MacKenzie

Delicious looking and since it is for a birthday calorie free:) Happy Birthday CK:)

Smashing beautiful, Bruce.

Bundles of thanks are coming to everyone. :)

Mapp torch is my favourite method, just turn that on for a few seconds and get out the hair dryer. Works great everytime.

Shuley, from here dinner looks lovely, nice way to do the ribs for a change.

That was a great show by the Aussie, congrats.

Stile88, thanks. Very soon, you too will be enjoying the taste of food from your very own KK.

Thanks, dstr, sure didn't throw the beet green out. Aren't they delicious steamed!:)

Thanks folks, it really was the best pork sirloin steak I have ever had.

I had some Huli Huli sauce leftover so I decided to marinate a sirloin pork steak in it. On the grill @360F 147F ready to remove. Plated with some fresh from the garden cooked beets. Interior, tender and moist sirloin pork steak, delicious, actually the best I have ever had.

Jeff, that brisket sure looks tasty.

Thanks, EGGARY, no but maybe next time. Thanks for the suggestion.

CC, you were a bad influence:) @MacKenzie - Yeah, you're right,but I got invited to a LOT of parties!

Oh my goodness that blossom is out of this world beautiful.

No, I heard good things about also but I am reluctant to use them as I wonder how food safe they really are. Are we going to hear down the road that they cause this that it the other thing. I think I'll stick to stainless steel.

That is great, the article gets read when the read has lots of time to think about what was just read.

Well I just hope you don't do too much tasting along the way and end up with an empty barrel before the due date.

CK and SK, that just had to have been a lot of fun.:) Fortunately you got pixs to prove it.

That is gorgeous, Kevin. Mine is in a pot and it's about 4-5 feet tall. The plant itself certainly lacks something but more than makes up for it with the blossom. I keep mine inside and sometimes I put it out during the summer but I have to be careful not to sun burn it.

Thanks, dstr. It is my first year for the salad bar and I just started it over for another round. It is self watering but I find it is very hot on the deck and I usually do add water every second day. Even though my garden is not far from the deck I find if I can just go out the sliding glass door and walk a few steps to the salad bar I'm not apt to put more greens on the dinner plate. I bought it at Lee Valley but the unit is made in the USA, not screws, mails or any fasteners necessary to put it together. Here is the link http://www.leevalley.com/en/garden/page.aspx?p=74022&cat=2,44663,71822

Yes, there isn't much better than watching the wildlife while cooking on the KK.:)

Thanks, CC. I had fun doing it all.

Shuley, that is another very fine cook.:) I'm afraid that I have such a love for corn on the cob I'd probably stack 4 more cobs on my plate.;)

CK, you are so right, I would have posted pixs last year. I've had this plant for many years and last year was the first time it ever blossomed for me. I was thrilled stayed up late to see the whole show. I looked for the little sign of there might be a blossom this year and thought I did see it but weeks went by and I couldn't find it. Then all of a sudden it is huge and going to open. It blooms only at night so you have to stay up to see it or miss it. Thanks, Shuley and Aussie, can't beat pizza on the KK with that baking stone unless it's thin crust on the new carbon steel one.

CK, wow that is some tasty looking pizza. It looks delicious. :)