shizzling - (mis)adventures in food

BBQ Rub Recipe with Turmeric, Cardomom and Cloves

Here's a strange rub, slightly adapted from one in the Diners Drive-ins and Dives episode about Kansas City Barbecue. 

The use of turmeric, ground cardamom and cloves sets it apart from any rub I've seen before. I've made a small batch to test out on some ribs the next time I smoke them. 

Ingredients

• 2 parts garlic salt
• 1 part turmeric
• 1 part ground cardamom seed
• 1 part ground cloves
• 1 part cayenne pepper
• 1 part lemon pepper

Method

• Combine all ingredients and store in a jar/shaker for use as a barbecue rub.  

BBQ Rub Recipe with Ground Celery Seeds

I was watching Diners, Drive-ins and Dives episode on Kansas City BBQ and I saw this rub that includes ground celery seeds. I like the flavour of celery seeds in my Memphis Coleslaw recipe, so I thought I'd make a batch of rub to see what it tastes like. 

Ingredients

• 3 parts paprika
• 1 part salt
• 2 parts ground black pepper
• 2 parts sugar
• 2 parts garlic salt
• 1 part onion powder
• 1 part ground celery seeds

Method

• Combine all ingredients and store in a jar..

BBQ Buffalo Wings Recipe - Smoked Chicken Wings With A Sweet, Spicy Sauce

Makes: 18 wings. 

Preparation: 10 minutes. Cooking: approx 75 minutes

Authentic Buffalo wings, as invented in Buffalo, New York State, are deep fried chicken wings that are coated in a sauce made of melted butter, vinegar, hot sauce and cayenne pepper.  My version cooks the chicken low and slow on the barbecue to give a smoky accent to the flavours. 

Road Trip - Day 7 - Houston to Austin, Outer Space to Stellar Brisket

So here we go for a round up of Day 7 of the road trip. 

We pottered around in the hotel for a few hours before heading over for a tour of the Houston Space Center.  If you ever travel to Houston you really need to see this. On first entry I was a bit worried - it looked like a kids interactive exhibit, but it's the tour of Mission Control and various other Space Center buildings that makes it worth visiting. In particular, the Saturn 5 rocket in one of the hangars is breathtakingly enormous. 

Road Trip - Day 6 - Alligators, Traffic Jams and Tacos

Today was the day when we finally did some driving - 350 or so miles from New Orleans to Houston. It was a loooooong drive that ended with a good meal at a cheap Taqueria. 

Road Trip - Day 5 - The New Orleans RoadFood Festival

I saw an ad for the New Orleans RoadFood Festival and decided to head over there in the lunch break from the conference I am attending, in order to film some of the stalls and sample the food. 

Here's a video I made of the event.