Barbequing

[O Town]

We cook pretty much anything on the grill and do it at least 2 times a week. This weekend we had beef brisket marinaded in MoJo and then smoked on the oppisite side of the coals for 3 hours. Slice it up and put it on thick slices of garlic bread. It was awesome. Another favirote of mine is Grouper on the grill, marinaded in butter and lemon. Its been a while since I had that, but I love it. Simple and oh so good.

[Janice]

You know what, I don't think you can cook a steak, pork chops or hamburgers inside the house the way you can on a grill. Grilled foods are 100% tastier, IMO.

[Miss Mary]

Here's a question about grilling corn on the cob.

Is it better to A. pull back the husk but keep it attached, removing the silk hairs? Then pulling the husk back over the corn, taking one husk strand and tieing it? or B. Just soak it of course and put the whole thing on the grill, hairs and all?

I've had the first way at festivals and wondered if that's the easier way to prepare it. Thanks!

[O Town]

Well easier would be B, but A is best because you can just sit down and eat it without having to pull the hairs at the dinner table. We cook it the A way, but also have husked it completly and put it in aluminum foil with salt, pepper and butter that seems to come out the best IMO.

[alicia-w]

i pull the husk back, strip off the silk, spray butter on the corn, sprinkle it with garlic and herb parmesan cheese, wrap it back up and grill it then. not too bad.

[Janice]

Has anyone ever cooked on their bbq grill with pans, etc. during an electric outage?
I never have and wonder if boiling potatoes in a pan, etc. works well?

[coriolis]

Janice you should try BBQ'ing those toads.

[Janice]

You know, Coriolis, you may find it hard to believe, but I can afford the real meat in the stores. Now, if you want me to send you some..... let me know.....

[Janice]

By the way..... off topic.... for a minute... this just came out from our governor...

According to the governor, the 2006 hurricane season is being predicted as very active in which Puerto Rico could be slammed by an atmospheric phenomenon in the categories of 4 or 5.

The island has not received the battering of a hurricane of these categories since the 1930s.

A little scary, huh?

[Janice]

I could change the title to Barbequing in Hurricanes........................

[O Town]

Has anyone ever cooked on their bbq grill with pans, etc. during an electric outage?
I never have and wonder if boiling potatoes in a pan, etc. works well?

We use our camping stove that runs on propane for our side items, and buy 2 huge bags of charcoal for the grill for the meat. Thats how we ate through the 2004 cane outages we had here. We lost power with 3 of them. But I would pan cook over the coals if I had to, just never have had to do it. We have however thrown potatoes wrapped in aluminum in the coals of our camp fire while camping, and just opened up a can of baked beans and put it on the grill next to our meat cookin in the can.

[Janice]

Thanks, I forgot about our little 2 burner Coleman. I hope we don't have to all cook this way this season. It is good to get ideas and plan ahead tho.

[coriolis]

Aww Janice, no insult was intended. It's like when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. When life gives you toads, barbeque 'em.

[Janice]

Hey, sushi is about as far as I will go.....

[MomH]

Your question brought back memories. Many, many years ago my 3 daughters and I went camping for a week by ourselves. We soon realized that the Coleman stove wasn't working and I wasn't about to try to use the stove in the pop up camper we had rented. The girls went ballistic worrying about how we were going to eat. They soon found out Daddy was not the only one who knew how to use charcoal and real wood. Camp ground site had both a grill and a fire pit. We had bacon, eggs, fried potatoes or pancakes for breakfast and all the normal things (chicken, hamburgers, hot dogs, chops, ribs) for lunch and dinner. Their favorite was potatoes cored and stuffed with sausages, wrapped in heavy foil and cooked on the coals.

They gained a new respect and appreciation for their mother that week.

MomH

[O Town]

Wow, go mom! I have a respect for you just knowing you took out your 3 girls camping alone. I have 3 girls as well and I don't know if I would do it. lol. Sometimes the best memories are from things just liked you mentioned, you have to improvise and it turned out great.

[Janice]

I still think you cannot beat the taste of barbequing.

[LSU2001]

Hey CajunMama,
I like Grilled Redfish on the Half shell.
Redfish flillet with scales,and skin still attached.
Soak in MT. Dew overnight.
dip into an Italian Salad Dressing bath, Coat with Cajun Seasoning and add garlic.
have melted butter with a touch of lemon juice ready to baste the fish with.
Cook scale side down until fish flakes easily with fork.
To remove use a spatula to take fish off grill, flip onto plate so scales and skin are facing up, gently peel the scales, skin off and viola, culinary perfection.

Also good with a crawfish, crab or shrimp cream sauce over the top.
Hollandaise sauce works well too.
TIm

[Janice]

Does anyone bbq fruits? We went to a bbq of one of Johns students and they had a kabob of fruit slices and she spread a mixture of water and sugar with a brush over them. It was delicious. I forgot the whole technique she used tho.

[TexasStooge]

I still think you cannot beat the taste of barbequing.

True that. I recently went to a BBQ last Saturday, and made a pig outta myself, matter in fact all of my friends and family did.