Weird, odd and unusual BBQ: And the winner of the Sound Opinions BBQ tickets is…
By Louisa ChuWeird, odd and unusual BBQ: And the winner of the Sound Opinions BBQ tickets is…
By Louisa ChuTuesday I asked you to tell me about the oddest food you’ve barbequed yourself or eaten, if you wanted to win tickets to tonight’s sold-out Sound Opinions End of Summer BBQ — and now I’m ravenous. Here’s our collective BBQ buffet of the weird, odd and unusual:
Moose ribs (mine)
Squid
Lasagna
Alligator
Twinkie
Bologna with kimchi
Squirrel (mentioned twice — listen to my friend Mike Sula talk about hunting and eating squirrels with Steve Edwards Tuesday, based on Sula’s current article in the Reader, “Chicken of the trees”)
Rabbit
Bear burgers
Duck tongue
Pork ribs with fat cap
Chicken skin
Cow head
Lamb heads
Beaver
And from our WBEZ Facebook page:
Romaine lettuce
Black bear (cooked in the ground, to add to the bear burgers above)
And from Twitter:
Gator (again) and ostrich (with a mention of deep-fried strawberry)
Caprese-stuffed chicken breasts and goat cheese-blueberry biscuits
Thanks to everyone who shared their adventures in BBQ. After careful consideration (and a fair amount of Pavlovian salivation), the winner of tickets to tonight’s SOEOSBBQ is…
Jeff Panall with his hickory and oak wood smoked beaver gumbo!
I thought the smoking of the beaver, rather than simply braising it, went the extra mile. I’m also a big fan of eating sustainable, local, wild food — and love the suggestion of a Sound Ops Beaver BBQ. And yes, I’ve seen the destruction beavers can do around here, too.
FYI beaver season starts in Illinois on November 5 — and there’s no limit. My Thanksgiving table talk might include white meat, dark meat, or tail this year.