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.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!! Spot on analysis!
LOL!!! That was great!
There was no disparagement meant in my comments. My husband is far suprior using any type of outdoor cook fire than I am and thus I leave it to him. it is a form of cooking I have just never been interested in mastering, as the men in my life have always taken so much pleasure in it that I would never dream of depriving them :)
Plus if there were an Eau de Pork cologne we'd be infestation free, if you catch my drift.
MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR IDEA!
BTW in case anyone is still following this thread here's an interesting update.
(KDKA) CANONSBURG The mayor of Canonsburg lifted a controversial ban on grilling after a backlash from residents.
The mayor banned all recreational burning after 8 p.m. in response to people burning wood and trash and smoking out their neighbors late at night.
But a lot of people didn’t like the idea of not being able to fire up the backyard barbque.
Next Tuesday, the issue of burning is on the agenda for the borough council meeting.
Not an exceprt because by my count it's less than 100 words.
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