If there is no brisket or no ribs- NewsFlash- it is not tried and true BBQ!! As another year goes by in my birthday chapters, your mom and I, will be traveling south to Austin, TX. Where we will be going to a few famous places, especially Franklin Barbecue, to devour my favorite meats: Brisket and Ribs!! BBQ is one of America's signature dishes, a riotous explosion of flavors that truly sets American cuisine apart since there's nothing quite like it anywhere else in the world. There are all sorts of classic BBQ meats — pulled pork, beef ribs, pork ribs, sausage, and the king of all BBQ meats, brisket. That reminds me, we need to settle this once and for all. The king of meats is brisket. Eating chopped up pork is not comparable to grabbing a rack of ribs or hefty chunk of brisket and going to town. Pork needs sauce due to being boring while brisket and ribs absorb natural smoke flavors that require no sauce when perfected with a great bark on the outside. Hot take smoked turkey is even better than pork. The issue is that no one is willing to start this conversation or willing to try these other meats. Chopped up pork is simply boring. It is like having the option between watching Tim Duncan or Michael Jordan. While Tim Duncan is a hall of famer and championship MVP, he was never going to excite you with jaw dropping plays or thunderous throw down dunks like MJ. Brisket is the goat of barbecue just like MJ. Pork is a cheap cut of meat and brisket is not! Anytime you go to a real BBQ joint who serves more than one meat, Pork becomes envious of the glistening turkey, rib, and brisket nearby. Why? Well patrons must grab some sort of "bottle" to drench the sad meat in a drizzle of sauce out of pity to make it edible compared to the amazing meat that hold better real estate on the tray. Remember BBQ is ate on a tray not a plate! I've ate BBQ from California to the east coast of NC. NC does not know how to do anything but whole hog. Yet they cook it with the skin still attached, and when it comes off the pit, the shoulder is separated into individual cuts. The down fall is they chop the pork into almost oatmeal minced meat rather than pulling it apart. All the flavor evaporates unless they live in the crackling which helps it a bit but not enough to come close to any brisket and the bark flavor you have in each bite. Pulled pork is best served as carnitas when you enrich the cheap meat with mexican/lain flavors. If you want that tender, soft, melt-in-your-mouth, fork tender, cuts like “butter” beef then brisket is your best friend, your baby, your go to BBQ meat! I have a love affair with brisket. It is my meat soul-mate, if you will. It's so forgiving, it's so tender (when barbecued right), it's so easy to work with and lends itself to any and every possible preparation under the great big bright sun (sweet or savory or spicy, Asian or Argentinian inspired, with coffee or beer or apple juice, in a taco, on a tray, or atop a pizza, in an omelet, BBQ connoisseurs know it is king). Eating chopped up pork is not comparable to grabbing a rack of ribs or hefty chunk of brisket and going to town. Pork needs sauce due to being boring while brisket and ribs absorb natural smoke flavors that require no sauce when perfected with a great bark on the outside. Another hot take smoked turkey is even better than pork. The issue is that no one is willing to start this conversation. Chopped up pork is simply boring. It is like having the option between watching Tim Duncan or Michael Jordan. While Tim Duncan is a hall of famer and championship MVP, he was never going to excite you with jaw dropping plays or thunderous throw down dunks like MJ. He was not the hottest ticket when both were in the same town. Sure, Tim Duncan was great in his own ways and pork is still edible but Brisket, Brisket is the goat of barbecue just like MJ. Pork is a cheap cut of meat and brisket is not! There is truth in cheap bbq ain't good and good bbq ain't cheap! Neither are the 5 weekly finds sprouted from raising twin boys.....
Veteran Parent Tip: Buying a bullhorn to loudly announce from your car, “Your Uber driver has arrived and I ate all of your cookies in the pantry!!” gives you a 79% greater chance of your twins no longer making you wait when it is time to leave the playground!!
New truck:
Me- Day 1: absolutely no eating in the truck!!
Day 4: handing brisket to the kids in the backseat*
I love when twins get along and play nicely together and are so kind to each other. It’s the best 60 seconds of my day!!
Twins: So, your birthday is coming up and we get to choose what we have for dinner that night for you!!
Twins: HMM… WHAT IS THAT GOOD MEAT?
Me: It’s my Bir....
Twins: Brisket… We will HAVE BRISKET!!
My favorite is when the twins ask me to take them to Target so they can buy something with their own money & then when we get in line both say, “Are you really gonna make us use our own money??”
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