When a man offers to grill...
Mar. 20th, 2011 09:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wren08If a man offers to grill for you, you need to understand a few plain facts.
1. This does not mean that you have the night off from cooking. You want that, you go to a restaurant. You will be needed for help with prep work and, more importantly, companionship and as a cheering section. (Guys like a lot of applause. It's a good thing most women don't usually need as much- we'd all starve.)
2. It's going to take all day. Not 30 minutes, not 3 hours- all day.
3. It's going to be very very messy. Not just the grill but the kitchen and all points inbetween. And unless the man is uncommon, you will be the one cleaning it up. All of them will say they will clean up after themselves- only a few rare ones do.
4. Beer will be involved.
5. So will fire, obviously. Burned fingers are likely- burned houses are possible.
6. There will be cursing. Also accelerant. Sometimes there will be cursing about the accelerant.
7. Chances are, no matter how well you prepare before hand, a trip to the store will have to be made at some point, by someone.
8. Sometimes several trips.
9. Since no woman can properly tend a grill, and the grill must not be left unattended, you will have to be the one to go to the store.
10. And go back because no matter what you got, it's not right or not all of it or something else was found lacking after you left.
11. At the end of it all, you may or may not have a main dish worth eating, depending on the skill of the cook.Side dishes must be made separately and preferably beforehand. Hence the popularity of cold side dishes such as potato salad and cole slaw with grilled meats.
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Totally not what happened today- although it did take all day and beer was involved. 80s made dinner (partly on the grill) and it was fabulous!
1. This does not mean that you have the night off from cooking. You want that, you go to a restaurant. You will be needed for help with prep work and, more importantly, companionship and as a cheering section. (Guys like a lot of applause. It's a good thing most women don't usually need as much- we'd all starve.)
2. It's going to take all day. Not 30 minutes, not 3 hours- all day.
3. It's going to be very very messy. Not just the grill but the kitchen and all points inbetween. And unless the man is uncommon, you will be the one cleaning it up. All of them will say they will clean up after themselves- only a few rare ones do.
4. Beer will be involved.
5. So will fire, obviously. Burned fingers are likely- burned houses are possible.
6. There will be cursing. Also accelerant. Sometimes there will be cursing about the accelerant.
7. Chances are, no matter how well you prepare before hand, a trip to the store will have to be made at some point, by someone.
8. Sometimes several trips.
9. Since no woman can properly tend a grill, and the grill must not be left unattended, you will have to be the one to go to the store.
10. And go back because no matter what you got, it's not right or not all of it or something else was found lacking after you left.
11. At the end of it all, you may or may not have a main dish worth eating, depending on the skill of the cook.Side dishes must be made separately and preferably beforehand. Hence the popularity of cold side dishes such as potato salad and cole slaw with grilled meats.
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Totally not what happened today- although it did take all day and beer was involved. 80s made dinner (partly on the grill) and it was fabulous!
