Brisket is one of the nine beef primal cuts, taken from the pectoral muscles of the breast or lower chest that overlie the sternum and ribs -- the Middle English term brusket comes from Old Norse brjósk meaning cartilage. Briskets can be baked, boiled, or roasted and often involve basting, rubbing with spice rub, marinating,... Continue Reading →
I finished my weekend of riding with a relaxing pass along the Indian Creek Trail and Blue River Trail. It was a mix of gravel (above), busy public parks, and the backside of strip malls.
Tiny Liberty, MO, sits across the Missouri River to the north of Independence and is the county seat of Clay County. Joseph Smith was imprisoned for five months in the Liberty Jail. The Liberty Jail Historic Site hosts a replica of the prophet's prison. The site of Jesse James' first daylight, peacetime robbery is celebrated... Continue Reading →
Independence, MO, is the county seat of Jackson County and a suburb of Kansas City. With population over 123,000 it is the fifth-largest city in Missouri. The city is overlaid with layers of history, serving as a starting point for overland trails (California, Oregon, and Santa Fe), a promised land for Latter-day Saints that never... Continue Reading →
I took the opportunity to sample some foods developed in nearby St. Louis. St. Louis-style pizza features a thin crust made without yeast, a white processed cheese known as Provel (no mozzarella), light sauce, and slices cut in squares--a delicious combination at Waldo Pizza. Gooey Butter Cake is sweet, rich, flat, dense, and dusted with... Continue Reading →
In the 1830s, Joseph Smith taught that the Biblical patriarch Adam gathered all of his posterity together, just before he died, to give them a final blessing. In 1838, he identified the place of that gathering as being in present-day Missouri--a grassy valley near the Grand River that they named Adam-ondi-Ahman. Saints began moving to... Continue Reading →
A special work assignment took me to the Kansas City area for a long weekend, so I rented a gravel bike and rode more than 100 miles on four rides. Looking west/upstream on the Missouri River (taken on March 2). I set out first through downtown Kansas City, MO, and across the state line into... Continue Reading →
the Bikeswain 