A couple weeks back my good friend Archer, ringleader of the Orakel Dynasty had his third daughter so I trekked out to Riverside from K-Town with my ace Fubz to hang out and commemorate his daughter's birth with BBQ. After sitting in typical Southern California traffic for a hour and half or so we arrived at the Lucero's.
We arrived just as the women folk were headed off to have there own baby celebration. We did manage to snake a couple of Archer's mother's amazing empanadas. Arch then introduced me to the huge bowl of meat that would be our companion for the next couple hours.
Curious to know what we were working with I asked Archer what was the meat was seasoned with. He replied, " Shiiit... I don't know." I assumed his mother had prepped it or something, so I inquired further WHO had seasoned this meat? Indignantly, he retorted, " I don't know man, we get that down at the store, the shit is just called CARNE!" For the uninformed, carne simply means meat in Spanish.
In some circumstances I might be nervous about some mystery seasoned meat from the market, but I know Archer and his family and they don't mess around when it comes to the meat. I'm sure the Mrs. Lucero's carneceria services the local community, who also probably takes their carne very seriously. Whatever that meat was marinated with... it was DELICIOUS!
Volunteering to prep the skewers, I got started cutting the peppers and onions. I made quick work of constructing the skewers, while the boys fired up the grill and cracked a couple Blue Moon, Belgian White Ale (One of my favorite beers.. EVER).
We wasted no time cooking them up and eating them straight off the grill. Apparently Fubz burnt his tounge.
Archer is koo koo for CARNE!
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