Anna and I are in Nashville for the Fourth of July with our daughter, Susannah. Last night we took some beautiful steaks over to her friend Laurie's house. Laurie's niece, Julia, did a wonderful job of grilling the steaks. She marinated them in a sauce which was made up of worchester sauce, soy sauce, some liquid smoke and a steak rub. They were cooked perfectly to our order, which is something that I have never been able to do. Julia is quite a chef and we are encouraging her to start a blog called "thesiouxchef" as she is 1/16 Sioux indian. I will let you know when that happens.
Julia marinated the steaks for just a few minutes. I looked in Julia Childs book and she suggests that you marinate for six hours which seems logical to me. We did not have that option as we had just gotten there and were ready to eat soon. Julia Childs also suggests that you wash to steaks and pat dry to allow them to brown quickly.
Julia also prepared grilled vegetables which had been lovingly marinated as well. The flavor was great. We had corn on the cob which was just boiled for 4 minutes in salt water (Julia added a little sugar for flavor) and served. Fresh corn is in season right now and is available at most local vegetable markets.
Susannah brought a peanut butter pie which was excellent. The peanut butter pie (recipe from a local restaurant) is made from a store bought graham cracker crust. The filling is 4 oz cream cheese, 1 cup powdered sugar, 1/2 cup peanut butter and 1 large tub of whipped topping. The filling was put in the crust and chilled then she added a sprinkling of homemade chocolate sauce. The recipe actually called for a liner of hard shell chocolate sauce before putting in the filling and then chilled before the filling put in. Susannah used low fat ingredients in most cases.
All in all it was a nice evening with wonderful food and good conversation.
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY
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