Memorial Day weekend is near. It's definitely a time to salute our nation's armed forces, and those who serve our country in law enforcement. A time to say a quiet prayer that all come home safe and soon from the Middle East.
Once we've done that very important thing. Well, it's time to kick off summer with a three-day weekend and fire up the grill or smoker. Smoker if you are lucky. I've got a real weakness for barbecue. When I do eat meat, it's often served up with a perfect smoke ring and dripping with Kansas City-style sauce. It's good to be home. Barbecue is our special comfort food here.
If you'd like to celebrate with me, you might want to get a hold of the 25th anniversary edition of The Kansas City Barbecue Society Cookbook just released from Andrews McMeel, and sent to my doorstep by them for a review. They know me, I guess.
The book has recipes from KCBS members and all the classic roadside BBQ joint food groups are represented; ribs, pig butt, beans, sauce, coleslaw, cornbread, cobbler, and recipes for things like "Spam Candy," and "Cheesy Potatoes."
What you may not expect, and I was pleasantly surprised to find are some recipes that reach beyond KC-style classics to embrace Brazilian-style barbecue, Enoteca Smoked Duck Salad, Yum Yum Smoked Duck, and Cedar-planked Salmon.
While there's a joke here and there about eating roadkill, (possum, not recommended from personal experience), the book's got game — elk, buffalo, and venison recipes to be exact.
For novices like myself who eat more than they smoke, the "boneyard" in the back of the book has guides on brining and marinating, different cooking woods and which meat they pair best with, doneness guides and timetables. To keep the book's original flavor, photos and memorabilia from 25 years of barbecue competitions fill the pages alongside the recipes.
Keep this one near the smoker. Not too near, mind you.
The Kansas City Barbeque Society Cookbook 25th Anniversary Edition
by Ardie A. Davis, PhB, Chef Paul Kirk, CWC, PhB, BSAS, Carolyn Wells, PhB
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I'm always fascinated by people who are 'ex' expatriots :) I've been an expat for 20 years (US from England) and then 7 years (Bangkok from US). I'm not sure I know how to be anything else :)
ReplyDeleteYum! We lived in Denver for two years, which is admittedly not famous for its barbecue, but all the same I enjoyed it a lot. Here in Australia slow cook barbecue is relatively unusual- I keep meaning to work out how to do it with the tools to hand. I feel an Amazon order coming on.....!
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