So what’s it to be on the Fourth, folks, slow-cooked low-heat barbeque or quick-cooked high-heat grilling? Somehow I’ve missed living in locations which have heated debates about the authenticity of their particular version of BBQ, so I’m open for whatever tastes good. Beef brisket, pork shoulder, tomato-based sauce, whatever. If grilling, then what? Steaks, dogs and burgers, chicken, tofu? What goes with? Coleslaw, potato salad, ears of corn? Who’s got favorite 4th of July menus out there?
Darlin’, the only thing slow cookin’ in the Jen household is…er…JEN. And not tomorrow, either, toots: right now. Blech.
Tomorrow shall be neither a BBQ nor a grilling day. I don’t own a grill, and I’ll be damned if I’m willingly going anywhere near flames in weather that’s predicted to be 96F and humid. Hell no. I’ll be making a meal of popcorn and diet coke at my local movie theatre. Followed by bottled water and nothing at my local movie theatre. Completed by diet coke and pretzel bites at my local theater.
I’m getting into that air-conditioned theater the moment they open, and I’m not coming out until I absolutely have to. đ
Okay, BUT: if it were cooler, I’d have grilled chicken or fish. BBQ ribs IF my dad made ’em. Corn on the cob. Potato salad with eggs, Miracle Whip and mustard (Stop gagging, Steve. I can hear you from here. Best Foods for you, I know). Biscuits and honey. Fruit salad. Homemade peach or blackberry ice cream. Real strawberry shortcake, from scratch. Lots and lots of sweet tea. And sangria. đ
Hubby is bbq-ing pork ribs (despite the fact that we’re from Texas – pork ribs were on sale). I have no idea what we’ll have to go with it, but probably corn. Afterwards, we’re watching the fireworks. (I’ll spare you the discussion that I always here from hubby about the proper way to bbq – my opinion is that as long as it’s not me cooking, it’s got to be good!)
You know … I hadn’t even thought about it until just now. I had in fact forgotten that tomorrow was the fourth …
Oooh! Another Miracle Whip fan!
I think we’ll have leftover lasagna and Guinness Extra Stout (guava juice for the kiddies). In an alternate life, I’d have both BBQ and grilled items–a slow, soft, juicy BBQ and some nice grilled veggies, toasted Punalu’u Bakery sweet rolls (and hot dogs requested by the kids). The best part is the flaming marshmallows on a stick.
For those of you playing at home, Hawai’i is very much a Best Foods mayo place; Ali is an exception, and Jen moved back east, so she has to conform to them Northern tastes.
Ali, don’t inadvertently put the marshmallows on the kiddies’ sparklers.
Jen is originally from Southern California, and has always preferred Miracle Whip to any plain ol’ mayonnaise, so there. đ
đ High five, Jen!
No worries about the sparklers and flaming marshmallows, Link. My kids are a bit strange and don’t seem to like sparklers. I think it’s the pyro tendencies–they seem to prefer candles.
It is never a mistake to say good-bye.