How not to grill

Step 1... go all the way to a place where other people chop and prep things, and pay $10 for 3 halves of cornish game hen with some spices rubbed on.

Step 2... fail to notice when stuffing the freezer that the hens you're leaving out require a soaked plank in order to grill. Well, make that notice and decide to grill them anyway, because soaking would take too long so we'll use that plank with the OTHER hens some other day.

Step 3... preheat grill and forget to turn off middle section when placing hens on grill. Becuase, you know, indirect heat might have been successful.

Step 4... walk back into house and deal with other things. Idly notice the large puff of smoke when THIS flareup happens...



... but be far enough away to not be able to do a damn thing about it. Resign self to the inevitable humilation of someday losing a throwdown with Bobby Flay.

Aieeee. The pasta alfredo with veggies was very good though.