good company warrants a good spread. alex and rachael came up from portland, and we met them halfway at potlatch state park on the hood canal. most of the campground is nothing to write home about, but we secured a sweet, secluded spot (93, if you're interested), way up in the trees and ferns. nobody around but jays and chestnut-backed chickadees.
this is alex's dinner, chicken grilled in foil, with tomatoes, zucchini, onions, and lemon-thyme from their garden, plus some fresh baby heirloom tomatoes and a few sheets of toasted sesame nori for good measure. looks delish!
rachael follows suit a bit later with the addition of roasted potatoes and a chicken sausage from otto's sausage kitchen in portland. quite good! (i ate the other half of that sausage, btw.)
we roasted some radishes in the campfire coals, a technique that my sister taught me when we were camping over memorial day weekend. radishes become quite mellow and slightly sweet when tossed with a little olive oil and folded up in some foil, then left to their own devices in the fire..
in the meantime, rachael broke out the strawberries, dipped them generously in marshmallow creme, and grilled them over the fire, s'mores-style..
we grilled up some asparagus, managing not to char them too badly..
..and set some lamb skewers on the grill shortly thereafter. they'd been marinating in olive oil, lemon juice, chopped fresh parsley and thyme, and so on. note the bay leaf still clinging to the lamb.
the super-yummy finished product. served up slightly rare, and still a bit mouth-scalding, but tender and juicy and all that grilled lamb eaten while camping should be!
