This evening we did something rather crazy: we made six different barbecue sauce combinations for an event we have coming up and I made a seventh, the Black Butte Porter barbecue sauce, just because once you’ve made six a seventh isn’t that big a deal. And I like Black Butte Porter, so that seemed like [...]
AKA: Enchilada Casserole Ingredients 1 package of flour tortillas (10-12) 1 16oz Enchilada sauce (prefer Kroger Chipotle flavor) 1 16oz sour cream 1 15-16oz can refried beans 1 Smoked Tabasco hot sauce (add to sour cream sauce to taste) 4 chicken breasts 4 cups shredded cheese (optional) 6-8oz of Velveeta cheese or other cheese sauce [...]
For July 4th I smoked pounds and pounds of meat for company, we also made this home made barbecue sauce based on Michael Chiarello’s Espresso barbecue sauce found here, the following barbecue sauce adds a caramel twist that we found delicious. Espresso Barbecue Sauce: 4 tablespoons mashed and minced garlic 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil [...]
I don’t smoke cigarettes. In fact I’m allergic to tobacco, so it pretty much goes without saying that cigarettes, cigars, snuff, chew and the like are right out. However, I love to smoke meat. You might say I have a problem. This all started back in the day when I lived in Texas and was [...]
This is not a beer blog per-se, but I have reviewed a beer and I wanted to take a moment to point out something I noticed this last week while on a trip back to Indiana for my sister-in-law’s graduation. I went to a restaurant and they served inexpensive, mass-produced beers. Their entire selection was [...]
This afternoon I thought I’d try to make Mozzarella with the girls to have a fun food snack to take on a road trip we’re going to be taking this week. I got a $6.00 gallon of milk and $28 in rennet, lipase, citric acid and cheese cloth (this last item was not for this [...]
I’ve not reviewed beer before and I’m not that experienced in my drinking of beer. I will say this: as a Christian I’m not interested in getting drunk, but I do want to explore the culinary aspects of beer. With that in mind I’m going to review some beers (and various beverages) as time allows. [...]
The title of that post may sound really weird, and I apologize if it makes you squirm. However, we’re going in on a cow with my parents and another family that is on the bandwagon of chemical free foods. This cow happens to be grass fed, and living in a farm north of us [...]
I hate to say this, but I have a soft spot in my sweet tooth for two specific desserts: Ice Cream and Ghirardelli Brownies. I can buy ice cream ingredients and make a batch myself without any real issues. From scratch food is always my favorite, but I don’t always have time so I do [...]
Disclosure: The following process is NOT designed to make you live forever and be healthy forever and it is recommended that you consume ribs in small quantities and with lots of vegetables in your meal so as to avoid contaminating your innards with nasty bits regularly. I have been working on a process to create [...]