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Cave Men Had No Trinity

They had a club. (Sometimes) they had fire. They had Cave Babes. But Cave Men didn’t have much in the way of spices for their food. It’s documented that a Cave Dude stepped on a garlic bulb one day while sneaking up on a baby bronto (a delicacy, the babies were more tender than the adults), but the only thing he did with it for a few decades was bash it around with his club, aiming for various holes in the landscape (yes, the precursor to golf). Then, about a century later, a Cave Dude was in a funk one day (his Cave Babe was giving him a hard time about finding a job), and to relieve his frustration, started pounding on a nearby clove (garlic cloves were always nearby, because Cave Men were always practicing their golf game – it wasn’t called golf yet, of course, but they called their club a club, and that was the start of it). Anyway, the garlic clove came apart, got smashed up, and ended up on the Cave Dude’s fingers when he cleaned up the mess he’d made (didn’t want to make his Cave Babe any madder than she was). When he started cooking, the garlic on his hands transferred to the dino chops he was making (yes, it sounds unsanitary to us, but Cave Dudes weren’t that concerned with kitchen cleanliness, as they didn’t have kitchens yet). But for some reason that dino chop tasted a whole lot better that day, and that’s how rubs got started.

Back To The Trinity

Emeril has his: celery, onions, and peppers (green or red). It’s used to begin almost every dish. Gives a start to flavor and substance, and helps make things taste better. After all, that’s why we cook, isn’t it?

More Basic Than That

Here at Club Roscoe we use Emeril’s trinity, and it’s a good start. But we’ve discovered an even more important combination, and it makes almost everything taste better, even the basic trinity. If you’ve been on the site for a while you probably already know what it is. If you listened to the Interview with The Handyman, you definitely know what it is. But maybe there are a few out there who never picked it up, through no fault of your own, which is why we’re pointing it out here. So there’ll be no one left uneducated. So everyone has a chance at making their food taste better. Drum roll please…

Roscoe’s Trinity: Olive Oil, Worcestershire, and Cholula

Think about it: you can use it in or on almost everything, from eggs to pasta and rice, to burgers, steak, and some of the toppings on your pizza.

Pasta and Rice, You Say?

Never cook with water, remember? Okay, maybe not entirely true, if we’re nit picking. But the theory here is that water can’t make anything taste good, so we’ve got to make the water taste good. A drop of olive oil, a few shakes of Worcestershire, and a dollup or two of Cholula into the water before you add your pasta or rice will make all the difference in the world. And even if you’re using chicken or beef stock (which is better yet), you want it to taste as good as it can.

Our Trinity Makes Their Trinity Taste Better

You’re sauteing the trinity to start your dish. You almost always start with olive oil anyway, and you’ve got to season it, right? Salt and pepper, sure, but see what a few drops of Worcestershire and Cholula do: flavors galore.

We’re Not Just Adding Heat

As they say on the Cholula website: We’re not killing mosquitoes here. Cholula’s main goal is the same as Club Roscoe’s: make your food taste better. It has some heat, sure, but mostly it’s tasty. You’ll probably find you need more if you want really hot. Use more to get that heat, and you’ll get more flavor as well. How good is that?

W Stands For Flavor

It’s almost magical when you use Worcestershire: your food tastes better right away. Almost anything. Sprinkle it in your burger meat before you form it into patties. Not only will it taste good, but it’ll keep the burger moist, so if you’ve got one of those “well done” types at your barbecue, they don’t have to have a dry burger. They’ll want to know how you did it. Just smile and say “it’s a secret.” They’ll find out, though, and maybe you’ll get a case of the stuff for Christmas.

Olive Oil Is Good For You

Hey, we’re not the Health Police here, but there’s nothing you can do about it. Olive oil is better for you than almost any other cooking oil, and it tastes better. So here you are doing something good for yourself and your food tastes better, too. Is life good, or what? It is when you’re…

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