Monday moanin'

Monday was a l-o-n-g day at work. Seemed to drag on forever! I left work late, had to stop and get some money from an ATM and then fill up the tank. So, I never made it home until around 5:45 PM.

It had rained hard during the day, but had subsided before I left (which was good).

When I got home, I started the charcoal for the steak and the sweet corn I was originally supposed to grill on Sunday. Noticed yesterday while unpackaging the sweet corn, they left 1/4 of the husk on each ear (probably for looks). But, I thought it might be just enough if, when wet, it would steam the corn (like I normally do with the husk-on corn) while being grilled. So, the corn had soaked overnight. I am not a big fan of "butter, herbs, garlic, salt and pepper, etc., wrapped in tin foil and then grilled" corn. To me, grilled corn, with just salt and butter is perfection!

The steak I had seasoned Sunday with Paula Dean's "The Lady's House Seasoning" (now you long term readers probably remember, but just in case, repeat after me: 1 cup kosher salt, 1/4 cup coarse ground pepper and 1/4 cup garlic powder, stored in an air-tight container).

So, put the corn on, turning every 3 or 4 minutes, until the tinfoil turned golden, then moved it off to the side and threw on the round steak, after putting on some wet hickory wood chips for smoke/flavor. Here I messed up (just a little) not sure if the coals were too close, or what, but cooked it 4 minutes on a side (like normal) but, instead of my favorite medium-rare, got medium-well done steak, No biggy. Still tasted good.

I had thawed out some blue cheese compound butter I'd made a while back to top the steak with, but realized I had blue cheese on Saturday (with Jake and Carla) and blue cheese on Sunday (for a snack) so it might not be all that special. I put it back in the freezer and got out some A1 sauce. Let the meat rest for 5 minutes while I finished off the corn, then feasted! And, (maybe the best part) I still have three ears of corn and half the steak for leftovers!

Woke up around 1:00 AM, wide awake. Read for a bit, but that didn't work, so I threw on my sweats and sat on the porch rocker for about 1/2 hour until I felt sleepy again. It was mild out and not raining, so it was nice. Then went back to bed.