Beachin it with the Mini

Florida Grillin Girl · June 2011

I took the mini over to the beach, and made some of SSN686's shrimpburgers. I have been hungry for them lately. My first time making them, here they are on the mini~

Thanks for the recipe, Jay. It is on his website. Served on those Hawaiian sweet rolls, the kids didn't want the wasabi mayo:

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The adults wanted the mayo and even some extra for dipping:

Sunset at Clearwater Beach:

Next, I was invited to Anna Maria Island for a few days, so again, the mini came along for the ride.

I made some duck breasts on the CI. Scored the skin and cooked it skin side down first, you want it to get all nice and brown before the flip:

A friend swore he didn't like duck, but he tasted it, and he is now a duck convert!

What's not to like?

I brought filets, cut them nice and thick~

Forgot to bring my Thermapen!! Yikes!! But still cooked them to a perfect medium rare somehow on the 550 degree mini!

I melted some Danish blue cheese for just a minute, then served with a port wine reduction drizzled over top~

Served along with some ghostly looking white asparagus, rare to find them in the store here~

A bird was hanging around the dock smelling the smoke~

Someone spent some time making this mailbox look very Florida like!

Thanks for looking.

Mainegg · June 2011

stuck at work with peppermint candy :angry: I should not be on here at all!! that looks wonderful faith as always!

Bacchus · June 2011

Lookin Good Faith!
I'm guessing it is hot enough out in the Florida sun that you use very little lump..

Zyme · June 2011

what a great post--those filets look so good!

Tarpon65 · June 2011

Those fillets have incredibly marbling. Where did you get them at?

FlaPoolman · June 2011

And where was my invite for this feast? :angry: :laugh:

It all looks great Faith

Florida Grillin Girl · June 2011

Tarpon65, I bought the whole tenderloin at Costco. It was way more marbled than I am used to from Costco. Everyone loved them.

Florida Grillin Girl · June 2011

Poolman, you know it's not that far and you are always invited. I will cut your filet extra thick!

cookn biker · June 2011

Wonderful looking meals Faith!!! Nice views as well.

Hope you are relaxed.

Little Steven · June 2011

Thanks Faith. Now I have to drive into the city and get some duck :angry:

Steve

Austin Egghead · June 2011

Nice pictures, nice food. Thanks for sharing

bees · June 2011

Wow, what a delicious medley of cooks. The duck looked amazing, after tasting that I think anyone would be a convert. Nice sunset. Thanks for sharing.

Le Oeuf Vert · June 2011

Looks like you had a couple of enjoyable days. All the food looks delicious.

elzbth · June 2011

Wow! A great day at the beach....you ate much better than I've ever eaten on my trips to the beach!!! Fantastic pictures.... :laugh:

Woodbutcher · June 2011

Faith .. you sure know how to make a guy hungry! I haven't made duck breast on the egg.
could you give me a link to Jay's site for the shrimp burgers?

Florida Grillin Girl · June 2011

Here ya go, Dale. It is listed at the bottom of all SSN686's posts, you just click on BGE cooks.

http://mysite.verizon.net/jct1013/id4.html

Gator Bait · June 2011

I agree with Dale, I knew I would be drooling all over my keyboard if I read your post Faith. Amazing! Cooks by you, Julie up in Maine and a few others around here are only safe to view after a full meal, none of this empty stomach torture. Have a great weekend Faith, I have to go kill something that will fit on my medium egg after reading your wonderful post.

Blair

Woodbutcher · June 2011

Thanks Faith!

Mickey · June 2011

Can I come to your house :laugh:
WOW.....

Beli · June 2011

Faith you never cease to amaze me honestly, what a feast to the eye & palate, you & Frank have inspired me to take mi mini to the beach in Mustang Island TX at the end of the month.Never done it before, see how it goes...

Beli · June 2011

Now that's not fair.....I'm jealous of Paddy.....

Little Chef · June 2011

Faith: AWESOME, and I am not the least bit surprised!! You always do everything top notch! Perfect job on the duck, and those filets, what great marbling! I am sure your friends were thrilled when you arrived!! Everything looks fantastic! (You don't need no stinkin' thermapen!) :laugh:

Florida Grillin Girl · June 2011

Beli, you will love cooking at the beach. It is a natural to take the mini along. Please show us the pics, I will look forward to them. Have fun!

Cobra · June 2011

Kind of of topic to this post, but what is your mini in? I have been thinking of making a table/transporter and have been looking for ideas. Any chance you have posted, or can post a picture of your table?

Thanks

WokOnMedium · June 2011

You did all that and you weren't even in your own kitchen?!?!?

Incredible! As I've come to expect of course.

Serial Griller · June 2011

Faith,
That looks fun.The food is beach perfect.A great reason to have a mini.

dhuffjr · June 2011

Very nice! Love the beef and duck.

Florida Grillin Girl · June 2011

Cobra, here you go, the table just thrown together with wood scraps, it has a hinge so it will fold open to fit in my trunk with the mini sitting in the hole during transport~

Not too pretty, but it is functional.

Fluffyb · June 2011

Awesome pictures and food Faith! I've never seen filets that marbled.

Village Idiot · June 2011

Great looking food, Faith !!! I made some of those shrimp burgers last week. To me, the wasabi mayo makes it work. I can understand why the kids might not like it though.

I've heard of Anna Marie Island all of my married life. That's where Pam's family would go fishing when she grew up in Bradenton. At that time, there wasn't a hotel (or anything) on the island.

The bird is a cormorant. We call them Water Turkeys.

Madame Le Oeuf Vert · June 2011

Everything looks great B)

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