OT Tis the Season

We are in the BBQ season. Therefore it is important to refresh your memory on the etiquette of this sublime outdoor cooking activity . When a man volunteers to do the BBQ the following chain of events are put into motion:

Routine... (1) The woman buys the food. (2) The woman makes the salad, prepares the vegetables, and makes dessert. (3) The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils and sauces, and takes it to the man who is lounging beside the grill - beer in hand. (4) The woman remains outside the compulsory three meter exclusion zone where the exuberance of testosterone and other manly bonding activities can take place without the interference of the woman.

Here comes the important part: (5) THE MAN PLACES THE MEAT ON THE GRILL.

More routine... (6) The woman goes inside to organize the plates and cutlery. (7) The woman comes out to tell the man that the meat is looking great. He thanks her and asks if she will bring another beer while he flips the meat

Important again: (8) THE MAN TAKES THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL AND HANDS IT TO THE WOMAN.

More routine... (9) The woman prepares the plates, salad, bread, utensils, napkins, sauces, and brings them to the table.

(10) After eating, the woman clears the table and does the dishes.

And most important of all: (11) Everyone PRAISES the MAN and THANKS HIM for his cooking efforts.

(12) The man asks the woman how she enjoyed "her night off" and, upon seeing her annoyed reaction, concludes that there's just no pleasing some women!

NightMist

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Sorry, Nm. I can't identify. My beloved only once attempted pounding perfectly good beef on a grill into paratrooper boot enedibleness but, in addition, burned it to a black crisp. ( May not have been on purpose.) He has neither washing machine privileges (don't ask) nor cooking duties. It's just better that way. Polly

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Polly Esther

Gee, Nightmist, you must have been watching my ex's BBQ'ing exploits!

G> We are in the BBQ season. Therefore it is important to refresh your memor= y

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Ginger in CA

Giggle.

In our establishment it goes:

Himself suggests BBQ. Kate writes shopping list, Himself goes shopping...

Himself and the GMNT mow the grass, clean the BBQ of dead leaves etc, and scrub the garden furniture to within a milimeter of its life. THEN they fire up the BBQ and have a well earned beer...

Kate makes a large green salad, tosses the meat into whatever marinade looks like a good move (lemon, garlic, herbs for chicken, red wine, olive oil and pepper for steaks, etc.), and turns new potatoes into potato salad. Roll are put in the oven when the meat goes on the BBQ.

Everyone helps ferry everything out into the garden.

And these days half the time the GMNT does the actual meat cooking with a little light supervision from his dad.

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Kate XXXXXX

With a charcoal BBQ, why can't they wait for the coals to get hot before they put the meat on, or alternatively why can't they light it earlier!.

This is not DH as he has never been within the exclusion zone, and prefers to take the meal indoors to the dining table. I presume MIL didn't do outdoor eating.

Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk

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Sally Swindells

When my DH is grilling, I usually just supply whatever appropriate protein I have around or in the freezer and he tries out new recipes. Some more successful than others, but hey...I'm not doing the cooking!

We have a rule in our house. Whoever does the cooking, doesn't do the dishes, but even with that he usually does the dishes after grilling. I've got a keeper here. :-))

Diana H - PA

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PhillyQuilter

"(12) The man asks the woman how she enjoyed "her night off" and, upon seeing her annoyed reaction, concludes that there's just no pleasing some women!"

--- then the woman grabs the meat and throws it at the man :)

-Irene

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IMS

You left out one step: (7.5) Man asks woman to 'have a quick look and see if the meat is done enough to serve'.

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Sunny

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Roberta

Well, since I don't have a spouse... but my dad does grill... i have to agree w/NM! and the 7.5 from Sunny.... all of it is true. no question.

of course...the DD's boyfriend does a good job. He even does dishes, and shares the beer!!!

amy in CNY

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amy in CNY

Howdy!

Horsefeathers among the bullsqwatchy!

Bar-b-que is year 'round, of course, and means a trip to the establishment of the eater's choice. This is Texas, for god's sake: we DO bar-b-que right. Dressed down or up (but always dressed), we can go out & get the real thing any time, any where. All that rigmarole of buying the raw ingredients, heating up a grill outdoors, and then nursing the whole mess of nonsense is so... over with! I gave the grill away to somebody on Freecycle (who had the guts to mention her husband had burned up the grill & his eyebrows the night before- he came to pick up our gas grill, he had NO eyebrows & a very red face ).

Who the h#ll thought up the idea of going outside in the heat and firing up a frickin' bar-b-q grill? Ridiculous! We started putting the kitchen INDOORS about 1000 yrs ago. ... go figure... ;-D

The gods sent us air conditioning so we can stay indoors to quilt all year, and eat b-b-q any time. LOL

R/Sandy - thinking Mr.Polly Esther is a very smart man, clever, savvy ;->

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Sandy E

Actually, we got really good at it after Katrina. There were no roads or bridges ( or gas/electricity) and it was every man for himself. More or less. Mr. Esther and I could even make a fine pizza on our wee little emergency grill and were contemplating a wedding cake when the power came back on. Polly

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Polly Esther

Well, I'm told I'm the "Manly One" so I have to do the grilling. That means usually that I do everything else as well. It's just easier that way since I can them time everything to come to doneness at the same time. If I don't, the vegetables and milk will sit on the table from the time that I put the meat on the grill. Personally I like cold milk and warm veggies. And sometimes I do the entire meal on the grill so that solves that.

I may be in Alaska, but I grill year round here as well. The coldest that I have ever grilled is -22, yes as in farenheit below zero. Bert has a perverse pleasure if scheduling something to grill when it is cold. I think the postal service creed would apply to my grilling.

Anyways, enjoying two beautiful sunny days that have been predicted to be thunderstorms but are not. We're actually up into the 60's now. So nice.

Steven Alaska

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