It doesn't even matter if you're a carnivore. Using fire to cook with is a primal skill, an accompaniment to spectacle, and a sign to other species that we are superior. Why do you think tailgating is so popular at football games? Nonetheless, if you were required to choose your weapon would it be gas or charcoal?
Gas--It's convenient, easy to clean, and, some claim, the difference in taste is undetectable.
Charcoal--It's an event, a ritual even, less-expensive, and, some claim, more authentic.
I've cooked on nothing but gas until this last week when we picked up a Weber charcoal grill. It truly is an event. Put hair on my chest and burned it off again. And it taste better. Just like the bike that you payed for yourself rode a lot better than the one your aunt gave you for your birthday. O.K. Maybe the taste difference is mental. I did read, however, that in a blind taste test folks couldn't tell the difference between burgers grilled on either but preferred steaks grilled over charcoal. Choose your weapon and explain yourself.
Friday, July 4, 2008
Gas V. Charcoal
Posted by vis at 6:29 PM
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I look to cook on gas, for convenience. I like to eat other people's charcoal cooking. Luckily if charcoal cooking is linked to carcinogens (what isn't), it won't effect me, because I'm a girl. Sorry gents, it is just a risk you will have to take. Grilling is good.
I've been inclined towards the gas for many years with the convenience and practicality trumping any chance of a ritual.
But with that, I have to say I have a slight reverence for those willing dedicate a little extra time at the grill with their dirty charcoal and smelly lighter fluid. Definitely the more experiential of the two.
Nice patriotic post for the Fourth.
Only males can get cancer?
only males can get prostate cancer caused by charcoal grilling. no worries females can get all sorts of cancers.
WWHHD
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