Feasting on Asphalt
Although Alton Brown is working on an unattractive curmedgeonly persona, just this close to turning into the Bill Geist-cum-Andy Rooney of the Food Network*, the secon Feasting on Asphalt series is making my mouth water just as much as the first one did last summer. So while I'm waiting for this weekend's episode, where I have reason to believe we will catch a glimpse of the almost-mythical Delta tamales, I am making what he ate last week -
Beef Tips on Pancakes
The technique is probably listed on foodtv.com. I remember that the lady simmered her tips for 45 minutes in water or stock, and then baked them in barbecue sauce until, well until they were done. She was amazed when Alton saw the pancake griddle and, as he does when being pleasant rather than pretentious, got all 7-year-old excited and ran all over the restaurant insisting that if chicken and waffles are great, beef tips on pancakes would be transcendent. And apparently, they were. So we will be using:
A box of frozen pork rib tips, baked slowly so they don't overcook. A package of Bob's Red Mill buckwheat pancake mix, v. hot griddle, fried in butter not oil so they brown and caramelize the second they hit the pan. Oh my god I wish it were dinnertime right now.
* Yes, I said it. Alton was such an asshole to the contestants on "Next Food Network Star" that I was actually checking his left hand for an absent wedding ring, thinking people usually act that weirdly mean only right after a divorce.
Beef Tips on Pancakes
The technique is probably listed on foodtv.com. I remember that the lady simmered her tips for 45 minutes in water or stock, and then baked them in barbecue sauce until, well until they were done. She was amazed when Alton saw the pancake griddle and, as he does when being pleasant rather than pretentious, got all 7-year-old excited and ran all over the restaurant insisting that if chicken and waffles are great, beef tips on pancakes would be transcendent. And apparently, they were. So we will be using:
A box of frozen pork rib tips, baked slowly so they don't overcook. A package of Bob's Red Mill buckwheat pancake mix, v. hot griddle, fried in butter not oil so they brown and caramelize the second they hit the pan. Oh my god I wish it were dinnertime right now.
* Yes, I said it. Alton was such an asshole to the contestants on "Next Food Network Star" that I was actually checking his left hand for an absent wedding ring, thinking people usually act that weirdly mean only right after a divorce.