TexasGuppie
Full Fledged Farker
I found this little ditty in my "Classic Tex-Mex & Texas Cooking" cookbook. It doesn't have much on smokin' stuff but it does have some purty durned good side dishes, desserts and drink recipes:
ODE TO BAR-B-QUE
Ain't had much luck with horses,
Last 'un stomped my head.
Ain't had much luck with women,
Last 'un wished me dead.
Ain't had much luck with lots of things,
But this I'll tell you true.
There is one thing I've got luck with;
It's Texas Bar-B-Que.
Bar-B-Que's as old as time;
The caveman smoked a bit.
He could've won the Bedrock fair,
If he'd just had my kit.
A dirt hole or a metal pit.
Watch closely while it makes.
You'll get a good scald on them ribs,
If you've got what it takes.
A hickory fire of seasoned wood--
A secret old folks knew.
Smoked until the char is right,
It ain't no brie fondue.
The brisket stands without the sauce;
This ain't no French filet.
That meat's a'fallin' off the bone;
You've cooked the "LONE STAR" way.
Don't worry none 'bout horses' feet,
Or fret 'bout opposite sexes.
Get a pit and fire it up
BAR-B-QUE--DONE BEST IN TEXAS!
~Lanny Joe Burnett
Last 'un stomped my head.
Ain't had much luck with women,
Last 'un wished me dead.
Ain't had much luck with lots of things,
But this I'll tell you true.
There is one thing I've got luck with;
It's Texas Bar-B-Que.
Bar-B-Que's as old as time;
The caveman smoked a bit.
He could've won the Bedrock fair,
If he'd just had my kit.
A dirt hole or a metal pit.
Watch closely while it makes.
You'll get a good scald on them ribs,
If you've got what it takes.
A hickory fire of seasoned wood--
A secret old folks knew.
Smoked until the char is right,
It ain't no brie fondue.
The brisket stands without the sauce;
This ain't no French filet.
That meat's a'fallin' off the bone;
You've cooked the "LONE STAR" way.
Don't worry none 'bout horses' feet,
Or fret 'bout opposite sexes.
Get a pit and fire it up
BAR-B-QUE--DONE BEST IN TEXAS!
~Lanny Joe Burnett
