Well...another night of attempting the grill. Another night of the grill not working out. I gingerly placed my charcoal in the kettle. Added the starter, lit it up. Whoosh. Flames! Start seeing gray ash on the charcoal. Then it stopped. The hot area--about three coals, kept burning...the rest stopped. So I started them again...repeat. Then it stopped again...Repeat...
Three attempts to get the charcoal hot. Fail. In all that time...the three coals that were going...burned out...done. Over.
So I moved inside to fry up the chops and make a quick corn saute for dinner. Tasty. The chops were flavored with 2 tsp cumin, 1 tsp coriander, 1 tsp salt and heavy pinches of cayenne pepper, black pepper and onion and garlic powders. This was rubbed into olive oil coated chops. Cooked for a few minutes per side. Remove to a plate. The frozen corn was tossed into the same pan with a TB of butter. Saute for 2-3 minutes until cooked through. Squeeze a lime onto the corn and sprinkle some salt. Done.
I've decided not to try grilling again until I get a charcoal chimney starter. I'm hoping this will solve the problem I've had with the charcoal not being hot enough for some things and not getting hot at all for others....and I had three meals planned this week for the grill!
3 comments:
Scott- you can make a chimney starter out of a large coffee can. Just cut the top and bottom out and use a punch type bottle opener to punch holes around the bottom edge of the can. Use a metal coat hanger to make a handle. Be sure to put a wad of newspaper at the bottom to act as kindling for the charcoal....worked really well at GS camp...hope it works for you too. Good luck
Kingsford instant light charcoal in a mound.
http://www.kingsford.com/products/product_1.htm
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