Fancy or unusual barbeque items

[BretWeir]

I'm hosting a barbeque next week, and am planning on putting out the usual spread of burgers, dogs, Italian sausage, etc.

But I'd also like to stretch my culinary skills and throw in some more unusual items. For example, I'm thinking about trying out the lemongrass-lamb-kebab-type things shown on this page. Ribs are also a possibility, but would require smoking the night before.

Any ideas/recipes? Criteria are that it has to (1) taste good; (2) be grillable; (3) be able to be made in quantity; and (4) not need a knife and fork to eat.

[GoblinMason (Craig)]

At my uncle's 4th picnic, he grilled portabella mushrooms which he did something to. They were really good, but I have no clue on the details.

-Craig

[BretWeir]

Good call -- I think I'll add portabellas to the menu. Good for the one or two vegetarians who always show up.

[Nottom]

Fruit.

Peaches are great for grilling. Bananas and plums work well too.

[benza13]

Not that unusual, but fish is also a good option for grilling, especially ones like swordfish that tend not to stick to the grill. There was a thread recently about other good fish for grilling, but I am too lazy to search right now.

You could also serve Gazpacho (sp?) its Tomato soup, served ice cold.

[BretWeir]

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You could also serve Gazpacho (sp?) its Tomato soup, served ice cold.

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Go back to Russia!

[gumpzilla]

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Good call -- I think I'll add portabellas to the menu. Good for the one or two vegetarians who always show up.

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Rub them down with olive oil, garlic, pepper and salt, it's great. I'm also partial to grilled zucchini.

[M2d]

oysters

mix up a sauce of soy/hot sauce (srachia, tabasco, any hot sauce will do). ratio is to taste.
pop the oysters on the grill. when they just open up, squirt some of your hot sauce mixture into the oyster and let it simmer for a minute or so. take off the grill and slurp up.

[rusellmj]

I made this for my 4th of July BBQ.

Get ripe but firm Bananas.

Melt 2tbsp butter in sauce pan.
Mix in 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp powder ginger, 1/8 tsp powder cloves.

Let butter sauce cool a little.
Peel and coat bananas w/ butter sauce.

Grill bananas 2-3 minutes on each side. Don't cook to mush.

Slice bananas at an angle on the bias.
Serve w/ good quality vanilla ice cream (I use Bryers) and warm chocolate sauce if desired.

This only took minutes to prepare and I was a hero.

[jakethebake]

BEER BUTT CHICKEN