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The Argentinian trick is basically: 1. let the grill get hot 2. rub with something to clean old grit 3. rub again with a chunk of fat (from the meat) for flavo
by dguaraglia 10y ago
The Argentinian trick is basically:
1. let the grill get hot
2. rub with something to clean old grit
3. rub again with a chunk of fat (from the meat) for flavor
The "something" in step #2 has varied over the years. Back in the day, my grandpa used to use old newspapers... which of course we know today it's not such a great idea, heh. Onions, half a potato, a corn stalk, even a chunk of brick will do the trick. You just want to make sure you don't have old chunks of stuff clinging from the grill.
- nikatwork 10y ago> old newspapers... which of course we know today it's not such a great idea, heh Why is it a bad idea? The newspaper thing is common in Oz, and a quick Google turned up nothing.
- mattashii 10y agoThe ink in newspapers is often 'not good' to 'bad' for your health, which makes rubbing it onto your cookwares a slightly dubious choice.
- ageofwant 10y agoThat used to be true, these days most newspaper inks are soy based, so its probably safe.
- yeowMeng 10y agoBut metaphorically, do you want the ink of news running through your blood... Maybe!
- croon 10y agoMy favorite vector for consuming the news!
- TeMPOraL 10y agoWhy use paper as a moderator? I go with direct ink IV, to cut out the middleman.
- hiddenkrypt 10y agoAh, so this is why print is dying as a medium.
- dguaraglia 10y agoGotta say, nothing beats the smell of burning newspaper when you first start making a barbecue. I feel better about the ink being soy based now.
- nazgul17 10y agoNot even bacon drops falling on the embers?
- dguaraglia 10y agoWhat mattashii said: newspaper ink has (or at least used to have) lots of lead. I'm not sure how bad it is, but I'd imagine that long-term you might want to avoid it. Specially when something as easy to find as a potato or a bunch of leaves will do the same job without the risk :)
- aaron695 10y ago> but I'd imagine that long-term you might want to avoid it. It's safe now. People use it for compost all the time. The real danger from a BBQ is smoke.
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- wavefunction 10y agoThe whole point of barbecue is indirect cooking with smoke. Unless y'all mean grilling when you say BBQ.
- riffraff 10y agois this for real ? I've always meant grilling and assumed anyone else meant the same :( EDIT: might be a linguistic issue, wikipedia has different meanings of BBQ in different languages.
- afarrell 10y agoYea, if you hear "BBQ" and think "grilling", then you might be missing out on the phenomenon that is real southern BBQ, which is a significantly different culinary phenomenon. Growing up in the northeast US, I didn't learn about the existence of BBQ until I was 23.
- jeremy7600 10y agoSadly this was the case for me until Dinosaur BBQ made their way into the local scene. Now I smoke my own pork shoulders, ribs and chicken. And its much cheaper this way :)
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 10y agoI heard if you eat enough you will start to lean to the left.
- tmaly 10y agowhat do you do about rust? The chrome coating on my grill comes off and the iron underneath rusts. The wire bristle was the only thing working.
- dugite-code 10y agoyou "treat" the metal much like you would a cast iron skillet. After using, clean the grill, rub a thin coat of oil (I use canola different oils provide different seal quantity) then heat to smoking point. Wipe down and repeat a few times. This will coat the metal. Most importantly DON'T use detergents it'll ruin the seal
- glormph 10y agoNot sure if you mean this, but the detergent thing is called a myth here: http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/11/the-truth-about-cast-iron.html http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/11/the-truth-about-cast-iron... Happy washing-upping!
- tmaly 10y agoIt is always an after thought, you finish cooking and the grill is super hot from the charcoal. Its late at night, you want to eat and relax. By the time the grill cools, you are sound asleep.
- wavefunction 10y agoWell there's your problem, iron is fine, it's the iron oxide you want to avoid.