Monday: Battle Honey.

Me -vs- the total over stimulation provided by Valli Produce


For this battle, I converted my grill into a smoker.

I put charcoal on the left side with a pan of wood chips on top, a pan of water on the right side.  Then I put the ribs on top of the grill rack and let them cook for 2 hours.  I used a thermometer and added wood chips and charcoal as needed to keep it between 225 and 250 degrees.  After 2 hours, I wrapped the ribs in foil and added some apple juice and let them cook for another hour with out adding wood chips.  Then I finished them off with a home made honey bbq sauce.  I also made some honey cornbread muffins and cinnamon honey butter and corn on the cob.

Then, because I had 3 and half hours during the cook time, I made up a drink I decided to call the Tini Bumblebee.   Strawberry honey lemon aid, mixed with vodka and elderflower liquor.    Yum.

I rounded out the meal with a cheese plate that included almonds, dried cranberries, and some wild flower honey we had brought back from Sonoma.   I think the cheese plate was over kill.