| | the summer bbqPage 1 of 2 (1, 2) | whats your favorite bbq meal?.....i dont mean the big party like a pig roast.........just the weekend family bbq
and this isnt a debate between grilling and bbq.........just a plain old cookout
i think my favorite is bbq chicken......i cut it up the same way i do when i fry chicken
toss it on the grill.[charcoal]..........cook till done and the skin is barely getting black
the sauce i use is......[sorry.no precise measurements]
melt a stick of butter..add a couple cups of ketchup........several squirts of yellow mustard.......a handfull of brown sugar...about 10 to 15 "glugs" of worchestershire sauce......same amount of texas pete hot sauce..and enough vinegar to make you pucker a bit......just taste and add till you like it.........once you try it.i doubt you'll ever buy bbq sauce again
corn on the cob.....if you can find mirhi corn.....mmmmmmmmmmm
peel the husks back...remove the silk.....sprinkle with old bay and close the husks back up.....toss on the grill....kep turning
usually..macaroni or potato salad
Potato and Cucumber Salad
(the amount of ingredients depends on how much you want to make)
potatoes, boiled and diced
cucumber, diced
sweet pickles, chopped
tomatoes, diced
onion, diced
salt
mayonnaise
mix together ingredients, and mix with enough mayonnaise to "make wet", serve immediately.
Variations:
add a little yellow mustard
drizzle a little vinegar into vegetables before adding the mayo
add black olives·
Macaroni Salad
1 lb. Macaroni, cooked and drained
2 hard boiled eggs, chopped
2 ribs of celery, chopped
1 carrot, chopped
Combine together, set aside. Dressing:
1 cup sugar
3-4 Tbsp mustard
1 cup mayonnaise
1/3 cup vinegar
Combine well and pour over macaroni. Tastes best if it sits in the refrigerator overnight.
for dessert?....cant hardly beat pie
Glazed Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie
pastry for 2 crust pie
1/8 tsp. salt
2 c. fresh strawberries
2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1 1/4 c. sugar
1/3 c. flour
2 c. fresh rhubarb cut into 1 inch pieces
1 Tbsp. sugar
Combine 1 1/4 c. sugar, salt and flour. Arrange half of the strawberries and rhubarb in pastry lined 9 inch pie pan. Sprinkle with half of the sugar mixture. Repeat with the remaining fruit and sugar mixture, dot with butter. Bake at 425 degrees for 40-50 minutes, or until rhubarb is tender and crust is browned.
i know theres a million other things we all enjoy......i cant believe i left out ice cream or watermelon.....but .ahh well
so whats every one elses cook out like? | |
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Posted: 7/11/2012 1:45:04 PM | I'm a fan of hamburgers... not the preformed frozen ones, but the ones where you take fresh ground beef, add a few spices (nothing overly heavy), flatten out the patty so it's quite thin and cooks quickly (I hate feeling like I have to dislocate my jaw to eat a burger) and serve it with some montery jack cheese and grilled peppers... or have some carmelized onions and mayo - not miracle whip, mayonaisse...
A side of greens spritzed with lemon wedges and you have a wonderful and light meal for a nice Sunday afternoon... | |
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Posted: 7/11/2012 3:34:13 PM | | 4 me it would have 2 be hickory smoked baby back ribs with my pineapple BBQ sauce. And some grilled corn on the cob. Grilled in the huskes on. smoothed with butter a chill powder. And a strawberry margarita. Throw some fresh strawberries in the blender with a squeeze of lime and some agave syrup and some good tequila 100% blue agave. | |
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Posted: 7/11/2012 3:38:00 PM | K... I give in, I'll have what y'all are having... I can nap off a full stomach!  | |
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Posted: 7/11/2012 5:40:19 PM | | Lobster, shrimp n crab boils or grilled .. Next to pork roast or a lamb roast | |
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Posted: 7/11/2012 8:20:56 PM | My family always asks me to cook pork steaks on the grill.....
simple marinade of soy sauce, garlic, chopped green onion and crushed red pepper (at least 4 hours)
some "Indiana" sweet corn.......it IS the best out there!
Mashed Potato Salad
Candied Yellow Squash
Fried Cabbage
Fresh sliced Tomatoes
and Strawberry Shortcake for dessert (We use Sara Lee Poundcake instead of shortcakes)
Homemade Peach Lemonade because my Dad loves it! (and my Sis and I can sneak a shot of vodka or rum in it without him knowing we are drinking!!) | |
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Posted: 7/12/2012 11:32:31 AM | Well, I always do a big mix of things so I have meals for a few days with that "to die for" grill-bbq flavor.
Chicken thighs that have been marinated in worcestershire, then smoked with mesquite chips while grilling.
