May 27 2008
Marina BBQ Triumph
The Big Marina BBQ (which we were trying to hold quarterly, and haven’t managed since being pregnant has knocked my productivity off) was yesterday. The Marina provides standard burgers-n-dogs and that stuff, and we ask everyone to contribute something, potluck. Blessedly, this Marina is full of Foodies, so we usually end up with some yummy goodness. And yesterday’s triumph was Jose’s pineapple stuff.
I haven’t had much in the way of cravings this pregnancy, but I stood there and scarfed down three custom-made plates of this stuff, all with Jose lecturing me on the medicinal benefits of what he was feeding me. It was really neat.
I‘d had the mango variation before, but this beat it hands-down.
Fresh pineapple, carved into chunks
Drench in fresh-squeezed lime juice
Salt lightly
Cover in crushed cayenne pepper (ideally, you crush the dried peppers yourself, in a mortar and pestle, while the audience watches)
Eat. Yum.
Now if only I could track him down for his guacamole recipe, I’d be a happy girl. Maybe for the next BBQ…
Other than the food, the weather sucked (hello, what’s up with people shivering this time of year? And gee, more than an hour of sunshine might have been nice), but the conversations were fabulous. It’s amazing the fascinating people you run into, and the interesting things they know, or don’t know but are willing to learn. I had my eyes opened on more than one topic, and left the day feeling pretty stoked about the people who live around me.
Thanks to Jason and Marc, who execute the ideas I dream up, Thomas, who sees to everything all the time and even came in on his day off, Don, whose motivation this really is, Beverly, who hung out all day and helped me not only sort the Dreaded Box of Supplies, but also kept things moving, Andy, who volunteered Grill Expertise, and anyone else who schlepped, hauled, grilled, purchased, cleaned, arranged, and otherwise handled the details. Y’all rock! Let’s do it again in a month or two, eh? I’m thinking marinated shrimp next time, instead of burgers n dogs. Whaddya say?
Oh. My. God. I’m hungry now, nevermind having just eaten a full dinner. Sounds amazing!
Can’t wait till we float up to your marina later this summer. :-> Sign me up for baby holding duty…I am never happier…
hey, good guacamole at http://www.elise.com/recipes.
Shrimp Hmmmmm……. sounds good to me lol
I have a similar pineapple recipe.
Make a simple syrup of lime juice (fresh squeezed, you savages!) and brown sugar.
(Simple syrup is 1 part liquid to two parts sugar, heated to boiling and then cooled.)
Put your lime syrup into a squeeze bottle. Grill fresh pineapple chunks over HOT coals while drizzling syrup.
I guess you could add cayenne pepper to it for extra heat.
Serves, er, um, me.