So, I’m outside grilling a steak in my Big Green Egg tonight (actually under the gazebo because it was raining) and my faux son, Alex, and his friends were sitting around the patio table watching. One of them asked me if you could put a child in the Egg to protect him or her from terrorists. Interesting question.
First of all, I said, it would not be advisable to put a child in a Big Green Egg while the charcoal is still lit. Secondly, I said, it would not be advisable to put a child in a Big Green Egg when cold because should a terrorist find my deck and decide to attack the Egg with a machine gun the ceramic nature of the Egg would reduce it to shards, therefore exposing the child inside.
They actually considered my answers seriously.
I love teenagers unconditionally. While they have one foot firmly planted in adulthood, the other foot still has a toe-hold in the childish side of life.
And…they ate their green beans. Here’s how you get children to eat green beans: Beans, olive oil, salt and pepper. Coat beans with the oil, salt and pepper to taste. Put them in a grill basket and put on the grill on medium high (or charcoal about 400 degrees), turn frequently with tongs. Get them nice and charred. We had nary a bean left. Night, night.
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