"Frettbored" <Frettbored@gmail.com> wrote

One thing you have in the southwest is real barbeque. At least that's
what the 'food channel' is showing me.

oh, you are SO right frett. and i've learned since moving from tennessee to
texas that there are 2 types of barbeque. there is memphis BBQ (pork
shoulder, shredded) and there is texas BBQ (brisket). i much prefer memphis
BBQ (and went to many a bbq contest at Memphis in May each year tasting the
best from all over the south), but i am beginning to have a liking for the
texas stuff too. even if it isn't REAL bbq. :D

Up here, a barbeque is a thing
you build with bricks, or buy at walmart, to cook hamburgers and hot
dogs 'on the barbeque', the grill itself. But you cats have food
called 'barbeque', and I need some, I want some...dry barbeque, where
they put on a powdered seasoning....or the other kind, where they soak
it in secret (invariably) barbeque sauce. Man, when those cooks open
that oven to turn those huge things, I get really, really hungry.

oh yes, there are many ways to have bbq. ribs are quite popular too, and
that's probably what you are seeing mostly. memphis is quite famous for
ribs. (i'm missing memphis a bit now...but ONLY the food!).

And I like the dudes who build their ovens and trailer them around the
south, winning contests. Everybody looks so darn happy...//

oh yes, i had friends who kept huge smokers like that (on wheels) in their
backyards!

When I worked at a cafeteria in Arizona (spent 4 months), I'd eat tacos
everymorning. they were huge, they'd stand them up,by shoving lettuce
under one side. And the sauce was wetter, and hotter than these fast
food things.

mmmmmm.....

I buy the 12 shells, and a pound of hamburger, and the
shredded cheese, and lettuce and make them when I'm ambitious. But it
means I have to eat twelve tacos.

heh...

don't forget the taco seasoning!!

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:44:59 -0800, Frettbored wrote:

<<<yeah, i MUCH prefer chick-fil-a now.

Don't have those here.

oh ivan, you are missin OUT hunny! >>>

One thing you have in the southwest is real barbeque. At least that's
what the 'food channel' is showing me. Up here, a barbeque is a thing
you build with bricks, or buy at walmart, to cook hamburgers and hot
dogs 'on the barbeque', the grill itself. But you cats have food called
'barbeque', and I need some, I want some...dry barbeque, where they put
on a powdered seasoning....or the other kind, where they soak it in
secret (invariably) barbeque sauce. Man, when those cooks open that
oven to turn those huge things, I get really, really hungry.

I don't do the dry rub... I like my bar-b-que dripping and falling off the
bone.

The secret is slow cooking with convection.

You have to have proper air flow. The meat shouldn't be over the flames,
it should be allowed to cook near the flames until it's done. then you
start building up layers of BBQ sauce (I doctor mine with beer and
Dave's Insanity Sauce).

the meat over the flames so it can char while you're keeping it moist by
basting it in more sauce.

I have a hard time getting my ribs off the grill with meat still on them.

I just made myself hungry... too bad it's snowing outside.

Though that doesn't always stop me from firing up the grill.