Product Review: J&D’s Bacon Salt

Bacon is one of my favorite foods, in my home my kids have grown up thinking its one of the basic food groups! In fact one of there all time favorite meals for dinner is an all American BLT! Bacon in our home is a food group all by itself!

So it was no big surprise that I would have to try a seasoning whose motto is “Everything Should Taste like Bacon!” Of course I’m talking about a seasoning known as “Bacon Salt”.
Bacon Salt is the brain child of Justin and Dave who love grilling, hanging out with family and friends and of course eating there favorite food bacon! (my kind of people!)

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Posted by Chuck Posted in: Product Review 1 Comment » February 2008

Book Review - Williams-Sonoma Complete Grilling Cookbook-The Best of Grilling and Outdoor Cooking

I love cookbooks. Especially grilling, barbecue and outdoor cookbooks. Of all the cookbooks I have in my collection, one remains a favorite, more so because of my daughter than any other reason. Over this past summer my daughter was in the hospital for nearly a month.  Needless to say, my wife and I spent a lot of time at her bedside, only leaving for the occasional bathroom break and cafeteria meal run. On one of these occasions, a book vendor had set up a display of books and one of them caught my eye. The title? “Williams-Sonoma Complete Grilling Cookbook- The Best of Grilling and Outdoor Cooking”. This book is beautiful! What makes it stand out from another book I own is that it has magnificent pictures on almost every page, and with over 240 recipes to choose from, I seriously doubt any backyard chef would run out of ideas; for this reason alone, I had to have the book!

I purchased the book at over 75% off the cover price (normal price $50.85) and have since found it on Amazon.com in the new/used for about $15.00. I’ve tried several of the recipes in the cookbook, with many more to come, but to give you an example of one of my favorites, I’m chosing to share the “Smoked Hickory Rib Mop Sauce” (page 158).

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Posted by Chuck Posted in: Cookbooks 1 Comment » February 2008

Hog Apple Smoked Beans

Sometimes in life the recipes our families love are not fully appreciated. We get busy with work and life and seldom think twice when we throw stuff together to feed the starving crowds in our homes each night. Routine becomes the word and the action of each day until something happens or changes that routine.
With that in mind, I wanted to share with you a recipe that my family and I love, we eat this at least twice a month because we love it so much! Its also one of the recipes our family and friends request. Read the rest of this article »

Posted by Chuck Posted in: Recipes No Comments » February 2008