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dsi1[_15_]

On 8/10/2014 1:04 AM, wrote:
> On Sat, 09 Aug 2014 17:28:32 -1000, dsi1
> > wrote:
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>> I'm pretty ignorant about those things. I grew up using one of those
>> little hibachis. Now that's what I call "Mickey Mouse."
>
> Lol I just retired my double hibachi yesterday. I switched to a
> portable camping propane bbq. My SIL called to advise me it was on
> sale, that they had been using one and it was great, so $29 made the
> conversion.
>
> I found that it became too much hassle to drag out the charcoal etc.
> It certainly cooked a nice hamburger yesterday and today I will test
> it on a nice strip loin
>

I haven't fired up a hibachi in over a decade. We have a big bottle of
charcoal lighter that's been sitting and waiting for it's day but that
day might never come. It's a sad sight. I've always enjoyed assembling
those crude things. They were made in the most primitive way out of
awful, crudely cast, materials but they worked great until they
self-destructed in the elements.

Culturally speaking, the local folks don't go for the big setups that
they have on the mainland. We grill thin meats that don't require a lot
of time. We're too hungry to wait. :-)