Over the last few weeks my wife and i have gone to two pig roasts. Each technique with preparing the whole pigs were different but both had the same two extra ingredients.
Great company and great food!
Both gatherings had a plethora of people and conversations were lively and engaging; always a factor in these type of events. For food, each BBQ brought a large variety of dishes that were either specialties or new favorites.
Although for one BBQ we brought pre-prepared sidedishes (because of other commitments) for another my wife prepared a chocolate-zucchini cake from our Re-Bar cookbook. The recipe was modified from the cupcake recipe and just poured into a cake pan rather than for cupcakes. Very delicious and I'm not just saying that because my wife made it. Re-Bar is a long-standing vegetarian restaurant in Victoria (since 1988) that makes wonderful no-meat dishes when you need that vegetable kick to your system. As a review of their cookbook, most dishes require above-average skill but the results are equally above-average.
Tonight we are going to another BBQ for our sci-fi/fantasy book club for our 150th book (Frankenstein-a great classic but the characters whine to much). We're preparing John Stamos's Greek marinated chicken recipe (tried to find the recipe on the TV Guide website as the magazine was where my wife found it but alas...the link is to a blog where i found it). Its marvelously good...and yes...its the "Full House" star John Stamos.Its his Dad's recipe actually.
So while the summer is still here in the Northern hemisphere (or you can pretend in the Southern), I advise you to gather some friends and family in order to share great conversation and great food. Its a recipe for success.
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