Outside the dugout: What's cooking?

My Grandmother was English she could make a standing rib roast, mashed potatoes and absolutely perfect Yorkshire pudding & gravy, even using her recipe it took a lot of trial & error but I finally got the yorkshires down. She made a bitter chocolate cake and frosting to die for, that recipe I got down as soon as I got my own kitchen

 

Guys and gals--the fried backstrap was so good last night I had to thaw another one out and make a slow-cooked venison stew for tonight--it's a lot like ol'school beef stew, but using cut up backstrap like stew meat--red potatoes, carrots, Vidalia onion, and cut up celery hearts with 2 McCormick's Beef Stew Mix packets--makes great gravy--all I got left to do is fry cornbread and I'm going to add some fresh cut up jalapenos to this batch--wish y'all were here--

Used watering all of Ms. Jan's plants--front yard and back to get into the ice cold longnecks--life is good--

 

Football Saturday means ice cold longnecks, a grill full of wings, and a big cold tray to go with--

Got to play a tough 8:48 right here Football Gators!!!

 

For me, that's the tenderloins...

 

OK guys and gals--it's our pre-hurricane Michael party this evening--all the outside stuff is tied down as good as we can get it, and to reward the work--tonight I'll be grilling fresh steelhead trout to go with a wild rice dish and a fresh Caesar salad--

The ice cold longnecks got into the act about half way through the outside prep work--hunker down folks, a Cat 3 100-120mph wind Michael will be here tomorrow--good luck to everyone and hang tough--

 

My post Hurricane Michael kitchen consists of my grill and smoker and I’ve converted my fish cooker into a camp stove—
This evening it will be grilled thick cut bone-in pork chops seasoned with coarse black pepper & Everglades Seasoning with of course Pat’s Ho-made on the last two turns—to go with will be fresh zipper peas and cob corn—my work crew likes their close-the-day-out meal and they well deserve it—
And with no problem I am glad to say my ice cold beer bill is up slightly but everyone participating in this clean up effort have more than earned that!

 

Day 8 in recovery mode—everybody’s worn down tired so I’m gonna keep it simple for this evening—grilling cheeseburgers and Hickory Hollow smoked venison links for sausage dogs—

And all the iced down longneck col’beers these hard working guys want—

They are still telling us 6-8 weeks before power is restored—Thank God for generators and fuel to run’em—

 

6-8 weeks?????????? Dang Bill, that is really tough. So sorry for what you (and everybody) is going thru because of Micheal.............. Hang in there.

 

Thank goodness for God’s A/C last night—it was in the upper 40’s—quite pleasant outside now temperature-wise. We are just really fighting yellow jackets and the biggest black/white spec mosquitoes since EVERYTHING has been unearthed since the storm—

Regardless, tonight is a fresh pot of homemade chili served over a bed of white rice covered with fine shredded sharp cheddar cheese—
And yes, the longnecks are ice cold—

 

Tonight I’ll be grilling 3/4” thick bone-in pork chops seasoned with coarse black pepper and Everglades seasoning—as always Pat’s Ho-made on the last two turns—we will have a pot of field peas w/snaps and a pot of rice covered with Rotel tomatoes on the camp stove—

The ice cold longnecks are the good part of the day—