Another decent day of working out of the house.

Chad got off early from work and came in with a good size box in tow that was sitting on the front porch. It had a Pennsylvania return address on it.

I noticed on our trip… All the in-laws, (both Kevin’s AND Chad’s families) owned a George Foreman Grill.

Chad’s mom noted that I thought it was clever and has sent us one for Christmas.

It’s basically the 70’s culinary mainstay of the indoor grill, intentionally manufactured out of level so the “gunk” of what you’re cooking runs into a little plastic tray.

The product’s branding is linked to it’s spokesperson, George Forman – a retired boxer and is named the “Lean Mean Fat Reducing Grilling Machine”… Quite possibly the longest product name I’ve ever heard – and the most suspicious, because I think it was Mohamad Ali that coined the term “Lean Mean, fighting machine”… but I’m down on my boxing history aside from my ancestor Gentleman Jim Corbett.

tangent

(*who incidentally my grandfather was allegedly named after. This is what started the name suffix affliction that has ended me up with “the third” after my name instead of the proposed “child of hippy-parents” name “Connan Bran-Mac” or “Sasha” – which my parents WERE going to name me). Sure I would have been teased relentlessly in school – but I would have been painfully cool in college and my 20’s)

/tangent.

Serendipity or sensitivity guided mama-Grimm’s selection – she picked the simplest – least garish design available.

Despite having a certain Knight-Rider quality to it – the unit doesn’t look bad sitting on the counter with the other appliances.

It’ll be great for these colder months when it’s just too nasty to go outside and fire up the Webber.

We made Lipton Onion Soup Burgers last night… It did a great job… Especially considering that you just stick them in, set the timer for 8 minutes and walk away.

I can’t wait to try tuna steaks in it…. or grilled cheese… or… quesadillas, ooo… or bell peppers… ooo… or…

I’d blog about all this but I gotta go figure out more things to make with our new low-brow culinary gadget.