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It's been awhile since I posted any kind of effort meal. Grandson, the Plague, Spring activities and breeding sales have kept me beyond bizzy-n-dizzy.
Last eve I went out of my way to stop and smell the roses.
I thought I would share.
Thawed a couple Pork Steaks.. homegrown of course.
Created a marinade copied from numerous recipes. Just substituted/added/subtracted things we thought would be more advantageous.
BTW, don't get your hopes up, boiling the mixture evaporates the alcohol.
Placed it in the ice box to cool. Once it cooled off. The steaks were placed in the marinade and soaked for 6ish hours give or take.
Real Fire. Not from man made fuels. DH uses a small amount of Kingsford in a chimney starter and dumps the hot coals on wood to jump start the wood fire.
Pecan wood was last night's flavor. Pork and Pecan Smoke is soooooooooooo good. Not strong like oak or hickory, but sweet tasting. Drool worthy.
The marinade was in the smoke as it dripped into the hot wood fire. You could taste the sugar laced smoke.
So, while daddy was playing grille master (sitting on the porch drinking a beer), mommy was in the kitchen slaving over a hot stove.
Em-connie prepped the seafood salads.
First the Shrimp Scampi Sauce:
Last eve I went out of my way to stop and smell the roses.
I thought I would share.
Thawed a couple Pork Steaks.. homegrown of course.
Created a marinade copied from numerous recipes. Just substituted/added/subtracted things we thought would be more advantageous.
- 2 cups of real apple juice.
- 2 tsp of apple cider vinegar.
- 1/4 cup of light brown sugar.
- 1/2 of Jack Daniels.
- unmeasured amount of Farmer Connie's All Purpose Seasoning (out of the shaker)
BTW, don't get your hopes up, boiling the mixture evaporates the alcohol.
Placed it in the ice box to cool. Once it cooled off. The steaks were placed in the marinade and soaked for 6ish hours give or take.
Real Fire. Not from man made fuels. DH uses a small amount of Kingsford in a chimney starter and dumps the hot coals on wood to jump start the wood fire.
Pecan wood was last night's flavor. Pork and Pecan Smoke is soooooooooooo good. Not strong like oak or hickory, but sweet tasting. Drool worthy.
So, while daddy was playing grille master (sitting on the porch drinking a beer), mommy was in the kitchen slaving over a hot stove.
Em-connie prepped the seafood salads.
First the Shrimp Scampi Sauce:
- 1/2 stick of real butter.
- pinch of sea salt
- pinch of garlic powder.
- 1 cup of sliced white mushrooms.
- 1 cup of chopped red onion.
- 2# of DE-veined tailless shrimp.
- at the last second of saute, Shaker-ed a little Farmer Connie's All Purpose Seasoning.
- Ice burg Lettuce.
- More red onion.
- Fresh cut match stick carrots.
- A smidgen of Pepper jack cheese (Shredded)