Amazing Taste Steak Seasoning

Amazing Taste is a brand of seasonings that's been in existence since 1977. About a year ago, they sent me samples of all their seasonings, and since then they've been sitting here in my office.

Today for mother's day, we grilled up some steaks, and I finally remembered to try this stuff out.

They have some 20+ different seasoning blends, and I chose to try the "Steak House" blend. I took a rib eye steak, and poured the seasoning over it, and then rubbed it in with my fingers. I turned it over, and rubbed some more, until the steak was covered in the stuff.

Then I let it sit for about 15 minutes before grilling.


The verdict?

We'll, it's pretty darn good!

Very peppery, very spicy. Just like what you might expect from a steak house.

But then again, it's hard for me judge steak seasoning blends. Much of the brands still taste very similar to each other.

The 1oz packets that sell for $0.99 each creates some additional convenience in that you won't be left with a shaker bottle to put back into the spice rack, you just toss the packet away.

And if you don't like the taste of this stuff, you won't be left a bottle of seasonings you don't like.

On a side note, I also bought a package of Moran's frozen sirloin burger patties, and found a packet of Amazing Taste burger seasoning in the bottom.

Visit Amazing Taste's website for their full product line, recipes, and store locator: http://www.amazingtaste.com

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Chocolate Grilling Rubs

A company called Diva Chocolates, LLC is marketing a line of chocolate grilling rubs for beef, poultry, and pork.

Sprinkle just one or two teaspoons of their chocolate rubs into a rib eye or chicken breast, the same way you'd do with any other kind of rub, then slap it down on the grill.

Varieties include:

• Mocha Java Steak Rub - A rich blend of espresso and dark chocolate, with a hint of cinnamon



• Orange Chocolate Chicken Rub - A subtle mix of orange peel and roasted cacao nibs (coca beans), combined with a selection of herbs and seasonings



• Spicy Rib Rub - A trademark combination of brown sugar, cocoa, paprika and pepper, perfect for pork



• Kickin' Chocolate Beef Rub - Red and cayenne peppers mixed with chocolate and tossed with herbs and seasonings



• Cocoa Fennel Burger Mix - Natural fennel and onion crown a seasoning blend of sweet paprika, cocoa and herbs



• Cranberry Cocoa Bean Rub - Rosemary and sage, dried cranberries and roasted cacao nibs (cocoa beans)

All are presented in a 3oz tin priced at $4.95, except for the Cranberry Cocoa Bean Rub, which comes in a 5oz tin priced at $7.95.

Buy them online.

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Dick Cheney's Pepper Shot

Austin Spice Co., known for such funny products like "Kerry's Flip-Flop Sauce", and "Bush's Where's the WMD Sauce", is now offering a hot sauce called "Cheney's Pepper Shot", after the Vice Prez himself peppered his attorney with gun shot.

The hot sauce comes in regular edition, and a limited edition. The limited edition is limited to 75 bottles with labels printed on gold foil. They're hand signed and numbered with a price of $49.50 each.

Bottle number one in the limited edition is being set aside for a special price of $125,000, which includes the "Hunting Camp Excursion". Basically they'll set up a barbecue for you and 125 of your friends anywhere in the USA. They'll hand out orange-colored hunting vests for everyone, and serve up some really good grub.

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