The gales of November have not stopped Hick from grilling. Thevictorians are not the Edmund Fitzerald! In fact, there are no current gales. The weather was clear and in the 70s on Thursday. The Pony had not been out for lunch in a while, so we planned a weekday BBQ. That was for Hick, who doesn't like missing even an hour of reduced daylight behind the counter of his SUS2.5 (Storage Unit Store 2.5). Deer season is coming, and the sportsmen are spending. So we didn't want to take him away from his shop on the weekend.
Nothing fancy this time. The Pony volunteered to make special Mac N Cheese. Except the box mix was forgotten at home, along with the special spices and ingredients! Luckily, I had a simple box of it in the pantry, and some minced garlic in FRIG II. Though not much else except a few different cheeses to add to the powder in the box.
Also on the menu were the tater-tot-like potato "coins" that are found in the freezer at 10Box. And I baked up some potatoes and onions for Hick. He likes them wrapped in foil and put on the grill, but that is harder for me to get ready than just putting them in the oven. Sliced potatoes layered with sliced onions and butter. I had a bit of bacon left over from making green beans last week, so it went in, too.
Hick must have been off his feed. That's all he had! To be fair, he DID have lunch at the Senior Center, which was spaghetti and garlic bread and German Chocolate Cake. So maybe he was still full.
The Pony strapped on the old feedbag with a couple of bratwursts. They had the regular kind this time, and beer brats. Hick did not keep them separate on the grill, so you never know that you're going to get. I guess supper time at Thevictorian household is like a box of bratwursts, heh, heh. I can tell that was The Pony's plate because of the ketchup. It was NOT for the potato coins... The Pony ate salad as an appetizer this time, while we were getting the side dishes ready. That's because The Pony usually gets too full while eating salad with the meal, and leaves some behind for me to finish the next day.
I chose a nice fat charred hot dog instead of a bratwurst. As usual, my most-favored part of the grilling was the salad. I love a good BIG salad! I used the last of the home-grown tomatoes that had been provided by Hick's buddy. In fact, I was unable to finish my salad this time! The mustard is for the hot dog, and the ketchup is for the potatoes. I normally just put the mustard on the hot dog, but The Pony was gathering my condiments, and treated it like the ketchup. Which is definitely for the potato coins. Shasta Zero Sugar with fresh-squeezed lemon for the beverage. High-class this time! In a plastic glass rather than the can, heh, heh.
Once again, I forgot the show the desserts. It was a big cookie, chocolate chip, bought at Country Mart. And a choice of a chocolate-coated ice cream bar, two kinds of Drumsticks, and Cherry Chocolate Chunk ice cream in a regular or waffle cone. The Pony and Hick chose the Drumstick with caramel, and I had an ice cream bar.
The Pony took home a bunch of leftovers, and Hick and I will be feeding on the rest for several nights. Can't beat a good November cookout!
That is a huge salad!
ReplyDeleteThat's why I called it a BIG salad. I was shocked that I couldn't finish it!
DeleteYum. I have to say it looks mighty tasty to me. The salad looks delicious, and I love those tater tot coins. We buy them more often than the tater tots. As for dessert, I just tasted the Cherry Chocolate Chunk ice cream a couple of weeks ago and found out I love it. (I don't usually go for a lot of chunky stuff in my ice cream.) I would have the ice cream in a waffle cone, but only if I had gone easy on the meal. I am a fan of waffle cones over the plain cones, but I do also like store bought drumsticks, with the nuts on top. You're making me hungry for ice cream, and it is cold as heck here. Low last night was 19 degrees. Brrr.
ReplyDeleteI made potato soup yesterday as I had been craving it. My husband even helped peel the potatoes and cut up the summer sausage for me. It made a nice big batch for these cold days, until it warms up a bit next week. I still might make chili next week though. Anyhow, your meal looked tasty and with 70 degrees seem perfectly appropriate. Ranee
Last night I just had a hot dog. The potatoes weren't all that appealing to me, and The Pony took the rest of the "coins" home. Hick likes the Mac & Cheese, so I left that for him. I was too lazy to make another salad. BUT... that left room for ICE CREAM. Indeed, I had the Cherry Chocolate Chunk in a waffle cone. It was delicious!
DeleteHick at a bratwurst and a hot dog and the side dishes, then grabbed a handful of the Payday Mix, and part of the giant cookie. I asked what about the Drumsticks he had asked for. "Oh, I forgot. I think I'll have an ice cream bar." Heh, heh. In addition to his other sweets. No old-people spaghetti lunch that day! Just a frozen chicken sandwich and chips that he takes to his SUS2.5.
I imagine our weather will cool off again. Not sure if I'll make a big pot of vegetable beef soup, or some quick 6-can chicken and dumplings.
After spaghetti with garlic bread and German chocolate cake, I'd be full too! I generally eat one large meal per day with the others being more snack sized. The macaroni cheese looks very yellow, almost orange. I buy frozen ones now and again and they are never that colour, just pale creamy colour. I suspect the boxed make-it-yourself variety would be more like yours.
ReplyDeleteI'm highly suspicious that potato coins were invented because tater tots weren't moving off the shelves as fast as they used to. People get tired of the same old thing after a couple of decades.
The regular box mix Mac & Cheese comes with a powder packet of cheese that is this neon orange color. The potato coins get much crispier than the tater tots. That's in my oven. I don't know about frying them.
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