
If you want to learn about real barbacoa, and you might not, Wikipedia provides a decent primer. Basically, you smoke a cow head untill all the cheek meet and head flesh is tender and falling off the bone. I was barely able to read it without running out the door to decapitate a cow.

Are you an underachieving uninteresting spineless follower who thinks this all sounds gross? Try this recipe for "barbacoa" cooked in a crockpot using chuck or rump roast. More like garbage-bacoa.
This guy does it right, though not in the ground, using a real cow head (the pictures are gruesomely tasty). Plus he gets bonus points for mixing in the brain, eyes, and tongue. I'm not sure I could go that far, but I'd be willing to try. I'd probably make one mix without BET and one with BET.

In closing, I'd like to share Georgie Dann singing "La Barbacoa." I've taken the liberty of translating the lyrics below the video. Granted they're not talking about smoking a cow head but you can bet I'll be listening to this when I finally do the deed.
Georgie Dann, "La Barbacoa"
Translation by Edward Genny
Este Domingo con todos los amigos
nos vamos para el campo a comer la barbacoa.
Y nos reunimos con un montón de gente
hacemos nuestro ambiente y una linda barbacoa.
(This Sunday with all my friends
we're heading to the country to eat bar-b-que.
And we’ll gather with a lot of people
To have a beautiful bar-b-que.)
Nos llevamos muchas cosas,
las bebidas, las gaseosas. La salsita, las costillas,
buena carne en la parrilla el carbón y el chuletón.
(We bring a bunch of stuff:
drinks, soda pop, the salsa, the ribs,
Good meat on the grill, the charcoal and the lamb chop.)
La barbacoa, la barbacoa.
(The barbque, the barbeque.
I like the barbeque [pronounced as in English].)
Que ricos los chorizos parrilleros.
Que ricas las salchichas a la brasa.
Que buenas las chuletas de cordero.
Que bueno es este vino de garrafa.
(How rich the pit-smoked sausage!
How rich the little smokies in BBQ sauce!
Damn those lamb chops are good!
Damn this carafe of wine is good!)
Voy echando leña al fuego y siguiendo con el juego.
Cuando quieren darse cuenta las parejas se calientan
y no pueden esperar.
(I’m gonna throw another log on the fire and continue with the merriment.
When everybody realizes the grills are hot,
When everybody realizes the grills are hot,
they won’t be able to wait!)
A mí me gusta la carne que está tierna
muslitos y pechuga y hacerlos vuelta y vuelta.
Mientras los otros que comen que da miedo
disfrutan como
locos chupándose los dedos.
(Me, I like the meat that’s tender:
thighs and breasts, turning round and around,
while the others eat the scarier stuff.
Those nuts love to lick their fingers)
La vecina que es muy mona
toma el Sol en la tumbona.
Yo les hago algo sencillo
pero quiere el solomillo
que le gusta mucho más.
(The neighbor is very cute, sunbathing in her deck chair.
I would make a pass at her
but she’s got some sirloin
but she’s got some sirloin
that she’s much more interested in)
Barbeque tastes good with the right mix of marinade blend.
ReplyDeleteThe barbacoa video sounds so good and its so fun too , Does anybody know where this song come from , If i am not wrong i think from argentina ? Someone.
ReplyDeleteThe barbacoa come from mexico , You can find more details at the wikipedia.
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