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Now, how much longer til football season?

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Just finished off the leftover ribs and beans from yesterday’s Fathers Day bbq, now settling in to watch LSU vs. Texas in the College World Series.  Go Tigers!

Mowed the lawn, grilled some ribs for my dad plus the in-laws, played some Rock Band with my son. I am truly blessed.

While all this happened, Iranians were beaten, imprisoned and murdered by their own government because they demanded freedom and fairness, and our cowardly, limp-dicked socialist President declined to take a firm and definitive stand behind them. For this I am truly ashamed. We are not all like him, Iran. Most of us are with you 100%. Keep fighting for what is right, and we will continue to pray for you.

(Not my recipe)

• Remove membrane from ribs, wash, cut racks in half
• Rub with your favorite rib rub, refrigerate.  (Note:  If you’re preparing your ribs the night before, give them a light coating of yellow mustard first, then the rub, and refrigerate)
• Ribs need to be room temp before cooking, so get them out at least half an hour ahead of time
• Grill ribs indirect at 325 for 1.5 to 2 hours.  Throw in wood chips at the start.  I like apple & hickory.  Or apple & cherry.  Maple is also interesting.
• Remove ribs from heat.  Brush lightly with honey, both sides.
• Place ribs in a deep foil pan with about 1.5 to 2 inches of apple juice,  and cover with foil.
• Cook for another 1 to 1.5 hours.
• Remove ribs from pan,  place directly on the grill and coat lightly with bbq sauce.  Only a couple minutes a side here; just heating up the sauce.
• Put the ribs in a foil pan (no juice this time) and cover with foil.  Let them sit about 15 minutes.
• Eat.

• Make sure all your sweet potatoes are about the same size
• Wash
• Don’t poke holes in them or wrap them in foil.  It’s unnecessary and I personally think it detracts from the texture and flavor, but I could be imagining that.  Just put a pan on the lower rack of your oven to catch any drippings.
• Preheat oven to 475.
• Cook potatoes at 475 for 15 to 20 minutes
• Reduce temperature to 350.
• Cook potatoes another 45 minutes
• Check to see if they’re soft when you squeeze them.  (Put some gloves on, stupid!)  If they’re not soft, let them go a little while longer and check again.
• A perfectly cooked sweet potato will separate from the skin on the inside when you cut it open.  It will also be dark brown or black near the edges from carmelization.
• Top with butter and enjoy.
• Optionally, also top with cinnamon, cinnamon sugar, crushed pecans, or some combination thereof.   Me, I’m good with the butter.

• Marinate wings for a couple hours in whatever you like. Italian dressing if nothing else.
• Heat Big Green Egg to 350.
• Wings are best cooked over indirect heat, so add inverted plate setter to the Egg and put the grill grate on top of it.
• Cook wings at 350 for 1 hour, flipping once at 30 minutes.
• Coat in desired sauce and enjoy.