At the suggestions of some of my bourbon brethren, I picked up a bottle of Fee Brother's Turkish Tobacco bitters and made an Old Fashioned.
These may be the best bitters that I've ever had, and I've tried a lot of them.
I'm not much of a cocktail drinker and I don't have much experience with bitters. My friend made the BBQ Bitters recipe from the cocktail bar Proof & Provision in Atlanta's Georgian Terrace Hotel - published in Gun and Garden Magazine Feb. 2013. It makes a bunch, my friend still has some and keeps me supplied.
Your secret ingredient for the perfect Bloody Mary and more
I use it in my pork butt injection recipe the night before I smoke the pork butt: 1/4c salt 1/4c sugar and bring to the 2c level with 50% water and 50% apple cider vinegar. Add 5-6 drops of the BBQ Bitters. You get a slight hint of a taste of them in the finished pulled pork - in a good way. Enough for two 8-10 lb butts.
Love the ice technique. Now I gotta try that. Might look for the bitters too. Got a bottle of Bulleit for Christmas I need to open.
Yeah...my wife gifted me the glass. It comes with a silicon wedge that you pour water into. When you're ready to use the glass, just pull out the mold and it leaves a nice wedge of ice.
She found it at a Hallmark store of all places. I know it was at least 10 years ago, if not longer. I rarely use it unless I'm drinking high test whiskey, or the rare cocktail.
Cooking gadgets
Weber Summit Charcoal Grill Center
Weber Summit Platinum D6
Blue Rhino Razor
Dyna-Glo XL Premium Dual Chamber
Camp Chef Somerset IV along with their Artisan Pizza Oven 90
Anova WiFi
Thermometers
Thermapen Mk4 - ThermaQ High Temp Kit - ThermaQ Meathead Kit - ThermaQ WiFi - ThermoWorks IR-GUN-S - ThermoWorks Signals & Billows - ThermoPop -ThermoWorks ProNeedle - ThermoWorks TimeStick Trio x2 - and a Christopher Kimball timer - NO, I do not work for ThermoWorks...I just like their products.
Other useful bits...
KitchenAid 7-qt Pro Line stand mixer
A Black & Decker food processor that I can't seem to murder
A couple of immersion blenders, one a "consumer" model & the other a "high end" Italian thing. Yes, the Italian one is a bit better, but only marginally
Instant Pot Duo Evo Plus 8-qt + accessories like egg-bite & egg holders
All-Clad pots & pans, along with some cast iron...everything from 7" Skookie pans to 8.5qt Dutch ovens
Weber GBS griddle, pizza stone, and wok
Knives range from Mercer to F. Dick to "You spent how much for one knife? One knife?!" LOL
Great, another thing to add to my TotalWine list…
I’m always amazed when I can walk out of there for less than $100.
And when the clerk says, “Did you find everything ok?”
I say, “IDK, did you hide things?” LOL
so many questions - does it taste "tobacco'y"? are you a smoker/chewer? does it make the liquor taste like tobacco or just a flavor kind of close to that? does it make it taste more like a peaty scotch? does your pee smell funny afterward?
DeusDingo It does have that sweet, smoky essence similar to a cured tobacco leaf with hints of coffee. No it does not make the liquor taste like tobacco nor does it taste anything like peaty scotch. As for you last question, (which is proof that all thoughts should not be posts), it's bitters, not asparagus!
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