Archive: July 2008
Thu Jul 31, 2008
Ribs Gone Tropical
I have to thank the barbecue gods for Mike Mill's Apple City Ribs. That recipe has provided me with rib perfection, leaving no good reason to stray, but for the sake of diversity, I decided to go out on a limb and try something a little different. If I was going to venture into the new, I wanted it to be in uncharted Meatwave territory, leading me to a recipe that featured different flavors (pineapple, honey, garlic), different method (braising), and a different pitmaster (the great Chris Lilly).
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Tue Jul 29, 2008
Legs of the Beast
I grew up in a Shakespeare loving household, where my Mother whispered "Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night to let be morrow" as she closed the door after tucking me into bed every night. Yearly trips to the area's Renaissance Faire came with the territory, and while these, thankfully, did not end with me dressing in tights and speaking in Victorian English, they did leave me with two very important things: a ceramic pig shaped piggy bank won in a Ren Fest photo contest, and a taste for giant smoked turkey legs.
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Fri Jul 25, 2008
Pork Roll Up
A couple months ago I attempted to grill a wet rubbed pork tenderloin with varying success. The heart of the problem was the rub burning away during cooking, and I kindly received a reader suggestion that asked, if it burns on the outside, why not move it to the inside? Made sense to me. So I decided to tackle this predicament with one of my favorite wet rubs, jerk sauce, whose great flavor has been claimed by the intense heat of the grill during my previous forays.
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Wed Jul 23, 2008
Behold the Glory of Bacon Ice Cream
Ice cream has been a long Meatwave tradition. There's a rarely been a time that I haven't churned up some creamy deliciousness to accompany whatever meat was being smoked or grilled. Since the two have gone hand in hand so long, the conservation of mixing them has been inevitable. No combination has been so widely discussed as the joining of bacon to ice cream. All of this lived in our fantasy world, the one where the streets are lined with sausage and it hails meatballs, and I don't think anyone ever expected this creation to see the light of day. But it did, last Sunday, and oh, what glory it held!
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Mon Jul 21, 2008
Carne-val 2008
As I've mentioned before, Meatwave themes are rarely followed through. Take Carne-val for example, this yearly Meatwave should have some Brazilian influence, but the past has proven it's only been an excuse to cook up more meat than we'd ever need, and nothing more. I made a decision that after failing to hold-up the roots of Carne-val for so long, it was time to channel some South American energy and come up with something truly fitting for the occasion.
