Steak On A Stone

Monday, October 21, 2002

A Trenton family has transformed a cooking method discovered in South Africa into an unusual, exciting eating experience for customers of their new catering business. Kelly and Roni Wertz created "Sizzling Rock Creations," after Kelly ate "beef on a brick" during an international LEAD seminar in Mozambique and Swaziland. The LEAD program is designed to prepare and motivate those involved in agriculture toward more effective leadership, and Kelly's international project in 1997 included the trip to South Africa. In a restaurant in Mozambique, LEADers were presented with "beef on a brick." "We had no idea what to do with this," Kelly said. It was a big chunk of meat, probably a pound or two, served on an "almost hot rock," he said. The group learned they were to slice up the meat, put it on the hot rock, and let it cook.

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