Big Beef Ribs that have marinated a couple of days w spices and fruit, with lots of BBQ sauce when grilling.
Very thin hamburger patties then stacked 3 high w cheese in-between, grilled with BBQ sauce.
Hebrew National Jumbo Hot Dogs.
Grilled mix of Hot Chilies.
Grilled thick Onions slices.
Grilled Peaches and maybe Pineapple.
With Potato Salad, Cottage Cheese and Fresh Pineapple, Broccoli with cheese sauce, Baked garlic herb bread, sliced and grilled w a little butter.
Sometimes, when my children were at home, they would alternate the salads with Pea salad and Macaroni salad and we always also had grilled Pork shoulder steak like Micki. They loved pork steak, marinated in soy-worcestershire-garlic, so often some sweet potatoes were grilled too. It sounds like a lot of food, but I rarely got more than two sometimes three meals out of it, because it was usually 6 or more people for a weekend.
Just me alone today. I am still going to grill at least three meats and the rest, just in smaller portion and it lasts a week! Right now I am on a vegetarian diet, so it is going to be Portobello Mushrooms, corn-in-husk, chilies, peaches, pineapple, green tomato, onions, beets, sweet potato. Just as excellent!
SS :-) | |
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Posted: 7/12/2012 11:44:50 AM | Darn Ms Miki and SS I am hungry now..
I love summer cooking but this heat and humidity SUCKS big time. Still cooking outside beats cooking inside and heating up the place and easy clean ups for sure. Would love to have some roasted pig in the ground on a spit , pressure cooker or what ever. Love Ribs also. U can micro corn with husks and silk on in micro for 8 minutes and a little water in a bowl n using gloves the husks n silk remove all at once. Oh first cut the huge end off where it attaches at the corn stalk. ( So it sides easily) | |
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Posted: 7/12/2012 12:10:34 PM | Hey Dove, I surely understand the heat and humidity.
I grill, roast and microwave corn (though only in a pinch, I try not to use the microwave).
All I do is remove the dark green outer husks, 2 - 4, cut off the black silk and little hanging leaves at the top of the husk, wash the outside and grill, roast or microwave fully whole. Afterwards I hold onto the stalk at the bottom with a towel, then pull 1/3 to 1/2 of the husk and silk all the way down to the stalk. Then I hold the top of the cob with a towel and break off all of the husks, silk and stalk at one time. The stalk will break off from the cob easily once cooked. Remove the few remaining tiny silk and it is all done.
If I have had the corn a few days, and know it is going to be a little drier than I would prefer, I just prepare it as above and soak it overnight in distilled water, salt and sugar. I find it easiest to put the corn, stalk ends up, in a pitcher (preferably deeper than the corn is high) and pour the water mix to the top. Rarely will they try to float if they are packed in there, but if they do, just balance a plate, can or something on top of them. They rehydrate perfectly through the husk and it also hydrates the husk enough that if you are grilling they do not burn before the corn is cooked. This is also the best thing to do with corn that is starchy and usually corn gets starchy because it has been off the stalk too long and the sugar turns back to a starchy unsweet flavor.
Corn cooked in the husk and silk is so delicious that it doesn't need butter at all. MMMMM
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Posted: 7/12/2012 12:57:41 PM | hey......dont knock microwaving corn on the cob...............in my opinion.......its the best tasteing way to make corn........its still nice and crisp.......lol.hot enough to melt the butter.and then some........juicy...plus it doesnt heat the house up
oh.and msmicki?..........try some mirai sweet corn........comming from lancaster county pa...i always thought we had the worlds best sweet corn...........then i had some mirai..........the differance is amazing..........sure..it tastes like corn..........only....more so.........it costs a bit more .....but man oh man is it worth it | |
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Posted: 7/12/2012 1:35:44 PM | Excuse me Mr. Rax, don't get you panties in a wad. As you can clearly see I didn't knock anything. I said I try not to use the microwave much after I said I microwave corn on occasion. It certainly wasn't a direction to people. I have my reasons for not using it much.
I always say if you're having a bad day take it out on the guilty party.
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Posted: 7/12/2012 8:21:36 PM | sorry..............i sure didnt mean anything by my statement
i've had a lot of people look at me like i'm crazy when i mention corn in the microwave..thats why i replied | |
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Posted: 7/12/2012 11:10:04 PM | Well that is certainly sweet of you to say sorry and explain. No problem. Normally I probably wouldn't have taken notice of it, but I was horribly oppressed by the heat today and I was in air conditioner. Sometimes I go crazy being cut off from the outdoors and required to stay in an artificial environment. I am a person that needs to touch the earth and breathe natural air, for goodness sakes. I NEED to be back living on the beach, because I can take the heat that way.
