The easiest way to clean a grill is clean it when it is hot. Fire the grill up and wait till the fire dies down and the coals are hot. Take a brass wire brush and scrub the grill. All the cooked grease will come off easy. Plus
the grill is completely sterile from the fire.
Slow grilling is the way to go. Take a 9X12 metal bread pan and place it on the bottom of the grill. Fill the pan with coke, beer or water. Pile the charcoal around the pan and light. The meat will cook a lot slower because it's not directly over the heat. Plus the liquid in the pan makes whatever you are grilling extra tender.
Smoking is easy. This is not true smoking but rather a smoke flavor. Take some small hardwood tree limbs
and saw them into 1 inch slices. I use an electric miter saw. Oak, Hickory, Apple, Pecan are really good.
Take the slices of hardwood and soak them in water while you are waiting for the grill to get hot. The water makes the wood smoke good. The water also makes the wood smoke longer.
You can bake potatoes or corn on a grill. Just wrap them in heavy duty foil and turn every 5 minutes for about 30 minutes.
If you are out of charcoal, you can use hardwoood. All you need to grill is a bed of coals. Chunks or slices of hardwood works great. You don't ever want to use cedar or pine. These wood will give the meat a bad taste.
That's all I can think of for now.
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Caramel Frosting
Here are two recipes for caramel frosting or topping:
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 cup apple cider or apple juice
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla
In saucepan, blend cornstarch with brown sugar. Add cider or juice. Cook over medium heat until thick and clear. Remove from heat; add butter and vanilla. Serve over baked cake.
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1 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons butter
3 tablesoons Crisco
1/4 cup milk
1 cup confectioners' sugar
Combine first 4 ingredients in medium saucepan and boil for three minutes. Cool and add 1 cup confectioners' sugar. Mix until smooth and right consistency . I find that a whisk works best for mixing.
Frost your cake and enjoy!
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 cup apple cider or apple juice
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla
In saucepan, blend cornstarch with brown sugar. Add cider or juice. Cook over medium heat until thick and clear. Remove from heat; add butter and vanilla. Serve over baked cake.
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1 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons butter
3 tablesoons Crisco
1/4 cup milk
1 cup confectioners' sugar
Combine first 4 ingredients in medium saucepan and boil for three minutes. Cool and add 1 cup confectioners' sugar. Mix until smooth and right consistency . I find that a whisk works best for mixing.
Frost your cake and enjoy!
Pinchin' Ham
Pinchin' The Ham?! Of course I can! Cuz i'm over the age of 21!
1 12 oz. can of crushed pineapple
1 tsp.(a pinch) of vanilla extract
1 level tsp.(a pinch)of cinnamon
1 heapin' tsp.(equals at least 3 pinch's!)crushed cloves
2-3 handfuls of brown sugar. I don't think i'm the only cook that can get carried away with pinchin' and end up with a handful!
1cookin' bag
1 of them sucky thingie's for juice's,and bastin'
First- preset oven to 350
Get you a mixin' bowl or a ziploc baggie. Quart size cuz you wanna get your hand down in there and play with the mixture! First ingredient is the pineapple.
Then get to addin' all the other stuff to it! It's that simple!
Now, I say " Enough with the borin' spoon's!" !Stick your hand down in that mixture and squoosh away! It's fun to squoosh! And,by the way,roll your sleeve up.
Now then,have your ham already in the cookin' bag. Then just pour the mixture in on the ham.Make sure you've got it coated purdy good now! You can even put cherry's on top(holdin' them with toothpicks).
And here's a good time to have one of them sucky thingie's too! To suck up the mixture to help coat it. Unless you just like playin' in it..If that's the case,stick your hand down in that bag and get it by the handful's and just do it! Woo! Hoo!
Now put that bad boy in the oven and stop playin' around!( NO! Not the husband!)! The ham!
Of course,all ingredient's are to the individual's taste bud's,this just happen's to be mine.SWEET! By; Roberta
1 12 oz. can of crushed pineapple
1 tsp.(a pinch) of vanilla extract
1 level tsp.(a pinch)of cinnamon
1 heapin' tsp.(equals at least 3 pinch's!)crushed cloves
2-3 handfuls of brown sugar. I don't think i'm the only cook that can get carried away with pinchin' and end up with a handful!
1cookin' bag
1 of them sucky thingie's for juice's,and bastin'
First- preset oven to 350
Get you a mixin' bowl or a ziploc baggie. Quart size cuz you wanna get your hand down in there and play with the mixture! First ingredient is the pineapple.
Then get to addin' all the other stuff to it! It's that simple!
Now, I say " Enough with the borin' spoon's!" !Stick your hand down in that mixture and squoosh away! It's fun to squoosh! And,by the way,roll your sleeve up.
Now then,have your ham already in the cookin' bag. Then just pour the mixture in on the ham.Make sure you've got it coated purdy good now! You can even put cherry's on top(holdin' them with toothpicks).
And here's a good time to have one of them sucky thingie's too! To suck up the mixture to help coat it. Unless you just like playin' in it..If that's the case,stick your hand down in that bag and get it by the handful's and just do it! Woo! Hoo!
Now put that bad boy in the oven and stop playin' around!( NO! Not the husband!)! The ham!
Of course,all ingredient's are to the individual's taste bud's,this just happen's to be mine.SWEET! By; Roberta
Angel Delight Pie
1 Can Eagle Brand Milk
1/4 Cup Lemon Juice
1 9oz Tub Cool Whip
1 15oz Can Pineapple (crushed and drained)
1 Cup Chopped Pecans
1 Can Coconut (3.5 oz)
2 8 inch Graham Cracker Pie Shells
Mix first 3 ingredients well. Add Pineapple, Nuts, and Coconut. Pour into pie shells.
Chill and serve. I put mine in freezer.
This is very good and easy. For the holidays you can add a few Cherries.
No-Bake Cookies
If I can do it,YOU can do it!
1 package (12 ounces) white chocolate chips
2 tablespoons peanut butter
1-1/4 cup rice crispy cereal
1 cup spanish peanuts
1 cup miniture marshmallows
1.Line cookie sheets with wax paper. In a large saucepan,melt the white chocolate with the peanut butter over low heat,stirring constantly.
2. Let the mixture cool slightly then stir in the cereal and peanuts. Fold in the marshmallows.
3.Drop the mixture by the tablespoonfuls onto the wax paper-lined cookie sheets. Let cool until firm. Serve, or refrigerate until ready to serve.
You can add some fun and color to these by sprinkling on a little flaked coconut,colored sprinkles,or chopped candy bars before allowing to cool in their little piles..
This recipe is original by Mr. Food
1 package (12 ounces) white chocolate chips
2 tablespoons peanut butter
1-1/4 cup rice crispy cereal
1 cup spanish peanuts
1 cup miniture marshmallows
1.Line cookie sheets with wax paper. In a large saucepan,melt the white chocolate with the peanut butter over low heat,stirring constantly.
2. Let the mixture cool slightly then stir in the cereal and peanuts. Fold in the marshmallows.
3.Drop the mixture by the tablespoonfuls onto the wax paper-lined cookie sheets. Let cool until firm. Serve, or refrigerate until ready to serve.
You can add some fun and color to these by sprinkling on a little flaked coconut,colored sprinkles,or chopped candy bars before allowing to cool in their little piles..
This recipe is original by Mr. Food