Walla Walla Down Town Farmers Market

Get fresh everyone! the downtown farmers market is alive and well, starting with long time participant Sweet Onion Sausage.

The Walsh family have been throwin down some grilled walla walla sweet onion infused sausages for many years. go get one! its tradition!

so after checking in with the Sausage King, I wandered around a bit for some quality people watching and to scope out more good stuff

What I had found was a collection of awesome garden fresh produce, a huge variety for sure. organic farming by sustainable practices seems to be the way of things.

The whole family gets involved with this community event!

as I was grazing with my eyes I started to use my nose as guidance and what did I find??? Oh La La! it was fresh Crepe's made right in front of you.. some totally macking down on this stuff.. 

One thing is for sure is Seahawks may have Lofa Tatupu Back, but we got Loaf a Goodness from right down town Walla Walla! great artisan breads!

So as im walking some more something caught my eye, it was some of the coolest stuff made from bottles, 

They take old liquor or pretty much any glass bottle and cut them up into wonderful lamps, jewelry, you need to go check this out! 

It wouldn't be a farmers market without fresh local "authentic" Tamales. Walla Walla Nightlife's Author Horte is busting out the Tamales Mas Finas 

Great Stuff Ladies! and the masa was perfect! not dry..

After snackin down some totally killer tamales, I heard this pounding noise in the corner , like a black smith, and my ears didn't deceive me, because that's exactly what it was

Hand pounded Steel with a forge and anvil, this guy can make you a button for your Levis if you needed him to

it was about time for me to go, getting thirsty after watching all that hot pounding steel, so I wandered towards my truck and a lemon aid stand caught my eye

They had it all, you can tell, except soap and honey and that was right behind me as I turned around to see what I had missed and I had realized that there is soo much going on that people need to just come down and experience for themselves

My advice to all who read this is to experience it yourself, so come on down and "get fresh at the Down Town Walla Walla Farmers Market"

Mastering Pork Ribs- Man Card Tutorial

Hello and you will not believe this I was in line with some nice meaty pork ribs, and the guy in front says " I can never seem to cook those, how do you do it, I always burn them".. WTF!!! Dude, never confess that you burned the ribs, and don't burn the ribs. so this is for those who it is a mystery on killer pork ribs..

NO parboiling, if you dont know what that is google it, its cheating and lame.

rub your ribs down, don't sauce them, and stick them in a cooker with indirect heat using apple wood with average temp 250 - 300 and smoking. 

after a while your ribs will start to take on some color and start to get some dry patches,

 flip the ribs over to juice up, once you get past this stage you will start to see more dry patches on the meat side, now is the time to get out some sauce and lightly coat the ribs and let them soak the sauce in to the dryness, after a couple times they will start to glaze up and look like this 

by now your cooker should have cooled down some (approx 200f) and you just let them rest low and slow and watch..

watch the meat and the tips begin to caramelize, while the rib bone protrudes through the glazed rib meat.

you will know when its done! you don't want to be able to grab the bone and pull it out dry, too done!

   

and there you go.. A Must when your pulling out your Man Card throwing down for this weekend BBQ!.. 

Until Then, Grill that shit up!

Its Grillin and Hog Roastin Season!

Boooya and Who Dat? Boys and girls, time for some outdoor summer party fun! and I mean BBQ and Hog Roasting Time.

Local fresh produce, and free range animals make for superb Eatin! and I plan on cooking as many as I can while drinking awesome home brewed IPA.

It just isn't a party without hog roastin pig pik'in served up Cuban style in a La Caja China. If you have never experienced this sensation you need too! 

it takes 4 hours to cook a 100 pound pig to perfection. injected with Mojo Sauce and your attacking that pig like a pack of wolves.

Lets not forget about the Pirate Steak! an all time favorite of mine. this layers of steak, cheese, mushrooms, onions, roasted peppers all wrapped in bacon, grilled over charcoal, basted in its own bacon fat! then chopped up and served on a hoagie roll..

There is no limit to what to do this season, so go out and grill up something fantastic!.. this is just a small sample of my grillin activities, which seem to be on a daily basis.. 

