4th July 2024;
Well I’m glad that’s over. The expectation weren’t very great from the start, Both Cameron and Greer couldn’t be with us, but Mandy, Matt’s daughter, her man and two girls came over.
Matt and wife Brenda with their little precious puppy arrived. Georgia was there, with all her issues, so the afternoon was set.
The girls went straight into the pool, that kept them occupied, not necessarily quiet.
I was in charge of the grill, filling it up with charcoal and generally the one bathed in smoke.
Matt and Brenda weren’t sure they would stay long, they were worried their pet would get tired and they would have to take it home. Oh brother! They treat it like a baby, I would be surprised if they didn’t breast feed it.
I threw on the last of the large bag of charcoal, worried that it would burn through before the cooking started.
There is a lot of preparation that goes on behind the scenes, I snooked off and started the fruit salad, when the family starts talking it’s better I go off and do other things, mainly I don’t understand what they are all talking about.
As the cooking time arrived, I realised the charcoal was a bit thin, so I reached for the emergency bag of apple wood chips. Clouds of smoke engulfed me, I started placing the sausages and burgers on the wire shelf, quickly closing the cover. Every time I had to add things I smoke hit me, with my eyes stinging I persevered, grilling everything close to perfection as I could.
The trouble was that I had to snatch bite of things in between the cooking, not having the chance to sit and enjoy my food, it pissed me off, everyone was all right, I didn’t enjoy the experience.
As soon as they were done eating, Matt and Brenda left, the rest hanging on for an hour or so longer, Kelli and I we left exhausted wondering if we will do this again.
Another Lifetime to go 