Salmon grilled on a cedar plank. I’ve never done this before, but man is it good! (Click on any of these three images for a larger version.) I’ve been meaning to try this for almost a year now. Mary had bought me these cedar planks for grilling fish and such, but as she doesn’t really […]
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Eat This Blog: First Grilling of the Season – BBQ Ribs
As it was finally 60 degrees here in Michigan for the first time this year we took the opportunity this afternoon to set up everything on the back deck, including my grill. After getting up fairly late and having a late pancake breakfast we’d picked up these ribs for this evening’s dinner. I made up a […]
Eat This Blog: Deep-Fried Frog Legs
Click on the above image for a larger version. While we were having dinner at the Frog Leg Inn yesterday evening it dawned on my I’d never photographed the restaurant’s signature dish: Deep-Fried Frog Legs. The above image is the appetizer version of the dish, with the entrée having more than this plate did. As […]
Eat This Blog: Reuben Sandwich at Gander’s, Luna Pier
Click on the image for a larger version. Ah yes, a simple Reuben sandwich. Lots of tender corned beef, cheese, sauerkraut and thousand-island dressing on a good toasted rye bread, with a side of fries and slices from a real Kosher dill pickle. This has got to be one of the best meals there is when […]
Eat This Blog: Saturday’s Dinner, a Stuffed-Salmon Terrine
Saturday evening at the Frog Leg Inn in Erie during my annual “Daddy-Daughter Date” with Briahna, I had my first taste of Chef Cedric’s Asparagus & Wild Mushroom-Stuffed Salmon Terrine. Fresh Atlantic salmon lines an oiled bowl, and the inside is stuffed with an asparagus and wild mushroom stuffing. This is steamed for about 20 minutes, and is then inverted into a […]
Eat This Blog: Muskrat Dinner at Erie VFW Post 3295
In a nutshell: This dinner, a Muskrat Dinner served at Erie VFW Post 3295 yesterday evening, was far nicer, far tastier, far more satisfying than I had imagined it would be. There was no “gaminess” to the meal I ate, which you can see in the above photo. Mary said she had one bite that tasted […]
Eat This Blog: BBQ Pork Ribs in Raspberry Sweet Baby Ray’s
This has become a very popular dish; BBQ Pork Ribs in Raspberry Sweet Baby Ray’s, “Five-ounce single ribs marinated in Sweet Baby Ray’s Original sauce with raspberry share the spotlight with homemade sweet potato fries and homemade cole slaw.” Intended as a Special at the Frog Leg Inn in the spring, it became so popular it’s […]
Eat This Blog: Bolles Harbor Café Lumberjack Skillet Breakfast Special
When this dish arrived in front of me this morning, it was covered completely with egg. This photo was after I cut some of the white away to expose the goodies inside. And talk about goodies! This morning’s Lumberjack Skillet special at the Bolles Harbor Café was an exceptional breakfast dish, one of the finest I’ve […]
Celebrating A Birthday at J. Alexander’s, Toledo
Update Oct.8, 2014 – Ok, it’s crazier today than it was a year ago. 235 298 views of this page today alone because of pins of the above pic on Pinterest! Alright, here ya’ go folks, maybe this is what you’re looking for … Over on The Kitchen Prescription Sherri in Florida has worked throough […]
Ryan and His Medium Rare … Rock??
This is 10-year-old Ryan with a rock he found in Canada on the shore of the St. Clair River this past weekend. We think it looks as though it’s been cooked to medium-rare. What do you think? 😉