having a cookout for father's day and i was wanting something new besides the norm like hamburgers..hot dogs

Question

and potatoe salad,,,what is your family 's bbq tradition??

Answer 1

You could grill ribs, or shrimp on skewers...

Corn on the cob can be grilled, too, and peppers...

Answer 2

Grilled turkey breasts or ham slices are nice. A fruit salad would be good with either but a pasta salad goes well too. For a change of pace baked sweet potatoes are good and very easy to grill too. For dessert how about sliced strawberries over vanilla ice cream? Happy Father's Day!!!

Answer 3

rub down a brisket its like a cornedbeef but not cured in salt its like a pastramie without the spice and the ageing so rub it down and then slow cook it til brown and while its on the back burner being turned with a rub of just pepper and cumin and oregano or whatever strikes you place some smoked sausages and italian sausages and peppers on the grill when the peppers are almost brown take of and slice and then cut up the sausages and the brisket get sliced you will note its the meat used to make steak fahitas so it good on the plate or on soft taco shells with the sweet peppers and the sausages on rolls with potatoe salad and a tub of refried beans instead of the baked so half mexican half italian and its man food have fun

Answer 4

Pork chops.
Chicken (with zesty BBQ sauce).
Grilled Pizza.
Grilled vegetables (peppers, mushrooms, potatoes, corn...)
Steak (marinated in beer & red wine; salt, pepper, garlic powder).
Turkey - turkey burgers.
Grilled Potato Wedges
Focaccia Burgers

Homemade ice cream.

Not a tradition here -- but good ideas.

Food manufacturers website often have grilling recipes & ideas - and foodnetwork.com... and EmerilS.com.

Answer 5

Father's day is something special...I agree it needs something more than hamburgers or hotdogs. For sure you need to have grilled salmon and veggies. Or if you are not a salmon type of person you could always make skewers with any kind of meat (pork, beef, shrimp, or all of the above) and then add the veggies to the skewer.

Answer 6

Do Lots of shish-kabobs!
Use wooden skewers soak them in water for 20 minutes
Cut up steak and Veggies into about the same size chunks
I use Tomato's,onions,mushrooms,red and green peppers!
Then make some chicken,shrimp and pineapple skewers!
Put garlic butter on some or all of them!
There fun and not much to clean up or throw away!

Answer 7

pork roast. I having a hunting lodge in SC, and i take a pork roast and cook it at 250 forever, until its tender...about five hours. Depends on the size. Its done when you stick a fork in it and it breaks apart, or goes in easy. Anyway, i season it, smear butter on it, wrap it in bacon and then throw a couple of onions on it, quartered. I put it in a dutch oven (cast iron) with about a 1/2 inch water, and cook it. Then when it is done, I make my BBQ sauce, put it on top of the stove, and beat it with my mixer. This shreds the pork. Or pulls it. Then I add the sauce, and cookit for a bit with the sauce in it. Then just toast the buns and you are done. Pulled pork sanwiches. you can also do it in a crock pot. Another thought, BBQ ribs.

Answer 8

The last Father's Day I spent with my Dad I made Country style Ribs, Fresh Green Beans with bacon and onions, Green salad and Garlic bread. It was the last real meal he ate before he died.

Answer 9

We make Beer Can Chicken on Father's Day. Yum yum. Takes a while to cook on the grill but well worth the wait.

Answer 10

Try some bratwerst. throw them on the grill. Dads love them. Or you could have a fish fry. Maybe some bbq balogna. Very good stuff.

Answer 11

salmon w/ pineapple teriyaki glaze (cooked on the grill on a cedar plank)
roasted new potatoes w/ terragon, salt, pepper, shallot, garlic
baby greens/baby spinach w/ homemade dressing (lemon vinaigrette) candied walnuts or slivered almonds/ blue cheese crumbles/ dried cranberries.
soda pop cake (yellow cake- baked & cooled. then pour 1/2 can blackberry soda all over. then top w/ a layer of custard or vanilla pudding. then cover w/ whipped cream- this cake stays in the fridge to set up)
yummy!