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Andy[_2_]

Omelet said...

> In article >,
> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:13:10 -0500, Omelet >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >In article >, "Mitch Scherer" >
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> "Peter A" > wrote in message
>> >> ...
>> >> >
>> >> > The analogy makes perfect sense. I should control what smells come
>> >> > into my house no matter what the smells are. Anyway, grills
>> >> > usually give off a lot of foul smoke and lighter fluid smell. But,
>> >> > even if the smells are delicious, I should not be forced to
>> >> > experience them in my own house.
>> >>
>> >> A baker was furious that his neighbor got to enjoy the delicious
>> >> ordor coming from his bakery for free. So, this being the USA, he
>> >> sued. The judge had the neighbor bring an outrageous fine, in cash,
>> >> to the court. His
>> >> honor asked the baker to count it to make sure it was sufficient.
>> >> "Yes. This will compensate me nicely!" Then the judge had him
>> >> return the money to
>> >> his neighbor.
>> >>
>> >> Mitch
>> >
>> >Anyone that uses lighter fluid ought'a be smacked anyway. ;-)
>> >That stuff reeks and tends to be pervasive enough to flavor the food.
>> >
>> >Dry wood/charcoal with an underlayer of newspaper works fine, or use
>> >a chimney starter.
>> >
>> >The only time I ever use any kind of liquid fuel is if I'm using wood
>> >that is not totally dry; then I use a small amount of clear, unscented
>> >lamp oil (Kerosine) which burns off clean and odorless.
>> >
>> >My wood fires get to burn down to coals for a good hour so there is no
>> >trace of the "fuel" left.
>>
>> I can start a fire faster than lighter fliud using my propane blow
>> torch.
>
> That's cheating!!! ;-)
>
> And more expensive.

While they're at it, could The BUMS!!! make it illegal to grill a well-done
burger?!! And don't "feed" us your USDA/FDA/CDC e-coli/mad-cow problems, fix
that too!!!

Andy