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Monday, June 16, 2008

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This is Bud's Father's Day/Birthday present. Unfortunately, he's not the one that wanted it, I did. So does that make it MY Father's Day present?

Don't look at that crack in the cement. I said DON'T look at it, and there you are looking at it. Sheesh.


The griddle on the left comes off to expose a burner underneath. This is what they meant by "if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen" which means get out to the backyard and light up the barbeque!

This is the infrared grilling system that is supposed to cook the meat more evenly so you don't die from an undercooked hamburger. How do you account for steak tartare then? People don't die from eating that. I just don't understand.


If you're going to cook outside, you may as well eat outside. Who wants to come over? We started out by buying four chairs, 2 stationary and 2 reclining. Then we saw the set that went with the chairs and bought it too. So now we have 10 chairs (6 stationary, 4 reclining) 2 ottomans, the big table and a side table. I'm going to put 2 reclining chairs and the side table on the front porch.



By the way, did you know that last Saturday was flag day? Did you display your flag? Broad stripes, bright stars. Long may she wave.
"Land of free, home of brave" (can you name that movie?... think short man drinking sake).

1 comment:

samandholly said...

The differences in eating steak tartare and raw hamburger are 1) the quality of meat used for tartare is generally higher than that used in commercially produced ground meat used for burgers and 2) because the nasty "we will kill you" bugs that thrive in CAFO-produced beef live on the surface of the meat and are then mixed into and throughout the meat as it goes through the grinder. Steak tartare, that you eat in a restaurant, is generally safe because they know that if they make you sick, you will have them shut down. I wouldn't go making your own tartare from supermarket beef, but eating it in a good restaurant is safe.