The potato salad is a little ‘different’, but very good - I’ll make it again (I did follow the recipe exactly, including the cucumber). The BBQ is from a friendly, local stand & we like it very much. The Cole slaw is an easy recipe I found & modified - forgot the Dijon mustard, but I didn’t notice the difference. The cobbler ... Sally’s Baking Addiction recipe, so you know it’s good. Her recipe calls for buttermilk - didn’t have it the first time I made this a while back (still good), but I did have buttermilk for this batch - yum! The apples were from a local orchard, too .... they smell like apples when I open the pantry (store bought don’t).
Recipes, if anyone is interested:
The Best Potato Salad
https://www.recipetineats.com/potato-salad/
There are several other potato salad recipes I want to try at this site, such as the red potato salad with roasted corn, the German potato salad, & a couple of the sweet potato ones.
The Best Apple Cobbler I’ve Ever Had
https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/apple-cobbler/
Both of those look so yummy! Thanks for the links!
Beau will be back from Bear Camp this week, so I’ve got to get my Cooking/Baking Vibe back on after goofing off for a number of weeks!
He’d like that cobbler, for sure. Now, where will I find apples this time of year? ;) LOL!
Ah, BBQ! I got my bad molar filled today (part of it had broken off!) and afterward wifey and I drove to Paducah (KY) for their “BBQ on the River” festival. I think this is the 1st time we’ve gone on a Thursday, or even this early in the day (got there ~ 5 pm). The benefits turned out to be “not so crowded” and “no seller was out of vittles yet”! We tried a new BBQ seller, as wifey usually picks whoever has hooked up with “The Knights of Columbus”, and we didn’t see a sign for the Knights. (The whole event raises money for various area charities nonprofits, with all vendors required to donate at least 5% of their sales to charity.) This vendor was named “Juicy Pork Butts” or something like that — not totally sure I have that exactly correct, but I remember “juicy” and “butts”. Well, hey, I was distracted by the right 2/3 of the lower part of my face still being numb! Anyway, that numbness finally faded a couple hours ago, and, heh, yeah, these people cook up some good ribs... :-)
We stopped by the local NWS Office booth and I got to argue my case to their chief meteorologist (I think) for including mention of frost in forecasts even after the 1st “killing” frost:
For one thing, a lot of gardeners around here (7a) cover their plants and / rotate some in and out — heck, one year I had tomato plants still going after Thanksgiving! And, for another, for anyone who has a car outside with clear sky above, knowing whether one needs to go out 10 minutes early to warm the car to clear the frost off the windshield go to work in the morning (or whatever), is pretty useful. So, the NWS guy allowed that maybe my suggestion of at least putting mention of frost into the forecast discussion even well after the 1st “killing frost” (they go by reports from their local ag partners) might not be a bad idea. We’ll see if it happens!
The one thing that’s not been at the last couple “BBQ On The River” events is a big aquarium with various fish, small to large, from the Ohio River in it. This year, also no dice. Bummer!