Slip Slidering Away

I've never really been comfortable around gas grills, or just gas in general. Maybe it goes back to when my friend's house exploded in 5th grade. Or maybe it was that poor kid in the first Final Destination movie (Mom, don't watch it, you won't like it). Either way, over the years, I've built it up in my mind to where it's something that now intimidates me.

Actual footage of me starting a grill:



In any case, last night, it was me versus the grille as we attempted to make "sliders" or mini-hamburgers. This was our first cooking attempt where the boys actually got to work with raw meat and literally get their hands dirty. It got interesting when they immediately tried to wipe their hands on everything (shirts, countertop, etc), but we worked through it.

We started with 1.5 lbs of ground beef and per the recipe made 8 sliders. Meanwhile, we also cooked up some bacon in the oven, and got started on a waldorf salad. Instead of bleu cheese we went with a goat cheese because we weren't sure our kids would go for the bleu cheese chunks. Turns out they didn't like the goat cheese either. Can't win 'em all.

Our burgers turned out ok and I survived starting the grill (victory!) We definitely should've made the patties flatter as the burgers came out pretty thick. Our recipe also called for two teaspoons of oregano, and that taste was pretty strong, so I'm not sure we'd use that, or as much of that, in the future. The only real disappointment was that our store-bought buns, despite having an expiration date of the 29th of January, had molded. Fortunately my wife caught that BEFORE any of us ate it (but not before I took my pretty picture). So instead we had low-carb burgers! Nothing beats being accidentally healthy!