HURRY! ENDS SOON: Discussion Thread -> "Cook it like Cowgirl!" Throwdown (Entries and Quality ON TOPIC *CLEAN* Discussion Only)

What if Cowgirl enters and doesn't win??

Hey! There has already been a cook like cowgirl TD. lol
Thanks for the idea though Titch. :-D

Would you Mods like to extend the end day to the 8th because of the Holiday? I believe it's been done like that before.

cowgirl said:

Hey! There has already been a cook like cowgirl TD. lol
Thanks for the idea though Titch. :-D

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That was the "Attempt to cook like Cowgirl" TD, wasn't it?

Cook like Cowgirl That is not easy

so the cooking aparatus or the food? like on a tractor rim or ?

SmittyJonz said:

so the cooking aparatus or the food? like on a tractor rim or ?

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Either or, or both. :thumb:

Cooking it like Cowgirl - Dutch Oven Bierocks, or Runzas, or whatever you want to call them.

This is my entry into the “Cook it like Cowgirl!” Throwdown.

Bierocks are meat-filled pastries originating in Eastern Europe. German and Russian immigrants ended up bringing them to the Americas and they are enjoyed all over, especially in areas with large Eastern European populations.

Here is Cowgirl's cook -
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=170945&highlight=bierocks

Sweat the onions, add the meat and cook until its browned. Now add the cabbage and cook until it wilts.

I now set this aside and prepped my kamado for the cook as the D.O. table.

I cooked these in this Camp Chef Dutch Oven.

Rubbed it down with some butter flavored Crisco. Lite up some briquettes in a chimney on my side burner.
Prepared my work area. Rolled out the dough into a 14” long loaf shape and cut it into 7 roughly equal pieces. I rolled each piece into a ball and then into an approximate 7” to 8” round disk. Add 2 giant spoonful’s of filling, fold over all the sides, pinch closed and place into the D.O.



I place 10 briquettes on the bottom and then the D.O. and 20 briquettes on top.

I closed the lid with the vents wide open.


Here is one straight out of the D.O.



And here is one plated with some potato salad and a Modern Times Hoppy Wheat bear.



And here is the money shot below.

These are delicious. With College Football kicking off this week I froze a couple. These will go great with the game on Saturday.

The entire cook thread can be seen here: http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=216834

This is a difficult challenge, trying to do justice to Cowgirl. DerHusker knocked it out of the park, I'm simply hoping not to go down on 3 pitches.

My inspiration was Cowgirl's Shrimp and Grits from here: http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=195418&highlight=shrimp

Here is how the dish should look


My cook thread is here: http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=216883









And below is my polling photo

Great entry DUBBAGA. It looks delicious and thank you.

Your link to one of Jenie's cook thread reminded me that I didnt do that so here is a link to one of cowgirls many Bierock cooks. http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=170945&highlight=bierocks

Very nice Dont forget to add the piece of fruit Do people get extra credit if there is water in the back ground with a fishing rod

Shagdog said:

No worries, Jeff. I added it to your entry :thumb:

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Thank you Matt.

Ron_L said:

Great entries so far! You guys are clearly channeling your inner Cowgirl

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:dancer::hurt:

Big George's BBQ said:

Very nice Dont forget to add the piece of fruit Do people get extra credit if there is water in the back ground with a fishing rod

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In this picture there is a fountain with water in it in the background. No fishing rod but I could add lots of them if it gets me that extra credit. :laugh:
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Toast said:

Would you Mods like to extend the end day to the 8th because of the Holiday? I believe it's been done like that before.

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I have made it Tso. :thumb:

Inspired by this thread:

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=209297


I was looking over my collection of recipes, looking for something to bring to gtr's bash.

I found a recipe for a Corn and Black Bean Salsa. It looked yummy, but three of the ingredients were frozen corn, canned black beans, and Frank's Red Hot Cayenne sauce.

Yes, I am trying to cut my salt down, so frozen, canned and commercial sauces are no bueno.

So I said, what would cowgirl do?

She'd pull the beans and veggies right out of her garden!

But I'm a city boy, so I went for the next best thing: Dried black beans and fresh corn.

Here are the ingredients. The yellow onions snuck in there somehow; none were injured in the making of the salsa.





The beans had soaked overnight:





I mix the olive oil, red wine vinegar, harissa, garlic, cilantro, salt and chili powder in a bowl:





Dice the tomatoes and green onion:





You know where the corn is going:





Pulled the corn off:





Cut the kernel off the cobs (I only used two ears):





Cooked the beans:





But, I can't just mix all of this together, can I? Nope.


Guess where the beans are headed?





20 Minutes later....





Now, we assemble it:





Better shot in smaller bowl:





You're going to have to wait until tomorrow to see if the rest of the brethren liked it.