Burnt Ends

[ljbab728]

May go to the son who is now living across town, or maybe my daughter and her hub when they come to town later in the summer. Then again, it may go to someone who takes me with them to lunch. I do love me some Van's.

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Local son is here, mowing the yard so his tired poppa doesn't have to pretend he has that much energy.
Yeah, that extra certificate to gift out ... it just landed in his inbox with a big Poppa Loves You note.

Angling for a nice Father's Day gift, I see. LOL

[kevinpate]

Nah, my yard had majorly grow-bombed itself after all the recent rains.
Waking up to a well cut lawn today = danged nice early poppa day gift, all by itself.

[Larry OKC]

The idea of "burnt ends" doesn't appeal to me at all. But then again, there are lot of things that I didn't try for a long time because of the name...like Sour Cream

[Roger S]

The idea of "burnt ends" doesn't appeal to me at all. But then again, there are lot of things that I didn't try for a long time because of the name...like Sour Cream

If you like smoked meats then it really doesn't get much better than a burnt end. Here's a quote from one of my blog posts when I was making burnt ends.

At the point a piece of beef becomes a burnt end it transcends purely being a piece of beef. It has fulfilled it's destiny and reached a higher plane of existence. It's achieved perfection!

[SOONER8693]

"At the point a piece of beef becomes a burnt end it transcends purely being a piece of beef. It has fulfilled it's destiny and reached a higher plane of existence. It's achieved perfection!"
AMEN!

[Mel]

Caramelized manna from Heaven.

[ctchandler]

Back in the 80's there was a place, Johnson's Barbecue in Casady Square that served some pretty good food. Their chopped brisket was exceptional. After going there once or twice for lunch and watching Mrs. Johnson trim the black stuff (burnt) from the brisket and throwing it away in her attempt to serve me brisket without the burnt stuff I asked her if I could have the burnt stuff. She said yes but most people didn't want it. From that day on, I received my normal portion (about six ounces) plus any trimmed black stuff. I was in heaven. Unfortunately, she got sick and they retired. I haven't eaten that good since. By the way, their beans with jalapenos were exceptional too.
C. T.

Caramelized manna from Heaven.

[Mel]

Oh man! Burnt ends as bonus. You were eatin' good.

[Bigrayok]

Since I am the original poster I meant burnt ends that come from brisket when I asked about Kansas City Style Burnt ends. The ones I had at LC's in March were great. LC's is a small place on Blue Parkway in the Kansas City/Independence Missouri area. It is really good.

Bigray in Ok

[blangtang]

I want to try these things, and I've heard of them!

So people on here know what they are, reminisce about them, but no BBQ joints around here serve them?

[Roger S]

I want to try these things, and I've heard of them!

So people on here know what they are, reminisce about them, but no BBQ joints around here serve them?

Coaches did but are no longer in business and Bubba's has them on their menu as "when available".

In the last two years I have blogged just about every Q-raunt in OKC and have seen them nowhere else.

[ctchandler]

CS,
You've got that right! for about three years Johnson's was on my weekly lunch rotation. There ribs were average at best, sauce OK, but the brisket was very good, trimmed, sliced, and chopped right in front of me, and add the burnt portion, that's like icing on the cake.
C. T.

Oh man! Burnt ends as bonus. You were eatin' good.