Happy Father's Day: Part I

Because we had leftover buttermilk, heavy cream, and strawberries on hand, we made waffles this morning. Mmm.... Sorry, Dad didn't even get a bite of these beautiful waffles. But this evening Joe is cooking up his famouse BBQ ribs for Dad. Except we are going to have everyone else of the family, who will be hungry to try Joe's ribs for the first time. It's a very good thing that Joe got us a tall stack of assorted mostly Fiesta plates at an auction he and his dad went to. We'll have enough plates for everybody tonight!

Joe certainly didn't volunteer to cook ribs for 10 people, but here he's holding the HALF of the ribs he's cooking. We bought a total of 20 lb ribs, 2.5 lb brutwurst (just in case), 1.5 gallons of milk, and 2 lb of tortila chips for my black bean salsa. Hopefully we have enough for everyone to eat.

The biggest pot we own is the red one on the right. The silver bathtub on the left was borrowed from the Haara household. Without it, we would have had to perboil ribs in three batches!! And we would've been still boiling away.... Instead we have everything under control now. Our house this afternoon feels like in the calm before a storm. We'll be chilling out for another few hours.