Archive for July, 2009
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. In [...]
July 28th, 2009 | Posted in Grill, Poker Food, Seafood, Sports Parties | 2 Comments
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 PEPPERONI WAS THE BEST. The test kitchens went all out to [...]
July 18th, 2009 | Posted in Appetizers, Grill, Meat, Pizza and Pasta, Poker Food, Sports Parties | No Comments
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 The Pizza Stone
Though the grill acts like an [...]
July 16th, 2009 | Posted in Appetizers, Grill, Meat, Pizza and Pasta, Poker Food | 2 Comments
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 time for [...]
July 14th, 2009 | Posted in Cooking For Men | No Comments
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 Club Roscoe we consider burgers to be the [...]
July 11th, 2009 | Posted in Burgers, Grill, Meat, Poker Food, Sandwich, Sports Parties | No Comments
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 low and slow. [...]
July 6th, 2009 | Posted in Cooking For Men, Meat | 1 Comment
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. Buy ‘em separately at your butcher’s, or in a pack [...]
July 2nd, 2009 | Posted in Appetizers, Grill, Meat, Mexican, Poker Food, Pork, Sports Parties | 2 Comments