Trust Your Instincts

So, I may have told lies when I mentioned that I was going to grill Shrimp or Steak next. That was my intention, however, for some reason, my stomach was dead set on burgers. So, burgers it was tonight. This time, I tried a little something different. First off, I only bought two pounds of ground chuck, and secondly, I turned on the grill to warm up while Zhi and I were preparing the patties. It turns out I'd set the temperature up too high, so I wound up having to turn the grill down and wait. Once the grill got to the right temp, I put the burgers on, and closed the lid. I was smelling burning, but it was way too early for the patties to be burning, so I'm guessing I didn't clean the grill quite as well as I thought I did the last time I cooked on it. Oops.

I closed the lid, and set my timer for 5 minutes. As soon as it dinged, I dutifully flipped the burgers and closed the lid again, completely forgetting to set the timer. Whoops. Upon realizing my mistake, I decided against belatedly starting the timer and just winging it. Once the German side of my brain stopped screaming at me in Plaudeutsch, I waited until something inside my head shouted, "Für Liebe des Gottes, nehm' sie jetzt auf!" so I did. Much to my relief, nothing smelled like it was burnt, so in my mind, dinner was already a marginal success. After turning off the grill, I went inside and chopped up the tomato and onion I'd bought to dress my burger with, and made up my burger, deciding to pair it with a Granny Smith WoodChuck Cider. (Sub-optimal, but I'll get to that later.) And lest you think I'm a bad husband for not chopping up any tomatos or Onions for Zhi, you should know that Zhi explodes on impact with tomato, and slays 1d10 husbands when subjected to onions.

Anyhow, I began eating my burger and it was... decent. It was actually a little over-done for my taste, but Zhi seemed to like it. When I fired up the grill, I think I turned the gas up a little higher than I should have, because the grill was pretty hot. As for the Woodchuck, I loves me my apple cider, but it just doesn't go with burgers to my liking. It's probably much better suited for Chicken or Pork. Monday, I think I'm going to go with Chicken again. Later in the week, I'll try my hand at a pork dish, and see how that goes. Until the next post, keep an eye out for mushroom clouds to Austin's NorthWest, and the CedarPark/Leander Fire Department on Speed Dial.