Ryans Good Eats

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Bacon part 2

For a while now I've heard a lot about Nueske's bacon so I decided to order a sampler of some of their bacon. The sampler I ordered contained 1 pound of Applewood smoked bacon, 1 pound of peppered bacon and a 12 ounce package of Cherrywood smoked bacon all for around $30 which included shipping.

Then I waited patiently for a few days and then one morning the doorbell rang and it was like Christmas morning. So I opened up the box and there were the three packs of bacon along with dry ice. My bacon had arrived and I couldn’t wait to cook and eat it.

First we tried the Applewood smoked bacon. We cooked half of it in a baking pan in the oven and the other half in a frying pan. The baked version needed more time in the oven then the package said, so we put it back in for a while. It still was very tasty but the fried version was better. This bacon had a strong smoke smell when we opened the package and smoked flavor that you couldn't miss. I'm not sure if I could really tell that it was Applewood smoked, as opposed to another kind of wood. There also didn't seem to be quite as much fat as typical bacon has and didn't shrink quite as much. This was great bacon and we made this with eggs that were cooked in the bacon grease which was delicious.

Next we tried the peppered bacon which we cooked all of it in the frying pan. It was pretty much like the Applewood, but was peppered around the edges so it made it that much better. This was my favorite of the three packages. We had this with mac & cheese.

Then finally we tried the Cherrywood smoked bacon which was clearly smoked as well, but I don't know if I could tell much of a difference between that and the Applewood bacon. Of the three this was my least favorite for one simple reason it only had 12 ounces instead of a full pound. We had this with a different kind of mac & cheese.

I thought all of the Nueske's bacon I had was excellent and tasted great. I did like the peppered bacon a bit more, but they were all excellent. I'm sure glad I ordered the sampler pack and tried out Nueske's bacon because it was well worth it.

Friday, February 16, 2018

Casa Gutierrez - Aurora Colorado

January 3, 2018

We were early for dinner so the place was not so busy. We were seated right away and the same guy who seated us was our waiter, he was very nice and friendly and did a good job.

He took our drink orders which were all three cokes and he dropped off some chips and salsa which was some good stuff that we all enjoyed. Then we ordered I ordered a pick three combo with a beef enchilada, a crispy chile relleno and a tamale. Mom ordered the chile relleno plate with one soft and one crispy relleno. And dad ordered a chimichanga of some sort. Soon after this the food arrived on square plates. Mom and mine both came with rice and beans and guacamole which were all pretty good.

On my plate my beef enchilada had kind of a different sauce on it maybe a mole-ish sauce and there were some white pieces in the beef filling and I just assumed they were onions but after I bit into it I realized it was potato. I thought the chili relleno was a pretty good one and actually had a bit more heat than most, but still not my favorite I've ever had. The tamale was a chicken tamale which was nice and soft and covered in green chili and was very tasty. When I was full and about halfway through the plate I asked for a box.

Mom didn't know which relleno she liked best, but she did enjoy her meal very much

as did dad with his chimichanga

We were very happy with our dinner at Casa Gutierrez and would definitely return.

12131 E Iliff Ave

Unit D

Aurora, CO 80014

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Four Friends Kitchen - Denver Colorado

December 20, 2017

We arrived just after noon or maybe closer to 1 o'clock after a doctor's appointment. The place was rather full and we had to wait awhile. After a while the host pointed out the table that they were waiting for, but the people weren't moving very quickly. Eventually though a different table opened up. After we were seated our waiter quickly arrived and took our drink orders which we all three ordered cokes. When he brought these back we ordered some beignets ($6) and our meals. Dad ordered a Southwest breakfast burrito ($ 9.5), Mom ordered the brisket hash ($11) and I ordered the Smokey Mountain BLT ($10) (fried green tomato BLT).

Soon after this the beignets arrived on a rectangle plate with crème anglaise and wild berry preserves and they were covered in powdered sugar. These were like a doughnut but smaller like donut hole size. They were a bit messy and hard to eat, but I thought they were very good. My first time trying beignets I think was a success. Awhile after that our food came out.

Mom really really enjoyed her brisket hash. It was the best hash she thinks she’s had and was impressed with the brisket and that it was better meat then most hashes come with.

Dad thought his burrito was pretty good.

My BLT was pretty good, everything inside was very good separately but I thought it was almost too many things in one sandwich. The fried green tomato was crispy still even after I was under everything and was a very good fried green tomato at that. The bacon was rather good bacon, but not great like in my recent bacon post, but still pretty tasty. The pimento cheese was good pimento cheese but I think the sandwich would've been better without it and the serrano aioli was not terribly hot but noticeable and I thought a nice addition to the sandwich. This was all in a sandwich with a nice toasted bread. It was very hard to eat because it completely fell apart pretty quickly. The fries along with this I thought we're just alright. After eating maybe three fourths of the sandwich I was stuffed, so I picked out the good parts the bacon and the tomato of my last section of sandwich and I was very happy but stuffed. I thought Four Friends Kitchen was a very good restaurant and my mom really liked it even more than I did. I would be happy to return and maybe try something else like maybe the brisket hash that my mom thought was so good.

Address: 2893 Roslyn St, Denver, CO 80238