This past weekend was cool and rainy in Ohio. It was actually very warm, considering that it was the 2nd weekend of January, and temps were in the 50′s, but it rained and rained and rained. In fact, it rained enough I didn’t really want to be outside cooking, so I decided to make some beef stew, which I hadn’t done in some time. Continue reading
I got lazy yesterday and didn’t make time to post my photos from day 2 of making my sourdough starter. This one will be a quick and easy entry. Continue reading
Now that I’ve been trying my hand at bread baking for a few months, I’ve been reading more and more on sourdough. Everyone knows about the famous San Francisco sourdough bread, and many think, because of that, sourdough means sour tasting (pleasantly) bread. Continue reading
I just noticed that today is the 1 year anniversary of me blogging! I remember starting out thinking I’d do an entry each day. It didn’t take long to determine that there was NO WAY I was going to keep up with that pace. I also thought I was going to talk about nothing but barbecue, but soon found out I wanted to talk about more than that. Continue reading
It appears that Nicole at Pinch My Salt has won Best New Food Blog from the Food Blog Awards! I don’t know if it’s official or not, but I’m going on record with my congratulations! If you haven’t been to Pinch My Salt, you should spend some time. The photos are great, and Nicole writes very well. Not only that, she links to me here, and has commented several times… It’s my 1 degree of separation from a blog award! Continue reading
Since starting this blog, I’ve done a lot of stuff like steak au poivre, grilled lobster, etc. But today I want to get back to barbecue basics with simple, tasty pulled pork! (I also realized that I’d never posted a photo of my own pulled pork sandwiches.)
This is one of the best barbecue meats to start out with. It’s about the most forgiving piece of meat you could choose, and it can take both high heat and low heat to get it done pretty well. The first time I ever did pulled pork was by cooking it indirectly on a charcoal grill. I used wood chips, and it probably cooked at about 350 degrees, with the pork in the middle and fire on both sides. Continue reading
I’ve been trying the bread baking thing since about September, when I started trying to make baguettes. Part of what was nice about it was I was in the house with my dog where I could spend time with him. My first attempt was actually the weekend before he was gone. So now I have this tie in my memory between my dog and bread, so it will likely be something I do for quite a while to come. Continue reading
Get Your Poll Widget My first year of blogging is almost over, and I’m looking forward to 2007 to determine what direction I want to take. I’ve been fortunate to be able to contribute to blogs in the Well Fed … Continue reading