I don't think you are crazy at all for microwaving corn, I love the microwave for steaming vegetables, they come out perfect. However, I am unable to get definitive information that I can see for myself that microwaves do not change the molecular structure of food. It doesn't seem like it should, but I have never been able to get definitive information. There is much more info that says it does and that is not something I want.
I did a test once for 2 weeks. One week, I ate all of my vegetables microwaved and another week I ate all of them lightly steamed, or stir-fried; same vegetables, same amounts, same degree of cooked (tender crisp). I most definitely felt better with the steamed and stir-fried, but what if there were factors I am not aware of that caused the difference in how I felt? I still do not know if microwaves are as safe as we are lead to believe. Actually, the microwaved veggies were the second week.
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Posted: 7/13/2012 6:28:31 AM | | Silly question here if I may? But if I micro my corn on the cob, how many minutes and at what temp? I love corn and can get it direct from a farmer who lives about 5 mins drive from my place. I love living on edge of town. Heck, I just love livin on the edge! lol.... | |
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Posted: 7/13/2012 9:14:42 AM | Moonie
Depending on UR Mcrowave I guess on how long. Mine is on high for 8 minutes ..
raxsar what is UR's so moonie can get an idea. I find- moonie- if I set the corm in a bowl with some water to soak (plain water) sometimes I do this n sometimes not- before mirco.. I thought it would make it moisture. Seems the same to me. Just so good n easy. Just make sure U use the pads to pull them out n hold from the cut stalk end upside down n shake over a bag and walla ~all the silk n husks gone. Hope this helps. | |
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Posted: 7/13/2012 9:16:33 AM | | Raxarsr Went I live in Pa. YOU are correct Great sweet corn. My father had sweet corn and other veggies over acres of land and so delicious. Mirai ~ can it be ordered from ....where?? thxs. | |
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Posted: 7/13/2012 9:25:35 AM | | Why thank you kindly Miss Dove! Sounds uber easy and that is just what I like when I come home at the end of a hard workday and want something tasty. Now if I had a cook at home like some of you folks here, heck, I wouldn't have a thing to worry about! | |
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Posted: 7/13/2012 10:08:38 AM | | Yes 8-10 minutes sounds right, depending on how many ears and the size of them. I usually do 4 ears at a time. If they are large, then that is going to take 10-12 minutes. Let them sit in the microwave for 1 minutes after the time is completed, so they finish cooking. Microwaves boil the water inside of food. When the microwave goes off, the food is still boiling inside, like a pan on the burner after you turn it off. | |
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Posted: 7/13/2012 10:15:14 AM | shoot......i think i do mine for 3 or 4 min.........usually 2 ears at a time
if you google mirai corn....you can at least find a seed dealer close by...........i have one farm semi close that sells it,,,,,,lol..............and i'm really trying to get my local guy to plant it next season
trust me...its well worth the hassle to get it | |
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Posted: 7/13/2012 6:48:17 PM | Corn on the cob -
Throw it in the oven husk on for 30 min. @ 350 and forget about it.
Perfect every time. | |
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Posted: 7/13/2012 7:14:54 PM | Out of the husk.........wrap it in wet paper towel and micro for about 3 - 4 minutes!!
Has anyone ever had the deep fried corn on the cob??
They were selling it at the County Fair tonight.......battered and deep fried and everyone was bragging how great it was!!
If I hadn't already had waaaaay too much junk........I would have tried it! | |
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Fifi47
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Posted: 7/13/2012 7:23:58 PM | | Strange how I was craving fried corn on the cob today and finally went and got some. The convenience store one block away sells Cajun spiced fried chicken, etc. It was yummy, even if it had to be warmed in the microwave after I got home. | |
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Posted: 7/14/2012 11:21:16 AM | my mom always cooked corn for 7 mins. when areosmith was in town the tour rider said they wanted their corn cooked for 3 mins. basically you're just heating it up. i do mine for 4-5 mins now. i find that's the best way to serve them.
for a backyard bbq it's hard to beat burgers but i like to do fresh salmon covered in dill, onions, peppers and lemon.
k.w.
can't beat bbq salmon | |
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Posted: 7/14/2012 11:24:39 AM | Ok all I picked up some corn today....they call it maple sugar. Supposed to be better than peaches n cream. going to try the micro route! At $6 a dozen it better be good!
OT: I love backon wrapped scallops on the grill with a nice new york strip. Add some grilled asparagus and we are good to go! | |
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Posted: 7/14/2012 4:56:27 PM | | I need some corn help, does anyone use one of the gadgets to cut the corn from the ear for freezing? Or just a plain old knife? When I saw Moonie paid $6, took me back to about 1974, I used to get 75 cents and always gave 13 ears,a bakers dozen and then as the ears got shorter I'd just fill a paper shopping bag full. | |
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