Summer Grilling Reflections

Despite what the calendar says what season it is, summer isn't over until the iPhone says so...

Gross

...and the iPhone is telling me to pack it in.

It is hard to imagine that this was a thing not too long ago:

Labor Dabor at its finest

When I first got my grill a couple years ago, the very first bit of advice was, "When you are grilling, always have a beer in hand."

I try to abide by that advice to this day:

Grilled chicken, grilled sweet potatoes, not grilled Ninkasi Radiant Ale

The second piece of grilling advice I received was related to the first: "Make sure you don't get too drunk, then pass out and leave the propane tank on all night." Possibly a tad more important than the first.

Every grocery trip this summer included the purchase of multiple ears of corn, because there is nothing better than grilled corn. I think most of my grilling was just to figure out what to pair with the corn. Turns out grilling protein works out real nice.

T-rex sized steak and grilled corn

One of the last grilled meals was a warm grilled salmon salad with grilled romaine lettuce. I had never grilled lettuce previously, and I think it will have to happen again sooner rather than later.

Salmon with grilled romaine and grilled corn salad

Fall is up next, which means bring on the soups, stews, chilies, and pies!

--Isaac