As an early wedding present Suthee's brother Tom and his wife Susan got us a grill. After we got back from our weekend trip we picked out a Weber Spirit e210 and brought it home (with some difficulty). Tonight we made and ate our first grilled meal!
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| deliciousness |
Since the grill was Tom's gift we asked him to choose what the first meal would be and he picked NY Strip. Hope seasoned it pretty simply with a rub of fresh chopped garlic, sea salt, fresh ground black pepper, and a little bit of lemon pepper all rubbed on with a little olive oil. We eat steak once in a while when we go out, but it's mostly chicken and fish in our house with the occasional ham steak or block of tofu for our main proteins. Since we are a bit unexperienced at cooking steak we cut into them and found them to be nearly raw... which is exactly how Hope likes her steak. Suthee put his back on the grill for a few more minutes.
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| steak #1 |
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| steak #2 |
As sides we made grilled asparagus with bacon and what Hope calls "Camping Potatoes." They are a take-off on hashbrowns that her mom used to make when they went camping when she was little. You put grated potatoes, onions, and carrots into a foil pouch with a little bit of salt, pepper, and butter then you throw them on the grill, or straight into the campfire. We probably should have cooked them a little longer or maybe greased the foil a little better to brown them, but they tasted delicious. Overall it was a pretty awesome meal.
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veggies first
since they take a little longer |
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look at those perfect
grill marks! |
Before the "Grand Grill Adventure" we spent our Memorial Day weekend with Suthee's parents at their cabin in southern Colorado. We fished and ate trout, saw some elk, deer, and geese, and generally had a nice relaxing weekend. Hope caught a fish on the first cast the first day they went out. On Sunday they visited Great Sand Dunes National Park where Suthee "sandboarded" and Hope and Suthee's parents sledded (the video below is Suvipa's attempt at sledding). There was sand everywhere for a couple of days after that trip.
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Suthee's mom elected not
to fish, but she helped us
catch, clean, and cook everything |
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| 3 fisherfolk with our catch |
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