Until Next Time.. put the heat to the meat and it will be sweet

Andrae's Kitchen Rockin the Burgers

OOOOHH yes, you know there are some killer burgers in this town, and one that stacks up is at our local gas station of all places, now you don't have to chase down the mobile kitchen or go to a wine event to get these killer burgers from Andrae's kitchen (located in the farmers CO-OP). once you walk in your greeted with a building length menu of Gourmet Food items

 

and their counter is full of to go items like wraps and sandwiches. (one of my favorite is the Reuben wrap) Then, you do a double take when you read the menu, oh yes, real food like Gyros, and of course the Burger. these guys make everything fresh right there grilled or what ever. they start out like this right in front of you on a open flame grill (a must for perfection on flavor), this burger is built on the grill not setting in a pile o grease 

so it starts out like that, sizzling away as they get ready for the next step

  

Flame seared and flipped ready for toppings to start flying in making a perfect marriage of grilled onions and burger, but hey lets rock this thing I say and here it comes,

Grilled Onions Topped with Good BACON!

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 Its a Cheese Trampoline ready to encase the goodness as it melts over it all

holding in the flavor of the AK Burger made right in front of you at the gas station from Andrae's Kitchen

And here it is!

the Killer Bacon Cheese AK Burger.. 

there is plenty of other good stuff there

they're not just cranking out burgers, Everybody here are trained, no joke these aren't fry cooks they are Chefs, something you would not expect for this location. Andrae himself packs a pretty good resume of accolades in the Chef world. 

They have a drive up window for some to go espresso or what ever they can fit out that window.  You want Truck stop food.. well I wouldn't call it that, but they do have truck parking, fuel and a public restroom.

so you need to go into Andrae's Kitchen at the CO-OP Gas Station inside the full blown convenience store and say " Im Hungry!" and order a burger or many other fresh made items on the menu. Andrae's Kitchen Caters fine dining events, wine dinners, give them a call if your looking for the real deal to make your event dinner a success..   

Follow this link for Menu and information on Andrea's Kitchen

Bang for your Buck at Tommy's Dutch Lunch

Dang put the hurt to me, hell yea, I grew up just up the road a few miles from this place and have seen it evolve, but yet stay the same, yes Tommys Dutch Lunch rocks for breakfast, they have a different special every day, you can see them cook your food and it includes coffee!

Tommy's atmosphere reminds me of going into the pastime when it was open, its that good and I will tell you folks yes thats a slice of ham with french toast and coffee, Bam! service is fast food is not greasy or oily like the reputation of an old Diner from back in the day like Tommy's.

MMM MMM GOOD! and I haven't drowned it in Syrup yet, im a tellin you, I made ham sandwiches out of that bad Oscar with that frenchie toast.  SHEEEEEIT that was good.

Now this was Yesterdays Breakfast special 2 Eggs, Toast and Potatoes with green peppers and onions grilled with them, and you dont leave hungry

As you can see those spuds go "all the way to the edge" and is one dose of complex carbohydrates. the portions at Tommy's definitely give you something to push with if you get what I mean..

Located at 1203 W Pine St  Walla Walla, WA 99362 (509) 527-0600 

From the squeak of the front door to the sounds of the grill and clinking coffee cups Tommy's serves it up home style for sure,  and Watch your Step when you leave!

Until Next time, Lets talk about it!...

Hey, Thats a Clean Home!

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24 hour Emergency Dispatch, they deal with the insurance company, and they also do carpet and blind cleaning..  now, Back to the food and drink.. I know I have been slacking on the review and its time to pick it back up, we have some new places to eat and drink, so I can have something different for a change.. I will be hitting the streets soon so fire me up if you see me out...

Andrae's Kitchen - A Run for the Money

 Walla Walla has been voted the friendliest town, and now its time for Walla Walla's Andrae's Kitchen to be voted America's Favorite Food Truck.  The Food truck receiving the most votes through September 12 will be named Americas Favorite Food Truck!

Follow this link to vote for Andrae's Kitchen  

I have had the opportunity to stuff my face with one of Andrae's Killer burgers, I totally got busy with it and was not disappointing at all..

Andrae's Kitchen travels all around Walla Walla, If it is an event to be at, you can find them there, from baseball games to wine tasting. when ever you see him set up and you looking for some good food while wine tasting or just the daily grind, do your self a favor and get some of the good stuff from this Kitchen.

you can check out Andrae's Food Blog Here

Remember to give all 10 votes and vote every day!

Thank You

Joseph Harrison - "Jody"

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