Fresh Oregano Lamb Kebabs

Fresh Oregano Lamb Kebabs are simple to prepare. Use a good cut of lamb with a little marble [fat] intact. Cut the meat into small bite size cubes and place in a bowl.  Adding 2 tbs of olive oil, a healthy squeezed fresh lemon juice, 2 tbs of dijon mustard, dash of kosher salt some fresh ground pepper, fresh ground cumin seed to taste and fresh ripped oregano leaves.  Toss till well coated and store chilled for 3 hours to marinate.  Grated orange peel adds some extra exotica to the taste. Remember to give it a mix at least once an hour. Skewer the lamb nuggets using some...

Pork and Beef Brisket BBQ

It’s the essential ingredients that make the meal. A meat rub starts with good herbs and spices. I incorporate some Hy’s season salt into my rubs. I like the MSG salt content. I once worked for the manufacturer of this product and have been using it now for 40 years. I find it leaves no after taste when mixed with equal amounts of the 10 other marinating spices. Sort ‘a like KFC secret spice mix. File’ Gumbo is my flavour edge. 90 proof sour cherry juice for soaking some sweetness to the wood. A little German grainy mustard to add some drama to the...

A Party of Cocktail Salads.

A Party  of Cocktail Salads; Make a Salad Shooter to-night. The Canadian Open Skins Game which was played back in Ontario was a place that I got to cook in the famous Champions Tent for the pro golfers and their guests. It was a great position to prepare lavish buffets and get to show off your culinary prowess. Back then the liquor and tobacco companies would host several big name players and invite their customers to attend a privileged one on one meeting with a pro golfer while noshing and table hopping trying to catch a tip from the pro. The many food adorned grazing...

Drunk on Scotch BBQ Salmon Salad

Drunk on Scotch BBQ Salmon. I started fishing with my dad back in 1955.  My dad would take us kids fishing down to the Hespeler Speed Dam or Puslinch Lake. We would catch some stream trout or lake pickerel pike, perch and pumpkin fish. These small Sun Fish from the Pumpkin Fish strain were what we would catch most all day. My dad told me way back then that these small fishes would feed you better than a big old bass. The pumpkin fish have more good omegas and nutrients in larger volumes than any other fresh water species that he told us back then. Like perch they can be...

The CBC

The CBC; I love a good wrap. Chicken, Bacon and Cheddar is a good combination and makes a most satisfying lunch or light dinner entrée. I’m  starting with some BBQ grilled creole seasoned chickens along wrapped with some double smoked apple wood bacon that was first crisped over the grill then wrapped in aged cheddar and then grilled to a golden brown perfection. This adds so much more flavour when you char the cheese. A few leaves of butter lettuce and some spinach tucked inside, drizzled with a mandarin orange honey dressing and wrapped up together in a fresh soft...