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9 Labor Day Grill Favorites

Posted: 08/31/2012 12:13 pm

For most children, Labor Day is a bittersweet holiday; it is a last hurrah that signals summer's impending end. For grown-ups, however, this holiday is much more exciting. It promises a day off, a cold cocktail, and a chance to shine at the grill. Whether you're a novice griller or a seasoned professional, here are 10 fresh ideas for putting your grill to good use and throwing your most impressive backyard barbecue to date.

Chimichurri Lamb Chops
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Lamb chops and the chimichurri sauce are quite simple to prepare and inexpensive, but incredibly special and delicious. The chimichurri sauce is bursting with flavors and can be used as a salad dressing. - CoconutsandCardamom

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For most children, Labor Day is a bittersweet holiday; it is a last hurrah that signals summer's impending end. For grown-ups, however, this holiday is much more exciting. It promises a day off, a col...
For most children, Labor Day is a bittersweet holiday; it is a last hurrah that signals summer's impending end. For grown-ups, however, this holiday is much more exciting. It promises a day off, a col...
 
 
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Baneblade
Subversive Individual
06:02 PM on 09/02/2012
Lamb sounds pretty good. I think I'll buy some, grill it up and not share it.
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Melody Salazar
05:52 PM on 09/02/2012
Sorry, but those Chimichurri lamb chops look disgusting.
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trussia1
kids out of the pool, it's the adult swim
05:22 PM on 09/02/2012
The grilled corn looks yummy!
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Stephen Thorpe
Every breath you take - I'll take one too!
04:53 PM on 09/02/2012
While the mexican corn sounds great, and I'll try it out. We found that leaving the corn in the husk and grill it until you see the husk blacken, and you can smell the corn carmelizing. When you break it out of the husk it should be brownish in spots.
Don't need butter or anything else,.....it's perfect.
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JDolla2323
beware the Brain Slug Party!
02:41 PM on 09/02/2012
LOL they couldn't find a pic of corn on the cob that hadn't already been chewed on?
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lionstar
There is no 'try'.
03:17 PM on 09/02/2012
I know...extreme "ick"!
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Baneblade
Subversive Individual
06:01 PM on 09/02/2012
Thats not how it comes?
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Bradley Greig Smith
Endless war is endless debt.
01:23 PM on 09/02/2012
Hot dogs, hamburgers, steaks and chicken. Corn on the cob is good if you have the room, if not do it inside. Potato salad, noodle salad, baked beans on the side. Some cake and ice cream for desert.

Drinks; beer, lemonade, wine and wine coolers, a cooler full of mixed soda/pop too.

Entertainment, a big pool, some yard games and cards. After the sun goes down have a fire in the fire pit and sit around shooting the breeze and mellowing out.

That is my idea of a labor day cookout.
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HONEST1981
Honesty is the best policy
01:48 PM on 09/02/2012
O wow! Can i come over to your place? I'll bring Devilled eggs!
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Bradley Greig Smith
Endless war is endless debt.
02:41 PM on 09/02/2012
Sounds good to me, I love Deviled eggs!
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WindFeathers
The Legend of Moshup...
01:19 PM on 09/02/2012
Just I want pre-eaten corn on the cob?
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heywould j
04:57 PM on 09/02/2012
picking it out of remnants is the best way to enjoy pre-eaten corn.
12:59 PM on 09/02/2012
Sea Bass is endangered (?) and it's on a list to encourage people to eat it?
Beermonger
No, I'm not on F'n Facebook.
02:46 PM on 09/02/2012
Since when are they endangered? I catch so many of them when I go to the ocean, I am nearly up to my ears in them.
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lionstar
There is no 'try'.
03:20 PM on 09/02/2012
I thought it was "Chilean" sea bass that was endangered, maybe there's a difference.
lanebaldwin
Be the change!
12:44 PM on 09/02/2012
Uhm... exactly *where are these recipes favorites?
12:53 PM on 09/02/2012
I think the staff at the Romney compound leaked this information.