Winter Squash

While the pumpkins for Halloween were here, Safeway had all these variants of  weird looking pumpkins. I picked a colorful one out for grilling. Cutting in to it brought back memories of carving a jack o' lantern when I was a kid. The color, seeds and smell were the same as a pumpkin. It was pretty good, so I tried other varieties over the past few weeks. Doing some research, I've found  a website having pictures of the squash varieties I have tried so far in this Autumn season. Here are their names:

• Delicata Squash
• Carnival Squash
• Buttercup Squash
• Fairytale Pumpkin Squash

 

Sweet Potato Fries

In the past, I usually buy the frozen french fries and cook them in the oven while the meat is on the grill. Also, I have tried the frozen sweet potato fries, knowing they are more nutritious.

Lately, I just grill slices of a fresh russet potato. Now available at Safeway are sweet potatoes and/or yams in three different colors. For my last few barbecues, I've grilled in turn the white, red and yellow skinned varieties.

To prepare, I like to cut the potato lengthwise in six pieces, and brush on olive oil. Here are the yellow sweet potatoes after the first turn. I grill the vegetables first.

Here the potatoes are on the cool side of the grill while my tri-tip steaks drip fat and flare up flames.

Here the meal is served with A.1., my favorite steak sauce for puting on steak fries and steaks.

Start of Spring

Tuna steak

For February 3rd, Super Sunday, I rooted for my 49er's, and made a classic meal of hamburgers, french fries and root beer soda. For the hamburger buns, I grilled Pillsbury refrigerated French bread dough. We will be there next year!
On Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, I found a lot of seafood on sale at Safeway. I bought a Big Eye Tuna Steak. The next day watching Steven Raichlen, I saw he marinaded his fish steaks in fish sauce (used like soy sauce in southeast Asia). Next time I'll try my tuna steak marinated.
It's Spring, barbecue weather, and the Giants and A's will soon be playing as I'm barbecuing.

Labor Day Celebration

Breast-halves and leg-quarters gotten on sale at Safeway