On 24-Dec-2009, "Nonny" > wrote:

> "Nunya Bidnits" > wrote in

.. . .

> >
> > Here's hoping Christmas dinner works out a little better for ya.
>
> Thanks for the sympathy, Marty. It was a case last night of three
> people in the kitchen with 3 different ideas of what made a good
> meal. I normally like salmon and do it voluntarily 3-4 times a
> month. We serve it with the ginger butter I posted about and it's
> darn good, "company" food. Last night, it was colder than Billy
> H*ll here in Las Vegas with winds somewhere in the 40mph range.
> That means my grill doesn't get really hot for searing and that
> kind of wind blows the IR emitters out on my other grill. Cooking
> the salmon last night was arduous, to say the least, and certainly
> not what I'd hoped for that evening. Oh well, you lose some and
> you win some. It'd be boring if we only told tales of the good
> meals, wouldn't it?
>
> --
> Nonny

I suppose I suffer from some kind of personality defect (Duh!), but I
enjoy the anecdotal horror stories along with the good times. There
isn't much said about wind interfering with grilling, but I'm sure many
of us have experienced it. I know I like to brag about my el cheapo
grill being hot enough to adequately sear a steak, but that's if the
wind is not blowing very hard. Even the little charcoal "Sportsman"
grill falls short if there's much wind even when I build a steel melting
fire in it. I resort to the CI grill pan when it's windy and I can't
forego a good steak. My range vent is barely adequate and often
times I set off the smoke alarms.

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