Labor Day in the Kitchen - 9/7

[luckytrim]

Well, It isn't the Labor Day that used to be ; no Family gatherings around the backyard grill, salads of different varieties carried in by cousins and aunts... lawn games, lots of kids running around ; usually in the back yard of the Uncle with the pool............ Nope ! Those days have faded away with the advent of social media and social distancing...........



So,

Kinda-sorta Shrimp & Sausage Jambalaya and a Bean Salad.......

 

[Kathleen]

That looks delicious! I absolutely adore seafood!


We had leftover ribs with all of the fixings.

 

[Rocklobster]

I am using up some tomatoes from the garden..I wizzed up some beefsteak tomatoes, strained them and made a cream of tomato soup..added a couple of big crutons and melted cheese on top..we had some calamari to go with it..

 

[Andy M.]

I am feeling kinda beat as I didn't sleep well last night so I put off my plans to smoke a chicken until tomorrow. Tonight we had grilled burgers and beer.

 

[taxlady]

I made "bachelor surprise", but made an Asian inspired sauce that I added at the end. It was quite tasty. I've been making "bachelor surprise" for so long, that there isn't much surprise.

 

[pepperhead212]

I made 3 more jars of pickles - one quart and two 3 cup jars, which the last of the cukes fit into. As I fit them into the jars, I had to cut 2" off 3 of them, and about an inch off the others, and these pieces I used in my last batch of gazpacho, which I still had plenty of ripe tomatoes for. I didn't have any more cukes to dice for the garnishes, but plenty of the other things. And I used that tomato vinegar I got, instead of the sherry vinegar, which is the traditional, and the tomato vinegar was delicious. I won't say it was better, but just as good, though I didn't try them next to each other. If I had been sharing this with the friends, like I usually do, I would have made more before, with some of each, and compared them next to each other.

 

[Cooking Goddess]

The usual cookout suspects surrounded a new dish, a farro and olive salad. Poor hot dog was half nekkid, but I couldn't find any long buns. More meat to bread ratio? No complaint.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

I had to look hard and long to find a restaurant in town that was open and NOT fast food. The truck stop was the only choice. 45 minute wait for my food, I had a pastrami sandwich with cole slaw and onion rings. Very tasty and the price was right.

 

[salt and pepper]

Steak + vegs + sushi sandwich.

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[CraigC]

BB ribs and horseradish potato salad. The ribs were done on my BGE. We used sauces from a local place called 4 Rivers BBQ, one mustard and one Memphis style.