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Steaks and Roasted Onions - marinate porterhouse T-bone in balsamic vinegar or worcestershire sauce, and steak seasoning.  Set fire in pit and wait until coals turn gray.  add russet potatoes wraped in foil first this takes an hour or more,  prep onions by peeling and cutting out the core and stuffing with margarine, salt and pepper.  wrap tightly with foil.  It takes about 30-45 min. until onions are soft.  Grill steak for 15 min., turning once, or until desired doneness.
Fajitas - take a skirt or flank steak(the better choice) and marinate in refrigerator for 2 hours.  The marinade is 1 cup olive oil, 1/3 cup worcestershire sauce or balsamic vinegar, 2 cloves of minced garlic, and one lemon squeezed or lime.  On the pit place a foil packet off to the side, that has 1 sliced yellow onion, 1 sliced green bell pepper, and 1 red bell pepper, with margarine to coat and salt and pepper.  grill until soft.  grill meat until done.  let rest 5 min. and then slice across grain and serve in warm flour tortillas, zap a stack in microwave for 30 sec.  garnish with gilled peppers and onions, pico de gallo, sour cream, shredded cheddar or colby-jack cheese, and guacamole.  pico de gallo - chop 1 onion and 2 tomatoes, add 2-3 finely chopped serrano peppers, 2-3 sprigs of fresh cilantro, and a fresh squeezed lemon or lime.  mix well and marry for 30 min.  guacamole - peel and mash 2 avocadoes, mix in 2 tbls of pico de gallo, about 1/3 cup sour cream to make creamy, 1-2 cloves garlic minced, salt, pepper, and half or more of a fresh squeezed lemon.
Italian Sausage & Peppers
Roast Beef - Rump Roast - cut many notches and stuff with whole garlic cloves.  coat outside with steak seaoning.  In a cast iron dutch oven brown outside of roast in a little of oil on stove.  put into a 325 degree oven, covered for an hour or hour and half, until done.  Take out roast and let rest while making gravy.  Deglaze pot with a little water and season if necessary.  simmer the natural gravy for 5 min. on stove.
Roast Pork Loin - rosemary
Drunken Chicken -
Cajun Fried Turkey -
 
 



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