Visigothic Rituals Unveiled Here!

So Mrs. de-I purchased goods a plenty and headed up to the Gothic encampment in the hills. One of the requirements of the tribute bearing party is they must stay for the inevitable celebratory feast. In this case the feasting started at 10:30 in the morning and went on until 8 in the evening.

While chips and salsa were being doled out to assuage hunger we prepared some chicken wings and shrimp for grilling.

Only Visigothic Chieftains are allowed the privilege of manning the grill!

We flavored the shrimp with an Ethiopian spice rub I got from Saveur magazine. Everything else we made we got from the Barbecue Bible and all the recipes worked great.

Chomping Down on Wings and Shrimp
(Please note how even the young Visigoth warriors rip apart food with their hands)

Young Visigoth Warrior

For our next course we made a Korean grilled dish, Bul Kogi which we served with Spicy Daikon (sounds like a Bond girl don't you think?), lettuce leaves, and rice.

Recipe from the Barbecue Bible
(I needed strong drink to make through working with the Goths)

Spicing for the Bul Kogi

A Gothic technique for teaching you whose the boss is having you (de-I in this case) do hard work in the kitchen like cutting the meat in to very, very, thin slices

Goths love strong drink. They made large quantities of Caiparina's (rum and sugar muddled together mixed with rum)

Young Gothic Warrior and I muddling lots of limes and sugar

Visigoth Queen making the Spicy Daikon - Maybe her name is Spicy Daikon?
I really don't understand Gothic real well which is why we never have our scheduling right.

Finish Bul Kogi and Spicy Daikon

Gothic Tribe and Mrs. de-I scarfing down the next course

Young Gothic Warriors begin learning war cries at a very early age.

For the third and final course, we had Memphis style ribs, an Indian potato salad (dressed with spicy paprika and caramelized onions), and an Iranian salad (cukes, tomatoes, red onions dressed with lots of parsley, olive oil and lime juice). The flavoring on the ribs was awesome. Our Visigoth Chieftain out did himself on the grill. The salad was surprisingly good for so simple a recipe.

Visigoth Chief again on the grill

Ribs

Indian Potato Salad

Gothic Clan in action at the table
(Body art is a big part of the Visigoth culture. I believe the chief's arm art consists of a variety of war cries. While my Gothic is poor I think the cry on the top of the right arm translates roughly to "I will hide your hat and then send a mocking text message to you with a picture of me making a fearsome face" or something like that)

Please note the bottles of wine. No informed emissary would dare come to the Visigoth camp without at least two bottles for consumption on the spot