Wagyu....we've climbed Everest!

I can't believe I haven't posted earlier, but let's just say I was in afterglow.  We had the infamous Wagyu Beef last Saturday night.  Quality trumped quantity on this little delicacy.  Pictures were taken, but we'll have to post them later.  We also had dry-aged steak, Asian-style ribs, and one of the finest deep dish pizzas (bacon and pepperoni) ever!  Top it off with 3 bottles of red wine and some rum/coke, and it turned out to be a productive evening. 

A typical morning of one of the blog founders

I was driving up to Tobermory this morning and got hit with the remnants of a the flu that I'm just getting over. There were no washrooms open because it's the off-season, and by the time I got through Ferndale I was clenching my butt cheeks worried that the next fart would cause me to shit my pants violently.


Driving about 130k,/hr I made it to the parking lot for the Lindsay Trails, leapt out of the van and shuffled about 20 m into the open deciduous woods. Sweat dripped down my face with each step as I struggled to prevent a shart. I was in close view of the parking lot and Highway 6, but it was still fairly dark and I was dressed in dark clothing, so there was little chance I'd be seen. Regardless, I couldn't possibly go another step without crapping myself.  

As I dropped my pants and assumed the position, the explosion created instantaneous relief. Unfortunately, when I crouched down, it activated the panic alarm on the keys in my pocket and the van started honking loudly and shone the headlights directly on  me. A few cars passed by while this happened. I can only hope nobody saw!

That's how my day started; but thankfully, I never sharted!

Pork Shoppe

Sometimes you're just sittin' around....thinking of pork, maybe Googling odd things (other than porn), and you stumble upon this.  The Pork Shoppe!  Specializing in BACON! There is a lot of smart people out there!  And in Shakespeare!

Couple of Porky news items!

First, an injustice.  How can you be banned from a buffet?  Sounds like a Simpson's episode!  "All you can eat" my ass....

On another note, welcome to PEI:

There should be more to the poster, but you get the idea.  I just like the word "Porktoberfest"

Pork eats man?! WTF?

The following is creepy....Hogs eat man.  This is why we must eat them.....before they eat us!  As God as my witness, I will eat more pork to make our society safer!  It is my civic, if not moral duty.

it has begun...

The biggest ribfest I have ever prepared has begun with the rubdown of 6 monster racks.  Tomorrow is the slow smokefest.  Thinking applewood....low and slow baby!

Bacon...again

This may come as a bit of a shocker, but I had bacon for supper....in fact a bacon and egg sandwich.  This may be one of the finest foods ever made.

Reviving the meatnight blog

Where the hell have we been?  EATING MEAT of course.  But enough about that, time to get re-posting.  Big news in the pork front, and not good....bacon shortage!  This could bring violence in the streets.  Needless to say....I'm in hoarding mode....Yes, this is the time to panic.

Also in the news is something about bananas and I thought it was funny.  Stick to bacon I say!

Also in bacon news....Mueller's in Perkinsfield is pre-packaging their bacon so you can help yourself.

And lets not forget Ethan ate a bacon sandwich using Oreo's as bread.  That is called CREATIVITY people!

Turkey smoked on the Big Green Egg

PapaBone pulled a well-aged turkey out of the freezer, brined it for a couple days and plunked it on the Big Green Egg for about 4 hours over Argentinian and southwestern US charcoal. Golden brown, smokilicious bird!

Random meat-related photos

Bacon makes me happy.
Gutt-

where's the beef?

what is going on with the Meat Blog?  I hardly see any things anymore....just so you know I ate hamburgers, hotdogs, and hamburgers again today.  Oh, wait, I also had bacon.  And you know I love my bacon!  I'll probably have more bacon tomorrow...being Sunday and all.  

A meal fit for May

Well, it is the end of May.  The weather has been amazing, in fact, we were swimming today in the Bay!  Unreal.  Enough chit-chat, onto the food for the day.   Today was the essence of the Big Green Egg.  Where Saturday I smoked chicken breast that had been marinading all day in a honey ginger sauce.  Smoked it with applewood.  Sweet sweet honey.  But then Sunday.  Started with a roast beef...seared and slow cooked on the egg.  The second course was smashed parmasean potatoes.  Finally, dessert, still using the Egg, was a rhubarb brown betty (like a crisp).  All smoked with a touch of hickory/apple.  Most excellent.

Pork Chop turns 1!

On April 24th, the Pork Chop (aka Savannah) turned 1.  We celebrated with three types of bacon in the morning:  Hanover Bacon (the best bacon ever), Sullivan's classic, and a first...boar bacon.  Lunch was the ever popular pulled pork.  Yummy.  We followed supper up with a meat night celebration....see below for the meateriffic details.

NEW MEATS!

Well, a new addition, wait, I should say additions to the meat night family.  Above you, you can see these additions....on the lower left, we have musk-ox.  On the plate, you'll see two types of sausage.  On the left, elk (local too), but on the right....kangaroo.  On top, nothing less than your AAA Angus Beef steak. What a culinary extravaganza!  There is a butcher near Thornbury sells all kinds of exotic meats.  Needless to say, we've tried a few.

So, I guess the million dollar question remains....how was it?  Well, the steak was a good steak.  The musk-ox, was a little tough and lean, but tasted OK.  Elk was my personal favourite....juicy and tender.  The kangaroo was a bit dry, but tasted pretty good.  Then next time, I think we should try python.  Bottom line is....it was a great meat night.  Classic!

World's Best hamburger (plus obligatory bacon pic)

Many places claim to have a "world famous" hamburger. But honestly, do you actually believe that there is an international federation of hamburger afiscionados that tours around every one-horse town evaluating the burgers at the local diner?  

So there's really nothing from me jumping on the band-wagon of unfounded claims. The above pictured burger is world famous. Really. I'm not going to lie to you. It's the goddamn truth.

What's special about it? Size, composition (pork & beef), tasty medley of spices, cooked to perfection... and I mean delicious flavor dripping down the chin. 

Any respectable burger should be topped with the Candy Meat, pictured below. Double-smoked, thick-sliced bacon goodness. Eating bacon makes me happy. You are what you eat. I am a pig. 

fired up the Big Green Egg!

The Big Green Egg finally thawed out over the weekend and managed to open it.  I was sort grossed out that I hadn't cleaned it and subsequently there was a bit of mold on the grill.  So, to avoid any manual labour, I just fired it up to 700 degrees and burned it off for about 4 hours.  Nice to have you back Egg.  Let the festive season begin.

The Bacon Cheese Turtle

This explains itself:


http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/unusual_biomimetics_the_bacon_cheeseturtle_16008.asp?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+core77%2Fblog+%28Core77.com%27s+design+blog%29

dinner last night

No pictures this time....just a written report.....I had hamburgers last night....and get this....I put bacon on them.  I call it:  a bacon burger.  OK, maybe a little sarcastic, but it was really good.  I used ground beef AND pork in the meat....added sweet mustard, horseradish, steak spice, cumin, garlic powder, salt, pepper and and egg.  Let it rest for about 3 hours, then formed into patties.  Grilled them on the Q.  Added guacamole as a topping, with cheese, cilantro pesto, tomato, and of course, bacon.  Brilliant.

This long link make candied bacon fudge....who knew?

Think about it....candied bacon fudge.  Personally, I have no use for the candy, nor the fudge.....maybe it is just about the bacon.

http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/dessert/how-to-make-candied-bacon-fudge-102780?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+apartmenttherapy%2Fthekitchn+%28The+Kitchn%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Do you eat food dropped on the floor?

From the fine people at SwissMiss, a question we've all come across