Outside the dugout: What's cooking?

The pork shoulder last night was very strange. It was 3.7 pounds and after more than 8 hours on the KJ at 250 F it still was only up to 190 F. And the meat was very dry.

So the pork was more like torn and chopped rather than pulled and it needed to be sauced.

I have had some stubborn pork shoulders before but never like this.

It was edible but not nearly as good as normal. I think it was just a piece of meat that was low in fat.

 

Tonight is clam linguini.

And heal up @74nole and enjoy the new grandchild.

 

Grilling chicken thighs on the KJ.

 

Asparagus risotto with a mixed greens salad. Going to have watercress as one of the greens.

 

Last night my wife and I stayed out at Cedar Key. We had dinner and stayed at the Island Hotel.

Dock Street is still a HGE mess after Helene. Some places we have stayed out there in the past are waiting to be rebuilt. Some are GONE.

We just wanted to go out there and throw some money at the town.

On our way back we bought some seafood: Gulf shrimp, locally grown clams and almost 2.5 pounds of grouper filets. Going to use some of the shrimp to make pasta with sun-dried tomatoes, roasted red peppers, cream, garlic, basil and red pepper flakes for dinner tonight. The grouper menu is up in the air. We might make the best fish tacos ever with some friends and their kids or make one night of fish tacos for us and another night of grouper with a macadamia nut crust.

For sure we are making Thai clams one night. If I have time I will make clams Casino with the rest of them. Or an authentic clam linguini with clams in the shell.

 

Best ever fish tacos tonight.

 

Tonight we are finishing off the grouper we bought near Cedar Key with a macadamia nut crust, cilantro and lime rice, and sauteed green beans with sesame seeds.