Seasonal Cooking Fan Gifts

Ode to a Grill

Desert Island BBQ

"Wait, those crunchy, cheesy little fish thingies are free?!"

"Any of you guys feel like hot dogs?"

Barbeque Casualty.

'Guess what I've got for lunch today...a piece of my wife's delicious rum cake.'

"Over millions of years, carbon turns to diamond. Yet it took dad plus his grill mere minutes to turn last night's marinated chicken into that carbon."

'Actually, I was thinking more in terms of a temporary position.'

"Tis the season to be jolly!"

'No wonder you're more tanned than I am - you are nearer the sun!'

'And stir to a smooth consistency.'

"Don't you love this time of year when the squirrels taste like pumpkin spice?"

Wall Cluck.

"Chef's special: tossed salad, no dressing. It's dress-down day."

"Since we're off the grid, Madge does the cooking over a bonfire."

I'll say one thing for that chef on TV...he really makes deboning a chicken look easy.

"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom or night will stop Ed from overcooking the fish."

'Well, if you won't take us to the circus - Can we have a barbeque?'

'I'm not allowed in the water until I can swim.'

'Frozen dinners have more calories if you heat them up.'

"On the plus side, all the ingredients are local."

'The bill, you're joking! I never used to pay my mum.'

"Look, darling, I've recorded your favourite meal."

The Life Cycle of Cholent

"Oh man. Tia Carmen's making that soup with all those weird vegetables."

Burgers

"Holiday decorating - done."

'No, I don't think we have to say grace over peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.'

"...and our show 'Cooking with fresh ingredients' has been moved to next week."