I was contacted by EZ Flame BBQ Inc. and asked to try out their product, the EZStart® Charcoal Chimney. There was two problems with this. First, I don’t like to take free products to review in case it sucks. Second, what could be new in the world of charcoal chimneys? You put newspaper in the bottom, coals in the top and light it. Continue reading EZStart® Charcoal Chimney Product Review
Episode 17 of my community TV program on ShawTV East Kootenay, You Can Make It, shows how to make Sausage Balls, Garlic Honey Mustard Chicken and Fancy Shmancy Salmon.
The Old Fat Guy
When you are grilling a steak or roasting a chicken in your barbecue, you don’t want to be running inside to deal with potatoes. This is one of my favourite ways of doing potatoes on the grill. Continue reading Sriracha Grilled New Potatoes
I am starting to get some of the main crops out of my vegetable garden. We have already harvested all our spinach and are continuing other early crops like lettuce, peas, green onions and our cherry tomatoes. I decided it was time to show you the vegetable garden. If you are not a gardener, this will be good for your insomnia. Continue reading Mountain Garden 2018
There is great barbecue everywhere. So I decided to bring some Asian tastes into some rub and sauce by combining them with classic barbecue flavours. Welcome to East West Chicken Thighs. Continue reading East West Chicken Thighs
Sausage Balls are an appetizer that has been around for years. It involves mixing sausage with biscuit mix and baking it. They are very tasty but also very greasy and they mostly taste of sausage. This is my effort to make a less greasy version and to kick up the complexity of the flavours. Continue reading Sausage Balls
Episode 16 of my ShawTV East Kootenay community TV show you can make it shows me making Barbecued Spareribs, Crangria and Candied Salmon!
The Old Fat Guy
Times have changed. Dinner parties used to have cocktails, wine and beer. Now, there are people who don’t drink at all and others refrain from drinking to be designated drivers. These are good changes and a hospitable host should have a great beverage available for the non-drinkers in the crowd. This is one of the alcohol free drinks I serve, a Crangria! Continue reading Crangria
There are two basic results for good barbecued ribs, fall of the bone and bite off the bone where you can bite the meat and it pulls from the bone but doesn’t fall off. As She Who Must Be Obeyed likes bite of the bone, that is what I usually make. However, making fall of the bone ribs with the 3-2-1 method is a perfect way for beginner barbecue users to learn to make great ribs. I wanted to do some ribs for my ShawTV East Kootenays Community TV program, “You Can Make It”. 3-2-1 ribs were my choice for the shoot. Continue reading 3-2-1 Spareribs
I love grilled shrimp but I have never really cared for it with tomato based commercial barbecue sauces. I just find them too sweet for the already sweet shrimp. Continue reading Koss Sauce Shrimp