Been a While - However, the Word of the Day is 'Beet'.

I have found a new, bestest grilling book evah!  It called 'Mastering the Grill' by Andrew Schloss and David Joachim. It is not just a collection of recipes but also has guides on how to select a grill, cut up a chicken (and no, it does not involve yelling "Lorie, come here!") and descriptions of the various types of fish or game commonly available.

The book is catagorized into two parts. Part One has 4 subdivisions: Grilling Equipment; Grilling Techniques; Typical Grilling Proteins; Typical Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades. Part Two is the collection of recipes. The authors have thoughtfully divided the recipes, not only by the protein, but also by the average grilling length.

Of course there are vegetable recipes included as well - which brings us back to the Word of the Day, 'Beets'. No, I do not mean the pickled beets used to color up a salad - real, raw, with leaves and stems still attached, beets. I was browsing through the vegetables section (okay, okay, so even I get tired of Ranch Beans once in a while) and saw the recipe for 'Barbequed Beets with Orange Honey Butter'. Thought what the heck, even if I don't like the beets, I can probably use the butter during breakfast.

So, off to the store, and come home with all the ingredients; all the while getting the 'Have you lost your ever loving mind' looks from someone who shall remain nameless (starts with an 'L'). Cleaned 'em up, made the butter, salted and peppered the beets and put them on the grill.

Forty minutes later, they really were soft and squishy. I pull them off, leave the skins on, slice 'em up and serve with the butter. Fan,fricking,tastic. If fact the beets tasted better than the Orange Honey Butter. Either I put to much of the orange zest in it, or I just don't really care for orange zest that much. Next time, it will be honey butter with maybe some orange juice.

Anyway, I'll try to update a bit more often.

Laters.