Sunday, August 10, 2014

Seafood For The Roden’s

In addition to the fried potatoes, the Roden’s also requested seafood while they were here – their dad is a meat and taters Texan who doesn’t eat anything that swims so they don’t do much seafood at home.  For this meal, I decided to kill two birds with one stone by allowing budding griller, Lauren, to expand her repertoire beyond beef and help me cook the seafood.

The menu was to be shrimp, king crab legs, and scallops all cooked on the grill, plus another batch of the fried potatoes.  We decided to make this an event meal over a period of time and began it with some lobster bisque that we had bought at the Palm Beach Gardens, FL Green Market back in January and frozen - it was still very good.

We followed this with king crab legs heated on the grill and then Lauren and cousin, Riley, cooked the scallops and shrimp.  I’ve mentioned this before, but one of the things I’ve learned about grilling seafood is that butter is a key ingredient and in this case, garlic butter – made with garlic powder.  Riley started the scallops and got a hug from Aunt Kathy.





After the scallops were flipped, Lauren started the shrimp and learned how to get the char-grilled flavor from the basting butter flame-ups.



The final products, along with the potatoes, were delicious - they did very well for their first try.




We had ten diners and there was not a single leftover.

Photos can be enlarged by clicking on them.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by Almost Heaven South.

Larry

8/3/14 meal date

20 comments:

  1. Great going with the seafood Lauren & Riley. I know plenty of grown-ups who are intimidated by cooking seafood. You gals really nailed it. The secret to cooking anything is 1) be brave and jump in and give it a try, and 2) have a good teacher. What's the worst thing that can happen? Try again or open a can or two of tuna or make a BLT :)

    Fun post Larry. I know you & Bev must enjoy having your family there.
    Sam

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  2. The girls did good. Helps when you have a great teacher.

    Great looking dinner.

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  3. Jim just about swooned when he saw all that seafood. He can hardly wait to get back to Virginia and have some "real" stuff. I'm still more the beef eater but I do love crab.

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  4. Your helpers did a great job, Larry. Cooking seafood on the grill can be tricky. The girls look very pleased with themselves...well done.

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  5. Now that sounds like an amazing feast, job well done!

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  6. Larry, The family that cooks together...never forgets the experience or their grandpops! Terrific platter of seafood! Take Care, Big Daddy Dave

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  7. What a delicious meal! I love how you encourage the girls to cook dinner! What a nice memory for them!

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  8. Great pix of the kiddo's . . . future grillers ya think? Their dad is like my husband, not liking much fish. Oh well, that leaves more for us fish-lovers, huh?
    Roz

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  9. The girls are rocking the grill! With you at the helm they are sure to be professional soon.

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  10. What a neat seafood dinner... My favorites are the HUGE scallops... YUM.. We eat those like crazy when we go to the beach a couple of times a year. Where do you get those big scallops around here????

    Looks like you have some budding chefs in the family.. That's NEAT.

    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  11. Looks like you are having a great time with family. The girls are lucky to have a Grandpops who is a grilling pro to learn from.

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  12. Everything looks delicious, Larry! I can see how proud the girls were with their grilling :)

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  13. The girls look rightfully pleased with themselves.

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  14. Your Cooking seafood is so pretty, has that warm and inviting feeling….love all of the decorative touches!
    kitchen-ideas

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  15. After reading this I now have a craving for fish and chips.

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  16. What a fantastic looking and sounding feast! King crab is my favorite and the girls did a great job on the shrimp and scallops. The potatoes look perfect too.

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  17. Way to go Lauren and Riley! Good grilling job for sure! This will be great memories for them when they get older, grilling with grandpa. Great post, have a great time with them and I love the sun on the wall!

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  18. Damn delicious!!!
    the photograph is truely seducing me...
    waht a festive seafood bbq, i just recently had pan seared Hokkaido scallops and i really want it even more now

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  19. I don't do fish but I'll eat shrimp and scallops! Great menu and fun way to get the kids involved. You have grills and smokers all over the compound don't you? I keep forgetting about that grill.

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  20. Really nice photos Larry. My favorite is of the girls displaying that platter of cooked seafood.I think it's so brave to grill scallops.

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