Emanuel Lutheran Church: Dudleytown: Grab and Go Dinner

On Saturday, September 11 Emanuel Lutheran Church is having a Grab and Go Dinner from 4:00-7:00 as well as a Bazar featuring a variety of baked goods.

The Grab and Go Dinners are Tenderloin and Porkburger meals and Peanutbutter and Coconut 🥥 pies as dessert options. Sign me up for that!

The Bazar will have 🍎 Apple 🥟 Dumplings and I may buy a few of those as they freeze well and if the church ladies made them, they are worthy!

Check out 32Auctions.com/Emanuel for online orders and the silent auction for free desserts for a year!

Blackstone Omelettes

While cleaning the garage yesterday, we uncovered the Blackstone Griddle that we had been ignoring for the past year. I spent a little time cleaning it up and as we had 🤠 Cowboy🥩 steak leftover from last night, we thought we should have steak omelettes for breakfast today after ⛪️ church.

Ingredients: 🥚 eggs from the Clay Fritz family chicken 🐓 coup, Orange, green and red 🌶 🫑 peppers from the Hackman/Wintin garden, 🧅 onion, diced Cowboy 🥩 steak and shredded cheese. The eggs were seasoned with Marion-Kay spices.

Sauté the the veggies in avocado 🥑 oil.
Add the 🥩 steak.
It may not be the prettiest omelette, but it was delicious!
You can see the 🧀 cheese melting inside the omelette. Heidi and I also drizzled some Frank’s Red Hot 🥵 sauce to set it off.

I am thinking that something similar may happen tomorrow on the Labor Day holiday.

🤠 Cowboys on the Weber Grill

We have had Cowboys/Tomahawks at Reed’s Place, Stahl’s on the Green Egg and Stahl’s on the gas grill… and tonight we had them at home on the Weber Grill. We haven’t had a bad on yet. The best news, Bruce said let’s go to early church and have 🥩 steak omelettes on the Blackstone afterward. I hope Pastor Yeadon doesn’t see this, or he might miss the second service.

Cowboys seasoned with garlic salt and Jerromeo’s Love Rub.
Mid- cook. Looking 👀 good. charcoals do apple 🍎 wood, of course.
After taking them off, they rested for ten minutes to let the juices marinade within.
Baked sweet potatoes 🍠 a la. Mendy Stahl complete with marshmallow, brown sugar and cinnamon. Whoa!
My plate. Caesar 🥗 salad, 🥩 steak with a dollop of garlic butter and a sweet potato.

This is a BIG TIME meal. Cowboy Steaks are about $33 each but the sweet potatoes and salad are cheap and easy. Much more affordable if you do them at home.

Gobbler Holler

My father-in-law Richard and I have become a couple of old guys that look 👀 forward to Saturday morning breakfast 🍳. We also stopped by the Circle ⭕️ K to get an Indianapolis Star newspaper 🗞 as Richard needs a hard copy to do the crossword puzzle.

Eventually, we made it to Gobbler Holler near Medora on Highway 50. I had the French toast waffle that smelled delicious with cinnamon and powdered sugar sprinkled on top. The butter looked as if it was just dipped from a butter 🧈 churn. Richard had sausage, eggs and toast but he was hungry and I couldn’t get a picture.

Further, I couldn’t help but notice the sign on the door for the Kilnfest coming up September 18 at the old Medora Brick 🧱 Company. Who doesn’t want to go to that?

The food was great and you will always run into someone you know and catch up.

French toast waffle 🧇 and some crispy 🥓 bacon.

First Miracle Winery 🍷

Drive toward West Washington High School but turn left off of Highway 56. You might want to turn on the gps. There is an Amish bakery you pass called Rosebud Bakery that I also need to try.

They feature brick 🧱 over pizzas and gourmet grilled cheese 🥪 sandwiches made with bread from the nearby Amish bakery.

All of there wines have Bible related names and the owners Andy and Goldie can tell you a story about each one. Also, there is no sugar added to any of their wines and some are even good for a Keto diet.

The Margarita 🍕 Pizza was fantastic!
I did pick off the black 🫒 olives, however, the BBQ Chicken pizza was also delicious.

The first miracle that Jesus did was changing water 💦 into 🍷 wine. Thus the name First Miracle.

We made sure we went on Friday evening for the Bingo games. Heidi, Bruce and Mendy all won a bottle of wine and I even got to call a game.

