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06-24-2006, 10:56 PM
|  | Mom of the Four Men | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Canada, sort of
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| | "Cloud of smoke, pillar of fire" | |
When the Jews left Egypt, they were led out by a cloud of smoke and flame and a pillar of fire. That is very cool. Especially since I can just picture what that would look like.
Tomorrow is #1's graduation party. Amongst other things, our menu includes BBQ ribs. Helen kindly made the enourmous batch of Slick's sauce,  I have all the stuff for ribs, the peaches are sliced to make cobbler tomorrow morning, and all is going as planned. Um, well, it was, anyway.
I found mesquite chips, and was delighted. I soaked them for an hour, used a dry rub on the ribs, and #1 put them into the grill on the very lowest heat. After about ten minutes on either side, we turned off the gas and closed up the lid so that the ribs could just sit in the mesquite smoke for a little while.
#2 and I went to Dogmart to buy more kitten milk for Poe. We looked at the cockatiels, made a tag for King Kong's collar, and generally had a great time together. We stopped to get a Coke on the way home.
On the way back, there is an overpass which makes a hill. It is the point at which you can first see downtown. As we came over the hill, #2 and I both remarked on the terrible fire somewhere, we could see this massive plume of smoke.
We drove down the hill, and we both agreed that the fire wasn't too far away from our neighbourhood. We turned onto our street, and decided that this fire was awfully close to our block. I worried about the neighbours, because someone has been setting fires in our alley.
As we pulled up in front of the house, we could see the fire. That's because the fire was coming out of our barbecue. #1 had turned off the gas, but the wood chips had caught fire, which had burned hot enough to set the ribs on fire. Several neighbours had knocked to tell #1 that there was a lot of smoke coming from the back yard, and he politely told them that I was smoking ribs. He was right, the ribs did get smoked. The fire was so intense that the bone disintegrated when we finally got the fire out and tried to move the ribs, or what used to be ribs. I used the hose to put out the fire, laughing so hard I could hardly stand.
I don't know what to do next. This could be a teachable moment - 'see how hot a fire has to be to burn bone, children?' - or maybe I need an intervention: "Hi, my name is Cindy, and I'm an idiot." 
At any rate, tomorrow's menu has been changed due to circumstances beyond our control. |
06-24-2006, 11:06 PM
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| | Re "Cloud of smoke, pillar of fire" | |
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06-24-2006, 11:10 PM
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| | Re "Cloud of smoke, pillar of fire" | |
You need water in there. And um, help from a Texan, i think.  |
06-24-2006, 11:11 PM
| | Mom of the Four Men | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Canada, sort of
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| | Re "Cloud of smoke, pillar of fire" | |
But I was wearing my Kinky Friedman t-shirt. You'd think that would help. |
06-24-2006, 11:12 PM
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| | Re "Cloud of smoke, pillar of fire" | |
i think you need an actual Texan, not just a shirt. |
06-25-2006, 12:36 AM
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| | Re "Cloud of smoke, pillar of fire" | |
LOL Cindy, it would be cheaper to just fly Slick in. What are you doing instead?
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06-25-2006, 01:08 AM
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| | Re "Cloud of smoke, pillar of fire" | |
Quote: conradd said
 LOL Cindy, it would be cheaper to just fly Slick in. What are you doing instead?
Deb | My thoughts exactly. 
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06-25-2006, 01:36 AM
| | Mom of the Four Men | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Canada, sort of
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| | Re "Cloud of smoke, pillar of fire" | |
OMG, guys, I have no idea! I was going to make brisket originally, but when I went to buy one, the cheapest one was $85, so I abandoned that idea! Then, the ribs seemed a good idea. Now, I'm not even sure if my barbecue grill still works - I really drenched it.
So far, I have some really yummy-smelling pulled pork, and some coleslaw. I have peaches ready to be tossed into the cobbler crust, and strawberries for shortcake. I am thinking that just adding margaritas to that might be festive, but kind of short on food. Give me ideas? |
06-25-2006, 01:56 AM
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| | Re "Cloud of smoke, pillar of fire" | |
Do you have enough pulled pork for sandwiches? If you make them ahead of time and just put out platters, it would be a great menu.
I hope Slick isn't reading this but I don't cook my baby backs on the grill for the same reason that you just lived through. I dry rub them, wrap in foil and bake for 2 hours at 300. Then, I unwrap them, put them on racks on a cookie sheet in my oven, and baste them with sauce. I cook them another hour or two at 350, basting with sauce every 15 minutes. Take them out, cut them up, and serve. I suppose they could be finished on the grill but there have been no complaints. Or leftovers. 
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06-25-2006, 02:08 AM
| | Mom of the Four Men | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Canada, sort of
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| | Re "Cloud of smoke, pillar of fire" | |
Wow, I have enough time tomorrow to make ribs the way you do. I have the pulled pork for sandwiches, but I have a crowd coming so I still need another main meat dish. I think I will get up early and go to the butcher's to get more ribs! And honestly, I've never done the smoking on the grill thing- I alwys made them in the oven, too. It's just that I found the mesquite and had already found the recipe/technique for smoking them first then finishing in the oven, and I wanted to make them taste more like the barbecue we had down south. Oh well, live and learn. |
06-25-2006, 09:08 AM
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| | Re "Cloud of smoke, pillar of fire" | |
 There are so many things wrong in this thread. |
06-25-2006, 09:17 AM
| | Mom of the Four Men | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Canada, sort of
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| | Re "Cloud of smoke, pillar of fire" | |
I know. I need your advice for next time I want to try this. |
06-25-2006, 12:10 PM
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| | Re "Cloud of smoke, pillar of fire" | |
Oy
CJ still bored? |
06-25-2006, 05:03 PM
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| | Re "Cloud of smoke, pillar of fire" | |
Nah. Hiding.  |
06-25-2006, 10:21 PM
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| | Re "Cloud of smoke, pillar of fire" | |
one word: Catering
Oh my, I hope everything is good. Good as in yummy and good as in nothing else on fire
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06-25-2006, 11:08 PM
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| | Re "Cloud of smoke, pillar of fire" | |
Quote: slick4591 said
There are so many things wrong in this thread. | Hey! We didn't even discuss pressure cooking the brisket. 
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06-25-2006, 11:15 PM
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| | Re "Cloud of smoke, pillar of fire" | |
We had Gardenburger Ribletts the other night. Yum.
Ok, Slick. NOW you have something to be sick about. |
06-26-2006, 01:31 AM
| | Mom of the Four Men | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Canada, sort of
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| | Re "Cloud of smoke, pillar of fire" | |
So, next-door neighbour walks past this a.m. and says, "Did you see all the smoke last night? That idiot must have set another garbage can in the alley on fire again. I wish the police would catch the SOB before he burns our houses down!".
I agreed that in fact the police really ought to look into catching the alley-burning idiot.  |
06-26-2006, 09:41 AM
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| | Re "Cloud of smoke, pillar of fire" | |
Quote: conradd said
Hey! We didn't even discuss pressure cooking the brisket. | Quote: theworm said
We had Gardenburger Ribletts the other night. | Quote: slick4591 said
There are so many things wrong in this thread. | Like I said.... |
06-26-2006, 09:47 AM
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| | Re "Cloud of smoke, pillar of fire" | |
Slick, when G does brisket, he gets at MINIMUM a 1/2" smoke ring on the brisket.
Do you feel better now? |
06-26-2006, 10:19 AM
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| | Re "Cloud of smoke, pillar of fire" | |
Yep, although a smoke ring is more eye candy than anything. It adds little to the meat, but it is necessary to have in competition cooking. |
06-26-2006, 10:20 AM
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