Monday, June 13, 2011

Dear Grill, I Love You.

The reasons I love you are plentiful. You fill my backyard and half the neighborhood with the intoxicating, smoky smell of food cooking over a flame, you provide me a reason to be playing outside when I would normally be holed up in the kitchen, and you gift me with a dinner that looks like this:





You bring the possibility of smores and bananas-stuffed-with-yummy-things-grilled-in-tin-foil for dessert. In short, you are awesome.

And although I have cited reason enough to adore you, my love for you is based largely on one fabulous fact: If you are fired up, someone else is cooking. In fact, I'm probably not even allowed near you. You are his territory, his smokin' hot baby- and if I play my cards right and act like the nights we use you are a bit of an inconvenience to me, when I relent with a little sigh he feels triumphant and loves you all the more. As do I.

4 comments:

Me said...

oh mama that looks sooooo good. Our grill ran out of gas, so I've been cooking in the heat of my kitchen. The heat outside is so much better.

I forgot about your food blog! I hate to admit it wasn't on my blog roll for some reason. Changes are comin' tonight!

Caren with a "C" said...

LOL! My in-laws bought me the BBQ, but I hardly use it... I wait like you and hope he will put the charcoal in. I'm too afraid I'll burn myself pouring out the hot coals. I do love grilled food though. Do you use charcoal or gas?

Wendy said...

@Me- I hate when we run out of the necessary grilling accoutrements. Although even though it's solidly over 100 outside, I can't seem to stop finding reasons to turn on my oven. Guess I'm a masochist. Thanks for putting me on your blogroll. Now I just have to make you blog more!

@ Caren- We have a charcoal grill. My husband is very into "real smoke" since moving to Texas and is always adding some variety of wood chips to the mix. I think he secretly wants a smoker, but for now he'll just have to stare longingly at them.

Heidi and Rich said...

Wendy - reading this post reminds me of why i enjoyed being your roommate. You are funny... (and nice, and a good listener, and fun to be around)but I love your wittiness the most. About your comment on my blog... just so you know life with four kids has been much harder than I thought. I should have stayed in the hospital and let the nurses help care for the baby - because now that I am home I never find time to blow dry my hair and it got so bad a couple of weeks ago I went and got my hair chopped off. Why do I do such irrational things when I am in the new mommy stage? Needless to say - that photo of us before we left the hospital is the only photo I will have where I am even remotely put together. If I get my act together I need to post about real life with 4 kids (2 in diapers) and how crazy it is!!