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Best of Both Worlds

I think the best part of summer is sitting outside enjoying an ice cold beverage and grilling out with a bunch of friends. While I am no master grill man, I love to grill.

I love the taste of food off of a charcoal grill. Most of the time I don't have a problem waiting the half hour for the grill to heat up but sometimes its a huge pain and very annoying. Hence why I use the gas grill 95% of the time.

Maybe these have been out for a while but this year I spotted a sweet Weber grill. Best of both worlds.

It has a gas start (uses the small green tanks) to get the coals going and then it becomes your run of the mill charcoal grill. It's got a great prep table, something I never have had with gas grills. The black bucket underneath is for charcoal storage, don't have to worry about the bag getting destroyed/lost. Weber has a rotisserie accessory which pretty much completes the package. It's on my b-day/xmas list!

Turkey Fry

This past weekend I successfully completed my first fried turkey.  It was amazing.  Pops has always gone the creole/cajun route and the turkeys have always gone over well.  We used creole butter marinade with some cajun seasoning over the outside of the turkey.  We used peanut oil to fry the turkey.  The oil is getting super expensive ($40+). Dad found it for about half the price of other places at a farm implement store.  Be on the lookout!

The turkey takes about 3-1/2 minutes per pound so we threw in some appetizers before we got started.  We tryed jalapeno poppers and cream cheese wontons this time.  They turned out pretty well, and it only takes ~2 minutes.  Awesome!

The last time we fried a turkey at home, we tried some funnel cake.  It was delicious.  We haven't perfected the "look" but I'm working on it.

Meg and I have decided to throw a fry party.  Everyone brings something to fry, Meg and I will supply the turkey.  Let us know who is in.

100 Miles of Fun

Annie, Ali, and I participated in something new this year - we went "garage sale"ing. But not just any garage sale - we went for the biggest around - the 100 Miles Garage Sale. Formally the 80 Mile Garage Sale. Wow- this is some serious business. While we may have been Garage Sales Newbies - we are hooked! This is going to become an annual event. We had such a blast- All finding treasures, losing some treasures to ladies that were more pro at this than us, and enjoying our time together. We stopped at a great dinner along the way and had an awesome Pepin Burger- and got some kettle korn and cheese corn (man I wish I would have gotten those mini doughnuts!). I will post pictures later - and don't worry - almost all of our finds will require a before and after - which I will post as well.

All- in- all it was a great day with great weather - all while we should have been at work :)