The Smoker and The Butcher.Lots of Pron

Titch

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The Smoker-Andy Groneman/Smoke on Wheels.

The Butcher-Gary McBean.

The Chef-Gary Mehigan, host and MC.
Gary Mehigan is a well known Celeb Chef down here and a Judge of our Masterchef.
Also one of the most genuine people I have had the pleasure to meet.
What you see of him on TV is what he is like in person.:thumb:
Andy of Course is exactly the same.
Kim, Andy's wife is as nice as Andy.

Anyhow.
The night was a Eat,Drink and educate on smoking meat cuts from the US.
Gary the butcher cut the meats as Andy explained How and why.
Andy Kim and their Girls wanted to say Hi to Ron and you all.





The stars of the show, Gary on the left,Andy 2nd Left, non stars ,Myself and a Aussie forum mate Mick.



Gary the Butcher from Garys Meats in Prahran in melbourne,Foodies market.



Menu.

Massive amounts of Canapes, Entree's and mains during the night.
Beer was Boutique and wine was well named, complemtary all thru the evening.
Evenings all up price was $125 aud per person.
Great value night.
so smooth.



Tostaditas W Ceviche of Kingfish & Poblano Peppers.



Mac and Cheese Fritters with Bacon jam. ( never saw that ,I missed out.
:mad:
Shared Entree.
Smoked Tomato salad with Mozzarella ,lemon dressing,soft leaves.



Grilled Quail W Freekah,radish pickles,grape jus gras.


Gin and sugar cured ocean trout w beets, walnuts, horseradish cream and cress.



Prawn sub w shreddedapple,avacado & cress,lime & herb Mayo.



Then for the fun of it,
planked Salmon.



Main course was called the tray.
I believe Andy and some locals cooked all this overnight and Kim made the Cornbread.:thumb:
Interesting that a while back my wife Vonnie made cornbread and it tasted almost like Kim's.
The Ribs shone like nothing else, the Pork shoulder was delish, the mustard Slaw was delish and Andy's beans topped it all off.
I could have done with out the Brisket, mine was dry, same for the others on our table.
Maybe its an aquired taste.
The taste was great just seemed floury in the mouth.
Cornbread was delish.

 
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Just some pictures of the commentry and the crowd.
Gary the butcher cut out a Tomohawk steak to show the crowd and got a standing ovation, not a vegetarian is site.:laugh:














My mate Mick has a damaged hand pretty bad, this bought out the mothering instincts in the lady next to him.




















Brilliant night with superb food and great companions.
Thumbs up to all involved.
Thanks for looking

FARK, forgot a picture of dessert, :twitch:it was brilliant.Funy, I thought I was eating plum but it was Peaches
Gary's maple Cheesecake,pumpkin crisps,
jack Daniels Bourbonroasted Peaches,pecan cinamon crumble 7 walnut praline.
 
Looks like a great time, great food and great folks!

:twitch:Geeeeeeeeeez, at first this computer doesn't show my comments at all, then BANG, triple post! Computers, whataya gonna do, right?

KC
 
Looks like a great time, great food and great folks!

:twitch:Geeeeeeeeeez, at first this computer doesn't show my comments at all, then BANG, triple post! Computers, whataya gonna do, right?

KC

That's ok mate, your obviously excited,:laugh:
 
Thanks for sharing titch!

I'd love to know about the taste of the Ocean Trout, I would NEVER have thought a gin cure was a good idea for that but Gary is no slouch, really respect him.
How was that?

The brisket looked bad, but the poor American BBQ master was probably handed his first cheap grass fed Australian brisket, bloody tough for the guy to pull that off first time around!

Smoky looks good, but you too looked really sour in a later pic when you realised you had missed out on a course!
:laugh:

Great stuff bro, totally envious!
 
Awesome Titchy!!!
Me envious as well!
I'd love to meet Gary one day.
In The NetherPharkinglands we love Masterchef too...we got the Dutch version,US,Canada,Australia,New Zealand.
Australia is by far one of best versions with Gary,George and Matt...US and Canada version I don't like so much...too much Phighting,cursing,big mouthing etc.
 
Great pics Titch! Looked like a really great event!!
 
Looks like a helluva time, Titch!

Sliced brisket flat can be an acquired taste. I love brisket, but it has got to be fresh or from the point for me. Slices from the flat are all too often dry and require some sort of sauce and I hate saucing beef.
 
Looks like a fantastic time. Mick seems like a great guy on the Aussie BBQ forum too.
 
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