Posted in Beef, Canning, Chicken, Game Meat, In the Smokehouse, Main Course, Pork, Spice, Tips, food, meat on January 27, 2008 | 5 Comments »
We use salt in our daily lives all the time without much thought. It’s just one of those things we have on the table and throw around freely. When we are cooking, however, the salt we chose can make a noticeable difference in the final result. Yes, there are many choices we have to make [...]
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Posted in BBQ, Beef, Chicken, Game Meat, In the Smokehouse, Main Course, Pork, Recipe, Spice, Storage, food, meat on January 8, 2008 | No Comments »
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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Maybe you are expecting me to be writing a complaint or rant or something with the “wacky” title. Nope, it’s a recipe. No really!
Neck roast.
This recipe applies for any of the odd (cheaper or tougher) cuts from the Chuck (that is the front quarter on Beef or Venison). For my [...]
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Posted in BBQ, Spice, food on November 25, 2007 | No Comments »
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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Posted in BBQ, Spice, food on November 19, 2007 | No Comments »
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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Posted in BBQ, Main Course, Spice, meat on November 17, 2007 | No Comments »
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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Posted in BBQ, Spice, meat on November 15, 2007 | No Comments »
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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