Pacific Pr0N - Spares, Fatties, and Sides

Had the opportunity to cook a meal for a squadron family who just welcomed a newborn to the clan. Figured we'd just have the same thing and "do it right."

Grabbed a couple racks of spares, trimmed them down to St Louis spares, and froze the trimmings/tips for future use. Hit our own rack with Wicken Yanks Original rub and used Bone Suckin' Sauce Rub (Steak variety) on the to-go meal. (Thanks to NCGrimbo for the BSS-S rub. I'm pretty impressed with this one.)

Of course, I had to fire up a couple of fatties. Giving away a Jimmy Dean Maple chub with Plowboys Yardbird. I kept the Jimmy Dean Hot chub that I coated in John Henry's Chipotle Apple rub. (A great find in a local hardware store in Suffolk, VA). That's breakfast in/for a few days.



I ran the smoker through a ridiculous deluge so hard that I felt like I needed to swim to/from the smoker just 4ft from our door. 250-300F over hickory for a good 4 hours. I didn't wrap the bones, and they had a nice little caramelization 'round the outside in places.



We whipped up the best darned collard greens recipe that I've ever had (thanks, Mom) with the use of the slow cooker.



Momma also whipped up her usual killer batch of baked beans and even made some gluten-free molasses cornbread!



Y'all have a wonderful weekend.

cheez59 said:

As always brother your cook is stellar. What's the chances of getting the recipe for that molasses cornbread? That has my name written on it big time.

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Happy I could provide some entertainment while you sip a cuppa (assumption on my part) on a Saturday morning.

Here's a link to the recipe: http://www.food.com/recipe/grandmas-molasses-cornbread-263676

Momma used Pamela's Gluten Free Flour in place of the regular flour... and I've gotta say that I really couldn't tell that this was "our" loaf vs. the loaf to deliver!

Momma said that she thinks this could stand a bit more salt in the recipe or at least use some salted butter. Man, it was good.

Thanks to all of you. Apologies for not including quotes along the way.

SMOKE FREAK said:

A little rain aint gonna stop us now is it...

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This was the first time I've ever brought out an umbrella to shield the meat from the rain while using the toothpick method for doneness... and again when I pulled 'em to take inside.

I took off my Birkenstocks, as there was a solid inch+ of water waiting to drain from around my door/smoker with plenty coming down off the roof.

*chuckle*
I considered throwing on my SCUBA gear for safety's sake.

cheez59 said:

Thanks for the recipe. I'll pass it along to Ms Gwen who will make it very soon. She will sub the molasses with some Tennessee mountain sorghum though. It is very close to molasses.

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You are most welcome. Would be very interested in learning how that turns out. Have only had sorghum once or twice... but never in cornbread like this. I'll bet it's really tasty.

Kind regards to you both.