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Postby Gator » Fri Apr 06, 2007 12:26 pm

'Busted Pinto Beans

1 lb Dry Pinto Beans
3 Tbl SuckleBusters All Purpose Seasoning
1 Ham Hock
1/2 Baking potato sliced in 1/2 inch sections

Soak the beans in water overnight, drain, rinse and put in a Crock Pot. Add the SuckleBusters, ham hock and potato slices. Fill crock with water. I usually cook on high 'til it hits a slow boil, the reduce to low until I'm ready to eat. All told you can put on early in the morning and be done mid-afternoon or easily by dinner. Remove and discard potato before serving.

If'n you want to get fancy - throw in onion, bell pepper, diced tomato, chiles or any type of peppers. Any combo of that stuff makes it mo better. :D

Serve with corn bread (prefered):
http://bubbabbq.homeunix.net/Recipes/KeriCornbread.html

Or wrapped hot flour tortilias with cheese and hot sauce. Yum. Yum. 8)
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Postby SteerCrazy » Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:19 pm

looks great and simple! Thanks! :wink:
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Postby Puff » Fri Apr 06, 2007 4:23 pm

Samples recieved today!
Testing to begin this week :D

Gator dem beans sound awesome :D
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Postby OSD » Fri Apr 06, 2007 4:44 pm

A de-farted bean recipe :shock: :shock: It sounds great and may taste great but, it sure does take the fun out of things. :( :? :lol: :lol:
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Postby Larry Wolfe » Fri Apr 06, 2007 5:11 pm

OSD wrote:A de-farted bean recipe :shock: :shock: It sounds great and may taste great but, it sure does take the fun out of things. :( :? :lol: :lol:


I agree, if you can't fart after eating beans, what's the point???
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Postby Puff » Fri Apr 06, 2007 5:16 pm

Larry Wolfe wrote:
OSD wrote:A de-farted bean recipe :shock: :shock: It sounds great and may taste great but, it sure does take the fun out of things. :( :? :lol: :lol:


I agree, if you can't fart after eating beans, what's the point???

I guess it depends on where you point it :D
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Postby OSD » Fri Apr 06, 2007 5:27 pm

In the most obvious direction ----> Image :lol: :lol:
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Postby Puff » Fri Apr 06, 2007 6:13 pm

OSD wrote:In the most obvious direction ----> Image :lol: :lol:

ROLF LMAO!! Now that was a good one! :lol:
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Postby Big Mike » Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:28 pm

Mine arrived today, I will test soon.
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Postby perryranch » Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:42 pm

OSD wrote:In the most obvious direction ----> Image :lol: :lol:


OMG I laughed so hard. Still laughing. I needed that

Oh and I got my samples yesterday I'll be trying them out this week if I don't work. If I work it'll be next weekend.
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Postby DATsBBQ » Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:15 am

Got mine yesterday. They all smell good. The Mrs wants breaded chops for dinner, so I'll start my test there.
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Postby 3970010 » Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:22 am

Just got some samples in the mail yesterday. Gonna test em this week. My wife is all eggcited. Let yall know later.
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Postby Scotty Da Q » Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:01 am

Got mine on Thursday, did up some burgers

Finger in the bag:
1 - kinda hot, nice
2 - less hot, more afterburn
3 - slight initial bite, mild
4 - initially mild, nice afterburn

On burgers:
1 - great flavor, nice afterburn
2 - subtle flavor, heat didn't carry through
3 - nice mild overall taste
4 - subtle flavor, not much afterburn

For the masses, I'd go for 3 being the best, and 4 being the lesser. I'll add it to the polls. Thanks for the samples Gator ! Good job!
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Postby TX Sandman » Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:44 am

Finally had some time to do at least the look-smell-finger taste tests. Wanted to write my initial observations.

Visual:
1. Good color, light reddish tone, good texture with individual spices seen.
2. Slight grainy appearance, darker rust red tone.
3. Similar texture to 1, rust tone.
4. Good color, reddish-pink tone, more uniform texture.
Ranked: 1-3-2-4
Note: 1 and 3 could be flipped. I prefered the red tone over the rust, but that's all. 4 was too uniform to me. I like seeing the individual spice.

Smell:
1. Strong smell of chili-powder/cumin?
2. Not much smell that I could tell.
3. Good odor. Not over-powering.
4. Again, good smell. Less odor than 3.
Ranked: 3-4-1-2
Note: I like the spice smell, but 1 was very strong, IMO.

Finger taste (all samples were very salty to me):
1. Good balance of flavors, but not much heat.
2. Again, no real heat, seemed saltier than 1.
3. Initial bite of heat, faded quickly. Heat hid other flavors.
4. No initial burn, but heat crept up on you. Good balance with flavors.
Ranked: 4-3-1-2
Note: I like heat, and 4 was the best here. 1 and 2 didn't seem to have much there. Good flavor balance with other spices in all the rubs.

So far, the best overall has been 3, with good visual, smell, and taste results. The cook test should be the next couple of days, so that'll be the breaker.
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Postby Puff » Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:56 pm

I've been working way to much!
Gator testing will begin early this week sorry for the delay :wink:

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