Menu for a Country BBQ (or Cole's Bday Lunch)

For those who are interested, and I believe there actually are a few, here is the menu and a few links to recipes from the Country BBQ lunch we had last weekend for our little boy - Cole.

• Homemade Lemonade
  WOW - was that tart. Next time, taste and add more sugar!
• Watermelon Wedges
  Make sure they are cold, best on ice.
• Quick Pickles - assorted vegetables
  No recipe, looked online at a few recipes and winged it. Good stuff!
• Pat's Cole Slaw
  Best basic and addictive slaw - ever! 1/3 each, sugar, mayo and vinegar
• Corn on the Cob
  Basic, boiled and buttered.
• Creamy Tarragon Potato Salad
  No recipes, only a craving for creamy tarragon dressing.
  It could have used more salt.
  New potatoes, celery, mayonnaise, tarragon, sour cream
• Baked Maple Beans
  These were cooked over 12 hours. I used navy beans.
  I'd do these again anytime. I trust Bobby Flay's American fare recipes, always hearty, always tasty.
• Grilled Lemon Chicken
  This was the best grilled chicken I've ever had.
  We used two techniques, brining and basting.
  We found this Chez Panisse brine and decided to try it.
  I wanted an award winning grilled chicken and I found this
  garlicy basting recipe from Oregon. Fabulous, but a bit salty.
  I need to weigh or measure somehow the amount of ice I add to the brine
  in the cooler to make sure the amount is correct according to the recipe.
• Pat's 4 Bean Salad
  I don't have her recipe - this and the cake were the only things I didn't cook!

There you have it, a feast fit for a crowd of four or forty year olds!