On Tue, 4 Jul 2006 20:02:52 -0700, "Nexis" > wrote:

>Brian's Chimichurri

<snipping and saving yummy-sounding recipe>

We put on a pretty lavish spread. If you're prone to culinary
jealousy, this might be a good time to move on to the next post.

Crash lit some charcoal (about enough to do a side of beef). I
divided a chub of 80/20 ground beef in half. Mixed chopped onions
into (my) half and left one half plain and pitiful. Flattened them so
they'd be the size of a slice of bread when grilled (no buns).

Went to bring the mega-patties outside, and the kitten was joyfully
eating one side of Crash's raw hamburger, and one the dogs was
chomping away at one of the other sides.

Brought what was left outside and discovered a friend of Crash's from
St. Paul standing in the driveway. He just moved here, and didn't
have our phone number yet, so he dropped in to announce his intention
of visiting in the next day or so. This is cool. He's a foodie and
computer freak, so I'm going to try to recruit him to RFC. If nothing
else, we have someone to have mini-cook-ins with!

ANYWAY .. we put the burgers on the grill and Crash decided that what
was left of his burger would never keep him alive for any meaningful
length of time. So he went in and got some hot dogs.

One hot dog was fine. The second managed to somehow fall into the
charcoal. Another hot dog was brought to the grill. This one fell on
the driveway while Crash tried to balance it on a spatula. The dog who
hadn't had raw beef quickly chowed it down. Crash wasn't taking any
chances at this point. He brought out the last two. Burned 'em
black! Poor guy. But *I* had a magnificent burger!

Since there was still enough charcoal going to roast a whole lamb, we
trotted out another pound of ground beef and made 1/2 pound burgers to
heat up tomorrow. Mine with onion, his pitiful.

Crash had ketchup, mustard, and bread and butter (icky) pickles, bread
slices, and hot dog buns. I had an onion burger.

Unless you count the condiments, there were no side dishes.

Now there, aren't ya jealous? Heehee! (It was good)

Carol