ModelMaker
03-08-2020, 01:51 PM
We took the neighbors out to dinner Fri. night for watching the house while we were in Florida and in turn they invited us over for a cookout Sat. night.
They said they had some fantastic looking pork loin steaks and would make garlic bread and would I bring my "great" twice baked potatoes, so we said sure be over around 3:30.
I had her put my fantastic looking cheese stuffed/topped twice baked taters in the oven at 250 or so to keep them warm, well nearly two hours later (fine with us) the neighbor starts thinking of cooking dinner. Passed through with 3 nice 2" center cut chops and a hamburger (the wife doesn't like meat but will eat a burger) and a loaf of garlic bread in the silver sack.
His wife pipes up and asked him if he wanted me to cook!! Apparently word is out of my excellent grilling skills. I had thought earlier in the day about calling him and offering to set him up with a brine, then thought better of it. He just looked at her and kept walking out to the grill. Twice more in the next half hour she repeats her offer for me to cook. Now if there's one thing I DO know about grilling is "Never Offer To Help Another Grill Guy On His own Machine"!!
After about 45 minutes I looked at my wife and gave my head a lil shake and she knew why. Over 1 hour cook time at grill temps he hauled the meat into the kitchen and they didn't look half bad, however the garlic bread had been sliced with a rolling pin (1/4" thick) and my beautiful twice baked taters had
emptied themselves like a cheezy lava flow out into the bakeware (think upchuck looking).
I have and never hope to again have to try to and put such dry, tough, tasteless meat down my stomach entrance ever again. I had to cut my normal size bite into 3 smaller bites so I could chew it enough not to choke me as I tried to swallow.
Yet, I being NOT an A$$hole neighbor complimented him on a meal well done (literally) and thanked them for their kindness...
Ed
P.S. the wifes leftover pork (3/4's of it) will be cut up into small pieces so the feral cat we feed does not choke either.
They said they had some fantastic looking pork loin steaks and would make garlic bread and would I bring my "great" twice baked potatoes, so we said sure be over around 3:30.
I had her put my fantastic looking cheese stuffed/topped twice baked taters in the oven at 250 or so to keep them warm, well nearly two hours later (fine with us) the neighbor starts thinking of cooking dinner. Passed through with 3 nice 2" center cut chops and a hamburger (the wife doesn't like meat but will eat a burger) and a loaf of garlic bread in the silver sack.
His wife pipes up and asked him if he wanted me to cook!! Apparently word is out of my excellent grilling skills. I had thought earlier in the day about calling him and offering to set him up with a brine, then thought better of it. He just looked at her and kept walking out to the grill. Twice more in the next half hour she repeats her offer for me to cook. Now if there's one thing I DO know about grilling is "Never Offer To Help Another Grill Guy On His own Machine"!!
After about 45 minutes I looked at my wife and gave my head a lil shake and she knew why. Over 1 hour cook time at grill temps he hauled the meat into the kitchen and they didn't look half bad, however the garlic bread had been sliced with a rolling pin (1/4" thick) and my beautiful twice baked taters had
emptied themselves like a cheezy lava flow out into the bakeware (think upchuck looking).
I have and never hope to again have to try to and put such dry, tough, tasteless meat down my stomach entrance ever again. I had to cut my normal size bite into 3 smaller bites so I could chew it enough not to choke me as I tried to swallow.
Yet, I being NOT an A$$hole neighbor complimented him on a meal well done (literally) and thanked them for their kindness...
Ed
P.S. the wifes leftover pork (3/4's of it) will be cut up into small pieces so the feral cat we feed does not choke either.