Outside the dugout: What's cooking?

Lurk—

Well, you did have to do all that to get to your grill/kitchen, right???
It all fits here if we’ve got to vote IMHO...

 

Tonight I’ve got a little company over so I’m grilling 1” thick bone in pork chops—coarse black pepper and Everglades seasoning coated with Everglades Mopping Sauce the last two turns with the inside sides being homemade Mac & Cheese, fresh crowder peas with fresh pod okra laid on top, deviled eggs, and jalapeño cornbread—

The ice cold longnecks are doing their thing as we sit and watch the Mets vs Cubs on MLB Network—Go Pete!!!

 

Going with a soup tonight as I've got a good bit of outside work lined up for the day and I'm sure I'll be ready to be out of the heat when I'm done--Tonight it'll be homemade hamburger (half ground chuck/half venison burger) vegetable soup and jalapeno cornbread--

I use the burger, browned and drained with a large Vidalia onion shaved up--then add a large bottle of V-8 juice, the frozen mixed vegetables as well as cut up okra, diced tomatoes and Rotels, salt, pepper, and a couple of shots of Lea & Perrins and Ed's Red Original Hot Sauce--Fine shredded Sargento's sharp cheese on the side for those who want it.

Oh, yeah--the iced cold longnecks are ready to go and add to the afternoon/evening--

Hunker down Central Florida--damn hurricanes (weather kind) can hit hard and make it miserable--Good luck to all!!!

 

Quick head's up.....Yoohoo is on BOGO at Winn Dixie right now. The cans that come in a 12 pack....not those goofy little cardboard box things.

I got four 12 packs.

Got my generator ready so fridge will have power as well as a window AC unit I have, in the event the power goes out. This happened with Matthew and Irma. I use non-ethanol gas which really helps in between uses.

I can bring Mom over here too, if her power goes out. I went over this evening and took her flag pole down and helped move her potted plants. Plus checked on her provisions. Made sure she had her cell phone charged and ready.

Best to all - and Happy Labor Day too!

 

With a morning of outside work and college football the rest of the day it's an easy call--

Do-over on my hamburger/vegetable soup--it was mighty good last night and plenty was left over--

The back porch Yeti is proud to see another season of college football get here!

 

Lurk—

Sounds to me like you went deep again to the upper deck with another solid hit—

 

Back on the charcoal grill tonight—BBQ chicken halves seasoned with coarse black pepper and Everglades seasoning, Everglades Mopping Sauce on the last two turns, baked potatoes, and fresh Romaine salad topped with vine ripe tomatoes—

The ice cold longnecks in the Yeti have been quite relaxing on this Sunday and first day of September—

 

I put a 4lb boneless chuck roast in my Lodge kettle this morning with shaved vidalia onions, baby carrots, celery, and potatoes—browned the salt, coarse black pepper, and Morton’s season-all salted chuck roast lightly first then added the vegetables and potatoes—I do cheat and use a couple of packets of McCormick Beef Stew Mix seasoning packets to make the gravy—
Jalapeño cornbread is the side tonight—

The ice cold longnecks was watching the Mets vs Nats and the Braves vs Blue Jays this afternoon—

 

Have you ever added Dr Pepper to your roasts? It makes some of the most tender and juicy roasts Ive ever made. I do it in the slow cooker but Im sure it would work in the kettle as well. I add one 16oz bottle of DP and a couple cups of water. Its also amazing with venison back strap. Just soak it in there for a couple hours all they way up to overnight. Then I wrap in bacon weave, season with whatever Im in the mood for, and throw it on the Egg until the bacon is crisp. Its really good.

 

BTW - hope all of you are going to be ok with that monster out there. All my family is in the Leesburg/Fruitland Park/Villages area - so Ive been tracking it pretty close. My dad is hard headed as they come and he wont be leaving. I am really worried about the poor people in the Bahamas. That thing has been thrashing them for days now.

 

Just made this - not bad:


Johnsonville Italian Sausage now on the grill and will be ready by Noon.

Dorian downgraded to Cat 3 and is forecasted to stay off the coast, thankfully.