What A Trip

Date nights can be on Saturday's too.  Last night Scott and I went on a little trip.  Hawaii, minus the 10 hour plane ride.  At least it felt like Hawaii.  It was the kinda deja vu experience, that brought me back to our honeymoon.  I'm sure I've tasted something like that before, had to be the honeymoon in Maui.  Yesterday, I was in St. Cloud running errands, and I picked up some lovely and large shrimp from Byerly's.  $12.99 a pound, sounds expensive, but it's not.  You can't eat out for that kinda money, but you can have a luxurious meal at home with the one you love-and feel like you are doing a little fine dining.  Sometimes the food turns out so good, that I surprise myself.  I mean, I go into it thinking "this will be really yummy", but then it's like "WOW, THAT WAS REALLY YUMMY".  And I have a deja vu experience to boot.  I seasoned the shrimp with Old Bay seasoning, fresh cracked pepper, red pepper flakes, fresh chopped chives, fresh chopped Italian parsley, olive oil and a generous squeeze of lemon and let them hang out in the flavor.  I chunked up a red pepper and Vidalia onion (this little gem will very soon have it's own blog post), added some chives and Italian parsley, seasoned with Alpine Touch seasoning, fresh cracked pepper, red pepper flakes and a drizzle of olive oil.  In a separate bowl, I chunked up a whole pineapple.  Ok, stick with me, this is where it gets really good.  It was a beautiful night, so we had a wood fire cracklin'.  Why not cook over it?  We have a grill basket that we put on the cooking grate over the coals.  First added the onion and pepper mixture and got it about half done, then added the shrimp.  When the shrimp were almost done, you guessed it, we added the pineapple.  If you have never grilled pineapple before, you should start.  It is unbelievable.  The flavor is intensified and pops in your mouth.  It is so juicy, that you will wonder where the prickly little pineapple was hiding all that juice.  I served this delightful mixture with sticky rice.  Really, really good.  For those of you following this blog, and were left feeling empty, because I didn't post last night.  Sorry about that.  I was busy.  After all, I was on my honeymoon ya know.