fwismoker
Master of the Pit
I could have sworn you said you were doing shanks... I'll blame it on you making laugh so dang hard about losing my shank bone!
The only thing I understood from this is Ravioli..(I like) ....livers, anchovies, capers (which also I like).. and smoked cheeks...{also like minus a box of sea salt) . Take some pics and post it up... Im Game!!!!Well, it sounds like you've got it pretty much worked out, but sorry about the salt "thing". Personally, i would have rinsed the meat well and moved on. BTW, the banana leaves are a nice addition but aren't mandatory. I use them because I always have a supply on hand.I did pretty much the same thing, other than the banana leaf.. they turned out great, smokey... melt in your mouth good.. RIGHT up until I poured a full bag of sea salt into the damn D.O... (I was soooooooooooo mad.... .it was good that I was wasted when it happened .. which is why it happened.. or things could have gone south real fast. )
Before the salt "thing" I was able to pull one good chunck of cheek out to cool a bit so I could slice (with a fork btw)... so I know it WAS good, before I ruined it all. I apologize for a wasted thread... but over all .. Ill do it again, less booze next time... less salt....
and boy oh boy do I love some barbacoa.. with the cheeks... all that grease... and chili's... some homemad corn tortillas. onions... YUM!!! greatness!!!
This thread has got me thinking, and if time allows this weekend, I may make some Enchaladas de Cachetes. I'm also working on a dish I had at Babbo restaurant in NYC a couple years ago known as Ravioli Guancia di Manzo. Beef cheek ravioli with a sauce comprised of squab liver, anchovies, and capers. Squab livers aren't going to happen so I'll sub chicken livers. In both cases, the cheeks will be smoked then braised as previously described.
I wondered why you said "I hope your bone falls off too"... I was like.. its beef CHEEKs.. the BONE fell off along before I bought the meat :):).. stupid tequila...I could have sworn you said you were doing shanks... I'll blame it on you making laugh so dang hard about losing my shank bone!
Now Ill try some oxtail next weekend... a little Keith style :) I haven't tried pickled tongue.. but I do love the tongue!!!!I'm sure I'm on tape at walmrt.... I looked at the cheeks and oxtails for a good 5 minutes.... couldn't pull the trigger for fear of.......
Bride likes the oxtails for winter soup..... NO CHIT!!!!!.... now I gotta slip in some cheeks...... and a PICKLED TONGUE.....
Haha.. Beef ribs are simple and GOOD. Saturday is beef ribs UDS style.Who me? I want to see beef ribs.
Haha.. Beef ribs are simple and GOOD. Saturday is beef ribs UDS style.