Saturday, March 22, 2014

Not For You...


FINALLY

Smoker is finally fired up for 2014! 15 pounds of chicken wings, lightly seasoned with some BBQ rub are on. They will come off in about 4 hours.

Welcome Spring!

Sunday, March 16, 2014

More Worlds Colliding

Baby back ribs were on sale for .99 a pound at Meijer a few weeks ago. If I had the storage space and the money, I'd have bought every damn rack they had. Mmmmm... ribs....

I wanted to try something different, so I dressed the ribs up as if I was doing a lamb roast. The rub for the ribs was kosher salt, garlic, rosemary and a bit of olive oil. The salt, garlic and rosemary got smashed together with a pestle and mortar. After the garlic and rosemary were ground up with the salt, a bit of olive oil was added. It was mixed into a paste-like consistency. This was then generously applied to the ribs, that were slow cooked in the oven for about 3 1/2 hours at about 275.

I'm looking forward to doing this in the smoker as soon as the weather permits. Soon....

I did four racks, which was way too much for us to eat for dinner, so I brought some leftovers in for some co-workers.

And, with the last bits, I took the meat off the bone, chopped it up, mixed it with some mashed potatoes and then made spring rolls for a late night snack.