“Alright Lads this is a respectable event and we will all behave accordingly” Greetings from the US of A, Land of the Free, Home of the Brave and the Mecca of all things Barbecue. And to top it all off we are celebrating the day of my birth. I am officially one step closer to…
Tag: pork
MY SEXY BUTT
Unfortunately we are not discussing my derriere. I have been told that it is rather ample for a man although it makes buying jeans an absolute bastard! The bloody era of Indie and 16 year old pop stars has not done anything to assist the cause either when skinny jeans became all the rage. No…
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DON’T GO BACON MY HEART
My wife is actually a weirdo. She claims she doesn’t. like. bacon. How is this even a thing?! Bacon is the main reason I’m not a vegetarian. Bacon makes everything better in life.
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BEARDYQ
BEARD FACT NO 1: IN THe middle ages touching a man’s beard was incredibly offensive and in extreme cases often lead to a duel. Nowadays I find that people just seem to come up to me and stroke my face like I’m some sort of cat. The truth is, having a beard isn’t just all…
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BUT FIRST, COFFEE
The English are known as a nation of tea drinkers, there’s nothing more English than the thought of your nan in a flowery hat with a bone china cup and a fresh brew. And I like a cup of tea, but I LOVE a cup of coffee. I am in fact, like many, a coffee…
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(LUCK OF THE) IRISH BARBECUE
From last week’s blog post we travel from the Land of brisket barbecue, Texas to… Ireland? Wait, wait, wait hear me out. You might just be interested to know that not everything in Ireland is boiled. But before we head into the facts, another Irish themed Jack connotation for you readers as told by me…
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THE CARB BEFORE THE STORM
I was extremely privileged to be asked to write an article for the brilliant UK BBQ Magazine recently and my initial reaction was “awesome mate, of course I will!!” It wasn’t until I returned home of course when reality set in, followed by panic and of course a complete mind blank. What on earth was…
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THIS LITTLE PIGGY DIDN’T GO TO MARKET
Since I started my journey down the rabbit hole of all things BBQ I have found myself starting to question the provenance of my meat. I fell we need to do more as a consumer, what we see wrapped and neatly presented on the supermarket shelfs for our convenience has had a journey and I…
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EMBRACING THE RED HEAD – THE GINGER PIG REVIEW
Ah pork. Undoubtedly my favourite meat, there is yet to be a cut of pork that I simply do not enjoy. So it was an absolute no brainer when Mrs Shack presented me with a Ginger Pig butchery course voucher for my birthday last year that I gleefully booked the pork course. The Ginger Pig outline…
