| Here's the enigma of the barbecue grill..... | | | | If I were applying for a job as a car mechanic which |
| Two customers have complained today and one of | | | | garage in their right mind would take me on? Yet |
| my suppliers just isn't providing the quality of materials | | | | armed with the most appalling gastronomic CV I'm |
| that I need. In short it's been a rough day "at the office". | | | | trusted not to poison the family and if that weren't |
| I'm a bit down in the dumps but as soon as I get home | | | | enough, we invite our best friends round in the honest |
| and my heart lifts. My children greet me and are itching | | | | belief that I won't poison them too! |
| to tell me all about their day and there's a wonderful | | | | Ever been to a BBQ cookout where the hamburgers |
| smell of cooking coming from the kitchen. | | | | are burnt on the outside and frozen in the middle? I'm |
| I give my wife a hug and ask "Hey, what's cooking?" | | | | sorry to say that while we might have moved |
| Tonight will be oven roasted chicken thighs on a bed | | | | someway towards modern man with the |
| of vegetables roasted in olive oil. A ciabatta loaf is | | | | housekeeping duties, we're still eons away when it |
| warming in the oven and there's a bottle of merlot | | | | comes to the barbecue grill or meat smoker. |
| open to breathe on the kitchen table to round it all off. | | | | Now it has to be said that lighting the barbecue is |
| What better way to start the evening? | | | | definitely a man's job. C'mon guys who doesn't like |
| I know without any further inspection that what my | | | | playing with fire? So how ladies, do you eat safe in the |
| nose tells me smells good really is good simply | | | | knowledge that you'll live until tomorrow? Well I've got |
| because my wife has many years experience, she | | | | one simple barbecue tip:- |
| enjoys cooking and therefore knows the subject inside | | | | Give him the matches and the firelighters but don't give |
| out. | | | | him any of the food - at least not for 45 minutes if |
| OK so I may be taking it a little to the extreme to | | | | charcoal, 15 minutes if gas. Believe me, if you bring it |
| make the point and before you all start hollering back, | | | | out any earlier it'll be a cremation rather than a BBQ |
| let me point out that I do my family's ironing and I clean | | | | party. |
| the bathrooms so I'm part way from "Neanderthal" to | | | | My tip for good food is gentle cooking, heat is good |
| "modern man". I'm sure there's plenty of us out there, | | | | and flames are bad. Fat dripping onto the coals |
| sincerely I hope so. | | | | creates the smoke that flavours the food but that |
| My point is that considering all this talent my wife has | | | | same fat also can cause flames if the coals haven't |
| and all her experience at cooking, why is it that when | | | | been allowed to settle. So in short, the coals should be |
| it's time for a BBQ cookout it's me that takes on the | | | | hot and the flames not. |
| grill duties? The man of the house! What qualifications | | | | How do you keep your man away from the food |
| do I have? How much experience do I have?......... | | | | without a padlock and chain on the refrigerator door? |
| Zip....Nada...Niente! I can't even follow the most | | | | Give him a beer......or two! After all - I am a man! |
| elementary grill recipes. | | | | |