Karen is relaxing while I cook dinner. She is enjoying a chocolate sauce with apples, marshmallows, apricots, ginger snaps, and pretzel sticks for dipping. The Verdi Imperial Stout doesn’t hurt either.
Dinner is coming along nicely, too.
New Year’s Day Dinner
We are smoking a bone-in pork loin for today’s dinner.
We are using the first of my rubs that I received for Christmas, which is a Grill Mates Applewood Rub by McCormick.
The black-eye peas are simmering on the stove.
Happy New Years!
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to all.
We are having blast this morning making our snowman.
Katie Beth loves her bicycle and is ready to ride it to the swimming pool.
Rapunzel
Katie Beth is having a blast dressed as Rapunzel.
We are celebrating the Ronning Christmas today with Karen’s Family.
Everyone is having a blast.
Mom’s Birthday
We are celebrating my mother’s birthday. She turned 73 today.
Faith came into town early to surprise mother.
Katie Beth wanted to help in the unwrapping.
Lovely Weather for Grilling/Smoking
I have just thrown the goat burgers on the Big Green Egg. We have freezing rain and the temperature is presently 30°F.
Life is good for the moment.
For those that haven’t had goat burgers, you haven’t lived.
Smoker and 27°F
You know that you are dedicated when you are firing up the smoker at these temperatures.
Yes, you are seeing snow fall and accumulate on the car as I am waiting for the lump charcoal to get to temperature.
I have some apple wood soaking. We are smoking lemon pepper seasoned chickens. Mmmm!
My First Eggs Benedict
I made my first Hollandaise sauce and Egg Benedict this morning.
The sauce was very easy, but many people think that it is too much work. As you can see, I didn’t use white pepper in the sause. I just didn’t want to change the pepper out in the grinder.
Karen thought it was very good, too.
Happy Thankgivings Day
It is a wonderful day to be firing up the smoker for cooking our turkey for Thanksgiving Day.
Normally, we do something more bold like duck, turducken, or the like. But, we are keeping it simple this year and just smoking a turkey on our Big Green Egg cooker.
It is not often that I am up at 6:00 AM and cooking on a grill.
Happy Thanksgiving Day!
Middle Prong Trail
Middle Prong Trail
We had a great time hiking the Middle Prong Trail, which follows the Middle Prong Branch. This is the first of the many water falls a long the trail.
We even saw an abandon car dating from maybe the 1930’s or earlier.
Middle Prong Trail