Grilling

So a couple of weekends ago, since I've started using the chiminea in the back yard, I decided I wanted to try grilling.  I had never actually used the grill myself before, although my husband has a couple times.  I couldn't find the charcoal lighter (we have one somewhere), so I tried the Flamedisk we had.  It works pretty well - lights easily, heats up fast.  The main downside is you can't close the lid with it, or it'll go out.

The first time I kept it simple - hotdogs and bratwurst.  I'm not a huge fan of hamburgers cooked at home; I'm not really sure why.  The second time, I got some sausages from the farmer's market at the college, and then picked up some premade vegetable skewers as a side.  Both times turned out okay.  This time I tried something a bit more complicated:  bacon chicken (and some marinated chicken) and corn on the cob.

Why bacon chicken?  I was initially at a loss for what to do with chicken for flavor.  And, well, bacon.  So I got some skewers while we were at the grocery.  The bacon sort of goes on like mummy bandages, then gets skewered in place so it will stay on while grilling:

Bacon-mummified chicken breasts

The two remaining chicken breasts went into a marinade: 3/4 c. lemon juice, 1/4 c. oil, 3 tbsp. rosemary, 1 tsp. garlic powder.  It was okay, but really a bit too lemony for me.

... marinating.

The corn on the cob I had to look up how to deal with.  I opted for foil over husks, though I think next time I may go with husks for the doneness clues the husks give you over foil.  Each ear went into a square of foil with oil, salt, and pepper.

Then it gets rolled up.

I did three ears total.

I was going to do after-cooking pictures, but it turned out that we did have a raid tonight, so I got a bit rushed at the end.  The corn got slightly burnt on one side, but not enough to make it inedible.  The bacon chicken was well received, and neither of us had had grilled corn before.  Oh, my God, grilled corn.  How had I missed out on it?  Even with one side a tiny bit charred, it was still leaps and bounds more amazing than boiled corn.

So, ah, I will probably be perfecting "not burning corn" this weekend if cools off enough around supper time to grill.