I
truly believe and always say food is the foundation for a great time, with
family and or friends. Sitting around the table, sharing food everyone loves, and exchanging
good conversation. That is what food brings to the table. And I love the box I
got today from a company out of Lost Angeles , California .
The
companies name says it all, "Serving Memories" A family Affair.
Because that’s what its all about. Cooking and passing on your recipes to loved
ones, creating a meal someone will remember you made, and creating just that
"Memories". So I am so excited to try the rubs, and get cooking, but
I must first tell you about "Serving Memories"!!
Serving Memories, started when Lauren, as a young child, and had a passion to create a
brand that would bring people together. From a great vision she created a
product that would be used in the making of great tasting food. A brand that
could be used to help create just that, "Memories". And from her
vision she created these wonderful dry rubs, that have spices and herbs from
all around the world. Each one is created, in a made to order fashion. And it
does not matter your level of cooking skills, the rubs are easy for everyone to
use, on absolutely anything you cook. Lauren's, rubs come in five mixes, and
that is just what she sent me. So I am ready to go, and create my family's
dishes for the day, and create my own "Memories"!!!
When
I opened my box from Serving Memories, A family affair, right away my first
thought was how the products we're ready to give as a gift. The box was
beautifully displayed, with each rub in a little burlap linen bag of its own,
with the companies name on it, and also a little menu booklet, about each rub.
After
opening each rub, I was ready to try these little treasures incorporated into
today's meals.
First
up was the gourmet dry rub, cherrywood smoked and sweet onion chicken. Now I
always go out the box, and used the rub on a burger.
Since
the box came in the morning, I was able to start using the rubs for brunch and
dinner. And for my brunch, I made a burger sandwich and used the cherrywood
smoked and sweet onion chicken rub as the only ingredient in my burger meat.
Then after cooking my burger, I put the sandwich's together. Each burger was
dressed with a sweet red onion, lettuce, tomato, and a fried egg on top served
with a sesame bun. The star of the sandwich was the burger, because the rub
brought all the delicious flavor. The cherrywood smoked and sweet onion rub has
for ingredients all natural spices and herbs. They are cherrywood smoked salt,
sweet onion, sugar, lime salt, onion granules, garlic granules, allspice, Aleppo pepper, and lampong pepper. Now the two peppers are
new to me, so let me share with you what they are.
To
go along with my brunch burger, I made some freshly cut sweet potato fries and
used the Serving Memories, gourmet dry rub, Blackened. Not only did the rub
provide the only flavor, but it gave a nice color to my sweet potato fries. The
ingredients in this rub include, fleur de sel salt, Spanish paprika, sweet
smoked paprika, lampong pepper, onion granules, garlic granules, thyme,
marjoram, and hot cayenne. So you are getting a flavor combo of sweet and heat. I don't want you to get confused with this blackened rub, it is not Cajun
or Creole, it’s a blend all its own, and that’s exactly how Serving Memories
made it. Instead of chili powders, Serving Memories used two types of paprika's
and brought a whole new meaning to a blackened rub. The flavor brought a bit of
heat, and a whole lot of depth to my sweet potato fries. I can't wait to use it
in other dish's like a good steak or fish. The blend of this rub is so
perfectly put together, with huge flavors and just the right grind. Not overly
hot, not overly sweet, and brings a beautiful color to the food you choose to
use it for.
Well
after taking a break, it was time to finish up using the rubs, and that was what
I will do, for my dinner dish's.
First
up was getting my short ribs ready for the grill. And for the flavor
ingredient, it all came from the Serving Memories, gourmet dry rub, sweet and Smokey.
The ingredients in this rub included another pepper I have never heard of the Malabar
pepper, also had brown sugar, sweet smoked paprika, Sonoma salt, Durango smoked
sea salt, nutmeg, garlic granules, cinnamon sugar, onion granules, and hot
cayenne. As for the Malabar pepper it is another peppercorn variety that comes from a
seedling grown in India . Grown in Southwest
Malabar it is the most
widely consumed pepper in the world, with sweet notes. So my ribs tasted just
that, sweet with heat and great coloring on the out side that seeped with
delicious flavor down to the bone. The ribs came out so good, and all you heard
was every one lip smacking them, and licking their fingers. This truly is a
wonderful rub, that is very versatile. The sweetness is not to much, and even
with hot cayenne the heat level is perfect. If you use this rub at your next
BBQ, you are going to be famous, its absolutely fantastic.
Also
for dinner I made some shrimp skewers, and the rub I used was Serving Memories
smoked hickory. Talk about flavor, before cooking my kabobs, I sprinkled the rub, all shrimp. But even after my guests we're asking to pass it
over to sprinkle even more on. The rub includes ingredients such as Durango hickory, smoked salt, onion granules, cinnamon sugar,
brown sugar, garlic granules, lampong pepper, and a Chile blend. So again you get the flavor of sweets and
heats. The rub, again like all of them so far, are perfectly in balance and
in tune with each other. And you get the hickory taste as well, for sure this is a one
of a kind mouthwatering taste. My friends and family just loved the rub, and I
must say it paired very well with the shrimp. It would go great with any meat
dish, and even maybe sprinkle some on top of a salad. It definitely brings a
one of a kind flavor to a dish.
Last
for dinner I made some grilled mixed veggies and used the last rub, Serving
Memories, gourmet rub, roasted garlic and herb fish. Now I used it on veggies,
to go out the box and be different, and it worked. I am sure it would be great
on fish, but let me tell you try it on veggies for a unique taste. The
ingredients for this rub include, garlic granules, onion granules, roasted
garlic, Himalayan salt, lemon twist salt, old bay, lemon peel granules, Spanish
rosemary, chervil, parsley, green peppercorn, lemon pepper, and dill pollen.
Wow, this is a whole lot of yummyness in one jar. The rub brought not only a
great taste to the veggies but color. It gave the veggies a punch of flavor,
sweet and heat wise. The fresh ground up herbs really set it apart from any
other rub I have used so far. I would love to try adding this to some olive oil
and creating a dip for bread. The rub is very versatile and playful to use, and
get creative with. If your looking for a sharp taste this rub is perfect.
Now
don't just take my word for it, try these rubs out for yourself. Visit Serving
Memories online.
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her review. Momzdailyscoops did receive a free product to try out so
Momzdailyscoops could evaluate and use it for her review. Momzdailyscoops
thoughts & opinions in this review are unbiased & honest and your
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