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Meat, Poultry & Fish

Short Ribs Braised in Guinness

February 29, 2012 Meat, Poultry & Fish

A bitter debacle kept Scheidt and I away from stout gravy for over a year, but redemption was ours! This Guinness gravy is meaty and sweet. No bitter beer face.

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Salmon and Leek Quiche

January 16, 2012 Meat, Poultry & Fish

We may be trying to Eat Healthy and Lose Weight here at the Scheidt Haus, but being on a diet is no reason to stop eating quiche. This salmon and leek quiche uses German quark instead of cream, and gussies up the eggs with dill and whole grain mustard. Served with lightly dressed greens, a full dinner is under 500 calories. Break out the wine!

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How to Cook a (Good) Steak

November 28, 2010 Meat, Poultry & Fish

Steakhouse steaks are one of the easiest restaurant meals to create at home. There’s no secret recipe, just a simple-two stage cooking technique that makes the best of an awesome piece of meat.

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Paprika-Glazed Shrimp and Sausage Kebabs

July 14, 2010 Meat, Poultry & Fish

I want to cook, but my lack of air conditioning leaves only one alternative: the grill. These spicy, smoky kebabs are quick to prepare and great for company.

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Chunky Ragu

January 3, 2010 Meat, Poultry & Fish

Given our post-holiday exhaustion, I can’t describe how happy I am that we took the time in the fall to stock the freezer with things like Cincinnati Chili and this hearty meat sauce. Instead of washing all the dishes of making a dinner, it’s as simple as boiling a pot of water and grabbing a few plates.

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Scheidt’s Cincinnati Chili

October 19, 2009 Meat, Poultry & Fish

I was introduced to Skyline Chili back in college, where it was pretty much the only fast food I would eat. First of all, it was on noodles. Second, it was topped with a veritable mountain of shredded cheese. But most importantly, the seasoning was unlike any other chili I had ever had: mildly smoky but almost sweet, as if chili and pumpkin pie had a meaty lovechild.

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Grill, Baby, Grill

April 22, 2009 Meat, Poultry & Fish

It’s an auspicious day each spring when it is both warm enough and light enough to grill out on my front porch after work. And so it was last Friday, April 17, that I got home at 5:30. Scheidt was ready with the charcoal, and it was the first porch dinner of the year: lamb burgers with garlic-mint yogurt sauce, greek salad, Great Lakes beer, good company, relaxation.

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Scheidt’s Smoked⁴ Sauerkraut

February 8, 2009 Meat, Poultry & Fish

I actually liked this sauerkraut. Why? What turned the kraut corner for me? This kraut doesn’t have that awful pungent taste, because it’s buried under the flavor of FOUR DIFFERENT KINDS OF SMOKED MEATS! Yeehaw! Now that’s a traditional German recipe I can get behind.

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Chicken and Apricot Phyllo Pie

January 26, 2009 Meat, Poultry & Fish

Long before I discovered glossy food porn mags, Epicurious, or even the freakin’ Food Network, this pie was a winner.

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Trout Taste Better When You Know Who Caught ‘Em

May 31, 2008 Meat, Poultry & Fish

The more fresh meats I try, the more of a meat snob I become. Last spring, it was freshly butchered chicken. This time, it’s fresh-caught fish. No, I don’t fish… but I am lucky enough to have recently made the acquaintance of a certain avid fisherman. For as long as I’ve known him he’s never [...]

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