Memorial Day Menu

Brisket
baked beans
pasta salad
corn on the cob

Brisket - Trim most but not all of the fat. Spice with garlic powder, salt, and Spicy season all. Use a lot except for the salt. Have a very high charcoal and mesquite wood fire on the pit. Let the brisket get real brown, but not burned on both sides(almost black). Bring the brisket back inside. Add more charcoal and mesquite wood. While it is getting really hot again, spice the brisket again on both sides heavily. Wrap the brisket in super heavy duty tin foil several times in all directions. Place back outside for an hour on each side. I close the lid but leave the top vent open to keep in the heat. It's done in under 3 hours total. Real tender and juicy too. Cut against the grain.

Pasta salad - Boil macaroni or whatever kind of pasta you like. I used the salad pasta. Drain and cool. Add diced green peppers, diced sweet onion, sliced black olives, and a lot of hard boiled egg whites. No yolks. Put as much mayonnaise as you like. I use Hellmans. Spread the mixture out on a dish and put a layer of Parmesan cheese on top. Serve very cold.

Baked beans - Put 3 cans of pork and beans in a pyrex baking dish that has been sprayed with Pam. Add crispy bacon pieces you fried up, green pepper, onion, mustard, worcestershire sauce, and brown sugar. Slow bake at 300 in the middle shelf in the oven until the juice stops bubbling. About 2 hours give or take.

Corn on the cob - boil the corn cobs with a teaspoon of sugar in the water. Serve with butter and salt.

I made all that yesterday so I wouldn't have to cook today. Warning, the baked beans and macaroni salad have been know to cause gas. Bad gas too.

You're making me hungry.Mmmmmm,pasta salad!:)

I'm thinking about running to the store in a bit to get some chicken to grill.

Couldn't do anything yesterday since I was busy filling my pond! :-)

I oughta stay inside today, do laundry and clean house...but the garden is calling once again.

Thanks for sharing your recipes bearfan!
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