Archive for July, 2009

Grilled Scallops

Yes, You Can Tell someone you’re grilling scallops and they look at you funny. “You mean, on the barbecue?” Yes, the same BBQ you use to grill up your dogs and burgers and steaks and chicken and pizza (see Roscoe’s Grilled Pita Pizza). Just because they’re delicate and mysterious doesn’t mean you can’t grill ‘em. [...]

More Grilled Pita Pizza

Ingredients: Whole wheat pita bread Sauce (See: Roscoe’s One Beer Pizza Sauce) Cheese – mozzarella, parmesan and/or pecorino-romano, or your favorite mix Pepperoni – sliced thin Sun-dried tomatoes Olive oil (for basting pitas) Hot grill Beer (for staying hydrated during grilling process) Super spatula We Can’t Get Enough Let’s get right to the point: THE [...]

Grilled Pita Pizza

Ingredients: Pita bread Olive oil Cheese (Mozzarella or provolone or your favorite mix) Sauce Your favorite toppings Pizza On The Grill? Darn right. It’s summer, and you don’t have to sublimate the urge to grill when the urge for pizza takes over (Sublimate? Hey, Roscoe can use big words with the best of ‘em). Forget [...]

Cave Men Cried – Yet More Cooking For Men

Life Wasn’t Easy Cave Men were pretty macho guys. They had to be tough, what with all the dangerous animals around: Sabertooth Tigers, Woolly Mammoths, and they were always dodging that pesky T-Rex (they weren’t scared, but they weren’t stupid, either, we just think they were because they hadn’t invented college yet). There’s A First [...]

Roscoe’s Stuffed Burger

Ingredients: Burger meat (whatever kind you like)- about 1 1/2 lbs. (4 burgers) Worcestershire, Cholula, Steak sauce McCormick’s Montreal Steak Stuffing: Caramelized red onion (sauteed in olive oil, Worcestershire, Cholula, a little red wine), sun-dried tomato, feta cheese, Fontina cheese Or: Use your imagination Why Stuff A Burger? Good question. Along with pizza, here at [...]

The Pitmaster 4th of July Extravaganza

Get In The Pit With The Pitmaster! You’ve gotta barbecue on the 4th. It’s a law. Some throw dogs on the grill (to the tune of few million), some go for burgers, steaks, kabobs, chops, fish, whatever is there, it gets grilled or smoked. Pitmaster Goes All Out 4 pork butts and 2 turkeys, smoked [...]

Grilled Pork Tenderloin Tacos

Ingredients: Pork Tenderloin (1 for every 3-4 people) Rub: Montreal Steak, smoked paprika, Cholula powder Marinade: Olive Oil, Worcestershire, Cholula tortillas – corn or flour Guacamole’ Salsa 1 hot grill Beer or Margaritas (to stay hydrated while grilling) Another Kind of Carnitas When you’re talking pork, it doesn’t get much more tender than pork tenderloin. [...]