Up In My Grill
Grilling season is upon us.
Me, I am not much of a griller. I don't have the patience to stand over a grill and watch meat turn brown. I do, however, love the taste of grilled meat and the whole action of having some friends over, firing up the grill, cracking open some Sam Summers (or a few glasses of Chenin Blanc, as it were) is a really great nice weather tradition.
The thing is, when you live in an apartment building having a grill can be tricky. You can't very well start up a behemoth gas grill in an apartment kitchen....and most landlords (like mine) won't even let you have a grill outside. Something about fire hazards or, in our case, wanton bitchiness.
In any case, Adam loves to grill and I love to eat grilled food so this presented a problem. Should we deny ourselves a summertime tradition because of our living quarters? Should we suffer a less than stellar summer because our building is not grill-friendly?
The solution to our problem lay in one man's genius. That man is George Foreman. And that solution is the Indoor/Outdoor Grill.
Small enough to fit in the smallest of apartment kitchen, but still big enough to cook a boatload of meat (240 square inches of grilling surface to be exact). It is smokeless, and comes with a cover to speed up cooking times. The handles are always cool so you don't have to worry about burning yourself and, like a regular Foreman grill, the fat drains away in a center channel and into a removeable trough underneath the grill.
It has adugustable heat settings so you won't accidentally overcook your precious kabobs.
And in the end it is the perfect solution to the No Grill Apartment conundrum because there is no fire hazard with them, they don't smoke and they are super easy to clean (the grill top is removeable).
They also help to create a damn fine Porterhouse Steak
And even I, who hate grilling, can do this because you just throw the steak on, put the lid on and set the timer for 4 minutes. Then leave the room and watch Friends for a bit, then when the timer goes off you come back in the kitchen, flip them, put the cover back on and set the timer for 4 more minutes.
And in the end you have delicious, grilled and gorgeous steak
Mmmmmmmm.
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11 comments:
Okay, it's just past 9:00 AM and suddenly I'm thinking, "forget a second cup of coffee, what I really want is a nice porterhouse!"
i'm coming over for some grilled meat. <3 danielle
PLEASE DO dude. we can eat meat and drink wine and watch some l&o.
haha I was going to say what Libby said. Speaking of, ever have the steak and fries at central kitchen? Go, no now, i said.
or perhaps a boston blog girls eat steak at central kitchen only to have 47598234 martinis night
YES Blog Girls Steak and Martini Night is an absolute must. I have never been to CK but now I think I have to!
What time are you grilling tonight? If I get in my car right now, I should be there in time for dinner.
I didn't know you could use that IN the kitchen. We're not allowed to have grills in our apartment complex(and, after yesterday's fire, I can see why), but this warrents further investigation...
Shoes or Grill; Shoes or Grill - Tough choices, here Sarah!!!!
the grill is only about $60 which makes it very easy to get shoes AND a grill :-)
and TM come on over, we're havng grilled apple-bourbon marinated pork tenderloin around 8 :-)
OMG...I have to find that grill and buy it...I wonder where it might be here in Vancouver, Canada! It looks like a fantastic investment for apt. living esp. when one doesn't have a balcony. Yup...my place kind of sucks that way.
Thanks Sarah!!!!
very random i stumbled across your blog by accident but it is scary how much you look like me, and i am a stewart too. new yorker though not boston.
yay Stewarts are always welcome here!
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