Food Porn- Marinated beef short ribs

Marinated beef short ribs (cross cut) with wilted purple kale in a tomato broth and served with sweet cornbread.

Beer: Busch Beer

Beer: Busch Beer (tall boy)
Brewing Co: Anheuser-Busch (ABInBev)
ABV: ?%
Rating: 1 out of 5 not so outstanding stars
Price: $4.99ish 6-pack
Words: Sometimes your just broke. Other times it's nostalgic. But here it was just boredom.

Food Porn: Delmonico Rib-eye

"The Shire" - Delmonico Rib-eye (med rare) mashed Yukon gold potatoes, wilted red chard, and pan fried porcini mushrooms with a creamy leek and Gruyere sauce.

Beer: Quick WIT

Beer: 16oz Quick WIT (can)
Brewing Co: Fort George Brewing Company (Astoria, Or)
ABV: 5.5%
Rating: 3 out of 5 Outstanding stars
Price: $9ish for a 4 of Pints
Words: Yeah, I'll drink this again.

Food porn: Roasted duck leg & pomegranate sauce

Roasted duck leg and pomegranate sauce with blue corn grits and panko fried asparagus tips.

Salad: Baby greens, chevre, and candied pecans with a raspberry vinaigrette.

Salad: Baby greens, chevre, and candied pecans with a raspberry vinaigrette.

Beer: 22oz He'Brew Hop Manna IPA

Beer: 22oz He'Brew Hop Manna IPA
Brewing Co: Shmaltz Brewing Company (San Francisco, CA)
ABV: 6.8%
Rating: 4 out of 5 kosher stars
Price: $forgot.99 Belmont Station
Words: This is a lovely IPA. Rich and malty as well as citrus and grass hop stuff going on. Grab one!

Food Porn: Chicken fajita quesedilla

Chicken fajita quesedilla

Food pron: Jalapeno-lime wings

Jalapeno-lime wings with avocado-cilantro salsa and a blue cheese dipping sauce.

Beer: 22oz Nuptiale Cream Ale

Beer: 22oz Nuptiale Cream Ale
Brewing Co: Ninkasi Brewing Co. (Eugene, OR)
ABV: 5.7%
Rating: 3 out of 5 for the people stars.
Price: $3.79ish (Fred Meyer)
Words: Most of the time I'm gaga for Ninkasi. But not even Ninkasi can make me like a cream ale. Cream Ales are like the upgraded version of Banquet Beer. IMHO. I still gave it 3 stars 'cause most people wouldn't object to drinking this.

Food Porn: Pasta with Q-balls

Bow-tie pasta (farfalle) with Q-balls (beef/pork/quinoa meatballs) and a tomato/basil sauce.

gorditas

Jalapeno-lime shredded beef gorditas served on a bed of refined beans and guacamole.

Cheesemonger Finicky: Mozzarella

Name: Part Skim Mozzarella
Origin:???
Maker: Precious http://www.preciouscheese.com/
Milk type: cow's milk
Cheese type: Mozzarella
Words: I saw an ad, then a coupon. It's regular grocery store cheese. Meh if your dish's super star ingredient is mozz, otherwise for like lasagna or cheese sticks it fine.

Machaca breakfast burrito with avocado sauce

Machaca breakfast burrito with avocado sauce

Beach house dinner: New York Steak and Caesar.

I made this at a beach house! It had a kitchen so I ran to the market and grabbed some good stuff!

Grilled Romaine Caesar Salad

New York Strip topped with bacon and Danish blue cheese served with with Sierra Nevada Pale Ale braised Brussels sprouts and baked fingerling potatoes.

Beer: Brother Thelonious

Beer: Brother Thelonious
Brewing Co: North Coast Brewery Co. (Fort Bragg, Ca)
ABV: 9.4%
Rating: 4 1/2 out of 5 Jazz hands
Price: $2. ish (Belmont Station)
Words: Yum. North Coast for the Win.

Cheese-Monger Tuesday- Monterey Jack.

Name: Monterey Jack
Origin: Murray's is a NY co. Not sure exactly where they make the stuff.
http://www.murrayscheese.com/
Milk type: cow's milk
Cheese type: Soft
Words: If you're going to want melty cheese without all the greeze of cheddar try a Monterey Jack. It's like ooo so soft and tasty! Come to think of it those sound like lyrics to a pop song.

Baked Cornish Game Hen with Lentils

Baked Cornish Game Hen with Lentils, roasted miniature eggplant and a Chocolate Cherry Tomato-Zucchini chutney.

So Wrong.

So Wrong.

Oven cooked hearty beef stew.

