Making Pastrami

Homemade Pastrami is one of our favourite things we’ve cooked to date! It’s 3 week process of brining, smoking and braising was worth it.

Menudo: Giving Tripe Another Try

A traditional Mexican tripe and beef feet soup that is very popular down here in Laredo Texas.

Cow Head Barbacoa

Smoking a cow head for the tasty traditional Mexican dish.

Braised Cow Lips

Beef lips are the scariest looking food we’ve ever seen, but they’re yummy!

Grilled Beef Heart

Delicious Grilled Beef Heart with Basil Vinaigrette, recipe and video.

Homemade Beef Jerky

Our Eye of Round Beef worked remarkably well and the process is ridiculously easy and fun!

Laredo’s Jamboozie Festival and Menudo Bowl

George Washington’s Birthday events: Jamboozie & Menudo Bowl (Mexican Tripe Soup contest).

Tripas and Cacti

Cooking Taco de Tripas (small intestines of a cow) and Nopalito (cactus).

Accidental Sausage

We were shopping for tripe, but accidentally bought ‘tripas’ (beef intestines) so we made sausage and grilled it.

Stinky Tripe

Beef Tripe is really smelly, we cooked a horrible Sri Lankan Tripe Curry.

Cow Tongue Tacos

Cooking cow tongue is strange fun (especially peeling it) and it makes for some tasty tacos!

Thai Beef Bowl