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.

Jill

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

On 18:17 17 Sep 2020, Sqwertz said:

> 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

Why are your photos always out of focus?

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.

Jill

jmcquown 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.
>
> Jill

You could make Ratwurst.

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

On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 15:09:26 -0400, jmcquown wrote:

> On 9/17/2020 1:17 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>
>> You can toast them hot as possible in your toaster oven (if you have
>> one) and get some char on them.
>
> Nice. But no, I don't have a toaster oven.

Well, haul your little butt up to Costco and get one!

-sw

On 2020-09-17 7:56 p.m., Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 15:09:26 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> On 9/17/2020 1:17 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>>> You can toast them hot as possible in your toaster oven (if you have
>>> one) and get some char on them.
>>
>> Nice. But no, I don't have a toaster oven.
>
> Well, haul your little butt up to Costco and get one!
>
> -sw
>
barbecue them

On 9/17/2020 10:56 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 15:09:26 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> On 9/17/2020 1:17 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>>> You can toast them hot as possible in your toaster oven (if you have
>>> one) and get some char on them.
>>
>> Nice. But no, I don't have a toaster oven.
>
> Well, haul your little butt up to Costco and get one!
>
> -sw
>
You want me to drive to Savannah to buy a toaster oven?

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
>
> On 9/17/2020 10:56 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> > On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 15:09:26 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
> >
> >> On 9/17/2020 1:17 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> >>
> >>> You can toast them hot as possible in your toaster oven (if you have
> >>> one) and get some char on them.
> >>
> >> Nice. But no, I don't have a toaster oven.
> >
> > Well, haul your little butt up to Costco and get one!
> >
> > -sw
> >
> You want me to drive to Savannah to buy a toaster oven?

Julie,
Yoose could use your grill but you always find an excuse
not to. All year long... too hot, too windy, too wet...

On Fri, 18 Sep 2020 09:45:36 -0400, jmcquown wrote:

> On 9/17/2020 10:56 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 15:09:26 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> On 9/17/2020 1:17 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>
>>>> You can toast them hot as possible in your toaster oven (if you have
>>>> one) and get some char on them.
>>>
>>> Nice. But no, I don't have a toaster oven.
>>
>> Well, haul your little butt up to Costco and get one!
>>
> You want me to drive to Savannah to buy a toaster oven?

I knew that was coming.

But it's only 1 hour away. I have to take 4 busses and at least one
Uber to get to/from Costco and that takes me 4-5 hours. That's much
less enjoyable and costly than a 2-hour car ride, but I manage.

Can I get a high-five from Bruce? <snork>

-sw

On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 21:56:12 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 15:09:26 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> On 9/17/2020 1:17 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>>> You can toast them hot as possible in your toaster oven (if you have
>>> one) and get some char on them.
>>
>> Nice. But no, I don't have a toaster oven.
>
>Well, haul your little butt up to Costco and get one!
>
>-sw

Toaster ovens are filthy little *******s to clean, tossed mine in the
trash long ago... much simpler to brown saw-seege in a frypan.

On Friday, September 18, 2020 at 8:49:39 AM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>
> Toaster ovens are filthy little *******s to clean, tossed mine in the
> trash long ago... much simpler to brown saw-seege in a frypan.
>
My toaster oven is quite clean, thank you very much. And it's not
hard to clean when it does get dirty which is pretty rare. Cornbread,
waffles, etc. don't make a mess.