Posted on 07/21/2006 5:56:55 AM PDT by CT-Freeper
Charred Meat, Beer, Chips, Salsa -the four basic food groups
Whenever I grilled swordfish, I would put foil down on the grill. And lavish it with garlic butter. And you only need to turn it once.
SD
Gas grills are for pu... uh, I mean WIMPS! Yeah, that's the ticket. Whining, miserable, metrosexual girlie men...
I haven't tried salmon on this grill yet.
Harris Teeter (where we shop) has it on sale from time to time and I have smoked it on my old Weber. Good stuff!
Hope you have a good weekend, I am headed to lunch now.
Cooking spray. I use cast iron grates on my grill. I make sure those are seasoned, and I spray some cooking spray on em. Then you can also spray a little right on the fish. If your grill is hot, you just let em sit there for a few minutes, turn once, baddabing, it's time to eat.
I was talking to a fellow the other day who was related by marriage to the guy who holds the patent on those things. He apparently is a very wealthy gentleman.
Heck, I'm on my second one. After about 6 or 7 years, on the first one, the little tabs that hold the charcoal grate rusted and fell out. It was back to Sears for another. $15 bucks? You can't go wrong. I can count on dropping the meat on the grill before I finish my second beer!
The inventor deserves every penny he made off of that thing.
Thanks. If they are biting tonight I'll do a little experimentation.
I use a non-stick grilling grid when I do salmon on the grill.
http://www.cooking.com/products/shprodde.asp?SKU=114057
See my #110. It's an easily-solved problem.
I've always liked the design of the Weber kettle. Cooks evenly from anywhere on the grill. Now, about those cheapie grates they use...
Pre-Katrina, I had a New Braunfels Santa Fe grill. I think Char-broil bought the design and you see them at Home Depot. That was one fine grill, and it served me well.
After moving into the new house, I went with a gas grill. Got a Vermont Castings 4-burner grill. Great design, has the porcelain-coated cast-iron grates. Cooks fantastic, but it's still not a charcoal grill.
I'm still going to get me another charcoal grill, possibly a Big Green Egg so I can do some good smoking also.
LOL
Careful if it rains.
Good point - ZOT!
Very nice looking grill. Who sells them?
On the subject of corn.
Two years ago we bought some at Fresh Mkt. It was unusual.
Obviously a hybrid, it was siamese. Looking from the end it was oval, the silk end had two ends, as if you had taken two ears ,laid them side by side and squashed them together.
I haven't been able to find or even find someone that has heard of the variety.
Absolutely the sweetest corn I've ever tasted. Far sweeter than silver queen.
I bought mine at Lowe's.
That's a really unusual-sounding variety of corn. I can't say I've ever seen that.
Silver queen isn't all that sweet, really. We have planted Bodacious (a hybrid) for the past few years. It's so sweet!
You HAVE to try it if & when you can find some.
LOL. That was Mr. Mew's recommendation, actually. The only things I cook over a fire are wienies and marshmallows :)
First one I had was one I made from 2 paint cans.
Cut the bottom out of one can, turned it upside down. Got a small piece of diamond mesh and used that in the top can sitting on the upside down rim.
Cut a couple 'mouse holes' in the bottom can.
Three pieces of newspaper and about 15 min. produced a gallon can of fully involved charcoals.
I bought my last one recently as prices of the diamond mesh was more than a ready made one. Plus paint cans are now plastic.
Kudos to you, but that's sad that the fathers aren't more involved in their girls' activities.
On the grill issue: I'll do the backyard thing, but I'll leave the 6-hours on a VERY hot day laboring over burgers and dogs to the menfolk! hee hee
OH, they all are now.. I think their wives brow beat them to the point that they were sick of hearing my name.
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