MikeLucky
TVWBB All-Star
So, when my wife and I first got together I kind of introduced her to food cooked on charcoal. She always just said grilling was grilling. She had a rusted out old cheapo gas grill on her patio. Of course she married me and my merry band of Weber grills.
Now eleven years later we are celebrating Valentine's Day. It's been a rough couple of weeks. My wife works for OPM in the federal government. So, maybe not everyone knows what's happening, but OPM is one of the first agencies to get the DOGE experience. We were told two weeks ago that they are not only having a Reduction in Force, but that OPM itself is getting a 70% cut in it's total workforce. Not the greatest odds for her to keep her job. Even after two weeks, we're still waiting to find out for sure if she still will have a job moving forward. So, as you might imagine, it's been pretty rough.
Now, leading up to Valentine's day my wife dropped the dreaded trap on me... "with everything going on, let's not get each other anything for Valentine's Day." Lol. No way I was falling into THAT trap. First thing I did was finally put together her Ohio State Buckeye 22" Kettle. She was born and raised in Ohio and is a lifelong Buckeyes fan so of course when that kettle was released we had to get her one. We're not going to cook on it, rather she's either going to use it as a planter on the patio for flowers or something else decorative. It was delivered to us in October while we were literally packing for our move from Georgia to Florida so we left it in the box and it sat in our new garage until last night when I put it together for her.
I also decided to get her flowers, but instead of the kind that die in a week I opted for Lego flowers so she could enjoy building them and displaying them permanently.
I also cooked us, and my 81 year old Mom (who lives with us) steak dinner. But, because I was finishing up some work projects later than usual I decided to use the Genesis tonight for the cook.
Filets for me and the wife, sirloin for my Mom because it's strangely her favorite cut.
Baked potatoes, corn on the cob, cajun mushrooms and onions (mushrooms, onions, Tony Chacheres, Louisiana Hot Sauce, butter, olive oil), and asparagus.
I was a little nervous I would get rained on since the clouds moved in and because it's Florida and it can rain at any given time. lol
Filets getting their sear....
I would have shown the sirloin for my Mom, but she likes it BLUE rare and I literally cook her steak for 1 minute per side. It's the way the likes it.
Went just a tad past medium rare on the filets.
Fantastic meal and a great way to cap off a rough week
So, I shared all of that just to tell this story.... middle of the meal, my wife looks over at me and with a stone cold straight face says, "no charcoal tonight?" LOL. That's when I knew I had successfully created a monster. Even though the Genesis meal was fantastic, even Mrs. Grilling is Grilling recognizes that nothing beats cooking over hot coals.
If you've made it this far, thanks for letting me share my story with you and I hope you and yours had a great Valentine's Day as well.
Now eleven years later we are celebrating Valentine's Day. It's been a rough couple of weeks. My wife works for OPM in the federal government. So, maybe not everyone knows what's happening, but OPM is one of the first agencies to get the DOGE experience. We were told two weeks ago that they are not only having a Reduction in Force, but that OPM itself is getting a 70% cut in it's total workforce. Not the greatest odds for her to keep her job. Even after two weeks, we're still waiting to find out for sure if she still will have a job moving forward. So, as you might imagine, it's been pretty rough.
Now, leading up to Valentine's day my wife dropped the dreaded trap on me... "with everything going on, let's not get each other anything for Valentine's Day." Lol. No way I was falling into THAT trap. First thing I did was finally put together her Ohio State Buckeye 22" Kettle. She was born and raised in Ohio and is a lifelong Buckeyes fan so of course when that kettle was released we had to get her one. We're not going to cook on it, rather she's either going to use it as a planter on the patio for flowers or something else decorative. It was delivered to us in October while we were literally packing for our move from Georgia to Florida so we left it in the box and it sat in our new garage until last night when I put it together for her.
I also decided to get her flowers, but instead of the kind that die in a week I opted for Lego flowers so she could enjoy building them and displaying them permanently.
I also cooked us, and my 81 year old Mom (who lives with us) steak dinner. But, because I was finishing up some work projects later than usual I decided to use the Genesis tonight for the cook.
Filets for me and the wife, sirloin for my Mom because it's strangely her favorite cut.
Baked potatoes, corn on the cob, cajun mushrooms and onions (mushrooms, onions, Tony Chacheres, Louisiana Hot Sauce, butter, olive oil), and asparagus.
I was a little nervous I would get rained on since the clouds moved in and because it's Florida and it can rain at any given time. lol
Filets getting their sear....
I would have shown the sirloin for my Mom, but she likes it BLUE rare and I literally cook her steak for 1 minute per side. It's the way the likes it.
Went just a tad past medium rare on the filets.
Fantastic meal and a great way to cap off a rough week
So, I shared all of that just to tell this story.... middle of the meal, my wife looks over at me and with a stone cold straight face says, "no charcoal tonight?" LOL. That's when I knew I had successfully created a monster. Even though the Genesis meal was fantastic, even Mrs. Grilling is Grilling recognizes that nothing beats cooking over hot coals.
If you've made it this far, thanks for letting me share my story with you and I hope you and yours had a great Valentine's Day as well.
