Skip to content

Greasy Little Birds

A food blog

Skip to content
  • Home
  • About Me
  • Recipes
    • Afghan Cuisine
    • African Cuisine
    • American Cuisine
    • Appetizers
    • Australian Cuisine
    • Austrian Cuisine
    • Balkan Cuisine
    • Beef
    • Belgian Cooking
    • Breads
    • Breakfast
    • British Cuisine
    • Camping Cooking
    • Canadian Cuisine
    • Charcuterie
    • Cheese
    • Chicken
    • Chinese Cuisine
    • Czechoslovak Cuisine
    • Desserts
    • Drinks
    • Duck
    • Fish & Shellfish
    • French Cuisine
    • Game
    • German Cuisine
    • Greek Cuisine
    • Grilling & Barbeque
    • Hungarian Cuisine
    • Indian Cuisine
    • Israeli Cuisine
    • Italian Cuisine
    • Japanese Cuisine
    • Korean Cuisine
    • Lamb
    • Laotian Cuisine
    • Latin American Cuisine
    • Lithuanian Cuisine
    • Macanese Cuisine
    • Malaysian Cuisine
    • Mexican Cuisine
    • Middle Eastern Cuisine
    • Moroccan Cuisine
    • New Zealand Cuisine
    • Peppers
    • Philippine Cuisine
    • Pizza
    • Polish Cuisine
    • Pork
    • Portuguese Cuisine
    • Preserves and Jams
    • Rice
    • Salads & Dressings
    • Sandwiches
    • Scandinavian Cuisine
    • Soups
    • Sous-Vide
    • South African Cuisine
    • Soviet Cuisine
    • Spanish Cuisine
    • Thai Cuisine
    • Turkey
    • Turkish Cuisine
    • Uncategorized
    • Vegan
    • Vegetarian
    • Venison
    • Vietnamese Cuisine

Month: December 2016

December 26, 2016August 15, 2017 jgrusseLeave a comment

Butter Pecan Kringle

As we were prepping at the Phillips’ cabin in northern Wisconsin for our latest trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, I was introduced to the kringle, a member of the Danish pastry family formed into a ring which is the state pastry of Wisconsin. It was good, so of course I kept my eyes Read More …

American Cuisine, Breads, Breakfast
December 26, 2016August 15, 2017 jgrusseLeave a comment

Prime Rib

As part of our English themed Christmas dinner, we bought a 6 lb. standing rib roast for 6 people. Following some ideas in Serious Eats, I first salted and peppered the exterior surfaces, and let it stand while I heated my MasterBuilt Electric Box Smoker to 200 degrees. I roasted it in the box smoker Read More …

Beef, British Cuisine
December 26, 2016August 15, 2017 jgrusseLeave a comment

Popovers

  This year we decided to have an English themed Christmas dinner, and popovers fit right into that theme. My ancestry is predominantly English, so this is as close to ancestral cooking as I usually come. Popovers are very similar to Yorkshire Pudding, which my mother sometimes made for holidays, but I think popovers are Read More …

American Cuisine, Breads
December 26, 2016December 16, 2021 jgrusse4 Comments

Cape Malva Pudding

This was our dessert for Christmas dinner this year, probably the third time it has filled this role. It is a South African version of an English pudding, which means that it is a very moist cake. It is not at all what Americans normally mean by “pudding”. This will serve about 12 people. For Read More …

Desserts, South African Cuisine
December 25, 2016August 22, 2017 jgrusse7 Comments

Hot Smoked Miso Marinated Salmon

  This is how I fixed the centerpiece of our Christmas Eve dinner this year. It is the combination of a Japanese marinade and American hot smoking, and it turned out very well. 3 lb salmon filet cut into two pieces 3/4 cup miso 4-1/2 Tbs sake 4-1/2 Tbs mirin ½ cup sugar Mix together the Read More …

Fish & Shellfish, Grilling & Barbeque
December 20, 2016August 22, 2017 jgrusseLeave a comment

Old-Fashioned Gingersnaps

  This is one of my favorite kinds of cookies. This batch was made for the Boy Scout Christmas party from a recipe in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. It made 24 cookies, which spread more than I was expecting, but tasted very good.   ¾ cups (1-1/2 sticks) butter 1 cup sugar, plus more for rolling Read More …

