What Animal Is Joe Eating?

Frozen Pizza

Posted: 11/10/2006

Last night, Mary went to the grocery store, so it was a frozen pizza night. Oh, one might think typical cardboard texture, flavorless junk, but we have a few local manufacturers that make a nice pizza. We had two— Connie’s and Home Run. Connie’s actually has large chunks of vegatables that have been roasted. Home Run is the only frozen pizza where I can actually taste the anchovy in the sauce.

Now, many people hear ‘anchovy,’ and think salty, fishy, nasty. Anchovy is something that if it’s not in a sauce that typically has anchovy, such as marinara, it tastes like something is missing, and no amount of salt or other spice will make up the difference. There is no substitute for anchovy.

Today, I rubbed four racks of ribs which I’m smoking tomorrow. Two of the racks will be finished with a mixture of Sweet Baby Ray’s and wine; the other two will be finished with a raspberry/smoked jalapeño sauce. My rub is made of salt, black pepper, onion powder, cumin, chili powder, cayenne and paprika. Half of it is a good smoked paprika. For four racks, I made up about a cup and a half of rub. They’ll be on the smoke for about six hours tomorrow at about 225ºF. I'm also doing a Frenched rack of lamb that I’ll season with ground rosemary, salt, garlic and black pepper.

I’m getting hungry.

What Animal Is Joe Eating?

Updated 12/6/06

Frozen Pizza