Archive for September, 2009

Roscoe’s Chopped Tomato Pasta Delicioso

Ingredients:
Fresh Tomatoes – 2 or 3 medium sized, chopped
Red onion – about half, sliced up
Garlic – 2-6 cloves, chopped
White wine – Hey, red works, too
Olive oil, Worcestershire, Cholula
Herbs – fresh if you can: basil and oregano
Green onion – 2, chopped
Pasta – whatever kind you like, about 3/4 of the 1 lb. package
Got Tomatoes?
It’s the end [...]

Roscoe’s Sweet Potato Kielbasa Soup

Ingredients:
2 links smoked Kielbasa – chopped
8 (or so) medium sweet potatoes – diced medium (1/2 in.)
1 big red onion, chopped
1 red pepper – chopped
garlic – as much as you like (4-6 cloves)
stock – chicken or beef, 8-10 cups
Worcestershire
Cholula
wine – whatever you’re drinking while you cook
Salt, pepper, cayenne
It’s Soup Weather Again
Fall: Roscoe’s favorite time of year. [...]

Roscoe and Pitmaster Run Out of Food!

Double the Food in Half the Time!
The last Handyman event was a rousing success. Roscoe and the Pitmaster put out around 350 sandwiches in about four hours. But this time… well, we thought we were prepared for a bigger turnout.
It Was A Little Slow At First
Prepping at 9:30, all was well. The pulled pork was [...]

Cookin’ With Roscoe: LIVE AGAIN!

They Said It Couldn’t Be Done
The high expectations were so surpassed at the last Ace Hardware Handyman Remote Broadcast that they closed the book, thinking it could never happen again.
Never Say Never
Not when you’re talking about Roscoe and the Pitmaster. With these two, there are no boundaries. And when the Handyman steps in, well, all [...]

Cooking For Men: The First Date (According to Roscoe)

Cave Men Were A Surly Bunch
No surprise there. They didn’t have much to be happy about, since almost nothing had been invented yet. Nothing that we think of that usually makes a guy happy. No cars, no sports, no TV, no beer. It’s a wonder Cave Dudes didn’t just jump off a cliff to end [...]

Roscoe’s Ultimate Rib Sandwich

Ingredients:
Rib meat – off the bone
Cole slaw
BBQ sauce
Mustard – yellow, brown, or both
Good Rolls
Pickle
You don’t Have To Wait For Leftovers
Like that’ll ever happen. You can’t say “ribs” and “leftovers” in the same sentence, unless you’re in some parallel universe. So you’d better make the sandwich when they come off the grill.
Fallin’ Off The Bone
Yeah, yeah, [...]

Roscoe’s Pulled Pork (Carnitas) Tacos

Carnitas Means Pork
Okay, you knew that. And you also know how to roast or smoke (for those of you who have smokers) a pork butt and turn it into that most delicious and succulent dish we call PULLED PORK. And when it’s done, and you’ve pulled it and sauced it to perfection, and certainly tasted [...]

Cooking For Men – The First Labor Day

The First Official Long Weekend
History tells us that Labor Day originated in New York in 1882 to create a day off for the working citizens, and they installed it on Mondays. This became so popular (duh) that it was made a federal holiday a few years later, 1894.
The End of the Summer
That’s usually what it [...]