Grilling on the 4th has gotten expensive

[WDH]

No grilling this year for us.  Got the fish cooker heated up and fried some seafood.  



 

Fried redfish, fried shrimp, fried squash (from garden), hush puppies, and broccoli salad.  Not pictured was the delicious homemade pound cake.  

We don't deep fry like this often, so it was a bit of a holiday treat.  

[Walnut Beast]

Looks pretty tasty 😋 

[doc henderson]

I am toasted.  worked the last 10 nights in a row, 12-hour shifts including the holiday weekend.  I get off in 3 hours.  I am toast.   smiley_tom_dizzy02

[caveman]

Danny, fried fish and pound cake are two of my favorites.  Normally, this time of year we are feasting on grouper and snapper, either fried or blackened smothered with overripe mango.

Yesterday, I bought 1 1/2 pork butts and put them on the pellet grill while I did other chores.  The butts were $1.99/lb. at Publix.  These days that is not a bad price.  

I read on a previous post that chicken wings have gotten expensive.  I remember when they used to be very inexpensive.  We used to buy huge packs of wings and use them offshore for grouper bait.  Red grouper will absolutely smash a chicken wing on a 7/0 hook held on the bottom with 6-18 oz. of lead.  The flats seem to stay on the hook better than most cut bait.


 I wrapped them after adding a little apple juice and put them back on for 3-4 more hours.  They turned out good and I have some sandwich material for the next few days. 

[Walnut Beast]

I am toasted.  worked the last 10 nights in a row, 12-hour shifts including the holiday weekend.  I get off in 3 hours.  I am toast.   smiley_tom_dizzy02

Stay motivated by thinking about all the man toys you know you need to help spend all that money you made 😂

[Magicman]

We were back to Drum Chicken and Fixin's......Again. 


 


 
Mighty Fine. 

[WDH]

Do what works!!