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Memorable Memorial Day Weekend - Part 2

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My meal on Saturday, as described in the previous blog entry MEMORABLE MEMORIAL DAY - PART 1 was not soon to be topped and frankly I wasn’t going to try. I just wanted to grill up something good for Monday and the BBQ CHICKEN WINGS I made filled the bill nicely. The recipe came from Cooks Illustrated Summer Grilling 2009 and while I’d made wings in a similar fashion form some other cookbooks, there were three differences. First this recipe gave you 4 different and very interesting BBQ sauces to choose from. Second: This recipe added smoke and the method America’s Test Kitchen recommended had already proven it’s worth for Saturdays SMOKEHOUSE BURGERS. Lastly I was going to try a new recipe for potatoes called GRILLED NEW POTATOES WITH A RED PEPPER CRUST looked really tasty. Read More...
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Memorable Memorial Day Weekend - Part 1

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Saturday was my mothers birthday and I wanted to make a special meal for her. When folks get into their 80’s you don’t know just how many more birthdays you’ll celebrate with them. One problem is my mother doesn’t ask for much. I offered to make her anything she’d like and she picked hamburgers. Now she does really like hamburgers, but I also think it is a case she doesn’t want me to do what she perceives to be a lot of work. I think she sometimes forgets that her “work” is my pleasure-at least most days. This blog entry will detail the process I went through to make this special meal and also discuss a couple interesting things that happened along the way. This includes a mistake that could have turned out far worse than it did. Read More...
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Mega Meal

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On the occasion of my parents 55th wedding anniversary I wanted to make a special meal where I cooked all of the items. I had several reasons for this: First and foremost I wanted to give my mother the day off. She usually offers to make one or more veggies or the salad and for this particular meal I wanted to give her the day off. Secondly I wanted to attempt a good old fashioned meal where I made everything from scratch including the main course and all of the veggies. No instant potatoes, no gravy in a jar, no microwave steamer bags of veggies, no fresh baked but store bought rolls. It was an ambitious undertaking since it involved using the grill, smoker, stove and oven together and more than one person told me I was crazy in those words or a more politically correct version of that. Read More...
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Picking Up Where I left Off

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After a two month hiatus I returned to grilling. I made two new dishes that couldn’t have turned out better, despite my being a bit nervous about getting them both done at the same time and in good shape. In this blog I will describe how a combination of the right tools and past experience ruled the day. I have some friends who are afraid to venture beyond cooking hamburgers, hotdogs and steaks on the grill between Memorial Day and Labor Day. They seem to think I am some sort of freak or that I got to where I am now in one step. This may be beating a dead horse since I’ve written about this several times: But nothing beats experience and the best thing anyone can do is keep trying since things do get easier. At some point it begins to feel like you are on this incredible roll where things that once confounded you, now seem to just work out. Now maybe I was just lucky, but I am actually prepared to take some of the blame for the success of this meal. But not to get ahead of myself, lets begin at the beginning. Read More...
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