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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    chadwick said:

    yes that is a quote from myron mixon's webpage. if i could spend one month with him i'd be out of control. there are some easy things about grilling & smoking meats & there are some rather complicated things about the stuff. i've never put a whole hog over a fire. he could learn me that. haha. never smoked eight briskets, a dozen chickens or a dozen racks of pork ribs all at once either. i could do it, it might be a disaster... probably not a disaster but bad shit could happen... like the cooler of beers & shots may get in the way of the hickory coals & water pan.

    life aint easy when you're fat & greasy... from a friends harley shirt. comical stuff

    Whole hog, don't think a cinderblock pit is going to hold up to the heat!
    They melt like plastic lol
    Lesson learned.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    i believe that to be true. i've made fire pits using cinderblocks, they crack before long & fall apart    
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    chadwick said:
    i'd also like to one day put a hog in the ground. never ate pig cooked in the ground either. anyone?  
    I was just thinking about that (not that I have ground in which to cook a pig, but still).

    Myron has a badass name, by the way.
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    I've never cooked anything but a couple racks of ribs in the ground.
    A whole hog, that's one hell of a pit to dig lol
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,665
    chadwick said:
    i'd also like to one day put a hog in the ground. never ate pig cooked in the ground either. anyone?  
    I have, in Hawaii. Best pork I ever ate.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    PJ_Soul said:
    chadwick said:
    i'd also like to one day put a hog in the ground. never ate pig cooked in the ground either. anyone?  
    I have, in Hawaii. Best pork I ever ate.
    That's what she said =)
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,665
    hedonist said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    chadwick said:
    i'd also like to one day put a hog in the ground. never ate pig cooked in the ground either. anyone?  
    I have, in Hawaii. Best pork I ever ate.
    That's what she said =)
    :triumph:
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    edited August 2017

    on bizarre foods w/ andrew zimmern his hosts cook in the ground quite often. how does a person roast a sheep or lamb, head on & indulge in eyeballs or brains or the testicles? i'm not eating testes, brains, eyes or organs. the folks that do eat this stuff seem to really enjoy the stuff. i've eaten beef liver, it's bad, i can't deal w/ the taste. but liver & onions make one's kitchen smell fantastic. trout (& other fish) is served head on, doesn't mean i'm going after the eyes. if im starving to death, sure i'd eat hog snot, but i aint starving to death    

    Post edited by chadwick on
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • Hobbes
    Hobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,438
    I have seen this too on shows. They will have an entire roast beast and the locals go for the (eye)balls first.

    That's nuts!
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157

    comical, hobbes

    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,025
    edited August 2017
    I am a fairly adventurous eater, though not sure I would go as far as brains or balls.  I have had deer heart on a number of occasions and am a big fan. Duck heart a ton.  Love liver.  Not a huge fan of tripe, but have had it a bunch.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    Cliffy6745 said:
    I am a fairly adventurous eater, though not sure I would go as far as brains or balls.  I have had deer heart on a number of occasions and am a big fan. Duck heart a ton.  Love liver.  Not a huge fan of tripe, but have had it a bunch.
    I may have mentioned this before?

    For Valentines day at a Tapas restaurant they were serving a special of Beef Heart.  It was delicious.

    I've had pig ears, Kibbeh(raw goat), pig intestine to name a few.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Love me a good chicken gizzard.  My mom made brains when I was a kid; tried it once, no more.  Same for tripe.

    I'll try almost anything once.

    My dad could down a whole fish (minus the bones of course).  To him, trout cheeks were the "heart" of it.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    hedonist said:
    Love me a good chicken gizzard.  My mom made brains when I was a kid; tried it once, no more.  Same for tripe.

    I'll try almost anything once.

    My dad could down a whole fish (minus the bones of course).  To him, trout cheeks were the "heart" of it.
    The cheeks in a large Halibut are the fillet mignon of the fish.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,025
    tempo_n_groove said:
    hedonist said:
    Love me a good chicken gizzard.  My mom made brains when I was a kid; tried it once, no more.  Same for tripe.

    I'll try almost anything once.

    My dad could down a whole fish (minus the bones of course).  To him, trout cheeks were the "heart" of it.
    The cheeks in a large Halibut are the fillet mignon of the fish.
    This is interesting.  Did not know this.  Will have to look into this.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,025
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Cliffy6745 said:
    I am a fairly adventurous eater, though not sure I would go as far as brains or balls.  I have had deer heart on a number of occasions and am a big fan. Duck heart a ton.  Love liver.  Not a huge fan of tripe, but have had it a bunch.
    I may have mentioned this before?

    For Valentines day at a Tapas restaurant they were serving a special of Beef Heart.  It was delicious.

    I've had pig ears, Kibbeh(raw goat), pig intestine to name a few.
    I would definitely get down with beef heart.

    Oh, I have had sweetbreads, lots of sweetbreads as well.  Soooooo good.  Israeli restaurant here in Philly called Zahav that has sweetbreads and duck heart.  Highly highly recommended.
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    i've had: chicken hearts (not bad), chicken gizzards (not bad), chicken livers (bad) & beef liver (bad), i think that's it. i've never had tripe. some say moose heart is wonderful, i wouldn't know. i do wanna know what it takes for someone to prepare & bite into testicles. how does this work in their mind? to me it doesn't make any sense. don't know if i could eat buffalo testicles for $10 or $20 grand. it'd be a rough day. andrew zimmern eats snapping turtle balls. dude's pretty adventurous & extremely drunk  
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Since we have shifted gears and are talking about offal (yuk yuk) food...
    I'm trying to decide what sort of junk nasty lunch I should have.
    Tyson chicken fries and fresh cut potato fries,
    or Cincy Chili dogs and fries.


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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    Cliffy6745 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    hedonist said:
    Love me a good chicken gizzard.  My mom made brains when I was a kid; tried it once, no more.  Same for tripe.

    I'll try almost anything once.

    My dad could down a whole fish (minus the bones of course).  To him, trout cheeks were the "heart" of it.
    The cheeks in a large Halibut are the fillet mignon of the fish.
    This is interesting.  Did not know this.  Will have to look into this.
    You learn a thing or two whilst working in the industry.  I would have never known otherwise.

    https://snapguide.com/guides/remove-halibut-cheeks/
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,025
    chadwick said:
    i've had: chicken hearts (not bad), chicken gizzards (not bad), chicken livers (bad) & beef liver (bad), i think that's it. i've never had tripe. some say moose heart is wonderful, i wouldn't know. i do wanna know what it takes for someone to prepare & bite into testicles. how does this work in their mind? to me it doesn't make any sense. don't know if i could eat buffalo testicles for $10 or $20 grand. it'd be a rough day. andrew zimmern eats snapping turtle balls. dude's pretty adventurous & extremely drunk  
    I do get a kick out of bizarre foods.  He has some balls. But yeah, I am not sure that is something I could bring myself to do.

    Oh, I guess I have also had lamb head/cheeks in delicious barbacoa.  Now that stuff is incredible when done authentic and well.

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