After a tasting I enjoyed a glass of blueberry 🫐 wine.
As an appetizer we tried the 🧄 garlic Parmesan Tater tots.

Kirkwood Cream Ale @ Poplar Street

Bringing some crafty character to Poplar Street Tavern. (Priscilla allowed me behind the bar for the photo.)

Priscilla Wischmeier is bringing upscale drinking to Poplar Street. She had the opportunity to bring Kirkwood Cream Ale on tap and I was excited to hear the news. If that isn’t good enough, you can also get a pint of Shotgun Wedding, a dark beer from Kentucky with lots of personality. There are a variety of beverages and some great food right here!

We had the first tap and even had Bloomington Brewing Company glasses.
A corned beef and Swiss on rye. Grilled, with a Kirkwood draft on supervision duty in the rear.

🌶 Chile’s

I usually don’t do chain restaurants, however, we have had these gift cards since Christmas. We were car shopping in Seymour and decided to give Chile’s a shot. Good decision on our part.

Tropical 🌴 🌅 Sunrise
Caribbean chicken 🥗 salad with 🥑 avocado slices. Heidi thought it was very good. The pineapple 🍍 and tangerines 🍊 added some character.
Pick three combo!

This was a winner! Brisket served on 🧄 garlic 🍞 bread, Half slab of ribs, however, the jalapeño cheddar smoked sausage was my favorite of the three. The fries were 🥵 hot and the street corn 🌽 was superb. It appears they probably boil it and then put it in the griddle with lots of butter. I also had a Sam Adams Octoberfest and thought it was reasonably priced. $4 pint and $5 tall.

Flora-Bama: Ole River Grill

I have personally tasted the Blue Chair Bay Key Lime Rum and it is delicious!!!

Bruce and Mendy Stahl drove Heidi and I here for the Thomas Rhett concert on Saturday night. After a lunch of baked 🦪 oysters and 🍤 shrimp, we decided on the Ole River Grill for dinner.

We have had the Blue Chair Bay Key Lime this past June in North Carolina and it was fantastic. The guy said “on ice.” And he was correct.
Cool 😎 list of drinks from the Flora-Bama.
The 🍤 shrimp and Grits is the Big Cahuna!!! It is incredible!!! Very tasty!!!
Heidi had the Blackened Fish 🌮 tacos.
We watched the sunset 🌅 from the intracoastal water way behind the Ole River Grill and Jubilee Landing. After a day on the beach, it was beautiful!
Oysters 🦪 McClellan. 🥓 Bacon and Parmesan oysters. Very tasty!!

We stay at Jubilee Landing and the Flora-Bama is a half mile away. It is my Disney Land!!!

Cracked Chicken Burger

This 🍔 burger hit the spot. They were sizzling as I walked in the door. Heidi had also picked and shucked the corn. What a woman!!! Lu my I stayed at school late, I guess.

Ground 🐓 chicken, a packet of Ranch dressing and a cup of shredded cheese is all it takes to make the Cracked Chicken Burger. The garden is still producing sweet 🌽 corn and it is still delicious! Throw in a zucchini from the garden and the meal is complete.

Heidi had these bad boys on the griddle when I got home. Can’t wait to try them on the grill.
Can you see the steam rising on the pyramid of sweet 🌽?
A make-shift bun with some Dave’s Awesome whole grain bread and a slice of cheese tops off the burger. I prefer my corn sliced off the cob. Baked Zucchini with some salt and pepper.

Blackberry Dumplings: Are You Kidding Me?

Originally, this was going to be titled “Grassy Fork Fish Fry” , however, after Nina Hackman broke out the dessert, we had to reconsider.

It was an educational experience for me tonight. I had stood around and drank beer before while Richard had fried, but tonight I became more of a participant.

Huge shout out to Brad Herndon who gave Richard two bags of blue gill 🎣 filets. We threw in a our Tractor Pull triangle fish to make sure we had enough.
I love the color in this pan. We fried onion 🧅 rings, green and orange 🫑 peppers, mushrooms 🍄 and zucchini. Wowzer!!! Dipped in beer batter and it turned out delicious.
Blackberry Dumplings!!! The picture does not do it justice.

Nina took blackberries, sugar and water and brought it to a boil. Then, simply, she added bits of refrigerated biscuits and simmered for a while. When I first looked, I didn’t see and dumplings…A couple of spoonfuls of the dumplings and topped with vanilla ice cream and you have created a masterpiece.