Gourmet Miners Mix Seasoning, Rubs and Marinades
I live in what is called the Valley of California and the Gateway to Yosemite. As you drive up the road to the Entrance of Yosemite, you will pass through an old mining town from the gold rush days called Mariposa. Mariposa is a gorgeous small town that attracts a lot of tourists that are compelled to stop on their way to Yosemite. I, too, love to visit Mariposa and we often head up for a family day out, visiting small local businesses. I was excited to find a delicious business that is based there with ties all the way back to the old mining days of old with their all natural gourmet BBQ mixes and blends of seasonings. I was thrilled when they said they would love to have some reviewed. I am pleased to introduce you to Miners Mix.
Miners Mix creates and offers unique, gourmet dry seasoning blends, dry rubs, and marinades for meats and more. These gourmet spice blends were crafted through years of cooking for hungry miners who would pay for a good home cooked meal. The blends come from an old miner that hung up his gold pan and went back to his roots of cooking for the miners. The recipes and an old cast iron skillet were found in an old cave in a Sierra Gold Country mountain and the recipes have been carefully adapted for today.
A few weeks ago, I took a trip to a wine festival and met the owners of Miners Mix to sample some of their products and to pick up some items for review. It was a busy day and their booth was swamped because of the goodness of the products they were sampling. Their display of products was impressive and I was excited to get home and fire up the grill to try out their Maynards Memphis BBQ Rub, Original Steak Rub and their famous OMGarlic! Cheese Bread Spread.
We had a feast going on and invited a few friends over to spoil a bit! I had some delicious steaks and used the Original Steak Seasoning & Rub to season them up before grilling. The steak rub is a tasty concoction of sugar, salt, chile powder, garlic and other seasonings. It gave the meat a fabulous color and caramelization. It smelled wonderful as I was grilling and I could not wait to tear into it. I am a steak lover so this was right up my alley. I love the taste of the seasoning. It is not overly powerful but adds just the right amount of flavor to take your taste buds from ho-hum to yum! I think there was even a hint of cinnamon in there. Interesting and delicious!
Since we had a crowd of people, I also made some chickens using the Maynard’s Memphis BBQ Rub. This was awesome on the chicken! It has sugar, salt, chile powder, garlic, onion and a few other spices to keep you going. The taste of the chicken was fabulous. I love that this rub is neither over powering with one flavor or another. It seems to be beautifully in balance and that really makes a difference in the finished foods.
Along with the meats I made, I made some sourdough bread along with the OMGarlic! Cheese Bread Spread. This is a packet of seasonings that you can mix with mayo and then spread on the bread and bake. It contains Parmesan cheese, parsley and spices. The reaction here was similar to the name of the product – OMG! My son, who loves bread and is a total carb-o-holic had to be restrained darn near or he would have eaten all of the bread and nothing else. LOL Dang kid. This also makes a fabulous dip too or you can use it in other dishes like potatoes and more.
Overall, everyone enjoyed the seasonings and mixes. It was definitely the highlight of the meal! All of the products we sampled were fabulous and I am pleased to know that these products are local and I am thrilled to introduce them to you.
What I love about the Miners Mix products is that there are many different ways to use these seasonings and rubs. If you go to their site, there are suggestions of other uses for the products. I also love that there are no MSG or artificial anything in these products. These are all natural and low in salt; in fact lower in salt than many varieties labeled as Low Salt. I hope that you take the time to check out this fine product line and try some for your BBQ’s and cook outs this year. I think you will love them too!
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