Eric, I must publicly apologize for silently (and maybe sometimes not so silently) mocking you about your devotion to the George Foreman Grill. When I first met you were constantly throwing chicken on to that grill, with the occasional pork chops.
I came by mine via Matt last Christmas. He dug it out from underneath his sink and shoved it towards me, pulling back at the last moment when he realized it was covered in grease soaked dust. Hurriedly he scrubbed the top and talked about he used to use it all the time, but that since he got married he got a bigger and better one. Thus, the puny old one was passed on to us.
Well I took it home and put it on the far side of the table. Sometime later it migrated underneath the table, and eventually I moved it to the extra appliance cupboard and forgot about it.
Winter melted into spring and spring blossomed into summer. Two weeks ago, I started to bring my bike to work so that I could ride home afterward. While loading the bike into the Scion noticed a light purple, plastic piece laying in the back.
"It's part of that George Foreman grill," Tim said.
"Oh," I replied and let it lay. I sure as hell wasn't going to be needing that any time soon.
Last week it was hot. I didn't want to turn on the AC because I was and still am enjoying the heat. I am 100% positive that only Koopa and I are appreciating it right now.
"What should I do for dinner? There are those pork chops...but it's too hot to turn on the oven..."
"And we don't have any charcoal," Tim reminded me.
"Well then..." I hesitated, trying to think of another alternative.
"What about the George Foreman grill?" Tim suggested.
"What about it?" I envisioned it, laying on it's side behind the dog's water dish in the deep, dark cupboard.
"Use that," he said and turned up the volume on the TV.
"Okay." Fine. I was going to try it. I went out to the car, got the piece, brought it and realized that it was broken. Still, I tried to stuff it on the top of the grill, but since it is broken the bun warmer flops open when you flip it up. I took out the chops, sprinkled some seasoning on them and slapped them into the grill and plugged it in. In less than 10 minutes, I had thoroughly cooked chops with no fat all ready to eat.
No extra heat. No extra dishes. No extra fat. Less electricity used.
So yeah, Eric -- I take back all those mocking thoughts about you and your obsessive devotion to your George Foreman grill. However, I retain the right to make fun of your .... ahhh.....crap. What else is left?
posted by hadjare @ 10:08 AM
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You can't knock the George Foreman grill - its one of those crappy, used to be TV commercial products that really works -- like Oxyclean :D
I luurrve mine. I use it at least twice a year!
Does Oxyclean really work on stuff? EVEN LACE???
Dave parents got a 2 sets-for-1 bonus when they bought the Grip-n-Flip/Scoop-n-Strain/6-in-1 Utensil deal from TV. They gave me their second set.
I'm so excited to use them sometime...but strangely, I haven't come across any opportunities yet although they all looked so useful at first.
--SECP
george foreman grill rocks!! the only downside is zoey won't wash it for me after I use it.
-bert
yeah, the george foreman grill is easy to make fun of but it's one of those rare products that actually does what it's supposed to and does it well.
and, honestly, it's kinda stupid how we've all been conditioned to call it a george foreman grill - he didn't do anything but market the fuckers; my grandma had an osco sandwich maker in the late 70's that was the exact same thing except for the shape and design of the little grease troughs... but, then again, osco sandwich maker doesn't quite roll off the tongue the same way george foreman grill does.
still, i don't think they need to be made in fourteen different ugly colors and with all kinds of specialized geegaws, like bunwarmers and whatnot. ours is a basic white model and it works great... although i suppose if we ever regularly cooked for more than two people, one of the bigger ones might be nice.
maybe.
James -- I still have a bucket of oxyclean underneath the sink. At one point I decided to go back to using bleach. ALTHOUGH I do use the oxyclean to clean things like lace. Funny that.
Sarah - Tim and I got scooped by that hunter knife set -- I think we had been up all night and when we saw that commerical in the wee hours of the morn, it seemed the perfect solution to everything. Knives that never need to sharpened?! --- yeah, I kinda wish we could have our money back on that ... knives that can be sharpened are always a better deal.
Bert - It's the same downside for me...zoey won't come anywhere near my gf grill.
Phil -- it's brand name....if I had said just "grill" then you wouldn't have any idea what I am talking about. YOu might have thoguht outside grill, or cheese sandwich grill, or roasting spit grill. And George Foreman is a nice guy! Look at those dimples.
You mocked me after I made you such delicious (and small) portions?
Yeah, everyone doubts the Foreman. Everyone eventually has to eat their words.
- Eric
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