JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH

WHO KNEW THE MESSINIA REGION OF GREECE WAS HOG HEAVEN. THIS PLACE HAD THE MOTHER OF ALL ROTISSERIES AND I LEARNED A FEW THINGS FROM THESE BOYS.

 SPITS FOUND AT OLYMPIA (400BC)

 NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED

WHOLE HOG

 LOIN

 SIDES

AFTERMATH

SUMMER TIME EATS

GRANTED, FALL IS THE SEASON I LOVE THE MOST: HUNTING SEASON STARTS, THE STRIPERS START TO BLITZ OFF MONTAUK, AND I BUST OUT MY PREFERRED SEASONAL WARDROBE. BUT, THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR THE BOUNTY AND VARIETY OF THE SUMMER FOOD EXPERIENCE. (COLD BOTTLES OF ROSE INCLUDED.)

BERRY GALETTE

 FRENCH RADISHES W/ BUTTER AND SEA SALT

 (ROSE IN BACKGROUND)

 HERB STUFFED ROTISSERIE CHICKENS 

GOAT: A LOVE STORY, THE FINAL CHAPTER

THE BELLY OF THIS BEAST WAS STUFFED THE NIGHT BEFORE WITH LEMONS, GARLIC, ONIONS, OLIVE OIL, THYME AND ROSEMARY, DUSTED WITH COARSE SALT THEN SEWN SHUT AND LEFT TO REST. THE NEXT DAY AT 2:30 PM THE FIRE WAS STARTED.  (ROYAL OAK CHARCOAL OF COURSE) AND AT 3:00 PM THE GOAT WAS ON THE FIRE.

THREE HOURS LATER AND IT WAS PERFECTLY COOKED. WE WERE 30 PEOPLE IN ALL , KIDS INCLUDED AND NO ONE COULD GET ENOUGH. SIX BOTTLES OF GIRARD SAUV BLANC AND 6 OF FOG HEAD PINOT NOIR FROM MONTEREY WASHED IT ALL DOWN. THANKS GOAT, WE LOVED YOU. DELICIOUS...

GOAT: A LOVE STORY, PART TWO

FOUR AND A HALF MONTH, 78 LB, 1/2 NUBIAN - 1/2 BOER

MALE FROM RIVERBROOK FARM.

(PS NOT THE MOST PERSONABLE OF THE BUNCH)

TOOLS FOR THE DEED

4 DAYS HANG TIME FOR THIS SATURDAY'S PART THREE:

THE ROTISSERIE BBQ