A Memorial Day BBQ Delight, and My IMBC Future More Defined
- So we had our Memorial Day BBQ a couple days early, and I am stuffed from all the food. I’m also a bit tipsy from the red wine *hic*.
New York Strip steaks, coated with a bit of oil, with black pepper and kosher salt; italian squash, seasoned the same way; pork spare ribs and chicken wings, marinated in soy sauce and garlic; roasted corn; and potato salad! Ugh…and after that, we went out to get some ice cream!
- Speaking of my New York Strip, I bought myself four thick, juicy New York Strip steaks from my local supermarket on Wednesday, and was planning on freezing them overnight–yeah, I know, that’s a sin in itself. On Thursday, I pulled the steaks out of the freezer, to find one steak intact, in a zip lock bag!
I asked my mom (who’s up here, visiting for the week) about the steaks, and she said that she had “prepared” them for me. By prepared, I found out that three of the steaks were cut up, fileted (sp?), and frozen. Some of them were even already marinated! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
(Fortunately, I had a couple extra steaks, but they were in the freezer for a while. They still came out OK, though.)
Also, I had purchased a rack of pork spare ribs, which I planned on slow-cooking (a la baby back ribs). I had also found those cut up and marinated.
- My mom, stubborn as she is, kept insisting that the best way to cook with a charcoal grill is to cook with the lid off.
For the record, I have this Weber grill; I’m pretty sure the lid is included for a reason :P.
After scorching the first batch of food that she was in charge of–I was responsible for the steaks, and boy, did my piece turn out excellent–and subsequently blaming me for putting too much charcoal in the BBQ, I insisted that she needed to cook the food with the lid on. She claimed that I was insulting her intelligence, and proceeded to scorch another batch of food, shouting once again, “you put too much charcoal in the grill!”
A few minutes later, after cooking the third batch of food–I told you we had a lot of food, didn’t I?–she walked back into the house with a slight grin on her face. She told me, “if you put the lid on the grill, it cooks better!”
(me bangs head on wall)
Yes, being the childish person that I am, I enjoyed my moral victory over my mother for the remainder of the day. And yes, that third batch of food was quite tasty.
- A little non-BBQ related item: it appears that I will be going out on a trip up to NorCal starting Tuesday. Whether or not I’ll be able to blog every day during my trip remains to be seen. If I can’t do it, I’ve enjoyed my run!
Food coma’s kicking in…zzzzz…