Archive for October, 2008
New Link Category Added
Oct 29th
Cooking in the wind
Oct 26th
Just another example of the insulation on the egg. I cooked ribs today for six hours with sustained winds at 20-30 with gust at 55. Even has a panel on my deck blow off but the egg stayed at 275 dome temp all day. Try that with your gas grill without having to turn up on high.
Squash(ed)
Oct 26th
I tried an Acorn squash on the egg and I think it would have been very, very good. Except I have never cooked or ate a squash before so I don’t know how long to cook for. I did this one at 250 for two hours but it was not long enough. That is butter, brown sugar and cinamon on there. If anyone knows how to tell when done, let me know. Also, what is the proper way to eat. Just dig in with a fork?
National Bologna Day-October 24
Oct 21st
Friday is National Bologna Day. I suggest you go to your butcher and get a 2-3 lb chub of bologna and put on the grill for 2-3 hours at 250 degrees. Then slice, fry and eat.
On a side note. What the heck is Kraft food thinking. I did a Google search on Oscar Meyer, the king of bologna and was shocked to find they not only didn’t come up on the first page of Google with their own site, but didn’t have a site. They are under the Kraft umbrella and barely got a pic on the Kraft website, let along mention of National Bologna Day.
Jerk chicken
Oct 17th
Been in the mood for some spicy or Cajun type food. While at Target I bought some jerk marinade. I had about two pounds of chicken thighs I put in a bag with a jar of the marinade. Let it sit for 24 hours and grilled. While there was a little heat to it, I thought it was too mild for my taste. I will go back to Dizzy Pig Swamp Venom or Jamaican Firewall for future use. I think a run vs a marinade better suits me.
Ricos cheese
Oct 15th
I like nacho cheese for pretzels and nachos but the cheese has to be right. Ricos is the stuff used at many concession stands and is pretty good. Dahls now sells these 4 packs and 16oz cans. Next time you want cheese dip try this.
New food site I came across
Oct 13th
I came across this site and liked what I saw. Check out this double bacon grilled cheese burger. It’s off the cholestoral chart. http://aht.seriouseats.com/
Disposable Cutting Boards
Oct 12th
When I was at the American Royal I came across these disposable cutting boards. The worse thing at competitions is continually washing the dishes. These boards are about $1 each. Anymore I trim all the meat at home before going to a contest so I don’t have to worry about it there. But when the meat is done and gets sauced the boards get pretty messy and tough to clean. These will eliminate that problem quite a bit. You can order them from daydots.com and they come in different sizes. a real plus if you need a large cutting board but don’t want to spend the money.
