What can I say, we love us some seafood!! We started our “Staycation” a couple of weeks ago by indulging in some of our favorites. We went to Wegmans and bought the freshest wild-caught seafood they had on display.
David is always anxious to light the grill, especially now that we have moved it back to our deck.
While the shrimp and corn on the cob were getting ready to go into the boil, David put on a few Rock Fish fillets and the asparagus I had prepped. Believe it or not, we had never grilled asparagus at home over the open coals. I don’t know why, because they were so yummy!
He basted the fish with a special sauce he uses when grilling fish. He made this up for me back in the day and really impressed me with it. I grew up on fried fish and had never eaten grilled fish much. When I asked David what he called the sauce, he said he didn’t know. He had stolen the recipe from an old fishing buddy of his. So I decided I would name it: “Al’s Stolen Fish Sauce“. Named after the fishing buddy he stole it from.
Even though we had a bottle of cocktail sauce in the refrigerator, we decided to make some from scratch. If you have never had fresh cocktail sauce before, you are missing out! It is so much better fresh!!
Yep, it was as good as it looks. Rock Fish is truly a swimming steak! Have you ever heard the expression “We were eating, high on the hog”? Well, that night we were eating “High on the mountain”. Well, not really only 1000′ up.
airdnaa says
Looking especially forward to homemade cocktail sauce recipe!
Debbie Spivey says
Great! I hope to post it next week! 🙂
Patrons of the Pit says
Wow, glory be! What a feast on the mountain side. You could open a mountain-side cafe there, and the people would come!
As always, it is a good thing to see your man operating the grill, on the deck! It brings a warm fuzzy feeling to thee. Thank you.
Debbie Spivey says
Thanks for your glorious comments and thank you for always visiting online!
I’m afraid our hours of daylight in the evenings after work are dwindling away minute by minute. At least we have the weekends! 🙂
"Cheffie Cooks" says
Love, Love, Love any Seafood!!! Cheffie
sophisticatedjerseygirl says
Delicious! The fish and shrimp look good, but I would love to try the asparagus!! Also I’m jealous of your Wegmans. I don’t have one close by and they’re the best 🙂
Debbie Spivey says
We are fortunate to have one we can get to. It isn’t convenient for us, but we can still go because battling the traffic and chaos of the city is worth the great foods they carry. I hear Richmond, VA is getting one too. They are spreading, maybe you will get lucky and they’ll build one near you some day…
Dana Fashina says
Verrrrty nice!
Debbie Spivey says
Thank you, Dana! 🙂
Sherri Parker Thompson says
YUMMY! Seafood is my very fave! Can’t wait to see your next post!
Debbie Spivey says
I’ll have these recipes next week, Sherri. Thanks for following my blog. 🙂