Grill Season Kick-Off, Day 4: The Cheater's Barbecue
I've taken some time off from blogging to focus on being a new parent. I've also taken some time off from sleeping, and let's face it, cooking. On the other hand, being a new parent has forced me to consider some short cuts in cooking that I never considered before and not all of them are bad.
Memorial Day weekend we hosted an impromptu barbecue. We really didn't have time to create anything fancy so we picked up some bratwurst, salmon fillets, and lamb chops for the charcoal Weber. We soaked the brats in the undrinkable Miller High Life someone left at a party last year. For the salmon fillets and lamb chops, we used Tom Douglas's Rub with Love Salmon Rub and Rub with Love Bengal Masala Rub. Rubs are very easy to make but if you have to use a pre-made rub I highly recommend Rub with Love. They can be used for meats, fish, and vegetables. Any of them taste quite good on grilled zucchini.
I admit that I feel a bit of a cheater for not creating my own rub and sharing it with you, but I'm giving myself a big pat on the back for not claiming Tom's rubs were my own when asked about them at the barbecue.
--flauersmartini
Jim Jordan on July 07, 2008 at 11:37 AM
Undrinkable Miller's? I prefer it and Straub. Undrinkable is that Corona that is so much like sugar water you have to put a lime in it. Also that syrup swill Guiness. My Irish Catholic grandfather refused to drink it because for hundreds of years the brewery refused to hire Catholics. Let's not forget that right-wing Nazi skunk water Coors.
Jim Jordan on July 07, 2008 at 11:37 AM
Undrinkable Miller's? I prefer it and Straub. Undrinkable is that Corona that is so much like sugar water you have to put a lime in it. Also that syrup swill Guiness. My Irish Catholic grandfather refused to drink it because for hundreds of years the brewery refused to hire Catholics. Let's not forget that right-wing Nazi skunk water Coors.