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