Dinner this evening comprised a delicious tri-tip beef roast, rubbed with a Cuban marinade of garlic, lime juice, olive oil, roasted jalepeno peppers, sherry, cilantro, oregano, parsley, and cumin, then slow-cooked in the smoker for 5 hours over hickory chips. In addition, we whipped up a batch of Cuban-style Frijoles Negros with bacon, white rice, and a fresh green salad, then toasted our culinary masterpieces with a big, bold, and beautiful 2003 Sequoia Grove Cabernet Sauvignon that I picked up at a local wine-tasting last year.

Since the marinade was extremely spicy, I also tossed a couple of traditional Wisconsin bratwurst into the smoker for family members with less-developed palates (Mrs. BH and daughter, I'm lookin' at you!) and served them on rye buns with horseradish mustard.

Now it's time for the Simpsons and the Venture Bros. Life is good.

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Mrs. BH bought me a Waring Pro Professional Ice Crusher for our 27th anniversary. It's fabulous, but it's got a really big chute, so I know it's only a matter of time until I get my paw chewed off sticking it in there to dislodge a stuck ice cube.

In anticipation of that tragic day, I've decided that I wish to be fitted with a rocket-propelled prosthetic arm, holding a tiki mug.

That is all.

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Aloha.

I'm back. Normal posting will resume when Mrs. Bali Hai and I return from a belated anniversary trip down the Mississippi to enjoy the hospitality of a couple of quaint, and hopefully-not flooded bed and breakfasts, before picking up our daughter from orchestra camp in Northeastern Iowa. In the meantime, please enjoy a virtual Three Dots and a Dash cocktail, as served at the Las Vegas Don the Beachcomber's, circa 1965.

1/2 oz. fresh lime juice
1/2 oz. orange juice
1/2 oz. honey mix (1 part melted honey to 1 part water)
1/4 oz. Fee Bros. Falernum syrup
1/4 oz. Pimento liqueur (Berry Hill)
1 1/2 oz. amber Martinique rum
1/2 oz. Demerara rum (80 proof)

Put all ingredients in a blender. Add 3/4 cup of ice and blend for 5 seconds. Pour into a specialty glass, and garnish with 3 Maraschino cherries and a pineapple spear (3 dots and a dash). Add more ice to fill.

Aloha.

Mr. BH

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