Gettin' My Grub On

Yes gang, not to worry, I've been writing a bit of a trip report, and spent most of the afternoon yesterday working on it.

But I took a break from the keyboard and spent some time on the grill. One of my roommates was talking it up the night before, and we grilled some brats and beer. So yesterday I did a little grocery shopping and picked up a few items.

Von's had some huge filets on sale this week, so I got a couple of them already marinated in roasted garlic and onion. I also stopped by the service deli and picked up a couple of cartons of macaroni salad and potato salad. We rounded it off with a loaf of fresh garlic bread in the oven. Oh hell yeah...

It would've been nice to open a bottle of Pinot, but Mikey has no wine glasses. Instead, I went the Michelob Light route instead. And somehow, the green salad took up the smallest amount of real estate on the plate. And we totally forgot about the shrimp cocktail ring I'd picked up--it's still sitting in the fridge.

But it was an extremely enjoyable meal--we used the charcoal grill instead of the gas grill and damn, it sure was tasty.

While we were sitting there at the kitchen table our other, old-hippie roommate came in and started making cinnamon rolls. He's sort of a vegetarian and only eats weird stuff for the most part so Brad was messing with him and asked--Hey Bob you want a steak? Knowing that he'd turn it down, of course. He didn't, saying he was full from dinner. We asked where he had dinner and he told us some Vegan-style restaurant which I'd never heard of (and will clearly never make the list). So we asked Are you a Vegan or just a vegetarian?

He answered with Neither, pause, I'm a spirit living in a human body...

Alrighty then... Koo-Koo Ka Choo! Glad we got that settled... And apparently, "spirits" have a two-pack a day smoking habit...

Anyhow, dinner was excellent, regardless of our freaky roommate lurking about, and it was a lot of fun to cook a nice meal at home for once. Today's meal won't be nearly as elaborate--I'll be chowing in the teammember's dining room at the casino. Let's see, it's Thursday, it'll probably be fettuccini alfredo with grilled chicken.

Mikey