Iv'e got boneless chuck & DH doesn't like it~ now what?

[Dace]

Too gluteny!
They do love a hot Italian beef that I do in the crock.... Gotta get me some sour dough working first since no one can have the usual rolls.

 

[Shiloh Acres]

Ok, a big "duh" from me. I FINALLY figured out what a "pokey pot" is after reading a few posts that mentioned it.

I love chuck roasts. Versatile, and cheap. I do often use them for stew or roast, but you said your family doesn't want that. I think I'll try Mexican like you described. Problem is, most of what I cook is more like cold weather food. Generally I don't care, since it seems most of my usual cooking is cold weather stuff. I made a pot of chili last week on a 106 degree day.

My favorite is curry and rice. I boil potatoes and carrots, or put them in the slow cooker with the roast. And onions. Add curry seasonings when the veggies soften, and some applesauce for milding it down and sweetening it up. Serve over Japanese rice.

My second favorite is to make chili with it. Normally I used a ground meat and a meat cut up like stew meat for chili, but I found if I use chuck roast, something magical seems to happen with the leftovers. It thickens up so much that I have to add tomato sauce and the end result is that every day I have as much chili left over as I started with. I kid you not -- I made a pot using chuck roast for the first time when my daughter was away, so I ate it alone. I had chili EVERY DAY for almost two weeks and then I couldn't stand anymore and froze the rest, but I still had half a pot at that point. Normally I get about 7-8 servings out of that size pot.

So I doubt any of that is helpful. Not typical summer fare. But I do love the versatility of chuck roast. I usually buy them up when they look good and are under $2 a pound.

 

[ORChick]

Shiloh, have you ever noticed that those dishes you were mentioning - chile and curry - come from some very hot parts of the world. We tend to think of them as cold weather food, but really, those hot spices are made for hot summer weather - they make you sweat, which is a good thing . I love to use the hot spices in the summer (of course, I live in Oregon - hot is 90* here) (and I adore HOT tea, not iced, at any time of the year, any time of the day. The English in India had the right idea, hot tea cools you down!)

 

[Shiloh Acres]

My mother always used to say coffee would actually make you feel cooler on a hot day. I prefer cold drinks but ... I guess I DO love spicy food, even in summer. I'll take chili, curry stew, or Mexican food over a cold pasta salad anyday, LOL.

Thanks for pointing that out. I feel less strange for my tastes
now.

 

[TanksHill]

Ok, someone please tell me what a pokey pot is. I googled it and the first thing that came up was "Gumby and Pokey smoke pot". Nice ehh???

Is it like a crock pot?

gina

 

[big brown horse]

Ok, my best friend's mom in TX aka "Moo" calls her crock pot "the pokey pot". She is verrrry "country".

She also says "poor shang" and "s-rimp" for shrimp. There are many more too, she is a hoot. We call them "Moo-isms".

 

[Dace]

I love the name pokey pot....it is perfect

I love those cold weather type foods year round too, it always feels weird, like having chicken tortiall soup last week, but heck, it is economical and easy

Turns out my DH doesn't care for 'stringy meat' I have another roast in the frig as they were a great price and I would actually like to pick up a couple more. What else can I do with it?

Don't get me wrong....the meat was tender and delish, he just doesn't like the shredded nature of it.

 

[miss_thenorth]

With my leftover roasts, I cut it up into strips, and use it in a sort of stir fry. Or make roast beef sandwiches.
Before you cook it, can you cut them into strips and make fajitas out of them? (sorry, I'm not too familiar with chuck roassts, as I don't buy beef)

 

[Blackbird]

Telling him that he should be absolutely blessed to even have food while so many others around the world are starving to death doesn't work?

How about having HIM make your family a meal for a change?

 

[Dace]

Don't get me wrong, he will eat whatever I cook with smile on his face.... But this is not his favorite cut of meat. He will eat it but I would like to find a way to prepare it so that it is not stringy.... Just not sure that is possible.