Busy morning

Cleaned up the acorn grill and Ashed all the tomato beds. Took out an 11Lb. pork picnic that we thawed yesterday and did a nice salt , pepper and garlic rub. Started a fire with 3 Lbs. of Mesquite chunk charcoal and let my temp go to 400. I added a water pan under the rack ,on top of the heat diffuser ceramic plate and it should be good for about 6 hours.

Then I went to the freezer and took out some pork chops that my wife discovered with a torn package. They are almost 2″ thick and I figured that if I was going to repackage them, I should do it right. I took a large vacuum seal bag I made and put in sliced Vidalia onions, celery, jalapenos (3) and banana peppers (3) from the garden and lots of garlic. I seasoned it all up Cajun and then vacuum sealed the package. They are in the fridge thawing and when done they will get the Soux Vide treatment; About 4 hours in water at 175 degrees. Once done, they whole lot will come out and get browned in a pan on the stove top. I still have a rack of ribs thawed that I need to deal with today also. Hurricane season is coming and it is time to get all the meat out of the freezer.

8 responses to “Busy morning

  1. Nice. I did some 2″ thick boneless chops Thursday night. It stormed Wednesday so they sat in the fridge overnight covered with the hickory rub and it only made them better. I bet that pork picnic is gonna be awesome when done.

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  2. Don’t know if you’ve ever tried this one – use fresh mango and papaya in your marinades and / or brines, along with the usual herbs and spices + vegetables.

    Adds great flavor – and the papain in the papaya is a natural meat tenderize. Some natural meat tenderize in pineapple and kiwi fruit too.

    I use a mago/ papaya/ habenero brine and basting sauce when I make ribs or pork butt – pork shoulder for pulled pork.

    Sauce is just basically thinned down bbq sauce with the other stuff added to it.

    Hope you’re doing well.

    I’m in PA now – Philly ‘ burbs.

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    • PA? Kenso? …… Ha! That’s where my wife is from. We grow papaya just for that. I have a super dwarf that is 4 Ft tops. Have my own Habies but they are so hot they have to be ferment and aged about 3 yrs to be edible. Things are good here, hope so on your end also

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  3. In Montgomery county – just outside Philly.

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  4. I’ve mostly been fixing implements of plant murder, but the woods are winning. God appears to be on their side.

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