July Turd 2018

[banderson7474]

Decided to try my first attempt at ABTs and Jeff's meatball cream cheese recipe.

I'm a little disappointed. The meatballs came out very salty. I used 3/4 ground beef and 1/4 sausage but I couldn't find any good ground sausage so I cut the liner of brats and used that. I don't know if it was the butt rub or the sausage that made it salty. I cooked them until they were 160IT and then pulled them off. I also thought that when I put my fork in them, the cream cheese would ooze out. No such luck. Instead of chopping up jaleps, I just put a slice of it in the middle with the cream cheese.

I threw away that butt rub b/c I was so angry with it. I think next time, I will chop the peppers up and also mix in a rub inside the meat. Also I will get better ground sausage. The ABTs turned out good but I forgot to mix cheddar with the cream cheese. (I bought the packet too) so it was a little rich and even though they were spicy, I really liked how they turned out.

But I think the meatballs were a failure. I will have to try them again I guess.

Any thoughts?

 

[browneyesvictim]

Another great one Chile! Thanks for making me drool!

 

[chilerelleno]

Another great one Chile! Thanks for making me drool!

My pleasure Bev, and thanks for the compliment.

 

[gmc2003]

Those look great Chile - nice job, I had some that my BIL made over the 4th. His were kinda bland as it was only the cream cheese, no bacon, and no rub. I did get a mouth full of heat juice on the last bit.

Point for sure.

Chris

 

[chilerelleno]

Those look great Chile - nice job, I had some that my BIL made over the 4th. His were kinda bland as it was only the cream cheese, no bacon, and no rub. I did get a mouth full of heat juice on the last bit.

Point for sure.

Chris

Thanks Chris.
Sounds like you need to school your BiL, a good excuse for a batch of ABTs.

 

[Geebs]

Those look great Chile!