Scott: and then we should have a cookout at David’s bungalow. that’s right
me: ha!
Scott: I invited myself and my GF to your boyfriend’s place. Am I that big of a dick? Yes. I’m just throwing that up there. We can bring the beer.
me: hahaha , OK.
Scott: And other stuff. Or nice bottle of wine or two.
me: I will provide him with this information and of your intentions for his home.
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And that is how Scott planned his and Kathy’s next trip up to Minneapolis. Being July, it was the perfect time to grill out, and utilize David’s deck. Being stuffed already with hot dogs, brats and burgers, we opted for Kebobs/kebabs/kabobs. Kebabs are easy and do not take long on the grill, moreover, they are not hot-dogs/brats/ or burgers.
David and I went grocery shopping the morning of July 4th (which, is in all general senses, a terrible idea, and there were an abundance of hot messes shopping with disgustingly low tops on, but what are you going to do?), the day before they were to arrive and loaded up on some pre-cut sirloin kebabs, bell peppers, zucchini, onion, and fresh (not canned) pineapple. We got back home where David started on the marinade for the meat, while I began making the crust for the cherry pie.
He loosely followed this marinade recipe - I say loosely as the measurements may have been slightly off, but we are not chemists, just two folks in a kitchen:
1 1/2 c. salad oil
3/4 c. soy sauce
1/4 c. Worcestershire sauce
1/2 c. vinegar
1/3 c. lemon juice
2 tbsp. dry mustard
2 1/2 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. pepper
2 tbsp. parsley flakes
2 garlic cloves
David threw all of this in a bowl, and let it stay in there for roughly 4-5 hours in the refrigerator.
After a brief nap, we started to get things ready for Scott and Kathy, which involved prepping the peppers, pineapple and onion, and soaking the kebab skewers so that they would not burn on the grill, something I had never thought of before. Granted, I don’t do much grilling.
After letting them soak a bit, cutting up the veggies and coating them in olive oil, they were ready to be skewered and refrigerated until grill time.
It seemed like so much food for merely four people. I was excited at the thought of so much food as it would mean that I may have lunch for a day or two the next week. I was so wrong, and truthfully I was the biggest pig of the bunch as I may have indulged on five or six skewers Kebabs rather than the four that everyone else had. Because of my own piggishness, all of the kebabs were eaten. Salad, beer, and a few gin and tonics later, we were all full.
But look at these kebabs, could you really let them sit and not be eaten?
The weather was great, albeit hot, the food awesome, the salad crisp and fresh and the company good. And that’s all you can really ask for in a grill out.
As for the many spellings of this skewered meat, it mostly changes because of the multiple derivations of skewered and grilled meat. Wikipedia knows ALL.
