Here are ten tips that will help prepare your kitchen for the holiday entertaining season.
3 Delectable Wild Game Recipes
If you’re a hunter, or have a hunter in your family, every year during hunting season your freezer probably gets filled with loads of delicious game meat. Or perhaps after a day of hunting, you want to sit down and enjoy the fruits of your labours. When it comes to cooking wild game, there are a few classic recipes every cook should know.
How to Ensure Your Thanksgiving Dinner Goes Off Without a Hitch
Thanksgiving is coming up soon, so it’s time to start making plans. If you’re hosting this important holiday meal, you may feel overwhelmed with the task. After all, this holiday is all about the food, even more so than other holidays. But, with some planning and consideration, you can pull off your Thanksgiving dinner without a hitch. Here are our best tips.
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How to Make Fool Proof Fall-Off-the-Bone Ribs
Ribs are a delicacy that most people relish taking a bite of whenever available. However, it is interesting that we never actually prepare them that often owing to the misconception that ribs are difficult to prepare. Surprisingly, preparing delicious fall-off-the-bone ribs doesn’t require a lot of effort! All you need is a hot oven and the patience to wait the time it takes to get excellent results. This simple recipe is favourable for anyone. With that said, let’s get started.
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10 Unexpected Uses For Bacon Grease
Bacon obviously makes everything better, but what about the grease? Before you ditch the drippings, try one of these unexpected uses for bacon fat. You can thank us later!
- Bacon flavoured crackers: Melt enough bacon fat to coat the bottom of a skillet and heat until hot. Lightly dust a flour tortilla with smoked paprika and cook until puffed, crisp, and golden. Immediately season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Best fried rice: Swap your oil with bacon grease and cook all your ingredients as usual!
- Fried bread: Slather both sides of a thick slice of bread with bacon fat, then cook in a skillet until golden on both sides. Enjoy the world’s greatest grille cheese.
- Fried potatoes slabs: Melt a few spoonfuls of bacon fat in a large skillet. Arrange slabs of potatoes about 1/3-inch-thick in a single layer, add a cupful of water, cover and cook until the water is cooked off and the potatoes are sizzling and golden brown; turn and cook until browned on the other
- Add into soups
- Sautéed cabbage: Melt a few spoonfuls of bacon fat in a hot skillet, add a chopped onion and cook until softened, then add a cored and shredded 1/2 head of cabbage and cook until wilted and soft. Season generously with freshly black p If you have the time, cook the bacon first and proceed with the rendered fat; then top the finished dish with crumbled bacon.
- Use instead of oil when popping popcorn over the stove
- Mix with cream cheese over skillet to make a cream sauce for veggies or pasta
- Replace up to half the oil/butter in cookie recipe
- Cook breakfast foods – pancakes, French toast, waffles, etc.
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About Spragg’s Meat Shop
Spragg’s Meat Shop is a family owned and operated business located in Rosemary, Alberta. Greg and Bonnie Spragg raise hogs, process, and market their pork products direct to Albertan consumers. Spragg’s works hard to produce the best pork for Albertans, from the day the pigs are born, to the day the pork chops are cut, bacon is smoked and the roast is marinated. The Spragg family hopes that you get as much enjoyment eating their pork as they do getting it to your table.
5 Easy Steps To Getting Your Barbecue Ready For Grilling Season
For most, the spring cleaning means washing the windows, wiping down the cabinets and giving the oven a deep clean, but for the Kings and Queens of the grill spring cleaning means tuning up the most important cooking tool – the barbecue. Don’t enter BBQ season without showing your grill a little love and care. Here are our 5 quick, easy and affordable steps to getting your barbecue ready for grilling season.
You’ll need:
- Stainless-Steel Brush
- Putty Knife
- Sponge
- Dish Soap
Step 1: Burn off any residue from last season. Turn your grill on high, close the lid and leave it to burn off the mess for 10-15 minutes.
Step 2: Give the grates a good scrub. Remove the charred residue with a stainless-steel brush. If the grates are greasy, remove them, wipe them down with a soapy sponge, rinse, and towel-dry.
Step 3: Tackle the burners. Use a putty knife to scrape off any grease and clean the burners with the stainless-steel brush. Look closely at whether the gas jets are clogged. If so, use the tip of a wire hanger to poke through the centre of each one. If necessary, scrub the burners with soapy water, rinse them off and towel-dry. Remove the burners for the next step.
Step 4: Hit the walls. Scrape the walls of your barbecue with the putty knife. If necessary, wipe the walls with soapy water.
Step 5: Final Inspection. Check for leaks and cracks in your gas hose, and inspect your control knobs, thermometers, and handles. Replace any loose or broken parts to keep your grill in good shape all summer long!
Can’t get enough of Spragg’s? Subscribe to our newsletter today! You can also follow us on Facebook & Twitter.
About Spragg’s Meat Shop
Spragg’s Meat Shop is a family owned and operated business located in Rosemary, Alberta. Greg and Bonnie Spragg raise hogs, process, and market their pork products direct to Albertan consumers. Spragg’s works hard to produce the best pork for Albertans, from the day the pigs are born, to the day the pork chops are cut, bacon is smoked and the roast is marinated. The Spragg family hopes that you get as much enjoyment eating their pork as they do getting it to your table.