Oven cooked hearty beef stew.

Hop Hash Imperial IPA

Brewing Co: Caldera Brewing Co. (Ashland, OR)
Beer: 22oz Hop Hash Imperial IPA
ABV: 7%
Rating: 3 1/2 out of 5 stars.
Words: A solid Imperial IPA. I would have liked to smell a more complex hop scent but the flavors are there.

Cheese-monger Monday! - Florette

Name: Florette
Origin: France
Maker:???
Milk type: goat's milk
Cheese type: Soft
Words: I did it! I made it back on a Monday. Oh, what? Yes, yes. The cheese. Super sharp and tangy. Has a sort of ash/dirt thing going especially the rind. Too strong and bloomy for me. At least today.

Cheese-monger Thursday

Name: Brie De Nangis
Maker: Some guys in France storing cheese in caves.
Milk type: cow's milk
Cheese type: Brie
Words: Yeah I took Labor Day off, and now it's Cheese-monger Tuesday. Anyways, I learned that if you buy cheese then don't eat it for a long time it's nasty. Well, better luck next week.

pork chop and tomato-onion chutney

Grilled thick cut pork chop and tomato-onion chutney served with fresh garden green beans and sweet corn muffins.

Beer: Cavatica Stout

Beer: 16oz Cavatica Stout
Brewing Co: Fort George Brewing Company (Astoria, Or)
ABV: 8.8%
Rating: 4 out of 5 impressive stars
Price: $2.99??ish (Plaid Pantry)
Words: I love the name. Bonus. This beer is a fantastic dark beer. Luscious. And packs a nice buzz. So far I have loved all the Fort George beers I've tried. Some more than others but that's to be expected.

Cheese-monger Monday????-- Hawe's Wensleydale

Name: Hawe's Wensleydale
Maker: Hawe's Creamery http://www.wensleydale.co.uk/
Milk type: cow's milk
Cheese type: Wensleydale
Words: The moment I bit into this cheese I said "I love this". Then immediately following I started humming the theme to "Wallace & Gromit".


P.S. I know. I know. It's Wednesday. But you know what? I'm a stay at home dad of two kids so I really don't have the time to be posting to a million places. So if you want the full Mr. Finicky experience then go "Like" my Facebook page www.facebook.com/Mr.Finicky and see everything in real time.

Pollo ricado asado

Pollo ricado asado con slasa roja y polenta (grilled chicken with spice rub and red salsa on polenta).

Beany Breakfast

Beany Breakfast - Black beans and 2 eggs over easy served on crispy fried corn tortillas, bacon, and topped with avocado, tomatoes, cilantro and sour cream.

Cheese-monger Monday: Tillamook medium cheddar

Name: Tillamook medium cheddar
Maker: Tillamook County Creamery Association
http://www.tillamook.com/
Milk type: cow's milk
Cheese type: cheddar
Rating: 4 out of 5 happy cows.
Price: $6.99 for that big piece.
Words: This is my go to cheddar. I could eat a boat load. And I've seen the cows that make this too. I approve.

Dinner 8-11-12

HI! Last night I felt in the mood to cook so I made a lovely coursed mean. Nice a leisurely we ate our way through some tasty dishes. Here they are!

Insalata caprese.

Ratatouille ala Finicky

Lime-parsley marinated skirt steak with herb and almond pesto

Colette Farmhouse Ale

Beer: 12oz Colette Farmhouse Ale
Brewing Co: Great Divide Brewing Co (Denver, CO)
ABV: 7.3%
Rating: 4 1/2 out of 5 stars.
Price: $?.?? (Belmont Station)
Words: This farmhouse ale is so light crisp and tasty. Slightly fruity. Nicely hopped with out going overboard. Oh and 7.3%!!!!! Daymmmm.

Chicken-Feta sausage and zucchini risotto

Chicken-Feta sausage and zucchini risotto

Beer: Terminal Mountain

Beer: 12oz Terminal Mountain IPA
Brewing Co: Terminal Gravity and Double Mountain (OR)
ABV: 7.2%
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars.
Price: $?
Words: Delicious.

Cheese-monger Monday: Brie

Name: Joan of Arc Brie
Maker: Joan of Arc http://www.joanofarcbrie.com/
Milk type: cow's milk
Cheese type: French brie
Rating: 3 1/2 out of 5 cows.
Price: $1.99 for that little piece.
Words: Now this is some cheese. Love it. It's like if butter went to heaven and hooked up with cream and had babies and the babies came back to earth and turned into cheese. Mellow, creamy, rich, and so soft. Yum.

Kinda mean!

