, it is a can of smoked oysters. Nothing better for the End of Days and New Beginnings yes? We're feeling safe here in the woods away from the main road, only once in a while we hear a few bikes roaring passed, and it does give us the chills, but so far they're staying on the paved road... We will be cooking outside as there is a barbecue and stove top, with a tank of gas that seems nearly half full. Hopefully the smells of what we're about to make doesn't attract anyone we don't want to meet.
We'll take the chance... it's so nice outside!
So I really wanted to give you all a completely off-grid experience for this one, building a quick rocket stove in the ground and all that but I actually was starving...
Building this homestead from the ground up is a lot of work. It is fun but very time consuming, and I am still working out the kinks in managing my time. So maybe next time we'll do a proper Off-Grid/Zombie Apocalypse Cook-Off!
On to Cooking Now!
First I cut the potato in half, I'm thinking it will cook on the grill faster this way.
As I cut the potato, I realize how dirty my hands are and luckily, I find some water in a five gallon bucket with a spicket, sitting by the outdoor kitchen! It looks clean, no foul odors and so I make the dicision to cook the rice with it too... but first I'm washing my hands!
The rice has been started with your usual 2 to 1 ratio (water to rice).
As soon as it boils I will cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
Now that the rice has started doing it's thing, I'm just going to put the potato halves right on the grill, close it and let it be a while, flip them and wait.
As these two ingretients have been put on auto pilot for a short while, I'm going to walk the perimeter of the property, just to put my mind at ease, making sure that no one's lurking around searching for trouble... We hear what sounds like a few bikes idling near the entrance of the woods, they're probably right on the path we took to find the house we're next to.
Fortunately, I get close enough witout making a sound and I can see that, all they're doing is taking a break from the hot sun, a couple of guys are smoking cigarettes... they're making jokes and laughing but I can feel that the best option here is to turn back, stop the cooking so the wonderdul smell of sweet potato, which is starting to find it's way out of the BBQ doesn't attract unwanted visitors!!!
I hurry back, as much as I can without making noise and nonchalantly put everything on pause. I don't want to create unwarranted panic!
At that moment, we hear some yelling coming from that same area, panic does spread through our group for a brief instant and we hear the four motorcycles leave in a hurry!
Safe again, lets COOK!!!! Soon we will eat...
After some time I flip the potatoes, wait about 15 minutes so I can turn off the grill.
While the rice still has just a few minutes to go, I decide to open our can of oysters and fry them up in their own oil, there's a Wok!!!
Ok so now we're getting really hungry! The potato is ready but the rice isn't cooked all the way... ok I'm adding it to the wok with the oysters. Let's stir fry!!!.
At this point I'm ready for spices:
- A dash of salt and pepper
- One tea spoon of coriander
- One tea spoon of herbs de provence
Stir it all up, make it jump out of the pan and fall back in a few times. This is fun, but I also forgot to turn off the grill and now the sweet potato is very well done! Ok, mashed potato it is than.
I'm just so hungry, I'm mashing the potato with a knife! Whatever works... this is the apocalypse right?
We've gone this far we might as well keep going...
I'm intent on making this odd dish at least look pretty, 'cause no one knows how this will taste and people in my group of 3 aren't looking too thrilled to try what I've concocted.
Still with the knife, shaping the rice and the mashed potatoes. I could have used a bowl to pack it in and flip it over onto the plate but I was in a hurry to feed us.
And Voilà:
I sprinkled cumin, pepper and herbs de provence on the plate, for decoration. Than of course (and I know we're not supposed to use fresh anything) I couldn't help myself, I harvested some purple clover flowers that are growing all over the place in this area, for a splash of color... and a sweet treat at the end of our meal 😁!
I surprized myself, this meal was delicious! Thank you @CanadianRenegade for the fun I had making the dish and writing about it.
And now, those pesky motorcycles are back and actually coming our way. Quick everyone, pick up your things, this isn't a drill and lets get the heck out of dodge!!!!
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Very nice addition to the story line. I am really enjoying them. It is almost like reading a choose your own adventure book.
Thanks for the entry, it looks like it turned out well considering the ingredients you rolled.
Hehe, thank you so much, yeah it did surprise me how good it was! Thanks again for initiating the challenge. And that can of pysters was a year past it's best by date oops. Still alive and kicking over here though!
You know it's funny you say this about chose yoir own adventure books, it's what I was thinking when I was done writing. I wondered if there was such game on steemit or that it woild be fun to make some sort of challenge that would be that and eventually all the winning entries could be re-read id different ways or something...
I have also thought about trying to do some sort of choose your own adventure but I am not sure exactly how to structure it so it doesn't get too convoluted.
Maybe when one person writes a part they nominate two people to write the two different choices. Then it would just work like a flow chart, right?
That is actually a great idea. I bet it would produce some interesting and convoluted stories too!
I agree! I would definitely be in.
This is FANTASTIC and looks ACTUALLY nice... although ..ugh.. oysters??? He he. I love your presentation too! Hmmm.... fresh clover??? I wish I could have picked my fresh chives 🤣🤔😉... love your story too!!! That potato looks delish.
Thank you so much. I had a lot of fun writing this one, I was unsure how to incorporate the story line that @CanadianRenegade started but it started flowing pretty well once I started.
I really like sweet potato and you know that dish turned out great, even had it as left overs the next day! I read your post and that was a really awesome write up too!
Thanks
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Well done story...and meal looks pretty good too :)
Heehee, thanks @steven-patrick it reminded me of a seafood Mofongo a little (puerto rican dish). It was good enough I had it again today as left overs!
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That looks really beautiful! I am not even remotely an oyster fan, but now I want some mashed sweet potatoes. Mmm. With cinnamon and nutmeg. Mmmmm.
Oysters for sure have an aquired tatse... I like them much better raw (not out of a can raw though, that's scary!).
Did you end up making mashed sweet potatos? Sorry for the late reply we have been off the beaten path at a festival without any phone service!
I think it's a texture thing for me, which is weird because I like clams, muscles, calimari, all that stuff. Just not oysters. They're slimy. Like okra. Yuck.
I haven't made mashed sweet potatoes yet. I need to get some next time I go to the store. Festival season!!!!
I guess it's not quite the season for mashed potatoes in general, sweet or not!
Okra makes me quiver a little... just a little though
Well it's always hot here, so we just eat stuff when we crave it, and I'm really wanting some. Plus they are so easy to make. And kids love them!
Okra is one of a very few foods I simply will not eat. Just blech! Okra and celery and liver.
Lol, that's right Belize...! I should have remembered it's always hot there.
Pretty much. There's a couple months a year where I can have a blanket on my bed at night.
Heehee i'm sure it's a very thin blanket!