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Scott (cooking for Moi)
@scottmcq.bsky.social
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Retired IT guy in TX. Food/cooking/tech/music/guitars. Less political here. SELECTIVE FOLLOWER. If you follow 1000s I probably won't follow back.

Feeds: ALT Pizza, ALT Burger...Chili/Noodles/Curry/Taco/Fried Rice/Pie/Cake/Salsa
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Salmon with a store bought zappable risotto augmented with a copious amount of freshly grated Parmesan cheese, lemon juice, olive oil, ground black pepper and Italian parsley. 🍽️🍜
In a white bowl is risotto topped with a salmon fillet.
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Mini breakfast. 🍽️🍜
On a small plate are scrambled eggs, turkey bacon and piece of sourdough toast.
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Memory: T-Day 2019. Mexican-American. A variation on Thanksgiving w/a Mexican inspired twist.

Coctel de Camerones, Braised Turkey Tenderloins with Mole Poblano, Tamales, Elote, Hatch Chile Cornbread dressing & Calabacitas.

🍜 🇲🇽
November 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Memory: T-Day 2018 - Grilled. What may have been available, upgrades okay.

Coffee rubbed venison medallions, duck sausage w/orange liqueur, pheasant sausage w/Cognac, U-15 shrimp with garlic oil, zucchini, large scallions an charred lemons. Sides: Succotash and wild rice blend. 🍜
A brownish plate with a fork on the left side and a knife at top right. At the top left is a wild rice blend. Below that is succotash. To the right is a piece of smoked turkey breast. Below that are 3 shrimp, two pieces of venison medallion and a few pieces of grilled sausage. To the right is a grilled green onion over some grilled zucchini. A picture of a grill with smoked game meat sausage on the left of a small top grill shelf with zucchini to the right. On the main grill grate are 4 lemon halves bordering sliced zucchini and at the top are 3 venison medallions.
November 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Tried some cocktail crab claws from Atlantic Red Crab Company purchased at Costco. I thawed a portion and served it with a sauce of butter and garlic and a bit of Old Bay seasoning.

Not bad for a frozen product. 🍽️🍜
Pre-Cooked crab claws in a white bowl with a butter sauce in the top left. Parsley is scattered on the crab claws.
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Air fried brined pork belly with green beans and mac and cheese. 🍽️🍜
Top left is air fried pork belly. Bottom left are green beans and right side is Mac n cheese.
November 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Found this in my upright freezer from after last year's Thanksgiving. These were a big hit when I took some up to Memphis last Thanksgiving.

Still looks good, no freezer burn but I will thaw it and use it just for me in case. 🍜
A cardboard box containing a crown Royal Maple pecan pie visible through a state of Texas shaped window. Wording at the bottom says "Spec's Wines Spirits Finer Foods" A picture of the Maple Pecan Crown Royale pie that was in the box shown previously.
November 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Made tilapia with lemon butter and capers. A side of barley and lentils. 🍽️🍜
A tilapia fillet on a white plate with butter, capers and parsley on the left side in the helping of barley and lentils on the right side.
November 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Getting ready to fall.
Photo of a tree with gold and green leaves.
November 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Baked chicken thighs with pan sauteed yellow squash and sliced heirloom tomato.

Chicken was seasoned with salt, onion powder, garlic powder, smoked, paprika, black pepper and dried greek oregano and baked at 400° for 40 minutes. 🍽️🍜
On a white plate are slices tomatoes on the left side, yellow squash at the top left with a wedge of lemon to the right and two pieces of baked chicken on the right side.
November 16, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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A Northern Bean and vegetable soup with a ham hock broth.

Smoked ham hocks have little meat on them so these were just flavoring for the broth the rest of the soup was cooked in. 🍽️🍜
In a white bowl is a Northern bean soup made with a ham hock broth with carrots, onions and celery. Seasoned with salt and pepper and Cajun hot sauce. Two ham hocks simmering in a pot with bay leaves and Italian seasoning in a tea ball. Northern beans have been previously hot soaked for 2-1/2 hours.
November 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Age yourself with gaming
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Salmon and salad. Something healthier mid-week. 🍽️🍜
A salmon fillet with a slice of lemon on top of a salad of greens, tomato and feta cheese on a white plate.
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Didn't have quite the precise ingredient proportions, but made a suitable version of Southern Thai Turmeric Chicken Soup. 🍽️🍜🇹🇭🌶️

hot-thai-kitchen.com/turmeric-chi...
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Found fresh catfish and thought I would fry it up. Marinated in buttermilk & Louisiana hot sauce.

