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Title: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: Quadman750 on August 28, 2017, 05:45:56 PM
 What's everybody cooking for Labour Day this year, i'm not quite sure what I'm doing yet until I stop by the butcher.
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: Bar-B-Lew on August 28, 2017, 09:08:27 PM
I need to check to see what I have in the freezer.  From there I will decide what to make, but chicken wings will probably be happening
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: Bentley on August 28, 2017, 10:33:18 PM
Seems like Memorial Day & Labor Day are always Cheeseburgers and Hot Dogs.  Beans, Cole Slaw and Potato Salad.  I don't like their funky family Boston Nasty to sweet baked beans (Grow up and try a Ranch Bean), and cole slaw is ok, but come on man, cole slaw (throw me a bone, put some pecans and bleu cheese in it).  I will make a small amount of macaroni and pasta salad for myself.
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: riverrat49 on August 29, 2017, 06:43:20 AM
All four competition meats and 6 side categories yeah we are doing a competition Labor Day  :)
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: Kristin Meredith on August 29, 2017, 07:50:49 AM
If we get to Costco this week, I may look for some beef ribs to go with the burgers and dogs.  I love beef ribs, but we never seem to find any good, meaty ones.  I will try and find some of those nasty ranch beans to go along with the lovely and delish Boston baked and I will set aside some potato salad fixins and cole slaw fixins for your version.

Oh, look at that gpasbbq, guess we are having 6 sides too! :o
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: TLK on August 29, 2017, 07:52:57 AM
jeez....haven't even thought about labor day yet. 
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: riverrat49 on August 29, 2017, 08:02:13 AM
LOL, Yeah I too would rather be doing sides for the Fam instead of some ungrateful Judges whose taste is all in their mouth's  :P :P :P

If we get to Costco this week, I may look for some beef ribs to go with the burgers and dogs.  I love beef ribs, but we never seem to find any good, meaty ones.  I will try and find some of those nasty ranch beans to go along with the lovely and delish Boston baked and I will set aside some potato salad fixins and cole slaw fixins for your version.

Oh, look at that gpasbbq, guess we are having 6 sides too! :o
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: LowSlowJoe on August 29, 2017, 11:45:32 AM
If you haven't tried them... Costco 'Kirtland' brand Bratwurst are really good ( better overall flavor than Johnsonville ).  Almost certainly will be a few Kirtland Brats on my pellet grill over Labor Day weekend.
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: InThePitBBQ on August 29, 2017, 02:25:58 PM
If you haven't tried them... Costco 'Kirtland' brand Bratwurst are really good ( better overall flavor than Johnsonville ).  Almost certainly will be a few Kirtland Brats on my pellet grill over Labor Day weekend.
I have to second this, our Costco didn't have Johnsonvilles this year and I just tried their house brand they are really top shelf!
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: Jcorwin818 on August 29, 2017, 05:57:44 PM
Ribs are on the menu!
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: Queball on August 29, 2017, 07:18:22 PM
Times getting short ..... Need to make some decisions.
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: Bobitis on August 29, 2017, 08:36:21 PM
Probably a frozen pre-smoked butt. maybe... ::)
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: Bar-B-Lew on August 29, 2017, 08:50:06 PM
Probably a frozen pre-smoked butt. maybe... ::)

I just realized today I have a whole shelf in the freezer of frozen pre-smoked meats that I need to start eating.
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: InThePitBBQ on August 29, 2017, 11:02:41 PM
Were keeping it simple this year, we have had the best sweet corn harvest I can recall in the past 20 years and I'm making about 40 pounds of Polish wedding style sausage (with garlic) on Friday.

The last of the corn is getting picked Saturday morning and I'm going to spend a couple hours with my PG 500 cooking it all in the husk and holding it in a cooler for later while the sausage smokes, may throw a couple porterhouses on to go with it as well.

 :beer: Cheers to all, I hope you enjoy the holiday with your families and loved ones.
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: Kristin Meredith on September 01, 2017, 06:57:26 PM
No beef ribs at RD or Costco, no tri-tip at RD or Costco, so it is a simple cook of burgers and brats with lots of sides.
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: Free Mr. Tony on September 01, 2017, 07:02:27 PM
Were keeping it simple this year, we have had the best sweet corn harvest I can recall in the past 20 years and I'm making about 40 pounds of Polish wedding style sausage (with garlic) on Friday.

The last of the corn is getting picked Saturday morning and I'm going to spend a couple hours with my PG 500 cooking it all in the husk and holding it in a cooler for later while the sausage smokes, may throw a couple porterhouses on to go with it as well.

 :beer: Cheers to all, I hope you enjoy the holiday with your families and loved ones.

