YetiDave
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Apparently I still have a LOT to learn. I've been ordering rubs for the first time recently in an effort to better understand how to make them and I started off with Plowboys Yardbird - very similar flavour profile to the rubs I've been used to making, the only difference really being celery seed and the salt and sugar levels.
I loved the stuff, but I thought I'd order something different; so I went for BPS Desert Gold and Simply Marvelous Cherry. They arrived today and I tasted them both and wow, they are completely different from everything I've come to expect from a BBQ rub :shocked: Maybe I just lead a closeted life? I'm picking up on not so much cherry in the Simply Marvellous, but there's a spice I'm kicking myself trying to name because I'm sure I've used it a lot. And the Desert Gold? Well, sesame seeds. I never thought I'd see them in a rub. And again the flavour is completely unlike any rubs I've made in the past.
I guess my big question is, is there any kind of flavour that won't taste good with smoke? Here I was thinking that rubs were limited to a paprika, salt and sugar base with onion and garlic powder and hints of other spices. Yet here I am tasting rubs that would almost be at home in Middle Eastern cuisine
Edit - I plan on breaking in the cherry rub with a pork butt on Friday :grin: hopefully the fruit flavour will shine through a bit more once it's cooked
I loved the stuff, but I thought I'd order something different; so I went for BPS Desert Gold and Simply Marvelous Cherry. They arrived today and I tasted them both and wow, they are completely different from everything I've come to expect from a BBQ rub :shocked: Maybe I just lead a closeted life? I'm picking up on not so much cherry in the Simply Marvellous, but there's a spice I'm kicking myself trying to name because I'm sure I've used it a lot. And the Desert Gold? Well, sesame seeds. I never thought I'd see them in a rub. And again the flavour is completely unlike any rubs I've made in the past.
I guess my big question is, is there any kind of flavour that won't taste good with smoke? Here I was thinking that rubs were limited to a paprika, salt and sugar base with onion and garlic powder and hints of other spices. Yet here I am tasting rubs that would almost be at home in Middle Eastern cuisine
Edit - I plan on breaking in the cherry rub with a pork butt on Friday :grin: hopefully the fruit flavour will shine through a bit more once it's cooked