October 16, 2016 Spring Gate Vineyard, Harrisburg, Pa. Dinner – BBQ Pork Ribs, fava beans, corn, and apple sauce

October 16, 2016 Spring Gate Vineyard, Harrisburg, Pa.  Dinner – BBQ Pork Ribs, fava beans, corn, and apple sauce

Don and Bev and Jeff and Kathy came down in the morning and Don and Suzette made us egg croissants.

At around 11:00 Jeff and Kathy left for Ohio and Don, Bev, Suzette and I drove to Spring Gate Winery near Harrisburg.  Spring Gate produces wine, beer and cider.  We tasted the wines and found little like so we bought a flight of ciders.

We took our cider outside and found Don and Bev.  Don and I went to the the Kelly seafood booth and bought two 1 ¼ lb. lobsters for $12.50 each and a lb. of smoke bluefish that had been brined in salt and brown sugar for 24 hours and then smoked.

The lobsters were soft shell and easy to open served with lemon juice, but the smoked bluefish was amazing, tender slightly sweet with caramelized and gelatin pockets of congealed fat.   We loved both the lobster and the smoked blue fish.

The original cider was fine, but I did not like the dry, apple, and pumpkin ciders.  Don said the Irish ale was delicious also.

At 5:00 we returned to E town and ate the pork ribs that Don had prepared with fresh steamed fava beans and corn.  I cut slices of onion to eat with the meal.  

The ribs were delicious and we loved having fresh fava beans again.

I later ate a bag of caramel corn.

Bon Appetit