I noticed in the intro section that you were from south bend. I'm just south in Fort Wayne. Funny you said that about the corn. I've bought several batches from the stands around here, and haven't been overly impressed this year.

Some years an ear of corn or single tomato from the garden is quite possibly the best thing I ate that year. My dads tomatoes have been stellar.
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: Queball on September 01, 2017, 07:19:34 PM
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Were keeping it simple this year, we have had the best sweet corn harvest I can recall in the past 20 years and I'm making about 40 pounds of Polish wedding style sausage (with garlic) on Friday.

The last of the corn is getting picked Saturday morning and I'm going to spend a couple hours with my PG 500 cooking it all in the husk and holding it in a cooler for later while the sausage smokes, may throw a couple porterhouses on to go with it as well.

 :beer: Cheers to all, I hope you enjoy the holiday with your families and loved ones.

Being of Polish decent, from Chicago, exactly what is Polish wedding style sausage. I must say, in 72 years on this earth I have been to a ton of Polish Weddings and have never heard of that. How does it differ from Polish Sausage that makes it "Wedding Sausage"?I have never heard of this. Maybe I can learn something new today.
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: West Allis BBQ Man on September 01, 2017, 07:41:28 PM
Practice cook with ribs and smoking 10 pounds of salmon.
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: Bentley on September 01, 2017, 08:20:53 PM
All I could find was Suzie's Polish Wedding Sausage..."A fresh all natural white sausage since 1975"...No idea, I will be interested in the answer too!
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: Lothar1974 on September 01, 2017, 09:46:20 PM
Thinking home made pizza. From scratch dough/crust as well as Italian sausage.  Onions and green peppers from the garden, ran out of home made Canadian bacon and pepperoni so it will be Hormel. 
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: Queball on September 01, 2017, 10:18:17 PM
So Suzie's sausage is fresh ...... So it isn't smoked. .... Maybe it's being called "wedding sausage" because a bride wears white, and the sausage links are white? Be interesting to know how that's done. ... The only white sausage I've ever seen and had, was while living in Louisiana where the Cajun people make a white Boudin sausage. I believe it is made with veal. .... Regular Boudin is made with chicken .... I think.
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: pz on September 01, 2017, 11:16:12 PM
My mother was German and she made weisswurst (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weisswurst) which literally translates to "white sausage", made with veal and bacon.  It is truly unique mostly in texture.  Suzies almost sounds like another version of that.

Nothing special for us - we're hoping to spend the day on the back deck with friends cooking homemade pizza and a brined SRG chicken.
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: Queball on September 02, 2017, 08:02:39 AM
Very interesting PZ. Thanks for that link to weisswurst. The spice package used is really interesting. I'll bet they are tasty. .... Seem very perishable. I wonder if they could be vacuum bag sealed and frozen for later use without degradation?
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: pz on September 02, 2017, 11:08:06 AM
They are truly a different experience - I did not like them as a kid, but as an adult, they are quite tasty - the casing has a nice snap like a brat when you bit through it because the stuffing is soft.. I would think they would freeze nicely, but my mom always bought them fresh so I don't know for sure.
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: Bentley on September 02, 2017, 11:11:53 AM
In 2012, mom and I travelled to VA, we stopped in this place in Louisiana off I-10, was straight up Cajun land, not even sure the city.  sloman had told me about it.

I think Boudin is Pork, and pork liver to boot, and the "real" stuff, Boy Howdy!   We had Boudin Ball's, Gator sausage and fried chicken...That was a one time deal for me, one bite of the Ball and I was done!  Had to pawn them off on my mom, did not care for the Gator sausage either, way to much filling and rice.

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Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: pz on September 02, 2017, 11:14:56 AM
Yum!  I love shops like that  :)
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: Bar-B-Lew on September 02, 2017, 12:11:00 PM
Decided to smoke some cheese today.  See How I... section.
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: InThePitBBQ on September 02, 2017, 02:26:56 PM
All I could find was Suzie's Polish Wedding Sausage..."A fresh all natural white sausage since 1975"...No idea, I will be interested in the answer too!

It's a traditional holiday and wedding non smoked white sausage we call Biała Kiełbasa.

Simple ingredients:
Pork shoulder
Sea Salt
Marjoram
Garlic
Pepper

It's a staple here for all weddings, Christmas and Easter. Plus, here in South Bend we take Easter to the extremes and celebrate wet Easter Monday aka Dingus Day and have it all over again.
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: Bar-B-Lew on September 02, 2017, 02:39:37 PM
Pulled off the cheese and turned grill up to 250.  Put on some mac n cheese and some meatloaf cupcakes.
Title: Re: What's cookin for Labor Day
Post by: Quadman750 on September 02, 2017, 03:36:52 PM
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