Once in awhile-now and again-this is us

we walked out our door to go to the bbq and were greeted with this view. the grilling area was just to the right in the picture. not too far to  walk. which was good on the walk back.

the grilling demonstration was very interesting. we had a lot of fun. we learned the first thing we don’t do is buy grade a beef. they recommend getting your meat from a meat market and have it trimmed and cut the way you want. who can afford that?  we received a nice cookbook which was nice.

frank, the owner of the hitching post, shows us how to prepare a filet mignon tenderloin. like we can afford a whole tenderloin.

now he’s showing us how to build a fire of red oak. another expensive item.

pasquale, the executive chef here at the ranch is doing chicken on his grill. he didn’t show us how, but he said just cut it in half. they didn’t cook fish, but told us the best way to cook that too.

everyone paid a lot of attention to what the chefs were doing. it was a beautiful afternoon. no rain here tracy.

the grounds are beautiful here.

jerry was talking to brad, one of the chefs we know at the hitching post. he gave him lots of good advice.

they passed around appetizers and had wine tastings as the chefs were cooking the meat. have you ever had bbq pork belly? it’s a good thing the piece’s were small, because it’s almost all fat. but boy it was dee-licious. everything they served got better than the last. the wines were good too. we had three to pick from.

we had dinner with your choice of any of the meats they cooked. jerry and I sampled everything. we ate in a nice banquet room. had some good tablemates. (jerry is right in the middle of the picture)

we both ate too much food and drank too much wine. but boy isn’t it fun once in a while to just go hog wild and forget about all the rules we have now about eating and drinking. we have the chance to do it again tonight when they grill the meat with the spice rubs we made today. what would you do?  (there will be beer tonight).

it is so peaceful here, jerry is taking a nap while i’m doing this.

i’ll let you know if we went hog wild again.

stay tuned.