Marinades are a great way to add flavor and zing to foods before grilling, but what if you don’t have time to wait for several hours for the marinade to work its magic? Once answer is the marinade paste. This is a thick, sticky marinade that you brush onto your food just before grilling, no [...]
Sunday, July 31, 2005
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Fish is a popular, and healthier, alternative to hamburgers and steaks, but fish poses a number of problems for the griller. Will it stick to the grate? Will it break into pieces when it’s turned? And how do you know when it’s done? I wish I could say there was one answer to all of [...]
Sunday, July 31, 2005
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Here’s another good article on grilling corn. This author likes to soak the corn in water first, and grill them in the husk, silk and all. Soak the corn, still in the husk, in a sink or bucket filled with water for half an hour to an hour. Put ears on a grill over medium [...]
Sunday, July 31, 2005
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Ok, this is just nasty. The Udder Delight Ice Cream House in Deleware is now offering a barbecue flavored ice cream. The ice cream is made with a North Carolina style, vinegar based barbecue sauce mixed in with the more traditional ingredients. Wearing a denim “Cackalacky” logo apron and a white 10-gallon cowboy hat, Skelton [...]
Sunday, July 31, 2005
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While on the whole, Texas is known for its barbecue brisket, sausage is king in Elgin. Elgin is a small town outside of Austin, Texas that is home to world class smoked sausages. Many an Elgin smoked sausage is packaged up for sale in local grocery stores, but its just not the same as eating [...]
Sunday, July 31, 2005
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Here’s a fairly old, but still relevant post comparing the various barbecue joints in Lockhart, Texas. Lockhart is widely regardes ad the home of the best barbecue in Texas, and the author offers a tour and review of each of the BBQ joints in town, complete with photos. Read the article
Sunday, July 31, 2005
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If you live near, or plan to visit central Texas I recommend you take a stop on the The Texas BBQ Trail!. Along the trail, which runs through many small towns around Austin – Lockhart, Round Rock, Elgin, and others – travels the heart of barbecue country.
Sunday, July 31, 2005
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I haven’t seen this film, but Barbecue is a Noun sounds like something I’d like to see. It’s a feature length documentary about Carolina style barbecue culture and its dedicated and eccentric followers. The title is a reference to the core belief of Carolina barbecuers, that barbecue is roast pork – period. Their website says [...]
Saturday, July 30, 2005
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Saturday, July 30, 2005
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Here’s a couple of great appetizers for the grill! Stuffed Grilled Japenos, Chipotle BQQ Chicken on a Stick, and Grilled Jambalaya Sticks. As a bonus, there’s also a couple of fresh dip recipes, including Guacamole, Freh Salsa, and a BLT Dip. View the recipes
Thursday, July 28, 2005
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This is big fat burger delicious hamburger recipe. If you like drippy, bloated homestyle hamburgers then this is the hamburger recipe for you. It’s a hamburger stuffed with cheese and onions, plus a healty dose of steak sauce and horseradish. Not your average hamburger by any means.
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
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Get free shipping with a now through Monday, August 1st, 2005 at the online TABASCO store, just use code SUM1 during checkout. They have pretty much anything you want with the word TABASCO on it, as well as specialty hot sauces, snacks, candies, and everything hot and spicy. (Including underwear). If you buy something from [...]
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Grilling on the barbecue has never been more exciting. Not only do barbecues come in a myriad of designs and options, but also with the advent of popular cooking shows, cooking books and magazines’, grilling has reached a whole new dimension. Grilling is no longer just about steaks and burgers, barbecue grilling is full of [...]
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
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Wow, ick. Believe it or not, according to this article there’s been a number of people seriously injured by injesting metal bristles that have dislodged from their BBQ brush: In the last year, doctors at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children have had to remove broken-off wire bristles from the throats of three patients, and in [...]
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
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Here’s an entertaining article about the author’s trip to Keuze Market, one of the best (and oldest) BBQ joints in Texas. Wasn’t it Socrates who once said that Barbeque is the highest art form which a cook can aspire to? Or is that why the Golden Age ended – they lost the secrets of marinating [...]
Sunday, July 31, 2005
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