Saturday
Took the propane grill (and propane accessories) over to kid's new house today. Family met us there and we made a day of it. Along with the grill each arrive bearing gifts. One kid brought the chocolate cake. Host kid had the roasting ears, huge bakers, salad, and broccoli. We arrived with the steaks, meat rub, breads, watermelon, the 2005 remake of King Kong on DVD, and probably some other things I don't remember right now.
The steaks are worth special mention. I had Korger's cut 7 ribeye's; each of which were TWO INCHES thick. We arrived to find all the fixing's started at an appropriate time to be ready when the steaks were done. Once rubbed down, allowed to rest, and then sacrificed with fire, everyone dug in. MAN! That was good eatin'! Of course, with only 5 of us there and at least 2 of the women claiming only half a steak each, Wife and I brought the unclaimed steaks back with us for later cooking. The steaks were cooked to perfection; juicy without being bloody, done without being dry or overcooked. The grill worked perfectly (even the push button starter). SiL cooked well. But none of it would have been possible without the expert meat selection by yours truly.
SiL served a red wine he picked up for Kid while he was in California on business this past week. It was a little too sweet for me, but Kid likes sangrias, so at least it wasn't thick. <g> Still in all, it was a tasty choice that everyone (who likes such) enjoyed.
We couldn't touch half the stuff we'd laid out, so the watermelon was left uncut, chilling in the happy couple's refrigerator (along with half a chocolate cake and the broccoli). We had to approach desert as a second stage; after the movie so everyone could allow their systems to work on the main meal and let everything settle into a leg or two.
Really nice Memorial Day cookout, house warming party, and face time that everyone, with their busy schedules so seldom gets. We talked to Mom. We need to call Bro & his SO. All were greatly missed. When family scatters it's always difficult to gather back together.
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Sunday
Thinking about those steaks still made me smile.
So, off I was to make a late brunch/early lunch. We had steak and eggs today with an excellent dark-roast costa rican coffee and some of those jumbo biscuits with blackberry jelly.
Wife then took off to spend the day with Kid (going to a chick flick). time to raid the humidor.
BTW: my original Radio Shack hygrometers croaked a couple of weeks back. These are the ones that everyone was getting back during the cigar boom days. They are now discontinued. what i replaced them with was this: https://tinyurl.com/ob2f2 and 2 additional remote sensors (for a total of 3 sensors: https://tinyurl.com/onrnl ).
I placed a remote sensor in each of the humidors and one outside. The base unit gives temp & RH for it's location, along with atomic clock-synched time and an alarm clock function. I select the first 2 sensors so I can remotely check the temp/rh for each of the humidors without having to crack the seals. The 3rd sensor replaced the indoor/outdoor wired probe that I was using before. Works very well, so far.
.. not back on the bike yet but I'm hoping that next week I can test the waters some.
Took the propane grill (and propane accessories) over to kid's new house today. Family met us there and we made a day of it. Along with the grill each arrive bearing gifts. One kid brought the chocolate cake. Host kid had the roasting ears, huge bakers, salad, and broccoli. We arrived with the steaks, meat rub, breads, watermelon, the 2005 remake of King Kong on DVD, and probably some other things I don't remember right now.
The steaks are worth special mention. I had Korger's cut 7 ribeye's; each of which were TWO INCHES thick. We arrived to find all the fixing's started at an appropriate time to be ready when the steaks were done. Once rubbed down, allowed to rest, and then sacrificed with fire, everyone dug in. MAN! That was good eatin'! Of course, with only 5 of us there and at least 2 of the women claiming only half a steak each, Wife and I brought the unclaimed steaks back with us for later cooking. The steaks were cooked to perfection; juicy without being bloody, done without being dry or overcooked. The grill worked perfectly (even the push button starter). SiL cooked well. But none of it would have been possible without the expert meat selection by yours truly.
SiL served a red wine he picked up for Kid while he was in California on business this past week. It was a little too sweet for me, but Kid likes sangrias, so at least it wasn't thick. <g> Still in all, it was a tasty choice that everyone (who likes such) enjoyed.
We couldn't touch half the stuff we'd laid out, so the watermelon was left uncut, chilling in the happy couple's refrigerator (along with half a chocolate cake and the broccoli). We had to approach desert as a second stage; after the movie so everyone could allow their systems to work on the main meal and let everything settle into a leg or two.
Really nice Memorial Day cookout, house warming party, and face time that everyone, with their busy schedules so seldom gets. We talked to Mom. We need to call Bro & his SO. All were greatly missed. When family scatters it's always difficult to gather back together.
...
Sunday
Thinking about those steaks still made me smile.
So, off I was to make a late brunch/early lunch. We had steak and eggs today with an excellent dark-roast costa rican coffee and some of those jumbo biscuits with blackberry jelly.
Wife then took off to spend the day with Kid (going to a chick flick). time to raid the humidor.
BTW: my original Radio Shack hygrometers croaked a couple of weeks back. These are the ones that everyone was getting back during the cigar boom days. They are now discontinued. what i replaced them with was this: https://tinyurl.com/ob2f2 and 2 additional remote sensors (for a total of 3 sensors: https://tinyurl.com/onrnl ).
I placed a remote sensor in each of the humidors and one outside. The base unit gives temp & RH for it's location, along with atomic clock-synched time and an alarm clock function. I select the first 2 sensors so I can remotely check the temp/rh for each of the humidors without having to crack the seals. The 3rd sensor replaced the indoor/outdoor wired probe that I was using before. Works very well, so far.
.. not back on the bike yet but I'm hoping that next week I can test the waters some.
