5-29 Louise and Autumn Visit

Barbecuing Baby Back Ribs

On Thursday the weather report for the weekend indicated overcast skies but no rain, we checked Louise's work schedule and found she was off Saturday and Sunday. Larry called and invited her to come out for lunch on Sunday.

This morning I vacuumed and mopped the floors. Louise arrived about 10:30 along with her dog, Autumn. We let Louise decide what type of meat she wanted, hamburgers or baby back ribs. She wouldn't decide so Larry made the decision. He decided on the baby back ribs. I barbecued the ribs on the gas grill, it took about 40 minutes. The other night when Larry and I drove with our friends to Gatesville we were talking about corn on the cob. Dee said that she microwaves her corn in the husk and it cooks perfect. Last week when we were grocery shopping we had picked up some corn on the cob, we removed the husk while we were in the store. Today I went to the internet to see how to microwave corn on the cob without the husks. It's very easy, you wrap the ears in a wet paper towel and cook for five minutes. While the ribs were cooking I put the corn in the microwave and they came out great. The only real advantage I can think of to this is you don't have to wait for water to boil and you don't need to get out a large pan. By using the microwave method you could do something else but it doesn't save much time. While we were waiting for lunch we snacked on a relish tray (cheddar cheese, olives, pickles, smoked turkey and crackers). We also had brownies that Louise made, they were delicious. Both Flo and Autumn liked that we had ribs because they had bones for a snack. We had a great visit with Louise and Autumn.

Barbecuing the baby back ribs

How the corn looked after it was microwaved

The ribs all cut up

Louise and Larry getting ready to eat

Flo and Autumn enjoying their bones

The snacks we had while waiting for lunch

In the evening we watched a couple episodes of PBS American Masters. The first episode was The Highwaymen: Friends Til the End, which was about the friendship between Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson. The second episode was God's Fiddler: Jashca Keifetz, a Russian Immigrant, who came to America at the age of seventeen. He became a world famous violinist. Both were very good. After the shows Larry took me to Freddy's for dessert. The sundae we had tonight was the Signature Turtle. We hadn't bought ice cream at the store for a long time so after we had dessert we went to HEB and picked up a half gallon of Creamy Creations Caramel Pecan Turtle. We had a very relaxing evening.

Freddy's Signature Turtle Sundae