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Hey all, I heard a rumor the refrigerated meat container that would be arriving at our super market end of February or first of March would have some Tri-Tip in it, went to the store first thing Monday morning, Tuesday morning, nada, Wednesday morning there were five on display in the meat...

I've been wanting to do this for a long time, make some fish burgers, but every time I bring home some fish it either goes for poisson cru or grilled on the Genesis topped with sauce Roquefort. Friday I stopped by Ace Hardware and found this by the check out counter. While waiting in line I...

Here is the recipe for our poisson cru with coconut milk as requested. Ingredients 2-2 1/2 lbs tuna 2 large cucumbers, halved, deseeded and sliced 1/6" thick 2 bell peppers, cut into slices 1/4"x1" 1 sm red onion, sliced into small pieces 2 med carrots, grated 2 lg ripe tomatoes, seeded and...

Hey all, been real busy at work, so it's mostly lurking late at night,ya'll been putting out some good cooks, here's a plated pic to keep my dues paid up. Swordfish steak, with tartar sauce, poisson cru and white rice. And this is what is keeping me so busy, a complete remodel of my boss's...

but I don't know what to call it. Wednesday I was going from store to store looking for Mirin to make the yakatori chicken that I've seen here, I didn't find any Mirin, but in the last store I visited I found these. This store always has flour tortillas but it's rare to find corn, I bought...

With all of the good Mexican food being posted here we had a craving for some nachos, first we grilled some chicken breasts, made some pico de gallo and melted some Gruyere, Emmental, yellow Cheddar and white Cheddar and this is what we came up with. Sure was good, thanks for looking. Karl

Hey ya'll, Tahiti checking in here, I've been super busy the last two months so my time at TVWBB has been reduced to lurkin', you guys have been turning out some might fine grub tho and fortunately my key board is on a shelf that slides under the desk top so as to not drool all over it...

After drooling over Jim Lampe's high hung chicken thread I knew that would be tonight's dinner, I drilled a hole in the lid and used a stainless eye bolt I had left over from the Santa Maria build to suspend the bird over the enfer, I also cut a rotisserie bar I had hangin' round to length and...

Hey all, after seeing Tony R's grub and use of flap steak I'm curious as to what it is, the French beef cuts are not the same as American, but I think this is what ya'll are calling flap steak. Please correct me if I'm wrong. The meat in question is in the front of the pic, behind are some...

Here's our dinner for Friday night, when I said I would cook paninni using a baguette, my bride offered to go to the store at 7:PM to buy the real thing. Paninni bread. Melted 1/4 cup of butter and added 1 tsp granulated garlic to spread on the bread. Chopped up some of the chuck roll we...

Living on an island can be real boring, so since I've been reminiscing about the pulled beef sammies that we always ate back home at the Kern County Fair about this time of the year I pulled the trigger on a New Zealand Angus Chuck Roll. Weighs in at 11 1/2 pounds, converted to dollars it's...

Here's our Tomato Pie Recipe. Tomato Pie 1"9"fresh baked pie crust 1 6 oz package of fresh baby spinach 1 pound of bacon, diced 1/2 medium onion, diced 5 cloves of garlic, minced 1 1/2 pound of ripe tomatoes, seeded and diced 1 1/4 cup Mayo 1 generous teaspoon of Italian spice 1/4 cup...

As promised, here's some action shots and what could be better to cook on a Santa Maria Grill than a couple of tri-tips, sure brings back fond memories of cruising main street of Santa Maria on a Saturday afternoon, with the aroma of beef in the air from all of the vendors on the side streets...

I installed the cable to lower and raise the grill Saturday morning and I separated drumsticks from thighs and marinated 30# of RSC chicken legs to grill that afternoon. Here is my Santa Maria Style Grill in Tahiti. The rooster is my work buddy, I eat a lot of peanuts in the shell and he...

I had some other things I had to do Saturday morning so didn't get started until afternoon. Base welded together and shelves and handle pieces cut. I didn't realize it was late, ran out of paint, when I called Ace Hardware they were already closed. Fire grate pieces all cut. What it...

Hey all, After my hiatus, one of the first threads that caught my eye was a Santa Maria Grill, since I was saving for a charcoal grill and since they are so expensive here I decided to build a Santa Maria Grill instead, I'm making it portable so that I can take it with me to friends homes and...

Here's a French pastry, called a galette (kinda like a pie without a pan), made with fresh California peaches shipped here from Dinuba CA. This is where I bought the peaches, Cash and Carry, FAA'A Tahitit. ;) This was my first attempt cooking one on the WSM, looks like I had a couple of...

This might interest you, a fattie using ground parrot fish smoked on my WSM. It all starts out with this guy. Then the fish is ground just like hamburger. My bride mixing in some diced shallots and bells. Into the Zip-Loc and then refrigerate to hold shape.. After the bacon weave...

Time for me to go to work, ...this is the view from where I work. This is the bay where Captain Cook first dropped anchor when he arrived at Tahiti. Have a good day, Karl

With all of you posting pics of your Tri-Tips I was have major withdrawals, I cooked the last one of my stash several months ago, ...a couple of years ago I talked the butcher at the supermarket into ordering some Tri-Tip, he knew what it was from BBQ'ing in France, but didn't think it would go...