Memorial Day

First of all my thanks goes to all who have served.  Especially those that left a part of them selves behind during a conflict or ultimately failed to return at all.  A lot of my family and many people I've know have sacrificed for this country and while "thanks" is never enough it's a small token of appreciation that can never be repeated too much.

It being memorial day I did what any red blooded American male would do... I fired up the grill.  Tonight's menu: Chicken burgers, Venison burgers, sausages and Cornish game hens.  Yes it's a lot of meat but I like to use the weekends to get ahead of the game. 

The chicken burgers & deer burgers (yes I eat Bambi) were made the same way.  1 lb of meat, 1 tblsp milk, 1/4 cup bread crumbs and 1 egg.  Mix well (by hand) and divide into 4 and make into patties.  Put on a plate to chill in the fridge.
Sausage  ready to go (we had Lamb, tuscan italian sausage and andouille.  The andouille is slated for some redbeans and rice later on but the rest are ready meals.

The baby Chickens I marinated with fresh thyme, sage and rosemary from our deck garden with a sprinkling of salt and some olive oil.

Grill order was to sear the sausages and chickens first and then move to the cool side of the grill.  I then cooked the burgers with the following method.  Plop on the hot part of the grill, leave alone until the liquid pools at the surface.  Then I flip and leave alone until the bottom side is nicely caramelized.  They are done now. They got wrapped in foil and I moved the sausages to the medium part of the grill until firm to touch.  They also get the foil treatment.   I then closed the lid of the grill with the chicken still on the cold side.  This roasts the chicken at about 350.  I went out after dinner and they were totally done.

All in all a very successful grill.  Nothing went wrong and all the meat was tender and juicy.  As an added bonus the wife and toddler LOVED all the food and that's the best applause any cook can get.  Hope you all had a great weekend... NOW BACK TO WORK SLACKERS.