I should have put this in the first time...

I respect you for making a decision and sticking with it.

My message was a quote of a Kevin Fowler song, refrencing his miracle of turning water to wine.

 

i really like kevin he is cool ....you ever heard jason boland? and i made a drunk chicken the other day w/ bud light and tabasco sause mixed in the can ...on the grill w/ some veggy stuff in the pan....it was awsome if you like a little spicy stuff!....oh yeah i rubbed the chicken down w/ that tonys stuff too

 

I love Jason, I am going to see him for the 14th time on Saturday. Would be 15 if he didn't wind up in rehab.

 

per Julia Childs, the alcohol cooks off at 120* for 2-3 minutes......wine or beer......sumtine like that, she had been at the sherry when she said it( yes I used to watch "Cooking with Julia".. what of it?)

Hoss... good stand imho,

 

...when you are pre-boiling your brats in beer / mustard / kraut, whatever - throw in a couple of hot chili peppers (the yellow ones, sliced open) - adds a smoky kick, really gotta try it....

 

Oh....I understand THAT....but to make true beer brats I would still have to go and BUY beer, which I'm not willing to do.

I wasn't expecting to get drunk from eating them.

I have a friend who makes an AWESOME fertilizer for his yard and one of the main ingredients is cheap beer. As much as I'd like to use that fertilizer (his yard looks great), I don't for the same reason mentioned above. The beer companies make plenty of money without my help.

Regarding that, much of the "wine" spoken of in the Bible was not fermented....meaning it was non-alcoholic. That isn't always the case, but if you study the Greek you will see that there are two different types of "wine" discussed in the Bible....some of which was fermented and some of which was not. Some of it was simply "fruit of the vine"....ie., grape juice.

Part of the reason they drank "wine" back then was to help settle their stomachs. Remember, they didn't have water treatment plants back then like we do today.

Not really a discussion I care to get into, but I just wanted to point that out.

Now...back to brats....I sure do love me some Johnsonville Beef Brats.

 

My Doctor says a drink of red wine a day is good for the heart!!

 

So is grape juice.

 

only dark grape juce not white! The german in me is crying at the thought of a bratwurst being eaten without a beer bath and sourcrout and NO DARK BEER?????

Just kidding. You shold try the spicy ones if that's your thing. I like those the best.

As for mustard go with some spicy stone ground brown musteard...

I'm gonna grill some tonight, you guys gave me a craving.

 

The spicier the better for me. I'll give those a try next time.

 

It's ok Pantera .... I filled in for ya today and ate a huge portion of Hefeweisen soaked bratwurst with sourkraut und spaetzle !!!

With a couple 1/2 pints of Dunkle Hefeweisen to wash it down properly.

The afternoon flew right by after that !!


Hoss ... what about buying alchohol free beer ?? At least you would still have some flavor to marinade with.

PISTOL

 

While that may work, I don't really feel like I'm missing out on anything by not using the beer. As I said, those couple or beef brats that were grilled and smoked went GREAT on a piece of potato bread.

But, to answer your question, I don't really want anything to do with ANY kind of beer...including root beer (not that I think there's anything wrong with root beer....except for the fact that it is absolutely the nastiest tasting beverage known to man).

 

View count is up to 444 as of now... I would bet that there are going to be several hundred BBQ pits fired up this evening! Dang! you guys are makin' me hungry!!!

K.

 

i have a freezer full of buffalo,elk, deer and hog......I sure hope I have at least one package of sausage links in there from one of them...if not then I will be going to store tonight for some brats....

spicy brats with spicy brown mustard........I like to enjoy mine the entire weekend.

 

I had GOOD hot links (not the cheap red ones... Made by a local meat market.) and fried potatos and onions for dinner. Cooked inside. Statewide ban on outdoor grilling. We need rain!