JHZR2
Staff member
We got a nice piece of salmon, and had a little more charcoal left, so we decided to do cedar plank salmon on the charcoal grill.
So we wet the cedar plank, put a little seasoning on the fish...
Got the charcoal going, on top of which I put little bits of mesquite that I soaked in water (is it against the rules to mix your woods?). We just have a tiny charcoal grill, but its perfect. We cook with gas more, though I love charcoal, but this is perfect for just a few things once in a while.
Got it all placed on and then sat the lid overtop. The plank is bigger than the diameter of the grill, but the lid just sat on top and it was no big deal.
To accompany, we heated some spinach and beet greens (from our garden), with olive oil, salt and garlic (also from our other garden).
I checked some of the other crops, we have a lot of strawberries that look beautiful. My wife even made a batch of homemade strawberry ice cream with strawberries from our garden today.
Cant wait for our blueberry crop to be ready... Here are a few of our bushes:
And after surveying everything, and putting a little lemon thyme from the garden on the fish, it was ready:
Removed it, added some more lemon thyme that didnt dry out (I wanted dill but realized that we didnt have much at our closer garden, and it was dinnertime), and I loved fresh, non dehydrated lemon thyme on the fish... The flavor it gives off with the fish is just awesome.
It was so delicious. I must have done something wrong, because the cedar plank was pretty well shot on the bottom after cooking...
So we wet the cedar plank, put a little seasoning on the fish...
Got the charcoal going, on top of which I put little bits of mesquite that I soaked in water (is it against the rules to mix your woods?). We just have a tiny charcoal grill, but its perfect. We cook with gas more, though I love charcoal, but this is perfect for just a few things once in a while.
Got it all placed on and then sat the lid overtop. The plank is bigger than the diameter of the grill, but the lid just sat on top and it was no big deal.
To accompany, we heated some spinach and beet greens (from our garden), with olive oil, salt and garlic (also from our other garden).
I checked some of the other crops, we have a lot of strawberries that look beautiful. My wife even made a batch of homemade strawberry ice cream with strawberries from our garden today.
Cant wait for our blueberry crop to be ready... Here are a few of our bushes:
And after surveying everything, and putting a little lemon thyme from the garden on the fish, it was ready:
Removed it, added some more lemon thyme that didnt dry out (I wanted dill but realized that we didnt have much at our closer garden, and it was dinnertime), and I loved fresh, non dehydrated lemon thyme on the fish... The flavor it gives off with the fish is just awesome.
It was so delicious. I must have done something wrong, because the cedar plank was pretty well shot on the bottom after cooking...