Food/recipe/restuarant Thread

[Folks]

Speaking of Memphis BBQ, that's on my list of stuff to do on the trip back with my Elio...can't wait. Recommend any BBQ joints in that area?

I'm thinking you'll make the new 30 stories high Bass Pro shop right on the river too. If someone wanted my opinion, The BarB_Q shop ,
1782 Madison Ave, Memphis, TN 38104
Phone901) 272-1277 will save you alot or seaching. Kinda cool to know where the locals say the best is.

 

[NSTG8R]

I'm thinking you'll make the new 30 stories high Bass Pro shop right on the river too. If someone wanted my opinion, The BarB_Q shop ,
1782 Madison Ave, Memphis, TN 38104
Phone901) 272-1277 will save you alot or seaching. Kinda cool to know where the locals say the best is.

Thanks for the BBQ restuarant tip! I haven't been down there since '81. Pretty sure I wouldn't recognize the place.

 

[Folks]

Thanks for the BBQ restuarant tip! I haven't been down there since '81. Pretty sure I wouldn't recognize the place.

Let me guess? YOu were Navy, weren't you.

 

[NSTG8R]

Let me guess? YOu were Navy, weren't you.

Yes sir! Millington, TN for 'A' school.

 

[JEBar]

15 Biggest Grilling Mistakes

I agree with some and ain't too sure about some of the others listed in this link

 

[RUCRAYZE]

Been a month, no vegan foods, no E facts, and nothing new.
It's XII:II, time to turn in see you next month (unless the Paul blog makes ANY announcement), well tomorrow is blog day and just maybe.............
Continued good luck to us all

 

[JEBar]

Killed Lettuce (AKA : Wilted Lettuce, Hot Lettuce Salad)

this is a traditional hot salad common to the western NC mountains ... my memories of it go back over 50 years ... I realize that this recipe will shock some and horrify others but man-o-man do I ever enjoy it ... I have seen it in other places where it was called wilted lettuce .... it is simple to to fix:

chop spring onions (both white and green parts) into pieces about 1" long

clean and tear fresh leaf lettuce into bite size pieces

fry 6 or so pieces of bacon and crumble it (save grease)

arrange lettuce/onions/crumbled bacon on a plate

heat bacon grease to where it is smoking (you can add additional oil if needed, I use olive oil)

pour heated grease over the lettuce/onion/bacon, the hot grease will wilt the lettuce and be advised if water drops are on the lettuce it will spatter

eat immediately

 

[NSTG8R]

Pork butt on the Oklahoma Joe smoker! Simply Marvelous Pecan Rub. Injected with cherry juice, red wine vinegar and St. James sweet red wine, sugar and a little salt (experimental...hope tastes as good as it smelled on the stove). Got about 3 - 4 hours to go.

...Sorry, RU!

 

[NSTG8R]

The pulled pork would go nicely with the wilted lettuce salad Jim posted above. Haven't had that since my Mother-in-Law whipped up some years ago....Loved it!

 

[Lil4X]

Wilted lettuce, just like Mom used to make! Thanks, I'd forgotten how simple it is.

Submitted for your approval, my wife's outstanding Vegetarian Gumbo:

Quantities of ingredients are largely optional, you just pour it in a pot and season to taste. This is more a general idea than a specific recipe. Traditionally, gumbo is created from what's in the pantry and what had the misfortune to step into your traps. My wife cooks on instinct, like my grandmother who never wrote anything down. Creative, it is.

6 cans diced tomatoes
2 cans of sweet corn
6 packages of frozen okra
2 cans of kidney beans
3 cans of tomato sauce
1 jar of Herdez Roasted Pasilla Chile cooking sauce (I'd add this sparingly at first, to taste - it's a little HOT)
Season with a splash of Zatarain's crab boil and a bit of Tony Cachere's Creole Seasoning. Cheat the vegetarian thing with chicken or sausage, or add fresh shrimp, crab, crawfish, or fish in season if you can't handle being vegan.

Serve with corn chips, wheat crackers, or whatever garnish you choose. You can serve over a bed of white rice if you want to be traditional - it helps dilute the dish a bit if you overshoot the spices. This is one of those dishes that gets better in the refrigerator. Leftovers, should you have any, get better the second and third day.

Note: Be careful with the cooking sauce, particularly in the vegetarian version. Without a good deal of meat to work on, it's plenty spicy.