Cooking tip for summer BBQ

[Unique_Carpenter]

BBQ Chicken breasts basted with tequila and covered in sliced tangerines.
Anyone else have their grills out yet?

[JohnnyGleet]

Originally Posted by Unique_Carpenter

BBQ Chicken breasts basted with tequila and covered in sliced tangerines.
Anyone else have their grills out yet?

Sounds interesting. What wood are you using ?

About time for me to dig the WSM out of the shed and clean it up.

[hounddog]

Mine's out all year. I use it at least once a month.

[TailHooked]

Damm UC, you got me hungry. I mostly use oak because I have plenty. This year, I have some cherry wood to use. With the way meat is going up, it might be cheaper to just smoke with a provider. Lol.

[Unique_Carpenter]

Usually oak. I get scraps from a wood shop but also have access to tree trimmer scrap. Sometimes black walnut from a downstate place.

Have two grills. One's propane that was gifted from one of the KC providers when I helped her move.
ECG saw the Cast Iron one in the garage and,

that's the primary grill now.
I've put on 5 pounds since she threw me out of my own kitchen.
And, she also tells me what to restock in the bar. Sigh.
Summer's approaching, just added a couple rum and a couple tequila bottles.

TailHooked, make a deal with a butcher.
There's long term client discounts, frequent buyer discounts, flexible delivery schedule discounts, etc.

[hounddog]

Originally Posted by Unique_Carpenter

I've put on 5 pounds since she threw me out of my own kitchen.
And, she also tells me what to restock in the bar. Sigh.

Oh the sounds of the pussy whipped.

[RubyLou31]

That sounds yummy... salmon with lemon slices & asparagus too!!

[JohnnyGleet]

For some reason I'm thinking of plump breasts, rump roast and a bottle of Coke now. Hmmm.
Any theories Ms. Ruby ?

[Unique_Carpenter]

Originally Posted by RubyLou31

That sounds yummy... salmon with lemon slices & asparagus too!!

Well hey Ruby.
It's been a very long minute.
How've you been?
Yesterday was Salmon, lemon slices and avocado hearts. Salmon spritzed with 151 resulting in a blackened rum topping.

[Bingocardlover]

Smoked a few slabs of easter rubs iver the weekend. I prefer apple wood.

[JohnnyGleet]

I'm still hoping to get an Easter rub this week.

[JRLawrence]

Originally Posted by Unique_Carpenter

Usually oak. I get scraps from a wood shop but also have access to tree trimmer scrap. Sometimes black walnut from a downstate place.

Have two grills. One's propane that was gifted from one of the KC providers when I helped her move.
ECG saw the Cast Iron one in the garage and,

that's the primary grill now.
I've put on 5 pounds since she threw me out of my own kitchen.
And, she also tells me what to restock in the bar. Sigh.
Summer's approaching, just added a couple rum and a couple tequila bottles.

TailHooked, make a deal with a butcher.
There's long term client discounts, frequent buyer discounts, flexible delivery schedule discounts, etc.

Wow, Black Walnut for BBQ. I had a Grandmother that I helped with the Black Walnut harvest, and timber sales from her farm. We never thought about using Black Walnut for BBQ. That was over 60 years ago when we used hickory and cherry for our BBQ. I did develop a leather dye using Black Walnut husks mixed with a secret solvent. I sold quite a bit of the dye, but that was before college.

[Unique_Carpenter]

Yes JR
Have to be careful with it though.
Some think causes a bit of a bitter taste.
But, using small pieces leftover from a timber saw cutting is what we did. Burns hot and smoky.
Excellent for wild game.

[JohnnyGleet]

I love black walnuts. My grandparents had them on their farm. Used to hull them by sticking them in a burlap sack and leaving them in the driveway.
We've got a tree in the back yard but, I haven't figured out how to get them before the squirrels do.

[JRLawrence]

Originally Posted by JohnnyGleet

I love black walnuts. My grandparents had them on their farm. Used to hull them by sticking them in a burlap sack and leaving them in the driveway.
We've got a tree in the back yard but, I haven't figured out how to get them before the squirrels do.

My Grandmother had a farm with about 300 Black Walnut trees. As a kid I just loved to crack open the nuts and get the meat inside. As a youngster, I dreamed of owning some land and planting a lot of walnut trees that I would use to retire with when they matured. I never got it done, with Nam, marriage, kids and a job where I traveled a lot. I made several trips on the weekend to study Black Walnuts at the Library of Congress (there wasn't an internet to look stuff up) when I was stationed near Washington DC in the military. Missouri is a great place to grow Black Walnuts. I once found several hickory trees with giant nuts a little West of Warrensburg, MO. When I went back about 10 years later to get some of those big hickory nuts: I couldn't find them.