Dorothy’s Alternative BBQ Night-In

            TGIF!  Today is Friday, the day of the week where we look forward to relaxing and doing anything that is not attached to working towards my English degree.  Brian and I decided to go to downtown Grand Rapids to see the Art Prize, the world’s largest art competition.  All of a sudden our phone rang.  Ted was on the other end; he wanted to spend some family time.  Brian and I quickly changed our art viewing idea and walked over to Ted’s house.  Ted announced that he wanted to buy Brian special beer for his birthday and asked us to check out Schuler’s.  This store has at least fifty different types of beers from around the world.  Brian was handed a six pack cardboard box and told to figure out which beers he would like.  About one hour later I found myself grilling steaks. In addition to the steak we ate German potato salad and a crispy salad with raspberry dressing.  This was a night of various and odd flavors. 

 

            Dorothy’s Alternative BBQ Night-In

            Start with a good butcher cut steak with Canadian BBQ seasoning and pepper, cooked over a perfect Dorothy BBQ.  (see earlier post)  Today, I doubled up with a package of ribs from the freezer for tomorrow night.  They were lightly salted, and I seasoned them with Canadian BBQ while on the grill, adding BBQ sauce for flavor.  The heat of the grill needed to be controlled today, so I closed the vent a bit to damped the fire, allowing the meat to cook slowly.  In the end, we ate perfect steak, just a bit rare for my son, but perfect for my husband.  It was, all in all, a good old timey family night.  Just after we finished eating dinner Candace came over making the night even better; after her, Josh, J-Mac and Sam arrived filling out eating area with funny anecdotes and laughs.  This night ended up being one of the best T.G.I.F we’ve had in a while.