More Crawdads n Bacon Wrapped Corn

One of my favorite finger food meals! I make this pretty often.
I season a pot of water with Swamp Dust, garlic, lemon juice, salt, cayenne peppers...

Then add smoked sausage and the tatoes...

I like to season the corn with olive oil, then sprinkle with cracked black pepper before wrapping in bacon. Sometimes I salt them too but for me, the bacon adds enough salt flavor.

Into the drum....

When the tatoes tender up a bit I add the crawdads...

next, the shrimp..

They cook fast!

Lastly, I add some crab legs to catch a bit of smoke and heat through...

I love bacon wrapped corn...

Served with garlic bread, horseradish sauce, garlic butter, cold beer and plenty of napkins..

I used to make this without crab legs but they are so tasty when smoked! 

It's been a mild winter here,  no snow to speak of. The drought is in full swing, I'm wishing I could take a bit of rain that some of you are getting hit with!
The cows are calving and all is going well. The rest of the critters are getting spring fever, me included. lol
I have a bad case of fishing/camping fever!
Hope everyone is healthy and happy!

Still Enjoying the Blackstone Griddle... Smash Burgers

The weather doesn't always cooperate but when it's nice enough outside, I like to fire up the Blackstone griddle. I've got it set up on my back deck, right outside of the kitchen door. Comes in really handy!

Made some onion smash burgers recently.. started with the bacon and sliced onions..

added balls of beef...

I let the beef rounds go for awhile before smashing flat..

The idea is to get a good "crust" on the burger...

When the onions are halfway tender, I top the burger patties...

Then flip em over to cook the bottom...

I sprinkled these with my cold smoked salt, pepper, garlic blend....

Toasted my buns....

I had my eye on this one from the beginning!

Topped mine with bacon...

added a lid and smooshed it down a bit. I like flat burgers.

I also added plain ole yellow mustard to mine.
Served with some of my twangy green tomatoes and supper was ready!

I think smashed burgers are my favorite kind of burger. I love the crust!
The Blackstone has been getting a bit of use this winter. I really love the thing!


Hope everyone is keeping safe and healthy. The storms in parts of the country sound incredible! Keeping you all in my thoughts.

Thanks for stopping by!