The 4th:
Nichole is working on her ceviche:
I'm getting a couple of ribeyes ready. Our own grassfed beef:
Our friends Cara and Tyler came over and brought a couple New Yorks, (our grassfed beef again), to add to the grill. Cara also needed some bacon for a mac and cheese side she's making.
Looking for my torch to start the grill. Where do I find it but in the shop hanging with 93 blades that need profiling, drilling and grinding prior to getting sent off to heat treat:
Kay got every thing going:
Shotgun Stewie (our ranching partner and good friend) showed and he brought some custom sausages he gets from a butcher friend of his and some jalapeno poppers, cigars and a Henry rifle he was trading to Cara:
Cara traded an almost pristine Colt 1903 for Stewie's Henry, here Tyler is having a look see:
Everything is Q'ing:
Checking doneness:
Corn about done and the pepper poppers too:
One must always practice proper rodent control even while grilling:
Inside with everything so the girls can cut em up and make up the plates:
I make em all kinds of kitchen knives and its still funny to see how often the steak knives get put to everyday use:
Cara's Mac and Cheese:
Dinner is served:
Back outside to eat. There will be fireworks the other side of that hill in the center in a little bit. Fireworks are illegal in our area due to fire danger so there is a city sponsored display at the rodeo grounds. The mountain on the left is part of our ranch.
There they go:
Dang it got cold. Started a fire in the firepit:
And inside for a nip:
Ralph, the boar's skull I found out at the ranch, says he might of been big for grilling but he's certainly got the blades!
Hope everyone had a great Independence Day!