Sunday, May 24, 2009

Grilling and the modern man

What is it exactly about grilling that makes it so enjoyable. Is it some primal instinct of man that comes to the surface when ever meat meats a grill and open flame. I can tell you its something I throughly enjoy, the fresh smell of burgers on the fire..or brats...or steak if you are so privelaged. I love the taste of grilled meat, there's some added element of the outdoors maybe. Something that gives it that extra kick. People grill out at tailgate parties and that tastes totally better than the more expensive burgers in the stadium. Some stadiums even use open grills but they just aren't the same.
Maybe its all just psychological in our brains that associates grilling with summer and vacation and good times. The brain becomes so happy that the food just tastes better not so much because it is but rather our brain thinking it is cause its feeling just so damn good.
Whatever it is that makes grilling special, I like it.
I am going to try and grill as much as possible this summer, because well to coin a phrase from Mr.Food. " oooo its so good."

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Tailgating grilling is better than food inside the park because the food is made for you specifically, not pulled off a grill and handed to you. I tailgate a lot at Brewer games and have largely gotten the hang of it. It's food you picked out, burned to your specifications, seasoned to your specifications. How could it go wrong? We even managed steak. Man it was good!

Great, now I can't wait until Friday. Thanks man...