Food allergy blues

[Mikedyer74]

I’ve been a big fan of the Memphis dust recipe for many years for pork…recently my wife has developed an allergy where it has been recommended that she avoid onion powder and garlic powder (which seem to be in everything) any ideas for a decent pork rub that omits those key items? Is it even worth it to try to mix up a batch of the good stuff and omit them?

thanks in advance.

[barelfly]

Just make a small amount and give it a try?

you mentioned powder…is she able to eat minced garlic and minced onion? Or is it all onion and all garlic? You could experiment with raw added into the rub as you use it.

otherwise, just give it a whirl with the other ingredients and find some things you like that could work with the rubs.

[rickgregory]

is it just the powders or onion and garlic in general? If they say 'just the powders" I'd ask for more info, i.e. are there other things in the powders that trigger the allergy etc.

But to your main point - try just leaving them out and see how you like the recipe. Think about other savory flavors you both like that could amp up the flavor (smoked chili powder, etc). If you do something like a chili powder, make your own so you know there's no onion or garlic - dry chilis, remove seeds, grind...

[smokin fool]

The great thing about making your own dry rub is you can put what you want in it.
Like barelfly said make up a batch without garlic and onion powders.
If its lacking, plenty of other savories and spices you can add till you find something that works.

[FireMan]

I echo barelfly . Try minced dried. If that doesn’t work, raw. You will have to make yer own stuff which wouldn’t be a crime.

[Mikedyer74]

Thanks everyone, unfortunately it’s all garlic and onion, powder minced, fresh, ect but I’ll give it a whirl without it…couldn’t hurt, right.

[Murdy]

How about garlic chives?

[jehlydonuts]

Try out Michelle Tam’s Magic Mushroom Powder at Nom Nom Paleo. No garlic or onion, lots of flavor.

[texastweeter]

Make rendezvous seasoning just leave out the garlic, and substitute cumin.

[jfmorris]

I've grown to like that Rendezvous blend on my ribs more than the MMD lately.

[bbqLuv]

Try just plain old salt and pepper. It works rather well. I have tried it on chicken and pork chops with excellent results.
There seem to be more and more people developing allergies these days.

[fracmeister]

More ribs for you?

[rickgregory]

The rub is fairly easy to deal with but if she's allergic to all onion and garlic eating out is going to be impossible unless her reaction is mild and she's willing to tolerate it for the sake of a restaurant meal. Any chance she can be desensitized?

[Davek8282]

+1 I was about to say almost the same thing. Onion and garlic has to be one of the hardest allergies to deal with when it comes to dining out.

[jfmorris]

Man, that is a bummer. I would just make a rub without those two ingredients and see how it goes. I like the Rendezvous dry rub recipe from the free side, as @texastweeter mentioned above, with that change of garlic to cumin.

Here's the link to that rub:

Memphis Dry Rub Recipe, Rendezvous-Style (amazingribs.com)

No onion powder in that recipe, so you just have to change the one ingredient.

[Starsky]

Don't know if this helps, but I looked up and maybe you can substitute shallots for onions

[Oak Smoke]

I’m hearing more and more about smoking pork with just salt and pepper. I know ribs are good that way and have read here and other places that cooking a pork belly with just S&P is wonderful.

[Bob's BBQ]

I have a similar problem. I still make the Memphis Dust but replace the garlic powder with cumin. No one noticed any difference.