Dave and I are pretty casual when it comes to Father's/Mother's day celebrations. Right now we hit up one of our parent's house a week early, and the other parent's house the week of. But since we are yet to be parents we don't do much as far as our immediate family goes. All we really do is use it as an excuse to buy something frivolous for each other. And it's always nice to get something you don't need at all :)
So for Father's Day this year we worked on fixing up Dave's BBQ. Dave's been desperate for a BBQ since we moved into our house. We have a killer Gazebo that has lights, a ceiling fan, and everything needed for one awesome bbq experience. A few weeks ago my co-worker offered us her BBQ free of charge because she was moving, but it needed a little work (possible gas leak, needed some cleaning and didn't have a propane tank). So for fathers day we bank rolled the fix up project!
It took us around 2 hours to deep clean it (we're very grateful for oven cleaner), and it now looks awesome! Dave did the technical work to fix the leak; he says everything is running smoothly now. We added lava rocks to the inside (not sure why, but I'm told it was necessary), attached the propane tank, and I got some grill utensils and a scrub brush. So Dave was ready for his Father's Day grilling extravaganza!!! All we needed was guests. So we invited Dave's family over for a Father's Day BBQ.
It worked out well, and thanks to our free craigslist picnic table and our $15 DI table and folding chairs (yes, that's $15 total) we had seating and table space enough for everyone! I have a feeling this gift will lead to a plethora of BBQ's this summer. I think the next one due is a Brown family BBQ... Maybe the weekend of the 24th, we'll see!
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Sounds tasty. You should try Grandmom Yoder's Golden Ember sauce in the Yoder cookbook. I like to use chicken breast. Marinate it at least 24 hours. If you do it for 2 days even better. Careful though, it contains butter or margarine and they tend to really flame over the grill. Just keep an eye on it and cook it slow. It's my favorite chicken marinade and I always get rave reviews from friends.
ReplyDeleteI wanna see a picture of that gazebo! It sounds AWESOME! You guys are such do-it-yourself-ers, I think it's awesome.
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