Grill Everything

August 10, 2009 | by Diana

I once posted about Brownies – and cooking them on the grill.  Truth is we like to grill as much as we can when it’s really hot outside. Last night for dinner we did just that, we grilled everything.

First, we had Bison Burgers.  My mom is visiting until Wednesday so we took her to the farm market with us. She saw the stats on the Bison meat and said she’d like to try some.  Bison Burgers coming up. 

Corn on the Cob – I didn’t want to do the boiling water method, it was way too hot outside.  Heating up an air conditioned home is counter productive.  I used Linette’s idea for a guideline.  We didn’t use all of the spices, just pulled out the silk and pushed the husk back over the cob.  The outside of the husk was charred even though we soaked it, but the inside was perfect.  It also didn’t get watered down like it does sometimes when boiled. When it’s done, pull off the husk, salt, pepper and butter.

Patty Pan Squash – I love grilled squash, so I thought these would be perfect.  The …

Bison Burgers

July 27, 2009 | by Diana

I’m in love with Bison.  The last couple of years, we’ve bought bison meat at the local Saturday morning farm market.  Bison meat is low in fat and low in cholesterol, but comes out really tender when cooked. 

We had 1/4 lb bison burgers, that we bought from the Ohio Bison Farm. I defrosted the patties and cooked it up on my grill pan. When I was done, I let the fat congeal because I wanted to see how much fat was in the pan.  Usually when I cook burgers there’s a big amount of fat congealed in the pan and there wasn’t a lot.  Still with that little grease you’d think it would be dry, but it wasn’t.  Bison is a little sweeter or maybe richer tasting than beef, but it is really delicious.

I stole one of their brochures with all the stats and facts.  It compares bison, beef, pork and chicken – 3.5 oz.

Species Fat (g) …