Birthday Throwdown Entry - FAIL!

Well, since Tim was willing to fess up about his ruined Christmas Dinner, I figured I would share this disastrous Birthday meal I just made for my Birthday, which I had planned to enter in Mongo's Birthday Open Throwdown.:tsk:

Before I get to the pics, let me set the scene.

I set up all the ingredients, got the grill all lit up, and set up my tripod. I'm all set to work some of my patented Throwdown Magic!:thumb:

I turn on the camera and the farking Low Battery Light is flashing!:doh: For farking cripes sake!

So I go and plug in the farking battery while I prep the food and put it on the grill at the proper times.

When stuff is starting to get done, I put the battery back in the camera to get at least one shot on the grill. Sorry this pic and the meat are so farked up, it just wasn't my day. As you can tell, things are not going my way at all.:mad2:



Since you probably can't tell what that mangled and charred beyond recognition piece of meat is, I'll give you a hint. It's a Lamb Rack.:shock: That ashen looking packet of foil has my Scalloped Potatoes in it.

I then grilled up some Romaine for a Salad, but of course I didn't get a picture of that, GO FIGURE!:roll:

I plated up the sorrowful remains as best as I could. It was supposed to be Rack of Lamb seasoned with a simple steak seasoning, Scalloped Potatoes with Gruyere and Cheddar, and a Grilled Romaine Salad with Gorgonzola, Toasted Pine Nuts and drizzled with Olive Oil, Balsamic, and fresh squeezed Lemon Juice. It is so farking hideous, I have to warn you before you take a look at these pics!:hand:





It wasn't a total loss however. I did manage to get one pic that was money!:thumb:

caseydog said:

It doesn't look all that bad to me. Did it taste good? The meat and taters look tasty. I've never had grilled lettuce, so I have no idea what that should look like.

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It tasted just as bad as it looks. Worse even!uke: I'm on my 3rd Guinness to wash it down!

I can't believe I forgot the beans. That's probably what went wrong. The universe was trying to tell me something.

I think there is an 8th one underneath the pile on the right. I can't remember how many there were. I'm trying too hard to forget the whole thing.

gtr said:

What's that rack of lamb seasoned with, btw?

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I got a jar of this last Christmas I believe, probably from my MIL.



It's similar to Montreal Steak Seasoning, only a little less Pepper and more Garlic. I normally reserve it just for the wife's steaks because she doesn't like the same amount of Pepper that I do. For some reason, I thought it would work well on the lamb today. Boy was I ever WRONG!:becky: I also used a little to season the grilled Romaine when I pulled it off the grill.