I'm making fried chicken. I'm going to put a fan in the window. It serves two purposes. First to help get the greasy air out my house. Second, to make all passers by jealous and hungry. ;-)

Cheese-monger Monday- Sottocenere Al Tartufo

Name: Sottocenere Al Tartufo
Maker: ??
Milk type: raw cow's milk
Cheese type: Italian soft cheese with truffles
Rating: 2 out of 5 cows.
Price: $Look at the picture silly.
Words: YIKES. OK. There's a reason I'm called Mr. Finicky. Because I hate some food. One of them is truffle oil. Why turn a truffle into a disgusting oil then put that in cheese? So that I can barf. Well I really didn't barf but it wasn't that good.

Fourtounately I have a partner taster tonight and she say's it gets milder the more you eat, and over all it's ok.

This cheese has truffles, truffle oil, and ash rind and is soft. Meh. Where was that Irish cheddar again?

Workhorse IPA

Beer: 22oz Workhorse IPA
Brewing Co: Lauralwood Brewing Co. (Portland, OR)
ABV: 7.5%
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Price: $5.49 maybe (Belmont Station)
Words: Most people I've met who has tried this beer gives it a much higher rating. But then most haven't tried as many IPA's as I have. Including both Pliney's.

BBQ Brisket Sandwich

BBQ Brisket Sandwich and spinach salad with raspberry vinaigrette.

On the sandwich I have slow cooked BBQ Brisket, Mr. Finicky's bacon maple BBQ sauce, beer sauteed sweet onions. The salad is spinach pecans, chevre with a vinaigrette I made from infused vinegar I did a couple weeks back.

Cheese-monger Monday: Barely Buzzed

Name: Barely Buzzed
Maker: Beehive Cheese Co.
http://www.beehivecheese.com/
Milk type: cow's milk
Cheese type: Aritsan
Rating: 4 out of 5 cows.
Price: $Look at the picture silly.
Words: This is some serious cheese It's really good! the thing is that it goes with very little. What I mean is that it's only an artisan cheese. I wouldn't cook with it, I wouldn't pair it with anything usually found in my kitchen. So it's cheese for cheese's sake. Like a slightly dry manchego but you taste hints of coffee which is the crust you see.

Secession Cascadian Dark Ale

Beer: 22oz Secession Cascadian Dark Ale
Brewing Co: Hopworks Urban Brewery (Portland, Or)
ABV: 6.5%
Rating: A spendy 4 out of 5 stars.
Price: $4.99 (7-11)
Words: I think more on the IPA side than on the dark ale side but this beer does not disappoint any way you look at it. For those who don't like the super IBU beers I would knock off one star. But as all Hopworks you pay a hefty price.

El Torero IPA

Brewing Co: Alameda Brewing Co. (Portland, OR)
Beer: 22oz El Torero IPA
Style NW IPA
Rating: A solid 3 1/2 out of 5 stars.
Words: Nice and crisp. Prominent hop flavor. Nice hoppy finish. Golden color.

Cheese-monger Monday!

Name: Waldvieatler Farmhouse Cheese
Maker: Waldvieatler
Milk type: sheep's milk
Cheese type: farmhouse
Price: $Look at the picture silly.
Words: So I had no idea what to expect. And what I got was a very tasty cheese. It's more savory/creamy than cheesy imho. Umm, don't drink this with an IPA. Try something more like.. like...like a Farmhouse ale. See farmhouse really just means a simple recipe with the freshest ingredients. A farmhouse ale, or something more on the super light side would do you right with this creamy smooth and intensely savory cheese.

I'm gonna try again

Ok, I'm going to try this regular posting thing here again. I post pretty regularly on facebook at www.facebook.com/Mr.Finicky but somehow can't seem to do the same here. But I'm determined.

Mini beer review

Brewing Co: Bridgeport Brewing Co. (Portland, OR)
Beer: 12oz Kingpin Double Red Ale
ABV: 7.5%
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars.
Words: This beer grows on you. It's easy to not notice the 7.5% ABV until you're Mr. or Ms. Tipsy.

Brewing Co: Bridgeport Brewing Co. (Portland, OR)
Beer: 12oz IPA
ABV: 5.5%
Rating: An enthusiastic 4 out of 5 stars.
Words: This wonderful beer is what I consider a quintessential IPA. It has a lovely hop presence but not overdone. Better yet it doesn't sit in your stomach. An excellent session beer.

I'm so bad at this. I post nearly everyday on Mr. Finicky's Facebook page but never here. That's not cool. So I'm going to try harder to get this space going too.

-Mr. Finicky