Mad Skillz

Both baking bread and barbecue are very easy to do well. Sadly, neither are commonly, or easily, purchased well.

There are vast stretches of this country where you can find neither good bread nor good barbecue for sale at any price.

If you want to enjoy life, learn to do both well. And then learn to brew, and you'll find good beer and good wine are as rare as good bread and good barbecue.

One woefully ignorant poster commented that barbecue and smoked meat "suck ass". This suggests that he never encountered GOOD barbecue or smoked meat. Done right, they are the stuff of legend.

Mike

I don't know who you are, but you are correct.

(PS--also depends on the woman, as far as BBQ'er vs. Baker. I suck at baking bread...it's one aspect of cooking I just can't master. It's sad because my mom makes THEE best caramel cinnamon rolls in the world, and I can't bake them...even with her recipe. On the other hand, I am quite skilled with the grill.)

Peach

Being a Gemini, I do both very well. And guys, it's a way show balance between your cavemanliness and your Alan Aldaness.

My best is olive and grain bread and mixed grill.

We entertain a lot for friends family and business, and not meaning (really) to brag, I'm always asked for formulas. I never follow a recipe, only my instinct, but finally started to journal my ingredients.

My most covented get together is the summer BBQ when I serve my best bread as big ass sandwhich buns on which you can put the grilled animals:

Squirrel, moose, horse, venison, rabbit, frog legs, and flash seared tuna. (each treated with their own marinade)

I send a menu out in advance with pictures (respectively) of our dinner victims:

Rocky, Bulllwinkle, Mr Ed, Bambi, Bugs, Kermit and Charley.

You better pass on telling the horse part while you are in or near Logan WV or you will be attacked...lol.

Amusing post.

LOL

Well Guv, Imnsho JoeSpareBedroom gave the answer that true men give. A true man needs three (3) tings

1 A home, could be house or cave. 2 Food, BBQ and bread are good 3 Sex, until he can't walk. You will notice 1 & 2 have alternates, #3 is singular.

Yeah, if you're in a Neanderthal competition.

gp

And what do you have against Neanderthals? They were a peaceful humanoid tribe that got wiped out by European h*mo sapiens, even though they had a larger brain capacity. Probably, they would have been more sophisticated than us humans.

Steve

What kind of stupid comment is that, Peachy Butt.

I don't know who you are, but you are correct.

(PS--also depends on the woman, as far as BBQ'er vs. Baker. I suck at baking bread...it's one aspect of cooking I just can't master. It's sad because my mom makes THEE best caramel cinnamon rolls in the world, and I can't bake them...even with her recipe. On the other hand, I am quite skilled with the grill.)

Peach

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What's with Logan and the horse thing?

I start my bread dough the day before, putting the rub on my brisket and/or pork shoulder at the same time. The next day I get the meat in the smoker, later getting the bread in the oven; hopefully to be done at the same time. Now......I go and tap off a large mug of my homebrew as I wait. A few mugs of overly hopped and carbonated IPA makes the waiting a lot easier.

l'd take the guy who can turn out a decent loaf of rye anyday.

I'm still waiting for someone who knows about and has baked "Salt Risin (or rising)" bread.

Moonbeam