For Girlangler, since she pinged me and is into cast iron
A couple pounds of venison or lamb or elk or whatever, loin or steak, layered in your dutch oven with onion maybe 1 per pound of meat, yams 1 per pound and some extra, couple tomatoes, mustard, your choice of reduced plum or apple, or for simplicity jam, a couple hours in the coals, top and bottom, then cover with a bisquick batter, another 20 or 30 minutes, the oven buried under coals. If you'r into stores, it's good with skirt of flank steak.
One transcribed from a cookbook I was given some years ago, but haven’t had the occasion to try. Hope it helps someone.
BBQ for 500
With a backhoe dig pit 6 feet deep and 12 feet long.
One cattle truck load of mountain mahogany or oak. Dry.
Feed the load in in 3 hours, allow 2 ½ hours to burn to coals.
400 pounds of roasts, 15 pounds each, each bundled with three onions, garlic, bbq sauce and sugar and wraped in cheesecloth. Two layers.
Wrap in aluminum foil (a modern touch)
Wrap in wet burlap
Tie with wire, put in the pit on a layer of sand, cover the pit with steel sheeting and dirt till airtight.
Come back in 18 hours, it’s ready.
Thats a fine BBQ recipie
"BBQ for 500
With a backhoe dig pit"...........
WHAT a hoot...I'm thinking, living in the burbs....I'd get in a WEEEEEEE bit of trouble for this. ;)
BUT! I'm going to save this ... you just NEVER know. ;)
Dude! We need a Freeper get together and try this out.
Bristol race?