My Feast For Your Eyes
On days like this, high on the scent of orange blossoms, with the sun warm and the breeze cool I just gotta BBQ. Today's BBQ special was buffalo burger with blue cheese, red pepper, red onion, smoked paprika, chili powder and oregano in the meat mix. I'm gonna brag and say my burgers kick butt. Ground buffalo is fantastic and if you have an opportunity to try some I highly recommend it. Buffalo seems to be very juicy and flavorful and so far superior to any ground beef we have had. The burgers grilled up quick with a nice char aided by some spicy BBQ sauce.
When we BBQ it smells goooooooood unlike SOME people's....you know who you are....you nameless neighbors from previous dwellings. Perhaps I am too harsh...perhaps they didn't have noses, or perhaps they enjoyed the scent of charred tires and caustic chemicals. Perhaps in their world it's not a BBQ till you throw a few cds, some roadkill and nasty ol diapers on to the coals. I myself like to use some hickory wood chips....but that's just me. I learned a great tip for adding an authentic smoke flavor to your BBQ-ing. Soak the wood chips for a while so they smoke up nicely when they hit the coals. To save time you can pre-soak a big batch and freeze them in a container so they're ready to go at a moment's notice.
I'm kind of glad we never attempted BBQ-ing at our last dwelling where the neighbors didn't grill their food so much as choke it to done-ness with chemical infused smoke. Because I am not about to hand out free nose-gasms from my sweet, hickory smoke scented air to persons who think lighter fluid is a condiment.
Don't forget you can click on any photo for a close-up, and in some cases like the pic above an extreme mouth-watering close-up!
We BBQ with coal. But not just any coal. We were so emotionally and nostril-y scarred from the afore mentioned neighbors that we steered VERY clear of lighter fluid, just the sight of instant light briquettes made us weep. So after a wee bit of research on the net I discovered another kind of charcoal called "Lump Charcoal". It's made from real wood and has no chemicals added. In fact the brand we get, called Cowboy Charcoal, actually looks like pieces of wood. And when you light it the scent is mouth watering. Lighting it is very easy by the way. We bought ourselves a charcoal chimney. It's super inexpensive, like 6 bucks at the hardware store. A piece of wadded up newspaper goes in the bottom, in the top goes the lump coal. There are access and ventilation holes through which the paper can be lighted, and within about 10 minutes the coals are glowing red. Then you just dump the hot coals out into your BBQ with the aid of the attached handle on the chimney. Easy Squeezy. Throw a few of them frozen wet wood chips on it and hoooo boy we're ready to grill!
Pictured above in today's feast is a pile of crispy lettuce, some homemade salsa, corn on the cob, sliced avocado, some VERY tasty kalamata olive bread we picked up and.......the star of the meal......GRILLED BUFFALO BURGERS!
You may commence drooling.........now.
When we BBQ it smells goooooooood unlike SOME people's....you know who you are....you nameless neighbors from previous dwellings. Perhaps I am too harsh...perhaps they didn't have noses, or perhaps they enjoyed the scent of charred tires and caustic chemicals. Perhaps in their world it's not a BBQ till you throw a few cds, some roadkill and nasty ol diapers on to the coals. I myself like to use some hickory wood chips....but that's just me. I learned a great tip for adding an authentic smoke flavor to your BBQ-ing. Soak the wood chips for a while so they smoke up nicely when they hit the coals. To save time you can pre-soak a big batch and freeze them in a container so they're ready to go at a moment's notice.
I'm kind of glad we never attempted BBQ-ing at our last dwelling where the neighbors didn't grill their food so much as choke it to done-ness with chemical infused smoke. Because I am not about to hand out free nose-gasms from my sweet, hickory smoke scented air to persons who think lighter fluid is a condiment.
Don't forget you can click on any photo for a close-up, and in some cases like the pic above an extreme mouth-watering close-up!We BBQ with coal. But not just any coal. We were so emotionally and nostril-y scarred from the afore mentioned neighbors that we steered VERY clear of lighter fluid, just the sight of instant light briquettes made us weep. So after a wee bit of research on the net I discovered another kind of charcoal called "Lump Charcoal". It's made from real wood and has no chemicals added. In fact the brand we get, called Cowboy Charcoal, actually looks like pieces of wood. And when you light it the scent is mouth watering. Lighting it is very easy by the way. We bought ourselves a charcoal chimney. It's super inexpensive, like 6 bucks at the hardware store. A piece of wadded up newspaper goes in the bottom, in the top goes the lump coal. There are access and ventilation holes through which the paper can be lighted, and within about 10 minutes the coals are glowing red. Then you just dump the hot coals out into your BBQ with the aid of the attached handle on the chimney. Easy Squeezy. Throw a few of them frozen wet wood chips on it and hoooo boy we're ready to grill!
Pictured above in today's feast is a pile of crispy lettuce, some homemade salsa, corn on the cob, sliced avocado, some VERY tasty kalamata olive bread we picked up and.......the star of the meal......GRILLED BUFFALO BURGERS!You may commence drooling.........now.
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