My sister who lives in Vancouver, a thousand miles west of me, says;
“relatives are like fish, after three days they begin to smell.”
From: blindcooks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <blindcooks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
Behalf Of Jon Rawlings
Sent: June 9, 2022 8:39 PM
To: blindcooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blindcooks] Re: Out of the loop
Monte.
I should have clarified about the in-laws. They did not actually sleep in our
house at night. They got a hotel, and only were with us during the day, and not
necessarily the entire day at that. And to that I say, thank goodness. Emily's
parents are pretty cool, but I'll be honest, her dad has a strong personality,
very much like I do. I admit it. So the fact that they did not sleep here at
night made it a lot easier to have them visit. We don't get to see them often,
because they live about fifteen hundred miles from us, that air travel is
expensive. And I absolutely refuse to make the drive up there. So, it was good
to see them, but as my mom says, it was also good to have them go. As for the
grill, we do not have a lot of space either. I keep mine in the garage, at
least, I keep Smokey Bear in there. I only pulled him out onto the driveway
when I want to cook. I also have a gas grill out back, which was gifted to me
by a friend who was moving to the other side of the country a few years ago. I
use it and I like it, and it's convenient, but I prefer the charcoal. And with
this real that I have, I can have the cooking chamber hot enough to cook
whatever I want in 20 minutes or less. And I don't need to sit there and
monitor it either. Very cool.
Jon
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From: mrsingle@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:mrsingle@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 6/9/22 5:37 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: blindcooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:blindcooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [blindcooks] Re: Out of the loop
Hi Jon,
Holy Moly, If I had to share a house with “the inlaws” for six days, I’d
probably be looking for a therapist or a defense lawyer.
Well done,
I do not have the space/place for a bbq, but I really would like to have some
things cooked on a charcoal grill.
All my friends use natural gas or propane.
Cheers,
Mont
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<blindcooks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:blindcooks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > On
Behalf Of Jon Rawlings
Sent: June 9, 2022 6:23 PM
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Subject: [blindcooks] Out of the loop
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Hi list.
Sorry I have been absent from the list for a while. This past month has been
insane! Starting with the weekend of Mother's Day, here in the United States,
things just went crazy. Not only was their Mother's Day, Emily's birthday, and
Heather's birthday all in the same week, but we also had a special religious
event for Heather that Saturday, and my in-laws were here for six days. Also at
the same time, little Charlie has been teething badly, making my day is rather
difficult. As if that wasn't bad enough, a nasty cold sweat through our family
starting about the third week of May, just before Memorial Day. I had all kinds
of grandiose plans to fire up Smokey Bear, the name I have designated for my
massive new charcoal grill, cooking some chicken drumsticks on it, and inviting
a family or two to join us that day for a good old-fashioned barbecue. It
didn't happen, because I was the one who was sick. And for some reason, now
with Charlie crawling, my life has suddenly become even more complicated but,
he's a trooper, at a cutie, and with the summer heat coming on here in Vegas,
we have been locked inside long enough that we are all just about going nuts.
We are looking forward to a trip to my mom's house on Saturday for some
swimming and quite possibly a little picnic on the back lawn. As a result of
all this, I have not been checking my email very often. I miss being able to
use email on my PC, as opposed to my cell phone. But I find Windows Live Mail
to be a very unstable and unreliable program for an email client. On that note,
I'm open to suggestion that do not involve Google Mail or any of the web-based
email site.
As far as food goes, I have been having a lot of fun. When my father-in-law was
here, he taught me how to make rice perfectly every time using something called
the pasta method. Essentially, you cook your rice in about four or five times
the amount of water that you are using for rice, cook it for about 15 minutes
on a gentle simmer, drain the rice, then put it back into the pot got it cooked
in, with the lid securely in place, and let it stand for about five more
minutes. I have to admit, my rice has been just about perfect every time I do
it, but the key is to let the rice drain thoroughly before putting it back into
the pot again. As far as actual recipes I have made lately, I tried one last
Saturday 4 noodles with a lot of chicken and asparagus in it, that was dressed
with a delicious Sesame peanut sauce. It was pretty easy to put together, and
Emily loved it so much that she requested that I put it back on the next menu
again. I am trying to simplify my menus, or at least that's what I tell myself
when I plan the menu, but I'm not doing very well at it. I need to use the oven
a whole lot less with this heat. I am going to try using Smokey Bear, on the
next menu cycle, to do our cast iron pizzas. This Grill is wonderful because I
can set the temperature to exactly what I want it to be, and the grill
automatically takes care of the rest. Yet it uses charcoal, not pellets. We can
still make our pizzas and summer without heating up the house. Anyway, I'm
trying to go through all of my emails and get caught up, but it's going to take
me a couple of days. Right now I am stealing time away from the baby, and it is
obvious he wants me to feed him something solid. Just wanted to let you all
know I'm still here, and I'm still giving some serious thought to moving the
list to another server. But one thing at a time.
Jon