Friday...um, some number

[klwilliams]

1. The nice thing about having a husband who bakes is that he buys new cookbooks and uses them. Last night he made the best cornbread EVAH: real corn, and *bacon*. Yum. I told him he should make this cornbread for Thanksgiving dinner and he said he might forget which recipe it was by then. I doubt that he will, because he will be getting frequent requests for that cornbread.

2. I married a genius. He fixes things in the house.

3. I've been going back to my chiropractor again, due to my hip bothering me (probably as a result of compensating for the sore knee -- I hear that song in the background and refuse to let it earworm me. I refuse!). My chiropractor is Lisa Devlin in Mountain View, and she's fabulous. Not only has she helped my knee, she noticed (well, it's pretty obvious) how my muscles seize up and has been working on getting them to relax. It's working. I'm still not out of the woods, but I'm walking farther and more easily. I shall continue to see her.

4. The hip bone's connected to the thigh bone.... No! Refuse!

5. Chaz has a story in the new anthology The Touch of the Sea which just came out. It has gay pirates! a giant floating turtle! mayhem! mystery! It's probably my favorite of his short stories so far.

6. Do giant floating turtles have hip bones?

7. Does anyone have a recommendation for a backyard barbecue grill? Anyone know a place having a sale? Since we have a back yard, a grill seems required, especially given that there's a real cook living here.

Comments

[aberwyn.livejournal.com]

If you want the Weber we have in the basement, it's yours for free, but it needs cleaning. Badly.

[edanam.livejournal.com]

6. Yes

7. Gas or briquet? If gas, try for a self starter with counters on both sides. 3 rows of burners creates more even heat than 2. I think a rotisseri (sp?) looks cooler than we would ever use it. what I do like is an upper rack that you can heat rolls on, keep stuff warm, etc. Make sure you understand how clean and replace the grease trap.
Oh, and make sure it's got a thermometer built in.

[aberwyn.livejournal.com]

Ah, you mean one of those outdoor stoves.

[gormflaith.livejournal.com]

Most of the hardware/ garden stores will be running sales for memorial day, and they might even start this weekend.

[acanthusleaf.livejournal.com]

Yes, OSH is having a sale - 20% off any one item. Perhaps you should call Morgan.

[tafelspitz.livejournal.com]

Re: #7. It depends on what you want to do. For quick use and fast grilling, then gas would be the most likely choice. Talk to hrj about how she has used hers. For tradition and more nuanced flavour, then charcoal, (preferably not briquettes), might be preferred.

For myself, I've been using a kamado, (Japanese clay oven), for over 20 years. Besides grilling, I've used it for roasting, baking, stir-fry, steaming, and hot-smoking with a patina of flavour increasing with use. They take some care however. Sort of like a 1947 MG. A modern interpretation of the kamado is the Big Green Egg. (http://www.biggreenegg.com/).

If you want to see a range of what is available, then the Barbeques Galore over on El Camino Real might be worth a browse.

[timill]

And I, for my part, absolutely swear by my Char-Griller Duo 5050. This gives me the best of both worlds - gas when I want it and charcoal when I feel like using that instead.

[deborahjross.livejournal.com]

Of course floating turtles have hip bones. They're vertebrates, aren't they?

[kahnegabs.livejournal.com]

If you plans on large numbers of guests, a gas grill can be nice, but I find my big Weber to be all I've needed, even for family picnics through the years. Get one of those chimneys to hold the briquets together until they are good and hot and then release them into the grill. My husband used to use a large coffee can and a pair of pliers, but the ones in the hardware store are much easier to handle. LOL

[aberwyn.livejournal.com]

I used to make really good slow-cooked pork for pulled pork sandwiches on the Weber. Also whole chickens. I can't use any kind of BBQ any more, alas, because of the asthma. Smoke, y'know.

[kahnegabs.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the Weber makes a pretty fine smoked turkey too.

[katerit.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is quite a good story - I just read it.