I’m in Idaho visiting family for Labor Day weekend, and Saturday afternoon we went across the street to my uncle’s house to grill some hamburgers for lunch. We also had fresh corn on the cob and peach cobbler made from peaches that were purchased at the local produce stand.
When I was in Idaho earlier this summer, I drank the last bottle of Bitch I had stockpiled at my parent’s house when I was in town for Christmas last year. So instead of Bitch, we had a 2004 Petit Verdot from Sawtooth Winery, which is located just a few miles from where my parents live and that was founded by family friends.
For the bacon portion of the meal, my uncle went all out. We had beef bacon, Canadian bacon, AND pork bacon to choose from for topping our hamburgers or to eat on the side. Of course I had a piece (or two) of each kind.
After lunch was over, we sat on the porch (or in my case, laid in the yard, thanks to the onset of food coma) and enjoyed a warm summer afternoon in the Idaho desert.