Wobbly Boots BBQ: Southern comfort foods

Friday, January 19, 2018

What Hits the Spot in the Winter? Warm, Southern Comfort Foods!

It doesn't have to be cold outside for you to enjoy Wobbly Boots Roadhouse's delicious Southern Comfort Food menu, but eating a great big hot plate of it on a winter's day seems to make it taste even better than usual! Our Des Moines BBQ restaurant is the perfect place to go when you're craving a mouthwatering meal to combat winter's icy chill.

In addition to being served hot so that it warms your body up, "comfort foods" also offer a cozy feeling that resembles a great big hug to warm up your soul too. The dictionary describes comfort as " a state of ease and satisfaction; a feeling of relief or consolation; to soothe, console, reassure, or bring cheer to." A comfort food is categorized as a dish that is fairly simple to prepare (especially when you let Wobbly Boots BBQ take care of the cooking) and has some type of nostalgia associated with it for you. You know, the stuff like Mom used to make!

Comfort Foods at the Boot

Three of the four fantastic menu items below are prepared in that wonderful smoker that also makes our hickory-smoked BBQ so irresistible. The last one is hand-breaded and deep-fried to perfection. YUM!

Smoked Meatloaf
Not exactly like mom made, but every bit as delicious! Our handmade meatloaf is slow-roasted over hickory. Absolutely one of our best dishes and a customer favorite. It is served open-faced with homemade smashed potatoes, brown gravy, and green beans.

Smoked Turkey Dinner
A generous portion of our all white meat smoked turkey breast served open-faced with smashed potatoes, then covered with delicious turkey gravy and paired with a side of our homemade cheesy corn.

Prime Rib Hot Beef
Our house-smoked Prime Rib thinly sliced and served open-faced on white bread with smashed potatoes, beef gravy, and green beans. Stick to your ribs delicious!

Chicken Fried Chicken
A juicy chicken cutlet tenderized and hand-breaded, then fried to golden perfection. Next we add some of those incredible smashed potatoes and slather it all with white country gravy and serve it with a side of green beans.

Does That Make You Hungry?
It should! If you've had the pleasure of dining at our family restaurant in Des Moines before, you already know that we only serve the most delicious, handmade dishes full of incredible flavor from our kitchen. If this is your first exposure to Wobbly Boots Roadhouse in Clive, you should know that even though everything from our Southern Comfort Food Menu sounds and looks awesome, that's nothing compared to how amazing it actually tastes!

The same can be said about our entire menu full of a wonderful variety of dishes made to please everyone in your group. Call your friends or load your family in the car and get everyone here for a fantastic meal that will leave you all anxious to come back again soon for even more!

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Wobbly Boots Roadhouse

1301 NW 114th St
Clive IA 50325

(515) 223-5700

Friday, October 14, 2016

The Early History of Our Modern Smoked Meatloaf

Fall is the perfect time to cozy up and enjoy some tasty, Southern comfort food. The smoked meatloaf on our Des Moines BBQ restaurant menu is a popular item around here. It's a dish that nearly everyone has fond memories of from childhood, but we put our own Wobbly Boots Roadhouse twist on it by preparing it in the smoker.

Meatloaf's Long History
The origin of this delicious loaf of meat dates back as early as 5th century Rome. The recipe found in one of their ancient cookbooks was made my mixing chopped meat, bread, and wine. Meatloaf is also a traditional dish of Germany, Scandinavia, and Belgium, and it has been linked as a "cousin" of the Dutch meatball.

The origin of modern-day American meatloaf comes from a dish called "scrapple." German-Americans in Pennsylvania made this by combining leftover pork scraps and trimmings with cornmeal and other seasonings. This particular recipe was pan-fried before being served.

The meatloaf of today didn't begin showing up in cookbooks until the late 19th century. It was a very popular dish during the Great Depression because it gave families the ability to stretch inexpensive meats into a large meal. Lots of filler ingredients could be added to make it serve more people, and many housewives went so far as to create "meatless" meatloaves.

Our Smoked Meatloaf
Wobbly Boots Roadhouse's homemade meatloaf can be found on our Southern Comfort Foods section of the menu, along with our Smoked Turkey Dinner, Prime Rib Hot Beef, and Chicken Fried Chicken. The term "comfort food" is used to describe dishes that are fairly simple to prepare and often has some type of nostalgia associated to it for the diner. You know, like something that Mom or Grandma used to make.

We take this "simple" dish and make it even easier for you by doing all of the prep work and cooking, but we add something extra that you probably don't do at home. We slow roast this meatloaf in our hickory smoker. That flavor adds another level of amazing to this savory food. Just ask our customers!

"I am not going to lie to you. Whoever came up with the idea of smoked meatloaf deserves a statue somewhere in their honor. This place does it better than most! Good sized portions of great tasting meat with just the right amount of smokiness made it a perfect dinner. Good selection of local beer on tap to wash it down. Guy next to me had the burnt ends which smelled and looked very good too...he wouldn't take his eyes off them for long enough to steal one so I guess I'll have to come back another time. Sean kept my beer glass full."
Jeff C., Norman, OK, Yelp review

To make the entire experience of dining on our smoked meatloaf even better, we pair it with our home-style smashed potatoes & beef gravy and green beans. That's a plate that's going to hit the spot just right on a chilly, fall day!

Give It A Try!
We have a reputation for having the best BBQ in West Des Moines, but once you taste our smoked meatloaf, we have a feeling you'll be telling your friends all about our incredible Southern comfort foods too. If you've already had that particular menu item, we'd love to hear what you have to say about it. Join us at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse in Clive soon, pull up a chair, get comfortable, and let us fill your belly with one of our hot, mouth-watering menu items.