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The Grillboy can be your helper for this summers cookouts

Posted Jun 2nd 2008 10:01AM by Shayna Glick
Filed under: On the Blogs, Grilling, Food Gadgets, Summer

A new device used for cleaning grills called the Grillboy.

Do you plan on doing a lot of grilling this summer? You'll probably have to clean the grill at least a few times, but now you don't have to use chemical cleaners or lots of water to do it.

Inventor Spot is keeping us environmentally friendly this summer by highlighting the Grillboy. It's a new device that's shaped like a stick figure with all different sized grooves on the hands and feet. The grooves are for scraping the carbon buildup off of the grill, and the different sized grooves make the Grillboy useful for lots of grills.

The Grillboy is also a magnet, so just put it on the fridge for storage and you'll always know where to find it when you're getting ready for your next cookout.

Here, have a smoky cupcake

Posted May 23rd 2008 10:34AM by Ellen Slattery
Filed under: Dessert, Recipes, Baking, Memorial Day, Summer

The Cupcake Project is a huge contributor to the Slashfood Flickr pool. But because I don't want to express favoritism among our flickr posters, I try to limit my Cupcake Project posts to about one a month.

And what better way to celebrate the upcoming Memorial Day weekend than with cupcakes? But these aren't any cupcakes, and they probably won't satisfy your sweet tooth.

Enter: All-American Barbecue Cupcakes. Essentially, you add liquid smoke to a chocolate cupcake recipe, and top it with a sweet corn frosting that contains four gloriously simple ingredients: sweet corn, cream cheese, butter, and sugar. (And did anything bad ever come out of a recipe whose two main ingredients were butter and cream cheese?) The red, white, and blue star sprinkles don't hurt, either.

Okay, so they sound a little funny - but props to Cupcake Project to being creative and unique. They sound like the perfect addition to any cookout. Just serve 'em and watch your guests' eyes widen in surprise and their faces sink into relaxed, contented smiles.

The perfect treatment for individually wrapped slices of American cheese

Posted May 14th 2008 6:58PM by Marisa McClellan
Filed under: Cheese, Food Oddities

I find that those slices of individually wrapped American cheese are always disappointing. I can't remember the last time I bought them, but occasionally, when I'm at a cookout or barbecue, I forget and get them on my burger. One bite in I regret the choice, as while they have amazing melting properties, there's really nothing redeeming about them. You get a mouthful of tasteless cheesy food product that coats your tongue like liquid plastic and ruins a perfectly good piece of grilled meat.

Because of my disdain for these slices of faux cheese, I was particularly delighted to discover a far more interesting and creative use for them. Cheese racing. This is a practice in which people (mostly like while they are under the influence of alcohol) toss the still-wrapped slices onto a grill, in order to see who's slice will puff up the fastest. Apparently the plastic doesn't melt or burst and the cheese gives off inflating gas. Who knew!

[via Neatorama]

For the 4th: Hershey's Chocolate Barbecue Sauce

Posted Jul 4th 2007 1:41PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Chocolate, Recipes, Barbecuing, Spirit of Summer, Stores & Shopping

Hershey's Syrup If you haven't started your cookout yet, maybe this is something you'd like to try: Hershey's Chocolate Barbecue Sauce!

It comes from Charlie Gipe, the executive chef at Hershey's and sounds like maybe a pop food version of mole sauce. You use four cups of Hershey's chocolate syrup, which sounds like a lot, but there is also four whole lemons and vinegar so I'm sure that balances the flavor. Full recipe after the jump.

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Oysters are gross, but here's a guide to eating them

Posted Jan 14th 2007 3:31PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Magazines, How To, Shellfish

Oysters This might be just because I'm not a big seafood fan in the first place (except for some fish, clams, and scallops), but I find oysters a rather odd food to even think about eating. The way it must feel when it's going down your throat...gah. I wouldn't eat one for a million dollars.*

But I know that a lot of you out there love them, and Esquire has everything you need to know about buying and eating them: what they are, the difference between East Coast and West Coast oysters, how to shuck them (including the equipment you'll need), and a few companies where you can buy the best oysters in the country.

Oyster lovers, rejoice!

* This is a lie. I actually would eat one for a million dollars.

All-cookie picnic

Posted Jul 13th 2006 10:32AM by Nicole Weston
Filed under: Snacks, Dessert, Baking, Spirit of Summer, Bakeries

Eleni's Cookies has some of the loveliest, hand-decorated cookies that you're likely to find anywhere, but it seems like most people only think about having decorated cookies around some of the winter holidays, like Christmas and Valentine's Day. This is too bad because they're missing out on some of Eleni's more fun designs, like this Cookie Cookout box. It has cookies decorated like ice cream cones, ice cream sandwiches,lemonade, watermelons, burgers, fries, hot dogs and even a grill and ice chest! There are a total of 19 cookies in the tin, so you may have to share. Eleni's also has a summer beach set, a Mexican fiesta and a stars and stripes collection, which would certainly be a huge hit at a summer party.

Mario Tailgates NASCAR Style

Posted Apr 14th 2006 9:06AM by Nick Vagnoni
Filed under: Books

When I first saw Mario Batali's new paperback Mario Tailgates NASCAR Style on Jessica's Biscuit, I thought it was a joke. I got my hands on a copy at a local bookstore today and, indeed, it's real. Apparently Mario likes NASCAR. At least, that's what the introduction lead me to believe, as he speaks of NASCAR fans in the first person plural. The recipes are a combination of American "cookout" food and some recycled items from Mario's previous books. Ham and cheese biscuits and "Mario's Kick Ass Barbecue Sauce" mingle with pork braciolona and grilled lobster with Limoncello. I just don't know about the logistics of stuffing, trussing and braising a pork shoulder in a tailgait environment. Still, I have to give the man credit for continuing to broaden the palate of the average joe. But with Mario's well-known penchant for using unusual meats, I'm a little surprised that I didn't see any roadkill cookery in here. Maybe I just didn't look hard enough.

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The Grillboy can be your helper for this summers cookouts

Here, have a smoky cupcake

The perfect treatment for individually wrapped slices of American cheese

For the 4th: Hershey's Chocolate Barbecue Sauce

Oysters are gross, but here's a guide to eating them

All-cookie picnic

Mario Tailgates NASCAR Style

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