[LonePalm]

Good Morning All,

Memorial Day weekend is a washout on the Jersey Shore with up to 2 inches of additional rain forecast for parts of the tri-state area just for today. We may catch a break and get in the Yankees/Red Sox game this afternoon.

I baked bread yesterday and put two slabs of ribs with dry rub on them in the fridge. I like Alton Brown's "Who loves 'ya Baby-back" recipe from FoodTV.com. It works very nicely and produces very tender ribs that you finish on the grill.

I made up a salad for supper last night. Fresh spinach, stemmed and torn, tossed with bottled Italian dressing, button Crimmini mushrooms, stemmed and quartered, chiffonade of fresh Basil, and bacon bits. The family nailed it. Crimminis are the same as Portobellas, just smaller. Chiffonade just means cut into ribbons. Stack the leaves and roll up the long side to form a tube. Slice in about 2mm wide sections and unroll, et voila, a chiffonade of basil. It adds a nice sweet herby flavor.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[RikaStrom]

Alton Brown had this great show on yesterday with tomatos. I immediately had some ideas for food.

Here's the shrimp for the grill, I took these to our shoot last weekend.

Ingredients

2 pounds large shrimp, peeled and deveined with tails attached
1 cup beer
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 clove garlic, minced
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/8 teaspoon hot sauce

Directions

1) Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Stir well to coat the shrimp. Place in a large shallow dish and refrigerate. Let marinate for 2 to 3 hours, stirring occasionally.
2) Heat oven broiler. Drain shrimp. Thread shrimp through neck and tail onto six 14-inch skewers so that shrimp will lie flat. Place skewers on a lightly greased rack of a broiler pan.
3) Broil 5 inches from heat for 3 minutes. Turn skewers and broil for an additional 1 to 2 minutes, or until shrimp turn pink. Serve warm with cold beer.

Except instead of the broiler, you throw them on the grill. YUMMY

[Gabz]

sounds wonderful.

We did dinners sort of bass-ackwards this weekend. The crabs and beer were Saturday, burgers last night and today - crockpot dinner!!!!

[secret garden]

You two are making me hungry. And jealous that my cooking couldn't even approach your efforts.