Coating was yellow cornmeal/flour & spices.

Pretty large filets so had to get out the 12" cast iron. Tough to get the temperature right this try. But sure was tasty. 🍽️🍜🌶️
Two fried catfish fillets on the left side of a white pipe with a wedge of lemon at top right and a piece of corn on the cob below that.
November 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Sausage biscuits! 🍽️🍜
On a small white plate are two sausage biscuits. Behind is a glass of tomato vegetable juice and a container with different types of hot sauce.
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Simple supper. Spaghetti w/Rao's marinara, ground beef, grated Pecorino romano and Ciabatta rolls. 🍽️🍜
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Fish sauce wings! With beer.

Made from this HTK recipe. I used the shallow frying method which is the standard, though she gives instructions/notes for deep frying & air frying methods as well. 🍽️🍜

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Chicken wings that have been marinated and coated with pepper & chili pepper and rice flour and shallow fried in a skillet.
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Brown butter/EVOO sauteed "sea bass" with S&P and lemon juice.

With yellow and green squash sauteed in olive oil, scented with shallots & garlic and seasoned with S&P and dried Greek oregano. 🍽️🍜
In a white bowl at the bottom 8:00 position or two pieces of sauteed fish and the rest of the bowl is covered with sauteed yellow squash and zucchini.
November 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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I fell back into some breakfast tacos. 🌮🌮 😄

Chorizo, eggs, onions and cilantro with a wedge of lime and Mexican style guacamole. Which is pretty much just smashed avocado with salt and lime juice. 🍽️🍜🌶️🇮🇹
On a white plate are two breakfast tacos down the middle with a wedge of lime on the left. Mexican guacamole on the right.
November 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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A cool, drizzly start to Nov 1. So I heated up some leftover vegetable soup & topped it with a little olive oil and feta cheese. And made a turkey and provolone sandwich to go along with it. 🍽️🍜
On a wooden cutting board is a small white plate with a turkey sandwich at the bottom left and a white bowl of vegetable soup at the upper right.
November 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Chipotle-Garlic Shrimp w/Cilantro-Lime Rice and a Black Bean & Corn salad. 🍽️🍜🌶️

Inspired by this.

www.acouplecooks.com/shrimp-bowl-...
A white bowl on a brown round placemat containing sauteed Chipotle shrimp in the upper left, cilantro lime rice in upper right and a black bean and corn salad at the bottom.
October 31, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Cooked up a vegetable soup tonight. Tomato and chicken stock broth based on a recipe from Allrecipes.

More info in 2nd alt text.

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In a white bowl on a brown placement is a serving of the tomato vegetable soup. In a Dutch oven is chicken stock, water, fire roasted tomatoes, tomato vegetable juice, better than bullion chicken stock, diced white potatoes, sliced carrots, sliced green beans, diced zucchini, frozen peas and corn. Initial stage when cooking the base liquid smashed garlic cloves, a bay leaf and Italian parsley leaves and stems were added. Then tomato paste and Greek oregano. Salt and pepper as needed.
October 29, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Oven baked baby back ribs with corn on the cob, pickles and BBQ sauce on the side.

Ribs brined in water, salt & brown sugar, dried and coated with Rendezvous, seasoning and wrapped in foil and cooked in the oven at 275 for 2 and 1/2 hours.

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On a round white plate clockwise are a piece of corn on the cob, a pork ribs, pickle slices and a ramekin with barbecue sauce.
October 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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First time making a frittata. It was puffy in spots around the edge and was sticking to the bottom of the skillet. Time to re-season it.

It was still tasty though. 🍽️🍜
A wedge of frittata and 4 slices of tomato on a round white plate on a round light brown placemat. In the background is that glass of orange juice. A cooked frittata in a 10 inch cast iron skillet on a gray countertop. Basics: 6 eggs 1/4 c milk Grated cheddar cheese 1 scallion, sliced 1 baby Bella mushroom, chopped 2 small sweet peppers, diced 2 slices turkey bacon (round like "Canadian"), diced 400 degrees for 15 minutes
October 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM