On Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 2:09:35 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> On 9/17/2020 1:17 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> > On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 10:43:06 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
> >
> >> I've got a package of five fresh bratwurst I'd love to grill. The
> >> outdoor temps have dropped enough that it's not unbearably hot outside.
> >> However... I think we're getting a little backlash from Hurricane Sally.
> >> Wind gusts and rain spitting on and off. Windy means not a good day
> >> to light a charcoal grill outside.
> >>
> >> Of course there are options. I could use my stove-top grill pan.
> >> It's not the same taste as grilled over charcoal but you still get the
> >> maillard reaction. Or I could brown then braise it.
> >>
> >> I could set the bratwurst aside until tomorrow and cook something else
> >> instead. As I said, there are always options.
> >
> > You can toast them hot as possible in your toaster oven (if you have
> > one) and get some char on them. They seem to cook more evenly than
> > grilling in a pan. That's what I do with smoked sausage and what I
> > did last night for my smoked sausage reuben with tomato and spicy TI
> > dressing. Sauerkraut was home made using the vacuum bag method.
> >
> > https://i.postimg.cc/MGk4Jjzp/Smoked-Sausage-Reuben.jpg
> >
> > -sw
> >
> Nice. But no, I don't have a toaster oven.

They do cook better in a toaster oven than pan frying, party because they curl up, but also because you have to keep flipping them.
>
> Jill

--Bryan