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[jdmessner]

Elenis - Thanks for the suggestion, I love smoked meatloaf. My sister wants meatballs and my guess is this recipe would work well for that.

My sister had a pre-cooked beef roast in her freezer and I also have some leftover beef that will be good to use up. So, that's where the idea for the Italian Beef pinwheels came from. This should be easy to prep ahead of time and then just heat and serve the day of the party.

I was going to take some samples downstate a couple of weeks ago. Of course about halfway down I realized they were still in the freezer. So last weekend I pulled them out and experimented with them a bit. My biggest concern from my previous attempt was the lack of color for the pastry.

Also I wasn't sure if they needed to be completely or partially thawed. However, if I baked them un-thawed, they would have gone in completely frozen! For some reason it bugs me when someone says they unthawed something. I want to say: Me too, I left it in the freezer. But I digress.

I dscovered once the pinwheels are frozen on a tray, they can be stacked in a ziplock freezer bag until needed. It is almost too slick. I left some out to thaw and partially thawed the rest in the refrigerator. Before baking I brushed some with egg wash, some with butter, and kept some plain.

In the end there was not a big difference. I thought the thawed egg washed looked a little better but the thawed ones that were brushed in butter tasted a bit better. I will go with the thawed butter brushed pinwheels for the party. Hope this wasn't too drawn out or nitpicky.

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[jdmessner]

Not sure what happened with the pictures. There doesn't appear to be anything wrong when I go to post, just no pictures show up on the post. The joy of a new phone. I will see if I can readjust the settings.

[Bentley]

I have no idea how to help you all with the photos.  I use a 3rd party and post a link, so just don't use the site to post photos.  Don't even know how to post in a thread with a photo from my phone.

If there is anyone that wants to take on the roll of IT Director of PelletFan, please PM me.  You get to use the G5 twice a year!

[02ebz06]

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[jdmessner]

Need to be .jpg.  Forum doesn't know how to display .heic files.

That makes sense. With my old phone I could post pictures directly from it. Now I guess I will need to download and convert.

The party is this weekend. Besides the pinwheels, the other thing I am doing is the twice baked salmon. I am planning on brining it.

Over the summer I got to talking with a guy who had a booth near my wife's at the Farmers Market. He sold fresh, frozen and smoked fish that came from Lake Superior. He told me to brine frozen fish while it was still frozen. It is supposed to work better and take less time. In the past I have only brined fresh salmon, so this was news to me. I guess I will give it a try and see what happens.

Elenis- by the time I got ahold of my sister to tell her I would do the meatballs, she had already purchased some frozen ones. Such is life. I do want to try your meatloaf recipe at some point soon.

[ylr]

Need to be .jpg.  Forum doesn't know how to display .heic files.

That makes sense. With my old phone I could post pictures directly from it. Now I guess I will need to download and convert.

I found this online; I'm assuming you have an iphone?

You can take some fantastic, high-quality photos using your iPhone camera. But unless you know how to convert HEIC to JPEG, you will have a hard time using those pics with many apps, websites and services.

An HEIC file is an image captured in HEIF (High-Efficiency Image File) format, Apple’s proprietary image file format since the iPhone 11 release in 2017. HEICs outperform JPEGs in many ways. For instance, its advanced compression methods allow higher quality images to be created in smaller file sizes than JPEG files.

However, HEIC has limited cross-platform compatibility. Learning how to convert HEIC to JPEG using different devices will allow you to use your photos anywhere.

How To Convert HEIC To JPEG On iPhone

The fastest and most straightforward way to convert HEIC to JPEG is directly from the phone. You don’t have to download anything or worry about using a third-party app.

By simply copying the photos and pasting them into your iPhone’s Files app, your device will automatically convert HEIC to JPEG.

To do so, open your Photos app and choose the pictures you want to convert. Tap Share and select Copy Photos to copy the images to your clipboard.


Next, open the Files app. Drag down from the center of the screen and tap New Folder. Then tap and hold a blank space in the folder and select Paste.

Your photos will appear in the folder, but they will now be in JPEG format. You can share them directly from this folder or move them back to Photos by selecting Share > Save Image.

[Bentley]

Thank you!

[02ebz06]

Good info YLR.

[jdmessner]

The party was yesterday. My mom was thrilled. The only problem with hosting a 90th birthday party is the number of people who are no longer with us, that you would give anything to have one more conversation with. But I guess that was actually what was special about yesterday, the conversations that were able to take place. Family and friends came from all over. There were people I had not seen in decades. While we were remembering the past, we were also able to look to the future. My son's family will be adding another branch to the family tree any day now!

I was very pleased with the way the food turned out. The Italian Beef Pinwheels were a huge hit. They were almost too simple to make. I used Louie's Italian Beef aus jus seasoning rather than making my own. It was quicker and tasted better than anything I have made.

The twice smoked salmon was also good, (even though I only smoked it once and then baked it). I did brine the filets while they were frozen. I don't think it worked very well and probably won't try that again.

Rather than using garlic bread, we toasted 2 inch rye squares in garlic butter on a griddle. Normally I would just chunk up the salmon and stir in the other ingredients. However, since we were using such small portions of bread, everything was mixed in a mixer. We used a one ounce scoop per potion and covered with grated cheese before rebaking.

I must say, even though the food was good, it paled in comparison to the birthday cake my wife made. It was a Hummingbird Cake, with bananas, pineapple and some other fruit. She used cream cheese frosting in-between the layers and butter cream frosting to ice and decorate it.

Here are a few pictures (I hope)! I took some food pictures with my old phone, so they should show up. I appreciate the detailed help and advice from yir. Actually my new phone is an android, but at some point I will try and get it figured out.

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I love how the counter matches the gravy.
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This is after they had been sitting out for a while, so the picture doesn't really do it justice.
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[BigDave83]

It all looks great, I have to admit I would probably have been waiting for people to start eating cake so I could revisit the pinwheels and salmon melts.

[yorkdude]

All looks fantastic. Like Dave I would have definetly gone more than 1 round on the food.

[hughver]

Great job JD.