Foodie Friday -- May 2nd

Rattlebridge Farm has been smoking up a storm this week.

Our trusty smoker is big and bulky. It resides at one end of the front porch and looks like something from NASA, a mini space station. For sure, it's unusual porch decor, but that's fine with me. I love what smoke does to food. I even smoked peaches, which were unbelievably delicious, savory yet sweet, and they were snapped up before I could take a photo. 

With Bandwidth's expert assistance, I prepared Smoked Rainbow Trout, wrapped in bacon and stuffed with crabmeat.

Click HERE  for the recipe.

For Easter, we enjoyed a lip-smacking Smoked Standing Rib Roast.

Click HERE for the recipe.

Featured Recipes from Last Week's Foodie Friday.

(Note: Pinning has been disabled on the following photos; please click on the links to visit the featured blogs. Thanks!)


The recipe that readers loved the most was Wives with Knives' delicious old fashioned ham salad sandwiches.




Readers also loved Candidly Kate's vibrant and  Easy Minestrone Salad.

Carolina Heart Strings  combined two classic Southern foods--red velvet and Moon Pies,
creating  Red Velvet Moon Pies.

Are you familiar with the MYSTERY INGREDIENT CLUB?

Here's how it works: A secret ingredient is assigned to members, and they incorporate it in a recipe (sweet or savory). 

The next club meeting will be held Monday, June 2, 2014. 

** Participating members can host the party, if desired. 
** Other than using the secret ingredient in a recipe, there are no rules. 
** If you'd like to play with us, just leave a comment (or email me at designsbygollum@gmail.com and type MYSTERY CLUB in the subject header. 
** The secret ingredient will be unveiled via email.
** If you'd like to host the party on your blog, you'll be mailed the Inlinkz thumbnail code prior to the event.

Previous MYSTERY INGREDIENT CLUB recipes:

 

Are you contributing a recipe to this week's Foodie Friday?

 If so, locate the blue Inlinkz icon in the lower, left-hand portion of this post. Click on the icon and follow the directions. After you complete the process, you will see a red "x" beside your name. This allows you to delete your link if you made an error; the red "x" is visible to you only.

You can read a complete guide to this linky party HERE.  It's pretty simple: there are NO RULES. You don't need to "like" our Facebook page or be a follower of this blog to participate. Nor do you need to include a backlink or Foodie Friday button in your post. Add as many recipes as you wish, old or new. If you love food, we love you.

If you'd like to share your food photos--or photos of other FF participants on Pinterest, join the Pinterest foodie board, Consuming Passions. Leave a message on the most recent "pin" if you'd like your name added to the list.

Every Friday, we are joined at this big, virtual table--thank you for stopping by today. I'm grateful to all of you who spend your days cooking. I'm grateful to old and new friends who contribute recipes every week. I'm grateful to friends who leave a comment. I'm grateful for the silent folks, because you are brought here by your love of all things culinary.

We are food people. And that's a marvelous thing.

Foodie Friday Inlinkz


 Have a wonderful, food-filled weekend!