The BBQ Disaster

People who have been to BBQ’s at our house start asking if the fire department was there.  HA ha ha.  That seems less funny each time I hear it.  NO, not quite.
We, my wife and I, were doing a barbecue fundraser for the High school baseball team.  We were cooking burgers and dogs by the [...]

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Over and Over and …

I hope everyone’s Easter was great.  We had a nice gathering where everyone managed to gain more weight in one day than they had gained or lost in the last week.  That was just from the aroma.
We had the Sweet and Tangy Ham again.  It has become something of a hit with the family.  I [...]

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Sweet and Tangy

It was commented by Seriouswriter (a contributor here), sometime ago, that I should try coating a ham with a 50/50 mixture of brown sugar and mustard. Being distracted by all life has had to offer, it has taken all this time to give it try.
Last night we had some family over for dinner and I [...]

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I Like Mine in Brine!

I’ve gone on and on about the different ways to smoke meat. Finally, I am going to have to pick one and write about it.
So here we go.
First of all, I am most familiar with using a brine to cure and flavor the meat. In a bit of research about what is out there [...]

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Ham does not equal ham.

In a recent poll of sane people reading the title of this article the most common response was, “Huh”.
I am normally sane and I do not usually mix math, philosophy, and cooking in my titles, but it somehow seemed right.
For Thanksgiving we had turkey of course, but we also had ham. As I have mentioned [...]

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Tools of the Trade Part Three of Three

Our final stop on this tour of my favorite spices and the companies behind them is Zach’s Spice Company. They offer a huge selection of spices for a variety of cooking needs. Whether you need BBQ rubs, jerky spices, sausage making ingredients, or seasonigs for a variety of dishes you can make at home, Zach’s [...]

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Tools of the Trade Part Three of Three

Our final stop on this tour of my favorite spices and the companies behind them is Zach’s Spice Company.  They offer a huge selection of spices for a variety of cooking needs.  Whether you need BBQ rubs, jerky spices, sausage making ingredients, or seasonigs for a variety of dishes you can make at home, Zach’s [...]

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Tools of the Trade Part Two of Three

As we continue looking at some spices I use in my cooking, and the companies behind them, I am taken back to my time in the Meat Department. Quite a bit of what I learned about meat comes from that time, including my experience with Vecchi’s Seasonings.
We used spices from several different companies in [...]

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Tools of the Trade Part One of Three

Cooking is like any other bit of art. Whether made with paint or music, the artist is the ingredient that differentiates between one piece of work and another.
The same is true for cooking. The dish may be the same between two cooks and the ingredients largely the same, but the way they are combined makes [...]

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A Pork Roast Surprise!

Maybe in your browsing through the meat case you’ve noticed a roast for sale dressed with Porketta seasoning.  Or maybe you’ve noticed Porketta seasoning being sold for your own use.  ‘Porketta, what’s that taste like?’, you say to yourself as you grab some other candidate for dinner.
Well, first I can highly recommend this seasoning.  It [...]

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