H O T……. in the movie Predator with Arnold and Jesse Ventura, the little Spanish girls says that the creature only comes during the hottest of Summers, and that this Summer it grows very hot. I keep looking out my window to see if there is a creature swinging from the trees.

Well an update regarding the “Walmart.com PitBoss Sierra Griddle”. They picked up what was left of the box they destroyed during the delivery process, but still no word regarding a refund. Been almost a month since I bought the stupid thing and so far Walmart, PitBoss, and Fedex refuse to contact me with any sort of remedy at all. I cannot believe that they can just pretend that they are doing me some sort of favor here. Like I have asked for something way too special. They took my money, dumped a broken and busted up box in my driveway, and this remains exclusively my personal problem. I just love Walmart.

Well I got a CharBroiler instead of a griddle and it only offered a weak flame. My boss replaced the hose with a larger fatter one, and he replaced the regulator with a large red one. Then he asked if he could borrow it to take on a cook. I obviously said yes and he was cooking a dozen ribeye steaks at a time on it. That baby flat hums now. So we agreed that in exchange for the repairs, that the rental would almost exactly match the cost, so we are even Steven. Then he added a few ribeyes to the deal and sent me home. Sweet.

I brought it home last night and it would not work. The safety valve inside the regulator tripped. Brand new bottle of gas. So I monkeyed around and bled some gas off, and did this and that. Finally went to bed. This morning it fired up beautifully and I laid a cast iron skittle on top of one burner. It took a while to get hot, but once she did it was on. I cooked me up some of those dog dropping sausages. I think in the future I will lay the cast iron skillet on my induction cooker instead as it is probably more efficient.

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Sorry I was trying to talk with a sausage in my mouth. Actually, it was two sausages. Ever put syrup on them ?


So I am excited about this upcoming holiday, as it will be the first time I have had a chance to enjoy it like most folks. For a long time I was working throughout the holiday. Three days off is like a vacation to me.

I still have about $300 on my Lowes Gift Card, and plan to buy another Akorn komado grill with that money. Last night the Winn Dixie had frozen baby back ribs for about $9 each. I got ten of them and put them in the deep freeze. Well all but two of them, which are in the fridge tawing out for me. I love to use Chinese sauces and such on these ribs. Teriyaki is also good on ribs.

I have stuff to make kebobs, and want to get good at making these. A great way to eat actually. The fat drips away and you got some vegetative materials mixed in there as well. The charbroiler will make short work of some kabobs. I am looking to get a set of the skewers they use in Persia. These are like flattened swords. Flat so the meat doesn’t twirl around. I can remove the cast iron broiler tops, and lay the swords across and over the flames and probably get pretty good results. I watched some videos showing how to mix hamburger meat to get the flavors right, and how to stick it to the sword to keep it attached. Gonna be so good.

I also got some brats. I don’t know why I get these things. I get them and I eat them and then they are all gone and I can’t remember why I wanted them. I plan to charbroil them and lay them in a bun and top with sautéed onion and peppers. Oh and some cheese.

I bought some of those chicken tenderloins. These are pretty good for her as far as eats go. I will try to make these kabob style first and learn from there. I also have some frozen shrimp and frozen scallops to experiment with. I liked the looks of adding pineapple chunks to the kabobs, and add onion and peppers to that. Then I take the trip fantastic and experiment making her one of her very favorites…..curry chicken. Yuck !. Nothing worse than curry but she loves the stuff. I hope I don’t just up and puke all in the mixing bowls or something.

Hoping the weather will cooperate enough for me to pull off an early morning fishing trip. I want to swim those new jigs around and see if I can nab a few. This time of year fish die in my Death Well system. So I have to decide early on whether or not I want to bring some home. If they start biting really good, I put them in the cooler. Slowly and I toss them back.