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Tortilla Heaven

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I’ve always nuked my corn tortillas in the microwave using a tortilla steamer. I’m fully aware this is neither authentic nor mind blowingly good, but it sure is convenient.

Then we had dinner at my neighbor’s house.

Our neighbors are from Mexico, and they heat their tortillas up on a long pan that sits over two burners on their stove. They flip, and flip, and flip until they are soft, then keep them warm in a towel on a plate.

Tortillas were brought out from the kitchen throughout the dinner, and we filled them with homemade salsa and shredded meat from a whole chicken.

I was about ready to obsess over a search for one of these long pans when Bryan simply cleared off the stove (because any use of the stove requires it first being cleared of clutter) and dropped a few tortillas on the burners.

It’s a little more time consuming, but I will never go back to the microwave.

Enjoying Salmon to the Glory of God

We believe it is God’s will that all mankind should BBQ with charcoal. It’s the only way. Cast away your pansy ass gas grill and BBQ like a real man.

Here’s how the ZugHaus does Salmon:

First, we soak a cedar plank in water, then layer it with green onions. This raises the salmon off the plank and allows the smoke to penetrate even the bottom.

We marinate our salmon in teriyaki sauce. If we’re really organized, we freeze it in teriyaki sauce. But if we accidentally leave the fresh salmon in our fridge before leaving town for four days, we frantically toss it into the freezer when we get home on the expiration date. *cough*

Then we smoke the salmon on the plank over coals and mesquite chips.

(We do not mess around).

We also grill veggies in a grilling basket – usually asparagus, or broccoli, or brussel sprouts.

Leave a comment if you’d like to partake in one of our famous House of BBQ’s this summer.