OT - Macca's Cobb cooking
Submitted: Friday, Nov 16, 2007 at 15:37
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Bill from Custom Boat Loaders
I know we've all seen his photos of the incredible roasts he does on the Cobb, but we were lucky enough to try it last night! Awesome - roast lamb, beef and turkey - all melt in your mouth. I think Cobb should get him to write a
cook book for them!
Dian and Bill
Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Friday, Nov 16, 2007 at 16:09
Friday, Nov 16, 2007 at 16:09
Cut it out Dian & Bill,
You are just trying to tempt me to get
mine out again.
Maybe tomorrow night:-))
So, have you guys got your own Cobb???
I don't worry about a recipe!
Just fire it up, put the meat and vegetables and a few secret herbs in and an hour and a half later, the roast is ready.
The herbs are so secret, even I don't know what I put in:-))
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Follow Up By: Bill from Custom Boat Loaders- Friday, Nov 16, 2007 at 16:21
Friday, Nov 16, 2007 at 16:21
Yes we've got the Cobb and its great but he's the Master of it!
I think we need to buy the good firelighters instead of cheap and cheerful too! Honestly though there was enough to feed a footie team - and Maz - Tom's wife made a superb salad to go with it - and then we had to force down fresh fruit salad, cheesecake and more drinks! Fanatastic night and great people.
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Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Friday, Nov 16, 2007 at 16:55
Friday, Nov 16, 2007 at 16:55
I assume he used more than one Cobb to
cook all that food.
I love the Cobb because of the miserly amount of fuel (Heat Beads®) required to obtain a consistent result, but when cooking for "the mob" I also employ the
camp oven, also using Heat Beads®. a hunk of pork in one, Beef and/or lamb in the bigger
camp oven and veggies in both.
The
camp oven is also good for baking bread successfully. I haven't attempted bread in the Cobb.
Note the Heat Beads® brand I keep referring to. Wouldn't use anything else.
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Follow Up By: Sand Man (SA) - Friday, Nov 16, 2007 at 17:06
Friday, Nov 16, 2007 at 17:06
Whoa!
Just noticed the trademark symbol (c in a circle) does not translate on this new fangled incarnation of David's.
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Follow Up By: Member - Duncan W (WA) - Friday, Nov 16, 2007 at 20:11
Friday, Nov 16, 2007 at 20:11
Sandman I agree WRT heat beads I use my
camp oven inside the Webber BBQ and the quality of beads makes a huge difference. Also fire lighters some of them are absolute crap as
well.
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Follow Up By: Geoff M (QLD) - Friday, Nov 16, 2007 at 20:21
Friday, Nov 16, 2007 at 20:21
Hey Sandman, you'll not have any trouble with bread in your Cobb. My wife is celiac (Gluten intolerant) and I make her bread in our Cobb all the time.
Before the Cobb I used our
camp oven and the only difference is the brown crust I used to get with coals on top of the
camp oven as opposed to not so brown with the Cobb.
But the convenience of the Cobb wins hands down ... e.g.. next week we'll be on Fraser for 5 days where fires aren't allowed. Can still make her a loaf of fresh bread.
Cheers .... Geoff
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Follow Up By: KiwiAngler - Friday, Nov 16, 2007 at 22:00
Friday, Nov 16, 2007 at 22:00
Want to share the bread recipe?? :-)
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Follow Up By: Geoff M (QLD) - Saturday, Nov 17, 2007 at 06:51
Saturday, Nov 17, 2007 at 06:51
I could go on about a secret recipe that has been handed down through the generations, but ...............
Orgran
(Web Site) Brand "Gluten Free Alternative Grain Wholemeal Bread Mix". Just follow the directions and you can't go wrong.
They also make a "regular" bread mix, but she prefers the wholemeal one.
Geoff
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