Best jobs where you need excellent knife skills Looking for a job where your knife skills can make the difference? Learn more about the best jobs that require excellent precision and accuracy with knives. For many professions, having good knife skills is essential to success. From chefs and cooks to butchers and sushi chefs, having excellent knife skills can mean the difference between a…
Uncle Bubba’s Alabama Double Stack Bacon Cheeseburger. Hands down I LOVE BIG BURGERS!!! This BIG BURGER has everything I love on it with more than a half pound of beef, smoked cheddar cheese, a ton of thick sliced pepper bacon. Piled up on lettuce, tomatoes and a slab of sweet onion. Then, Uncle Bubba’s Alabama Sauce… All with a “Kiss of Smoke”. Pure Burger…
Rainy Day Chicken Fried Steak, tonight we had to cook inside. I know it never rains in California. But, we got so much rain our patio roof collapsed. It sounded like an artillery round going off. All that water almost washed the fish out of their pond. We have wanted to do some country fried steak and here was our chance to do a…
Can you use energy drinks for cooking? Here are some fun ways to try them in your food. There are plenty of ways to flavor food. Depending on the dish you're making, and your preferences, the method of flavoring food includes: Adding herbs and spices. Adding acids. Making sauces and condiments to go with the main dish. Cooking with oils and fats. Using sweeteners. Can…
Buffalo Ribs if you like Buffalo wings, you’ll love these. Finger lickin good!! We are always ready for ribs and baked beans. So, we thought we would do some for date night! Tonight’s ribs are “Kissed” with our new Smokey Buffalo Barbecue Sauce. A Spicy sauce. We ordered some amazing ribs from Texas Steak Warehouse because they have baby back ribs that are lots more…
Jalapeno Lime Chops were big tender 2- inch chops kissed with our Jalapeno Lime Splash that we made just for this recipe. Awesome on chops, like limes on steroids! Kissed by Jalapenos with a whisper of smoky garlic. A bright, sassy taste, no heat just delicious! We did an overnight marinade with the Jalapeno Lime Splash, there were 2-inch chops so we did a…
Last week we went up the mountain to do Tabasco Chipotle Stuffed Pork Chops with Dad. He being a big Tabasco fan had just received a case of goodies he had ordered from them. He gave me 4 different bottles of Tabasco sauce, their new mustard and a bottle topper. The topper is a basting brush that screws onto a Tabasco bottle… You can…
Smoky Garlic Pepper Mayo because we love garlic and pepper and when it’s blended with mayo. You have a delicious bit of spreadable heaven. Love it on burgers and meatloaf sandwiches and makes a great grilling sauce on any grilled meat, poultry or fish. We used our Smoked Minced Garlic for that “Kiss of Smoke”. Patti and I have set one night a week…
Alabama White BBQ Sauce, We love all the flavors of southern BBQ and Alabama White BBQ Sauce is one of my favorites. Almost everyone has their own family recipe for this all purpose sauce. This one was my mother’s, a mayonnaise-based sauce, on the tangy side with a kiss of horseradish, and mustard. It’s a delicious, easy and beautiful sauce to have in your…
Chicken Tacos, I told Patti that I wanting chicken this week. Well she found it on sale and came home with a lot of chicken. I wanted to do something along the lines of soft chicken tacos. Patti got me a nice 6 pounder that I smoked in a Mole sauce with a few handfuls of peppers. Patti and I have set one night a…
Smokin’ Chuck Wagon Chili, with the weather being so cold and dreary around the country we’ve been in the mood for Chili. So, I thought I would make my Smokin’ Chuck Wagon Chili, slow smoked with Texas Blend BBQ Pellets. I have been making chili for 40 years now with little or no measuring I guess you could call it a dump Chili thus the…
All American Presidential Burger was made to honor our all American President who, like us, loves a great burger. We formed our ½ pound burgers from ground Bison and, of course, topped them with American cheese, onion rings and bacon. All with a “Kiss of Smoke” using our wedgie loaded with Bourbon wood pellets. So Good… Patti and I have set one night a…