Bbqs!

[lovetobake45]

This is my favorite summer time food.I like BBQ'ed anything,hot dogs,hamburger,steak,pork,corn or potatoes I really enjoy anything BBQ'ed.I also like potato salad,coleslaw or macaroni salad as sides.We have a very short BBQ season here where I live,even though I have seen people BBQ in the snow,this is not for me.

[CM]

Hi L2B45!

Here in New England, we have a very short bbq season, too. I like to stand by the bbq while it's cooking so you wouldn't catch me out there bbq'ing in Winter, either! Can't wait til the weather stops with this rain. A few days ago we saw a glimpse of Spring.

Last year I got a few bbq gadgets I'll be wanting to try (a pizza stone, a jalapeno popper rack and a stand up beer can chicken rack and a vegetable saute basket). The year before I got a marinating gizmo that vacuum marinates in less than 30 minutes - great for teriyaki and also for Italian dressing marinades. I also got a remote bbq wireless thermometer to try out, though I never step too far away from the bbq (all you have to do is look away and things will be overdone!).

Another thing I like to do with the bbq when I'm out in the garden is to have foil packets of marinating chicken or veggies, or sausages, peppers and onions, or thinly sliced steak, peppers and mushrooms in a sauce, all ready to be tossed onto the grill at a moments notice. Fried chicken is good this way, too.

Some ingredients have to be cooked in advance (like the fried chicken) but some of the mixtures can be cooked right in the foil.

Easy cleanup! You can make a bunch of these at a time and stack them up in the freezer (well-labeled!). And everyone can have their preference.

Foil Packet Recipes
Foil Dinners
Chicken and Vegetables in Foil
Foil Grilled Ham Rolls

[BasilRock]

If you like to bbq, you might like to try this. When I was up in Wisconsin a few years ago, My Nephew's Mother-In-Law had this put out and I fell in love. It is a potaoe bake on the grill. Take white potatoes, however many you want, add (this is the crazy part) Molly McButter. It comes in the spice section and it is a Natural butter flavor sprinkle. You just dice up the potatoes and put them in aluminum foil keeping them very moist. Use heavy duty foil and double up. Then sprinkle the Molly McButter over it, stir it a little, then I sometimes add a pat or two of regular butter or margarine, close it up and set it on the grill. Cook till potatoes are tender. The bottoms can become crispy. It is amazing. We also did this when camping, and just threw it right on the burning campfire. Hope you try and enjoy like we do.

[CM]

You just dice up the potatoes and put them in aluminum foil keeping them very moist. Use heavy duty foil and double up. [...] We also did this when camping, and just threw it right on the burning campfire. Hope you try and enjoy like we do.

Those potatoes sound like they'd be tasty and easy to make while busy working in the garden. Thanks for sharing, BR!

On the subject of foil potatoes, one simple method I like uses baby red potatoes (because you don't need to peel them if they don't have any green on the skins). Just rub in olive oil and add a clove or two of garlic to the foil packet, sprinkle the skin of the potato with coarse (but not too coarse) sea salt - you can add a spot of butter if you like. I leave the garlic cloves whole, they can then be removed when the potatoes are done and spread over the meat dish that's being served alongside the potatoes. Turn them on the grill occasionally so that they'll cook evenly. Using smaller potatoes is best because they don't take as long to bake. Sometimes, if there's time, I take these out of the foil after they're done and press them onto the hot grill to add some grill marks just before serving. I do something similar with 1 inch thick slices of Vidalia onions on the grill.