Archive for September, 2009
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 [...]
September 30th, 2009 | Posted in Pizza and Pasta, Poker Food, Sports Parties, Vegatables | No Comments
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. [...]
September 24th, 2009 | Posted in Bacon, Meat, Poker Food, Pork, Sports Parties | 1 Comment
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 [...]
September 22nd, 2009 | Posted in Meat | No Comments
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 [...]
September 15th, 2009 | Posted in Meat | No Comments
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 [...]
September 11th, 2009 | Posted in Cooking For Men | No Comments
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, [...]
September 8th, 2009 | Posted in Meat, Poker Food, Pork, Sandwich, Sports Parties | No Comments
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 [...]
September 4th, 2009 | Posted in Appetizers, Meat, Mexican, Poker Food, Pork, Sports Parties | No Comments
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 [...]
September 2nd, 2009 | Posted in Cooking For Men | No Comments