Desserts
December 18, 2016August 22, 2017 jgrusseLeave a comment

Tex-Mex Meatballs

These meatballs in a spicy sauce were tasty with good bread, in this case Lepinja with Preferment . The recipe below is how I prepared them following a recipe from The Homesick Texan. 2 chipotles makes for a sauce which is probably too spicy for most people, although not for us. Also 1 tsp. of Read More …

American Cuisine, Beef, Mexican Cuisine
December 17, 2016August 13, 2021 jgrusse2 Comments

Lepinja with Preferment

This was a successful experiment to improve the Bosnian flatbread Lepinja by adding a preferment step, rather than making it as a straight dough. The process involved dividing the original recipe into two parts, a preferment part, made earlier to develop gluten and flavor complexity, and the remainder added at the normal time a few Read More …

Balkan Cuisine, Breads
December 17, 2016August 22, 2017 jgrusseLeave a comment

Chicken Marsala with Mushrooms and Shallots

  This made an excellent Friday night dinner for company, with chicken breasts providing an economical alternative to the traditional veal. (Turkey cutlets would also work well here.) This recipe, which is an adaptation from Serious Eats, includes the trick of adding gelatin to the liquids to give the sauce a better mouthfeel.   1-1/4 Read More …

Chicken, Italian Cuisine
December 11, 2016August 22, 2017 jgrusseLeave a comment

Turkey Tetrazzini

This classic was one of the two ways we used up the leftover turkey from this year’s Thanksgiving. This recipe is an adaptation from a recipe on Epicurious.com.   10 oz. mushrooms, sliced 5 Tbs. butter, divided ¼ cup all purpose flour 1-3/4 cups milk 2 cups chicken or turkey stock ¼ cup dry white Read More …

American Cuisine, Turkey

Posts navigation

Older posts

Recent Posts

  • Brazilian Carrot Cake
  • Salmon jerky
  • Coconut Macaroons
  • Lina’s Fluffy Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls
  • Avocado and Tomatillo Salsa

Categories

  • Afghan Cuisine
  • African Cuisine
  • American Cuisine
  • Appetizers
  • Australian Cuisine
  • Austrian Cuisine
  • Balkan Cuisine
  • Beef
  • Belgian Cooking
  • Breads
  • Breakfast
  • British Cuisine
  • Camping Cooking
  • Canadian Cuisine
  • Charcuterie
  • Cheese
  • Chicken
  • Chinese Cuisine
  • Czechoslovak Cuisine
  • Desserts
  • Drinks
  • Duck
  • Fish & Shellfish
  • French Cuisine
  • Game
  • German Cuisine
  • Greek Cuisine
  • Grilling & Barbeque
  • Hungarian Cuisine
  • Indian Cuisine
  • Israeli Cuisine
  • Italian Cuisine
  • Japanese Cuisine
  • Korean Cuisine
  • Lamb
  • Laotian Cuisine
  • Latin American Cuisine
  • Lithuanian Cuisine
  • Macanese Cuisine
  • Malaysian Cuisine
  • Mexican Cuisine
  • Middle Eastern Cuisine
  • Moroccan Cuisine
  • New Zealand Cuisine
  • Peppers
  • Philippine Cuisine
  • Pizza
  • Polish Cuisine
  • Pork
  • Portuguese Cuisine
  • Preserves and Jams
  • Rice
  • Salads & Dressings
  • Sandwiches
  • Scandinavian Cuisine
  • Soups
  • Sous-Vide
  • South African Cuisine
  • Soviet Cuisine
  • Spanish Cuisine
  • Thai Cuisine
  • Turkey
  • Turkish Cuisine
  • Uncategorized
  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Venison
  • Vietnamese Cuisine

Archives

  • April 2025
  • March 2025
  • February 2025
  • January 2025
  • December 2024
  • November 2024
  • October 2024
  • September 2024
  • August 2024
  • July 2024
  • June 2024
  • May 2024
  • March 2024
  • February 2024
  • January 2024
  • December 2023
  • November 2023
  • October 2023
  • September 2023
  • August 2023
  • July 2023
  • June 2023
  • May 2023
  • April 2023
  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
Copyright © 2025 Greasy Little Birds • Chicago by Catch Themes
Scroll Up