Its summer time again, a get together between families, relatives and friends, a celebrations concerning vacations and reunions in the beach or in places that gives cool ambiance to differ the heat of summer days. These days are very entertaining and give great experiences for each one of us; this is the time where our expertise in get- together preparations is set to subdue all common problems that appear in this condition.
Foods and drinks are the most essential things that needs to look up to when it comes to early preparations, it should meet the demands and taste for every celebrating members, either expensive or non-expensive recipes are serve entirely for satisfaction purposes. Here are some recipes that my friends and I used to prepare for any get-together celebrations; these are commonly served during an outing, either in resorts or other places for picnics, such as near valleys or in the mountaintops. The recipes are grilled and roasted, others are frozen and chilled and some are fresh cuts.
Let us start with the beverages, we choose drinks that does not need much work before drinking starts, (like mixes or cocktails that needs lot of ingredients). It is better to bring bottled or canned drinks, such as; beers, wines, sodas and juice in cans, all you need to bring are glasses, drinking straws. ice chillers and some lemon will do. However, make sure that all your companions know how to take control on their alcohol intakes, in order to avoid emergency related circumstances.
Now the foods, the roasted and grilled first, roasted meat must be prepared 30 minutes before an outing starts. Chicken, beef and pork barbecues are the most frequent foods we arrange for this given occasion. My friends and I, used to brought marinated BBQs during an excursions. We marinated it according to this; in five kilos of baby back ribs; trimmed, leaving only small amounts of fats, five whole chicken that weighs one kilo each and five kilos skewed pork or beef. We used one and a half liters of tomato catsup, two cups soy sauce, one half cup lemon juice or three fourth cup calamansi juice, half cup brown sugar, salt and pepper to taste, one cup orange juice and three pcs.
Laurel leaf as marinade mixed all ingredients and put in a shallow pan enough to hold the marinade and the five kilos of meat. Use cooking pan with cover, this will lock in the steam from evaporating and it will make the dish more deliciously flavored. When putting the dish on fire, always use low fire and simmering methods, it allows the marinade to penetrate within the meat, for these five kilos of meat simmer for about two hours or until tender. Grilled them right on the place you choose for an outing. In grilling meat, one should consider that it is good to start grilling in a very hot grill for searing all sides by a minute or so, let the grill marks become visible in the outside layer of the meat, continue grilling and frequently brush the meat with its marinade until you think it is ready. Serve the grilled meat with your choice of BBQ sauces, either spicy or usual sauces.
Then the desserts, fresh fruits are much better to bring and serve, just fill it off or sliced it to bite sizes and you are done with your meal. Always bring garbage bags whenever your group plans for an outing, this is necessary because, by keeping your garbage disposed off properly, you can help make your environment clean and tidy. It is nice to stroll any places that are uncontaminated by bacteria and other diseases brought by indisposed garbage, especially when you bring your kids. They are the mostly attracted to germs than adult do.
So everything is pack-up and you are up to your outing, never forget to bring your fist aid kit with you, it is better being prepared than end up short-handed. Moreover, brought all gadgets that you think you might need, like extra clothes and towels, your personal hygiene packs, table and chairs, plus your jokes and some interesting stories applicable to the situation. Good luck!, And happy trip.
