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11-28-2012, 11:06 PM | #16 |
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one should never stop learning or trying differant things. the way i cook now was from trying things and observing things. course reading here keeps the juices flowing.
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11-28-2012, 11:24 PM | #17 |
is One Chatty Farker
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Rules are made to be broken :-)
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11-28-2012, 11:46 PM | #18 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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Great responses. I look at tradition as a solid foundation for cooking, but get a kick out of trying new things. I love the old school results, but also love tasting something new and different.
I made a farking turkey burger for a throwdown entry last week, and was totally caught off guard when I actually liked it -- a lot. I never saw that coming. I love good food surprises. I love that "wow, I didn't see that coming" moment when you eat something you didn't think you would like, but once you eat it, you do like it. I just wonder how many brethren see food as a never ending adventure. I hope I never stop discovering new things to eat. CD |
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11-29-2012, 12:35 AM | #19 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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I stick to normal things
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11-29-2012, 12:49 AM | #20 |
is One Chatty Farker
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I grew up thinking you had to "mop and slop" your Q to cook it so it would have taste and not be dried out. When it was finally done, the cook was "done" also. Usually to the point that he had to sit at a table by himself, or eat outside.
After researching and reading this forum, I discovered Fatties, (Who woulda thought something called a "fattie" would be edible? Why would you want your smoke to be thin and blue instead of smoking like a diesel truck with a bad injector? Why would you burn your food up, cooking it above 225 degrees? And then, I discovered the UDS, and agonized over not getting to peek at the food every 10 minutes. Surely you can't cook something for 8 to 10 hours without looking at it, or expect it to not be dry as shoe leather when you take it out. And what is this about "resting" your meat after cooking it half a day? I am the one needing to rest after worrying about whether or not it will be edible. The people waiting to eat are ready to eat NOW! Why would you use different wood flavors to cook with, a burning stick is a burning stick, right? Who cares what the temp is at the grate level, or even more the temp of the meat you are cooking. We never worried about all this 50 years ago when I started cooking over these new fangeled Briquets. Just some thoughts to ponder.... Omar
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11-29-2012, 02:27 AM | #21 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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11-29-2012, 03:18 AM | #22 |
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Still playing catch-up on traditional methods but farking around with anything new I feel like.
It's only food!
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11-29-2012, 05:04 AM | #23 |
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I'm really just a newb when it comes to grillin and smokin. My approach is to find what works for people, get that down and then start changing it up - a tweak here, a tweak there. I love to experiment and I am finding this is a perfect hobby (obsession?) to do just that.
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11-29-2012, 09:03 AM | #25 |
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As far as the grilling side of things, I have been grilling for over 30 years, and do pretty good I think. This site I must say has helped me tweak things here and there to improve and have certainly expaned my abilities in that area. My dad, and everybody else in my family for that matter, any time they would take their steaks, chops or whatever else they had to throw on the grill, they always called it BBQ. Now in the last couple of years, and especially after finding this forum, I have a much clearer understanding of Q and grilling. So in the whole scope of things I am quite the newbie as far as BBQ is concerned, but I must say I am having a blast with it.
I still have a lot to figure out as far as "rules" go, and the differences between the "old traditional" and the way things have evolved, but I love cooking so it is a lot of fun along the way. Overall, I just love good food. And to your point CD about the "I didn't see that coming" moments, aren't those just great moments! I also really enjoy the back and forth that goes on here in the forum at times between the "traditionalists" if you will and the "new age" Q'ers in here, There is a whole lot to be learned and tried, the biggie for me is to enjoy the trip! Great post CD, I hope to see a lot more responses from both sides of the Q world in here. Thanks! And by the way, I am 56 and still play with my food! LOL
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11-29-2012, 09:33 AM | #26 |
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I don't believe there are too many hard and fast rules. I am not even sure what really counts as traditional. Meat on a stick over an open fire? Dig a hole? Stickburner?
The way I see it, BBQ is a goal oriented deal, and that is to achieve tender, moist meat from a cut that should otherwise be hard to eat. There are so many ways to get there that you cannot simply say that one way is the correct way. BBQ has gone from hot and fast, to low and slow and back to hot and fast to some. The only wrong answer would be for somebody to say that they way they do it is the only way to go.
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11-29-2012, 10:58 AM | #28 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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I firmly believe that the reason something is called a "proven method" is because it's just that.....proven and once something is proven, then that's what I try and stick to.
I also firmly believe that if, once in a while, someone didn't think outside of the box of said "proven methods" then we'd never have things like BBQ in the first place and we'd all be doing the same thing as everyone else. So....in answer to your question......YES and YES.
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11-29-2012, 11:07 AM | #29 | |
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11-29-2012, 11:09 AM | #30 |
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I am one for learning the traditional ways of cooking, but then taking what I have learned and trying different techniques/flavor profiles etc.
I think in most things it is good to respect the traditional methods but there is nothing wrong with spinning the traditional to make things into your own.
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