My grill is back!
When I lived in my last house, I inherited a very nice natural gas grill from my dad. I didn’t have gas service at the time, but as soon as my HVAC died, I fixed that problem and got the grill hooked up too.
I grilled happily for several years til I made the mistake of moving to a [otherwise great] house with no gas service. So I put the cover on the grill and thought, something will die soon [I was surrounded by 30+ year old appliances] and I’ll replace it with gas.
Two and a half years later, I finally replaced the water heater out of sheer paranoia [it was almost 15 years old, a ticking time bomb], my stove [totally unreliable] and therefore could FINALLY get my grill hooked up.
My friend Tom the plumber ran all the gas lines and took care of what turned out to be a fairly massive project. Need I say, the gas line for the grill was the most troublesome, vexing Tom and me both till the end?
Yet here I was today, finally ready to grill. I got some squash and mushrooms at the store, chopped them up and mixed with some onions I had. You want to cut the squash into fairly thick planks [at least 1/4 inch, maybe a little more]. Then coat with a little olive oil and your choice of spices. I use a great spice mix I found in a Crescent Dragonwagon cookbook a long time ago. I am never without the stuff.
Then, grill!
I never used to be interested in grilling. I regarded it as a chore, and though I was always glad for someone else to grill for me, I didn’t want to bother with it myself.
Oh my goodness. It was almost 10 years ago — nine years ago next month, in fact — that we moved into a house that had a built-in gas grill. I started using it from time to time, and I discovered how awesome it was to sit out on the porch, wine in hand, and cook dinner in the dark.
So I have missed that these past couple years. Tonight there was a fair amount of racing back and forth into the house….one day I’ll master the art of feeding a toddler at a convenient time….but still. It was a good night for grilling and it turned out well.
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oh – you’re gonna have fun… i can only imagine what’s about to come off that grill. you’re hair is gonna small like a smoke house for weeks!