Posted on 07/12/2007 4:22:35 AM PDT by prisoner6
The backyard grill: American tradition or potential crime scene?
Canonsburg Mayor Anthony Colaizzo issued an executive order this week banning the use of grills -- propane, charcoal and wood -- after 8 p.m. in this town of 8,825 known for its grandiose Fourth of July parades.
(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...
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Reading the whole article, I was surprised to learn that we finally have a case where secondhand smoke is being banned from a source other than those nasty, stinky old cigarettes and cigars.
Now the “better-than-thous” can get bit in the “butt” for a change.
Can cabbage be far behind?
It’s code (the part between EO and s) for an apostrophe.
EOs needs no apostrophe.
“Got a spare $35,000? Then you can get the Talos Outdoor Cooking Suite by Frontgate. This sprawling behemoth of a grill has a 42” grill with 800 square-inch of grilling area, 16,000 BTU ceramic infrared rotisserie, 2 side burners, a warming drawer, searing station with griddle, bartender module and sink.”
35Grand.........no prob patton’ll just write’m a check.......LOL
Egads. As much as I love cooking, I don’t love it that much. Sheesh.
At first I thought it was to prevent wildfires which would make sense to me, but the mayors reason is just stupid. Next we will ban grills because of global warming and the lung cancer risk.
I once heard one say, "just the smell of burning meat makes me sick".
Just a thought: in the Old Testement, didn't God like the smell of burning meat? (burnt offerings on the altar)
My best cooking is done on a Pilot Rock park grill with a couple of pounds of Kingsford charcoal. Mmm.
Hazelton sounds much more conservative.
My husband is in charge of the grill cooking.....I confine mine to equipment I know how to operate, and that does not include any type of grill :)
LOL. I will take a pass.
I figured as much, but just think what a great roach coach it would make................(ducking)
I can't explain it, but it is powerful and seductive. The building of the fire, the spreading of the coals, the preparing of the meat, it all is significant.
The most powerful part is the aroma...the smell of meat cooking over a charcoal or wood fire has been known to smite (yes, smite) males until they forget what they were doing and wander towards the smoke...we cannot resist it.
If there were an Eau de Pork cologne, infused with hickory or mesquite essence, women would be followed endlessly by hordes of mind-numbed males with no defense whatsoever.
It's what we do. There is no vegetable equivalent. There is no heart-healthy alternative. We succumb to the aroma of the successful hunt. Pass the mammoth, please.
Reading the whole article, I was surprised to learn that we finally have a case where secondhand smoke is being banned from a source other than those nasty, stinky old cigarettes and cigars.
Now the better-than-thous can get bit in the butt for a change
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I’m not that surprised, smoke is smoke after all, right?
Will be interesting to watch this EO ban get shot down because of property rights and sound scientific evidence...LOL
I hope there are more jurisdictions that will pull crap like this, maybe everyone will wake-up before it’s too late.
Naw.... dried pecan wood. That's flavor!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!! Spot on analysis!
Some California cities started banning wood burning stoves and fireplaces at the same time electric rates and blackouts were occurring. They pretended to care about air quality while depriving people of a means of cooking and keeping warm in an electrical outage. Control freaks.
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