I get my love of cooking from my dad. My dad is a great cook and he’s taught me so many little things over the years that has led to me being a pretty decent cook. I can’t remember him being in the kitchen all that often, but he’s told me about all of the things he used to bake when I was a little kid. There’s one distinct memory I do have, of helping him to make this dessert called a “Fudge Pie”. I remember mixing the ingredients in an old pie tin. The recipe was in this old, battered up paperback recipe book with a missing cover. I haven’t seen this cookbook in years so I can only assume it was lost somewhere along the way. I wish we still had it. I’d really like to try making that Fudge Pie again.
I understand that my love of cooking and baking totally comes from my dad. But one thing my dad does that I don’t is BBQ. I can make some pretty tasty BBQ Chicken and make a mean rub for some ribs, but I leave the grilling to my dad. This weekend we were supposed to have Jake’s kids over but plans fell through – after my dad had purchased a 12lb. brisket for the weekend. No matter. Jake and T still came over and helped us polish off a good bit of the brisket.
This lovely cut of meat was slow roasted in the BBQ for 9 hours. It actually tasted better the next day, just slightly heated up for a quick sandwich with some pan de sal. Really good flavor and very tender – good job, Dad!
I was in charge of the side dishes.
I really, really wanted to make creamed corn. So I did.
I made the creamed corn with frozen white corn. I can’t wait to make this during the summer when there’s fresh corn available. I put a pinch of cayenne into this and it gave it a good bit of kick to the dish. I pretty much just halved this recipe from AllRecipes.com, minus the cheese and I added the cayenne, of course. Good stuff. So much better than canned creamed corn.
I also made some mashed potatoes. Dad cooked the potatoes before hand, so I just had to mash and flavor them.
Also: deviled eggs. They’re good! Especially with a little sprinkle of smoked paprika on top. These are so simple – just the egg yolks, a dab of mayo and mustard, salt and pepper, and viola!
Dad’s one side dish were these baked beans that he made in a cast iron pan on the grill. I don’t really like baked beans, but my dad (and Jake) love them.
It was a great day for BBQ this weekend – beautiful warm weather and sunny skies. Good company and good food. I can’t wait for more BBQ weekends! The next thing I’m wrangling my dad to do? Homemade bacon. Oh, it’s going to happen. And it’s going to be so good!
Everything looks good and I always love a dish of creamed corn on the side for a bit a creamy sweetness. It seems like a majority of women I speak to don’t like beans period.
Hey Darlene! That is funny, come to think of it… I don’t know a lot of women that like beans, either! Baked beans sweet and they seem like they should be something that I enjoy, but I just don’t. Never have. The creamed corn was a much preferred “sweet” item for me.
I love baked beans too! Maybe it’s a guy thing? The only time we’d have it was during holiday season (when we’d have “american food”).
I love baked beans and pinto beans in my chili. Other than that, I can’t think of other bean dishes that I like. All the food looks so good and that’s one mean looking brisket!
Hi Dennis – I’m gonna go with “guy thing” then 🙂
Hi Carol – Beans are not so bad in chili. They are also sometimes okay in soup. But that’s about it!