Potatoes Debbie

Today we had a gathering of family and friends to celebrate the lives of our dear friends Debbie, who passed away early November, and her mother Dorothy, who passed away last week. We couldn't think of a finer tribute than to gather at the house and throw some Fred Steaks on the grill. "Fred Steaks" are an amazing marinated sirloin steak sold by Schaub's Meat, Fish and Poultry Market in the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto. Debbie's friend Katarina would bring down a cooler full on her visits from Palo Alto, and Debbie would invite everyone over for a Fred Steak feast. Fred Steak's primary characteristic is its very black color - I think it looks like a smoker's lung - but it's SO DELICIOUS, and that's not what is featured on today's post.

To accompany the Fred Steak I am fixing "Potatoes Debbie" - but with my own twist, since Debbie never did share her recipe with me. Fred Steak is best cooked on the outdoor grill, so this version of potatoes is prepared with the intent of firing up the grill. If you prefer, you could cook it in the oven.
My ingredient list is very simple - you'll need potatoes, onions, bell peppers (green, red, yellow -whatever color you choose), olive oil, salt, pepper and garlic seasoning - and heavy duty aluminum foil.







Slice the potatoes lengthwise in half, then slice each half in thin slices (how many times can YOU use "slice" in a sentence?") Repeat with six medium sized potatoes, then put in a large mixing bowl, and sprinkle with salt, pepper, granulated garlic, then drizzle with olive oil.
Peel one large onion - cut in half, and then thinly slice the two halves... add to the mixing bowl.
Slice up your green/red/yellow bell pepper - add to the mixing bowl.

Now toss it all up really well, till it looks as pretty as in this photo.









Pull off a large piece of heavy duty aluminum foil - pour out half of the potatoe/onion/pepper mix, then tightly wrap the top of the foil, rolling and squeezing it down, then rolling and squeezing the ends. The goal is to get a nice foil package that will not leak on the grill.


(Mine did leak, and I had to double re-wrap it - oh well - trial by error)




I forgot to take a photo of the finished Potatoes Debbie, but here's a photo of the finished Fred Steak.












DELICIOUS ! R. I. P. Deb and Dot. xoxo

OH, did I mention that it was 80 degrees today? Gotta love LA in January.

And by the way, I doubled the recipe, and between the 10 folks at our little gathering, there was not one bit of Potatoes Debbie uneaten, and we still had room for the yummy Rum Cake that Dennis so thoughtfully donated to our event.